Danielle LaPorte - How to Be Loving: The Journal: Relax Your Mind. Connect with the Divine.

Sounds True Boulder, CO 80306 2022 Danielle LaPorte, Inc. Sounds True is a trademark of Sounds True, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the author(s) and publisher. Published 2022 Cover design by Danielle LaPorte, Lisa Kerans, Cheryl Sorg Book design by Connie Poole Cover art by Cheryl Sorg | CherylSorg.com BK06148 ISBN 978-1-68364-764-5 (print) ISBN 978-1-64963-059-9 (ebook) The light is within. Thats what the mystics tell us.

Does that ring true for you? Maybe its unsettlingwhich is understandable, since humans have been wrestling with illusions of separateness and a yearning for Divine Guidance for eons. But really... The answers are within us. We just need to slow down often enough to hear them. Use this journal as a reflection tool. Go stream of consciousness or treat it like a diary of your deepest questions.

Use it to listen to your heart. Then trust what you hear. And then use your free will to work that wisdom into your thoughts, words, and actions. A heart centered life is a reflective life. Yearly visioning is great, but regular introspection keeps us close to our life forceand to each other. And when theres more reflection, theres more light.

Each page here is a portal to your Radiance. See whats inside of you. Always with Love, May I be happy. May I be healthy. May I be free of suffering. May I be free of mental anxiety.

May I live in peace. May my life be blessed with ease. May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be free of suffering. May you be free of mental anxiety.

May you live in peace. May your life be blessed with ease. May we be happy. May we be healthy. May we be free of suffering. May we be free of mental anxiety.

May we live in peace. May our lives be blessed with ease. The Metta Bhavana Prayer was translated from Pali (the original language of most Buddhist prayer and teaching). Metta means Loving Kindness; Bhavana means cultivation. According to legend, a gathering of monks were having trouble meditating in the woods. The Buddha heard their complaints and gave them a spiritual tool: the Metta Bhavana Prayer.

They went back into the forest, practiced the prayer relentlessly, and how about this? They emerged enlightened. Powerful prayer. You do not need to focus on fixing yourself. As we focus on living from our heart centerfrom Loveanything thats not in alignment with that light will fall away. If I stopped trying to fix myself, I would free up or change... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Your heart is already open. Your true Loving nature is always present. No amount of any kind of thinking can alter your divinity. Just as theres no weather pattern that can swallow the sky, theres no emotional pattern that can affect your Soul.

There are just thought formations, like clouds, passing through limitless, luminous spaceyour heart. If I had proceeded through the last few days knowing that my heart is truly open to everything, what might have gone differently? If I approach a currently tough situation in my life knowing that my heart is actually open, what might be possible? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Spirituality is really just the practice of open-mindedness, of intentionally not putting up blocks to life. Id like to be more open-minded about... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ When were curious about and committed to Loving, we think very differently. Rather than thoughts that act as Love blockades, more unifying thoughts rise up from our intention to Love. We dont have to go looking for higher thoughts outside ourselves. We just have to be still often enough to realize that were part of something infinitely creative and inclusive.

This growth happens in small, sometimes surprising, increments. Im expressing my deep commitment to love by... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Create conditions for healing.If I centered my life around healing myself, others, and the world... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ We can choose the quality of our thoughts. Loving thoughts are:

• life-affirming, encouraging statements that are generated by the heart
• aligned with Loving Kindness, inclusiveness, goodwill, harmlessness, compassion for self and others
• expansive and calming, at the same time personal and universal

A few loving thoughts... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ The heart is the library of all youll ever need to know. My heart wants to tell my mind... __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Divine Love is the ultimate inclusiveness. Everyone and everything is in. Their light and their shadownot necessarily good or bad, just... what it is, included and Loved for what it is. what it is, included and Loved for what it is.

Welcome it all into your heart. We are from Divine Love, made of Divine Love, and are here to return to complete awareness of Divine Love.

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