Deep Listening To Connect!

"When we meet things, looking for the life they hold, we tend to listen and receive. We tend to engage and join. When we meet things as lifeless and inert, we tend to observe and manipulate. How we move through the world depends on whether we view everything we meet as self-contained or as containing all of life. If I see a stone as merely an object in the way or as some weight I can use, I am drawn into a limited plane of living that is governed by problem solving: this piece fits here, this one does not, this piece will help me get over there, this one is in the way. Being so strategic may shorten my to-do list, but it doesn't open me up. With no sense of how things are connected, I may move things along without ever being touched by life." - Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways To Listen

OMG... as I read and reread this writing by Mark Nepo, I felt a tug at my heart! How many times in my life have I treated people like the stone in his passage? This one fits here, this one does not, this one will help me get over there, this one is in the way. Many many times till I lost count! Forgive me for I was asleep in the past! It all makes so much sense now why I used to have trouble building meaningful relationships with others. And the feeling I used to have that there is something amiss in my life.

Connectedness... To connect with someone or something that we perceive to have a life of its own. That allows us to listen and receive, engage and join this life-form, be it a person or a stone, at a level where life breathes and lives. When we hold that perception, something within us reignite. Because it has a life of its own, LOVE pours out within us. We intuitively behold this person or thing with love which in turn brings with it compassion and peace. At this level, it is impossible to hate or kill or mistreat the other.

However, if we hold the perception that the other is lifeless or inert, or it doesn't have a life of its own (yet), the tendency to manipulate kicks in. For example, a parent may perceive that her child is too young to have a life of its own, may attempt to force her beliefs onto her child with the pretense that she is protecting her child for the child's sake. A team leader may perceive that those she leads are too inexperience to make a wise decision, may attempt to manipulate the discussion and decision making process.

Are you connecting in life? I wasn't in the past and now I'm making every conscious effort to listen deeply to connect. This helps me to be more alive and brings me more joy, love and peace. May you find your connectedness within.

Love Always,
Gladys

Befriend Your Feelings!

Before I begin sharing what I feel today, allow me to Thank the Universe for watching over those who are grieving for their loved ones who have just moved over to the spiritual realm. May they find peace and comfort knowing that their loved ones are currently in the great care of the Creator.

What is the first thing that come to you when you heard or read about the tragic news of MH17? PAUSE right there! Be very truthful to yourself. Was it a question that popped up in your mind? Or was it a feeling that swelled your heart? I don't know about you, but for me, it was an immediate tsunami that took over my entire body. My heart sank to the rock bottom before it burst out with an upheaval of deep sorrow. Feelings... oh... so much feelings... that it took me a long while before I could continue my day.

What about you? Were you knocked down by a question bolt? For example, "Why MH again?" Do not get me wrong, as there is no right or wrong here. I would like to bring you a different perception through this unfortunate event. Many of us were trained or conditioned from young to be analytical, to function from the mind. Hence, I won't be surprised if you were one of those who had a question that popped up in the mind first. With this questioning from the mind, many were unable to feel fully as they were disconnected from their heart. Though they did feel later, however, the feeling would not be as deep if there was not a question in the first place. This, I would call "The Safety Net" that one places around one's heart in order to safe guard one's vulnerability. The effect is suppressed feelings. Over time, these suppressed feelings if not fully released, blocked one's ability to fully live and appreciate life. And long term suppressed feelings could develop into all kinds of dis-eases.

Befriend your feelings! Feeling your feelings is the only way to release them. There is no right or wrong feelings. They are just e-motions (Energy in Motions) and they come and go. The faster we allow ourselves to feel our feelings, the easier it is for us to let go. The longer we hold the feelings within us, the weirder our behaviors will get. Learn to express your feelings in a safe way without invalidating yourself or others.

The more you feel, the more authentic you are! Stop hiding behind your Safety Net. Live your life fully and bravely!

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Love Always,
Gladys

Intelligence is Dangerous!

Good food for thought! There's a very fine line between Intelligence and Knowingness. Intelligence is man made. Knowingness is through the Divine. When Knowingness arises within us, it is only human for us to digest it, integrate it and reflect it in a form understandable by man, hence the birth of Intelligence. Yet it takes a genius to ingest incoming Intelligence, be it in the form of writing, painting or any art forms, to transcend the "formed intelligence" into a Knowingness. This act demands our openess of our heart and mind!

Next food for thought... You are a Genius! We are all born geniuses! Don't believe me? Take a look at babies or young children. Watch how they play and learn. How amazing it is for a young child to master a language just by watching his/her environment?

Since we are all born geniuses, if you do not feel that you are a genius now, something must have happened to "de-genius-tize" you! Could it be something that you were told when you were young? Something like you are not as smart as your siblings or cousins or friends. My favorite question for people is, "How many number 1 are there in a class of 40 students?" Ya... ONLY ONE!!! It doesn't take a genius to answer that question, does it? (Haha.. pun intended!)

Are you willing to reclaim your Genius quality? If you are, start opening up your mind. Let go of all your past understanding of how things are or should be. When you slowly open up your mind, your heart will begin to open too. And miracle happens once your heart and mind are open.


Love Always

Gladys Lee
Breathworker/Success Coach

http://glad2serve.com/
http://www.facebook.com/MasteringTheBreath

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

Just when I thought I have learned all that I need to know about LOVE these past 7 years, and it's time for me to move on to ABUNDANCE, the reality of Universal Truth whacks the hell out of me again! OK, You win! :-D

It sends me straight back to basic one more time... Yes, for those of you who have been traveling on the path of evolution (or spirituality if you prefer to call it), you will fully empathize with what I'm saying here. The basic fundamental truth of the Universe is LOVE! How does one make love out of nothing at all? The song by Air Supply played vigorously in my ears, seemingly attempting to jerk me out of my self-constructed fortress. The voices in my head said righteously, "You have done all that you could!", "There is nothing more you could do now!", "Go, there's on more love here!", "Love yourself first!", and they just got louder and louder.

Thanks to a dear friend who spoke with so much love and thanks to a sharing on Facebook (besides Google, Facebook is the next awesome creation!), I see light again!

"How I stand in the world, does not change overnight.
The roots of the family tree go deep, and I must dig to see the light."
- by Tom Kaypacha Lescher

After spending much quiet time connecting with my inner self, the balance was restored and peace returns. I choose LOVE. How does one make love out of nothing at all? Because...

I Am Love and I Love!

What is love?
Love is not a feeling
Because a feeling comes and goes
Love is not an action
Because an action can be carried out without love
Love is not a word
Because word can be manipulative
So what is love?

Love is a quality
Extends from within
From one heart to another
Expressing care, kindness and compassion
Through a word, an act or a feeling
Hence one must harness the quality of love
Within one's heart before one truly comprehend
The meaning of...
I Love You!
- Gladys 8/3/2014 "What is Love?"

Breathe Well, Live Well! 

Flowing With Life!

Flowing With Life!

I'm so inspired by the members of our loving community that I've decided to revive my blog! What took me away for the past 2.5 years? I was very much engaged in building and nurturing my dream community, a family of lovely spiritually-inclined beings who have the courage to leap into the River of Life!

2014 has been a very happening year for me and our community! We have successfully completed a 5 days 4 nights Spiritual Rebirthing Breathwork Retreat in Felda Hot Springs Residence in Perak, Malaysia from 20th to 24th June. This is the very 1st retreat that I facilitated together with the fabulous help from an amazing friend (she is such a darling! more like a sister to me!). Everything was so divinely guided! In this short intense period, we learn and grow together and bonded like a close-knitted family!

2 of them have recently being very active in their blogs and I would like to introduce you to their wonderful sharing.

First, let's take a visit to Daughter Of Earth! Meta has lovingly shared her specially crafted Vegan-Jain recipes with us all. From the pictures that she took, you can easily guess that she is bustling with creativity! I so love her creations!

Next, the Sunny Boy never stops amusing me with his upbeat outlook towards Life! Love Freely, Live Happily, Life is meant to be awesome! I so love to get nuggets of wisdom from Derick's simple sharing!

These recent past, I have learned to fully flow with life. Allowing myself to fully immerse in the current of life and enjoying what life has to bring to me. And Life has been awesome bringing Derick and Meta into our community and into my life! Miracles happen every single day!

Love & Light

Gladys Lee
Breathworker/Success Coach

http://glad2serve.com/
http://www.facebook.com/MasteringTheBreath

Breathe Well, Live Well!