Cultivating Financial Abundance with TRCB

Welcome back to Tong Ren Chakra Balancing Tuesday where for the rest of the summer I will be sharing a Tong Ren Chakra Balancing video as well as the 7 main affirmations used in the video.

Watching the video will assist in releasing blockages and helping you to step into your full potential on every level.

For today we are focusing on releasing blockages to financial abundance so that we can step into our full potential financially.

For best results watch the video daily and work with the following 7chakra balancing affirmations:

Seven Chakra Balancing Affirmations:

Crown Chakra: I trust that life is working with me to manifest what I need.

Third eye: I am wise in relationship to money. I spend, save and invest wisely.

Throat: I am confident.

Heart: I am loving and generous with my money.

Solar Plexus: I am deeply appreciative of all that I have.

Identity chakra: I am balanced. I give and I receive with ease.

Base chakra: I am disciplined. I attend to my mind, body, and spirit.

And there you have it, seven chakra balancing affirmations to help you heal your relationship to money!

Use these affirmations whenever deeper balanced is desired and allow them to assist you in manifesting greater financial abundance in your life. Work with them everyday for the next 30 days and be aware of how they impact you and how they affect your manifest in the world.

TRCB Tuesday Video – Opening to the Light.

Welcome to Tong Ren Chakra Balancing (TRCB) Tuesday. This week we will be focusing on opening to the light. Watch this video anytime greater connection to your inner spirit is desired or anytime you would like to connect to a force of life greater than yourself. Allow the tapping and the affirmations to align your chakras and assist you in bringing your best self forward.

This weeks affirmations are as follows:

Crown: I am open to the light.

Third eye: I am open and my clarity will protect me.

Throat: I am a radiant being of light.

Heart: I am a radiant being of light and love.

Solar Plexus: I accept myself completely.

Identity: I know who I am and I know why I am here.

Base: I am disciplined. I attend to my mind, body and spirit every day.

Again, work with these affirmations frequently through out the week and watch the video whenever greater balance is desired.

Now its your turn!

Let us know how this video impacted you? Feel free to leave comments in the space below. We love to hear from you!

TRCB Tuesday – Cultivating Confidence

Welcome!

This is our first TRCB Tuesday. During each TRCB Tuesday episode we will focus on one spiritual principle or condition that we would like to treat. Today we are focusing on cultivating greater confidence.

Here are the TRCB affirmations that we used today for cultivating greater confidence:

Crown:

I let go and I trust that spirit is working with me to manifest what I need.

Third Eye:

I am filled with certainty. I am certain that I will be successful. I am certain that spirit is working with me to manifest what I need. I am filled with certainty.

Throat:

I am filled with confidence. I am confident in myself and I am confident that spirit is working with me to manifest what I need. I am filled with confidence. I am confident. I am powerful. I am strong. I am filled with confidence.

Heart:

I am filled with compassion. I am filled with compassion for all of humanity. We are all in this together. I am filled with compassion.

Solar Plexus:

I am filled with appreciation. My appreciation acts as a magnet bringing even more to appreciate into my life. I am filled with appreciation.

Identity:

I know who I am. I know who I am and I need no validation. I know who I am and spirit knows who I am. I know who I am and I know what to do. I know who I am.

Base:

I am disciplined. I attend to my mind, my body, my emotions, and my spirit everyday.

Work with these affirmations this week and practice stepping into greater confidence. There is a place of great confidence that lies within you, seek to connect with this place within more and more. Cultivate a deeper confidence in yourself and cultivate a deeper confidence that their is a spiritual force of life working with you to manifest what you need. As you step into greater confidence you will develop greater clarity about how best to proceed. As you step into greater confidence you will attract powerful beings of light to your side.

Let this be your practice for the week. Affirm frequently: I am filled with confidence. Embody confidence. Radiate confidence. Step into your confidence. Tap with your Tong Ren hammer on your Tong Ren doll to energetically release any blockages to your innate confidence. Let us know how this goes for you in the comments below.

 

I let go.

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I’m thinking about letting go of attachments today and freedom. Thought I’d share a little something I wrote that speaks to this. I hope that it assists all of us in letting go of whatever it is that we need to release today.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go of my fears.
I let go of my limited attitudes.
I let go of the thoughts that say I can’t.
I let go of the past.
I let go of regret.
I let go of guilt.
I let go of fear.
I let go of anger.

I let go of anything that is holding me back.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go of old cloths.
I let go of worn out relationships.
I let go of all that no longer serves me.
I let go of an old chapter.
I let go of the person I once was.
I let go of who I think I am supposed to be.
I let go of the well-meaning opinions of others.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go and I step into possibility.
I let go and I step into potential.
I let go and I step into greatness.
I let go and I step into humility.
I let go and I step into a new chapter.
I let go and step into the person that I am meant to be.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go and I step into joy.
I let go and I step into compassion.
I let go and I step into love.
I let go and I step into contribution.
I let go and I step into excellence.
I let go and step into confidence.
I let go and step into power.
I let go and I step into strength.
I let go and I step into creativity.
I let go and I step into my wholeness.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go of all that no longer serves me.
I let go and I allow others to let go as well.
I let go and I allow those that are meant to be in my life to come.
I let go and I allow those who are meant to go to go.
I let go and I am free.
I let go and you are free.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go and step into my true self.

I let go.
I let go.
I let go.

I let go and I am free.
I let go and I am free.
I let go and I am free.

Hayley Mermelstein
c. 2014

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I serve the oneness.

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When feeling guilty stop and pause and then devote yourself to serving the oneness. You are not here to serve the individual you are here to serve the oneness. Others may think they know what you owe them or should give to them but they are often times seeing through their own lense of confusion. Many are confused about appropriate giving and receiving. And so step back and devote yourself to serving the oneness. When you serve the oneness you do what is best for all concerned. Sometimes what is best for all concerned is that you take a day for yourself. Sometimes what is best for all concerned is that you say yes and sometimes what is best for all concerned is that you say no. Be okay with disappointing others. Perhaps because you are disappointing them they will be freed up to find their good elsewhere. Remember rejection is the universe telling you that you are going in the wrong direction. When you reject others you are letting them know that they too are going in the wrong direction. Do not feel guilty or badly about this. This is necessary, and is in fact the loving thing to do. Devote yourself daily to doing what is best for all concerned even if it is not what is wanted by those around you. Do not allow others to push you into relationships that are not right for you at this time. Be strong. Be sensitive. Be gentle. Be kind. But say no when you need to say no.

Devote yourself to serving the oneness and you will know what is yours to do and what isn’t. Devote yourself to serving the oneness and you will offer your full contribution and do that which you came here to do. Protect your time. Protect your energy. Listen deeply and you will be guided. Feel guilty no more. Go forward with confidence and trust and faith. Live a guided life and seek to please the guides who are watching over you rather than the individuals in your life. Sometimes what is attuned will be pleasing to others and sometimes it will not. Train yourself to be okay with this. Your issue is that you lack confidence to know if your decisions are wise or not.

All you can do is devote yourself to serving the oneness and see what actions bubble out from that place. As you live your life you will come to know which decisions are in alignment with the oneness and which are not. Give yourself permission to make mistakes while you aspire to doing the best that you are able. Over time this discernment will become easier. For now: affirm that you are devoted to serving the oneness and do the best you can knowing that your skill in reading the energy will improve and get stronger over time. Be committed to serving the oneness and steadfast in your desire to listen deeply so that you can do that which you came here to do. In the end you will regret if you give your energy to projects, people and situations that are not meant for you at this time and so listen deeply and walk your own path with grace, courage and convinction while staying open to learning as you go.

Affirm frequently:

I serve the oneness.
I serve the oneness.
I serve the oneness.

I am open

I am open.

I am open.
I am open to the light.
I am open to love.
I am open to abundance.
I am open to new opportunities.
I am open to new people.
I am open to new experiences.
I am open to expansion.
I am open to a full and expansive life.
I am open to positivity.
I am open.

I am open.
I am open to divine love.
I am open to divine guidance.
I am open to divine intervention.
I am open to divine assistance.
I am open to divine solutions.
I am open to divine favor.
I am open to divine blessings..
I am open to the divine plan unfolding perfectly.
I am open.

I am open.
I am open to the wonders of the universe.
I am open to newness.
I am open to a new perspective.
I am open to seeing things differently.
I am open to wisdom.
I am open to wise counsel.
I am open to magic.
I am open to mystery.
I am open to adventure.
I am open to travel.
I am open to beauty.
I am open to nature.
I am open to new experiences.
I am open.

I am open.
I am open and expanded.
I am open and free.
I am open to a wonderful life.
I am open to miracles.
I am open to blessings.
I am open to divine surprises.
I am open to divine favor.
I am open to abundance from expected sources.
I am open to abundance from unexpected sources.
I am open.
I am open.
I am open.

~Hayley Mermelstein
c. 2014

Learning to forgive

Below is an excerpt from a guided meditation I am working on on forgiveness.  Sometimes it is best to forgive from afar. Sometimes it is best to forgive up close.  Allow the heart to forgive and wisdom to guide you in appropriate relating.

“We must all learn to forgive. There is no one on the earth who hasn’t felt hurt, betrayed, and disappointed at times. It is up to each one of us to decide how we will respond to the various hurts and disappointments that we will encounter. Will we respond with anger? Will we respond with an eye for an eye? Or will we learn to respond with love, with light, with compassion, and with understanding. The choice is ours. One choice keeps us locked in a world of competition, of anger, and a world where there is no peace. The other choice, the choice of forgiveness offers another way. It brings us into a world of peace, of compassion, of love, of forgiveness, and of healing.

What is the world you wish to live in?

Begin the practice today of offering forgiveness both to yourself and to others. Forgive so that you can feel peace. Forgive so that you can feel expansion. Forgive so that you can feel love and light. And forgive so that you can step into an elevated awareness and can be a force of good in the world. Forgive so that you can be an agent for peace on the planet. There is a cloud of anger and unrest that fills your world. Forgive so that you can begin the process of dispelling that cloud and bring peace to the earth. Let this process begin with you. It is easy to wait and want others to go first. Especially if you feel that you were wronged. Be willing to take the high road. Be willing to forgive first. Be willing to lead the way. The world needs spiritual leaders. To be a leader in this way you must be willing to lead in love and light and compassion and understanding. You must be willing to go first and you must be willing to hold these spiritual principles even if you hold them alone. And so do this for yourself and do this for your world. Practice forgiveness daily. Let this be a process for the act of forgiving often takes time and repetition.

And so forgive daily and step into an elevated awareness. Step into an elevated point of view. Step into your radiance. Step into your light. Step into your love. Step into your compassion. Step into the person that you were meant to be. Step into the highest version of yourself. Step into the life that you were meant to lead.

At your core you are a radiant being of light and love and compassion and understanding. Step into this elevated version of yourself and be a true force for good on the planet. This role is a big responsibility and takes vigilance and discipline of the mind and body. Begin your endeavor today.

See yourself as a being of light and affirm:

I am a radiant being of light.
I am a radiant being of love.
I am a radiant being of understanding.
I am a radiant being of compassion.

I radiate light.
I radiate love.
I radiate compassion.
I radiate understanding.

This is my daily practice and this is my daily discipline.

I offer light.
I offer love.
I offer compassion.
I offer understanding.

Sometimes I offer this from afar and sometimes I offer this up close.

I am a healing force in the world and all who come into my presence are healed.

I am a radiant being of light.
I am a radiant being of light.
I am a radiant being of light.

~Hayley Mermelstein

c.2014

“The quieter you become, the more you hear.” Rumi

Learning to quiet the mind is a valuable tool that opens you up to guidance from a higher source. Learning to quiet the mind allows you to hear the whispers of your own inner spirit as well as the whispers of spirit all about you. I had a client call me on the phone this week for a phone session. This client was in the process of making an important work related decision. When she called me on the phone, I thought to myself, that I really didn’t want the responsibility of influencing such a big decision so I decided I would practice deep listening with this person and hope that the very act of “listening deeply” would help this person come to their own conclusions about what would be best. (There is a whole school of thought about this actually where the very act of listening deeply to someone helps them get in touch with their own inner wisdom and clarity).

Anyway, this client called and I began the endeavor of listening deeply. She told me the pros and cons of the decision that she needed to make. I listened deeply and heard the panic in my clients voice and felt my own head start to spin. From a purely intellectual point of view we could make a case for either choice.

I talked to my client about the value of deep listening. I told her about how as a culture we have been taught to think through our problems but that there is another way. We can learn to ask for guidance and then listen deeply for an answer. My meditation teacher, Ellen Tadd, calls this asking and listening. I asked my client is she would like to try asking and listening. She said she was open to anything that would help.

Since my client was open I took a moment and walked her through a short-guided mediation exercise. I instructed this client to take a deep breath and remember who she was. I instructed her to remember that at the core of her being is a place of great wisdom and great clarity. I reminded her that there was a place within her that already knew the answer to her problem. I had this client imagine that waves and waves of gold light were shining down upon her and that this gold light was filling her with wisdom and clarity and was shedding light on this situation. I had this client sit in this waterfall of golden light allowing the light to bring illumination and calm and peace and clarity. Once my client was relaxed, I simply instructed her to allow everyday brain chatter to quiet down and to simply ask, her question. I instructed my client to allow her mind to quiet but at the same time to be open to insight and clarity coming from a deeper source. We both then sat in silence together and listened deeply. After a minute or two of listening deeply together, I guided my client to bring her attention back. When she came back I asked her about her experience. She said that she heard the message to not let fear rule her decision making process and in addition, she received an answer to her question. My client was somewhat shocked by how clear the answer was. The explanation she heard in meditation made total sense to her but was something she had not thought of when “thinking through” her problem.

I share this story here with you today because in our culture we have been taught to think through our problems, weigh the pros and cons and analyze the facts. And while this approach to problem solving has some merit, I have been taught another way. I have been taught to ask and listen. I have been taught to connect to a deeper source of wisdom than our analytical brain. The brain is a wonderful resource but it has limited awareness. On the other hand, when we ask the universe to guide us we open to deeper levels of awareness and understanding that transcend the limited mind alone.

Practice today opening to something bigger. If there is a decision that you need to make consider the facts but then ask the universe for assistance and guidance and then quiet your mind so that you can hear the whispers of spirit that are all about you.

Life becomes quite interesting when you learn to ask and listen and allow yourself to be guided down the path that is most appropriate for you. Again, the analytical mind is useful but has its limitations. My client had gone as far as she could weighing the pros and cons. She found she needed to open to something deeper. When she got quiet and listened rather than continually think about her problem she quickly received the guidance she needed to make her decision.

Practice today the simple task of asking and listening. Practice pausing between events to simply listen. What is the universe trying to tell you? Open to guidance and you will receive a plethora of insights about every aspect of your life. All of life is speaking to us, all we need to do is learn to listen so we can reap the benefits of a source of wisdom that goes beyond our limited intellect.

If you would like help with learning to ask and listen feel free to join our weekly Thursday night meditation class where we practice this skill frequently or contact me directly to schedule a private phone session that will greatly assist in deepening this capacity.

I look forward to hearing from you! Have a good week!

Hayley Mermelstein

When we feel betrayed

I was home sick with a cold for much of this week and this gave me some time to think and reflect.  Memories of time when I felt betrayed by a friend rose to the surface.  I felt waves of disbelief and anger rise within as I allowed myself to relive old memories.   How could this have happened?  How could someone I trusted turn on me in such unexpected ways?  Questions surfaced and feelings of blame arose:  How could she have behaved that way?

And then I remembered hearing that when we are feeling anger, sadness, regret, blame or any imbalance to turn to deeper levels of self acceptance and it is there that we will find peace.  This advice made no sense to me on the surface and I found myself thinking, what, my friend betrays me and I need to focus on greater levels of self acceptance??  But despite my skepticism I found myself curious about what would happen if I focused on accepting myself more in this moment.  And so I turned my attention away from my former friend and began to fill myself with a feeling of complete self-acceptance.

I repeated the affirmation:

I accept myself completely.
I accept myself completely.
I accept myself completely.

As I went more deeply into self-acceptance I had a sudden flash of insight.  I realized that the original imbalance lied within me.  I realized that I had a habit of seeing the best in people.  An admirable habit except that I also had a habit of not honestly looking at their weaknesses.  As I result I’ve been blind sided when the weaknesses revealed themselves.  I realized that in this case I had given my trust to someone who wasn’t trustworthy.  This friend has left a trail of broken hearts behind her and I knew that but hadn’t registered that she would ultimately do the same with me.  I hadn’t been willing to look honestly at this persons strengths and weaknesses.

I had a choice, I could blame her for betraying me or I could accept myself more deeply and take responsibility that I hadn’t been discerning enough in the relationship to see this persons strengths and weaknesses.  If I had looked honestly I wouldn’t have been surprised at all by this persons actions.  I would have expected it and seen the potential all along.

We always have a choice.  It is easy to blame others and focus on “what they did”.  And we may even be justified.  But their imbalance is their imbalance and their karma too.  Experiment for today with dropping the focus on them (whoever they might be ) and bring the focus back to yourself.  Fill yourself with a feeling of complete self acceptance and affirm:

I accept myself completely.
I accept myself completely.
I accept myself completely.

What is it that you need to accept about yourself?  What are you dodging by focusing on them?  What is it that you are to learn from this situation?

And so go deeply into self acceptance. Instead of focusing on the imbalances of others learn instead to focus deeply on accepting yourself.  Every time your feathers are ruffled, every time you find yourself focusing on what they did experiment with turning your attention back to yourself and accepting yourself on deeper and deeper levels.  This does not mean to turn a blind eye to the imbalances around you. Look honestly but then return to a place of complete self acceptance.  As you accept yourself on deeper and deeper levels you will grow calm.  When you are calm you will see both yourself and others more clearly.  When you see clearly you will have a deeper understanding of your own responsibility in the situations that you find yourself in and you will feel less blaming and judgmental of others as well.  When you accept yourself you will see the lessons that you are learning.  You will see the purpose of all that is transpiring.  And so make this a daily practice.  Fill yourself with complete self acceptance as you go through your day.  When faced with your various challenges of the day turn to deeper self acceptance.   When faced with the imbalances of others accept yourself on deeper and deeper levels.  Again, your increased self acceptance will bring you calm and your calm will bring you greater levels of clarity.  And so make this your practice for today.  Be gentle with yourself for learning to accept yourself in your entirety is a process.  Learn to accept both your strengths and your weaknesses for everyone has strengths and everyone has weaknesses.  Learn to accept the fact that you, like everyone else are learning and growing for the earth is a school and you have come for learning and growth.

Accept yourself on deeper and deeper levels and learn to look honestly at those with whom you relate.  In this way you will not be so caught off guard by the imbalances of others but instead aware of the nuiances of each relationship, aware of the strengths and weaknesses of those which you engage and aware of level of trustworthiness of those with whom you interact.

Affirm frequently:

I accept myself completely.
I accept that I have strengths.
I accept that I have weaknesses.
I accept that I, like everyone else, am learning and growing.
I accept myself completely.

I am filled with devotion.

And so ask everyday how may I best serve the oneness.
Your life will answer this question more and more.

You each have a choice.
You can live in fear or live in service.

And so devote yourself each day to service.
This is the antidote for much of your fear.

When you are in a deep devotion, you will know what to do. When you are in a deep devotion, you will know what is your job and what isn’t.

And so devote yourself to service everyday and then listen deeply to that which is yours to do.

Your devotion to service will move you through your fears and move you through your uncertainties into a life of fulfillment and contribution.

And so devote yourself daily to that which is yours to do.
Be devoted and be true. Allow your devotion to lead the way.

Know that you can accomplish that which is yours to do.
You will be assisted. You will be aided.

Take time everyday to sit in devotion. When you are afraid, devote yourself to spirit. When you are uncertain, devote yourself to service.

In this way you will more easily open to the guidance that is all around you.
And so devote yourself to service everyday.

You are needed. You are needed. Your contribution is needed.

Your laughter is needed. Your wisdom is needed.

And so step forward now in strength and in confidence and in deep listening and know that you will be guided in your path of service.

Step forward now in true desire to offer your full contribution and your path will be illuminated.

Hold back no longer. You have the strength. You have the wisdom. You have the tools. Step into the life of actualization and accomplishment that you are meant to live.

Be patient but be persistent and you shall be successful. Know that your devotion to service is your protection.

Your devotion to service will draw powerful beings of light to your side.

Your devotion to service will draw both spiritual guides to your side as well as physical helpers. Your devotion to spirit activates the seen and unseen worlds to aid you in behalf of all of society.

We want you to be successful. We want you to bring your work out into the world.

When fear creeps in (which it will), turn to devotion.

Devote yourself daily to offering your full contribution in all circumstances, were ever you find yourself whether it is in line at the grocery store or with a friend or with a client or with a family member.

Opportunities for service exist everywhere and so seek out and look for the opportunities to serve.

Sometimes the service is a kind word. Sometimes the service is the turning of the check. Sometimes the service is a helping hand. Sometimes the service is saying yes and sometimes the service is saying no.

You must listen deeply so that you will know what is truly yours to do and what isn’t.

The line is fine between service and enabling others and so again listening deeply is the clue. And so set your sail toward devotion. Spend your day in devotion to spirit, in devotion to service.

Again, sometimes your greatest service to all of humanity is to rest and to rejuvenate and sometimes your greatest service is to sacrifice the needs of the self for another.

It is through deep listening that you will know what is yours to do and what isn’t.

It is through deep listening that you will know what is the attunement of the moment. And so fill yourself with a feeling of devotion now.

Devote yourself to spirit. Devote yourself to service. Devote yourself to offering your full contribution in all that you say, in that you think, and in all that you do.

Ask, do these words serve the oneness? Do these thoughts serve the oneness? Do these actions serve the oneness?

As you begin to refine your thoughts, your words, and your actions, you will raise your vibration and elevate your awareness.

As you raise your vibration and elevate your awareness new levels of opportunity will be drawn to you. And so elevate now. Elevate your thinking. Elevate your use of words.

Elevate your actions and watch you world transform. It is through the elevation of your thoughts, words and actions that your life can change. And so elevate now.

Elevate. Elevate. Elevate

. Allow yourself to have an elevated perspective.

Make this part of your news years aspiration today: to elevate your thoughts, your words, yours actions and your perspective.

There will be challenges, there will be struggles but within the challenge and struggles you have a choice.

You can meet your challenges with fear or you can meet your challenges with an elevated perspective and with devotion to spirit and service.

And so choose the elevated pointed of view. Choose to elevate your thoughts, your words, and your actions. Choose through all circumstances to cling to your devotion to spirit and to service and to the evolution of all of humanity.

And in this way you shall be successful regardless of external outcomes.

And in this way you shall be successful in the attainment of the actualization of your true self and the offering of your full contribution.

Devotion and elevated awareness are the themes and the way forwarded in all that you think, say and do.

Be at peace. Be patient. Be true. And the way forward will be revealed.