Being Aware Of The Peace And Happiness Within

A very big Aloha.

My name is Reverend Cindy Paulus and I wanted to talk about happiness.

Happiness is an inside job.

Now the interesting thing is that we are constantly thinking if we had this or if we had all this money or if I had a perfect girlfriend or boyfriend then I'd be happy.

And it's interesting if you really look at the facts.

I mean there's people who won a lot of money and they pretty much go through it all pretty quickly.

And thinking that they can get what they want and they'll be happy.

But it's not all that stuff.

Truthfully it's not all that stuff.

I was raised in Beverly Hills amongst people who had a lot of money.

And some were super famous and wealthy and had everything.

And here's the thing.

A lot of these people were not happy people.

They had what a lot of people dream of having.

You know just only dream if I had that.

Wow.

And the bottom line came down to the simple things.

A lot of them just needed to find that happiness with what they had,

Who they were,

What they could give.

And a lot of them found happiness through giving.

Found happiness through accepting who they were and accepting their life and being grateful.

And it isn't the outside stuff.

It's not that outside stuff that makes us happy.

We're raised as capitalists.

We are raised to believe that if we had all those things,

If we had the mansions,

If we had all those cars,

If we had everything,

We would be really happy.

And I know people who have a lot of that stuff and they realize that it isn't all that stuff that makes them happy.

Now here's of course the thing.

You don't want to have to be worrying about your bills.

You don't have to be worrying about losing your house or you know not being able to pay your rent or your mortgage.

That stuff is really,

Really challenging.

But in between that,

That middle in between where you're getting by,

You know,

You'll find if you go to some other countries where they don't have as much as we have,

And I've traveled a lot,

That a lot of the people with very little stuff are very happy people.

And you have to question.

You have to stop and question what it is that makes them happy,

What it is that makes you happy.

And happiness is an inside job.

There's true wonderful gifts in recognizing what you have and being grateful for it.

And it's also wonderful gifts in being able to give back,

Even if you don't have a lot,

To give back something.

Because it's in giving that we really do receive.

It's in being grateful for what we've got that we find more gratitude and appreciation for our life.

And the concept of needing more,

More,

More,

More,

More,

Is really,

Unfortunately,

It's a never-ending quest.

You know,

It's not like,

Okay,

I can have this and have more and I'll be happy.

No,

You have that or that,

And then you need more of that or that,

And you have this and then you need that.

It is,

You ask anyone,

Ask anyone who has a lot of money.

And if you get to know them and get to the point where you can really get the truth from them,

They'll tell you all of that stuff.

It's nice,

It's nice to have,

But it doesn't bring happiness.

It makes it comfortable,

That's for sure,

And you have to be really grateful for that.

But it's not all that stuff,

You know,

And even if you have a lot of that stuff,

There's a maintenance of that stuff,

And there's a stuff you have to take care of around that stuff,

Or there's people that just want to like you or be friends with you because of that stuff,

And you don't really necessarily know who your friends are,

Because most of them around you,

A lot of them around you,

Because of the stuff you have,

You know.

And they'll all tell you that they really love you and appreciate you,

But you have to try to get through seeing that.

Is that true or is that real?

And if you lost all that stuff,

Would they still be friends with you?

You know,

It's a really deep well to dive into,

Because it's pretty limitless,

Actually.

But the truth is,

The bottom line is,

Can you really be happy with what you have when you go inside?

And when you look within,

Are you happy with who you are?

Are you happy with your intent with your nature,

Your human nature,

Your giving nature?

Are you satisfied with your life?

And are you accomplishing what you came here to accomplish in life?

So without me talking much more right now,

Let's take a little time to go within and do that deep dive into our inner state of mind and happiness within.

And as always,

I like to begin with just ah,

That breath,

That ah,

That breath,

That wonderful breathing practice.

Just clearing away everything as each breath,

Sweeping your mind,

Just breathing in deeply,

Holding and breathing out.

Simply breathing in,

Holding and breathing out.

And putting a protective,

Beautiful,

Brilliant white light above you,

Through you,

Down and around you,

Front of you,

Behind you,

Below you,

Protected in this wonderful,

Wonderful white light.

And now just dwell in this beautiful inner place of light inside yourself.

And in that light within,

There is true gifts.

There are true gifts that are priceless gifts.

Gifts that bring you to that inner place of peace and happiness.

That beautiful place within,

Where you are content with who you are.

Can you find that place?

If you search deep within your heart of hearts,

Can you love yourself enough to realize how precious,

How beautiful,

How precious you are?

Can you love yourself enough to be happy with who you are?

Keep going deeper within to that place where you are aware of how precious you are.

Can you love yourself?

Love yourself as you would like to be loved.

Tell your,

Tell your inner self how much you appreciate that gift of who you are.

Can you follow that gift to that place of peace inside?

That place where you're satisfied with this wonderful,

Amazing moment of being here now.

And total awareness of this great gift of being who you are.

What a wonderful gift this is.

How precious and priceless is this gift?

This gift of loving yourself,

Of happiness.

How would you share that gift?

How would you give that gift away?

Take someone in your life that you will send that wonderful gift of love and appreciation that you would like to do that with right now.

Take a moment to just send out that appreciation and feel that energy with the soul of the other person,

The higher self that recognizes this within the other person.

Now allow that wonderful energy to come back to you a million fold.

Now take a moment and allow yourself to find someone whom you are not that happy with,

That you've had maybe some disagreements with or discontent with.

Now send that person your love.

Send it to their soul that knows and recognizes that energy.

Now allow that healing energy to come back so that you can feel that gift being received.

Find the gift of peace and knowing that you can love yourself and love others when you love yourself.

When you find that inner place within that is built on love.

That beautiful gift that you can give is a priceless gift.

And it's always there to inspire you,

To sustain you,

To get you through everything.

Now slowly allow yourself to come back,

Come back,

Come back and breathe in deeply and feel that love.

Feel that gratitude at work and allow yourself to be grateful,

Oh so grateful for this gift of loving yourself and allowing yourself to love others.

I send you my deepest love and appreciation my friend.

God bless you always.