Limestone Waterfall Visit on 17/08/14 :-)

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Above link connects to a nice pic of majestic mountain range scenery in a Chiang Mai :-)

Love xx

Dai Pui Mountain Village Visit - Chiang Mai: "Good Morning, beautiful!!!" (Post of 16/8/14)

Moderation and balance when exercised in alignment with higher values and goals = happiness and deep satisfaction. Visited: Dai Pui, village mountain 

Spectacular view mountain top and across the mountain landscape.

I absolutely, totally, completely, fully LOVED IT. 

I love soaking in beautiful landscapes, the relaxing, refreshing, invigorating, rejuvenating, energizing and deeply fulfilling mountain and nature energy. My new vision and open desire for the universe is to enjoy, in a couple of years, weekend trips to our mountain weekend home in order to refresh, reset and enhance our energetic balance. I really enjoy the picturesque scenery. I can easily sit there staring out into nothingness of dotted mountain ranges, noticing the light birds floating, darting about while the wind gently rustles the flowers and trees, the verdant earth floor before me emanating waves of fresh air, relief and recovery. I really allow this incredible future reality to manifest for me and for us, with my future husband, and we will really appreciate it and enjoy the moments together. What a magnificent destiny. :) 

"Thai people are flexible and easy," as per our lovely tour guide, Lah.

Amazing coincidence: I joined a tour group, and the 2 fellow groupers are Colombian!!! What a coincidence :) we later met 1 more Colombian tourist traveling solo. Then they later met yet another Colombia tourist solo!! Incredible coincidence. I take it as a sign that we are in the right place at the right time. Our destiny is right on track :).

God bless xx :)

Confessions of dating "Not The One"

Sometimes the changes we seek from others, especially those closest in our lives, are the changes that we actually want to effectuate in ourselves.

Similarly, the criticisms or judgments we make of others are the critiques we impose on ourselves, consciously or unconsciously.

The point? You have all the answers within your very own self. Whilst you can admire and appreciate certain aspects in another it doesn't necessarily mean you need to own, possess or have these qualities through the 'having' of the person. We can appreciate someone without needing to 'own' them.'

As the saying goes, "Be the change you want to see."

Accept the other as they are here and now because this is who they are and who they can/will remain being for the rest of their life. Of course, there is also the possibility for people to change and they do many times, however, it's not a certainty.


Truth is I am very thankful, grateful and fortunate to have a loving partner in my life (back in March 2014). This is what I have always wanted, my heart's deepest desire, and it has come true. Someone special with all the qualities I listed and I am so surprised he fills them all!*Written in March 2014.

Confession:

I do not yet have a feeling that he is "the one" - if there even is such a thing - however my Inner Being and intuition invites me to be patient, take it easy and take my time enjoying the development of the relationship, and to give it a chance. Love grows over time and not on trees...

There is such a thing as a 'spark' or 'chemistry' and while I don't feel it quite yet, it can develop over time.

Perhaps the value is to have someone with whom I enjoy being, sharing time, whom I can trust and be myself.

Confession/ Living "As-If"
I want to experience and feel the spark when I see my husband; I delight in feeling his soft aggression, and sturdy masculine energy - we are perfect complements to each other.
We are both deeply in love and have a loving, passionate, understanding, supportive and caring relationship with each other. Thank you, dear Universe, for giving me and blessing me with the most wonderful caring partners in the universe for me!!! I am so, so happy and so, so ecstatic and I am with my soul mate, life partner and handsome man of my dreams.

Notes from Positive Audio Book "Beyond Positive Thinking" by Dr. Joseph Anthony

Only you can create what you want.

We are creative being and we always have the capacity to build more!

Creating on the conscious level > Make more choices

Right thinking is based on your personal truth > Never settle into self-satisfaction.

Live in present moment yet also important to grow from where we are.

Trust the power within you - Trust your instinct.

Current Sources of dissatisfaction i.e. motivation:

-          Body/Physique improvement

-          Financial growth

-          Career Achievement – Creating something new, being recognized

-          Learning more, get smarter.

Life is a game.

What game am I playing? I choose to play happiness, abundance and faith.

How can I feel more motivated and excited about my work and daily work???

I’m asking for more motivation, inspiration – PUSH to move myself with positive, healthy reinforcement. I want to be guided and pushed through by my INTERNAL POSITIVE DESIRE! Not fear, tight deadline, stress or external pressure…

Overcoming Emotional Lows: Deliberately Choosing My Thoughts

 Emotions & Thoughts - 

The Power of Deliberate Choice

We all have our ups and downs, and today I experienced one of those emotional “lows” while training – thank God it’s an increasingly unusual phenomenon in my reality :-). Somehow I was feeling a rising tide of sad thoughts, loneliness, etc. For some bizarre reason I felt teary, sad, blah and then I thought it must be hormonal. I asked myself, Why??? Where is this coming from???

In fact, there was no basis or foundation for my low emotions – I have every reason in the Universe to be joyful, happy and ecstatic. And I am. Still, today these feelings were just lightly floating onto my reality perhaps seeking to plant themselves. Even if it is hormonal this is NOT how I want to feel. 

With the power of my will and magnificent brain, I stopped and ‘looked” at those thoughts and acknowledged that these unhelpful, unresourceful thoughts are not me – they are simply floating thoughts passing by, and I chose to let them pass away.

*Consciousness*

I took the initiative to give this interplay of thoughts and feelings a physical manifestation by drawing – in a sense taking control of them, rather than letting them amplify and take control of me.

That’s when I held 2 contradictory thoughts – (1) We are what we think about, and (2) You are NOT your thoughts, thoughts are simply thoughts and don’t necessarily define you.

I concluded that I am the thoughts I CHOOSE and the thoughts I consciously SELECT and entertain as my focus; I am not those thoughts that drop in willy-nilly from time to time who knows from where, and which serve no benefit in my overall reality.

Any situation in life is how we *choose* to interpret it and the meaning we assign to it; things, people, places and experiences only have value because we CHOOSE to view them so.

I choose to use my brain, mental faculties, and I choose to want to always feel great, happy and loved.

In life, some things come and stay; and some things come and go forevermore.

Thoughts are exactly the same.

Every day is a journey and there is always, always, always something to be grateful for. Love is all around us, surrounding you and me. Abundance supersedes all things and permeates every facet of our experience if we consciously put on our “Spectacles of Abundance" :-).

2 Invaluable Blessings: Freedom of Choice and Peace of Mind

Love <3 xoxo

Feeling Healthy & Strong

I am feeling healthy and strong today. I have all that I need to make this a great day of my life. I am calm and peaceful, and greet this day with ease.

These are three of the eight daily affirmations I make each morning upon waking, repeating them 3x each. I've been doing this daily ritual for the past 5 weeks and I feel it has been making a positive change and difference in my daily life experience.

Today I am feeling resourceful, powerful, capable, uplifting, and full of faith. I want to have faith and I do have faith. I want to trust the process of life, and I do trust the process of life. I believe and feel all things are constantly working out for my highest good, and so it is.

I had a beautiful dream last night as well, which has left me filled and infused with a spirit and sensation of clarity, warmth, love and ease. I was on the street behind my apt building, directly facing the Azure building. It was nighttime and I was utterly captivated by a beautiful sultry piano music being played live from one of the tenants on the topmost floor. It was a gorgeous music, I was enthralled and just stood there looking up towards the source of the music just appreciating, basking in the gorgeous sounds. It filled me with pleasure and delight. Wow - so delicious. Nearby there was another captivated party, a fellow also standing still and gazing upwards, hoping perhaps to see who had the magical hands that created the mesmerizing and majestic melody. I was captivated...what a beautiful dream. This is definitely for me a sign of beautiful, positive energy and that my inner being is joyful.

This morning has been magnificent. As I mentioned I am feeling resourceful and part of that generative energy is linked to my speaking with my mom and dad this morning. It had been a while since we chatted, especially since my personal life has been gaining beautiful momentum recently which means I've been more happily engaged with the flow of my life. It's wonderful to speak with my family and to know they are healthy and doing well. What a marvelous blessing - thank you, God!! :-)

This morning's workout was similarly energized and fun-filled. I worked out my arms - biceps and triceps with finishing touch of salsa dancing; today I experimented with a light bar whilst dancing and really enjoyed. My approach to fitness and exercising is to apply intensity, intelligence and focus both in the gym and with my nutrition...and to have FUN! I try to mix it up and make variety the spice of my fitness life. I also maintain a routine of certain exercises however I ensure I make it fun for me and dynamic so that I can continue loving it and enjoying.

Why do I weight train? Asking myself...

When it comes to fitness and training, which I deeply enjoy and use as a focal point to guide my daily life I sometimes wonder - “What do I truly want out of this lifestyle?” Am I doing this simply to improve my physique? Or, is there something more I want out of this?

It started the way it typically does for most people - I was a chubby child and once I joined the gym and witnessed the progress and positive changes experienced through aerobics classes I was hooked and wanted to continue getting slimmer, never being fat again and working towards a more perfect, ideal body. At 17 yr old I became a certified aerobic instructor and taught for 2 years at Lucille Roberts gym, a women's only gym in NY.  I then went to college and continued exercising and went through period of serious caloric restriction which I overcame. I wrote a long post about that experience (Anorexia) on my other page jarcila.blog.com.

It's been an 11 year journey since I started out. I still remember first measuring/weighing my food when I was 16yr old and my first food scale. Little did I know I would still be using the same cute reliable scale 10 years later traveling from New York to Dubai.

Fast-forward to today, I am the happiest with my body than ever, and probably the healthiest.

It's been a topsy turvy road yet the most important thing I realize is that I haven't reached my destination and I am on a quest of sorts. I want a leaner body composition (12-15% body Fat where am currently at 19%), tightness, definition, MUSCLES :-P

Baking protein cakes, packing my meals for the day, buying wholesome foods and trying as much as possible to limit the processed, packaged foods...and then training 5-6 days/wk. All basic components of living the 'fit, healthy' lifestyle. I wonder why I am so drawn to it and what I truly want from this approach. Some thoughts:

- I want to have a healthy, strong, vibrant body
- I want to look good, slim, fit, trim, sexy and toned for myself
- I like the structure and routine the training lifestyle necessitates if you want to do well at it
- it helps me keep things in a structure and hierarchy of priorities for my life, and basically I become my own priority which is healthy, emotionally speaking
- it is a challenge that I need to exhibit focus, consistency, practice and effort to achieve a specific physique goal
- I love how I feel moving my body in powerful ways and improving, enhancing my strength. As my physical strength grows so too does my self-esteem and emotional, mental security.

I like who and how I am at the gym, the feeling of strength and possibilities...Of taking control into your own hands to influence your life when many other aspects are out of our hands and when I've felt lonely in the past.

I've met like-minded friends at the gym and have a feeling of support and solidarity through the folks I see regularly.

Multifaceted motivation :) Haven't met my amazing man yet, I have faith he's on his way and we'll have a blast for the rest of our days ahead - Yay!

This is a nice one. Finding someone who loves the gym and nutrition as much as I do is GOLD :-) Hope I meet him soon.