Blissalicious Blog

 

Most days all thrival takes is to keep moving forward. Not two steps forward, one step back. Not looking back.  Just moving forward.  What is that like for you?

For me it is sensing the next possibility for joy... for bliss... for ease... or flow.  Choosing the next action that creates and generates something new and delicious that contributes greater possibilities to my life. Simple!  And what else is possible?

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Over the last few days I’ve had some really interesting experiences of how people perceive the energy of ease.  It seems a lot of people just aren’t willing to choose it!  Every time I see this it spins my head, turns my brain into fairy floss and creates a density in my body that allows me to know it is a lie for me. 

Last week I was talking to someone about a personal situation that has been rather interesting this year and I was quite excited to note that in two weeks I will have removed it from my life totally and that will allow all of the little bits of stuck energy still hanging about to be cleared with ease.  

This person proceeded to impel me with a whole lot of points of view about how I should delve deep into it so I could clear it.  They refused to hear that I could clear it with ease and that once it was done, I would be totally free of that situation… they refused to hear anything except their own limited (from my perspective!) point of view about how I should fix this, not to mention the big blast of judgments they shot at me.  They literally could not hear that ease is possible for me in this situation.  

I almost bought it but the density of the conversation showed me that while this may be true for this person, it is not a choice I would make for myself.  What if immersing ourselves in heavy energy does nothing but intensify it? That’s how it felt to me in the moment… and once I removed myself from that person’s space and points of view, I quickly regained the lightness and joy that I started the conversation with.

WOW!!   What else is possible here?  It was a gift to see how different I have become – by choosing awareness and consciousness rather than all the density of ‘feeling the feelings’ that many spiritual people like to immerse themselves in.  

What if we didn’t have to feel the intensity of things to clear them?  What if change could be feather light and come through like a cool spring breeze, bringing new possibilities and choices in an instant??  

Which brings me to the next fascinating situation… I wrote some copy for a client and included the words ‘with ease’ in a headline.  They asked me to remove it because no-one in their industry believes leadership can be done with ease!  When I look at the energy of that, there is a lot of fixed points of view and value vested in the idea of it being complex and complicated – and this is exactly what creates the exclusion and the limitations that stops the ease from showing up!  

Kinda funny really… what if we give up ‘struggling against’ and creating by force?  What if we could just ‘choose ease’? Could that create a different reality?

So how often do we give up our awareness and our capacity for letting go in an instant to make other people feel comfortable?  What can I say… it’s boring for me to hold onto stuff and wallow through it, hoping that if I stay there long enough I might come out the other side… in my universe it is way easier and way more joyful just to choose a new reality and create new possibilities!  Who said we have to suffer??

And what if we could change the ‘tough’ bits in an instant? The situation may still be there, but your response to it could be completely different… With the insight and love of my totally awesome friends, I have chosen to create ease in this personal situation about a thousand times this year…

So it wasn’t always easy – but in each situation I have been able to create greater ease than I would have if I wallowed in the distress of the situation for the entire time and made it all really significant and meaningful.  Sometimes you just gotta go – "that person is mean, nasty and insane, and nothing I do or be will change that – it’s simply their choice.  Cool… and what else is possible??"

Can you imagine how excited I be that finally the situation will be resolved??? Woohoo!!  Look out world!!!   Would you be willing to have that much ease even under the most challenging of circumstances?  It’s just a choice… (and a little know-how!)

Yeah – I choose for my world to overflow with ease!  I reclaim my space of joy and ease... and I be the awesomeness of me...

And if you choose to - enjoy the 'with ease' conversation on Facebook too -  lots of great perspectives!

xox    Lisa

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At the first New Energies of Business event we shared an Access Consciousness tool called 'Can I have the money now please?'  In this video you'll see what happened when one of our participants used the tool just because  it was fun...



WOW!! How does it get even better than that?   One of the coolest tools Access Consciousness offers is asking open-ended questions which open up the energy and allow greater possibilities to show up.  They are questions that we don’t have to answer!  

When you become aware that everything has consciousness and is willing to contribute to you abundantly, it may start to make you wonder why you are receiving so little?

Here it is… mostly we aren’t willing to ask!  So here’s the question I ask of everything… the trees, the roads, the birds and the bees, people I love, people who drive me nuts… I ask this question everywhere and of everything (mostly I ask quietly to myself unless I’m singing it in the car, otherwise people tend to stare and point!)


So would you be willing to ask that question every time you think about money?  And would you be willing to receive the money when it shows up?  Chris didn’t go ‘it can’t get better than this’ and forget the tool the moment he hit his budget.  He is still asking the question!! What else could be possible in his business do you think?  As much as he is willing to receive…  Questions open the doors, answers and conclusions shut off the energy.

When you join us at New Energies of Business events you get to receive way more than you imagine possible... how does it get even better than that?  The next event is in Brisbane on 10 November 2011... can you afford to miss it?

We would love you to join us in creating new possibilities for your business success :)

Lisa Murray & Simone de Haas

Within this beautiful spiral shell there is darkness and light.  I had a wonderful conversation with a friend this week about how often we keep the darkness hidden away and squashed inside and only allow the light to be seen because that's what we have been told is 'acceptable'. 

Whether we admit it or not, somewhere in our depths, most of us have more issues than Vogue. And we keep them well hidden until such time as they burst to the surface, dripping unresolved emotions everywhere.  As the energy on our planet is in upheaval, so it is within us at this time.  Much is surfacing to be harmonised and resolved.

What could change if we were to start questioning what is 'acceptable' and to start to follow our own knowing?  It seems pretty clear that the traditional ways of dealing with the darkness hasn't exactly created peace and light in the world!!  From that space of clarity and inner knowing we can generate the peace and harmony that comes from resolving or espressing the dark and hidden places that have held us captive until now. 

When we get over the idea that the darkness is 'wrong' and the light is 'right' it opens a door for us to look at both aspects and how they can offer new possibilities.  As the divine feminine energy moves into place and we start to operate from a place of flow instead of force, all of us have the possibility of experiencing how much capacity the darkness has to create a potency in our life that allows greater possibilities to show up. 

This potency is created within us when we make peace with the darkness.  When we know that we have what it takes to move beyond the darkness.  When we have gratitude for the contributions the darkness has made in our life and we are willing to step into a lighter place without a backward glance.

Resolving the darkness is not an invitation to splatter your darkness everywhere all over people through fear, anger, abuse or any other emotion of force... It is an invitation to look at the darkness with awareness,  to remove its power to inflict harm, and allow the insights gained from that process to contribute to a different possibility for the rest of your life.  So what does this mean in practical terms?

Would you have more peace and harmony if you...

• stopped creating friction as a way of proving you are alive and looked for the possibilities of ease and joy?
• focused on what the lightness can contribute instead of what the darkness is not contributing?
• asked the darkness what it could contribute to you if you saw it differently?
• celebrated the darkness and turned on the party lights?
• reviewed everything in your life that is no longer serving you and simply let it go, without having to be 'right' or to explain and justify your choices?
• stopped creating your dreams from a fantasy based on the past, and simply looked at what you desire right now?
• allowed relationships and beliefs that are based in lack, fear and anger to slip quietly away?

I am definitely not suggesting you become a doormat, quite the opposite!  When we allow the darkness to have no power over us, and to contribute the potency it has created within us, we become very clear about what we are choosing.  We set boundaries, we speak up for ourselves and we follow the path that offers peace and harmony, even if we have to climb a couple of boulders along the way.  It is okay to roar!  It is important to be heard.  When you can do this from a space of darkness resolved, rather than the underlying unresolved issue, your potency will not be mistaken as anger! 

Peace and harmony can be created from darkness.  So wherever we see these energies playing out around us, it is up to us to ask 'What energies could I be, do or contribute here that could change this in an instant?'   When we stop contributing to disharmony, much can change... more space and lightness shows up on the inside and the outside!!

As I have followed this process in my own life over the past few weeks and months I have come to see the value in recognising both sides.  All of a sudden we see the 'thing' that keeps us in the spiral pattern of repeating an issue, rather than being able to graciously move into a lighter, more blissful, more joyful reality.  Once we have shone a light onto the 'thing' it can no longer trigger the darkness in us... instead we can wallow in the bliss and sparkle! Simply beautiful!

As we go, so goes the earth.  Every time we shift the darkness we allow more lightness into our beautiful planet.  That lightness both heals and allows for greater transparency in places where there is still unresolved darkness - for us personally and on a global scale... all change truly starts with us!

Have a beautiful Sunday... take a few moments to find some peace within :)
xx
Lisa

Do you realise there is a difference between a fantasy and creating a possibility you truly desire to see in the world?  This short video with Dr Dain Heer gifts you a great tool for not getting stuck in fantasy realities when you would really like to be creating something totally different! 



What would you be willing to see about the possibilities and potentials before you that is not a fantasy that could totally change your life if you would choose to have it?

A couple of weeks ago I had the gift of 4 days with Gary Douglas, Founder of Access Consciousness and wow, did I have my fantasy world rearranged!  I'm so not looking to build castles in the air anymore - it's exhausting!!

Instead I'm looking for the playful creative energy that already exists that allows me to create the changes I wish to see in the world... and that is a totally different feeling to wishing and hoping for something that has no energetic base... that is just a figment of my imagination... we value imagination but what if following the energy of what is possible can actually deliver something much greater than we can imagine?

And you know what else?  When we stop following fantasies and start following the energy of possibilities, all of a sudden there is a whole lot less that is required of us, there is a whole lot more ease and joy and amazing stuff just shows up without us even trying... so how does it get better than that?  Would you be willing to find out??

After all, bliss is simply the energies of love, lightness and joy... so would you like more of that in your life?  It's just a choice to have more consciousness about what you are creating :)

xx Lisa

As those of you who know me will attest, I tend to be impatient.  My mother once said to me 'the problem with you is you want to live your whole life at once.'  And yes... that has always been my point of view... if I've thought of it then I'd like it NOW please!!  What do you mean I have to wait??

The last few months have been a journey of exploring 'right timing'.  I have found that I couldn't force anything, that I have had to be patient way beyond my normal capacity (or desire ;-) lol)... and once I got over the frustration of things moving so slowly I discovered yet another great adventure!

In playing with the concept of flow, I have seen that all I need to do is get the energy of what I desire and then do whatever feels most like that energy each day.  It's like BEing water... follow the path of ease and you'll end up exactly where you need to be in exactly the perfect timing!  There are no mistakes.  There are  no wrong turns...  Always there is the question of what can I create from the space I am in right now?

I have seen this occur over and over and over in the past few months.  Much to my surprise!  And even more fascinating has been to see how, when I stop trying to force anything but simply make the demand for what I require, without having a point of view about whether I get it or not, that the most phenomenal possibilities are showing up effortlessly.

I have come to see this process as a moving meditation of creating flow with ease.  (And for someone who isn't big on sitting still and chanting OM, that is a beautiful thing! Meditative states are found in all sorts of surprising ways!)

So today is a great time to start moving in your own flow.  Unhurriedly, serenely, and with total awareness of what would gift you the most serenity in this moment...  What if time really doesn't matter?  What would you choose today? Could total bliss be on the menu?

xox
Lisa

(P.S.  If you would like some more tips on flow, I have a free e-course and two free chapters from The Mojo of Flow on offer)

I woke up this morning with a head full of stuff... so many little things need attention over the next week and I was having a 'where to start' moment!  Because, actually, I didn't feel like working, I felt like messing about in the kitchen... an earlier trip to the Noosa Farmers Markets had put me in the inspiration zone!

One of the fastest ways to find your serenity (besides breathing deeply) is to do something you love.  So, I made some marinated feta... beautiful creamy danish feta, rich fruity virgin olive oil, and some fresh herbs from the garden... 10 minutes of creating bliss for my tastebuds!

Now I can imagine at least 10 luscious things I can do with this feta... and those creative thoughts are going to keep me happy and serene for quite a while (yes, I'm a food lush - just thinking about the possibilities makes me drool deliriously!!)

And now I'm ready to look at what really does require attention today if I want to have a free-flowing productive week!  So if you are looking for a little more serenity in your day... do the thing that will make you drool love and feel nurtured first... and once you feel more than a little bit happy, go and do the thing that really needs your love in this moment... pure bliss - I promise!!

xox
Lisa

Letting Ani DiFranco lull me into a cool, calm sense of serenity today... lots to do so moving with the flow!



What are your fave songs for riding the flow?

So this week I discovered that an addiction to the Words With Friends iPhone app isn't quite enough for me... now there is Unblock Me!  Oh my darling heart!

This simple game is all about moving the red block through the gap on the right by rearranging the blocks.  I started playing as a way of unblocking my creativity when writing... the simple actions of moving the blocks about creates some sort of natural flow.  How does it get even better than that?

What was interesting to discover as I got progressively more and more addicted to playing, is how Unblock Me is like a metaphor for everything that is blocked in our life!  Here's what I see:

• Sometimes you have to move the red block 'backwards' to make progress.
• Whatever linear answer you come up with will probably not work. Go for the next easiest move instead.
• When you least expect it, the solution appears.
• When you hit a really annoying traffic jam, its easier to start the game again, taking a different route.
• When you come to a conclusion about what the solution looks like you go round in circles and get nowhere.
• It doesn't really matter how many steps you take, as long as you're enjoying the game ;-)
• No matter what the journey looks like, the last few moves are always fast and easy and you wonder why you didn't see the solution sooner!
• When you focus on moving the red block through the hole rather than what's in the way, it's a fast game!
• Some of the hardest looking puzzles can be solved the quickest if we don't take the point of view they are hard. None of it is ever as hard as we think.(Time to stop thinking? lol)
• Mostly we don't have to move nearly as many blocks as we think ;-)
• If we really get stuck, leave that game and go play another, when we come back the solution will be effortless!
• When you go with the flow and play intuitively, solutions appear out of nowhere (love that!!).

I have been talking to lots of people feeling blocked in different ways lately, maybe its time for a whole lot more play in your life??

Somehow play makes our world look completely different. Maybe because when we play, we give up all the fantasies of what things 'should' be... and just allow them to BE? (And when we BE, we can see what else is possible!!)

It's Friday... go play some games and unblock yourself so you can have a gorgeously blissful weekend! 
xox
Lisa
(PS. What's your favourite app for relaxing your mind?  Share in the comments below for the rest of us to add to our addictions please!!)

Today I have a day at home by myself - a rare occurrence and one I'm grateful for - it is rejuvenating for me!  While I did skip off to my brother's this morning for a few hours of easter egg hunts, chocolate hot cross buns, making easter egg paper collages with my niece and nephew and joyful conversation, I'm home now and in a peaceful flow.

Playing with my Soul Coaching cards... here are the messages I received when asking for some beautiful serenity insights to share :-)

Peace...True peace is not static and boring...it's full of grace, enthusiasm and vitality! Serenity is within.  (I'm sure this one was especially for me... I will never think of peace as boring again!!)

Power...Reclaim your inner abilities and divine strength... use your wisdom and grace to bring healing to others.

Acceptance...When you are not in allowance of ALL of you, you deny who you truly be.  There are no wrong experiences.

Inspiration...Creativity and inspiration are a blessing... are we willing to receive stimulating ideas that revitalize us?

Silence...The silent still place within is our source of potency... in the silence our full awareness becomes conscious.

What choice could you make today that could contribute more serenity to your blissful living?
Happy Easter, I hope you have been able to enjoy some serenity and rejuvenation!
xx
Lisa

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