The World Needs You NOW: Choose Love

We may look different on the surface. In truth, those are all illusions. Our titles. Our sexuality. Our religion. The number of zeros in our bank account. Our possessions. Those are not real. At the end of the day, those are the things that tend to create fear in our lives in one way or another.

There is only one thing that is real...and that is love. Just imagine if everyone in the world fully believed that, even just remotely, even for just one day. The world could possibly be healed. That might seem like a pipe dream, but I assure you that's not.

I am literally heartbroken at the news coming out from Orlando the past several days, first with the senseless shooting of Christina Grimmie and the mass shooting overnight at Pulse Nightclub.

Honestly, how many more tragedies are necessary, whether it be locally or globally, for us to accept one another's differences and simply embrace each other for his/her own magnificence and uniqueness? A lot of people have referred to "the world we now live in as a nightmare." If you continue to live your life in fear and believe this is what the world is not just now, but will continue to be, that will be the reality that you create for yourself.

You might be wondering what can you do during this time to make a difference. Just lil' ol' you. The answer: More than you realize.

First, and most importantly, be yourself. No matter what anyone tells you, no matter what your external environment may reflect back at you. You are absolutely beautiful. You, right now, are a child of divine perfection. You are unconditional love. You, yes you are God, whatever or whomever that means to you.

Secondly, give of your time and your energy. Give blood. Volunteer at a hospital. Give food to your local food bank. Call a friend and ask if he/she needs anything. It can even be as simple as smiling at someone you don't know on the street. You never know how far that smile could go. It may, in fact, save his/her life.

And finally, LOVE AND FORGIVE YOURSELF and LOVE AND FORGIVE ONE ANOTHER. There are times where this is challenging, especially if your spouse or significant other, someone in your family, or one of your friends or business colleagues pushes your buttons and/or "hurts you." This takes daily practice. It's part of the reason why we are all here. As Ram Dass says so beautifully: "We are all just walking each other home."

Do your part. Begin by loving and forgiving yourself, releasing the judgments, the shame, the guilt, the stories you have kept telling yourself for years or even decades. Give yourself the permission to start your day as a clean slate, a blank piece of paper...and give others the opportunity to do the exact same.

At the beginning of the day and at the end of the day, we have a choice. Well, actually, we have many choices. But, this is what it all boils down to, something that I learned through my dear friend and soul sister Scarlett Lewis: We can either choose love or choose fear. We've seen what happens when we choose fear, haven't we?

The tragic events happening now in the world are a wake-up call, not a nightmare. You can wake up and rise up to fulfill your life's purpose and shine your light more than you ever have done before, or you can stay asleep and continue to numb yourself to your own pain and that of the world. It's your call...

Orlando: I have many beautiful memories of my time with you over a decade ago. Those memories will not be tarnished by these past few days. Join me today and this week in prayer, meditation, and love and send healing energies to this beautiful city. 

Namaste.

My Empowering Miracle: One Year Later

One year ago, my entire life transformed. My grandmother revealed to me something she told me months prior: that miracles and wonders would be on their way. It may have come in an unexpected fashion, but My Empowering Miracle was revealed to me.

I always wanted to love myself, but I didn't feel I could ever feel that happiness and joy. Call it unworthiness, call it limited beliefs/old programming, call it the story that my family, for many generations, kept telling themselves, that I, in some way, felt was mine to carry.

I was always an emotional guy. But, I was afraid to truly be with my pain. I was afraid of expressing my emotions, especially to women. I was afraid of feeling my own feelings. And yes, I was afraid of being vulnerable. Petrified. A lot of this was unconscious, but was being brought up to the surface so that I could finally move on.

Over the past year, Babcia has blessed me with incredible angels on my path, whether it be personally or professionally, whether it be with someone whom I only had one conversation with or someone who became a dear friend and member of my soul family (once again). I cannot express enough the unconditional love, gratitude, and humility that I feel for all of you on my path, especially those who came into the equation from one year ago today to this very present moment.

I have experienced many blessings and life lessons along the way, regarding faith, trust, health, finances, family, worthiness, guilt, judgment, shame, abandonment, etc. This ogre had many layers, just like we all do. Whatever no longer served me, I had to let go. Before I would let the Universe do that for me. Now, I am choosing to do more of that myself, in co-creation with the Universe.

I was given the opportunity to reaffirm the perfect health that I always had, the love that I always was. There were illusions that came into the equation, which I could have easily bought in one way or another. From November onward, through daily spiritual practice, I instead chose to affirm that I am love, that I am the Universe, that I am perfect, whole, healthy, and complete. Babcia knew exactly what she was doing when she placed mirrors of that on my path: Robert Tremblay, James John Malaniak, Ken Jablonski, among many others.

My grandmother provided me with divine guidance one year ago, divine guidance that may be the biggest sign of faith and trust I may ever experience and feel in this lifetime. From that point on, based on what she told me, I had an inner knowing, one that has grown larger and larger, as I have chosen to take the next steps forward on my path of service to humanity. With what I have seen and felt, and with a full faith and trust in God, the Divine, and my higher self, I could not and would not go back. My purpose here is that important. My heart is so full of love. I knew I was being prepped for something amazing, experiences of love, happiness, and joy, would begin. It was merely up to me to make a simple decision: that I was worthy of being part of those experiences, feeling that love, happiness, and joy.

Many of you who have known me for a while know my soul's connection to Dr. Wayne Dyer. I was blessed to interview Serena Dyer and Skype Dyer on Soul Luminous Radio during the early years of my spiritual awakening. I felt a profound connection to his message, knowing in some way the work that I was meant to do was along the same scope and that I was placed here to help, heal, inspire, and serve countless souls, in a similar, yet different fashion to Wayne. I had seen me meeting Wayne at one point in time in this lifetime, in the physical realm. Unfortunately, that would not come to pass, as he transitioned last summer.

But, something quite beautiful happened when I was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for the Hay House I Can Do It event at the Roy Thompson Hall, more of which I share in my new #HangoutsOnAir. I knew within me that this weekend was going to be transformative, but at the same time, I went into this weekend, for the first time in my entire life, truly detaching myself of all end results and outcomes of everything.

I had the pleasure of meeting Saje Dyer, one of Wayne's other beautiful and talented daughters. I had the opportunity to share with her a little bit about me, but more importantly to personally thank her and her entire family for the kind and loving man and the beautiful soul that was and will forever be her father, as well as to thank them for the work they continue to do for humanity. Saje asked me a question during the course of the conversation, and in that series of present moments, it felt like Wayne's presence was truly there. I was being given an opportunity to reaffirm not only how far that I've come, but also the direction that I am now choosing to walk in every day. Could I have chosen to look back and go that way? Yes. But, when one has walked the path that he/she has walked, your soul knows better than the collective ego.

So, just as I made that promise to Babcia one year ago today, that I've honored and believed in, I made a promise to Wayne in Toronto: that My Empowering Miracle is being written and is being shared with the world (and will be more so in divine timing), that I will utilize my journey not to replay the old, not to stay in a loop, but to help, heal, inspire, and serve others around the world who have gone through similar situations, so they know that through faith and hope that you can heal anything in your life, that I may be used as a vessel of service to humanity wherever I am called, and that I choose to remind myself daily of the love that I am, that the only two things I choose to have flow within me is love and forgiveness.

One year ago, the Universe gave me a clear sign: It told me "John: You can finally love and forgive yourself." For that, I am eternally grateful. And I know I will not let the Universe down. All I have to do is be myself, be love, and let the Divine do the rest. Babcia: I thank you. For everything. I know you will continue to guide me as I continue to move forward and make wonderful strides in my life.

I know, that in divine timing, my wife, son, and the family I create will be revealed. I know California will be calling, just as it's begun to do so ever so subtly. For now, I rest in the perfection that I am. That right now, on June 3, 2016, that everything...is...perfect.

Keep a spot in heaven reserved for me. But, there's still work to do down here, much fun to experience, and much more love to be and feel.

With all the love I possess. I remain yours God.

Your humble and loving son,
John