Volume 1, Edition 12 © Rhoberta Shaler, PhD., Founder, Spiritual Living Network
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A NOTE FOR YOU FROM RHOBERTA...

Dear $firstname,

This last weekend was Labor Day and I hope you had a relaxing, refreshing, renewing time. I did. I sat in the sand with three friends, enjoying the Pacific at its finest. And, it was a Dog Beach, so we had our best buddy dogs along, too. My dog, Mystery, thought that was the perfect idea, especially when we broke out the picnic lunch!

Do you really give yourself permission to rest on long weekends? It’s a great thing to do. I invite you to treat yourself well and get enough rest, enough downtime. You deserve it because YOU MATTER! It took me a long time to learn that resting is a bonafide activity. It’s not laziness. It’s not lack of drive or ambition. It’s simply wise!

Are you enjoying FaceBook? Please do invite me to be your friend. I’d be delighted. Also, I invite you to join in my Soul-Driven Living and Soul-Driven Love groups on FB. Just another way for us to keep in touch!  Or, find me on LinkedIn.com, too. Great place for business-minded folks!

GREAT NEWS! We can meet early next year. That’s exciting.  First, if you live in California, Oregon, Washington or British Columbia, you can take part in my Soul-Driven Love journey. In February—of course, it has to be the month of love, right?—I’ll be doing a speaking and seminar tour from San Diego to Vancouver. If you’d like to help with that, or sponsor a talk or seminar, jump right in and let’s talk! Just send me an email at RS@SoulDrivenLiving.com  I’d love to talk with you about bringing Soul-Driven Love to your group. Of course, it’s available to any group at any time, so, even if you’re not on that motor home tour path, let’s talk about bringing the program to your city, too.

Want to create a Soul-to-Soul relationship, a relationship that you have longer for, but maybe not yet experienced.? This last week we had more than fifty folks registered for the free Soul-Driven Love teleseminar and there are more free ones coming up soon, even this coming Saturday morning.  http://www.souldrivenliving.com/soul-driven-love/freeintro.htm 

Many folks are settling for relationships that are compromises, where no one is extremely happy, but not really miserable enough to make a change. That’s not Soul-Driven Love. That’s mediocrity at best, foolishness at worst. You deserve to be in a Soul-Driven relationship and you can create one—without changing partners. If you’re sure you’re ready to do that, the four-week, in-depth program, Soul-Driven Love: Forging the Bonds of Conscious Connect, starts on September 9. Visit http://www.souldrivenliving.com/soul-driven-programs/index.htm 

I’m so glad that we’re walking through life together. Thanks for inviting me to walk with you. Spiritual Living Digest will come to you every three weeks, and, I’ll do my best to bring you practical, relevant ideas for living the life you most want. If there is something you’d like me to write about, or, if you have a question, feel free to send it along to me at RS@SoulDrivenLiving.com

Make it a great fall!

Many blessings, much joy and great love,
Rhoberta

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
Founder, Spiritual Living Network™ and Soul-Driven Living™
www.SpiritualLivingNetwork.com
www.SoulDrivenLiving.com
www.SoulSolitude.com

A) QUOTE TO INSPIRE

"Whatever we share is from the infinite bounty of God. Any limitation comes only when we calim that we are sharing something that is ours. If you realize that anything you give or share never was yours and if you have no personal sense of glory about sharing or giving since it came from the Source, it will never run dry. The Source, which is God, never runs dry! It is infinite!

- Joel S. Goldsmith

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B) TIP FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING

Moving towards Soul-Driven Love:

• Speak to your partner using the tone of voice, posture, words and consideration you would appreciate
• Find ways to demonstrate appreciation for what your partner does and who your partner is
• Examine your ability to trust and determine if you are demonstrating trust in your partner
• Learn effective, productive communication and conflict management skills that allow you to demonstrate respect while talking about difficult things

These practical suggestions will get you thinking about how you are putting the spiritual principles you espouse into practice in the real world. That’s what’s important!

 

C) SPIRITUAL LIVING NETWORK NEWS

D) TODAY'S FEATURED ARTICLE

YOUR CHOICE:  FAITH OR FEAR?
©  Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
Founder, Spiritual Living Network

You can’t have it both ways!  If you’re living fear, you cannot demonstrate faith. When you’re living  faith, there is no fear.  It sounds so simple!

What does it mean to live faith?  We don’t live “in” faith. We simply live faith. It’s not a place, a destination, or a container. It’s a demonstration.  The same is true of fear. Where are you living?

Recently, I was working with a coaching client who truly believed she was living faith, and, it was the topic of conversation for us frequently as it relates to every aspect of life. One day, she came in and I asked the usual question,

“How are you?”  An innocuous question, to be sure, however, it was met with an unlikely response.

“I cannot take another trip to the mailbox. The bills are too many and the bank balance is too small. I don’t know what to do.  I feel like I’m hitting bottom.”

It’s those seemingly less-than-perfect circumstances that let us know where we are living. It’s easy to live faith when you feel well, you’re eating well, your relationships are good and there’s money in the bank. It’s easy to talk about faith then.  It’s when conditions seem less than optimal that we doubt. We shift to living fear. And, we have lots of company willing to commiserate with us, too!

This is no Pollyanna approach I’m advocating, so, stay with me here.

There is a very big distinction between denial and positive thinking. We need to be clear about that.  Many people are very interested in positive thought and varnish over the observations of reality in their zeal to appear positive. You’ve met them and you know what’s really so.  They belong to the “fake it ‘til you make it” school of spirituality. And, they seem to take great pleasure in correcting your language to demonstrate that they are more aware than you are.  If he or she happens to be your spiritual teacher, that’s one thing as that relationship is all about  helping you become more aware.  Many times, though, it’s other zealous folks who feel superior when they catch your slips. Of course, when they are thinking about you, they are not doing their own work.  This is often their avoidance tactic!

I met an elderly friend not long ago and I knew she had recently been in the hospital. I asked her how she was feeling.  With a very forced smile, she looked at me and said,

“I’m just fine.”  As I hugged her, I asked,

“How are you really?”  Her response:

“I feel like death warmed up!”

She was sticking to the “party line” because she was the greeter in a New Thought church. In my opinion, she was suffering from a misconception resulting in denial.  There is nothing amiss when one acknowledges the current state of the body. That is a simple observation. It is not a “creative thought”, yet many who learn about spiritual principles through things like popular media—a video, book, teleseminar—are meeting principles in a very introductory, and sometimes sensational, way.  Sure, it is a great step to be positive, to say things positively, to affirm only what you want.  To know the present condition of the body means one can turn attention to what really matters and what truly will make a difference: seeking the knowledge, wisdom and the activity of God within ourselves through our meditation, our Soul Solitude* time, our private communion with God. Our responsibility is to live in conscious union with God in that secret, sacred silence.

So, what about my client who easily slipped to living fear after her trip to the mailbox?  It’s not about the slipping. Forget that. It’s about how quickly can you regain your footing on spiritual ground. As she gave voice to her fear as she spoke to me, she immediately saw that slippery slope and climbed to higher ground.

“I know I have a choice. It’s fear or faith, isn’t it?”  she asked, somewhat rhetorically. “It’s so easy to feel the fear and react. It’s such a habit…and I get great sympathy.  My task is to remember that that is not what I believe. It’s not what I choose, right?”

She knew where she wanted to re-direct her attention. We worked together for an hour to find ways that would work for her to remember and re-focus as soon as she changed direction away from living faith. That is our journey here on earth. She is a happy traveler.

What’s your choice? 

 

*Dr. Shaler is the co-author of Soul Solitude: Taking Time for Our Souls to Catch Up available at www.SoulSolitude.com or you can order it from your local bookseller or Amazon.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, has helped thousands to see life differently. She has assisted people in all phases of life from those facing death and despair to those seeking solutions to the practical problems of living and working together.

Dr. Shaler connects people with their authentic selves, their purpose and values, and provides insights and inspiration to overcome the challenges of personal, family and business life.  Through her coaching, teleseminars, keynotes and onsite programs, they uncover the deep parts of themselves that make life meaningful, rich and satisfying while acquiring the skills to confidently and competently communicate, manage conflict and anger, and negotiate successfully.  

To learn more about the breadth of her work, and to subscribe to her newsletters, visit: www.Rhoberta.com. Author of more than a dozen books and audio programs, Dr. Shaler is a sought-after speaker, trainer and facilitator. She is the founder of Spiritual Living Network™ and Soul-Driven Living™.

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