Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Let go of the need to be right! We sometimes spend a lot of energy trying to prove a point. Depending on how much we fuss and fight, when everything is said and done we don't feel any better because we were so hostile trying to make the point. Try being more righteous about the issue than right. Be the bigger person, the grown woman or the real man. It may actually feel better and ultimately move the issue in your favor. Just because you are not right in the moment doesn't make you wrong.
Have a blessed day. Peace Maat E.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Loving others is a way to heal thyself. When we are in the midst of our own stress and pain life seems overwhelming and it is all about us. Little do we know that the love and attention we wish someone would show us is the same loving energy that we have to give. Directing love and care toward someone else helps us come out of our own head, our own judgments, our own resentment and own pain. The fact that we hold on to negative thoughts is part of what keeps us from healing. We can turn the negativity around by choosing to come from a place of love. Of course it is not easy. Life's greatest rewards usually come with some difficulty. Let love out today. Heal thyself.
Peace Maat

Monday, September 28, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message: Have faith in your Self to follow your heart. In moments of uncertainty one of our best tools is having faith in our own ability to cultivate the outcome through trusting what our heart indicates. We typically call friends, seek out family, even confide in strangers looking for an answer. It is important to ask for help and support, yet it will always come back to you. What does your heart say. Hopefully, if nothing else it says, "I am going to be ok no matter what I do or decide." Be still for a moment or long enough for your heart's message to be revealed. Have blessed day. Peace, Maat E.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
If the pen is more mighty than the sword as the saying goes, then write down your prayers and pray to overcome the force of the so called enemy. The Universe will conspire with us to handle all stress and strife. A major challenge is controlling our actions so that we are doing things in the interest of the outcome we would like and not becoming the very negative energy we are trying to escape. Striking with a sword so to speak or some act of violence or aggression (yes yelling and cursing someone out is aggression) may get our point out, but whether it really gets the message across is another story. Kill them (the negative energy) with love. Our kindness is not a weakness, but a commitment to stay true to who we divinely are. When we stay grounded in love and being ourselves the negative folks and things will go away. Write and journal, use your pen as a weapon. Have a blessed day. Much peace, more love. Maat.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
This is a test...this life is a test! First, we are given an answer key at birth, with the main item we really need to know...Love. Most of us for one reason or another (e.g. Dysfunctional families, lack of intimacy, etc.) do not remember that one answer. Secondly, we are given a series of life quizzes. These small challenges are opportunities for demonstrating the knowledge we possess from birth including daily activities like interacting with family, friends, and situations at work. Most of the quizzes we pass with no problem, but if we forget to remember Love (of our Divine Self first) the quizzes turn in to the equivalent of life exams. These major tests (e.g., deaths, tragedies, divorces, job losses, etc.) challenge the core of who we are and no matter how detached we get from what we were born to know, the test will always bring us back to where we have to Love in order to heal. We all know the most important way to cope with life's tests. Love today, it will help you pass through life and make you feel better. Much peace, more love. Maat E.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Thank you, thank you, thank you! If we have at least one person or thing we can say thank you to or for, then we are among the extremely blessed people of the world. Sometimes it is difficult to accept being loved and kindness. The key part is realizing our blessings and staying open to them. If someone appreciates us listen. If we feel love coming our way embrace it. If we are given a gift, take it. Then, say thank you. Peace, Maat E.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Enjoy the day! No matter what your plans or obligations, find a way to enjoy the day. Smile, tell a joke, play a game, hang with a friend or send an instant message to someone you love. Do at least one thing you enjoy today in the midst of all you feel and are dealing with. Life may be shorter than you think and only the Creator knows if tomorrow will be promised. Enjoy the day in both big and small ways. Have a loving, peaceful and blessed day. Maat E.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Pursue your purpose! Each new week offers another opportunity to start fresh or to build upon our unique dreams and passions. If we are already making progress and things seem to come together easily, then we know all is in divine order. If what we're expecting is not quite happening or obstacles seem to keep getting in the way, then we can take the indication that the chaos still needs to settle and be sorted out. Once this occurs, we can pursue our purpose with passion and go for what we were born to do with every ounce of everything we've got. The plans and details will all fall into place.
Have a blessed day. Peace Maat E.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Reach-out today! We are all divinely connected even when it feels like we are alone. In our moments of isolation and distance it can be such a challenge to reach-out to the people we love. We act grumpy, confused or move with self-doubt that the warmth we put out may not be met with love. It is the reaching out not the taking in that fosters the love. However, some of us also get stuck on our ability to receive. Reach-out today! Much peace and more love. Maat E.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message: 9/17/09

Let's be thankful for our troubles. Better yet, be thankful that our troubles are not worse." If we don't believe they can get worse, notice how we feel after each time we complain. Now these thoughts do not discount that we all are worthy and deserve to acknowledge when things are hard. This line of thinking also does not suggest we compare our problems to anyone else and make judgements. If we can just remember that things could be worse and at some point, if we have faith in our Higher Power's ability to teach us life's lessons through experience, things will definitely change. If our thoughts change our circumstances change. May something change for us all today and things get better because we know they could be worse. Peace Maat E.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Be loving to the people you live with! Are we yelling at our sons, daughters, spouses or mates and saving being nice for our co-workers, pastors, friends and strangers? If so, we cannot expect to have peace in our own house. The universe will just keep surrounding us with more of our own ugly ways. We can't see the Divine in the people we live with because we carry resentment which shuts down the capacity to forgive and love. We can combat this by seeing our loved ones the way we want them to see ourselves...with understanding and forgiveness. If the Creator can do it for us we can do it for each other. Be loving to the people you live with today. Have patience. Be blessed. Peace, Maat E.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Keep it Real! Real loving, real open, real kind, real courageous. Our reality is that we are both spiritual and material beings. With that as our nature we are in a position to manifest many things seen and unseen. The Divine Spirit within is pure love and needs us to demonstrate its reality. Every time we are loving it gives our Spirit a chance to shine and affirms there is more to life then what can be physically seen or touched. Send real loving energy to someone today, maybe even to a person who has been mean spirited and therefore needs it the most. If you are in need of a touch of reality, sit still, take a deep breath and feel that there is love coming your way. Have a blessed day. Peace Maat E.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
We can use our suffering and our struggles to help us grow and be closer to God. Sometimes people feel guilty or criticize others when they only talk with God during times of trouble or need for help. It is ideal to have a daily practice or ritual for being in touch with one's Higher Power, yet if having problems is what it will take to foster a spiritual relationship, then go with it. In fact, when we have long or repeated suffering that may just be a call to move us closer to our Divine Self. Use whatever the problem is today to grow in your spirit.
Be blessed. Peace, Maat E.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Make losses life lessons!
When we lose loved ones (and possessions) it can be excruciatingly painful. We go through the usual stages of denial/shock, anger, depression and eventually we accept and heal. It can be helpful to allow ourselves to experience the full range of emotions. They will not last forever and the crying will stop. Until then, we can only be where we emotionally are. If the question of "Why?" comes up shift to asking "What?"...What is the life lesson, the blessing that this event can bring. Ask "How?"...How can I get though this? There is a divine growth lesson in all of life's experiences, especially ones that bring us grief. Healing can be found in the lesson of the loss. When we are ready for it, the lesson will appear.
Have a blessed day full of life, health and vitality.
Peace Maat E.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Reinvent don't resent! When we are hurt by people a possible outcome is to become resentful. This involves holding on to the angry (natural response) feelings. However, anger is not meant to last. As a feeling it is by nature fleeting. When anger hangs around it can become resentment. Staying with these negative emotions uses a lot of energy and takes important focus away from your well-being. Redirect resentful attention to self reinvention. Put all that focus on renewing yourself. Get in touch with the sweetest form of revenge...success. Don't let whatever it is break you, let it help make you into a wiser, smatter and more spiritually grounded being.

Have a blessed day today, full of life, health and vitality. Peace, Maat E.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Stay strong and don't let 'em break you. Whatever 'em is, a job, a man, a woman, a child. We all get taxed by the things and people in our lives. Have faith, ask for Divine intervention and don't let 'em break your spirit. Hang in there. Peace Maat

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Stay disciplined. As a child my mother frequently would tell me..."Anything worth having is worth working for." I didn't like the phrase because it implied that I had to work at what I wanted even when I didn't feel like it. Over the years that phrase has rang true time and time again. No matter what the task staying disciplined will generally result in what we want. So despite those times when you are not "feeling like it" have faith that the strength and discipline is in you. The Creator will provide you with the will to stay disciplined or to get back on track when you fall off.
Have a blessed day full of life, health and vitality. Peace Maat E.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Let God Do You! - Elder Wheeler

Many people have used the popular phrase, "Do you!" We all have a divine purpose and devoting to it is like doing you. A twist on the idea is to let God do you by staying committed to the divine purpose you've been given. Life will flow with so much wonder and joyous challenge. The obstacles we face will test our faith and make us stronger if we see it that way. Realign with what you were born to fulfill. The Creator will DO the rest. Have a blessed day. With much peace and more love. Maat E.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Spiritual people have feelings too! No matter how enlightened, educated or wise we become, we will always have feelings and emotional reactions to things. Emotions are biological and psychological. They originate in both the body and the brain. Even if we wanted to stop them we could not. However, they can be changed and managed with lots of practice. We can also learn to lessen their impact. The secret is that we can control the thoughts and actions we associate with the feelings. As we become more spiritually connected we learn to recover more readily from mishaps. No matter who we are we will make errors in judgment and complicated or simple mistakes. Being spiritual is a process not a destination! The point is to be gentle and forgiving of ourselves when feelings get the best of us and to surround ourselves with supportive people who hold us spiritually accountable for our thoughts and action because the emotional reactions are bound to keep happening.
Have a blessed day with much peace and more love. Maat E.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
Check in with your intuition before you take action. As easily as our emotions can become triggered for stress (even exciting stress) it is important t get in touch with our inner sense of knowing before we act. That inner knowledge is connected to our Divine wisdom. Relying on the wisdom rather than rational thinking is not always easy because many of us do not trust our Self (the inner Divine wisdom). We've answered to so many other people or worried about what they think for so long that we've given away our personal power. Reclaiming our strength comes with listening to one's Self. Slow down, pay attention and sense your intuition's messages.
Have a blessed day full of life, health and vitality.
Peace Maat E.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Maat E's Mental Health Message:
There are no material distinctions in a spiritual world. Everything is connected. As much as we may perceive our neighbor as a different, the reality is we all are a part of the same source of energy. The conflicts and contradictions are lessons to help us strengthen our spirits and grow. At some point we all know this, but we either forget or have not remembered what we already know. The spiritual reality of life will reveal itself one struggle at a time. If we choose now to open our hearts just a little bit and experience the spiritual reality of love, we will feel connected. Make no distinctions stay connected in love.

With much peace, more love. Maat E.

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