The other morning I woke up earlier than usual.  6:35am.  I'm blessed to have a large window in my kitchen that overlooks much of the San Francisco Bay Area.  This video is what I arose to.  Hands down the most magnificent sunrise I've ever seen.  I stepped out onto the deck in my pajamas and sat there until the sun completed it's rise.  There was a gentle fall breeze.  I basked.  And then it struck me... Heaven is on earth.  

What would your life be like if you stepped out of bed early enough each morning, and the clouds, sun and wind were in perfect condition to give you momentary bliss?  What if each day was like watching the best movie of your life?  What if you were inspired, in awe and in passion every single day?  This isn't out of your control.  It's simply a matter of expanding your awareness and choosing the path of Heaven.  Our media bombards us with news of killings, violence, distress and upheaval on a constant basis.  We're trained to focus on what's not working in our world.  What if I gave you a new set of glasses that showed you just how heavenly everything actually is?  Would you dare to wear them?  Would you share them with your friends?  Would you trust that things are actually changing?

It's easier than you think.  Here's how to experience your unique Heaven on Earth:
1. Practice Awe.  The Garden of Eden is not a mundane place.  It's the Garden of Eden!  It's totally awe inspiring.  To connect to it in daily life, you must start cultivating awe every single day.  Slow yourself down, take a breath and soak in the utter amazingness around you.  Nature's beauty is the easiest entry point.  Notice the precision of the due drops on the morning grass.  Let yourself be amazed by the ocean's waves crashing into the shore.  Stop to appreciate the fragrance that comes from the roses in your neighbor's garden.  Give thanks to the incredible meal on your plate.  No more taking things for granted.  There are incredible creations worthy of your wonderment all around you.

2.  Trust the Greater forces of Life.  Have you ever noticed that the sun rises EVERY morning?  Every morning.  Or that your body breathes for you all by itself without your having to do anything?  What about the natural disasters that give growth to new foliage and restore the earth?  You're not in charge of that.  Something greater is.  There are greater, divine forces at work that we rely on regularly.  Heaven lands into our daily experience when we begin to partner with these forces.  Trust that all of life is working in your favor.  All of life is here to remind you that you have everything you need in this moment to feed yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually.  Your life is a beautiful orchestration of events and opportunities that are designed to have you evolve and grow; to return to living as though Heaven is on earth.  Begin to trust in the things that are beyond your control and notice how they gift both you and our world what it needs most at every moment.  

3.  Live in Reverence.  What might shift for you if you approached yourself, your loved ones and even strangers with unwavering, loving respect and reverence?  Not just a little bit, but full on.  What if you saw  yourself as a precious gift from the heavens, here to share your light with our world just by being you and experiencing your specific life?  What if you regarded others in this way?  How might you view your mother?  Your boss?  That homeless guy on the street?  Heaven exists on earth when we regard ourselves and one another with reverence.  Treat yourself as the pure gift that you are and notice what you see differently in your life.  

4.  Take Responsibility.  While you cannot control the greater forces of life, you do play a major role in shaping your reality.  What are you most passionate about?  What gets you excited or moves you to tears of joy?  Are you engaging with these things every single day?  The experience of Heaven requires that we live in alignment with all that's true for us.  It is your responsibility to shift the things in your life that aren't working for you and to own what is true for you deep down inside.  By bringing your truth to the surface and infusing it into your daily life, you'll experience the passion, fulfillment, clarity, abundance, love and ease that you long for.  This is the gateway to the Garden.  The more precise you are with your alignment, i.e. the more you own, live and share what's true for you, the more you'll experience the heavenly bliss that's available for you.  

** I want to hear from you!  I want to stand for you!  I want to live in Heaven on Earth with you!  Please comment below and let me know:  What would change in your life if you started to live as though heaven were on earth?

Here's to your unique, personal experience of heaven.  I invite you to step into more awe, trust, reverence and responsibility so that you can truly know the passion, purpose, peace and utter joy that's waiting for you.  

Shine On!
Love,
Rony

P.S.:  Since December 2012, we have seen a shift in our consciousness and our humanity literally took  a 180 degree turn back towards the "Garden of Eden".  Quantum physicists and spiritual leaders alike are now offering proof that the highest dimension of divine consciousness is now embedded into the firmament of the earth's soil and crystals.  This process has already begun and we are being invited into it.  You can evolve yourself and our entire planet simply by practicing the four tricks listed above.  Dare to allow heaven into your daily life.  It will open you up to so much more than you expected and it will allow you to become even more of a light-bearer in our world.  Here's to YOU!

MY NEW INSPIRATIONAL BOOK ANTHOLOGY BECOMES AVAILABLE ON AMAZON THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH!

In just 3 days, the book anthology that I co-authored, In Pursuit of the Divine, will be released on Amazon.  I was invited to participate in this incredible, inspiring and impactful collaboration by my friend and the book's compiler, Krista Gustavson who asked that each of the book's 30 co-authors share our stories of empowerment and transformation more  truthfully, vulnerably and courageously than ever before.  The result is a collection of stories that is incredibly real, totally inspirational and packed with tools to empower women around the globe.  This is our time. This is YOUR time.  To be utterly and gloriously YOU and to shine your light fully for your sake, the sake of your loved ones and the sake of our world.  This book will empower you to do so.  Stay tuned for the Amazon link which will become available on Friday so that you can purchase the book for yourself and all the other women who are important to you!

The purpose of this book is to inspire and empower Women all over the world to reclaim their Feminine Power and align with who they are so they can fully express their deepest truth.  Each co-author invites you to witness their own Transformational Journey, one that empowered them to be who they are today as the Feminine Rising.  Each chapter reveals the truth, what they discovered on their path to cultivate healing within themselves. Each story reveals the beauty already inherent in each one of us, a unique journey where a time of darkness initiated deep feminine wisdom of spectacular threads woven together in a tapestry of courage, bravery, trust and triumph In Pursuit of the Divine.

MEET THE CO-AUTHORS!
I joined forces with 29 other healers, coaches, visionaries and thought leaders from around North America and the U.K.  

Each co-author will touch your heart and speak to your soul, giving you greater awareness, clarity and inspiration. You will learn that losing yourself in the midst of pain, grief and loss can be a portal to strengthen and empower ourselves. I invite you to step into your own story so that your true purpose can be revealed. When we are completely aligned with our Purpose, we are the greatest contribution to the world.

Our Purpose is to inspire and empower Women all over the globe with our transformational stories. Every Woman has experienced some form of disempowerment in her life leaving behind traces of her pure essence; she then becomes hidden from the world. Our purpose is to expand your awareness, acknowledge you and provide a sanctuary to reclaim your own Feminine Power. Women now more than ever are being called upon to come together as a collective entity. With our unique offerings, we have a desire to support you and guide you in activating your own inner wisdom so you can align yourself with the greatest expression of who you are and know your purpose in the world.

“Manifestation” has become quite a buzzword in the world of personal growth and transformation.  We all want to manifest our dreams, don’t we?  Ever since the movie “The Secret” became popular some years ago, many people now utilize the Law of Attraction to enhance their lives.  Yet somehow, with all of the tips and information available to us, many people still aren’t manifesting the results they desire.  The key lies in a subtle and often overlooked, yet enormously powerful manifestation tool that requires us to reframe our approach.  

In the process of manifestation, it has been suggested that we first must become crystal clear on what we’d like to make real.  Some people meditate on the outcome they desire and others set intention to put the vibration of their desire “out” to the Universe.  Both of these techniques are critical to the manifestation process.  To truly bring your desire to life however, you must engage in this additional tool that I’m excited to share with you.  I’ve seen this tool bring forward incredible results in both my own life and in the lives of my clients:

Let go of form and stay connected to essence.  

Huh?  What happens with many people is that in the process of manifesting their dreams, they focus on the form they believe their desired result is supposed to take.  In other words, what it needs to look like, how tall or big it is, the date it should arrive, the timing within which something will come to fruition, the person or place that they believe or desire their intended result to be.  For example, you may think that your dream career may take the form of opening up a yoga studio, or that the thing that will give you the most passion is living in Brazil, or that the relationship of your dreams is with someone who is relatively in your age range and is as active as you are.  There is tangible form here. 

Essence on the other hand, is the quality of something; the feeling, texture and taste of the experience that is provided from any given scenario, object or event.  

Let’s use the example of manifesting your dream career to distinguish between form and essence.  Your intention is to get a new job.  What’s that really about?  Are you open to any job?  Probably not.  What’s the essence of the experience that you’re truly after?  Perhaps it’s feeling that you are living on purpose while experiencing abundance easily in your life.  Or perhaps you’re truly after having interactions with thought provoking, conscious individuals as part of a collaborative team where you can share yourself authentically while making a difference in the world.  You can start to feel the essence there.  In contrast, the form of this particular job might involve a career in a certain field that pays a certain amount of money or it may involve a daily commute or working in a gym.  Feel the difference?  The essence is what brings it alive.  

Form is important, yet when we focus on it too much initially, it boxes us in.  What I’m seeing over these years of coaching people all over the world, as well as in my own process of evolution, is that one of our greatest forms of suffering comes when we become too attached to form.  By developing an expectation of when or how our desired outcome is supposed to play out, it locks us in and actually limits us from recognizing our dream when it arrives because we’re convinced it’s supposed to look a certain way.

It’s not the package that it shows up in that you want to be committed to.  You want to be committed to what it’s going to feel like when you open that dream package.  So, what’s the experience that you are truly after?  When you bring your dream fully alive in your vision, how does that feel in your heart and your whole body?  What are the qualities and textures of your dreams?  It’s like becoming so familiar with a certain flavor of chocolate ice cream, that you’ll know if someone has given you another brand.  You want to become that familiar with the essence of you’re dream.  

The Universe is so much more creative than we can ever hope our minds to be.  Think of all of those incredible moments in your life – were they exactly as you had planned them to be?  Most likely not.  Most likely the best moments in your life were better than you planned them to be.  The Universe is limitless.  When we require that something’s got to be a certain way because we attach to it’s form (who, what, where, when, how), we accidentally limit ourselves.  Instead, stay connected to the essence of what you’re intending to manifest, and let the Universe deliver form that is beyond your wildest imagination.

When we are connected to the essence of our desires, we can taste the outcome we want.  This then becomes the most powerful navigation system inside of you.  

By prioritizing the essence of your dream and bringing it fully alive in every cell of your body, you’re now empowered to use it as a secret sorting tool inside of you that will quickly and easily allow you to recognize the right form when it appears.  You’ll know if person A or opportunity B, if direction Right or path Left is the perfect one for you because it will conjure up the feeling of your dream’s essence inside of you.  It won’t matter as much if a handsome man that you’re on a date with drives a BMW or rides a bike – you’ll know that it’s time for a second date because the conversation you’re having brings up the same feelings as the essence of your simple, beautiful, authentically delicious soul mate dream.

Personally, my connection to essence has been the secret key that’s lead me to the things I love most about my life.  The joy that pulsed through my veins after each practice coaching session I offered confirmed to me that becoming a coach was the right track for me.  It’s lead me to tremendous abundance, fulfillment and that specific feeling of living with a greater purpose that I had always dreamed of.  And the softness in my belly actually led me to recognize my husband who I accidentally overlooked for years because his form wasn’t what I thought my husband’s form would be.  Yet as I started spending time with him regularly, I noticed my body’s signals – my belly was soft, I felt vibrant yet totally relaxed and fluid.  My experience with him each time we hung out was the exact same feeling of the essence of my dream relationship.  It was crystal clear to me that he was the one.

So how do we use this subtle yet powerful technique to manifest the results we desire?  
Here’s the step-by-step process to lock it in:
1.  Name and clarify the dream that you want to manifest (dream job, soul mate partner, new home, financial abundance, baby, vacation, etc).
2.  Imagine yourself already there.  Bring forward this dream and start to feel yourself living already.  What does it feel like when your soul mate love caresses the small of your back?  What does it feel like when you make a difference in someone’s life by sharing your authentic gifts with them?  What does it taste like to watch your kids ride their bikes down that country dirt road?  Feel the essence of it all.  
3.  Notice your body’s response to this essence.  This is key.  You want to really take stock of the subtle body messages here.  When you connect to the essence of your dream, what happens to your belly or your legs?  Does your face soften?  How do your shoulders and neck feel?  How do you feel overall?  Most often people feel a simultaneous sense of calmness and energy, freedom or power pulsing through them.  Lock this into your cellular memory.  This is your new “Form Radar” or GPS sorting tool.
4.  Use this new essence sorting tool in your life.  Take it out with you everywhere to see where the right form may be hiding.  When making decisions in your life, ask yourself if this decision is going to have you feel the way you feel when you connect to the essence of your dream life.  Does this job, person, place, object, food, etc. bring up that softness in your belly and that flutter in your heart?  Do you feel that sense of freedom and rightness with the form (person, place, object, event, etc.) that you are engaging with?  When a new opportunity arises, tune into the essence of it and be open to the limitless number of forms that it might take.
5.  When you feel the essence of your dream taking a certain form, ACT FAST.  Follow through.  Jump in.  Go for it!  This is the dream you’ve been waiting for.  It might look different than you expected or it may have taken longer to arrive than you wanted, but when it’s aligned with your dream’s essence, it’s time to act!

When you utilize this powerful tool and apply it to various people, scenarios, activities, etc., then suddenly you’re in the sweet zone.  The world is your oyster and you’re able to manifest the results you truly desire.  The power of this is beyond words and you’ll begin to notice how many opportunities arrive out of nowhere.  You’ll know in your body and from the place of essence when something is right for you and you’ll be tapped into the limitless abundance of life.  

Here’s to happy manifesting!  May you be surprised and delighted by all that comes your way.  

Shine On,
Rony