Creative energies

I  was so happy that I learned how to play the ukulele in a matter of minutes that you have probably seen my Facebook statuses, Instagram photo and maybe even my YouTube video. I was honestly so impressed with myself. 

Just in case you missed it ;) 

What I learned from this is that I am a creative person, I love learning new things and if I am focused enough I can do anything I am interested in. 

Looking further in depth at this it proves to me that as (spirits living as) humans we should gravitate towards doing what we want to do and not what we feel we have to or should do. We do well that which we enjoy and become stressed by that which do not serve us. 

This further solidifies my attitude to working, if it causes unhappiness or doesn't give you a sense of purpose then never stop searching. Never give up. If you want something I believe within us we all have the power to get it, even if a person lives with a debilitating disease or condition we can do anything. 

This quote resonates well with me

“Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible.” 
― Rodolfo Costa, Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes

Meditation and purpose

This morning I went to Lumpini park and had to wait 2 hours to cycle (only allowed between 10am - 3pm), so I had a walk around and ended up sitting down for 2.5 hours and observing nature/meditating. It was the most powerful experience I had in a park. I felt connected to the animals around me.

It made me realise I need to live purposefully, unlike how I've been living over the last couple of months.

It taught me that meditation isn't necessarily closing your eyes and clearing your mind (although that's a good practice), meditation can come in various forms and personally this made me feel the most peaceful I had felt for a while. When you just observe or focus on nature, the bird sounds, fish bubbles, turtles bobbing up and down, lizards climbing trees, etc you gain a lot of respect for these other life forms. I questioned many things in these moments, mainly man's purpose and it is from this that I made the realisation that I have not been living for a purpose. 

I think it is so important for man to slow down, de-stress and appreciate life. Appreciate the body we are given. Appreciate the opportunities we have taken. Appreciate the people around us, even we you don't know them.

I have started to realise many things during my trip around my attitude to others. In the past I have been quick to judge fellow man, but we will never fully understand each other (even you're family) because we are all different, not one person is the same,  not even twins. We're all governed by the cosmic forces and I do believe in astrology, so I have changed my attitude to my fellow men and I think this was an important step in my spiritual progression. 

Sure I have bad habits and I will revert back to them now and again, I may still be too quick to judge on appearance or if I am caught off guard I may react childishly to a situation, but the fact that I have started down this path is a positive demonstration that I am ready and willing to change who I am. 

Life is about learning, progressing and changing for the greater good. I want peace, love and joy to reign on Earth so I will be the change I want to see in the world. 

Life changes

Just when I start getting comfortable I am presented with new information that may change my life forever. 

God knows when I'm ready and it's always when I start feeling relaxed, calm and unchallenged, which mostly describes my life recently. I won't reveal the information yet though until I have experienced it. Just know that if you think I'm extreme now you haven't heard half of it! 

I trust in what I'm being told and I have full faith in the universe. 

My hopes for the future are that you (my readers and dear friends) will take this information seriously and trust in me. 

Make it Monday

Encouragement

I am here to offer encouragement today. I want you to make one change this Monday.

Have you been wanting to go 100% raw or try raw? New to veganism and feeling lost? Perhaps you want to change your personality because you feel low or negative.

I am encouraging you to make just one change. It's rare for a person to change their entire life overnight, but if we don't make subtle changes over time we never make it to our goal.

So if you want to be 100% raw, but are still struggling to cut cooked foods, I suggest you speak to Steven. He's experienced in this area.

If you're new to veganism I suggest that you read as much as you can and watch videos. Then make an informed change in your life regarding it.

I cut out meat, then dairy, then shampoo and anything tested on animals, now I've been doing oil pulling and brushing with bicarb and drinking distilled water. I'm constantly making these small changes daily, weekly and monthly. Once you start you cannot help but to keep making them for an even better, cleaner way of living.

So for Make it Monday, consider what you'd like to change and do it!

Jennifer x

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Think Thursday

Welcome to Think Thursday!

Think about the animals.

Animals have eyes, mouth, nose, ears, heart, lungs, veins, blood, why should we kill them? Example, I'm English. I don't kill Spanish, Chinese, German, Russian, etc speaking people because we don't communicate in the same language, so what gives us the right to kill a cow, pig, sheep, dog, rat, mouse, duck, etc because they cannot speak for themselves in our language? 

I'm sure that if you spend time with an animal before it is slaughtered you won't be thinking "mmm tasty flesh" you'll be horrified you just killed an innocent being for your selfish greed AND their cries will haunt you forever.

Just because it is considered "normal" to eat animals does not mean that it is right. We should challenge our thoughts and our hearts. What does yours say?

When I ate meat, I hated it. I would always visualise the animal on my plate. I imagined the living conditions, especially with regards to chicken, but one thing I never thought about was the slaughter they endured, or the abuse that people acted out on them. 

I wanted to be vegetarian as a child but I am easily influenced by family (well not so much anymore!) and I still kick myself that I only turned vegan THIS year! Although I did reduce my animal consumption dramatically over the last 2 years by having vegetarian dishes when eating out and buying vegetarian food to prepare at home. I just never sat down and thought about it to the extent I have done this year.

My life has changed completely. 

I love my life the way it is now and the only thing I would change is being able to find a way (that fits in with my current lifestyle) to influence others to make this change. Not only is it healthy for your entire body, but it is great for the planet and even better for the animals.

Take this seriously.

Much love

Jennifer x