| Inner peace and joy are spiritual gifts. The gifts of Spirit | | | | supports you in being in your open, right brain, loving |
| enter the heart when we make the choices we need | | | | adult state. When you do not accept what is, then you |
| to make to be available to them. What are these | | | | get stuck trying to control that which you cannot |
| choices? | | | | control - events and how others feel, think and behave. |
| PRESENCE | | | | The moment you try to control others and events, you |
| Peace and joy exist in this present moment - not in the | | | | move into your closed, controlling wounded self, which |
| past or future. If you are in your left-brain ego | | | | cuts you off from the gifts of Spirit. |
| programmed mind - your wounded self - you are likely | | | | SURRENDER |
| thinking about the past or the future with a desire to | | | | Surrender to the wisdom of Spirit is the opposite of |
| have control over something. The moment you are out | | | | living out of your left-brain controlling ego wounded self. |
| of the moment with a desire to control, you cut off | | | | When you open to learning with the Guidance that is |
| access to the spiritual gifts of peace and joy, as well | | | | always with you and always all around you - the |
| as to the gifts of love and truth. | | | | Guidance that is both imminent and transcendent - you |
| GRATITUDE | | | | know that you are never alone. You receive a true |
| The heart needs to be open in order to receive the | | | | sense of inner safety when you open to being guided |
| gifts of Spirit. Nothing opens the heart faster than deep | | | | by the wisdom of Spirit rather than by the learned |
| gratitude - gratitude for your life, your soul's journey, for | | | | knowledge and programming of your wounded self. |
| the body your soul lives in, for the food you eat, for | | | | FAITH |
| friendship and caring, for shelter, and for anything else | | | | As you open to your Guidance and begin to receive |
| that you are blessed with - eyes that see, ears that | | | | the gifts of Spirit, you are able to move more and |
| hear, arms, legs, health, and so on. Being truly grateful | | | | more into faith that you are truly not alone - that what |
| for your particular blessings opens the heart to the | | | | we often call God is here always supporting you in |
| gifts of Spirit. | | | | your highest good and always manifesting your |
| COMPASSION | | | | thoughts and beliefs. Faith that you are loved and that |
| The opposite of compassion is judgment. When we | | | | you are in co-creation with God supports you in |
| choose to judge others and ourselves, our heart | | | | thinking the thoughts and taking the actions that open |
| closes and we get stuck in our wounded self - our | | | | you to the gifts of Spirit. |
| left-brain programmed ego mind. Judgment cuts us off | | | | TRUTH |
| from the gifts of Spirit, while compassion opens our | | | | Choosing to live through accessing the truth that |
| heart. | | | | comes from your spiritual Guidance, rather than from |
| It is not enough to be compassionate toward others - | | | | the lies and false beliefs of your ego wounded self, is |
| you need to also be compassionate with yourself, with | | | | an invitation to all the wonderful gifts of Spirit. |
| your own feelings, your own woundedness, your own | | | | INTEGRITY |
| mistakes and failings. You will feel a sense of | | | | Choosing to live in alignment with the goodness of your |
| emptiness within that comes from inner abandonment | | | | soul - which means living in integrity with your own and |
| when you judging yourself rather than being | | | | others' highest good - is essential for keeping you open |
| compassionate toward yourself. | | | | to receiving the gifts of Spirit. |
| LEARNING | | | | CONSISTENCY |
| When your mind is open to learning about truth and | | | | While many people choose the above some of the |
| loving action toward yourself and others, you are open | | | | time, few people make these choices most of the |
| to receiving the love, truth, peace and joy of Spirit. | | | | time. Yet openness to receiving the peace, joy, love, |
| Choosing the intent to learn rather than the intent to | | | | and truth of Spirit requires consistency in your spiritual |
| protect against pain with addictive, controlling behavior | | | | practice. When you consistently, moment by moment, |
| is essential for receiving the gifts of Spirit. | | | | make these choices, you will discover the deep inner |
| ACCEPTANCE | | | | peace and joy that are your birthright. |
| Accepting what is regarding people and events | | | | |