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Namaste ~

How each person sees the world through their eyes is highly dependent on their attitudes to life itself.
Listen closely next time you are having a conversation with a friend, colleague, or family member. You will probably notice that their own personal experiences of life will either expand or contract what they perceive of situations. This is hugely evident in people who have suffered a lot of trauma, either as a child, or as an adult. Trauma can relate to abuse, life-threatening accidents or illnesses, or now days even extreme financial hardship.

Some folks are more adaptable than others when life throws them a curve ball. Personality can play a big part also in how a person copes with sudden change in life. The one who is always looking at the bright side of life and refuses to be 'beat' by circumstances, is the one who will dig even deeper for that inner-supply of strength. Unfortunately, the ones who have always grumbled through their lives have not discovered the vast amount of spiritual energy that they can harvest when they allow peace to enter their lives so that the energy within can be utilised.

We see the opposites of personality in our everyday lives, from the shopkeeper who always greets you with a smile, to the complaining neighbour who is constantly whinging about life and how useless everyone and everything is ! A stark contrast between the two : the shopkeeper has created a happy environment for his customers and therefore attracts more sales and profits; the constantly whinging neighbour will always see the world as a dark, unfriendly place which reflects their own attitudes.

It is so true that the more positive we are about our own life, the brighter the world looks. We are projecting a positive attitude through our thoughts and actions. This sets up a clear path to enable life to continue in the way it is meant to for our own particular journey. It may not always turn out the way that WE had planned, but it sets us up with the inner-strength and right outlook to handle those unexpected curve balls should they find us. We can't always control what happens in our life, but our attitude towards life and ourselves gives us a good foundation to face the world with the strength we know we have, within.

                                          *~* Blessings of Light and Peace ~ Tara *~*

http://tara-spiritualinsights.blogspot.com.au/

Make Yourself Irresistible
by Deepak Chopra ~

When you exhibit positive and negative qualities, you are not flawed; you are complete. When you are comfortable with your shadow, when you embrace your shadow because this is how the infinite consciousness made you, then you are attractive beyond measure, and your life is an adventure. You are natural when you are comfortable with your ambiguity, and nothing is more beautiful than being natural.

When you are comfortable with both your strengths and weaknesses, you radiate simple, unaffected humanity. This is the essence of being lovable because you are not subject to behaviors that drive love away. You do not constantly look for approval by getting caught up in thinking: What do others think of me? Am I superior, am I inferior? Do people like me, or do they dislike me? You don’t constantly compare yourself to an ideal that doesn’t exist. Your ego doesn’t say to you, “I’m not good enough. I’m not pretty enough. I’m not handsome enough. I’m not rich enough.”

If your experience of yourself is object-referred, it is fear-based and resistant to what is. If your experience of yourself is self-referred, it is love-based and accepting of what is. Self-referred people are natural and unaffected by the opinions of others. They are innocent, simple and childlike. Thank you, God, for making me just like I am. I have good things, and I have bad things; I have all things in me. I am complete. Self-acceptance, total self-acceptance, means self-forgiveness. When you forgive yourself and stop judging yourself, then you won’t judge others, and there will be less conflict in the world.

All relationship is a mirror to the self. Identify the qualities that attract you to others, and the qualities that repel you. Write them down on a piece of paper. This is who you are. And if you accept yourself as you are, and love yourself as you are, you become immensely attractive because you are natural.

Adapted from Power, Freedom, and Grace by Deepak Chopra (Amber Allen, 2006).
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/make-yourself-irresistible.html

Hi Every-One ~

Today I wish to share, through my own experiences, how to say Good-Bye to Fear once and for all !
All emotions hold a certain frequency, and it can be high as in Love, or it can be low as in Fear.

Fear is an emotion that can set up home within your world and take over your life, your views or concepts on anything, and generally keep you in a lower frequency. A lower frequency is very slow and keeps one stuck deeply in a third  dimensional world where sickness and difficulties reign supreme!

What we fear the most in our lives often turns up at our door. Meaning - we 'can' draw it to us. Of course, this is
speaking about general things in life like not having enough to live on, not being able to take care of self, any way of living that impacts us in debilitating ways. All of whch I speak of does not include what Governments do to make our lives miserable, or more miserable than they already are. What I speak of is personal issues.

After going through the experiences for several years which my own fear manifested for me, I see now that a lack of faith in a higher power than my physical self was to blame. I drew the lessons to me and they were extremely harsh, and at times life-threatening. I used them to learn. I stared fear in the face, grabbed it by its throat, and strangled it once and for all !

Any emotional attachment, like holding onto fear, takes up space within our Being. Our emotional-body will carry it  within our aura. It has taken up room where faith and love within Oneself should be. Once the lesson has been learned, the emotional body can then begin to heal itself. Love and faith can then reside where fear once lived.

After clearing the emotional body of fear, one's frequencies can rise and energy can then get through to heal the physical.  Living in a higher frequency puts one above the lower energies of fear, hate, anger and comparing ourselves with another.

It also allows the higher energies to supply us with our needs through guidance coming from within, where our soul can speak to us. Having the strength to face fear and replace it with love is one of the biggest lessons one can learn in life.

Have a Peaceful and Relaxing Weekend ~ Tara

Frozen in time: Photographer gets up close and personal with icebergs and glaciers

Tim Vollmer, 41, and partner Marketa Kalvachova, 32, spend months every year travelling to and braving freezing temperatures to shoot the amazing sights of Iceland.

Yahoo! News UK – Mon, Nov 12, 2012

Yahoo! News UK - Spectacular: Photographer Tim Vollmer said 'no two icebergs are the same' (Caters)
They are the spectacular phenomenon which loom large in some of the Earth's least hospitable areas.

Now the majestic beauty of Iceland's biggest icebergs and glaciers has been captured by a brave photographer, who spent months taking these remarkable images.

The stunning series of shots show the variety in shape, size, and colour of the glistening ice on the European island country.

Tim Vollmer, 41, and partner Marketa Kalvachova, 32, spend months every year travelling to and braving freezing temperatures to shoot the amazing sights of Iceland.

This captivating image shows the ever changing appearance of glaciers (Caters)

And due to the ever-changing appearance of the ice they insist they never get bored - because they will never come across the same iceberg more than once.

Photographer Tim, from Germany, who organises workshops to the region said: "Marketa and I moved to Iceland in 2005 and we instantly fell in love with the snow and ice.

"We became fascinated by the textures and tones. Every day we go out to shoot pictures the light, formation, shape and colours are completely different.

"The lifecycle of the landscape creates unbelievable sights. All these images were taken over the last couple of months but if I went back now they would look different.

Photographer Tim said the colours in Iceland are 'unlike any others in the world' (Caters)

"It's an adventure everytime because there is always something new to photograph.

"Some of the colours are so spectacular I don't think you could see them anywhere else in the world.

"We first started taking images to capture the place we were in for the memories but now we want to highlight the beauty of the ice and show others what makes them exciting.

"More and more we find ourselves going out to take photos - it's a special area for us."

Secrets of Spiritual Happiness
Enjoy Being You

How great you are, and how great your life is. Open the windows, take a brisk walk, breathe deeply, and relish the most basic and beautiful experience of being alive. Even if you have a challenging life, make a decision to appreciate yourself, and to fully enjoy being you, with all that entails.

Don't wait for other people to appreciate you first - it rarely works that way. If your happiness and self-worth are dependent on what others think of you, well then, you're in a precarious position, aren't you? Simply decide that you are wonderful, faults and all. Stand by yourself with love, and from there, you'll also be better able to make positive changes and improvements in your character, actions, and life circumstances.

Consider how you feel when looking at someone you have a crush on, or with whom you're falling in love. Even their faults are cute - at least for a while. You may love the way they play with their hair, or the way they walk, talk, or dance. You may like the way their mouth moves when they're thinking, or how they get quiet when their heart is touched. Or if you have a child, you may delight in how they behave a bit mischievously at times, or how they are curious and like to get into things. You may see the sun reflecting on your child's hair, and think that this must be the perfect angel of God sent down to bless you - at least during the best moments.

Well, you can also love yourself this way. You can appreciate yourself, have a crush on yourself, and view yourself with loving eyes. You can learn to chuckle away your shortcomings, and to find positive interpretations for how your lacks may be helping you to grow, or perhaps for how they may be helping others to grow. You can love being you, just as you are, while still striving to grow into an even greater image of possibility. You can notice the styles you like, and appreciate your individual taste and way of being.

Many times, we may find it easier to focus on someone else's life than our own, so this secret of spiritual happiness is asking us to also pay attention to ourselves, in a positive way.

This doesn't mean that you have to become an egotistical narcissist. People may be afraid of being criticized for paying attention to themselves, because they don't want to be judged as self-absorbed. Certain "political correctness police" seem to think that you should never talk about yourself or think too well or too often about yourself. However, don't let their judgments deter you from focusing on yourself in the right way.

After all, if there is one thing you've got in this world, it's you. You are the divine light of creation, shining through as a very interesting tale - the story of your life. Whether you choose to share your story publicly with others, at least you can read and enjoy your own story.

                                          Relish being whoever you are, and you'll find

                                  contentment and spiritual happiness in every moment.

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By Sharon Janis
http://www.spiritual-happiness.com/sosh4.html