Receiving and Manifesting

I am creating in the Field.

It does not require self-discipline or a sense of “pushing” or being pushed.

It is as natural to create and manifest the ideas as it is to receive them.

They move effortlessly from idea into form.

I am bearing witness to them.

And I am taking the steps to bring them into manifestation.

They are mine and I am their servant, their vessel.

I discern them from within.

I love and cherish them.

I companion with them and they with me.

I have as my purpose to share them.

And I receive the reward for playing in the Field and bringing them into form.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

A Failure to Individualize

Poverty is a failure to individualize our talents.

We are all receiving wonderful ideas form the Universe.

When we learn how to listen for them and have the courage to follow the steps we are being given, we will find that we have an individual path.

More and more listening and trust will enable us to find our way.

Instead of listening to the economic news or the habits of a lifetime of limited choices, we can listen for a new direction to our life and replace our old habits.

There is a wealth of ideas for each one of us.

We came here to experience our own individuality, not to be lumped into a category, even a rich one!

We came here to discover our own infinite resources from the Universe and to play with them in a way that allows us to give service and to uplift society and civilization.

We will erase our own poverty when we insist on this new path for ourselves.

It involves listening and listening deeply for the ideas which define our purpose.

And to follow them, shutting out all the old voices around and inside of us.

It does not involve talking to anyone.

Our listening and following comes to us within our own thought.

It is our connection with the Universe.

It will not make sense to anyone else.

It is a message about our individuality.

Everyone has to listen to that for themselves.

We do not want any more opinions, just our connection to the Universe.

This will take us on our own individual path to prosperity as we embrace the ideas which will help us to break our old limiting habits, and to give more.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

I Have My Joy Cut out For Me

I am learning new computer skills which will expand my outreach as I present my music reading readiness materials to the public.

As I go through the lists of my music books, I am so excited and pleased that I will be able to offer my new approach to a wider audience of parents and teachers.

The guiding light behind all of the materials has been making music reading more accessible to young children and giving them command of the composing process.

From the very beginning, they are taught how to make musical decisions using the very simple music reading readiness symbols and composing cards for Percussion Level 1, with its six modules for six simple rhythm instruments.

After teaching my new approach since 1984 (!), I have seen thousands of young children transition seamlessly into traditional musical reading.

I am so proud to present this series to the general public.

It will appear as I am ready to present each new level on-line with downloadable e-books and videos to support children’s practice as they play along with me.

Their music reading will develop through many levels until they are ready to play their parts in musical arrangements.

They will be able to read more and more complex musical patterns in the layers of the musical arrangement until they can read and play the tunes.

All along they will be learning how to play in any musical key signature.

They learn how to read rhythm symbols and to compose and play layers of exciting rhythm patterns together.

The confidence this approach builds is phenomenal to watch every time.

The sophisticated musical way the students interact with each other when they play the musical arrangements is always a source of pride to me.

Children come when they are very small with their parents or caregivers and leave several years later as accomplished teen musicians with skilled friends in their musical communities.

I have so much joy in sharing this approach to a wider musical community.

I am adding my new music books each week to www.MyMusicalMind.com. 

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

The Noise of Complaints

Inside your mind, there are all these noisy voices, opinions, evaluations, judgements.

In order to hear what your purpose is and to take the next step in that direction, you have to shut them off.

Instead of the noise of complaints, there is a quietness, a calm, a relief of softness instead of abrasiveness.

Listening within takes you to a place where there is no noise, just calm and comfort, and then, when it is really quiet, guidance.

I am learning to let myself get so full of calm and quiet that I feel a simple constant love that assures me that it can take me anywhere I need to go.

I just listen deeply and calmly for what I need to know, and then, it appears.

I may finish up sitting quietly, and then as I am on my way to do some little thing, an idea will come to me that takes care of my question.

During the quiet, the idea may come.

In all cases, I feel compelled to take action, gently, but persuasively, and that puts me on my way with the next step.

Noise is no longer distracting.

It sends me to that quietness within, where I can hear the next step.

© 2013 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

A Good Thing

If you are not doing it the way everyone else is doing it, that’s a good thing.

If you are not doing it the way it has always been done, that’s a good thing, too.

If you don’t want to do what has always been done, the way it has always been done, that is especially good.

That leaves room for the really good ideas which you have to percolate up into consciousness where you can think about them and later, share them.

Be grateful for your dissatisfaction and discomfort with “the way things are”.

This is what moves us all forward.

Recognizing a better way to do things and listening for the inspiration to carry it out is fulfilling in itself.

The more completely we follow our ideas, the better we feel and the more useful our idea becomes.

Then it can serve its further usefulness as it is available to more people.

Follow up on your discomfort.

It is a good thing.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

The Real Resources of Civilization

...are its people.

There is always enough and to spare if we use our resources imaginatively and with great respect.

Each person sees things from a different perspective.

This becomes most valuable when we combine all the ways a resource can be applied.

There is always enough to take care of everyone in a way which provides enough.

Again, through not wasting and through finding multiple uses, we respect our resources and use them in ways which benefit the most people possible.

Teaching ourselves to think this way is energizing and exciting.

It is a party not to be missed.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.inspiredPractices.com

Open Source and What It Can Mean

When someone wants you to offer your invention through an Open Source, does it mean they love it so much, they want everyone to have it?

What does it mean to you?

That you have found a way to do something which can make a living for you if it is not through an Open Source?

If everyone has access, can it lift up society all at once?

I have been pondering this since the comment was made.

Now, having opened that door, the Universe is starting to pour in answers.

A way of providing materials through an Open Source has opened up, of course.

But so have several different ways of upgrading my service for cost.

The thing that I find delightful is the acknowledgement of the value of what I am offering.

People feel the value of the content and think it should go further.

Other people are sharing ways they have experienced paying for more value.

By not turning away from the idea of Open Source, I am expanding my ability to offer even more and also, to receive more.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Mining Oneself

I am reading Jan Phillips’ book, The Art of Original Thinking.

The middle section is called Embracing the Present.  I am reading Chapter Nine, “The Creative Enterprise”.

I am struck by Phillips’ energy and intensity, her sincerity and her never-ending sources of facts and examples, both personal and through her research.

There are many quotes in the sidebars, among the following, which caught my eye.

“Those who do original work in any field do so because they mine themselves deeply and bring up what is personal.” --Rudolf Steiner

In seeking out my purpose and resources, I have been “mining myself”.  I have been listening to what is within and seeking for ways to release it.

It is incredibly refreshing to read that one must “mine” oneself.  I had always heard that one should follow directions, follow leaders, stay safe, stick to one job.

But mining oneself is something I know something about.

It is what happens when I look for solutions where no one else seems bothered or aware of the problem.

It happens when I see a relationship where no one else does.

It happens when I want to use a combination of resources that I have not seen anyone else use, or I want to use the resources I see in a different way.

The place I feel most comfortable in this state of mind (which is pretty nearly constant) is at my fiber artists, knitters, and art quilter groups.

Our poor world is so tired of the same solutions over and over again.  It is running out of those resources.

It is ready for originality, for mining oneself, deeply, and bringing up what is original and personal.  It is ready for imagination.

As we continue to rush toward the end of what we already know and how we do it, more and more of us will find that we can “mine” ourselves deeply and come up with non-competitive, individual, original, cooperative solutions.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Morning Program

I like to choose a topic to consider for the day.

It can be a spiritual topic, like love, generosity, unselfishness, service, purpose, intelligence or some other virtue.

It always helps to relate to my day in terms of a quality like this before I make out my list of things to do.

Choosing a spiritual topic and journaling on it infuses my thought with that approach and it shapes my day differently.

Instead of rushing frantically from place to place, checking off my list, there is a harmonious flow, and many times, I find I do not have to go so many places or do so many things.

Everything gets done, but it is just easier, smoother.

By the time I apply a spiritual quality to each thing that I have to do, and journal about it and reflect on that quality, I find I am in a totally different frame of mind.

It is wonderful to take that frame of mind with me into every place I go.

I am more relaxed and understanding in traffic.

I am more patient in dealing with others.

I can find what I am looking for more easily.

People are able to help me more effectively.

Taking the time in the morning is best, but I can reorient myself any time during the day.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Light

When light hits the prism of your diamond mind, it bounces off in all directions.

It bounces off in the directions of peace, integrity, love, generosity, invention, originality.

It bounces off in the directions of organization, efficiency, right time and place, associates, clients.

It bounces off in the directions of excellent quality supplies, on-time deliveries, supportive relationships with suppliers.

It bounces off in the directions of wonderful and harmonious relationships in family, business and world affairs.

In short, light hitting the prism of your diamond mind manifests itself in every direction as good.

You must cultivate light within your thoughts.

You must cultivate the best attitude and forgiveness and upliftment toward everyone and everything and every situation you see.

This is what comes into the prism of your diamond mind as light.

Other stuff comes in as darkness and we don’t like it when we see that manifested.

It doesn’t feel good and it does no good.

It does, however, serve as a contrast so we can refocus on the light within and release it to shine and manifest.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

I Like My Work

I like my work and I am really grateful that I do.

It is good to remember this when the world is going through its ups and downs.

Holidays are especially pronounced times.

Also school calendars.

There are so many people involved during these large events that the atmosphere is charged.

It can swing one way or another.

This is when it is good for me to remember that I like my work and my life and the people in it.

I can immerse myself and not get shoved around by a prevailing “mood”.

The purpose that I have defined for myself through rigorous study and soul-searching is paying off by giving me an anchor.

When I am anchored to my purpose, and involved in expressing it, my life goes well.

I enjoy exploring the new things I can and improving my new skills.

I enjoy creating my musical products (www.MusicandBooksforChildren.com) and I am grateful to share them.

This particular season of ups and downs is ending, but since there will be several more, I am glad I like my work.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com