Creating Love, Peace and Harmony for All Humanity

Greetings and Happy New Year!

I hope that you have had some time to reflect on the last year, express gratitude, and look ahead to the new year. The new year holds great promise and opportunity.

One thing I like to do at this time of year is to look at ways in which I need to transform, and how I can help others do the same. You may deeply desire to help others, too. How can we empower others to heal their relationships, health issues, balance emotions, bless their careers, and more? How can humanity experience more peace in their hearts?

For many people, simplicity is the key. We want to know the most effective and simple ways to transform. I have found that truth is simple, and practices and exercises to create great transformation can be quite simple.

I have always enjoyed singing. Growing up, and even as an adult, almost everything would remind me of a song. 

As I started on a conscious spiritual journey, chanting became a very important practice. I chanted/sang for hours every day. And since I began studying with my spiritual father and teacher, Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, I have learned more about chanting and why it works. My last post described this in detail so I won't go into it here, but I urge you to consider chanting more or, if you do not chant, start. Your chanting service will greatly benefit you, your family, your community, and many, many others. How compassionate of the Divine to give us singing as a spiritual practice!

Everyone can sing. It truly does not matter what your voice sounds like. It is all beautiful. A heart that is eager to serve others is most beautiful and precious.

Master Sha launched the love Peace Harmony Movement in Chennai, India in 2010. Since then, many thousands of people around the world have joined, and have committed to chanting for 15 minutes or more every day. I urge you to read more about this global movement to uplift humanity and create love, peace and harmony for humanity, Mother Earth, and all souls by chanting the Divine Soul Song Love. Peace and Harmony.

Learn more and join the Love Peace Harmony Movement. So many heart-touching stories have been created from singing this beautiful Divine Soul Song. The benefits are literally endless. I look forward to hearing about your experiences chanting this most precious song. It is truly a gift to humanity from the Divine.

Until next time.

With love from my heart,

Master Elaine

Our words, thoughts, and behaviors can create more suffering or uplift others

Greetings, 

This is a very auspicious time of year, when our hearts long for peace and understanding perhaps more than any other time of year. It is a time of inclusiveness and gathering. Of coming home. In our hearts, each of us desires to reduce humanity's pain and suffering. We wish to live in a world of love, peace and harmony.

Many people meditate, do volunteer work, donate their time, resources, and more to help make a difference in their communities and the world. To alleviate suffering. To help make other people happier and healthier. To bring comfort. To bring more love and light to the hearts of humanity.

Our words, thoughts, and behaviors can create more suffering or uplift others. We can make a tremendous difference in the world. We can create and manifest real, lasting change in our personal life and in the world. One of the simplest and most powerful ways to accomplish this is by chanting. Many traditions chant, though they may call it something else. They could repeat a prayer or sing a hymn.

Each word carries a message and vibration. Think of a prayer or mantra, a special sound or phrase that one repeats over and over to bring healing, transformation, grounding, peace, expansion, connection to the Divine or Source, etc. Whether we know it or not, we very likely have a mantra. Pause for a moment to think about your personal mantra. For many people, it is:

I have no money...I don't like my job...My partner doesn't understand me...My son/daughter/car/boss/washing machine/pet/neighbor is a pain in the neck...I can never catch a break...

You get the idea. We become what we chant, so change the message to change your life. Change the mantra. We have the power to change our lives and simultaneously create positive change in the world. How blessed we are!

You can deeply affect and transform your condition, whether it be disharmony in the workplace or family, anxiety or depression, health issues, inner struggles, and so much more, by chanting. At the same time, by joining together with the collective intention to serve humanity and uplift the vibration, frequency, consciousness, and hearts of humanity, tremendous love, light, and transformation will be brought to Mother Earth.

My spiritual father and teacher, Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha received a beautiful and precious gift from the Divine in 2005 to share with humanity. This gift is the Divine Soul Song Love, Peace and Harmony:

I love my heart and soul

I love all humanity

Join hearts and souls together

Love, peace and harmony

Love, peace and harmony

To sing this song is a blessing. To sing this song for 15 minutes per day is a blessing beyond comprehension. To join hearts and souls together to chant in service to humanity, Mother Earth, and all souls is a tremendous blessing for you, your community, humanity, and Mother Earth.

Why is this so? This Divine Soul Song carries Divine frequency and vibration, with Divine love, forgiveness, compassion, and light. Each line of this Divine Song is a treasure:

I love my heart and soul: This is a self-healing mantra. Imagine replacing negative self-talk with I love my heart and soul. This mantra can purify your soul, heart, mind, and body and heal sickness.

I love all humanity: As you sing this, you are serving humanity by offering your love to humanity. Through unconditional service to others, we clear our karma that is the root cause of the blockages in our life.

Join hearts and souls together: This is the Divine's calling; for us to join hearts and souls together as One. No separation.

Love, peace and harmony: This is the final goal of this time on Mother Earth; to create a peaceful and harmonized world. The time is now.

Around the world, thousands of people have joined the global Love Peace Harmony Movement founded by Master Sha in 2010, and have committed to chanting this song for 15 minutes every day. There have been many, many healing miracles from chanting Love, Peace and Harmony. For the third consecutive year, we will be chanting this simple and extremely powerful Divine Soul Song 24/7 from December 8-January 24. Non-stop chanting of this Divine Soul Song for 46 days straight! The power, light, and transformation will be beyond words and comprehension.

For the past two years I have been extremely blessed to participate and lead some of the chanting sessions each day, and they are extraordinary. I also join throughout the day to chant as others lead. I call you to join us to chant. You can learn this beautiful Divine Soul Song very easily. Listen to it here:

I encourage you to join whenever you can, as often as you can. The frequency will continue to increase as the days go on. It is completely free to participate. Register here, and you can join us on the Soul Healing Miracles Chanting Channel. 

From my heart, I cannot encourage you enough to participate in this free service for the upliftment of humanity. Chant for world love, peace, and harmony! You will be extremely blessed.

I love you and honor you.

Until next time.


With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

Dear Ones,

Today I am filled with gratitude, not only for what I have received in the form of spiritual teachings, healing, blessings, and more, but for all that is available to those who are ready to receive.

Our task is to open to receive and to share what we receive in service to others. As we heal and transform, as we raise our vibration and more, we can better serve others.

Open to receive!

Just being in the presence of a high level spiritual master such as my teacher, Master Sha, removes blockages in the soul, heart, mind, energy, and matter (shen qi jing). 

His generosity-in the form of blessings and more-transforms our blockages from our many lifetimes. 

What does this mean? 

It saves us lifetimes-not days, months, or years-of struggle, suffering, and spiritual practice.

Step into the Tao. Join the Tao Retreats.

Looking forward to joining with you.

With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

Gratitude Changes My Life (And It Will Change Yours, Too)

Greetings!

In my last post I mentioned that I would share a practice to develop gratitude.Today we will look at gratitude and how having an attitude of gratitude can transform your life. 

Often you hear people say they are grateful for this or that. You may have noticed that people who are grateful appear to be happier than those who may not express gratitude in everyday life. This is not to say they don't experience struggles and life blockages because they do. But they see them through a different lens. They view all of life-the ups and downs and in-betweens-through gratitude. 

How would you define gratitude? Master Marilyn Smith has written a delightful and powerful book called Gratitude: A Key to Happiness (Toronto/Heaven's Library Publication Corp., 2010). The title alone is a great teaching! In this book, gratitude is defined in this way:

Gratitude is appreciation, reverence, respect and joy          

that is unconditional.

Read that sentence again once or twice slowly. 

Now imagine having appreciation, reverence, respect and joy that is unconditional. Imagine living and expressing this unconditional appreciation, reverence, respect and joy.

Truly, just as described in this book, I have found the way to achieve an attitude of happiness is to focus on gratitude. When you do this, you connect with the essence of happiness, which is deep inner joy. 

You can start now, right where you are, by thinking for a few moments about what makes you happy. If you have difficulty doing this, start with something small. Are there flowers in your yard or a beautiful tree on your way to work? See squirrels playing in a tree? A baby in a carriage on the street? A cool evening? A cup of hot tea? A comfortable chair or a good book? Maybe you don’t think they are special. Look for something. Do this throughout your entire day. These are things you can say thank you for. 

Do this for one week or more. Do your best to pause and be grateful. Truly grateful. And express that gratitude. The more you do this, the more automatic it will become. The more heartfelt your gratitude will be. The more you will live gratitude.

Master Marilyn says to take however long you need to move from not having anything to say thank you for, to noticing something new, to noticing the beauty in the new thing and, finally, being the expression of gratitude, saying thank you. Doing this practice will help you achieve an attitude of happiness. When you have developed gratitude, you will have touched the essence of happiness.

How beautiful is that?

Now join me in a practice to help develop gratitude. If you are tempted to keep reading and skip the practice, don't! Sit up straight and say:

Dear soul, mind and body of gratitude, I love you.

(Everything is made of soul, mind [consciousness], and body [energy and matter].)

Continue:

You have the power to bring happiness to my life.

Do a good job.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Or you could say:

Dear soul, mind and body of gratitude, 
you have the power to change my response to life.

Do good job.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Then chant (repeat) for three to five minutes:

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life...

Close your eyes and chant for three to five minutes now. Do this simple practice three to five times a day, the longer the better. 

So many of the changes we want to make in our lives can be made by simply becoming more aware and more present. And so it is with developing a grateful heart. In each moment, you can become aware of many things to be grateful for. As you repeat this mantra, you shift your awareness and become the quality of gratitude. You are not just saying the words. 

Connect with the mantra. Become the mantra. 

When you chant that way, gratitude really does change your life. 

We become what we chant. What's your mantra? If it's my life is really difficult, what are you becoming? Ouch. Change the mantra to change your life. 

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life.

Gratitude changes my life...

By incorporating this simple practice in your daily life, you could experience huge shifts in your life. And one who experiences and expresses gratitude in daily life is a blessing to others.

Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." What change do you wish to see? Happiness starts here and now, with you. 

Quick! What are you grateful for?

Leave a comment and share your experiences with practicing gratitude. I would love to hear from you.

Until next time.

With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

Meeting the Divine Half Way

Greetings and welcome.

It has been some time since my last post and I want to share a story with you that has had great impact on me. You may have heard this story before. I first heard it a few years ago, and it deeply touched my heart.

If you recognize the story at the onset, I ask you to keep reading. Be open to receive the message that is there for you, for we can hear the same story many times and receive new insights each time.

Here it is...

A heavy storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the river would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.

One man who lived alone heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God. If I am in danger, God will save me.”

As people were quickly evacuating, a neighbor came by and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car. Please come with us.” The man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”

The man stood on his porch...watching as the water rose up the steps. Deeper and deeper. A man in a row boat paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my boat. The waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No, thanks. God will save me.”

The flood waters rose higher and began pouring into his house and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police rescue motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”

The flood waters continued to rise higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.

A rescue helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue person came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man still refused. “No, thank you! God will save me!”

Shortly after, the house broke up and the flood waters swept it and the man away and he drowned.

He got to Heaven and asked God what happened and why he had forsaken him in his time of need when he had such faith. He told God that God had let him drown.

God replied, "My son, don’t you see? It was I who sent you two boats and a helicopter."

*****

The man was waiting for God's hand to scoop him up and rescue him. He could not see God’s hand in those mortal hands that offered help.

God rescues us all the time. It is our responsibility to see those miracles in the making.

You have to meet God half way.

You have to do your part. And that’s where service and Total GOLD (gratitude, obedience, loyalty and devotion to the Divine) come in. That's our part.

If we leave it all to God, what kind of character does that instill in us? The man was expecting God to do it all. He didn’t try to save himself. He was expecting more from God than he was willing to give of himself. In a way, he was testing God. He held a mind-set that it would work a certain way. It would look like this or that. Then he questioned why God failed to serve him in the way he thought he should have.

For me, this story sums up how so many of us choose live our lives. We have faith in God to take care of us, but we ignore so many signs and opportunities He sends our way.

We may think, why am I suffering, I have such faith…why is this happening to me?

Everything is a gift for our own awakening and expansion. We are always and in all ways being tended to in the most appropriate way in this moment.

I believe that the highest form of prayer is that of gratitude. This is so powerful. I pray the things I do will glorify the Divine and serve the Divine's will, not mine, rather than praying for this or that to fulfill my needs. You may find this practice to be very transforming also.

Starting today, do your best to be aware of the gifts that are being sent your way on a daily basis. Some of them may not look like gifts at all. They may not even feel like gifts. Become aware of how you respond to these opportunities. What is the message? You may wish to keep a simple journal.

Thank you for reading. I welcome you to leave a comment. Next time, we will do a practice to develop gratitude. Subscribe to my blog so you don't miss the blessings and practices. 

Until next time.

With love from my heart,

Master Elaine

Love Beyond Measure

Dear Ones,

I would like to share a message that I received from the  Divine that has helped me in times when I felt overwhelmed, upset, or that life was really difficult.

Relax. Open your heart to receive this tender message from the Divine that is meant for everyone:

You are loved beyond measure.

When life brings challenges of any kind, come to me. Remember my name and call it often. I will support you. When you can no longer carry your burdens, lay them at my feet.

I am here for you.

You are not facing the world alone. You are my child. I cradle you in my arms though you cannot see me. I wipe your tears without your knowing. 

You are loved.

You are loved.

You are loved.

*****

Thank you, Divine.

How blessed we are to have the unending support and boundless blessings of Heaven. It is truly a blessing beyond comprehension or measure.

Have you received a similar message of support at any time in your life? I'd like to hear from you.

With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

A Treasure Beyond Words: Divine Healing Hands

Sometimes we are met with opportunities that are like rare gems, and we either recognize them as such or pass them by.

I have done this many times myself; not recognized or understood deeply enough the value of something or someone until it was too late. The opportunity was lost.

Why am I sharing this? There is an opportunity that is available to everyone, and it can help you, your loved ones and humanity in a very special way.

Millions and millions--we could probably say billions--of people are suffering. They suffer from chronic and life-threatening conditions. Many suffer from emotional imbalances, including anxiety and depression, anger, fear, grief, worry, and more. 

5,000 people around the world have been empowered to help themselves and others by receiving Divine Healing Hands, an incredibly powerful healer transmission that has created thousands of soul healing miracles across the globe. 

Divine Healing Hands blessings can heal and transform humanity and create love, peace and harmony for humanity and Mother Earth.

How do they do this? Divine Healing Hands carry Divine frequency and vibration that can transform the frequency of anyone and anything: your health, emotions, relationships, finances, business, pets, and much, much more. This means that you can apply Divine Healing Hands to offer very high level blessings for any aspect of life for yourself and others. Divine Healing Hands are very unique, unlike any other healing modality, and they complement all healing methods, including traditional medicine. 

It is a tremendous honor to carry Divine Healing Hands. I have applied Divine Healing Hands to heal a variety of issues for myself and many others. One recipient's strong desire for alcohol stopped completely after one blessing. In his own words: 

I feel as if I have transformed into a different person, feeling strength and clarity...I have made changes in my life that have helped me with the issues I shared with you. The biggest change is I stopped drinking. I realized that I was always in a fog and it is why I could not see life the way I see it now. And secondly, I now have control of my emotions like I never had before.

All credit goes to the Divine, from whom these healing treasures and blessings come. I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve.

Divine Healing Hands are only transmitted by Master Zhi Gang Sha and his Divine Channels and Worldwide Representatives, of which I am so honored to be one of 34 worldwide. I myself am not holding a training this time, but you can join the global Divine Healing Hands training taking place April 11-13 in one of 26 cities around the world. It is an extraordinary training at an extraordinary time in history. Learn more and apply to join the Divine Healing Hands movement. 

This Divine Healer training program is a rare gem that is too valuable to miss. I know what it has meant to me and to the thousands of people around the world who have experienced healing miracles from Divine Healing Hands blessings. The purpose of life is to serve. Divine Healing Hands have helped me to fulfill this purpose. It can do the same for you. 

Have a blessed and beautiful day.

With love from my heart,

Master Elaine

True Liberation

For many, this time of year is a time of reflection. A time to remember where we were twelve months ago, and look at the progress we have made.

It is a time of new beginnings. A new year! A new year can breathe hope and promise into our lives. I used to approach the new year and say to myself, THIS is the year I am going to straighten out this or that.

I know many of you can relate.

It wasn't until I met my spiritual teacher, Master Sha, and learned deeper wisdom about karma that I began to understand the blockages in my life. I used to wonder, as many do, why do "bad" things happen to "good" people? How is it that so-and-so, who is so gentle and kind, is dealing with so many issues? Why do so many of us continue to make the same mistakes again and again in business, relationships, and so on? Don't we ever learn?

Yes, we learn. Eventually. Hopefully.

Learning about karma was life changing for me. It provided answers to my (above) questions and so much more. Karma is cause and effect. Many people believe what goes around comes around. This is karma. What we put out, through our good actions (and words, thoughts, and more) is returned to us. And what we put out through our less-than-kind actions (lying, cheating, stealing, complaining, taking advantage of or harming others in any way and more) comes back to us as well.

Karma is a universal law. This is good. Heaven is most fair.

In his book, The Power of Soul, Master Sha released a one-sentence secret of karma:

Karma is the root cause of success and failure                      in every aspect of life.

Our success in relationships, business, finances, and more, is related to our good karma. We all have good karma also. Our blockages in our health, relationships, business, finances, and more, is due to our negative karma. There is a spiritual reason for everything. Nothing is random in the universe.

Having this understanding, and learning deeper teachings about karma over the last eight years, have helped me incredibly. I am extremely grateful. I am grateful because once we identify an issue, we can find a solution. A way to transform it. It is much more difficult to go through life thinking that it isn't fair. When we step back and look at the journey of the soul through its many lifetimes, and not just this lifetime, we can begin to make sense out of why things are the way they are. We begin to understand the cause of our suffering. This has been my experience. 

We can transform our negative karma by gaining good karma. We do this by offering good service: offering our unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, sincerity, integrity, and so on. We help make others happier and healthier. There are many way to serve: chanting, helping others, volunteering, donating to charities, and so on. This is very good.

When someone has heavy karma, though, it can take not years, but lifetimes to transform their negative karma. Consider this: our karma is our spiritual debt. When we harm another, we create debt. How is that debt paid? Through our suffering. Through the blockages in our lives. These could be issues with health, emotions, relationships, finances ... any aspect of life. It could take many lifetimes of good service to humanity to self-clear our negative karma.

Throughout history there have been few very special servants with the authority to clear karma. Master Sha is a chosen Divine Servant and Channel. He and his Worldwide Representatives have the authority and honor to offer Divine Karma Cleansing. This service is life-saving and life-transforming.

My life has been not only transformed, but saved, through Divine Karma Cleansing. Many of the struggles I had have been removed. Lifetimes of karma, accumulated through my unpleasant service to others throughout many lifetimes, was removed.

My soul is free. This is true liberation.

To clear karma is to receive forgiveness. It is to have our spiritual debt paid. We are no longer bound to lifetimes of suffering due to our actions from this lifetime and past lifetimes. We could be very loving and compassionate people in this lifetime, but we have all had lifetimes where this was not the case. We have made mistakes. Think about the mistakes we make in one lifetime. Imagine hundreds or thousands of lifetimes. Our beloved soul carries the effect of these mistakes -- our karma -- through every lifetime. And through our suffering, our debt is paid, little by little.

What is it worth to have this suffering removed? Personally, I did whatever I had to do to have my debt cleared. We have physical life and spiritual life. The purpose of physical life is to serve our spiritual journey. Our spiritual journey is our soul journey. The physical journey can be filled with hardship after hardship, lesson after lesson, lifetimes of suffering, when we carry negative karma.

Or our current lifetime and future lives can be filled with promise. With love and light. Only when we are free of darkness (karma) can we achieve the highest levels of enlightenment.

I share this with you today because Divine Karma Cleansing service is ending at the end of 2013. Clearing your karma could transform your life in astounding ways, removing lifetimes of suffering. And it will most definitely affect the journey of your soul. Divine Karma Cleansing is not the greatest gift of one lifetime, but of all lifetimes.

Read more about this opportunity.

One more thing. Millions, if not billions, of people are suffering on Mother Earth. Humanity needs help. The world needs healing. Mother Earth needs more light.  To clear our karma is to bring more light to our beloved planet. The less darkness we carry, the fewer struggles we have, and the better we are able to serve others. Removing our karma empowers us. The less burden our soul carries, the better.

I love my heart and soul
I love all humanity
Join hearts and souls together
Love, peace and harmony
Love, peace and harmony


With love from my heart,
Master Elaine



Start Where You Are

Feeling grateful. Extremely grateful.

Grateful for my spiritual father and teacher, Master Sha. Grateful for loving family, friends, and soul family. For this day and all it brings. For the opportunity to learn lessons as a result of the mistakes I have made. For the indescribable blessings of every day. For the forgiveness I have received for the many mistakes I have made that have caused pain and suffering to others in all my lifetimes.

To purify the heart is to first acknowledge our impurities. Not one of us is perfect. But we can do the work to improve. We can purify our thoughts. We can purify our speech. We can purify our actions, and act with unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, and light.

Start where you are, wherever that may be.

And always remember: you are loved beyond measure.

Until next time.


With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

From Emptiness Comes Everything

Sometimes we learn lessons in ways that aren't particularly painful or challenging. Other times we make great strides in our journey because we have had to stretch and dig deep.

Both ways are good. Both bring more light, direction, purpose, and what I call "texture" to the tapestry of life.

Either way, we have to be open to receive the teaching...the lesson...the blessing.

They are one and the same: the lesson and the blessing.

We can only receive the bounty that is being offered in any given moment if we are open to receive. An open vessel. If we think I already know this, or this one cannot teach me anything, we have lost out.

My spiritual teacher, Master Sha shared that his spiritual father, Dr. and Master Zhi Chen Guo taught the secret to qigong as:

Empty your heart. Forget yourself. And serve humanity.

When we forget ourselves, we become an open vessel. A clean canvas. An empty cup. From the state of emptiness and selflessness we can receive so much more and, in doing so, we can serve with greater love, forgiveness, compassion, and light. We are empowered further. From emptiness comes everything. Tao (nothingness) creates One. One creates Two. Two creates Three. Three creates all things.

I have been blessed beyond comprehension in this life to have not only met and receive teachings and blessing from, but to become a Worldwide Representative and Disciple of a most extraordinary spiritual master on Mother Earth. My most profound realizations and leaps in not only consciousness, but of heart and my soul journey have come from attending Tao Retreats with Master Sha, who is a lineage holder of Kwan Yin as well as top Taoist masters in history, including Peng Zu, the teacher of Lao Tzu.

I am excited and honored to be attending Master Sha's upcoming Tao Retreats in Estes Park, Colorado, November 9-21. Opportunities like this are very rare and we don't know how long they will last.

I invite you ... encourage you ... call you to attend. If you have not participated in the past, I promise you will receive so much more than you can begin to imagine. If you have participated in the past, I promise you will receive so much more than you can begin to imagine. The blessings and teachings will be unlike anything we can conceive of with our logical minds.

Be an open vessel. From here, gain mastery of all things. 

You will experience and receive so much light that blockages could be removed at an incredible rate. You will experience purification of your soul, heart, mind, and body. You will receive and truly experience a Love Peace Harmony World Family. What I have received has been beyond my comprehension. You will be blessed beyond comprehension too.

Join us! Your life and your soul journey will be transformed. Attend in person. If you cannot, join by live webcast. You will be extremely, extremely blessed.

Do you have something you'd like to share? Please leave a comment. And be sure to subscribe to my blog.

Until next time.


With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

Golden Opportunities

I had a sudden realization as I was driving one day. Here it is:

Everything we think, say and do is our offering to the Divine.

What?!

Yes. Further, whatever we think, say and do reverberates throughout humanity, Mother Earth and all universes. Our speech, thoughts and behavior affect countless beings and deeply impact our physical life and spiritual journey.

This may make you feel good. Or you could have a sinking "uh oh" feeling. Or something in between the two. Are you offering love, forgiveness, compassion, light, integrity, purity, selflessness? Or are you offering complaining, jealousy, anger, selfishness ...?

Ouch.

This much I know to be true:

Every day, in every moment, we have the opportunity to transform. It starts with awareness.

I welcome you to share your insights. Leave a comment. And please subscribe and share!

Have a beautiful day!

With love from my heart,
Master Elaine

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Treasured Gifts

One of the most precious gifts I have been given in this lifetime is the opportunity to forgive and be forgiven.

I shared in my previous post that I had a powerful experience of forgiveness many years ago. I held deep resentment toward someone who I felt had betrayed me. My mind kept going over all of the reasons why I should feel this way. Well-intended friends and loved ones agreed wholeheartedly, yet my heart felt so uneasy.

This was a new experience for me, and I was uncomfortable feeling that way toward another being, however hurt I was. I realized that I needed to move forward and, in order to do so, I had to forgive. I could not have inner peace and at the same time harbor this negativity toward another.

But where to start? I wanted deeply to transform the pain and negativity.

Those days I had just begun my practice of devotional chanting. I chanted for hours every night, completely absorbed in the practice. The testing and purification was intense. Having little financial resources, I lost my home. I clung to my practice more than ever.

One evening, no longer able to carry this pain in my heart, I asked the Divine for help.

The answer was immediate and crystal clear: Just let it go.

Just let it go? I had not considered that as an option.

I understood this to mean that it was up to me to hold on or let go. In my heart, in my mind, and from my mouth, I uttered I am ready to let it go.

And the greatest burden was lifted from my being. I was free.