Believing in "The" self..

You must
believe in something.

Our generation, teaches us that we must believe in something, outside of ourselves in order to be an achieving individual. An individual that is able to understand his or her self, an individual that is accomplished and self less.Although, believing in someone higher than ourselves is great. This mindset is created to take us believe that we are “better” or will be once we complete a list of actions. I was at a oncert recently, while being there it dawned on me that our outer expression of life through our talent is happens as a benefit to ourselves. As we are doing what we naturally love to do, we bless urselves as well as those around us. We feel fulfilled to be doing what we know we have been put on earth for. As I heard the singer sing, the audience was mesmerized, members of the audience even grabbed the singer’s attention.

The singer went on to hold some audience members hands, while smiling at others. As the singer began to sing, it made me think of how wonderful of a gift the singer expressed. I thought WOW! “This singer is singing from the depth of his being.” But what does that mean “being”? We use terms that we often look past or simply don’t fully understand. The terms often sound good as they are describing something we mean but what are we really saying. This means that the vocalist sang from a place of passion and of surrender. It was clear that the vocalist was in touch with greatness.

Greatness is nothing outside of you. Greatness however resides on the inside. Greatness expressed is the God like character expressing itself through you. Benjamin Disreali said best when he said, "Man is only, truly great when he acts from his passions." Being able to express greatness through one’s passions is a wonderful gift he gives to mankind. Living our best life, begins when we acknowledge the greatness within us. Acknowledging the “presence within” is the same as acknowledging the Christ within. The presence may manifest as a gift at times but it is ultimately the Ideal Man; the Real Self. We know this to be true because the holy scriptures
tell us to worship Him and Spirit and in Truth. We can only complete these two acts by way of the world within.

With love,
Herlay Maitre

The Essence of Life

Beauty cannot be described; It is an inner awakening of your truest self. Once you get a hold of it you can only bestow it upon others. Clinging on to an inner awakening and blessing others is the beautiful intention of life.

As human beings we desire to make this planet a better place whether through our own existence or by physically doing something to put change into place. We can only do this through a sound mind. A mind that even at its molecular level speaks of peace. Scripture states that God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.2 Timothy 1:7

This peace we speak of may give the illusion of impossibility for some especially when life gets to be overwhelming. However when life seems to be overwhelming we must take a moment to stop and enjoy the roses. As you stand in front of the rose and contemplate it you will develop a sense of appreciation for the beauty of it and find like you, the rose had to go through a renewal process as it once was a seed as we once were in the womb of our mother.

In life we all have a journey we need to go through. For each person it is a different journey.The elements that arise within the soul is the beauty of the journey. When this happens we participate in the experience of the journey and enjoy it fully. As you smell the rose, the rose itself fulfills its purpose as it reminds you of yours.

To truly live is the only way to live. Living a meaningful life means,much like the rose, you fulfill your purpose. Ask yourself what is your purpose? After doing so acknowledge that your life up until now has been about this very moment. Feel the love of God expressed through this moment.

With love,

Herlay Maitre

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Finding purpose

Finding purpose in all that you do. As woman there is so much that we have on our plates. The entire day can go by and your still moving with no break for yourself. Whether it is with children or with work, there is always a reason to why we are such busy bodies. As woman were always moving and never really have time for ourselves.
It is time to stop feeling guilty about not being able to complete the things that we were meaning to. Believe it or not the time we spend at the end of the other day, thinking about the things we didn’t get done is time that we can be spending meditating and praying.

I recently found in my own life that although I’m currently unemployed the day would fly by and as it did I still did not find the time to work on my personal mission. It’s interesting how time itself can take you for a loop. Since I made notice and stopped blaming myself for my lack of focus and commitment. Blaming yourself for something in the past only brings about more challenge, not change. Blaming yourself does not promote productivity but the lack there of.

As women there are so many responsibilities that we keep placing on ourselves, that keep us from giving time to our personal walk with truth. We place responsibilities on ourselves and we do not ask for help out fear that if we do we will be seen as a woman that can’t handle her business. There are many people around us that would love to lend a hand. How many times have complained whether aloud or in our mind about our significant other not helping?

But in reality we never even asked for help. It is amusing the pressure we place on ourselves when we assume. Assumption is an enemy of the mind. Ultimately, the people in our lives are there to help us along our path of truth and asking for help can help contribute to their walk as well. Your asking for help can serve as a gift toward someone else’s soul. It therefore okay to ask for help.

Finding purpose in all that you do is what is important. If we choose to find purpose in the small things in life such as care taking or cleaning, everything we do essentially becomes an act of worship. The meaning to life does not come when it is forced but through the energy of ease. What we do with ease creates a field for every day improvement. Socrates said it best when he said "Beware of the barrenness of a busy life." Living with purpose is living triumphantly. We must live triumphantly in our everyday moments; it is in this triumph we live on purpose.

In Him we live,

Herlay Maitre

You Inspire Me

You inspire me to be better
To be the best me
To be marvelous, to feel loved and free
You inspire me to inspire others in your light
You inspire me to realize the gifts that I have in having you as my all in all
You inspire me to find truth every difficulty

You inspire me

You inspire me to be who I am meant to be
Who I am is inspired by the spirit of who you are

You inspire me

Thank you universe

Thank you universe for sending people my way
Thank you universe for allowing me to see even when it is perceived I cannot

Thank you

Thank you for your continued hope in times of hopelessness
Thank you for your peace

Thank you

Thank you universe for your protection when I am afraid
Thank you universe for your embrace when I am in need
Thank you

The Treasure Chest

Why treasure life
Why treasure destiny
Why treasure love
To treasure life is to fully participate in life
To treasure destiny is understand the prosperity of

living here right now
To treasure love is to let the flow of love

consume the heart

Why treasure peace
Why treasure talents
Why treasure people
Peace is found in the depth of all that is
Within a talent are the elements of a robust freedom
A world without humans would add no value to the earth

Why treasure hope
Why treasure forgiveness
Why treasure the creator
Hope sketches the lasting impressions of love on the heart
Forgiveness soothes the bones and awakens the vessels of the soul
The creator is the originator of all of life, honoring the originator is becoming one with the substance that is within all

The truth is

The truth is you are who are

The truth is you are ONE with the Divine Source
The truth is you are precious and every way
The truth there is no one else on this planet like you
The truth is your mother and father are not the direct means to which you came into existence
The truth is you are perfectly created in the ether and made a choice of who your parents would be.

The truth is you are who are

The truth is you are an excellent unfoldment of the Divine manifesting on this planet earth here and now.
The truth, I tell you; is you are the most delicate being that ever existed
The truth is the planet we call earth is blessed to have you here!

Be Divine

The divine is awaiting to unfold
The divine is awaiting that you uphold his teachings
The divine is awaiting your presence here and now
The divine awaits to have and to hold the fullness of himself in “You”
The divine is you, wrapped up in this physical body, just awaiting…
Awaiting full awareness from yourself to acknowledge his presence
in and around you. Your true essence within is wonderfully crafted.
Crafted with splendor and majesty that is awaiting the adornment of
Itself. The adornment spoken of is not of material well-being; this adornment
is the awakening of the supreme life within you. Therefore, Be You!
Be divine, Be the physical manifestation of life, love, laughter and beauty;
that happens here on this planet we call earth.

To love...

What does it take to love?

What does it take to live?

What does it take to forgive?

Well these questions cannot be answered by the human mind or the intellect.

The questions could only be answered by what the depth of the soul knows to be true.

Therefore to really love is to be in the present moment; while enjoying the warmth of the sun the coolness of the moon and the stars in the sky.

To live truly is to move from one smile to the next and from one tear into a joyous occasion.

To forgive is to die of ego and to embrace the ideal man, who always loves, always living and always moving forward in depth of his souls practice.

What does it take to love?

It takes character,

It takes courage,

It takes Christ.

Live to Transform

Live to transform
Live to move
Move to create
Create to believe
Believing is the key to living;
Live to believe in one’s dream
What’s the point of a dream without
a belief. Belief feeds a dream.
A dream never dies when in the presence
of belief and love. Love is the powerful element
that lies within the dream and creates the manifestation
of a dream we see before our eyes.
Allowing an inspired dream to come into a mind
is the allowance of life birthing into this world.
Therefore, live to transform, dream to believe
and create to manifest.

Why Say "I do"...

One might start to ponder about the act of saying, "I do".
The figures that usually come to mind when thinking of the words "I do", are a husband and a wife, standing before a church confessing their individual plans to love one another.

At the beginning or ending of their plans they most often say, "I do" a means of signing off to the love they have confessed to one another.

Does anyone ever ask what "I do"actually means in relation to other relationships.
Lets take for example a relationship with Christ or the relationship you are keeping with yourself.


May I ask, how you are treasuring those relationships and have you actually kept the idea behind the "I do"?

Did you in fact know that the relationship with self and christ are the same. One can not be separated from another. "What is she saying," you ask?

What I'm saying is that the divine within "You" is Christ. The divine is therefore who "You" are. It may sound as if there are two individual You's, but their isn't.


You ever notice that when you are upset or angry you say something like " I don't know what has gotten into me, I just became another person." This other person you are speaking of is your false personality. The divine You, is actually the person that smiles at the circumstances or challenges of life and considers them menial. You might have said well, "there was another individual present in this sentence. The individual that came out when upset. " If you asked this question, then you are on the path of realizing TRUTH, for what it really is.


This other person presented here is actually what I'm choosing to call the false self, or the ego. I'm choosing to call this the false self because it only comes out at during certain situations. The fact that its appearence is timely means that it is not real. The essence of the real "You", is who you are; it therefore does not need circumstance or situation to appear. It just who "You" are.


You ever notice a mother get so angry at her children and then turn around in the same instance and smile and while saying, "I don't know what I would do without them". This mother in this moment is displaying the divine presence, that she is. The question is finding out what creates those instances that cause the divine "You" to come forth and how to allow those instances to become our present reality.


A wonderful way to manifest or see this divine "You" is by first acknowledging that the divine "You" exists. Think about it if you don't believe something exists how could that thing appear real to you.


Another wonderful concept that can be applied to seeing the divine "You" in manifestation is to simply get to know the divine "You". Logically, how can you identify with something you know nothing about.


Lastly, another wonderful tool to actualizing the divine "You" is to create avenues that enable the Christ personality or consciousness to come forth. For example, if there is someone that you have not forgiven or feel as if you can not forgive. The suggestion would be to create an atmosphere of forgiveness where you literally practice forgiving this person. To create this atmosphere you would:


would bring this person to your mind and allow the heart of forgiveness to pour into this atmosphere you have created, by consciously choosing to say or think words like " I love you (name of person)," " I see who you really are (name of person), I see the Christ in you arising (name of person)." " (name of person) I love the Christ in you, for it is my reality of you." " ( name of person), I now cause for every illusive strong hold in your life to be broken."


note: At the end of each of these affirmations, make sure to thank God and believe you have caused great influence on this planet because you have began with yourself.


You are what love is truly made of. The Christ personality or consciousness that you are is in fact is love. Love can not be anything else but what it is: Love. Therefore, if at any point in time you forget who "You" are in a time of illusive ciaos; remember one thing "You can only be who "You" really are, LOVE.


Saying, "I do" simply means that you are committed to the release of the "YOU", that has been itching to appear permanently for so long.
I now ask you the question you've been waiting for, will you say " I do" to your true identity today?


Peace and Blessings,

Herlay

It starts with feeling

Your feelings control

your beginings, endings and

whats happening.

It all starts with feeling

think about what your thinking-

what your thinking is a projection of

your feelings.

It all starts with what your feeling.

The all is what is present

for you at this moment-

in this space, in this time.

It all starts with a feeling-

feelings leads to thoughts-

thoughts lead to words-

words lead to the result of the feeling-

in fluition.

The word feeling begins with feel.

What you believe-

is what you feel-

is what you trust-

is what you know-

To know your feelings

is to change your life.

Feelings can change

feelings can be re-determined.

Be the alchemist and transform your

thoughts-to transforms your life.

It all starts with a feeling.

`Peace be with you,

Herlay

I dare you

I dare you to dance as if no one is watching.
I dare you
I dare you to dream when all else fails.
I dare you
to look at possibility when there seems to be another opposing force.
I dare you
to look in the eye of the dragon and say " Iam not afraid".
I dare you
to SEE when it said to be impossible because you are blind.
I dare you
to walk away from the crutch of time, to welcome a watch that says the time is "now".
I dare you
to begin to believe in the power of today!
I dare you
to say that I am god, and within me there is no lack.
I dare you.

The real reason to live

I want to live,
I want to live to make others live
I want to live,
to see the growth of many

I want to live for a cause
and die for a truth
I desire to live to see truth arise in others

I want to live to cause truth to arise
and hate to fall, I desire with every muscle
of my being to live, to live out truth
to be truth, and to walk truth

I have discovered there is not a direct cause to living
if another does not live with you, one is a mirror for another
to live in the absence of love is to not live at all

I want to live, my soul purpose on this earth is to live
to cause and effect change onto others that they may live

Millions of people are existing on this earth, but not to many are living. We must choose consciously to live for a greater purpose, not after education has been completed but with the moment called present.

I want to live.

Note: To The Broken Hearted

You who are Broken hearted
take heart, share a smile

You that feels pain,
take heart, give love

You that feels distress
take heart, focus on the within

You that is caught in the war
take heart, realize the answer is within

You that reside in fear
take heart, begin to live and watch fear disappear

You that say there is no hope
take heart, hope begins within a simple dream

You that live but do not exist
take heart, and see that the life force in you eagerly awaits to express its gift

When things seem

When things seem dark look up!
Look up to the mind of God,
where light illuminates and lives.

When things seem rough!
Look around at the soft and still earth,
and breathe in.

When things seem out of control!
look at the which is all surrounding,
all inclusive and all powerful, around you.

When things seem hard!
look within and ask,
whether or not this situation will cause destruction to this world?

When things seem absolutely unchangeable!
turn on the faucet to feel the cool water turn warm.

When things seem impossible!
turn and focus on your attention on your inner man,
and witness the miracle of creation and reformation
happening within you.

Seeing the best...

Seeing the best in your self is
Only seeing the good qualities which some might say are:
Difficult ,
Impossible,
Not worth seeing or
Incomprehensible.

But I say seeing the best in yourself is to recognize:
Truth,
Vitality,
Creation,
Fullness, and
Love.

Seeing the best in yourself
Is not recognizing what is to be worked on; while placing negative pressure onto yourself to achieve a:
Career,
Great body,
Status,
Or establish a calling.

But to come to a knowing place of:
IAM Beautiful and complete .
IAM The creator of my life.
IAM a blessing to many.
IAM causing positive change.

Seeing the best in yourself
Is never to believe in terms of falsity like:
Failure,
Death,
Lack, and
Sickness .

Seeing the best in your self
Is to know who you truly are, this is to see and believe reality such as:
You are a master at everything,
That you have existed previously and remain,
You are untouchable by death and that you,
seek and know only GOOD.

Remember tomorrow

Remember tomorrow but hear the voice of today, for Tomorrow is the latent of today

Remember tomorrow with the mind of a creator
To see the little that is created is a miracle

Remember tomorrow with the hand of hope
That the maim man will see his perfect image

Remember tomorrow in joy of the present
For the presence of life has appeared and remains

Remember tomorrow and do not strain to repeat yesterday
For the shadow of yesterday is within the elements of today

Remember tomorrow with the intention to learn
To learn is perhaps the greatest gift given to man

Remember tomorrow with the eye of love
For in love, is the secret of life

Remember tomorrow not with regret or fear
Life begins at the moment of love

Remember tomorrow and do not forget the memory of today

To remember is to pay homage to the universe for its daily bread

You are the key

You are the key
You are the melody
You are all that is

You are the key
You are the truth
You are the blessing

You are the key
You are the road
You are the path

You are the key
You are the creator
You are the decider

You are the key
You are the one
You are the way

You are the key
You are the vessel
You are the answer

You are the key
You are the life brighter
You are the binder

You are the key
You are the example
You are source

If I were young again…..

If I were young again,
I would run through the breeze.

If I were again,
I would present myself fearless to the wolves.
If I were young again,
I would roam the streets and say hello to everyone.

If I were young again
I would travel throughout and embrace the sickly.
If I were young again
I would throw myself onto the grass and kiss the field.

If I were young,
I would smile at the slightest sound of a human voice.
If I were young again I would embrace the present moment and dream for the next.
Only if I were young again, I would believe in the impossible and fall in love with possibility.

If I were young again…..

If I were young again,
I would hold the responsibility to only awake and dream.
I would choose to laugh at mistakes.

To be young again is what we all desire,
However, it is often hidden once grown up.

To release youth is an unforgettable experience.

If only I were young again, some might say.
To be young again is a mentally not a phase.
So go ahead embrace the youthful spirit in you!

It will never cease to jump, if it is not released.

Go ahead be young.