Do You Believe?

Is believing is seeing or is seeing believing? OR how about “I Believe.” My dear friend, Pierre Bensusan, has permitted me to use his track called ‘Sentimentales Pyromaniaques’ from the album 'Altiplanos'.

Transcript

Welcome to In the Flow,

A positivity-provoking podcast designed to lift us up to that higher place to live our best lives.

We will laugh,

Cry,

Meditate,

And discuss any and all things spiritual to learn and remove any stigma surrounding spiritual gifts,

Meditation,

Prayer,

And the afterlife.

Talk about synchronicity.

Maybe synchronicity isn't exactly the right word,

But oh my gosh,

When I tell you guys this story,

It's just,

You know what,

Like spirit never ceases to amaze me.

Never ceases to amaze me.

I mean,

If you guys have seen me before,

I mean,

It just,

I am so amazed,

Right?

It's crazy,

Right?

So the other day I was like,

Oh,

You know,

Next time I do my thing,

I want to do a poem on believing and just,

You know,

I really,

I really feel like that that's a message we all need to hear,

Right?

So I was like,

Okay,

So I found this really awesome poem.

I'm like,

Okay,

So here's where it gets really weird and cool all at the same time.

So I'm at my house and our AC goes out.

The high today is going to be 102,

Something like that.

It's hot,

Right?

Our AC is gone.

It's gone.

Like we may have days without AC,

Right?

It's bad.

So you know,

What do you do?

You have a choice in situations like this.

We have a choice.

We can either fall into the trap of,

Oh my God,

Oh my God,

Oh my God,

Oh my God,

Right?

You can fall into that trap of like,

What are we going to do?

Oh my God.

And panic and completely panic.

And I will say I had about 10 seconds of panic,

Right?

Then I realized,

Hold on,

Step back.

I have a choice.

I have a choice on how I'm going to react to this,

Right?

So I went to a place of,

I believe that things are going to be fine.

We are going to be fine.

We aren't going to be that,

I mean,

We're going to be hot because even if we had AC,

We wouldn't,

We would be hot,

Right?

We're going to be hot,

But we're going to be okay.

Everything is going to be great.

That's where I went to,

Right?

And then,

And then I'm getting ready this morning and I was like,

Oh,

I'm going to get my stuff together.

And I saw this poem and wait till you guys hear this poem.

And this is why I love working with spirit in any way,

Shape or form.

I love working with spirit because spirit knows.

Spirit is with us.

Spirit gets it.

And spirit is there for us.

It's just amazing.

Just amazing.

So what we're going to do is we're going to get into our little quiet place.

We're going to get into the quiet place and I'm going to read this poem and then I have a mantra for us that,

You know,

And it's not just about like physical things,

You know,

Like it's not just about physical things like our AC being out or,

You know,

Needing a new car or whatever it is,

Right?

It's about believing in yourself too.

It's about,

I mean,

Cause here's the thing.

Maybe let's just say 30 years ago,

I would have completely 100% panicked about this entire situation,

Right?

I totally gone down that rabbit hole.

But believing in spirit,

Believing and trusting in spirit that this is all going to be taken care of.

That's a whole different ball game.

And that is where the joy is.

And that is where the excitement is.

And the,

You know,

The truth is.

Oh yeah,

Truth,

Right?

So let me read this,

This poem,

Which is so beautiful and I'd never seen it before.

And I love finding new poems that inspire me,

Right?

That's like a huge thing for me lately,

Right?

I'm really into poetry.

I've never been into poetry my whole life until like recently.

So I want to read this to you guys.

This is a poem by BJ Morbitzer.

Okay.

Now,

This poem is just so beautiful.

Here it is.

To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds.

To know the wonder of a stardust sky and the wisdom of the man in the moon.

To believe is to know the value of a nurturing heart,

The innocence of a child's eyes,

And the beauty of an aging hand.

For it is through their teachings we learn to love.

To believe is to find the strength and courage that lies within us.

When it's time to pick up the pieces and begin again.

To believe is to know we are not alone.

That life is a gift and this is our time to cherish it.

To believe is to know that wonderful surprises are just waiting to happen.

And all our hopes and dreams are within reach.

If only we believe.

And what is so amazing about that poem is exactly what I just said.

When our AC went down rabbit hole and find and hear those negative thoughts in my head or believe,

Positivity,

Or know that it's all going to be okay.

Believe,

Trust.

I just love it.

Love,

Love,

Love it.

This is what we're going to meditate on today.

Are you surprised?

Let's get ourselves comfortable.

We're going to sit in just a short little meditation just to get our day started properly.

Or if you're somewhere where it's evening to finish your day properly.

Let's close our eyes whenever you feel comfortable.

Get yourself really comfortable seated properly.

You can cross your legs,

Feet flat on the floor,

Whatever feels right.

That's the whole key to the whole thing about meditation.

Is whatever feels right for you.

What feels right for you isn't going to feel right for somebody else necessarily.

Close your eyes.

Let's take a nice deep breath in and release it.

Beautiful.

So,

What are you grateful for today?

What is going well in your life?

Think of something that you are happy about.

What is there to be grateful for?

You know,

Honestly,

I could think of a thousand reasons why I'm depressed or sad,

Right?

But what am I grateful for?

In the face of our AC going down,

We're going to have a brand new system.

It might take a little bit of time to get there,

But we're going to have a brand new system.

You got to find the positive,

Right?

You got to find what you are grateful for.

So,

Our mantra for today is our affirmation,

I guess I should say,

For today that we're going to use as a mantra.

I believe.

Absolutely.

I believe.

And what I want you to do is focus on your breath and say to yourself over and over again,

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

So,

As we sit in the stillness for just a few minutes,

Concentrate on your breath.

If you forget the mantra,

Just go back to your breath.

Don't worry about bringing in those extra thoughts.

Just gently in your mind,

Swat them away gently.

And let's begin.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

I believe.

Let's start bringing our awareness back to our bodies.

Perfect.

Let's take a nice deep breath in.

And release it.

And whenever you feel comfortable,

You can open your eyes and go throughout your day believing.

Heck,

If I can believe without having AC,

Then you can too.

Right?

I think the world of all of you.

Thank you so much for joining today.

Thank you so much.

I'm going to give my heart to yours.