4 Fabulous Antidotes to These Times

Article Highlights:

• Something VERY serendipitous today!
• Pleasure & Fullness
• Luxury & Happiness

Something very unusual happened today.  Something so against the odds that I’m still boggled by it.  

Most of you know I have a set of writings I’ve done for clients for personal sessions over the years.  At one point, I cut and pasted about 60 of them on individual numbered index cards.  

I decided to draw one for us today in answer to, “What’s the antidote for the difficulties of these times?”  I was wondering about the best way to bring hope and balance to the fear and concerns that beset us now.  

When I started to shuffle the “deck,” a funny eruption of cards somehow happened.  I fumbled and they exploded across the floor.  All of them were face down except four.  

I noted what those 4 were but I was looking for just one so I decided to draw again.  I placed the 4 in different parts of the deck and shuffled all well. Once more I lost my grasp and when trying to grab them, 4 cards fell out.  

You guessed it: they were the same 4 cards.  What are the chances? The odds are soOoo against that happening.  I realized that together they must be the message.  And reading them, it was clear each is related to the others in a unique way – that’s also very unlikely for a random event, isn’t it?

So we have a 4-part antidote to staying balanced in discouraging times. Reading them together, I’m struck by the simple goodness and ease they remind us is possible.  Together they provide a true antidote to fears and concerns rising on a daily basis.  The way through is more simple than it might seem.  

Because there were 4 cards, this is a bit longer blog. Perhaps scan for the one that speaks most to you right now.   Or copy and print this out.  Read it over the next  few days with your morning coffee.  

Today, I printed and read them w my afternoon tea.  I’ve been feeling less robust mentally and emotionally since my illness, listless, having trouble finding the joy in life again after being down so long.  My state of mind was a little down. 

Reading these 4 antidotes together, I suddenly self-corrected.  The wobble balanced, the furrow left my brow – things seemed uncomplicated again.  My frequency raised.  It was such a relief!  Perhaps this compilation will do the same for you.

They’re each rather delightful so this can’t really be called homework in any way, gladly.  You might feel they’re rather like having four “free-pass” cards when you see what each suggests.

Know that they seemed the perfect wisdom for my own life, so I’m right there with you enjoying the guidance from Spirit for us today.  Together, they give us permission to focus on these far more satisfying and fun things. What a relief to know these are where to focus! 

With loving pleasure and fun,

💜 💃  Mayet MaHulili Leilani

Emotional Pleasure

It’s time to restore yourself through the application of Personal Pleasure. This will be fun and delightful indeed!  It’s time to allow and nurture personal pleasure that’s revitalizing and energizing.  Let yourself enjoy things that give you emotional pleasure, perhaps even just spending time with your grandchildren, or watching uplifting movies for instance.  Indulge more in time with friends who love and support you, and make new friends who share your interests.  Discover what delights you emotionally – what nourishes and heals you.  Give yourself the gift of Emotional Pleasure throughout your day.   

After challenges or disappointments, it’s especially important to experience emotional pleasure.  Emotional renewal is one of the rewards of releasing disappointment, so release with abandon!  At this time your emotional nature needs regenerating; give way to feelings of pleasure and emotional satisfaction and you will reach new levels of emotional resilience and mastery.  Make play of experiencing emotional pleasure and of giving emotional pleasure to others too.  

Give yourself permission to cultivate many moments of simple personal pleasure.  This might be time in your garden, or a quiet cup of tea.  What gives you feelings of emotional pleasure?  Make a list.  Does music lift you emotionally?  Dance?  Just put on one song and take a moment right now to sway and dance.  Or perhaps you might treat yourself to a self-review of your accomplishments and then share this with a friend.  

It is often pleasurable to give pleasure to others, so find enjoyable ways to do this.  You might enjoy sharing your creativity with others in a way that gifts both them and you.

At times when you’re dissatisfied or disappointed, when your’e tired or discouraged or stressed, choose from your list.  As an example, perhaps carry collected crystals in your pocket and give them to people when you feel dissatisfied or disappointed.  If giving spontaneously gives you pleasure.

Creativity is often one of the most satisfying areas to achieve emotional pleasure.  Undertake a creative project that is emotionally satisfying to you – perhaps one you’ve denied yourself until now. Use your creativity and passion to bring pleasure to yourself and others.  Focusing on what brings you emotional satisfaction and pleasure is one of the best ways to ignite your creativity and passion – and visa versa. 

It’s time to feel emotional pleasure, and to reap the healing and vitality this brings.  Make sure to enjoy your emotional self more and build more pleasure into every day!

Emotional Fullness

When emotional satisfaction comes from deep within there’s a feeling of fullness and satisfaction. This is a little different than Emotional Pleasure.  When there’s a feeling of emotional fullness, the mind feels deeper contentment and peacefulness.

Emotional fullness is often assigned to the area of romantic relationship.  Then, when one’s relationship is not satisfying, there’s a feeling of emotional emptiness and unhappiness.  The aim of this section is to remind you that Emotional Fullness is not dependent on romantic relationship, or primary relationship.  It comes from deep feelings of satisfaction and can be achieved in other areas of focus than relationship.  

In fact, Emotional Fullness cannot come from others.  It comes from satisfying yourself in ways that are vital to your authentic emotional nature.  Following your passion and creativity is one of the best means of achieving lasting emotional satisfaction.  Tending to your own emotional needs is the other key.  

Go ahead and put yourself front and center, seek support where needed, and start to play with purpose, passion and creativity! 

Doing this, you begin to feel an inner fulfillment that results in feelings of deep emotional contentment – fullness.  This then radiates outward into your life as Emotional Fullness and gives you vitality and energy you may have feared was a thing of the past. You will begin to surprise yourself once again.

It’s time to remember you are not dependent on others for your Emotional Fullness.  You are not dependent on anything outside of you, such as feedback, food, or companionship – or the world situation.  Tending your own emotional garden is the most empowering way to achieve Emotional Fullness.  Using your creativity and following your passion are the best tools of the emotional gardener.  

You may need to turn a deaf ear to your inner critic, or your outer critics (those people whom you’ve assigned to be the outer voice of your inner critic) and simply get on with creating the Emotional Fullness you are here to have.  If this is a difficult issue for you, seek counsel and assistance of a kind that gets you moving creatively, that focuses your attention and takes you into creative action.

Luxurious Fulfillment

Here is the aspect of emotional fulfillment. This is a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment that radiates from balanced contentment within. Recognize that you carry this within, that it is gifted there.  Then connect with that throughout the day – even briefly –  for a sense of inner security and comfort that leads to a feeling of emotional luxury and fulfillment as it radiates outward.  

In fact with this sense of emotional fulfillment you could say that your inner world and the outer world are equally content. There is not the feeling of inner satisfaction with outer lack, nor is there the sense of outer luxury with internal emptiness.

This is not a superficial or intangible satisfaction. It is clearly and emotionally felt and has a radiance and warmth that creates a feeling of “glow”. There is a sense of well-being, feeling happy, emotionally secure and comfortable. With deep emotional fulfillment you have a heightened appreciation of the exquisite, and a love of beauty. And there’s the sense that things are running smoothly and working out well.  This fulfillment is in your life, within your daily reach, dearest, it is within you and your Source.  

Drink from this inner wellspring of contentment in brief quiet moments throughout your day.  You will see how quickly you become full and satisfied.  This creates a highly attractive state and draws others to you. You seem to know how to entertain them, make them feel the center of attention.  

You also instinctively accept the goodness they bring you.  Your well-being and your “glow” overflow from the luxury of your own fulfillment bringing warmth and happiness, comfort and a sense of security to others. Welcome to the fun of being a gift and receiving a gift, beloved one.

Happiness

There is a very special gift you were born with, Master, the gift of happiness.  You may not be aware of this, but we tell you it is so.  We would even say that your middle name could be Happiness.  

You posses a deep and infectious happiness that is expansive.  It has fluidity and fullness, it’s fulfilling internally and externally. It’s happiness of body, mind and spirit both internally and externally.  With this happiness there is opportunity, growth and luck. There is fluidity and fullness in it.  It is expansive and abundant. 

You are able to experience emotional expansion, to integrate and balance feelings in deep and expansive ways for your own emotional happiness and well-being.  We do not speak of joy, but neither do we speak of an abstract or surface happiness.  We speak of a happiness that is expressing outwardly in your life.  It bubbles effortlessly forth from it’s headwaters, yet is a concrete happiness.  You can give the reasons you are happy and you are able to acknowledge the people and interests that make you happy.

Your gift of happiness has not yet been allowed to bubble over, to overflow your life and relationships, to affect others and yourself with it’s infectious energy.  Let it out!  Let it rip!  There is no other shoe about to drop that gives reason to hold back any longer.  Let your gift for happiness have free reign.

You possess a most desirable ability to go into your own emotional depths to integrate and harmonize your feelings. This gives you a rare gift of emotional balance and stability.  It is there in you, we promise.  Act on it and you will see.  

It is a blessing to you and to those whom you touch.  It is a healing gift as well.  It is a road to health.  Realize that simply sharing your happiness is an important part of your life work and your service to others.  Relax and take satisfaction in this, it really is that simple. 

Wake each day and say to yourself – understanding how true it really is – “I feel like the luckiest girl alive!”