SOULutions

.."I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me; to fright me, if they could. But I will not stir from this place, do what they can; I will walk up and down here, and will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid." --Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream

For months now I have put off placing much content on this page. My friends have been asking me, 'What's up?' As a writer, speaker, poet & deep thinker my friends expect to see at least "something" here. I am usually not at a loss for words...For some reason, I have a 'block.' So I am just going do a lil stream of consciousness thing & attempt to share my thoughts in the moment w/o planning. I invite you to respond in kind. (And please come from a place of Love & Light...and RESPECT as that is how I extend my energy to you. Fair?) I have lived a challenging existence. Indeed, many of us have. That's Life & the state of being "human". I have come to know that each challenge was simply meant as a Lesson to nurture Awareness and growth. It took me quite some time to fully appreciate that. I feel that I was drawn to the graduate program in Holistic Counseling so that I might learn how to heal my inner-self and to enable me to help others in their intention to do the same. Pain is a great teacher and it is one of the essential things that all human beings have in common. Without pain of some kind we would never learn much. Therefore, I have finally arrived at that place where true Wisdom begins and I can say, "I wouldn't take nothin for my journey now..." Back to my friends...

YOU are magnificent, brilliant, dynamic and gifted. I pray that you walk always in the Awareness and Reality of that Truth. I see you in my mind's eye & in my spirit, whole, healthy, prosperous, loved and protected always and in ALL ways. I feel honored to have you in my life...actually or virtually. It does not matter at all if we never actually meet or speak or even exchange e-mail greetings. It's a new world. We are all One through the Creator. Our connection is REAL. I am a queen. Kings are PHENOMENAL. Some people have difficulty with the concept of kingship & queenship. I think that is sad. When a man tells me that he is not a king, I believe him. I realize in that moment that such a man will never possess the capacity to see me as the queen that I am. One can not see or validate what one does not own. I have compassion for a man who is a mere prince, knight, or even a pawn, but I do not have an intense desire to commune with him extensively. You see, association surely breeds assimilation and this queen is not willing to descend. "SECRET" All one need do to be a king or a queen is to know that that is what one is. We are as God the Creator created us. Perhaps that's too simplistic for some. The higher spiritual consciousness can comprehend it though. You are majestic my friend! God made you so! Rule your own life with Love, Light and POWER! I advise all to meditate and contemplate their own essential nature. Visualize yourself as who/what you desire to be. Your vision will manifest. Just that pure and powerful thought has fire and it will spark a flame deep within the core of your being. It will reconnect you with the genesis of your existence. It will join you energetically with the Source of All, God! Years ago I visualized myself as FREE. Now I am free. I pray daily to retain my freedom. I never take it for granted. And someone is always laying in wait to grab it from me. Visualize yourself as healthy, strong, free, powerful, brilliant and prosperous. As you think, so shall you be.

Our world today needs to be inhabited by individuals who fully understand the power of prayer, thoughts, intention, forgiveness, Love, affirmation, meditation and visualization. If enough of us join and agree to put thoughts and words of Love, Peace & Light out into the atmosphere, EVERYTHING would shift. Darkness would fall. Kindred spirits and like minds would have to work together...We can do it! Here is my special request: May each person who reads these words agree to stop at least once each day, (more if possible) and visualize a better world. See in your minds eye a world where war, violence and hatred is obsolete. See a world wherein you personally contribute to projecting Love, Light Consideration and Peace to everyone on the planet. Affirm a world in which the very atoms of the atmosphere are drenched with sustenance, forgiveness and healing on all levels. May each person reading these words, stop to join the rest of us daily in simple saying, "Let there be Love & Light!" Remember... We are greater than the sum of all our parts.I'm drawn to REAL people who want to promote health, build wealth and be a part of the effort to make this world a more loving and Light filled place. I am not drawn to dogma or ritualistic programing/ brain washing. (Which is so much more wide spread than many realize!) WAKE UP! I do not believe in the faux hierarchy created and supported by popular culture and capitalistic system. I REFUSE to play the game. I feel that our Creator animates us to fulfill our Divine Purpose in this world. We are all "hot-wired" so to speak, for GREATNESS. Due to free will, however, we choose in each moment, with each word, thought or deed if we will work in harmony with Light and Love. I do not believe in mortal 'gods' or seats of external power established by might, violence, lies and exploitation. Every human being has the God-given right to be free to live a self-actualized life and discover constantly what that means to him or to her. I am tired of other mere human beings judging, attacking and even killing other people in the name of God. For God's sake what foolishness. Call God what you like but do call God. Oh and...Bullies in all forms sicken me. I sicken them too. LOL! We are not forced to do anything. We have the right to choose. We have the right to be right. We have the right to be wrong. The rewards or consequences are ours depending upon the choices that we make. And the choices that we make create our lives; our heaven; our hell. In general, I am a positive person. I am still on the Path, however. And I am a long way from "perfection." My intention is to come from a place of Light & Love. I manage to manage it more often than not, yet not as often as I intend to; if that makes any sense at all. I know that each Lesson that life presents offers us a choice. I can choose between hubris or humility. I feel that humility is a very powerful force. As is Love. As is Kindness. As is Awareness. As is Forgiveness. As is Creativity. All gifts from the Creator. Many of our greatest leaders understood this. People such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ghandi, Mother Teresa and St. Joan of Arc, understood the power of humility and atonement with the Higher Power. For instance, once Mother Teresa was out with the other nuns begging for money so that they might have a meal for the day. This woman had actually left a life of prosperity and luxury to serve humanity as a nun. On this particular day the faithful nuns set about the task of begging. People were very hard-hearted, selfish and refused to give the nuns much if anything at all. Mother Teresa and the other nuns begged all day, but did not get enough to feed themselves on this day. Mother Teresa returned home with a sad and heavy heart. That night she knelt to pray and this is what she said: "Dear Father, please teach me how to beg..." That blew me away years ago when I read it. Humility is very powerful indeed. It edifies the soul & spirit. I try to remember that. It is easier sometimes than it is during other times. Still, I carry this core intention in my heart and it calls me constantly to be better or do better than I otherwise would. I try to bring forth the good in myself and see the good in others. I don't like cHicKEn-HeAdZ though. (LOL...they know who they are. Oops! No, they don't. That's part of the problem...but I digress.) I try to disengage from such characters as soon as I discern them. I wish them Love & Light though. I intend to grow more in a Spiritual sense so that I may have more patience with them...but for now, I keep a safe distance...and I pray for them and for myself. My company website for people who believe in living authentically and by their own rules is: www.SOULutionsForDynamicLiving.com I once had someone (almost a decade younger than I)admonish me by saying, "Life is not about doing what you 'want' to do Lisa." Wha?! That is funny. My life is as God & I define it. As is all our lives. Ya feel me? Even as a counselor, I have always set my intention to resist any temptation to tell another individual how to live his or her life. As long as you do no harm, you have the right to be as God created you...and only you and the Creator can access that Essential Truth. I try to create a safe environment wherein one may discover her or his own inner-revelations and answers which were placed by God within the Body, Mind & Spirit before (s)he was even born. I sincerely believe that your Truth lies within you and my only service is to support you in discovering that Truth or re-awakening to it. Much like good ol' PREGO - It's in there! I intuit that LIFE is defined by each of us authentically and atoned within our personal relationship with God the Creator. You must experience your own life from the driver's seat and take responsibility for your own choices. And again, above all, simply do no harm. It's your THANG...do what ya wanna do NOW...(I've always loved that tune! I LOVE being ME! U-B-U-2! I wish you continued success and bountiful BLESSINGS always and in ALL ways. p e a c e LB
"Enough about me...how about YOU? Hollah."

Higher Wisdom on FREEDOM "I think it is important to understand that FREEDOM is at the beginning and not at the end. We think FREEDOM is something to be achieved, that liberation is an ideal state of mind to be gradually attained through time, through various practices; but to me, this is a totally wrong approach. FREEDOM is not to be achieved; liberation is not a thing to be gained. Freedom, or liberation, is that state of mind which is essential for the discovery of any truth, any reality; therefore, it cannot be an ideal; it must exist right from the beginning. Without FREEDOM at the beginning, there can be no moments of direct understanding because all thinking is then limited, conditioned. If your mind is tethered to any conclusion, to any experience, to any form of knowledge or belief, it is not free; and such a mind cannot possibly perceive what is truth." ---Krishnamurti