Protests and Inspiration

I am looking at all the protests in terms of the effects of awakening to our unlimited divine power and unlimited abundance.

It seems to me that the world is tired.

Tired of wars and economic greed and disparity.

Desirous of “liberty and justice for all”.

It is significant that the country where those words were written is involved in the most egregious corruption of them.

But the awakening to the fact that all people want to raise their families in peace and harmony is powerful.

This is what allows us to have good relationships with people of other countries.

This is what says that we are in a new place globally.

We are governing ourselves by our viewpoint on this.

It will be interesting to see how the steps that are being taken give us the wonderful result that all are cared for all over the world.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Our New Job

Each tiny leaf has its own job to do.

It is making oxygen and growing, too.

Each of us breathes in 

And out.

Inspired by each tiny leaf.

We are all here together with our own inspiration.

We breathe in and listen.  

We breath out with inspiration.

When we stand and feel the sun, it is shining right on us.

And its shining on the person standing close and standing far.

We share the sun’s rays from our different points on earth.

From our imagination, we build up our fantasies.

And then they go to work, and they become theories.

And when they are so good, we just cannot turn away

And we build them in our minds, and then we build them in our lives.

And that is how an inspiration comes to take shape.

Lifting up and doing good, recharging each one’s life.

This is the way we live, finding something wonderful

To do to give a new way of life that’s good for everyone.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

The New Paradigm

We have something different now.

A new way of thinking, a new way of living.

We share because we have had enough of deprivation.

We love seeing everyone succeed.

We prefer to lift up others through what we do.

It is no longer a competition because we live in cooperative generosity.

Since practicing our own individuality, we see much better solutions.

We approach everything with the expectation that it fulfills a good purpose for everyone.

We set up our world culture so that everyone has access to the resources which will allow them to lift themselves up and bless others.

We assume that each person has an individual purpose.

We assume that our purpose is to live harmoniously.

We assume that everyone all over the world has the same rights and inner resources.

These are the principles for our relationships with others.

We are tired of the old paradigm.

It’s only purpose is the contrast to the new one we are building.

The horror of the old one and the inspiration of the new one.

Everyone has harmonious ways of serving and blending and realizing their goals because no one, in their infinite individuality could possibly want what another has when our own inner richness is fulfilling us and overflowing and blessing everyone around us.

The new paradigm.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Our Infinity and Our Wealth

As we seek to increase our wealth, can it be done without taking away anything from anyone else?

This is what I propose.

As we see problems, we are empowered to think of and imagine solutions.

The solutions which start from individual practice do not cost anything.

Shifting our view to solutions takes place within and the solutions take place without.

Simply doing a simple thing towards a solution begins to put that solution into motion.

Once one person is practicing even a part of the solution, that means the solution exists and is becoming more evident as one person becomes conscious of it and puts it into action.

So, here is how to increase your unlimited wealth.

Discover a solution.

Begin to live it.

It will inspire and empower others.

This increase inspires and gains ground every time someone else sees it and begins to practice it for him/herself.

We continue to increase our wealth in a way that benefits everyone around us.

We are focusing on solutions, so that increases our wealth.

Instead of seeing limitations to how we can do things, we imagine and put into practice one little step.

And then another.

And another.

We share our wealth and then it increases.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Where Did You Grow Up?

Did you grow up in a cubicle?

Did you grow up without inspiration?

Did you grow up without creativity?

Do you know how to enjoy a museum, a dance concert, a symphony or string quartet?

Then what are you doing on this earth?

Do you enjoy a large vocabulary?

Do you read great literature?

Can you write a poem?

Then what are you doing on this earth?

Do you know the history of man through anthropology?

Have you seen the original creative spirits?

Are you just a bean counter?

Do you hire a lot of bean counters?

Do you really think “he who dies with the most” wins?

Then what are you doing on this earth?

Do you practice business with a generous spirit?

Can you make money following the rules that are in place for everyone?

Do you need special rules, special concessions, special tax breaks?

Does your business uplift humanity?

Then what are you doing on this earth?

What are you truly investing in?

Do you just live for now?

Do you just live for yourself?

Is your life enriched or just rich?

What makes you think you are superior?

What are you afraid of?

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

News and Persuasion

After reading Seth Godin’s blog about Thomas Midgeley Day, http://sethgodin.typepad.com, I am reminded about the difference between news and information, and advertising and persuasion.

As a parent, I am responsible for teaching my children about moral behavior.  As a teacher, I am responsible for making sure my students learn to work in correct and sincere and honest ways.

I expect both my children and my students to grow up to be responsible members of society.

There are ways to be successful that are honest and moral and which contribute to uplifting society.

Why would there be anything else we could call success?

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Seeping Ideas

What is true is that there is one Universal Spirit which connects us all, and which expects us to see all of Its creation as wonderful and to provide for each and every one of us well.

When we each individually live our lives from that viewpoint, we have an entirely different approach to solving society’s and civilization’s problems.

What can I do, right now, right here, to embrace and activate this viewpoint?

I can stop criticizing myself and other folks.

I can see the “down and out” person as reasonable, that is, as having reasons  to be affected as you see them.

So start there.

See them as having had more problems than solutions, more problems than resources.

Where is the first place you would start to help lift them up?

Easy.

In your own mind.  

See them.  

They are not invisible.

Now, what types of things put them there?

It is uncomfortable to think about.

But it is worth the discomfort.

With your thoughts, with your mind, just acknowledge them.

Change that one practice and let the next idea seep in.

Do it over time, and let the next idea just keep seeping in.

I am not talking about activism.

I am talking about seeping ideas.

Just take that as a practice for a while.

See where that takes you.

You will be surprised.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com