IMAGINATION, YOUR FORGOTTEN ALLY

       IMAGINATION, YOUR FORGOTTEN ALLY

Did you ever play outside, in a world of your own making? Where everything you wanted was there for your enjoyment, for your satisfaction? A world that adjusted to your script as you changed your story line to fit where you wanted it to go next? A special place that was just for you and maybe a friend or two. I challenge you to go back in your mind and heart to that time and recall how you felt, the excitement, the pleasure, the joy. Now hold on to that as you continue reading.

When you have a desire you create a ripple in the Universal energies that can, if driven correctly, manifest your desire. Just having the thought, the desire is not enough; you must drive it with something. That something is emotion, emotion that is fueled by your imagination. What you can imagine and become excited and joyous about is what will manifest. CAUTION: the same is true of the energy created by the emotion of fear. Because any strong emotion will drive manifestation you should be sure that you don’t fuel your nightmares, fuel only your dreams.

You may ask how to start. I suggest that you use your forgotten ally, your imagination. Get a clear picture in your imagination of just what you want to create. Put in the details and get excited about it. Feel how you will enjoy it when it is manifest and enjoy that sensation, hold it as long as you can. Remember the feeling every time you think about your desire, your goal, your dream. In order for you to “create”, your thoughts, attitudes and emotions must be focused and directed toward a productive end so that their power is molded into the force that will bring you what it is that you desire.

Your next step is to do the next thing needed to make your desire happen, change any attitude that may interfere with your goal, talk to others, tell your friends, make plans, lists of materials or steps that you need to work through to create this desire. Decide how the list needs to be handled, prioritize first, second, next etc. and do something every day that moves you forward. All the while, keep your emotion focused on the finished project. Not necessarily the exact outcome (that can be distracting) but on the excitement and joy of creating this thing you are manifesting. The idea is to feed the emotion of your desire and keep it strong, focused and positive. If you allow doubt or despair to creep in (it will, we are human after all) let that be your signal to take a SHORT break and re-group. Take an hour (set a timer) or a weekend, just walk away and let your mind rest. Chances are that you have either missed a step or a priority is in the wrong order. Both of these can be fixed and the joy and excitement will return.

You may ask what if I have a setback. Same answer: give yourself a break and your mind a rest and the answer will appear, maybe as a new idea for a solution or a different thought process, but you will get an answer. Remember that “you don’t have to push a river, it already flows.” (© Chessie Roberts “Don’t Push A River” from ‘The Angles Sang’) If you don’t put garbage in your river that will block it, you can guide it in the direction you want it to go.

Wishing you Bright Blessings and joyous and imaginative creating.
Chessie

©2010 Chessie Roberts all rights reserved.

Press release for Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance

Press release for Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance

Released October 16, 2010;
New programs at The Sol Center; located in Mariner Building 12388 Warwick Blvd, Suite 310, Newport News, VA 23606 757-696-8670

Beginning Thursday October 21, 2010; 4:00-6:00 P.M. Usui Reiki Sessions I look forward to helping you with the healing touch of Reiki. This practice was discovered by Dr. Mikao Usui in Japan in the early 1900s. It is a technique for stress reduction that also promotes healing. It is a simple and very powerful healing touch administered by healers trained in its use. This ancient ‘laying on of hands’ is now being offered at the Sol Center and is available by appointment on Wednesdays from 4:00p.m. till 6p.m. in ½ hour sessions. I am also available other times and days, call the Sol Center at (757) 696-8670, for prices and schedule your appointment today!

Saturday, October 23, 2010, @ 2:00 P.M.; Spiritual Development; Awaken the Spiritual Giant Within; Due to the unprecedented response to the first class, we are offering an accelerated class to get you started off right! Go to http://www.meetup.com/thesoulcenter to register for this 4 hour workshop to enhance your spiritual life. Materials will be provided. We will have a 30 minute dinner break. Please feel free to provide your own refreshments. The total for this class is $120 at the door. Register now and save 50%!!! See you there!!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010, @ 7:00 P.M.; All Hallows Celebration; Come celebrate with us! Bring your children and as they enjoy a movie, the grown-ups can participate in an ancient hollows celebration. What is the background of Halloween? Learn the origins of traditions such as jack-o-lanterns, costumes, and trick or treating. Then, experience the ancient tradition of honoring our ancestors. Please contact the SOL center at 757-696-8670 if you have any questions.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 @ 7:00 P.M.; Discover your Chakras: An Introduction to Your Energy Anatomy; This is an introductory class that was developed to give you a general overview of your main chakras. What and where are your chakras? And what they can do for you? This class will give you a firm foundation for further studies into this fascinating energy world and how it fits into your life. For questions and pricing, please call The Sol Center at (757) 696-8670.

Saturday, November 6, 2010; @1:00 P.M.; What’s Your Frequency? Discover the Types of Energy That Work Best for You; In this class, you will learn about many different types of energy work; Personal energy, pendulum work, dowsing, Tarot, Reiki, crystal energy, and elemental energy. You will also learn about the energy within food, color, sound (tonal energy), light, and plants. You will receive an overview of these types of energy as well as personal demonstrations and interactive activities to help you harness your own energy. For questions and pricing, please call The Sol Center at (757) 696-8670.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010; @7:00 PM Communicating with Your Chakras: Balance for Betterment; Using color, sound, and tactile input, you will learn to balance and communicate with your chakras. This experience will give you a sense of clarity, focus, and balance, which will allow you to be more in touch with these energetic centers of your body. This connection will allow you to be aware of any kind of disconnect before you see symptoms, and be conscious of what's happening inside your physicality. As you continue to work with your chakras, you will be able to influence them for your physical, mental, and spiritual betterment. Instructional materials will be provided for the duration of the class. For questions and pricing, please call The Sol Center at (757) 696-8670.

WHAT ARE YOU CREATING? SOME QUESTIONS FOR GROWTH

                    WHAT ARE YOU CREATING?

                 SOME QUESTIONS FOR GROWTH

A positive, focused, conscious aware life does not just happen, you must create it. And that is where Evolution of Self; Journey into Mind, Body, Spirit Balance is set to take you.

Are you grounded? Connected to your source, the one which sustains and supports you? Are you centered? Is your energy system open enough to allow the free flow of Natures energies through you; energies that connect you to your world and the Universe?

Do speak to yourself in a correct, loving and positive manner? Does this include others with whom you come in contact? Do you lift others to their best advantage? Are you empathetic? Do you put your wellbeing first so that you are strong enough to help others? Do accept what you are truly responsible for? Can you keep your cool in an intense situation?

Can you clearly visualize your goals so that you recognize them when you get there? Can you communicate this vision to another? Do you consciously shield yourself from negative input (as best you can)?

Can you/do you surrender all fears to the flow of Universal energy? Can you/do you accept that you and others make mistakes, sometimes grievous ones, and not allow those mistakes to cloud or poison your mind and forgive? Do you/can you accept and forgive your own shortcomings? Do you/can you accept that love is energy and so will always be a part of you and be born again as new loves? Can you/do you accept you as you are by changing for the better what you feel you need to change and genuinely love yourself? Do you/can you accept the cosmic truth ‘that all is one’ and feel connected? Can you/do you let things (material, emotional and spiritual) go because you know that since all is one, nothing and no one is ever lost to you or gone from you?

If you have answered “No” to any of these questions then there is room to work to regain your mind, body, spirit balance.

Bright Blessings, Chessie

© 2010 Chessie Roberts all rights reserved

                                            My Path

                                   by Josey Drither West
            © Josey Drither West 8/7/2010 all rights reserved

                                   Used by permission

Think not,
To follow my path,
In my footsteps,
you may walk,
but know now,
that the path ahead of me,
is not the path I leave behind.

My foot prints,
leave their marks,
My energy continues to ripple,
upon the surroundings,
Our presence,
changes all it touches

the path we walk,
changes as it changes us,
no matter how close you follow,
the place you step,
is not where I stood.

you watch me walk on,
and in watching me,
you change your own path,
and you change mine.

I found this to be a very deep and truthful statement that is not something we regularly consider; the fact is that by walking a path, as it changes us, we change it. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not but change is inevitable. Still, following someone walking a path that you feel is worthy of you is a good thing; just realize that as you walk it, you make it your own. So, as you grow, evolve and rise, realize that you affect that which affects you.

Thank You Mr. West and Bright Blessings to all.

© 2010 Chessie Roberts all rights reserved.

I LOVE THIS PERSON BUT WHERE DO THEIR ACCUSATIONS COME FROM?

                        I LOVE THIS PERSON

BUT WHERE DO THEIR ACCUSATIONS COME                                           FROM?

Those of you who have taken Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance are familiar with the terms, “core values”, “life experiences” and “mind-stream ©”. These are imbedded, deeply seated programs that run under every action you take and every idea or perception that you have about the world and the people around you. All of these reactions are filtered through your programs. People will respond from these two bases of operation every time; the higher the stress, the closer to this basis one’s reactions are.

The more enlightened person has gone within and examined their personal programming and taken the proper steps to correct what they can and rise above what they cannot. The less enlightened person continues to operate from a less evolved standpoint.

One’s core values are the “lines you will not cross or tolerate”; lying, stealing, murder, judgment and the like. Everyone has them in differing degrees but not everyone adheres to them in all situations. The challenge is how high you set your personal bar and how often you choose to limbo under it. The more enlightened, higher vibrational a person, the truer they will be to these core values and the less they will accept lowered values in those around them. I am not speaking of judgment here; I mean that they will just not be around those who are not coming from a like starting point.

For those who have not yet done the work to better themselves, you will find that they are either living with and operating from either denial or ignorance. If they are coming from denial, they will more likely than not, wish to stay where they are. This comes from “the demon you know” thought process. Humans get comfortable with the situation in which they find themselves most often and choosing to see the need for change is scary and uncomfortable. Stepping out of one’s comfort zone into the unknown is often so frightening as to be paralyzing.

Once it is realized that “When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” (Edward Teller) you will be able to find the strength and faith in yourself to move away from the pain and toward growth, positivity and enlightenment.

Denial is a tough nut to crack and best done from the INSIDE realizing that something is wrong and feeling the need to WANT to change. Until the person comes to this understanding within themselves, trying to ‘change them’ or ‘show them ‘the error of their ways’ is frustrating, futile and self-defeating and it really annoys them.

If on the other hand the person in question is coming from a platform of ignorance; they will more than likely see (eventually) where their work needs to begin. This dawning usually comes (most of the time slowly but each person’s timetable is different) from the observation of those around them who are making life work. The ignorance begins to lift, and the person begins to question their place in the scheme of things and find their answers, which of course leads to more questions…more answers…more questions… etc. but that is how growth and waking up works.

Life experiences are what any person has lived through. They are the lessons each person learns (or doesn’t) about the results they received from the choices that they have made throughout their respective life time. These experiences color a person’s feelings, ideas and perceptions about everything on many levels. As with anything else, these can be changed for the person’s betterment and for the greater good should the person choose to do so. The awareness of the fact that one always has choices is what brings on the desire to want to choose to change and that depends upon one’s mind-stream©. If the person lives with and enjoys the perceived benefits of victim think, chances are they will not want to choose change. Once you are aware that you make your own destiny, you are either freed or you run and hide. Hiding from the truth of a situation is never the right choice. If you can learn to look for solutions rather than problems, your life will be awesome!

Now ones “mind-stream”© refers to the path ones thought processes generally run. If a person bases their existence on lying to get by, that person thinks everyone lies and therefore they project that onto the world, so they trust no one. The person whose mindset is to steal, cheat, make excuses, slack off, or any other thing one can accuse another of doing works the same way; abuse begets abuse and mind-set begets mind-set. If, however (once again at the risk of repeating myself) you have chosen to go within and examine and redirect your mind-stream so that you have changed these perceptions of the world and understand all of these human short comings you see that there are things and people you don’t need to try and fix. This is true because, you are the only one you can control. The mature, enlightened individual can and does allow others and things to just be what they are.

Your best help for humanity is to show all those around you a life well lived and one that is working. As my mother used to say, “Tend to your knitting and others will tend to theirs or they won’t. If you are busy doing the right thing, you will spread that behavior to those watching you.”

Bright Blessings, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2010, all rights reserved

WHY AND HOW SHOULD I MEDITATE?

          WHY AND HOW SHOULD I MEDITATE?

I have been asked about meditation and how to use it properly many times so I decided to address the question this week.

Meditation and the quieting of the mind is a method by which you can listen to and hear what the Universe and the Guides have to tell you. When you pray, you are asking for something. If you pray with intent, gratitude and love you are more likely to receive what you ask for because of the vibrations you put out. But the act of meditation allows you to "just be". It allows you to take in the quiet noise of the music of the Universe. It attunes you to the vibrations of the creative energies of the Universe, the energies from which you came.

That re-connect is what aware, awake humanity strives for and meditation is one way to achieve it. Most who come to me with this question think that quieting one’s mind is like flipping a switch and I assure you that it is not like that at all. Just as with any worthwhile pursuit, it is a practiced and learned thing. You must truly want to achieve the ‘quiet’ and practice getting there each day. To attempt it a few times and then give up will gain you nothing.

My suggestions for beginners are first, determine a time of your day that is the least involved. This will not be the same for everyone, this is YOUR schedule. Then turn off all the phones and the louder appliances, darken the room if you can, take off your glasses if you wear them and close your eyes. Breathe deeply and blow it out, letting go of all stress and the ‘stuff’ of your day. You may need to do this several times to get it all out but that is ok.

As you let go of your day, feel yourself sink into being one with the energies around you. This too will require practice so don’t be discouraged. I suggest a mantra to help keep your conscious mind busy so that you can concentrate on what your subconscious mind is telling you. A mantra can be any power word or phrase that is a positive and easy to repeat or it can just be Ohm (the sound of the Universe) you just continue to repeat it as your mind slows down.

You will have what I call busy thoughts such as; what should I fix for dinner, the project is due tomorrow, why am I sitting here…etc. When it happens (it is normal, don’t panic) just let the thoughts pass through, don’t address them or deal with them, just let them go. At first you will feel inundated and a little overwhelmed but as you continue, they will become less and less frequent and demanding. If there seem to be some that just will not leave you alone, write them down to relegate them to ‘later’. By putting them on paper, you let your mind know that the thing is not forgotten but that it (your mind) does not have to hold on to the thought for you. That is what most of your busy thoughts are, your minds attempt to remember everything, writing the events down lets your mind move on to other things.

I have been doing this for many years and, as I become more and more tuned in; I am also becoming able to 'feel' messages form the cosmos as they come to me during the day. This is something you can achieve and the benefits are many.

I wish you well and Bright Blessings, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2010, all rights reserved

THE BEE AND WE

                          THE BEE AND WE

Science tells us that, aerodynamically speaking the design of a bumble bee is completely wrong. It has too much body weight vs too little wingspan therefore, it is incapable of flight; and yet, it flies. Why do think that is?

I hypothesize that it can fly for the simple reasons that 1) no one has told it that it can’t and

2) it was created to do just what it does and that includes flight. So to take this a step further, since we are born, created if you will, to accomplish certain things in our life, why do we continually listen to those who tell us we can’t do them.

If, like our friend the bumble bee, we just concentrate on what we know we can do rather than taking bad advice from those who have decided that, because of some preconceived notion they have about us, we can’t accomplish whatever we wish, we can do anything we desire.

The point here is that we were created to accomplish certain things in our lifetime and have been given everything we need to do that. Because we are humans and not bees, we can and do listen to bad advice from those we feel we can trust rather than listening to ourselves. This immature need to create ourselves by committee causes us to forget what our assets are and how to use them. The good news here is all we have to do is to wake up to our truth and remember our potential.

So no matter what we look like to someone else; no matter what others think of us and our potential or talents; we are here for a reason and by embracing our true nature and reconnecting with it, we are unstoppable, we are exponential, we are extraordinary and we can fly.

Bright Blessings, Chessie

© Chessie Roberts 2010 all rights reserved