Feed Your Spirit With Joy Not Food

The best and most effective weight loss plan in theand philosophy. The words, the images, and the
world is happiness.prayers were just tools. They helped me connect to
When we are full and radiant, we hold more LIGHTmy Spirit. So don't focus on the how-pick anything that
inside. We are enlightened. We've Lightened up!appeals. It's our intention that creates the alchemy in
Have you ever heard the saying, "As within soour lives and leads us toward the magic. Over the
without"? This means, "What we feel in our inner worldcourse of the next year, I lost 50 pounds.
moves to its expression in our outer reality." That's aBut that's not all, I completed a book from start to finish
Universal Law.and my intuition opened up in a beautiful and
Years ago when I started my daily spiritual practice, Icrystal-clear way. One of my favorite affirmations
was prompted to dive in, after being stuck for moreduring this time was, "I am unburdened." As mothers,
than a year in a serious funk. I was overweight, irritablewives, friends, daughters, and women, we naturally
and bored with my life. Yet, I did not know where tocarry the weight of so many people. It's no wonder
start, to change my daily experience. I only knew themany of us are heavy inside and out.
depth of my restlessness and private misery.This practice is so simple, yet so powerful. It creates
Around this time a friend recommended a book on theamazing results. When we focus on Light in prayer
Law of Attraction. A reader's digest on this subjectand meditation, we feel more joyful, more peaceful
states our everyday thoughts and inner dialogueand more loving. This means we are able to hold more
create our present reality. For example, if we areLight. Our Spirit is enlightened. So we naturally lighten
negative, then we are magnets for negative events,up! We lose weight and release negativity in all of its
people and thoughts. Conversely, if we are positive,forms: relationships that no longer serve us, old
enthusiastic, and focused on success, we become anthoughts, and worn-out ideas. The spaces created by
irresistible magnet for every thought positive weletting go are eventually filled by the positive ideas and
project. This is also a Universal Law.dreams we are affirming everyday. This is another
The best way to measure the vibration of yourUniversal Law: "What we believe, we receive."
current thinking is to use The Law of the Mirror. It goesIn terms of our body image and our relationship to
like this: every encounter, conversation and relationshipourselves, this is a beautiful practice--with guaranteed
is reflecting back to us our personal truth. If your bestresults. Focus on your ideal image. Ask Spirit to help
friend is calling you everyday to complain, guessyou become this higher aspect of yourself--easily and
what--you are a complainer, too! If your spouse iseffortlessly--now. Spend a little time every day
critical, you are critical of him, or of life, or yourself. Ifcreating moments of joy in your life. Talk a walk, pick
your friends are loving and patient, then you're lovingflowers, dance and sing as loud as you can. Do
and patient. Our relationships are true mirrors of howsomething to celebrate the gift of your life. When you
the world really sees us.do this, you immediately magnetize the quick result of
This is a big one! Once we really start to digest themanifesting everything you have affirmed.
depth of this truth, some of us see ourselves clearlyAllow the Universe to say yes to you. Affirm that you
for the first time. What is your mirror saying to you?love the world and the world loves you. Live
Do you like what you see? Are you in need of aoutrageously in your bold statements and feel the
make-over? The best make-over starts from thesurge of positive energy it creates immediately in your
inside and moves outward.life. Diets, weight loss and calorie counting are all forms
When I began my makeover, my friends wereof negativity. When we practice this we are focused
complainers and liked to gossip; so guess what, I wason less: eating less, weighing less, being less. That's
seeing a part of myself I wanted to change. It waswhy they don't work. Go to the final goal - the intention.
part of my inner magnet and it was wreaking havoc inWhere is your destination? It can be an ideal weight, a
my world. My entire life, I've been interested insize, Or in another area, like a new job, or a relationship.
spirituality and studied with a wide variety of teachers. IJust create the image of being in this end result right
would read the books and listen to the CD's, but Inow. See it, feel it, taste it and believe it.
never committed to actively engaging in my personalGuess what! You have already achieved it in this
spirituality on a daily basis. This was the key I neededmoment. Now follow the steps you are guided to take
to unlock the prison of negative thoughts andin your daily meditations and affirmations to connect to
experience.this new reality for you. Joy, Love and Spirit will bring
With renewed focus and determination, I committed toyour life into balance the moment you choose to
a daily practice of meditation, affirmation and prayer. Itembrace them. So give yourself a big hug from the
was not about religion but rather spirituality. I usedUniverse. It loves you!
prayers and philosophies from every tradition, culture