Are You Living Consciously?

March 3, 2009 by Inez Bracy · Leave a Comment
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The Inez Bracy Show: Living Smart and Well on Monday, March 2, Gorgeous For God, was all about awakening and living life fully.  Living in this fast paced world, we sometimes forget that we create our reality.  Whenever we spend time running hither and yond, we lose the power of being present.  We have ONLY this moment!  Too often we spend time in future thought (worrying) or in past thought (remembering) that we lose the power of NOW!

My guest, Lisa Natoli, Gorgeous For God, talked about how she used A Course In Miracles to begin her journey of conscious living.  Surprisingly, as many of us do, Lisa took two years to really fully engage in using the information to change her life.  As humans, we pride ourselves on being logical thinkers.

Therefore, we often think ourselves right out of living consciously because we question every thing!  We’ve been taught that asking questions shows intelligence, and of course we want to show up as intelligent being.  Choosing to live consciously allows you to stop questioning and be in the flow.

Using A Course In Miracles is just one of the tools you can use to begin your awakening.  There are many self help books to help you on your journey of allowing yourself to let go and BE.  In addition, having a Life Coach to help you embrace the information and get through “growth spurts” is a major step in living consciously.

What are you doing to be light and love today?

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Gone With The Wind

January 27, 2009 by ibracy · Leave a Comment
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I must tell you that I’m not a movie buff.  In fact I rarely watch movies on TV and it’s even more rare for me to go to the theater.  So this weekend, I surprised myself by watching three movies!

Last night I went to the newly renovated Athens Theater to see Gone With The Wind.  By the way, today is the seventieth anniversary of the first showing.

As I watched the movie, I paid close attention to Scarlett and how she got what she wanted.  There was no question that her love for her homeland had no boundaries.  She would do anything to keep the land and make it profitable no matter what.

Scarlett showed a ruthlessness and compassion.  She showed compassion to her pregnant friend (Melanie) even though she was in love with Melanie’s husband.  Scarlett was of the opinion that she was beautiful and irresistible.  Her mind would not allow her to accept that a man she loved could love someone else.  Now, I must give Scarlett credit here, she never told Melanie about her feelings!  This brings to mind that Scarlett was very proficient in practicing deception.

Scarlett’s ruthlessness and deception were evident when she married her sister’s fiance under false pretenses.  She needed the money to pay the taxes on her land and this was the most expeditious way she knew to get it.

I would venture to say that there is a bit of ruthlessness and compassion in each of us.  Think about a time when you set your goals and  made up your mind that you would achieve it “no matter what.”  Now think about how good you felt, and the joy that you exuded when you achieved your goal.  It didn’t occur to you that you were behaving ruthlessly, all you knew was that you were working to achieve your goals.

Now, think of a time when you showed compassion.  This was a time when you gave freely of your time and energy to support someone else.  You were there for your friend even when you could have been doing something else.  So now you were ruthlessly compassionate!

Being ruthless and having compassion are desired qualities to help achieve the goals you set for your life.  It’s up to you which one you choose to use the most often.

Which will you choose?

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