Finding The Real Transformation Stone Of The Philosopher

The power to change reality is within us, not outside of us. That does mean that we are the key to changing and shaping our own realities through our actions, including the spiritual action of thought. Getting ourselves across the river of conditions takes a start like the spiritual action of thought, and ends in realization through the natural cycle of actions. Indeed, fulfillment starts with a thought, and ends with the actual fulfillment, and that is real at any level we follow through at.

To get what we want, it does not take a wish, it takes a consciousness that is tenacious enough to follow through on what is wanted. Simple enough, sure. But, first we must figure out what we want that much to fully follow through like that on. Without a genuine desire, we can go nowhere and do nothing but wish.

So, when I think of the stone of the philosopher, I do think beyond, yet deeply into physical lead and gold. I think of leading to the goal we genuinely want at our deepest levels, and ultimately turning the ultimate physical lead into gold in reality through the power of genuine desire combined with persistent action. Think about that fact for a moment, and think about it deeply. Yes, we do get what we want. Yes, we do get what we work towards. But combine that work and desire with something genuinely desired by our consciousness as an inner and outer condition. That is power. I do not care how many temporary losses happen before the great wins. If we really want it, we can genuinely get it. With some of the greatest ideas, works, and inventions in history coming forth this way, this is not a silly idea. This is the most serious idea you can live with and use if you choose to. For the impossible ultimately becomes possible through full understanding, application, and always growth past that impossible concept when it becomes the normal.

Each step up is our "gold", each step we left behind is our "lead" we turned into the "gold" of our step up. Growth can happen forever. The ultimate stagnation is fear and the "impossible". Anything a consciousness can believe in and work on is possible ultimately through natural applicable laws of all reality. I do not just mean physical or mental, I mean the whole of reality at all levels.

How Do I Use Positive Affirmations?

Many people are curious about positive affirmations. How do you use them properly? What can they accomplish? Here are some quick tips to using positive affirmations...

1. Structure-the wording in your affirmation should always be present tense. Affirmations should be spoken as if the statement is happening right now. If you are speaking affirmations, you should use "I am... " or "me" in your statements. If you are reading the affirmations, you should use "You are... " in the statements. If someone else is speaking affirmations to you, or you are listening to an affirmation cd, the statements should also be in "You are... " form. When you create or use an affirmation, there should be a feeling or emotion within you when you are saying it, reading it, or meditating on it. Part of the way affirmations work is through the feelings you feel on a regular basis. An easy way to attach a feeling to an affirmation can be to add: I give thanks now that... or you feel grateful now that...

2. Repetition- Positive affirmations work best when spoken often. I've found through years of experience and research on affirmations that choosing one or two affirmations to work on at a time is best, otherwise you'll likely get scattered results. Try to remember to say out loud or meditate on your affirmation as you are waking up in the morning and as you are falling asleep at night. Another couple of ways to reinforce your affirmations are to write one or two of them on index cards and keep that on your nightstand... read the affirmations right before you go to bed, and right before you get up in the morning. I also recommend using your computer wallpaper to create an affirmation that you'll see when you use your computer. Also your cell phone probably has a way for you to write a banner, which you can read every time you are about to call or text someone. Listening to an affirmation cd, or saying affirmations to yourself as you are driving is another great idea.

3. Timeframe- I have found myself expecting to see big results within a day or two of saying affirmations and often, I do see quick results. For some affirmations, there is a longer timeframe because my mind has been conditioned for so long to believe the current reality, so when I say the opposite, it may take a few months or even several months to see big results. I always see results with affirmations, it's really a matter of being persistent.

I wish you abundance and joy.

What Are Affirmations and How Do You Use Them?

What are affirmations? Affirmations are simply positive words that will greatly improve your life. They are a declaration of what you want, how you want to feel, act, or be. An example of an affirmation is "I love and accept myself." Using affirmations is a powerful tool to help you create a life you love.

Affirmations can change negative beliefs that have been engrained in your subconscious all your life. Even if you don't believe what you are stating, your subconscious hears it and will make it so. Eventually it will "kick in," and your belief will be changed.

Affirmations changed my life. About six months of using affirmations regularly I decided I wanted to move to Southern California to live by the ocean. I was living in Utah at the time and had lived there my entire life. I was a single parent, and I had taken my son to San Diego in California where we fell in love with the ocean and wanted the beach life. I wanted to move there but I had no idea how this could ever happen.

I was the sole provider for my son and myself, I had limited income, I knew no one there, and it sort of seemed like a pipe dream. But I started doing affirmations such as "I love living by the ocean", "It is so exciting to live in Southern California", "I love my life living by the beautiful ocean". I also started playing ocean wave sounds each night when I was going to sleep and would visualize living by the ocean.

I was working at a hotel in Utah and mentioned to my boss how I really wanted to move to California. What unfolded was amazing. His father was investing in a company in Southern California about sixty miles north of San Diego, in a beautiful beach town. He needed someone with my skills to handle the accounting. I flew out, fell in love with the town, and moved my son and I a few weeks later! It felt like a dream. I couldn't believe it was happening.

Many people thought I was crazy for taking a chance like that, and moving my son and me when I didn't know anyone out there. I never regretted it and I still remember how powerful I felt that I made one of my dreams come true. I know affirmations and the power of positive thought made this possible.

Below is a list to help you make sure you use affirmations effectively.

1. Make a list of items you want to work on with affirmations such as increasing your financial abundance, improving your health, increasing your, self-confidence, etc.


2. Write your affirmation in the positive, present tense. For example, if you want to have more energy because you feel tired all the time, don't say, "I am no longer tired." Instead, say, "I have all the energy I need to do anything I want." This way it is positive, and you are assuming it happens now - not some time in the future.


3. Use affirmations regularly. I try to do some every day. If you are struggling with a particular issue, try repeating many times a day. A trick I do sometimes is to remember to say affirmations every time I use the restroom. You may be laughing but it is a great time to remember to do them, especially in the middle of your busy day. It is like a little "positive mental break" from your regular day.


4. If you find yourself saying something negative, immediately counteract it with an affirmation. For example, if you make a mistake and say to yourself, "Why am I always making mistakes?" counteract it by following up with "I am smart. I make good decisions and have a sharp mind."


5. There are many good books to get affirmations examples from. You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay is a great starting point.


6. Make yourself a book of affirmations. I created what I call my PowerBook to keep my affirmations in. It is a journal of all the affirmations I have created or read on various subjects such as health, abundance, relationships, and more. The PowerBook also has pictures of things I want in my life such as vacations, a new home, etc. It works like a vision board to keep me focused on what I want.


7. Try visualizing what you want as you are stating your affirmation. The combination of stating verbally while visualizing will increase the power of affirmations.

Don't worry if you don't actually believe what you are saying at first. It will happen. When I first started using the affirmation "I love and accept myself," I would start crying. I was so hard on myself that I didn't see how I could possible really love and accept myself. I was 350 pounds and felt so unlovable. But I kept saying affirmations. One day I could say them without crying, and later on I actually believed them.

Affirmations work. If you don't already know their power, start today. They can help you create the life you want and deserve.

How the Solar and Lunar Eclipses Affect You

'We are in a remarkable global pattern for the next few years that can affect all of us.' This is what some of the finest astrologers in the world are saying. Now, the ability to stay grounded is a must to remaining balanced.

A Solar Eclipse occurred at 7:47pm on Sunday May 20th 2012 and the Lunar Eclipse just occurred on June 4th. The full moon has triggered an aspect telling us to pay attention to what is right under our noses. It is time to look at mental patterns that no longer work.

Pay attention to your habitual thinking and what you create as the bi-product of those thoughts.

Change the way you think about a condition and watch as the situation changes. It's as simple as that!

What you are saying to yourself can change a habit and it creates the space for something new to happen. It's your Self-Talk - which is that conversation that goes on inside your head, the running commentary about everything you do. It never lets anything go by without some comment, remark or evaluation.

Once you become aware of this process you can change yourself into the positive, successful, powerful person you want to be. If your Self-Talk is not under control, lookout! The automatic reactions you have to this constant chatter of judgments and evaluations can keep you feeling stressed and less able to meet your goals and challenges of life.

Mind chatter like, "I'm not smart enough, good enough, something is wrong with me, I can't do it, I never finish anything, and this is too hard" can rule you if you don't take charge. You may have initially formed these negative ideas about yourself from things you heard from a parent, teacher or someone who has/had influence over you. You definitely don't need those people to tell you what to do anymore, even if it's just in your head.

These thoughts surface when you are faced with doing something that is counter-productive to what your mind thinks you can do. We may still crave things that are no longer fulfilling. But now it's essential to move in a new direction. It is time to let go of the old mental chatters and learn something new.

The past is the past - it is time for a healing and release!

We need to communicate what is important to us. "Put your money where your mouth is", "The proof is in the pudding" or "There is no free lunch" may be the mantra for this period.

Start to look at things from outside of the box, think differently and get on a healthy program. Learning new things is the big key to the situation. It is time to listen, learn, practice and ground your energy. Get the Recharging Qi Gong program and the Flying Crane Qi Gong program and practice daily.

These will give you the rooting and the grounding techniques needed to keep you balanced mentally, physically and spiritually. Visit my website, http://www.rechargingqigong.com/recharging-qi-gong.html and let's change your situation together.

I wish you the best in your Health,

Wealth and Happiness.

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You Are Who You Associate With - Surround Yourself With Hope

Have you ever noticed the tendency to think and act like the people around you? If you really stop and think about your friends and the people within your sphere of influence, I bet you can see a lot of similarities amongst the members of that circle. It's hard to say whether we seek out and befriend people who are similar to us, or if we gradually become like our friends the more time we spend with them. Either way, this tendency can make life interesting if and when we decide it's time to make a change. The thing is, change is hard enough as it is, but if it means breaking away from the mold and going against the grain of our friends, change becomes virtually impossible. In order to live a positive, hope-filled life you must surround yourself with positive, hope-filled people.

Wean Yourself Away From Negative Energy

Misery loves company. People who are unhappy want to see other people unhappy. Seeing other people in the same boat as them makes unhappy people feel better about their own situation. The moment they start to see a ray of positive light escape from another person, they'll try to find a way to snuff it out.

When you are grieving, it's easy to lose hope. What is there to be hopeful about when you've just lost someone very important to you? The answer? Plenty. There's still so much to be hopeful about in life, but you have to make a conscious effort to be hopeful and positive. That means distancing yourself from people who don't agree with you. I'm not saying that you need to shut those people out of your life entirely, but be conscious of the time you spend with them and keep those people at arms length so as not to let their negative energy rub off on you as you try to change your attitude and find hope again.

Surround Yourself With Hope-Filled People

Success breeds success. If you want to be successful in finding hope and living a happy life, surround yourself with other happy, positive people. It's easy to spot a positive person. She's the one who always has a smile on her face or the guy who always sees the glass as half full. Positive people love seeing those around them flourish. While it pains negative people to pass out compliments, a positive person will see your success and make it a point to congratulate you for it, sincerely and genuinely. On those days when you're feeling down and hope seems out of reach, your positive support group will find a way to pick you up.

Never discount the power of a positive support group as you strive to find hope in life again. As you find more and more positive people to fill your sphere of influence, distance yourself from those negative influencers from your past.

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Affirmations for Immortality

A year or so ago I was looking for an affirmation MP3 that could be used to help reprogram my mind from its preconceived idea that the physical body must die. The truth is the body does not have to die-it can ascend into a light (glorified) body as Jesus Christ and other ascended masters have proven. Our thoughts and beliefs greatly affect our health and everything we experience in life. The way to bring about any outward change is to reprogram the mind to think higher thoughts.

All the science regarding cell regeneration shows that our cells have the ability to renew and sustain life indefinitely. The reason the body dies is because the mind is not thinking God's thoughts and has instead accepted the limited idea that dying is normal. I didn't find the affirmation MP3 I was looking for online, so I created one that

I'd like to share with you.

The mind of the soul reincarnates from one life to another; it never dies. You may have been working on physical immortality in previous lifetimes. If so, you will probably resonate with the thoughts on this page. Perhaps you will achieve immortality or ascension into your light body during this lifetime! If not, you are still helping yourself (and humanity) by sending energy of this concept into the collective consciousness of humanity. It's worth a try!

What have you got to lose? As Leonard Orr says, "Death is a grave mistake!" and "Physical immortality as a living philosophy is the only cause you can't die for!" and "You are immortal until you prove otherwise."

Why prove otherwise? Why not live in a new reality? I find this very exciting and just thinking about it has created more hope in my mind and joy in all the cells of my body. We can begin creating the energy for immortality by talking about it with others and reprogramming our minds with messages about living life to the fullest.

Here is an exercise to help you do this.

When I operate in conscious awareness of my life urge, I am joyful, relaxed, and at peace.

All humans have a choice to make regarding how, when, and IF death will occur for them. I allow others to make their own decision about longevity, but I am choosing eternal immortality for my beautiful body.

I enjoy my life and appreciate my own beauty so much, I want to be in my divine physical body on this Earth plane.

If I get bored with Earth life, I will simply shift into my light body and visit other places in our wonderful multiverse for a while.

I am in the process of eliminating my unconscious death urge and allowing life to consume every fiber of my being.

I release anything unlike love or life.

I am willing to let go of any thoughts about death or dying.

I can gauge my life urge by how much I love and appreciate and care for myself and my body. The more pleasure and joy I experience, the more my life urge is increasing.

There may be times when certain aspects of the death urge habit come up for healing. I will lovingly acknowledge, release, process, and resolve these issues without resistance to the healing that is being offered to me.

I will realign my thoughts and emotions with the mind of God.

My body is my servant. It does whatever I request according to my beliefs. If something is not satisfactory about my body, I will allow this to serve as a reminder that my mind needs renewing. I will gladly submit my thoughts to the mind of the Christ Consciousness.

I breathe to renew my mind and release my body from the effects of fear-based thoughts.

Because I love my body and myself, I enjoy taking care of my body.

I enjoy bathing my body. The sweet-smelling soap and warm water feel so good!

I enjoy wearing nice clothes that fit well and flatter my beautiful figure.

I find pleasure in exercising and moving my body. Dancing is fun. Walking is refreshing, and I find all kinds of enjoyable activities to engage my body in.

I really like to play and be as free as a child.

I am youthful.

I am youthing!

I am getting younger every day.

My body is overcoming the abuse it withstood when I was not aware of my death urge. Now, I am consciously creating health and well-being for my body and mind.

My body looks and feels ageless as I accumulate innumerable Earth years.

I can relax and take it easy anytime I please. It's great to have fun!

I don't need as much sleep or food now that my body is processing Light as an energy source.

My body feels refreshed no matter how many or few hours I sleep.

My body feels full and satisfied. This allows me to mindfully chew my food and enjoy each healthy bite. This also allows me to fast when I want to increase my spiritual ascension process.

I am immortal.

My body is everlasting.

I call forth life in every cell of my body.

I will emphasize the life urge in all my conversations-both mental and verbal.

I am thrilled when I am having pleasure.

I am ascending in body and spirit.

I can laugh easily-especially when I think of how absurd the death urge is.

I am one with the Life Force that created me.

Life is easy.

I am blessed to be living in an immortal body.

My body has put on incorruption! Thank you, Jesus, for setting the example for me. I love you dearly!

I bless all those who have overcome death, ascended, and shown me the way to physical immortality.

Death has no sting-it does not exist for me. The grave has no victory over my body-I consciously create life with every breath I take.

I am pleased with my spiritual progress. All my spiritual purification techniques have and are working well to rid my body, emotions, and mind of the death urge.

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Is It Better To Have Conviction Or Doubt About Important Ideas?

General ideas about what is true about life come from all around us - family, the mass media, books. These concepts have often seeped through from current and past thinking for example from politics, philosophy and religion.

We absorb such ideas because we tend to be interested in making sense of our lives, why we are here, where we come from, and where we are going, not to mention fathoming the reality of suffering, misfortune, and chaos that we find all around us.

But life goes on and we are obliged to make the best fist of it using what values and principles we have learned about and accept.

The question arises: Is it better to have conviction or doubt about your ideas? Conviction helps you put ideas into practice with commitment. Having doubt about ideas other people believe in can be useful given the complexities of life.

Problems with certainty

One problem in forming set beliefs is that of believing something for reasons other than to do with the truth. This might be wanting to fit in with the attitudes of friends, unease in going against what your parents told you to think as a child, and even fear of expressing a religious doubt in case this is construed as blasphemy.

Some argue that rushing into belief about something also means your understanding cannot easily be broadened and what you hold to be true cannot be qualified in any way. So they say exposing yourself to opposing ideas obliges you to think and ponder over whether your ideas are indeed true, and to gather reasons in support of them.

Problems with doubt

Having doubts can be unsettling especially if they challenge previous life choices such as vocation or marriage. The trouble with seeing every side of an issue is you can get stuck. A humorist once commented on someone who belonged to a liberal religion which celebrated doubt. This person arrived at the pearly gates of heaven only to find a signpost pointing in one direction to God, and in the other direction towards a discussion of God. He took the latter path. In other words he preferred to talk the talk rather than walk the walk of his religion.

Understanding good fortune and bad luck

When something bad happens we might wonder why. One spiritual idea, is that good-fortune is a reward for acting rightly while bad luck is punishment for being bad. You tend to make this assumption when you find yourself asking 'Why me, what have I done to deserve this?'

The idea that God punishes or rewards is an example of what I believe is an 'appearance of truth'.

"Appearances of truth are given, to everyone according to (their) ability to grasp them; and these appearances are acknowledged as truths because they have the capacity to hold Divine things within them." (Swedenborg, Heavenly Secrets section 3387)

England football manger Glenn Hoddle believed a person's disability was a punishment for bad actions performed in a past life by that individual. And as a result of public outcry against this belief he was dismissed.

So what might a truer insight be? Clearly, we are all capable of bringing about our own suffering. Just keep drinking beer all day, or gambling away your savings. But often we suffer misfortune through no fault of our own. In the biblical book of Job we find someone who suffers great misfortune despite being innocent. He came to realize that good fortune and misfortune afflict the good and bad alike.

My suggestion is innocent suffering is permitted because it obliges us all to learn how to use our freedom of choice to respond to it e.g. with indifference or compassion. If this is true then it shows how a particular spiritual belief can be a temporary stepping stone to further insight.

Understanding sacred myth

Is another example of an appearance of the truth found in sacred myth? I think so. Because they are myths, like parables, can't they be seen on different levels depending on what people can grasp?

I offer this example. Doubting the idea of three persons of Father, Son and Holy Spirit in one God, opens up the mind to (what is to my way of thinking at least) a more rational understanding. A truer idea being these are three symbolic aspects of the one divine God - heart of creative love, head of human wisdom and hands of powerful activity.

Enlightenment

For Swedenborg, the search for truth is crucial for deeper insight. Illumination of our ideas is seen by him as a spiritual gift which can only be received when the individual is in the genuine love of truth for the sake of truth and who humbly tries to live according to his or her lights. This is how we gain faith. In other words conviction is a feeling that can only come from inner enlightenment.

"Those with a genuine affection for truth, that is, those who desire to know truths to put them to good use and for the sake of the life they ought to lead,... when they receive (enlightenment)... their hearts rejoice." (Swedenborg, Heavenly Secrets section 8993)

Copyright 2012 Stephen Russell-Lacy

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