In this perfect moment, I am aware of the feeling of loneliness, and I allow it. I remember it, and own it as my creation. No need to soothe it, fix it, or get rid of it. I simply allow it to be, and as I do, I notice that it is not my only feeling. It has simply been the one, most vying for my attention. Now that I have observed it, claimed it, and loved it...I am free to notice my other feelings.
In this perfect moment, I am aware of my feeling, of loneliness, and I allow it, as I allow all of my feelings. I love them all, and remember them as my creation. I remember them all as perfect and whole, as I remember myself as perfect and whole.
In this perfect moment, I am keenly aware of my fears and doubts...I notice them, as they manifest in my thoughts and feelings and in my body and in my world. I am aware of them, and I allow them to carry on. I do not stop them, fix them, change them. I let them be, and I pay attention to the wisdom within them.
In this perfect moment, I remember that my fears and doubts are LOVE. I remember that LOVE is perfect being and perfect understanding. I remember that there is no "getting it right" and no "getting it wrong"...unless I believe it so. In this perfect moment, I allow my fears and doubts, as I allow my joy and trust. I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE! www.facebook.com/patricksterenchuk
In this perfect moment, I celebrate my many blessings, and remember that I decide what is blessing. In this perfect moment, I practice knowing my whole human experience...pain and pleasure, triumphs and stumbles, fears and joys...all of it...as blessing.
In this perfect moment, I remember that when I bless my world, I live in a world of blessings, and the more I practice this, the easier it is, to live in a world of blessing. No matter what I am experiencing, I can choose to bless it. I can choose to say, with great feeling, "I bless my world...all of it...and I live in a world of blessing!"Woohoo! Hallelujah! I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
In this perfect moment, I AM aware of the ways I have made myself stressed out and anxious, over plans and agendas that "should" happen...that "must" happen. I AM aware of the ways that I have worried about might be.
In this perfect moment, I AM aware of them, and love them as my creation...as they are. Nothing to get rid of or to change. I simply observe, and allow. In this, is ease and well-being, understanding and acceptance, great joy and freedom.
In this perfect moment, I remember that the best-case scenario is just as likely as the worst-case scenario, and I remember that whatever I prepare for...whatever I expect...is what I experience. In this perfect moment, I remember that I experience that, which I expect to experience.
In this perfect moment, I remember mySelf as LOVE, and remember my world as mySelf. Whatever I experience, I create. Whatever I create, I remember as mySelf...and I AM LOVE. When I remember this, all else flows. All is well. All is ease and well-being. When I AM remembering this, I live more and more from joy and freedom. When I remember this, I live from generosity and kindness.
In this perfect moment, I remember mySelf as LOVE, and remember my world as mySelf. Whatever I experience, I create. Whatever I create, I remember as mySelf, and I AM LOVE...perfect being, perfect understanding...That, in which all exists, in which all is true and perfect and whole.
In this perfect moment, I remember that I can fully love another, without participating in their emotions. When I choose to live from loving kindness and understanding, there is no need for pity or sympathy or empathy. Love does not require me to feel what they are feeling.
Love does not require me to feel what they are feeling. In truth, when I only own my own feelings...when I AM clear about my feelings...when I AM consciously connected with my joy...I can truly be generous with my love and kindness and understanding. When I remember mySelf as LOVE, it is easier to remember others as LOVE!I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
Today, of course, is Father's Day. I am not a father, and my own father made his transition, over 12 years ago. I wouldn't say that I celebrate Father's Day, but I do observe it, in my own way. You see, I have created my own holiday, out of this day, and this is my first time sharing it with anyone. It has been my own private observance, for many years.
It doesn't have a name, this observance. Father's Day is as good a name as any. The name is important. It might as well be called Kevin Sterenchuk Day. He was/is the kind of person that should have an official day, of some sort. I know, I know. A lot of fathers fit that bill. Many of them should have their own day too. I can only speak about my own. He's what I know, and writers write about what they know (at least that's what their studies tell them to do.
In the years, since his transition, I have made sure not to canonize him...though there is much to recommend this. My father was human, really human...human in many of the best ways. He was gentle and nurturing, devoted to his wife and family (nothing was more important, to him), understanding, patient, generous (with his time, money, and energy), really really smart, mischievously funny, open minded, and wise.
I've written about all of that, before. I've written about his gentle ways, of teaching his then know-it-all son. I've written about how he, and my mother, raised their children not be color-blind or gender-blind, but to interact with people, based on their character. Skin color and gender were just part of the mix. What was important, was how they treated others, how they lived...integrity was a big thing, growing up in our home.
I've written about the fact that my dad was a healer. He was Firefighter and a Paramedic, in the city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He excelled at everything he did, and very quickly, moved through the ranks, to become a District Chief. He created the City's first Hazardous Materials Team, innovated their Confined Space Rescue protocols, helped create terrorism preparedness initiatives (well before 911), and helped make it more possible, for women to serve as Firefighters.
You can see why it is a challenge, for me to not beatify this man, my father. I may already be in that territory, now. There is much more, but that is not what I wanted to share with you, on this Father's Day. I wanted to share, with you, one of the most moving testaments, to love, that I have ever read or heard. It is a small part of the story, of the day my father made his transition. It is a powerful example of the power of love...how love can make a dead man come back to life...even if for just a moment.
My father was at Central Fire Station, on the last day of his life. As much as he loved his work, I used to believe that it would have been his second choice. The first, being at home. After some time, I realize that this would have been his first choice...not wanting my mother to experience it. That's just how he was. All part of that self-sacrifice thing that must be built into most Firefighters. The details, about how it all went down, or about what it was that killed him, are not important. What happens next, is.
We get what we give, and in Kevin Sterenchuk's last day, all of his generosity and love and good old-fashioned kindness were returned. I have to pause here, because the next bit is so beautiful, that it is overwhelming, sometimes. For a very long time, two teams, made up of Firefighters and Paramedics, took turns...administering CPR and other life-saving measures. They worked way past the time they would have, normally. Way past the time my father would have.
When they got to Mercy Hospital, it was more of the same. No one was ready to let him die. Somewhere, during all of this, my mother was called, and she made her way to the hospital. By this time, my father's heart was not beating on its own, and he was not breathing on his own. He would be dead, if his friends and colleagues had not been breathing and pumping life into him. Another pause, to take a a deep breath, here...right before the love story part kicks in.
When my mother walked in the room, my father was being attended by these two teams, who refused to quit or let him die. In the moment that she walked in, his heart began to beat on its own...for just a moment...before he eventually made his transition. I believe, in that moment, when he was, for all practical purposes, already passed...Kevin Sterenchuk, on some level of understanding, felt the love of his life, and tried very hard to come back. Just for her. It was the only time that his heart beat on its own.
I was not there. I was in Dubuque, selling cell phones, at that moment. I can tell you that this story was told by lots of different people, who were there. Their versions are all a little different, until they get to the part when my mom walked in. For each of them, this moment is the same. During this whole experience, this is the one time, when his heart beat of its own power. Amazing. Beautiful. A living example of the power of love. It is one of the most beautiful and empowering and moving love stories, I have ever heard, read, or seen.
Thank you, for letting me share this with you. We all have our particular stories, but when we let ourselves, we can see truth and beauty, in another's story. This is not sad story, for me. For me, this is a testament to the power of love, and is a constant reminder that anything is possible. It is miracle and blessing, and I am grateful for it, as I ma grateful for all of you...and this connection with you. I love you all.
In this perfect moment, I remember that I AM everything I seek, everything I dream of, hope for, and desire...right now, as I AM. In this perfect moment, I remember that I AM only limited by my imagination...what I believe is real and true. In this perfect moment, I remember that I AM everything I seek. I AM That, in which all exists.
I am so excited, to share with you, that I am going to be in the Boulder/Denver area, for a little over two weeks...starting the end of June. This is big, for me, and the whole thing is a blessing, on so many levels. On the surface, it may seem like a simple trip to Colorado. For me, it represents much more.
I won't go into a lot of detail, right now...feels like a blog post, sometime this weekend. Let's just say that, in the process of this coming together, I experienced much remembering (all healing, all insight, being the remembering that we are already whole...already that, which we seek).
The whole thing has been a wonderful opportunity, for me to walk my talk...even more. It has been a wonderful opportunity, for me to observe old patterns, centered around money...to be aware of some really old self-limiting thoughts, without judgment, and to say, "Yes!"...to jump, from a seemingly dizzying height, with no apparent safety of any kind.
Blessing! What a blessing! To realize that, after only forty years, of creating my money situation from lack...I can simply step off the ledge. No need to. Nothing to prove. Knowing myself as perfect and whole, either way. Simply choosing to pretend something else, and why not. With all things being perfect and whole, anything I create is perfect and whole.
Now you, in your infinite money wisdom, might be thinking (in a gentle, non-judgmental way), "Of course, Patrick. If you had only asked me, I could have told you it is easy. I mean, dude, it is REALLY easy. I thought you knew. Everything else is easy for you. I just assumed this was too." That's part of what makes you so wise. It's the gentleness, and the acceptance. Thank you, for that.
What a wonderful opportunity, to look into the scary, and lovelovelove it, as my own...as me. My world is truly blessed. I love all of it. The tricky bits, the sticky bits, and the easy-as-pie bits (more and more of those, as the story of Patrick unfolds). My world is blessed, and filled with the most amazing miracles. Daily. Yesterday's was a doozy.
Yesterday, I went for my daily walk. I thought that I had already made the timid, but true, leap...I had said "Yes!" So I thought. My walk is when it really happened. As I was standing at a curb, waiting to cross, I had the very vivid vision of standing at a ledge. I have had this vision, before, during major life moments...during major moments of remembering.
I was still aware that I was on a curb. I was also aware of myself, standing at a ledge. I have had this vision before, and these kinds of experiences are normal, to me. I've been this way, my whole life. All of sudden, I am standing at this ledge, and I cannot see the bottom...nor can I see the other side. There is only the ledge, and...lots of space. I know, in this moment, that I can jump or play it safe.
In a nano-second, it all plays out. I can feel all of it...the fears and doubts are there, and now there is something else. I remember it as a simple readiness, a trust, a remembering that I am all that I seek...including money. I can step off the ledge...I can spend the money, without worrying about having enough later...and all will be well. As it always has been.
So, as the streetlight turns green, I feel the "Yes!", and step off the ledge/curb, and I feel it...all is well, all is well. The rest of the walk was the same way...recognizing the scary stuff and lovinglovingloving it. This, of course, made room for joy and freedom and excitement. For the first time, since the trip became a possibility, I was relaxed and totally excited. Wonderful! Truly, I live in a world of blessing.
Now, oh wise one, are you ready for the cool reveal? Later, last night...the money, for the trip, ceased to be an issue. I don't mean emotionally/mentally/spiritually. That had already happened...I could already see myself in Boulder...I could already feel the unfolding of new story arcs and new opportunities. I mean, literally, the money ceased to be an issue. I will leave it at that. I think you get my meaning. Blessing on top of blessing.
This is not so surprising. Our world is as we deem it to be. We can only experience that, which we are ready to experience. Isn't that wonderful? Our world is as we believe it to be. Always! Now, my world is more free to "show me the money" because I am more ready to expect it. Simple. And with only forty years of practice...easy. ;)
I am so stoked, for this. I have been creating this trip, for...about nine months. Interesting, eh? What a blessing! I am so grateful...for all of it. For the apartment. For my wise friends, who were so generous with their wisdom and time. For the blessings and visions and epiphanies. For all of you. for my work/play. For all of it. Thank you!
And with that, I get to say, "Woohoo! Colorado, here I come!" And as a musical send off, I give you "Rocky Mountain High". I love John Denver, and it is certainly apropos. Blessings, to you all. Thank you, for the opportunity to remember with you. We remember that we are all that we seek. We remember that we are whole and perfect, as we are. We remember ourselves as LOVE, and remember our world as ourselves.
In this perfect moment, I remember that swimming off of my Island of Safety can be scary and death-defying. It can also be exhilarating and freeing and peaceful.
The thing is, once I AM swimming (or surfing or flying about or what have you), I remember that it is all me...the island, the waters, the air, the safety, the scary, the freedom, the joy, all of it...and it's all perfect. I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
You are intuitive...psychic, woowoo, good at guessing, great judge of character, whatever you call it. You are intuitive. You make intuitive decisions...ALL THE TIME. You have intuitive knowing...ALL THE TIME. It's happening now.
The fact, that you are still reading this, means you are curious, and that curiosity comes from a place...deep within, or much closer...that knows this is true. You wouldn't be curious, unless some part of you knew this was true. Again, you're still reading. You haven't dismissed the idea. Some part of you or most of you or all of you...knows this is true. You are intuitive. We're talking "famous t.v. psychic" intuitive. Sometimes, you are aware of it. Sometimes, you trust it. Sometimes, you trust your "inner knowing". Sometimes, you allow that thinking of someone, right before they call you...might be more than coincidence. Sometimes, when that still small voice says, "Now might be a good time to leave."...you listen. Sometimes, you choose to look past appearances, because "something" told you to.Even when you are not aware of your intuition, it is still working. Even when you are not paying attention to it, not trusting it, or even actively ignoring it...it is still working. It is always available, whether you trust it or use it. It is always there. And let's clear something up. When we are talking about intuition, we are talking about your inner truth informing your human experience. To the degree, that you allow this information to guide you, you have more or less intuition, in any given experience. There is no more, and no less intuitive faculty...in any one person. Some may have a greater facility with it. For some, it may be more pronounced. Some have more a proclivity, more of an interest, a deeper regard for intuition. Everyone is born intuitive. This is the simple truth. You were born intuitive. You are intuitive, right now. Your access, to your intuition, is something you can practice. And what are you practicing, if you are already intuitive? You are practicing the art of trusting that inner knowing, when it manifests, in your human experience. It's practice. Like everything else. It is practice. No different than learning to talk, walk, read, or ride a bike. No harder than learning math or science, or how to tie your shoelaces. All of those took practice. So does learning to trust your intuition. It just takes practice. Maybe a lot. Maybe a little. No matter what, you can practice trusting that inner knowing. It is a choice. It takes some courage...at least, at first...and some discipline, but anyone can learn to trust their intuition. Everyone allows, and accesses it differently. It is much easier, when you are relaxed, and when you are making time, to be silent and still. You will read about all sorts of other rules. Follow them, if you like, but you can simply start with relaxing, being still, being silent, and listening/observing. This last bit...the listening and observing...is actually at the heart of the matter. Intuition comes from a late Latin word (intuitionem)...which simply means "to look at" or "to be aware of, to observe". That's it. It means really being aware. It means really being observant. It means all of this, and it means trusting what you are aware of...what you observe...what you are allowing to inform you. It takes trust, and trust takes courage. So, you see. You already intuitive. This inner knowing lives within you, and is always available, to you...when you trust yourself...when you are relaxed...when you make time, for being still and silent and aware. See? Easy! OK. Simple. We'll go with simple. And with a little practice (or a lot), it becomes easier and easier. Be easy with yourself. Trust yourself. Make time to listen to the wisdom within, and remember that every experience, of insight or intuition...is a remembering of what you already know. Blessings, my LOVEly friend. Blessings. I AM LOVE, and know you as LOVE!
In this perfect moment, I allow my world to be brand new...to be the first time, I experience it. I allow myself to be amazed and curious and delighted...by simple and small things...by big and complex things. I choose, in this perfect moment, to allow for discovery and surprise and wonder. In this perfect moment, I AM bright eyed and innocent and awed by it all.
In this perfect moment, I remember that "it's always darkest...just before they turn the lights on!" In this perfect moment, I AM laughing with (not at) my fears and doubts and worries. I AM laughing with them, and lovinglovingloving them.
In this perfect moment, I AM inviting them to sleep with me, eat my food, drink my drink, walk with me, talk with me, go on adventures with me, sing and dance and play with me, and love me back. In this perfect moment, I remember them as my creation...light, dark, and whatever...and I AM loving them. I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
In this perfect moment, I remember that I need do nothing to be perfect. I AM as I always am...perfect and whole. I may choose to be easy with myself. It is much easier to remember, that I AM perfect and whole, when I AM relaxed...when I AM easy with myself.
In this perfect moment, I help myself to remember that I already am perfect, and to be easy with myself, as I remember. This mantra is a wonderful reminder:"I AM perfect, right now. And I AM growing in my knowing, That I AM perfect, right now."I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE! www.facebook.com/patricksterenchuk
You know that moment, when you lose your sunglasses? You're looking around for them, and looking around for them. Suddenly someone comes up and says, "What are you looking for?", and you say, "My sunglasses. I love them, and I can't find them anywhere." Then, that someone says, very gently, "Excuse me, but they're on top of your head."
You feel embarrassed, perhaps. They can see that you are, and they say, "Listen, it happens to everyone. Now you know where they are. Isn't that great?" And you realize, it is great. You thank them, and they're on their way. Disaster averted...all through the calm observation of someone, not caught up in the disaster. That's what I do. I get to be that guy, and I love it. I love helping people realize that they've always had what they thought they had lost. I love helping folks to see that they have everything they will ever need...that they've always had it. I love helping clients be easy and gentle with themselves. I love helping people remember.It's a great vocation, helping people remember...all sorts of things...and that's what healing is. The experience, of healing, is the remembering that we are already (always) whole. I get to help folks remember themselves as whole. I have the great blessing, of helping folks heal. What a life! What a way, to live! Woohoo! "Patrick has the ability to focus in on and guide one to remembering their true selves. He does this in a gentle, loving manner, without judgement. His energy work can be felt even over long distances. He is truly a gifted healer."Carrie --Minneapolis, MN
Right now is a perfect time, for choosing to be easy with yourSelf, with others, with your world, with all of it. Be easy. Make time, right now, to pause and take a few deep breaths. Make time to allow yourself to be easy with everything. Breathe and be easy...breathe and be easy...breathe and be easy. Remember yourSelf as LOVE...perfect being, perfect understanding, perfect allowing. Remember yourSelf as LOVE, and remember your world as yourSelf. Blessings! I AM LOVE, and know you as LOVE!
I have had a few messages, from folks who are feeling uprooted, up in the air, not grounded...you get the idea (and you might know the feeling). This video was a "spur of the moment" response, to those messages. Take a moment, to check it out, and please let me know if there are other videos, you would like to see.
In this perfect moment, I remember that I AM the author of this human experience. I remember that I create my world...all of it...every experience...and no matter what, it is always perfect and whole. I love it all, and allow it to be, as it is.
In this perfect moment, I love it all, and allow it all to be, as it is. I allow it to be perfect and whole, as it is...triumphs, stumbles, doubts, hopes, fears, joys...all of it. I celebrate it all, and I celebrate mySelf. Creator and creation are one. In this perfect moment, I remember that creator and creation are one...the one in the other, and the other in the one. I remember that I AM perfect and whole, as I AM. Nothing missing. Nothing extra. Perfect and whole. Hallelujah!I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
In this perfect moment, I remember that my life...my whole human experience...is perfect and whole, as it is. I need do nothing, to be perfect and whole...nothing to earn or get rid of...nothing missing...nothing extra. I AM, as I AM...perfect and whole.
In this perfect moment, I remember to remember that I AM perfect and whole. I remember to remember that my world...my whole human experience...is perfect and whole. I remember that, without changing a single thing, I AM perfect and whole. How wonderful, how freeing, what joy...to remember that I AM perfect and whole, as I AM.I AM LOVE, and know all as LOVE!
You know that moment, when you lose your sunglasses? You're looking around for them, and looking around for them. Suddenly someone comes up and says, "What are you looking for?", and you say, "My sunglasses. I love them, and I can't find them anywhere." Then, that someone says, very gently, "Excuse me, they're on top of your head."
You feel embarrassed, perhaps, and they say, "Happens to everyone. Aren't you just glad that you didn't lose them, after all?" And you realize that you are glad. You thank them. Disaster averted...all through the calm observation of someone, not caught up in the disaster. That's what I do. I love telling people that they haven't lost whatever it is that they think they've lost. It is a joy, helping folks remember that they have always had what they thought they'd lost. All healing is the remembering that we are already (always) whole. I get to help people remember that they are already (always) whole. Nothing missing. Nothing extra. Whole and perfect, as they are. Pretty cool, eh?
Whether you live in a world, divided, or in a world, united...is totally up to you. Whether the world is cursed or blessed...totally your choice. The world may only appear as you expect it to appear. It can only be what you believe it to be. Even now, you are creating your world, through your beliefs...through what you expect.
This is not so mumbo-jumbo. Have you ever missed a Stop Sign, until after you've passed it? Have you ever walked up and down the aisle, at the grocery store (sure that you are in the right aisle) not seeing what you are looking for...only to have the clerk lead you back to where you had been looking, and point right at it? You experience only what you expect to experience. Expect to see a world, divided...you will. Expect to see a world, united...you will. It is very simple. Curse your world, and you experience your world as cursed. Bless your world, and you experience your world as blessed. Simple, and with a little practice...easy.
In this perfect moment, I remember that my plans are simply an outline, for the story I have been telling, and sometimes...both outline and story change. When I remember that I am the author of both, and that both have changed many times in the past, I am relaxed and allowing. When I am relaxed and allowing, I remember that there is no disappointment...only re-appointment.
