It's All About Gratitude

 Gratitude is a topic that has become so talked about that even non spiritual folk throw the word around every now and then. There are countless books, blogs, websites and even Facebook pages dedicated to gratitude and teaching us how we can become more grateful in our lives.

Practicing the art of gorgeous gratitude - that is making the conscious decision to express, feel, think and say words of gratitude on a daily basis is where the magic happens. When we find ourselves desiring new experiences, people, places, objects and feelings we do so because we believe that the acquisition of them will make us feel better, happier, more prosperous, more loved etc etc. I believe in truth it's not a specific object we desire but a better more positive feeling within our core that we desire.

However if you are enjoying living a sassy human experience (me too!) then chances are you will at some point perhaps want a newer car, a bigger house, a better job, more money, the latest phone, the newest iGadget etc. How can we go about manifesting these? How we can we tap into the cosmos and give our cosmic order a boot up the sweet behind? We can practice Gratitude Girlfriend!

 The more you practice gratitude the more abundance (not limited to the cash in your purse or wallet) that you will experience in your life! Practicing Gratitude has to be one of the surest ways and also the quickest, most effective method for raising your energy levels, your positivity and those feel good brain chemicals. There has been a study conducted by psychologists into how having a happy brain affects our lives.

I have learnt so much about how we CAN re-train our brain this re-programming our negative mindsets so that we become much happier and healthier human beings. Richard Davidson et al (2002) ran research studies that showed the difference between happy and unhappy brains and how it linked to our levels of happiness. By having a happy brain, by thinking positive and loving thoughts about ourselves and to ourselves we can increase our levels of happiness in life. Richard Davidson used a EEG machine (Electroencephalograph) to measure which parts of our brains are active with happy thoughts, and which parts are active when we think negatively. He found that when we tend to think more happy thoughts and are feeling happy we have more activity in the front left side of our brain, and when we are feeling more negative and thinking unhappy thoughts, the front right side of our brain is active.

Doesn’t that just make it worth taking a chance on gratitude? If gratitude can make us happy then we should most definitely give it a try.

Listen to my Love & Miracles Podcast on the "Lessons of Gratitude" HERE

I'd love you to leave a comment below and tell me how you practice the art of gratitude and/or what you thought of my latest Podcast

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April Goals

Well the sun is finally shining here in England, and I am simply loved up on life. I couldn't wait for April to arrive so I could hang out my washing, I mean Goals for the month! I like to use the term STANDARDS rather than goals, but in my pretty little head they mean the same thing. 

I mentioned in my last blog how I was part of the Soul Path Tribe with my friend and Soul Coach Lyn Thurman, well this month I am dancing with delight at my goals that I have set myself. 

I love accountability and I love achieving my standards. I have to admit, I got started on my goals for April during the last part of March - unintentionally I might add, but Success came my way and I delighted in it. 

One of my goals / standards was to flirt more with men, smile more and slowly lower the barrier that I've placed around my heart after what I'd been through. Thing is, once I made that decision to change my life, and raised my standards (my life coaching motto - Visit my coaching page here), Love showed up for me. 

Yes ladies, I have a very handsome, caring, loveable, devoted guy in my life! He came out of the blue - or green should I say - He is the most lushest handsome, Paramedic I have ever known! He earned himself HUGE kudos for recognising that I am a Goddess, and even tells me every day. So yeah, pretty loved up here. 

What is interesting is that a couple of weeks prior to him showing up in my life, I told my fellow Soul Path Tribe friends that I felt ready to open my heart to love once more, and that I actually felt that "HE" was coming - he'd got down from the tree he was stuck in and he was finally searching for me. 

It was the most intense feeling ever, and then "MIRACLE" he found me. I listened to my H.I.N.G.E sisters! (HINGE stands for Higher Intuitive Nurturing Guiding Expression - I totally OWN the HINGE - My coaching can show you how you too can OWN the HINGE in your life!) By the way, he wasn't stuck in a tree but he had hurt his ankle - a sprain - possibly from jumping out the tree :P 

So I want to share with you my Goals for April - I hope you ladies will hold me accountable for them! Below SHARE with me your goal/goals for this month and I will hold YOU accountable for them. You can get even more support for achieving your goals over on my coaching facebook page which is constantly being updated 

Dawn's Goals for April 

1. Maintain weight loss & do a little Bhangra as well as Yoga
2. Limit the Intake of Chocolate (That's going to be hard - but I have a theory about this one!)
3. Curl my hair more often (I love curly/wavy hair and should really stop straightening it!) 
4. Practice "May Cause Miracles" - again :) 
5. Flirt (With Mr Handsome Paramedic - won't be too hard - ahem!) 
6. Have a night out with my gorgeous girlfriend who I have known my entire life!
7. De-clutter (This one appears every month because I love de-cluttering, it is medicine for my OCD) 
8. Maintain my University study and keep gaining those 95% + pass grades :) 
9. Have a SPA evening
10. Mow the lawn - (if the weather cheers up enough that is!) 

Below SHARE with me your goal/goals for this month and I will hold YOU accountable for them. You can get even more support for achieving your goals over on my coaching facebook page which is constantly being updated 

♥ 30 Days of Gratitude ~ Day 1 ♥

For the whole Month of November I will be taking part in the the "30 Days of Gratitude" project on my blog. I practice the art of Gratitude and giving thanks daily and have been for a while now. I've seen it change my life and the lives of others. I was always brought up my Mum & Dad to say Thank You and to always do something nice to help others. I've really learnt in the past 8 years since the passing of my Father just how much of a Spiritual Teacher he was to me. Thank you Dad. 

Which, now leads me onto today's post of Gratitude. Each day I will post about 1 thing/person/event/situation that I am grateful for. I could give you a list of things I'm grateful for, but I doubt they would mean much to you, so I'm going to do it this way. 

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November 1st 2012 

I am eternally grateful for the Loving influence of my Father in my life that still teaches me how to live life successfully to this day even though he is in the Spirit World/Summerlands because he has helped me to see the powerful tools and abilities I have within me that can truly make my dreams come true. Thank you Dad x 

My father was a very successful and lived a full life that was full of ambition, meaning and achievement. He was most proud of his time spent as  Police Dog Handler, and Scenes of Crime Plan Drawer. He also had many other professions from being in the Army, Grenadier Guards where he actually stood at St James Palace and Guarded our Queen. He took part in the Queen's Coronation and even was a Boxer for the Police Force. 

I always knew that he was successful in life, not because of his job titles but because he worked hard and achieved what he set his mind to. He was a fantastic artist and loved painting with oils and sketching with me.  I do wonder sometimes what my artistic ability would be like had I let him teach me more. Still, he was always very proud of me and continually praised me to everyone he met. (It sometimes - OK a lot of the time, was very embarrassing). It didn't matter what I was interested, what Job I wanted to do be it; teacher, accountant or nurse, he "sung my praises". 

He also taught me a lot of things that I've since come to look upon as "Spiritual Keys to Life". Both Mum and Dad instilled in me morals, manners and Love of all that is from birth. I always say thank you, I always allow people to pass if there isn't room for both to walk on by, I open doors, offer help, show my appreciation to others the best way I can, and I always listen to what people have to say. One thing my Dad always said to Mum and I was that "Every night, I thank god for you both." I think this really is important to do, sometimes we can take people for granted, perhaps thinking that they will always be there. Especially our loved ones. Maybe we don;t say Thank you to them individually enough, but could we perhaps dedicate some time throughout our day to give thanks for them? I think so. 

So, today, I am saying, "Thank you God for giving me a wonderful Father who always did his best to teach me how to live a happy and successful life. Thank you for giving me a father who wasn't afraid to stand in his power and do what he believed was right. Thank you for giving me a father who helped hundred and thousands of people in his professions he had over the years. And thank you God for giving me a Father who made my Mum so very happy." 

What are you grateful for today? 

Aurora 

xXx

Book Review ~ The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy ~ by Laurent Gounelle

I was drawn to this book the second it landed on my doormat for me to review, not only because of the really pretty book cover, but the fact the the title; "The Man Who Wanted To Be Happy" spoke to me in a way that told me that this book was about someone who really did want the happiness he believed he deserved. 

Laurent Gounelle's writing in this book captured me as a reader, as a life coach, and as a person who herself wants to be truly happy. I knew I had to 'check in' with this book to see if there were any tips or hidden subliminal messages throughout the text that could help me increase my own happiness levels. I wasn't disappointed! 

It begins with the character in the book approaching the end of his stay in Bali ( a place I dream of visiting ever since I watched, Eat, Love, Pray) and before he left to return home to a life that wasn't making him happy he had one last trip he wanted to make; to a well known healer. In a lot of ways, this book indeed did remind me of Eat Pray Love, which in my eyes is a really good thing as I was able to identify the plot but was nevertheless as eager as the character to discover what other wise words the healer would depart to him. 

I easily identified with the character who was a school teacher but wasn't happy in the job and dreamt of becoming.... well, I won't spoil it, but let's say that he had dreams. Since the reading of this book, I've found ways to feel happier in my role as a School Teacher myself, and feel that I'm finally clearing all the clutter from my life. 

With those dreams, like for the majority of us, there were fears. Throughout the book, the wise healer gave insightful teachings about how he could face those fears and see them for nothing more than what we life coaches call; False Expectations Appearing Real (F.E.A.R). 

I cannot recommend this book highly enough, it really is a life changing read with the tranquility of being in Bali yourself as you begin a life transformation. 

This book now sits on the Staff Room coffee table and has been read by two of my colleagues already since I finished it. 

You can purchase it from HAY HOUSE for a great price too! 

Keep an eye on my blog for more great book reviews from HAY HOUSE Authors including; 

Small Pleasures to Save your Life by Maeve Haran

The Lightning Process by Phil Parker

The 10-Second Philosophy by Derek Mills

9 Days to Feel Fantastic by John Whiteman    and so many more...

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Book Review ~ Wire Yourself for Wealth by Laura Leigh Clarke

Hello all, 

I always get that rush of adrenalin whenever I get my hands on a new book, it's been that way ever since my childhood. My weekends were spent shopping with my Mother in the city centre of Birmingham, purchasing material to make high quality bedding, curtains and all manners of home furnishings, and then we'd make our way towards Dillions Book store (now known as Waterstones). I could spend my entire life in a book shop, and these became my favourite hangouts as a child, teenager and now an adult. 

So when I managed to get my excitable hands on "Wire Yourself for Wealth" by Laura Leigh Clarke, published by Hay House I was almost beside myself. 

When I began reading this book I was expecting chapters of methods of how to attract money and for much of it to be the same that is already out there in Law of Attraction books. I was pleasantly surprised when I doscovered that this book was SO different to the rest. It really does cut above the others. This book helps you get focused, become pro-active, and understand your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to attracting wealth. 

I enjoyed reading this as I feel it really caters for those who are working those high profile jobs such as advertising executives, lawyers, accountants, business advisory, entrepreneurs etc. But it also caters to those people who have a business but would like to wire it up for more wealth and become more profitable. You can apply this whatever job you have whether you are a customer service assistant, bank manager or run your own corner shop.

As I come from a Accountancy and Business Studies background from University, I found this book to be highly practical, informative and inspiring. So if you are a business professional, I can assure you that this book is in NO way "fluffy". 

This book doesn't promise to make you a millionaire, but it does promise to help you work with your strengths along with key information on how your personal weaknesses can become your greatest strength. 

Laura Leigh Clarke takes you on a journey to discover your own Wealth profile which is ideally 1 of 8 options. She does say that you may find yourself blending with nearby profiles on the circular chart, which I myself found to be the case, but just as she stated, I was clearly predominately more 1 specific profile than the others. The listed strengths of the profile I found myself to be was accurate and I found myself feeling reassured that it was OK to be just as I am when it comes to identifying my wealth profile. 

I discovered my weaknesses and how I can use them to make myself more successful in attracting wealth. This is a book that I keep being drawn back to, and even thinking about the book and all I've read from it brings a smile to my face as I instantly recall many tools, advice and aspects of my profile. It instantly lifts my spirit and I've become much more relaxed in attracting wealth because now I have direction rather than feeling like a headless chicken wondering which way I should go. 

I have applied the principles specific to my wealth profile and have already seen results. 

Definitely well worth a read. My copy has a prominent place on my book shelf. 

Available from Hay House UK for a special price of £8.79 (RRP £10.99)

Laura Leigh Clarke is a coach and speaker who helps forward-thinking individuals find their financial flow, and create results in their personal finances or businesses that they never believed possible. She speaks regularly to audiences around the UK at various events, from business groups to inspirational gatherings,and is regularly featured in the U.K. media.

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Hearing the Messages of the Nature Angels

Working with the faeries isn't always an easy job to have. Believe me when I say that all the hard work really is worth it. When you put the effort in, the faeries mirror that energy and return that energy to you with blessings.

I use the word "faeries" a lot more than I use the term "nature angels" purely because people seem to quickly understand the spiritual entities that I speak of when I call them Faeries. In my own private practice and communications I always refer to them as Nature Angels, because that is what fills my heart with peace, serenity and love.

The photo of myself above affirms that I am "sending you faerie blessings", and on my Facebook posts I always try to end my status updates giving 'faerie blessings' which I also do when I welcome a new friend or fan of my work on my profile and page.

But what exactly is it that I am sending you, what are Faerie Blessings?

Faerie blessings to me can be any energetic gift from the faerie realm and the universe that I feel you need or that the faeries guide me to bestow upon you. Sometimes when I am posting on my status, I will write something referring to love. Love of life, love a person, finding someone to enjoy love with, or love of a situation. I may channel faerie blessings of love into my post to everyone who reads it so that upon reading, if their soul is willing to accept the blessings, they will subconsciously invite the blessings of love into their life, which will in turn, work with the divine order of the law of attraction and attract more blessings of love into their lives.
So whatever the post is about, you can usually decipher what Faerie Blessings of energy that I am sending to you. Some wonderful examples of faerie energy that I channel into my posts are; harmony, peace, upliftment, joy, inspiration, fun, love, compassion, empathy, happiness, abundance, optimism, empowerment and appreciation.

Can I send Faerie Blessings to people?

Yes you can! In fact in the past few days I have experience a deep and profound (to me) faerie calling to ask people to join with me in sending Faerie Blessings to parts of our Planet. Recently I asked fans on my Facebook page to send healing energy to our planets forests. Right now the trees on our planet are working overtime to provide for us and many of us are not as appreciative as we could be. So, I urge all Lightworkers to listen to their faerie heart and listen for the faerie's calling to send healing energy. They may ask you to direct it to a person, a group of people, organisations, government, companies, countries or aspects of nature.

How can I hear my Nature Angels messages?

The Nature Angels are simply waiting to commune with us and believe it or not, they are not always sitting on lily pads or toadstools stroking daisies all day! Sure, I have clairsentiently been made aware of some of the Baby Nature Angels (younger faerie energies) who do this because they have the vibrational match of the lily pads, toadstools and daisies in which they can assure all these wonderful aspects of nature are in divine and perfect order.

The faeries have always told me that the very best way in which to hear their messages and guidance is to get out in nature and be at one with them. This can mean going for a walk along the beach, in the park, around your local garden centre (as you will be amongst the flower faeries - perfect for healing messages and guidance), or it can mean spending time in your own garden amongst the trees and plants that grow there. When you think of the word 'nature' - whatever location springs to mind is the perfect place for you to hear their messages.

I found this hard to understand sometimes I always seemed to be outdoors in my garden awaiting the messages of the faeries. This recent week, I have spent more time outdoors thanks to the glorious warmer weather I've been able to enjoy. My recent message from the faeries occurred whilst I was outdoors reading in the stillness. I had become so open to reading the messages in the book I was reading that my ego mind (the one that says ; You need to load the dishwasher, or take out the rubbish, feed the goldfish etc) was simply shut out. My higher mind was fully open and receptive to the intuitive thoughts, feelings and messages the nature angels wanted to share with me. My message came like a stroke of lightening but because I was able to clearly hear them as I was surrounded by the beautiful air, scents from the nearby plants and my mind was occupied into a relaxed state reading, I was able truly feel the pureness of this message. I jotted it down, pondered on it, (half expected my ego mind to tell me that 'it was useless') and realised that in fact this was wonderful and perfect for what my soul needed.

So, to hear your faeries messages, you really do just need to show respect for their wisdom, get outdoors and relax. Try it!

Later that evening I was rewarded with a wonderful evening spent with my Mother, my Partner and his Parents enduring hours of fun stories about ourselves that we rolled into the night embraced with hysterical laughter.

A sure gift from the Faeries for my listening to them.

Thank you for reading, I hope you return again soon for the next post on my blog,

Faerie Blessings, 

Aurora 

xXx

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Forgiveness is the Key to Happiness

I’ve read in a lot of books and heard a lot of spiritual teachers and life coaches say that ‘forgiveness can release you from the past’, and my initial thoughts were; ‘well that’s all well and good if you’re able to forgive people/situations with ease, you are so much better than I am because I could never forgive this person/situation, it simply hurt me too much to forgive.’ So I would just continue on in my life and hope for the best that life was willing to offer me.

Then about a week and a half ago my inner Goddess woke up and was ready to kick butt! My inner Goddess listened to that lame excuse (because that’s what it is – a lame excuse) and this time she answered back!

“Do you know something Aurora? We DESERVE the best in life and we are going to CHOOSE exactly what we are going to have in life. We are going to stop crying, we are going to find a way through this because there IS a positive way through this situation because I darn well say there is. You are a good person, and this situation is a wakeup call, it’s nothing more than just an alarm to say ‘hey it’s time to LIVE happily ever after’. You can forgive this situation, you can release it with love, and you can forgive the other person in this situation, and you CAN forgive YOURSELF.”

And immediately I knew she was right. I began telling myself, ‘I deserve the best in life and I choose what that is’, ‘I forgive you ….. for ……..and I love you’, ‘I forgive you Aurora for feeling …….. and allowing yourself to perceive this situation as …….. I love you Aurora just as you are.’ 

It took a while before my new thoughts actually settled within me enough for me to actually believe. But my inner Goddess was feeding me strength, she was there standing next to me, like Super Woman with her hands on her hips, confidently posing next to the weak, limp and lifeless me. Slowly I began to look up and get on my feet until today I stand next to that inner Goddess matching her confidence and pose.

Now, it wasn’t easy, but I believed with all my heart and soul that I could change my situation, I believed that I was at least going to try and as much energy as I fuelled into this, the more rewarding it was going to be. A few days in, I realised that I’d told myself and the universe so much that ‘I forgive’ that I actually DID forgive the situation and all people involved so much so that when I was faced with a new situation where I could have been bitter and twisted, I was radiating confidence, and pure love and the thought of the previous situation didn’t even enter my mind. It didn’t have a chance to enter my mind; my bodyguards wouldn’t allow it to enter my mind. I’d worked too hard to make a bad situation good that when I was then experiencing life, I was simply in the moment enjoying the truth of the situation – Pure Divine Love.

Life is made up of LOVE. Love of people, love of jobs/careers, love of food, love of places, love of objects – it’s all based on Love. But how many of us really love who we are and our life? I’d really love to say that we ALL love ourselves and our lives, but sadly for many that’s not the case and the reason behind it all is that we simply don’t believe we deserve to be happy. Refer to my opening paragraph to this post, re-read my self-limiting belief thought. That was said from my mean ego, not my pure higher self. That’s what your ego does; it puts you down, makes EVERY situation seem like the end of the world.  And unless we wake up like I fortunately did this time, we carry on listening to that ego voice.

I grew up a lot over the past week, a heck of a lot because I decided that for once in my life, I wasn’t going to run and hide and spend time crying and indulging in lots of self pity. I decided to say “NO! – I accept that this has happened, but I refuse to see it from a place of lack of love. I am going to look at this situation, at myself, at the other person, at my feelings with pure divine love and I’m going to turn this all around.” And I have.

I used my spirituality to get me through, I practised elements from Kabbalah that has proved effective to me in the past, I called upon Angels, Archangels, even Mother Mary to help me. I combined all this heavenly help and assistance with my new thoughts of happiness and success.

Now I’m sat here writing this, truly knowing, understanding and feeling the true power of forgiveness and the immense healing it provides. I can say with confidence that;

Forgiveness can release you from the past and propel you into a magnificent future. Forgiveness is the Key to happiness.

Forgive yourself for allowing yourself to be in the situation that you’re in. Forgive yourself for the feelings you’re having. Forgive yourself for believing that you have to be unhappy and miserable. Then tell yourself that everything is going to be OK, and that you deserve the best in life. Tell yourself and believe with all your heart that you can chose your life experiences and have total control how you perceive life and channel your feelings and emotions. You have the power within you. You have the key to a magickal life. You simply have to lift it to the door and turn it in the lock, push the door open and take a deep breath – be brave, be happy, and walk through the door of forgiveness. What lies behind that door is life transforming happiness.  

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Finding Spiritual Love

We live our lives searching, searching for love, searching for the right career, searching for enlightenment, searching for the perfect home, but searching for happiness is the common thread amongst all the searches.

At some point within our lives we are searching for someone special whom we regard as our Soulmate or Twin Flame. We all want to share our lives with someone who makes us feel whole and complete, perfect together as we are alone. Some of us spend so many years searching for *The One* only to be repeatedly let down time and again, but when you first meet that someone special, there really is no denying that something very special is going on.

Think back to the moments where you have been in the early stages of romance with a partner. It may be an ex of yours, it may be your current lover, perhaps it is your husband or wife. Travel back to those moments where you would recall every word they spoke to you as if they were speaking some sacred truth that you just HAD to remember. Think back to the first time he/she ever held your hand and freeze in that moment. How did you feel? Happy? Peaceful? Tranquil? Euphoric?

I recall the moment that my hand was first held in my current relationship, a scene that was re-created by us quite recently. He took my hand and entwined his fingers with mine and simply held it, not wanting to let it go. He even went so far as to not letting my hand go to open doors or get his phone from his pocket, he even said how much he wished he could have held my hand as he drove the car (Of course he didn't, you have to drive responsibly!). But even right at this moment in time as I think back to the freeze frame of him holding my hand, no words exchanged in that brief moment, just a unity, a togetherness, a closeness, a Godly Oneness, a smile creeps across my face just as it did in that brief moment.

The reason I want you to remember those moments is because when we find ourselves seemingly separated from Love (In truth we cannot be separate from all that is because we are all that is) and feeling alone and unloved, we forget just how magickal being in love can be.

This is the same when we find ourselves lost in life and upon our spiritual pathway. When we feel separate from God, all we need to do is think of a moment in our lives where we felt true deep happiness and love, capture that moment, freeze ourselves within the memory (remember your mind cannot comprehend what is happening right now or what you are imagining), then we can begin to walk back on the path of positivity, the path to true enlightenment, the path to Happiness and Love. The path to the God Source.

Whilst I have been studying Kabbalah, I came across a short extract from a poem which I know that when I can recall those moments of Love, and feel the happiness a symbolic gesture of love from another being as we are united in the God Force of Love, I know that I can say this with my heart and not just my voice.

"I love you not for what you are

But for what I am when I am with you.

I love you not for what you have made of yourself

But for what you are making of me." ~ Anon. 

I truly love this short extract simply because it doesn't give your power of transformation over to others, it simply states that whilst you are surrounded by this person's energy that is made in the likeness of God, you are influenced by this energy and you are becoming a better person, a happier person, a more secure person, a more positive person, and a more loving person. You begin to see yourself just as the other person sees you, as perfect, whole and beautiful. They see you as Loved and you see yourself as Loveable. 

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You can use this guidance to help you find love, as thinking memories of love, focusing not on the person but on the feelings you had/have can only enhance your love life making it better, and more harmonious. You can also use this guidance to help manifest anything in our life that you desire by focusing on a time in your life where you felt love, because as you capture that moment and feel that feeling of love and happiness with your deepest being, you can then think of things/people/situations that you want to attract into your life immediately following the memories. This is because a Like attracts Like law, the spiritual law of attraction and manifestation is always present with you and your feelings, thoughts, and hopes. 

Go forth and make your dreams come true, and remember to love with every fibre of your being. 

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Words of Love ~ Part Three

Welcome to the final part in the "Words of Love Series" by Aurora Brierley.

Hopefully by now you have learnt how to stand up to your EGO and simply acknowledge it's presence, but you will hopefully also have learnt how to quieten it's voice internally. By doing this you should have found more opportunities to speak more loving to yourself, within yourself and about yourself.


Stick with this and I promise that with practice you will see a positive change within your own life.


Now that you are feeling much more in control of your life and feeling happier, thinking happy thoughts and starting to enjoy life, you may have noticed areas in your life that simply don't make you happy. This might mean that you've realised your job doesn't make you happy, or your relationship is no longer full of passion, or perhaps you really do think your whole style needs a make-over. This generally does happen as we create a shattering of illusions, where everything we have ever known begins to fall apart.

Many of us immediately and perhaps subconsciously react to this shattering of our illusions by trying to hysterically hold onto everything around us and panic about what we are losing. I've done this in the past myself. But over time, I've learnt to truly take a risk, let go of my EGO's need to control everything and Let God guide me. It wasn't easy to begin with, but now whenever I find my life shattering illusions, I actually look forward to them. Before you think I am *crazy*, let me explain.

When I look forward to these shattering of illusions, it means many things to me, one of them being that I am changing. I can either embrace this change or kick, stamp and scream my way through this part of my life path like a petulant toddler or I can be the grown up spiritual peaceful warrior (not WORRIER) that the God Force intended me to be and see WHY my illusions need to be shattered.

There is always a reason for everything that happens in your life! 


Nothing happens for no reason, we attract to us what we need, what we want and what we desire in order to grow and be happier people. When a situation shows up and it's crappy, instead of thinking, "Hang on, I don't want this, give me back my romance, give me back my £100s of pounds, give me back my clothes/shoes/friends/books/ etc" and then go around trying to cling on to them for dear life. It doesn't work. Not in a consistently or continuous way that will benefit you at all.

Instead, you  should say to yourself, "OK it appears to me that ......(fill in the blank)..... is happening right now in my life. That is OK, because for this to happen, it means that I am ready to change and improve my life. Now this illusion is being shattered, there will be room for....(peace/love/joy/happiness/fresh exciting work opportunities/opportunities to talk about my feelings with my loved one/friends).

You begin your self talk with the three words "Appears to be", this is specifically the chosen words I set out for you because it immediately doesn't try to tell yourself something that is untrue. It doesn't say that the situation IS or ISN'T happening, it simply states that it APPEARS TO be happening. Which is what is happening in truth. We each see situations differently and that is down to a psychological perceptions that tie in with the schemas (groups of memories of likeness) that we have been using, and adding to over our whole entire life.

In order to change your circumstance, you first need to change your perception of it

Changing the way your perception of the situation that is causing the stripping of your illusions is the key to becoming more peaceful with yourself, happier and more able to love yourself as you are. When you follow the above guidance of choosing how to IN-teract with your circumstance rather than RE -act to it, you take your EGO out of the situation and approach it with Love.


When you chose to IN-teract with a situation, you chose to examine from within, and when you examine from within, you examine with Love.

I have worked with this method myself over lots of situations, some that have included a shattering of friendship illusions, career illusions, body image illusions, and more. In each instance, the first time you use *The Self Love Method* (as discussed in it's entirety over the 3 consecutive blog posts), it feels as though you are actively taking control of your life. For me it took a few uses, perhaps a weeks worth (if done every day) of using this method, to actually re-train my own brain, to INteract with the illusions as they are shattered, to actually think, "This is OK, It's happening because I am ready for something better to occur in my life experience".

Now, although I am finding at the moment that any seemingly negative situation can be rectified with my *Self Love Method*, I have to admit that I do tend to get excited when I realise that this situation is a shattering of illusions. Before I would have perhaps cried and had a complete melt-down, but now, these situations have no hold over me at all. They don't even really so much as GRAB my attention like they used to. They are now nothing more than a mere observation whereby I say, "Oh, you're an illusion and you are being shattered!! You are being shattered from my life because It's time for me to become even happier, even healthier, even more in control of my own destiny! BRING IT ON!!!" And that statement comes from my heart and not my EGO, so there is no selfishness, no jealousy, no cockiness in the tone in which that Self Talk comes from.

When you reach this stage, and you will, - You will have mastered a magnificent way to use Words of Love within yourself, about yourself, and to yourself.

The key to remember whilst you practice this method (and you can print out the three blog posts, write down the main key points, copy selected sentences from the blog post into your journal etc to remind you), is that "Nothing in your life that comes across as negative is worthy of dripping and oozing from you and all over you, ruining your life. The only way you deserve to be dripping and oozing is with Self Love, which is the Love of the God Force"

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Words of Love ~ Part Two

Following on from my last blog post about how important it is to speak only words of love to ourselves, about ourselves and within ourselves, I am going to discuss a little more from a spiritual perspective and a psychological perspective on how looking for and recognizing the positives greatly affect our lives.

Three years ago I began studying a short course at University about the basics of psychology. I came alive studying that specific module and found that I became more and more fascinated with how our mind works and how our thinking, and our perceptions affect our lives. I learnt a lot about how our memory works and how we come to recognize things and sort them mentally into groups. I won't go too deeply into this as this will be a whole other blog tutorial at a later date. But how we use our memory and our perceptions is what shapes our thoughts and feelings about things, people, situations thus impacting upon our lives.

I learnt so much about how we CAN re-train our brain this re-programming our negative mindsets so that we become much happier and healthier human beings. Richard Davidson et al (2002) ran research studies that showed the difference between happy and unhappy brains and how it linked to our levels of happiness. By having a happy brain, by thinking positive and loving thoughts about ourselves and to ourselves we can increase our levels of happiness in life. Richard Davidson used a EEG machine (Electroencephalograph) to measure which parts of our brains are active with happy thoughts, and which parts are active when we think negatively. He found that when we tend to think more happy thoughts and are feeling happy we have more activity in the front left side of our brain, and when we are feeling more negative and thinking unhappy thoughts, the front right side of our brain is active.

Other ways in which we can encourage a growth in our happiness levels is by practicing the art of meditation. Richard Davidson teamed up with Jon Kabat-Zinn in 2003 to research the effects of meditation on the front left and right sides of the brain. It's interesting to note that Dr Kabat-Zinn had already found a link between meditation and patients who had chronic health diseases were able to manage and cope much easier with their symptoms. During their studies they found that the group of people who had received meditation training and practiced meditation built up a stronger immune system against the flu virus compared to those who had received no training at all.

These small insights to our happiness levels and levels of positivity in our lives suggest that we CAN train ourselves to be happier.

This is when I became more and more interested in Positive Psychology and even spoke with my own GP about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT - Cognitive Psychology). When I was very unwell with the Swine Flu virus a couple of winters ago, my GP suggested that I use CBT methods to train my own mind into being much calmer and happier. I combined this with my already existing knowledge of Positive Thought practice and Kabbalah. It wasn't easy to begin with, I had been programmed to be very panic stricken, negative and worried, so it took a lot of determination and perseverance, but I am pleased to say that it did indeed pay off and I am still reaping the benefits from my training, research, GP advice and study. Before, I would find myself quite easily getting wound up, upset, angry, and very feeling despair over my situations with things, or people. Now, with my daily practice of the above mentioned, I am free of those negative feelings and thoughts at about 75% as I ensure I talk only words of Love to myself and about myself. I still have my moments, but thats all they are, Moments, not hours or days or weeks or even months anymore, just moments.

if you find yourself having these moments whilst you are training yourself to be more loving to yourself, it's OK. Don't beat yourself up about it. Do what I do, I tell myself, "Aurora, that's OK to feel like that, but if you were to feel the Love for all the good in your life, and within yourself, you will see that Love is everywhere and within everyone. Remember how caring you are, remember how loving you are, remember how helpful you are, remember how you smile, etc... Remember that God is everywhere and that includes inside of you."
I also find it very helpful to pray and ask in an affirmative way for guidance from the God energy, I ask for guidance and the patience, and the ability to see and feel the Love within myself for myself and others. In time that strength and inner power returns and I feel immediate peace knowing that I am consistently doing the best I can with the knowledge, love and understanding that I have. That inner peace for me comes from my daily recognition of practicing gratitude, prayer, Kabbalistic thoughts, Hinduism as I call upon the strength and support from the Gods and Goddesses, and the Oneness of Buddha.

I feel that to feel peace within myself, my personal key to this is to take aspects that fill me with love, peace and joy from all world religions. This is my way of finding the soul within, of respecting and honouring myself with love. You may have a different way, and that is perfect for you. The key to loving yourself is embracing YOUR individuality, your Souls calling, and to speak words of love by practicing what fills you with Love. Love of God, Love of the World, Love of the Self.


"The important message here is that while your brain is fundamental in directing your thoughts, and feelings and behavior, you can control your thoughts, feelings and behaviour and alter the way your brain operates to live a happier life" ~ (2007) 

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Words of Love ~ Part One

How do you speak to yourself? What kinds of attitudal words do you use when speaking to yourself? Do you put yourself down? Do you perhaps belittle yourself? Do you when thinking about a goal you wish to achieve, tell yourself that "you can't do that. You don't have the brains/the enthusiasm/the time/the money....."?

We are  brought up by parents, teachers and other family members who teach us that in order to live a life of meaning we need to succeed and in order to succeed we need to be ambitious and in order to be ambitious we need to work hard and fight for what we want. Yes? Does that sound about right? Well you have basically been told, along with millions of others, along with... myself (by teachers not my parents in my personal case) that you really HAVE to listen to your EGO.

Your EGO hears the tiniest whisperer that you might just have to listen to it and guess what? It gets all excited and very domineering. Your EGO is a very very well trained Manager of your thoughts and feelings. I'll show you why and how in a minute. Your EGO is the equivalent to the boss that you really don't gel well with. Your EGO really does get ahead of itself and puts all these impossible restrictions and adds to your list of things to do, THINK, SAY and BELIEVE. Your EGO can be one nasty vindictive beast. If you agree, say it to yourself right now.

"My EGO is a nasty, vindictive and domineering horrible beast .... AND.... I refuse to listen to it from now on."

How does that feel? Do you feel energised and in control of your life? GOOD!

If not, don't despair, we can work on that. There is always hope for your future.

Your EGO has one main priority in your life - to take you further away from GOD, The Source,  The Infinite Mind & Spirit. The EGO will do whatever is necessary in order to achieve this goal. Your EGO will even stoop so low as to tell you any number of the following things;

• Your are stupid
• You will never amount to anything
• You aren't clever enough
• You don't have the money
• You will lose everything
• You can never achieve that
• You aren't lucky enough
• No body loves you
• You are ugly
• You're a horrible person

I really don't think we need to add anymore to the list, although your EGO would be here for eternity if it listed all the degrading comments it has for you.

In order to over-ride and remove your EGO from ruining your life, you need to bring more LOVE into your life and within yourself. You need to start speaking positively to yourself about yourself. It really is the only way. There is no use in trying to improve your life is you affirm one minute "I am happy, healthy and living my dream" if the second you say it, you hear our EGO in your head syaing "Yeah right, you'll never be happy, healthy or living your dream, you're too stupid, you haven't got the brains....etc". You can't simply turn your EGO off to begin with either... not at first. You need to retrain your mind first.

You can imagine a switch that says "EGO ON" and "EGO OFF", mentally visualise this switch being turned off. You can even imagine that a light goes out and leaves your EGO completely in the dark.

You can also begin noticing when your EGO is speaking and say "Thank you for your opinion". Then immediately dismiss the opinion of your EGO and replace it with "Actually, I think, that I can be happy, I feel happy about.....  in my life, and I think I am healthy because I haven't been ill for.... (weeks, months, days, hours,) and I think I can live my dreams because I deserve to".

You also need to remove the EGO's list of vocabulary and replace it with more postive affirmations.

• I am happy
• I am deserving of happiness
• I am beautiful
• I am helpful
• I am thoughtful
• I am supportive of others
• I am loving
• I acheived ....... at...... college/work/university/hobby club/etc
• I am lucky (You can give yourself examples of this too)
• I am LOVE

The words you speak affect your life.  It is so important that we learn to speak to ourselves with love.

(In Part Two I will be taking this further to help you with *Words of Love*)

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Prosperity Consciousness

When I say the words *prosperity consciousness* to you how do you feel? Do you tense up, do you raise your shoulders to your ears? Do you sit back and cross your arms? Perhaps even thinking the about the words and what they might mean to you makes you want to sit cross with your legs crossed, arms folded and think about the *LACK* in your life?

Well, if that sounds like you. STOP!!!

Prosperity Consciousness has more to do with your evaluation of your own self worth and willingness to allow good into your life than it ever will have to do with money or the things you can/can't afford.

Prosperity Consciousness also has a lot to do with honesty. Not the honesty that says, "Yes I did finish all the cereal" or "Yes, I did once fancy that boy in school". I like to think of those honest comments as *Fun Honesty*, as when you think about them much later on, they bring a smile to your face as you recall the moments.
I'm talking about the honesty that comes from your own voice within that speaks to your own inner being. The voice that says "I truly love you as you are", "I love the way that you look at me in the mirror, your eyes are beautiful", or "I deserve all the happiness in the world and I am open to receiving that which makes me happy".

So be honest with yourself right now, no one can hear your thoughts, no one can feel your feelings, it's YOU right now spending time with YOU. So are you really honest with yourself? Have a think for a few minutes.

How honest are you? Are there elements of honesty? Could you do a little better? Do you feel uncomfortable praising yourself? Do you feel uncomfortable thinking, wanting, wishing yourself the best in the world?

It's OK if you do, if you do it's good that you've recognized it, we can work on that. That can change. You CAN start loving yourself enough to want the best for yourself. You have already begun the transformation by admitting to yourself that you are a little hard on yourself.

The first thing you need to do now is take a piece of paper and a pen and write at the top "I am willing to allow myself to be kinder, more loving and supportive of myself". Then underneath write me at least 3 (but between 5 and 10 things would be ideal) things you LIKE, and LOVE about yourself. Then add 1 thing that you are / have / or done that you are proud of. At the bottom of the sheet of paper, write "I am willing to love myself and allow all good into my life".

The re-read through it all and at the beginning and the end where you have written the affirmations, read them either aloud or within you mind with feeling, conviction and a true desire to improve your life.

So why haven't I told you to write things to make you feel more prosperous or about money? Well in truth I have, because YOU are the most WORTHY and EXPENSIVE energy within your life and you are the INVESTOR in your life. Yes you! Every thought you have about the things, situations and people in your life brings more of that to you. Every feeling you have about the things, situations and people in your life brings more of that to you. Every Thought and feeling you have about YOURSELF brings more people, more things, more situations to match that Thought, Feeling and Self Worth Evaluation of yourself into your life.

So you see, begin with yourself, begin with the divine life force energy within yourself, and then the other areas in your life will become more prosperous. All areas of your life will begin to fill up with Prosperity Consciousness and you will live a more abundant and happy life.

Prosperity Consciousness is about the self invested thoughts, feelings, honesty and desire to achieve true happiness within which will then be reflected back to you within your life in ALL areas of your life.



***Keep an eye out for more information and updates on Aurora's Upcoming Book "Spiritual Banking" due to be published with Lulu Self Publishing that will guide you on how to live prosperously and spiritually.***

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Book Review ~ The Magic by Rhonda Byrne

This is the most amazing book! I have read many amazing books but this one is right up there with a book I previously reviewed, "The Source by Ursula James". 

By the amazingly popular author, Rhonda Byrne, famous for bringing us "The Secret" and "The Power", she completely blows my mind with this book. 

You don't need to have read any of her previous works to benefit from this book, you really don't. 

I purchased this for my Mum and she had it from the day it was released here in the UK, and she couldn't wait to recommend it to me. So she bought me a copy and told me "Make your life Magickal sweetheart!".

I initially planned on keeping my knowledge of this book a Secret, as a personal gift to myself, I had no intention or reviewing it and sharing it with the world, but you know when the Universe has other ideas and then you end up writing about it? Thank you Universe :)
  

I'm only 14 days into this life changing book, so I'm halfway as it contains 28 daily practices. But already my life has become wonderfully full of magick. 

It's too important to know the inns and outs of how my life has improved, what is important for you to know is how your life can improve and benefit from this book! 

Rhonda begins with a rather wonderful first few chapters giving you the basics of the law of attraction, but doesn't rely to heavy on this, as the theme for this book is my favourite thing of all time :  GRATITUDE!

It is SO SO important to live your life full of gratitude and have gratitude for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE in your life, even the negative stuff! I know it can sound hard and at first you may wonder "Why would I be grateful for having no money?" or "Why would I be grateful for living in this house with horrible neighbours?" I have asked myself both of those questions at some point in my life ... A LOT of times!  But whilst reading this book I have the answers! I really have the answers to some of the most soul searching questions of my life so far (bear in mind i'm early twenties). 

So what are my answers? 

I am grateful to have what money I do have as it helps me focus on what is important for me to have in my life.
I am grateful for the money I have in my life because it allows me to prioritize my purchases. 

I am grateful for the money I have in my life because I have learnt the true value of money. 

I am grateful for the home I live in because I have so many happy memories here. 

I am grateful for the home I live in because it keeps me warm, and safe. 

I am grateful for the home I live in because it allows me to fill it with objects that fill my heart with joy. 

I am grateful for the home I live in because it helps me mentally, and emotionally  clarify what my dream home  will be like when I move into it. 

Do you see how I've instantly turned a very negative situation into a blossoming positive one? And the magic key to this is not just saying the magic words "Grateful" or looking on the bright side of life (although this really does play a huge part in the process), it's explaining WHY you are grateful for the things in your life. 

It's this simple yet hugely effective process that has helped turn my life around even more that I thought it already had. I'm happier, I'm more grateful for EVERYTHING in my life, I'm living life not existing in life. I also feel so in control of my life and the experiences I have. I can either do what I used to do and focus on the negative side to it, even situations where people have truly hurt me more than I thought they ever could, or I can do what I do now, and say "OK, You want me to feel negative about it, that's fine. But I WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS about it! And then I reel off my positive gratitude's for the situation and/or person. 

I could tell you more about this and how it can help with your health, and relationships and even more ideas about how you can live a RICH life in ALL areas of your life. But, that's not very magickal at all. :) 

You need to experience *The Magic* for yourself! 

So what are you waiting for? Go order/purchase this book now! As my Mum said to me; 

"It's time to make your life a Magickal Life" 

Rating out of 10.0 ~ 10.0 

(it deserves so much more than that - perhaps remove the decimal!) 

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Love, Life, Live ~ Post 100

Hey all,

Wow! Not only is today valentines day *Happy Valentines to all of you out there*, it is also a day where I have finally been given the gift of seeing a way forward, and.... (Yes there is more! - there is always more with me!) but it is also the day I blog my 100th post!!!

What better way to celebrate this fantastic day of LOVE that to blog about how I have made my life more *lovable*.

I have over the weekend whilst I had no voice to use through laryngitis decorated my bedroom. Now it could be a bit too pink and floral for some, but for me, it is perfect. I knew it when I saw the picture that inspired me, and the feeling the room has now its done is well... beyond what I expected. I feel happy, inspired, carefree, and well, ALIVE!!!

Here are the pic's that inspired me;

So I set my mind on creating a Vintage and pretty Pink home for myself, starting with my bedroom.... and here is the finished picture...

So pretty! I am in love with it! I even have my witchy altar set up too and it looks perfect as a little vintage witches bedroom ... dont you think?

Now, you remember the mirror shown in the picture? Well, my Dad brought me that many many years ago when I was a little girl. At the time, I didn't like it as I thought the writing was spoiling it "Who'd write on a mirror?" I said!

Well Mum found it and I saw it, looked at it and said "Oh My.... how beautiful is this? Corsets and Busts unbreakable... that sounds like an Unbreakable woman! How empowering!" So it had to go on my wall, and just how darn pretty does it look now?

Well I couldn't just leave it there. I wanted to know about J.B. Side Spring Corsets... so I googled it and found a corset by them...

dated 1905-1907

OMG, how beautiful is this? And my, I never expected it to be so old :D

Well, this got me thinking and now I have some wonderful ideas for this Witch Inside. I can't reveal anything just yet, but I will in due course.

With my bedroom now looking so beautiful, I have more space in there too with careful rearrangement of furniture, so I just have to set my desk area up and I know my ideas will flow and be fabulous!

oh, and just in case you're wondering, yes I have inspiration for my desk...

I'll let you know how that project goes too.

So to end this Valentines day 100th post, I will leave you with this....

Make sure you do everything you can to;

Bright Blessings,

Aurora )O(

x X x

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