Pressfield states that “…The moment a person learns he’s got terminal cancer, a profound shift takes place in his psyche. Things that sixty seconds earlier had seemed all-important suddenly appear meaningless, while people and concerns that he had till then dismissed at once take on supreme importance…maybe it isn’t so crucial that he have the last word in the fight with his wife…maybe he should tell her how deeply he has always loved her…what about the gift he had for music…the passion he once had to work with the sick and the homeless? Why do these unlived lives return now with such power and such poignancy?”

Laughlin believes that “..the seat of our consciousness shifts from the Ego..(who we think we are).. to the Self…,” the place from which dreams and intuitions come.
The world is anew. Surface concerns drop away and we suddenly know what is of true importance.

This is Laughlin’s approach: he tells his clients to not only make the leap mentally but to live out there dreams literally. Resume that career once given up, the dream to play music, for example.

And guess what happens? “…cancers go into remission. People recover..Is it possible, Tom Laughlin asks, that the disease itself evolved as a consequence of actions taken (or not taken) in our lives? Could our unlived lives have exacted their vengeance upon us in the form of cancer? And if they did, can we cure ourselves, now, by living these lives out?”

Think about it. Feel it in your heart, and with all your heart. Search your Self. And live your Greater Life. Now.

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August 11, 2009

On this particular day when I got off work, I had this deep desire to get away and be inspired by nature.   So I invited my Mom to go take photographs for inspiration. I grabbed the camera, hopped into the car, and we drove off to Aldridge Gardens, a local residential house which has been turned into a botanical garden. When we arrived at our desired destination, the sky was turning menacingly dark and thunder began to roar over head. For a moment or two, we were filled with despair that the storm might keep us away, but we quickly realized that we could decide our own destiny and keep going. We looked up at the sky and saw a break in the clouds so we jumped out of the car, umbrella in hand and descended upon our photographic journey through nature. The photos turned out fantastic, with droplets of water lightly sprinkled  all over nature. Inspiration can be found everywhere. Even if you are depleted of your creative intuition and need to take a break to get back to nature, you can grab a camera or a pad and pencil and get out there and see what your creative eye can discover. For me, the day brought out some of my most influential work. If I had just given up, I would have missed out on a golden opportunity to connect with nature and my creative spirit.

             Original Photos

Have you ever noticed when a storm is brewing? You sense it, feel it, and even anticipate it. Storms can be powerful, magnificent, and threatening, but they also offer a chance for the earth to cleanse itself of negative impurities. 

When you look up at a the clouds during a storm they tell a ghastly story of turmoil and sometimes destruction, but after awhile, somewhere in the distance there is a break in the clouds where the sun begins to shine through the darkness and it is then that you truly see the light at the end of the very dark tunnel.

Nature can be a fantastic metaphor for your own life. Every so often we have to look within ourselves and cleanse our emotions of issues we have held onto. Much like nature does with storms we must purge out the negativity that is harbored within all of us. For after we have cleansed ourselves can we then find the light at the end of the tunnel. 

Next time you see a storm brewing take a few minuets and look up at the clouds, let the rain be an example to cleanse you own emotions.

By: Natalie Phillips Gregson

  Original Photo enhanced using Photoshop  

Today I spent the day with my baby sister, and while she is 8 years younger than me I always seem to be learning more and more about myself through her. She helps to bring out my inner younger child; she helps me to get in touch with my creative and passionate side. She is and has always been my best friends and one of my biggest supporters. On this particular afternoon we were working on our separate projects of interest and Mary asked me what some of my favorite bibles versus were. As I told some of mine I remembered this particular passage from the bible and I feel it is exactly how I feel for her. It is how God feels about us; it is how we should feel about one another. So this is my prayer for all of mankind those who I know and cherish and those I have not met.

Philippians 1:3-11 (New International Version)

Thanksgiving and Prayer

 3I thank my God every time I remember you. 4In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

 7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. 8God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

 9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

What does “Greater Life” mean to you?
Tell us how you are living your “Greater Life”.

This week’s food for thought was brought to me by surprisingly a commercial. Advertising can be an appealing avenue and sometimes can intrigue the viewer in not only buying the advertised product, but in buying their message. In today’s world it seems companies are not selling just the latest and greatest products and ideas but messages.

That started me thinking about my own personal message, what it is and how I sell it. The inspiration for my thinking was brought to me by a drug company’s commercial and it’s slogan is “…don’t just live life, but  live the life you want…”

How many times do we as a humanity just settle, how many times do we feel we are simply just living life and not living the life we wanted. Is it really that hard to join together hand-in-hand the life lived and the life wanted; and what steps can or should we take to get to the life wanted.

Sometimes there are days that surprise each of us when we stop for a moment and let the sun shine on us, or see our children laughing, our dogs playing, or even strangers lending helping hands, that we think, how blessed we are to be living the LIFE WANTED. I think God gives each of us a different message to advertise to the world. Some of us are lucky enough to see it, own it, and inspire others to invest in it. Then there are some of us who are still flipping the channels trying to find out which message they are going to invest in; when really they just need to tune into there own blessings and dreams.

So this week’s food for thought is…

Ask yourself what sort of message am I  advertising each and everyday and do I truly and passionately believe in it enough to sell it/live it.

In each of us we have the great ability to do great works. We have the gift to inspire young minds. So ask yourself everyday is the life I am living inspirational, and I am doing the good works to reach that inspiration.

This week’s food for thought is…

God’s Light gives us Life.

Tell us what you think, send us your stories of inspiration through print, music, art, or film. Help us to keep inspiring people to try their life’s good works.

Love and Light,

Natalie

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