And then I was born

 

I was born out of love and a bit of rebellion, the rebellious spirit of the ‘60s from past century.

I was brought up with care and love, a rustic unshaped love, but lots of love. My needs were satisfied and I felt protected.

I was told and guided… not much guidance there, I had to make up my own mind about what to do.

I was… kind of abandoned on the way… and then…

I was born… out of love and care and power, not physically, but spiritually.

I was brought up with so much more love and care and a new spiritual family. My needs were satisfied, I felt protected.

I was told and guided all the way, by God and people close to Him. That helped me to understand my part in this world and to make decisions about what to do.

I was taken care, I am still cared and I also learned to help others satisfy their own needs and to help others to feel protected.

Today, I celebrate both births I have taken, in the same day.

Gratitude for my parents and family.

Gratitude for my spiritual Parents and family.

 

More than a birthday

More than a birthday, January 12^th reminds me of the commitment to live, something that does not come from an obligation, but rather from a deep gratitude.

After all, there are not many people who reach 55 years of age having worked on their inner spiritual life for 37 years, that is, more than two thirds of my life. If we add, it is as if I have lived 92 years, fully and fruitfully, taking advantage of the well of wisdom that I found in my way.

I have been to a special university that taught me not to prioritize the physical, material and obvious; I learned to give more importance to the unseen, that which is subtle and profound. Thus I seek to implement these teachings and live every day, every minute and every step I take, knowing that there will always be success even in when I stumble.

And I take many steps, walking through a city, a country and a planet that welcomed me. I take many steps, so many that I physically moved away from the city and country where I was born; although not quite, because it is still there in the form of marks in my heart, in my ear so accustomed to that language that is like music and the people that impacted me, educated me and made me progress, sometimes as gently as a hummingbird that shows the way to the traveler, or as strong as the elephant that gives you no options.

It is for these and many more reasons that I would like to invite you now to celebrate my birthday. First of all, I want a gift from you ... I want your positive thoughts and feelings; I want you to forgive me for any mistake I made and give me other opportunities.

I also want to give you a gift ... I want you to think about your commitment to live for a moment and what this implies ... I would like you to experience gratitude in your heart, even if there is not much to be appreciated in appearances.

And I give you the key to success: look in your heart for inspiration, talk with your head about those wonderful ideas, talk with the soul you are about changing your journey in life and living these ideas. If it's okay for you, have a long dialogue with the Supreme Being about what you observe.

From this position and with this energy, transform those thoughts, which are as soft as butterflies into a building as strong and lasting as a temple.

A big hug, from my heart...

Video: https://youtu.be/abY8ceVuIgc

How many candles?

In some cultures there is the habit of putting a number of candles corresponding to the number of years the person is celebrating and for some people it may be embarrassing as they have an age consciousness.

For me it is pretty good, as I carry my 54 years with the greatness of being such a special person and the humility of so much I have to learn yet… However, as part of my personal tradition, I have been doing a double birthday.

The reason is that on the same day I was born, I became aware spiritually, 36 years ago. Both summed up to 90 years. So, yes, I am 90 years old...

As the sum of its two digits is 9, if you ask me, that is the number of candles in my cake… But which candles?

Candle # 1 must go for GOD; without Him, I can’t even imagine how my life would be. I think candle # 2 is for GRATITUDE, for all I have had the chance to be, for the greatest opportunity of all to be born. The # 3 is for ACCEPTANCE… I took some time to accept myself as I am and to change on the basis of what I have accepted. I tell you, this procedure is working… Number 4 is CHANGE and my life is dedicated to change every day, towards my self-transformation. SPIRITUALITY was not in my map, it was not part of my paradigm and now it is my paradigm; number 5 is for this important aspect of my being.
 The candle # 6 is for LOVE, a feeling with which I have struggled for some time, but I realised it has been within me all the time. Definitely, I need a candle for DETERMINATION, which is # 7. Particularly In my darkest days, being determined was the way to come out of situations and re-create my life, again and again I was thinking # 8 should be hope, but then I remember another pillar of my personal process has been CREATIVITY. I am not sure how I became a creative person, but that is what I am, and I love it. For a deep reflection, UNDERSTANDING is my last but not least candle, # 9. I am not always looking for understanding from others, but my main effort in life is to understand what happens and get the best from it.

And you, how many candles in your next birthday cake?

A Happy birthday from me to myself…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: the year of 8

Life is a miracle. From the biological point of view, statistics show that a new life is an almost impossible feat, and yet every day there is a birth… RIGHT NOW, a baby is being born, a mother wolf is licking its new cub and a new whale is starting to swim in the oceans of the world.

Celebrating a birthday is not a small thing. It means a reverence to that miracle and at the same time, a commitment to help life to continue.

On January 12^th, I have the honor to celebrate mine. I feel humbled by the thought I was given a chance to live in this wonderful world.

However, it is not a single birthday; I celebrate two birthdays on the same day. How? Besides my birth, on that same date, in 1983, I got in touch with the subtle part of me, the soul that I am. It was and it is still is an incredible experience.

Every year I do something different and special for that celebration. For this double birthday, I would like to play with the number 8. After all…

• ·        2018 ends in 8…
• ·        My physical age is 53 and when you sum the numbers… yes, right, you get 8! Wait a second… my SPIRITUAL age is 35 and guess the result of summing its numbers…
• ·        And summing both ages, I get 88 – so, DOUBLE EIGHT!

There are eight affirmations I feel that have helped me to live spiritually in a very non-spiritual world. Each of these is associated with a spiritual power, which you can check on my blog about it.

I hope they will work as a gift from me to you. After all, a birthday means gift…

EIGHT AFIRMATIONS

THAT ENABLE ME TO LIVE AS A SPIRITUAL BEING IN A VERY MATERIAL WORLD

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Another year in my life

I am not sure if the people who invented birthday’s celebrations wanted to celebrate life, but that is what it is for me, as my birthday just came and went.

Every year, when it comes, I remember about living and experiencing, and it is a time for reflection on what I have done and how much more I have to do. I hardly get trapped into my age or nostalgia… It is a time I celebrate by walking around this beautiful city and enjoy some silence.

Besides, I consider I have two birthdays in the same day. On one hand, the one my mother and father gave me; on the other hand, the one God gave me. It was in 1983 when I started this deep relationship with God as my Father, Mother and everything.

It helps me in my work and relationships. It helps me to give relevance to everything that happens to me and the things I do and I generate.

What about you, how do you celebrate your birthday? Could you consider having some other birthday, a date when you felt as you were reborn for some reason?

A reflection on this birthday

Today is my birthday. Actually, there are two birthdays! No, no kidding let me explain...

The first birthday celebrates the day I was born. However, I notice that as the years go by, thoughts and feelings become more and more, well, corporeal and conversations begin to revolve around doctors and medicine, hospitals and fatigue, illnesses and miraculous, or not so miraculous, cures and, of course, do you remember So-and-So? Just died!

But I have a second birthday and I dare to think that you too: the day I discovered I was different from what I thought I was. In my case, on the day of my birth, I entered a beautiful house, in a beautiful neighborhood of São Paulo. There I learned something completely different: I found out that it was not this body, but a spiritual being.

That impacted a lot on personal, social and professional life, because while the body is extremely limited, the soul is a flying bird that never stops and helps me to look at my body in a different way. It helps me not to let myself be limited, forgetting how amazing it is to be one more year on Earth.

How fascinating is that I solved the obstacles that at one point prevented me from reaching to this point. I GOT IT! And that is fundamentally important, because instead of talking about diseases, doctors, etc., I prefer rather to speak in what I have achieved, the accumulated wisdom that I had the opportunity to use, the growth and creativity that never ends.

Today, I celebrate being wiser than last year, being better than yesterday and looking forward at the future with a child’s eyes, always looking for the gift that life is still going to give me ...

Today, I celebrate having as many friends as you, people who inspired me and whom I inspire, people who are not allowed to stop no matter how high the mountain of obstacles ... For me it is a happy birthday, and for you, a happy reflection.

Happy birthday to me…

There are several reasons for which people have been reading Harry Potter or have been following his stories in other media. For some, there is the attraction of magic and fantasy, shown in a unique way by the author; for others, it is the present possibility of personal growth described in the novel. However, another reason is that many have identified themselves with Harry. By reading the written story by J.K. Rowling, they are mentally reading their own possible alternative desirable biography. It draws my attention the fact that at every birthday, Harry experienced a meaningful change in his life or perspective. Starting from the first book when he found out he was not a poor abandoned weak talentless orphan he thought he was. In the last book, his birthday comes with the end of his bondage to the house where he lived and suffered. A little further, he loses his own childhood, symbolized by the killing of his owl, Hedwig, the first real birthday gift he has received. These thoughts arise on this January 12th, since today is my birthday… twice, in the same day. The first one is obviously related to the day I was born, but it is the second one that has more impact in my life: the day I was born spiritually. The last 33 birthdays have been extraordinary. I wouldn’t be honest if I would say something changed in each one of them… but I have no doubts my personal process of spiritual growth has been fantastic and has generated innumerable changes in my life. I see these years as an interesting ladder I have climbed since I realized I was not the abandoned weak talentless person I thought I was. I have been learning very new aspects about myself and my connection with others and the environment where I live. It is not only that: these 33 years add value to the 51 I am celebrating… Yes, I am stepping into the first floor of this huge 50’s building. While some friends talk about how their body is not working well or how difficult is to get work, I look at each floor as another chance for improvement. For someone with a spiritual approach, time helps in the process to get more wisdom and being a better human. One of the reasons for that is that I can choose between maturity and old age, productivity and isolation, to learn and to stay remembering older times. I can choose BEING what I am or being influenced by what is happening according to my age. And this is my best birthday gift, a double gift: the possibility of reflection and change that comes with this perception, without limits or restrictions. While I celebrate, I invite you to prepare yourself to your own birthday, reflecting deeply on the meaning of BEING, implementing the changes into what is going on around you. This will give a new meaning for that moment when Earth received you as an illustrious inhabitant.