Open your heart to Me, and how happy We shall be. Have an open door policy with Me. No balustrades between Us. The only barriers there could possibly be conceived between Us are imaginary ones, and I cannot even imagine. You are good at imagining, however, for whatever purpose or no purpose at all. Certainly limits between Us serve no wanted purpose or service. Who would ever want to keep Us apart even for a moment or an inch?

And for what Earthly reason would you? There have been so many stories about Me, and so, presumably for safety’s sakes, you put an escape clause between Us.

How about leaping over any barrier you imagine between Us? Take it down. There is no valor in avoiding Me. Furthermore, any curtain you put up has holes in it and doesn’t work in the first place. In the second place, nothing can work to separate Us. Let go of your hesitant fears and get yourself over here and recognize the Supreme Oneness that We are with or without your permission. You need your permission just to let on to yourself that you are on speaking terms with Me.

And if you don’t want to speak, Silence works well as well. Imbibe My love as I speak to you of love. Your heart will start vibrating all right. When all is said and done, no heart can resist Me, so what foolishness is all this? It must be the foolishness of separation and a little semblance of control that you like to hold onto just in case. Just in case of ego, I suppose.

HJ: When life gets intense, all kinds of deep mental and emotional patterns come bubbling to the surface and we are faced with the reality of those areas of ourselves that still need a bit of healing and work.  And it can be very easy to slip back into old, self-defeating habits and patterns.  In order to grow we must transcend and shift who we are being and how we are showing up in these moments of challenge.  And this simple act rewires us in a fresh, new way that is equips us with the skills we need to be successful in future situations and at all times going forward.  Master these 7 keys to staying strong and centered when life gets intense and you’ll shift your patterns and massively strengthen your happiness, peace of mind and joy.

- Truth

7 Ways to Stay Strong When Everything Goes Wrong

By Marc Chernoff | Marc and Angel

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By Luke Sumpter
Guest Writer for Wake Up World

The hedonic treadmill – or hedonic adaptation – are psychological terms used to describe the theory that humans have a base line emotional state that we all inevitably return to after events that cause us great happiness and personal gain or mass loss and sadness.

The consumer and capitalist ideals conditioned into and practiced by the majority of westerners is a prime example of this theory. Not a long period of time exists between obtaining a new sports car, a new job promotion or the latest smart phone until the insatiable desire for then next best thing is set into motion.

Let it be made clear that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the desire to strive, achieve and obtain. It is our birthright to pursue our passions and embody our dreams and ultimately to optimize ourselves. Yet there is a firm difference between achieving a goal and valuing the outcome in comparison to seeing an endeavor to completion to then disregarding the results in favor of continual and constant progression.

By Ethan Indigo Smith

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“How do I walk?” If you can imagine asking this as child then you can imagine asking, “how do I meditate?” as an adult. We were practically all greeted with smiles and joy as we learned how to walk and developed our muscles in order to walk. And one should meet the question, “how do I meditate?’ and take those first steps with the same joy, as if an infant taking his first steps.

How would you properly explain walking to an infant? Ok, remember, no hands. Stay upright. Lift one foot, set it forward, follow it with the other and follow it and then repeat. Be careful to watch where you are stepping because you can fall or stub your toe. Keep your toes up too so you don’t trip… 

And then what? Eventually, the infant must learn to embody this skill through experience. The infant must step forward on his or her own accord and invariably, there will be some falling. But those little falls, as shocking as they may be for one who has never fallen before, are best met with joyful laughter.

Meditation is invariably the same – we learn by taking on a practice...

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Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

I’ve probably said what I’m going to say before, but if so, it bears repeating. I use writing in two ways: to express myself and let the universe express itself through me, and I’ve been thinking a lot about my writing and the ‘Voice Within’ messages I’ve been publishing lately.

I told myself at first that I’d bring through and publish a ‘Voice Within’ message once a day (with the exception of weekends, because everyone needs a break every now and then), but it requires more work than I anticipated.

I don’t know what it’s like for most people who channel or intuitively communicate, but for me, the words pour through in a way that makes proper spelling practically impossible.