Many times along our spiritual path we may be distracted by sources that are trying to take our focus off of our purpose. These sources will also try to sway us from our connection with GOD. It is when these sources come into our lives that we must remember that we are divine children of GOD and that GOD has a purpose for us and will intervene in our life as necessary. It is at the times when you feel distracted and off track that you must reach down deep inside an reconnect with your inner divinity and become an action taker. I have found that listening to songs like this one from Styx helps to serve as a reminder that we are all looking for our way in life. As we begin to find our way we start to attract peace, love, joy, and prosperity into our life. When we awaken to our purpose we begin to achieve things that others only thought were impossible. It is when we find our calling that we can become the change we want to see in the world. In an effort to find our way we must connect with GOD, Jesus, our angels, and the ascended masters as they will guide on a path that brings harmony, bliss, and abundance into our lives. It is when you are shown the way and follow the messages by taking action that you will find a sense of fulfillment in your life.
In finding my way I have found that oracle cards like those from Doreen Virtue and Sonia Choquette are very helpful in assisting me to tap into my inner divinity and keeping me centered, focused, and grounded as I continue on my path of spiritual awakening. In following the messages of the cards I have come to have a deeper understanding of my purpose thus allowing me to evolve personally, professionally, and spiritually. It is when we utilize all the tools in our spiritual tool box that we are better able to make the mind, body, soul connection that will propel us to the greatness which is our birth right.
Imagine for a minute that life is made up of one big spiritual party consisting of GOD’S Great Dance Floor. The truth is that you can turn your life into one big spiritual party by becoming more aware and awake as you live your life on purpose. As you commit to become an action taker you will find that you are tapping into your inner divinity more and more and using your divine guidance system which will allow you to attract peace, love, joy, and prosperity into your life. You will find yourself breaking free from the shackles that are imprisoning you and creating blockages when you begin to dance on GOD’S great dance floor. When you begin to treat life as a spiritual party you will find that bliss and abundance come into your life.
During your spiritual party you will want to praise GOD as he has allowed you to remove the chains of bondage and thus now you can dance like no one is looking and give GOD the glory for the life that GOD has helped you to manifest. If we truly praise and thank GOD and do everything to glorify GOD we can host the best spiritual party ever. The people who attend our spiritual party will be so filled with the power of spirit that they will step into their power and achieve greatness by spreading positivism and kindness to all that come in contact with them. As you host your spiritual party remember that it is is important to spread your wings and follow your heart.
There will be people like Sammy’s Boss who try to stop your spiritual party. It is important to not listen to them and to spread your wings and fly to heights that you never imagined. It is when you begin to spread your wings and step out of your comfort zone that life becomes a spiritual party. When you create your own spiritual party and understand that you are free to create the life you desire while being guided by GOD you will grow personally, professionally, and spiritually.
As I watched the news, which I rarely do these days as it is fretted with negativity I thought the solution to the world’s problems are simple as it all boils down to getting everyone on board The Love Boat and seeing that we are more alike then we are different. It is a matter of becoming an action taker and making love and kindness part of your daily routine. It doesn’t cost any money to be kind and helpful to one another. If we stop for a moment and stop playing the blame game and commit to being loving and kind in all we do our world will become a giant love boat. It is through the spiritual awakening process that we grow and begin to understand that we are all divine children of GOD capable of much love. I have come to live by a principle first taught by Mother Teresa which says if you can not do great things do small things with great love. In doing so you will find that you start and continue to attract peace, love, joy, and prosperity into your life. It is when we make love one of our core foundations and adopt love songs as anthems that we can all board the love boat and reach the heights that GOD has in store for us. In showing love and doing something as simple as smiling at someone you will create a ripple effect that spreads kindness and increases the flow of positivism thus enriching people’s lives. I have come to understand that when we board the love boat we must also carry with us and implement The Four Agreements as taught by Don Miguel Ruiz.
In practicing and teaching others these agreements we can begin to come alive and change our world. When we are committed to making a positive difference in the world we can bring people together and a s a result our communities become stronger. If we start to realize that the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations and understand that we are all our brothers keeper we will see a positive change in our world that drives out the negativity and as a result our world becomes a better place one person at a time. Many say it is impossible to bring people together because of all the hate that has been festering for years. I say what about all the love that has been given over the years. What if instead of watching the news and all the so called reality shows you turned off the TV and went out and interacted with people and showed interest in them and did what you could to help them. Think of how great this would make others feel and how great you would feel knowing that instead of complaining and pointing fingers you were a lifter and as a result your personal, professional, and spiritual life was improved.
As you awaken spiritually you begin to see that living life as a spiritual warrior is what your were meant to do so as to shine a light that will illuminate the world. In becoming a peaceful warrior whose actions are filled with love and compassion you grow personally, professionally, and spiritually. In understanding the idea that you must stand for something or you will fall for anything you begin to strengthen your ability to make a mind, body, soul connection. In taking action to be a spiritual warrior you set things in motion that will attract peace, love, joy, and prosperity into your life. In becoming a spiritual warrior and living like a warrior you start to see that the outcomes you are getting in life are related to the energy you are bringing to the tasks you are performing.
Mother Teresa once said if you can not do great things do small things with great love. Mother Teresa was a spiritual warrior who impacted many lives and taught us many lessons of love and compassion. Mother Teresa taught us that each day we can start over and light a fire that will burn bright to light a path for others to walk so that peace, love, and understanding become the way of the day. It is important that we light the flames of hope of healing and keep them burning by becoming peaceful spiritual warriors who share peace, love, joy, and prosperity with others.
Spiritual Awakening: GOD’S Knocking, Are You Answering?
Just as GOD answers the knock on his door we must answer the knock of GOD at our door. This part of the spiritual awakening process is very important as it helps us to act upon the message that GOD is sending and thus allows us to take the proper action to further our quest to create a oneness consciousness that will propel us to step into our power so as to achieve greatness and shine our light so bright that the entire world is illuminated. I am always amazed at how many times GOD knocks on my door and I am not aware or I am not awake or enlightened enough to move with the message. How many times do we go about our day to day lives in the human existence and we do not take the time to sit in reflection and hear the messages that GOD is sending us? How many times do we get caught up in the what ifs that we do not act on these messages? How many ties is the message right in front of us but we are so distracted by other things that we miss the message?
I was at The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton and I was introduced to speak about the mission of relay and The American Cancer Society and I stated Hello I am Jonathan JDOGG Lederman and I am on a Mission from GOD. Since that moment things flowed well at Relay. later in the day I delivered a presentation for The Survivors/Caregivers Ceremony and when someone came up and told me what a great speech I replied I am but the messenger GOD gave me the words. Aa I acknowledged GOD I began to remember the idea that when two or more are gathered in GOD’s presence he is there. GOD is with us at all times and when we acknowledge him some amazing things happen.
This has become very evident as today (5/6/2015) I have received 2 calls about emceeing events. One came from someone I worked with several years ago and the other from someone I reached out to about emceeing events a few months ago, As I continue to answer GOD’s knock on my heart and understand the messages that he is sending some great things are unfolding. I have created a habit of acknowledging GOD daily and showing gratitude and as a result he keeps knocking on my door and I continue to answer.
I receive Conversations With GOD from Neale Donald Walsh on a daily basis. These daily missives of God Wants You To Know have helped in my spiritual growth as they serve as a great reminder that I and all those I come in contact are part of something much larger than ourselves. Today this is what I received:
I believe God wants you to know…
…that you can live a charmed life, and that there is a
formula by which you can make this work.
Here is the formula: You can live a charmed life by
causing others to live a charmed life. That is, be the
source of ‘charm’ — of charming moments and
experiences — in the life of another.
Be everyone else’s Lucky Charm! Make all who you
touch today feel ‘lucky’ that you crossed their path.
Do this for a week and watch things change. Do it
for a month and you’ll be a different person.
Love, Your Friend …
Neale.
When we become the person that makes others happy we begin to grow and flourish and thus we create a better understanding of our spiritual calling. In being like Prince Charming and taking action to pursue our goals and dreams with a sense of passion and purpose we set in motion awesome vibrations that resonate with those who can assist us in achieving our vision. When we throw caution to the wind and say regardless of what may happen I am going for it. When we are grateful for the opportunity and detach from the outcome and just simple let things flow we generally achieve a greatness that we could never have imagined.
The other day I went to www.nike.com and through NIKEID designed this sneaker to wear at my Relay For Life. The right side says BEAT and the left side says CANCER. As I was discussing the sneaker and showing people the photo I got the idea to contact NIKE and suggest they make the sneaker available to the general public. Today I took action and called NIKE Customer Service and told the lady about my idea to have NIKE Produce and sell the sneakers and give a percentage of the proceeds to The American Cancer Society Relay For Life. She loved the idea and said she would buy a pair. She took the information and said she would forward it to the right people. She gave me the world headquarters number for NIKE and guess what I called it and was put through to The Community Impact Person. I left her a message. LIke Prince Charming has his quest and pursued it we must have our quest and pursue it with relentlessness as we can achieve our visions if we take action and eliminate that which is holding us back. People may have told me that I was crazy and NIKE will never go for this. My answer is you don’t know until you take action and ask. Look inside and ask yourself what is it that is stopping me from taking action. My mindset was what is the worst NIKE will say, we are not interested. You never know until you take action.
When you are like Prince Charming and have a goal in mind and take action to reach that goal the results are incredible. I was on FACEBOOK a few weeks ago and I reached out to Doreen Virtue for some products to use in a Chance Drawing for my Relay For Life and she referred me to her publicist at Hay House.I emailed the publicist and the publicist ased what i was looking for.My answer was anything you can send. About a week later there was a package at my door with over $800 worth of Doreen Virtue Products. I did the same with Dr. Wayne Dyer and Louis Hay and they send items. I asked Serena Dyer and Sonia Choquette and they sent items. The idea is to be like Prince Charming and seek the connection. When your vision is clear and the blockages are removed it is amazing what can happen. Again ask yourself what is stopping you from pursuing your quest.
Spiritual Awakening: Ways to Be Like Prince Charming!!!
Eliminate Fear by facing everything and rising. Do not allow doubters and naysayers or the negative self talk hold you back. Be a warrior and embrace the adventure that awaits on your spiritual path.
Live with abandon and put you trust in GOD and you will be guided along your path and closer to achieving your vision. Do not allow what others think or say hold you back.
Remove the shackles and break the chains that may have imprisoned you in the past and stopped you from moving forward in your personal and professional life. Praise GOD for the talents he has given you and use them to achieve your vision. Each day break the chains and say today I will step into my power and achieve greatness then watch what happens.
Never Give Up!!! Jim Valvano delivered a moving speech at The ESPYS as The First Recipient of The Arthur Ashe Courage Award that teaches us valuable lessons to help us be like Prince Charming.
Spiritual Awakening: JDOGG’S Gift To Help You Be Like Prince Charming!!!
Spiritual Awakening: 2015 A Year Of Growth And Expansion!
At 12:00 AM on January 1, 2015 I declared 2015 as The Year For Growth and Expansion. As we are now 27 days into the year I can say that my spiritual growth and expansion coupled with personal growth and expansion is well under way. I had a chance to re examine the way I was doing things and how I was blocking myself from expanding and growing. As I sat in reflection this morning I thought how many people reading this entry are experiencing the same feelings I am that may be holding them back from becoming an action taker? I then realized that there are certain tools being placed before me to help me in my desire to grow personally, professionally, and spiritually. A great example was the gifts my brother and sister-in-law gave me as the tea helps me to relax along with the candle and the CD that I bought with the gift card they gave me. With the utilization of these 3 I have been able to relax and reflect while making some adjustments to the way I do things and in the last 3 weeks I can say I have noticed changes. I now realize when I am not at my best and can accept that and make adjustments accordingly. I have begun to be cognizant of what serves me and what does not serve me and as a result have been able to improve my life by continuing to make a mind, body, soul connection. As I have written about detaching from the results I have learned that all I can do is put certain things out their and allow for GOD to bring them to fruition. I have learned that through the spiritual awakening process there will be those who do not honor commitments and who will let you down. When this happens detach from them and separate yourself from them. A new anthem I have is if that person can not bring joy, happiness, and prosperity to you then it is best to cut the chords and never look back.
When you decide to grow and expand a key element is to commit to not looking back. So many times we get caught up in the might have been, the could of been, or should have been that we hold ourselves back from the growth and expansion that awaits us. It is important to not look back but at the same time not to look that far forward so you can be in the moment and allow things to flow to you and from you. If you want to have growth you must seek growth and then help others to grow.If you want to have expansion you must be willing to expand and then help others to expand. I have found that after I sit in reflection and make an effort to let go that life improves. A great reminder is that everything is in divine order just the way it is meant to be. To make 2015 a year of growth and expansion I recommend that you eliminate the might of been, could have been, and should have been attitude and accept what is and if you do not like it look to GOD to help you change the situation.
As 2014 fades in the rearview mirror and 2015 begins to appear in the windshield I think of the most important lesson learned through the spiritual awakening process in 2014, Let It Go!!! The greatest action we can take is to let go of people and things that no longer serve us. As difficult as it may be to severe relationships that no longer serve us it is necessary if we are to move forward in a positive direction of our goals and our dreams thus allowing us to develop spiritually. In letting go we release negativity that may have created blockages in our personal and professional life thus allowing us to be open to receive more positive experiences in our life. Sometimes we must take a serious look at the people we associate with and see how they enhance our life and what they are doing to lift us. In looking at the people we associate with we can see a lot of ourselves and if we see flaws in them we can look at those flaws as a reflection of ourselves and do something to improve our own flaws so that we can continue to evolve spiritually. Recently I had a situation with someone who committed to making a donation to The American Cancer Society Relay For Life and when asked for the donation he got all defensive and told me via the phone it is out of my hands I lodged a formal complaint against you with The American Cancer Society. I told him are you friggin kidding me over $18.70 when you are the one who made the pledge. This is someone who was pointing the blame on me say I don’t like your attitude instead of seeing where he contributed to the problem. I was upset that he forged a complaint and then thought really I have raised $1564.82 so far for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton and have garnered many accolades over my 15 years of fundraising that they will most likely take it from where it came and we will turn the page and move forward. I know I will more than make up for the $18.70 that this man didn’t donate simply by sharing http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogg2 and having people make donations. In bringing it up here for the last time I am able to let go and put my energy into the positive things that people are doing for The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton.
In letting go of the negative and focusing on the positive like the product donations from Doreen Virtue, Louise Hay, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Serena Dyer, Michael Neil, Sonia Choquette, Joyce Meyer, Lisa Eva Gold, and World Wrestling Entertainment I have been able to shift my energy and improve on my vibrational field so as to attract more positive results in my quest to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Spiritual Awakening: Trick Or Treating With A Purpose!!!
As I awoke today I was given a message on this Halloween to Trick Or Treat With A Purpose!!!! Though I am 49 years old and a little bit old to go door to door I answered this call from my spiritual guides and began to post the following message on Facebook and Twitter, TRICK OR TREAT Instead of candy I am asking everyone to visit http://main.acsevents.org/goto/jdogg2 and donate to help those affected by cancer. I put it out there and detached from all expectations and decided to just let it flow as it may and understand that those meant to donate will visit the site and make a donation. As I continued through the morning posting this message I received the message to go to Starbucks like I do each Friday but instead of giving out hugs today hang a sign that says Strike Out Cancer Today and to dress up as a baseball player and to play the role of relief pitcher. I made a sign on my computer and went to Starbucks, where I am now writing this entry from. Again I am detaching from the expectations and just allowing things to flow and those that are meant to come my table will do so and make a donation and any money collected will be more than I had when I started. The idea is to use the resources we have to Trick Or Treat With A Purpose Today!!! We have a great opportunity to spread our message and to shine our light so that the entire world becomes illuminated.
Imagine there is a knock on the door and as you hand out the candy you hand out sheets with bible verses on them as well. If not bible verses perhaps affirmations or quotes. This will allow you to share your spiritual awakening with others and perhaps help people to either get on a spiritual path or to continue on their spiritual path, You may get some blow back by taking this action to share your message. Another great thing to do is to hand out messages from the ascended masters and explain that Jesus is an ascended master. In using Halloween and trick or treating as a catalyst to spread the word you will be trick or treating with a purpose.
During the spiritual awakening process while we become action takers it is important to answer the question how is your flow? As you get more and more in tune with your body and create a oneness consciousness you will experience great changes in your personal and professional life. As you adopt positive mantras and utilize principles of positivism you will be able to analyze when you are flowing with positive energy and when you need to repel negative energy. As I am out in the community on a regular basis I encounter many people who should be answering the question how is you flow. as they are in a negative state and thus not prospering the way GOD intends them to. I also meet people who are so positive in their flow that they are being held in GOD’s favor and experiencing the prosperity that is their birthright. We all control the energy that we attract and project. The energy you give off comes back to you 10 fold so through out your day ask yourself how in my flow. If you feel it is at a lower level and you are not vibrating at a level that will create positivity into your life take some action to become more centered and grounded. Remember the energy you bring to anything will determine your flow. If someone begins to become negative to you simply state your thoughts and then go in a direction that will create a more positive environment for you.
Spiritual Awakening: Tools to Help Increase Your Positive Flow!!!
Quotes are great tools and reminders to help us get into a positive flow as we continue to spread our message. Remembering that those ready to receive our message will come to us so we do not have to force our beliefs on anyone.
“The electric energy which motivates us is not within our bodies at all. It is a part of the universal supply which flows through us from the Universal Source with an intensity set by our desires and our will.” ~ Walter Russell, The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe
“Genius is Omniscience flowing into man.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles