Motivation and Power Sources: Maps to the Present Moment Guidebook

By Sande Craig

Learn how to discover, identify and create your personal motivation and power sources!

MAPS will help you create new ways of thinking that are both uplifting and creative, opening your heart and mind to new possibilities.

You will be shown how to use these powerful, self-help tools to change your thinking, enhance your confidence and build self-esteem.

Most of all, MAPS will bring you into the present moment, the conscious NOW , where your true power resides.

Your MAPS will help you to:

Stop the Committee mind chatter.

Inspire and uplift yourself and others.

Bring yourself to conscious awareness.

Change disempowering thoughts, feelings and moods.

Enhance gratitude and appreciation.

MAPS to the Present Moment is a guide to conscious living. Included are activities for parents and children to do together and classroom activities for teachers and their students.

MAPS, your personal motivation and power sources will navigate you from confusion to clarity, from discouragement to hopefulness and they will restore positive thinking and feeling!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Apr 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504327442

Sande Craig

Sande Craig has a prominent background in developing programs and curricula for nearly 20 years at USC that are used nationally. Living in Bali, Indonesia for over 9 years she created Earth Village Art, a non-profit to help sustain artists and their families. Sande currently resides in Rancho Mirage, California where she writes and facilitates individual and group Maps sessions and meditation groups.

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Motivation And Power Sources

MAPS to the Present Moment

Guidebook

Sande Craig

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Copyright © 2015 Sande Craig.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-2743-5 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015902848

Balboa Press rev. date: 04/10/2015

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 What are MAPS to the Present Moment?

Chapter 2 Applications

Chapter 3 General Information about MAPS

Chapter 4 The Present Power of MAPS

Chapter 5 How MAPS Work

Chapter 6 Who, Where, What MAPS

Chapter 7 Technology MAPS

Chapter 8 Altars, Alters, and Music

Chapter 9 Rituals, Routines, and Practices

Chapter 10 Gratitude and Service MAPS

Chapter 11 Action and Activity MAPS

Chapter 12 Meditation and Breathing MAPS

Chapter 13 Intention and Willpower

Chapter 14 Making MAPS to the Present Moment

Chapter 15 MAPS for Family and Friends

Chapter 16 Circle of Love MAPS

Chapter 17 Soul Food

Chapter 18 Your MAPS: A Thrive-All Kit

Chapter 19 MAPS Gatherings and Support Groups

Chapter 20 Introduction to Parent–Child and Teacher–Student Activities

Chapter 21 Activities for Parents and Children

Chapter 22 Activities for Teachers and Students

Chapter 23 Conclusion

About the Author

References

Resources

Emotional Guidance Scale

Testimonials

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Willingness is the key that unlocks the door to change.

If you want to change your mind, mood, attitude, thoughts, feelings, perceptions, beliefs, habits, etc., willingness is the first step.

Do you want peace of mind and heart or do you want to hang on to that old anger, sadness, resentment, guilt, fear, and mental suffering in all the forms it takes?

If you are willing to let go of what keeps you unhappy, then here are some MAPS into the present moment, where change can happen.

This little guidebook is full of ways to help you think and feel better in order to live a healthier, happier life.

Discover your MAPS to the present moment and make the changes you want for yourself.

Boundless blessings!

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To my three wonderful Sons and their Dad. Thank you.

"Our true home is the present moment.

To live in the present moment is a miracle.

The miracle is not to walk on water.

The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment,

To appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Peace is all around us—

In the world and in nature—

And within us—

In our bodies and our spirits.

Once we learn to touch this peace, we will be healed and transformed.

It is not a matter of faith;

It is a matter of practice.

We need only to find ways to bring our body and mind back to the present moment

So we can touch what is refreshing, healing and wondrous."

—Thich Nhat Hanh, Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living

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Preface

The information in this guidebook has been revealed to me throughout my life. But in 2006, I was guided to begin writing this.

I remember as a child going almost daily to the meadow (which fortunately was right across the street from my house), climbing trees and rocks, gazing at the clouds, talking with God and angels, and feeling comforted by nature’s embrace.

Growing up had its difficulties, but somehow I had an awareness that I was not alone. There have been many times in my life when I felt lonely, but deep within me, there has been the knowledge that I am supported by unseen energy and love, and when I forget, something always brings me back to remembering.

As a kid, I occasionally went to a Presbyterian church, and throughout my teens I explored the Catholic religion, Judaism, and later, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more. I’ve always loved going to different churches and temples and feeling God’s presence everywhere. Most often, church for me is outside, in Mother Nature’s arms.

My godmother and I shared a very special spiritual connection. She experienced many encounters with her angels during her life, and one of the most beautiful was when she heard God say to her, Child of Mine and dear to Me, thus have I fashioned thee, joyous, gracious, glad, and free. Whenever I think of her, these words speak to me and continue to be a source of motivation and power.

I’ve exposed myself to many belief systems and have been touched deeply by Rumi and Hafiz. The teachings and writings of Paramahansa Yogananda led me to a deeper understanding of Jesus’ teachings, the Christ Consciousness, meditation, and a deep appreciation of my path.

So many wise ones have lit the way along my life’s path and journey. There are too many to mention here, but I am so grateful for their wisdom, which has given me aha moments and validation of truths, insights, and realizations.

Exploring many metaphysical and esoteric teachings throughout my life has enhanced my experience of God’s presence in the form of miracles and blessings. Some of the most profound of these are my relationships with angels, guides, helpers, healers, masters, and teachers, in physical and nonphysical form, as they have revealed themselves to me.

After many years of meditation, countless workshops, hundreds of books, life lessons, grace, and higher guidance, I was finally ready to commit to a daily practice of energization exercises and meditation that has carried me, supported me, and sustained me for the past forty-plus years.

I have found that daily rituals and routines help me stay centered and in a state of gratitude and appreciation. Each morning when I walk, I am thankful for the beauty I see and the heartfelt appreciation of life that I feel.