My husband’s ‘spiritual boating’ story about Inner Guidance

Thought you all would enjoy this lesson in following Inner Guidance. By my husband, Dwight Reynolds

I want to share this story with The Collective Manifesting Project because I believe it is relevant to all of us and it certainly got my attention!

I live in South Florida and I am an avid boater in these beautiful waters, especially in the remote areas of the southern tip of mainland Florida. I’m sharing with you a brief story that happened two days ago and I think it is a wonderful reminder for us all on two levels. One, if we follow our inner guidance/wisdom we will know what action to take, and two, if we trust and connect with Source, all will be/is well.

Let me explain: My good friend Tim and I planned a fishing/camping trip for this past Friday/Saturday in the Everglades at Cape Sable which has miles and miles of white sandy beaches and can only be reached by boat. It is often rare to see another boat or person where we go. The weather was absolutely spectacular Friday morning. We had planned well; food, camping equipment, extra clothing, etc. Tim and I were really looking forward to this adventure together. We get along very well and there is always an ease to our time together. We were both excited and anticipating a phenomenal experience out in the wild.

Before I go on with the story, let me tell you about the premonition I had on Thursday and Thursday night. I kept getting the message that I should stay home and that something was wrong with my boat engine. Through the night I kept waking up and I would push those thoughts away, reassuring myself and telling myself it was just fear. My thoughts kept on “insisting” that I should stay home. My internal dialogue went back and forth. Is this my inner wisdom, a knowing of what to do? Or was this neurotic fear about being out in the wild away from humanity and out of cell range?

Back to Friday morning. I CHOSE to meet my friend with my boat at our prearranged destination. It was without doubt, one of the most beautiful days we have had this winter. We took off north into the interior. The boat engine was purring and running smoothly. I kept “listening” for an engine problem but everything was perfect…for about 4 hours. We both remarked at the beauty of our surroundings and how fortunate we were to have this time to relax and take it all in. One of the things I really appreciate about Tim is his love of nature and how we both “take it in” when we are in it. We were about 20 miles into the wild and away from civilization when my motor lost power. Every time I tried to accelerate, the motor sputtered and shut off.

It’s amazing to me how in one moment you experience elation, absolute peace, at one with the planet, and in the next gripping fear that grabs you by the throat. Both Tim and I were silent (we get quiet when we feel panic!) We both knew that in our present location it was unlikely that any boat would pass by for days. So with lumps in our throats and a zillion thoughts running through our minds, we stayed pretty calm (outwardly!) Without cell phone service and questionable radio contact with the coast guard, we had to come up with something else. Prayers were on the agenda. Something like” I know I didn’t listen but I’d really appreciate it if we could get back safely to the dock”. “I promise that I’ll listen more from now on” etc…Fortunately I was able to start the engine and put it into gear. The engine would not accelerate and sputtered at about one mile per hour. I thought to myself, at this speed, if the engine does not conk out, we should be back at the dock in about 18 hours. I was not confident that the engine would keep running! After a mile or two of extreme quiet, and the engine complaining bitterly, through divine inspiration, I began to squeeze the prime ball to give the engine some extra gas. The engine began to speed up a bit…now at 2-3 miles per hour but no faster. I asked Tim to prime the engine every 30 seconds…

The next thing that happened was absolutely amazing and wonderful. Picture this: we are in a large bay surrounded by beautiful mangrove islands in 3-4 feet of water when suddenly a pair of wild dolphins with a baby surfaces in front of the boat. I stepped to the bow of the boat, looking down, I saw the male dolphin, its mate and baby keeping pace with the boat just below the surface. The male turned to its side looking at me and I swear, he smiled at me. After about a minute or so the small pod broke off and went on their way.

At that very moment, my fears dissolved and I truly relaxed. I walked back to the console and very spontaneously pushed down the throttle. The boat gained speed and was now up on plane! I looked at Tim, we both smiled and we were able to maintain that speed all the way back to the dock (Tim was of course priming the engine every 30 seconds for the next 15 miles… his wrist is better now!) The feeling of relief and appreciation was huge. It was only when we got back to the dock that Tim and I discussed what could have happened IF the engine had not started up and run okay….we had many sighs of relief. At the dock I shut off the engine to get my boat trailer. When I tried to start the engine again to get it on the trailer…it wouldn’t turn over! Tim and I started laughing. I sure felt taken care of….thank you angels!!!

I wanted to share this story with all of you because for me it relates to our mutual desire of manifesting particular experiences in our lives. I believe that our inner wisdom, if we listen and really hear, will allow us to take necessary action. I had many thoughts/words that encouraged me to postpone this trip, but I struggled with my thoughts. Is it fear or is it a clear message? Personally, I am trying to get better at being discriminating in these situations. After the fact, my wife Jan suggested that when I am struggling with clarification about an issue, I might try to “ASK THE QUESTION—is this inner wisdom, or is this fear?” sit quietly and listen for the answer.

This seems to fit perfectly with the The Collective Manifesting Project There are times I “forget” to ask the question. Being out there in the middle of nowhere I had a VERY strong Desire…” I want to get home today, before dark” Then the Dolphins showed up. Coincidence? I think not! This reminds me that we get what we need and if we pay attention, the signs are there for us.

An interesting result has come from this experience. My Desire Statement in our CMProject has to do with increased income. This experience reminds me that I am always taken care of (by dolphins, angels, Source) and I truly don’t need to worry about or focus on money. Abundance is all around in so many ways and all I have to do is live my life, follow my purpose, and stay connected to faith and trust.

My message is simple and clear. Ask for what you want, Trust, stay connected to the present, listen and appreciate this marvelous life that we have and share.

PS from Jan,: around 2 pm before Dwight called to tell me what was going on with the boat, etc. and that he’d be home soon, I was getting out of the car in my driveway and thought ‘oh, he’ll be home in a couple of hours’. Then my rational mind kicked in and said, “no silly, he’ll be home a couple of hours from now TOMOROW!” So was I surprised when he called? Nope! LOL

Blessings of all kinds to you!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

NOTICE THE DOUBT AND FOLLOW ANYWAY: LESSONS IN INTUITION

NOTICE THE DOUBT AND FOLLOW ANYWAY: LESSONS IN INTUITION

Just this morning I was realizing how great it was that my Inner Guidance (IG for short) had kept me from making plans for next weekend, because as it turned out, they weren’t going to happen for me! And that’s a good thing.

I kept thinking that I should firm up the plan, make arrangements, change schedules, etc, and I kept not doing it. I could feel that I wasn’t avoiding, I was waiting. I know the difference. I was noticing the doubt and following anyway. And I also know that my ego will try to convince me to do the logical thing.

I know that waiting is a sign that some things are not in place yet. I know that waiting is an act of trust. And I don’t even have to know what I’m trusting except the beneficent unfolding of life. I’m trusting that the Universe is a friendly place…like Einstein said I’d have to decide about that issue. It’s different from avoiding, which means I don’t want to, and am pretending I do, and then not doing anything about it…ya know?

I have learned to trust my IG implicitly. There have been so many dramatic instances of FABULOUS opportunities happening, or FABULOUS people or experiences coming into my life when I followed my IG that I recognize the feeling and have built trust in that IG system inside of me. And oftentimes, my ego will still try to pull me away with logic and reason. Not buying. Not any more.

How about the time that my husband and I were in the process of finalizing plans with the architects to do a major remodel on our home and I found myself wandering around looking at houses and condos on the water. Huh? I had no idea what I was up to and why. I just followed my IG. Again, I was noticing the doubt, the lack of logical understanding and following anyway.

The end of that story is that we shelved the remodel plans, told the architects to roll up the plans and send ‘em to us, and yes, we bought a condo on the water! We hadn’t planned it but had been talking and dreaming about “on the water, second story, tennis courts, boat yard, woods, pool, etc etc” for a long time. The Universe was listening, led me to it through my IG, I listened and we surprised even ourselves with how quickly we acted when I looked through the publication I had picked up at the grocery store and saw the ad for that condo…”38 units on 24 acres of hardwood hammock on Florida Bay…” Bam!! I KNEW that was our condo!

The realtor showed us around the place, and we looked at each other and laughed–that knowing laugh that we both knew meant ‘done deal, crazy done deal! And it was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made in a split second….second only to deciding to be together from the moment we met. That’s another IG story if ever there was one!

I can teach you how to tune in, tap in, turn on, and trust YOUR Inner Guidance and navigate around ego’s attempts to seduce you away with logic.

Or maybe YOU have an amazing IG story to tell me!! Bring it on!

Wishing that all your dreams come true…or better!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

TEN TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE!

TEN TERRIFIC TIPS TO INSTANTLY IMPROVE YOUR LIFE!

1. Wake up in the morning with the words “I’m grateful” on your mind.
2. Turn one limiting belief around to an expanded one. Your choice of which one.
3. Take a dozen slow deep breaths, holding, and then exhaling fully on each one.
4. Hold a smile for one full minute
5. Tell someone how much you appreciate him/her and why.
6. Tell yourself how much your appreciate yourself and why.
7. Clear off your desk.
8. Put on music you love.
9. Take a walk—5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour…it’s up to you.
10. Close your eyes and be still for one full minute.

Now come up with your own list that is personal and particular to you…and do-able!

You are at choice, but ONLY ALWAYS! Choose what makes you feel better today and every day.

Wishing you Everyday Joy and more….
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

The Collective Manifesting Project

Hi there!

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Once you take a look at it….and believe me,the collective energy is already very exciting, so if you have a desire you’d like to manifest,and who doesn’t!–health, wealth, relationships, tangible things, professional success, that book you want to finish, etc– this will be wonderful and powerful for you…call 530-241-9276, talk to Linda, tell her I sent you and I’ll ‘see’ you on the next call.

Your investment is only $75 dollars for six weeks of calls, tools, support and amazing collective energy from all around the globe! It all happens via the phone and Internet.

Don’t miss this chance to have your desire supported by lots of others people, to support their desires, and to learn the Habit of Attraction tools to flow energy powerfully toward receiving whatever it is you want.

Quantum physics tell us that you want is already ‘out there’ in the quantum field of infinite possibilities, and this project will teach you how to align with it, allow, and receive it. Big shifts are happening these days and this project will give you some powerful tools to ride the wave of shifting energy in a positive and fulfilling way, and give you the chance to be the source of good things for others, too.

Among the other hats I wear, I’m a Habit of Attraction coach and chose to take this training because it’s powerful, exciting, and as usual, Robert Evans whose creative and generous endeavor this is, always delivers his message with enthusiasm, joy, and tons of useful information and wisdom. You’ll love it, I promise!

Love and blessings.
Jan

25 Random Things About Me–Law of Attraction Style

Here are 25 random things about me – Law of Attraction style.

See what they spark in you. Then make your own list and send it out to the Universe!

1. First book I ever read that introduced me directly to the law of attraction was Spiritual Marketing by Dr. Joe Vitale

2. First manifesting project: adopting my son 18 yrs ago. *Story coming soon in my book, Adoption in the Light ~ excerpted in Expect Miracles by Dr. Joe Vitale. (How’s this for synchronicity and things coming full circle…Love it!)

3. That first success inspired my husband and me so deeply that: we’ve spent the next 18 years studying LOA and figuring out what we did!!

4. Most challenging manifestation: my ideal body/weight

5. Easiest manifestations: people to support me in personal life and biz, beautiful furnishings for my home, and travel. Totally amazing!

6. Manifesting skill I am most proud of: being able to shift my vibration from resisting to embracing in a NY minute! Sacredly selfish about my peace and joy.

7. Favorite topic to coach others on: toss-up between Successful Relationships and Peaceful Heart-very intertwined.

8. Most unbelievable manifestations: my soul mate husband 25 years ago and my son through adoption ~ both so fast and easy my head was spinning.

9. Favorite deliberate creation resource: Abraham-Hicks workshop CDs –handsdown!

10. Runner up to my favorite deliberate creation resource: Gregg Braden’s quantum physics teachings/books and CDs.

11. Three highest profile clients: wish I could tell ya, but….sshhhh…lol

12. Favorite client ever: I adore all of them

13. A favorite LOA resource many might not recognize: J. Krishnamurti—one of my first, at the time of my initial Awakening 35+ years ago. Devoured his books.

14. Favorite old school LOA resources: Wallace Wattles, and the esoteric teachings of the Christ

15. Next manifesting projects: taking my biz to the next BIG level, creating my ideal body/weight

16. What personal development skill I’m learning to strengthen and enhance manifesting abilities? Automatic writing/channeling for Inner Guidance—and heeding that guidance.

17. What belief I would most like to opt out of: that ANYTHING is hard for me.

18. What belief I would like to embrace even more: that Love truly is the answer, ONLY ALWAYS!

19. Most reliable method for allowing: Conscious Connection to Spirit and the Peace that follows—fastest and best way to interrupt the negative feedback loop.

20. Who had the greatest impact on developing conscious creation skills? Abraham-Hicks, without a doubt. Thank you, Joe Piscatelli for that first tape over a dozen yrs ago!

21. If I could do anything, what would it be? Create beautiful paintings…starting that now. And reach millions with my teachings about Awakening…starting that now too!

22. Biggest manifesting handicap? Limiting belief that some things are easy and some things are hard.

23. What did I almost name my coaching practice? Touchstones Coaching

24. What would I have done if not Spiritual Awakening/Joy coaching? Write books, doing that anyway!

25. Who gives me my greatest gift of contrast? The people I love the most, of course!

*Now, I’m supposed to tag 25 other bloggers/followers to play. Tag! You’re it!

Joe Vitale’s 4 Stages of Awakening

There are three things you need to know right now about attracting your desires:

1. There are Four Stages of Awakening.

2. 90% of us remain stuck in the first stage of awakening.

3. It is impossible to achieve our desires in this first stage. But we only need to make a subtle but profound shift to move into the second stage of awakening!

One of the most recognized masters of “The Secret,” Joe Vitale helped me recognize this.

And today, the folks over at The Masters Gathering were able to grab Joe for a fascinating discussion on The Four Stages of Awakening is guaranteed to generate at least one powerful “AHA” for you.Grab This Free Video Right Now!

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I can promise you, this video is unlike anything you’ve seen. If you loved what Joe had to say in “The Secret,” imagine listening to his insight and brilliance for more than 20 minutes!And he goes deep with this one. Way beyond The Secret and The Law of Attraction.

Joe reveals the MUST DO process we have to begin before we can make all the other stuff we’ve learned work.How do I know this?

Well…I have a confession to make…

This is the secret weapon I’ve been using to build my business and, more importantly, to build my life.

It’s what makes the difference between succeeding and just surviving. And Joe nails it in this video.

It’s some of the most profound advice I’ve heard in a long time and it’s easy.

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~Why our attempts to manipulate our lives, our experience, and the universe don’t work, and a simple shift to opening the floodgates to success. (This one alone is priceless because most people misunderstand The Law of Attraction. Joe clears this up for us.)

~How to use your own challenges to breed results. Most of us deny or shy away from pain, but pain is a very spiritual place to be. You can use your challenges to directly produce your desires! That’s actually what they’re meant for.

~ The secret to a happy life. This happens naturally as you progress through the four stages of awakening.

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You’re crazy if you don’t jump all over this! Also be sure to catch the other two videos available from The Masters Gathering. Billionaire John Assaraf and “Millionaire-Maker” Loral Langemeier round out this staggering collection of video interviews.

If you haven’t heard about The Masters Gathering yet, you will. (Though I have to ask, “Where the heck have you been the past week?!”)

These guys have somehow wrangled the biggest, brightest, and most successful masters of business, personal transformation, health, and more. But here’s the kicker…The Masters Gathering hasn’t even pulled their Ace yet!

You can take my word for it, the geniuses behind The Masters Gathering will blow your mind with what they’ve cooked up.

So take my advice and stay tuned! Word on the street is that a major announcement is coming next week! But don’t wait.

In the meantime, you’ve got to check out these videos. Don’t delay!

Warmly,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

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SHARE THE STORY OF YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING

WHAT TRIGGERED YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?

I am beginning work on a book about spiritual awakenings and am putting out a call for stories about this from those who have been through it.

Spiritual evolution, spiritual ascension, spiritual awakening…many names for the same experience. Something happens to us. It may be tragic, challenging, painful, difficult. It may be joyful, blissful, transcendent. Whatever it was for you, it triggered the awakening of your soul.
How long did the process last? What did it entail? What were the ‘symptoms’ of it—physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual? What happened to you?

How did you navigate through the changes? Did relationships end? Begin? Did you become ill? Did you ‘drop out’ of your former life? Did you quit your job? Start a new career? How did your consciousness shift?

If you would like to share your story with me I would be very honored. I intend the book I am writing to be informative, supportive, validating and resonant for those going through the experience of a shift in awareness now. If you believe your story could be helpful to someone else, please send it to me.

Thanks and many blessings,Jan Masters

GREAT RESOURCE FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING!

Check out this short video with well-known success coach John Assaraf talking about your Superpower.

This is the start of the phenomenal “Masters Gathering” (no, not me THIS time. lol)

This is a truly amazing resource for your spiritual awakening! Take advantage of it.

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Blessings,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

ARTICE ON HAWAIIAN HUNA PRINCIPLES

I am so happy to share this reprinted here for you. These principles are totally resonant with what we are doing here, what I do in my coaching and teaching. It is an honor to share the words of Serge Kahili King, Hawaiian shaman and author.
I hope you are blessed by them as I am.

Jan Masters,
The Everyday Joy Coach

THE HUNA PRINCIPLES
Serge Kahili King speaking from Kauai.

Aloha!

Greetings to you, and to this ocean and to this land, to this wind and to this sky! I want to share with you a part of the Hawaiian cultural heritage. A very long time ago in the islands of the Pacific, there were wise men and women who looked at the world, who observed the patterns of nature, the behavior of animals and plants, human beings, and they came to some conclusions about life, about what life is all about, about how life works. And they gave a name to this knowledge. They called it Huna, Ka Huna, the secret, the inner knowledge, the hidden knowledge.

And from this knowledge they developed seven ideas, seven principles, and these are what I want to share with you. The people who did this, who practiced this knowledge, were called Kapua; nowadays we might call them Shaman. And they had a very special way of looking at life, of seeing.

1. IKE – our ideas create our reality.
2. KALA – there are no limits.
3. MAKIA – energy flows where attention goes.
4. MANAWA – now is the moment of power.
5. ALOHA – to love is to be happy with.
6. MANA – all power comes from within.
7. PONO – effectiveness is the measure of truth.

Now the first of these ideas in Hawaiian is called IKE (ee-kay). And the idea in English is The world is what you think it is. This life of ours is a dream, our dream, a dream that we share with other people, that we share with the earth; a dream that we also share with ourselves alone. It’s a way of saying that this dream of our experience, this reality as we call it, comes from inside, comes from our thoughts, our ideas, our beliefs, our fears, our desires, our angers and our pleasures. That all of the ways that we think produces this experience of ours. That from night comes day, from thought comes reality.

If we would change this reality, says this knowledge, this philosophy if you will, if we would change this reality, then we must change ourselves. And it is wasted energy to try to change the outer world alone, but if we would truly change the outer world we must go within and find that place within us which is creating the outer world, and change that. Change that idea, chang

e that fear to hope, change that anger to love, change that belief in lack to a belief in abundance. This is IKE, working from within to create the outer. This is the most important of the ideas, and all of these ideas that we’re going to talk about now come from this first one.

The next principle that comes from the first one is KALA. Kala, which says, There are no limits. Meaning that we are all connected. Each one of us is connected, mind and body, spirit and man, earth and plants and animals and clouds and sky and ocean. We are all one, we are all connected together.

Now Kala also says that separation is an illusion, but that because we can create our own reality with our thoughts, we sometimes create a sense, a belief in separation. And that as we believe we are separate, we create sickness. When the mind is separate from the body, when we think these two are separate, then in that way we create sickness. When the body, our body, ourselves are separate from the people around us, when we create that kind of separation in our thoughts and our feelings, then there is sickness in our relationships. When we feel we are separate from the earth, that the earth is a thing outside of us, then we get sick, and so does the earth. But Kala says that there is really, underneath all of that sense of separation, a real oneness. And that if we can get rid of those ideas and feelings and acts and behaviors and thoughts of separation, that oneness comes together. That connection is made again, we become healthy and whole within ourselves and with the world around us. This is Kala — it is a way of creating that connection again, a freeing up.

You’ve probably seen in Hawaii, a gesture they do which says, ‘Hang Loose!’ And the meaning is very clear, it means that when you get uptight, when you create tension, then you create separation. So when you hang loose, when you relax, when you allow things to flow, you are healthier, relationships with everything are better, and a very interesting thing happens. When you are relaxed and flowing with things, it is easier to change them. So Kala is not saying that you must accept things the way they are, forever, without changing; it says that when you relax with them, you can change them easier. That’s Kala.

The third idea that these wise people discovered was called MAKIA (mah-kee-ah). Makia, that Energy flows where attention goes. Wherever there is a flow of energy and attention, events are created. And wherever you direct your attention, and keep it directed in that way, to an object or to an idea, then the flow of energy carries. And according to the nature of your thoughts, that’s the return flow that you get. So that if you’re putting out and thinking very positive thoughts about the world around you, then positive energy flows back. And that when you are putting out and thinking negative thoughts about the world around you, then negative energy flows back, negative results come into your life. If you are putting our thoughts of abundance, and keeping that consistently, not just once in a while, but thinking that way, then abundance flows into your life. If you are thinking thoughts of happiness and joy, consistently, then to that degree happiness and joy flow back into your life. And where you focus on fear and anger, then you have fear and anger in your life. Where you focus on violence and upsetting and illness, then violence and upsetting and illness flow into your life.

You have the ability, the wonderful skill, says this knowledge, of deciding how you are going to focus your thoughts, your energy, your attention, and thereby change what is flowing back into your life. So all of these principles of this knowledge, starting from the first one, are telling you how to make the changes from within that will make the changes from outside.

There is a fourth idea, called MANAWA (man-ah-wah). Manawa is the idea that Now is the moment of power. This moment, right here. That there is no power in the past, no power in the future. That the past has no power over you either. That you are the one that has power right in this moment to change what you think, and then the past, and the effects of the past, fail to hold you. You walk forward in life from moment to moment with ideas about yourself and about the past. And it is those ideas, in every given moment, that create your reality. If there is beauty in your life, as we have beauty in these Hawaiian Islands, then you are creating that beauty now. Says this idea, you increase that beauty by enjoying and appreciating that beauty now. If you stop appreciating that beauty, if you start losing your sense of beauty, then so does the land around you lose its beauty, as we have seen happens some places on this earth of ours. But the more you appreciate, take pleasure in the moment, the more you strengthen that, the more you increase that.

So it is not what you’ve been, but what you are, that makes what you have in any given moment. And the future, as well, does not lie in front of you, waiting for you to move forward and bump into it. The future is created in every present moment by the seeds of thought that you plant now. Sometimes we have weeds from the past, but we can pull those up now, and plant new seeds, and create a new future. So says this knowledge. As we go along, new seeds are planted, and if we decide that we don’t like, at some moment, what these seeds have produced, then at any time, we can pull them up and plant new seeds. So it is every moment that we have our power, and there is power in everything else too, in every present moment.

One of the most wonderful ideas of this knowledge comes in a word that you’ve already heard, which is ALOHA. Aloha, which is so often taken to mean hello and good-bye. And it is used that way. We speak of the spirit of aloha which is so often taken to mean friendship. And it is friendship. But it is more. More than friendship, more than hello and good-bye, Aloha means love. Pure and simple, this is the meaning of that beautiful word. Love.

And even deeper within the word is the meaning of love, which is To be happy with. To be happy with something or someone, this is the great discovery, the most marvelous secret of this knowledge that was discovered by these people. That to love is to be happy with. To the degree that you are happy with yourself, with other people, with the world around you, you are in love. And love is being expressed, and love is flowing. But to the degree that you are criticizing, to the degree that you have anger, are not pleased with, do not like things in people around you, you reduce and diminish love. So that love has nothing to do with pain. Love has nothing to do with hurting people or being hurt. Love is the happiness in any relationship. Love is the happiness and the joy and the friendship and the pleasure in any relationship. Because to love is to be happy with.

The sixth principle is MANA. Mana is a word that has been often misunderstood, taken to mean energy alone. But Mana is an idea that means power, divine power, creative power. The concept of Mana is that there is once source of all power, and that source flows through each one of us. Not only us as human beings, but through the earth itself, through every stone, through every tree, through every cloud. Mana is the inner power that give every thing its own creativity. Mana is the power of the waves, of the sea to come up and kiss the shore. Mana is the power of the wind to carry the clouds and the birds, and blow across the lands and the ocean. Mana is the power of a stone to be strong and and stable. Mana is the power of human beings to be creative, in their own unique way. Mana is that source of power within each person, within each thing in this universe.

Now, most important from this comes the further idea that All power comes from within. This is the principle, meaning that there is no power outside of you that has any power over you. That all the power for your existence comes from that one source through you. That whenever we think that something else has power, whether it is nature, or whether it is another person, whether it is spirit, whatever it is that we think has more power over our lives than we do, all we are doing, according to this knowledge, is diminishing our own power, holding it back, holding it down. And in a very strange way pretending not to have the power we really have.

Now Mana is a power to do something, to be creative, not a power over. So it is that inner power within each thing, within each person to be itself, and to be itself to its utmost potential. Now the more we allow ourselves to experience that power, to feel it, to use it, to claim it, then we have that power to make ourselves match our highest potential.

There is a seventh principle, called PONO, and it says that Effectiveness is the of truth. That there is always another way to do anything. That we are never really stuck in one way, that there is no one way for anything. That there is no one truth, that there is no one method, one technique, one kind of medicine, one way to heal, one way to be happy, that there is only one person with whom you can be happy. There are many, many ways to achieve your goals, to be happy, to enjoy life, to fulfill it. This is Pono. That there is always another way to do anything.

The idea continues with the idea that plans are not sacred. Your purpose might be sacred, but the way you achieve that purpose is not. If you want to achieve a given purpose, however, you must use the means suitable to that purpose. If you want to create peace, then you must create peaceful means. For you will never get peace with violence. From violence you will only get more violence, until someday people may tire of the violence and get together and use peaceful means to create peace. But if you start out with peace in your heart, with a love of peace, says this knowledge, then you will move toward peace in your life. A very, very practical truth this one is. A very practical way of living, with yourself, and with other people.

These are the principles of this knowledge. Practiced by the Kapua, this knowledge called Kahuna, this knowledge that comes from these islands and others like them in the Pacific. Here is wisdom to share. And if you would share this, if you would use this, take any part of it that you choose, that you like, and apply and use it in your own life.

This is the end of my story. May you be blessed with peace and love, power and wisdom. Aloha!

EVERYONE’S SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IS DIFFERENT

EVERYONE’S SPIRITUAL AWAKENING IS DIFFERENT

When it comes to shifts in consciousness, everyone’s story is different. That’s because everyone’s life when the shift begins, is different. Some people are married, some single. Some have a job, some do not. Some are with a soul mate, others have been searching.

Some have financial abundance and some are in dire emotional straits. Some have had a spiritual practice like meditation for years and some are totally new to that world.

A friend of mine has had cancer as part of her spiritual evolution experience. Others have serious injuries to deal with. Some have dealt with the death of a loved one. I had a family crisis of major proportions rock my boat. Indigo kids are providing strong energy of change in many families.

Everything we encounter mirrors us. Sometimes we simply don’t understand what is happening. For example, I experienced a very strong current of energy every night when I got into my bed. It was a buzzy, vibrating, not unpleasant energy that was impossible to ignore. This lasted for over a year. Then it suddenly stopped. What I knew was that is was about shifting my own vibration to match the changing energies.

Some meet people who help them to understand what it happening to them and others feel that they are alone in the dark with these changes. Some awakenings are instantaneous, like that of author and spiritual teacher Byron Katie (see www.thework.com ) and some take longer, like mine.

And then are those souls who have a spontaneous satori, or enlightenment, that is joyful, blissful and uplifting. And even that may result in chaos in their lives because of the strong messages demanding change.The ego is challenged by all of these scenarios. And resistance is futile.

More on this as the days go on.

I invite you to send me your spiritual awakening story for a new book I am beginning work on. 1000 words or less in a Word document would be perfect.

Wishing for you all that you wish for yourself…or better!
Warmly,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

IS THIS THE TIME OF YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?

IS THIS THE TIME OF YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?

I have experienced a spiritual awakening. Have you? Do you feel the stirrings of it? Or have you already navigated your way through the waters of spiritual change?

90% of the work I do as a spiritual life coach is supporting and guiding individuals through the shift in consciousness they are experiencing. The trip can be rough. Take it from me…mine was no day at the beach. I envy those who experience blissful satori out of nowhere. That wasn’t what I needed….obviously! Musta had a lot more ego and limiting beliefs to shed cuz mine squeezed and beat the living daylights out of me. lol Talk about resistance leading to suffering! How do think it WAS that I learned that! lol

If you are in a place of shifting energies and want support, I would be honored to accompany you on the path and hold the lantern and encourage you.

If you are already living in the New Consciousness then I would love for you to share your story with me for the book I am working on about Spiritual Awakening. It is the stories of others who came before us and succeeded and survived—yes, it sometimes feels like it’s going to kill us!—that inspire us the most deeply and hold the most value as we courageously choose to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Would you share your story to help another evolving soul?

What I know is that if you are experiencing a spiritual awakening then your life is being shaken to its core and so are you. Challenges confront you everywhere you look. You may be suffering physically, emotionally, mentally. Being able to read the accounts of others just like you who went through what you are now going through would offer you comfort, encouragement and strength. I intend for my book to fill that need.

And if you are in a more peaceful place now after your consciousness shifted, then you have much to offer the brothers and sisters on the path behind you.

Hoping to hear from you!

Wishing you all you wish for yourself…and better!
enJOY!Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

WHAT TRIGGERED YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?

WHAT TRIGGERED YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?

I am beginning work on a book about spiritual awakenings and am putting out a call for stories about this from those who have been through it.

Spiritual evolution, spiritual ascension, spiritual awakening…many names for the same experience. Something happens to us. It may be tragic, challenging, painful, difficult. It may be joyful, blissful, transcendent. Whatever it was for you, it triggered the awakening of your soul.
How long did the process last? What did it entail? What were the ‘symptoms’ of it—physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual? What happened to you?

How did you navigate through the changes? Did relationships end? Begin? Did you become ill? Did you ‘drop out’ of your former life? Did you quit your job? Start a new career? How did your consciousness shift?

If you would like to share your story with me I would be very honored. I intend the book I am writing to be informative, supportive, validating and resonant for those going through the experience of a shift in awareness now. If you believe your story could be helpful to someone else, please write it up and send it to me.

Thanks and many blessings,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

SHARE YOUR ASCENSION STORY FOR MY BOOK

SHARE YOUR ASCENSION STORY!

I’ve begun writing my next book. I’m very excited. It’s totally inspired. It’s about spiritual ascension and evolution. And I’d love to include your story in it. Write it up in 500-1000 words and send it to me at jan@everydayjoy.com

These are such exciting…and tumultuous times. Everyone needs affirmation and reassurance and validation. Your story could be pivotal for someone to navigate their ascension experience more gracefully, less painfully.

More about this in the days to come……

Wishing you all that you dream of….or better!
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

INAUGURATION DAY, JANUARY 20th, 2009

Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009

Just a few months ago we were engrossed in holding the vision of Barack Obama being sworn in on a cold January day in 2009. Wow! Just look at what we collectively attracted! Our vision came true. Barack is our President-elect. The power of collective vision, intention, action, and manifestation is amazing. (I’ll be participating next month as a Habit of Attraction coach in a project that focuses on harnessing collective energies to manifest what each person desires. I’ll let you know more about that as it draws closer. It’ll be powerful and exciting so stay tuned.)

So Barack is really being sworn in one week from tomorrow at 11:30 in the morning. I’ll be glued to the tv. My friends from DC are actually coming to stay with me that week and we’ll experience it together. We’re going to have a pot luck party in the afternoon/evening to celebrate with friends and neighbors who worked hard to get Barack elected and are elated. I think we are all just taking in the enormity of the paradigm shift that our electing Barack Obama represents. One of my spiritual teachers says that as things unfold and manifest it’s just ‘the next logical step’. Yeah, energetically I won’t argue with that, but still, it’s stunning and our little left brains are still catching up with the reality of it.

We collectively decided that we were ready to step into this aspect of the New World. Mobilizing to elect him showed us that. He is our representative in the national and international political area. At the same time, he feels like our brother, doesn’t he? He sure does to me.

So here’s the point of my message tonight: What do YOU need to change within yourself and your life to become a total match for this new paradigm? This new energy? This New World? Or better? Who do you WANT to become to match what we have been dreaming of and finally manifested? Is there anything out of alignment with it for you?

‘Remember who you came here to be.’ That’s what a bumper sticker I have says. That’s what I’m talking about. How can you invite more aspects of your very best self into your daily experience? How can you use the reality of Barack Obama as our President to invite the highest YOU to emerge? He IS an invitation, you know. The reality of him and the hope he holds out to us invites YOU and ME to step up in new ways and with renewed passion and commitment and enthusiasm. Do you know what to shift in yourself and your life to open to these enlivened energies?

Even if you don’t know, keep walking with these questions as we walk through this next week to the Inauguration. Keep asking yourself. Keep pushing the outer edges of who you are and who you can become.

I’ll write more on this and we’ll open to more magnificence together! Remember ~ what you perceive in Barack Obama is a direct reflection of what truly is inside of you and me……

With blessings and love,Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

THE GOLDEN KEY TO UNLOCK THE SECRET OF THE LAW OF ATTRACTION

I’m very excited to tell you that my F*ree eBook on the Law of Attraction and the Secret Golden Key to unlock it for manifesting all you desire is almost ready for you. I finished the final editing the other day, my virtual assistant created exactly the cover I envisioned and is putting the finishing touches on it for me right now.

I know that many of you have studies this law and other Universal laws and principles, watched The Secret, listened to the teleclasses and still feel like something’s missing. Well, you’re right. And this new eBook I’ve written will give you the missing piece that is so crucial for clearing and cleaning your energy so that you can be aligned with your dreams and manifest them.

I’m not going to tell you too much more about it right now, but if you’d like to get the news when it’s ready for you for F*ree downloading on my website, go to the right sidebar of this blog and sign up to receive my Everyday Joy Newsetter. That way you’ll be among the first to get this exciting new book of mine. I’ll be offering some other specials along with the launch of this new eBook and I’ve got so many great products and programs coming available early in 2009. It’s going to be a great year!

I’d love to help you make this the best year of your life!

I can’t wait to share this cutting edge wisdom with you!

Wishing you all that your heart desires….or better!!

enJOY!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

These are darkest days of the year…LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE

This is a reprint of a popular article of mine from last year. Hope you enjoy it!

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

At this darkest time of the year, light is what we yearn for most, consciously or unconsciously. That desire seems to be hardwired into us as human beings, which is to say, it is instinctive. Christmas, Chanukah, Kwaanzaa, and other spiritual observances at this time of the year center around the importance of light—the necessity for it. We light candles, burn lamps, light fires, and we feel comforted, and quietly joyful and grateful for the light they offer us.

Light is what we seek, what we ask for, on our paths to higher consciousness—it illuminates our next step, and without it we are lost. In truth, we are looking for, longing for, transformation into the purity of our true nature. How are you inviting light into your life right now? Are you aware of the shared light in you, and in others, which is the only light there is? Or is ego obscuring not only your light, but your awareness of it? And are you looking for it outside of yourself?

The path to come home to your True Self is presents many challenges, and it is only your struggling with and resisting those challenges that causes your suffering. Did you know that? So often, the ego would love to blame other people, circumstances, events for your suffering, but that suffering really comes only with your personal resistance to, and struggle against, ‘what is’. The ego wants to be right, wants to have what it wants, when it wants it, and how it wants it, and does not care one little bit about your tight solar plexus, your aching heart, your tense neck, your sore back, your high blood pressure, your tears, and your ceaseless ruminating. Your ego wants to change reality in order to have its needs met in the only way ego can imagine they WILL be met. This causes all kinds of havoc with your body, mind and heart. Emotional pain is the result of ego interfering, stopping the flow of energy from going where it wants to go, and trying to direct it somewhere else. How crazy is that? You might as well try to direct an avalanche with a snow shovel. Not gonna happen.

A Course In Miracles asks ‘Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?’ Your soul waits patiently until you have had enough of suffering, and begin to put two plus two together to equal four. It eventually begins to dawn on you that what happens to you is a small matter compared to what you DO inside yourself with what happens to you. So, let’s say someone is treating you poorly and you don’t like it. Do you stay in denial and hold onto false expectations, or stay angry, blaming, and self-righteous, waiting for that person to change so that you can have a peaceful heart again? Or do you take responsibility for choosing that peaceful heart yourself, and begin to work on changing your thoughts, challenging your beliefs, and shifting your vibration to create not only relief, but ultimately, deeper, genuine inner peace? The only effort truly worth making is the one that focuses on where you actually have the power to change things…within yourself.

I’m not going to tell you that this is easy work. It’s not. Usually, you will be uncovering and challenging both conscious and unconscious beliefs that you have bought into for a long time—and which resist being released and replaced. But it’s a heck of a lot easier than continuing to suffer and banging your head against the wall of ‘others need to change for me to be happy!’ Honestly. The rewards for inquiring into your thoughts, questioning your long-held beliefs, and shifting your energy are nothing short of amazing! You can change the way you FEEL in a heartbeat without anyone else changing a hair on their heads. You can transform the way you experience yourself, life and others. The ego will push against this process again and again and again, ad infinitum. That is the nature of ego….and so what? You will begin to observe this process as you would notice a child having a temper tantrum, ignore it, turning your attention elsewhere until it finally subsides. What else do you have to do? Is there something more important, more pressing than this work of spiritual evolution toward inner peace and genuine happiness?

This path of spiritual awakening requires commitment, persistence, and faith. And you can choose these things for yourself. Then, the minute-to-minute ongoing process of inquiring and shifting and changing simply becomes the way you walk through your life. I am in constant gratitude for my personal make-up which consists of very high levels of sensitivity, empathy, and feeling in general, and a very strong physical and emotional constitution which permits me to go on in the face of deep, sometimes wrenching and agonizing, ego-driven pain, and find my way out of it, again and again and again and again. Some days it feels like an uphill battle, and other days my joy is right there waiting for me to experience it. Either way, I keep on keeping on. Not a chance I will stop. And you can’t go back either—once you know what you know, you can’t ‘unknow’ it, as a good friend of mine says.

So, each time you encounter something that the ego resists and you begin to suffer, you will recognize the workings of your ego-mind sooner, you will be able to observe your thoughts in a more detached manner, and it will become easier for you to return to the path to a more peaceful heart, a lighter spirit. These things are your true nature, so you don’t have to reach far…there they are—living in the center of your own heart.

So rather than making New Years’ resolutions again, just stay on the path you have chosen; and let’s face it– if you have read this far, then you have already made your choice about a path. Use all the resources and reminders you need every day, to keep your light shining and your footing secure, and every now and then, turn around and look at where you came from, acknowledge and be grateful for the progress you have made, for all the ways you have already evolved. A new way of experiencing life awaits you, and in truth, most of your energetic vibration is already there—and the rest of you is quickly catching up!

© Janice Masters, 2007

Brightest and Best Blessings to you and your loved ones!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

FROST/NIXON and MILK

Frost/Nixon and Milk

These are the top two movies on my list this month. They both get rave reviews and sound wonderful. And I’m a movie lover for sure! My husband and I sometimes do double-headers…now THAT’S fun! Between the theaters, Netflix and Blockbuster…we’re set!! J

If you love movies like I do and you’re into working with the Law of Attraction, you might be interested in one of my online eCourses. It’s called Your Attractor Movie! and it is so much fun, and very effective in ramping up your energy, focus and vibration to attract what you want into your life. It is a unique way to use the Law of Attraction and your creative energies to turn dreams into reality.

You’ll get to write the script, cast the characters, design costumes, sets, locations and of course plan how the movie unfolds for YOU to experience whatever it is you really really really want to BE, DO, or HAVE!

Follow this link to check out Your Attractor Movie! and while you’re there you may want to check out some of my other online eCourses.

Let me know how you like working with my teachings this way. I’ve gotten some good feedback already and would love to know how you like this new life coaching tool.

I’ve got more new eCourses planned for 2009 and I’ll be launching my full, fabulous, multi-media eCourse to work with the quantum WHAT IF…? questioning process I introduced in my WHAT IF…? book series .

Check them all out! I created them for you!!

enJOY!!
Jan

enJOY!!
Jan
The Everyday Joy Coach

EXPECT MIRACLES by Dr. Joe Vitale

EXPECT MIRACLES by Dr.Joe Vitale

Dr. Joe Vitale has done it again! You probably know him from that great Law of Attraction movie, The Secret.

And this time I’m a contributing author to his latest book on how to create and allow miracles in your life! I had submitted my story in response to a request from him several months ago. I hadn’t heard anything until I got an email the other day informing me that my story had been chosen to be in the book!! Yay!! The story I submitted is excerpted from my forthcoming book, “Adoption in the Light: Essays on Miracles and Healing”

I’m excited to participate in this book for a number of reasons. First, my miracle story that is included in the book is one of the most powerful experiences of my life, so powerful that I’ve written my own book on the spiritual aspects of adoption. And that miracle experience is what catapulted my husband and me into studying the Law of Attraction.

Second, Joe has been a mentor and teacher of mine for over a decade, inspiring me to reach out to more and more people with my message and my teachings.

And third, teaching how to ‘make miracles’ is something I love to do with my clients and students. i’m passionate about empowering people in that way.

This book outlines a step-by-step process for miracle-making along with numerous inspiring miracle stories to keep you hooked on the passion and excitement of what life can be like.
Be prepared for powerful, creative, leading edge ideas and tools in this book. Like Joe Vitale’s other books, it could transform your life.

Here’s a link to buy the book at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Expect-Miracles-Joe-Vitale/dp/1897404069/ref=sr_1_3?ie

Til next time,
enJOY!!
Jan Masterswww.EverydayJoy.com

Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2009

Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2009

It’s time to put it right out there. I’m going to ask all of you to hold the vision that my friend Holly sent me today as a follow up to my friend Don’s energy in the same direction.

Here it is, right from her email:

I have been telling people for two weeks to hold the vision of Obama standing in Washington on January 20th taking the oath of office….I see him in a charcoal gray or black cloth coat….perhaps some snow on the ground…the winter sun glistening….it’s a powerful vision!

I had sent Holly an email with a signature tag that said “Hold the vision of Barack being sworn in, January 2009″. It was Don’s suggestion to use an email tag to support Barack as a way of lending energy to the campaign.

When she sent me hers, the goose bumps started trilling up and down my body. My ‘in the presence of truth’ sign.

So I’m asking you to step around negativity that can and could be generated by the campaign, the debates, the disagreements. I’m asking you to lend your energy to one of the most positive political possibilities of my entire lifetime. Perhaps yours, too.

That possibility is of us having US leader who is not only intelligent, but compassionate, connected and caring. One who has shown judgment, character and perspective.

I am envisioning Barack as a president who is invested in connecting us globally again with nations and peoples all over the world. One who desires communication and diplomacy as the way to forge new relationships and create more peace on earth.

Barack Obama is someone who has shown, way before running for any political office, that he cares about people and believes he can help to make the future brighter for them.

Barack wears the bracelet from the mom whose son was killed in Iraq and who pleaded with him: ‘Please don’t let another mother go through what I am going through’.

There is so much more to say about why this country needs Barack Obama as our president, but for now I simply ask that you lend your energy to hold that vision that Holly described so simply. It feels so good to envision that outcome. And feeling that good is a pretty high vibration that will serve all of your other desires too>

Don’t worry about HOW this will happen. Just stay connected to the ALREADY nature of it.

Quantum physics tells us that every possibility in the Universe already exists in the quantum field. Our job is to align our thoughts, beliefs, images, feelings with the possibility that fulfills what we want. In that reality….Barack is already there!

We can do this together.It really is ‘an energy thing’. Please lend yours!

We are usually focused in on our own personal wants and desires and needs. but we can easily broaden our focus and empower ourselves to help bring this about, and end up getingt what we personally want in the bargain.

Yes We Can!!

Gratefully,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
http://www.everydayjoy.com/
http://www.transformwithwhatifonline.com/

Burn After Reading!!

It’s the title of a funny movie I saw the other night. Besides the sheer comic absurdity of the plot, the most fun was watching some of my favorite actors: John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, George Clooney and Brad Pitt play some VERY funny characters with such conviction. ACTING!! as John Lovitz used to say. lol

But I love the title of the movie for another reason. It gave me an idea for a great energetic process to support your transformation, no matter what you’re wanting to change for the better. Here’s what it is…short and sweet…..1,2,3,4,5.

1. Write in detail the story of what you DON’T WANT. That’s right, this first step has you focus on what is in your life that you have been wanting to change. Write about it in detail. Be very specific. Include people, places, things, emotions, senses, etc. Put a LOT into this story. When you feel it is complete. Take it to a quiet place, take a deep breath and read it aloud to yourself. More than once. Read it until you begin to feel kind of sick and tired of it. Read it until you start getting pissed off about it. Read it until you are ready to throw something at someone!! Read it until you could scream and cry. Then read it once more. Overkill is what we’re after here. Super saturation. No denial about how BAD it has felt to live this story.

2. Now take it outdoors, or to your fireplace, firepit, etc. and BURN IT!! Literally, BURN IT. And as it burns, allow yourself to feel it disintegrating within yourself just as the paper it was writtn on is doing. Watch the smoke waft upwards and offer up to the Universe the old energy of this old story and imagine that it becomes, once again, pure positive energy to be used for co-creation all over the Universe. Let the old painful story go just as you let the smoke go.
G-O-N-E. Take a few deep cleansing breaths.

3. Now go back to the place where you wrote the old story and write now the story of how you WANT THINGS TO BE. How YOU want to be. About the CHANGE you want to experience. Write about it in detail. Be very specific. Include people, places, things, emotions, senses, etc. Put a lot into this story. Write as if your life depended on it. When you feel it is complete, take it to a quiet place, take a deep breath and read it aloud to yourself. More than once. Read it until you begin to feel aligned with the YOU in this new positive story. Read it until you can experience it with your senses. Read it until you can find the feeling place of it. Read it until you feel joyful, enthusiastic. Read it until you believe that it ALREADY IS. Then read it again. Again, overkill is what we want here. Super saturation with this new positive reality.

4. Read it multiple times every day. Act as if it IS ALREADY TRUE. Do things, say things, feel things, dream things that the YOU in the ALREADY reality does. Become that person for whom the next logical step IS this new positive, changed reality.

5. Then send me the story of your transformation ! xxxooo

With love and joy for all that you ALREADY are!!
Jan

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com
www.TransformwithWHATIFonline.com

$700 Billion Bailout—How are you doing with this, etc.?

I’m wondering how you’re doing, what with everything that’s going on these days. It’s easy to get freaked out by the economic news, the war, the upcoming election, maybe even things going on personally with you, or your family. But you know better than to dwell there, right?

I want to remind you that you get to focus on what makes you feel good, what you really want. I know that sometimes that seems unrealistic, but the thing is that when you that choose to do that, you are lending your very REAL ENERGY to manifest what you want. So please keep pulling yourself back in from worry, pessimism, anxiety and cynicism…back to optimism and joy. Find SOMETHING…ANYTHING to feel good about, to feel joyful, grateful, appreciative about. And your vibration will rise..and believe me when your vibration is high you affect everyone and everything around you. It’s like throwing the proverbial pebble into the pond. Do you want it to be a positive pebble? Or a negative one? You get to decide.

I’m not saying to ignore negative emotion. What I AM saying is to identify what you feel, express it…ONCE to a friend or in a journal, etc., let it go, and refocus your attention on what you want. Find the feeling state of what you really want. A client of mine did that today several times in our session and we both could feel the shift in the energy in her and in the room. And we knew it was bringing her closer to the direct experience of what she wants…because she’s been there before. And so have you!!

This is really powerful stuff, but then YOU are a very powerful manifestor. Don’t create by default, unconsciously. Use your awareness, make choices and create intentionally. Miracle happen, dreams come true, and you CAN have what you want.

And while you’re at it, send your light and your positive energy to anyone you think could benefit from it…people you know personally, and those you don’t but care about.

I hope this finds you well and prospering!

Blessings and JOY!
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

www.EverydayJoy.com

www.TransformwithWhatIfonline.com

PS That same client of mine who shifted her focus today, also helped her mom when she was feeling anxious the other day to place her focus on gratitude, and her mom loved how her feelings changed so positively with that simple shift. You too can be the change you wish to see. Live your life as a reminder to others. And enJOY that feeling!!

What is your PASSION? Find it and follow it….

Do you know what your passion is? If you do, are you putting energy into following it, nurturing it, living it?
If you don’t know what your passion is, are you asking yourself what it might be, looking at what makes you really happy, puts you in ‘the flow, what you truly love to do?

Finding, honoring and living your passion is one of the healthiest things you can do for yourself. It allows your energy to flow unobstructed. It taps into your joy. It invites creativity. It connects you with life! It is about being alive.

Look around you at your life and find the things that you would LOVE to spend more time doing but don’t. Look for those things that you ‘get lost in’. Look at what brings you the most satisfaction and fulfills you the most even if it’s NOT about money.

Your passion identifies you. It’s like a snowflake or a fingerprint in its uniqueness. Even if others share your passion, your approach to it, the way you play with it, express it, share it, are uniquely yours, imprinted with your personal energy.

Give yourself permission to spend even a few minutes each day living your passion. Then increase the amount of time you invite yourself to play in your passion. You will raise your vibration amazingly. Your joy quotient will skyrocket. Your level of manifesting what you truly desire will blow your socks off. Your life will change in surprisingly positive ways you can’t even anticipate.

Start now. Email me your “Passion Story” and I’ll publish it here to inspire others. But start today, living what you came here to live. Doing what you came here to do. Being who you came here to be. The world needs you, now more than ever!

enJOY!!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

PS Contact me if you need support in finding or giving yourself permission to live your passion. I’d be honored to help.

Happy Independence Day! What are you going to do with YOUR freedom?

This is Independence Day weekend in the USA. It’s the time when we celebrate our freedom as a nation. Seems like the perfect time to reflect on our personal freedom as well….and exactly what we do with it.

It may not always feel like it, but you are always free to choose your experience in every moment. Now, does that mean that you are free to choose circumstances, events, etc. Well, on a very profound level, yes, but we’ll come back to that later. For now we’ll focus on the fact that you are free to choose your inner experience. You’re free to choose your response to whatever is going on in your life. Some days that feels like a very tall order, and….it’s totally true.

Practicing every day choosing what to think and what to feel will prepare you for those times when things are not going as you’d like them to, and allow you to still feel free to choose how to respond, what to think, how to feel. Your fundamental freedom lies in this realm, and it’s a limitless freedom.

Because we humans are very adaptable, we are capable of going through very intensly painful experiences we think might very well kill us–emotionally speaking, and eventually finding the freedom to let go, relax into accepting what is, doing what we can from wherever we are, and finding our inner joy and our inner peace. That’s the kind of freedom I’m talking about.

Of course, Law of Attraction tells us that we are free to choose what we co-create in our lives and that’s true. And part of the secret about the Law of Attraction is knowing that in order to co-create and manifest what we desire into our lives we have to be at peace, we must be joyful, we’ve got to be grateful. From that, everything else flows. From that, all we desire will manifest. Those beautifully high vibrations of freedom, joy, peace, gratitude align us with everything that we want in the material world and create the energetic conduit for it to flow to us. They are the cause of your dreams coming true, not the effect. Get that!

One of my favorite songs by James Taylor has the lyric “…the secret to life is enjoying the passage of time…”. You are always free to do just that, no matter what is going on in your life. Breathe in, breathe out. Love what is. Love yourself. Be your innately joyful self. Be “sacredly selfish” about your freedom to choose. Use that freedom to choose peace above all else. Use it to choose joy no matter what. Use it to choose to flow gracefully with what life has given you in this moment. This is a freedom that cannot be taken from you. Will you choose to exercise it? If you dare to, you will be empowered beyond your wildest dreams!

enJOY!
And Happy Fourth of July!!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach
www.EverydayJoy.com

Be inspired to follow your creativity WAY outside the box…..

Sometimes your Inner Guidance gives you a message that doesn’t make logical sense. Will you follow that intuition anyway? Will you trust it? Will you walk out and expect the path to appear under your feet?

Creativity happens in those moments when our thoughts and ideas defy logic and reason. The right side of the brain is working and we don’t always have the language that would allow us to understand that process. We just gotta DO it!

Watch this video Click Here To Watch It’s called Paper Airplane and will inspire you! (You can also visit http://www.simpletruths.com/ to buy the book.)

After watching it, ask yourself, where in your life you could be that courageous and creative. Where are you being called to trust the creative process? And then ask yourself if you are actually willing to take that inspired action. It will make all the difference.

Wishing you an abundance of inspired moments and the courage to act on them!

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

What’s more down to earth than your body?

One of the first things to look at when aiming for down to earth spirituality is how you view and experience your emotions. I have worked with clients who have had a difficult time emotionally because they held a belief that they didn’t belong here on earth. Is this you? Do you feel alien? Like it’s a mistake that you are here? That you were born? That you are in a body?

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, acceptance of your decision…yes, YOUR decision to come to Earth is the first step you’ll need to take in coming down to earth, spiritually speaking.

It’s no fun being a space cowgirl or cowboy. If you’re not inhabiting your body fully, then you are missing the point of being here. If being space was your intention, then there would have been no reason to come to Earth. But here you are, and come, you did.

So, perhaps it’s time to embrace, as Zorba the Greek called it, ‘the full catastrophe’. Now, I don’t think it’s a catastrophe, but life can sure throw us curve balls, and depending on how much we resist what is, it can feel like catastrophe. That’s for sure!

Inhabiting your body means you get to experience life on a physical level, and feel your emotions too. Emotions are experienced in the body. And if you’re hovering somewhere above your body, you can’t let the emotions flow through you the way they’re supposed to, naturally. They’re supposed to do this: begin, rise, peak, fall, diminish, and be over with. But not being in your body, keeps them in a sort of suspension. Which means you keep feeling them over time, long after they should have dissipated—and that generally doesn’t feel that good.

If you feel I’m talking about you, try this: take a deep breath and as you exhale, feel your awareness, your energy, plop down into your pelvic area from above your head, kind of like a ball someone let go of and gravity took over. Feel the weight of your energy in your pelvic region. This is what grounds you and allows you to be connected to Earth energies, which are actually pretty darn sweet energies, if you ask me.

Once you decide to be present in your body, you will experience your emotional life differently. Your emotions will become one of the ways your experience your human aliveness. Your human richness. Your human tapestry of life.

More on this tomorrow, but in the meantime, keep taking those breaths and exhaling as you allow your energy to drop right down into your pelvis. Your body has been waiting for you……

Wishing you love, peace and all the joy your heart can hold.

Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

Down to earth spirituality…..

It truly is what we all want and sometimes have a hard time finding. Honoring our humanity as well as our spirit is what we came here for.
The Everyday Joy Coach will be blogging on this topic beginning Monday. Tune in…

See you then, in the meantime…..

enJOY your weekend!
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach

Reduce suffering, increase joy….

You know, the whole purpose and point of my work is just what that headline says. I’m human, just like the rest of you, and I find myself suffering sometimes, and needing to head back to my joy.

You’ve heard the old saying, “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” That’s so true.

My job, the one I’ve chose for this lifetime, is to learn how, and then teach others how to stop choosing suffering. Now, in order to stop choosing suffering, you’ve got to admit that you’re choosing it in the first place. And often, that’s the biggest hurdle to overcome.

You’d love to blame someone or something for your suffering, and then insist that they, or it needs to change for you to be able to stop suffering. That doesn’t usually work out so well, does it?

Taking 100% responsibility for your suffering is what I refer to as spiritual maturity. It’s kind of like when you grow up and take responsibility for your finances—you know, making money, spending money, paying bills, budgeting for vacation, etc. It takes some of us longer than others to stop sitting around waiting for the world to change and throw money at our feet. But when we finally do, then we are empowered to change things for ourselves, to our liking.

Same thing with emotional and spiritual suffering. When you finally get that you are the one choosing it, then you can begin to choose to let it go. At first you might only choose to let it go for a moment before you take it back. But once you begin that process, it’s pretty hard to go back to blaming everyone and everything else without conscious awareness. And once you’re aware…..

Now for every moment, every nanosecond you choose to release suffering, you create an opening to experience the joy that always is in you. Always. And once you get that pattern going, that becomes so attractive, and it pulls you more and more toward the joy and away from the suffering.

My coaching business is named Everyday Joy because your joy is not extraordinary. It’s you. It’s who you are. It’s there waiting for you in every simple NOW moment of every minute of every hour of every day. It’s waiting for you in your car, on your walk, at your kitchen table, in the shower, in your back yard, on your couch, at your friend’s house, at the grocery store….you got the picture, right? Because it’s IN YOU.

So, just for right, now take responsibility for reducing your suffering—no matter what it is about— and increasing your joy….. just in this NOW moment.

And if you want my help with this, contact me and we’ll partner our energies to increase your Everyday Joy!

Wishing you all that you dream of,
Jan Masters
The Everyday Joy Coach