See The Good In Life

Choosing a Positive Outlook. A talk and meditation on choosing not to be overwhelmed by life and choosing to see the good in life. We have had many overwhelming situations occur in the last year and we have to be determined to stay positive and see the glass as half full not half empty.

Transcript

A big Aloha,

I'm Reverend Cindy Palos and a thought came to me in meditation,

As it does sometimes,

And then I usually write something down about it.

But this was the message I got that I really want to share with you and go into in depth and talk in meditation.

And the message was this,

Life is not happening to you.

It is happening for you.

Do you get the difference there?

We have all been going through some of the most challenging times and a lot of the world is in overwhelm,

I understand that,

You know.

And it's been easy to slip into victim consciousness,

Especially if in the past we have been what they say victims.

I was a victim of domestic violence and abuse and rape and then,

You know,

You get through that and still some of that tendency when things get too much can come back to you.

And you end up feeling like that all these things are happening to you.

Why is all this happening?

And all of a sudden you don't look at it in the right perspective.

You start to think that things are happening to you.

Now what happens if you change and flip that perspective?

Because that life is happening for you.

Can you feel the difference?

When life is happening for you,

You have opportunities.

You have all these chances and beautiful blessings that you can take advantage of with new doors opening.

This is the poem that came to me.

Life is not happening to you.

It's happening for you.

Can't you see whether life is positive or negative?

It's up to you to choose to be what you believe and what you feel.

Every day you awaken and you can change your perspective on what you see.

There's so many blessings that are given and so many amazing opportunities.

Life is not happening to you.

Life is happening for you.

Ah,

Take a breath and try to see life is a gift you've been given.

Life is a chance to be free.

You are not a victim,

Although it may be hard.

Make that big decision to not feel angry and off-guard.

Choose to be happy.

Take another look and embrace the beauty that you see.

Life is really good and it's up to you to be not a victim of what's happened,

But a strong positive soul that's taken responsibility.

You have this power you've been given,

So celebrate what's right in life.

Focus on the good you see and let your smile shine so bright.

Life is not happening to you,

But for you.

Can't you see?

You can choose whether to believe if the glass is half full or half empty.

And that I think is really what's been going on so much over the last few months.

We've many times been just losing ourselves and trying to survive and getting by and overcoming the stress that we haven't had that that happiness,

That joy,

That bliss that we need,

That breath of optimism and positive energy.

Here's some affirmations I wrote about powerizing that energy,

That happiness,

That joy.

I call upon the divine force in me.

I now create a life where I become whole and happy.

I step into my bliss and I open my heart right now to receive that positive energy.

The life I want is waiting for me.

I am happy to be alive.

I find joy in all the magical moments of life that occur.

I'm aware when a smile comes to my face how the whole energy of my body changes.

I thank you God and so it is.

The Dalai Lama says since our goal and the purpose of life is happiness what is happiness?

He says consider the case of humans who feel no physical threats.

They have a happy comfortable life,

Good friends,

Salary and name but even then we notice that some millionaires for example they feel that they are an important part of society but often these people as persons are very unhappy persons.

On a few occasions I have met very rich influential people who showed a very troubled sense that deep inside they had a compassion and affection help to brain the function more smoothly.

Secondarily compassion gives us that inner strength.

It gives us the self-confidence that reduces fear which in turn keeps our mind calm and he says therefore compassion has two functions.

It causes our brain to function better and it brings inner strength.

These then are the causes of happiness.

I feel it is like that.

He says whenever I give talks I say that we modern people think too much of external development.

If we pay attention only to that level that's not enough.

Genuine happiness is satisfaction.

It must come from within and I do believe that right and this is something we have to do when we go into meditation.

We have to remember in meditation we can find compassion.

We can find happiness we can find peace there inside ourselves.

We can choose our direction.

We can choose to see if the glass is half empty or half full and indeed when we start to do things with that joy of giving and with compassion we change that attitude and we change the feeling of being a victim because then we are giving.

We are helping.

If you look at the mirror and discover really your true face you can see that you've learned a lot and all of that pain and all the suffering wasn't in vain so please allow yourself to just trust yourself enough to believe that you do have the strength to emerge from these hard times and from the shadows and from the overwhelm and you can find the blessings in that sacred space inside and you can just let all this heavy baggage that you carry be released you can let it go.

You don't need to cover up the past and all the trauma you've been through.

It's time to really change your attitude now and begin again and you really can choose to embrace the love that you are and you can start to believe enough to have trust in the human race but we have to look within and find that power that power of God's redeeming grace.

You can really be made new and the Bible it says he made new in the attitude of your mind and to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

It was Ephesians.

So this is what we do when we try now to I don't think the word try I don't want that that when we become able to put off any of the old ways or feelings of victimhood or anger penit frustration and just allow that God self within us to really help us to make us over into a new self.

I used to kind of battle with allowing God's will to be my will and to follow God's will until I kind of got that hey this is really for me it's not happening to me that's happening for me because when I follow that I am then not doing a battle I am not fighting anything I'm accepting this happiness and joy that God is good all the time and we've been tested to believe that right?

So let's think about why why you might have thought you were a victim and that things are happening to you.

Let's flip it around let's for a second just believe that things are happening for you that God's will is goodwill and that indeed when we follow that beauty of that highest will we can find a peace we can find compassion we can find happiness we can find simple wonders and joy every day we can find miracles.

Let's breathe in a few clearing breaths and just allow ourselves now to be open to look at life as a gift that life is happening right now for you.

Breathe in this energy this positive energy just breathe it in and allow that energy to be filling your mind clearing anything away that shadows there any worry any frustrations any anger breathe in the light that fills your entire mind and let your mind be full of that light right now that perfect light of peace and allow yourself to let that light to come into your throat chakra your creative center and fill your whole voice your creative center your throat chakra with the beautiful aqua energy breathing in again deeply into your heart center and put your hand on your heart and just send your heart so much love breathing in that beautiful rose light into your heart of hearts feeling your heart receiving that love that you truly are that love of all loves right there within you allow yourself to feel the gift of that love that you are that unconditional love that God has completely given you for free and see that love as a gift that you can share with yourself and others that nothing is stopping you from accepting that love and giving that love and breathe again into your beautiful third chakra and allow your solar plexus to be filled with a golden light and let that light completely surround every part of you and your organs and allow your energy to be completely filled with beautiful healing light see that light filling your liver and your kidneys and your pancreas and breathe it in and spin it around and now breathe into the second chakra and see that place where you might be holding your emotions and any frustration and any fear any anger allow that whole center to be filled with a beautiful embrace of peach light let that peach light completely surround all of your organs and the bones and the cells of your reproductive area and down now to your root chakra and see a beautiful ruby red flower of light there at the root chakra let go of any fears you might have breathing in that light and allowing it to go down to your legs and your knees and your calves and your feet and now see yourself surrounded by a beautiful beautiful white light surrounding all of your body and let yourself feel this beautiful energy alive in you the rainbow colors of God's pure healing energy it's now completely filling you and surrounding you and protecting you and allow yourself to feel a purification coming as if you were diving deep into a holy pool of water and being baptized right now with that beautiful energy of bliss that comes with God's love feel it feel it completely washing away any frustration any sense of anger any sense of being a victim let it go let it go release it and let it go there's no need right now for anything but feeling good breathe in that energy of your soul's light and know there that you feel the goodness of that light of your soul thank your soul for always being there for you and allow yourself to receive the energy in the light of your soul let it fill you let it inspire you let it let it now touch your entire being with inspiration feel that sacred silence and for a few minutes just allow yourself to be in the sacred temple of your soul and the beauty there within breathing the I am that I am presence right now feeling completely whole and feel the goodness there realize that life is happening for you every day is an opportunity every moment you can choose to feel this goodness of your soul you can be filled with the breath and the spirit of that energy that is at one with this beautiful energy of God's goodness breathe it in and now slowly we're going to be coming out of meditation absorb this energy process it and I will say the Aramaic Lord's Prayer now father mother of the cosmos shimmering light of all focus your light within us as we breathe your holy breath enter the sanctuary of our hearts in 19 within us the sacred rays of your power and beauty let your heart's desire unite heaven and earth through our sacred union help us fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives today forgive our secret fears as we freely choose to forgive the secret fears of others let us not enter forgetfulness tempted by false appearances for from your astonishing fire comes the eternal song which sanctifies all renewed eternally in our lives and throughout creation we seal these words in our hearts committed in trust and faith a mama a mama ooh and Noah the prayer is free I thank you dear friend for being here and feeling that positive energy and allowing yourself to choose to be one who sees the good and the beautiful blessings in life god bless you always