feeling love attracts love

If you find yourself in a negative situation with someone in your life, take a few minutes each day to feel love within your heart for that person, and then send it out into the Universe. Just doing this one thing helps to remove any resentment, anger, or negativity towards that person.

Remember that feeling resentment, anger, or any negative emotion attracts it back to you. Feeling love attracts love back to you. What you are feeling for another, you are bringing to you.

- lessons from The Secret

on vacay: even more esalen

I've ran out of words to describe this incredible place.

quote of the day

Become conscious of being conscious.

- Eckhart Tolle

on vacay: more esalen

More photos from my vacation at Esalen, in Big Sur, California.

This place is heavenly! Wow!

success defined

This is one of the best definitions of success I've come across so far:

Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. Success is the ability to fulfill your desires with effortless ease. And yet success, including the creation of wealth, has always been considered a process that requires hard work, and is often considered to be at the expense of others. We need a more spiritual approach to success and to affluence, which is the abundant flow of all good things to you. With the knowledge and practice of spiritual law, we put ourselves in harmony with nature and create carefreeness, joy, and love.

There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. Moreover, success is a journey not a destination. Material abundance, in all its expressions, happens to be one of those things that make the journey more enjoyable. But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.

Even with the experience of all these things, we will remain unfulfilled unless we nurture the seeds of divinity inside us. In reality, we are divinity in disguise, and the gods and goddesses in embryo that are contained within us seek to be fully materialized. True success is therefore the experience of the miraculous. It is the unfolding of the divinity within us. It is the perception of divinity wherever we go -- in the eyes of a child, in the beauty of a flower, in the flight of a bird. When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of the divinity -- not occasionally, but all the time -- then we will know the true meaning of success.

- Deepak Chopra,  The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

on vacay: big sur

This morning I took a quick drive up the Pacific Coast Highway. Some of the views along the way were so amazing I just had to stop and take a few pics...

on vacay: esalen

My adventure this week is primarily unfolding at Esalen in Big Sur, California. I'm a first-timer, but I've quickly discovered that Esalen is one of those magical places that are few and far between. I am very happy and grateful for my good fortune to have the opportunity to spend time at a place like this.

Esalen's hot springs baths are right above the Pacific Ocean. Surreal beauty! Wow! This area of the property is clothing-optional which makes it that much more heavenly.

quote of the day

I knew the minute I saw you!

- my very perceptive new Esalen friend, Dana.

on vacay (2)

The famous Catholic mission in San Luis Obispo, California. Constructed in 1772, it reminds one of how fast Catholicism spread into the New World after these lands were 'discovered' by Columbus in 1492. 

A pod of elephant seals on a California beach. It was awesome to get so close to these fascinating animals. They were in the midst of a birthing spree and there were many, many pups among the adults. Adult males can weigh up to 5,000 lbs. Amazing!

A view of the California coastline. Gorgeous!

on vacay...

If you follow this blog and are wondering why it's been so quiet this past week, there is a reason: I'm in Big Sur, California on vacation. My intention was to 'live blog' my adventure here on the U.S. West Coast, however my ability to get in front of my Mac has been limited.  Guess that is a sign of a good vacation. :) Nonetheless, I will do my best to post some photos of this wonderful place. It is, without doubt, one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

an electromagnetic being

You are an electromagnetic being emitting a frequency. Only those things that are on the same frequency as the one you are emitting can come into your experience. Every single person, event, and circumstance in your day is telling you what frequency you are on.

If your day is not going well, stop and deliberately change your frequency. If your day is going swimmingly, keep doing what you are doing.

- lessons from The Secret

change is all good

So often when things change in our lives, we have such a resistance to the change. This is because when people see a big change appearing they are often fearful that it is something "bad." But it is important to remember that when something big changes in our lives, it means something better is coming. There cannot be a vacuum in the Universe, and so as something moves out, something must come in and replace it. When change comes, relax, have total faith, and know that the change is ALL GOOD.

Something more magnificent is coming to you!

- lessons from The Secret