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While I was riding my bike today I was “inspired” by the thought of vulnerability. It has given me a chance to consider “being” vulnerable and what that could mean to me or anybody.

Here are my thoughts on the subject:

There could be many sides to vulnerability and I only scratched the surface today considering that fact. On the enlightened side of vulnerability it is a place to experience an opening of yourself, a sharing of yourself, and an acceptance of yourself as being imperfect, doubtful, and frail in myriad of ways and being willing to expose that side of your human-ness.

From the point of view of (I would venture to guess) many women, close friends, and caring family, vulnerability is a very endearing quality.  If you have a loving and compassionate audience it affords them the opportunity to witness your courage to admit vulnerability as well as giving them the opportunity to express to you what they see in you that perhaps you don’t see.

On the shadow side of vulnerability is perhaps the mistaken belief that you truly are vulnerable. (Now, I’m taking this from the point of view that you would feel vulnerable towards another individual. Vulnerability towards an incident beyond your apparent control is a whole other topic.  I’m going to by-pass that for now, since being a part of eHarmony suggests you’d like to have a relationship with another person. I’m going to address vulnerability on the level of individual relationship.) (How’s that for parenthetical!)

I would guess that many people have been hurt by vulnerability in their past. And in being hurt in some way they are now mistrustful of “exposing” themselves to another again. Unfortunately, men and women alike will use feelings of vulnerability against one another in an effort to diminish the other in many ways. It has many motives but probably most common would be to control another or hold “force” over another in some way.

I have certainly been vulnerable in my life and am very willing to share my vulnerabilities with others. I however am no longer affected by anyone that would want to “hurt” me in any way or diminish me in any way because of it. I really am able to “witness” others’ attempts at control or force and just find it interesting. I’ve also noticed that when I’m non-reactive to their attempts at controlling or diminishing me in some way, it just goes away.  It’s very funny to watch.  And, I don’t take it personally what-so-ever! So I am no longer vulnerable at all because I don’t give thought or credence to anyone that would clearly try to diminish me. I know who/what is behind it all and I know it’s just primitive thought and behavior.

So…..that’s my thoughts on vulnerability today!

Liz Gracia Co-Founder Seeds of Intentions

Written by Liz Gracia
Co-Founder
www.SeedsofIntentions.com

A Wishing Star lives in the Southern Sky
Seldom regarded and even less consulted
It awaits an upward glance  from a mindful eye.

Eclipsed by constellations our star is easily missed.
It differs from others as it has no belt, no extended powerful tail,
No proximity to the North Star, it waits patiently  to serve.

Often times when the moon is slight, night is full
We catch its glimmer in the corner of the sky.
Drawn to its curious, small, but steady light, we pause.

Uncertain of our  momentary respite from craving
Arrested by a sudden urge to simply gaze upward
We breath deeply and begin to wonder, what if…..

“Yes, yes, please, what is it?” she nods and smiles.

What if we were to live  in unbridled Joy…
What if  we could offer love easily without mean…
What if we could see all others as God, believe it to be true…

What if Faith grew inside us providing great strength…
What is Kindness grew unbridled in our hearts, easily dispensed…
And, then, we wish all of this for all others.

“As you wish!” beams our star and shines more brightly,
slightly easier for the next mindful eye to see.

by Patrick Curry
Basalt, CO

Peace. It’s about slowing down and loving what is… a Be Here Now state of being:

“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”

What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”

“I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet.

Pooh nodded thoughtfully.

It’s the same thing,” he said.

Like everything else in our lives, peace is a state of being we can choose. It is felt as a present-moment awareness. In harder times, peace might be something we must choose with each in-breath, focusing on it, choosing it. In easier, more joy-full times, the feeling of peace might reside deep within our cells, and if we are paying attention, we can choose to appreciate this sense of peace.

Peace is soft, yielding, flowing, like water, like the slow and gentle movements of tai chi, like the sleeping face of a beloved. It is in the blowing of a breeze, the sound of the wind in the trees, the orange pop! in late spring of the poppies. It is as simple as that– as noticing our surroundings, as having faith that all is well, as taking comfort in the “is-ness” of the moment.

Equanimity is felt as an acceptance of the moment—first, simplicity comes in when we simply notice what is and equanimity comes afterward, when we love what is. Loving what is… how much freedom we would feel—how much freedom we would actually have—if only we loved whatever presented itself, knowing that it is all just perfect. And isn’t freedom felt as peace?

We can only be at peace with others as we are peace-full with ourselves. So, make peace with your Self– know your true nature and accept yourself as you are, both shadow and light. Know that you can never know the effects of your words and deeds on another’s heart, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant they seem to you.

“Let’s go and see everybody,” said Pooh. Because when you’ve been walking in the wind for miles, and you suddenly go into somebody’s house, and he says, ‘Hallo, Pooh, you’re just in time for a little smackerel of something,’ and you are, then it’s what I call a Friendly Day.”

Piglet thought that they ought to have a Reason for going to see everybody, like Looking for Small or Organizing an Expotition, if Pooh could think of something.
Pooh could.

“We’ll go because it’s Thursday,” he said, “and we’ll got to wish everybody a Very Happy Thursday. Come on, Piglet.”

Let it be Easy. What Seeds of Peace will you sow today?

Julie Hart

This Month’s Contributing Writer is Julie Hart.

If you are interested in having Julie write for you,

please contact her via e-mail at Julie@Sol-Nia.com

I was watching the movie “Coach Carter” last night and there was a part in the movie where a student recites a quote that was so beautiful and moving I had to share it. I “Googled” it to discover the author to be Marianne Williamson. Here it is:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

This inspiring quote, Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson is from her book, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles, Harper Collins, 1992. From Chapter 7, Section 3 (Pg. 190-191). A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles”

Unconditional Love is what a child is

Unconditional love, in regards to levels of consciousness, calibrates at 540 on Dr. David R. Hawkins Map of Consciousness. The true and pure experience of JOY resides at this level of awareness as well.

It is a rare human being that lives at this state of awareness or above. An individual “vibrating” at this level of awareness has the Power to offset the negativity of 750,000 people below the life affirming consciousness level of 200.

It is an extremely powerful vibration and place to BE. The energy (you may call it vibration) at this level is transformative and life changing.

You can introduce the “vibration” or energy of pure and true UNCONDITIONAL LOVE & JOY into your life every day by connecting to your heart and focusing on the energy of Unconditional Love and Joy.

Here’s some examples of some things that calibrate at the level of 540 and above :

• Christmas: Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men – 675
• The song Amazing Grace – 575
• Baking cookies for your family – 540
• Avatars, The Great Teachers throughout history – 1000 (includes Jesus, Buddah, Krishna, Zoroaster, etc…)
• Mother Teresa – 710
• Mahatma Gandhi – 760
• Angels – 500+
• Archangels – 50,000+

Spiritual Practices that calibrate above 540:

Truth vs Falsehood by Dr. David R. Hawkins

• Devotional burning of incense – 540
• Gregorian Chants – 595
• Kneeling to pray – 540
• The Lord’s Prayer -650
• The words: OM – 740, Om Namaha Shivaya – 630, Shanti Shanti Shanti – 650
• Prayerful Hand Clasp – 540
• Surrender (at depth) one’s will to God – 850

All of the above calibrations and more can be found in Dr. David Hawkins book Truth vs. Falsehood. Click here to review and order.

Unconditional Love can easily be found in observing a loved one exhibiting qualities you so admire and love in them. Take the time to enjoy the beauty in another and appreciate their true inner beauty. It fills my heart with joy and love every time I take the time to do this and remember who is behind the eyes of every living thing. Seeing the beauty in all living things is immensely transcendent and opens you up to the flow of grace in not only that moment, but life itself.

These are simply examples of where you can “feel” or “tune into” the frequency of unconditional love. You know where it resides easily for you. Take that feeling and apply it to something new in your life, and start at a place that is relatively easy and new to do. I don’t necessarily suggest making a leap into an area that would be hard for you to allow Unconditional Love. That will come in time and with practice of allowing this energy into more aspects of your life.

Because I, the writer of this post have experienced this level of awareness, I would like to share with you the magnificence of this experience and state of being. It is beyond words and beyond any experience you could imagine having. Nothing else matters at this level….ego gratification, material desires, occupational accomplishment all dissolves and is meaningless relative to this experience.

It is not beyond anyone to have this experience. All you have to do is ask and know it is yours for simply the asking. You also have to let it go and allow it to come. In the mean time focus on loving, unconditionally, every living thing.

Power vs Force by Dr. David R. Hawkins

We’d like to introduce you to Dr. David R. Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness as first introduced in his now famous book Power Vs. Force. The Map of Consciousness is a scale of 1-1000 where anything, anyone, any idea that is, or has ever been, can be calibrated as to its level of truth or “consciousness”.

The scale of this map is not arithmetic, but logarithmic, so a calibration of 300 on the Map of Consciousness is not only two times that of a calibration of 150 on the Map, but 10 to the 300th POWER! A calibration of 500 is 10 to the 500th POWER! HOLY MOLY! The difference in power as you ascend up the Map of Consciousness is ASTRONOMICAL in nature!

At Seeds of Intentions, our intent is to focus solely on things that are of high consciousness and power and truth. In other words, those things, people and ideas that calibrate at 200 or above on the Map of Consciousness. This is the level at which true power and positive life affirming “vibrations” or energy begin.

For relative reference and points of interest:

• 600 on The Map of Consciousness is the entryway into enlightenment.
• 1000 is the level at which life’s avatars (those who comprehend advanced states of enlightenment) like Jesus and The Buddha reside. 1000 is the highest level one can be and still remain in the body. When someone at this level of consciousness resides on the planet, she/he has the power to offset the negativity of the entire planet!
• Only 4/10th’s of 1 percent of the world’s population calibrates at 500 or above. Someone calibrating at this level has the ability to offset the negativity of 750,000 people calibrating below the level of life affirming power of 200.
• One individual calibrating at 300 offsets the negativity of 90,000 people below the level of 200.
• 50% of the United States calibrates at 200 or below. 78% of the world’s population calibrates at 200 or below.
• There are now over 22 people residing on the planet today that calibrate at 600 or above. HOLY MOLY! This is significant if you consider the fact that there was a period of time, now termed The Dark Ages when noone on the planet calibrated above the level of 600 for Hundreds of Years! There is SERIOUS change going on now and we all are a part of it!

All of this information can be found in the teachings and research found in Dr. David R. Hawkins books available and recommended throughout our website.

Other things found on our site to keep you focused on the intention of Unconditional Love and Joy are:

Intentional Love Bracelet

Know Love Bamboo T-Shirt

Pearls of Love Necklace

Grow Love - Blooms of Intentions

So I’ve been thinking about a list of New Years resolutions ideas. And this list of New Years resolutions is seemingly out of the ordinary, but really addressing the root of many of our problems, issues and conditions. So why not consider a different approach to your New Years resolutions in 2010?

Here’s Seeds of Intentions‘ Top Ten List of New Years Resolutions Ideas

1. First of all be Willing to Change, there is powerful assistance from life when you are….for more on this topic click here.
2. Decide to be the conscious and deliberate creator of your own life….for more on this topic click here.
3. Allow all others and all situations and events outside of yourself to simply be. It is NOT your creation! ….more on this topic soon.
4. Take responsibility for everything you experience in your life good or bad. You’ve attracted it, you’ve created it…..more on this topic soon.
5. Love your body. Stop thinking negative thoughts about it and cherish it….for more on the topic of your body click here. For everybody’s favorite topic on weight loss resolutions click here. We just addressed this issue in yesterday’s blog.
6. If you have disease in the body, consider what thoughts and beliefs and patterns of being may have created it….we’ll have more on this topic soon. In the mean time I again recommend my article titled You are the Ruler of Your Own Body.
7. Allow yourself to express how you feel at every moment. You are perfection playing itself out in all of creation. You will continually be presented with situations that need to be fully expressed. Don’t judge it! ….for more on this topic click here.
8. Sit down. Make a list of the top 100 things you want to create, experience, and be in your life. (and while you are doing this make sure you are in a light happy uplifted mood. Have FUN!) Choose NOW what you want! Decide you no longer wish to “live by default”.
9. Ask for assistance and guidance often. When you start tuning in to your willingness to change and willingness to receive it “shows up” every time! REALLY! I do it all the time now and it’s quite amazing and fun…yet always turn inward to discern the truth of any matter.
10. KNOW that YOU ARE PERFECT at absolutely every moment of every day of every breath of your life! We all are (believe it or not). All highly conscious beings and avatars of history know this to be true and experience it in their awareness as true. We are all simply “God Godding”…”Life Lifing”…”Consciousness Being”! There is NO other!

So that concludes our Seeds of Intentions list of New Years resolutions ideas. Please be sure to tune in to Seeds of Intentions’ WKSMO Radio 310, your frequency of willingness and willingness to change on the Cosmic Radio dial.

Happy New Years! Come join us at www.SeedsofIntentions.com where you can “Plant Yours Today!” (your intentions for a fun-loving, prosperous and fulfilling 2010)

Written by:
Liz Gracia
Co-Founder
Seeds of Intentions

Liz Gracia is an up and coming self help author now residing in Colorado. Her first nonfiction self help book is based on her true story of a quantum spiritual awakening that took place on the enchanting Island of Nantucket.

She is currently a contestant in the “Next Top Self Help Author” Writing Contest (Feb 2011-May 2011) where the winner will be offered a publishing contract with Conari Press, a major player in the self help publishing arena. Visit her website www.aUniqueVoice.com where you can be the first to read chapters of her book as they become available, vote for a title for the book, vote for this book to get published, read a Teaser and more!