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One Big Circle

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

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I wanted to share with you a beautiful place to network with others on the spiritual path. This beautiful site is full of those seeking as well as those who are teaching the spiritual path of life. You will meet many gifted people from all walks of life, at every level of learning.

Membership is free, and there are many different types of networking opportunities from sharing blogs, and bulletins, to posting and learning in the forum area, and the ability to chat. Free classified advertising is also available for those who have sites, blogs, or offer services.

Personal pages can be customized with your own backgrounds, music, or any other information you would like to share.

One Big Cirlcle is a growing community, and welcomes all who are seeking and/or teaching the path of light. You will find psychics, mediums, remote viewers, empaths, those with clairvoyance and clairaudience, those on the shaman path, astral travelers, mystics, and many other types of spiritually gifted spirits, as well as enlightened ones.

Join me there, and add me as a friend! You will find my profile at http://onebigcircle.org/Beth


Breaking Through the Skin You’re In

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

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Do you know yourself? Do you know the spirit who lives within you and has chosen this shell, this skin you are in, to house it in this lifetime? Do you know why you have chosen this particular shell? To everything, and I do mean everything, there is a reason.

Take the time to get to know the real you. There is an incredible bright spirit that lives within you. That spirit is you. If you don’t already meditate, learn to. Learn to look at your shell from the inside out to understand who you have chosen to be in this life in order to achieve the growth and learning that you have come here to achieve.

We, as a whole, look from the outside in. We are programmed that way. The key is in reprogramming yourself to come from inside out. We are programmed to think of ourselves and view ourselves as a product of our “outside” world, or a product of our environment. What goes in from outside, combined with the gifts and tools we brought with us, becomes who we are. If you come, though, from the inside to the outside, you will come to see a beautiful difference. Your outside circumstances such as a neglected childhood, or other traumatic experiences, that you may feel have shaped who you are in a negative sense, become, instead, blessings, as you will start to see the underlying reasons for those situations or circumstances in your life.

You have chosen this shell because it fits in with the other tools, gifts, talents, obstacles, situations, and growth you chose to help you with achieving your mission or purpose, but it is truly not who you are. It is only part of the package you chose in order to have the best circumstances for success.

If you really want to get the most out of this life, get to know your shell. Really get to know your personality, positive and negative points. Overcome the negative by turning them into positives, and use the gifts, and the tools you’ve brought to make a positive difference in this world. We all can. It is no one’s choice but yours whether the difference you make is positive or negative.

Each and every person has brought a unique set of tools to work with. Your gifts or tools, are simply what you’re drawn to, and what things you do best. Other tools are things such as personality traits, life circumstances, special skills, or special areas of interest, and believe it or not, even obstacles.

I am not at all saying that everything in life is predestined. I am only saying that certain life situations are part of our greater plan to learn and grow from. What we do with it from there, is up to each one of us as individuals. We have free will to make choices and decisions that, most certainly, can and do, affect the outcome of our lives.


Embracing Your Gifts

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

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We all have gifts. Do you know what yours are? I truly believe, right down to the moment we are born, and how that relates to our talents and gifts, is planned. I truly believe we assist with that planning. Our strengths, talents, and information about what drives us, can all be found in our astrological birth charts.

This is yet another benefit of meditation. Connecting with your higher self is essential to really know what purpose your talents and gifts bring. This is invaluable to help yourself through the challenges and blocks that stand in the way of your full potential in this life.
I believe also planned, are our weaknesses and what we must overcome for our own unique spiritual growth. Understanding those challenges helps us get through them . Getting through them means we are able to radiate our talents and gifts to help others, and use them for the benefit of all.

Most of us know what our gifts are, but may not use them. Many have blocks or fear associated with their gifts, or what I like to call “family programming” to overcome. Some just haven’t yet discovered how to get from point A to point B. Wherever you are on your spiritual path, there is always more to learn on every subject.

I believe we are happiest when using our talents and gifts to help others, and in doing so, we truly live the life of our dreams.


Accept Others as They Are

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

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One of the most important lessons we can learn in order to bring ourselves more happiness and less disappointments in our lives, is to accept others for who they are.

I see in my practice, constantly, others who make themselves truly miserable expecting another person to be someone they simply are not.

Albert Einstein once said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result!" Although, I am fairly certain, Mr. Einstein did not have this particular situation in mind at the time of his quote, I find it very fitting in this instance as well!

If you know every time you invite this certain friend to a social engagement, the person says they will come, and always finds they are unable to, then why are you so disappointed each time it happens? And why, do you take it so personally?

Perhaps the person you have invited has a social phobia they find embarrassing, and because everyone in his/her life has always pushed them on the issue, they are unwilling to tell anyone the true reason for their not coming, so they accept, thinking they will be able to brave it this time, and truly intend to try to go, but at the last minute, they panicked, and made an excuse and did not attend.

There are always reasons for behaviors, and rarely, are the reasons solely to hurt another. Most often, the reasons, are in fact, just as painful to the person who you feel is inflicting hurt upon you.

Another example, is that you trust another person over and over with information you really do not want others to know, thinking that this time the person can hold your confidence in the utmost of importance. You talk to this person, because you feel comforted in doing so, and are constantly hurt, when you find this person has broken your confidence.

Perhaps the person you told your secrets to over and over, is simply not able to keep secrets. Perhaps this person speaks out of concern for you, and needs to talk with someone because now they are worried, or they actually think they are helping you by telling others!

Or perhaps this person is here to learn valuable lessons in relationship to gossip or disloyalty. Whatever the reason, it's time to stop expecting this person to be different than they are.

Each of us have strengths and weaknesses. We can always find other things about others that are rewarding, rather than expecting a strength where there is a weakness.

A great deal of unhappiness stems from expecting from others. What most do not realize, though, is this type of anger, disappointment, etc. does not stem from the other person. It stems from within.

If these types of situations are constantly happening to you, then it is time to go within and examine from there. Try learning to accept others for who they really are and delighting in their strengths, rather than expecting them to be someone they are not.

Through our love and compassion for others, our judgements and expectations that keep us caged, can be released.


What Was Meant to Happen Did

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

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Often, we may look back on situations, and find ourselves saying, "If I had just done this, then maybe this would have happened instead."

While it is important to evaluate our choices and learn and grow from them, it is equally important to move past the choices we have made. The lesson needs to be taken, and the experience needs to be let go. We are here with free will, and to make choices through the manifestation of our thoughts to learn and grow through.

Had we not made the choices we made, what then, would there be to learn and grow through?

Take what you have here and now - the outcome - and grow from here. You can only start with now, as there is no future yet, and the past is gone. Make sure what you are doing right here and now, is creating a better situation for you.

The first place to start is by looking within. What speaks to your soul? Perhaps you love working with wood, and find you create from somewhere deep within you when you are given an opportunity to work with wood. Or maybe you are naturally drawn to children, and find being around them and helping and teaching them gives you a deep satisfaction.

Whatever arena it may be in, find your calling and follow your inner spirit. Learn to harness the power of your thoughts, and how to create your true life. Through living that true life, your life will have enormous power to bless others along your journey, including yourself.


Share Your Feelings While You Can

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

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Never miss an opportunity to tell someone how special they are to you and how they have enhanced your life.

So, often, the grief of losing a loved one can be so overwhelming simply because we did not take the opportunity to tell them how we felt about them. We grieve deeply for that regret, and that fear that our loved one didn't know just how special they were to us.

Let me assure you. They know. They are still with you and are still very much a part of your life. They love you and they want you to be at peace.

You can still tell them. They can hear you.

It is for our own sakes, that we share our feelings with others while we have the opportunity to do so, as well as for our loved ones.


Let Go of the Past

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

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There is absolutely nothing you can do about decisions and choices you have made in the past. The past is gone. You must let it go. By dwelling on it, one can border insanity.

Living in the past prevents you from building a future for yourself, and ultimately dooms you to repeat the experiences you have labeled as your mistakes over and over. To break the chain, you must realize your mistakes, learn from them, and set them free.

There is growth in every situation, however, if you continue to relive the past over and over, you are robbing yourself of any growth that can and should occur from the choices you have made. Every experience is an opportunity to learn and grow, even those you deem as having been negative experiences or regretful to you in some way.

The choices you have made do not necessarily define who you are or even your character, but outline situations your higher self has chosen for you to learn and grow through.

Know you did the very best you could do in the circumstances you were in. Forgive yourself if you must. Realize what you could have done differently, and move on, releasing yourself of any further obligation to the events you are allowing to hold you hostage!

Turn the negative into a positive by being grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow through your choices and emotions, instead of condemning yourself because you feel the choices you made were mistakes.

To everything there is a reason. Even the past.


Live a Life of Passion

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

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We have all been given gifts and tools to use in this life. There is no one who is without their own set of gifts and tools. We brought our gifts and tools with us in order to create joy and peace within ourselves, and to serve all those around us through the love and passion we create within us. You must know yourself in order to truly live from the heart, and you must use the gifts and tools you have brought with you.

What is it that you have ever done that created a “driving” within you? What have you stayed up late in order to keep enjoying, skipped other things in favor of, or otherwise felt passionate about? What are your strengths? What do you love? What have you always been good at? What gives you peace, and even, where, in your life do you need peace?

These are all questions you need to ask yourself if you are not truly enjoying your life. When we do not use our gifts, we drift farther and farther from any sense of peace within.

If there are negative obstructions in your life keeping you from living your passion, remember, you put those obstructions there. The important thing to ask yourself is why. Fears put us in a pattern of creating obstacles for ourselves in our own lives that prevent us from living our passions. In other words, we do this to ourselves.

Do not let your fears limit your life. Your potential in using your gifts is endless.


Why Am I Seeing 4:44 on the Clocks?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Q. Hi Beth,
What do you make of this:
4:44 Coincidence
Seeing 4:44 on clocks all week
My Tumbleweed Eternity song is 4:44 min long
Seeing 3:33; 2:22 5:55 on my iphone almost every night,
(I am suddenly awakened and see these times on my iphone)
777 on highway billboard while telling the stories about My 4:44 coincidences.
This happens several times a day, when I check the time. -Jeff

A. Hi, Jeff! Thank you so much for your question! I’m honored to be able to answer it for you!

First of all, these are not coincidences. This is special communication from spirit, a “wake-up” call, if you will. Numbers have specific meanings, and when we pay attention we are guided by them through spirit.

There are a great many people across the world experiencing this phenomenon, which eventually leads to seeing 11:11, 1:11, 9:11, and virtually everything with 11 in it everywhere you go and within everything you do! Most, when they get to 11:11, say it isn’t associated with wanting to know time, but just a pull towards the display. (including myself)

What does it all mean? There is a great wealth of information from others who are experiencing it, sharing their answers to try to help others. You can google 11:11 and read for days!

Some common factors about 11:11ers:

A lifelong feeling of not ever being alone.

Had “imaginary” friends or saw people others did not as a child, ie ghosts, spirits, guides, etc.

A feeling of “landing” in the wrong place, not belonging with family, surroundings, etc.

Negative situations present in childhood that built strength and character.

Many have had brushes with death, ie accidents, fatal illnesses they survived, etc.

Highly creative within the arts or sciences. Other people who are sharing this phenomenon with you are artists, scientists, writers, psychics, mediums, musicians, broadcasters, counselors, psychologists, healers, and the list goes on and on, but all are highly creative, and have always been “in service” to others in one way or another.

A vivid “inner” life

Being empathic, ie, being able to literally feel others’ feelings, whether being aware of it or not. (and also projecting emotion)

These, of course, are only a few….

Here are the answers that have been given to me about this phenomenon by my own guides, and experiences:

When I’ve asked, “What does this mean?” I am told, “You are awakening.”

When I’ve followed with, “To, what?!” I am told, “Consciousness.”

When I asked, “Is there something I should do?” I have been told, “Help raise vibrations.” “Create.” “Write.” “Lift.” “Love.”

The best I can say to you is, pay attention to what is happening right before this happens to you. What were you thinking, doing, etc.? This is a message in itself, and guidance.

Ask for Guidance and it will be given. Meditate. Create. Love.

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Where Is a Good Place to Find Help For Empaths?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Q. From a twitter friend: I’m wondering if you’d have any idea of the best place for me to find info. I’m an empath but just recently realized so. Any ideas??

A. There is a great wealth of information out there across the internet that other empaths put out in efforts to help others like yourself. Connecting with others can be a wonderful help, as we often may feel alone with this extraordinary ability.

The best place to learn, truly, though, is within yourself. To learn to better “identify” where feelings belong, spend time meditating daily, ask for help from God, your guide, and your angels. They will guide you.

Things that are beneficial (almost crucial) to your well being as an empath, are:

1. Surround yourself with as many positive and uplifting people as you possibly can.

2. Avoid those who are chronically negative.

3. Find a creative outlet to release all the energies you “absorb” throughout the
day, and USE IT EVERYDAY. (art, writing, poetry, anything creative, as empaths
always also have a creative gift in order to do so.)

4. Practice observing the emotion as it is felt, and identifying where it is coming
from. The more you do this, the easier it gets. This helps to “detach” yourself
from the emotions that do not belong to you.

5. Be very aware of your ability to project emotion to others. We not only absorb,
we also project. Use this ability to uplift others around you. This, in turn,
allows you to “absorb” more positive energy.

When we take in emotion from others that we do not release, we can literally make ourselves physically ill. Both grounding yourself and releasing are very important for your well being!

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