GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki

Let's take a moment to feel the truth of our existence, the source of our sustenance,  the peace of the One that is meditating in us.  He chants in me.  She's the Silence in you.  It's the Love we are, and It feeds us. 

"I am fed from within.  Don’t change your outer way of living but inwardly know where and what Source is.  Break this attachment to the outer world.  Break the belief that you’re dependent on man for justice, or for loans, or for forgiveness, or for your support.  It takes a while to break your attachment to the outer world,  but you can do it if you can remember the word, 'Now'.

Now, am I and my Father one.  Now, do I draw upon the Kingdom of God within me.  Now, do I seek living waters within myself, the bread of life, the staff of life within myself.  No longer do I seek from 'man whose breath is in his nostrils', but now I know my attunement is the secret of the spiritual life.  Turning within a hundred times a day just for a momentary remembrance, 'thank you Father, the Kingdom is within me', 100 times a day.  Just smiling at the remembrance that now you are one with the infinite, the entire infinite is flowing forth into your experience."
-Joel Goldsmith 

"To go within means to come out of thinking. And when you come out of thought, you are within.  When you find the moment of rest from thought, you are in Consciousness.  
-Herb Fitch 

I Love you and I'm with you!
Nik 
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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Today we give our attention to the Unseen, the Unchanging, the Invisible, Indivisible, Silent- Love that we are.  Learning to recognize and identify as This during our quiet moments together, we'll never lose our Self in the world, again.  We practice hearing the Unseen using mantra, and seeing and feeling It using the Headless Way Method.  

"The instant that you recognize the Unchanging, you are free."
-Mooji

"My daughter, there is a great realm, the realm of the unseen, where you shall more and more function. There you shall find your strength, your fullness of life, your work. This does not mean that you shall not also function on the side of the visible, but that first everything shall take place for you on that other, unseen, side. Your actions shall be directed from this unseen side. Such beauties, such love, such utter sweetness shall then fill your days that you will feel transported to a heavenly glory even while performing the humblest tasks. This realm is only found by the practicing of My Presence, and day by day, it shall grow more and more accessible to you."
-Eva Bell Werber, Quiet Talks with the Master

"Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent." 
- Rumi

"Wisdom presents itself to us during periods of silence, in the forms of ideas, insights, and clarity.  If you constantly avoid silence by looking at your phone, watching TV, and listening to music, you miss out on receiving the profound wisdom that could change your life."
-Hal Elrod 

"Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it.  Whoever has polished it more sees more-- more unseen forms become manifest to him." 
-Rumi 

"The eyes of a saint are always concentrated on the supreme self. The minute he is aware of himself, sainthood is lost." 
-Maharajji 

Spoiler Alert:The seen and the unseen are actually ONE. Only Love is here, manifest and un-manifest.  

I Love you, 
Nik 
nikki@curlynikki.com

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Knowing the Truth where we see the false, hearing the Silence over the noise, feeling Love even while fear is felt... this is how we practice being our true Self. This is the 'healing consciousness' that unfolds as the Go(o)d life. 

"A spiritual healer is not a person who develops a technique of using truth to overcome error or of using treatment to overcome disease.  A spiritual healer is that state of consciousness which knows that God alone is the reality of all being, and that anything else is a state of hypnosis.  The recognition that he is dealing with a state of hypnosis, rather than with a person, place; or with a condition, is the healing consciousness.”
-Joel Goldsmith 

"Sickness is not cured by saying 'medicine', but by drinking it."
-Adi Shankara 

"The witness is both unreal and real.  The last remnant of the illusion, the first touch of the real.  To say: 'I  am only the witness' is both false and true, false because of the 'I am', true because of the witness.  It is better to say: 'there is witnessing'.  The moment you say, 'I am', the entire universe comes into being along with its creator."
-Nisargadatta Maharaj    

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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"What is heaven? A silent and empty mind." -Mooji

"Good, God, Love are all the same thing. If the person keeps continuously thinking of any one of these, it will be enough."
-Ramana Maharshi

"Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time."
-Marcus Aruelius

"We seek to reach the goal with the ego, but the goal exists before the ego."
-Ramana Maharshi 

Your truest desire exists before you existed. You didn’t come up with It! And It’s not something that’s lacking, but something that Is!

Unfortunately, the way the ego is set up, you took the immanent nature of It, the promise of It, the already-hereness of It, and misinterpreted It as lack. You misperceive your abundance of Love as a lack of Love. Well, you did... but now you know!

So, if ego didn’t make the goal, and can’t reach the goal, how do you get to the goal? It’s the same as if you’re in Clearwater Beach, FL, and you want to go to Clearwater Beach, FL, what do you have to do? How can you get there? When you’re in Clearwater Beach, FL what do you need to do in order to be in Clearwater Beach, FL?

BE.

The fulfillment of the goal is here now, you have to just notice that. This Love is here now, we just have to feel It. We release tension and allow It, until we finally recognize we are It. And then It defines Itself.  

With you in and AS It,
Nik 

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You don't have to stop thinking.  You just have to feel Love. The thoughts dissolve in That.  And then the ones that come from That, are not only transparent (easy to see as thoughts) but supportive, productive, and impactful.  

Attachment to this felt-Love, keeping your attention on It... with It, is the effortless and simultaneous detachment from your limiting beliefs about this world. And when beliefs are dropped, in that space, a new world is experienced.  #ThyKingdomCome

“I have been asked many times, "How do you stop thinking?" And I have found one way. The minute I can look at any person or condition and know that it is neither good nor evil, my thought stops, and my mind becomes quiet. That is the end of it because then there are no thoughts left for me to think about it: I do not think good of it and I do not think evil of it. All I know is that it is, and then I am back at the center of my being where all power is. Our mind is restless only when we are thinking about things or persons, either in terms of good or evil, but the mind is at rest when we surrender all such concepts.”
-Joel Goldsmith

"This world is all attachment.  Yet you get worried because you are attached."
-Neem Karoli Baba 

"To observe Silence means to keep the mind fixed on Him."
-Anandamayi Ma

"You can't heal a man because man is what God is appearing as.  Feel Christ sitting in center of every one.  The practitioner's only duty is to feel a living Presence."
-Joel Goldsmith 

"God, may I remember that my struggles with others stem from my  forgetfulness of who they really are."
-Doyal.Gauranga 

I Love you and I'm with you,
Nik  

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In this moment you are deeply thankful to be able to be Love while things are rearranging,  
knowing that wherever you appear to be right now, is where you need to be. That you couldn't be anywhere else.  That your blessings are unfolding.  That the miracle is here.  That the miracle can be felt before It can be seen, but that It must be felt consistently, before It can be seen... before the scene can change. 

"You can't stop the mind from thinking because you didn't start it thinking."
-Adyashanti 

"Don't identity any thought as negative because it's just a thought. Who told you it's negative? It's just a thought. What's the problem? If you understand it's just a thought, it has no power. If you think it's a reality, then it destroys you."
-Sadhguru 

Note: Feeling the Loving Silence even when thoughts are present. 

"Even the feeling of the absence of God is His manifestation-- so that His Presence may be realized."
-Ananadamayi Ma 

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!!!

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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God isn't just on the mountaintop, He's in the valley, too, and everywhere in between, and beyond.  God's Love, It's Peace, your innermost Self, can be felt even when you're in the valley of sadness. It can be felt on the pathless-path up the mountain, and once you reach the summit, you'll find that there isn't a 'you' feeling this Love, there's only Love. Only God.  And in and AS That, you abide.  

"Shiva lives on the mountain top of awareness. This world is in the valley.  Many old souls have been trying to climb this mountain in reverse gear.  Even if they climb and reach near Shiva, they roll back down to the valley because of their attachments.  Climbing this mountain is not as important as changing the orientation: Turn your back to the valley and face toward Shiva."
- @ImmortalTalks on IG

Shiva is your innermost Self and the alert snake, with its raised hood around His neck represents PEAK Loving Awareness, Shakti, Go(o)d Energy on TEN!  As you read these words feel your back straightening, your shoulders relaxing down and back, your face smiling, your energy rising, Love peaking.  There! There you are!  Stay (t)here.  This is Go(o)d Energy and when you're practicing feeling and being This, This is all you see. You see that there is no valley or mountaintop, there's only the Kingdom. Only Love is here.  

"Everywhere you look, you see what you're looking for.  When you're looking for God, all you see is God."
-Ram Dass 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik  

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Today, every time you notice a thought about something desired, something missing... something needed, inwardly repeat- 'thank you Father, I already Am.' And then feel the shoulders relax, the face smile, the whole being relax, and melt. This 'pulls the chair out from beneath the mind' and you fall into Loving Remembrance, Joyful Realization.  You already, always have been That.  Keep feeling It, and you'll see It.  

I Love you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

"The only realization needed: 'thank you, Father, I already Am."
-Joel Goldsmith 

"Pulling out the chair
Beneath the mind
And watching you fall upon God--

What else is there
for Hafiz to do
That is any fun in this world. "
-Hafiz translated by Daniel Ladinsky 

"The object of our love is Love Itself."
-Ram Dass 

"The greatest work there is for you to do, My Beloved, is to do nothing. Only let the Glory of God shine through the human vessel. Learn to let the spirit flow through all you do and say. Why need you be tense, or eager, or anxious as to how you can serve? Why should you ever watch for opportunity to serve Me? If you will relax, at all times, if you will dwell in the Center of your being, and rest in the consciousness of the Divine Presence you shall make no false moves nor mistakes. How sweet should be this thought to you, that you need take no active part aside from the still knowing that your Father has control over all situations and where ever you are at this moment, and where you shall go and what you shall do through the day is all controlled by the Father under the law of Divine love. So rest, relax, be very still, that you may have the surety of this guidance through all the hours of the day before you."
-Eva Bell Werber. Voice of the Master

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"I asked for better and that's why things are clearing out."
-Unknown  

"Faith has the power to turn A into B. But there is an important step involved: First A vanishes into nothingness and then B emerges out of it.  This step requires you to be free of all worldly knowledge, which is nothing but opinions of human race."
-IG @immortaltalks 

“Evil may so shape events that Caesar will occupy a palace and Christ a cross, but one day that same Christ will rise up and split history into A.D. and B.C., so that even the life of Caesar must be dated by his name.” 
- Dr. Martin Luther King (also authored the title quote!) 

That day is HERE. That time is NOW.
We are HERE NOW.
We are NOW HERE.
We are NOWHERE. 
We are LOVE. 
Only LOVE is.  

Today, I  answer a listener's question about finding Love in impossible moments, and shared the importance of ‘freezing and melting’, or being still and knowing 'only Love is here'... and trusting that It's carrying you into Its Light, into Its Shelter, into Its Government and Divine Grace.  God's got you. 

Today's Practice:
1. Freeze... eyes wide open, not blinking, and notice the silence (inner and outer) 
2. Melt... relax your shoulders, your stomach, your jaw, your belief in thoughts, your belief in appearances, your belief in the problem. There are no problems in the Kingdom.  
3. Hear inside, 'I got this" (The "I " of you, the "I " in the midst of you is "going before you to make the crooked places straight" (Isaiah 45:2) "It's the meat, the water, and the wine that the world knows not of" (John 4:32) ), and abide in That assurance. 

I Love you, 
Nik   
Nikki@curlynikki.com

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What to Expect: The Enlightenment Edition

"When the universe picks you, and you put on the magic glasses there's rules that go with them. You can never take them off... you never see things as they're supposed to be, you see things as they are."
-Dick Gregory 

"When I shut my eyes, I still see it (light) shimmering and shining, softer than soft, more tender than tender, finer than fine.  When the eyes are open, I see the blue rays all around.  Whenever I see anyone, I see first the blue light and then the person.  Whenever I see any thing, I see first the beautiful, subtle rays of Consciousness and then the thing itself.  Wherever my mind happens to turn, I see the world in the midst of this shining mass of Light. The way I see things, whether large or small, demonstrates the truth of the verses of Tukaram, which I have quoted before: "My eyes have been bathed with the lotion of the blue light, and I have been granted divine vision."
-Muktananda, Play of Consciousness             

"When you continually meditate on Divine Mother, you start to see her in everything. You see her in everybody, and people – their faces, bodies, colors and features – simply disappear. The first thing that comes in front of you is the form of Devi.  The first layer is Devi, Goddess, Energy, Divinity, whatever name you want to give, and the second layer is light. I see everybody as a light. Then the light disappears, and the third layer that I see is the actual human body. It wasn’t like this before; it’s not that it has been like this since I was born. This experience came about after my intense sadhana in the Himalayas. And the presence of the divine energy of Mother Divine is so real in my life that I really hope by the time you finish this book, that you would walk away with enough inspiration, as well as learning, to manifest the same in your life."
-Om Swami, from The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra: How to Realize Your Full Potential Through Daily Practice

Remember--
WHEN God picks you, don't get so lost in your worldly work and success that you forget Him, your innermost Self.  Stay aware of this felt-Love (in and AS the background), while enjoying the world (appearing as the foreground)!  Be "in the world but not of it". Write to me and tell me of your enlightening experiences! 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

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If you lie down, Love will raise you up... you will rise in Love, in Freedom, in Victory.

Try meditating in corpse pose, today. 

Try surrendering, today. 

Try saying 'yes' to Loving Silence, today.

Stop trying and do, today.

Stop doing and BE, today.

There's a place inside (and out) that's already surrendering, no matter the position the body is in.

There's a place inside (and out) that's already Silent-Love, no matter the state the mind is in. 

Be That, today and always. 

"The silence is another way of saying to keep your mind stayed on God all the time.  God is the silence and you are that.  Feel the silence right now.  You can feel it.  It's a thing of beauty.  You know when you're getting into the true silence, you begin to become happier, and happier, and happier for no reason.  It makes no difference what's going on in the world.  The world is in one place and you're in another place.  In the deep silence you are identifying with the substratum of creation.  Always remember to go into the silence.  A sage is always in the silence.  A sage may be talking, listening, partaking of activities, but to the sage there's only silence."
-Robert Adams

"I have never known Truth to fail, never known any 'problem' that didn't vanish, once I was wholly honest with Omnipresent Awareness.  Do not just declare words, as if reciting a formula, but absolutely admit Love is pure, single, unadulterated-- thus unchallenged, unopposed Authority."
-Aiken

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."
-Lao Tzu

"Whatever happens, hold onto God's feet without loosening the grip even slightly."
-Amma

“The only thing that we ever drop is a concept of body.  And as we stepped out of our infant body and our youth body into maturity, so we step out of a mortal sense of body into the spiritual demonstration and realization of body.  And that we can do, and do do here on this plane.  It is not necessary to die or make a transition to experience it.  We have experienced it here and now.  The Master says, “I can lay down my life, I can pick up my life.”[3]  And I will tell you that there are others who can step in or out of the mortal concept of body and life at will, here and now.  And it all comes about through attaining the revelation or realization within of true being.”
-Joel Goldsmith 

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"The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body, to feel it at all times, this will rapidly deepen and transform your life."
-Eckhart Tolle

"The moment you are in touch with your breath, the universe pours into you."
-netz.der.indra

"All your problems arise because you don't stand firm within your Self."
-Amma 

Today's Practice:
Every time you look down at your phone for a sign, look within and feel for the REAL sign.  When you're turned toward and feeling Love in and AS that body, you stop looking around and waiting for permission (like 1/11) to be your best self.  You stop looking for signs of success and you start watching that body step into and celebrate It.  You start watching this Love unfold as the Go(o)d Life. 

I Love you,
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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My life depends on me being Love, because when I'm being Love, I can see through appearances, and when I can see through appearances, they change.  

This is how you see yourself out of any situation you have outgrown.  Not through resistance. When the resistance comes up, immediately see through it, too!  See through every thought, through every emotion, through every person, place, and thing, to the REAL.  And let the REAL manifest and define Itself.  

Note: The REAL feels like the feeling of Love in and as that body.  And you can sense It even when the body is discordant. 

I Love you and I'm with you!
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com
 
Quotes: 

"The two worse feelings in the world  are not having a job and having a job."
-Unknown via IG

" In wealth is the fear of poverty, in knowledge the fear of ignorance, in beauty the fear of age, in fame the fear of backbiters, in success the fear of jealousy, even in body is the fear of death. Everything in this earth is fraught with fear. He alone is fearless who has given up everything."
-Swami Vivekananda

"Do not try to control matter.  Know it does not exist. You control it by knowing it does not exist." 
-Herb Fitch

"Being never came into being because It is eternal.  Therefore nothing in the three-dimensional world ever came into being. It came into appearing. "
-Bob Pilato 

"In 2022, I resolve not to react to appearances, but to see through them." 
-Gil Michaels  

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“Rumi says, ‘The one who brought me here must take me home.’ Who is the one who brought you here? That Grace is calling you home. Where is home, which direction is home? You and home are the same thing.”
-Mooji 

"It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves."
-St. Teresa of Avila 

"Having never left the house you are looking for the way home."
-Nisargadatta Maharj

"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder.  Help someone's soul heal.  Walk out of your house like a shepherd."
-Rumi 

"We are called into the inner room, and then out again to serve others."
-Carl McColman 

Today's Practice:
Every time you find that place inside that is forever still, you are Home. You are in Heaven.  You can turn any moment into heaven by, 'going into your heart cave' as Ram Dass would say.  Go into your heart cave before you go into your office tomorrow.  Don't leave your heart cave.  Realize you ARE the heart cave, itself.  

“Your homework is to stay home inside your heart.”
- Mooji 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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"Just as a lamp in a windless place does not flicker, so the disciplined mind of a yogi remains steady in meditation on the Self."
-Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6:19

Self = God = Loving Awareness = What you truly are 

"As the golden flame of the candle burns steadily, without flicker or wavering, so shall My Flame burn ever more in your heart. It shall burn out all dross of the mortal mind, smallness of nature, meanness of spirit, vindictiveness, jealousy. It shall burn out all carelessness of your habits, in the outer realms of your being. My Law and My Order can then function perfectly in your life. Then and then only will you be a worthy vessel for the inflow of My Spirit. Then and then only can My Spirit flow through you to other of My children. Likewise shall all disease be burned from the physical body, that nothing shall interfere with My Plan for your life. As the sigh of your spirit disturbs the flame and makes the candle drip, so the faintest wavering of your feet from the path of attainment causes a less steady burning of My Flame in your heart, and My Work goes on in imperfection. Oh, My Beloved, how necessary that you live with the eye single, to the high purpose of your calling. But you have many helpers. No soul who enters the path is left to walk alone. So go on, day by day, with the light and assurance of My Love in your face. Mighty Ones whom you see not, are by your side. And the forces of darkness shall touch you not."
-Eva Bell Werber, ‘Quiet Talks the Master’

"Dear God, help me to not lose sight of your presence when things are going well."
-Unknown

Today's Practice:
Watch Love the way you'd watch an unexpected lizard friend on the wall of your bedroom! Don't lose sight of It for nothing!

I Love you,
Nik 

**Love Your Breath meditation inspired by Ram Dass

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"Hold on. Stay Strong. Trust God."  
- @Bible_verses_kj on IG 

"Grace has the ability to change anything at any time."
-Ravi Shankar

Breathe and go with the flow of Grace. Even if you can't see it yet, everything is new. For now, just feel the Newness, even if you can only feel 5% of It.  Trust that It's carving out a niche for you. A holy space for you to continue to grow and begin to thrive in.  
Don't stop... you're (t)here. Just keep pausing and becoming still enough to notice the presence of God all around you.  God is here, smile.  Radiate Him.  

I'm with you and practicing, too!
Nik  

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"We should always be confident that this chanting is not a vibration of this material world.  It is imported from the spiritual world.  It is completely spiritual."
- Narottama dasa Thakura

"Only God's name is real."
-Larry Brilliant
 
"It's all illusion except the name of the Lord."
-The Ramayana
 
"Rams' form left this world, Krishna's form left this world, but the Name stays.  By reciting His Name, everything is achieved. Everything is achieved." 
-Maharajji (Maharajji constantly chanted Ram all of his waking hours)

"Kalau nasty eva nasty eva na-sty eva gatir anyatha", or, "in this age, there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative than to chant the holy name of the Lord (Hare Krishna)." - Caitanya Mahaprabhu via Srila Prabhupada

"National duties, social duties, and humanitarian duties are obligatory only to those who are bereft of spiritual duties.  As soon as man takes his birth on earth, he has all these obligations to the great sages that left behind vast treasure houses of knowledge to guide him through life, to forefathers, family members, the government, and so forth and so on.  But as soon as one engages himself in the one single obligatory duty- the duty of spiritual perfection- then he automatically liquidates all other obligations without having to make separate efforts."
-Stephen Knapp

Books-
Polishing the Mirror by Ram Dass
The Mantram Handbook by Ekwath Easwaran

Documentaries-
American Yogi, Hare Krishna, Becoming Nobody, and Windfall of Grace (starring K.K. Sah from Monday's episode!)
 
Listen to some of these previous episodes on mantra and my personal practice --
1.How do you do it? Feel sad and still be Love?
2. The Practice the Changed my Life
3. Experience Love's Presence Instantly
4.Transform  Y

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Today's Quotes:

"God
Disguised
As a myriad of things and
Playing a game
Of tag

Has kissed you and said,
"You're it---

I mean, you're Really IT!"

No
It does not matter
What you believe or feel

For something wonderful,

Major-league Wonderful
Is someday going
To
Happen. "
- Daniel Ladinsky, from 'You're It' in "The Gift, Poems by Hafiz"     

"I became conscious of being (feeling) it. 
I am still conscious of being it.
And I shall continue to be conscious of being it until that which I am conscious of being is perfectly expressed. "
-Neville Goddard

"By changing the way you feel you can change the way things turn out."
-Abraham Hicks

"Actually the only freedom you have is not to react to conditions and to turn within, to see the truth. Everything else is preordained. Whatever appears in your life is destined to be.  It is your reaction to what appears that matters to you, what's going to happen to you next." 
-Robert Adams

"The secret is to allow the world to show you what it will, and for you not to react to anything."
-Robert Adams

Today's Practice:
Every time you  see something disturbing today (a headline, an email, an annoying someone), or feel some inner upset, pause and remember, 'I'm It'.  You've been tagged.  You've been chosen to remember that things aren't as they appear.  You become the witness of the inner or outer disturbance AND witness to the Love that's also present.  Feel Love in that body while the disturbance appears to be (t)here.  This is the first and last step.  

Witness as Love smiles that face, relaxes that body, and stirs up Peace and calm-confidence.  This is what 'It' feels like.  When  you're feeling It, you're being It, and soon you'll be seeing the fruits of 'It' in and as the world. 

You're IT, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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 Let's chant together --  "Aditya Hridyam Punyam Sarv Shatru Bena Shenam"

This Sanskrit mantra is from the Ramayana and it means, "All evil vanishes from those who keep the sun in their heart." I've shared it before in passing.  

In this case, 'evil' means something that distracts you from or makes you feel separate from Love.  This could be anything from thoughts, or your job, to an unhealthy relationship, or bad habits, etc.  And trust that whenever something falls away, something that is Go(o)d,  something that is of this Love, something in alignment with all that you are, falls in its place!  

While chanting (reading along with) the Sanskrit words, FEEL your intention to serve God... to be an instrument of Love.  Hold your heart, or namaskar, or sway... feel that as you speak the words you are in the presence of God. Would your mind wander into the past or future if you were sitting in the presence of God? Right.  Stay where your feet appear to be and chant this mantra while radiating Love, while feeling Him, while feeling your new life. 

I Love you,
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

Bonus Quotes and Material:

"Keep God in your heart like you keep money in the bank."
-Maharajji

"Love is essentially self communicative; Those who do not have it catch it from those who have it."
-Meher Baba via, 'Be Here Now'

Listen to these previous episodes on mantra and my personal practice --
1.How do you do it? Feel sad and still be Love?
2. The Practice the Changed my Life
3. Experience Love's Presence Instantly 

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How to activate a miracle? Activate felt-Love by being the witness.  

Yesterday I flew out in the morning from Florida to Missouri to pick up the kiddos, with the intention of flying back to Florida on the same day.   I left at 8am and we were back by 10pm-- no delays, Go(o)d music, Go(o)d books, and cat naps all the way!  In the face of every seeming hiccup, I'd: 
 
1.  Notice it. 
2.  Close my eyes for a second and listen for the Silence. (#HardReset).
3. Notice what's noticing the Silence and the hiccup. 
4. Abide (t)here as the Loving-Still-Witness.
5. Remember that the hiccups only come to keep me aware as Love.  Hiccups are Grace, too.

We are home safe and I didn't even miss a recording for you!   

Keep hard resetting.  Love works.

I Love you,
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

Today's Reading--

"Be Still! Not as any stillness you have ever known before. The stillness which lies at the bottom of the ocean, eternally quiet, yet eternally vibrant and alive with infinite activity. Only by attaining this super-stillness can the full realization of former talks be attained. You must learn to keep this stillness, to retreat into it at any moment, whenever any confusion arises in your physical or mental world. Thus shall all difficulties solve themselves by My Power working through you. Learn to BE STILL instantly and watch God's Power work! In this potent stillness are all demonstrations made."
-Eva Bell Werber, Quiet Talks the Master

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Repeat, feelingly:  
"I know all the power I need to live a successful life is within me.
I relax my entire body.
I cast all burdens on the Christ. (aka Love, Source, God, etc)
I go free.
I claim and feel the Peace of God flooding my mind, heart, and whole being.
I know the quiet mind gets its problems solved.
I am at Peace."
-Unknown author

The Hollow Bamboo Game  by Ram Dass

A quiet mind is all you need.  All else will happen rightly once your mind is quiet."
-Nisargardatta Maharaj  
      
"When I remember God, He takes care of everything." 
-Maharajji aka Neem Kaorli Baba 

Today's Practice:
1. Become like a hollow bamboo... an empty reed... a flute... 
2. Become aware of the emptiness, the space and silence within you-- hollow bamboos don't think. 
3. Notice the fullness of Love in the emptiness. 
4. Know this Love as God. As your true Self.  As the solution to every problem.  

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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Keep smiling at 'them', knowing that ‘they’ are not 'them', that ‘they’ are Him, and because you and the Father are one, that ‘they’ ARE you. 

"If the Divine is in your favor, the whole world will be, too ."
-Om Swami via The Power of the Gayatri Mantra 

"Take it from me, repetition of His name makes everything possible."
-Anandamayi Ma

"God became man that man might become God."
-Athanasius 

In today's episode I  share a gorgeous story that touches on  the power of faith and a dedicated mantra practice, and the Peace and Freedom found in remembering the difference between channels of supply and the Source of supply.  Remember: focus on your relationship, your union with God, and all your seeming human relationships will be Go(o)d, too.  

I Love you and I'm with you!  Happy Now- Here! 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com  

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"Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now."
-Eckhart Tolle

The Only Step: FEEL LOVE. 

In feeling Love you automatically forgive, you naturally let go, you heal... you HAVE.   Love holds onto nothing but Love. Love carries nothing but Love.  Where Love is consciously, only Love manifests.  Remember this Love.  Feel this Love. Be this Love. Everything  that you think you want and need in 2022 is here, now.  It's now, here... just like your breath is, just like you are, just like God is.  Happy Now Here's Eve. 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

Bonus Quote:
"The desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing."
-Alan Watts  

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Today's Quotes:

"I live and move in and by the Holy Spirit.
I have Christ mind and vision.
I see God in everyone and everything, because I feel It in myself.
I am the child of a rich Father and I have come Home.
I let God live my life. "  
-from my iPhone notes in January 2018 

"You have to want God the way a drowning man wants air." 
-Bhagavan Das 

"The Saint who is in this State, sees both the reality and the unreality, but he only accepts the reality."  
- Ramayana 

"Rather than seeing all the different forms of jewelry, see only gold." 
The Yoga Vasistha 

"Read a little,
meditate more,
think of God all the time."
-Yogananada 

Today's Goals and Practice:
1. Start with Love
2. Stay with Love 
3. End with Love

Read about Love, sing to Love, sit with Love, walk through Love, breathe in Love, meet only Love, be Love.  

When anxiety or any inner disturbance comes that seemingly distracts you from the truth of this Love, you (1) acknowledge it, (2) feel it, and (3) find Love in it.  You feel the disturbance at the same time as you feel the Love (see the Ramayana quote above).  You keep returning to Love like it's the only thing that matters, and It's the only thing that will.  

I Love you,
Nik  

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(Some language ❤️)

Listener question via IG DMs-

"I listened to your podcast this morning (as I always do) and I can't find it... the love that is supposed to be there and wash over me.  All I feel is sadness, to the point where my heart aches all day and I want to curl up on my bed and just disappear.  I could just give up but there is a strand of something that keeps me here.  I keep writing, I keep listening.  How do you do it? Be sad and still feel love?" 

My written response- 

"I asked a similar question to Krishna Das while on retreat.  I was like, Love is here, BUT, so is my shit lol.  
He said, "it's not your shit." 

It's not your sadness. 
It's just sadness, 
rolling through awareness.
Rolling through Love.
Hold fast to Love.
This is the work. 
It's healing everything. 
Thank you for journeying with me."

They replied-

"Oh man!!! That really resonates with me Nikki."

In this episode I shared a few of my favorite permission slips (that I've shared in previous shows), like my 'greatest hits', lol... the practices I return to again and again when sadness comes to visit.  

Today's Quotes:

In English we say, "I  am sad", but in Spanish it translates as, "I have sadness", and in the Tibetan language it translates as, "sadness is here".  Can you feel the difference?" 
-Ram Dev (Dale Borglum) 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik 
nikki@curlynikki.com

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 As Rumi said, "close your eyes, fall in Love, stay there", and get into this meditation on the presence of God.   When you remember Him, He comes. When you remember Love, only Love is (t)here.   

“I am within My world, yet am I not known. I am My world, yet must I stand silently by, while man, who was created to manifest Me, thinks that he himself is that which works and plays, loves, hates and carries on life.  Man takes unto himself that which I created for My pleasure, that which was to radiate beauty and joy, and makes of it an instrument to destroy; makes of it war, hate and ugliness. Where there is only one who sees Me behind the veil of mortal thinking and circumstance, that one who sees becomes as a chemical, purifying the very air he breathes.

You are blessed when you thus see and recognize Me. Every cell of your body shall be filled with light. All your contacts in the world about you shall be brought into peace and harmony. This is the only way that peace shall ever rule the world. This is the only way I shall ever bring forth My beauty and love to bless My creation. All that you do in any sense to reveal Me is bringing forth the inner light to lighten darkened places, is bringing the kingdom of heaven nearer at hand. Feel not that you do not work for Me. Only know Me, see Me, feel Me, and you shall give forth a power to all whom you contact and they shall be blessed because you passed their way.”
-Eva Bell Werber's Essay, "The Way of Peace" in Voice of the Master

"When you remember Me, I come." - Maharajji (speaking as Love)

With you in and AS Love,
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

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"I realize that stress is only fear.
I release all fear.
I am at peace.
I am safe and secure.
Freedom from stress is my divine right.
I let go of all tension.
I use my breath to relax.
I breathe deeply and peacefully.
I feel my muscles relax.
I flow with life easily and effortlessly.
All is well in my world."
-Joan Borysenko 

"When we have awareness of the silent side, abundance is increased in the active side." 
-Joel Goldsmith 

"If we take into our meditation the question, "what is God?" ultimately we shall be led to the secret of prayer, and when we have achieved correct prayer, meditation, or communion, we shall be led to a God-experience, which is a 'peace, be still' to any form of error that may ever touch us.  As a matter of fact, continuing in the God-experience will prevent about ninety-odd percent of the world's troubles ever touching us, and the little that may touch us will be quickly resolved."
-Joel Goldsmith 

Bonus Quotes:
"Your only focus is to be aware of Eufeeling.  Let me repeat that: Your only focus is to be aware of Eufeeling (Love/ the 'I Am'). 
-Frank Kinslow

Today's Practice: 
Every time you notice stressful thoughts about next week, or returning back to the office, use it as an alarm, a trigger to remember Love.  See these thoughts as Grace, natural built-in alerts to remind you to turn back toward Truth... back toward the Silence the thoughts came out of and will promptly return to.  You can either--

1. Go straight to the Silent-Love by feeling It in your feet, in your heart, or throughout and AS your Being.
or 
2. Go to a mantra like, Borysenko's, "I realize that stress is only fear. I release it and choose Peace".  You'll be so full of those words that there won't be any room for stress-inducing thoughts.  You'll be so full of Love, that there won't be any room for fear. 

Do what works. Be what works.  This Love works. It heals. It relieves you of the fear we call stress. It relieves you of the stress you call 'you'.  

I Love you, 
Nik 
nikki@curlynikki.com

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"Transform me Lord, so that when people see me, they see you." 
-@HerTrueWorth via IG

St. Francis' Peace Prayer-
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offense, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
Where there is error, let me bring truth.
Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.
Where there is despair, let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let me bring your light.
Where there is sadness, let me bring joy.
O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.

"Francis, I know there is only one reason to be truly excited and this is when our Lord visits us in our hearts. But regarding Earthly news, I must tell you while many worry about wars and lack of food in the coming winter, my sisters are singing and bathing daily in the light within their hearts. I too had a dream. Someday Kings and Queens, the rich and powerful, people from all over the world, will be coming to Assisi not to judge you but to ask how they can join you on your path. What will you tell them? Will you ask them to throw their riches into the river? Will you tell them to give all their power away? Francis, are you ready for the world to be at your feet like the little birds in your garden? Imagine everyone with one prayer, one heart, asking “Lord make me an instrument!” 

Peace, Francis, peace—this is what you should teach! Let them keep their possessions. Let them keep their worldly power. Share with them the simple peace. This is enough. Tell them about the beauty of peace in every moment. Give them the simple steps that you and I know so well. Step by step, peace and more peace with everyone and everything. This will be a good beginning. Once they feel the peace, what do riches and power have to offer? Why would they chase after earthly comforts when they have life’s true treasure? Once they feel the peace inside what else is of value but wanting to serve one another? 

Everyone wants peace, Francis, but they do not know the source of this peace. You must teach them. Real peace comes only from a peaceful heart! And a peaceful heart comes from finding so much God inside that there is no room for anything else but peace."

-Davis, Bruce. The Love Letters of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi: The Journey of Two Great Saints, Soaked in Love, Who Changed The World (p. 6). Kindle Edition. 

Loving it here in Assisi!!! Be back soon with lots more to share!

I Love you and I’m with you!
Nik
Nikki@curlynikki.com

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"Everyday I say to myself, today I will begin." - St. Anthony of the Desert 

Today, we begin.  This very moment, we begin... remembering that we ARE what's appearing as this moment, we are the substratum of the Now, we are the  Christ.  We celebrate the birth of Jesus today, the birth of the awareness of the Christ among us, and now, the birth of our awareness of the Christ within us.  

Repeat this mantra by Herb Fitch, "I am not man or woman, I live the day as I, Spirit", and notice how you're already, effortlessly detached from the body.   There's some space (t)here, naturally.  You, as Awareness, don't have to try to detangle your Self from the body, you already are the witness.  You already are Love.  Be That, by feeling It and remembering to feel It all day.  "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being." (Gospel of Thomas) 

Merry Christmas! I Love you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

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Whatever you're feeling... it's okay.  It's just inner weather.  You couldn't be feeling any other way. Breathe. Sway. Let's chat about how to take Shelter and ride it out, together.  

God is here, even now.  Feel It and know. 

I Love you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

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You’re feeling absolutely fantastic this morning! But not for the reason you think. You don’t feel good because it’s Christmas Eve. You don’t feel good because you know what’s under the tree, or even because you’re off work or have no professional Zoom meetings tomorrow (likely for a whole week!), or that your favorite food is being prepared, or that your playlist is FIRE and the Temptations are going in on ‘Silent Night’.

All of these things may very well seem to be happening, but they’re not causing that quiet-Joy you’re aware of. You’re just presently in alignment... allowing yourself to feel good, to experience God. You’re currently BEing your true Self! This is your natural state— one of uncaused joy, ease, love, relaxation and peace. What people call ‘The Christmas Spirit’ is your original nature, and you can feel this way even on your first day back to work, if you give yourself permission.

God didn’t come closer this morning, and It won’t get further away next week. We just changed the way we are living in this moment. And now we must keep living this way... remembering to recognize that the Light is ALWAYS on inside. That we are this Light.

If you can stop waiting for special occasions to remember this background Joy, to feel Go(o)d, to be yourSelf, your life will change drastically from the inside out and very rapidly. I promise you. #MerryChristmas

With you in and AS Christhood,
@curlynikki

Today's Quotes:

"We all think of the Lord when troubled,

never when at peace.

But if we held our faith during peace,

there would be no trouble."

-Kabir Ke Dohe via IG

“This is the supreme meditation, this is the supreme worship: the continuous and unbroken awareness of the indwelling presence, inner light or consciousness. While doing whatever one is doing— seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing or talking— one should realize one’s essential nature as pure consciousness. Thus does one attain liberation.” 
- The Yoga Vasistha

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"The 'problem' with most people who believe in God, is that they also believe in the devil.  That's believing in two powers rather than only one!"
-Gil Michaels 

"'...error is not real and it has no power.'  That is an incomplete statement because error does have power until it comes into contact with an illumined consciousness.  We should first complete the sentence by saying, 'error is not power in the presence of an illumined consciousness.'  Illumined consciousness is of course not human consciousness with knowledge.  You must bring the actual presence of God into the situation.  Harmony begins to come into your experience only as you attain the actual realized presence of God or spirit of God.  You can sum up the evils of the world in the words 'temporal power'.  Nothing happens to the errors that come into your experience until you have attained the realization of the presence of God-- then temporal power is dissolved as darkness is dissolved in the presence of light. Which means that evil or error of any nature is not power in the  presence of the realized presence of God." 
-Joel Goldsmith

"Faith is the greatest thing Jesus wanted us to learn: not blind faith in mere words, but faith born of the experience of his inner presence." 
-Swami Kriyananda 

Today's Practice:
Catch yourself believing in secondary powers.  Every time a thought is noticed about the inherent power of dollars or the media, immediately turn to the felt-presence of Love.  That's it.  You don't have to replace the thought or change the belief.  Just feel Love, and watch as every unnecessary belief is dissolved on sight.  This Love doesn't bring you into alignment, it IS alignment.  The moment you feel It, you're being your Self.  The moment you feel It, you're back on the Throne... it's Go(o)d here :) 

I Love you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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A mini meditation to find the Silence that the mind swims in.  

"I Am Nothing, appearing to be something, and now enjoying both."
-Mooji

"Nothing is dreaming It is something."
-Mooji 

"Realize 'I Am' and do not think 'I Am'." 
-Ramana Maharshi

"Man is free to free himself from body identification and that is the only freedom he has."
-Ramana Maharshi 

I Love you and I’m with you!
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com 

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"I can
see angels
sitting on your ears,

 Polishing trumpets,
replacing lute strings,
stretching new skins on the drums
and gathering wood for the evening’s fire.

They all danced last night
but you did not
hear Them."
-excerpt from 'I Can See Angels' by Hafiz 

"To be present for God’s touches, Francis found that having the right word turning over and over again on the tongue could make all the difference. The right word relaxed first the tongue, then it served to calm even the most troubled heart. Of course this wouldn’t happen automatically but with practice. Francis learned to find nourishment, safety, warmth, all from a few carefully chosen words that echoed in his head and heart. These words were both blanket and food for the soul. When the soul felt warm and fed, the body too would clearly feel better. In the most challenging times it was his mantra that poured consolation and guidance around his lonely heart. For Francis and many of the brothers, their mantra gained the power to seize and lift the moment. “Lord, Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ” again and again and again “Lord Jesus Christ.” Once while saying his mantra, Francis distinctly heard a high beautiful voice singing, “Hallelujah, hallelujah” in his chest. He kept repeating, “Lord Jesus Christ, Lord Jesus Christ” as he listened to the heavenly choir singing, “Hallelujah, Hallelujah” within him and felt their angelic voices filling the chambers of his heart. Francis looked around and seeing a brother next to him, he was surprised the brother did not also hear it."
-Dr. Bruce Davis, 'Simple Peace: Spiritual Life of Francis of Assisi (pp. 34-35). iUniverse. Kindle Edition. 

Bonus Quote:

"The Name comes through the heart and moves the lips and tongue.  The vibration is the holy name of Krsna.  When Krsna in the form of sound descends from (the) transcendental world into the heart, and from the heart, controlling every aspect of the nervous system, comes to the lips and tongue dancing there; that is krsna-nama."
-Srila Prabhupada 

Today's Practice:
Chant a name of God and know that God is present the moment you hear the Name.  God was always present, you just weren't.  But now you are.  

First you become aware of God as the Name, then as the vibration, and then, as the feeling of Love.  Then, abruptly stop the recitation and just BE LOVE.  Rest AS Love in the silence that was before, during, and after the repetition of the Name.  Identify with this Love.  And know that this Love is all there is. 

I Love you, 
Nik 

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It's my ex-hubby's year to Love on the kids for the holidays, so after a tearful goodbye yesterday, I wanted to share how I still managed to lean into Love (this will be my first Christmas morning without them), and will continue to as I navigate this life thing.   

"Follow the stream of Love you already know, no matter how small it is." - St. Francis of Assisi

"As a drop of water poured into wine loses itself, and takes the color and savor of wine; or as a bar of iron, heated red-hot, becomes like fire itself, forgetting its own nature; or as the air, radiant with sun-beams, seems not so much to be illuminated as to be light itself; so in the saints all human affections melt away by some unspeakable transmutation into the will of God.  For how could God be all in all, if anything merely human remained in man?  The substance will endure, but in another beauty, a higher power, a greater glory."
― Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God

"Real enlightenment will annihilate you and subsequently turn you into God. The waters of surrender and the fire of awareness will merge, dissolving the ego into thin air and allowing the one unborn Consciousness, hiding behind “I,” to shine through you, as you.

Just because you were born, don’t assume that you are truly alive. Being born is what gives you the freedom to actually be alive—and euphorically dance and sing with the whole of creation—if you choose to."
-SantataGamana. Turiya - The God State: Beyond Kundalini, Kriya Yoga & all Spirituality (Real Yoga Book 5) (p. 18). Real Yoga 

Today's Practice:
Staying in touch with Love during the ups and downs of life is the purpose of this life.  Surrendering to (relaxing into) feeling this Love in every moment, even the sad ones (when the body is tense, stomach clenched, and breath shallow), while challenging, changes not only the quality of that moment but the future-nows as well. 

Permission slips I used yesterday included remembering that the Christ is born within us everyday, not just once a year. Every day is Christmas.  Everyday is a celebration once you remember this Love.  And then taking it a step further by seeing through days altogether.  Only Love is here and sometimes we call it Monday or Saturday, and every now and then, Christmas.  And that no matter where I appear to be, or where my kiddos appear to be, we are together in Love, always. That's where my Grandma is, too... and your departed loved ones, and God... One in this Place.  This Love.  

Finally, and obviously, taking a trip to Assisi, Italy is a permission slip to feel Love, too.  But I must highlight that this opportunity to go on silent retreat only unfolded in the last two weeks, the way the rest of the Go(o)d events in this life seem to happen-- through relaxation, not tension, through abiding in the calm before, during and after the storms of life.  I stay convinced that Life is dope, and it always proves  itself to be just that.  I'll be on silent retreat in St. Francis' (and St. Clare’s) home town, but not absent from here! New episodes will continue to go live erry'day, while I pray :)

I Love you, 
Nik 

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"We all think of the Lord when troubled, 
never when at peace. 
But if we held our faith during peace, 
there would be no trouble."
-Kabir Ke Dohe via IG

Bonus Quote:

"If we take into our meditation the question, "what is God?" ultimately we shall be led to the secret of prayer, and when we have achieved correct prayer, meditation, or communion, we shall be led to a God-experience, which is a 'peace, be still' to any form of error that may ever touch us.  As a matter of fact, continuing in the God-experience will prevent about ninety-odd percent of the world's troubles ever touching us, and the little that may touch us will be quickly resolved."
-Joel Goldsmith 

Today's Practice:

Moments of peace are the best time to practice Love.  Set the intention today to hold your heart in peace on this beautiful Sunday, so that when moments of chaos come, you don't have to effort.  You're already practicing Love. You're already Being Love. Nothing can shake you.  No thing can disturb you.  There is no trouble in the Kingdom.  And you are That. 

I Love you, 
Nik 
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Because I feel Go(o)d now, I trust my future will be, too.

Repeat these words, feelingly:
The past is over. Only Go(o)d lies before me now.
Only Love lies before me now. 
Only Love is here. 
And I Am That. 

"The future is made up of only one substance and that is the present moment. By taking care of the present, you are doing everything you can to assure a good future." 
- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Our future is our present brought to light."
-Herb Fitch 
 
Keep returning to today's mantra, "only Go(o)d lies before me'.  Keep feeling the Love that it's pointing to. Don't live another second without feeling the Love it's pointing to.  Let life unfold in this feeling of Love, and it will unfold AS this feeling of Love. 

When you're feeling Love presently, It takes shape as your future-now.  You remember that just as there is no 'Monday' or 'Friday', there is no 'future'... just Now, God, this Presence we call Love.  

I Love you, 
Nik
nikki@curlynikki.com

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Meditation from Eva Bell Werber's, Voice of the Master-

MISSION
"This morning in the quiet I would speak to you of that inner realm where you find me, the Beloved of Your Heart. It is a place of such utter joy that only those who have touched it can comprehend. So many of my children are seeking-are are searching, high and low, are hungry for that which you know is here, close within you. You must show them the way. I would have you dwell so constantly in such close communion with Me that when these others who are seeking meet you they shall know that you carry the secret for them, and that through you they shall find that which they seek. This is your mission. How it shall be carried out, you need not know. Think only of this constant abiding with Me. I shall then flow so completely through you that your life will be like the mighty ocean as it kisses its shore. The waves come and go, the tides rise and fall, yet the ocean does not pause to wonder -"Shall I touch this stretch of sand with my cleansing water or shall I roll in at another point?" It only obeys the divine law that is working through it. So shall you obey the law. You shall not of yourself plan or wonder. The way of service shall unfold for you in completeness. You shall go on and on, blessing those you come in contact with, following closely the pattern I have laid out for you. All the impulses of your heart shall be God-directed. You shall step forth singing praises to the One in whom you abide, that One who holds the universe in the greatness of His wisdom and love. Go forth now, live largely, gloriously, for I am the Absolute of your soul and direct your days for fulfilling My Purpose." 

Your mission, should you choose to feel It, is to become an open door, a transparency for Love to flow into the world freely.  We do this by smiling. relaxing , and swaying our way into the knowledge that truly,  only Love is here and that no doors, or 'bodies' are needed to access It.   Once we are being this Love, our way forward is clear, smooth, Joyous!  Our way is simple. Our way is Go(o)d.  

I Love you,
Nik 

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Even though the meditator may leave the meditation, the meditation will not leave the meditator."
-Dudjom Rinpoche

"Carry your meditation as the eternal present and saturate your everyday life with it. "
-N. Senzaki

“At the beginning of my spiritual practice in the monastery, I used the hours set aside for private prayer to simply think about God. I wanted God’s reality to imprint itself on my mind and emotions. I felt this was far more useful than any particular prayer practice or theological study. This method is short and sure. It allows me to exercise my knowledge and love for God, so that I am able to take my awareness of the Divine Presence with me, so that I never need to leave it.”

“For me, prayer is nothing more than a sense of God’s presence, an overwhelming awareness of Divine love. This awareness continues uninterrupted, both in prayer times and throughout the day. Why should we see any difference? God doesn’t go away because we are not praying. That is why I continue to walk constantly with God, giving God all my strength."
— Brother Lawrence: A Christian Zen Master by Brother Lawrence


Emphasize the exhaling breath. And you can use it for many changes in the mind. If you are suffering from constipation, forget intaking. Just exhale and do not inhale. Let the body do the work of inhaling; you just do the work of exhaling. You force the breath out and do not inhale. The body will inhale by itself; you need not worry about it, you are not going to die. The body will take breath in, you just throw it out and let the body take it in. Your constipation will go.
If you are suffering from heart disease, just exhale, do not inhale. Then you will not suffer from heart disease. If while just going upwards on a staircase, or anywhere, you feel tired – very much tired, suffocated, breathless – simply do this: just exhale, do not inhale. Then you can climb up any amount of steps and you will not be tired. What happens? When you go with an emphasis on exhaling, you are ready to let go, you are ready to die. You are not afraid of death; that makes you open. Otherwise you are closed – fear closes you.
-Osho. The Book of Secrets (p. 511). Osho International

"Silently intone a word ending in “ah.” Then in the “hh,” effortlessly, the spontaneity.  Emphasis should be given to the ending “ah.” Why? Because the moment this sound “ah” is intoned, your breath goes out. You may not have observed it, but now you can observe: whenever your breath goes out you are more silent, and whenever your breath comes in you are more tense."
-Osho. The Book of Secrets (pp. 508-509). Osho International

Today's Practice:
"God doesn't go away because we are not praying."  This means that just because we forget to feel Love, that doesn't mean It isn't (t)here.  When anger comes in the front door and is given our full attention, Love doesn't go out the back door.  It's still (t)here.   Do as Osho recommends and silently intone the 'ah' sound.  Inwardly say a word that ends with 'ah', like:

Issa (Jesus in Arabic), Yeshua (Jesus in Hebrew), Buddha, Rama, Krishna, Jah, Allah, or Jehovah

Coincidence, or nah?  Nah.  Nahhhhh.  :)  Pick a name of God and repeat it inside, focusing on the relaxation inducing, 'ahhhhh' at the end.  Recognize that God is easy to feel in the 'ah', but that It was there during the inhale, too... and between breaths, and before you took your first one.  God is, and you are That.  Stay aware of this constantly, today.  Uninterrupted awareness of the presence of God, today.  That's our Work.  And our Joy. 

I Love you, 
Nik
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“Once I asked Maharajji how it is possible for a man to remember God all the time. He told me the story of Narada (the celestial sage) and the butcher: Vishnu (one of the aspects of God) was always praising the butcher and Narada wondered why, since the butcher was always occupied and Narada spent twenty-four hours a day praising Vishnu. Vishnu gave Narada the task of carrying a bowl of oil, full to the brim, up to the top of a mountain, without spilling a drop. The task completed, Vishnu asked how many times Narada remembered Vishnu. Narada asked how that would be possible, since he had to concentrate on carrying the bowl and climbing the mountain. Vishnu sent Narada to the butcher and the butcher said that as he works he is always remembering God. Maharajji said then, “Whatever outer work you must do, do it; but train your mind in such a way that in your subconscious mind you remember God.”
- Ram Dass, Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba

"Everywhere  I look I see only Ram (God), and that's why I'm always honoring everything."
-Neem Karoli Baba

"There is nothing that can conceal God Consciousness. " 
-Swami Lakshmanjoo 

"Keep a check on how much of you and your activity is conscious or unconscious.  Self audit is self-transformation. " 
- Sadhguru

Today's Practice:
Set the only intention that matters-- to remember God in every moment no matter the task at hand. The task at hand is just an appearance... a challenge, inviting you to remember God as it gets done... as it unfolds.  Don't allow your belief in the world to conceal the reality of God.  The truth of your Self.  Keep attention on what matters.  Keep your attention on Love, until attention and Love are seen as ONE.  

I Love you,
Nikki
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What is within you?  A book? A  new invention? A business?  It can only come forth in proportion that you remember to feel the Love that is within you, first. 

"God, may I trust where my own path is meant to take me, knowing that I'll never get there by trying to be someone else." 
- @Dayal.Gauranga via IG

"By following your natural duty you can achieve perfection,  Hear from me how." 
-Bhagavad Gita 18.45

"It is better to do one's own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another's dharma, even though perfectly.  By doing one's innate duties, a person does not incur sin."
-Bhagavad Gita 18.47

(**my interpretation- by doing one's innate duties, a person does not forget God.) 

"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.  If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you." 
- Gospel of Thomas

Today's Practice:

Keep going within and sitting with the silence that follows the question, "what's my lane?" Don't try to answer the question.  Just listen to the silence that follows it.  The Love in the Silence will show you the way. It is the way. It IS your highest dharma and It reveals the service you are to provide the world.

I Love you, 
Nik 
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Today's Quotes: 

"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside you."
-Deepak Chopra 

(on seeming chaos) "...whatever happens to me  is quickly transformed into heavenly activity." 
- Herb Fitch 

You're so bright, you blind even yourself" 
- Unknown on IG 

Today's Practice:
Sway, only so you can stay conscious of the Stillness.  Chant a mantra, only so you can stay conscious AS the Silence.  This contrast makes it easy to recognize your Self. In any moment of perceived minor or major, inner or outer chaos today, stop, breathe, and hear these words:

This is temporary. Love will guide me through it. 
Love is carrying me through it.  
This felt-Love is helping me see through the illusion of it. 
It's not actually here. 
Only Love is. 

Smile and carry on.  The seeming solutions to the seeming problems are born in Silence... they come from the Stillness.  Keep witnessing the swaying,  Keep hearing the chanting.  Keep being the Love. 

I Love you, 
Nik 
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"Fill your lungs deeply with God so that you can breathe Christ into the world." 
-Caryll Houselander

"What can be a greater vision than this: to see the invisible God in a visible person?"
-Pachomius 

"Whether I be in the temple or the balcony, in the camp or in the flower garden, I tell you truly that every moment my Lord is taking His delight in me." 
-Kabir

"I walked around the temple, enjoying this ecstasy. When I noticed that the intensity came down a little bit, all I had to do was inhale deeply into my heart and it came back up. It was so great. I thought, How compassionate is the Lord! Not only does he give the ecstasy, but he gives the method for keeping it. Oh, how sweet life is! It went on like this for days." 
-Krishna Das, Chants of a Lifetime (p. 123). Hay House. Kindle Edition.

Bonus Quote:
"Caught in the storm, battered by waves
The ship of my life was blown off course
By the winds of selfishness . . . My breath rises within me,
the breath of the heart.
The sweet breath.
The sacred breath leads me in. Now the winds begin to die down
and the waters grow calm.
I have found a haven for my heart,
In the Harbor of the Name. "
— Krishna Das, Chants of a Lifetime (pp. 160-161). Hay House. Kindle Edition

Today's Practice:
Keep breathing your way into Love today using uneven breath counts (in for 5, out for 7), which silences the mind so you can feel Love for every breath... during every breath... AS every breath.  Conscious breathing is one way to feel Go(o)d, and wherever you're feeling this formless Love, you'll see and experience It in form.  

I Love you, 
Nik
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"Sometimes God challenges you
to find strength you don’t have.
Only like this will you go beyond
your imagined limits.
You must be pushed so far
that you are forced to be humble.
Only then, when your pride
and arrogance are crushed,
will you discover muscles that are not yours.
You will find and use the muscles of God.
When you completely abandon yourself, your ego,
this miracle becomes possible."
-Mooji

"Repeat this under your breath:
It is no longer ________ (your name) who lives, but Christ who lives in  _________ (your name) who is going to boldly face and conquer any kind of problems." 
-@ThePrayingFashionistas via IG 

Today's Practice:
Every time you become aware of a worry thought about tomorrow or next week, pause and pray.  

Pause by listening for Silence instead of to the worry thought.  Remember that you're not thinking that worry thought.  That thought isn't yours.  You're simply listening to it... and you can choose to believe it or not.  You can choose to claim it or not.  You can choose to listen to Silence instead! 

And you pray by recognizing and feeling Go(o)d in the Silence.  You pray by repeating (hearing or becoming aware of) the above mantra, the truth that it isn't you that must face these problems, but God in you.  You pray by remembering that God in you has no problems, knows no problems, sees no problems. You pray by reaching and feeling for even 2% of the Love that is fully present in and AS that moment and by watching your experience of the moment and the seeming moment itself, shift. 

The awareness to pause and pray is the miracle, and it manifests as such. 

I Love you, 
Nik 
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"When we know who we are, we're everybody and we're free." 
-Krishna Das

"Toss attachment for body aside, realizing I am everywhere. 
One who is everywhere is joyous."
-Osho, The Book of Secrets 

(On letting go of attachment)  "You will not ask “how.” If your house is on fire you will not ask anyone, you will not go seeking a master to ask how to come out of it. If the house is on fire you will simply get out of it. You will not lose a single moment. You will not search for the teacher, you will not consult the scriptures. And you will not try to choose in what ways one has to come out, what means have to be adopted, and which door is the right door. These things are irrelevant when the house is on fire. When you know what attachment is, the house is on fire. You can put it aside.  There is no need to ask how. It is absolutely a fire, a hell. You can jump out of it. 

This sutra says: 'Toss attachment for body aside, realizing I am everywhere.'  And the moment you toss aside the attachment, you will realize you are everywhere. Because of this attachment you feel you are limited by the body. It is not the body which is limiting you; it is your attachment to it. It is not the body which is making a barrier between you and the reality; it is your attachment to it. Once you know what the attachment is not there, there is no body to you. Rather, the whole existence becomes your body; your body becomes a part of the total existence. Then it is not separate."
-Osho. The Book of Secrets (p. 929). Osho International. Kindle Edition. 

Today's Practice:
Rock and sway between these two mantras today- 'I am nowhere'. 'I am everywhere'.  They're both true.  The moment you make the felt-connection with Love, you are beyond the body.  You are no longer attached to it.  You're free and that freedom feels like Joy.  You are everywhere, and nowhere.  You are everyone and no one.   You are the invisible,  formless, boundless Love appearing as the  countless visible forms.  And because you know This, because you ARE This, that body smiles.  Love is felt as its very being.  

I Love you, 
Nik 
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"It's normal to not always feel in alignment.  That's not the goal. The goal is to recognize the misalignment and take action to bring yourself back into harmony." - Shakira Maria via IG

Feel Your Body As Empty - A Meditation
"Suppose your passive form to be an empty room with walls of skin – empty. Suppose your passive form to be an empty room with walls of skin…but inside, everything empty. This is one of the most beautiful techniques. Just sit in a meditative posture, relaxed, alone, your backbone straight and the whole body relaxed – as if the whole body is hanging on the backbone. Then close your eyes. For a few moments go on feeling relaxed, more relaxed, becoming calmer and calmer and calmer. Do this for a few moments, just to be in tune. And then suddenly start feeling your body is just walls of skin and there is nothing inside, there is no one inside, the house is vacant. Sometimes you will feel thoughts passing, clouds of thoughts moving, but don’t think that they belong to you. You are not. Just think that they are roaming in a vacant sky – they don’t belong to anyone, they don’t have any roots. Really this is the case: thoughts are just like clouds moving in the sky. They don’t have any roots and they don’t belong to the sky, they simply roam in the sky. They come and they go and the sky remains untouched, uninfluenced. Feel that your body is just walls of skin and there is no one inside. Thoughts will still continue – because of old habit, old momentum, old cooperation, thoughts will go on coming. But just think that they are rootless clouds moving in space – they don’t belong to you, they don’t belong to anybody else. There is no one to whom they can belong – you are empty. It will be difficult, but because of the old habits, nothing else. Your mind would like to catch some thought, be identified with it, move with it, enjoy it, indulge in it. Resist! Just say there is no one to indulge, there is no one to fight, there is no one to do anything with this thought. Within a few days, a few weeks, thoughts will slow down, they will become less and less. The clouds will start disappearing, or, even if they come, there will be great gaps of cloudless sky when there will be no thought. One thought will pass. Then another will not come for a period. Then another will come and then there will again be an interval. In those intervals you will know for the first time what emptiness is. And the very glimpse of it will fill you with such deep bliss you cannot imagine. Really it is difficult to say anything about it, because whatsoever is said in language will refer to you, and you will not be there. If I say that you will be filled with happiness it will be nonsense. You will not be there, so how can I say you will be filled with happiness? Happiness will be there. Just within the four walls of your skin, happiness will be there, vibrating – but you will not be there."
-Osho. The Book of Secrets (pp. 1272-1273). Osho International. Kindle Edition. 

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik 
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"God's presence is so close; it is just as though somebody is playing hide-and-seek with you in a dark room. Though you do not see the person, you feel that he is there. That is how God is, just behind the darkness of your unseeing eyes." 
- Yogananda

"But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul." 
-Deuteronomy 4:29 

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress;  My God, in Him I will trust." 
- Psalms 91 

Today's Practice: 

1. In every new scene... kitchen, bathroom, office, hallway, etc.  STOP SUDDENLY. 
2. Close your eyes. 
3. Know by feeling, that Love is (t)here.  Allow It to rise up into your awareness . Breathe It in. 

Love is always fully present, fully found.  It's you that's hiding.  It's you that's distracted.  It's you that forgets.  When you think you're 'you', Love is lost.  When you remember that you are Love,  you're found in and as It.  Stay here.  Keep playing. Keep finding your Self in every moment.  

I Love you, 
Nik 

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“Don’t hold back your love, your joy, and your exuberance. Only what you give becomes your quality, not what you hold back.” - Sadhguru 

Give so much Love, today.  Check out this quick meditation from ACIM Lesson 108- 

"Today we practice with the special case of giving and receiving. We will use this simple lesson in the obvious because it has results we cannot miss. To give is to receive. Today we will attempt to offer peace to everyone, and see how quickly peace returns to us. Light is tranquility, and in that peace is vision given us, and we can see.

So we begin the practice periods with the instruction for today, and say:

To give and to receive are one in truth.
I will receive what I am giving now.

Then close your eyes, and for five minutes think of what you would hold out to everyone, to have it yours. You might, for instance, say:

To everyone I offer quietness.
To everyone I offer peace of mind.
To everyone I offer gentleness.

Say each one slowly and then pause a while, expecting to receive the gift you gave. And it will come to you in the amount in which you gave it. You will find you have exact return, for that is what you asked. It might be helpful, too, to think of one to whom to give your gifts. He represents the others, and through him you give to all.

Our very simple lesson for today will teach you much. Effect and cause will be far better understood from this time on, and we will make much faster progress now. Think of the exercises for today as quick advances in your learning, made still faster and more sure each time you say, “To give and to receive are one in truth.”  -  A Course in Miracles, Lesson 108 

I love you and I’m with you,
Nik 

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Hear and feel the Silence that is God's voice.  Only this Love can quiet your mind. 

"Peace to my mind.  Let all my thoughts be still. -  ACIM 221

"Father, I come to You today to seek the peace that You alone can give. I come in silence. In the quiet of my heart, the deep recesses of my mind, I wait and listen for Your Voice.   My Father, speak to me today.  I come to hear Your Voice in silence and in certainty and love, sure You will hear my call and answer me.

Now do we wait in quiet.  God is here, because we wait together. I am sure that He will speak to you, and you will hear.  Accept my confidence, for it is yours. Our minds are joined. We wait with one intent; to hear our Father’s answer to our call, to let our thoughts be still and find His peace, to hear Him speak to us of what we are, and to reveal Himself unto His Son."
- ACIM Lesson 221

"There is a silence into which the world can not intrude.  There is an ancient Peace you carry in your heart and have not lost." - ACIM 

I Love you, 
Nik
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"You are forgetting how far you've come." - Unknown via IG

"Our eyes, looking outside us, fail to see Him, 
If you really want to see Him, close your eyes." - Sufi Ayaz 

"And Love says, 'I will, I will take care of you,' to everything that is near." 
- Hafiz via Daniel Ladinsky in, The Gift 

"You cannot fight darkness. You have to light up, and the darkness will disappear."
-Sadhguru 

Today's Practice:

Grab your phone and scroll back to this day in your phone from last year.  Thumb through the pics, screen shots, and notes.  Thumb through the evidence of how far you've come.  And then, close your eyes and FEEL how far you've come.  Feel how accessible this Peace, this contentment, this Love is.  This Love is gratitude, It's the bridge that allows you to see the changes outside, that you first felt on the inside.  It's the bridge that reveals that the outside and the inside are actually one. There's only This.  Only Love is True, and It appears as the seeming cause and the effect.  It appears as your progress.  It appears as your world. 

I Love you, 
Nik 

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