A DAILY PAUSE

365 Pauses

Ask For What You Do Not Realize

So That You May Realize It

“Unwrap forgiveness in whatever it is you have been wrapping it up in and saving
for another day. You may not have another day. The one who is in need of your
for-giving may not have another day.

What are you wrapping un-for-giving in?

Could it be that you believe you are not the recipient of having been forgiven?
That is often the case you know. It is this erroneous belief that keeps you from for-
giving. You do not realize that you have for-giving to give because you do not
realize it has been given you. ASK FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT REALIZE SO THAT YOU
MAY REALIZE IT.

Or maybe you believe that you are not in need of forgiveness. Listen, your Inspired
Self is in no need for it knows who it is in LOVE. But there is this needly little
cubicle self character gnawing at you at all times of the day and night with:

confusion

doubt

striving

not being good enough

greed

not being “successful”

vengeance

perfectionism

jealousy

arrogance

guilt

shame

blame

hiding

PLEASE! HELP THIS GUY!

HOW?

Recognize the cubicle human condition and be open to a change of mind.

Give it to Inspiration Within in whom all darkness falls away.”

page 167 pause yellow book

Today is a good day to loosen your grip on the past,
on holding grievances.

Open your palms to LOVE

Receive forgiveness, forgive, and accept your
Inspired Heart∞Mind

Place the future in the hands of LOVE

Even in the greatest darkness,

there is an even Greater Light.

DID YOU KNOW THAT PAUSE IS A FORGIVENESS PRACTICE?

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From The Beginning

All Else Follows

The Pause Practices are for one willing to experience a change of mind ~
to grow in awareness of one’s INspired Heart∞Mind.

Pause is for one who is ready to begin the sunrise of awakening to LOVE.

It is for one who has already begun and seeks Inspiration along the way.

Pause is helpful for the one who is ready to advance on their path.

For it is in returning to the Beginning again and again that one advances.

To advance is to move towards LOVE.

Pause is for the one who is weary and burdened and ready for rest. And even for those not yet weary of the cubicle race or not quite ready to put the brakes on just yet, but who welcomes an occasional pitstop!

As we Pause, we return to the Beginning ~
The Beginning IS LOVE.
From LOVE All Else Follow.

We become aware of whereabouts we are along the path,

whereabouts we are not ~ that we are not as far along and

advanced as we may have thought ~

and the eventual realization that we do not care nor need

to know whereabouts we are on the path ~

IF WE WANT TO TRULY ADVANCE, BEGIN AGAIN ~

PAUSE

THE FIRST STEP IS THE STEP TO ADVANCEMENT FOR

THE FIRST STEP IS THE BEGINNING and

THE BEGINNING IS LOVE.

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Faces of Inspiration

THREE ~ The Helper Companion

Inspiration extends compassion, meaning it has a desire to help.
Walking with us as a Dear Friend and reminding us of
true compassion; our desire to love,
to be loved, and to experience love.

Inspiration Is Whispering to us:

Love unceasingly.

Love without measure.

Love without expectation of receiving.

For in your loving all receiving is given you.

I will share Love with you. Now it is yours to share.

Is this not the help we seek?

pgs. 173-174

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I asked for Help when Pause went to Ferguson, MO to support the
community. Two truly helpful men, father and son, volunteered to
SHOW UP, and fold Pause T-shirts which we freely distributed.

Practice Asking and Receiving

Pause wherever you are, whatever, you are doing, whoever you are with.

Ask your inner Helper for help with a specific person, situation, communication, solution, etc.

Are you willing to ask, “Is there another way to see this?” “What would be truly helpful now?”

Trust you and others are receiving the Help needed, right now.

Give thanks

You can find the first 2 of the 7 Faces of Inspiration,
THE BREATH and THE COMFORTER, on
Pause Posts Days 95 and 97

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Results From The Deep

So, did you notice yesterday, “What stops you?” As I began receiving emails from folks sharing their experience, I paused again, and asked more specifically, “What is stopping me?” Stopping me from living more inspired, with more peace; stopping me from asking for help from my inner Helper and truly following the Help given?

Recently, I mean really recently, like, since Sunday, I am choosing to be WAY more conscious of slowing down, quieting, and truly listening to what Wisdom is guiding me to say, not say, do, not do.

As I am willing to open and receive from my inner Helper,
little by little,

• I am seeing how burdens I made up are being lifted off me
• I am spending time doing what brings true peace, joy
• I am resting
• I am moving my body in ways that are in alignment with my inner Wisdom
• I am not taking what seems rude and disrespectful personally
• I am relieved that who I am truly, does not engage in useless conflict
• I am pausing from pressuring myself to do things I don’t feel guided to do
• I am laughing.
• I am dancing in the kitchen
• Hmm

one more question

WHAT DEEPER BELIEFS have I let stop me from pausing and listening to and following this still, small, wise voice? In a pause what I hear is:

• I am afraid of how following Inspiration may change relationships
• I am afraid of where my inner Helper is leading
• I am afraid to withdraw my trust in my cubicle mind perceptions and trust All~ Encompassing LOVE to direct my paths instead

notice a trend?

What Stops You?

About to walk upstairs to create today’s Pause Post, having no idea what it will be, the green outside our window catches my senses. “Oh, I think I’ll open the door and step outside to see how the air feels.” My closed, reactive cubicle mind interferes with this lovely thought saying, “You don’t have time to go outside, you’d have to turn off the alarm, and move the sculpture blocking the doorway, get to work . . .” I pause.

In this pause, I recognize this ridiculous rattling on. As I step back, I remember that I have a choice. Am I going to let this minuscule voice keep me from enjoying the moist air after the rain? That nourishing smell that spring rain splatters upon us? NO, I AM NOT! I turn off the alarm, move the thing, open the door, and step outside.

Grateful for a Pause

The air melts my mind, a choir of birds engages in their morning practice,
a baby bird high on a distant branch is munching brunch, while
a puddle of water at my feet, rocks soaking, receives the
dropping water from the gutter overhead.

What stops you from pausing, and

merging into a healing moment

giving a smile

exchanging a kind word

taking in good news

connecting with a friend

walking around the block

writing

singing in the car

listening?

What stops you from listening to Inspiration
in one true pause, and following?

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A Beautiful Sunday

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Pause for a Day of Rest

Here at Pause we are inviting and encouraging you to rest.
Rest is as act of LOVE in you.

Each Sunday we will supply a Pause Practice
that you can use; INSPIRING you to connect
with the Spirit of Rest in you.

Practicing The Pause can help you rest, INspiring:

• Helpful and direct communication in conversations, text messaging, emails
• Calm and wise interactions with a specific person/relationship
• Getting out of your own way in any situation; work, home, play
• Preventing conflict
• Finding resolutions by receiving wise solutions
• Kindness and patience on the spot with family and about in the world
• Receiving help with decisions seeming large or small
• Ease and efficiency with an activity or task
• Connecting with the creative spark in you and giving LIFE expression
• Simply slowing down and being with life moment-to-moment

Pause ~ Step Back ~ Step Aside ~ Let Inspiration Guide

IN JOY!

Pause for Your Healthy Spirit

What Have You Got To Lose?

A gentleman who receives the Pause Posts sent a kind note
saying that he supports what Pause is
“doing to support healthy spirit in our lives.”

I LOVE THIS! WHO COULD NOT BENEFIT FROM

A HEALTHY SPIRIT?

The fact is you have a Healthy Spirit of Peace available

to you all throughout the day.

We can Pause and Call Upon Our Spirit

wherever we are, whatever we are doing,

and whomever we are with.

Receive the HELP you need and be shown

how to help others.

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A Change of Heart

What is the cubicle heart?	What IS an Inspiring Heart?
The cubicle heart takes itself way too seriously	An Inspiring Heart knows that seriousness leads to the hardening of the heart.
The cubicle heart has no room for gratitude	An Inspiring Heart is a room full of gratitude
The cubicle heart is on lockdown	An Inspiring Heart is open
The cubicle heart desires things	An Inspiring Heart desires to be helpful
The cubicle heart sees the world as its foe or potential conquest.	An Inspiring Heart sees the world as its playground and the land upon which to serve.
The cubicle heart allies itself with conflict	An Inspiring Heart is aligned with peace
The cubicle heart takes	An Inspiring Heart gives
The cubicle heart shields	An Inspiring Heart receives
The cubicle heart hoards	An Inspiring Heart shares
The cubicle heart counts its losses	An Inspiring Heart shares its gains
The cubicle heart seeks passion	An Inspiring Heart is passion
The cubicle heart guesses	An Inspiring Heart knows
The cubicle heart lies	An Inspiring Heart is wise
The cubicle heart is down and out	An Inspiring Heart is within and without

TWO ~ THE COMFORTER

Tuesday I shared THE BREATH as ONE of the “Faces of Inspiration”

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THE COMFORTER is the SECOND of the “Faces of Inspiration”

This Comforter was brought forth to sustain your spirit,

yet you sustain the Comforter by

allowing The Comforter

to comfort.”

page 173

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How Can We Experience This Comfort?

Pause For Sanity

from distraction to attraction

In a pause I receive from my inner Wisdom:

Being sane or insane boils down to whether I am being who I am as LOVE pours forth or whom I have decided to be on the run from LOVE.

The problem comes when it is the distracted “me” – distracted by
its self-agenda – running from LOVE because it has
imagined a LOVE that is not LOVE at all.

We have to be out of sorts to attempt to think we know LOVE
when we working so hard every day to escape LOVE ~
Gone out dancing with our own special little me-character.

Oh, what a night of fun, lavish tablecloths, schemes, and dreams,
disco lights making their own beams.
It’s a dream all right.
Want to WAKE UP?