Monthly Archives: October 2016

Abundance Training, Stress Tips

An Introduction to Kindsight

Happy Halloweekend!

This is a wonderful time of year where the weather is spontaneous yet almost perfect, and other holiday preparations are still on a glorious standby.
It’s a wondrous time of partial-costuming and planning creative festivities. It’s also a time to reflect on and appreciate, in many ways, the world around us.

Kindsight, similar to hindsight, is always 20-20. Whenever someone lives their life by looking through kindsight, they’re better able to gauge the realities around them. Plus, they’re automatically better able to perceive nuances and slight variations.
Kindsight literally creates art out of the adage ‘kill it with kindness’ because it’s no longer ‘kill’; it has now become seeing through a kindness filter, and reacting accordingly.
A great approach is practicing kindsight on yourself! You are most deserving of your acceptance, love, and gratitude!

kindsight

Feel free to be silly, be weird, and be you! And, meanwhile, cultivate your version of being kind. 🙂

Have a wonderful weekend, and Happy Halloween!

disney-pump

Yours in Calmness,
Reverend Michelle
revmichelle.com /// facebook.com/coastallilacs

Abundance Training, Connecting With The Spiritual Realm, Stress Tips

Are You A Tech-Addict? I Used To Be…

I was addicted to various forms of technology and social media for years, but then… it dawned on me.

I realized how careless it was expending lots of thought on something digital while forgetting/ignoring many moments of actual daily life !

On Sunday (Oct. 16th) we’ll have a Supermoon! (A super moon is when the moon’s orbit brings it to a point that is closest to Earth & this also coincides with either a new or full moon.) And this month it’s a Full Moon!
According to NASA, when the moon is this close to us “its looming proximity makes the moon appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter in the sky than an apogee full moon [when the moon is furthest from Earth in its orbit].”

supermoon-comparison

It’s the perfect time to work on increasing creative energy-use and also for improving your quality of life, from many different angles. One way to do this is to be more engaged in your surroundings, for the better parts of your day.
What do I mean?
Well,
Do you check social media everyday when you wake-up, and everyday before you go to sleep?
Do you find yourself logging in daily, more than once a day, to check things that happen across ‘social media’ ?
Do you perhaps find yourself checking it at work many times a day?
Do you sometimes wonder for a while about what somebody will say next, or keep hoping for some form of response or encouragement (validation) from those in your e-network?

Now, don’t get me wrong. I still go online often, and I appreciate all of the wonderful things you can learn and accomplish on the internet. Plus, many of my family and friends are international, so it’s indispensable to me. However, I’m talking about the ingrained habit of always having the internet in your pocket. The dangers of forgetting to enjoy the real world and all its marvelous intricacies…

“Electronic Desert”
This is one of those instances where things are actually opposite from what they seem. The above two words imply something sinister, but in all actuality they are quite delightful and illuminating.

weak-wifi

But actually, let’s wander where there’s NO internet connection.
Let’s let the phone die, or leave it in the car, or just put it away somewhere & allow ourselves to explore and enjoy hands-on life…
Let’s expand our minds and allow them to open up even further … adventure in new worlds (even if they’re only just outside our comfort zone/s) … learn new things … and love life more!

Let’s look into each other’s eyes.
Let’s look into peoples’ eyes whenever we’re having a conversation.
And let’s smile, just because we’ve noticed simple pleasures and small miracles of spontaneous timing.

Let’s eat a meal together, rooms away from our phones.
And just be with one another… Tapping into other-worldly realms of interaction and humor, without assistance from the inter-webz.
Let’s observe life and its contents for what they are, and find them intriguing — instead of being an adrenaline junkie, of sorts…
It directly affects your contributions to daily life, since you’re more engaged and positive. You are immediately more connected and harmonious.

It’s truly amazing, what staying & engaging in each moment (or at least many consecutive moments) of life can reveal!
And it makes things happier in the long- and short- runs, because when things in your corner (in real life) get your attention, they tend to flow wayyy more smoothly.

At the very least, incorporate one time daily that you visit an ‘electronic desert’.
Put your internet and phone away and just be. You’ll find the benefits outweigh the initial (uncomfortable) separation.
🙂
Thank you!
Happy Supermoon!!!

Yours in Calmness,
Reverend Michelle
facebook.com/coastallilacs / revmichelle.com

Connecting With The Spiritual Realm, Stress Tips

Meditation To Replace Punishment????

Happy Jewish New Year, earlier this week!
I hope yours is full of amazing times, abundance, adventure, prosperity, happiness, and freedom! :)

An interesting time to discuss how punishment has evolved, culminating in the present time.

Sooo… meditation to replace punishment????

Yes, this is now the trend in some lower-grade schools, as I’ve recently learned.
Instead of detention they have meditation and they teach children how to relax and utilize their own inner calmness.

And they’ve noticed tremendous improvement in these kids’ behavior.
Why ?

Well, it boils down to the reasons why people act out. Usually it’s some combination of lack of acknowledgment, acceptance or otherwise positive perceptions from those around them. Perhaps they feel like an outsider, or they feel as though they have to create their own reality (which might be vastly different from the real world, or even what’s possible to attain).

But, the core issue here is an emptiness where there needs to be a whole-ness.
Meditation techniques help people ground themselves and acquire the whole-ness elements they seek. These techniques also help people better react to situations around them, and become a more positive part of their daily interactions. This is because by creating an environment of calmness and tranquility, meditators are able to detach from the daily world that might be a negative leech in some regards, and see the truth more objectively. Meditators connect with their inner intelligence and to their inherent abilities of inter-connectivity with everything in existence.

Consider it sometime? Perhaps try this solution instead of punishments.
Why not bring something that is proven to work into your daily regimen?

awareness-and-reaction

Start kids and loved ones on short segments of meditation – 5-10 minutes to start. Segue from negative reinforcement to positive reinforcement! The benefits are endless!

Meditation DOs:
— Make sure it’s in a quiet place where the meditator won’t be interrupted or distracted.

— Take away all electronics except to maybe play some music (but not so as the meditator is in control of it, and worrying about messing with the controls).

— Set some sort of alarm so that the person doesn’t feel the need to check the time.

— Start with deep breathing after getting in a comfy seated position with good back support (the latter is from beginners – many advanced meditators prefer to sit freely with no back-support).

— Relax the body in segments, and clear the mind of anything but breathing.
That’s it!

Thank you for being such a positive influence on our world, present and future!

Have a wondrous day, and week! 🙂

Yours in Calmness,
Reverend Michelle
revmichelle.com / facebook.com/coastallilacs