Writing and speaking have been a part of my life since I was a teenager...writing poems and essays, being class valedictorian, a debater, a toastmaster and recently, an author and speaker. After many rejections of my writing and attending writing workshops where I was told that I needed to find my voice, I stopped writing and began to look within myself.

Have you not at some point, known that you need to look more deeply into what’s going on inside of you? I had questions, BIG ONES... What has gone wrong in my life and why? I knew that I kept making similar mistakes. I knew there were negative behavior patterns. I was determined to find out what was causing my negative behaviors. What can I do to change my life?


THINGS I HAVE LEARNED:

Although you can be intelligent, competent and successful in many areas, you can also carry a negative self-image, frequently engage in negative self-talk, be perpetually busy, hold many fears, repeat failed relationships and have no focus.

That although most of the world focuses on the intellect and the outer conscious world: this is only one reality. The other reality is our inner world that is driven by our hopes and dreams: our heart’s desires. The inner you is activated by our own observation of it ... observation of your thoughts, your emotions and how that feels in your body. Our whole body is our subconscious and every cell holds memory. Each and every cell listens to what we ‘say’ about ourselves. What do you say?

That the longer we are quiet and have most of our chatter silenced ... the sooner the inner you arises. There are many meditation techniques available. Many teachers will say that it is all in the breath. Dr.Chopra suggested a short mantra recently at his Halifax, NS presentation that we can silently repeat while breathing deeply ... “I Am”. He says it has no karma attached to it.

We need to be patient. Our progress goes back and forth ... inner vision begins ... we have more energy... we feel the inner space growing: it feels like freedom and strength ... we have moments of inspiration.
Still, we accept concepts intellectually and it takes much longer for that concept to become real in your heart, so that we can live it naturally. If we rush our growth, it becomes empty, we become bored and listless since we are in unfamiliar territory and still identified with ego.