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1-5-20 – OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART: Meditation and 20/20 Vision for 2020, Part I
Today’s Notes:
I – “But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. I was attending a service this past weekend, where I was challenged to list the top ten happenings that occurred in my life in 2019. As I began the process of pondering, second on my list was that we chose to get involved with Metron’s Meditation weekends. One after the other, we were pulled into a positive energy vortex in which we have no regrets. It is with high expectation and resolve that I begin year 2020, living in the now, looking forward to connecting with the optimistic people of Metron. As I was writing this, I was thinking what a Wonderful World I live in and as synchronicity would have it, from my TV Louis Armstrong begins to sing What a Wonderful World. Jim, Ken and Metron family, we thank you for allowing us to do life with you.”
– John W Brock
II – “I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, — since the EYES OF YOUR HEART HAVE BEEN ENLIGHTENED…”
(Ephesians 1:17, 18 – NET)
III – “The fact is, inner peace isn’t something that comes when you finally paint the whole house a nice shade of cream and start drinking herbal tea. Inner peace is something that is shaped by the wisdom that ‘this too shall pass’ and is fired in the kiln of self-knowledge…” ― Tania Ahsan
IV – “Relax…
Relax right where you are…relax, right in the middle of the chaos…relax right now, no matter what is happening around you…relax, in spite of anything you’ve just heard…relax, regardless of anything you’re dreading…relax and take back your power, because you are the master of your own emotions…there is great strength in learning to relax your mind and your spirit, and in refusing to be motivated by stress and anxiety…William Burroughs said, “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”…it’s absolutely true…you already know deep inside what you need to do, you just have to settle down and listen to your Highest Self, and believe your own truth…
Peace is a decision…peace is a state of mind…and peace is possible, right now, right where you are…stop blaming yourself, or shaming yourself, for whatever you think you did that is causing all the feelings of being unsettled…exhale all the negative, and inhale the positive…
…and relax…
If you got ahead of your skis and made grandiose public declarations about what you’re going to do and be in the new year, and now you’re already feeling stressed about how you’re going to do and be all that, just take a deep breath and let it go…you can still accomplish great things this year without stressing yourself out about the specifics and the details…you can still hold yourself accountable without painting yourself in a corner, and making yourself unnecessarily miserable by your own well-intentioned words of faith…you can still speak amazing things into existence without being legalistic about it…
It’s all good…just relax, and let it unfold however it’s going to unfold…
Find the balance between being a creator and a control freak…the sweet spot is somewhere there in the middle…
Intention with detachment is the more excellent way…
And…breathe…
Inhale…
Exhale…
Inhale…
Exhale…”
– Jim Swilley