PEACE Is an Inside Job

Introduction Accept the invitation from Sweet Spirit to stand still and know that you’re designed to succeed. Tap into your gift and be successful! Allow the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of your life (God) to finance your journey, direct your path, give you orders, and fulfill your heart’s desires. CJ Felton What is Consciousness and Beingness? Consciousness is your mind, the process of your thoughts. A shift in consciousness plays a large roll in discovering peace within. Consciousness is defined by Sages and New Thought Ancient wisdom teachers as. “The fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world,” while Webster Dictionary says, “consciousness emerges from the operations of the brain.” One day your consciousness just opens up. You see life through a new lens. You see the best in everything; you see fresh new possibilities in your life. In other words, you see light at the end of the tunnel. You process your thoughts through new brain waves, your thoughts come out positive, life affirming, dreams take flight and your visions expand into wings of expression. You might begin your journey by considering how this book fell into your hands. It's often been said, "When the student is ready the teacher shows up." Even in my life, I've had teachers show up, often in the nick of time and mostly in the form of books. Some books I've had to read over ten times before my thoughts grasped the new idea and expanded into heightened consciousness. It's been a process, a life enhancing process. When I learned to truly forgive, another beautiful awakening happened, and it opened a new portal to a rich peaceful life. Then something even more miraculous happened; it's as though I’ve been inoculated from the painful volts, past or present, words or actions. The electro destructive force of un-forgiveness is no longer holding me. The years of bondage have vanished. Release yourself right now; take the voltage out of the pain and hurt, by forgiving and forgetting. Let the memory of the event vanish. That's when you have arrived at heightened consciousness. Claim your reward: "PEACE." Beingness is you! Whatever your name is, it’s you! It's you in a peaceful, receptive state, open to the whisperings of pure Spirit. Your beingness houses your consciousness, and feeds you daily with the scroll of the most high when you touch the inner lining of consciousness through meditation and prayer. While reclaiming your life and discovering pristine peace, we will reengage your thoughts to a place of profound faith. Simply put, change your thinking; change your life. We will solidify our minds into a new way of thinking. In this book, I use the word “consciousness” in place of the word “thinking.” The word “beingness” in place of the word "you." These words are used for the purpose of invoking peace, so that when you read them you will know that all is well. These words offer a comforting place to help you transition and process into your Spiritual Awakening. You may want to read one chapter for a week, and work on that one Affirmation and Lightning Bolt of Awareness before moving on to the next. I invite you to start anywhere in the book that calls to you and your Beingness so you can wake up to your true self. More life, more good, more of everything is calling you to participate and enjoy life. It is written, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." - Proverbs 23: 7. Realizing that thoughts can lift us into heightened consciousness or dump us in the valley of despair, we will identify the thought patterns that keep us strapped down. For example, the modern mindset is for us to blame someone else for what we don't have. Blame the stock market, our boss, our mates, our God. Then we nail the blame down with complaints: “I don't have enough money, I can't get ahead, they won't let me get ahead, I don't have this, I don't have that.” Whatever you’re stressing about in your life will continue as long as you feed the stress. Keep blaming and complaining and more stress will show up in your life; when we're constantly talking about what we don't want and what we don't have, we are unknowingly inviting more stress into our lives. One of the problems is that we don't show up in our own lives. We peek around the corner of our lives every once in a while just to see how things are going. We look at our lives and say, “I hope everything is okay.” It is as if we have surrendered our life to someone else to live. Our words are powerful. I'll say it again: Our words are powerful! Whatever comes out of your mouth will find you! Start talking about what you want and giving thanks for it in advance, and watch your situations change. The things you've said you want will show up. Yes, they will show up in your life! Only now you have a space in your consciousness to house them. Now you have a place of gratitude. Keep talking about what you want and it will cling to you like a magnet. Turn your attention to the jet stream of infinite possibilities. New ideas are birthing in your consciousness: your friends, associates, business dealings, and even your finances are supporting you in your new endeavors. Now that you're speaking about what you want, and are grateful for it in advance, you are at peace in your Beingness. Say you're in a coffee shop, the grocery store, the airport (it can happen anywhere), and you run into someone who just happens to strike up a conversation with you about the very idea you're developing. Due to your shift in consciousness, you are ready for opportunities. Your mind is now a magnet for what you want and what you need to support your visions or ideas. Start right where you are, with just what you have. Willingness is the key, so be willing! In writing this book I had you, the reader, in mind, and it is my sincerest prayer and deepest desire that this book will literally change your life. Or introduce you to fresh new ideas, maybe even correct numerous out-dated thought patterns, and guide you to exquisite peace. Each chapter is wrapped in love and appreciation and was birthed from an “Aha!” moment I had when coming out of meditation and prayer. If you have purchased this book online, please acquire a notebook for writing your “Lightning bolts of Awareness.” Lavish blessings, CJ Felton, ALsP, RScP