Most of us are spending a lot more time at home.  Some of us are struggling with this.  For me, I love my home.  I work from home, so it was not such a big a challenge to stay home a bit more.  Of course, I couldn’t visit my family and friends.  I even stayed home on holidays, when I wanted more than ever to be with my family.

Not being with others, not connecting, was tough.  So I got busy and I started calling people.  Some people answered the phone, others did not.  I notice in this information society, that people connect on screen, and on social media, sometimes more easily than they connect by phone.  But that’s okay.  I connected with those that wanted a connection, and the rest of the time, I left cheerful messages.  I also connected with my plants, my flowers, my lovely home by puttering around it, cleaning and caring for it, and I especially, connected with the divine energy of the universe in meditation.

We are never alone.  Even though it feels like it sometimes, especially for those who live independently.  Yet we are all connected to the cosmic consciousness, by universal thought waves, even when we don’t know or understand this connection.  

Every thought we think is sending out a vibration.  What you think about most is the vibration you’re resonating.  Your thoughts resonate with other people and things that have the same vibration.  That is why you often bring into your life that which you think about.  So think about what it is that you want.  Envision it as being already present.  Imagine the taste and feel of your desires.  If it is rain, imagine rain falling on your head, and your feet in the wet grass.  If it is sunshine, imagine the warmth of the sun on your shoulders and your feet in the warm sand.  Manifest your desires in your mind, and pay attention to what comes your way.  You may be surprised.

In the center of our being, where we connect with the universal spirit of all,  is where our thoughts and words meet, fueled by our desires. Vision who you are.  Vision what you want. Vision your best life. Then infuse your thoughts with the strength of your devotion, and and bring love to it – all the love you have.  Your strong emotions, and your belief in your vision, will raise your vibration to the level of your desires.  Then watch for miracles.

Love, peace, health and joy,

Helen Berg

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I am humble by the sights and sounds of nature.

What is humility?  Humility is sharing the truth of who you are at your soul level.  We all live in our own universe colored by the perceptions we’ve developed over a lifetime.  But there is another universe:  the universe of the soul.  There, we are all equal, strong, vibrant and beautiful.  If you tap into that universe, you can’t help knowing this wonderful truth:  at the base of our soul, we are all light energy expanding infinitely.  So why do we put such a premium on playing small? 

Perhaps we don’t want people to see our confidence and strength for fear that we may seem arrogant or bold.  So we lower our eyes even when, inside each one of us, there is a wellspring of unique wisdom.  If you don’t share your unique wisdom with others in this lifetime, it will be forever lost.  Therefore, it is important to share your truth; you are the only one who can.

Humility is not being weak, but rather, to be without pride, pretense or over-assertiveness; patient, showing deferential respect.  It derives from the Latin word humilis, which mean low, base; from humus, meaning ground, soil, earth.  We are humble when we operate from the base of our souls; when we sink our roots into the soil of all that nourishes us; it’s what makes us human (Latin root meaning “earthing”), and gives us humor (Latin root meaning “liquid, fluid”); it’s what makes us humane:  imbued with kindness, mercy and compassion.  If being “humble” does not raise these feelings of humanness in you, then it is not humility; it is arrogance—staying quiet for the sake of politeness, yet lacking empathy, warmth or forgiveness.  It is arrogant, rather than humble, to pretend to be anything other than what you are because, by doing so, you are trying to fool others, and you are not being authentic to yourself.

Love brings out our humanity, and our humility.  When love becomes alive in us, we can then share it with others.  And that brings out our humility; it gets us back to the root of who we are.  We grow into our humanity and our humility as we grow in love, just like a tree grows roots that spread wide and deep into the soil.  And the more we are nurtured in love, the more we nurture others in lovingkindness.  The more we are nurtured in lovingkindness, the more we can live our truth.  The more with live our truth, the more we can share our true selves with others.  The more we share with others, the more we support branches and leaves that raise the consciousness of the whole world. 

I am humbled by the strength of love.  I patiently let it grow.  I respect its branches.  Love is the flower born from the essence of the seed nourished by its roots (our humility, humanity and humor), and the warmth of True Love that shine in our hearts.

Namaste,

Helen Berg

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I recently was with a couple that was so allowing of each other that it made me just smile. If one person wanted to do an activity, they did it!  The key word was, “sure.”

Love reflects the art of allowing your partner to be who they are, without trying to change anything, including their opinions. I always like the idea of saying in any dispute:

“You may be right about that.”

“I understand your position.”

“I respect your opinion.”

“Perhaps we need to look into this further to gain greater understanding.”

What you are saying when you say the above is that you respect the person. You may not agree with what they are saying, but you are allowing the person to be who they are (even if you think they may be wrong). You are accepting them.

When you don’t allow for loving acceptance, it is a prescription for resentment. Allow, allow, allow. We are all on our own spiritual path; growth with either come or not, but nothing will happen if you don’t allow it to.

Love, Health and Happiness

Helen Berg, www.helen-berg.com

True intimacy is like a dewy flower fully realized.

What is true intimacy? It’s a knowing of the other person’s likes, wants, needs and desires. It’s a knowing of their hopes and dreams, their deepest fears, and it’s knowing who they are right now and accepting where they are at on their spiritual journey. Once you truly know someone, you are on the path to true intimacy.

True Love is a complete acceptance of every aspect of another’s being; accepting all parts, rejecting nothing, listening to the deepest parts of them, knowing where they are at, but trying to change nothing, and realizing that it is the collection of their experiences, everything they’ve heard, read, experienced, and lived that makes them who they are. When you know and accept the other person fully, that is the beginning of true intimacy.  It has nothing to do with a physical act.

How do you distinguish whether making love is an extension of true intimacy or just another “high”? Ask yourself these questions: “does you partner truly know and understand you?” And, “do you really know and understand your partner?” And knowing all there is to know about the person you truly love, “do you accept every part of them?” And, “do they accept every part of you?” Acceptance is key; truly understanding with compassion is penultimate.

Since True Love has no conditions, and allows each person to fully be who they are, then each person must come to desire physical intimacy at their own pace. Generally that happens when a person feels safe. A person feels safe when they can be their true self around the other person. It also comes when a person feels powerful. True power comes with a knowing that no person, place or thing can ever shake the peaceful center within you because you know yourself, you have nurtured yourself, and you have allowed yourself to bloom into the person you truly are indifferent to the good opinions of others. Then you will be a flower, fully opened, fully realized.

True intimacy cannot be forced any more than one can force a flower to blossom. One should wait until one feels known, understood and accepted. You will know this has happened when you feel comfortable and at ease in your relationship every moment of every day–when there is regular harmony and joy. Then “making love” will be a true joining of mind, body and spirit, and there will be no reservations.

Love, Helen Berg

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September is the month I was born.  When I was born, I left my true home and came to this earthly world.  It was a frightening place compared to the heavenly realm that I came from, but I am here for a reason.

I came to learn all that I failed to learn in prior lives.  I came to teach that which I have learned from prior existences to others.  I came to curiously explore human potential to see if we, as human, can transcend this earthly existence.  I came to learn how we can create heaven on earth, if only in our minds.

Home is not a place; it’s a feeling. You can return to that feeling everyday by finding a quiet place and nestling into the warmth of your own heart.  It is true that home is where the heart is.  No matter where you are you can always, always come home to rest in your heart where love abounds.  You will know you are home when you can sit quietly, and smile, knowing that your home is all around you no matter where you are.

“If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.”  Rumi  

If love is in your heart, you will find your peace.

Love, light, peace and happiness,

Helen Berg

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We are here for a purpose.

Many are finding out what their true purpose is.  Maybe it’s the heart of a caregiver, a nurse, or a doctor.  Maybe your true purpose is to be a helper.  Some help on the front lines, and some, like me, work from the energy that is present all around us; in the quiet, in the ether.

I started meditating when I was 18. Yoga was a thing back in the 70s, and I stretch and balanced my body in postures that have been around for thousands of years; postures that open up the energy centers of the body. Somehow being young helped.

Maybe it was because I had less dross floating around in my mind. Maybe it was because I had less defenses, and was more open. But it was a delicious experience that I expanded over time:  regression meditations, sitting meditations, walking meditations, meditations lying down, meditation in the lotus position. 

For awhile, things got so busy that meditating became more difficult.  I had to make time to find that quiet place. But I never stopped.  Now, once again, I have the time to focus on the energy.  Right now I am focusing on the earth. When I look at the trees I think:  the earth is so magnificent.  Does the she know there is a pandemic raging?  Maybe she does.  Maybe on a quantum level, this pandemic is healing our dear Mother Earth.

So I sit in God’s light sending out good energy to the earth, the universe and everyone in it.  I pray everyday that all sentient beings be free from suffering.  I pray we find peace in stillness, and that the earth will heal, and that we will heal, and find a new way.  A way, perhaps, that is more conscious of our Earth, and all we and she holds dear.  I pray, and meditate on the thought, that we, and our dear Mother Earth, find our balance.

Love, peace, health and happiness always and forever,

Helen Berg, https://helenberg.com

You are wonderful, you are beautiful, I love you just the way your are.

Recently I listened to a “Love Meditation” by Deepak Chopra, one of my mentors. You may be able to find it on the internet. It’s about putting yourself in a state of love consciousness, and you’re not going to believe how to do it! You do it by saying this to yourself silently in the mirror, to someone who is looking at you with love, or to someone whom you manifest and imagine is looking at you with love:

I am a beautiful person;

I am a wonderful person;

I love myself exactly as I am.

Now it may seem strange that the best way to send out love to the world is to love yourself. But it’s true. Just try it. Imagine your mate or significant other looking at you with loving eyes, and everything about their face and body language says, “I love you.”  And silently in your mind you say:

I am a beautiful person;

I am a wonderful person;

I love myself exactly as I am.

Do you feel it?  Do you feel that feeling of buoyancy that happens when you give love to yourself?  It radiates out from you as love to others.  Isn’t it amazing how the love you are able to receive, is directly related to the amount of love you have for yourself?

That’s worth saying again: the amount of love you are able to give or receive is directly related to the amount of love that you have for yourself.

So, the next time someone says, “I love you,” look into their eyes, and smile, and say silently to yourself:

I am a beautiful person;

I am a wonderful person;

I love myself exactly as I am.

Bask in their love, then say, “Thanks for sharing your love with me. I love you, too.”

Love, health and happiness,

Helen Berg

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One day I made an intention to see butterflies.  It was an experiment from a book I read by Pam Grout, called “E3.”  The main focus was on the notion that what you focus on expands. For the next 48 hours, I saw butterflies, a lot of them, beyond what I expected.  Butterflies flew up to my window when I was sitting in the car and hovered over the driver’s side window.  Butterflies almost crashed into me when I was riding my bike.  Butterflies, I noticed, were everywhere.  I just needed to focus on them and see them.

So it is with everything. 

What if you thought every morning of the ten things you liked about your life.  What if you spent ten minutes every morning being grateful for the gifts you have in your life.  What if you spent 10 minutes every day telling a person in your life how grateful you are for them.  Do you think your life would change?

Even with great conflicts in our theater movies, do you notice that most of the movies have a pretty good resolution at the end for the heroes and heroines?  Be a hero to yourself.  Focus on your good.  Bet a hero to others.  Focus on their good.  Be a hero to the world.  Focus on the good in people, and what we’ve accomplished for humankind.  Give positive reinforcement.  What you focus on expands.  See butterflies.

Love, peace and happiness,

Helen Berg

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