Hello everyone,

Well the last few weeks have been excessively busy (spoken as if most of the rest of you aren’t in the same situation) so I am behind in my sending of conversations. I have received a few more comments… thank you! I was in the middle of coming up with a way to review and send out the responses when several of you suggested that I should start a blog and post conversations and responses so it is easier for everyone. They even suggested blog sites to get started. I don’t believe in coincidences, so obviously the Source is suggesting something. Hence (hence?… okay, so I am a proponent of Middle and Old English, inditen me), my research has begun on blogging.

So, on to our third conversation…

Conversation 3:

We ask help from the Source all the time. And lots of times we lament that we do not receive an answer fast enough. Yet, the Source answers us immediately and puts clues out for us everywhere. It is not the fault of the Source if we refuse to see or receive the help sent to us. It is our choice. Here is such an example of help sent.

One night Dama and I were playing Junior Monopoly (the computer version). Dama had played before, it was my first time. I had sighed and grudgingly agreed to stop what I was doing (which of course was waaay more important than what Dama wanted to do) and play. We picked cars and started the game. She was very enthusiastic. I was thinking I didn’t want to play any more than 1 or 2 games. We continued. It became apparent about halfway through the game someone might have abundance and focus issues, and it wasn’t my daughter. I started paying attention to what she was saying and what I was thinking…

Dama		Me		Observation		Resolution
Ooo, look at Mr. Monopoly’s money stash. I’m going to get that!		I hadn’t even noticed where Mr. Monopoly’s money stash was. I saw dollars disappearing but didn’t know where they were going.		Dama was playing to win, I was marking time.		No matter what you do, do it with joy and with the best of your ability. And keep your eyes open for upcoming opportunity.
I hope I get a free ticket booth!		What’s a free ticket booth?		Dama was informed of the game’s possibilities, I was not.		It’s always best to do your research first before you jump into the game, whatever the game is.
I ate your ticket booth and now I have a bridge – that’s worth twice as much when you land on it!		Geez! That’s the second one of those she’s gotten. I hope she doesn’t eat any more of my tickets booths.		Dama was being goal driven, I was being fear driven. I was forgetting to focus on what I wanted (some bridges of my own).		It does no good to worry about what you might lose or what terrible thing might happen. For things to get better, your current circumstances must change. In adversity lies the opening for change and change brings about great opportunity.
Mommy! You’re almost out of money! I planned to land on your ticket booth to get you some money so we could keep playing.		Hmmm, how does one plan to land on someone else’s ticket booth? And who wants to keep playing?		Dama was recognizing the advantage of the situation even though on the surface it looked like a disadvantage. I wasn’t even aware there was an advantage.		Don’t focus on what you didn’t like about a situation. Remember that there is duality in everything. If there is a disadvantage, there is also an advantage. It’s up to us to look for and ferret out the advantage.
Yea! I won! Let’s play again!		Good, that game is over. Hopefully the next one will be quick.		Dama was enjoying the moment and not hurrying towards the future. I was barely noticing the now and already planning what to do when this was over.		It is vitally important to celebrate your accomplishments instead of rushing off to the next targeted objective. Recognize achievements. Don’t rush the future.

It was a very enlightening couple of games. Dama won both of them, although I did better the second time around as long as I was thinking more goal oriented, positive thoughts. I started to catch up in the middle of the second game, then Dama ate one of my ticket booths and then another. Guess what happened… no really, I’m sure you can guess…it’s extremely predictable. Before I could catch myself I thought, “Geez, if she eats any more of my ticket booths there is no way I’ll win.” I didn’t catch my negative thought trend until it was too late (when my bank showed $6), and she won again. Interesting.

I can remember at one time being extremely competitive. I used to focus all my attention on the game/issue/situation and usually I won/resolved/or came out on top of whatever it was. What’s the difference now? Now I choose to focus on life (not the good stuff, but the niggling everyday issues) or rather the things that interrupt the creation of my life the way I would prefer it to be.

So what the hey hoo did I learn while playing with my daughter? What lesson (answer to my prayer, or gift of help sent) was the Source supplying? Quite a basic one really. The Source is outside of time and is ever abundant. The Source is capable of answering our every need and desire. But it’s up to us to recognize and receive those answers as they are given. If we allow the 10,000 things of life to distract us, how will we see the windows/doors open and paths laid out? We have to be aware of our level of awareness (now I know why Oriental writings sound so cryptic). Just think! The newest way to monitor your positive abundance quotient, play Junior Monopoly with a child.

I love you all,

Donna

Hi… it’s me again.

First response was very enthusiastic, thank you very much, although I haven’t heard from a lot of you. Please remember that responses are encouraged, you know…conversation being a two way street and all. So, being ever optimistic…

Creation Vibrations is visiting again to an e-mail address near you. Onward to the second topic of conversation (bathroom, drink, popcorn, blah, blah, blah…). It seems I am chatty.

Conversation 2:

While sitting in the pool the other day enjoying the relief it was giving my back, something caught my eye. It was the little Christmas lights strung around the base of the hot tub deck. I love little twinkie lights. I always have. They remind me of holidays and Disney. But today I noticed something else about the light string. The string portion on the front looked different than that on the side.

At eye level the two views looked like this…

Funny how the same exact thing could look so radically different depending on how one looked at it.

Looking at the string by the straight on, end view the lights looked all crowded together with no spaces between. It was difficult to see what was supporting them if anything. Changing my view by 90°, looking at the string by the side view, it was easy to see that all the lights were separated by distinct spaces and were attached to a set of supporting wires.

These two views of the Christmas lights reminded me of the two views we can have of any situation. We can see our problems as coming one after another with no breathing space in between and no support from anywhere. Or we can see our problems as individual challenges with space (although sometimes small, space none the less) in between with a strong supporting system.

These days it seems we focus on the end view most of the time and why not, the problems seem endless and ever mounting. There’s never enough money, enough time, enough of anything! And that’s how the down spiral begins.

Segue (don’t you hate it when that happens… snicker) – I don’t know if I have spoken to most of you about down spiral. Let me paraphrase.

Most of the population feels that life goes like this….

With an occasional cycle of repeated negative behavior.

We are up, down, up, down, a crisis occurs and we run around and around looking for a solution and then we start with the up, down, up, down again. But speaking spiritually, we don’t have to oscillate back and forth in a narrow band of vibrations. We can travel to higher vibrations… and unfortunately to lower vibrations, hence the up spiral (travel to higher vibrations) and down spiral (travel to lower vibrations).

Okay, so where were we… oh yea… down spiral. It’s all too easy to get stuck in one. It’s especially difficult if it goes so far as to infect the whole household. When Rick and Dama are cranky, our usual healthy selves not so healthy, and the animals not up to their usual good health it drives me to examine myself. How is my energy? Am I all dark and sludgy inside? Am I running a repeated negative pattern of thought through my head? Sometimes I find I am. I would rather catch this situation before it spreads. But if it does, can anything be done to turn it around? Thank the hey hoo, yes!

The first thing I remember is that high vibrations cancel out lower vibrations sometimes by 100s of times. That’s 100’s of times! So just one positive, high vibrational thought can cancel out 100 or more negative thoughts. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that with just a few good thoughts thought persistently things can turn around.

So more positive thoughts, enough to drown out the negative. The nest thing is ferreting out unconscious negative thought patterns, like…

Thank goodness that’s over, that’s one less thing to worry about.

I don’t think I can handle another disappointment.

What else can go wrong?

Wonderful (said with a sarcastic sneer), that’s just my luck.

I can’t have that – I can’t afford it.

And what positive thoughts do you replace these with…

Thank you, thank you for a successful resolution to that issue.

Let’s take a deep breath and remember that there is always a good solution to everything.

What else can go right? (one of my favorites)

Okay (said with a smile), how do I change my “bad luck” (which doesn’t really exist) into fulfilled desires?

I can have that – How can I afford it?

Like they say, attitude is 90% of success. So back to the Christmas lights. When things look like the end on view, nothing but problems, I try to remember that attitude is 90% of success and switch my view 90° and look at the side view. The one with spaces between the challenges and support. I try to remember to keep my positive thoughts outweighing (by as much as I can) the negative ones. And that my goal is to spiral up, not down.

I love you all,

Donna

Hi. It’s me, Donna.

We haven’t talked in a long time (I mean a talk, not a quick electronic message). I like conversation and not having talked in a while, I decided to just pick a couple of topics and get started. In the last few years I have found I enjoy gathering together information and discussing it, even it’s just in writing or just to myself.

Following is a lengthy conversation (as far as electronic communication is concerned). Basically me talking aloud to… well whoever chooses to read it, a commitment of 10 minutes, more or less (I am becoming aware of the fact I like to hear myself talk… hmmm).

Anyway, this could be the start of something interesting. I am not sure how often I will be doing it, how many people will read it, or if anyone will comment. So, let’s just see what happens (fade to new scene).

At one time, I had most of my friends close to me. There was time to talk about what was bothering you and what was bothering me. There was time to celebrate our accomplishments. And time to just spend sitting together, even if it was doing nothing. There was a give and take of energy flow (which I have always loved). Now, not so much. We have all become so busy or scattered to various places (both physical and mental), built new connections and placed the old ones maybe not on the shelf, but more like in a book we open every now and then.

We have all handled our progressions in various ways. Some made scrap books, some took pictures (thank you for digital cameras… at least now when I take pictures, I get to look at them later instead of looking at the rolls of film), some talk about the “good old days”, and gather together every now and then to talk and remember.

For me, those connections are still strong. I dream about you occasionally, wonder how you are, send help through my guardian angel and totems when it seems you might need it. But I haven’t taken the time to have conversation.

So with no further ado, the first topic of conversation (you might want to go to the bathroom and get a drink or snack before we begin), a starting place, gathering place or whatever one might call it (maybe Creation Vibrations… hmm).

Conversation 1:

While lying awake yet again in the middle of the night (at least it is 2 or 3 times a night now and not 4 or 5 times) ruminating about our personal problems a thought came to me. Our physical body has only so much room, and although we can raise our vibrational energy enabling us to hold more energy, at any one time our bodies can only hold so much.

I had been monitoring my thoughts (something I try to do all the time, but catch myself on many occasions not doing it) and found I was thinking things like, “Great! Another monthly bill. I know Dama needs insurance, but I was so focused on getting it for her, I forgot to remember it would have to be paid every month.” Sigh! And, “Summer school, we can’t afford it for Dama! We can’t squeeze any more out of our rock of finances!” Sigh!

Then I had that thought… the one about our bodies and the energy they hold. I realized I was filling the space my body holds with yucky, negative stuff, like muddy water and stony sludge. I was so busy holding thoughts to try to maintain what we had (remain the same) that I was forgetting improvement only comes from change! And how could I see the opportunities coming our way like this? You can’t see very far through dark mud and sludge. It stands to reason that our energy has to be clear and bright to see anything.

I love it when I have great thoughts… Yea! Celebration! And then I remember that it is one thing having a great thought and quite another to fulfill that thought. Yikes, that requires… yes, I’m going to say it… work.

Sigh! And who feels like doing more work? When one feels pressured, fearful, and resentful, the last thing anyone wants to do is work! Thank goodness in lots of those times, I remember something my Mom said her Mom and Dad used to say to her…

Idle hands become the devil’s tools… No, that’s not it.

Time wasted is time lost?… No, no…

Work heals all wounds… Yea that’s the one. No wait, that’s time, not work.

Well, apparently I don’t remember it at all, but what I’m trying to say is that if you’re working on something positive, no matter how small, it makes the negative stuff seem smaller. And, the more effort you put into doing positive stuff, the smaller the negative stuff becomes. Soon you are over the hump and you can start traveling away from negative land into… well, whatever’s next.

Okay, so what to do? What little positive thing can I do? How can I turn away or overcome thoughts like…

That was lucky – No, it wasn’t lucky, it was a situation sent by the Source that I happened to pick up on.

We have to hurry – No, in most cases (besides CPR, fires, and avalanches) you don’t have to hurry.

We don’t have enough money to do that – Again, No, there is enough money for everyone, all we have to do is accept it.

And I know that sometimes the brighter side is hard to remember. Sometimes it seems there is no place to turn. I have found that not having a close exchange of energy makes me feel depleted. Not that I go around taking anyone else’s energy, but I take less time to renew myself when I am not interacting with others. And as always, the less you give, the less you receive.

Of course, these days it can be hard to keep giving. Many of us feel today’s challenges and we translate that into tightening the belt, cutting costs, and denying ourselves luxuries we once enjoyed. We do our best to adjust to the present situation… and feel pressured, fearful, and resentful.

Where do you find support? Or an uplift? I am not really a traditional type church person. Rick enjoys that more than I. We have tried non-traditional churches, but we haven’t found one we like. Rick and I joked we should start a church/gathering place on our own. Then we joked about it again. And suddenly it didn’t seem to be such a crazy idea. But how to get started? Do we throw a party and invite everyone (love it, but then there is the expense and everyone is so busy)? So, how to do it then? What else do we all do? And then another great thought came about (don’t you just love those?). E-mail! Hey, yea, almost all of us have that (I say forgetting the fact that Rick had to drag me kicking and screaming into the internet world – I refused to even pick an e-mail name, hence it being just my name). E-mail… I have lots of your e-addresses and most of you don’t delete me as I come in (thank you). E-mail is not a traditional gathering place, but it does create a “place to meet” so to speak.

So the solution is found. A solution for how to help myself and how to contribute to others all at the same time. I miss writing… I miss talking with all of you… I have been toying with the idea of motivational speaking on a regular basis. I can e-mail conversations to my friends. Most people enjoy talking to me and like to hear my opinions (at least they politely listen). I can certainly benefit from some ideas and reality checks from others. I will be doing something positive for me (writing), something positive for you (reaching out and connecting – was that a phone commercial once?), and improving myself with something kind of akin to motivational speaking… motivational writing (well, maybe that one’s a long stretch).

Now of course one person’s great thought may not be perceived as so great by someone else. Hence the response from you. Do you want to talk (listen, read… whatever) some more or are you of the “Yuck, don’t send me any more” opinion.

So, can we support each other in conversation? Can we fill our e-mails (and hence ourselves) with positive conversation? When it’s dark for one of us, can the rest of us turn on the light? Let me know…

I love you all,

Donna