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Once upon a time I thought having a very quirky Himalayan cat was a big responsibility. Then I married a man with two children and everything changed. It's so true, people who have no children know the most about parenting. I used to know a lot! What I'm finding is that this stretches me like nothing ever before - yes yogi friends even more than hanumanasana! And the role of stepparent brings a host of additional challenges I never anticipated. A mentor said to me recently, "It will all be worth it when you see you've made a difference." This rang so true and brought tears to my eyes. It's something I cling to when times are tough. One of my strengths in this role (probably the teacher in me) is that I have a keen eye for potential. I see so many truly amazing things in each of my stepdaughters and there's little that brings me more joy than seeing them grow and develop. That's one thing I'm really good at! I know the challenges along the way are part of the purification process, the burning away of anything that doesn't serve the greater good. It's easy to sit on a mountain (or in my case a one bedroom apartment with your cat) and think you're pretty enlightened. That's what I love about Thich Nhat Hanh's idea of "engaged Buddhism" and the instruction given to Krishnamacharya by his guru that he become a householder (one with a wife and family) rather than a renunciate as other yogis had been up to that time. It's in the flow of life that impurities come to the surface ~ never to harm, always for healing and an ultimately more expansive life. Understanding this tells me a huge blessing is working itself out here. I trust that implicitly especially in the moments that push me to my edge.

Lately I've been remember these words attributed to Christ Jesus, "...with God all things are possible", and realizing it says "possible," not "easy."

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#withgodallthingsarepossible #stepparent #instafamily #stretched #intheflow #tapas

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I don't know about you, but today's #dailylightwave makes me want to live a life like this. I was thinking of someone specific when I wrote it and feeling how influential it's been to witness a consistent life of authentic spiritual devotion, service, genuine love for humanity, abundance, and freedom (in mind, body, and spirit). This individual has to be well into his 70s (though I don't know his exact age) and still sees without any eye glasses or contacts, walks around with agility and strength, writes continually, and continues to act as a teacher and healer to an ever growing community of students. And all of this in addition to decades of happy marriage to the same woman and raising 4 healthy successful children.  Wow! An example like that packs some power and, I think, a living embodiment of what's possible for each one of us.

A life well lived has a strengthening influence, beyond it's earthly years, upon everyone who comes into contact with it.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#alifewelllived #lifeofinfluence #livingexample

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Independence isn't a day. It is a way of being. Becoming independent of the notion that anything except our own beliefs can enslave us is the beginning of freedom.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#independenceday #freedomfromenslavingbeliefs
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Today's #dailylightwave sounds a lot like Ahimsa ~ one of the cardinal values in the major eastern religions ~ meaning essentially "do no harm". Ahimsa is an expression of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you), which has its place in all the world's major religions and ethical traditions. It's clear the importance of this way of being is recognized. Now it's a matter of practice on an individual level. Even with the most just human governments possible, real freedom is still an inside job. No government can give me self-discipline or monitor the thoughts I think and words I say moment by moment. It's up to me to choose to be a conduit for Love and to actively practice mental and physical non-violence towards myself and others.

When every individual has won their freedom from even the most subtle harmful inclination towards self or others, then the world will be truly free.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#freedom #Ahimsa #goldenrule #practicenonviolence #donoharm #practicepeace

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Today's #dailylightwave is something I practice on a pretty consistent basis.   I heard Michael Beckwith, the founder of Agape Spiritual Center, say something profound one day. He said:  "your present circumstances are relics of your past beliefs." This has been so helpful to me in recognizing the power of belief, and in understanding that no matter how out of my control things seem to be, that every phenomenon in the human experience is linked to a belief ~ and mostly unconscious beliefs so we forget to make the connection. What I'm seeing today is what I've believed up until now. But now is a new moment and is wide open for something different. In the same way i believe myself into things, I can believe my way out of them. This isn't about ignoring something or a lack of awareness.  It actually comes about by a more developed awareness of non-sense reality. Thankfully there are numerous paths to this awakening and to living a conscious mindful life where we're no longer volleyed around by outside appearances and situations. This is a constant practice in a new way of thinking and being. It's important to have practices for all states and stages of consciousness.

If believing is seeing then not believing is not seeing. At certain times when consciousness is evolving to a new place, we have to stop believing what we're seeing even while we're seeing it. As belief changes everything changes.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#believingisseeing notbelievingisnotseeing #unsee #consciousliving #awakening #realitybeyondfivesenses #michaelbeckwith #agape

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Whatever it takes to make the connection is worth it.

A ray would lose its light if it separated itself from the sun. Likewise it's a conscious connection to my Source that gives me the light to shine forth.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#connecttosource

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I hope today's #dailylightwave reminds you of the power you have as an individual simply in the way you live your life. Don't ever think what you're doing isn't making a difference because it is. Make sure it's a good difference!

Keep doing your own brand of good and you'll never be tempted to believe that the world is an evil place doomed for destruction. Protest the darkness in the world by living a life of light. The life you live is more powerful than the words you say in effecting change.

Alison Wilburn ~ #lightwave
Lightwave Healing & Yoga

#makeadifference #protestwithyourlife #everyactioncounts