John Harrigan

The Opportunity of Illness

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Mar 042011
 


Illness sometimes stops our world. While ill, we have opportunity. We can stay in our disease or use it as an opportunity to discover our deep and perfect selves, the perfection in the world.

Illness is frightening, for good cause. We suffer, are in pain and may die? Illness puts a stop to our world as we know it.

We can deny our difficult condition, or work with our problem and learn.

The best lesson from illness is to see how valuable, perfect and powerful our life really is, to see we have ability and belief deeper than we may have imagined.

In good health we can live with abandon, not thinking about the value of life; but in illness we have an opportunity to see a deeper quality and purpose in living that carries to all of our life.

In illness, we may find we are more powerful and perfect than we ever knew?

 Posted by John Harrigan at 4:05 pm

The Way Out of Suffering

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Mar 022011
 


The way out of suffering is a spiritual path—a path that returns us to our origin.

We may question our pain, thinking we did not cause it, that the situation is not our fault? This may be true, but if we want release from pain, no matter how it began, it is our responsibility.

It is our problem and requires we take action. Our intent will be the gateway to relief.

Though our spirit may seem failing and uneasy, this same spirit will take us out of pain.


We must ask for help and share our suffering. This dissipates our pain and unifies our spirit with the world.


The world does not want us to suffer; it is not our design to be in pain. When we are at peace, and in agreement with life, suffering falls away. As we sense our perfect core and the love of life, healing takes place…

As we know we are made of love, we conform to our design of health. As we know and see our spirit in strength, our suffering will ease.

Healing may happen quickly, but also may take time. It may take time to heal a difficult situation? It is important, however, that we begin.

As we suffer, we may get lost and confused. And who among us has not suffered or been mistaken to some degree? We all have suffered; suffering affects our thoughts and will. Let us be humble and seek our core of love, and know the love of the world.

In love, all things recover—the world, our life and health. In love, there is no accident.

The way out of suffering comes by persistent effort, taking action toward our core of love.

 Posted by John Harrigan at 12:14 am

Immediate Bliss

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Feb 252011
 

Happiness, compassion and love share a common ground in comprising the feel of life. Feel your life, and experience who you are. Happiness, compassion and love will come to you.

We are not separate from the goodness of life. Love is with us, present as who we are. Feel the love of life; feel the cohesion. We belong.

The presence of love is composed as all things.

If we look, we can feel and see the presence of love–it is an everywhere bliss. The feeling of life is the presence of love, belonging to all of the world.

(From my book, “Lessons in Love”)

 Posted by John Harrigan at 4:10 pm

We Share the Spark of Life

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Feb 242011
 

Everything we see–living and non-living–is who we are, a part of our totality. We come from the primordial spark that is now the universe. We share this spark with everything and everyone.

The spark feels powerful inside us. Its tune is love. This love can be soft and warm as a friend’s embrace, or strong and immediate, mending what is torn.

The spark lives on in everyone and everything. We may appear separate and apart, but we are united in our origin and unified by life.

(From my book, “Lessons in Love”)

 Posted by John Harrigan at 7:55 pm

We Are the Will of Love

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Feb 172011
 

(In this short Personal Development article, you will be inspired and directed to find your “will of love” and get what you want from life.)

We are not slaves to the world and destined for pain. With love we get our way.

The will of love stands forth within us, waiting on our call. Love is within and all about us, in everything we do. In prayer and contemplation we can feel this.

We are the will of love. As we know this, it has effect… and love becomes boundless. We feel our purpose and know who we are.

The will of love protects us and directs our way in life.

We can destroy or create in the making of the world? As we act, this action is acted upon us. Yet with love, we can make and have our way, every day for the rest of our lives.

 Posted by John Harrigan at 12:10 pm

Personal Development: You Can Change Now!

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Feb 162011
 

(In this personal development article from my book, “Lessons in Love,” you will learn the value of the present moment in making the changes in your life you want. Get what you want “now”!

Personal change begins now, in the present. Our lives take place right now. The present is the place we live, and the only time we have power to change. We feel in the present; emotions are in the now. All of love and life takes place in the present. Knowledge is in the “now”.

By letting go of feelings we no longer need, we are brought closer to the “now.”

Living in the present requires balance and practice. When we plan for the future, we need not get caught by emotion and worry. We may plan and let go. The process of life will provide.

The value of “now” applies to the past. We must rely on past experience to act in the present, but we do not have to live in resentment or fear, repeating the past in a way that does not serve us well.

Ask that your bad feelings be removed; your brain will respond to this demand in a natural and reflexive manner. Our brain takes direction and changes itself as we request, if we practice with intention.

If we center our thoughts on love and strength, we are brought to the present. The present is where love and the best of life dwell.

The present is where we have our power, the power to change the world and enjoy who we are.

(From my book, “Lessons in Love”)

 Posted by John Harrigan at 6:49 am

Life Is Not a Fight

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Feb 152011
 

When we see life as a fight for survival, we lose our dignity. We cut ourselves off from our core. We do not feel connected or at peace. We’re at war.

When fighting for survival, it is hard to cooperate, and things may not go our way. While pursuing our needs, at the expense of others, life can be difficult—this is disharmony we create.

If we cooperate with life and find its flow… life can be easy.

Are we moving with the direction of life, or going against life’s flow?

If you feel tired, worn out and struggling–let go. Don’t resist and fight so much. You may be heading in the wrong direction? Let go and discover the current of life.

Let yourself be carried and helped. As you understand the way life is going, you can move along. You can work with life, and let life help you. Struggle can end.

Life is not a fight for survival. It is an opportunity to find the best of ourselves, to change and mature.

(From my book, “Lessons in Love.”)

 Posted by John Harrigan at 6:48 am
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