Poem and Prose for Catching Troublesome Thoughts

A POEM ON THOUGHTS & PERCEPTION:

Do not run away, 

do not be afraid.

When we escape we must always inevitably RETURN.

"Return to what", you may ask?

Return to what Is - This Moment, your life 'Now' - or what you're thinking and believing about it.

It's always going to be a moment...

moment to moment.

Present to present, presence to presence.

Awareness brightly lit.

Can you be still and breathe through this one very precious, special moment here and now?

Can we pause and breathe - and allow - the thought that just zoomed into your space of consciousness and awareness?

This is all that is happening ever.

It's always going to be 'this moment' whether here or there...anywhere, truly.

Allow it

Be in it. 

Flow in it....

Breathe in it and be OK with what is 

Be the love, choose the love, be the peace, choose Peace.

Consider some Positive, Helpful and Resourceful Thoughts to orient yourself in a more empowered direction:

"I can control my thinking right now.

I can control and choose what I think right now.

I choose to ...

I believe that ...

I think that...

No judgment, just 'is-ness' and being-ness."

Allowing! Letting the moment and situation "be" what you think it is in this space and snapshot in time and space. 

It only exists in your thoughts. If you don't look, you don't see and it's not real. 

It's always just this moment with different players, sights, visions and sounds. 

The cryptic maya (illusion) and yet, even in this that there is a 'maya',

There is inherently a label, judgment, evaluation, assessment on existence being an illusion as opposed to non-illusion or Truth, or Wholeness, or Purity and Realness.

From God & Source & Your Inner Being: 

"It can be Okay, my dear darling. What is right now is fine and acceptable. 

I love you now and always

Let the love in. Don't block the flow.

'She's so nice', you ,may think.

'He was so nice and helpful,' you recall.

'She is so considerate',

'She is so thoughtful, considerate and gracious.'

'He is so attentive and knowledgeable - perfect timing. '

'I am so glad I am helpful and resourceful.'

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These are just samples of the positive aspects you can highlight from whatever you have lived with today. Or replace the above with whatever has really happened for You. 

Take note of all the good that has come your way today - did someone help? Are you breathing calmly? Can you walk at all? These are profound blessings.

Taking a moment to pause and breath and peacefully just let it Be, for a moment the tension and dissipates - and things feel better overall. 

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Amen. Amen. So be it. 

-Jennifer

Gratitude List - November 11, 2016 - Health is Wealth & Love is the Blessing

Gratitude List - 11/11/2016

Dear Lord, Thank you for so many blessings in my life and the life of my loved ones.

• Thank you for our amazing health, wellbeing and vitality - thank you bc we are generally in perfect, amazing health!
• Thk you for a wonderful night's sleep and my comfortable bed.
• Thk you for our heating system which warms up our home so very well in this winter
• Thk you Lord for my computer here at home where I can type my documents and essays with ease and comfort
• Thk you, Lord, for my easy breath, healthy lungs, organs and all vital parts and components of my body - Thank you, Spirit, for my perfect, lovely and salubrious, abundant health. Health is truly an irreplaceable wealth - the source of life itself.
• Thk you for our electricity, water and clean water to drink, wash with and clean.
• Thk u for the greens drink this and every morning which I can consume easily; it helps and supports my digestive health and optimizes my overall vitality and wellbeing. It's marvelous.
• I am so grateful I can read and connect and tune into the Tarot Cards - it is fun, magical and I receive guidance, and communicate with, my Higher Self and Soul Self and Guides
• Tk you, Lord, for our meditation this morning. I am grateful to my own special Self bc I do meditate each morning and I do my breathing and the nasal cleansing which helps me open my 3rd eye and spiritual centers.
• I am extremely robustly tremendously grateful and thankful, Lord, for the all the love and light in my heart.
• Thk you, Lord, bc my parents have good work, as do I, as does my brother, and we are compensated so very well for the work we do.
• I am so so so extremely tremendously and incredibly thankful, Spirit, bc I do the work I love to do, that inspires and uplifts me, connects me to my Soul and fulfills, nourishes and replenishes my spiritual, physical and mental bodies...and I do this work daily for the people I love and who love me back, and I am so very well paid for it - I am so very well financial compensated for doing the work I LOVE to do and itself is an incredible blessing that is beyond words.
• I am so remarkably blessed to be in a loving family and I love and appreciate this, God. I am so very thankful for our loving family, sincere, natural and open. This is beauty of God's creation.
• I am so thankful and grateful for all the lovely people in the world who share their spiritual gifts helping us others also align further and get more clarity and more inner balance and peace so that we can harmonize with our Soul's intentions. 
• I also set my intention to be completely self-loving and I am so thankful for this too! IT's wonderful to know that now I fully and totally do approve and validate myself. I am self-resourcing, self-fulfilling and self-complete and self-balancing...All the love is within me and God is always, always, always with me. I choose to open my pathways to connect with Source continuously and to be aligned with my Soul and to be Love, feel Love and let all the Love in. 

Thank you. Om,  Peace,  Love Shanti

"Life's Most Precious Jewel", Poem by Jennifer Arcila

Life's Most Precious Jewel

Poem by Jennifer Arcila

A day like this has never been explored,

I feel joyful and grateful; I am happy and free

I know all is well, Lord,

Your blessings fully present here in me.

Blessed is each day with hope, faith and renewal

I intend to be the love and peace - in this one cannot be frugal.

My intentions are sincere with a heart of non-refusal,

I will forever embrace the day as a rare and precious jewel.

//

Peace, Love & Light :-)

Happy Life to All

How God Loves - Poem by Jennifer Arcila (Nov. 2, 2016)

How God Loves

I love you -Yes, I do!

I love you - Yes, it’s true!

Do you know how grand you are?

You are born of Source, You are born of Love

You are born of ecstasy,

My divine and artful inspiration, 

A unique and utterly sublime creation.

The Spirit of God dwells in you, a sacred union to now renew,

Through you and around you. We are One, ever true

Remember this, my dear, albeit no small feat,

In this awareness, in consciousness - we frequently meet.

In everything you do

and all things gone through,

I always have been and always will be with you.

# The End #

"I Think, I Breathe" - Poem by Jennifer Arcila (Oct. 31, 2016)

“I Think, I Breathe”

Poem by Jennifer Arcila, Oct. 31, 2016

A troublesome thought pops into your mind... 

Simply be Aware and close your eyes
Don’t believe everything you think
Some thoughts, my friend, have no heart; they’re easy, lazy lies, 

They flow in streams, link to link, leading many to the brink.

Simply notice; breathe into that thought
bring yourself into your heart center.
The Truth is pure, supreme, and eternal - it cannot be bought.
Let Breath be your loyal, loving mentor.

Let truth float to the surface, for you and all to see,
All in due course, my child; the timing is just right.

Surrender those thoughts to the easy, breezy light.
And so, my child, right now - You simply breathe, simply BE.

* The End - Thank you *

 This quotation is powerful: It is about Consciousness and Awareness of our mind and thoughts. Our Soul and Spirit Self is that energy/voice/inner energy that feels loving, nurturing and balanced; it does not judge or criticise and it's the voice that stays with you throughout your life guiding you to your joyful path through compassion, wisdom and God's grace. You are not your thoughts; thoughts are thoughts and they come and go and change. Anchor yourself, not to your thinking, but rather to that inner presence and energy that feels love, sincerity and connection to a higher power...a creative force that pushes you to be loving, kind, caring, and generous. Trust yourself to discover this Inner Resource and to focus on this particular relationship.  
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Remind yourself daily, moment to moment: How am I breathing? Breathe in through the Nose, deeply into the belly, and exhale through the Nose, releasing whatever does not serve your joy and highest good. Let it go and come back to your Inner Peace.

Personal Maxims - Things I Know To Be True

Good morning!

Happy & great morning to you :-D

It's a beautiful, blessed and magnificent new day. New adventures, magic and love are here upon us. I'm really looking forward to this day's unfolding. It has already begun in a magnificent and fun way. Awesome! Sometimes words are not enough to completely encompass and transmit our feelings and that is OK. At times it is better to simply FEEL and let it be without trying to narrow it down into verbal, written form.

Whenever you catch yourself in a moment of bliss where you are feeling a lot and somehow you don't find the perfect words to express what this means for you, just let it be and simply FEEL IT. Allow yourself to bask in that emotion, that beautiful feeling, that experience. You will set this more deeply into your memory and psyche and allow your heart and soul to connect more deeply with the moment.

Some moments are too exquisite and God-like to shape into human form and language. 

That's special and when you experience such moments realize that you are blessed.

Things I believe & know to be true:

• God is my strength
• God's love, strength, and grace makes all things possible.
• Everything happens for a reason.
• I love to love.
• I love to be at peace.
• Things are always working for me.

• We deserve to be happy.
• Gratitude is the key to happiness.
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• We all want to love and be loved.
• I am always in the right place at the right time.
• Things happen at the right time.
• We all like and seek clarity.
• I don't need to know how things will work out; I trust they will.
• I don't need to know why things happened as they did; some things are not for me to know and that is divine.
• Soul Mate Love is my destiny.
• Trusting feels good.
• It feels good to move forward.
• It feels good to Connect.
• People want to be appreciated, recognized and understood.
• Love makes all things possible.
• True Love starts within, with our Self.
• Thoughts create reality.
• Mind is a powerful ally; our mind has unlimited potential.
• We are more powerful than we think.
• I am more than I appear to be. The strength and power of the Universe rests inside of me. (From "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin Sharma)
• When your heart and soul truly, deeply desire a dream, the whole Universe conspires in your favor to make it a reality.
• We want something because we think that in the having of it we will feel better.
• The purpose of my life is to live in joy, peace, love and appreciation.
• Laughter is powerful medicine.
• Mother Nature has healing powers for the heart and soul.
• All things take time; patience is learned over time.
• Every day in every way I am getting better.
• Life keeps getting better and better.
• The universe is always providing signs; just pay attention.
• If it feels like you have to try too hard or it's just not easily working out, and it takes you away from being yourself and feeling good - let it go, it's not for you.
• I am responsible for my happiness, nobody else.
• I am not responsible for anyone else's happiness.
• I am whole and complete; everything I need to thrive and succeed exists within me.

March 22 - Positive Aspects & Reflections

Thank you, God, Source, AH, for this fabulous, fantastic, amazing, awesome, incredible and lovely, love-filled day!

I am so grateful for this new day and fresh beginning. I want to be a powerful focuser of empowering, beautiful thoughts - it is my dominant intent to focus on the things that are pleasing, lovely, beautiful, pleasant to behold and which resonate with higher vibrations. I choose to focus on the things I like and would like to embrace further in my life.  I am noticing what I like and appreciate.

The answers will come if you will only listen.

Direct your appreciation to your self, your inner being. Getting into the Vortex through appreciation.
Gratitude for so many wonderful blessings here and now!

Quiet your mind and be open to receive the messages and signs from the world around you; the universe.

I've opened my heart to new love; like a flower lifting its petals upwards and outwards, ready to thirstily imbibe the droplets of love, connection and happiness. A dream fulfilled.

New ideas and intentions from Joel Osteen's sermon:

- Pay attention about who you're spending your time with; those closest to you will rub off on you.
- Are you soaring with eagles, inspiring, visionary people? Leaders and people of integrity, positive ideas and influence.
-  People with positive responses to situations, positive ideas and insights; interesting topics to talk about. Who are these people in my life?
- Character, integrity, faith, spirituality, growing, developing
- Don't spend your time with people who bring out the worst in you; spend time with the people who bring out the best in you...those who inspire you to rise to new heights - an excellent spirit!

2014 in Review - WOW - Thanks, Facebook

Hey Gorgeous, Hey Handsome! 

Facebook generated this 2014 overview: https://www.facebook.com/arcila.jennifer


Looking it over, it's apparent 2014 was a year to develop and sow the seeds of RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS, FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY. There is certainly FITNESS overall as that is my main hobby...THank you, dearest loved ones, for being a part of this magnificent and joyous experience.
It's been a great year! Thanks for being a part of it.

In 2015 what will I do? 
How will I focus?
What will I achieve?
How will I thrive, delight and inspire myself and others?

I will focus on LOVE, ease, wellbeing, taking it easy, and releasing resistance. I more aligned than ever to have and enjoy the physique of my dreams - a sexy, tone, lean, fit and healthy body which I enjoy with comfort, joy, convenience, satisfaction and total confidence.

I am no longer concerned with meeting the man of my dreams, because what I do know is that I am the woman of my dreams. If he lives in my dreams then how can he enter my physical reality?
Nah...The most important relationship is the one if have with GOD, Source Energy, myself and my Inner Being.

I care about how I feel, all is well and getting 'weller'. 
Things are always working out for me.
I am always at the right place at the perfect time.
I support and encourage myself; words of self-criticim and judgement are no longer part of my psyche and vocabulary.
Complaints are a thing of the past, and I am solutions oriented.

I smile a bright, full, genuine and gorgeous smile.
I believe in the best of myself and support my greatest possibilities. My subconscious is Infinite Intelligence and I feed it empowering, caring and kind messages that support attainment of my heart's desires. 
It's magnificent. I am a magician and intuitive being, I feel clairvoyant and wise beyond my years. 
I know my purpose in life, I know why I am on earth, and I totally appreciate this time-space reality to be myself and the fullest expression of God in my unique vessel and energy.

I fulfill my life purpose each day; I do what makes my heart sing.
I do what I love and I love what I do.
I am committed to my wellbeing and alignment, and that's just divine. 
I am loving the supportive friendships, situations and experiences that enter my reality continuously.
I am always surrounded by love.
I expect the very best and I always receive it. 
Thank you, God, for all that is.
xx
<3 

-All my love,Jennifer Arcila

Always the right time to be Thankful

I wrote this email draft (below) to myself back in June 2014 and as I've cleaned up my inbox recently I came across this gem. It seems like I wrote in a moment of deeply felt inspiration and joy. Now I'm bringing it to the light of day :-). It's always the right moment to be thankful and it always feels good.

Working with NLP and Coaching I've learned about the power of language and to be aware of Meta Model language violations with terms like: Always, never, all and everyone.

However, rules have exceptions and this is one of them :) Gratitude will always make you feel better and improve your outlook on life.
Love you all,
xx

Written between June 8-15, 2014

Dear God,

Thank you so very much for absolutely everything! THank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much for our wellness time, thank you for my lovely friends at work, and outside of work;
Thank you for this delicious tea, thank you for my flexible, strong and beautiful, sexy body;
Thank you for my mother, father and brother; thank you for my family and their support and love;

I'm so grateful for the fresh air, the safety of living in Dubai

The beautiful apartment in which I live
thank you for all the money and abundance in my life!

Thank you for my parents and brother in good health;

thank you for all my wonderful ideas and creativity.
Thank you for the delicious food I have at my disposal at ALL times; thank you for the interesting, enjoyable and fun conversations I have with my colleagues and friends. Thank you, so, so, so much!

Thank you for the SMILESSS :-) I love smiles and hellos and good mornings :)

Thank you for my amazing JOB, thx for my wonderful, awesome BOSS

Thanks for my computer at home and at work - thanks for my seat in this spacious and well-ventilated office.

Thx for my privacy and calm seating here where I am - I can focus and also observe the hallway activity if i want.

Thx u for my bed, AC, kitchen, bathroom, running water; drinking water, coffee, my decent and respectful neighbors.

Thank you for my location living in Dubai and my neighborhood Dubai Marina.
Thank you for the opportunity to meditate, to have time to myself; time to be at peace, thanks for my peace of mind.

Thanks for my decent and respectful boss - my wonderful understanding colleagues;

Thank you for the interesting, enlightening, fun and exciting times and experiences I've had with each one of my past Boyfriends - those experiences have all expanded my self-awareness, self-knowledge, and understanding - it is more life experience.

Thank you for all the wonderful, loving, affectionate, thoughtful and sweet kind men and guys I've met and known - there are wonderful examples of good, upright, reliable and loyal, caring men - so, so wonderful.

Thank you for my creativity - and for my ability to ask.

I don't need to know HOW - just need to have FAITH.

Today I Write - Intention on 21 Nov 2014

Dear God,
A Poem for today:

My Heart Sings

Today I want to write because my heart sings in joy.

Today I write because my fingers and my thoughts are engaging in this verbal tango.

An emotional spiral of ideas, a flurry of expressions, and series of previously-unspoken potential - now manifested.

I write now right now because I can; I've done it before and I loved it.

8:16AM on 21/11/14
Just had a delicious nutritious breakfast, listening to Abraham Hicks, and I'm ready to set my intention.
I intend to focus on my alignment and care about how I feel; I am the creator of my own reality.
I choose my 'high-flying disc' and I intend to focus on feelings of joy.
Today and tomorrow I have the amazing opportunity to learn, develop my Coaching and NLP skills; to deepen and expand my awareness. Thank you, God, for this amazing gift.

I intend to notice the small acts of kindness, the smiles, all the favors along the way; the bliss of receiving far beyond my expectations.
I delightfully anticipate RDV'ing with like-minded people who are also high-flyers, lovers of life, who can inspire me and with whom to share ideas.
I love connection.
I choose the path of least resistance; to go with the flow; to trust my intuition...To channel any emotion into applicable information and data; there is no failure, only feedback.

There are so many valuable insights that I am ready to perceive and receive. There are so many wonderful experiences and delightful situations waiting in my vibrational reality - in my Vortex a la Abraham Hicks.

Education is wealth.
Health is wealth.
Love is wealth.
Joy is wealth.
Peace of mind and healthy mental functioning is wealth.

Dearest friends, family and lover,
If we consider these beautiful notions then we comprehend just how blessed and wealthy we really are.

We are only limited by our beliefs and mental Maps of the world. Our thoughts shape and define the world we perceive;

Quality thoughts = Quality Life

Thank you in advance for the wonderful soulful lover and life companion entering my life soon enough. 

Thank you for the amazing, strong and resilient woman I am and becoming more and more still.

You know what I really enjoy? Newness! Expanding my awareness and learning more to increase my appreciation for life. I love when I effectively uplift myself and subsequently hold enough self-empowerment to uplift others. 

Our life and reality is a like a Cruise along the Atlantic, traversing the Globe. We are all in this vessel together riding the crests of waves, and peacefully cruising through the calm waters; sleeping through the darkness of nights and thriving in the resplendence of sunshine. There are moments to celebrate and then there are the calm, routine elements of the cruise experience. All along our cruise we stop in different ports and harbors, meet new folks, buy new knickknacks and then we're ready to go back on board. That's how each day is - unloading at the port and having a new exposure on the meta-journey. 

And all along our Cruise vessel is the permanent, floating atop the majestic strength of Mother Earth. Some elements of the unknown future and some excitement. Ups and downs, and all along the beautiful constancy of your inner self on the journey.

I'm really looking forward to our next harbor stop - it is so much fun! :-)

Love you all, God bless xx

Dear God, Thank you

Wed 12 Nov 2014

Dear God,

I want to take the time to thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much from the wholeness of my heart and soul for all the blessings that you are gifting me here and now.

Thank you so much because you have helped me to overcome old heartbreak and healed my heart completely. I feel so good today, here and now, living in the light. Thank you because I have really moved on and have come to embrace the fullness of me, who I am and the deep, eternal love you have for me and that I have found bit by bit for myself. I've been improving on a daily basis and this self-love helps me be a better friend, colleague, daughter, sister, Coach, and contributing member to our global community. Love is #1 and love starts from within.

Truly, love is all we need. The love from within.

It's been a long journey; an interesting, spiritual, soulful and uplifting experience. It's been 2 years since the completion of that relationship experience and I've entered new territory in my self development and evolution.

I pray for my friends and others going through their own journey to self-discovery and self-love. That they, too, find sooner or later, the core of love within themselves rather than projecting it onto an external party, the lover, the desired other. I pray that my friends find peace too, because peace is the relief we seek.

It feels great to be in love in a mutually reciprocating dynamic. It feels the best when you love yourself so, so much that your happiness does not depend or stem on anyone else. That is amazing and that is power. That is the blessing and God's gift.

Thank you for helping me and guiding me, for holding my hand, to overcome depression, anorexia, humble beginnings and the pangs of loneliness. Thank you for always being with me, the constant source of my resilience and tenacity.

It is really such a BLESSING and breath of fresh air for my soul to feel free of suffering, free of the self-imposed pain of perceived rejection and non-reciprocated love.
I am grateful for where I am today...It's been through God's grace and strength that I have my current strength and grace. Peace. Peace of mind is invaluable. It is worth diamonds, rubies and the most precious stones on earth.

Peace of mind. Yes!

Thank you, God, for the beautiful music you've created through majestic composers of classical music.
Thank you, for the beautiful birds and butterflies; the fun, belly-hurting, joyous laughs shared with friends and family.
Thank you for the magic and sacredness of morningtime, its fresh air, undisturbed silence, quiet, newness, the opportunity to start again and give it your very best. To co-create and have fun; to live a new day.

Thank you for my fabulous job where I am appreciated and cared for.

God, thank you for taking care of me always. Together we have traveled to so many distant lands and you've always brought me back in one piece with more magnificent memories, souvenirs and enriching experiences.
Thank you for the financial abundance I experience on a daily basis, and which multiplies continuously. Thank you for your protection; for my home, for my adoring family, and the loving, caring beings with whom I share my life experience.

Thank you for my vibrant and healthy, strong body. You have really gifted me with a remarkable vessel that takes me to an infinity of places and it performs amazing feats. I am truly blessed.

Thank you for the health of my organs, muscles, cells, ligaments, all the elements of my being; my body is such a wise entity it is astounding. It contains an unfathomable vastness of wisdom and knowledge...It does everything, it is a universe unto itself. WOW.

I am happy where I am and eager for more. Eager for more joy, more self-love, more peace, more passion, more focus on my life purpose; I am eager to feel my power and step into my self fully. I am eager to be more creative, more confident, wiser.To be who I really am in all of your greatness and to manifest the very best of myself to the world to bring greater good and positivity to all our surroundings and global community. And so that I thrive and delight in my earth experience.

I want to be my fullest self as the fullest expression of YOU.
There are so many possibilities and exciting experiences in my life being created each second. Many loves, more abundance, more success, more clarity, and a singular fabulous life-mate you have custom-designed for me :-).

I am SO excited to continue evolving, improving, feeling more of your peace and LOVE.

Just being awesome. I am awesome, life is awesome. I am so loved and appreciated.  Thank you for taking care of me, and for helping me control my thoughts.

The world and life we live is a result of our thoughts.

Quality Thoughts, Quality Life.

I love you! :-)