"To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against."
--Christina Baldwin
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
"Tithe and Thrive," says Catherine Ponder
At my first Sunday 'Sacred Sharing' gathering in Santa Monica yesterday morning, someone spoke these beautiful words, attributed to Catherine Ponder: 'Tithe and Thrive'.
It occurred to me this morning as I ran along the Ocean avenue path with the rest of my bootcamp group, that any delay in tithing creates a feeling of lack. And a feeling of lack is a magnet for the energy of fear and contraction. And I realized that I had picked up from somewhere in the universe last night a blanket of fear. It had attached itself to me and I was shaking myself loose from it through the application of prayer. I was utilizing one of my favorite prayers by Howard Wills: "Lord, please lift out any negative energies I have absorbed from sources known and unknown and return them lovingly to their source." I had picked up this energy of fear from somewhere because I had not yet tithed. I had received income and gifts of money last week but I had not yet tithed. I had not tithed because I was succumbing to an old habit of delay, fear, resistance to trusting the flow of abundance in my life. And my fear and resistance had attracted fear from the universe -- and it didn't matter from where.
As I sprinted through the exercises in my bootcamp, I saw the connection between my actions and my results on the etheric and physical plane. Tithing (giving 10% or more of income to a source that has inspired or supported you) is a physical human action we take that speaks to our faith and gratitude in our abundance, that keeps us everlastingly connected to the flow of abundance in the universe.
When you tithe here(wherever 'here' is to you) , the universe opens a portal over there and abundance of all kinds rush to you. When you tithe, you notice your life simply flows better. Tithing brings The Certainty of Grace and Ease. In turn, when we create delay in our giving, we attract energies that create loss, contraction, constraint, breakdown of some kind in our lives. When we give in to old resistance, old habits of fear that keep us from tithing with joy and speed and generosity, we keep ourselves in a cycle of hold backs and fear and lack, difficulty, frustration and loss.
Like this morning before my bootcamp, I went to make my morning juice. And my reliable Champion Juicer would not turn over. This was the second piece of equipment that had died. The first was my coffee grinder -- last week on the day I thought about tithing but had not done so. I was beginning to see the connection. It had died because I had not tithed -- I had not shared the Light with the Light. Money is Light, remember that. When you contract out of fear and do not circulate your money-Light with joy, the universe corrects you by matching your energy with a loss.' Ahhhhh.....I see now.
Just like you, I am learning. There is always more to learn. I am sitting down now to make out my tithes. It is an act of such liberation and joy. The moment you decide and then follow through and do it, there is immediate joy, immediate LIGHT.
I invite you to begin this week by tithing 10% or more to someone or organization or church or ministry that has brought you joy, inspiration, support or love. Tithe regularly when you receive your paycheck, income of any kind, gifts of money, happy windfalls of unexpected cash. Make tithing a regular habit - like brushing your teeth in the morning. Tithe 10% even if it is only $1 dollar. When you have more, give more. Your gesture is huge even if the sum is small.
My new mantra, my new anthem is: "Tithe, baby, share, baby, give, baby, now!"
Practice tithing and if you would, share with me how your life transforms.
Peace.
@copyright, Christiane Schull
It occurred to me this morning as I ran along the Ocean avenue path with the rest of my bootcamp group, that any delay in tithing creates a feeling of lack. And a feeling of lack is a magnet for the energy of fear and contraction. And I realized that I had picked up from somewhere in the universe last night a blanket of fear. It had attached itself to me and I was shaking myself loose from it through the application of prayer. I was utilizing one of my favorite prayers by Howard Wills: "Lord, please lift out any negative energies I have absorbed from sources known and unknown and return them lovingly to their source." I had picked up this energy of fear from somewhere because I had not yet tithed. I had received income and gifts of money last week but I had not yet tithed. I had not tithed because I was succumbing to an old habit of delay, fear, resistance to trusting the flow of abundance in my life. And my fear and resistance had attracted fear from the universe -- and it didn't matter from where.
As I sprinted through the exercises in my bootcamp, I saw the connection between my actions and my results on the etheric and physical plane. Tithing (giving 10% or more of income to a source that has inspired or supported you) is a physical human action we take that speaks to our faith and gratitude in our abundance, that keeps us everlastingly connected to the flow of abundance in the universe.
When you tithe here(wherever 'here' is to you) , the universe opens a portal over there and abundance of all kinds rush to you. When you tithe, you notice your life simply flows better. Tithing brings The Certainty of Grace and Ease. In turn, when we create delay in our giving, we attract energies that create loss, contraction, constraint, breakdown of some kind in our lives. When we give in to old resistance, old habits of fear that keep us from tithing with joy and speed and generosity, we keep ourselves in a cycle of hold backs and fear and lack, difficulty, frustration and loss.
Like this morning before my bootcamp, I went to make my morning juice. And my reliable Champion Juicer would not turn over. This was the second piece of equipment that had died. The first was my coffee grinder -- last week on the day I thought about tithing but had not done so. I was beginning to see the connection. It had died because I had not tithed -- I had not shared the Light with the Light. Money is Light, remember that. When you contract out of fear and do not circulate your money-Light with joy, the universe corrects you by matching your energy with a loss.' Ahhhhh.....I see now.
Just like you, I am learning. There is always more to learn. I am sitting down now to make out my tithes. It is an act of such liberation and joy. The moment you decide and then follow through and do it, there is immediate joy, immediate LIGHT.
I invite you to begin this week by tithing 10% or more to someone or organization or church or ministry that has brought you joy, inspiration, support or love. Tithe regularly when you receive your paycheck, income of any kind, gifts of money, happy windfalls of unexpected cash. Make tithing a regular habit - like brushing your teeth in the morning. Tithe 10% even if it is only $1 dollar. When you have more, give more. Your gesture is huge even if the sum is small.
My new mantra, my new anthem is: "Tithe, baby, share, baby, give, baby, now!"
Practice tithing and if you would, share with me how your life transforms.
Peace.
@copyright, Christiane Schull
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Do All The Good You Can....
"Do all the good you can, by all means you can, in all ways you can, in all places you can, at all times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can. "
- John Wesley, 1703-1791
- John Wesley, 1703-1791
"MONEY IS LIGHT!"
BE THE LIGHT, says Reverend Michael Beckwith.
MONEY IS LIGHT, writes Yehuda Berg, in 'True Prosperity".
Money, in common usage today, has lost its connection to its sacred origins, says Barbara Wilder in her book, 'Money is Love'. We have forgotten that money - the currency that every culture and every time has utilized as its means of exchange for goods and services - was once revered as a 'tool of God'. Money is love. Money is a tool of the Divine.
The oft mis-quoted statement 'Money is the root of all evil' - contains again the intent of delivering us to unconsciousness and creating conflict and separation from the truth. The true statement is 'The worship of money is the root of all evil." And that is true. Money is meant to be circulated -- in circulation it is God in action. The worship or hoarding of it is what accumulates darkness. It is in the sharing of it that money is Light.
So, praise your money. Love your money. Love the ability you have to do good in the world with your money. Happily pay people for their services. Tithe 10% or more because the Light you tithe to the great Light of the universe showers your life with unending Light. The miracles of substance, sustenance, joy, love, Grace pour into the life of one who tithes.
I am just learning this - the purpose and power of tithing money. I have done this only a few times in my life -- in the consistent manner in which it is taught - but I am now doing this more and more consistently. I have tithed time, support, energy, many other things on behalf of others - but money, money has been the great wasteland of misunderstanding for me. I have not until now understood as deeply its purpose or its power. Once you know that Money is designed to do good, that it is LIGHT, you rush to give, to tithe. It creates an irresistible joy for the giver....far more than even the receiver. Do it and you will see.
Love what you give. Love what you receive. Enjoy it, savor it, be thankful for it, see it, speak of it, relate to it as LIGHT in the world. Treat it respectfully, lovingly. Be fearless in your giving and sharing of it. When you do, what you share and give and speak and love comes back to you multiplied. Realize that the more you give, the more openings you create for the LIGHT to pour into your life. The more opportunities you create for bountiful blessings in your life.
Light is as Light does -- it cannot be held back or hoarded. What is held back and hoarded, withers and dies. What is shared, lives, grows, expands, brings joy, joy, joy, countless joy to all. Give, share, love. Be The Light.
MONEY IS LIGHT, writes Yehuda Berg, in 'True Prosperity".
Money, in common usage today, has lost its connection to its sacred origins, says Barbara Wilder in her book, 'Money is Love'. We have forgotten that money - the currency that every culture and every time has utilized as its means of exchange for goods and services - was once revered as a 'tool of God'. Money is love. Money is a tool of the Divine.
The oft mis-quoted statement 'Money is the root of all evil' - contains again the intent of delivering us to unconsciousness and creating conflict and separation from the truth. The true statement is 'The worship of money is the root of all evil." And that is true. Money is meant to be circulated -- in circulation it is God in action. The worship or hoarding of it is what accumulates darkness. It is in the sharing of it that money is Light.
So, praise your money. Love your money. Love the ability you have to do good in the world with your money. Happily pay people for their services. Tithe 10% or more because the Light you tithe to the great Light of the universe showers your life with unending Light. The miracles of substance, sustenance, joy, love, Grace pour into the life of one who tithes.
I am just learning this - the purpose and power of tithing money. I have done this only a few times in my life -- in the consistent manner in which it is taught - but I am now doing this more and more consistently. I have tithed time, support, energy, many other things on behalf of others - but money, money has been the great wasteland of misunderstanding for me. I have not until now understood as deeply its purpose or its power. Once you know that Money is designed to do good, that it is LIGHT, you rush to give, to tithe. It creates an irresistible joy for the giver....far more than even the receiver. Do it and you will see.
Love what you give. Love what you receive. Enjoy it, savor it, be thankful for it, see it, speak of it, relate to it as LIGHT in the world. Treat it respectfully, lovingly. Be fearless in your giving and sharing of it. When you do, what you share and give and speak and love comes back to you multiplied. Realize that the more you give, the more openings you create for the LIGHT to pour into your life. The more opportunities you create for bountiful blessings in your life.
Light is as Light does -- it cannot be held back or hoarded. What is held back and hoarded, withers and dies. What is shared, lives, grows, expands, brings joy, joy, joy, countless joy to all. Give, share, love. Be The Light.
Love the world
'Child', whispered the voice, ' Child, just love the world, love the world with who you are and what you do and you will have abundance in full and overflowing.'
Friday, April 4, 2008
When You Commit To Elevating your Mind and Spirit, don't forget your Body!
This past Monday I made a commitment to get my physical body into shape. For the last year, I have played a cat and mouse game with exercise. A little yoga here, a little hiking there. A walk here and there. I have lacked focus and true commitment to elevating the physical consciousness of my body. I have been elevating and sharpening my spirit, my mind -- how is it that I thought I could leave out my body? What an oversight! What denial! My body is the vehicle of my creations. It is what meets the world in every moment. If my body is not in sync at the highest level, the energy I am calling in cannot be circulated through me in the highest way possible.
And so, after a little grousing and complaining and weighing the ins and outs of spending the money right now on myself, I decided I had to join a program - something that would get me up and out in the morning without fail. Doing it on my own would not work -- I had done that for a year and I was a poor motivator of myself. I wanted my commitment to myself to be backed up by a commitment in the world. I wanted to know that I would have to face someone if I did not show up.
I prayed on it and meditated and knew as I emerged from prayer that it was absolutely the right choice. When I logged into my email, there staring me in the face was a newsletter from Sonki Hong Fitness - bootcamp! I had been receiving his emails for some time and toying with the idea of doing his program. I dialed the number thinking I would get a voice mail and maybe bide some time but that was not to be. Sonki answered, told me I could come to the Monday night bootcamp at 6:30pm and resume on Wednesday morning at 6:30am.
It's Friday and I have just completed day three of my bootcamp - a 5-week commitment that takes me right up to my birthday! Happy Birthday Body! By day two this week, I was already feeling a new kind of joy and the memory of how good it felt to exercise 3 times a week. I used to do that - I used to have a practice that included weights, spinning, boxing and hiking. I used to love my body!!
I am so grateful to my body that it finally woke up this past Monday and said, 'No more! You can't treat me this way and expect that I can perform at the level you want me to! You can't treat me this way and expect that I will be available to you in all the beautiful ways you want me to be! If you want me, love me! Love me! Show me you mean it! Don't just talk about it, do it.' My body got very loud with me - this past Monday. It was obvious when I dragged myself out of bed with the lustre of someone who had been flattened by life.... that something had to change!! Now just 5 days later, I have a new level of energy, a renewed sense of pride in my commitment to myself and my physical self. And I am loving that. My body is happy too - a little stiff -- but happy, happy, happy to be back in motion!
Today, as I left my house at 6 AM to drive to the Ocean avenue location in Santa Monica, I asked the universe to 'Bring me a joyful sign that I am in the flow with all things in my life, show me my abundance today! Surprise me with something beautiful!'
As I worked out on the beach, feeling more and more free, energized, in tune and in sync with life and the energy coursing in me and around me, a woman next to me exclaimed: "Wow! That's a sign!" I turned to look at the ocean and there was one - then two - jumping, frollicking dolphins!! Dolphins -- such a sign of Universal Life, Love, Light and Infinite Intelligence. It was such a sign for me -- that when we commit to a higher path of full health at all levels, the entire universe praises us and dances with joy.Yes! Yes! Yes!
@copyright 2008 Christiane Schull
And so, after a little grousing and complaining and weighing the ins and outs of spending the money right now on myself, I decided I had to join a program - something that would get me up and out in the morning without fail. Doing it on my own would not work -- I had done that for a year and I was a poor motivator of myself. I wanted my commitment to myself to be backed up by a commitment in the world. I wanted to know that I would have to face someone if I did not show up.
I prayed on it and meditated and knew as I emerged from prayer that it was absolutely the right choice. When I logged into my email, there staring me in the face was a newsletter from Sonki Hong Fitness - bootcamp! I had been receiving his emails for some time and toying with the idea of doing his program. I dialed the number thinking I would get a voice mail and maybe bide some time but that was not to be. Sonki answered, told me I could come to the Monday night bootcamp at 6:30pm and resume on Wednesday morning at 6:30am.
It's Friday and I have just completed day three of my bootcamp - a 5-week commitment that takes me right up to my birthday! Happy Birthday Body! By day two this week, I was already feeling a new kind of joy and the memory of how good it felt to exercise 3 times a week. I used to do that - I used to have a practice that included weights, spinning, boxing and hiking. I used to love my body!!
I am so grateful to my body that it finally woke up this past Monday and said, 'No more! You can't treat me this way and expect that I can perform at the level you want me to! You can't treat me this way and expect that I will be available to you in all the beautiful ways you want me to be! If you want me, love me! Love me! Show me you mean it! Don't just talk about it, do it.' My body got very loud with me - this past Monday. It was obvious when I dragged myself out of bed with the lustre of someone who had been flattened by life.... that something had to change!! Now just 5 days later, I have a new level of energy, a renewed sense of pride in my commitment to myself and my physical self. And I am loving that. My body is happy too - a little stiff -- but happy, happy, happy to be back in motion!
Today, as I left my house at 6 AM to drive to the Ocean avenue location in Santa Monica, I asked the universe to 'Bring me a joyful sign that I am in the flow with all things in my life, show me my abundance today! Surprise me with something beautiful!'
As I worked out on the beach, feeling more and more free, energized, in tune and in sync with life and the energy coursing in me and around me, a woman next to me exclaimed: "Wow! That's a sign!" I turned to look at the ocean and there was one - then two - jumping, frollicking dolphins!! Dolphins -- such a sign of Universal Life, Love, Light and Infinite Intelligence. It was such a sign for me -- that when we commit to a higher path of full health at all levels, the entire universe praises us and dances with joy.Yes! Yes! Yes!
@copyright 2008 Christiane Schull
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
MONEY IN CIRCULATION IS GOD (LOVE) IN ACTION.
The ancients knew it and spoke it often: Money in circulation is God in Action. We experience what we share and give. We cannot experience our true wealth except in the circulation of it in our lives. Money must be experienced to be known. Like love, it cannot be hoarded. What good is love that is hoarded, or held back? What does it give us but an experience of our own lack? Money like love must be shared to be felt, to be known. To feel your wealth, to feel rich, you must share it, give it, circulate it. As The Course in Miracles says, 'To have all, give all to all.'
We have become detached from the true purpose, character, and nature of money -- from where it comes from and what it's for. We have been seduced by the frantic rant of fear around 'getting money' and ' not having enough'. Money is not the green ink and paper in your wallet. Money is energy, a medium of exchange, a symbol of gratitude for who you are and what you give to the world. The more you share YOU, and learn to translate your talents and gifts into services and products and opportunities, the more you prosper. The more excited you get about YOU, about what you have to offer and what you have to give, the more you prosper.
The regularity, frequency, and quantity of the money and resources that flow into your life depends upon the quality of relationship you have with yourself and other people, and the Divine. It depends on your ability to participate fully with who you are and with who others are. If you trust yourself, you can trust others. And if you trust yourself and others, life can be a heaven on earth - and a prosperous one where people want what you have to give and you want what they have to give and everyone experiences joy, abundance and pleasure. If you don't trust yourself or others, it will be a mean, quarrelsome, miserable existence whether you happen to have money or not. As Albert Einstein said,"The most important decision you will ever make is whether the universe is friendly or not." He might as well have been saying, 'Your enjoyment of life, your relationships, and your ability to feel richly in the flow of life depends upon it."
Notice how you feel when you think of money as a circulation of Light and Love. Notice how your ideas about money soften and expand. Notice how you welcome opportunities to give, to participate, to share -- to experience the deep eternal truth that to have what you seek, you must first give it. And how in the giving, is truly the receiving. Don't be surprised as you practice these new thoughts and actions, how more love, ease, grace, and money pour into your life as a result, blessing your life in miraculous ways. Yes! Yes! Yes!
I welcome your thoughts about this blog posting.....the conversation on money continues...
Infinite love appreciation and gratitude to all of you!
@ 2008 christianeschull
We have become detached from the true purpose, character, and nature of money -- from where it comes from and what it's for. We have been seduced by the frantic rant of fear around 'getting money' and ' not having enough'. Money is not the green ink and paper in your wallet. Money is energy, a medium of exchange, a symbol of gratitude for who you are and what you give to the world. The more you share YOU, and learn to translate your talents and gifts into services and products and opportunities, the more you prosper. The more excited you get about YOU, about what you have to offer and what you have to give, the more you prosper.
The regularity, frequency, and quantity of the money and resources that flow into your life depends upon the quality of relationship you have with yourself and other people, and the Divine. It depends on your ability to participate fully with who you are and with who others are. If you trust yourself, you can trust others. And if you trust yourself and others, life can be a heaven on earth - and a prosperous one where people want what you have to give and you want what they have to give and everyone experiences joy, abundance and pleasure. If you don't trust yourself or others, it will be a mean, quarrelsome, miserable existence whether you happen to have money or not. As Albert Einstein said,"The most important decision you will ever make is whether the universe is friendly or not." He might as well have been saying, 'Your enjoyment of life, your relationships, and your ability to feel richly in the flow of life depends upon it."
Notice how you feel when you think of money as a circulation of Light and Love. Notice how your ideas about money soften and expand. Notice how you welcome opportunities to give, to participate, to share -- to experience the deep eternal truth that to have what you seek, you must first give it. And how in the giving, is truly the receiving. Don't be surprised as you practice these new thoughts and actions, how more love, ease, grace, and money pour into your life as a result, blessing your life in miraculous ways. Yes! Yes! Yes!
I welcome your thoughts about this blog posting.....the conversation on money continues...
Infinite love appreciation and gratitude to all of you!
@ 2008 christianeschull
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