Thanksgiving 2015

And so another year rolls around and while much is the same, there have been changes as well and I am grateful.

In years past I have traveled to Montreal mid October to celebrate my daughter Antonia's birthday and to visit with my brother and his family. This year Antonia has traveled to London to be with her "manfellow" and his family.

Fortunately I had the opportunity to travel to Montreal in June. It is such a joy to get together with family! We prepared and ate meals together, went for walks, I watched my niece Priscilla figure skate, my nephew Gerald play hockey, I listened to my nephew Stephen play guitar, I met Antonia's manfellow, watched the year end show at École Nationale de Cirque that Antonia was performing in. She sang beautifully!

Thanksgiving this year I will be staying in Vancouver. I am so grateful for past Thanksgivings celebrated together with my parents, grandparents, aunts uncles cousins, my bothers and sisters, nieces nephews, some still living here in Vancouver. I am so grateful to have friends and family here and all around the world! In fact, as my heart continues to open wider, I feel more and more that we are really all one big family. As the saying goes, "there are no strangers here; only friends you haven't yet met"- William Butler Yeats.

A powerful way I have found to experience oneness is by chanting the soul song Love, Peace and Harmony

I love my heart and soul
I love all humanity
Join hearts and souls together
Love peace and harmony
Love peace and harmony
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May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

Follow Your Heart

I just returned from a short trip to Edmonton; two days packed full of activity and blessings. I had not thought it would be possible; the idea came to me about a week before my nephew was scheduled to compete in the Pan Am Jr. Championships Saturday 1 August in Edmonton, Canada.

Pan Am Jr. Championships 2015

Flight prices were high. However, as the days went by, the idea did not go away. I was scheduled to help at Love Peace Harmony World Family events in Vancouver the same weekend; still the idea did not go away. In addition to the Pan Am Jr. Championships, there are three dear soul sisters in the Love Peace Harmony World Family team living in Edmonton; a trip there would provide an opportunity for in-person connection.

Thursday 30 July I got the message to check for a flight again; amazingly the price of a ticket for the trip (and only those two days) had reduced by half! There was one ticket left for the Vancouver to Edmonton segment. I booked it and with no attachment, wrote an email asking if there was anyone who could take my place if I were to go to Edmonton. The emails came back within a few hours offering assistance; thank you team!

So I booked a ticket for the return segment, let my soul sisters in Edmonton know that I would be visiting and went to work (Friday.) First one offered to pick me up at the airport, then another offered me a place to stay and my brother offered to get me a ticket to watch the Pan Am Jr Championships; I am so blessed!

Where were the messages coming from and why did everything go so smoothly?

See the blog of Dr. Rulin, co-author of Soul Mind Body Science System.

The Role of Heart in Manifesting Reality

I had not seen my brother and sister-in-law for many years and had never attended in person any of my nephew's races. It was such a joy visiting my soul sisters, a joy visiting my brother and sister-in-law, a joy watching my nephew running!

Even the return trip was blessed. I was offered a ride to the airport, and found out that my flight had been delayed an hour. I heard the earlier flight being announced and asked if I might be allowed on; I was offered a seat and arrived safely an hour ahead of schedule. Heartfelt thanks to my brother, sister-in-law, nephew, soul brothers and soul sisters and more for this wonderful experience!

Have you had similar experiences of things that have gone smoothly for you?  Would you like to have more experiences like this?  Live on the North Shore?  I invite you to join us for an hour each Thursday at 7 PM. More information:

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May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

When those "buttons" are pushed

I am so grateful to my family in all of its forms for their role in my soul journey. While it is a joy to share special moments together, it can be painful when those "buttons" are pushed that bring to the surface aspects of myself that need healing . If not for forgiveness when I react badly and love and trust that comes from a long history of caring for one another, it may not be bearable.

Recently, at the end of a challenging day, I received a message that pushed a button. For the first time in a long while, I felt angry. The following post from Thich Nhat Hanh brought me into deeper awareness of the root of my (emotional) state, the first step on the way to unconditional gratitude for everything that happens (thank you Master Marilyn:)

Someone who is angry is someone who doesn't know how to handle their suffering. They are the first victim of their suffering, and you are actually the second victim. Once we can see this, compassion is born in our heart and anger evaporates. We don't want to punish them any more, but instead we want to say something or do something to help them suffer less.

Ah yes, I was suffering, (and not handling it well.) This recognition helped me to move out of anger and into compassion for myself and for the others involved, and next to search inwardly for my role in bringing the situation to myself in the first place. 

Given that we are mirrors for one another, what was I being shown? Some thoughts that had been running through my mind were that others were taking advantage and asking compensation while not offering value. When and where in my life have I taken advantage and not offered good value? As Jesus teaches, before attempting to take the speck out of my brother's eye, I must first take the log out of my own eye.

I began thinking about all that I have; for instance, clean water delivered right to my tap. How many people and hours did it take to build the reservoir and filtration system, to make, install and maintain the pipes that bring the water to the house and for the fixtures inside the house? What good service am I offering that compares to the value of just this one thing, that would be considered a miracle in some parts of the world today? I am so grateful for the cycle of water on Earth that provides natural purification of water. I am so grateful to all of the people who have and continue to maintain our system of delivery of fresh water to each home and for the Plumbers who have trained to take on the task of maintaining water circulation within our homes. 

Self-compassion helped to bring me back into gratitude; who would have thought?

And compassion offers much more; thank you Master Sha for sharing your wisdom about the power of compassion to boost energy, stamina, vitality, and immunity, even more reason for self-compassion!

How about you? Do you recognize when you are suffering and offer yourself compassion? I invite you to share your experiences of transforming painful situations.

I invite you to Boost Compassion with Master Maya

And now, if you are wondering how you can easily increase your good service to yourself, your family and more:

Consider sharing your gratitude and blessing requests for yourself, your family and all loved ones on Master Sha's Chanting Channel available 24/7 

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A gift for you; a gift to share: 

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May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

Family Day February 9, 2015

In many parts of Canada today we are celebrating Family Day.  Our lives are often filled with busyness; work, chores, meetings and more; how precious to set aside time together as a family!

In my case, my daughter lives on the other side of the country and most of my brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews live far away as well.  I cherish the times we do get together in person, over the phone and connect through text messages and mail. My dear family members, I connect to you now heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul and ask your forgiveness for the mistakes I have made that have caused you hurt or harm.  I offer my greatest love and gratitude to each of you who have a place in my heart forever.  We are one!

I also cherish my soul family, those sisters and brothers, fathers and mothers who live close by and throughout the world. My dear soul family, I connect to you now heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul and ask your forgiveness for the mistakes I have made that have caused you hurt or harm.  I offer my greatest love and gratitude to each of you who have a place in my heart forever. We are one!

In this lifetime we each have a finite amount of time to "spend" and to offer one another; what a precious commodity! I am grateful for this opportunity to offer some of my time to send this love letter via the internet and via the "intranet" that requires no technology beyond one heart opening to another. We are one!

How about you?  Do you have a story to share about your Family Day?

Consider sharing your gratitude and blessing requests for your family on Master Sha's Chanting Channel available 24/7

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Consider committing to chant 15 minutes per day toward a better world for you and your family!

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May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

We are one; a personal experience

4 February 2015

Today I take this opportunity to share with you a deep realization that began unfolding during a practice at a recent retreat with many beloved soul brothers and sisters, led by Master Sha and his Worldwide Representatives.  We were holding hands in a circle and chanting over and over again the following song:

I love you, you love me, we are one, we are one.

Each of us in turn was invited to suggest a word to exchange with "love" e.g. "forgive" and we would all sing the new phrase.

I forgive you, you forgive me, we are one, we are one

Some beautiful words were shared; "serve", "cherish", "honour", and then came the following: "never left you"

I never left you, you never left me, we are one, we are one

My mind stopped, my heart opened and tears began to fall.

you left me

I realise that this message has been with me for a long time and has, in fact, been the reason that my heart has not opened fully.  I honour my heart; and the wisdom of opening at the appropriate time. As a 2 year old given up for adoption, having experienced numerous additional coming and going of people, places and things in this lifetime, it is easy to understand how a heart can close.

This time, as my heart opened, I received healing and new wisdom: when my heart is open, I will no longer feel "you left me," I will instead understand the truth; "we are one;" People come in and out of my life to offer blessings, lessons or an opportunity to serve.  Some are part of my life for a short period of time, others for longer.  I can keep my heart open, and extend gratitude for whatever that person, place, thing brings; we are forever connected heart to heart; we are one!

You are away from me. There is a window open from my heart to yours. From this window, like the moon I keep sending news secretly.- Rumi

How about you?  Is your heart ready to open further?

Consider this practice offered by Master Sha

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Consider sharing your own experience of "we are one" and of opening your heart.

May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

Families and Thanksgiving

A recent experience as a volunteer brought up an issue from my childhood.  I recalled one weekend I spent hours taking care of household duties; laundry and ironing, vacuuming, dusting, baking.  When my mother came home, she asked me if I had also washed the floor.  I recall the feeling of pride rapidly deflating at that time.  With a higher understanding, I now realize that my service at that time (and also more recently) was not unconditional; I had expected to be "paid" with gratitude.  Families offer us unlimited opportunities to develop unconditional love, unconditional forgiveness and unconditional service.  For that we can be very grateful!

I think back to my mother and I realise that every day she took care of household duties and fortunately she did not stand by waiting for any of us children to thank her.  While we celebrated her contributions each year on Mother's Day, we learned from our father to express gratitude for the meal she lovingly prepared for dinner each day.  Further development of gratitude has taken time.

As I reflect on the amazing service offered by parents, guardians and ancestors, from teachers and coaches, from health care workers, from tradespeople, public servants and many more, I realise that the appropriate response to the service offered is to express gratitude and to "pay it forward," offering unconditional service.  When I think about the unconditional service offered by Mother Earth and Father Sun, without which there would be no life on Earth as we know it, the only response I can offer is unconditional service and gratitude.  When I think about the Divine, the source of all life,all my Soul Mothers and Fathers in all layers of Heaven and Mother Earth, the only response I can offer is unconditional service and gratitude.

I am so grateful to have the opportunity within my family to learn about service and gratitude and very grateful now to continue learning as we together create the Love Peace Harmony World Family! See more at:

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May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

What my ancestors bring to me

July 18, 2014

There are teachings in many of the faith paths on how we are to relate to our ancestors.  In the Christian path, the fifth commandment has a promise: 

Honour your father and your mother so that things will go well with you and you will have a long life on the earth (from Ephesians 6:2-3) 

I am fortunate to have had two sets of parents in this lifetime; the mother and father of my ancestral line and the mother and father who adopted and raised me.  I am deeply grateful to my adoptive parents, both of whom have now passed on.  While I never reconnected with the mother of my ancestral line before she passed on, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to get to know about her through her first born, my beloved half-sister.  

I have been in contact with the father of my ancestral line off and on over the past 30 years and have had many opportunities to learn ever more deeply what it means to have gratitude for all that my ancestors bring to me.  I am so grateful for all of the blessings I have received from my ancestors; the blessing of being born in one of the most peaceful, stable areas of the Earth, the blessing of a healthy body. the blessing of educational opportunities, to name a few. And then there are the weaknesses; there has been much that I have seen and rejected, not understanding at the time that what I reject in my parents, is what I reject in myself, thus missing the opportunity to heal.  

How about you?  What aspect of your parents do you have difficulty loving?  How would your life be different if you could accept that difficulty as a gift, a message of an aspect of yourself to be purified; your gift back to your ancestors and to all humanity?

Today, more than ever, it is evident that humanity needs more love, peace and harmony, and you may ask, what can I do?  Begin with yourself and your family. 

Today let's show our gratitude and appreciation to our ancestors by chanting the Divine Soul Song of Love, Peace and Harmony for 15 minutes or more.  I invite you to share any insights you experience.

Chant For World Peace

May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,
Cynthia

New Years and family

December 31, 2013

And so we prepare to mark the passing of one year and move into the next, an artificial marking of time that has as much meaning as we ascribe to it.  Each moment is a new opportunity to be born afresh; what will I express in this moment?  How will I relate to myself and each of my family members in this moment?  What I feel at this moment is immense gratitude for each and every member of my family, for both the blessings and the challenges; each has been a gift.  And so I radiate this gratitude and love to each of my family members right now, knowing that no matter where in the world each is now, the message will be received.  May each of you reading this today take a moment to express gratitude and love to each of your family members.  Happy new moment!  Happy New Year!

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May you be both blessed and a blessing to many today.  May the blessings you offer be felt far and wide and may they return to you multiplied manyfold!

Love,

Cynthia