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		<title>Limit Yourself and Expand Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Creativity is potential. It is limitless possibility. But you can’t manifest it. In the quantum realm, everything exists in a state of potential, in wave form, until it is observed. When it is observed the wave is collapsed, and then it exists as a particle. We can then measure it, because it no longer...


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<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Creativity is potential. It is limitless possibility. But you can’t manifest it. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">In the quantum realm, everything exists in a state of potential, in wave form, until it is observed. When it is observed the wave is collapsed, and then it exists as a particle. We can then measure it, because it no longer has infinite potential. It has been limited.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">The same principle applies in life. In order to have the life you want it must be limited. You can’t be everything to everybody. You will make no impact, have no fun and burn yourself out in the process. Just the same, you can’t manifest <strong>everything</strong> (besides, you would get a lot of stuff you don’t want). <a title="Clearing and Clarity" href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/" target="_blank">You decide by limiting yourself to what you DO want.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Be very specific and be clear on your intention. You can still have and do a lot of different things. But attract your intention, one at a time, with a singular point of focus. Limit yourself. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/170389703/"><img class="aligncenter" title="Carved Watermelon; Creative Commons by Victoria Peckham" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/170389703_7f181b0f6d_z.jpg" alt="" width="448" height="391" /></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Imagine that the thing you want to manifest as a watermelon. You want to make a real impact – so which tool would you use? A well-honed knife with a single point of focus, or a beach ball? Mind you, a beach ball is well-rounded – and its surface is covered with multitudinous points of focus (desires, things you intend to manifest) – but what impact will it have on the watermelon? Nothing. It will bounce off! And what will happen with the knife? It will get right to the heart of what you want to manifest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">If you need some help with this, from someone who has been there, please email me at </span><a href="mailto:SimplyDivineLife@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: small; color: #0000ff; font-family: Calibri;">SimplyDivineLife@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">To your joy and success!</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">Keena</span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Calibri;">PS  Do you have your own business, or are thinking of starting your own business? Imagine what it would be like to be able to diagnose and fix business issues before they happen. How would that affect your business? Stay tuned for my upcoming book, <em><a title="Your Business Chakras BOOK" href="http://www.YourBusinessChakras.com" target="_blank">Your Business Chakras: Connecting with the Soul of Your Business</a></em>. More details coming soon! In the mean time head on over to <a title="Business Energetics" href="http://www.BusinessEnergetics.ca " target="_blank">www.BusinessEnergetics.ca </a>and sign up for a free introductory e-course.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">PPS If you would like to create your authentic <strong>work, with both me and my coach, Tom Volkar, </strong>as a <strong>partner</strong> in a unconditionally supportive, co-creative environment, please </span><a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.businessenergetics.ca/?page_id=13" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">contact me </span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">for more information!</span></p>
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		<title>The two keys to living a simply divine life. Love, joy and living your life purpose: a channelled blog post.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 01:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two keys to living a simply divine life. Love, joy and living your life purpose: a channelled blog post. I have been channelling spirit guides professionally for a couple of years now, but recently have delved into learning formal “trance” channelling. I have a wonderful high-level guide named Charisse. (I thought this was such...


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The two keys to living a simply divine life.</strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Love, joy and living your life purpose: a channelled blog post.</strong></p>
<p>I have been channelling spirit guides professionally for a couple of years now, but recently have delved into learning formal “trance” channelling. I have a wonderful high-level guide named Charisse. (I thought this was such a pretty and unusual name – so I looked it up and it means grace and kindness. She certainly embodies both qualities!).</p>
<p>So, I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce you to her with some of what she has told me. In our channelling sessions, I ask her questions of a personal nature as well as some of a universal nature. I also ask her what subject she would like to talk about – what messages she would like to get out to the world through me. This post is from one of those sessions. <strong>This post is about love and joy, and how this relates to living your life purpose…</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>“Love is THE greatest thing. The saying “love makes the world go ‘round” is so true, but not in the sense of simply a human romantic sense, I am talking about “true love”. True love, universal love, is UNCONDITIONAL. It is not necessarily between two adults or even from parent to child. It goes well beyond.</p>
<p>Can you imagine what the world would be like if it was filled with – if everyone expressed – true love? It would be paradise! And so joyful! This is what the energy is like in the higher spiritual planes. Part of what you are here for in this incarnation is to experience love, to give and receive love. This incarnation, with its polarity, allows you to feel love against its opposite. It allows for a richer experience of what love truly is. If we are loving in all that we do and encourage others to be the same, and the more loving we can be to, and with, each other, the happier, easier and better life will be. <strong>Love is the surest path to joy</strong>.</p>
<p>So, <strong>embodying love is the #1 key to living a simply divine life</strong>. (Yeah, I know – blatant plug. But in all seriousness she DID say it! <img src='http://www.simplydivinelife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> ).</p>
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<p><strong>Key #2 is doing and being what brings you joy and brings you aliveness</strong>, for that is the only way that you can truly live. <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/intuitive-development/" target="_blank">Listen to the inspiration that whispers to your soul and follow that inspiration!</a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What is joy?</span></strong></p>
<p> <img class="aligncenter" title="Jumping For Joy; Creative Commons Lic. by Jody McNary" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3675738281_76d28df697_o.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="658" /><br />
Joy is a state of complete connection with Source. It is having that channel to your higher self and Source completely and wide open. It is a beautiful state of flow of energy and consciousness, of the highest connection. <strong>Joy is your soul fulfilling itself.</strong></p>
<p>One connection that many don’t understand is that self love is also universal love. You are a part of Source – a child of God. When you love yourself, you also love and are connected to Source. To love yourself is to love Source. You are NOT separate.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Please pay attention to the following sentence – it is SO important! Too many people here on the Earth plane] <strong>do not follow their joy because they do not love themselves enough to do it</strong>, and thus, too many people have regrets at the end of their lives. Too many people “play it safe” &#8211; but it’s not about taking risks. It’s about being connected. People are so disconnected [from Source, from their higher selves, from joy and love] and that is the major cause of strive and struggle. <strong>We need to reconnect with love, joy and aliveness</strong>. Then it makes learning life lessons an easy, beautiful experience instead of one of harshness and hardship. People have a mistaken sense of nobility when it comes to martyrdom, with suffering. This world would be filled with so much more light than it is now, beauty aside, if we lived in a connectedness with joy and love.”</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Take some time every day this week to get quiet. Place one hand over your heart and one on your belly, and ask your soul, your higher self, how you can embody love to a greater degree. Ask also how you can connect more to joy and to yourself. Ask also, how you can best honour and love yourself. It is okay to love yourself – you are worthy.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Charisse and I would love to hear any comments you may have! Please leave your comments below.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To your joy and success!</p>
<p>Blessings,<br />
Charisse (and Keena)<br />
PS: When you do this exercise, you can also ask your higher self what your life purpose is. It will tell you!<br />
PPS: If you would like more clarity on your life purpose and life lessons, please visit “<a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/elements-of-success/purpose/" target="_blank">Embrace Your Purpose</a>” to learn more about your life purpose and life lessons. They are written in your hands and in your Akashic records!</p>
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		<dc:creator>Keena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Your sense of purpose can become a part of everything you do and energize you in ways you never thought possible. Having a purpose can ground you in your life and help you derive a greater sense of satisfaction from all you do. We devote so much of our time to busywork and mundane survival matters that we lose our sense of direction and begin to perceive life as meaningless. A purpose, whether grand and far-reaching or simple and personal, can guide you toward those paths that will bring you the most fulfillment and aid you in recognizing opportunities to live in accordance with your principles. Since your purpose grants you the enthusiasm you need to set goals and follow through with plans, you’ll begin to recognize your value to society and the world at large. The purpose you discover today will become the wellspring of confidence and energy that fuels your evolution.” 


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Your sense of purpose can become a part of everything you do and energize you in ways you never thought possible. Having a purpose can ground you in your life and help you derive a greater sense of satisfaction from all you do. We devote so much of our time to busywork and mundane survival matters that we lose our sense of direction and begin to perceive life as meaningless. A purpose, whether grand and far-reaching or simple and personal, can guide you toward those paths that will bring you the most fulfillment and aid you in recognizing opportunities to live in accordance with your principles. Since your purpose grants you the enthusiasm you need to set goals and follow through with plans, you’ll begin to recognize your value to society and the world at large. The purpose you discover today will become the wellspring of confidence and energy that fuels your evolution.”<em> </em><em>(Unknown – but I am working on finding where I got this from!)</em><em></em></p></blockquote>
<p>I have written before about life purpose and soul purpose, where soul purpose is defined as your soul’s talents, gifts and challenges that you express during your time here – your life purpose is the expression of your soul purpose. Your life purpose may look like one thing, one path – or it may look like many, even seemingly unrelated paths (which are linked at a higher level). There is not some specific thing that you are here to do &#8211; it’s not necessarily about WHAT you do more than HOW you do it.</p>
<p>Every experience you have has the potential to reveal to you your <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/elements-of-success/purpose/" target="_blank">life’s purpose</a>, and you may be surprised to find that you are living your life purpose even though you didn’t realize it. And all the stuff you are struggling with *could* be part of your life lessons (unless it is a soul level block).</p>
<p>Life lessons are the flip side of the life purpose coin. They are the challenges we must overcome to fully live our life purpose. The repeated scenarios in your life will give you clues to what this might be.</p>
<p>If you have ever wondered about life purpose and googled that phrase then you will find pages and pages of websites proclaiming they know how you can find your life purpose. Often this is a number of excellent thought-provoking questions you journal about or meditate on for an hour, or it may take you several months or more. Now I am one of those people who loves contemplation and journaling, and I have spent months trying to come up with a satisfactory, concrete idea of life purpose. Mind you, I’ve always “known” for the most part – I just wanted something powerful, succinct and inspiring. I have tried just about everything out there, and I have come close – but it always seemed vague to me. And so I thought, “Well, maybe it’s just supposed to be vague. It gives you more potential, more wiggle-room, freer will…?” I just always wondered if there was something more that I was missing.</p>
<p>Then I discovered <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/consultation/akashic-records-consultation/" target="_blank">Soul Realignment</a>…</p>
<p>Those of you who have had a <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/consultation/akashic-records-consultation/" target="_blank">Soul Realignment Akashic Records Consultation </a>will have a very good idea about what their soul purpose is. In the section called the Soul Profile, we cover your soul’s origin (a specifically chosen place for incarnation which factors in to your soul “personality” and purpose), your soul’s gifts and talents, training and “memberships”, as well as challenges inherent in your soul’s highest path and purpose. Many of you will then be able to figure out what that translates to in terms of living your life’s purpose and how to learn your life lessons the best way possible (i.e., with the least amount of stress and repetition).</p>
<p>And <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/coaching/" target="_blank">coaching</a>…</p>
<p>My coach, <a href="http://www.delightfulwork.com/" target="_blank">Tom Volkar</a>, gave me an exercise to do once that was remarkable in its ability to put words to how I express my life purpose. Knowing this, in addition to my <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/consultation/akashic-records-consultation/" target="_blank">Soul Realignment Soul Profile information </a>was huge! I was well on my way to articulating a powerful, succinct and inspiring life purpose.</p>
<p>Then I came across one of the <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/elements-of-success/purpose/" target="_blank">most powerful life purpose discovery techniques EVER</a>. I am so blown away by it! Did you know that five months before you were born, your life path was etched into your hands?!</p>
<p>I’ve always loved the esoteric studies, including palmistry – but this is different. What I am offering is a form of scientific hand analysis (it’s not predictive), akin to what doctors and geneticists do when they study the genetic illnesses that are revealed in your hand prints. The hand analysis that I have been studying and am now offering to you is based on over 14 years of data collection, and it is very powerful, very accurate, very succinct and VERY illuminating! On top of that it is so quick, easy and painless!</p>
<p>I cannot tell you enough of how excited I am to be able to offer this to you! And on top of that, it is a relatively new modality (so is Soul Realignment for that matter) – only a couple of years (for both). It is so amazing to be on the “cutting edge” in being able to offer you the most accurate, quick and easy methods for discovering and expressing your life purpose, eliminating soul level blocks and restrictions that keep you stuck, and help you create the success you want in your life. This is definitely MY purpose!</p>
<p>To your joy, abundance and success!</p>
<p>Blessings,</p>
<p>Keena</p>
<p>PS Hand analysis is very popular now in Europe and taking off in North America. People will pay upwards of $1500 USD to have their hands read – and that doesn’t even include the removal of soul level blocks and restrictions! I have the ultimate life purpose discovery package – the <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/elements-of-success/purpose/" target="_blank">Simply Divine Life Purpose program </a>– available NOW. There are multiple levels to suit all budgets. Find out more here.</p>
<p>PPS If you have had a <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/tools/consultation/akashic-records-consultation/" target="_blank">Soul Realignment Consultation </a>with me already – you obviously don’t need it again! So, if you would like to discover and express your life purpose through the <a href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/elements-of-success/purpose/" target="_blank">Simply Divine Life Purpose program</a>, then please email me with your request and I will send you a link to get the program without the price of the Soul Realignment consultation. SimplyDivineLife (at) gmail.com.</p>
<p>I can’t wait to share this with you! <img src='http://www.simplydivinelife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Inspiration or Motivation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The differences between inspiration and motivation, and how it affects the way you view success.


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<p><span style="color: #888888;">Originally published Wednesday, February 4, 2009</span></p>
<p>If you look these two words up in the thesaurus they seem interchangeable &#8211; like they mean the same thing. Do they? According to the Random House Dictionary, <strong>inspiration</strong> can be defined as:</p>
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<li>an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.</li>
<li>something inspired, as an idea.</li>
<li>a result of inspired activity.</li>
<li>a thing or person that inspires.</li>
<li>Theology:
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<li>a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul.</li>
<li>the divine quality of the writings or words of a person so influenced.</li>
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</li>
<li>the drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation.</li>
<li>the act of inspiring; quality or state of being inspired.</li>
</ol>
<p>Whereas <strong>motivation</strong>, according to Princeton University&#8217;s Wordnet,  is defined as:</p>
<ol>
<li>the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behaviour; &#8220;we did not understand his motivation&#8221;; &#8220;he acted with the best of motives&#8221; </li>
<li>the condition of being motivated; &#8220;his motivation was at a high level&#8221; </li>
<li>the act of motivating; providing incentive </li>
</ol>
<p>On the surface the two do seem similar, save for that quality of <em>divine influence</em> in inspiration. If we examine how we would use the words, we can detect an underlying emotion. For example, there is a breathtaking scene of mountains and the glorious colours of the setting sun. Are we <em>motivated</em> to take a picture, or <em>inspired</em>?</p>
<p>A grizzly bear is running towards us. Are we <em>inspired</em> to run, or <em>motivated</em>?</p>
<p>Both inspiration and motivation are precursors to action, but one is inspired by love (positive action &#8211; moving toward something that is pleasureable, soul-level) and the other is motivated by fear (negative (re)action &#8211; moving away from something that causes pain, ego-level). Can you guess which one is which? Can you think of other examples in your own life?</p>
<p>Motivation can seem like movement toward something positive, but when you dig deeper you will find that it is movement away from something negative. For example, you might be motivated to lose weight. On the surface this seems to be positive movement &#8211; movement towards something &#8220;good&#8221; that make you feel better and look more attractive. But what is causing that motivation? Fear of being labelled &#8220;fat&#8221;, fear of being ridiculed by a society that reveres thinness, and/or fear of not feeling well if you don&#8217;t lose weight.</p>
<p>Motivation is action on behalf of our desires and the actions we take are steps toward a goal. They are logical and &#8220;make sense&#8221;. Inspiration on the other hand, tends to be spontaneous and creative in nature, intuitive, even emotional. It may indeed further your progress to a goal, but can&#8217;t be planned nor predicted. You may have a goal to expand your business, for example, and you may take certain actions to further your progress toward that goal. Then, one night when you are brushing your teeth, you may get an idea, an insight &#8211; an inspiration. Something that didn&#8217;t occur to you in thinking-mode. Inspiration is something that &#8220;moves&#8221; you at a soul-level. Looking at whether your actions are inspired or motivated will help you discern where you are headed with your life. Are you attracting what you want in your life and career? Are you living your life from a basis of love, or reacting to the circumstances of your life from a position of fear?</p>
<p>The more action you take from the standpoint of inspiration &#8211; of love, the more happy and successful you will be. And while not everything is inspirational, you can improve your chances of being inspired by:</p>
<ul>
<li>being open-minded,</li>
<li>having an open heart;</li>
<li>being appreciative,</li>
<li>being hopeful and optimistic, and looking for the dark cloud&#8217;s silver lining (this includes with the economy!),</li>
<li>looking for feelings that are positive and make you feel good,</li>
<li>tuning into your intuition,</li>
<li>juicing up your creativity, and</li>
<li>believing that you can and will be inspired.</li>
</ul>
<p>So, what is your inspiration right now?</p>
<p>Blessings,</p>
<p>Keena</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PREVIOUS COMMENTS</p>
<p>Great article. I like what you&#8217;re doing with the word play here.</p>
<p>I disagree about motivation being a fear-based drive in all cases. Sometimes one can be motivated by feeling good about self and being in touch with the desire to have more money, for instance.</p>
<p>I guess it&#8217;s a tomato/tomato thing, though that analogy really doesn&#8217;t work without the audio huh?</p>
<p>But I totally agree about the deeper meaning of inspiration or &#8220;in the spirit&#8221; as the word literally means. This ideal brings a completely fresh and empowering perspective to the word and how we can use it in our own lives.</p>
<p>February 4, 2009 | <a title="Unregistered Commenter" href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/contributor/5494048">Timothy Aaron Whiston </a></p>
<p>I love how you distinguish these two terms!<br />
I completely agree that motivation derives from fear, ego, and at times, innate survival instincts. While, inspiration comes from our Soul or Higher Self and ultimately, Divine Source.<br />
Both are useful; One is just more fulfilling!<br />
Thanks,<br />
Brenda</p>
<p>February 5, 2009 | <a title="Unregistered Commenter" href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/contributor/5494049">Brenda|Soul Realignment </a></p>
<p>Hi Timothy &#8211; thank you so much for your though provoking comment.</p>
<p>There is always an exception to the rule! &#8220;They&#8217;re really more like guidelines&#8230;&#8221; <img src='http://www.simplydivinelife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Because we live in a dualistic universe, all positives and negatives are really 2 sides of the same coin.</p>
<p>I agree with you that feeling good is certainly a positive motivation, but I would just like us to consider going deeper with that &#8211; to see both sides of the coin. Is it really just motivation to feel good, or is it avoidance of feeling bad? In this case, likely both. So you make a very valid point!</p>
<p>Considering our feelings &#8211; being more aware of them, what feels good and knowing how we want to feel, as well as discerning where they are coming from (a place of love or fear &#8211; or both!) is important for conscious creation with the Law of Attraction.</p>
<p>Blessings,<br />
Keena</p>
<p>PS: I liked your blog very much <img src='http://www.simplydivinelife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>February 5, 2009 | <a title="Unregistered Commenter" href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/contributor/5494050">Keena Friedrichsmeier </a></p>
<p>Thank you, Brenda! Inspiration is definitely more fulfilling! <img src='http://www.simplydivinelife.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>February 9, 2009 | <a title="Unregistered Commenter" href="http://www.simplydivinelife.com/contributor/5494051">Keena Friedrichsmeier </a></p>
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