by Christine Green | Aug 1, 2024 | Awareness, Spiritual Practice
“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Baer Ginsburg
I’ve been so inspired watching the determination, grit, and drive of the athletes at the Olympic games. Many of them have moved through so many physical, mental and emotional challenges to be there. To hear the stories of devotion of the athlete’s persistence and support of their families and friends is amazing.
I was especially in awe of watching Katie Ledecky swim the 1500 m freestyle. When she was previously interviewed she was asked how she stayed focused. She said she trained herself to not let any negative thoughts distract her from her goal. She monitors her self talk and has trained her inner voice to be a motivational speaker. So while she’s swimming, her only thoughts are ones to empower her to keep going, past pain, doubt, and limitation.
Wow! What a dedicated spiritual practice! Most days I can start out with a positive mindset, but my thoughts so easily revert to what’s not working or what I didn’t get done. Watching her persistence and determination was a reminder of the importance of staying focused and take one step at a time.
Disappointment, illness, financial challenges, loss are all life experiences we have at one time or another. Part of the practice is to acknowledge the pain and emotion and not bury it. Feel the feelings, talk about the pain, acknowledge the sadness. Have patience as you move through the process. Be gentle with yourself and your self talk. Reach out and talk with a friend. Know that this too shall pass.
After Katie finished her event, she told her a reporter that she let her mind wander near the end of the race. Her thoughts went to all the people who helped her achieve her success, and she was appreciating each of them. She ended the race with gratitude, humility and grace and a gold medal!
Feeling gratitude for even the smallest awareness helps to lift us up. Feeling grateful changes our vibration and allows us to be fully present. I am reminded of this quote from Melodie Beattie, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more.”
What are you grateful for today? Is there an Olympic athlete that inspires you?
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by Christine Green | Jul 17, 2024 | Spiritual Journey
I am deeply grateful to serve as a spiritual mentor. My heart fills with joy to watch my clients grow and blossom on their spiritual journey. Here are some recent testimonials.
“I asked Christine to be my abundance coach and received so much more. She listened, shared insights and offered effective tools for maintaining our relationship on a spiritual path while we were closing down our family business of 44 years. I feel profoundly grateful for her prayerful and effective coaching–with her help both my partner and I came through this experience with our love intact. ” Carol D, Portland, OR
“I was 50 years old, divorced, and stuck in the middle of my career in the communication industry. I was enrolled in Christine’s class on Spiritual Economics, and I enjoyed the material. The class inspired me to apply for entrance in the George Fox University Master’s in Business Administration (MBA). I told Christine of my attention, and she encouraged me. Unfortunately, my letter and my application were rejected. I believed that I would not be a good candidate for the MBA program and was ready to forget about it; however, Christine did not. She very kindly and persuasively convinced me to really think about it and try again. Which I did and was accepted. It made all the difference in my career, my finances, and my ability to comfortably retire at 65 years old. I went from being a construction supervisor in a cable TV company to being a regional infrastructure director for a major power company. I am grateful for all I learned in my class, but more than anything I am grateful for Christine Green who has been a great teacher, mentor and spiritual guide for me and my community.” – William W. Portland, OR
“Christine skillfully helped my wife and I realize better health and wellbeing, improve our friendships and relationships, and experience greater financial abundance and creative expression as we worked together at our business of 44 years. She skillfully listened with an affirmative acceptance as she asked the right questions. She prayed with and for us, offered suggestions and gave us homework … all that had us find the loving Spirit within ourselves and that made all the difference.” – John D, Portland, OR
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by Christine Green | Jul 17, 2024 | Consciousness, Gratitude
“Regardless of what you feel about the physical form that you stand in, your body is a joy and it is a significant one. It is what allows you to have your experience on the physical plane.” — Paul Selig, Book of Love and Creation
A friend was describing her book club to me. She said they called it a book club but it was actually an organ recital because they spent more time complaining about what was going wrong with their internal organs than they did reading the book. Funny — and completely relatable.
Let’s face it, pain in the body takes all our attention. Recognizing physical limitations can take an emotional toll on us, feeling frustration, loss of control and a deep sense of grief when we lose the physical abilities we once had. We are called to reach in and expand our compassion for ourselves. Sometimes we are much more tolerant of our friends and loved ones than we are for ourselves. Take the time to be gentle and understanding with yourself. Speak words of kindness and understanding to your body.
Remember that whatever we put our attention on increases. As we complain about what is not working, we notice more of what is not working. It’s like a car speeding down a steep hill: If you don’t stop it in the beginning, it will just pick up momentum and speed out of control. Before you know it, our aches and pains have completely taken over our thought process.
Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer, says, “The body is a sacred garment. It is your first and last garment; It is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.” I acknowledge my flexibility, strength and energy—even on those days where it feels like I don’t have any. I appreciate the parts of that are in good working order and send love to those parts that are aching and in pain.
I bless my body temple which houses my living Spirit within me. My voice is an instrument for peace, my hands a medium for service. My feet and legs transport me so that I may be vehicle to express Divine Love in the world.
I invite you to use this attunement from Paul Selig in the Book of Love and Creation as part of your daily practice:
“I am now realigning my knowing to become newly aware of my responsibility to heal my body as is required by my choices to feed myself, care for myself, and inhabit my surroundings in wellness. I am now coming to know my body is a joyful vehicle and I am celebrating it in Divine Love and thanking it for being with me on this remarkable journey in consciousness.”
Breathe. Move. Give thanks. And bless your body temple.
Affirmation: I praise my body. I raise my body. In the name of Love.
by Christine Green | Jun 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
“All our emotions are meant to be felt. Even the hard ones. It’s okay to feel what you need to feel.”
– Inside Out 2
I gathered together a few friends and we saw the Disney Pixar movie, Insight Out 2. One of the many brilliant lines in the movie comes from the emotion, anxiety: “While fear protects Riley from the things she can see, my job is to protect her from the things she can’t see. I plan for the future.” This is demonstrated by showing video clips of endless possibilities of all that can go wrong in Riley’s life.
Sound familiar? We have all experienced those 3 am wake up sessions when anxiety moves in and creates chaos and worry. Once anxiety takes charge, all other emotions are suppressed and we are put on high alert, preparing and planning for the worst.
There are times in life when we develop such an attachment to wanting to look good, be popular, win the game, that it becomes almost an obsession. We lose all sense of self. We forget our values and what is important to us. The more attached we are, the more restricted life seems to be. Feeling restricted can make us feel incomplete and that somehow we have failed.
Engaging in spiritual practices like meditation, journaling and expressing gratitude, we are empowered to free ourselves from anxiety and the constant chatter about what isn’t working. We are then open to discover other possibilities in store for us. When we tap into our inner wisdom and intuition, we let go of the suffering from the past, and the neediness of the future. Learning to live in the moment helps us stay centered in love.
We realign to what is important and allow love’s healing power to take charge when we live in the now moment. Taking time in the silence, we return to a place of peace and harmony. Instead of planning, changing, controlling, and fixing, we allow ourselves to just be and connect with the flow.
Take a breath and live in the flow. Give a gift to yourself and see this entertaining and uplifting movie.
by Christine Green | Jun 14, 2024 | Awareness, Consciousness
“As I become conscious of my Oneness with God, I am filled with enthusiasm and a sense of energy and vitality.” – Ernest Holmes
Feeling tired lately? You are not alone! Vitality seems to be in short supply these days. There are so many challenges that drain our energy and can leave us sleepless and exhausted.
Vitality Is defined an exuberance; living with purpose. But some days it can be quite a feat to move from exhausted to vitality. It takes practice to take a breath, take a pause, and let go of our self-imposed demands. It often takes courage to ask for help and compassion to release our need for perfection. When we practice letting go we open the heart to more love, and we naturally feel more enthusiasm and vitality for life.
I feel vitality when I am in nature. Whether I am at the ocean, forest, or desert, I feel a newness and freshness. My friend feels it when she is with her granddaughter. The world seems to stop and she is completely in the moment and in a state of unconditional love. Another friend feels exactly the same way when playing with her dog, feeling immense love and joy.
When we tap into vitality we are tapping into our connection with the divine and we vibrate the life force energy. We feel an aliveness and appreciation for life itself. Eric Butterworth describes vitality as “All the the attributes of the Infinite are in focus as you, flowing forth through you. You are this flow.”
Pay attention to what makes you feel energized. You may not feel it every day and that’s okay. If we are willing to recognize vitality and pay attention, it happens more frequently. To some it may show up as an abundance of energy and to others it may be a quiet sense of purpose and gratitude. Wherever we are, we are connecting with the frequency of love.
I would love to hear from you. Let me know what energizes you and renews your vitality?
Affirm: Be still and know…I am in the flow.
