Such prevalence makes me wonder what kind of a world are we creating where our beautiful precious children are suffering from such levels of stress, fear and worry.

It makes me want to ask the question why would children have anxiety?

Could it be pressure, competition, the fast pace of modern life, fulfilling expectations, information overload to the point of saturation levels at much younger ages than ever before.

With the time poor status quo of most parents in the modern age, are we leaving our children alone too much to deal with and stew upon issues that concern them? Have we endeavoured to create a free flowing communication rapport between our children and ourselves, whereby they feel they can share any concerns they may experience without fear of reprisal or criticism.

Certainly unconditional love and honest open communication are key in helping any child deal with anxiety issues.

To share a recent experience, at our older daughter’s graduation from Kindergarten, I remember the children in her class were all asked to tell what they would be when they grow up. Well surprisingly to me, there were 4 year old children saying they wanted to be surgeons, lawyers, dentists, the kinds of professions that require a considerable amount of educational commitment to succeed.  In my opinion, no 4 year old child would aspire to that without some parental suggestion.  Surprisingly, not knowing what our daughter would want to be, it was with great relief that she wanted to grow up and be a ‘Butterfly’.

I think all we can do as parents is to nurture and support our children, while allowing and encouraging them to create a healthy sense of self, to be balanced in all areas. Thus providing them with the tools to confidently step out into the world knowing they themselves are worthy of succeeding and doing anything they set their minds to do, with our endless love and support always.

Begin your De-clutter today

In order to allow new fresh, radiant energy into your life, you need to De-clutter your home.

This means clearing out the closets and going through those drawers that hold a miscellaneous amount of sins. You know the ones that you’ll get around to cleaning up one day in the mythical future.

Making space will allow more to flow into your life. This begins with making room and starting your own De-clutter of life.I have personally read so many spiritual and self help books that all share a common message – De-clutter. De-clutter your life, beginning with the most occupied space you exist within – your home.

Your home needn’t be messy, but it may be cluttered with material possessions that in all honesty you just don’t need. Think of all the things you own and I’m sure you can think of some things to move on, therefore freeing up space and allowing new fresh energy the ability to flow into your life.

To begin your De-clutter of house and mind:

Make 3 piles:

• Sell
• Donate to charity
• Throw out

This simple act is telling the universe you are ready to allow new energy to flow into your life. You are making the symbolic and physical gesture to receive it.

You can also think of your De-clutter as the first place to get organised in your life. Success in achieving a clean sweep, a new clean slate of life – gives the springboard into having a clarity of mind to achieve your own dreams, goals and desires.

De-clutter your wardrobe – what clothes, shoes or accessories have you not worn in more than two years? Chances are you aren’t going to again.

When I personally went through my own wardrobe, I was ruthless to be honest, I was the De-clutter queen. At the time, I had thought I had gone too far. But not too long after this mass cull of my clothing, my sister gave me a whole pile of clothes she didn’t want any more, some even still had the price tags on them.

The simple act of going through my own wardrobe and donating to charity, resulted in me creating space for the universe to bring more into my life, and in my case it was more clothes from my sister.

I’m sure you will have many and varied wonderful  outcomes that will be right for you.

We all start with the same process – De-clutter!

You will feel so great for starting it today and simplifying your life.

It may come as a rather obvious revelation, nonetheless, your mind does not control you.

You are the boss of your own mind.

Do you believe me?

Simply,  it’s achieved through a state of mindfulness.

One of the most important things you can do is keep a check on your thoughts. What are your predominant thought patterns?

Bringing an awareness to your thinking allows you to make changes to the thoughts that you hold.  This soon allows you to become aware of trends of thinking such as negative or positive. More importantly, you can use this self awareness to change your thinking through mindfulness, choosing thoughts that inspire, motivate and invigorate you.  Essentially choosing thoughts that make you feel good.

Being mindful is raising your awareness, being present in the moment, having a specific purpose to focus upon. For example, meditation is mindfulness. When attention and focus is directed purely on the breath moving in and out of the body, it brings your mind into the now, a state of complete awareness. This is a state of mindfulness. It’s a state of being in the now, and giving that moment your complete attention.

Giving our minds our complete attention through acts of mindfulness, can at first seem daunting. Any change is going to feel uncomfortable at first, the mind is quite content running on auto pilot a great deal of the time. Once checks and tune ups start happening, the mind does tend to resist at first, as old habits of thinking take time to evolve into new ones.

A great place to begin is to keep a daily check list for one week and write in  it daily. What were you top 10 thoughts? Then at the end of the week, you can review your own mind and see where there  are areas for improvement.

Achieving a state of mindfulness in your everyday life will allow you to be in charge and total control of your mind.

Enjoy your journey and remember to practice random acts of mindfulness for yourself and others!

Its an ambiguous term, but, what is success?  Success means different things for different people. 

Achieving success involves more than just reading books and interpreting the concepts and theories conveyed.

Successful people take action and are disciplined on a daily basis.

You can create your own foundation for achieving success by applying the following daily activities in your life, so what are the Seven Daily Activities for Success?  

• Take a form of action to produce income every day. This may sound obvious but in order to be successful action needed to be taken. Action focused activities should be undertaken in a disciplined manner. You should be including several different income producing activities as part of your every day modus operandi. These activities need to be something you are passionate about or at least interested and committed to in order to focus the correct type of energy on them.

• Daily visualisation and meditation. Successful people use the technique of visualising on a daily basis to focus upon their desires. Try writing down what it is that you desire. This will help you focus on what it is that your want. Some people call this brainstorming. Others consider it gathering their thoughts. But whatever you call it, find a quiet space and feel what it is like to have it. Meditation assists to still the mind and allow your energy to match your desires. Meditating also frees your mind space letting in other more intuitive thoughts and ideas. Ideally you should meditate for at least 10 to 15 minutes a day. However, if you are a beginner start just with a few minutes and slowly build up to longer sessions. This should still be more than enough for you to gather your thoughts in a constructive manner.

• Do self development activities for at least 30 minutes to focus your mind and maintain the right attitude. Provide your mind with a regular daily dose of positive inspiration. For example, watch The Secret, read a motivational book, explore the internet for articles. Just take action with 30 quality minutes of personally motivating and inspiring mind stimulation every day.

• Associate with like minded people. Surround yourself with those people who inspire you or hold a positive and encouraging attitude to life. Have conversations with these people, discuss ideas and allow them to grow. If you want a successful lifestyle, then you need to observe and learn from a successful person.

• Create an expectation of leadership in yourself – be the person who is the leader, do the things that leaders do, and you will have the things that leaders have. Read and research what it takes to be a leader. Being a leader does not happen overnight, it is something nurtured and cultivated over time.

• Be truly grateful for everything you have in your life right now. This will help you to maintain a positive attitude and assist you to be in the right mind state to attract positive things into your life. Being grateful will also assist in raising your energy which is a feature of successful people. You should also be grateful of all of the things that you will have in your life; that are coming your way in the future. Show gratitude in your words and maintain a journal of your daily gratitude list.

• Have fun, be in joy and experience happiness. This is as often as possible throughout every day. As a result, you will attract more of the same energy into your daily existence. By associating with happy and fun people it becomes infectious!

In association with these daily activities I would suggest reading as many related self help and mind body spirit books in order to gain a broader understanding of the theory.

Follow these steps and do not get overwhelmed in starting, remember this is a journey of self development towards manifesting success and happiness in your life. With these steps, anyone can get started today.

Some people in this world are unhappy.

This is mainly because they live too much in their minds and are obsessed with re-running events and situations from their past. Or perhaps they are focusing on what  has not yet come to pass from their anticipated future.

When you focus on the past or fearfully try to guess your future, you end up manifesting more of the things you don’t like and end up dwelling upon it. You become stagnant.

When you live in your mind, you tend to grow your ego. The ego can only exist because it was created by the mind, so the more present you are in the current moment, the more you diminish the control your ego has over your life.

To feel truly happy you should learn to escape the mind.

To escape the mind is a tricky thing to do because in order to justify its existence, through the presence of the ego, the mind and ego will do anything it can to retain control. The mind can only really exist if it takes control and keeps you focused on things from the past or anticipation of things in the future. Try not to forget that the mind is important to us in our daily lives, but the extent to which it controls our thoughts and actions should be limited to those essential things in life.

When you dwell in your mind, you lose focus on what the mind should and shouldn’t be associated with. Over time this leads you to feel empty inside. That emptiness or personal loneliness is caused by you forgetting or disassociating from your spiritual side – your spiritual side isn’t necessarily associated with any religious doctrine but is based on your, intuitions and identification with the higher self.

When you try to escape your mind, it will try to convince you that it’s better to keep dwelling in what it has created. You will find thoughts keep flowing in, following a topic your mind was working on, dwelling in what has happened or what could be without any of those thought processes contributing to improve your current situation.

The mind will attempt to convince you that there are so many tasks you still need it to accomplish, preventing you from moving on and forgetting any of them. For example, if you are really upset about something you may feel the need to keep entertaining the thoughts of betrayal and unfairness that have been inflicted on you in the past. It is important to know that it is just a thinking habit of the mind which keeps your thought processes focused on things that leave you unhappy.

It just isn’t necessity to keep dwelling on the thoughts of negativity as they contribute nothing to improving your daily existence.

Problems are Illusions of the Mind

Eckhart Tolle in his book The Power of Now said “If you found yourself in paradise, it wouldn’t be long before your mind would say ‘yes, but …’ ultimately this is not about solving your problems. It’s about realising that there are no problems. [There are] only situations – [situations] to be dealt with now, or to be left alone and accepted as part of the present moment until they change or can be dealt with. Problems are mind-made and need a place in time in order to survive. They cannot survive in the actuality of the now- focus your attention on the now and [think] what problems you actually have in this current moment. (p.64)

People become so overwhelmed with their life situation that they lose the sense of being that makes them individuals, that makes them human. If you are carrying in your mind the burden of a myriad of wrongs inflicted on you in the past, or if you are dwelling on a multitude of fears seated in the future that have not been manifested, then you need to take stock of what your mind is doing to you.

Coming to terms with the fact that you don’t need to focus on what your mind focuses on, will make it easier to escape those thought processes that leave you unhappy.

To escape your mind, and what it has created, you should pay attention to what is happening in the here and now. Being present in the current moment and observing what’s around you rather than focusing on your thoughts, is the best way to overcome the thought routine imposed on you through identification with the mind. This is through its habituated focus on activities that essentially leave you dependent on a particular thought routine for your identity.

When you are completely present in the current moment, you understand that, at this very moment, nothing bad is actually happening in your life. You can simply enjoy what is in front of your eyes. You pay attention to things you used to take for granted, like the intense green colour of plants or beautiful white clouds in a bright blue sky. The attention to natural things makes you feel happy and you appreciate the beauty of nature. This attention makes you feel grateful that you are alive and that you are able to see this perfect creation.

Many people completely disregard the beauty and wonders of the world that are around them. The faces of people you may see in the street are often gloomy, their daily stressors leaving them looking sallow and older than they really are. People often carry their mental burdens on the shoulders and in their necks, making them hold their mental stress within their physical body. All their locked in stress and tension is caused by their being prisoners of their own thoughts, being subordinate to their own mind and the object of its attention.

Escaping the Mind Trap

Lots of people are quite sensitive to the energies of other people as well as their own energy. It is quite easy to pick up on the energy of couple who have just had an argument despite the academy award winning performance they may put on for others in public. The negative energy involved in the creation of their argument carries over into the world long after the couple appear to be friendly.

It is easy to feel the fluctuations of your own vibrations as well as the energy of people around you. When you are present in the current moment, your vibration is really high. Past resentments and future fears have little influence over your current state of being. You could say that nothing bothers you when you are present in the Now. But as soon as someone goes into too much thinking they can feel the confusion from their mind setting in and your vibration going down. Energy can shift very quickly depending on what you focus on.

The only thing it takes to shift your energy to a more positive frequency away from the reality of routine and unhappiness, is to centre yourself in the present moment.

Your mind is the only thing that keeps you down, although that may not look like it at that moment. You may think that it is this person or that particular circumstance responsible for your being upset. You may think that I would be happy if or I will be happy when I have this or that, but that is never the case. It’s your reaction to what happens to you which is responsible for your level of happiness. It is more often than not the reactions of your mind to external situations that will manifest in your unhappiness.

Being grateful for what you currently have in life is a very effective way of harmonizing yourself in the present moment. No matter who you are or what circumstances you are in, there is always something you can appreciate and feel grateful for. An attitude of gratitude is what makes you able to manifest better things in your life. So whenever you feel down, try as quickly as you can to escape your mind. Try the Gratitude Breathing Lesson as it is a very effective technique to use when feeling overwhelmed with what your mind has created.

Freedom from the Mind

Everyone in the developed world needs to escape from their mind. All the wisdom comes from the present moment and not from your mind. If you want to change your circumstances or solve some problem, the best way to do that is by staying present and then acting on your intuition which can only be accessed when you are present.

This article was written not through excessive thought, not from process of the mind, but from being centred in the present moment. When you tune into the present moment you access universal intelligence and intuitively accept things for what they are. The intuitive and higher self is responsible for the creation of this article.

So, what is the best way to overcome excessive identification with the mind, relief from the habituated negative thought processes created by the mind? The easiest way to overcome the control of the mind is to relax, stay present in the current moment and appreciate yourself, others, and the world around you for what it is. Appreciate everything that IS, for simply being what it IS, not what you think it should be. Do this, and you will be a happier person, and in control of your mind, not your mind in control of you.

Self Esteem is central to Self Image

How do I build my self esteem?

Self Esteem affects your success in relationships, your family life, leisure activities, work, career and life. It affects your behaviour, thinking, and everything you attempt in life. It impacts on everything you want to do. In fact, self esteem is essential to nearly everything you do.

A firm belief in your capabilities and self confidence is the single most important asset you have as a person. Even with all the resources and skills in the world, a person will fall short of attempting what could be their greatest achievements if they do not have the Self Confidence and Self Love to attempt what they want in life.

Self Esteem is the perception you hold of yourself and your sense of Self Worth. If you hold a healthy sense of self worth then you have a healthy Self Esteem or a high level of Self Confidence. Your Self Image, the way you look at the world and your place in it, and how much you value yourself as a person, are influenced by how important you think you are.

Everyone is just as capable of acting effectively as the President of the United States as is the current ‘holder of that position’ It boils down to the image you hold of yourself.

The way you respond to the question “how much do I value myself” will tell you a lot about your level of Self Esteem. In essence, having a Healthy Self Esteem will emphasise to you that you have the competence to cope with the challenges that life throws at you and this Motivates your sense of worthiness and happiness in life.

What is High Self Esteem?

High Self Esteem is a competent appraisal of your capacity to address the challenges of life, and face those challenges with a positive attitude towards resolving them. What does this mean? It means that you can act effectively in many situations; having Positive Belief Patterns about yourself and your place in the world. People with a healthy, high level of Self Esteem are happy, motivated and act with confidence when applying themselves to their activities. A High Self Esteem doesn’t mean being conceited, quite the opposite. A high level of Self Esteem is essential if you want to help someone else, act with integrity or act with compassion and respect towards other people. People with a Healthy Self Esteem are much more positive overall in life than those with a Low Self Esteem. Being positive is essential if you want to help someone else improve their life or overcome challenges they may be facing.

What is Low Self Esteem?

Many people suffer from Low Self Esteem or Low Self Confidence. Low Self Esteem is basically a low sense of Self Worth. People who suffer from low Self Esteem may seek to increase their sense of Self Worth through the approval of others or through an overly materialistic lifestyle. They may place such importance upon what others think of them that it stifles their own life existence to such an extent that they are miserable. Low Self Esteem tends to contribute to a negative mindstate due to the negative opinions of others being so intensely regarded. This in turn leads to a loss of Self Confidence as one is vulnerable to the Negative Thinking that results from the critical scrutiny of others. Over time if left unchecked the impact of Low Self Esteem can become a mental habit to think and expect the worst outcomes for oneself in all scenarios of life. An expectation of having bad things happen, feeling downtrodden and generally unhappy becomes an entrenched mindstate. This is due to all the power over one’s life being given to the opinions of others, be they family, friends, colleagues or strangers.

How do I build my Self Esteem?

Do I Have Low Self Esteem?

Problems arising from Low Self Esteem relate to how we rate ourselves in the world. The media, your friends and peers, and your upbringing all influence how we rate ourselves. If we rate ourselves in comparison to others, or others achievements, possessions or looks, we will find that comparing ourselves to these ‘external factors’ will damage our Self Image and lower our Self Esteem. This is because we rate our achievements in comparison to someone else’s.

The key to building self esteem is positive thinking!

Ultimately we all deserve to live a happy and enjoyable life experience! A major factor in making the living of our lives enjoyable is being positive in our outlook of ourselves, others and life in general. This is the key to living a happy and fulfilled life. It is the feeling good about ourselves that allows us to improve our view of the world, the way we look at ourselves and allows us to break our own self destructive beliefs causing low self esteem. Over time, a positive outlook can result in turning your cup from half empty to half full. Retraining your thought processes to Positive Thinking can transform self limitation and negative thinking to create a positive Self Esteem.

A simple way to bring about positive feelings within yourself are through affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that can make you feel better about yourself. Make a list of affirmations and keep them handy. Read your affirmations over and over. As you do this affirmations tend to gradually become true for you. The following examples of affirmations will help you make your own list:

I feel great about myself.

Everything goes right for me.

Everyday and in every way, I am getting better and better.

Self Talk pushes you to do or not do things.

Internal Self Talk

Self Talk is internal vocalisation of your ideas, feelings and intentions you have about yourself and is  in response to the things that you do or that happen in your life.

Self Talk is your own internal, often involuntary, commentary on life in response to something that has happened to you or that has had an impact on you.

The Impact of Self Talk

What you say to yourself can have a big impact on your life. There are two types of Self Talk; Positive and Negative.

Self Talk affects the way you feel, the way you react to something and it can impact on you sense of Self Worth and Self Esteem, as well as you level of achievement and what you will attempt.

Self talk is like an internal coach who eggs you on; either encouraging you to try harder and succeed. It can boost your confidence and sense of self worth; or it can act like an internal bully which keeps criticising and undermining your attempts to achieve things.

Negative Self Talk will often act to make a small negative situation much worse than it actually is. In contrast, Positive Self Talk, through the use of Positive Affirmations is a very effective way to improve your Self Esteem and Motivation.

Changing Self Talk

Self Talk Cycle

Changing your Self Talk to be positive more than negative takes a little bit of practice. Our ways of thinking tend to be habitual and changing those ingrained thinking practices will take a little bit of time before it becomes second nature.

One of the reasons our internal dialogue can be negative most of the time is because the news media. The news media predominantly broadcast news with a negative theme or message which is called sensationalism.  Sensationalism is preferred by the news media because bad news sells. Undertaking a Media Fast is just one way to help improve your outlook and it will assist you in starting to focus on the positive situation in your life and frame those situations so that you can benefit from them.

Benefiting from Self Talk

Listening to Self Talk

Self Talk is an excellent tool for assisting people to achieve their goals and desires and psychologists have long recognised that Self Talk can assist people to overcome perceived barriers to their achievement and help improve their Self Esteem and Confidence.

Everyone who competes in sport at a serious level faces obstacles to their success. One of the ways athletes succeed is to use Self Talk to support their training regime. Barriers such as physical pain, fatigue and competitive opponents can all be overcome with positive self talk. No competitive athlete will ever admit to engaging in negative self talk when facing a strong opponent in a match.

How Can I Improve My Self Talk

The primary way to benefit from Self Talk is to ensure that it is positive most if not all of the time. If you find yourself not feeling uplifted from your internal dialogue then it is most likely negative. To identify if it is positive or negative just ask yourself these questions when you catch yourself engaging in internal voclalisation.

1. Identify when you are engaging in Self Talk. Self Talk is often so habitual that you may be unaware of when you are doing it. In order to manage your Self Talk you need to be aware of when you are doing it and what is promoting it.

2. Evaluate your Self Talk. Is it having a positive or negative effect on you? Do you feel good or bad when you are engaging in Self Talk. If you feel bad or you think your self talk is negative then you need to ask yourself some questions such as:

Are you listening to your Self Talk?

• Is there any evidence to support my Self Talk’s assertions?
• Is there any evidence to contradict my internal vocalisations?
• Am I keeping things in perspective or is my vocalisation out of all proportion to the real impact of the situation?
• Would I speak to a friend or my partner in the same manner I am currently talking to myself?
• Are there any more positive ways to interpret this situation?

3. Change your Self Talk. If you decide that your Internal Vocalisation is negative or isn’t contributing to improve your overall situation then it is time to change your self vocalisation and focus on more positive aspects.

You control what you say to yourself.

How you respond to it is up to you.

I have decided to share the journey I have begun in exploring communicating with my Guides, Angels, Spirit friends – call them what you like but I communed with them through automatic writing.

What is Automatic Writing you may ask?  Well, essentially it is writing words without any interference from the conscious mind. It is the subconscious mind making a spiritual connection and recording it. The writer is not consciously aware of the content being written.

Below is my first automatic writing journal entry recorded on 25 February 2011. I had written the question – What is my life purpose? Below is their response to me…

Look behind the veil, there is truth and magic harmony for all. Take the path that unfolds before you and light the way for you and others to follow. You were here from the beginning. Your well is overflowing. Connect and  it will be revealed to you. Patience one step at a time. You are a chosen one. Your time has come to take flight. We are here to serve and assist you on this journey.

Believe! We are here and will always be here. You are one with us, as is all. Oh, beautiful creature of love and light. The signs are coming, take heed of them for messages shall be revealed in them all. Your vibration is aligning us.

Some people find their way easily and naturally early in their lives and live a passionate life on purpose. Others find their way and make changes years later, or in mid life. Yet the majority struggle and never do. So, why does this elude so many people who think they’re on the right track, in a good ‘job’, earn reasonable money, sometimes even great $s, yet still something is lacking, still they’re not happy or fulfilled, still there’s a yearning for something else, something more? They wonder if there’s any purpose or meaning in their life. They find themselves just existing from day-to-day, operating on autopilot, or by default, dreading getting out of bed in the morning, and trudging and dragging their way to their 9-5 job (‘job’ = ‘just over broke’), or these days more likely to be an 8-8 job…

Many know they’re stuck in the wrong career or in an unfulfilling job, and say they will get around to fixing and changing that some day, when the time is right, when they get a chance. Yes, for many, ‘Life gets in the way’. The mortgage and bills have to be paid, family to take care of, school fees, other life responsibilities, climbing the corporate ladder as society expects … and so it goes on… and life goes by… Yes it’s a complex issue… OK, so – How can you achieve a Life that you love and enjoy by doing what you love to do? How can you do this? It takes major soul searching and the courage, and the ‘guts’ to give it a go. For the next few minutes – set aside some time for yourself to explore the following questions below. For that time, answer honestly from your heart. Put aside any limiting thoughts. Think big. Indulge yourself. Don’t edit or sensor yourself. Most importantly, have fun with this exercise. And, write down your thoughts – grab a piece of paper, or jot on your computer.   Ask yourself -

• What do I really love doing?
• What are my hobbies? (not always the same thing as previous question, so differentiate them).
• What are my ‘big picture’ dreams and goals that I have and would love to achieve?
• What would I really like to do if I absolutely knew I would not fail?
• Take this a step further – If money wasn’t an issue at all, what would I do or like to achieve?
• What do I think about when I get a private moment to myself?
• Have I ever fantasized or wished I could spend more time at my hobby than at my job? Expand on this.
• What dreams did I have in childhood? Have I lost touch with or forgotten the dreams and goals I had in childhood or earlier in my life? What are they?
• What interests, desires or passions do I have that I keep inside and do not tell others?
• Have I dreamt about ‘working for myself’, starting my own business, perhaps my own home business
• Have I actually tried setting up a business or home business before and failed?
• What things do I do really well and give away to friends – perhaps gourmet goodies, paintings, arts and crafts, floral arrangements, pet treats, plant cuttings or propagation, woodwork items, other hobby items …

The answers to these questions will give you the clues to your passions, or the career or business for you to consider pursuing – If you’re passionate enough, love it enough, are fuelled enough, and have a raging ‘fire in your belly’ for it – You’ll find a way to DO IT. That’s what it takes!   Find your LOVE and PASSION and pursue it and you will find success. Yes, it will be difficult starting out. That’s the way it is with anything you may do, whether it’s a business or some other passion – it takes time, commitment and perserverance to build. YOU WILL find a way to do it, and YOU WILL make it through and won’t quit when the going gets tough, because you LOVE it. Once you make up your mind that it’s what you want to do, then JUST GO and DO IT!   Author’s Bio   Kathy Bakerhas great ‘passion’ for living her ‘Life on Purpose’ in her own ‘individual’ way, and has several ‘passions’ she has incorporated into her way of ‘being’ and ‘doing’. She is a Success Coach (Business/Marketing/ Personal/Spiritual), Writer, Law of Attraction Practitioner, Marketer (Intuitive Marketing with Integrity), and Internet Marketer/Information Product Marketer. She works with success and freedom seeking individuals and entrepreneurs in helping them find ways to live the life of their ‘wildest’ dreams…

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Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Maen Llia Standing Stone in Wales within the Brecon Beacons National Park.  Its size of around 4 metres out of the ground is awe inspiring.

To think of our ancestors thousands of years ago standing in that same spot.  Aside from marvelling at its size and ‘old energy’ vibration, I collected a small rock laying in the grass near its base. I thought it would make a good rock to hold while meditating.

Last night while meditating, I held the rock from Maen Llia Standing Stone in my hand for the first time. I had flashes of images very quickly flick through in my minds eye, like the seasons changing from cold to warm as well as groups of people at different times.  It was as though the rock held the impressions of the environment it had been within for who knows how long!

With my eyes closed I noticed the rock had a strong circling energy as I held it in my hand.  The rock felt alive.

After that experience I awoke the next morning from a truly magical dream experience.

I dreamed of seeing a winged bull flying in the air as clear as day, followed by a white winged horse and another smaller solid animal.  They were flying down the the side of the building from which I was watching and they landed with a male and female.  The horse lay down in the front and the other animals turned into statues.  I felt at ease in their presence – they almost seemed familiar to me.  They offered two people the choice to leave earth and live in another realm with them. The couple chose to join them and instantly leave their lives as they were.  I declined as I said I still had work to do here and loved ones to nurture. They understood.

The dream felt enchanted. It was almost as if the rock I had held while meditating the night before from the Maen Llia Standing Stone has opened up a new level of spiritual development for me.

Maen Llia Standing Stone is almost four metres high and guards the junction of two valleys, and a series of ancient trackways that joined several neolithic settlements in the Brecknock Shire in Powys County.

Here is a link to check out the Standing Stone:

Maen Llia

Enjoy, I did.

Anna