Reality

We are each the creator of our own reality. The things we choose to focus our attention on are the things that manifest in our lives. Each of us is literally living today our thoughts from yesterday. Unfortunately too many of us do not understand this law. We go about our day being influenced by the energies and focus of what has come before us and that which keeps us fearful and limited in our beliefs and abilities. This is like being taken by a current in which we have no control, and we eventually end up drowning. There is a better way. By changing our thoughts today we can change our reality of tomorrow!

We were meant to be the ultimate creators of our lives, and to live healthfully and abundantly in any way we want! By tuning out all the madness of the world and listening to the guidance system within, so much can be revealed, so much can be created; our purpose begins to come into focus and our fears begin to disappear. All that is not alive for us and that which we do not love begins to seem insignificant and drifts farther and farther from our focus, creating an open space within for the things that truly matter. When we call on our inner presence to show us the way and listen to the often subtle messages we receive guiding us along, the world begins to open up in ways we never believed were possible. Anything is in fact possible, but we must be deliberate in our purpose. Choose with purpose each day the things you want to focus your attention on instead of being taken up by the current of present day madness that is putting so many fearful and limiting beliefs in your head. By taking simple action steps today you will begin to change your reality of tomorrow.

• Cut out the noise that surrounds you, it is not allowing you to think for yourself. Turn off the television and other media sources that only project fear and negativity into your life. Change the topic of conversation when gossip is the focus. Read only positive, uplifting stories that inspire you. Get the facts, and third opinions, before making any decisions about your health. Spend time each day setting your intentions and listening from within.
  
• Focus on the things that matter to you. These are the things that are alive to you, that bring you joy, peace, and inspiration, the things that you love. Thank God/Spirit/Creator each day for those things. Being grateful for something brings more of that thing.
• Set goals, write them down, and act with confidence that they will manifest for you. It has been said that 95% of people who write down their goals achieve them, but only 5% of people actually write them down. The reason that writing down goals works is called the "Law of Attraction" (made popular by the book and movie The Secret). Most people who write down their goals are so clear in them that they visualize and emotionalize what it would be like for them once those goals are reached. They are clear in why they are pursuing the goal and can actually feel the joy and accomplishment that will come with the attainment of that goal. Visualizing and emotionalizing are the keys to the Law of Attraction; these powerful practices speed up the time that it takes to attain the goal. If you actually put yourself in that place of accomplishment, be grateful for it, and then go about your life knowing that what you need to get there will be given to you, the way and opportunity for reaching that goal become clear. Some people call this coincidence, but there is no such thing, only what you attract to yourself by your thoughts and feelings. Focus on the end product (goal) with joy and excitement, write it down, and the way will be presented to you.
  
• Ask your Spirit for guidance. There is a part of each of us that is in non-physical form at all times. This part of us guides us and creates with us that which we want to manifest in our reality. By quieting ourselves each day to ask this part of us for guidance and abundance in the things that matter most to us, we can create a reality that is truly worthy of us. Spend some time each day before getting out of bed, or someplace that you are assured peace and quite for just a few minutes, taking a few deep breaths, and being still while you ask your Spirit to guide you. Listen to the clues that will be presented along your journey.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. ~Democritus

Vegan

Vegan is a lifestyle, a choice one makes for many different reasons. Here are some of my favorites:
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, by Paul McCartney: Click here for video

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another there, and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every single human being, treating everybody, without exception, with absolute justice, equity and respect. - The Charter for Compassion: http://charterforcompassion.org/

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. - Genesis 1:29

When we kill animals to eat them, they end up killing us because their flesh, which contains cholesterol and saturated fat, was never intended for human beings, who are natural herbivores. - William Clifford Roberts, M.D., Editor-in Chief, American Journal of Cardiology

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. " Albert Einstein (1879–1955)

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of “real food for real people,” you’d better live real close to a real good hospital.—Neal D. Barnard, MD, President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.—Pythagoras

It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.—Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.—Elie Wiesel, writer and Nobel laureate (1928–)

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.—Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (1828–1910)

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.—Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (1749–1832)

"The hour strikes in the evolution of every planet and its humanity when they must express the full peace, harmony, Perfection and the Divine Plan of the system to which they belong. When that hour strikes, humanity either moves forward and fulfills that plan, or whatever portion will not come into alignment with the new Activity removes itself to another school room of the Universe, until those personalities learn obedience to life. . ." St. Germain

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)