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People just want to be loved, don’t they?

By Karen Scott 6 Comments

Image of a hand‘I just want to be loved.’

Have you ever heard someone say these words, or have you ever said them yourself?

Well I’ve definitely heard them before.

And it makes me wonder what these words really mean.

Is that what people really want? To be loved?

Most people would answer with a resounding ‘YES!’

‘Yes, I want to be loved. Of course I do.’

But could it be that, rather than wanting to be loved, it’s the experience of feeling love that people are actually searching for?

If it is, then our attention needs to shift from looking outside ourselves for love, to the more immediate experience of love which can be found within.

Yet because so few people know how to connect with love in a fulfilling way, they look to others for love instead.

They turn their attention outside in, and stop viewing life from the inside out. Continue reading

Consult your heart before choosing a psychic

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Image of a white roseIt’s easy for people to make the assumption that psychic awareness and spirituality are the same thing.

On many occasions I’ve heard people discuss readings they have sought and received, automatically presuming them to be spiritual in nature.

But there is a world of difference between psychic awareness — the ability to perceive impressions — and the universal truths pursued in committed spiritual practices.

And whilst the two aren’t mutually exclusive, they don’t necessarily go hand in hand.

The use of readings to obtain information regarding our path can be enlightening, emotionally relieving — even healing.

But to confuse this with the important motivation of the pursuit of truth, wisdom and love within a spiritual practice, would be misguided.

Although it is a natural graduation from spiritual dedication and practice to psychic awakening, without a strong spiritual foundation, psychic abilities can be misused.

A pure intent and an elevated quality of thoughts and energy are desirable when consulting a psychic medium for a reading. These qualities lend a level of purity to the experience and ensure the appropriateness of the information which is brought through by the medium. Continue reading

The sacred value of motherhood

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image of pregnant womanMotherhood is one the most sacred roles women can play in life. Its sacredness exists in its potential to teach us unconditional love.

From the moment of conception, a mother’s thoughts can turn from her own personal interests to the best interests of her child.

Or not.

What she eats and drinks, as well as her lifestyle choices, will ultimately define just how sacred this role is for her.

With her thoughts and aspirations for her future now imbued with considerations for another human being, a woman is challenged to act with greater love. Through this greater love, fulfilment, expansion and contentment can be experienced and understood. Continue reading

A mother’s gift of grace

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Image of hands offering a giftMy mother worries about many things.

And she possesses deep faith in God.

It’s an odd dichotomy.

Her concerns are driven by her deep need to keep safe those she loves. In fact, it’s her primary motivation in life.

Her need to keep us safe from the dangers of this troubling world, are often met with our shared frustration.

But in this net of protection she casts across our family, amid her fears of us falling prey to some awful fate, is the thread of grace connecting us all safely through her love and prayers. Continue reading

While you’re being ‘professional’ are you still being yourself?

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Image of happy faceIn our modern world, the word ‘professionalism’ has come to represent an ideal of standards and quality in business.

We don’t only expect professional work to be presented to us in the best possible model available, but for it to be presented to us by someone who epitomises, what we consider, a professional image.

Whilst this is great at the level of feeling that the work we’ve paid for has been delivered in the best possible way, it’s not so great when we consider what might be going on for the individual behind the image. Continue reading

Prayer for moving forward

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Image: Jenny Downing

Dear God,

I am afraid of what my future holds.
The unsureness of what the changes
in my life are bringing,
sometimes fills me with doubt and fear.
There are so many things that have become
confused in my mind,
as I have turned my back on my true nature,
and run from You.
Please dear Lord,
let me not fall into the arrogance of thinking,
I am above any experience that has been brought into my life.
Instead, please give me the understanding
of what it is I am meant to learn,
and the faith to know,
all things are exactly as they are meant to be.
Help me to see each child as my teacher,
and to remember that Your love
is present in each one.
Please help me to strengthen my resolve
to walk the path of my heart;
And in doing so,
Meet all of the responsibilities
that belong to me.
Please Lord,

Amen.

© Karen Scott 2002

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