Pause. Surrender. Listen. Gratitude.

Pause. Surrender. Listen. Gratitude.

These four mystical words have changed so many weird perspectives I have had about Life.  To Pause, Surrender and Listen, one has to develop a deep desire to experience true and lasting healing of body, mind and spirit. Not just the body. But all three - body, mind and spirit. This brings about Balance and Centering.

When I Pause in the midst of a chaotic moment, I immediately feel a shift and a sense of calm coming over me. As I Pause and take a deep Breath, I become curious about what's to be done next and this curiosity stops me in my track and asks me to Surrender and Listen to the throbbing beat of my heart and feel the pulse of my Life.  What is Life trying to say to me now, in this moment?  To get my answer, I have to and must Listen.  

To live with Spirit means to engage in all three to receive true inner guidance.  To live with the ego means to look for ways and means that are present outside of you to control your life situations. The latter is headed for sure failure.  But you will never know this unless you experience both sides of the coin.  No matter how many books, lessons, workshops and trainings are available 'out there' you will never find your true guidance completely from any one place in the world.  Don't get me wrong.  You need all this work of exploration to take you forward one step at a time.  And though you will not find all your answers in one place, you will certainly be guided seamlessly into your next step through all this effort. You will find bits and pieces that will help to fill the jigsaw puzzles in your life. But they are not the end of the road. They all serve as an important aspect of your Path and are milestones that begin to show you a clearer landscape, but the real treasure is lying within waiting to be reclaimed through the power of your own Spirit.  Deep within you will experience the explosion of Love, Peace and Understanding. It may be for just a fraction of a second, but it will impact you deeply. And that is what will accompany you for the rest of your Life Journey, if you keep going back to that space of miracles and mystery in your own Sacred Heart and relive that precious moment again and again as the little pause moments become bigger and bigger pauses. 

There is nothing more Empowering and more Powerful than having the Sword of Real Truth in your hand. It helps cut away all that is unnecessary and untrue.

Breathe, you are ALIVE.
Pause so that you can take in this knowledge: "I Am Alive"

Surrender all that feels dead to The Holy Spirit and She will begin to work wonders within you.

Listen deeply as She begins to whisper Her guidance to you and does a clearing and cleansing within you. Remember your True Self is already pure and holy. She is removing all that you have brought into your consciousness with your unholy thoughts and created pain and sorrow for yourself.

This is not a hurried and quick snack.

This is a big, sumptuous meal for your Soul.

Begin to feel a true and deep sense of Gratitude immediately because your Life is already looking different.

So, Pause, Surrender, Listen and say Thank You.

To me the Holy Spirit represents the Mother Aspect of God. She IS what is present here and now everywhere and in everything. May you find your Beloved and be at Peace.

 

Namaste!

L xo

Surrender - the BIGGEST part of my life.

Surrender has become the biggest part of my life. Ever. When one surrenders unconditionally and without holding back anything, life truly begins to become effortless. While the ego is always strategizing, complete surrender to God closes all the deals on effort and hard work to accomplish anything worthwhile in one's life. If surrender was easy, it would not be such a big deal. Through surrender, I am beginning to cultivate Divine Patience, because that is what you will need on this path. Honest-to-God patience for stuff to work out in the best possible way - the way that is best for me and in unity with the Will of God.

Surrender is not meant for just a few aspects of one's life. If put into action for the minutest detail in one's life, it will turn out to be the single most powerful tool to always hold on to for being in the constant Presence of God. Its not a one-time or two-time thing. It is ongoing till the day you give up this body in this lifetime. Once you develop the practice of releasing your entire life to The Power That Permeates Everything, you will find that It has become your most deepest, most trusted and most sacred Ally. There is safety, protection, security, fearlessness and the deepest love no one can imagine in this world because we cannot feel it in the world - we can only experience it deep down in our hearts. Well, who does'nt want that?

Recently, while I was having an inner meltdown, I surrendered the whole experience to Spirit. I was feeling restless, stressed out and unfocused. I was wishing I was not feeling this way when suddenly, my pet dog, Sparkie, just got up from his bed and sat close to me, his skin and fur rubbing agaisnt my legs as if soothing me. In that instant I was reminded that God already is on the job of restoring my mind back to deep peace, I just needed to open up to the Beauty and Gift of His Love. It was okay to feel disrupted so long as I keep stepping up constantly. Emotions are guideposts. They always direct us back to our Hearts. No two ways about it.

How may I be of service?

~ Lavina Olive ~