Joy ~ Creating the Life Your Desire!

By Marilu Wilson Peña

11-06

 

 

Joy! Did you know that joy is a natural state? Did you know that when you feel balanced, peaceful and allow the love that is you to flow, joy will be the feeling of the energy in your physical body?! There is a feeling of lightness and freedom within our body. Do you remember it? Do you remember the feel of the smile on and the warm softness of your heart? Do you remember the feeling of laughter and the connection to unlimited opportunities, unlimited potential? Re-member.

 

I trust that you do re-member, for it truly is you! In fact you are never separate from it.  When you don't feel joy, you simply have chosen to place your attention on other places than your joy.

 

If joy seems to be 'eluding' you these days, here are some tips to assist in helping you re-member the joy that you are and create a life you desire!

 

You are infinite! Your natural essence is pure and infinite! What does all this mean?  You hear and read these words, but does the understanding still seem to escape you? Simply put ~ you are more than your mind and body! You are infinite. Your energy/spirit/essence, whatever word you wish to choose, runs for eternity beyond the physical body and its mental processing.  Simply knowing this allows you to expand your perceptions beyond the duality of the physical world.  You move back to the peace of your infinite essence that allows love to express and joy to unfold. You feel the connection with all creation, yet know the beauty of your individual expression of love's creation. 

 

You are not your experiences! As infinite essence ~ love ~ you are creating in each moment. All of your experiences are simply that ~ experiences. When you live life from the infinite essence / pure awareness that you are, you are always aware that you are not your experiences. You are far greater than that. Your perspective shifts from identifying with your experiences in duality, the finite physical world, to pure essence creating and enjoying the experience from the infinite in the ‘now’ moment. Judgment releases its strong hold and you flow in the joy of experience.  If you don’t like the experience simply choose differently. You are not locked into comparing to the past or worrying about the future. By allowing this perspective, you stay in the moment and your mind shifts and aligns to the perspective of your infinite self/ pure essence. 

Listen to and trust the voice of your infinite essence ~ your intuition. Trust the pure awareness that is heard beyond the analysis offered by the mind. When you slow down and slip into the 'gap' between the thoughts, you are able to receive more clarity about that which brings you joy. In some fashion you will receive direction from your own pure awareness ~ your intuition ~ that will assist in expressing your love and experiencing your joy. It may be a thought, a feeling, a 'knowing,' something you hear, a message from a friend. It can come to you in a song, a book or seeing a message on a bill board. Your pure awareness is always speaking to you and offering opportunities, confirmations, affirmations, gentle nudging, suggestions and support for your highest good! That is why we can trust it! It is always for our highest good. Notice how you feel when you receive the intuitive 'knowing.’ Notice that the inspiration that is coming through feels vibrant, alive, and expansive.  While it may also bring about emotions of excitement and a wonder of change, it feels good, joyful and more like you. That is one key to knowing it is your intuition versus your mind or fear talking. Intuition, the voice of your infinite essence, always celebrates self love and self expression for the highest.

 

Make time for something new in your life ~ When we walk in the same patterns of our daily lives over and over, we make little time for our infinite self to speak to us via our intuition. When we always take the same route to work, have the same schedule through out the week, and the same perspectives about life we don't allow for new things to come into our vision; express through us; or to create a new world as we desire. Be open to doing things a little different when the inspiration of your intuition speaks to and through you.

 

Take time to see things in a different perspective. Take time to see how you assist others in your work or at home beyond the typical, obvious ways. Did you offer a gentle word of understanding? Did you simply listen? Did you share your story of experience and assist someone else in moving along faster, not having to experience the same obstacles as you? Often we are in places where we assist others in our journey of creation that is far beyond the 'obvious,' initial scenario, Even being in the line at the grocery story may have a deeper meaning when you listen to your intuition. Make room for something new in your perspectives and your physical world as your infinite essence is expressed through your intuition and the joy that you are. Something as simple as a smile can make all the difference in your day and the day in the life of someone else. Let your joy be your guide!

 

Take action ~ begin with the smallest step to create your life of joy! It doesn't take a lot to start doing this. Your life won't turn upside down, but you will create and experience more joy. Just start with something as simple as asking "what shirt do I wear today?" The first answer is from your intuition. The next answer is analysis from your mind. Next time you go to a restaurant, order the very first thing that "pops out at you" from the menu. Allow your intuition to immediately 'show' you exactly what is for your highest good at that moment. As you do this with the fun, simple things in life, you will begin to trust your intuition to create a joyful life. As your mind/ego trusts your intuition more and more, you will see how intuition will guide you in the more 'important' aspects of your life. Expressing your passions, work, relationships, family life, all will become more joyful, as you live and create life from the authentic you and your voice of pure awareness, your intuition.

"What's Next?" We invite you to create some time during the week with no agenda, like two hours on a Saturday afternoon, to simply play as your infinite essence. Do you remember play? Begin at the closet as you get dressed and ask, "What’s next?" Go with the first answer you get. Wear whatever comes to you without any logic or having to justify it. Then ask again, "what's next?" Go with it... no matter what it is. Walk down the stairs. Get in the car. Whatever the answer is, go with it. When you reach this next step, ask again, "What's next?"

Continue on in this way and you will be so surprised at the beauty and wonderful experiences that are created. You will experience a flow of life and joy that is beyond what the mind comprehends. It is easy, effortless and awesome! My husband William and I have had so many wonderful experiences by playing 'what's next?' We have received beautiful gifts of art from a gallery in Dunedin, Fl to petting wolves in Sedona, Az. We create life naturally as the infinite essence that we are. "What’s next?" is a joyful way to play with the universe, learning how to trust your intuition and to create a life that is simply awesome! We invite you to play and enjoy life too!

My dear friends, it is December 2006. We are bringing our year to an end and are grateful for all the joy we have shared with you through the pages of new times naturally, our classes and circles throughout the Tampa Bay area, and with our private clients both in person and by phone. We celebrate you in your infinite beauty and the creations that only you can bring through to this beautiful play ground we have the honor of creating here on Earth. We invite you to dedicate 2007 and beyond to the expression of your love, the infinite essence that is you, in the most joyful life you can create.

Remember ~

Your bliss is humanity's blessing!

In loving oneness,

Marilu

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