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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:47:00 +0000

Standing, sitting, being... What is our experience? From within arises a desire for calm order, that can seem at odds with events that happen within our lives, and the turbulence of life, the events, experiences and effects, can gather, storm like, at a moments notice.

I know this feeling of being overwhelmed by circumstance, when troubles, difficulties and trials arrive in their hordes, and life can feel like standing at the centre of a vast sandstorm, where each grain, in its chaotic arrival, brings a sting, a painful distraction, and a yearning for stillness, ease and peace.

But they cannot be avoided or brushed aside, as instantly they are replaced by the next ferocious attack, offering no peace, no rest... The storm is too great, too powerful, things are out of our control.

This is the time to stop resisting and fighting the storm, and draw our attention inwards, and gain an insight into one single grain within, reducing our task of failing to control 100,000 grains of sand, to that of holding just one, invisibly and internally, still.

And from this point of inner silence and stillness the effect of the storm shall subside, for all we need to do is hold one part, one grain, and be aware of our ability to to so, and the real possibility of creating an abatement to the storm may arise.

Simply by holding one grain of sand in a sandstorm, and be very aware and certain of your capacity to do so. I think I can do that, and I think you can too.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:58:00 +0000

It might be time to change. To change your perception of who you are, and bypass assumed limitations and also disregard self-doubt and habitual negative traits.

The combination of these 3 listed above; assumed limitations, self-doubt and negative traits are not those which might hamper us, such as lack of finances or physical inability, but are those which we think might prevent us... Prevent us from, lets say... being happy.

Yes, lets take being happy as an example. I guess if being happy is a goal worth attaining it might be worth putting a little effort into, as in my experience happiness will, if encouraged, increase.

Gently nurtured back into a state of health might be one way of looking at happiness, for a simple verbal statement 'I am happy' does not have the power to transform one's inner perception, nor convince others... unfortunately.

For, within your experience, within your catalogue of memories, are times when happiness arose and created a sense of well-being, self-worth and clarity... Maybe one sunny spring day, long ago, or perhaps yesterday. And with this understanding or recognition, the thought of being happy is true and real, and not a forced repetition.

Recognition... an important word in this context,for what we are doing is going back in time, to re-experience or re-cognise a happy experience, and allow it to manifest once again, and whilst this is happening, allow the dynamic to re-connect your internal and external worlds, so that no contradiction with the experience that is arising... in effect a bridge from inner world to outer world, and back again, and one that can be maintained by a combination of memory choice and a wish to retain the experience.

Nothing to complex, or technical at this point, just a very simple exercise. And, I am going to suggest a schedule to build upon this experience... Every hour or so, re-cognise your happy experience and allow it to flow for a couple of seconds, and in between times, if you wish, feel that this might be a preferable way of being...

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:12:00 +0000

To heal and to be healed.

Step 1. Offer no resistance. Step 2. Offer no resistance. Step 3. Offer no resistance.

I am not stating this from an elevated position, revealing higher wisdoms, I am sharing my direct experience, as I heal myself.

Voyaging into the mysteries and depths of my body, considering those dark and ignored areas of pain and discomfort, those denser volumes that wish to defy inner visualisation and scanning. These appear to be energetic black holes, so we keep well away from them, thinking that they will sap all our energy and resources, but this is just a smoke screen, an illusion that we erect through ignorance and misunderstanding.

We make the mistake of trying to remove our minds from areas of pain or discomfort from our body, in the belief that as a result the pain will reduce, but actually the opposite happens. By looking away we allow or permit the problem to dig in, and establish itself, and this increases the tendency for it to build up and return, and manifest in ever destructive ways.

Consider a complex 3 dimensional grid, through which a fluid continually passes. At a point within this system a slight blockage occurs, and if dealt with immediately, the system will self-regulate and the smooth flow will be re-established, but should the slight blockage be ignored it will begin to back up, and become entrenched.

Overall the grid might continue to function with this problem, but its efficiency will be somewhat reduced and it will settle into a new imbalanced state, that may well introduce a further system imbalance or blockage.

Feel inside your body, and know where the blockage is occurring. You do know exactly where they are, I know you do. And venture into the very centre, the very densest part, and take you mind in the aspect of a golden light flow of energy to clear that obstruction.

Offer no resistance to the visualisation, allow the flow of golden light, as precisely as you wish, to dissipate the darkness within, and to begin to heal and detoxify your inner being. This is best achieved with your eyes closed, and with a determination to grant yourself a few minutes to achieve your aim, which in this first instance is to begin your task. That is all, just to begin.

Venture to the centre, and allow your mind to fully penetrate, and initiate dissipation and dispersal. You may wish to drink clean water to form part of the overall process, adding the flushing experience to your overall inner cleansing.

Step 4. Offer no resistance. Your body wishes to be clear, and to flow energetically and before your body reacts and pulls away (as I know it is doing so), use your mind to overcome the physical reactionary tendency to pull away. Clear and cleanse.

And begin to heal.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:59:00 +0000

Healing... Healing from the heart, healing of the heart, and healing with the heart, just 3 ways of considering inner peace and contentment, from our own perspective.

I am using the word heart, in this context, to refer to our heart centre, or heart chakra... that which resides within the very centre of our chest, midway between between the left and right, and slightly closer towards our back than to our chest. Take a moment to close your eyes and locate this inner space.

Imagine, at that very point within your heart centre, infinity and eternity both reside, with fathomless depth and ever increasing serenity, for, this is the true nature that resides at the heart chakra.

Imagine that from the infinite depths arises a beautiful rose bud, red in colour, and as it grows within your heart, it also begins to spread and open it's sweetly scented velvet petals, slowly spiralling open, and releasing any tightness or tension you hold around the heart... Please don't restrict this opening, allow your imagination to fully engage with this visualisation, to allow the soft petals to loosen the knots of constriction.

For it is this opening that facilitates the healing action, as the release of tension, constriction and tightness, is the healing process, nothing more... and this is because we limit the energetic flow around the heart chakra by repressing the opening and flowering potential with limiting thoughts, and these in turn create muscular tensions, that over a long period of time develop and increase, quietly and insidiously, without us even noticing.

As spring approaches, allow the seeds of inner peace and contentment to arise, blossom and flourish at your heart, and spread this magical feeling throughout, opening your heart wide and safe, free from all fears, and transforming every atom of your body into soft, gentle, healing energy....

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:35:00 +0000

Mastering the art of balance.... Just when you've got it right, whoops, it is gone. Was the carpet pulled from underneath your feet, or did you lose concentration?

Where do you want to be with regard to your balance, have you thought about the inner and outer counterpoints, considering your emotions, your desires, your aspirations, your hopes, your needs. For, if you have not considered these, might it be difficult to know where and what you wish to experience, with regard to each of these aspects?

To live a balanced life, to feel balanced within, and see balance around you, I am suggesting that identifying balance within is the initiator of growth and increased experience.

To be spread to the extremes, from intense end to intense other end, without being overtly pulled or attracted to either is the middle way, and the middle way, though naturally existing, has to be understood.

As a ballerina or gymnast, trained and accomplished, makes the impossible appear effortless, so too the trained balancer retains comfort, safety and security whatever their external circumstances.

A trained mind is a happy and peaceful mind, for it knows where it wishes to be, and can respond deftly and with accomplished reaction to difficulties, whilst... being relaxed. I know it sounds difficult, but as the gymnast learns flexibility and strength, over time, so to the traveller along the Middle Way gains familiarity with their path.

But... We must practice. As much as we wish to deny or refute this, we will only become accomplished through our own practice, as though peace might arise spontaneously from time to time, would it not be nice to learn the ability to maintain it? Time for discipline and understanding, if you wish to learn the skills of effortless happiness.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:41:00 +0000

For what lies ahead, on yonder horizon? I challenge you not to avert your eyes, but to read and journey, venture ahead with steady gaze.

Death awaits, my death, your death, our death. And pray, describe that frisson that has just run through your eyes and hands, that coldish chill of fear and revulsion, a desire to disassociate from truth.

Pause awhile, compose and steady, and venture once again to that future time when you are no more, and see that this journey is one of constant evolution and understanding, opportunities to see beyond our current horizons.

For that is what we can do, see beyond our current horizons, if we choose to do so. And indeed we do when we plan for tomorrow, the tomorrow when the sun will arise from below the horizon, and is summoned into our vision.

The sun symbolises rebirth, as after the dark of night the light returns, illuminating our world, lifting the weight of fear and unknowing from our shoulders, and though we know this truth to be, sometimes the darkness seems never-ending, as our moment extends into eternity.

I understand, and I can see beyond this horizon, today, as I can read that lesson of history, and know that what has been will be again, though different, and life in it's cape and gown of illusion, will be maintained, with different face, and this child, once born, will see life again, beyond the next horizon, for all things continue, though changed.

And should the thought of death be one that you push away, just for today, choose to look, and fear not the horizon, look inside at the path you follow, and create that garden that lies in the future, by planting those seeds you wish to flourish in your life... Sunflowers of love. Roses of beauty. Snowdrops of peace. Daffodils of joy.

And, then, tomorrow and in the summer, they will grow.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:46:00 +0000

The blackbird skips and looks for where Jack Frost has left a seed unscathed or even for his morning feast, of worm. For nourishment is all he seeks, he does not know of cruelty and causing pain, and how his actions might disrupt or echo on, through unseen worm families.

But should he fast, and not survive? This is not of his choice, for he acts and lives as one who does not know or see the future, further paths.

Therein lies wisdom, for you and I, we choose. If I ponder for a moment, before each word I speak to share with others, or if I ponder for a moment before I move my body in reaction to my thoughts, as is the way we are and be... then I become wise.

This moment, how long is it? And how do I find time to place it in front of everything I do? It is as quick as a flash, and it comprises of no ordinary time, for every thought you have ever had has passed through this wisdom gateway, but... maybe you have not noticed it.

By looking though your window you might not notice the glass, but now and again you see the reflection, or dust upon the pane, and then it becomes apparent, that you are looking through glass, but to see beyond we ignore what is close, and necessary.

Diverting attention, for one single moment, through the glass of the window of wisdom, and seeing, thinking...'Who does this help?'

My windows need cleaning.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:32:00 +0000

From a lonely place.

Do you sit amongst those who know and share your hopes and dreams, or have you kept them tucked away, so no-one knows. For exploring them in solo flight, perchance enriching for the day dreamer shall lead to them tailing away into... nothing. Mere wistful wisps...

And to engage, and to create those paths that are the way into your future, take courage, and, can the lonely be courageous? For is not fear dispelled by action?

The fearless heart, though momentary, breathes in those slight walls, dissolving them, and then expands to overstep the margins that might pen you in, as you glimpse and scent the dream ahead.

And then loneliness awakens, and once disturbed is ushered aside, for that dynamic from within, is friendship, is you. For you and I are not alone as we who taste that silent source, are of one.

Kinship in experience.

And never lonely when I share, with me and you. The oceans merge, and then I am supported, carried upon these shared wishes that surge and rise within, and just maybe, the warmth of a tear of joy, awaiting.

Never alone.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:40:00 +0000

Oh, to lie upon a bed of roses... With the heavenly scent enabling dreams, and those soft, sweet petals, caressing you, nudging you ever closer to slumber, tempting and teasing you, to fall into her magic spell, that of the divine rose. For her colours too, from the warmest pinks, to shining yellows, to sensual reds... She, the rose, knows your desires, and shall beguile you.

And as you slip into that dream, no thought is there that can disturb you, for that paradise that lies within... awaits.

No! For why does discomfort awaken me.

The sharp point of curved and subtle thorn has pierced my dream, and awoken me from that somnambulence, of etheric roaming, but for what aim? Does pain belong in my perfect dream? Be gone.

But wait awhile, for as I sit alert and roused, what might I learn, what is contained within this moment, that might steer and shape me should I only choose to see. For only with awakened mind can I see what rises up within, to learn and grow from these alerts, that nudge me, wake me, draw my gaze.

For I would choose to never look at pain or fear or darkness even, and whilst the blindfold is availed, the convenience of not seeing has its blessings, sure. But as the clifftop looms, what fool would choose to not consider that which approaches.

So as the wakened point of thorns, pierces bright and sharp into your mind, know this that death awaits so near, for those unprepared or readied to fear, but those who seek the wisdom's light can steer a path, that does refine and will protect, so... Bless the thorn, for he carries a message for thee.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:13:00 +0000

Anger, that subtle and tenacious inner enemy... You know him, how he slyly slides invisibly and quietly into your world, playing a duplicitous game, convincing you he is really not around, as he gets established and rooted.

And what a trickster, a real nasty character, with his 1001 masks, as he suppresses his visibility, enabling a verbal denial... 'no, of course I am not angry', and all the while building his grubby citadel...

And angry at what? Angry that I might be angry. For I am not an angry person - and this enables his best trick, his ace.

That he is able to hide himself beneath a cover, which screens his activity within my mind, within an encapsulated thought, 'I am not an angry person', and this abstracts and supersedes any access to the potential he is building within your mind.

As I am not angry, so I do not even have to think about it.

Clever huh? Yes, and watch his glee as the containment becomes no longer effective and no outlet is manifest, then what happens? It has nowhere to go, so it turns in upon itself, and this, I truly believe, is the cause of many depressions and dark illnesses. Suppressed, concealed and denied anger... A dark energy, allowed to gather.

Anger is to be experienced with you and I, to be given space to breathe, for I see, in you, that the allowance of anger will not harm you at this time, it will enable you to see the clandestine, hidden enemy within, and as you turn your inner light towards him, he will be disempowered, and he will dissolve...

Knowing you have anger within, and seeing him, with your empowered and enabled mind is the initial release, the quantum key to energetic healing within... You have the light of 1000 suns within your being - release, activate and experience.

So beautiful, so very powerful, and so blissfully beneficial... Thank you, I have a deeper understanding now, thank you for listening to me.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:36:00 +0000

The room for the lost and the found.

Today what did you find? Me, I found a source of inspiration that had been pushed to one side for about a year. Over last year, 2009, I spent the majority of my time working on a project that I have now shelved, but I resisted the obvious, and ploughed ahead with determination and conviction, but also with a headstrong and blinkered view. I was not going to let go... It became like putting ever increasing amounts of fuel into a vehicle that was rolling backwards down the hill.

Found? What I had not looked at, what I had forgotten I had... And the dreams and hopes that live within.

And you? Look inside that drawer, throw away that which you do not need, but dust off that which still inspires you, return to your dream. Because, it still has that magic, that power to carry you... Maybe a spiritual goal, perhaps a creative vision, but most importantly it is yours, and reborn, re-found, your dream comes alive once again.

And with the scent of optimism, ignite the flame of creativity within, and empower your dreams, for with the rising tide within are all those potentials that shall be yoru future, if you allow them... For if by letting go, you are released from a burden, let go.

Lost? A sense of defeat.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:26:00 +0000

There is a hand that reaches out, from a stranger. And times we need an open and extended hand of friendship, one that has no agenda, is not looking for reward or favour, but is in essence a manifestation of our human wish to help another.

This is not bound by duty, nor restricted by age or capability, for this helping hand may be a simple yet pure action, maybe even just a momentary sincere smile.

For that connection between every woman, and every man, is that same shared desire to be supported, loved and cared for.

Amongst us now, are those who are suffering the fears and isolation, that may be leading to acts of desperation, and their dignity creates a barrier to accepting love. And I know this pride, I have first hand experience...

But when you do reach out, this hand, here, will be open for you. Not because I am in any way superior to you, but as I am like you, and I have felt pain and anguish, and from my perspective today I am able to share some support with you...

Time passes, and the weak become the strong, and the strong might grow weak, but whilst I am strong, rely on me to be here should you need me. Anonymous and quiet, I understand. I am here.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:09:00 +0000

The healing process is an ever revealing journey, and one that requires courage and determination. For, true healing is accomplished through direct and honest experience, and not by long term avoidance.

Avoidance of the healing potential comes in many guises, one of which is the reliance upon prescribed medications... There is, I believe a function for the temporary usage of medication, to alleviate short term symptoms, but whilst the symtoms have subsided, immediate action has to be taken to create recovery at the deeper causal level of pain - be it emotional or spiritual.

For one's spiritual and emotional well being is at the very heart of our existence, and we can know this directly through our own personal experience - If I'm happy, I feel well.

Difficulties will arise through long term dependence upon medication, as the often clumsy and inept (though well meaning) doctors usage of drugs are built up in progressive layers, and as the psyche becomes familiar with actions of the chemicals, and a tolerance is gained... well, then further mood altering chemicals are prescribed, and further complexities are added to the patients damaged experience.... And on it goes, until the 'patient' is addled and confined within an extremely complex and subtle chemical maze.

The opportunity to begin to heal is now, and not at some time in the future, as by opening the mind to it's healing potential, simply by allowing that one simple thought to arise will create that result to arise in the future.

Oh, the one simple thought? - I can imagine myself being healed.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:18:00 +0000

What load do you carry?

There is the weight of responsibility, the pressures of life, the confinement of possessions, the burden of guilt, and on it goes. Carrying our heavy loads, each one of us, wishing to be free, and wishing just to release our emotions.

Simply to release our emotions. Oh yes, release emotions....

That inner emotional confinement, or restriction, that can be the heaviest load, and to find time and privacy to experience the sorrow and tears that we so bravely step over each day is a sacred opportunity to glimpse freedom.

To allow the sorrow to rise within, to sense the warmth of emotional engagement is not a pitiful action, it is one of graceful acceptance, and the beautiful and expressive waves that allow the energetic flow to radiate through your body - this connection, now, is so very close to peace.

As, the inner conflict, the refusal to accept emotion, ceases...

I, and maybe you, spend time courageously defending my manner and demeanour, within myself, in avoidance and repetition, when really, truly, I wish to surrender. Yes, surrender my load, all of my loads, now.

And after tears - relief, laughter.

This is something you might wish to read twice, and release...

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:13:00 +0000

The gardener is faced with an acre of overgrown tangle and chaos. With her hands on her hips she surveys the view and inhales, thinking to herself that this will take time and effort, but the only way to create the paradise garden is to start.

She knows it will take time, years and possibly a lifetime, but in her mind's eye she sees how beautiful the garden will become, and smiles to herself, knowing how much satisfaction she will experience as the elements and plants combine, and an exquisite warmth and pleasure lights up her inner being, knowing that the fruits of her labour will be for the joy of others. The real harvest.

This long term vision, this goal... Well, this is her intention.

And, in everything we we do, we hold an intention, maybe short or long term, but be aware that your intention lies behind everything you do with your actions and your words.... And as our gardener knows, short term actions create long term results.

Creating a pathway to the future, using the vehicle of intention.

It is not complex to imagine, it is creative and blissful. And should the dreamers and the visionaries, both you and I, chose to hold peaceful, loving, forgiving intentions we will begin to heal from within, and participate in the garden...

Me? I want sunflowers and strawberries.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:07:00 +0000

Having a way with words.

As we speak, each and every word carried immense power. There is an aspect of our understanding that knows this, but rarely do we choose to exercise this power...

To explore this understanding, there is a small game you can play, in private, by imagining the effect or impact of various words on various people... By uttering a random word, say, 'cheese', you will provoke a quizzical response, indicating that perhaps the listener missed a word, thus the misunderstanding... You know how the game works.

So, here is an another experiment to consider. What might be the most powerful and potent words to say, bearing in mind you want a positive response, and, is there such a thing as the perfect word or perfect statement?

I'm saying no. There is no perfect statement or perfect word, but.. I will say that the perfect statement or word does exist.

Q. Why the conundrum?

A. It is variable, for the perfect word at one moment is not the perfect word a few moments later.

But, I believe that it is possible to be able to speak the perfect word on every occasion. This takes an inner understanding, a wisdom even, that can understand the possible ramifications within the listeners mind.

To be able to speak, from the position of wishing to facilitate healing, love, warmth and understanding, these are the manner in which the perfect word is spoken. The perfect word can be yes, and might be no, it depends upon the speakers intention, yes that magic word... By speaking to someone, what do you intend to happen within their experience. For, this aspect of communication, intention, is all...

If no other thing in this life, if you consider your intention, whilst you communicate, the seeds for the happiness of those you encounter will be sown... Sowing the seeds of love...

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:52:00 +0000

To begin self-healing, close your eyes, and know where you need to go inside your body. The place you need to go, to heal, is that place that you resist visiting. I have mine and you will have yours.

The place within your body, that you avoid thinking of, is being denied that which has the capacity to nourish and heal, and through gradual avoidance a lower density will manifest, and this can contribute to illness and disease, rather like a blockage in a network of interconnecting systems.

From this initial small occurrence, systems can begin to clog, overload and fail, causing major disruptions to health and well-being, and resulting in overload and failure.

I spoke of every thought being a messenger, and this functions within our own body as well, as with our eyes closed, we can direct our chosen thoughts, of healing, light and nourishment, to those parts that most need it, those that have been ignored and rejected.

For, just as a plant that is denied light will wither and die, so too without the power of our our own inner light and healing, we will cause the reduction of our own growth and development, for, life does not need to stand still, there is change all around and within, and taking an active and engaged role will, yes will, transform the flow of energy throughout our bodies.

Grant your inner messengers the full authority to visit throughout your body, and focus their full wish granting powers upon that place that they most need to be... just do not deny them access... Encourage them, to gather and carry out all their perfect work.

Self-healing, works like this.

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:47:00 +0000

Every thought is a messenger...

Each event of the mind, each and every thought, carries out into this world, bearing gifts and granting wishes. On winged feet, as swift as quicksilver, the world we inhabit is enriched by those thoughts that bear gifts and carry messages of love, understanding and forgiveness.

For as you look, and you see or think of others, send them a messenger, a thought that bears gifts and rewards for them. So simple, so private, so intimate, and so beautiful, so enriching. For our thoughts, our messengers, carry our wishes to others, along the subtle connections that exist between us all.

And, at times, we have so little to offer others, but always within resides this capacity to heal and warm our inner soul by sending this messengers that carry dreams for others.

A fantasy world? Well, perhaps, but what is wrong with a bit of positive escapism eh? It has to better than 10 minutes in front of the TV, and the results can be immediately transformative, from closed to open...

And, appreciate your messengers when sending them out, with a packed lunch if they need it, if they have a long journey ahead. And, there is no-one, absolutely no-one who you cannot send a messenger to, anyone you choose, and see them arriving at their destination and imagine the transformation that occurs when the recipient opens the message... Oh, yes, they will be smiling, and probably not even knowing why.

A bit of messenger magic today, all around the world...

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:25:00 +0000

No possessions... Imagine. I have imagined this scenario, and by doing so, it is becoming a reality for me.

I have, over the past 30 years, collected art and design, and this has given me a sense of identity and security, but I have gradually realised that possessions become, over time, responsibilities and burdens, that need to be maintained and carried... A load of sorts...

So, I no longer have that need, the need for camouflage behind my chosen objects of taste and style (oh yes, of course...), and I no longer seek the imagined protection I thought existed within those objects. And, even the thought of this freedom from encumbering articles tastes of liberation... For to be free, to be liberated, what does this imply?

No obstacles, within or without... No hindrance to the spiritual passage, and of the growth of light and energy. For, if you own something, that prevents the development of your higher being, what reason do you have to own it... Sell it, give it away, do not allow yourself to be contained by the thought of possession, as should you be able to abstract yourself from the thought, you will be free from the burden - Oh, for as long as you can maintain the thought, not simply ignoring the object (that is cheating, and you know it).

Feng shui for the mind, imagining no possessions. A teensy bit scary, but very exciting at the same time... Imagine..

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:29:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 8 - Passing into the future

The gradual realisation that the stillness and peace we seek is to be found within the mind is a beautiful and profound realisation. It is an awakening and a new understanding.

Imagine a tiny island that has appeared in the centre of a vast ocean, rising above the surrounding waters, with a clear and panoramic view of what lies all around, and of what exists above.

And as time passes, and the island develops stability, there arises a sense of permanence, safety and security, as the choppy waters and storms can no longer wash over the island or erode its shores.

This gradual change is similar to how our realisation of inner peace grows and develops, from our first brief initial glimpse, transforming over time into a stable and continual adventure of growth. And as time passes, the small events and trials that would have deeply upset or troubled us will lose any potential to affect our peace of mind, and then, as time moves into the future and we continue our practice, the capability to withstand emotional storms and tempests will improve.

All beginning with a meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:02:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 7 - Finding firm ground

The delicate positioning of our mind that we experience during our most subtle and gentle meditations can be fleeting and somewhat elusive.

The sole reason for this is our lack of familiarity with inner peace and stillness.

We have, throughout our lives, developed a default point in our minds, that state of mind when we think to ourselves 'this is me, the real me, and there is nothing I can do about it' - almost as if this is a genetic coding status that is unalterable... but...

This is not the case when it comes to who we think we are, as we can change the way we think about ourselves, and in effect create a new default point.

Gradually at first, but as we gain familiarity with our new happier, peaceful self, a new sense of identity will develop and we will identify ourselves anew.

From one single thought, that gradually firms and strengthens, the self knowledge of our new identity will improve and grow.

Visualise an enormous oil tanker, surging through the ocean, and the captain receives notification that she needs to turn around and head back to port. She knows that it will take miles of travel before the tanker can turn around and change direction, as the momentum carries the vessel onward and onward.

In the same way we have to change the momentum, shift the force of habit within our minds, and this takes time, but it can and will happen.

And, once started, the initially delicate sense of peace and contentment that we have found will develop and grow, into a deep and profound reservoir, an inner resource of continually developing depth... Yes, as good as it sounds...

So, take the time to familiarise yourself with the potential that resides within your beautiful new self, the happy and contented you.

All beginning with a meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:05:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 6 - A Butterfly in Your Hand

To master the art of holding onto happiness is to become an adept of mindfulness, and mindfulness is being aware of what is occurring within your mind.

An example might be the use of mindfulness when we are driving... Some might say that this is concentration, but actually we do not concentrate generally when we drive, as we listen to the radio, watch the weather, chat with our passengers and so on, but what we are doing is being mindful and aware that we are driving along a road, maintaining our speed and direction, and avoiding obstacles.

The practice of maintaining a happy and peaceful mind is like this too, maintaining our train of thought, avoiding pitfalls and staying in lane...

Too much intense concentration and we lose our happiness, and if we let go too much our happiness can slip away - so this can be considered by the visualisation of holding a butterfly in our hands.

Too much pressure and we will crush the butterfly, and if we open our hands too wide it will fly away, but if we cup our open hands, gently, the butterfly will remain, unharmed yet remaining within our presence.

Another descriptive analogy is holding a bar of soap - grasp it too tightly and it will squeeze out from our fingers, and if released it will slip out of our hands into the bath... oh well, never mind, we can pick it up again.

Mindfulness, or maintaining a thought is like this, a gentle, even and consistent line of thought, not too tight and not too loose.

Oh, to be happy. Oh, to be at peace - well, we can choose. We can find our happiness, we know where it resides, maybe arising now, or maybe recalled in memory - yes, that is it, happiness does arise with a smile... Now, not to let go...

It can be as simple as using your imagination. Yes, imagine you are happy, and then keep imagining the same thing, and the funny thing is that if you imagine you are happy, you are happy - this is because happiness is found only in the mind, nowhere else.

Just a simple game, an activity, imagining happiness, but one that brings beautiful rewards.

Time to turn down the noise, listen to your mind and watch your happiness... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:58:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 5 - Like a wisp of smoke

Holding onto happiness - how can it be done? It may seem elusive, even impossible, like catching a wisp of smoke, gone as soon as it is caught.

But happiness does not need to be caught, held onto, or even captured, as the process of holding onto happiness is really a matter of not letting happiness go...

There is a logical first step here, and that is to find happiness within your mind, and this happiness is closely related to your peaceful mind - it is said that 'a peaceful mind is a happy mind'.

And, like following a wisp of smoke, one does not interfere, one simply observes - so, in practice this means following your train of thought, and maintain the flow...

You can start by finding happiness or contentment, now, in your mind, by recalling your understanding, or experience of happiness and deciding 'I wish this to continue', and not letting go of the train of thought - gently...

For there is nothing inherently elusive about happiness, it is simple that we are unfamiliar with it - so it is probably time to become better acquainted.

We can try an experiment here, a visualisation.

Imagine you are happy, now. Not over elated, but contented and peaceful, and visualise that from this initial thought a gentle curling plume arises, and for as long as you can track or follow this passing, you will remain happy.

Try it...

This process is an aspect of training your mind to maintain happiness, peace, and contentment. The more proficient you become at this practice the easier it will become to maintain, as they say 'practice makes perfect', and should you practice to the extent that you master this art, there is never any need to let go, oh, unless you choose to...

This is a pro-active engagement, not a passive witnessing, it will take gentle and persistent practice to hold your mind where you wish it to remain.

And, there is nothing like meditation to learn these practical skills... Click here.. BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 4 - As the waves settle

Imagine the interface at the surface of a turbulent ocean, where the air meets the sea. Both move in a turmoil of water and air, the movement is interactive and interdependent.

There exists a similar relationship, that between the breath and the mind. Our experience tells us that if our breath is shallow and rapid, our mind tends to be agitated and erratic, and by the same token, if our breathing is deep and slow, our mind is calm.

There is a common experience that we sub-consciously engage in whilst we try to concentrate and focus - we tend to still or even hold our breath. Just consider how you hold your breath as you try and thread a needle.. We still our breath, to still our mind.

We can use this experience in a practical manner as we engage or practice our breathing meditation - we begin to align our breath with the mind, and we begin to align our mind with our breath, and as we do this the movement within the mind begins to still, and our breathing begins to slow and deepen.

As a result, the turbulent interface between the breath and the mind begins to settle..

Recalling the analogy of the ocean's surface, visualise the water settling and calming, as the wind begins to subside and still. And, as the ocean stills, the disturbance within the water subsides, and the water becomes clearer, and clearer, as the suspended particles begin to settle.

As the waves subside, the water clears, and as the breath slows and deepens, the mind clears.

This beautiful process, of the mind clearing, enables a lucidity and clarity, and a profoundly aware stillness.

Within the stillness, small movements become apparent, and it becomes easier and easier to notice thoughts as they arise, and upon noticing movement, from a point of stillness, we can choose to remain in the stillness that exists between the thoughts, choosing to remain with inner peace.

Choose to remain with inner peace.. Found through meditation.. Click here.. BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION

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markyparky2@hotmail.com (Mark Golding - The Healing Creative) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:53:00 +0000

Holding onto Happiness - 3 - Clarity and purity

So, as we venture around our mountain once again, we follow a path, a somehow familiar path, but a path that is new, as we are reaching a higher ground as our starting point is not the same, we began our journey some time ago.

The air, as we ascend the mountain, becomes clearer and becomes purer, and as a result of this experience we can begin to see a little further than previously, noticing distant objects and also a subtle vibrancy to those objects close to us.

This clarity and purity may seem rarefied and unfamiliar at first, but as we acclimatise to our new altitude, a sense of comfort and familiarity develops within our experience. As we draw closer to the pool of inner peace that resides within our minds, we will become aware of a clarity and purity within our minds.

A clarity that is a clearness of mind, like a window cleared of condensation, or the clarity of a newly polished mirror - bright, clear and vibrant. And a purity too, a freedom from impurity, like a cool, clear moonlit night - after the dust has settled from the heat of the day.

The clarity within the mind allows an increased awareness, and a stillness that enables us to notice movement, movement that was hitherto unobserved.

These movements of mind, or passing thoughts, are the cause of so much anxiety and distraction, drawing our attention into the blind alleys of worry and fear.

Using this newly found clarity, it becomes possible to develop a mindfulness, empowering us to notice what is happening within our mind, and further enabling choice - choice as to what we think of, and where we wish to direct our mind.

If you could see clearly, what you wanted to think about, and therefore experience, what would you think?

The first moment, found through the gentle art of meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION