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Ever lived for a "that" or a "there" to find once you got it, the relief was momentary? I have and still do often find myself embroiled in there and that thinking. It's a habitual groove of the human psyche and it never pays as promised. It's a kind of Russian doll phenomenon where there's always a new layer. And until the mind is freed from the cycle of there and that thinking, there always will be. The only thing capable of giving the happiness, health, satisfaction, and love we project onto an illusory there or that, is HERE and NOW. The mind has to be subjugated in order to experience this level of awareness and way of being. One simple way to do this is through conscious breathing.

There and that are fantasies that keep us from experiencing the ever-reliable here and now.

Alison Wilburn
Lightwave Healing & Yoga
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#hereandnow #futureisillusion #subjugatethemind #thereisnothat #thereisnothere #consciousbreath

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A talk I listened to recently by Ram Dass gave me a new perspective on self-doubt as it relates to service. I think self-doubt is often mistaken for humility, but this is a misperception. Real humility is too ego-less for self-doubt. That's what makes it so powerful. Learning to distinguish is key. Self-doubt is a hindrance not a help to one who desires to be of the highest service. With a willingness to let go, the desire to serve will replace the tendency for self-doubt.

Today trade in self-doubt for selfless service.

Alison Wilburn
#dailylightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#self-doubt #ramdass #serve #lifeofservice

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Today's #dailylightwave is something I've always done without knowing what I was doing at the time ~ often to the chagrin of others. Thank goodness even in my most vulnerable moments I didn't cave to the desire for acceptance. There's no substitute for living an authentic life, and that in it's own right gives others the permission to do the same.

Only by staying out of the rat race, can I help others off the wheel.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#ratrace #authenticlife #freeyourself #freeothers #jumpoffthewheel

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The mind says "I don't feel inspired.  I'll just skip that today." I can't count the number of times I've gone along with that. What I'm finding now is that showing up consistently is the soil inspiration needs to blossom. Today marks my 170th consecutive, haven't-missed-a-day #dailylightwave. There are days I think nothing is there, I have nothing to say, it doesn't matter, no one cares, bla bla bla, but I do it anyway. In the discipline of showing up something always arises that I didn't know was there. This is true for a spiritual practice, sitting for meditation, an exercise regimen, playing an instrument, and on and on. You've gotta cultivate the tenacity to show up along with all your doubts,  laziness, and fear no matter what. When all else fails that commitment will carry you through. Steven Pressfield's book call The War of Art is one of the best on this topic. Come on show us what you're made of!

Discipline breeds inspiration.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#discipline #thewarofart #showup #dontgiveup

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Dear Life,
How can I serve you today?

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#dailylightwave #itsthatsimple #lifeofservice #fulfilled #content

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Knowing what I'm not is the beginning of recognizing what and who I am.

I'm powerless over the conditioning I misidentify as my self.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga.

#iamnotmythoughts #iamnotmybody #iamnotmyemotions #dailylightwave

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We live in a society that tells us our life is about accumulating. Over valuing things devalues our soul and nothing is more empty. Those who have made the most positive difference in the world left a legacy of kindness and service through their actions. Whatever the value of their estate at their time of departure pales in comparison. Let's be alert to claim our right to live as an offering to humanity rather than an accumulator. This commitment makes us strong and less susceptible to manipulation and other forms of mind control through the media and popular culture.

The power and scope of your life are measured by the good you do not by how many things you possess.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#goodispower #goodacts #lessaccumulation #legacyoflove

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Albert Einstein brought to modern ears what ancient spiritual wisdom has always known, "Time is an illusion." Other modern notables like Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman have echoed and elaborated on the concept. The bible, compiled of texts written thousands of years ago, puts it this way, "one day is with the Lord (divine or awakened consciousness) as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The way to any real connection to timelessness in the human experience comes through practice ~ yoga gives us 8 limbs, Buddhism gives us mindfulness, Hinduism gives us mantra and chanting, and the bible gives us prayer. Many ways to one destination. A mind shackled with time cannot experience the present. So starting today make presence your plan. Practice for your right to be here NOW.

Presence is the plan.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#praywithoutceasing #mindfulness #8limbs #timelessness #practice #beherenow #dailylightwave #thisisit #nowistheonlymoment

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Today's #dailylightwave describes a calibration of the mind that transcends brain level thinking. Once found it's easier to return to, but practice is key and abiding there is even better. In my experience I feel it viscerally and my whole physiology shifts. Outward conditions & circumstances conform obediently to this inward knowing. Nothing airy fairy here. Nope. This is powerful, tangible stuff!

"All is well" is a beyond-sense awareness that can be found even in the midst of appearances that say "all is not well." Physical phenomena yield and conform to this masterful knowing.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#alliswell #mentalcalibration #beyondsense

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I grew up with the bible as my main scripture and here I am a yoga teacher. Go figure! I find the study and practice of yoga helps me understand the bible's teachings more fully and my biblical foundation deepens my understanding of yoga. Beneath dogmatic interpretations, there's an  intelligent unity between the two like notes that harmonize the cosmic song. I would love to see the walls break down that isolate people from one or the other.

East and west represent mindsets more than geographical locations, and human consciousness requires the best of both in order to fully evolve.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#eastmeetswest #cosmicsong #unity #eastweststateofmind #dailylightwave

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Faith without understanding is what's given scripture such a bad rap. As with all scriptural texts, we need less bible thumping and more bible living.

It's possible to have faith in scripture without understanding it; but it's impossible to understand scripture without having faith. This is where faith becomes power and what biblical scripture refers to as "the substance of things hoped for."

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#faith #understanding #powerofscripture #livingscripture #dailylightwave

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Some pretty amazing souls have moved beyond the earthly realm in recent days. I like to think of it as a torch passing to those of us here so we can shine our own lights brighter through actions and lives that magnify good. I can here an inner whisper saying ~ Shine bright, shine bright, oh child of Light!

My life lived to magnify good is the only proper thank you to all who have and are living beyond their ego to make the world a better place.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#dailylightwave #magnifygood #shinebright

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The bars of belief that imprison are invisible. It takes awakening to have even the desire to gain freedom.

It's impossible to break free from a prison you don't know you're in.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#dailylightwave #beliefimprisons #awaken #youarefree

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Even the western medical model, which has been based primarily on a system of designated experts who patch up parts, is finding it's way toward a more holistic approach to healing, where the whole person is taken into account and more emphasis is being placed on the mental state of the patient. Other healing modalities have been taking this approach for centuries and according to biblical accounts one renowned healer called Jesus once said that ages following his time on earth would do "greater works" of healing than he did. That's an incredibly hopeful prophecy for mankind and one that can inspire anyone on the path to healing.

In an expansive universe it makes sense that real healing would require human consciousness to see something new.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#insideouthealing #healinghappens #physicianhealthyself #dailylightwave

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The song of Life would not be complete without the note called "you." Never ever forget that.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#youmatter #youareessential #dailylightwave

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Today's #dailylightwave has been proven time after time and is an empowering, motivating awareness to have. "Be the change" might be cliche but it's also the truth.

Collective consciousness is transformed through individual awakening.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#bethechange #individualawakening #youmatter

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Without the thought labels of positive or negative, the energy called emotion could be felt freely & expressed with discretion, rather than constricted with suppression or repression.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#energyinmotion #emotionsflowlikewater

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Today's #dailylightwave is not simplistic or trite. It is a powerful game changer for the mind and body. In our present five-sense fixation, breath is a tangible and potent inroads to those inextricably linked partners called thought and physiology. Noticing our predominant breathing patterns gives insight to where there's fear or freedom. The ability to harness, guide, and shift our breathing patterns effects transformation from the inside out. So we can really think of breath as a 24/7 connection to our very own personal psychiatrist and physician (operators standing by ~ haha). Never underestimate the power of even one conscious breath. But don't take my word for it, life is your laboratory, so try it and see what happens. Change your breath, change your life.

When in doubt,
BREATHE IN,
BREATHE OUT.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#lifeforce #breathe #pranayama #consciousbreath

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It's been said what other people think of me is none of my business. Too often however I live as if it is my business - as if what others think of me matters and has power. Imagine the mental space now consumed with "other" oriented thinking free for focusing on what really counts. Ah yes. Breathe in the freedom.

What if you could instantly erase from your mind all concern for what other people think about you?

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#freedom

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Impulses are part of the mechanistic mind. We all have them and they can lead us towards or away from that which serves us. I find intelligence to be my greatest ally in subduing and guiding my impulses. This takes practice but it's worth it. The alternative is living as if I'm a bundle of habitual urges with little say in the direction my life takes. Believe it or not something as simple as conscious breathing can redirect the mind to different and new pathways.  Learning how to be mindful in this way has huge ramifications for those dealing with addiction and depression. Mindless impulse is our worst enemy, intelligence is our best friend.

Actions arising from mindless impulse, perpetuate chaos. Learn to give higher intelligence reign over your impulses, and all your actions will invoke harmony and be for the greatest good.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#mindfulness #intelligenceoverimpulse #dailylightwave #beyondthebrain

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Today's #dailylightwave is a powerful affirmation. FEEL the truth of it and let it be so.

My body is an instrument of love, balance, and freedom; not an instrument of suffering.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#bodyaslove #evictsuffering

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On September 11, 1893, at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, IL, Swami Vivekananda ended his talk with these words: "I am a Hindu. I am sitting in my own little well and thinking that the whole world is my little well. The Christian sits in his little well and thinks the whole world is his well. The Mohammedan sits in his little well and thinks that is the whole world. I have to thank you of America for the great attempt you are making to break down the barriers of this little world of ours, and hope that, in the future, the Lord will help you to accomplish your purpose."

I love that he saw America's promise in this way. In the rush of corruption and politics devoid of value-based motives, I often forget the great potential the country I live in has to foster worldwide unity. It's good to be reminded to keep my vision lifted to the highest purpose for the country I'm blessed to inhabit. What is a country but the collective outlook of its citizens any way? Let's keep our outlook inspired and watch America mirror this back to us as it lives into its potential to be a force and catalyst for unity and universal peace.

All religions offer shades or aspects of one Universal Truth. When human consciousness grasps this Truth, it will no longer need the shades.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#unity #dailylightwave #universaltruth #peace #yourvisionmatters

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Today's #dailylightwave speaks to the big picture and reminds that what might feel like a negative to the ego in the moment is seen as a positive in soul's expansive view of our overall evolution. I find a potent way to subdue ego and align with soul in this simple instruction: ask not, how can I change this circumstance, but how can this circumstance change me ~ leaving me better, stronger, more capable of real love, than when it found me. This puts the focus where it's most effective, and the wonder is that when I change so do the circumstances.

The ego wants to change the circumstance, the soul wants the circumstance to change you.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#egoicattachment #everythingisforyou #subdueego #alignwithsoul

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It's one thing to look at something,  it's another thing to see it. That's where the gold is. For me, I think this life, this stretch of time called the human experience, is about learning to see again.

I'm not here to look at the surface.
I'm here to see what's beneath it.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#seebeneaththesurface #dailylightwave

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Today's #dailylightwave reminds that inspiration is a crucial nutrient for the soul. Don't ever believe cultivating it is silly, selfish, or unnecessary. Starting now, take a stand for your right to live an inspired life.

What if an inspired YOU is your greatest and most selfless offering to the planet? That would mean keeping yourself inspired is a primary act of devotion that must be prioritized.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#beinspired #inspiredlife

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Sometimes when I stop and imagine what's possible outside the current paradigm (predominate model of how things are seen), I feel like I need to leap out of my body and shout to the rooftops. It's like everything is too small for this new vision. That's why I call my offerings "Lightwave," which comes from Albert Einstein's musing of what the world would look like if he could ride along side a wave traveling at the speed of light. He knew that this would give him an entirely new perspective. In the even bigger picture, the speed of light is one paradigm of many other paradigms. And the really cool thing is that they're all available to each one of us right NOW via expanded consciousness. Too often, we forget this and focus on trying to move the pieces around under the current model ~ an arduous process that limits our options and ultimately our progress. It can be very simple. Even just entertaining the idea of an entirely new realm, can open a mental door to something truly original. Why not give it a try today? It's a practice.

Real progress always involves a paradigm shift.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#dailylightwave #paradigmshift

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In the five-sense realm mental and physical are inseparable. Every thought has a manifestation but because so much of it is unconscious it's easy to forget this. The mental energy or vibration of fear actually comes before what we think makes us afraid. As I learn to practice mindfulness, I realize that fear is like a white noise woven into the fabric of the survival mind - so native that if I'm not alert, I don't see it until it's reflected back in some circumstance. I then assume the phenomenon triggered the fear but it's really the other way around. Learning to see fear for what it is and subdue it, is one of the most important stages in the evolution and emancipation of human consciousness. Fear is like that awkward, clumsy man running the wizard machine in Oz. When the curtain is pulled back, it loses it's power to intimidate and control.

Learn to recognize fear mentally and subdue it, before it has a chance to manifest visibly as something you're afraid of.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#overcomefear #dailylightwave

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Today's #dailylightwave is a reminder of intention's boundary breaking power. And it's Monday so why not set some audacious intentions this week? Audacious intentions are the ones that lie beyond what you believe is possible.

Expansion occurs by setting intentions you know in your present state of awareness you cannot possibly fulfill and then you fulfill them any way.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#powerofintention #beyondcomfortzone #expand #limitlessintention

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The power of praise is in the vein of gratitude and multiplies exponentially when practiced. Today try redirecting every judgement to a declaration of praise instead. If it helps remind yourself you're not giving up the judgment, you're just choosing to channel your attention towards something praiseworthy in that moment.  Especially with those situations or people you've pretty much written off as hopeless, never going to change, couldn't love them in a million years. Try finding one tiny thing you can praise about them. I know what one of my praise challenges is. Oh boy. Let's do it though and see what happens. I'm excited!

For just one day, reign in your judgements and unleash your praise. There's no telling what might happen.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#powerofpraise

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If you're afraid to be fully expressed, remember the world needs you to be. Sometimes unselfing the desire is exactly what pushes us beyond our fear threshold. Your brothers and sisters around the globe (including me) need your unique brand of bravery! I know this with all my heart.

By design, the fullest, most fulfilling expression of me is also the greatest service to mankind.  Smart Universe.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#fullexpression #lifeofservice #youareneeded #bebrave #trustyourgift

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Today's #dailylightwave is something I experience on a daily basis. I love to look for the healing that's taking place outside of the medical-industrial complex, and there's a lot of it! What I find as a common denominator, is that the people healing or being healed all recognize a divine, non-human influence. And many of these are cures of things that traditional medicine still sees as incurable ~ terminal cancer, diabetes, inoperable tumors, and the like. I like to keep my consciousness open to the idea that healing is ALWAYS possible. Though I draw from multiple sources for inspiration and spiritual study, the 2 books that continue to strengthen me most as a healer are the bible - both old and new testaments, and a book called Science and Health (by Mary Baker Eddy). I know the bible gets a bad rap because of the dogmatic way it's been handed down, but when looked at through a more spiritual lens, it really is a book about overcoming physical limitation, and the redemption of mankind. As I get past the thees and thous, begats, and bloodshed, I see it really is a text about healing and transcending. From the start, there are experiences of great importance for modern day mankind. It's really not a book about a particular race, but about humanity as a whole. It's interesting that health comes from an Old English word that means wholeness. It's one thing to fix isolated body parts, but it's another thing entirely to recognize our wholeness and connectedness in a way that transforms our bodies. I derive strength and confidence from the experiences of people like John of God (medical intuitive in Brazil), Anita Moorjani (complete recovery from terminal cancer), Wayne Dyer (healed of leukemia), Eben Alexander (full recovery from 7 day coma), and the record of healing recorded through the Christian Science Publishing Society for the past 150 years and counting. In all of these instances, there is a recognition of humanity's direct connection with something beyond the human, something divine. This divine power is embracing us. In my experience, when I embrace it, allow my consciousness to connect with and embody divine power, healing is inevitable.

Human consciousness awake to divine power and convinced of it is the most powerful healer.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#divinepower #awakenthehealerwithin #ebenalexander #anitamoorjani #waynedyer #johnofgod #christianscience