Monday, February 29, 2016

WHY DID GOD CREATE MAN LAST?

A Simple Vase of Daffodils
GREAT question and one I had never even considered until reading a message entitled 'Wisdom of Creation', on this GLORIOUS new day.  My response is "so that man could NOT take credit for any MANIFESTATIONS of CREATION!" Man can ONLY photograph the BEAUTY of CREATION as SPECTACULAR sunrises and sunsets, a SIMPLE vase of daffodils signaling the beginning of Spring, MAJESTIC landscapes and mountain ranges, BRILLIANTLY coloured birds traversing the sky and fish below in bodies of water in the form of BOUNDLESS lakes, oceans, seas and much, much more.  ALL OF THIS MAGNIFICENCE OF CREATION WAS ALREADY HERE... BEFORE MAN!

WISDOM OF CREATION...
A group of wise men gathered to discuss the works of GOD, and wanted to know why he had left it to the sixth day to create man.
"He thought about first organizing the Universe so well, that we could have all the marvels available to us," said one of them.
"First of all GOD wanted to run some tests on animals, so that he would not make the same mistakes with us," argued another.
Finally a wise Rabbi joined the meeting. They told him about the theme of the discussion and one asked: "In your opinion why did GOD leave it to the last day to create man?"
"Very simple," said the Rabbi, "So that when we were moved by pride, we would remember that even a simple mosquito enjoyed priority in the work of the DIVINE."  Author Unknown 

An opportunity to Pause and Remember Your Real Nature... by The School of Practical Philosophy

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAINST GOD?

Only GOD Can Do This!
What do YOU have against GOD? NOT what someone else THINKS or SAYS, but what do YOU HAVE AGAINST GOD?
 
GOD, which is ALL GOOD, is NOT a person, place or thing and GOD is the substance of ALL persons, places and things. Whatever you desire is the ESSENCE that GOD IS, WHOLE, PERFECT and COMPLETE.  A whole, perfect and complete misunderstanding of what GOD IS will cause you to miss the GOOD that is here already for you.  The GOOD that is for you was created IN you, it is also the essence of who you are!  If you are NOT the creation of GOD...WHOSE are you?

ANSWER yourself, seriously what do you have against GOD?  Without the essence of a flower's essential oil the flower would not have the INCREDIBLE fragrance you have come to love every time you "stop to smell the roses".  Without the essence of GOD, which is ALL GOOD, you and I would be a "whole, perfect and complete" moot point.

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Saturday, February 27, 2016

DANKE BERLIN I WILL RETURN...

Danke Berlin I will Return...
Buon giorno... ALL!  I have been in Germany  (Berlin, Oberkramer, Eisenheim Village in Bavaria) for 3 months total, 1 month and 3 weeks of those in Berlin and now it's time to move on, BUT I WILL RETURN one day!  Hugs and a BIG thank you very much to my gracious hosts Sandra & Niki, I LOVE you both.  I totally enjoyed everyone I had the GOOD FORTUNE to meet & spend time with... THANK YOU! 

On Tuesday, March 1st, I board a bus travelling through many, many cities crossing the border into Italy to spend my birthday March 4th in Milan then I travel to my next work exchange in Spigno Monferrato, after hanging out in AMAZING Berlin!!!  

My Dutch hosts Jollie & Rob reside in Spigno Monferrato, located between Turin and Milan at their home "Brusagio" which was an old winery.  http://www.helpx.net/host.asp?hostid=20864&network=3&map=0#googlemap

FOLLOW along as I TRAVEL geographically and Spiritually, continuously INSPIRED and BLESSED to be a BLESSING to YOU!

Ciao & JOYOUS Spring... xoxo, R!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

Friday, February 26, 2016

THE WORDS YOU EMBODY...

The Words You Embody...
CHOOSE THE WORDS YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS and EXPERIENCE... EMBODY THEM and FULFILL YOUR DESTINY!

I was inspired by an *article I read about DESTINY and the two women I met at coffee this morning at 'Fraulein Dickes', for the post today.  Thank you, Beate and Kaja for a most WONDERFUL visit with you and at your violin shop 'Beate Kienitz Master Violinmaker'.  I LOVE the violin since studying as a child and to get a view of the creation, restoration and repair of stringed instruments was an absolute treat. Thank you, Beate for sharing your GIFT with me and the BEST to you Kaja in your apprenticeship!

"Use the gifts and resources and talents the universe has blessed you with today, choose happiness with those gifts and resources and then produce the effort that will manifest those talents and gifts as a service to the world. You will find the results are incredible, and if you are already in this place, then you are closer to your destiny than you think.

Your destiny will never be the same as someone else’s, so don’t compare yours to anybody else's. All you need to do is focus on the things that make YOU happy when you honor the gifts and talents the universe gave you.  Make a point every day to get excited about at least one thing that will make you feel that “buzzy” vibration that people call happy.

Life happens. It’s not always going to be good. You will every single day of your life be confronted with potential negative influences. How you handle them will slow down or propel you towards your destiny.  If you are living life on this planet it is a fact of life that negative forces will be in play. These are the tests and lessons that you chose when you created your blueprint, you can’t unwrite them.  CHOOSE HAPPY!" excerpt from *'7 WAYS TO KNOW YOU ARE FOLLOWING YOUR DESTINY'


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Thursday, February 25, 2016

7-MONTH MILESTONE...

7-month MILESTONE...  Photo Credit by Dennis E.
Today marks 7 months of travelling outside of my native country to foreign lands: geographically, culturally and language.  The number 7 is also my Life Path number the number I most identify with, and today February 25th day reduced to a single digit equals 7.  

I have travelled outside of my "comfort zone", to "no zone", into a new zone for me "optimal performance zone".  I have grown in so many AMAZING ways into the new me that reflects back at me in the mirror every day and I tell her how proud I am of her YOU GO, GIRL... YOU DID IT!  I have turned the corner, I have reached a MILESTONE and at 12:01 am, I will have crossed the finish line at this point of the journey... there is NO turning back as there is NOTHING to turn back to.  In one week, I will celebrate my birthday March 4th and that is exactly what I will do... MARCH FORTH!  I am filled with GRATITUDE to GOD which is GOOD... that goes before me, is for me  and ALWAYS with me.

“Sometimes we have to step out of our comfort zones. We have to break the rules.  And we have to discover the sensuality of fear. We need to face it, challenge it, dance with it.”  ― Kyra Davis

I travel to the next destination on March 1st Milan, Italy where I will celebrate my birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me, CONGRATULATIONS & CHEERS TO MANY, MANY MORE! 

I ENTHUSIASTICALLY ACCEPT MY GOOD & MARCH FORTH to ACHIEVE MY PURPOSE in this NEW YEAR "SWEET 16"! 

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

ALL GOD ALL THE TIME...

All GOD All the Time... Is Mine
IS MINE, NOT by appearances but by the WORD... THE APPEARANCES WILL FOLLOW! 

I AM A SPIRITUAL BEING, HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIENCE.  I have recently noticed increased experience of a "paradigm shift" in my THOUGHT PROCESS.  Although I have a physical human form, my experiences are as a Spiritual Being IN this form and not of it!  I am "seeing" more of the manifestation of my WORD whether it is thought in the silence of my mind, meditation & prayer,  or spoken in the world of sounds, as a WORD is also a sound, an ENERGY VIBRATION.
  
WORDS and/or THOUGHTS come to me which I have either never heard before or I do not know what they mean, when I look up the definition, I actually do KNOW on a subconscious level.

Recently I mentioned the 17 second Energy Technique I highly recommend you read and do the technique to experience the TRANSFORMING POWER of it for yourself.  For several days I was "seeing red" then yesterday I saw a gentleman with a red bag that had the word RED in large white capital letters, which he tossed into a red car and drove away before I could capture a photo of it... just seeing that was like WOW! Today, while we were out the sun, was shining then began to cloud over as we parted, not two minutes later a hailstorm occurred for several minutes, then within 10 minutes the sun was shining again.  I INTERRUPT rain as "showers of  blessings"  and the hail can be a solid manifestation of those BLESSINGS as BEAUTIFUL moments unfolding and already here! 

Begin with small seemingly insignificant things, create a HABIT of the 17 second Energy Technique, then keep going and see in the natural world what your mind "sees" in the Spiritual... ALL GOD which is GOOD ALL THE TIME!

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

I AM LOVE & I LOVE...

I am LOVE & I LOVE...
I AM LOVING... JUST AS I AM! Right where you are right NOW BE the LOVE you would like to "see" in the world and experience in your life. What would that LOOK like to you? What would that FEEL like to you? What can you do right NOW to facilitate that happening in your life? Then just do that and see what happens... if you have to, fine-tune it until you get it right for you. There is no one way to LOVE, an expression of you as LOVE begins, of course, with you.  

"LET THERE BE LOVE, PEACE, BEAUTY, WEALTH, HEALTH, LIGHT, JOY, SUCCESS, ABUNDANCE, WISDOM, COMPASSION... ON EARTH & LET IT BEGIN WITH ME!" 

Let this (and other WONDERFUL words) be your 17-second focus and watch your experience of LIFE transform, it will be according to your WORDS! Whatever it's going to BE it must begin with you & me...

I AM LOVE & I LOVE... therefore I AM LOVING JUST AS I AM!

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Monday, February 22, 2016

DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR EYES!!

Do Not Believe Your Eyes!
we've all heard the saying "seeing is believing", but seeing is only a confirmation of what your physical eyes "see" which is not always what it appears to be!  The thing is that everyone would have a different thought about what they are seeing even when looking at the same person, place or thing. So, it is NOT in the person, place or thing one is looking at... it is in the person "seeing "or "experiencing". It truly is ALL IN YOUR MIND.  The THOUGHT ENERGY becoming the IMAGE of the THOUGHT ITSELF.  

FAITH IS BELIEVING WHAT YOU CANNOT "SEE" UNTIL YOU CAN SEE THE THOUGHT AS AN IMAGE. It seems I am inspired to write about what I most need to KNOW and then share with others.  My GREATEST need right now is to BELIEVE WHAT I CANNOT SEE, this can only be done through the faculty of THOUGHT. I must have FAITH in the THOUGHTS I CHOOSE to "see" MANIFEST in my life experience.  My physical eyes fail me, not even prescription glasses can help me to see beyond their capability.  I cannot depend on them... I MUST DEPEND UPON THE WORD of that which is GREATER THAN MYSELF.  

DEPENDING on the WORD requires GREAT CONFIDENCE in the WORD and not in oneself.  IF depending upon oneself was enough then the WORD would fail us.  BUT THE WORD CANNOT FAIL US BECAUSE IT MUST BECOME WHAT WE THINK and SAY... and IT DOES.  

You must come to the point of TRUSTING that what you seek you will FIND and what you ASK for you will RECEIVE and this is all done through the WORD!

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Sunday, February 21, 2016

A NEW ORDER OF BOHEMIANS ....

New Order Bohemian Society
What a good night of rest can do for one's energy, creativity and synchronicity... at least, that's what I experience.  Sometimes I experience "delays" or incidents that seem to either slow me down or distract me like a little glitch then it passes. When this occurs I intentionally pay attention to what happens later that could be "synchronistic" in nature and the purpose for the "delay".  

Today I had such an experience of synchronicity.  I was very aware of an energy that seemed to be creating "delays" like dropping something, or not locating an item, things that seem to be "random", but I believe are in the grand scheme of things designed to have me some place in "time" for a very specific purpose. Not just for me but for other people involved, this is NOT a planned time or purpose on my part and certainly not on the part of the other(s).

I noticed the 2 young men when they entered the cafe which I planned to visit after the Mauerpark Fleamarket in Prenzlauer Berg district this afternoon.  I already saved a seat on the sofa in the main room where a guy was sitting, but when I returned after ordering my Americano he had gone, and the 2 young men were "magically" in his place!  Now, I planned to go to the cafe but what happened for the following hour or so was quite synchronistic.  I introduced myself, them in return, one went to order the coffee and a third showed up.  I asked if they were students and what were they studying.  A very interesting, lively and philosophical conversation ensued quite naturally along a line of interest that was purposeful for us all. They are history and art majors as well as self-proclaimed Bohemians following an idealistic point of view that of the "old order" of Bohemians and after I told them the story of my journey, I too was considered to be living a Bohemian lifestyle per the taller of the young men.  They agreed the "old order" point of view is a passive one, however citing their youth, apparent intelligence, energy, and creativity, I encouraged them to consider creating a NEW ORDER of BOHEMIANS.  You can do it David, Julian and Nils... the writing's on the wall!

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Saturday, February 20, 2016

GOOD FRIENDS...

 Good Friends at 'Good Friends'...
At 'Good Friends' a China Restaurant where we ate after leaving the Berlinale awards night spent in the Audi Lounge with D and others.  It was absolutely an INCREDIBLE evening and just one among many highlights of my time spent in Berlin!  

It rained all day long from the time we left in the afternoon to go to brunch at a home in Berlin with new friends: a young woman a Chef and her friend both from Montreal, a young man from India, a German language teacher and our host a German/American gentleman... the food was AMAZING, thank you, Chef! After leaving, D and I walked around the neighborhood of Treptower Park "Treptower Park is a park alongside the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin. It is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction". Wikipedia  At the Schlesisches Tor, I realized this was the area I stayed upon arriving in Berlin 3 months ago.  

At Pots Damer Platz to the final day of Berlinale, we met with a long line of movie star fans and  the road blocked off due to cars carrying VIP's for the awards ceremony at Berlinale Palast. Talk about "being in the right place at the right time", D's galpal who is one of the organizers was standing in the window right above where we were attempting to get in, she finally saw us and came down to retrieve us from the crowd standing out in the rain.  A nice hot espresso, a warm place to stand on the heated balcony while watching the arrivals below, then a place to sit inside while watching the awards on the big screen in the Audi Lounge, thank you again, C... we thoroughly ENJOYED closing day of the Berlin Film Festival!

Friends, in the film industry, of D's picked us up at the train station, we snagged a parking space right away, then headed to dinner at 'Good Friends'. Following we all went home our separate ways and for me straight to bed after yet another long but INCREDIBLE day in Berlin with... GOOD FRIENDS!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'


Friday, February 19, 2016

AWAKENED BY PAIN... FOLLOWED BY BEAUTY!

Pain... Followed By BEAUTY!
Last night, as I was about to go to bed pain in my lower back down my backside and legs, began to "appear" causing not only discomfort but concern for an early morning wake up to volunteer at a Refugee camp here in Berlin.  There also are no clocks where I am staying, and I do not wear a watch, so my concern was waking up early enough to make it on time to meet my friend D at 8:00 am for 2 hours of volunteering.
  
The pain had increased during the night waking me up at 6:46 am!  I was alarmed at the pain as I attempted to meditate it away, which only seemed to incense the pain.  I rose after 30 minutes, determined to meet D, and volunteer, which I did and at some point upon the completion of the 2 hours... the pain disappeared!

As I strolled home to get ready for the afternoon at  the 66th Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, the Berlinale which is the second largest film festival in the world, I came upon this BEAUTY with her father, I was once more reminded to VIEW EVERYTHING AS GOOD... even the "pain acting as my wake up call this morning", and "Just keep going..."!

"Let everything happen to you, Beauty and terror, Just keep going... No feeling is final" 
       -- R. M. Rilke



Thursday, February 18, 2016

HOW TO HAVE A SWEET LIFE...

How to Have a Sweet Life...
MAKE it a HABIT to VIEW EVERYTHING as GOOD in LIFE!  Make the DECISION right NOW...THIS IS THE DAY.  FLIP THE SWITCH.  MAKE a PARADIGM SHIFT

You can not say this does not work or it can not work IF you do not BELIEVE it enough to do it! This  like everything else is HOW habits are formed, you must do it and make it a LIFESTYLE, not a trend that comes and goes at the change of every season.  Make GOOD an automatic response in LIFE to everything that happens to you... THIS  IS GOOD, THIS FEELS GOOD.  EVERYTHING IS GOOD IT'S A DECISION YOU MAKE!

Yesterday, I CONFESSED my sins of not TRUSTING GOD, myself and others.  I also said CONFESSION is GOOD for your Soul and IT IS!  It cleanses you from the damaging effects of the past that cling to you in the present and what do you know, here it is again in the future... NOW! 

Therefore, go ahead CREATE NEW HABITS, FLIP THE SWITCH, MAKE a PARADIGM SHIFT, BELIEVE then CONFESS, FORGIVE, LET GO and MARCH FORTH... HAVE A SWEET LIFE, ENJOY & to quote Nike... JUST DO IT!

“Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.” 
― Rainer Maria Rilke

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

WE ALL HAVE DEFECTS...

We All Have Defects...
One of  "MY DEFECTS" is my inability to TRUST GOD, myself or others. At times, I  pretend to trust, and "I always sleep with one eye open".  The hesitation, the anxiety, the second guessing keeps me in turmoil.  But as I CONFESS my sins, I confront the demons that keep me imprisoned within myself. They have no other choice but to leave, they have been exposed, I do not BELIEVE their lies anymore, and I am FREE.  I am still by no means home FREE yet, but I am on my way!
  
True CONFESSION is GOOD for one's Soul, who do you think you're fooling anyway?  Some defects are visible, MOST are invisible and less obvious to detect, so one can fool themselves into believing they do not have any... and, therefore, go on their merry way remaining imprisoned by an invisible force of their own making. 

I would like to share with you dear reader one of my bi-weekly email inspirations, and trust you too will find in it a way of escape for yourself: "An opportunity to Pause and Remember Your Real Nature. Brought to you by The School of Practical Philosophy"... 
                                       
THE DRUNKEN DISCIPLE
"A Zen master had hundreds of disciples. They all prayed at the right time, except one, who was often drunk.

The master was growing old. Some of the more virtuous pupils began to wonder who would be the new leader of the group, the one who would receive the important secrets of the Tradition.

On the eve of his death, however, the master called the drunkard disciple to his room and revealed the hidden secrets of the Tradition to him.

A veritable revolt broke out among the others. "How shameful!" they cried in the streets, "We have sacrificed ourselves for the wrong master, one who can't see our qualities."

Hearing the commotion outside, the dying master remarked, "I had to pass on these secrets to a man that I knew well. All my pupils are very virtuous and showed only their best qualities, not any defects. That is dangerous, for virtue often serves to hide vanity, pride and intolerance. That is why I chose the only disciple whom I know really well since I can see his defect: drunkenness."
Author Unknown

"... virtue often serves to hide vanity, pride and intolerance."  I must confess for myself, I know this to be true, and I thought my "virtues made me virtuous"!

Polonius: "This above all: to thine own self-be true,  And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."  Shakespeare

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'




Tuesday, February 16, 2016

YET... IS A BRIDGE IN YOUR MIND!

YET...is a Bridge in Your Mind
YET... is a BRIDGE in your MIND between where you are NOW and where you are "YET" to be. You are on your way! Always see your skills, talents and abilities as "work in progress", in this way they are constantly unfolding forward, and you are achieving goals and success along the way.
  
“We’ve found that putting in certain phrases, like "not yet" or "yet", can really boost student's motivation. So if a student says, "I’m not a math person—yet" or "I can’t do this—yet", she explains, it puts their fixed mindset statement into a growth mindset context of learning over time.”  excerpt by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck

"I am on a journey to where I would like to be... I'm not there yet, but I am on my way!" Anything you would like to BE, DO or HAVE is NOT going to just magically happen just because you would like it to...YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY, IT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED YET! Your FAITH, WORK, CREATIVITY, RESOURCEFULNESS etc can CAUSE it to HAPPEN, this or something BETTER!

After the death of my son's father, I didn't know what I was going to do, but the truth is I had been doing what I had to do all along, so all I had to do was to continue, just without him.  NOW, I am GRATEFUL for the contributions he made to my life, one being the GIFT of our son... R.I.P., R.  A friend came to visit later that day without knowing what happened earlier, she came to give me a CD by a very gifted gospel singer Martha Munizzi  entitled 'THE BEST IS YET TO COME'!  Looking back on that day fills my eyes with tears... the YET had already been planned, and while I was in my grief it was on its way to ringing my doorbell, in San Francisco, with the GIFT to BEGIN again. THE BEST IS YET TO COME and it is here NOW... in your MIND!

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Monday, February 15, 2016

A WORLD WITHIN A WORLD...

A World within a World...
The day UNFOLDS... it's ALREADY BEEN CREATED!  Sleep beckons me to enter another world as I tire from the "waking world of the living dead", I am called to AWAKEN.  I LOVE YOU...let the meaning of these PRECIOUS words reveal themselves to you.  DO NOT put your meaning on them or you will miss the GIFT the present is giving you right NOW.  BE STILL. BE IN THE LOVE that beckons you today, to come within.
 
Even arising to the next day back into this world, there is still a sense of another world in the wake. Some of you that are reading have already experienced this and know what I am talking about here. Those of you who have not... keep going deep & deeper still, you too will at some point when you tire of the "waking world of the living dead".  When you make the decision to LET GO, to SURRENDER into ALL THAT IS.  If you can explain it, then you have not arrived... just keep going deep & deeper. Still your mind... BE STILL.

LET GO of this world of opinions, news, and other forms of media that tempt you to follow them. You will become what you allow in your mind, and follow down their path...YOU CHOOSE IT and it chooses you in this vicious cycle of opinions, news and other forms of media foreplay.

I LOVE YOU... let that which is GREATER than you, the UNIVERSAL GOODNESS whisper gently to your Soul as it beckons you to AWAKEN to a new world which will unfold when you decide to LET it... IT  IS YOUR CHOICE!

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

FROM BERLIN WITH LOVE...

From Berlin with LOVE!
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY "Frohlichen Valentinstag" to you ALL!  ENJOY LOVE... EVERY DAY! 

Valentine's Day, the day of LOVE celebrated with inanimate  objects that cannot LOVE you back. I am generalizing of course because I cannot possibly KNOW the LOVE with which others celebrate. I even recently in my many, many years on this earth just experienced "BEING IN LOVE", and truly EXPERIENCING this IN-NESS for the first time. LOVE is ALL around me, not in a Hallmark greeting card kind of sentiment, but IN LOVE, therefore LOVE surrounds me, it truly is the very air I breathe.  To answer the question "WHAT IS YOUR NECESSITY?"  My answer MUST BE... LOVE in all that I am and all that I do!

“To love is good, too: love being difficult. For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation...Love is a high inducement to the individual to ripen, to become something in himself, to become world for himself for another's sake, it is a great exacting claim upon him, something that chooses him out and calls him to vast things.” ― Rainer Maria RilkeLetters to a Young Poet

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Saturday, February 13, 2016

FINDING YOUR NECESSITY IN LIFE...

Finding Your Necessity in Life...
NECESSITY  PHILOSOPHY
the principle according to which something must be so, by virtue either of logic or of natural law.
  • a condition that cannot be otherwise, or a statement asserting this.

I began watching a film titled *'Manhattan Romances' last night, but it was my bedtime so here I am now resuming it. *"...a funny insightful look at contemporary life in Manhattan. It explores new age ideas and open relationship as well as true friendship and connection. "There is a line from the film between two friends that gave me the idea for my writing today: "...like Rilke says "You build your life in accordance with that necessity."  He then asks "What is your necessity?" and goes on to state his own: "Do nothing, I wake up in the morning and LET THE DAY UNFOLD"

The idea of "LIFE unfolding" revealed itself to me not long ago, and I totally embrace the truth in it, instead of the belief we make it up when we awaken to the day with our plans and our "to do lists".  It takes a certain amount of courage, tenacity against whatever may appear to undo your resolve to "let the day unfold".  But the surprises that appear far outweigh any fear of facing the unknown which can be at the same time scary and exciting.  Make it your NECESSITY to CHOOSE facing the unknown to be exciting, let LIFE literally UNFOLD before you, and be SURPRISED!  

WHAT IS YOUR NECESSITY?  "...if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple “I must,” then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse..."  Rainer Maria Rilke

Friday, February 12, 2016

MORE IS NOT BETTER... IT'S JUST MORE!

More is Not Better...It's just More!
What makes MORE better?  THINK about it, MEDITATE upon this question. What about more is better?  Let ALL of your answers come up, write them down... then slowly look at them, really, really LOOK at them!  Empty your mind of all your rationalizations about "more is better".  Is more a distraction for you?  Is more a burden for you?  Is more overwhelming for you?  You see more can be applicable to both that which you judge as "good" as well as that which could be seen as "not good".

Therefore more in itself is a just a WORD. A word the collective consciousness has come to believe that "having more is better".  More can also be excessive so anything "good" or "bad" in excess may not be better, it's a matter of perspective, isn't it?

These questions are merely something to think about, to meditate upon.  Your life experiences will always REFLECT your choices, but will not, can not MAKE you BETTER or BEST just because you have more or less!

"MORE is Not Better & LESS is Not Best.  MORE is just more & LESS is just less."

As always it is unto you what you THINK... your CHOICE!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

GOING DEEP & DEEPER STILL...

'Masquerade at the Carnival in Venice' By Robertito 1965
If you don't dig deep, or go deeper you will always remain just on the surface, in the shallow end of the pool!  Going deep, then deeper still is a MUST... it is NOT an option.  In order to LIVE a LIFE of depth, you must be willing to go into the SILENCE of your mind, meditate there for a while, and continue to go often to the "well" of your BEING with a cup sufficient enough to hold the WONDERS you find there.

February 4th marked the beginning of Carnival in Cologne, Germany ending yesterday on Ash Wednesday, February 10th.  All around the world "CARNIVAL can thus be regarded as a rite of passage from darkness to light, from Winter to Summer: a fertility celebration, the first Spring festival of the New Year."

In LIFE, this is the season of going deep and deeper into oneself, a time of removing the masks we have worn for so long that we FORGET who we are if we ever knew.  I am still travelling geographically and spiritually deeper into myself, through the writing practice I "die" daily to my old self, to my past which was just yesterday, earlier today... a second ago.  We are appearing to live one-dimensional lives while we are MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BEINGS!

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” 
 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations  (121 - 180) Roman Emperor and Philosopher

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY...

Create Your Own Reality
Right, where you are... NOW!  We are creatures of  HABIT, therefore, create GOOD habits which will become your REALITY. SOW in the present NOW, what you would like to REAP in the future NOW, by "planting" the THOUGHT seeds in your fertile mind, of like kind.  Then you will dine like a King in due season.

I met a new friend D, here in Berlin 1 week ago, and our first walk around Prenzlauer Berg was this past Saturday,  Mitte yesterday, and in a few days, we will go to Kreuzberg. I have not enjoyed so much LAUGHTER in a long time as I have with D. Laughter is a very good habit to develop, then do it often! 

"Find something to laugh about early upon waking, then you will enjoy laughter all the day long!"  This DELIGHTFUL thought came to me shortly after a hearty laugh I had thanks to a funny email I received this morning.

FEED your mind, soul & body with ALL GOOD, good THOUGHTS, good HABITS and good FOOD, after all YOU CREATE YOUR OWN REALITY starting... NOW!

"NOW it is in my power to let no badness be in this soul,
nor desire nor any perturbation at all. But looking at all things I see their true nature,
and I use each according to its value. Remember this power that nature gives you."

Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Roman Emperor and Philosopher*

*An opportunity to Pause and Remember Your Real Nature.


Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

THE ART OF FORESEEING...

View from the TOP
EVERYTHING I THINK, THAT WHICH I CLAIM NOW THROUGH MY THOUGHTS... I WILL "SEE" IN THE FUTURE NOW!

This is FORESEEING: perceiving NOW what is yet to BE, that which has not happened yet.  IF I had just settled for "this is good enough" I would still be where I was if I had allowed that THOUGHT to take root & grow. But, instead, I have given myself a "view from the TOP" looking back to where I was had I settled. In the process, my FAITH has increased by leaps & bounds!  I have forged a NEW path for myself, beginning a journey I had NO idea where it would lead.  

I am GRATEFUL for my adventurous Spirit as I MARCH FORTH into the UNKNOWN to me, but not to my CREATOR!    

Things happen when, how & where they are meant to happen...and when you carefully look back in your life experiences you WILL "see" this.  You will be able to then "foresee"  with  greater insight from the past NOW, in the present NOW, to the future NOW... NOW!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought

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Monday, February 8, 2016

GUNG HAY FAT CHOY!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!
It's a BEAUTIFUL pre-Spring morning, I'm just going to call it "FORWARD" RIGHT NOW! I am ENJOYING memories of the past 6 months of international travelling & living, the church bells echoing through the Prenzlauer Berg area of Berlin, and listening to Philippe Jaroussky, an AMAZING French countertenor.  It is a LOVELY day I am living TODAY... RIGHT NOW!  

RIGHT NOW truly is ALL THERE IS and it is WHOLE, PERFECT & COMPLETE, it has everything I require in it already.  I let the day UNFOLD as it already is!  As the TRUTH of these WORDS resonates in my mind, body and soul, bringing a smile from deep within me to my face, and again, as I experienced the other day... I AM "IN" LOVE!  
It is wonderful to finally be FREE from the "thought producing experiences" I developed long, long time ago about BEING IN LOVE, and shying away from Valentine's Day.  It is afterall a holiday created in someone's mind which the collective consciousness embraced, and has come to symbolize LOVE for a lot of people... "some that got and some that not", including me. I FORGIVE myself for believing that perception, and NOW I have the freedom to CELEBRATE LOVE and BEING "IN" LOVE whether it's one day called Valentine's Day, or not!  

FORGIVENESS is a form of LOVE, either way... LET THERE BE LOVE ON EARTH & LET IT BEGIN WITH ME and YOU

"GUNG HAY FAT CHOY"  HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR of the MONKEY, 9th sign in the Chinese Astrology ABUNDANT NEW BEGINNINGS!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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Sunday, February 7, 2016

I AM "IN" LOVE...

I AM "IN" LOVE
February is the month of LOVE celebrating the holiday Valentine's Day.  In years past, I would shun this holiday as I had no one "special" to call my "Valentine", and received very few cards in school.  Those unfortunate experiences have haunted me to date...BUT today I have a NEW perspective!  

I AM "IN" LOVE!  When I said that to myself out loud the other day "I am in LOVE", I heard myself and realized that I am "IN" the experience of LOVE. I said this in regard to the inspiration that comes to me in meditation and prayer, my photography, my writing, my decorating, my cooking, my designing, listening to my favorite music while I work on my creative projects...everything CREATIVE that I ENJOY doing... I AM IN LOVE!  

I LOVE WHAT I DO, I LOVE WHO I AM DOING WHAT I DO, and the RESULTS OF WHATEVER I DO, THEREFORE I AM "IN" LOVE!

It's AMAZING the feeling I get from the expression and experience of this REVELATION.  I believe it further enhances everything I do, and I derive an even greater ENJOYMENT in the doing.  

Make your FOCUS WHO you are, and WHAT you do, LIFE will take care of the HOW, and the rest will follow!  The HOW and WHEN will reach whoever is to benefit from your doing, ultimately the sharing of  you...  BEING "IN" LOVE! 

Oh, btw, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY... every day!

Richelle D. Jones...  Life Coach for 'Leading Edge Thought'

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