Life's Treasures, "A Self Development Journey"

How To Experience The Powerful Healing Benefits Of Music “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” Ludwig Van Beethoven Music is a language that we all understand. Today's treasure is about how the music heals our mind, body, and soul. Music can instantly put you in a good mood. If you sit silently you can hear nature's music, for example, the birds, crickets, and frogs provide us with beautiful music. Sit and listen. I have this example very close to my heart. My niece runs Spectrum Dance Therapy ; Arts For Autism. It is a profound way to give therapy to children that are on the Spectrum. I asked her to tell us in her own words how the music helps the children, (“To give children with Autism the gift of dance and music it helps them with sensory integration, and behavior challenges. Through my classes, we can provide a setting where they can interact socially. Through dance and music therapy we seek to ignite the light within our ch...

How To Let Go Of Toxic And Negative Energies “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” Swami Sivananda Let’s dive right in into an uncomfortable subject, dealing with harmful and toxic energies.  We all have experienced from time to time negativity in our lives. This weeks treasure is all about letting go of toxic energies.  The moment you decide to take action towards releasing negativity around you, that’s when you will feel free. My most recent memory of dealing with toxicity was in my previous job.  I couldn’t get a hold of my surroundings; I was always dealing with coworkers talking bad about one another, or a particular person that was still causing some havoc in our daily lives.  That to me was a very toxic environment. What I did next, was liberating. I decided that I needed to move on, and gracefully gave my two weeks notice and felt this massive weight lifted from my life....

The Great Advantages Of Learning And Growing "Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." Anthony J. D'Angelo It is time to get moving and get out of the rut. Today’s treasure is about not settling. Stagnation doesn’t allow growth, always remember that. If you find yourself getting ideas, feeling a rush of excitement, then it's time to take action and learn as much as possible to make that idea flourish. I have to admit; I am always learning new things. It’s funny my cousin once told me, “man you’re always in school.” That was funny, it’s true. Now with the internet, I find joy in learning new things all of the time. I don’t consider myself a stagnant individual; I’m always learning and evolving. Today I am giving you the gift of knowledge; if you feel a bit stuck, I’m going to help you with a couple of suggestions. It’s not easy if you are in a dark place, but know that once you change what you are doing physically, I mea...

How To Direct Your Mind To Think Good Thoughts “With our thoughts we make the world.” Gautama Buddha I s your mind your best friend or your worst enemy? Thoughts generate feelings vibrating energy, and that’s what we attract into our lives. This weeks treasure is all about thoughts becoming things. Are your thoughts based on fear or love? Somehow my brain was wired at an early age with strong fear-based feelings. I was practically afraid of everything, in my mind everything would go wrong. When I realized that thoughts become things, I soon started studying on how to change my pattern of negative thoughts. I know that when I would start changing the way I was thinking I would begin attracting better things to my life. Below I will share with you how I transformed my thoughts from fear-based thinking and realizing how those thoughts become things. Thought-forms are either fear or love based. Fear-based feelings can lead to anger, opposed to love based it ca...