Living The Pause

PAUSE FOR HELP!

It Cannot Be of Our Own Efforts
That We Walk This Path For It Is Not
a Solo Trip.

Guess what? There is a reason we are all here; to
catch one another! Is that an Inspired Plan or what? I am here to catch you.
You are here to catch me – with LOVE being the Net, of course.

So, if you see someone and/or yourself falling into judgment, gossip,
defensiveness, being personally offended, despair – disconnection,
What do you do? What is your part?

Sometimes you say something and sometimes you don’t;
Sometimes you do something and sometimes you don’t.
But whether you say or do anything or not, be Inspired.
PAUSE WITHIN and ask for Help from your
Inspired Self Within.

Direction will be given from your Wise Inner Teacher as to how to
proceed that may or may not involve words and/or actions.

Listen.
Pausing and listening is an action within itself.

Excerpt from Living Health
received by Mary pausing and listening.
copyright 2012

Opening to Love
in the Midst of Grief

Sharing by Natalie

Grief.

Love.

I ask myself, “is there something helpful that lies underneath the veil of grief?” Something deep and meaningful that can help me move through my pain, suffering, and loss.

In my recent experience with grief surrounding family I haven’t seen in a long time, until just this past weekend, I stumbled upon something surprising ~ I had a big giant pool of abundant, pure, childlike love welling up underneath my grief and loss of those relationships. The love was so immense and vast and had seemingly nowhere to go.

As I paused to reflect, I realized that the love I have for them didn’t just stop or go away when they left my life. It remained in my heart alongside the grief I have been experiencing from the loss of their presence. I became aware of how this can happen due to the passing of a loved one or the loss of a treasured relationship that has left due to a grievance or other reason.

This love, not fully expressed, can seem heavy, painful, physically felt in the chest, heart, and body.

In that moment of pain I asked Inner Wisdom, “how do I channel this love that remains after my loved one has gone, so that my love doesn’t get stuck, leaving me feeling ill, bitter, sad, or alone?”

I listened and heard, “Instead of allowing love to remain hidden under the weight of grief or loss, I can choose to allow it to flow through me, outward, no matter what, letting it land right where it is received on the many people in my life who are with me, now.”

Love wants to flow, you know, because that’s Love’s True Nature.

Inner Wisdom has guided me to choose to forgive those who have left me, and if I cannot be forgiven, too, then I can choose to forgive myself and let love, love me in the midst of everyday life.

When I choose to forgive, I mend years of suffering and free myself to experience my True Loving Self who can love again fully, expansively, and purely with those who are ready and willing to receive this love.

Choosing to Pause for Love in this moment right now.

Natalie ❤️

Inner Urge to Create

Do you ever experience a deep inner drive to be creative – to
create? It’s like something is caged inside of you longing to get out, you
can feel it on your fingertips, it’s on the tip of your tongue, yet it remains
elusive.

This afternoon, I chose to pause and ask my True Nature, “How can I
express this inner urge to create?” My mind shuffled through the rolodex
of possibilities. Then, instead, a clarity came and I heard the following
within:

“The ultimate creativity is to LOVE.”

I had intended in this post to share more about the challenges
of loving, yet the more I wrote about that, I felt
a nudge to share this tory about loving instead.
An everyday life story about giving and receiving love;

I am overjoyed when the love I extend LANDS! Checking out at the
grocery store the other day, as I bagged my groceries, I sensed a slight
pull of awareness towards the quiet man scanning the items. As we
finished up bagging together, I was prompted to share some Pause
Practice Cards with him.

Man: Oh my gosh, I really need this. I’m working here because I was laid
off my job. I’ve been working since I was 18 and now I’ve been afraid
wondering what am I going to do.

Mary: Well, that’s a big change.

Man: I am trying to control things, but I know I just need to pause and
trust and let go.

Mary: I do the same thing. I become fearful and start taking charge.

Man: I know we don’t know each other, but why did you give these cards
to me?

Mary: I could tell you were open to receiving.

He held the cards up to his heart. The look on his face was precious.
These brief moments of extending love and the connection with this
man are still with me now.

I could have overlooked him, and to be honest, I was tempted to
because I was not feeling well. The Pause nudged my mind and I
chose to express my True Nature ~ to create, to love.

I am certain that he and I are forever changed because giving and
receiving love joins and in that joining a NEWNESS is created in the
depths of our being and something unloving that we have been clinging to,
falls away. Space is created for more love.

Pause to Contemplate

I do not consider myself a writer much less a poet.
Yet, I am a listener to Inner Present WISDOM.
I take notes on what I hear and share this Inner WISDOM with you.
That’s what I do . . . and your Inner Wisdom that knows LOVE
is nudging you to pause and listen too!

sharing by mary ~ healing the divide

I Pause to contemplate
not knowing what I will find.
I Pause to contemplate
to be released from the bind.

I Step Back to truly see
what stands between you and me.
I Step Back to avoid sinking
into the void of ego thinking.

I Step Aside because I do not know
which way to go.
I Step Aside to receive the LOVE
that is always willing to show.

I let LOVE guide
I choose to Follow in the Pause.
First relinquishing my stride
having suffered seeking worldly applause.

I fear the unknown enemy inside and out,
yet it is not until I move towards that fear
that I cease seeking a way out.
I have relied on my self-made self for too long now
and so a still deeper gaze within
I am willing to allow.

I feel the wind anew
sending a quiet calm up my spine,
and now I see you as
no longer an enemy of mine.

What appeared to be you against me,
and me against you
is now an understanding
I never thought I knew.

While galloping along,
Prancer Asks the Question:

What is required to Pause?

Answer: I have to FIRST ACTUALLY PAUSE BEFORE I EVEN BEGIN THE

4 SIMPLE STEPS of PAUSE!

As it is in the First Pause that the Whole Pause Begins!

A TYPICAL DAY

I am aware that I am rushing because I value hurrying, mistakingly deluding
myself that I am more efficient, getting more done, and somehow a
better person.

I am aware that I am feeling anxious.

I am aware that I am overwhelmed with thoughts
about what I am not getting done.

I am aware that I am MULTITASKING which has proven to be
NO GOOD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I am aware that I am thinking about how this would be the perfect time to
choose to use a Pause Practice to

Calm, Clear my mind, and go about my day in a Wiser way.

I am aware that I am choosing not to pause.

AH ~ HA

I am aware that if I want to experience the value of Pausing,
I have to actually Pause. Thinking about Pause, talking about Pause, &/or
using the Practice Card as a bookmark or coaster,
is not actually pausing!

Now, I am laughing as this seems obvious but never before have I
realized that to Practice The Pause, I must first actually pause.

So, I pause to decide whether or not to Practice
The 4 Super Simple Steps of Pause AND I

SUFFER the consequences of not pausing

or

REAP the BENEFITS of actually pausing!

Happy Thanks Giving

This Holiday season, we can choose to Step Back from the self-made to-
do list and instead lean in to Inspired DOING…

Inspired doing leads us toward a sense of CONNECTION and LOVE
within that can be shared with our families and dear friends.

This LOVE brings a calm, restful, peace within us and between us,
filling our time together with joy and meaningful connection…

~~

“Inspired doing is to act with enthusiasm and
fortitude that comes from love;

all other doing is self-fabrication.

Yes, it is true.
Even doing the dishes in your own strength
is to believe that the self you made up
is more powerful and valuable than the Self
you have been given.

May sound extreme, but it is not.
Do not be disturbed by this teaching.
Relax into it!

Give thanks that you are not required to operate
in this world by your own strength.
It is not that you do not have strength,
for you do,
thus to rely on something you call “strength”
that you have mustered up
all by your lonesome,
is not your real strength.

Strong are those who allow themselves to receive Help.
Do not rest on your laurels.
Rest in the pause.

The worth-whileness of the doing
that will come forth from stepping back
from doing on your own
will someday be seen.

Trust what is unseen in this moment
and you will one day rejoice in what you see.”

Pause Golden Book, Pages 20-21

In a Pause,

I am willing

to be guided

In the direction of

LOVE.

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Listen and

Follow this LOVE

being revealed to you.

Give thanks.

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When Push Comes to Love
Have you been here?
Watch the Video and Let LOVE love you.

Sharing by Mary

At the computer trying to focus and get some work done, but nothing
is happening no matter how much I try.

My cubicle mind does not like it when I don’t cooperate with its plans
especially when it comes to being productive. Its strategy is to push on
me. For much of my life that worked because workaholism and
perfectionism were how I graded my value and sought
approval. Thankfully, I am outgrowing those unhelpful
conditioned beliefs, and Practicing The Pause regularly is
helping me do just that!

Staring at my computer screen, just as push was coming
to shove, I paused, and push came to LOVE!

Inner Wisdom said, “You need to Pause For Love”. My Inspired Self lifted
me out of my chair and walked me outside of our Pause For Inspiration
studio. That happens you know; your Higher Mind can move your body
into action! Wow, I hadn’t noticed the leaves were turning a stunning
golden yellow. As the cool autumn wind brushed across my face, my
body absorbed the striking sunlight. As nourishing as that all felt, I still
needed to move from pushing myself to loving myself in my mind, so I
reached for The Best Nutrition going ~ LOVE.

Pause For Peace of Mind
Sharing by Mary

How come we resist Pausing?

Pausing can show you how busy the mind is and if you think pausing means you have to clear your mind of all thoughts, that can turn you off from pausing. A blank mind is not the goal. One simple pause is.

SO >>>>>>>>>>>>

PAUSE ~
Give
yourself a
moment of
calm. Rest.

pause is a pause away

Pause For Your Mind Health
October is mental health awareness month.

NOTE: This is my experience. You will have yours.
Always seek the professional help you need.
Caring people are there for us!
Pause can simply be a Truly Helpful Practice.

Sharing by Mary

Thirty years ago I came face to face with my first mental health crisis. Something I thought happened to others, not me. It was precipitated by the loss of what felt like my entire life. Little did I know that what broke me to the core, turned out to be the beginning of an essential healing journey. The only way I made it through and out the other side was by:

Trusting that there is a Peace and a Knowing greater than what I am
thinking
yet still within me

Having lived through the darkness of depression and debilitating anxiety, I learned that depression and anxiety, at least for me, were not what I imagined them to be. I learned and am still learning that they manifest in ways I had not imagined and it varies with each individual.

We often do not recognize mind-health challenges in ourselves and others. As a result of misunderstanding the signs and symptoms, we think something is “wrong” with us and hide in shame, fear, and an overall sense of unworthiness to even exist. I focused on trying to fix myself because there must be something wrong with me! Why can’t I just get with the program?

When we or others struggle with our mind-health, we may judge ourselves and others as crazy, lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, a goodie two shoes, aloof, cold, narcissistic, mean, a bitch, thinks he/she is better than everyone else, a bad employee or friend, irresponsible, incapable, not good enough, a procrastinator, perfectionistic . . . the list goes on.

My mind-health challenges are an opportunity for me to
Pause for Help.
Getting whatever help I need.

I am grateful that I am Practicing the Pause with my mind-health
challenges and letting Inner Inspiration

Show me and remind me
of the glory of
who I am truly.

Showing me
how to let go of fear-driven expectations of myself and others
and how to practice compassion for myself and others
in the moment!
Wherever I am, whatever I am doing,
and whomever I am with.

Showing me
This LOVE that is always
Safe, Wise, Kind, and Truly Helpful and
Letting this LOVE, love me.
So I can love myself.
So I can love others.

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Express
Your Inspired Self

Pause for Inspiration inspires a way of living
in the world while recognizing that our…

True Nature

is Infinite Light

that could never be

OF THIS WORLD.

Though, do not fret.

This most

serene,

still,

always moving,

all embracing

and

Inspiring

Light

serves you well

and everyone else

while we are living in the world.

This Light

enters the world

through

YOU!

YOU ARE A LIVING

EXPRESSION OF

INSPIRATION

IN THE WORLD.


YES – YOU.

The Pause Practice can help us
slow down
and
experience a calm quiet mind
so we can
express
our Inspired Selves
in the midst of everyday life.

~ ~

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