C - Celebrate what is.

R - Receive guidance from within.

E - Elevate above negativity.

A - Act on intuitive guidance.

T - Timing. Honor divine timing.

E - Emulate success to inspire others.

I received this acronym from my guides as I was journaling the other day. It is powerful. Creating is not something that happens only when we want something. It is a moment by moment dance with life that yields joy and abundance.

Celebrating your blessings opens you up inside and allows life energy to fill you up. In other words, celebrating whatever it is you can be happy about in this moment is a prerequisite for participating with life in a creative way. This is proactive and different from having gratitude after something we desire has come to fruition.

Receiving guidance within points us in the direction of our heart's desires and lights the way toward purposeful direction.

Elevating above negativity keeps our energy vibrating at a fast rate so that we can continue to hear our inner voice and feel our intuition.

Maintaining a lifeline to our inner self is only useful when we Act on the guidance we receive.

Then we must rest, knowing that timing is out of our hands, as are the details of how our best life unfolds.

Finally, as we Emulate success (joy, fulfillment, peace and abundance), we inspire others to step above the vibration of competition and create the life of their dreams.

The most powerful step for me has been to practice celebrating the simple blessings on a moment by moment basis. I can actually feel my heart open when I do this. It feels different to me than "after the fact" gratitude, and has truly enriched my life.

I was recently asked how inner peace specifically translates to world peace. The long answer can be found in Portals of Peace, but here's the short version:)

• Infectious Energy - We know that energy is contagious. This has now been measured. People will entrain with the strongest energy field in the room, and higher vibrations are more contagious than their lower counterparts. I like to think of this as the "Oasis Effect." People come into your energy field from the desert for some nice shade and sustenance." They leave nourished and renewed and proceed to share this with others. Your peace moves further than you could ever imagine.

• Lack of Projection - By definition, peace is an integrated psyche. When we are at peace within ourselves we extend love rather than project division. Seeing through our projections results in "us and them" thinking that perpetuates conflict in the world. "Whole Vision" sees whole people - their light and their challenges, which allows us to respond with compassion.

• Contribution to Collective Consciousness - When we are integrated inside, we show up as fully lit up pieces of the puzzle of humanity. As more and more of us bring our light into the world, the collective psyche is affected, making it easier for others to bring their own light to the surface.

The connection between inner peace and world peace is very literal. It is the quickest and most effective means to achieving peace in the world.

Be Peace.

I'm just now rebounding from my talk last week. I notice that these events really do a number on my energy. It always takes a few days of doing nothing to refuel and get life flowing again.

That said, it was an amazing honor to speak at the AZ Department of Peace. I believe whole heatedly in the mission and purpose of this group - what we focus on expands right?

The message of my talk was how inner peace relates to world peace. In addition to peace affecting our environment directly and energetically, we view the world differently when we are at peace. We see with what I call "whole vision." When we are connected to the light within us, we are able to see the light within others, even when they behave badly.

With whole vision we remember that everything is either an act of love or a call for love.

Above all else, inner peace is the result of inner integration. We still get in bad moods, we still have moments of frustration and life continues to ebb and flow according to its own rhythms, but when we are integrated inside we are no longer at war with ourselves. Life moves through without bumping up against our suppressions. We don't need to self-sabotage because we are aligned with the flow of life rather than our with our small and defended egos.

Thankfully, I can say that I experience deep inner peace these days. I have my ups and downs like everyone else. I get snippy with my loved ones and sometimes feel overwhelmed, but life and I are on the same side. That wasn't always the case, which makes the peace even sweeter.

We all deserve to be at peace. It's not hard, it just requires that we spend time tuning into our inner selves, which will intuitively guide us toward integration and wholeness.

Please join me for a free talk on Portals of Peace: A Path to Inner Peace and a Healed World in conjunction with Arizona Department of Peace.

When:

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:00pm

Where:

Franciscan Renewal Center

5802 E. Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85253

It promises to be an inspiring evening!