Feather - Purple Feather By Debra Oakland

I am reading “The Voice Of The Muse” by Mark David Gerson. For anyone who wants to write, I highly recommend this book.  It is not your average book on writing.  This teaches you to write from the inside out, not the outside in. You learn to answer the call, give your words a voice.

I chose a word as directed in the book, which came to me.  The word was “Feathers.”  I was then encouraged to pick a word randomly in one of four ways.  My word was “purple.” I felt the need to combine the two.  Here is the result of trusting my inner Muse.  I hope you like it.  I would like to thank Mark David Gerson for trusting his inner Muse in writing this wonderful book.

Debra Oakland @ Living In Courage Online

Feather - Purple Feather

Feather, purple feather.  Have you ever seen one?  I hadn’t until now.  It was my first exquisite sighting of such perfection. As it floated to the ground beneath my feet, I heard it’s song.  The softest of all melodies played just for me. My heart began to beat faster, my senses alive.

I felt an opening in my mind like a blinding light.  Sharp clarity holding me in its grasp.  I waited, not knowing what to do next.  My body began a dance unknown to me.  A rhythm stirred within me that felt familiar, yet ancient.  A smile crossed my lips as I surrendered to the moment.  Each movement became a celebration of Life.  I began to see beyond the veil.  Time was of no consequence, mattering not in the least.

Only the rhythmic music stirred my soul.  The movements of my body slowed as I felt myself wrapped in feathers. Feathers of purple flames caressing my body softly.  Such a deep contentment floated around me as I began to pluck the feathers from the space surrounding me, where they teased my senses.

I gathered them all up into a bouquet.  The beauty stole my breath.  I knew I would never be ordinary again.

~~ Debra Oakland

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Living Courageously in 2009

I feel such a surge of change as we move into 2009. People are forming global communities online and on land. This is a time to stay strong, live from a place of courage, honoring your right to life. There is a shift going on in almost every aspect of our lives. A palpable feeling. I find it exciting because I am making a choice for peace. I know that all my courage, all my power is inside of me, not out in the world.

I did not know this for a long time. When you harness the power inside, you can Live In Courage. I direct my life. I direct my life. I direct my life. That’s it. I took charge. It really is that easy.

Have a blessed New Year in 2009. It is my greatest wish for you to take charge and direct your life. May you receive all the miracles and manifestations your heart can dream of.

Debra Oakland @ Living In Courage

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Courage & Love Through Technology

Do you recognize that through technology (internet - cell phones) there is a quiet movement among people?  A movement towards peace.  Despite the collapse of many systems and the diversification of human destruction, there is a massive awakening.  People are becoming strengthened to face down the many challenges that are on the earth.  There are many movements happening. People are aligning with peace.  A quiet revolution has begun.  Women are taking back their power.  Men are learning to open their heart center. We are going to see more balance between the masculine and feminine.  A great healing will emerge in the next 3 years, even in the midst of what “seems” like a world in chaos.

We as a people cannot continue to damage Mother Earth and each other.  There is no more time for such nonsense.  We are waking up to the power we each own, which has never been outside of ourselves.  We are beginning to live from the inside out.  Living from the outside in has gotton us in quite a mess.  We are all family, each connected to the other.  I see people clinging to their tribes (family & friends) because it makes them feel safe in a world of change.  It takes great courage to love everyone, to embrace others in peace, to move into a place of non- judgment.

Sever from the mass consciousness and allow the unification of light and love to bring us back to peace. Love is the only answer.  Sometimes we just need to be reminded.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online.

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Debra’s Message From The Universe

I want to share my message from TUT .  I get a note from the universe every day - I love them.  This one is particularly wonderful in regard to how I see life.  You only have to look, listen and communicate with the greatest power in you where there has never been limitation.  Every aspect of our life will eventually lead us back to self.  Back to love.  Some sooner than others.  I prefer sooner, how about you?  And remember, never never never look back.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage

Oh, yes indeed, Debra, another holiday season is upon you, and so it is here, so I bet you’re wondering what I’d like as a present. Right?!

Well, since there’s already peace on earth (for those who look), since there’s already goodwill toward all (mine and yours for starters), and because Debra Oakland’s already in the world (took long enough), how about, if I may ask, we talk a little more often? You lean on me a bit more? You expect a few more miracles? And we never stop to look back?

Is that asking too much?

I’m there anyway,
The Universe

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Be Courageous In Kindness

Be kind to people today.  Step outside of yourself a bit, no matter what is going on inside you.  When you are courageous and extend kindness to others, it feels incredibly delicious.  That kindness will find it’s way back to you every time.  Kindness is a great gift to give yourself and others.

I know that you have noticed when you are happy, the world seems happy.  When you are pissy and grumbly, the whole world seems the same.  What does that tell you?  Are you willing to come from a place of courage by extending kindness to others today?

Being courageous in kindness is far reaching.  It is a small step back to love.  For where there is discord or fear of any kind, there is simply not enough love.  Extending kindness is a bridge back to the heart.

Please come back and share your experiences as you spread kindness around today.  I extend my love to you.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage

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Negative Ego vs Courage - What Will You Choose?

So here’s the deal. Our planet is in trouble, like never before. Maybe I should say people are in trouble. Out Mother Earth could shake us off like fleas. She has done it before and will do so again, unless we get ourselves headed in the right direction.
I am going to talk about the negative or altered ego, but first let’s think about what we need to do for ourselves. How about giving ourselves:
Willingness
Allowance &
Permission
to:
Accept
Acknowledge &
Welcome
An atmosphere of Desire & Fulfillment in our lives. In all the activities of our lives. You with me?

Your Intellect or Altered Ego stores information like a library. A very very large library of everything you have ever touched, seen, heard, tasted or smelled. Everything. The mental body is a massive filing system and the ego is the librarian.

When you watch horror movies, violence, the news, negative things on TV, read negative gossip magazines, or do anything repetitively, it gets inside you. Your intellect does not know the difference between what is on the screen outside of you or if you are a character in that film or TV show. When this goes to the extreme, your senses project this outward. This can affect people in a variety of ways. Some are so affected that they can’t tell what is real or not real, becoming unable to function in the world. There is evidence of this in every city in the world.

Many people are reactive. This is a road to strain, struggle, stress and fear. Reaction gives you no time. There is no solution at any time. Why am I talking about this? Because the altered negative ego loves to keep you under control. It is afraid you will kill it, so it fights very hard for power. When you start to get your life in balance, it fights harder. It turns up the volume, by trying to bring all sorts of things in from the intellect. It really does not know you are trying to bring it back into balance.

Think about responding, not reacting. Responding leaves time for you to make wise choices. To say “What is the best response to this situation I am in.” It is coming from a place of power. From your true self. Your courageous self.

Think of the altered or negative ego as chains in a link. The constant dialog that never stops in the perceptual mind (the altered ego’s playground.) These links are consistent - strong. When you start your spiritual journey, or a journey of self discovery, the negative ego get very busy trying to stop you by creating constant chatter and confusion. You second guess yourself.  When your mind is still and in the moment or you meditate with no thought, the links to the chain begin to weaken and break. One by one they break as you become more still, more peaceful. These gaps between thoughts collapses these chain links.

This is when the links break, that the true voice of power can be heard.  Your life changes.  You are the director, the architect of your life.  You have stopped the interference that has plaqued your life for as long as you can remember.  You become still, calm, confident, courageous and the great manifest master of your dreams and goals.

It is time for people to move into their power.  Back to love, for we really are all one.  Only in separation have we nearly destroyed this planet and each other.  Find your way back to love and you will have all the proof you need.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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Living in Courage - Eliminate 5 Negative Habits

I don’t know how many of you have read my e-book “Living in Courage” available free on this site when you sign up for my monthly newsletter.  I talk a great deal about putting labels on everything.  We have become a society that engages in 5 very negative habits.  Criticism, condemnation, judgment, blame and gossip.  What has happened to people? It is time to take our stand and take our “Will” back.  Use your free will and choose peace, stay in harmony and live in the present moment - in your center.  You can’t repress negativity, but you can make a choice to control it with your free will.

Make a date with yourself.  Talk to yourself.  What is coming up for you?  Spend some time with yourself and let it go.  Release it by looking at your value system.  Do you have any value in holding on to the frustration, rage, jealousy, resentment, limitation, loneliness or the desire to strike back?

Know that love is the true nature of your being and fear is the counterfeit that wants to be who you are.  Bring fear to zero.  You get to choose not to let these negatives be a part of you or to control any part of your life.  When negative thoughts or feelings come up, say “No, this time I will hold peace, I choose peace.  I will say yes to life and life will say yes to me.”  You have used your free will to be greater than that self created emotion.  Keep choosing to let go and it will go.

Power yourself up to live in courage.  Everyone has a contribution to make on this earth.  Climb out of the box.  You are more than labels.  Right, wrong, conservative, liberal, straight, gay and on it goes.  We paint everything with insane labels (all judgment of self and others) and we cripple who we are.  You can change this at any moment and say it’s done.  Been there done that. Now I choose to recreate myself or my life into something absolutely different.

Life knows no boundaries, Life is Liberty.  Only we limit ourselves.  Don’t you want to once again experience the Magic in your life?  As children we never doubted the wonders available to us.  When did you lose yours?  Don’t you think it is time to get the magic back?  Miracles wait for you to say yes.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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It Takes Courage to Say “How Easy Can It Be?”

I notice people talking about how hard everything is. Life, work, relationships, parenthood, growing up, letting go - you get the idea. We have programmed ourselves, and not in a positive way in most regards. Life is not supposed to be a struggle, we make it that way. It takes courage to say, “How easy can it be?”

Not making enough money? Set a goal of what you want to make - an end result. Perhaps you want to make $5,000, $10,00 or $15,000 or more a month. Pick an amount realistic to you, but stretch yourself a bit. Then say ” I don’t know the details of how this will happen, I may not know the way to make this happen, but I hand the details over to _________.   Who do you trust in as a higher power, your source, a guardian angel? Use whatever you are familiar and comfortable with, or just the strength you know is inside of you.

Say the amount, hand it over and then say “How easy can it be?” Say it all day, feel it. There is an abundance of money on this planet, plenty of rich people. They have money, so can you. How easy can it be? Be a magnet for what you choose, because only you get to choose what comes into your life. Get used to knowing things are easy - not difficult. Reprogram your hard wiring.

You can use this statement for relationships, a job, health, joy, peace, financial freedom or any need you have. There is an abundance of all of these things everywhere, so it is available to everyone. Change your attitude with courage of conviction.

There is so much going on in the world right now that frightens people. You will see old dark systems crumble beneath the feet of those who have been living off the backs of the people. The lies we have been told will unfold faster than we can keep up. The world of finance, business, economics, technology, energy and global interaction will all change as new systems rise to take the place greed and corruption.

As these changes occur, we need to change what is in us as well. Look deep into old patterns. Anything unforgiven, anger, judgment of yourself and those around you, what is not working in your life and how you created it. How do you approach each day? Usually the same old tired way. Wake up and say this day will be different - “How easy can it be?” Change your self talk, feelings and actions to reflect these new miracles that are waiting to come into your life.

Will your try it? Just give it a chance. It takes courage to say “How easy can it be?” But, you know what? I know you can do it.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage Online

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Personal Power - A Case of Mistaken Identity

Reclaim your personal power with authority and courage.  When you want to know about something or how to achieve a goal, it needs to be approached with nothing less than victory.

What is personal power? It is a feeling of something you are waiting to express or bring about.  A feeling of authority that you have the ability to overcome, to change, to open up to the power that lives in you. You are life.  Your will and intelligence governs this expression and expansion.  It is natural to step into your personal power when you reclaim your authority over your life.

Who are you?  What are you?  Only you can answer these questions.  We are designed magnificently to be unlimited, to create.  We can sculpt, maneuver and design our existence in any way we wish, once we escape the imprisoning fears, philosophies, educational systems and religions determined to keep us in a state of mediocrity. The old power systems are failing to control us.  People are realizing we each have the ability to reclaim our power, our ability to think, to create, to be conscious, to be aware, to live in courage, to see truth, to feel, to know.

How will you demonstrate your freedom, your courage, your power and authority? It seems we are beginning to wipe the sleep from our eyes.  You can liberate your identity or continue to expand on mistaken identity. We are not who we have been told we are.

We have believed all the I Am’s…sick, limited, sad, victim, struggling, abused, confused, ugly, fat, etc…the constant building of mistaken identity. Change the I AM’s to reclaim your power and authority.  Who do you want to be?  Only you can decide.  Self talk is powerful.  What are the quiet conversations you have with yourself?  The story you feed yourself.  Is it destructive or full of personal power and authority?

Each of us hold our power inside.  It was never out there in the world.  For centuries of time, there have been many who brought us that message.  Now we are seeing old systems built on lies, fear, manipulation and control being revealed and crumbling everywhere you look.

New systems of government, business, banking, technology, communication, learning and living will move into place.  The next few years will bring about change throughout the world. We are a global community, sharing and coming together for the greater good for all people. There is a bright new world emerging from the rubble.  Will you be ready to step into it?

Take your power back in full authority.  In reclaiming power, you must be willing to stop feeding a mistaken identity. There may be a temporary appearance because of former self talk, but you can say NO.  I AM not sick, poor, overweight, limited, ugly, confused, etc.  I AM healthy, happy, productive, unlimited, beautiful, magnificent, creative or whatever powerful statements work for you.  Feel this reality.

Just the energy of saying powerful creative words feels good, brings up our spirit, confidence, courage and feelings of happiness.  Compare to how it feels when you think about the negative alternative.  I AM limited is the choice of not to be.  To be or not to be?

Are you willing to be restored to the truth that you have the power and authority over your life?  Reclaim your true identity. It is not complicated.  The simplicity is…choose life, creativity, abundance, courage, this present moment, love and happiness.  If you continue to tell yourself you are broke, confused, unable or any old stories, you are feeding a false identity.

The I AM that you are is the artist and the director.  Who this I AM becomes, you get to decide - you get to choose.  Live in your freedom and authority. Stand free to live the beautiful courageous life you came here to live.

Debra Oakland @ Living in Courage

The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.  Nothing should be able to harm a man but himself.  What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance,
~~~ Oscar Wilde

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