Today's Stimuli

October 2, 2013
DOING THE WORK
GETTING CLEAR
  
It can be difficult to get clear about what you do want until you clear out what you don't want. Unfortunately, we can become so focused on what we don't want that we obscure what we truly desire. This week our work is about getting clear.
 
    
            
     
  
CALLING IN
THE GOOD
  
 
Using a sheet of lined paper complete the following statement 9 times. 

 

  

"I don't want:

_________________________.

  

Instead I choose: _________________________"

 

  

Authenticity relates to the ability to stand for, embrace and pursue that which is meaningful, valuable and an accurate representation of who or what an individual believes him- or herself to be.  

 

It is impossible for one to achieve or attain something they do not believe in or deem valuable, worthy or important.

 

Authenticity relates to an individual's willingness and ability to be a stand (walk the talk) and take a stand (ask for what is desired) for who he or she believes him- or herself to be at the moment while remaining open to healing, growth and transformation.


Essential Characteristics:

 

 1. Presence and mental/emo- tional state of being

 

2. Demonstration of self-aware- ness and self-acceptance  

 

3. Willingness to live without pretense or defense  

 

4. Demonstration of self-value, self-worth and self-respect  

 

5. Willingness to participate fully in all arenas of living  

 

6. Willingness to ask for what is needed/required under all circumstances  

 

7. Acceptance and acknowledg- ment of divine uniqueness  

 

8. Opportunity to support and participate in the natural ordered healing and growth process

 


Inner Visions Institute 
 
 
 
THE MASTER TEACHER
 

Master Teacher, thank You for loving me, and for teaching me how to love myself.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my frustration.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my impatience.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my irritation.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my judgments.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my criticism.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my unforgiveness.

 

Thank You God, for teaching me how to love myself through my self-created drama.

 

I appreciate myself for learning to 'in-joy' my own presence.

 

I appreciate myself for learning how to offer myself compassion and forgiveness.

 

I appreciate myself for learning to treat myself with gentleness and care. 

 

I appreciate myself for learning how to practice mindfulness and self-love with the foods I choose to feed my body. 

 

I appreciate myself for learning how to nurture and build my temple through consistent exercise and proper rest. 

 

I appreciate myself for learning how to say 'NO' to things that no longer serve my highest and greatest good. 

 

I appreciate myself for learning to give up the story of my past, and live in the gift and possibility of this present moment. 

 

Thank You God, for all that is unfolding for my good!

 

Today, I stand in thanksgiving, gratitude, and appreciation that You, God, are the Master Teacher.  And I am Your humble student, openly embracing my soul's curriculum moment-by-moment. 

 

Ashe. Amen. 

 

Rev. Manazerine Baptiste

 

  

  

 

Today, I am connected firmly and passionately to my true self!

 

I realize my potential, and I honor it by allowing myself to be uniquely me!

  

 I consciously release all false

versions of who I thought I was

and consciously replace them with

a connection to my authentic self.

 

 The most sincere place of impact in my life happens when I am honest my self! Today, I choose honesty.

 

I create loving relationships from a

place of knowing who I really am.

 

In this moment, I focus my attention

on using my time and talents to

create a world that supports

a greater unfoldment of Life.

 

Today, I align my inner higher Self

with my day to day activities,

blessing everything that requires

me to change and grow.

 

Today, I stand grounded in the

 power of my most authentic self.

  
The Application of Authenticity 
    

In order to be authentic, you must be willing to acknowledge and accept the natural outgrowths of everything you think, do, and say in this life.  . . . Anything that shows up is either a reflection of God, or a reflection of you.

 

Authenticity also requires that you stay in touch with your feelings.  You cannot deny what you feel, and you cannot hold it back.  Be authentic!  Learn how to describe and communicate what you are feeling when you feel it, first to yourself.  You can communicate with others as necessary.

 

Another important aspect of being authentic is the willingness to always tell the truth.  Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks call it "the microscopic truth."  This means telling the truth about every little thing.   . . . When you hurt, don't say it's okay.  Own your pain.  Own your fear.  Own everything you create, internally and externally.  Acknowledge every emotion for exactly what it is, a part of you.

 

Authenticity also demands no comparison.  You cannot compare yourself or what you do to anyone else.  You are you!  You represent a true and original part of the Master.  There is no one else like you.

 

Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy.

  
 
Excerpted from One Day My Soul Just Opened Up  
by
Iyanla Vanzant

         
  
    
    

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Mind Over Medicine: How to Help Your Body Heal Itself

 

  

Your body is a self-healing organism. By bypassing its natural self-repair process and handing all your power over to a doctor, you might be ignoring the very thing you need to heal. This is not a revolutionary idea. As doctors, we learn that the body can heal itself. Our physiology texts teach us that it is brilliantly equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that kill the cancer cells we produce every day, fight infectious agents, repair broken proteins, keep our coronary arteries open and naturally fight the aging process.
  
  

 

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