Hello, Robert here filling in for Jackie.  I haven’t been to our LOA meet up group for several months and first thing I noticed was some changes.  First of all , we’re not putting the chairs in a circle any more.  That’s because we have Scott setting up audio and a video screen so we can watch the Youtube video meditations.  We also have Peg taken over running the show and she’s doing a great job keeping the meeting on track and the conversation lively.  I'f you haven't been to out LOA meetup lately, come by next month!

Intro Video meditation The Honest Guys: The Garden of Tranquility

Eddie Conner is doing his Peru trip to Machu Picchu: http://eddieconner.com/peru-tour.html

James Sutton:  

Our topic this month was Stop Feeling Overwhelmed and the video is on Mike and Ramona’s Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTvP0kAAyu0

One of the first visuals on the video was a FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Successful.  The conversation started out by pointing out that when our focus vacillates, we don’t stay focused long enough on any one thing which can be good or bad, depending upon what our focus is.  

Ester pointed out that when we are feeling overwhelmed, it’s always because we’re asking for more than we’re allowing.  That’s a great definition for overwhelm.  When we can FOCUS, we gain clarity and are capable of handling more without being overwhelmed.  

What happens to asking? Asking always gets bigger, source always answers so, when we talk in favor of our desires, we focus, our desires expand and if we keep in mind the phrase, “Things are always working out for me”, that will soothe the feeling of overwhelm.  

Ester goes on to explain that everything is about balance and we need to breath in as well as breath out.  When you give yourself permission to visualize your desires Be Love, be in love with your desires, you get into the state of allowing.  Don’t face the current reality.  Focus on where you’re going, not where you are.  

Our desires always expand so, we should move in the direction of our desires or else the gap will grow and we feel overwhelmed.   

Your inner being is the source of You.  It has more energetic clout than you do.  That’s very strong vibrational part of you that you have not allowed to come to the forefront.  

Some of the things we discussed were about how to ignore the current reality so we can let the new reality that we desire in. 

~  “Don’t wear a watch”  Don’t set a time limit on your desires.  There were several examples of people forgetting about their desires and they then manifested.

~  Take Tiny Steps - This is a way to stay focused in the direction of your desires, know you re on the way but not feel overwhelmed that it hasn’t manifested yet.  

~  Love the emotions - Vibrations are the creative aspect of ourselves.  Don’t resist emotions whether they are positive or negative.  Again, there is always that balance of asking/allowing, giving/receiving.

~  Bring awareness into the picture.  Awareness gives space  and space gives us the ability to make a choice.  

We then talked about what’s the best way to get into the receiving mode?

~  Be thankful/feel grateful

~  Be calm like a cat

~  Remember: The universe is always providing

~  Get outside in Nature

~  Ask good questions:  What is the silver lining?  What is this trying to teach me?  What is better that that?  

~  Listen to your body to get a jump on your head.  Your body has innate intelligence and is the seat of intuition.  

~  A book by Sean Achor was mentioned “The Happiness Advantage”

When it came time to do the Love Seat, it was brought up that we put our dear LOA friend Larry Robertson in the Love seat even though he was unable to join us.  Larry has been going through some cancer treatment and we’ve been keeping him in our thoughts.  We did that and then audio recorded it for Larry to listen to later.  

We ended the meeting with the video “The Power of Words”  which you may have seen before.  It’s about a blind man begging on the street with a sign that says “I’m Blind Please Help”  A lady comes along and changes the words on his sign and suddenly he’s getting many more donations.  She simply changed the sign to “It’s a Beautiful day and I can’t see it”. 

Every day is a beautiful day if we only allow ourselves the space to see the good all around us and appreciate all we already have.  

Hope to see you at our next LOA meet up on Monday March 18th.  Until then don’t forget to remember “Everything is always working out for me”.  

Robert