Simply tap into the timeless part of you that is connected to Source, and you set yourself free. Let go of the energy that your stories/history hold, and you set yourself free. Any attachment you have to a victim story or identity to your past, limits your happiness. Your experiences are simply that—experiences. It is neither good nor bad. Only saying so, makes it so. Who you are is much more than your prescribed notions that are formed from those experiences. Recognize your connection with the part of you that is happy no matter your circumstances, and you break all limitations. You then experience and come-from You as a whole Being of Inner Self, mental body, physical body and emotional body—-the whole package working in alignment and harmony. When you do this, you are viewing yourself as an unlimited being with endless possibilities.

So as you enter 2012, be open to the fact that this is a new beginning. It is the opportunity to let go of anything that doesn’t serve you and start fresh simply by embracing all that you are. Give yourself permission to receive the ‘real you’, and bring yourself back into alignment as a whole Being which gives you access to your inspiration, innate abilities, and creativity. Whatever 2011 has been for you; this is the perfect time to start with a clean slate by exercising self-acceptance, self-compassion, and self-love to create a new vision of your life. You have the key to new beginnings right within your grasp by your willingness to connect with ‘who you really are’, and perceive each day as a fresh start.

Every moment is a new beginning. Claim your Happy New Year.

Qutoes:

“Your inner body (Inner Self) is not solid but spacious. It is not your physical form but the life that animates the physical form. It is the intelligence that created and sustains the body, simultaneously coordinating hundreds of different functions of such extraordinary complexity that the human mind can only understand a tiny fraction of it. When you become aware of it, what is really happening is that the intelligence is becoming aware of itself. It is the elusive ‘life’ that no scientist has ever found because the consciousness that is looking for it is it.”

~Eckhart Tolle “A New Earth” pg 250

And yet, not all gifts come wrapped in pretty paper with bows on them. Some experiences are ‘wrapped in sandpaper’ because they are very difficult and chaotic to go through. Yet when looking back, it is gifts like these that often bring us the greatest insights, learning and change—- that transform our lives.

As I reflect on the experiences of the year 2011, I find gifts that have been delightful and gifts that have felt tough. One such gift has been the learning curves John and I have gone through as a couple. We have healed core beliefs of feeling unwanted and feel not accepted.  We now enjoy a richer, deeper bond in our relationship that has grown this year. What a sweet gift he is in my life!

What gifts have you received this year? What has been your most difficult experience, and your most joyous, fun-filled, exciting and/or successful? What have you learned and gained? Have you changed because of them?

Happy Holidays! Thank you for receiving my messages. Thank you for sharing your experiences with me as we come to the end of 2011.

Quotes:

“Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.” ~Unknown

“It was a journey to fall in love with my skin, my lips, my hips and my hair. So it was not the journey you would think would lead to the life that I have (now). It was crawl before you walk; walk before you run; run before you leap—leap and then soar….I knew that I was going to empower and inspire someone and be of serves to some little girl or little boy who doesn’t celebrate themselves—who doesn’t see the gifts wrapped in sandpaper…. Because some of our gifts may come wrapped in sandpaper. Many of the things that were my struggles, were my gifts though they didn’t appear that way.” ~Lisa Nichols from “The Secret”

Labyrinths have long been used as meditation and prayer tools, and were a feature of many medieval cathedrals. One of the best remaining examples is found in Chartres Cathedral in northern France. People walk the labyrinth slowly as a tool for contemplative prayer and reflection, or as a spiritual exercise. It is a symbol that creates a sacred space and place, which takes us out of our ego to our center within.

Labyrinths and mazes have often been confused. When most people hear of a labyrinth they think of a maze, but it is not a maze. A maze is like a puzzle to be solved with twists, turns, and blind alleys. It is a left-brain task that is a logical and analytical activity to find the correct path into and then to exit.  Many choices must be made and an active mind is needed to solve the maze.

A labyrinth has only one path; the way in is the way out. There are no blind alleys. It is a right brain task which involves intuition, creativity, and imagery.

At its most basic level the labyrinth is a metaphor for the journey to the center of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are.

I walked a Labyrinth this month. This was my experience:

“A cooling breeze teased my hair as the sun’s intensity heated my back. I stood at the beginning; the entrance of a spiraling labyrinth made on the sandy desert floor. The circling path was lined with smooth river rocks of variegated blues, greens, grays, and reds with a few black rough lava rocks sprinkled in for contrast. I set my intention to go within and to center myself as I began to walk. Thoughts flitted in my mind, and without entertaining them they left just as quickly. Each step on the path took me closer to the center with the sound of fine red sand crunching under my feet. My intention focused me inward as I felt my breath go in and out in a rhythmic pattern of inhale and exhale. Step by step, breath by breath, I go inward…..into the silence, into the heightened awareness of every beat of my heart in its hypnotic rhythm…..taking me inward to a center point. The silence within matches the stillness without. I stand there at the center of the labyrinth; at the center of myself.”

A Labyrinth is simply a tool for which there are many to take us to our center. Have you taken any inward journeys lately? What have they been about? I would love to here about your experience in a comment below.

“Your life is a sacred journey. And it is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking courageous challenges at every step along the way. You are on the path… exactly where you are meant to be right now… And from here, you can only go forward, shaping your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of dignity, and of love.”  ~Caroline Adams

Robert Smithson’s ”Spiral Jetty” is a 1,500-foot coil of black basalt rocks in the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Over the years it has been encrusted with white salt crystals. It is surrounded by shallow pink water in what looks like a vast snow field.

In 1970, Robert Smithson built the ”Jetty,” at a site called Rozel Point on the northeast shore because he liked the dark pink color of the water, an effect that results primarily from bacteria and algae that grow there. It is considered his masterpiece since he died in a plane crash at the age of 35.

My last month has been an intense experience with pain and growth…. tenderness on the inside and the outside. It has brought me to my knees…literally, since one knee has been painful, then the cascade effects of neck stiffness, and back spasms; the real source of the miss-alignment. I have gone to the people I know are experts, and I am deeply grateful for their support. Since I know there is an emotional-body component to most everything I experience in my body, I have had and continue to dialog with each part of me to glean the messages, insights and understanding as I heal. What an insightful month it has been. I would like to share one of these messages for it may be of value to you also:

September 8, 2011

“…It is important that we (body and soul) work together for the next part of your life for it is only by being together in a symbiotic relationship, will you be capable of bringing to yourself the fullness of all there is to experience. Richness of expression through all senses, and pure joy are a body response coupled with a soul response. To be fully embodied (fully in your body) is like being at a banquet table and having the capacity to taste the complete feast, if you so choose. You have practiced tuning in to listen to what we have to share and allowing us, all your body systems, to guide you in supporting us so that we can support you in the richest, fullest experience of being alive. Your soul is the animator of this body but that does not mean it is in charge. We have much to share. We have an innate intelligence and the ability to receive information in ways that when we work together, all soul and physical senses gather the input to be cataloged and recorded in every cell. Your body is the receiver and storage device. You, soul, experience through us, and we experience through you. We are inseparable at present but you can pretend to be disconnected, and deny parts of us which blocks life force from reaching the body and causes a distortion in the energy flow between body and soul. Let us work, play and BE together in the sweetest harmony, unity and synchronized co-existence. Well Being for all aspects comes only through the flow of existence. Life force comes into the body through many forms. Food and water bring to the body some energy-fuel, and positive thoughts & feelings create life affirming actions, and life affirming actions draw in more life force. Pure essence of life force energy also comes in through the crown chakra to be distributed through the matrix of energy connections that run throughout all fields of body, soul and other aspects of your being. So for now, we applaud your progress and love you as you love us….. As you pay attention to that which needs attention, all will shift in total and complete health and vibrancy.”

I am grateful that by creating a clearer and more honoring relationship with my body, I am present to my journey as a human, and my body is healing well. I celebrated by walking comfortably on the trails for short hikes in our Utah Mountains these last weeks. Thank you for my healthy body!

May your relationship with your body continue to bless you with vitality and strength to do what you desire in abundant health.

Quote:

“When cells are caught in the same field of resonance, they are all dancing to the same music. Studies show that when we are thinking creatively, or when we are feeling peaceful, or when we’re feeling love, those emotions generate a very coherent magnetic field. And that electromagnetic field is broadcast to the rest of your body. It also creates a field of resonance where all the cells of the body lock into each other. Every cell knows what every other cell is doing because they’re all doing the same thing, while expressing their unique functions efficiently…

Wherever you go, you are broadcasting who you are at this very intimate level.”

Deepak Chopra

The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

Some Signs and Symptoms of Inner Peace

Saskia Davis

• A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears resulting from past experiences

• An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment

• A loss of interest in judging other people

• A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others

• A loss of interest in conflict

• A loss of ability to worry

• Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation

• Contented feelings and sense of unity with others and nature

• Frequent attacks of smiling

• An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it

• Much joy and happiness

“Yesterday is History

Tomorrow is a Mystery and

Today is a Gift

That’s why it is called

THE PRESENT”

(Quote from Kung Fu Panda)

Then I learned to be the observer and stay present to the parade of thoughts. ‘Oh. There’s a thought,” I observed. And I would focus my attention on the space between the thoughts. There I found the quiet millisecond. As I focused on the quiet in between, the silence would expand. It is palatable and has a feeling of depth to it. There I am enveloped in peace. Even if the silence only lasts 15 seconds until another thought interrupts it, it is the act of being present and observing that brings me deeper and deeper into the recognition of the connection with my Higher Self/Soul and Source. There I sit in the expanded awareness of my access to wisdom, insights and my creativity.

Before I practiced and became confident in this skill, I used to think it was a gift only available to some; ‘those that were born with it.’ So my message this month is that everyone has access to these abilities. It is innate in us to do so. Our connection is always there, waiting to be tuned into. We may have buried it yet it still exists. Recognition of that connection is our access point for questions asked and answers received.

The advantages of using your intuitive skills on a daily basis are that your own internal guidance is a powerful asset that keeps you focused and on track. It can improve your confidence, create a space of feeling safer in your world, and help you recognize what is best for you. Everyone has access to knowledge for himself or herself as a resource.

I invite you to listen to a free track of  this new CD “Connect and Expand Your Intuitive Abilities.” Click www.Lindasinsights.com

It is mesmerizing to gaze into the churning current. It holds me captive in a timeless place of wildly wet action. My thoughts sweep by just as rapidly until they’re washed into a background noise hardly recognizable.

In my past the currents of change swept rapidly through my life and I experienced big shifts in who I am. How I learned was change through difficulty, pain and suffering. It was like an uncontrollable current washing away all that was familiar. I choose now to learn and grow through a new way of being. Change through joy. I know that when I surrender any resistance and forgive anyone, anything and especially myself, I move with the ebb and flow of the currents that direct my life. New perceptions expand my vision and I embrace new possibilities with joyful, childlike anticipation.

The Dalai Lama said:

“The central method for achieving a happier life is to train your mind in a daily practice that weakens negative attitudes and strengthens positive ones.”

An Invitation to Practice Every Day:

1. Strengthen all your positive emotions daily through gratitude and appreciation.

2. Disempower your negative emotions daily through forgiveness or letting go.

3. Practice innocent perception, which is to see things just as they are without judgment or added embellishment by the mind.

Numbers on a clock?

The measurement of experiences lay within the framework of chronology?

Time’s illusion of moving fast or slow depends on my perception.

What is my relationship to you, Time?

We dance together, you and I sometimes with ease, other times with discomfort.

When I allow myself to be pressured by my beliefs around time, I feel stressed, overwhelmed, and anxious.

Time’s past can haunt me with any unresolved emotions or beliefs.

The future can worry me if I allow my mind to fret.

When I focus on the smallest measure of a moment, our dance is a fluid peaceful movement of grace.

Somehow, I know when I surrender into a relaxed dance with time, the part of me that is timeless finds full expression.

Time

Quote:

“Time is too slow for those who wait,

Too swift for those who fear,

Too long for those who grieve,

Too short for those who rejoice.

But for those who love, time is not.”

~Henry Van Dyke

Then suddenly there was silence as if the whole of existence was pausing for breath. The stillness without matches the stillness within. There I sit in that timeless space in sync somehow. That moment passed and in floods the chorus of birdsong and thoughts alike…. Chattery; ever chattering to direct my attention from here to there and here again. I find myself being in it and among it, no resistance. Only awareness that the shadows are fleeing as the light ever so slowly illuminates every object. The dimmer switch is turned up incrementally to shed light on the garden as a peer out the window to see that the breath of a new day sways the blossoms in the tree outside.

What dawns in me is somehow new and yet familiar as if what is being noticed is the alignment of me with All; the rhythm of me in sync with the rhythm of All that is around me, and yet moves through me at the same time.

Somehow words fail to grasp it all for there is nothing more sweet than the recognition that what I have been seeking is already present inside. What I wanted to find has been here all along. Who I am is enough and more.

To see and be seen…..to witness and experience it all, one breath at a time; one moment at a time. And yet more fluid than that….. TO see because all that chattered so distractedly and kept me from seeing is now more in the background. What arises is a ‘now’ presence. I see and witness without story clinging to every part of what is viewed. I see and BE with the whole of this day, and the whole of this day greets me somehow. Acknowledges my existence as I acknowledge this day. Dawning is a familiarity; a relaxed presence with my surroundings and a relaxed way of resting inside myself without resistance to any part of me that has expression of any kind.

Here I am.

Loving Acknowledgements,

Linda Radford

“Choose an object close to you—and explore it visually, that is to say, look at it with great interest, almost curiosity… Without straining, relaxed but alert, give your complete attention to the object, every detail of it. If thoughts arise, don’t get involved in them. It is not the thoughts you are interested in, but the act of perception itself. Can you take the thinking out of the perceiving? Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out? After a couple of minutes or so, let your gaze wander around the room or wherever you are, your alert attention lighting up each thing that it rests upon.

Then, listen to any sounds that may be present. Listen to them the same way as you looked at the things around you. Some sounds are natural—water, wind, birds—while others are man-made. Some may be pleasant, others unpleasant… Allow each sound to be as it is, without interpretation…

When you look and listen in this way, you may become aware of a subtle and at first perhaps hardly noticeable sense of calm. Some people feel it as a stillness in the background. Others call it peace. When consciousness is no longer totally absorbed by thinking, some of it remains in its formless, unconditioned, original state. This is inner space.”

~Eckhart Tolle, “A New Earth” pages 240-241

How many of you watched the news and cried too as you felt your heart move with compassion? How many felt to pray or send energy, money or whatever you have felt to do? As the whole world has turned their attention on these little islands in the Pacific, I notice how our hearts are being opened in the sharing of their experience. People in many cultures reach out in their own ways to show they care.

As I observe the Japanese peoples’ examples of how they deal with the events with acceptance, integrity, and a sense of community. Their examples show acceptance of what is happening. Yes, there is sadness and compassion in the loss and yet there is no evidence that they view themselves as victims. They are part of a whole shared experience, and they are feeling it as a whole; banding together to care for each other and share with one another. There are no strangers in this, the disruptive events bond them together, and they support each other to survive, to clean up and rebuild.

So I ask again, what is the bigger picture?

It is possible that all of us chose on some level to be here on this planet to experience all that is happening and all that is yet to happen, together. It is possible that we are feeling to varying degrees, a collective recognition that what happens to one of us, happens to us all. Consider the possibility that such events will open us in re-membering our wholeness, individually and as a world community.

In recognition of our humanity,

Linda

“Here is a truth that elevates co-habitation into community: the quality of life for all is more assured by the survival of each person, and the quality of life for each person is more assured by the survival of the whole.”

“Beyond the human context, you will find that community extends forever through time and space. Creation unfolds as an endless web of support. What you nourish now will be your future, your community, and the pathway for your own return sustenance and fulfillment. To this expanded view, you may add the many ‘communities’ within yourself. Each person is an integrated whole of many microcosms. How do you nurture your physical body, your heart, your mind, and emotions? There are patterns within you to be discovered and supported or evaluated and changed. Every choice you make is about community on some level, and the support in which you vest it is the basis for all you will ever have or create. Choose well.”

“The Keys of Jeshua” by Glenda Green pages 212, 214-215