Hi Everyone!
Merry Christmas!
I was remembering what a gentleman shared at at the first Millionaire Mind Intensive I attended. (I love Peak Potentials. http://www.peakpotentials.com/new/ ) He was a Christian and was torn between how he was raised to believe that we’re supposed to be “poor” because of something that was in the Bible, and how what Peak Potentials made sense about the more wealth we have, the more we can then share and make the world a better place.
I felt for him because his pain was obvious and I held him in my heart. I’m sure we all did. So I held him in my heart and let it go into God’s Hand. I don’t know what happened to him, except that I’m sure the new awareness planted a seed that would help him grow in new and better ways. Amen.
Isn’t that the best gift that we can give someone? Holding someone in our heart and letting it go into God’s Love and Truth can be a powerful seed for someone’s soul. The developer and teacher of Matrix Energetics, Dr. Richard Bartlett ( http://www.matrixenergetics.com/ ) shares something in his newest book, The Physics of Miracles that feels so right. He mentions that “…it is somewhat sad that we continue to limit our interactions with others to the realm of the merely human. We are the Door to the Divine, not the Doer.” Within each one of us, the world, the universe, and the unknown are billions, trillions, and infinite complex processes and interactions. As Dr. Richard Bartlett so brilliantly put it, how are we supposed to keep track of all that? Wouldn’t it be easier to let God keep track of it for us and guide its interaction for us? Wouldn’t it be easier to let ourselves be His Door and be open to new and infinite possibilities as opposed to being only one door as ourselves? As I’ve shared with many, with God all things are possible and that the only limits that exist are those which we impose upon ourselves. 
Imagine opening the heart to the unknown. Imagine the abundance and Truth of God’s Love being allowed to pour within and throughout us the more and more we can let go and let God. It is only by letting go and being open that we can be receptive to His Gifts. Otherwise, our preconceived beliefs and perceptions create a wall that limit us to those frameworks. How much more will God do for us if we let Him and allow ourselves to get out of our own way? That is not necessary for us to answer, but to be open to all that God Is is so we don’t limit ourselves. Focused intent on what we want is good, but the how and the extent to what that can entail might be best left in His unlimited Hands.
Let go, be open, let His Truth fill you, then follow your heart.
Holding this in our heart might be the best gift we can give ourselves and others this Christmas. The more open the heart, the more love can be received. And the more love we hold for others, the more we can affect them in a positive way. 
Afterall, isn’t the Love that Jesus gave us what Christmas is about?
Peace, Love, and Blessings,
Irene
Hi Everyone
I recently had the opportunity to review the documentary The Shadow Effect by Debbie Ford.
Whenever anything comes from the heart, it’s always a good thing and The Shadow Effect is no exception. It is a beautiful expression of how to understand and use that which we perceive as our dark sides as teachers to help us grow and heal.
Because of my training in the healing fields, much of its lessons I already knew, so I cannot say that it helped me. However, I do realize that it can help many and that 10 years ago it would have been helpful information to me as well. It came across to me that its essence is about self-acceptance, which is key to joy, peace, and love. And it helps to bring an awareness about how we can accept ourselves more. Debbie shares herself and her experiences in hopes that it helps us. I’m sure that it will for many. I would recommend it for anyone that is too hard on themselves and would like to grow or heal.
My only problem with it is some of their examples. There were at least a couple of instances where political references were used to provide example for the point they were trying to make at the time. To those of us that believe that such references developed as propaganda and distortions, the use of them even though the presenters no doubt believe their information, was alienating and somewhat disheartening.
All in all, I believe it is a worthwhile and helpful DVD for many. We can all use some help with our heart. This documentary should be just what some people need. Ask the Holy Spirit for Its guidance and follow your heart.
Blessings,
Irene
Tags: heart, self-acceptance, The Shadow Effect
Hand of Love, Hand of God
I, Love, feel your pain
and understand your fear.
I’m here as your cane
and will always be near
and here.
I see you dangling
high from cliff of Homeland.
You think rocks you cling,
but holding you is Hand.
Love’s Hand.
I am a stranger to you.
Sometimes you want to know me
and other times you withdrew.
Peace. I hear your quiet plea,
and will set you free.
For the strength of love
is freedom. And as your
hand reaches for love,
the old you that you wore,
is no more.
But this cliff you think
is your home familiar.
You feel on the brink
yet you know not better.
Life’s blur.
Your grip has tired and you scream.
“Something better, please!” you cry.
Your hand awares to my dream.
Your grip strengthens and your eye
rests to my lullaby.
Feeling better you
succumb and engage
to this new stage too.
Until again you rage
for change.
The pain of hanging
is still separating,
but now there’s less divergence,
and more emergence
of love’s sense.
Step by step, rock over rock,
and hand greeting hand, will raise
you above stumbling block.
Each time learning more of love’s praise,
until all love rays.
I understand it takes time
for you to be ready.
I will wait and aide your climb
whenever you are ready.
You’ll know love steady.
I know you’re worthy.
Behind your pain is truth
of love’s potential.
Beauty you are, made aware from trial,
and Love.
I know well enough
to see that past your rough
character is love
wanting to be free.
The love that you be
is the you whom I see.
So I will sit, wait and listen
as your tears and struggles pray,
and I will never, now or then,
tire my grip or lead astray.
Love is here to stay.
And I may duck, dodge or sway
as your angers and pains fray,
but I will never, today
or ever, let go of your hand.
Welcome to Homeland.
Welcome to Love.
Irene Arndt
Blessings,
Irene
Tags: God is always with you, God's Love