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Wisdom – Our Eternal Dance Partner

Lynn Serafinn — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:23:53 +0000

Many thanks to Simon Ireland-Davies of ID Coaching, Liverpool, who selected the number 65 for this week’s meditation. If you would like to help me write my upcoming book “The Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul” and possibly have your name listed in the acknowledgements of the book, and announced on my weekly radio broadcast, just select a number from 1-80 and post it in the comment thread below.

Meditation 65: Wisdom
from “Lessons from the Lily: the Principle of Being”

Wisdom is the natural energy that flows through us when we surrender our ego so we may establish our connection with the Divine. Wisdom does not come to us as the result of learning. It is not something can be increased by any type of effort. Wisdom is Eternal, Infinite and Absolute. It belongs to no one and to everyone, simultaneously and equally. When we imagine that we can capture Wisdom via our own efforts, we are operating from the platform of ego, wherein we imagine that there is a limited amount of Wisdom to be gained in the Universe, and that it can be controlled and conquered by our own efforts. If this were the case, then the Universe would be a merciless and poverty-stricken place, as only the strongest or most intellectually gifted would ever have access to Wisdom. But the Truth is the Universe is infinitely opulent and full of mercy. Wisdom is the birthright of all living entities, and no effort is required to manifest Wisdom other than to allow it to enter us, without ego blocking its way.

In The Garden of the Soul, the Lily is the bearer of Wisdom. She stands alone, allowing the light of the full Moon to bathe her with its illuminating rays, Without effort, she absorbs whatever Wisdom is shone upon her, and then creates a mesmerising diamond-like mandala of light and reflection around her so that others may be able to see and delight in what she knows intuitively. She does not block the rays via any kind of shade or cover. She allows all of them to shine upon her equally, without judgment or preference…

If you would like to read the rest of this article,
including the Enquiries for the week,
read the complete entry on my NEW blog at http://www.lynnserafinn.com.

AND while you are there, be sure to subscribe to that blog, as this blog will shortly be discontinued and moved to the new site.

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If you would like to find out how to master the four Principles of “Give, Receive, Become and Be” from my book The Garden of the Soul, as well as many other skills for personal transformation, join me and my colleague Vicki Goodyear on the Transformation Trilogy Weekend Workshop Series. Two new UK series starting 17 October (Bedford), and 7 November (Totnes, Devon). Click HERE for complete information and to book your place.

AND… if you think money is an issue, be sure you read about our innovative “Gratitude System” that, we hope, will enable everyone to attend.

See you there!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
“Turning up the volume of the music in your heart!”

Poise as a Quality of the Divine

Lynn Serafinn — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:55:12 +0000

Many thanks to Evelyn Thomas of Lizard Life Coaching who selected the number 27 for this week’s meditation. If you would like to help me write my upcoming book “The Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul” and possibly have your name listed in the acknowledgements of the book, and announced on my weekly radio broadcast, just select a number from 1-80 and post it in the comment thread below.

Meditation 27: Poise
from “Lessons from the Iris: the Principle of Receiving”

Poise is a state of being in which you move freely and effortlessly within your own energy.

We tend to think of Poise as a word used to describe the quality of someone who is physically graceful and calm. Many of us also believe Poise to be the ability to control our emotional expression. While these external symptoms might sometimes be indicators of Poise, there are not the key elements. In fact, they might even been a shield that is covering up a lack of genuine Poise. How many of us refrain from expressing our emotions because we have told ourselves that it is the more “poised” thing to do. But if such emotional restraint is coming from the desire to appear mature, professional or in control, it is unlikely to be genuine Poise. You can tell the difference between the two, because true Poise results in a feeling of ease, satisfaction and freedom, while false Poise results in a feeling of being stuck, frustrated or stifled…

If you would like to read the rest of this meditation, please click over to my NEW blog portal at http://www.lynnserafinn.com. If you haven’t yet subscribed to that blog, please do so, as this blog will be discontinued shortly (it will just be a regular website) and all my meditations and other blogs will be sent from the new portal.

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If you would like to find out how to master the four Principles of “Give, Receive, Become and Be” from my book The Garden of the Soul, as well as many other skills for personal transformation, join me and my colleague Vicki Goodyear on the Transformation Trilogy Weekend Workshop Series. Two new UK series starting 17 October (Bedford), and 7 November (Totnes, Devon). Click HERE for complete information and to book your place.

AND… if you think money is an issue, be sure you read about our innovative “Gratitude System” that, we hope, will enable everyone to attend.

See you there!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
“Turning up the volume of the music in your heart!”

Life Purpose as an Act of Giving

Lynn Serafinn — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:18:30 +0000

Below is the first part of your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. As I mentioned in last week’s post, I am moving ALL these posts to my new blog at http://www.lynnserafnn.com. If you wish to continue to receive them, you will need to come over to that site and subscribe, as shortly this blog will be discontinued (I just had too many blogs!).

This week’s number was selected intuitively by my great Twitter friend Lisa Lauffer (aka @deepwaterscoach) of Colorado. Lisa is a Co-Active coach and she always sends me fabulous cheesy disco on Fridays on Twitter.

Lisa selected number 19, which is the number for the attribute of “Life Purpose”. In my book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, Life Purpose is part of the section called “Lessons from the Rose”. The Rose teaches us “The Principle of Giving” which everything that emanates from within you, out into the world.

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Day 19: Life Purpose
Life purpose is the active process of embracing, expressing and living our reason to exist. Many people imagine Life Purpose to be something that they discover by asking the age-old questions of “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” And while to some extent this is true, the term “Life Purpose” is meaningless until we consciously integrate our thoughts and feelings, and set them into action in our lives. If Life Purpose were merely a matter of receiving a message from some Divine source, it would mean we had a passive role to play with it, and it would not be an active process. We would probably fight against it, as we would perceive it as something that had come from outside of ourselves, and against which we were the powerless victims of fate. This is why it is important to remember that Life Purpose is an attribute of the Principle of Giving. It originates within the Self, and it can only manifest when we ourselves choose to send it into the world in an outward direction. At this moment we begin to live our lives “on purpose.”

Knowing this, we can finally cease our endless battle in life…

To read the rest of this meditation,
including your enquiries for the week, CLICK HERE

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This meditation came from my upcoming book The Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul, which is a practical guide to the lessons from the four flowers that appear in my bestselling book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self,. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, check it out on Amazon by clicking HERE.

See you in the Garden!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
Author of Amazon bestseller, The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self,
Official book site: http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
Coaching: http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

Continuity – The Dance of Change within the Changeless

Lynn Serafinn — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:35:15 +0000

NOTE: I am moving to a new blog at www.lynnserafinn.com, which is a web portal for all of my various website. The article below is NOT the complete meditation. To read the complete article, please go to www.lynnserafinn.com, and be sure to subscribe to that new blog so you receive all future meditations and other articles.

Meditation 77: Continuity
Continuity is a sense of begininglessness and endlessness that comes from feeling connected to Existence itself. In the Divine sense, Continuity does not refer to the act of “sticking with things” for a long period of time. In fact, Continuity has nothing at all to do with “doing”; it is an attribute of Being. Nor does Continuity refer to a need for things to be changeless. Quite the opposite, Continuity is that state we reach where we are able to witness all of Creation as a great system of continual flow and change without beginning or end. Existence is both always the same, and always changing, simultaneously. When we witness this, and feel this at our core, we come to realise that Reality is comprised of a single experience of Divine Continuity, which has infinite possibilities of expression. These possibilities flow like the colours of a kaleidoscope as we turn the wheel around and around. As these patterns are ever-changing, we cannot say there is ever truly a specific pattern, as there is no way to “freeze” them in time. When we release the need to hold on to a particular pattern, we begin to step into the awestruck feeling of Divine Continuity, and come to enjoy every moment as it unfolds before us….

*If you wish to read the rest of this meditation (and there’s quite a lot more to read), come on over to my NEW blog at http://www.lynnserafinn.com. Over the next month, I will be gradually shifting ALL my blogging over there, so please subscribe to it to be sure you stay on top of all Garden of the Soul events.

Turning Up the Volume of the Music in Your Heart!

Lynn Serafinn — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:00:23 +0000

Darlene Siddons, host of "Good Morning Inspiration"

Lynn Serafinn

Lynn Serafinn will be interviewed on the “Good Morning Inspiration Show” with host Darlene Siddons on BlogTalkRadio.

Date: 22 July 2009
Time: 19:00 UK time (2pm Eastern)
Episode title: “Turning Up the Volume of the Music in Your Heart!”
Link to show: Click here

Description: Lynn Serafinn is a Personal Transformation Coach, bestselling author, teacher, motivational speaker, talk radio show host and community leader whose passion in life is to help people find and express their authentic voice. Her debut book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self is a transformational journey towards finding her own voice, and is an Amazon bestseller in both the UK and the US in spirituality, mind-body-spirit and self-help. Owing to her long and diverse professional history in the music industry– from symphony violinist, to opera singer, to east-west fusion artist, to a number-1 electronic dance artist in the 90’s– Lynn’s writing is lyrical, rhythmic, colourful, highly visual and undeniably metaphoric. Lynn is also the Founder/Leader of the Global Wellness Circle, a thriving community-based holistic education project spread throughout the United Kingdom, and host of the weekly radio show \”Lynn Serafinn\’s Garden of the Soul\” on Blog Talk Radio. On today\’s show, Lynn will share a bit about the creative processes used in writing the book, the key teachings of the book and how they can help us create happier lives, how looking at our own life stories can help us unlock our life purpose, find our inner hero, and find relief from emotional pain. She will also share a few excerpts from the book, read in her uniquely inspirational style.

Start Time: 19:00 UK time
Date: 2009-07-22
End Time: 20:00 UK time

Consciousness, Intention and Divine Growth

Lynn Serafinn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:29:20 +0000

Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. This week’s number was selected intuitively by Co-Active Coach Jude Jennison, CPCC. I read Jude’s selected meditation LAST Wednesday on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen on demand at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. (While you’re there, mark the show as your favourite!)

Number 45 is the number for the attribute of “Growth”, which comes from the section my book “The Garden of the Soul” called “Lessons from the Daffodils”. The Daffodils teach us “The Principle of Becoming” which is all about youth, rebirth, discovery, evolution and creativity… and of course the process of growth. Let this one take root. It’s a subtle one.

And be sure to tune into next Wednesday’s show to find out what next week’s number is. AND if you’d like to help me write my book, and get a chance at having your name announced on the radio and in my next book, don’t forget to send me your intuitive number for next week’s meditation.

The Daffodil

Day 45: Growth
Growth is our willingness to expand beyond our boundaries and move into a different space. I say “willingness” because, while the natural tendency of all life is growth and expansion, true Growth can only take place via a combination of consciousness, will and intention. For instance, if you stop tending to your garden for only a few weeks, you will quickly see the life-forms spread out in every direction and create chaos, as conflicting intentions compete for space. A garden that gets choked with weeds, or a body that becomes riddled with cancer, are both signs that our consciousness and intention are competing rather than working with the principle of Divine Growth.

The Daffodils in The Garden of the Soul are teachers of this balance between consciousness, will and intention. As spring approaches, they become conscious of the changes in the time and space around them, and the, at precisely the right moment, willingly and freely expand beyond the boundaries of their underworld as they burst into the chilly late winter air. Rarely do you see a lone Daffodil. Rather, they spread like a bright yellow sea throughout the countryside, taking all the space they want, with the sole intention of announcing “Spring has come!” In doing this, they begin the cycle of Divine Growth.

Similarly, when we set our consciousness upon an intention of bringing about powerful change, whether for ourselves or the rest of the world, we begin to tap into our own natural potential for Divine Growth. To do this, we must, like the Daffodils, settle our consciousness into the “underworld” of a quiet mind. Then, as our consciousness becomes full, we must hold the enquiry, “What is needed now, at this point in time and space?” When our consciousness hears the answer to this question, we will then feel the will arising to act upon it. At this point, it becomes our choice to allow that will to flow or not. If intention is not there, then we are apt not to answer the call. If intention drives our choice, then we are more likely.

Without Divine Intentions, our decisions are likely to take on the qualities of the overgrown garden. When we set our Divine Intention by asking, “What is needed now, at this point in time and space?” we connect to the purpose of our actions, and become able to set our Divine intentions and initiate the process of Divine Growth.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Inertia, routine, narrow-mindedness, resistant to new things, directionlessness, falling back on habits, dull spirit, decay

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Open-mindedness, willingness, full of intention, vision, faith, productivity, expansiveness, exuberance, evolving spirit

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

What is needed now, for me and for the rest of the world, at this point in time and space?
What will grow if this need is filled?
What will grow if it is not filled?

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I hope you liked this week’s Garden of the Soul Weekly Meditation. Read below to find you how you can help me write my next book, have your name mentioned on the radio, and have a chance to be mentioned in the book, under my acknowledgements.

ABOUT THIS COLLABORATIVE BOOK PROJECT…
I am writing a “Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul: 80 Daily/Weekly Practices to Allow Your Spirit to Blossom”. The book has 80 Daily (or Weekly) meditations to help to cultivate the spiritual attributes of the four flowers in the book. All 80 attributes are already “assigned” a number, but the entries for them have not necessarily been written yet.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can SEND me your number by:

On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn
On my Fan Page at http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan
Via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/LynnSerafinn
Through my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
A comment on my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

Subscribing to my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots
Joining my Facebook FAN page at: http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan
Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

HERE’S THE BEAUTY OF IT…
If you send me a numbers for which I haven’t written the entries yet, I’ll write them as you send them. In other words, if 10 of you send me 10 new numbers, then I will write 10 new entries, but I will only post only one per week. That way, you will help me write my book, and you will receive a free meditation every week.

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
Day 48: Discovery, selected by Geoff Laughton
Day 54: Rebirth, selected by Cindy Papale
Day 45: Growth, selected by Jude Jennison
Day ??? Coming next week! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.

See you in the Garden!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
Author of Amazon bestseller, The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
Official book site: http://www.give-receive-become-be.com
Coaching: http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

Meditation 54 – Stepping Fully into a Rebirth of Self

Lynn Serafinn — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:03:45 +0000

Hi there Garden of the Soul friends,
Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice from LAST week (Wednesday 8 July 2009). I am sorry this didn’t come to you on Friday as usual, but I was preparing for some amazing training I did in London over the weekend on the Transition Town movement. I’ll share that with you later this week.

Last week’s number was selected intuitively by cancer survivor and author Cindy Papale. I read Cindy’s selected meditation LAST Wednesday on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen on demand at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. (While you’re there, mark the show as your favourite. Cindy will be one of my upcoming guests in October).

Number 54 is the number for the attribute of “Rebirth”, which comes from the section my book “The Garden of the Soul” called “Lessons from the Daffodils”. The Daffodils teach us “The Principle of Becoming” which is all about youth, growth, discovery, evolution and creativity… and of course the process of rebirth. And in many ways, my training with the Transition Town Network was very much tied into this idea of rebirth. Dive deeply into this one. It’s a meaningful one. And be sure to tune into tonight’s show to find out what this week’s number is

AND don’t forget to send me your intuitive number for next week’s meditation.

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Day 54: Rebirth
Rebirth is that point in our personal transformation when we emerge from the old and into the new. True rebirth of any kind involves letting go of the past. In the autumn, the trees allow their dry, lifeless leaves to drop to the ground, return to the soil, crumble away, and help to create fertile ground for new vegetation to grow, and also for the trees themselves to flourish. Similarly, in our own lives, Rebirth takes place when we let go of the old emotions, as well as old patterns of thinking or behaving that do not bring us joy, and allow them to slip away naturally to become a part of the ground from which our Rebirth will take place. When we do this, we feel ourselves reborn into our true and authentic Nature.

In The Garden of the Soul the Daffodils teach us about Rebirth. They burst forth in the early springtime, like bright beacons deep within the dark wood, rising from the fertile ground that has been formed by the leaves of the ancient trees that surround them. Drinking deeply of the nourishment of the history of the forest, they are creating new life every spring, leaving behind the coldness of the earth and bringing forth colour, hope and joy to everyone around them. Then, when spring is over, they return to the Earth, and their own leaves and petals become fertile ground for their own re-emergence the following spring.

Just like the coming of spring, Rebirth is a natural and divine process. It does not come about from artificially suppressing or denying emotions. Rather, it is about being very in tune with the rhythms of our own lives, and with the world around us, just as the Daffodils are in tune with the seasons. When we develop this awareness, we know intuitively what we need to be happy, and are able to let go of what is no longer feeding our Souls. When we do this, we learn how to take nourishment from all that has come before, even the painful things, instead of sitting within the decay of dwelling upon what once was, and feeling lifeless as a result. Our past then becomes a vital and life-giving part of our bigger hero’s story, rather than a smaller story in which we feel continually stuck. When this happens, we can know with certainty that we have stepped fully into our Divine Rebirth of Self.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Bitterness; full of regret; staying stuck; feeling old beyond one’s years; prone to chronic illness; crippling limiting beliefs; despair

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Hopefulness; lightness; positive; youthful outlook; strong immune system; able to nurture one’s self; not grudge-bearing

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

What thoughts of the past do I think about over and over?
What would my life be like if were free of these thoughts?
If I allowed myself to be reborn into my true Divine Self, what would I be like?

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HOW TO HELP ME WRITE MY NEXT BOOK…
I am writing a “Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul: 80 Daily/Weekly Practices to Allow Your Spirit to Blossom”. The book has 80 Daily (or Weekly) meditations to help to cultivate the spiritual attributes of the four flowers in the book. All 80 attributes are already “assigned” a number, but the entries for them have not necessarily been written yet.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can SEND me your number by:

dropping me a line on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn
posting it on my wall on my Fan Page at http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan
sending it to me at Twitter at @LynnSerafinn OR
Sending it through my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
Posting a comment on my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

Subscribing to my blog at http://www.give-receive-become-be.com OR
Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots OR
Joining my Facebook FAN page at: http://tinyurl.com/gots-fan OR
Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com OR
Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
Day 48: Discovery, selected by Geoff Laughton
Day 54: Rebirth, selected by Cindy Papale
Day ??? Coming tonight! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.

See you in the Garden!

LIVE EVENT: An Evening in the Garden of the Soul

Lynn Serafinn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:13:21 +0000

Event: An Evening in the Garden of the Soul

Date: Friday 7 August 2009
Start Time: 7.30 PM (doors open at 7pm)
Location: Life and Soul Academy, Boxmoor Hall, St Johns Road, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 1JR
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/gots-7aug09

Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

A one-woman show!

An unforgettable multi-media performance combining storytelling, music, poetry, performance, inspiration and life lessons. Presented by Lynn Serafinn, award-winning Personal Transformation Coach, teacher, musician, public speaker, radio host and Amazon bestselling author of The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self.

“As spiritual as Deepak Chopra and as magical as Paulo Coelho.”
Lina Nahhas, 1-Urban Humanity

Tickets: £10 at the door; £8 in advance.
Special offer through Friday 17 July ONLY: Get your ticket PLUS a signed copy of the book for only £20 (a 50% savings on cost of entry).

Purchase tickets at http://tinyurl.com/gots-7aug09

Meditation Number 48 – Discovery as a Divine Practice

Lynn Serafinn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:54:47 +0000

Hi there Garden of the Soul friends,
Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. This week’s number was selected intuitively by the warm and wonderful Geoff Laughton (Twitter @GeoffLaughton) of Colorado. Some of you may remember Geoff as he was one of my past guests on my radio show on an episode called “Growing up in Your Relationships” back on 4 March 2009.

I read part of this week’s meditation earlier tonight (Wednesday) on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen on demand at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. (While you’re there, check the March archives to hear Geoff’s show … it was a good one).

Number 48 is the number for the attribute of “Discovery”, which comes from the section my book “The Garden of the Soul” called “Lessons from the Daffodils”. The Daffodils teach us “The Principle of Becoming” which is all about youth, growth, rebirth and creativity. That’s why it’s so cool that Geoff picked this particular number.

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Day 48: Discovery
Discovery is our willingness to explore places, both outwardly and inwardly, which we have not encountered before, or to delve more deeply into ones we already think we know. The great discoverer Christopher Columbus had no idea what he would find when he sailed westwards across the great Atlantic, or even if he would survive the journey. Similarly, genuine Discovery is when we step into our fear of the unknown for the sake of the thrill of Discovery itself, rather than being attached to the result of what we might find.

The Daffodil

The Daffodils in The Garden of the Soul teach us that no Discovery can take place until we fully embrace whatever shows up in our lives and hold it as an essential part of our journey. Until we do this, we will continually reject the gift of Discovery. True Discovery comes when we step fully into absolute Trust, and are willing to let go of control. After sailing across the stormy seas of our daily lives, we come to the ultimate Divine Discovery when we meet with the essence of who we are, and discover the Source of that essence.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Fear; stubbornness; overt cautiousness; lack-lustre life; feeling stuck; seeing no options; feeling you “missed the boat”

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Thrill; eager anticipation; flexibility; trust; curiosity; highly observant; fascination; willing to go on; able to be with fear

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

What am I not trusting that is holding me back in life?
What might I discover when I learn to trust?
What will I discover when I meet my Divine essence?

Practical exercise to cultivate this attribut
Imagine the most distant galaxy in the Universe. Now imagine you are boarding a spaceship going to that galaxy. Once the ship takes off, there will be no turning back. The journey is so long, it is almost assured you will never return to Earth. What are you feeling as you are sitting in the cockpit before take-off? As the ship leaves Earth’s orbit? As you approach the unknown galaxy? What do you most want to discover?

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YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can send me your number by:

Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots (and be sure to follow me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn OR
Joining Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com and sending it to me there OR
Sending it to me at Twitter at @LynnSerafinn OR
Putting a comment on this blog

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

Subscribing to this blog OR
Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots OR
Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com OR
Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
Day 48: Discovery, selected by Geoff Laughton
Day ??? Coming next week! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.

See you in the Garden!

Number 13 is NOT an unlucky number this week

Lynn Serafinn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:09:31 +0000

Hi there Garden of the Soul friends,
Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. This week’s number was selected intuitively by our lovely Callie Carling of London. She sent the number 13. Callie says, “13 is unlucky for some, but not for me.” I selected this number at random from about 10 numbers I received this week.

I read part of this week’s meditation earlier this week on my Wednesday broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul on Blog Talk Radio. You can listen on demand at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

Lucky number 13 is in the number for the attribute of “Vitality” that (once again) appears in section on “The Rose: The Principle of Giving.”

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Day 13: Vitality

The Rose: The Principle of Giving

Vitality is that inner quality that generates Life. Vitality is one of the easiest and most direct indicators of our connection to Divine Source. It’s easy: if we expend great amounts of energy and feel drained, we know we are not in alignment with Source. When we feel full of life, and feel unstoppable as we progress towards our dreams, we can be confident we are in alignment with Source. When we are in alignment, we become agents of Divine Vitality, wherein lie unlimited creative possibilities.

In The Garden of the Soul the Rose is the sweet embodiment of Divine Vitality. Her vibrant colour, her unrelenting scent, her prickly thorns, her full blossoms that burst with life so full that they make the rose bush bend under their weight, give us a model of Vitality that speaks directly to the heart. And herein lies the key. Vitality means Divine vibrancy, not merely physical health. And while it is always essential to care for the body, true Vitality comes when all parts of the Self are connected and in flow.

Symptoms of when it is blocked or distorted
Lethargy, frustration, headaches, exhaustion, irritability, apathy, boredom, sleeplessness, aches, pains, chronic disease

Symptoms of when it is flowing
Enthusiasm, bubbly personality, glowing health, sparkling eyes, unstoppable, fun loving, ready to go, radiant inside and out

Enquiries to cultivate this attribute

Where in my life do I feel the most lethargic and apathetic?
Where in my life do I feel the most enthusiastic and radiant?
What things would be wonderful to add into my life that would give my heart a real surge of Vitality?

Practical exercise to cultivate this attribute
Think back to a time in your life when you felt radiant, vibrant and glowing from the inside out. Where were you? Who were you with? What were you doing? Reflect upon all the elements of that scene that made it wonderful, and write down one key word or metaphor that reminds you of each of these elements. Read these key words aloud every morning, and set the intention to find one small thing in the world that day that can bring you the essence of that same feeling of Divine Vitality.

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YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY BOOK!

Every Wednesday through Sunday, just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.
I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random.
I will publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday.
AND… if you number is selected, I will also read your name and your intuitively chosen meditation ON THE AIR on my weekly broadcast of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn. Now that our show is 1 hour long, I have plenty of time for this. It’s just so much fun.
AND…I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published!

HOW DO YOU SEND ME YOUR NUMBER?
You can send me your number by:

by putting a comment on this blog OR
sending it to me at Twitter at @LynnSerafinn OR
following me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn OR
Sending it through my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com

HOW DO YOU RECEIVE YOUR WEEKLY MEDITATION?
You can RECEIVE your weekly mediation by:

Subscribing to this blog OR
Joining my Facebook group at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots OR
Joining my Ning group at http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
Tuning in/downloading my weekly show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SO FAR THE WEEKLY MEDITATIONS I HAVE SENT TO YOU HAVE BEEN:

Day 75: Self-Awareness, selected by Kristina Berglund
Day 11: Boldness, selected by Kate Parker
Day 13: Vitality, selected by Callie Carling
???? Coming next week! What does YOUR intuition tell you?

I look forward to receiving your intuitive number this week.

See you in the Garden!

Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

Lynn Serafinn is Guest on the Mind Body Soul Show on RCN

Lynn Serafinn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:13:19 +0000

Title: Mind Body Soul Show
Location: Real Coaching Network Online
Link out: Click here
Description: Host Steve Toth interviews author and coach Lynn Serafinn about her book “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self” and how the lessons from the four flowers can help to improve our daily lives.
Start Time: 2:00 UK time
Date: Saturday 27 June (In US: Friday 26 June, 9pm Eastern, 3pm Pacific)

Lynn Serafinn will be guest on Dresser after Dark

Lynn Serafinn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:19:34 +0000

Title: Dresser after Dark
Location: Syndicated on 35 different US/UK radio stations (see list)
Link out: Click here
Description: Host Michael Dresser interviews author Lynn Serafinn about the meaning and teachings of her book “The Garden of the Soul”. Syndicated on 35 radio stations in US and UK. Click the link to see ful list and find a station in your area.
Start Time: 1:00 AM
Date: 2009-06-25

(Stations shown below in bold have a live internet stream so you can listen right now!)

1. WJOB 1230 AM Chicago, IL

2. WVNJ 1160 AM New York, NY

3. WXBR 1460 AM Boston, MA

4. WSMN 1590 AM Boston, MA

5. WBNW 1120 AM Boston, MA

6. KBNP 1410 AM Portland, OR

7. KKNW 1150 AM Seattle, WA

8. WLFP 1550 AM Pittsburgh, PA

9. WMNY 1360 AM Pittsburgh, PA

10. KNUU 970 AM Las Vegas, NV

11. WHAN 1430 AM Richmond, VA

12. WTMY 1280 AM Sarasota-Brandenton, FL

13. WISW 1320 AM Columbia, SC

14. WHVR 1280 AM York, PA

15. WNEM 1250 AM Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI

16. WGCH 1490 AM Stamford-Norwalk, CT

17. WPSE 1450 AM Erie, PA

18. WRDD 1580 AM Johnstown, PA

19. WBCF 1240 AM Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

20. WDXI 1310 AM Jackson, TN

21. WCRA 1090 AM Effingham, IL

22. WCRA 104.7 FM Effingham, IL

23. KJPW 1390 AM Waynesville, MO

24. KCHR 1350 AM Charleston, MO

25. KELY 1230 AM Ely, NV

26. WBFD 1310 AM Bedford, PA

27. WANI 1400 AM Auburn, AL

28. WHBU 1240 AM Anderson, IN

29. KVBR 1340 AM Brainerd, MN

30. KGWA 960 AM Enid, OK

31. KGUM 567 AM Hagatna, GUAM

32. Big R Radio Internet Bothell, WA

33. Online Digital Ventures Internet, Waynesboro,VA

34. www.clickonghana.com Internet Brentford, England

35. Internet Partnership Radio Winter Springs, FL

Garden of the Soul Meditation Number 11 – Boldness

Lynn Serafinn — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:08:33 +0000

If you aren’t aware of the Weekly Meditation “game”, see info below to find out how to play.

Here is your Garden of the Soul Meditation/Practice for the week. This week’s number was selected intuitively by Kate Parker from Leicester, England. Kate intuitively picked number 11, which is in the number for the attribute of “Boldness” that appears in section on “The Rose: The Principle of Giving.”

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DAY 11: BOLDNESS
Boldness is our willingness to be seen in the world. This does not mean making ourselves the centre of attention, although we might indeed find that we our noticed by others when we are bold. Boldness means we are daring enough to express our Truth using whatever the Universe has given us as our unique talent, and to live our life purpose regardless of what others may think, and in spite of what limiting beliefs we carry around about ourselves. When we are living according to our life purpose, we are fully standing in boldness.

In The Garden of the Soul the Rose teaches by example as she stands her own boldness. Standing erect and armed with thorns, she remains poised in her own beauty, softness, sensuality and alluring aroma. True boldness has nothing to do with being aggressive or rude. Nor does it mean we are never fearful. It means to pick up the challenge of the unique life purpose (our dharma) that calls us, in spite of our fears. True boldness is spiritual. When we step into spiritual boldness, we have embraced our Eternal Dharma.

SYMPTOMS OF WHEN IT IS BLOCKED OR DISTORTED
Timidity; self-criticism; feeling useless; wandering; drifting; withdrawal; avoidance; intoxication; passive or aggressive

SYMPTOMS OF WHEN IT IS FLOWING
Confidence; faith; vibrancy; steadiness; sense of Higher purpose; able to recover when shaken; self-worth; clear vision

ENQUIRIES TO CULTIVATE THIS ATTRIBUTE

Where do I tend not to be seen in my life?
What stories have I told myself about why I disappear?
What will change both in my own life and in the wider world when I finally step into Divine Boldness?

PRACTICAL EXERCISE TO CULTIVATE THIS ATTRIBUTE
Take your journal and write a story about a situation in your current life where you know you are not allowing your Divine Self to be seen. Then put your pen down and meditate upon the unique gift you carry for the world. Now rewrite the same story as it would happen if you gave this gift to the world by allowing yourself to step into your Divine Boldness.

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I hope you liked this week’s Garden of the Soul Weekly Meditation.

YOU CAN HELP ME WRITE MY NEXT BOOK!
To “play” all you need to do is:

Subscribe to this blog
Pick a number from 1 – 80 that you select intuitively.
Post a comment to this post below with your “intuitive” number (so everyone has a chance to play, comments will go “live” after I announce the winner for the following week)
I will put all the numbers into a “hat” and chose one at random and publish the correlating “meditation” for that number on the following Friday right here in the Garden.
Watch every Friday for a brand new weekly meditation, and then send me your new intuitive number

AND…
I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published.

Sound like fun?

If you haven’t yet sent your number for the week, go ahead and send it now. Maybe yours will be next week’s Garden of the Soul meditation, to be posted next Friday.

Have a wonderful week in your Garden!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC
Personal Transformation Coach at Create-a-Life
http://www.create-a-life.co.uk

Author of Amazon bestseller,
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/LynnSerafinn
Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LynnSerafinn
Join the Garden of the Soul Facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots
Join the Garden of the Soul Social Network: http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com

Wed 17 June – The World Needs Your Passion

Lynn Serafinn — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:59:36 +0000

TALK RADIO: The World Needs Your Passion

Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts British coach, workshop facilitator, award-winning writer, and active permaculture consciousness raiser, Corrina Gordon-Barnes. Winner of the Ooffoo Laureate Award for her writing, Corrina will be sharing her message of the urgency for us humans to make the transition from seeing ourselves as separate beings, to recognising we are all interdependent. She will explain how these unprecedented times are urgently calling each of us to rise above our inhibitions and fears of failures, to invent new, sustainable solutions for our ecological, societal and internal environments. She will also share some of her top tips for overcoming obstacles to new inspirational ventures, so we can create positive change both in our personal lives and in the greater world.

Listen LIVE or “on demand” any time after broadcast at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/17/Ep22-The-World-Needs-Your-Passion

Date: 2009-06-17
Start Time: 18:30
End Time: 19:00

YOU Can Help Me Write My Next Book! Just Pick a Number!

Lynn Serafinn — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:20:24 +0000

Have you ever wanted to write a book or see your name in print? Well, here’s an easy way for you to help ME write my next book, and have your name appear in my acknowledgments…

All you have to do is pick a number from 1 – 80!

I am writing a “Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul” that has 80 Daily/Weekly meditations to help to cultivate the spiritual attributes of the four flowers in the book. You can help me write my book! Just send me a number from 1 – 80 that you pick intuitively.

I will draw one number at random to appear in next week’s meditation, which I will publish on Friday here on the blog. If you send me a number for which I haven’t written the entries yet, I’ll WILL write it if you send it to me. In other words, if 10 of you send me 10 new numbers, then I will write 10 new entries, but I will only post ONE of the ones I receive per week. That way, you will help me write my book, and you will receive a free meditation every week. AND I will also mention every person whose number was selected in the “acknowledgements” section of my book when it is published. Sound like fun?

To “play” all you need to do is:

Subscribe to this blog
Post a comment to this post below with your “intuitive” number (so everyone has a chance to play, comments will go “live” after I announce the winner for the week)
Watch every Friday for a brand new weekly meditation

By the way, I started this “game” on my Facebook group last week, so I do have one meditation already done for you, which I’ll put in my next post later today.

AND come join the “Garden of the Soul” group on Facebook too at http://tinyurl.com/fb-gots

Have a wonderful week in your Garden!
Warm wishes,
Lynn

Thurs 25 June – An Evening in the Garden of the Soul

Lynn Serafinn — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:00:44 +0000

An Evening in the Garden of the Soul
Location: Putnoe Library, Library Walk, Putnoe Street, Bedford, MK41 8HQ
Date: Thurs 25 June
Time: 7pm – 9pm
FREE entry (but please reserve your tickets in advance; see below)
Click HERE for event flyer:
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pdfs/Putnoe-Library-Flyer.pdf

Description: Get up close and personal with Lynn Serafinn Bedford Bestselling Author of “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self”

BOOK: The Garden of the Soul by Lynn Serafinn

Title:

Author, Coach, Lynn Serafinn

At this very special and transformative event, Lynn will share:

Her creative processes used in writing the book
The key teachings of the book and how they can help us create happier lives
How looking at our own life stories can help us unlock our life purpose, find our inner hero, and find relief from emotional pain
A few excerpts from the book, read in Lynn’suniquely inspirational style.

* Light refreshments served *
* signed copies available for purchase *
* Free admission, but tickets must be reserved in advance *

Pick up your free ticket during opening hours at the Putnoe Library
OR request one from Coral Clarke by calling 01234 276 462
OR via email at Coral.Clarke@bedford.gov.uk

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-06-25
End Time: 21:00

Thurs 11 June – SHINE Radio Show on Westside Radio, Southall, London

Lynn Serafinn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:33:55 +0000

Title: SHINE Radio Show on Westside Radio, Southall, London
Location: 89.6FM (London)
Link out: Click here
Description: SHINE, the weekly west London community motivational show hosted by Carla features Lynn Serafinn, personal transformation coach and author of the Amazon bestseller “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self.”
Start Time: 15:00
Date: 2009-06-11
End Time: 16:00

TUNE IN TODAY – Integrating Spirit and Human

Lynn Serafinn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:59:25 +0000

Joe Rumbolo

Title: TALK RADIO: Integrating Spirit and Human
Location: Blog Talk Radio
Link out: Click here

Description: Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts life empowerment facilitator, transformational life coach and talk radio show host, Joe Rumbolo. Joe will share his story of how he overcame the challenges of his own lack of confidence, and learned how to recognise and step into opportunities he would never have dreamed of in the past. He will tell us about his experiences with creative channelling and his thoughts on conscious evolution, and will draw upon the material from his workshops to offer us tips on how to “dump the junk” that holds us back, so we can move towards the ascension of our own higher consciousness.

Listeners can listen LIVE or \”on demand\” any time after broadcast at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/10/Ep21-Integrating-Spirit-and-Human

Listener questions: call at 646-727-3449 during broadcast (US number). An online chat room is available during the show for people to ask questions/make comments.

ABOUT THE SHOW “LYNN SERAFINN\’S GARDEN OF THE SOUL”
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn
Weekly show exploring personal empowerment, life purpose, balance of mind, body and spirit, and how to tap into the inner hero that lies within every human being. Lynn hosts a line up of distinguished guests including authors, coaches, artists, motivational speakers, social reformers, community leaders and others who are actively making a positive and inspirational impact upon the world.

ABOUT YOUR HOST
Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC, is a Personal Transformation Coach living in Bedford England, dedicated to awakening the authentic voice in all people through her company Create-a-Life.

Lynn is also the author of the Amazon Bestseller The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, that has been hailed by readers to be “as spiritual as Deepak Chopra and as magical as Paulo Coelho.”

Lynn is also the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, an exciting holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.
Start Time: 18:30 UK time (13.30 EDT)
Date: 2009-06-10
End Time: 19:00 (1400 EDT)

Feeling is Healing – Interview with Steve Ryals

Lynn Serafinn — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:13:45 +0000

Author, Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn interviews author/spiritual coach Steve Ryals on www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
EP20-Feeling is Healing
GUEST: Steve Ryals
DATE AIRED: Wednesday 3 June 2009

Every now and then, you meet a person whose every thought, word and way of looking at things just seems to shine back to you like a mirror. My guest on my last episode of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” was one of those rare mirrors, whose clarity of heart was so evident that we were able to connect within seconds of first speaking together. That person was Mr Steve Ryals, a licensed spiritual coach and “Feelings Coach,” and author of the transformative book Drunk with Wonder: Awakening to the God Within.

Steve’s book kicks off with a bang. The opening words of the first sentence hurtle us directly into a graphic scene in which he describes one of his many experiences shooting speed in Haight Ashbury in the 1960s. From that scene, we travel along with Steve down the rabbit hole of bereavement, depression, alcoholism and dissociation. But Steve shows us this descent only for the sake of contrast, for his book is far from a nostalgic ode to the Summer of Love. It is, rather, a collection of spiritual dialogues between Steve and his Higher Self.

Which brings us to explore the reasons why this book is described as “‘Where What the Bleep Do we Know?’ meets ‘Conversations with God’”.

First, let’s talk about “Conversations.” Dialogue as a literary vehicle is as old as philosophical thought itself. While so many of our modern philosophical works are presented in the form of scholarly theses, the Greeks, the ancient Indian Vedas and countless other oral traditions of the past utilised dialogues (and metaphoric stories) to present and explain complex spiritual concepts. Following in the tradition of these ancient texts, Steve Ryals, in Drunk with Wonder, allows his “Higher Self” to engage in an ongoing debate with his “lower self”, who asks many of the same kinds of questions we might also ask during the process of our own spiritual evolution. Such a dialogue enables Steve to speak eye-to-eye to the reader, rather than positioning himself “above” the reader as some kind of expert. In this way, the reader travels along with Steve as his two “selves” hash out finer details of the meaning of life. In travelling along with Steve on the journey, he becomes our ally in our own transformation.

If any of you have read my book, The Garden of the Soul, you will no doubt remember that I also use dialogue in my discourses with the Four Flowers, the Very Good King, and also in my escapades with Crow in the story “Learning to Breathe.” I did this because I strongly feel that carefully constructed dialogue is possibly one of the most effective means of presenting a deep, spiritual message. Steve’s use of dialogue is slightly different, although the impact is similar. When I read Drunk with Wonder, the dialogue reminded me a bit of how Boethius wrote the classic work The Consolation of Philosophy way back in the 6^th or 7^th century. In that work, a reluctant and depressed Boethius is visited by the personification of Philosophy, who brings him to a state of Divine Wisdom through the vehicle of dialogue. Steve does much the same in Drunk with Wonder except that his teachings come from our 21^st century perspective, where quantum physics, field theory and holistic thinking have informed our way of explaining the nature of Truth.

Which brings us nicely to the whole “What the Bleep Do We Know?” thing. Back in the days when I was studying Vedic (ancient Indian) spirituality, I used to chant a lot of Sanskrit mantras. The Sanskrit word “Sat” appeared in many of them. Most books translated the word “Sat” as “eternity”, but I always felt that this did not give the true purport of the word, so I made up the word “is-ness” to explain what I felt the word “Sat” to mean. I remember my daughter, when she was little, always used to comment on how much she liked that word, because it was easy to understand the complex meaning of the word “Sat” by thinking of it in that way. Well, as I was reading Drunk with Wonder, to my great surprise and delight Steve also uses the word “is-ness” to describe our intrinsic and unchanging state of being. This made-up word speaks to us at a direct and intuitive level that bypasses the intellect and eradicates the need for logic…which I sort of think is at the backbone of Steve’s Truth. When we start to trust and release the need to understand the Infinite by means of our own finite thought, we start to step into the Divine.

Ok, so I’ve tried to explain a little bit about the style in which Steve’s book in written, but in this blog post I am not going to give away what the profound, yet easy to understand, teachings of the book contain. For that, you will just have to pick up your own copy of Drunk with Wonder and travel with Steve through his journeys with his Higher Self. But first, if you want to get a feeling for how, well, feelingly Steve presents his pathway to the Truth, check out his beautiful reading of one of the poems from the book near the end of the podcast. To my delight, he said that there is indeed an audio version of the book available via iTunes (see link below).

Steve and I did quite a lot of talking both before and after the show, and I felt like we had so much more we wanted to share. He is a lovely person, with a lot of passion for his work and for people in general, so he really is (as I said at the top of this article) just so easy to talk to. We both felt there simply wasn’t enough time on the air to cover everything we wanted to discuss. The whole experience has really got me thinking to extend the show to 60 minutes in length. My guests just keep getting better and better and 30 minutes is just not long enough.

Guess I’ll just have to invite Steve back some day.

AND… watch this space, because I’d actually like to collaborate with Steve to create some sort of intercontinental spiritual awakening experience sometime in early 2010. I’ll keep you posted.

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If you want to find out more about Steve and his work, listen to the podcast below. And after you do, be sure to visit Steve’s websites, and check out his book on Amazon.

Listen to the playback of the show here:

Or download the MP3 of this show from:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/03/Ep20-Feeling-is-Healing

Subscribe to the podcast here:

Steve’s Official Drunk with Wonder Website: www.drunkwithwonder.com

Audio Book version of Drunk with Wonder on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=251938760&s=143441

Browse through other episodes at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

NEXT ON
Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the SoulWednesday 10 June
SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
Ep21-Integrating Spirit and Human
6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET
Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts life empowerment facilitator, transformational life coach and talk radio show host, Joe Rumbolo. Joe will share his story of how he overcame the challenges of his own lack of confidence, and learned how to recognise and step into opportunities he would never have dreamed of in the past. He will tell us about his experiences with creative channelling and his thoughts on conscious evolution, and will draw upon the material from his workshops to offer us tips on how to “dump the junk” that holds us back, so we can move towards the ascension of our own higher consciousness

Listen LIVE or download the broadcast “on demand” at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/10/Ep21-Integrating-Spirit-and-Human
Listener questions: call at 646-727-3449 during broadcast (US number)

Can’t make it to the live show? No problem!

Catch all our episodes “on demand” at
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

About the show, “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul”
Weekly broadcast exploring personal empowerment, life purpose, balance of mind, body and spirit, and how to tap into the inner hero that lies within every human being. Hosted by Lynn Serafinn, Personal Transformation Coach and author living in Bedford England dedicated to awakening the authentic voice in all people. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, and the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, a holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.

Lynn’s links

Garden of the Soul Book Blog: www.give-receive-become-be.com
Garden of the Soul Social Network: http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
Create-a-Life Coaching/Training: www.create-a-life.co.uk
Global Wellness Circle: www.global-wellness-circle.com

Living the Law of Attraction: interview with Ruth Hegarty

Lynn Serafinn — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:55:04 +0000

Author, Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn interviews Law of Attraction Coach, Ruth Hegarty on Blog Talk Radio. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
EP19-The Art of Joyful Living
GUEST: Ruth Hegarty
DATE AIRED: Wednesday 27 May 2009

Ruth Hegarty, LOA Coach

When I first spoke to Ruth Hegarty on the phone, she felt to me like a ball of bright, fluffy, yellow sunshine wafting through the ether. She was just so upbeat and approachable. But then again, that is what Ruth is all about as a Certified Law of Attraction (LOA) Coach. In my observation, many people have the impression that the Law of Attraction is intended as means of attaining monetary “success”. And while that may or may not be a part of how LOA might manifest in your unique life story, what LOA is really about is attracting that which makes us truly and “outrageously” happy (as Ruth says it). Small wonder that she calls her own radio show, and her whole approach to life, “The Art of Joyful Living.”

Ruth said that she finds LOA not only appealing, but also practical, joyful and empowering. She says that LOA offers us the means to enjoy the moment and have a joyful life at all stages of our journey without putting our life on hold (which she calls “an abysmal scarcity model”).

At a practical level, Ruth gave us three essential parts to the Law of Attraction that crystallise its essence:

The Law of Like Attracts Like
The Law of Deliberate Creation
The Law of Allowing

In explaining “like attracts like,” Ruth gave as an example that if we are unhappy about our lives, and we focus on it, we will only attract more unhappiness.

She said, however, that many people try positive thinking and then come to the conclusion that LOA doesn’t work, because they do not progress onwards to “deliberate creation”. After that, she said, people may still sabotage the deliberate creation because they don’t “allow” things to happen. She gave examples of we do this at a subtle level in the live show (listen to audio below).

With regards to “deliberate creation”, Ruth described how journaling and vision work help us to open up and become more creative. The more we picture the dream, she said, the more it will manifest. She said it is not the “how” that will bring about creation, but rather just the “what” and the “why.”

Being a coach who coaches creative process, I can attest to the fact that when people get too much into the “how” of things, it can shut down the creative process completely. They start to get overwhelmed by the enormity of it. The only thing that is essential for the creative process is to see what it is you want to create, and why you want to create it. “How” is a demotivator, whereas “what” and “why” are motivators. Even if you do not believe in LOA, surely from an intellectual platform you can see the logic of this simple law of creative process.

Ruth also told us about her new Law of Attraction Starter Kit, which has just come out yesterday (Friday 29 May). She said it is an easy and fun to use Law of Attraction home-study program with a focus on practical exercises that show you how to “do” Law of Attraction. She has assembled 10 ways to put LOA into action into your life. The kit includes an audio program with full transcripts.

Plus, you will receive over $2,500.00 worth of fun and powerful bonus programs and products absolutely F*REE when you purchase the Law of Attraction Starter Kit during the launch anytime between now and Friday 5 June.

Ruth says that these F*REE bonuses are being supplied by some of the top people in the Law of Attraction, personal development and self-image fields and can’t be obtained together like this anywhere else.

Guess who one of those “top people” is? ME of course!

Everyone who buys Ruth’s book can download the first 6 chapters of my upcoming eBook “The Path of Least Resistance to the Self” in both text and audio format. In those chapters, I talk about the importance of understanding what alignment it, how to know when you are in alignment, how you sway from it, and how to return to it.

Perhaps one of the most generous gifts is Eva Gregory’s 12-week e-course “Wake up to the Dream”, which is valued at almost $700. And apart from Eva’s and mine, there are 11 other bonuses available when you buy Ruth’s Law of Attraction Starter Kit.

But the thing I was most amazed to hear (and you can hear my genuine surprise when I am on the air) was the price of the LOA Starter Kit when I asked Ruth how much it cost. It’s only $47! Well, at least during the launch that’s the price (after that, it goes up to $97). Gosh, in the UK, that’s less than £30. I can’t thing of any other 6-week course you can find for that price. What to speak of the fact that the course includes audio, transcripts, workbook, resource list and direct access to Ruth via email.

And…

Ruth just wrote me an email telling me that, to celebrate the launch of this brand new product, the first 25 people who purchase it will receive a private 1-to-1 coaching session with her!

That’s pretty generous, don’t you think? Ruth definitely does NOT suffer from “scarcity mentality”. To me, what makes Ruth a genuine LOA practitioner is that she really walks what she talks.

She really IS a ray of sunshine!

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To find out more about Ruth’s Law of Attraction Starter Kit,
the Law of Attraction bonus prizes,
and to place your order, go to
http://www.LOAStarterKit.com

But be sure you purchase it before Friday 5 June, if you want the special discount price plus $2500 worth of free bonuses.

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If you want to find out more about Ruth and her work, listen to the podcast below. And after you do, be sure to visit Ruth’s websites.

Listen to the playback here:

Subscribe to the podcast:

Download the MP3 of this show from:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/05/27/Ep19-The-Art-of-Joyful-Living

Ruth’s Official Website:
http://www.CoachRuth.com

Ruth’s Blog
http://coachruth.wordpress.com

Ruth’s Art of Joyful Living Radio Show
http://www.BlogTalkRadio.com/Art-of-Joyful-Living

Be one of the first to get the Law of Attraction Starter Kit at http://www.LOAstarterkit.com

Join Ruth’s Facebook Group for Women Entrepreneurs at http://www.EffortlessSuccessforWomen.com

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Browse through other episodes at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

NEXT ON
Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul

Wednesday 3 June
SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
Ep20-Feeling is Healing
6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET
Author, licensed spiritual coach and “Feelings Coach”, Steve Ryals. Steve will be sharing his story of his journey from being a down and out drug addict in Haight Ashbury to an alcoholic to someone who now helps others to get in touch with their feelings, let go of their “old stories”, and reconnect to their passions so they can finally live the life of their dreams. Steve is also author of the powerfully transformative book “Drunk with Wonder”, which is described as “Where What the Bleep do we know meets Conversations with God.” Steve will also share an excerpt or two from his book on the air, and give us some practical tips for developing our Higher Self.

Listen LIVE or download the broadcast “on demand” at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/03/Ep20-Feeling-is-Healing

Listener questions: call at 646-727-3449 during broadcast (US number)

Can’t make it to the live show? No problem!
Catch all our episodes “on demand” at
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

Lynn’s links

Garden of the Soul Book Blog: www.give-receive-become-be.com
Garden of the Soul Social Network: http://gardenofthesoul.ning.com
Create-a-Life Coaching/Training: www.create-a-life.co.uk
Global Wellness Circle: www.global-wellness-circle.com

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