Today (3/25/2016) is Good Friday, marking the day that JESUS was taken to Calvary and was nailed to the cross and his blood flowed down Calvary washing away the sins of man. On Sunday (3/27/2016) many will celebrate Easter marking Jesus’s rise from the grave. As I think about this holiday and the spiritual awakening process I am receiving the same message over and over and that is RISE ABOVE. I ask rise above what and I am told rise above all that doesn’t help others. The big question is how do we rise above?
One of the ways to rise above is to pray and to hear the messages from above and then to take positive action on those messages. It is said that when 2 or more are gathered in his name that GOD is present so find a few people that you can gather with and say a prayer for hope and healing for that which is ailing you.Pray that any blockages that are holding you back are removed so you can rise above and positively impact your life and the lives you come in contact. Remember it is when you do for others that you are rewarded.
When the word buffet is mentioned most people think of food and all you can eat. What if I told you there is an endless buffet available to each of us to partake in that will nourish our mind, our body, and our soul. It is the great buffet of life which includes healthy food to fuel our body, knowledge to strengthen our mind, and a divine guidance system to build our soul. When we begin to partake in the great buffet of life we understand that we are divine children of GOD and in order to praise and connect with GOD we must eat what builds our body up and doesn’t break the body down. It is when we take the action to commit to eating better that we will see major improvements physically and mentally. I know that when I am making better food choices I find myself feeling better and thus I am able to be of more service and value to others. So to start enjoying the great buffet of life I suggest you become aware of what you are putting into body and how it is making you feel.
Sometimes while we are traveling on our spiritual journey we may lose our way and forget our purpose and thus we become disconnected with GOD and we get knocked down. Life is going to hit us hard at times and it is in these times that we must dust ourselves off and get back up again by realizing that if GOD brought us to it GOD will bring us through it. It is when we fall that we must take action to get back up and use the challenge as a learning opportunity. In getting knocked down we should land on our back because if we can look up we can get up. In getting up and becoming reconnected we will see things differently and do things differently to provide for a better outcome.
When we feel like we have been defeated that is when we must reach down deep inside and connect with our inner divinity and stand in our power knowing that GOD wants us to be great and prosperous. In the face of adversity we have a chance to change and to come alive and become stronger physically, mentally, and spiritually. We have the power to change and the opportunities to reach heights in our personal, professional, and spiritual lives that at one time we could only imagine. When we leave our expectations at the door and detach from outs we begin to face everything and rise. By standing up and stepping into our power we begin to move forward in the positive direction of our dreams. It is when we eliminate the false evidence appearing real that we are able to rise to a level of accomplishment that only a few will ever achieve. Over the years I have learned that it is not how many times you get knocked down but how many times you get back up.
As you continue on your spiritual journey and awaken more and more you will find that when you are centered and grounded that you will have a peaceful easy feeling come over you. I have found that to achieve that peaceful easy feeling you must be willing to take action and do some work on yourself. I have earned that you must spend time with those who lift you and encourage you and to go places where you are celebrated not tolerated. It is when you take action that you can awaken spiritually and better understand the concept of creating a oneness consciousness by making a mind, body, soul connection. As you go where you are celebrated it is important to celebrate others. When you are being celebrated make it a point to celebrate others. I have always taught to remember to be kind to the people you meet on the way up as they are the same people you will meet on the way down. It is important to act out of peace, love, and kindness.
It is when we come together for the common good that we create magic and this magi shows up in the form of peace. If we are truly to accomplish Peace on Earth we must first become peaceful. In detaching from outcomes and expectations and doing all things with great love we create a peaceful easy feeling and the world around us is improved. When I was a child there was a song Peace, Love, and Happiness which I first heard while watching The Skipper Chuck Show and it has become a part of my life. each day when I awake I ask GOD to help me in my endeavors to help empower and inspire others and to allow me to be peaceful and loving in all I do. Through out the day there are challenges as some people who you meet for the first time are quick to judge and sometimes say things that are hurtful. Such was the case today when a so called professional told me my work was meaningless. I took a deep breath told him I was sorry that he felt that way. I realized that by leaving and taking and taking the high road I could maintain my peace and go about my mission of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. I took a deep breath when I left and paused to recapture a peaceful easy feeling. As I moved forward with my task I encountered more friendly people who were happy to help. In focusing on the positive encounters and slowly letting go of the one bad encounter I was able to find more peaceful easy feelings.
As poignant today as when it was first released this is a song I turn to so as to remind me that it is important to create a positive loving world for all. It is through our peaceful actions guide by our inner divinity that we are able to create peaceful easy feelings. One fact of life remains and that is that we were not just put here to amass material things we were put here to be of service and value to each other. Take a look deep inside to connect with you inner divine guidance system and then follow your heart and you will create more peaceful easy feelings.
As I left the chiropractor’s office the other day he said now your power is back on. As I got in to my car I started thinking about that and what it means to me in alignment and balanced. I began to realize that when our words are in alignment with what we perceive to be our purpose we have an ability to keep our power turned on. I began to think about all the times that my power had been turned off both literally and figuratively. I start to think of the time when I was without physical electricity for 11 days due to the power being knocked off from the damage due to a hurricane. I remember how relieved I was when the power came back on. I equate that experience to the same experience we feel when we are disconnected from GOD, our angels, and the ascended masters. It is when we realize the disconnect that we can take action to turn the power back on. Through out the spiritual awakening process I have learned that it is important to tale action to keep the power turned on so that you can create a oneness consciousness and thus achieve the greatness that GOD has in store for you. In turning on our power and stepping in to our power we begin to achieve things that we once thought nearly impossible.
When your power is turned on and you are connected in mind, body, and soul you begin to understand that the word impossible when broken down says I am possible. When you embrace the possibilities you begin to find a power that will drive you to new heights and these new heights allow you to shine your your light and illuminate the world. When we turn our power on we experience great things because we remove our stinking thinking and replace it with aromatic thoughts. 9 week ago I began working with a personal trainer and I could only hold a plank for 6 seconds, I weighed 222 pounds and my thoughts were filled with limitless beliefs and my power capacity was low. Today I can hold a plank for 1 minute, I weigh 213.5 Pounds, my beliefs are limitless,and my power is getting higher everyday. It is said that what the mind can conceive, the heart can believe, you can achieve. I have found that when your power is turned on you can do this. In taking action you can turn on your power and thus turn your dreams into reality.
As I sat and actively listened to The Imagine Dragons Song, Radioactive, I began to think how many messages are we missing as we travel along our spiritual path because we are not really actively listening. Through out the spiritual awakening process it is important to remember that GOD gave us 2 ears and one mouth so we should listen twice as much as we speak. As I am out and about in the community working on writing blog entries and places like Starbucks, Panera Bread, and Dunkin Donuts I make it a point to tune in to people around me so that I can be of service and value to others. As I begin to overhear people speaking about different topics I find a way to simply go over and introduce myself as you never know where that may lead. In becoming an active listener you will find opportunities to interact with others and thus move further along your spiritual path as you never know where that interaction will go. On many occasion I have been very successful be it obtaining donations for Relay For Life, by the way my donation page is http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogg4, or securing guests for my TV Show, The Anything Bucket, which airs on www.wrpbitv.com on Tuesday at 6:30 PM EDT, or simply looking for gigs to emcee. The key is to check the ego at the door and not to be afraid of what the person or people you approach will say. In detaching from outcomes and simply implementing a philosophy of some will, some won’t, some waiting, so what, next you will find yourself moving forward in a positive direction of your goals and your dreams.
In following your dreams and becoming an active listener you will find yourself belonging to your city. As a result you will begin to attract the people who will become lifters and supporters who will move you forward in your quest to become spiritually enlightened. This song by Glenn Frey remind us not to forget about our roots and to listen to our heart and follow our heart as we continue to search for our personal, professional, and spiritual identity. In listening to the messages that are coming to us we can began to conceive things in our mind, believe them in our heart, and as a result achieve them. When you sit down and listen to the messages you find that you belong and that you have the power to answer your calling and make positive changes in your life.
Spiritual Awakening: 2016 A Year Of Hope And Healing!!!
As 2015 winds down I look back on the declaration to make it a year of growth and expansion and I realize that so many great things happened for me in 2015 that lead to personal, professional, and spiritual growth. The highlights for 2015 were numerous as I was The Munford Johnson Community Service Award Winner for The City Of Lauderhill, I was an All Star with my fundraising for Relay For Life, I booked many gigs as an emcee, secured PA Announcing and Voice Over Work, and learned that many times in life I was the person responsible for what happens in my life and the importance of not playing the blame game. I can say that in 2015 I grew personally, professionally, and spiritually by becoming an action and paying more attention to the messages I was receiving from GOD, The Ascended Masters, and my angels. In 2015 I became more aware and awake in relation to what I was doing to manifest certain things in my life. I found that I was more in tune with myself and how my energy was affecting the outcomes of projects I was working on. I learned that by following my calling and making changes that I could come alive and as a result make a positive impact on the community. I learned to detach from outcomes and let go of expectations and simply allow things to unfold as they may. As a result my 2015 has been very good. There are 8 days left in 2015 and now I start to look to 2016. I have declared 2016 to be a year of hope and healing.
In order to make 2016 a year of hope and healing I understand that I must make a commitment to transform instead of to conform. If I am to hold fast to my dreams I must check the emotions at the door and truly practice the principles of being impeccable with my word, not taking anything personally, not making judgments, and to always do my best. This will mean taking time out to get in touch with my inner divinity and really implementing the idea of making a mind, body, soul connection. I have already begun to make some changes in my life as I have a personal trainer who is helping me to make a body transformation for me know if we look good and feel good we can do good. I have been very cognizant of what I am eating as I realize that what we put into our body has an effect on what we do and how we do it. I have learned over time that if you are to truly be hopeful and heal you must peel back all your layers and be truthful with yourself. In getting in touch with who you really are you can make incredible inroads to remove the blockages that in the past were holding you back. As 2016 approaches I suggest you take inventory on where you are and where you want to be and then take the necessary action steps to move you forward on your spiritual path.
Spiritual Awakening: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself!!!
Ice Cube made the phrase you better check yourself before you wreck yourself a common part of the pop culture vernacular when he introduced it as one of his rap songs. As I watched the craziness of Black Friday unfold today (11/27/2015) I thought come on people you need to check yourself before you wreck yourself. I saw all types of madness as I went to pick up my blood pressure medicine at Walmart as people were driving the wrong way up and down the parking lot, arguing over parking spaces, and then yelling at employees because the 40 TVs that were available were gone. I started to think about how now more than ever the world need a spiritual awakening. I pick up my medicine and went to my car and the madness escalated as a man was speeding through the parking lot in his jeep. I took it slow and made it over to Starbucks and found a semblance of order as I settled in to write this blog entry and relax. As all the madness was happening around me I took deep breaths and stuck to my purpose for the afternoon, which was to write this entry and to promote The American Cancer Society Relay For Life.
My advice to everyone is that when things seem to be going in a negative direction. Think how can I make it a positive, reflect on what you did to positively impact the situation in the past, and then act. As I walked in to pick up my medicine at Walmart I had already decided that regardless of the actions of others I was going to smile and take everything in stride and laugh at all those who have been influenced by coming from a position of lack and I was simply going to be grateful that I had the ability to pick up and pay for my medicine and that I had the opportunity to go to Starbucks and write to further my mission of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. I made a conscious decision to not buy into any of the negative energy that may be intruding into my life and that I would remain positive knowing that I was taking action to move in a positive direction toward my dreams. As I watched the madness of Black Friday I thought wouldn’t it be great if these people were exposed to spiritual teachings that show that there is enough for everyone and if GOD wants you to have the 55″ inch TV or other material things he will provide in due time. I found it interesting that people got up and managed to be at Walmart at 5:00 AM and can’t make it to church that starts at 10 AM. It was then that I realized there are action takers and excuse makers. I also realized how the media has managed to manipulate the general public and thus a great need for people to get in touch with their inner divinity. I thought what of instead of everyone rushing out to Black Friday they rushed out to help feed the homeless not just on Thanksgiving but all year round or instead of spending on material things they all gathered in nature and planted trees and came together to help one another. What if we stopped focusing on the material things and stated focusing on ways to be of service and value to one another. It is time we check ourselves and leave GREED, GLUTTONY, and SLOTH at the door and start to find ways to bring peace, love, joy, and prosperity into our lives pr we will be wrecking ourselves. It is time to look for ways to spread kindness like visiting http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogg3 and making a donation, holding the door open for someone, or letting someone go ahead of you in line. It is time to stop trying to find happiness through material things and start to find the happiness that resides inside of you.
As the news came in about Paris, Nigeria, Bali, Beirut, and other parts of the world about acts of terror I kept thinking we are all GOD’S children and now is time to show the world that the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations. As I scrolled through my Facebook Page and saw all The French Flags I thought why not a universal peace flag that would encourage people to show love toward one another.
I saw many people spewing anger and saying things like you can not coexist with people who want to kill you. I thought about Gandhi and the quote an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and how important it is to find ways to allow people to simply be who they are and to drive out hate by showing love. If we were to focus on the root of the issue with terror and how it has become the topic of the week we would see that many people are so caught up in proving that they are right they forget about doing the right thing. I then decided to change my focus and started posting positive things and encouraging people to do the same. Instead of just sending prayers to Paris I began to send prayers to the world emphasizing that we are all GOD’S Children. I then went back to the teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz and The Four Agreements.
If we spent more time teaching this and showing love and compassion toward each other our world would be a better place. If we began to recognize that everyone is a divine child of GOD and GOD doesn’t make any junk we could build people up and thus alleviate the many challenges that we face in our lives. In many cases it is hard to detach from the events that are being reported in the media. What if instead of focusing on the negative that people are doing we begin to focus on the good that people are doing imagine how illuminated our world would be. If we could simply come together and understand that we are all GOD’S Children our world would become a true kingdom of GOD while we are here on earth.
When I saw this story about millions of children meditating in Thailand I thought where are the big media outlets to cover this? I then thought wouldn’t it be great if all of us on social media started a movement to profess our love for one another and spread a message that we are all GOD’S Children? On my Facebook feed I have been sharing stories that I have found to be inspiring and empowering.
We can be angry at the terrorists but that anger will not serve us we must show love and compassion toward our fellow humans as well as animals and start to think globally and act locally. Instead of seeing the problems let us actively seek the solutions to embrace the people that come into our lives by showing love. Let us not force our beliefs on anyone and simply understand that as long as we do no harm and make a connection with GOD that things will change for the better.
I found this song and it was fitting that it was performed by someone in The Philippines as I was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer from July 2002 – February 2003 in The Philippines working with at risk youth at a Regional Rehabilitation Center For Youth. It was there that my belief that faith in GOD gives meaning and purpose to human life was reinforced and that I began to understand that we are all GOD’S Children.
A great reminder to praise GOD and be grateful for all the good he has done in my life. It is in honoring GOD and recognizing that we are all GOD’S Children that we have the opportunity to make a positive shift in this world.
It is when we begin to spread love and see that we are all GOD’S Children that we begin to open the channels to improve our personal, professional, and spiritual life. It is through GOD that all things are possible. The next time you see a stranger do not judge simply look up and smile and recognize that they are one of GOD’S children. It is when we all become a shining light for the lord by being of service and value that we create a oneness consciousness that lights up the world.
Remember that you are a divine child of GOD. Stay Positive!!! Peace!!!Love!!! Joy!!! Prosperity!!! Namaste!!!
In many of the spiritual teachings there is one common truth that if you are truly to evolve spiritually you must let anything that no longer serves you go. You must take action to eliminate all things that block you form experiencing peace, love, joy, and prosperity in your life. In many cases it means moving on from jobs and activities that you thought were helping you but in reality were only hindering you. If you are to grow personally, professionally, and spiritually you must be committed to moving forward and not turning back. I have learned many important lessons over the last few weeks. One of those lessons was to truly research who you associating yourself with so as to avoid being taken advantage of in your personal and professional life. I have learned that if you do not value yourself no one else will and if someone doesn’t value you it is time to say to bad, so sad, don’t let the door hit you where the good lord split you and then do not turn back. I have began to implement Don Miguel Ruiz’s Fifth Agreement and question everything. I have begun to peel back the onion and see things for what they are. I have also come to realize that there are many people who will claim to come from a spiritual base but in reality are only using the guise of spirituality to get over on others. I have also learned that when deciding to move on and not turn back it is goof to consult GOD, The Angels, and The Ascended Masters.
Whomever you have a spiritual relationship with call it GOD, Jesus, Spirit, Source, Jehovah, or anything else it is important to tap into your inner divinity and not look back once you have committed to let it go and not turn back. If we look forward and commit to living a righteous life and being of service and value we will see some divine changes in our life that will help to create a oneness consciousness that then allows us to shine our light and illuminate the world. Along the way there will be people who are not as evolved as you who will try to use you for your spiritual gifts not understanding that your spiritual gifts have value. There will be those who pretend to appreciate you but in reality they are only using you so it is important to discover this and eliminate these people as they will not be of service to you in your quest to be a global citizen of the world spreading peace, love, joy, and prosperity everywhere you go. Let these types of people go and don’t turn back.
As the news came in about Paris, Nigeria, Bali, Beirut, and other parts of the world about acts of terror I kept thinking we are all GOD’S children and now is time to show the world that the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations. As I scrolled through my Facebook Page and saw all The French Flags I thought why not a universal peace flag that would encourage people to show love toward one another.
If we spent more time teaching this and showing love and compassion toward each other our world would be a better place. If we began to recognize that everyone is a divine child of GOD and GOD doesn’t make any junk we could build people up and thus alleviate the many challenges that we face in our lives. In many cases it is hard to detach from the events that are being reported in the media. What if instead of focusing on the negative that people are doing we begin to focus on the good that people are doing imagine how illuminated our world would be. If we could simply come together and understand that we are all GOD’S Children our world would become a true kingdom of GOD while we are here on earth.