Where is your FOCUS?

So I am very new to meditating...in the official and positive way, I should state. I can be a worrier. A really good one. I can work up all sorts of scenarios and what if's and work myself up into an extraordinary and powerful tizzy that not only impacts me but those around me. It has taken me awhile to realize that worry is actually a form of meditation. And if I am FOCUSING all my energy thinking negative thoughts that make me feel anxious or angry or fearful, I have the power to change what I think about and what I FOCUS on.

As part of my intenSati training, creator Patricia Moreno asked us to spend 30 days meditating, using Wayne Dyer's Meditations for Manifesting as a model. I dutifully set my alarm to make sure I could do at least 10 minutes every morning. With a houseful of kids and family, it is not always easy to find time or space to quiet my FOCUS. Some mornings, my meditation would take place in my walk-in closet with my iPhone! But I kept at it because it did not take long for me to realize what an incredible tool Patricia had recommended. Breathing and saying the sacred "Aaaahhhh" sound for even just ten minutes every morning has done a lot for my mind and me.


The practice of intenSati and meditation has help me to dramatically change my FOCUS. As the current intenSati series says, "Today, I choose, what I want to see. I FOCUS on the best and leave the rest." By choosing to FOCUS on the best in any given moment, my life is filled with more peace and joy than I thought possible, especially while I am going through a divorce. I choose not to dwell on sadness or anger or blame, but rather on gratitude, love and the strong belief that I am right where I need to be and I am responsible for every moment leading up to this place and time in my life. I need not worry about the future. Instead, I choose to FOCUS on today, this very moment.

I choose

to FOCUS

On the good

I desire

I am grateful

I have faith

What I want

Is on it's way

"Today I Choose" intenSati series


Where is your FOCUS? What changes can you make in your life so that you can design the life you want and DESIRE?

Mindfully yours,
Cristina
www.satilife.com for more information on intenSati

Unshakable FAITH - Do you have it?

This month, the affirmation for the intenSati class I was taking with Lisa Van Ahn, talked about "unshakable FAITH." I like to think I have it, but evidence shows me that my "unshakable" FAITH has a foundation made mostly of shifting sand and not strong stone, as I would like. It is something I am working on: holding onto FAITH regardless of "evidence" to the contrary. I try to make sure I hold onto thoughts which support my vision of how I want to live my life, primarily as someone who is loving and giving. As the mother of four, that FAITH is tested constantly!

This recent work in progress has made for some interesting discussions, primarily with my son. The other morning he woke up very tired and very crabby and declared it was going to be a shitty day. I gently reminded him only if he believed it to be true, which, obviously he did. He had very strong FAITH about what horrible day it would be and nothing would deter him. So much so, that he yelled at me for my "positive mood" crap. I was also resolute in my FAITH that his attitude would not impact my day. I did as best as I could.

This example is just a garden-variety every day type of FAITH. At Lisa's class the other day, she told an incredible story of FAITH despite strong evidence to the contrary. The person she talked about was her own mother. Now, I have seen her mother at several of Lisa's classes moving and shouting with gusto. So I was truly shocked and moved to tears as Lisa told the story that her mother, Beth Pederson, had been wheelchair bound not soon after being diagnosed in with Multiple Sclerosis in 1990. That diagnosis does not usually lend itself to optimism or unshakable FAITH. But Beth never wavered in her unshakable faith that God would heal her. Nor did her community at her church. Seeing Beth in class is truly inspiring and a great testament to holding on to that "unshakable FAITH" - NO MATTER WHAT.

You can hear her incredible and miraculous story of healing here.


http://sc.fhview.com/sc_customplayer/seriesitems/1/118898

The date of the interview is 04/13/10

Do you have "unshakable FAITH"? And if so, FAITH in what? Because we all believe something and that something is what guides our lives, for better or worse. What type of FAITH do you choose?