Living The Pause

Pause For Nourishment

Sharing by Mary

Are you perhaps feeling undernourished? I am not checking in on your
eating leafy greens, hydration, and popping supplements as if they were miracle
pills that will give you boundless energy, heal emotional wounds, and
revive your spirit!

I am asking you,

“Deep on the inside, do you feel malnourished?”

“Is something missing?”

“Are you sensing a gaping hole that nothing seems to fill?”

“Or, maybe you feel blank inside, bored, or lonely?”

“Are you seeking and not finding?”

Would you consider taking in a nourishing pause?

PAUSE

Step back from external noise as much as you can

Pause from who you think you should be and what you should be doing

For this moment, these moments

Begin to notice even a morsel of inner quiet

Ask for Help with letting the stillness deliver nourishment to you

With “Deep Willingness, ” open to receiving and being nourished

Absorb this nourishment, replacing the feeling of being malnourished

Allow a sense of being reassured and sustained

Experiencing what True nourishment provides.

Feeling Trapped?

Sharing by Mary . . . You Have a Choice

As I lay awake last night, hoping to fall asleep sooner rather than
later, a quiet thought behind the chatter entered my mind: “Open your eyes
and look at the ceiling.” Well, that’s a heck of a way to fall asleep, I thought, with
my eyes open. Yet, I followed the direction I received in this pause.

In a pause, staring at the ceiling, I received further Wisdom. I was
shown how I have been listening to the thinking of my cubicle mind, the ego
mind ~ the part of the mind experiencing disconnection, guilt, anxiety, and fear.
AND, I have been TRUSTING this part of the mind that has proven itself to be
unhelpful, untrustworthy, has led me astray, and lives in the land of confusion
with its figuring, analyzing, and thinking.

Oh my, watch out, Dorothy!
LIONS, and TIGERS, and BEARS!

On the other hand, I have been listening, trusting, and following my
Inner Knowing, the Wisdom of Inspiration Within, and enjoying every moment.

Experiencing True Peace.

WOW! This was a breakthrough.
A stark contrast indeed.

This explains why I have been feeling trapped lately. Trying to force
myself to live two ways at once, if you will. Trying to adhere to what my ego mind
tells me I SHOULD DO to live up to the false expectations I have made up for
myself, and to not upset other people by not living up to my perceived
expectations that they have of me.

When we do this, we are left feeling:

Out of sorts
Angry
Impatient
Irritable
Confused
In a fog
Blame others for any number of things
Judgmental of self, and others
Being Stuck
Tired and Fatiqued
NO FUN

Eventually, the bow breaks, which I have experienced and don’t recommend to
anyone!

WANT A TRULY HELPFUL ALTERNATIVE?

Practice Pausing for Your Inner Wisdom

and

PRACTICE RECEIVING and then FOLLOWING.

It Works!

PEACE WILL FOLLOW.

The Choice Is Yours.

Suspicious of The Pause

Sharing by Mary

Yes, some people are SUSPICIOUS OF THE PAUSE! Their cubicle mind has
come up with all kinds of reasons to fear Practicing The Pause. I won’t give the
mind in the box, with its LONG LIST of EXCUSES, JUDGMENTS, and
MISPERCEPTIONS any air time here.

The Origin of Pause

I received PAUSE in a time of
suffering. After taking my quiet time
in the morning, which was usually
peaceful, I would stand up and begin
my day’s business. The peace I
experienced in my quiet time almost
immediately disappeared once I went
into action with the tasks, to-do list,
work, conversations, and
commitments of the day.

Bottom Line of Worry

Sharing by Mary

ARE YOU A WORRIER? I never thought of myself as a worrier. Yes, I see myself
as a thinker and analyzer, but not a worrier. Lately, I’ve felt like there’s been an energy
drain on my system, as if someone left the faucet on, but I couldn’t find the faucet to
stop the leak, so I made a decision to pause for an afternoon off.

Visiting a healthcare provider who focuses on healing at a deeper level, I inquired,
“What is going on?” She responded, “It’s your mind. It’s all in the mind. You worry! You
worry too much!”

She dimmed the lights and closed the door so I could rest quietly. Turning inward, I
called upon my Dear Friend, this Presence of Love within, to get in touch with what is
truly draining my energy. Sure enough, as clear as day, I saw how I have been
worrying about many things, especially for the last few months; feeling divided about
how I spend my time and energy, and what things I am pressuring myself to be my
priorities in daily life. Then, as I pause for Wisdom, I become aware that these are not
the priorities that LOVE is calling me to live by at all.

Furthermore, choices that I thought of as showing concern, taking responsibility, and
being conscientious, were WORRYING!!!

THE SOLUTION?

In a pause, I decided to slow down so that I can be more aware of WHAT IS GOING
ON IN MY MIND; the pace of my thoughts, what these thoughts are preaching to
me, how these thoughts are making me feel, and
Pause to call upon and listen to the Presence of LOVE in me INSTEAD ~
The LOVE that is beneath the mental chatter is sharing quite a different story.

Rather than a story of overwhelm and frustration, A TRUE STORY OF
THE PEACE and JOY that is fully available to all of us, shaping a new
way of seeing and living everyday life in the world.
Seeing the potential
that an ordinary day holds for extending Peace and Joy.
I am making choices in my mind with my everyday time.
What are they?

Let Peace Be With You

One Fine Day ~ A Practical Poem

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So here is the deal,
The bottom line, if you will,
We all need help
And there is not much time left to kill.
I am speaking of Help,
From Inspiration Within.
While you may have been searching
For help around the bend,
Inspiration’s Help is here and now,
Resting within.

Inspiration wants to Help you
Even give you a good laugh,
It asks nothing of you and
Is not condemning you in wrath.
So, unpack your bags
Take off your shoes,
You are not going anywhere –
At least not until you pull up a chair.
For here you will pause,
And look on the inside.
Do not worry, do not fret
No one travels alone on This Ride.
It does not change a thing,
How your life appears thus far,
Inspiration has a plan for you,
And those hands in the cookie jar.

The bottom line is this:
Will you do your part? I will do mine.
I am here to serve you,
If you are in the serving line.

Your part is simple
Never changes its tune,
It is your little willingness,
Which will be followed by a boon.
Willingness to what?
Well, get out of your own way
And listen to your Inspired Heart∞Mind
On This One Fine Day.

What is the point?
What good will it do?
Whether it is the kids overwhelming you,
Your parents or your job in the zoo,
Or perhaps taxes, rent, mortgages too
– Relationship upheaval got you in a
jam,
Got. a headache over the daily scam,
Messages coming in, emails stacking
up,
Giving your all to this overflowing cup
– Or maybe as you see it life is going
well.
But is your neighbor feeling so swell?

If you would give Inspiration a chance,
All I am waiting for is your willing
glance.
Life is filled with decisions
The moment the day begins
Turn towards Inspiration Within.

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A Summer Camp of Wisdom

Shift Your Energy

Sharing by Mary

HAVE YOU EVER FELT NOT UP TO DOING SOMETHING? Feeling
listless, I was not up to teaching this day, yet within minutes of being with these kids
and sharing how WE CAN ALL CHOOSE to PRACTICE THE PAUSE on the spot, in
the moment, anywhere, and any time,
I was immediately rejuvenated.

Practicing The Pause Can Shift Our State of Mind and Physical
Energy, thus Shifting Our Thoughts, Words, Actions, and
OUR WHOLE STATE OF BEING.
Get to know Your Helpful Self to Be Truly Helpful.

Kids Can PAUSE: I choose to
LET MY MIND BE CALM.

Kids Can STEP BACK: I choose
to SLOW DOWN and
BREATHE.

Kids Can STEP ASIDE: I choose to LISTEN TO MY HELPFUL SELF

Kids Can Practice LET MY HELPFUL SELF GUIDE: I Choose to
FOLLOW MY HELPFUL SELF who leads me to be SAFE, CALM, KIND,
and HELPFUL.

Tornado Triggers A Pause

Sharing by Mary

As I sprinted down the stairs and through the dining room, I heard
the windows rattling, and there it was, a sound like a train
roaring across our terrace. For the next week, I was pulled away from
my habitual daily routine. It was a forced PAUSE, a STEPPING BACK from
plans, a STEPPING ASIDE allowing moments to unfold without my figuring so I
could receive Inspiration, and LETTING INSPIRATION GUIDE so I could follow.

The result:

My mind emptied, becoming a clean slate upon which
Complete Peace and Total Joy took up residence.
I had never paused like this before.
Better than a vacation!

The destruction in the neighborhood, with 100-year-old trees
uprooted, while the terrace furniture remained untouched
and unmoved, as if enjoying a solitary picnic, imprinted upon
me the fleeting inconsistency of this world and the uncertain
moments we face every day. Since childhood, I recognized that there
is Something More than this physical plane. Yet, this Something More is fully
present wherever I am, whatever I am doing, and whomever I am with ~
because it is Within!

THE RESET:

– Recognizing the possibility of Something More.

– Practicing the 4 Steps of The Pause to increase awareness of This Something More.

– Receive This Peace that abounds in this awareness.

– Give This Peace to others.

Have you ever stopped? Even for a day, a half day? Not to pursue
nonroutine plans or do something special that you also planned, but to DO
NOTHING, NOTHING YOU PLANNED ANYWAY. Simply be.

Eating breakfast at a local cafe, strolling to the coffee shop next door
to grab an iced espresso,
and hunkering down in my car – rolling the windows down, opening the moon
roof to the sun’s rays –
I Paused like I have never paused before.

Embracing that my mind had gone blank, and
and hoping it would stay that way.

Questions to ponder

~~

– Will I truly receive this gift, letting it influence my daily choices
and routine, or will I toss it aside to return to the status quo woe?

– Will you pause for an hour or two, maybe a day, without a plan
and truly receive the gifts being held out within you?

The 4 Steps of Pause Can Shift The Way You
Live Your Daily Life

I Can Choose Another Way to Live

Sharing by Mary
…it’s not too late

I may tell others they have choices, but I tend to tell myself
that I don’t have choices! I encourage others to listen to their Inner
Wisdom and follow, yet I often listen and hear my Inner Wisdom clearly,
but CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW!

The result is I suffer the consequences!

I don’t want you or me to suffer the consequences of
not following that Wisdom in the pause
that is dispensing True & Practical Help for everyday life choices!

Here is how I know that I am NOT listening to and NOT following
my
Inner Wise Voice:

– Rushing

– Holding my breath or shallow breathing

– Irritable, impatient, and ineffective

– Judging others, AND myself

– Multi-tasking

– Body aches & pains

– Trying harder, going faster

– Perceiving myself as not getting enough done

– Depressed, anxious

– Taking care of others at the expense of taking care of myself

– Under the illusion that workaholism is a gift and triumph

– People pleasing ~ and they’re still not pleased

– Anger

– Exhaustion

– Keep Truckin’

Do any of these sound familiar to you?

What are your symptoms?

What is your Inner Wisdom
tugging on you about?

I Am Choosing Another Way!

In choosing to follow my Inner Wisdom moment to moment, I am
experiencing that I am going about daily life all wrong when I don’t follow
my Inner Knowing.

Saturday afternoon I chose to Pause for a nature walk!

Woven Inside

Sharing by Mary

Woven inside is the PEACE that sustains
Woven inside is the JOY, not contained
Woven inside is the LOVE without measure
Woven inside is the INDWELLING treasure

For This, I Pause
I get out of my own way
For This, I Step Aside
letting chatter subside

I ask the Woven Within,
“Is there Another Way to see?”
“What is Truly Helpful now
in my thoughts, words, and deeds?”

Pausing for a quiet listen
opens the way to free
for woven on the inside
is the truest me

Woven. on the inside is the Light
hidden in plain view
Shadows are cast aside
as I follow my Wise Inmost Guide.

Willing,
Mary

Peace for No Reason
Today’s Miraculous Awareness

Sharing by Mary

This has been a week of real connections with those in my midst
splattered with the stark contrast of a lot of lack of peace. How come I
experience connection here, but not there? What was the secret to love
being given and received then but not now?

Lost in the loop of seeking peace outside of myself ~ in this activity, but
not that one, with this person, but not with that person, today, but not
tomorrow ~ what’s going on? If only my peace was not so fleeting. If only
I didn’t seek peace everywhere, but within, and in everyone, but within
my Real Self.

Pausing from my lack of peace, I asked within,
“Why can’t I have Peace for no reason?”
I realized, I can. And not only can I have
Peace for no reason, but that is the only True Peace there IS.

Peace for no reason

Baby is crying
Guards at the gate
People on the streets,
Looking for hate.

I thought I’d seen it all
Season after season
In the rise and the fall
Searching for Peace caused by some reason.

Some lessons I have learned,
Some I am still learning.
Wondering if I’ll ever be free
of this yearning.

This life has taught me a thing or two.
The first is to never stop loving
the many and the few.
And in those moments that I don’t feel loved back.
I can Pause for LOVE within
Not fooled by any sense of lack.

I thought I’d seen it all
Season upon season
In the rise and the fall
Hunting for Peace caused by some reason.

Why can’t I just have Peace for no reason?
How come this longing
Is always for a different season?
The answer came clearly
Silent words spoken within
The Peace you seek is always in your mind
Not a future event in a far away time.

Now I have seen it All
No more waiting on the perfect season
Not wishing on the rise or the fall
Knowing I can choose Peace for no reason.