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Controlling Yourself- You Are All You Have

  • Posted on May 17, 2011 at 6:00 AM

Hello,

This is a weekly email I get regarding the Kabbalah’s 72 Names of God.  This week’s writing is based on the Name for “Design beneath Disorder”(Chaos).

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Control Yourself

May 15th — May 21th , 2011

New students often ask me to explain Kabbalah in a sentence. I tell them that I don’t need a whole sentence, just one word: control.

What do I mean by control? I certainly don’t mean manipulating people or situations to suit our selfish desires. I mean the ability to never be a “victim” and to always know how to transform a bad situation into a good one—for yourself and everyone involved.

In kabbalistic terminology, control is seeing the Light in every situation.

And that’s where most people fail. When someone in our life is filled with unpredictable venom, when our emotional buttons are being triggered, when there seems to be nothing good that can come out a situation, we feel helpless and so we relinquish our power. Our challenge is to have the strength, and the character, to always see the Light, even in the darkest situations.

We can uncover the Light by asking two questions:

1. Why is it happening to me?

2. What’s the bigger picture here?

Asking the first question helps us focus on what the situation came to teach us and how we can use it to transform our chaos. It means switching our response from, “how can I get rid of this?” to “bring it on.” Difficult situations are simply Light contained within “klipot” (shells of negativity.) Avoiding the situation is essentially rejecting the Creator’s gifts. Think about that one…

Asking the second question, “What’s the bigger picture here?” takes the focus off of us and puts it on the other person—in a sharing manner. Instead of focusing on how the situation is hurting us, it’s better to ask what need is going unmet in the other person and how can we help them, if at all.

The beauty of this two-step process is that the moment we see at least one answer clearly, the situation begins to resolve itself. This is because when we see the Light at work in the situation, we’ve stepped out of victim mode and into control mode.

This week practice this procedure on every difficult situation you face. No matter how painful it is to look inside, no matter how tough it is to confront your issues, now is the time to take back the control that is your destiny. It’s as simple as it is effective. Have a great week.

All the best,

Yehuda Berg – The 72 Names of God
Weekly Kabbalah Tune Up.

The Kabbalah is something I found a few years ago. I have studied this info and receive the tune-ups daily.

Control YOURSELF. YOU are the only thing in this life you control. Accept just this one fact and you will never be in this situation (what ever the situation is) again. Controlling you allows you to walk away from people and situations that make you act out.  Act out of who YOU really are. A most Beloved Child of God. Remember it- and use it daily.

Thanks as always for your time.

Be Blessed and remember- who and whose you are.

Michelle

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Living In The Now – A Duel Between Your Heart And Mind

  • Posted on May 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM

Hello,

So many messages I saw in the last week involved living in the now. So much easier to SAY than to do. Your mind constantly whispers to you of how someone did you wrong (and they probably did), how your job does not appreciate you (they don’t, that is not a job’s function) and how your family and friends mis-understand you.

All that may be true. But is it true right now?

Your bills are behind, your significant other is acting out and you fear they may be “thinking” of leaving. Your children are not doing well in school so you worry about getting them into a good college. You still worry about your job and if you will have one next week. All of these are future fears. None of them have happened “yet”.

Living in the now requires us to just be. For today, just let things BE. No more forcing things to go the way we wish, no more worry about what is yet to happen.

Your heart is about love. Loving you and loving others. Your mind rationalizes all situations.  The mind looks for logic (thinking), the heart is immersed in feeling (intuition).

So, today, Just BE- Be yourself, Be loving, Be joyful. Just for today.

Thanks for your time!

Michelle

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Forgiveness A Gift To You!

  • Posted on May 12, 2011 at 3:40 PM

Short and sweet courtesy of The Daily Word! Enjoy.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Forgive

I choose to forgive and free myself to move forward.

The act of forgiveness is a conscious choice to let go, to move past feelings of resentment, and to move forward in light and love. Holding on to unforgiveness is like carrying a bucket of stones. With each step the bucket seems to get heavier and heavier until it is exhausting to bear.

Choosing a quiet time and place, I examine the stones of unforgiveness that fill my bucket. One by one, I take them out, lay them aside and release them to God. Without the stones of unforgiveness and resentment, I move freely and can now use the bucket to gather flowers of light, peace and freedom. I choose to forgive and release to remain free of resentment.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. –Matthew 6:12

Thanks for your time!

Michelle

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Why You Are Worthy Of Love, Devotion and Joy!

  • Posted on May 10, 2011 at 8:00 AM

You can berate yourself for your “poor” life choices. You can believe your own lies about how ugly, fat, unlovable, unattractive, etc. you are. You can CHOOSE to believe all the bull you tell yourself on a daily basis. You have the “free will” to do these things to yourself.  However, you can CHOOSE to replace that negative self talk with positivity.

Try telling yourself something positive every day, for 40 days. Mark the days on your calendar. For every day you only think positive thoughts about yourself, give yourself a check. First thing in the morning, think something loving about yourself. Put the check on your calendar.

For every time you think something negative, CANCEL that thought immediately and replace it with a positive thought. If you find yourself “unattractive” start looking for things you love about yourself. It can be your hair, your eyes, your hands, your feet. It can be your loyalty to your friends, your sense of humor or how good you are at math. This is your world. Look for and find the great things about YOU. Write them down if you must.  There is something beautiful in your being. FIND your beauty and stop being so lazy. Lazy about looking for ways to improve your own self. NO one can do this for you. NO one!

At the end of the day, give yourself another check if you cancelled your negative thoughts and replaced them with something positive. Do this daily.

This will take perseverance. You did not get low self esteem in one day. Nor will it go away in one day. It will take time. However, while you have the time DO something about the way you treat yourself.

While treating others is important, how you treat yourself is of the UTMOST importance. You (and God) are all you have. Period. Nothing and no one else can fill a void YOU have created. You must fill yourself up, first from the inside before you can add the layers of love that are ever present to you, if you would open your eyes to see.

Cause what happens when you have low self esteem is even when you find a partner, you STILL do not believe you are worthy of their love and devotion. YOU sabotage the relationship from the very start. So when it falls apart, you can then say “See, I told you no one would love me.” Love YOURSELF. Love all of yourself, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Start TODAY! This cannot wait another second.  Do it for yourself.  Do it Today!

Thanks for reading. Enjoy this joyous day!

Michelle

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Why Only You Can Handle What God Has Given To You

  • Posted on May 6, 2011 at 8:00 AM

I am sure you have heard the old adage “God never gives you more than you can handle.” I totally dislike this statement! However, I recently heard a preacher state this same thing with a little added dimension. The REASON you are never given anything you cannot handle is because YOU and God agreed you could handle it.

Whatever “it” is, you can handle it. Why you? Why not you? Who else would you select to go through what you are going through? Would you trade your issues for someone else’s? Would you want to?

God has granted you the power to handle anything with her/his help. ANYTHING. Nothing is too difficult, though there may be difficulties present. No thing can beat you, however you can beat yourself.

God loves you just as you are. Messed up, ugly, abandoned, broken. God loves you just as he/she loves each and every one of us. No one is worth more than you.  To God, you are strong, beautiful, loving and worthy of love.  God loves you- unconditionally.

Isn’t it time you love yourself the same way?

Thanks for reading! Love yourself today!

Happy Mother’s Day to all who mother others!

Michelle

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