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July 1, 2009
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Dear Friend,
Well, I am off to Northern California this week to visit my family over
the 4th of July. It will be lots of fun - getting a chance to connect
with family members and friends whom I haven't seen in a long time. I
love the long daylight hours that come with the summer time in
California - the extra daylight helps my body to rejuvenate and
reinvigorate. A few years ago I took a trip to Alaska during the summer
and loved living in constant daylight. Of course, there is always a
trade-off, if you get long daylight hours in summer, you get long
night-time hours in winter...when I was living in Seattle it would get
dark around 4pm in December and January. I noticed that I felt tired
quite often!
Part of the spiritual path is learning to love the darkness as well as
the light, within ourselves and within the world. In my experience, at
first it is much easier to love the light, both inside of me and outside
of me. It is easier to love the light within me and the light within
others, just as it is easier to love pleasure instead of pain.
Yet often times, it is our pain that transforms us. Sometimes it is our
darkness that awakens us. In every painful experience, there is the seed
of pleasure, and in every pleasurable experience, there is the seed of
pain. The more comfortable we become with the light and the dark, the
pleasure and the pain, we will begin to see that it is all part of the
perfection, all part of the wisdom, all part of our soul's journey.
Ultimate reality is beyond both pleasure and pain, beyond light and
dark, beyond good and bad. It is the screen on which all of this is
projected - timeless, boundless, and eternal.
Enjoy your pleasure - it is delightful. Discover your pain - it is
always insightful. Know that the true you is utterly beyond and
dissolves all polarities.
As you discover this part of yourself, you will see that we are all one,
all equal, all unbounded. As barriers dissolve, you will discover
yourself to be more magnificent than you ever dreamed.
This week's article is dedicated to discovering your own greatness and
through that dissolving all insecurities.
Check out the special offer below for a new DVD that was just released
by Debbie Ford. Debbie has been working with the notion of the shadow,
helping people to befriend both their light and dark sides, for years.
She just released a new DVD that you will absolutely want to check out.
One last thing - the new audio product is taking a little longer to
finalize, but it will be ready soon - thank you for your patience! :)
Wishing you a most beautiful 4th of July and every day,
Sarah Maria
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Experience Your Greatness
The most important element in creating what you want in life is to
know that you are capable of it, that you are worthy of it, that you
deserve it. The world is as we are, meaning that the world is a
projection of our consciousness. If we believe ourselves to be
great, we will create greatness. If we believe ourselves to be
inadequate - we will create inadequacy.
This is not about being egotistic or being full of yourself. This
only occurs when you think you are better than someone else. We tend
to think of ourselves relative to other people, thereby judging
ourselves and judging other people. When we compare ourselves to
other people, we lose. It is often said "comparison is a loser's
game", and nothing could be more true. Many of us our afraid of
experiencing our own greatness because we are concerned about the
voices that will accompany our success:
"I am smarter than he is"
"I am more successful than she is"
"I am sexier than she is"
"I have more money and a better education"
Etc., etc., etc.
Feeling insecure is simply the flip side of this coin:
"He is more successful than I am"
"She has a better body"
"She is more successful - why would she be interested in what I have
to say?"
"He has more money, more fame, and more prestige - why would he
want to talk to me?"
Etc, etc., etc.
As long as we live in this world, we suffer. Period.
If we happen to
be on the "successful" side of the equation and comparing ourselves
to others who are perceived to be "less", it cuts us off from
potential love, connection, and insight. We create filters that skew
our vision, preventing us from seeing the beauty or the greatness
that might be standing right in front of us.
If we are on the "less successful" side of the equation, we suffer
as well. Nothing will create pain faster than comparing yourself to
someone else and deciding you come up short. Nothing. Yet it is
something that many of us do all the time. When we feel inadequate
or less accomplished, we are less willing to take chances, ask for
what we need, set big goals, and claim the life of our dreams. We
give other people power over us, simply because we perceive them as
being smarter, prettier, or more successful than we are. Not fun. At
all.
The solution? Step out of the paradigm all together. Step out of the
comparison game and step into the greatness that knows no
boundaries. Step into the greatness that is limitless and discover
that you can be great, and everyone else can be great as well.
Here is how it works:
When you notice yourself comparing yourself to other people, simply
notice it. Become aware. No need to judge yourself or create a whole
story about how you shouldn't be doing it - this just adds another
layer to the angst. Instead, simply notice it. Become the witness to
your experience. This helps to create detachment, so you no longer
need to be bound by the stories in your head. As you cultivate this
practice of witnessing awareness, the ceaseless chatter begins to
drop away of its own accord, and it loses its power to control your
life.
Next, shift your focus to who you truly are. At your essence, you
are eternal and unbounded, omnipotent and omniscience. You are the
wisdom and intelligence of the universe manifesting as a human
being. You are beyond the body-mind, in fact your are the creator of
the body mind. You are the very power that creates worlds. You are
this power, and everyone else is this power as well. When you live
in this realm, you realize that there are no divisions, only unity
that binds each and every one of us.
As you discover this truth, you can begin to tell a different story.
You can tell a story of your greatness, your wisdom, and your
triumph. You can begin to tell a story of your beauty and your
grace, your power and your strength. It can be a story that extols
your perfection, as well as the perfection of every one else as
well, because you will know that at our essence we are all
expressions of each other.
Once you begin to tell a different story, you can begin to create a
different life. Our lives are an expression of the stories we tell
ourselves. When you connect with your source of power, you will
discover that you can create whatever story you want, and you can
create whatever life you want. Connect with your source of power and
you will find the beauty that awaits you once you step outside of
the comparison game.
Just to re-iterate, here are the steps:
1.) Simply observe the mental chatter
2.) Focus on the truth of who you are
3.) Tell a different story
4.) Create a new life based on that story
Recognize your greatness; embrace and overcome insecurity, and
discover that you have the power to create a life that you love.
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The Shadow Effect
Are you ready to understand the power of your darkness and your light,
and discover the wisdom that is beyond both? Then please check out this
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free from the bonds of the past.
Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Dr. David Simon, and other
world-renowned thinkers join Debbie Ford to reveal the transformative
power of your shadow--the parts of yourself that you dislike and disown,
the past that you regret and repress, and the future that is waiting to
be birthed.
The Shadow Effect will leave you breathing deeper as you take back your
power and step into the possibility of the next greatest evolution of
yourself. And for the first time ever, in the comfort of your own home,
you will be guided to unveil the mechanism that drives what you do, what
you think, and what you fear. In eight life-changing exercises, you will
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your truth, let go of the old, and open up to your own greatness.
In this transformational interactive movie experience, you will
reclaim
your right to be who you always wanted to be in the world.
Here's the link:
www.TheShadowEffect.com
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Sarah Maria is a body-image expert and teacher who can help you
discover the beauty that you already are so that you can create a
body and a life that you truly love. Her first book, Love Your
Body, Love Your Life, is being published by Adams Media and
will be available for purchase in November '09. She combines ancient
spiritual wisdom with modern science and shows you, step-by-step,
how to pacify your mind, heal your heart, befriend your body, and
transform your life.
She has studied with the leading experts in health, spirituality,
personal development, and success, including Deepak Chopra,
physician Dr. David Simon (co-founder of the Chopra Center for
Well-being in Carlsbad, CA), Dr. Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield, renowned
Ayurvedic physician Vasant Lad, and many others. She is a lover of
eastern philosophy and spiritual wisdom and passionately shares
these teachings that have so transformed her own life.
Before founding Break Free Beauty, Sarah Maria received her law
degree from Stanford University and her Master's in International
Affairs from Columbia University in NYC. She has lived and traveled
throughout Latin America, and has also visited many countries around
the world. Her greatest passion is helping people discover the
beauty and the greatness that resides inside so they can live from
this place of grandeur, transforming themselves and the world.
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