|
|
||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
 |
|
LLEWELLYN JOURNAL Article Topics List of Articles RSS Data Feeds Mission Statement Use of Our Articles Writers' Guidelines |
 |
 |
|
January/February 2010 Issue
Download the PDF File version of the latest issue of Llewellyn's New Worlds Catalog |
 |
 |
|
How to Live the Life of your Dreams: 4 Steps to Freedom
This article was written by Karen Mehringer
posted under Self-Help
| Surrounded by royal blue water extending beyond the horizon in all directions, no land in sight, I gaze at the path of diamonds dancing on the ocean’s surface. The sun radiating on my skin feels like a warm cashmere sweater. It is August 19, 1998, and I am on my first ocean passage of a life-transforming journey, a journey leading to a more authentic and purposeful life. My journey to living a more authentic and purposeful life began in Seattle, Washington, where I lived with my husband, John. Unfulfilled with our lifestyle of working full time, coming home tired, and crashing in front of the TV with little energy left to pursue our passions, our souls cried out, There must be more to life! Craving more adventure and fulfillment, we began taking sailing lessons, an activity we both felt passionate about. Spending time on the ocean enlivened our spirits, causing us to dream and see that there were other possibilities for living. As our interest in sailing grew, we read magazines and books about it. Stories about couples who cruised around the world, slowing down to take time out from their modern lifestyles, inspired us. One book in particular, Maiden Voyage, by Tania Aebi, described her adventures at the age of eighteen as the first American woman and youngest person to circumnavigate the world. Discussions ensued. If these people could do it, why couldn’t we? We began looking into options. One was crewing boats. For a minimal amount of money, we could crew on someone else’s boat and gain valuable experience while also traveling. As crew, we would share the responsibilities of navigating, helming the boat on scheduled watches, cleaning, and cooking meals. After applying for a couple of positions, we decided on a forty-six-foot sailboat in the process of circumnavigating the world. We would join it on its second leg, cruising from Fiji to Singapore for a six-month period, visiting the countries of Vanuatu, Australia, and Indonesia along the way. After renting out our house and taking a one-year leave of absence from our employment, we up-anchored and left Seattle on June 1, 1998. Before meeting the boat, we went on a road trip for three weeks, camping out as we explored several different states. Driving east on I-90 through the Cascade Mountains, the sky was bright blue and sunny, the pine needles on the evergreens glistened, and a feeling of summer was in the air. My heart felt lighter and lighter the farther we traveled from the hustle of civilization and our old life. Gratitude welled within me for our choice to live adventurously and break out of the confines of our own limiting beliefs about how life should be lived. At last, we were free to follow our hearts and begin anew. Are you following your heart? Are you living the life of your dreams? In order to live the life of our dreams, we need to take time out to reflect on who we are and what makes us feel alive inside. Within each of us there is a powerful vital life force energy that resides. Like a raging river, this vital energy needs a channel to flow and be fully expressed. When we allow it to move through us, for example with our writing, artwork, or music…by expressing our passions, we allow the river of the divine to flow through us. When in the flow, we are in the present moment. Our spirits come alive; we feel at peace and can experience great joy and bliss. When we resist or block the flow of this creative energy, we experience constriction that causes us to feel anxious, physically ill, and spiritually disconnected from our source of love, joy, and abundance. Like a river being blocked by a dam, the water has no where to go and thus builds up more and more pressure. At the beginning of the year, I created a New Year’s intention for 2009. It is – “To be an open channel for the divine flow of creation and expression.” Near my computer, I have a beautiful altar card with a colorful picture of a Dancing Fire Goddess, the Goddess of Expression. The card says, “O Dancing Fire Goddess! Teach me to set myself free, To create, to move to dance, to be!”
– Shakti Gawain, author of Creative Visualization
|
 | Karen Mehringer Karen Mehringer (Colorado) is a psychotherapist with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, special training in energy transformation, and over ten years of personal development experience. She owns Creative Transformations, where she... Read more |
|
is subject to certain Terms and Conditions
|
The Gospels of the New Testament, written records, mention several women as being associated with Jesus. Along with Mother Mary, there was Mary Magdalene. She worked as an energy healer and herbalist. She was not a prostitute as the Gospels wrongly portrayed her. She was closely associated with Jesus, who trained her in the ancient mysteries. Mary... read this article
|
 |
|
Most recent posts:
Pantheacon: February 12-15
One of the things I talked about as the keynote speaker for the 6th annual Conference on Pagan Studies at the Claremont Graduate College is the need... Magick Doesn't Work When I was in high school I took several science classes that included performing experiments. It's a basic premise of science that under the same... People turning pets into people Many a witch shares her life with a familiar, and from what I’ve seen and heard, cats, snakes and dogs are top favorites among the Wiccan... |
 |
 |
|
Have you considered making any New Year's Resolutions (NYRs)? You know, the promises you make to yourself about changes in your life, promises that,...
|
 |
 |
Llewellyn's 2010 Astrological Calendar
|
||||||
 |
Llewellyn's 2010 Witches' Calendar
|
||||||
 |
Llewellyn's 2010 Witches' Datebook
|
||||||
 |
Llewellyn's 2010 Moon Sign Book Plan Your Life by the Cycles of the Moon
|
||||||
 |
Llewellyn's 2010 Daily Planetary Guide Complete Astrology At-A-Glance
|
||||||
 |
Home | About Us | Imprints | Contact Us | Careers | Author Submissions | Booksellers | Affiliate Program | Privacy Policy | Site Map | Copyright © 2009, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. |  |
|
|||
