The Two Most Powerful Words You Can Ever Speak
There is a benevolent hand guiding each of us in this Universe. It is constantly creating the events and forces in our lives that move us toward growth. When we examine this guiding light, we should embrace adversity and all that it can teach us. And for us to change anything adverse, we must first imagine it differently. As Wayne Dyer explains,
Everything that now exists was once imagined. So, if you want something to exist, you must first be able to imagine it.
~Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Wayne Dyer on ‘I Am’
The two most powerful words in the English language are what God spoke to Moses in the Bible, “I am.” You are God. God is someone who is deep within each of us. It’s that tiny spark you can call on at any time. Every thought that you have is really a thought of God – we are all using this one mind. Are you staying aligned with it? Learn to think like God thinks.
In an interview with Lilou Mace on Gaiam TV, Dr. Dyer was asked about the most important things we should know.
- Who we are is not really our body at all – we are grander than this physical form
- The words I Am are the most powerful words you can speak over your life
- “When you align yourself with the mind of God, you share and attract the things that you want rather than what you don’t want.” ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Dyer helps us realize that each and every one of us can live an extraordinary life. We can manifest anything we want, as long as we do the work by honoring our inner divinity and living from our highest self.
Be still enough to tune into the awareness of what’s moving all these pieces in your life around. You have a secret garden within you where you can make something happen and overcome anything that’s happened in your life.
When these circumstances come up, don’t play the why game.
3 ways to enlightenment
Suffering
Are you playing the “why me?” game? Acting like the victim in your life’s story? This is your ego at play – it never wants you to be satisfied or have the upper hand. When you are engaging in life from a place of ego, you are “Edging God Out.”
Being in the Moment
In the moment, have gratitude for all the good and also all the bad – everything that’s going on. If you’re always waiting for the perfect moment, or the better job, or the better relationship, then you are missing the present moment of now. Now is all we ever have. So what is it that’s asking to be healed in your life that you can work on beginning right this very minute?
Getting Ahead of Your Vibration
The art of manifestation is where you can get out in front of things you want and see them coming at you. This is choosing to vibrate on a disc of higher consciousness, something we all can learn to do. We have the power to choose our thoughts, moment by moment, day by day, in order to reprogram our approach to life.
When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.
~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Make the Shift
You can make the shift. Live a God-realized life. Learn to think like God thinks. Use your hands to serve with love.
~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
And most importantly, “Don’t die with your music still inside you.”
We’re fortunate you gave us the music of your soul before transcending this planet. Rest in peace, Dr. Wayne Dyer.
Samhain Unveiled: Tracing its Origins and Time-Honored Rituals
Samhain is a time-honored tradition followed by witches, Wiccans, ancient druids, and countless other modern pagans across the world, and celebrated as October turns to November. Samhain is a festival of the dead, meaning “Summer’s End,” and though you’re probably tempted to pronounce it “sam-hane,” it’s actually pronounced saah-win or saah-ween.
What is a Samhain Celebration?
Samhain is a sacred and ancient Celtic festival that marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. It holds deep spiritual significance as it honors our ancestors, acknowledges the time of year when the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is thinnest, and embraces the mysteries of life and death. Samhain typically takes place from October 31st to November 1st and involves various rituals and traditions, such as ancestor veneration, divination, bonfires, costume dressing, feasting, and releasing and renewing rituals. It’s also celebrated as the beginning of the spiritual new year for Wicca practitioners, which is also why it’s nicknamed “The Witches’ New Year.” Samhain serves as a time of reflection, transformation, and connection with the natural and supernatural realms, reminding us of the cyclical nature of existence and the eternal bond with our ancestral heritage. If this celebration sounds oddly familiar, it’s because our modern Halloween, although different, originates from this Gaelic tradition. Historically, most American Halloween traditions were brought over by Irish and Scottish immigrants.
How to Celebrate Samhain
Samhain is typically celebrated by preparing a dinner to celebrate the harvest. The holiday is meant to be shared with those who have passed on as well as those still with us. Set a place at the table for those in the spiritual plane, providing an offering for them upon every serving throughout the meal. In addition to those who have passed, invite friends and family to enjoy the feast with you. Typical beverages include mulled wine, cider, and mead, and are to be shared with the dead throughout the meal.
Halloween Similarities & Differences
Despite occurring at similar times and containing similar themes, Samhain and Halloween are not the same holiday. Halloween, short for All Hallow’s Eve, is celebrated on and around Oct. 31 and tends to be more family-focused. On the other hand, Samhain is more religious in focus and spiritually observed by practitioners.
There are some more light-hearted observances in honor of the dead through Samhain, but the underlying tone of Samhain is one of a serious religious practice rather than a light-hearted make-believe re-enactment. Today’s Pagan Samhain rites are benevolent, and although they are somber and centered on death, they do not involve human or animal sacrifices, as some rumors may claim. Another difference between Samhain and Halloween is that most Samhain rituals are held in private rather than in public.
When to Start the Celebrations
If you want to start honoring this pagan tradition, you might wonder when to start. The timing of contemporary Samhain celebrations varies according to spiritual tradition and geography. Practitioners state to celebrate Samhain over several days and nights, and these extended observances usually include a series of solo rites as well as ceremonies, feasts, and gatherings with family, friends, and the spiritual community.
In the northern hemisphere, many Pagans celebrate Samhain from sundown on October 31 through November 1. Others hold Samhain celebrations on the nearest weekend or on the Full or New Moon closest to this time. Some Pagans observe Samhain a bit later, or near November 6, to coincide more closely with the astronomical midpoint between the Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice. Most Pagans in the southern hemisphere time their Samhain observances to coincide with the middle of their Autumn in late April and early May rather than at the traditional European time of the holiday. In the end, it’s really up to you!
Honoring Life, Death, & Nature
Samhain isn’t necessarily a creepy, morbid holiday obsessed with death, as some may conclude. Instead, it reaches for themes deeper than that, tying in with nature’s rhythms. In many places, Samhain coincides with the end of the growing season. Vegetation dies back by killing frosts, and therefore, literally, death is in the air.
This contributes to the ancient notion that at Samhain, the veil is thin between the world of the living and the realm of the dead, facilitating contact and communication with the dead. For those who have lost loved ones in the past year, Samhain rituals can be an opportunity to bring closure to grieving and to further adjust to their being in the Otherworld by spiritually communing with them. However, it’s also a way to appreciate life when you get right down to it.