What does Peace, Love and Harmony mean to you?

"HARMONY"

Peace...a state of harmony among people or groups... nations.
Harmony...agreement; accord.
Blessing...a gift from the heart through acts of kindness or words.
Beauty...a quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction of the mind.
(Ref.: Dictionary.com)

Blessing...is from the Source of all things expressed  and given through acts of kindness or words, seen and unseen. Lovely LadyFran

Love...is peace, harmony, beauty, respect, honor, wishes of the Goodness of  God for oneself, others (and to all things made). Love is an awareness of a Oneness with all things. Spirit, the Soul, feelings, emotions, thoughts, words, deeds and our physical bodies are vehicles through which love is expressed. Lovely LadyFran

Meditation: contemplate on, I am love. Love is beauty and peace. There is only love. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Integrity to youself...

Integrity means honesty and honesty mean sincerity. (reference: Dictionary.com)



When we give our word we must give it with integrity. I use to think that I had to say "yes" to everything and everyone because I am a person with integrity. Now, I ask the question, am I really a person with integrity?

Even when I either could not or did not want to honor a commitment, I did anyway. Now who am I being dishonest to?  This also means that I was saying yes everywhere and trying to meet a commitment in more than one situation. My heart was torn. I was not very happy and this is because I could not say "no".

In order to be honest, (honorable), sincere and have integrity, sometimes we must say "no". When we say "no", others realize our "yes" is sincere and we have integrity.

Meditation: contemplate on, when I say yes, it is Spirit guiding me for my greater good and the good of all concerned. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Comparisons...

A comparison of yourself to another is a violation of the self. Iyanla Vanzant

All my life, I was compared to others by my mother. I quickly started to believe that I was not good enough. My mother re-enforced this lack of ... over and over again. I learned to compare myself to others. The other person always in my comparison was better than me, leaving me wondering why I did not have some of their qualities. This was part of my negative self talk. When you are looking at someone else's qualities, you are not focusing on the good qualities that you have. If you cannot accept yourself then you cannot accept others for who they are. Of course, we are all different because that's what makes us individuals. Comparing yourself to someone else has no value to you.

Now, I accept myself for who I am.  I embrace my whole self, even the parts of me that I have decided to change. I am being true to who I am.

Meditation: contemplate on, I am true to myself. I accept myself just as I am. Take 3 deep breaths then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

My Words...

Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up.
 ~Proverbs~ 12:25

 Why just give your kind words to others? Those kind words that you say to others are true about you too. I have said to family, friends and strangers how beautiful they are. Sometimes, I have told others how wonderful they are. There were even times when I encouraged family and friends to pursue their dreams. While this is commendable, I failed to tell myself how beautiful and wonderful I am. I was not encouraging myself to pursue my own dreams. Begin to use your kind words to uplift others but never forget to use kinds words to uplift yourself. Everything begins with you, this way you have so much more to give.

Make it a habit to self talk in a positive way and watch the wonderful changes in your life.

Meditation: contemplate on, I am now telling myself the truth and then I share it with others. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths, go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Preparation for Treatment-Prayer

A man who is always distraught cannot give a good treatment for peace. So there must not only be the image in the man's mind who is giving the treatment, but there must be an appreciation of what the image means, before the image can reflect itself, otherwise, it is a word and not an embodiment. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind, page 176


If we are serious about receiving an answered prayer, we must prepare ourselves before speaking the word. Of course, when we become disturbed about any matter, we instantly pray. However, I believe an answered prayer requires that the practitioner or the person praying prepares him/herself by becoming still. There must be an image in the practitioner's mind or person praying and he/she has to appreciate the meaning of the image before the image can reflect itself or manifest. The word spoken in a treatment or affirmative prayer must be embodied and not just a word. The word spoken with conviction carries power.

Meditation: contemplate on, before I pray, I still myself first, then I speak my word with conviction. Take 3 deep breaths then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

We are always at Choice...

How do we know when we make a choice that it is the right one? We must realize that we are making choices all the time. We have been making choices from the beginning of our entry into this plane. I believe this to be true. After all, it is written in scriptures that man/woman was given freewill, the right of choice.

My grandson was diagnosed with autism when he was two and a half years old. He had the classic symptoms. He stared off into space and there was no eye contact. He did not smile nor did he speak. I remember reading that the spirit in a baby, young child, an adult, older adult and everything made is the same spirit because there is but one Spirit. I believe the spirit that flows through my grandson is the same spirit that flows through me. I am one with my grandson.

My grandson and I spent many hours together. I knew very little about autism. I decided to meditate with him in my arms and speak to him not through words but through the heart. Each day, I would hug him. I told him I love him. I would cup his face in my hands and look into his eyes very close while speaking to him. His eyes were dark as though someone had turned the lights off. I told him that I loved him very much and that I was glad he was here on earth with me at this time. I told him that people on earth communicated through language. If he chose to speak then his family would know if he were happy or not. I appealed to him to try to speak with help of course from everyone who loves him. I needed a sign that he understood me and would let me know that he was making a choice about how his life was going to precede.  He seemed miserable and not very happy about being present in this life.

After I meditated with him  for several days, there was something different about him on this particular day. He was sitting on my lap with his head on my shoulder, as he normally did. I sat quietly and meditated with him. He fell asleep while I meditated. Then, he woke up, took his hands and cupped my face and looked into my eyes and smiled at me. I could not believe it. I saw the light turn on in his eyes. That day, I believe he made a choice to be present in this life.

How do we know when we make a choice that it is the right one? When the result of that choice works well not just for you but for all concerned, everyone one in your life.

Meditation: contemplate on, I still myself and listen to my intuition it leads and guides me in making right choices. Take 3 deep breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Clearing out the mind...

I clear my mind to let in new loving thoughts.

"...we all use the Creative power of the Universal Mind every time we use our own mind. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

When we use our mind, we are using the Creative power of the Universal Mind. If we do not clear our minds on a regular basis then we continue to have the same thoughts day in day out. Our experiences do not change. We do not seem to get new creative ideas. We seem to be stuck in the same old thinking pattern.

This brings me back to when my son went away to college. He was 17 years old and I had to sign for him to stay on campus. My husband, his father, was gone from our lives for most of my son's life. I shared a special bond with my son. When my son left home, it left an empty void in my heart and home. I would go to his room and just lay on his bed and remember the great times we shared together. I was reading a book, of many books that I was reading at the time, that stated that we must clear out our minds daily and let in new thoughts, new creative ideas or we would remain stuck in ideas that do not serve us.

I was meditating and stilling my mind but this exercise seem to me worth trying. I chose to use my son's room to do this clearing out of my daily thoughts. I would turn the phones off and let the messages be left on my answering machine. I decorated the room so it was peaceful and uncluttered and ready for me when I arrived home. I would go right into this room and lay on the bed and begin taking deep breaths. The deep breathing was a way to prepare for this exercise. Once I was relaxed, I began by choosing a word like love, peace, joy, abundance. I would say in my mind the word of choice over and over again.

By doing this mantra, I was allowing thoughts to drift by and not enter my mind so that these thoughts would not distract me. The object of this exercise was not to think. After repeating this word over and over, I began to sink down into a part of my mind that was not thinking and not resisting thoughts. I allowed all thoughts of the day to drift away. Sometimes, I would fall asleep and awaken so refreshed. 

I noticed that I would receive fresh clear thoughts, creative ideas about how to develop exercises to teach my students. I was very concerned about making geometry easy and understandable for all of my students, who truly wanted to learn, and not just for the few, who understood no matter how the lesson was taught. I continued doing this exercise and looked forward to doing it daily. I felt very relaxed and was able to see other positive things happening in my life, as a result of this clearing the mind exercise. I was allowing room for more creative thoughts to enter my mind. I felt more loving, peaceful and at ease with myself. I was very much in tune with my intuition.


Meditation: contemplate on, I allow my mind to be clear of daily thoughts so that my mind is free to receive new and creative thoughts. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
Lovely LadyFran