Dare2create with Dr. Mitzi Lynton

Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude

2009-11-23T06:00:00.000-08:00

Gratitude is all about appreciating the things we have in our lives. The fact that you’re breathing and reading these printed words is a marvel in itself. Are you aware of all the goodness around you? Is your attitude primarily one of gratitude or do you whinge about everything? (The word “whinge” is British and means: To complain or protest, especially in an annoying or persistent manner. Being an ex-patriot from England I love to throw in the odd Anglicism.)

Gratitude is a wonderful way to return to our natural state of happiness. By noticing what’s right instead of what’s “wrong”, and we can see every “problem” as an opportunity for growth and development. Adopting an attitude of gratitude neutralizes negative feelings. If we feel scared, gratitude returns us to trust. If we’re engaging in a full-blown pity-party, gratitude reminds us of our true fortune and blessings. If we feel off-center, gratitude grounds us in what’s important. If we’re feeling wonderful about everything, gratitude enhances those feelings.

Have you considered adopting an attitude of gratitude as a way of life? Perhaps this is a challenge for you right now because of difficulties you’re currently experiencing. The fact is, each of us has the choice to focus either on what’s not working in our lives or to focus on all we’re grateful for. The beauty of adopting an attitude of gratitude, even when our lives are not exactly where we want them to be, is that our improved attitude supports us in making changes to create more happiness in our lives. As you practice adopting your new attitude, feel grateful for the changes you want to make. Give thanks in advance. Demonstrate faith that you know better things are coming your way.

Here are some tips to help you get started as you adopt an attitude of gratitude:

1. Start or restart an attitude journal, listing all the things in your life to be grateful for and which you take for granted. Add all the things that you could not survive without, such as sunlight, air, water and food. Refer to this list whenever you’re upset.

2. Pick up the phone, or send a card to tell someone just how much you appreciate them being in your life.

3. Take time to experience the wonder and beauty of the world around you. Stop and smell the roses.

4. Focus on what’s right in your life rather than what’s wrong. Count your blessings and be thankful.

5. Smile and say “thank you” as often as possible. People love to feel appreciated.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. --William Arthur Ward

If you haven't been to the revised dare2create site I invite you to check it out.

Are you Happy, Joyous and Free?

2009-10-15T18:37:00.000-07:00

Is life showing up for you the way you want it to? Are you happy, joyous and free or merely scraping by? If life is not showing up for you the way you want, there’s something you can do about it! You may not be able to change your actual circumstances, however you can change your thinking about the circumstances. After all, it’s not the actual circumstances that cause us to be happy, joyous and free--it’s our thinking. And the exciting part is that we always have control over our reactions. Think about this for a moment--really think about it.

If you’re not master of your thoughts, who is?

The miracle of this is that when we become aware that we’re always at choice about how we respond to any situation, we can begin to choose thoughts that support us, rather than those which keep us locked in a state of unhappiness.

Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, had a saying: “Change your thinking, change your life.” This simple statement holds the key to manifesting a happy, joyous and free life, regardless of our circumstances. All happiness, all joy and all freedom begins within each of us. It begins as thought.

Such a simple statement, and yet our minds like to get in the way and tell us surely it must be more complicated—surely there is more to it. In our technological, scientific age we trick ourselves into believing something must be really difficult if it is to bring rewards. Often it’s the simplest things that take the most discipline and practice. When we let go of negativity, by changing our thinking, miracles abound. When we surrender to the good that God has for us, miracles abound. And it all begins with our thinking—choosing to see the good, choosing to embrace the good and choosing to let this be our guiding light in all our actions and reactions.

The really exciting thing about this is that PEACE, what so many of us long for, not only in ourselves, but also in the world, begins as thought. As we choose to change our thinking about any situation from negativity toward neutrality we contribute to peace. Where does peace begin? It begins as thought. It begins within each of us. It begins with us aligning ourselves to be happy, joyous and free, it begins with us actively choosing to release thoughts that do not serve us to be in alignment with peace. It begins with us choosing to consciously know that we have a choice over every single reaction we have. It begins with us when we take the focus off of what others are doing or not doing and turn the focus to ourselves to ask what thoughts am I holding on to, what thoughts am I choosing to believe that do no longer serve me? What thoughts am I aligning with which limit my peace?

We can’t change what other people are focusing on, but we can certainly choose where we put our attention.

There is a power for good in the universe and you can learn to use it!

By the way if you have not been to dare2create for a while I invite you to visit. The site has been redesigned in the format of an internet TV show to assist and showcase those who dare2create a life they love and a world they desire to live in! Your comments and feedback as well as sharing the dare2create site with others is most graciously appreciated.

Blessings of love and peace always,
Mitzi

Have you been lagging?

2008-01-16T21:23:00.001-08:00

I can't believe how much time has gone by since I last did a post. 2007 seemed to just fly by. At one point I was teaching 5 Secrets classes a week. It was amazing and incredible. Then towards the end of 2007 things slowed down somewhat. Right now I don't have any Secrets classes scheduled but I'm sure I'll be doing some more in the Spring. So many people have been asking me about them. If you want to take the class right now check out http://www.dare2create.com/ for the Secrets of The Secret home study course and go at your own pace.

So have you been getting a slow start to the year? If so you're not alone. Last year so many of us were really clear when 2006 ended exactly what we desired to manifest and had very clear goals and intentions as we went into 2007. Not so for many for us as we went into 2008. Many of us have been exploring inner journeys and reconnecting with that deep place of contemplation, wondering why it seems like we are taking a while to get going in this New Year.

If you've been feeling that way, the first thing I can do to reassure you is to tell you that you're not alone. Globally, we're sitting on the precipice of some interesting energy right now. A lot of things have "been up" for people in their lives as they have been releasing what's no longer serving them. We've been called into a new level of awareness and vibration and that which is not in alignment with this newer vibration is being released. Sometimes this process occurs easily and sometimes it is more challenging. This particular "ascension" into the new vibration has been challenging for many people. We've been releasing that which we are consciously aware is not serving us and also doing some really deep work as we've been releasing that which is no longer serving humanity as a whole. Fortunately we're just about through this process for now. At last, over 2 weeks into 2008 we're finally being able to concentrate enough to get down to the business of being in the New Year. For a while it may have seemed like we were lost in a maze of introspection and that the entire year was going to be spent in limbo. Now the veil has lifted, we are recharged and ready to embrace our new awarenesses. Thank you God!

So celebrate and pace yourself. You may have emerged from this last respite with lots of energy, brimming with ideas and creativity. Remember not everything has to be completed in one day. Enjoy your gradual emergence from the cocoon and give thanks for you are indeed undergoing an incredible transformation into a beautiful butterfly and there is much for us to pollinate as we collectively dare2create a 2008 which is truly great.

Is Your Attention on Your Intention?

2007-03-05T22:47:00.000-08:00

Greetings Friends,

How do you desire to feel?
What are you desiring to manifest?
Is your attention fully on your intention?
Or does it frequently get diverted, re-routed and side-tracked?

It's not possible to be looking up while looking down.
We're either advancing in the direction of our dreams,
Or we're retreating from them.
Period.
We're never just doing nothing.
Either our thoughts, and energy is in alignment, or it's not.
It's not rocket science.
It's a law.

The law of attraction.

We're either drawing more of what we desire into our life,
Or we're focusing our attention away from what we desire.
We're either focusing our energy on what we want, or
Leaking our energy on what we do not want.

So where might we be leaking energy?
Unforgiveness
Old hurts
Blame
Expectations
Resentment
Anger, anger, anger
Entitlement
Judgment
Gossip
Bad-mouthing others
Victimhood
Jealousy
Envy

And many more...
All synonymous with a thousand names for
FEAR.

It's important to remember we always
Get to choose what our reaction is to any situation.
We can choose reactions that leak our energy and spend
Non-replaceable minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, even years
Focusing, in minute detail, what's wrong with us, our families, friends,
Communities, country and OUR world.

OR

We can choose
To release habits and behaviors
That distract us from what we really desire to
Create on this journey that we're all on together.
This journey of sizzling adventure in which our daily choice
To create a personal heaven or hell has implications beyond
What any of us can ever possibly comprehend.

It's all about choice
About taking a stand
And making a decision
To proactively dare2create
A life we love and a world we
Desire to live in-- Right here, right now
Today.

It's about courage,
Courage to explore
With rigorous honesty
What we're holding onto
that is taking up precious space
For that which we truly desire to manifest.

It's not just about us,
It's about answering a call
To create a world of changing
Consciousness... to create a world
In which we use the resources we each
Have... our minds, our thoughts, to build
And usher in an uncharted, unprecedented
Era of co-operation, love, truth, freedom and peace...

And it begins with the choice to choose
Peace within each of our souls at this very second.

Because if it's possible for one then it's possible for
Us all as we are ONE... one mind, one consciousness
And the time has come, as the Walrus said, to begin with
The end in mind.

So here's to freeing up space!
To the great uncluttering of the mind
Here's to rigorous honesty and courage
To look at what's keeping us from what we truly desire...
To willingness to discard what might have been hanging out for eons.
To living in alignment with what we desire to create in our lives and
In Our World.

Here's to PEACE
And here's to you and me!
It begins now, at this very moment
As we focus our attention fully on our intentions.
And choose to move out of leaking our energy to what we don't want.

And here's to having the passion to follow our convictions. :)

Groundhog Day and Freedom

2007-02-02T16:01:00.000-08:00

Greetings Friends,

Remember the movie Groundhog Day, with Bill Murray as a sarcastic television weatherman who, by a twist of fate, is forced to relive one day of his life over and over? It's a feel good movie that many of us enjoy watching again and again, with many wonderful messages.

Now I could go into a huge section here about all the different meanings that can be found in this movie. Or I could go with the simple and the obvious: Change must come from within. Now, I know you've heard this many times before and yet it is one of the most profound and freeing realizations any of us can have and put into practice. Ah there's the rub....putting it into practice...releasing the desire to change others in any way, shape or form and concentrating only on ourselves.

As you are reading this today I invite you to go within and ask: What must change within me so that I am the person I truly desire to be?

Spend a few moments in silent reflection and the answers will be revealed.

Or like Bill Murray in the movie repeat the same thing over and over until, like Bill, you are done with that and look within to find out what needs to change in you. And that is where real freedom lives.

Freedom from having to control anyone or anything else. The Law of Attraction gives that right back. In freeing others we are automatically liberated and given the freedom to just allow ourselves to fully be too! What a gift!

Happy Groundhog Day :)

Reframing Negative Triggers

2007-01-25T09:48:00.000-08:00

Greetings Friends,

What's on your Vision Board? What are you desiring to attract into your life this year? Are you focusing on possibility or are you stuck in the "HOW in the world is that going to manifest?"

Do little things trigger you into the "Oh, see someone else is already doing that," syndrome of jealousy and unworthiness?

Or are you staying in the FEELING that you desire to have from what you are wanting to attract?

It's really easy to let our guard down and let our negative thoughts have just an inch. When we do this they often take over and ruin our entire day. When you find this happening STOP and ask yourself what this line of thinking is accomplishing. Then ask yourself what you desire to FEEL right now.

A clue is it's usually the exact opposite of whatever the current negative feeling is.

For example seeing a book similar to one you desire to write on Amazon.com might trigger the immediate response of anger/frustration/jealously. The opposite of these triggered negative responses would be CALM, EASE, and HAPPINESS.

Try saying a reframing statement such as:

Thank you that this book has just appeared. This reassures me with there is a market for what I'm desiring to write about. Thank you for the Ease in which I found this book--others will be directed to find mine with similar Ease and I accept this Ease flows through me as I easily write my book. Thank you for the author who has written this book, for it so beautifully sets the stage for what I am creating and just reaffirms the need for other books on this subject. I now release any anger / frustration/ jealousy that has been triggered and step fully into my desired feelings of CALM, EASE, and HAPPINESS.

Allow yourself to really get into the FEEEELING space of these emotions--it will transform those negative triggers immediately.

Oneness of 100 at the Labyrinth

2007-01-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

Greetings Friends,

Yesterday approximately 100 of us gathered for the 6th Annual Celebrate the New Year with New Thoughts Labyrinth Visioning and Walk. What an amazingly powerful experience we shared. We released 2006 and set our intentions for 2007 and walked the labyrinth together. Yes, all of us were in the Labyrinth walking at the same time! What an incredible vortex of peace, harmony, cooperation, love and oneness. Truly, it was like a microcosm of our world working wonderfully. We gathered our energies and the spirit of peace and released these as blessings for not only ourselves and each other but also for our entire planet. Thank you so much to all who participated. If you were there I would love to hear some of your responses. Please feel free to add your comments to this blog. I'd also love to hear from you as the year progress about how your particular word (mine is Serenity) is showing up in your life. When you are wondering how to accomplish the intentions and goals you set remember to go to the feeling place of your word. Release the how and stay in the feeling. If you get disconnected from that feeling go back to the place where we were all in the labyrinth together or when we were all circled around it at the conclusion of the walk. Thank you for the blessing you are. The present of your presence was a very precious gift to me yesterday.

Blessings to everyone for a very happy, healthy, prosperous, successful, peaceful, joy-filled 2007. Let's Dare2create our best year yet!

Just How Many Holidays are in December?

2006-12-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

Greetings and Happy Holidays!

December is indeed a busy month with people worldwide observing many seasonal days of celebration. Most are religious holy days, with many of the most important days of the world's main religions occurring during this month. Many people value the variety of December celebrations, respecting both their own religious traditions and those of other faiths.

In case you're not aware of many of the celebrations occurring this December here's a rundown:

December 1st Jainism celebrated Maunajiyaras, a day of fasting, silence, and meditation. Advent, the liturgical period preceding Christmas, began on December 3rd. St. Nicholas Day, (Orthodox Christian) is December 6th. Bodhi Day, December 8th, is when Buddhists celebrate the enlightenment of the Buddha in 596 B.C.E. Dec 8th is also the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception. December 12th is the Catholic Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The eight-day celebration of Hanukkah, commemorating the victory in 165 B.C.E. of the Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes, and the rededication of the Temple at Jerusalem begins on Saturday December 16th this year. December 16-24 is Posadas Navidenas, a traditional Mexican Christian festival which re-enacts Joseph's search for room at the inn. December 21st is Yule/Winter Solstice, and also St. Thomas the Apostle Day. December 24th is Christmas Eve. December 25th is, of course, Christmas.

Kwanzaa, a Swahili word for the first fruits of the harvest, is a cultural holiday celebrating African-American heritage, which begins on December 26th. The date also marks the death of the Prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroastrian) and the Zoroastrian festival of Ghambar Maidyarem, a five-day event celebrating the creation of animals and a time of sharing food with those less fortunate. Boxing Day, also known as the Feast of St. Stephen (after the first Christian martyr), originated in England and is related to an old custom where servants and tradesmen received Christmas gifts from their employers on the first weekday after Christmas, the day after the family celebrations. These were generally called their "Christmas boxes." Also on this day it is believed that priests broke open the collection boxes and distributed the money to the poor. Holy Innocents is December 28th, a Christian day of solemn memory of male children killed by King Herod in the attempt to destroy Jesus. Also on this day is Holy Family Day, a Catholic celebration of the love between Jesus, Joseph, and Mary.

Hajj, Islamic pilgrimage rites at Mecca, begins on December 29th this year. Waqf al Arafa Islamic observance day during Hajj when pilgrims pray for forgiveness and mercy is on Dec 30th. Eid ul-Adha, the Islamic Feast of Sacrifice is on December 31st. It concludes the Hajj when those not traveling to Mecca also take part It is the most important feast of Islam. It concludes the Hajj when those not traveling to Mecca take part and is a three-day festival recalling Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to Allah.
And of course there New Year's Eve, a generally secular celebration.

Regardless of which Holidays you choose to celebrate and what faith traditions you honor, I affirm for you and your loved ones a peaceful, joyous, healthy and prosperous Holiday Season and New Year.

Purple for Peace for Election Day

2006-11-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

Greetings Friends,

A great supporter of the Department of Peace campaign and a very dear friend of mine, Kris Haley, compiled the following. It has been sent out to all the Department of Peace campaign coordinators. What a great idea! Perhaps it may resonate with you also. I will be wearing purple on Nov 7th for sure!

You may have received an email from your political party of choice, urging you to group together outside your local polling place after you cast your ballot and light a red or blue (depending on your party choice) candle in solidarity and support for your preferred party. Certainly, this is still an option for those who choose to do so. However, we would like to propose a slightly different perspective for your consideration.

As you may know, the Department of Peace campaign does not make a practice of endorsing or supporting any particular candidate or party. Since lighting a blue or red candle appears to perpetuate the polarization and divisiveness currently being experienced in our beloved country, the Department of Peace campaign and the Arizona Department of Peace campaign does not support one or the other. Anything that forces a choice between one political philosophy and another is incongruent with our mission statement which is inclusive and connecting rather than convincing. However, it does spark a wonderful and innovative opportunity for us through which to express our philosophy of peace and unification.

So, for those who resonate with this idea, consider a combination of the politically charged colors of red and blue which, when blended, create purple. Consider lighting a purple candle on your porch, in your home, or in your heart to affirm the hope of PEACE on Election Day. This very visual activity is one that invites all people to participate either jointly or individually, regardless of their political allegiance. No polarizing placards or chants…just PEACE. Intend PEACE this election day…affirm peace at every opportunity…BE peace as you go about your business.

In fact, consider wearing purple this election day as a reminder to yourself that while we may each make different choices in terms of who we see best representing our country, we can still blend those ‘red’ and ‘blue’ differences into one color…purple…for PEACE.
I invite you to join me this Election Day and wear the color purple visibly. If someone compliments you, explain…educate and enlighten them as to why purple is the color of peace. I look forward to hearing back from you regarding your PURPLE PEACE EXPERIENCE next week as, regardless of our party choices, we cast our vote for PEACE!

Thank you so much for this, Kris Haley.
Check out Kris's websites at: http://www.beonevoice.com
and http://animalsynergy.com

and her husband, Criaig's site at: http://craighaley.com

To Pit or Not to Pit

2006-10-30T09:39:00.000-08:00

Do you have control over your thoughts or are you are a slave to every single thought that passes through your mind?

Sometimes it's easy to feel joy, love, happiness and freedom. Other times, however, when something challenging is going on in our lives, it's all too easy to fall into the trap of letting those feelings of sadness, anger, self-pity and despair take over. I call that being in The Pit. Yet the truth is we do have a choice as to how long we want to stay in The Pit. We can choose to be there in fetal position totally enslaved by our thoughts or we can choose to begin to climb out. And no one else can choose this for us. It's our choice.

Shakespeare said: There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Now, I don't know about you but I can write, direct and produce quite an impressive 5 act drama, all in the privacy of my own head. In the midst of this I can be engaging in a full-blown misery party for one. It's a pretty lonely place.

Awareness is everything though, because even when I choose to visit The Pit these days I know I am out of balance, disconnected from joy, disconnected from love and it feels so utterly uncomfortable and unnatural that I get out out quickly. I recognize that I have a choice: To Pit or Not To Pit. And that choosing To Pit is exchanging a moment of joy during my precious time on this planet for a moment of misery.

It's always our choice as to how we want to spend our precious time here and it all begins with thought.

What are you choosing today?

Rewiring

2006-10-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

Greetings Friends,

It has been an amazing week! The latest Secrets of "The Secret" class had approximately 125 people who showed up! Amazing, glorious, wonderful people who are ready to begin really using The Secret in their lives, as well as people who are not new to The Secret, but who are ready to apply it to all areas of their lives.

Thought by thought, feeling by feeling we are truly rewiring those neurotransmitters and aligning with what it is we choose to create in our lives. Thought by thought, feeling by feeling we are collectively continuing to change the vibration of the planet.

May your day be truly blessed!

What is the Secret Longing of Your Heart?

2006-10-10T16:03:00.000-07:00

Greetings Friends,

Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, asks in his book: This Thing Called Life:

What is the secret longing of your heart? If you saw an advertisement which read: You can learn how to be well, happy and successful; you can learn how to influence people; how to create your own destiny, would this have a greater attraction for you than an advertisement which read: You can learn how to help others? Or would you be even more intrigued by this advertisement: Do you wish to become one of the molders of human destiny?

Does one of those statements jump out at you? What indeed is the secret longing of your heart? Whether it’s for greater success, greater health, greater prosperity or to become a “molder of human destiny”--Universal Principles, when correctly used, allow you to create the life you truly desire. Imagine a day when you stop just dreaming about the secret longings of your heart and actually begin creating them! Imagine a day when you stopped wishing and started manifesting. So think for a moment, delve really deep, what is the secret longing of your heart? I know you have one, or perhaps many. Are you ready to open up to all the good there is to allow this secret longing to come to fruition or are you just going to keep on wishing and hoping?

There is a Power for Good in the Universe and we can all learn how to use it. Unfortunately we don’t learn to use this Power for Good by whining and moaning about everything we don’t want. If this were the case many of us would already be master manifestors. We do, however, learn to use the Power for Good by getting clear on what the secret longing of our hearts is, applying Universal Principles and taking action to bring our dreams to fruition. There is a power for good in the universe and you can learn to use it! One proactive step would be to take The Secrets of The Secret class (http://dare2create.com) which begins again this Thursday evening in Phoenix.

Blessings to you and happy manifesting.

Secrets of "The Secret" Class

2006-10-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

Greetings Friends,

Have you seen the movie The Secret yet? For those of you who have, you know what The Secret is and for those of you who have not, I really encourage you to view this phenomenal movie. Whether you have seen it or not, you may be interested in an upcoming class I'm facilitating in the Phoenix area entitled Secrets of "The Secret". Last month I facilitated it at Unity of Phoenix and the turn out was incredible. Even more amazing is the results people are having in their lives when they learn how to apply the concepts in The Secret.

This four-week class will show you how to practically apply the concepts illustrated in the movie. By viewing portions of the movie each week, engaging in discussion and experiential exercises, you'll learn how to have greater prosperity, joy, peace, health and love, and how to create the life you truly desire.

This fun and illuminating class will teach you how to:

Align your thoughts, words and actions for success.
· Focus on what you want to manifest in your life.
· Change your thinking to create unprecedented abundance.
· Release negative emotions and replace them with positive ones.
· Let go of worry and embrace a deeper level of peace.
· Develop a closer relationship with the creator within.
· Replace beliefs that are holding you back with empowering ones.
· Harness the power of the Universe to do your bidding.
· Understand how you control the flow of “good energy” in your life.Increase your faith in Spirit, in yourself, and in your abilities.

Class: Secrets of “The Secret”
Where: Creative Living Fellowship
6530 North 7th Street, Phoenix 85014 (7th St & Maryland)
When: Thursdays Oct 12th –Nov 2nd
Time: 7:00 PM to 9 PM
Cost: Love Offering (Suggested $10.00 per class)

How to Choose Joy Right Now!

2006-10-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

Greetings Friends,

To Blog or not To Blog? That is the question. Seems that nowadays everyone and their dog (well in my case 5 cats) seems to have blogs, so why not? I have decided to join the world of bloggers so here it is... the Dare2create Blog.

So what is Dare2create all about anyway? Well, the term Dare2create means stepping forth in courage and authenticity to live our dreams in all areas of our lives. It's living a life of full expression by having the conviction to follow our passions and goals. It's about being bold enough to let our magnificence shine! It's also about creating the world we desire to live in--not just waiting for someone else to come along and do it, but to step forth boldly and begin the ripple effect.

The Dare2create blog will feature ideas for living a life of outrageous joy, a life that you love, a life that brings you passion, purpose and peace.

So my question for you right now is do you take time to marvel at all that is around you? Do you take time to allow your joy to flow? What is something that you see right now in front of you that brings you joy?

For me, as I look around so many things bring me joy. There are my glasses sitting on the desk (new for reading this year). How joyful I am to have them and how absolutely joyful that I can see well enough without them to write this. Then there is my warm cup of Blueberry tea in my favorite Utah Shakespearean Festival Mug. I gave up caffeinene this year (quite an accomplishment as I'm a British ex-patriot and I truly think all Brits come out of the womb with an IV attached to them for a "nice cuppa tea!) Then there is one of my lovely cats, Echo, curled up in a little ball purring delightedly. Joy, joy, joy!

I invite you to take a moment now and raise your vibration by looking around to focus on what brings you joy.