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  1. Real is Better

    May 6, 2012 by leslee

    I’m pretty sure I’ve written about the spiritual concept of real verses unreal before over at Waiting for the Click, but obviously it is a lesson I’m still working on which brings me to this point, writing about it again.

    This week I read How I Used Truth by H. Emilie Cady. Her teachings are very similar to those of Joel S. Goldsmith (one of my favorites for a few years now). Both of these healers and teachers suggest that the only thing truly real is God (or source energy as I like to think of it). And that God/Source energy is love and good. They say that all of the sickness, lack, and strife is unreal. It’s hypnosis. They teach that abiding in source energy is the cure for all that ails you.

    This has been a hard one for me to grasp because when you look around sickness, lack, and strife seems pretty darn real. How can you tell someone the pain they are experiencing doesn’t actually exist? It seems cruel.

    Somehow though, I think this time around, through Ms. Cady’s writings I finally get it. I took what I read and put it my own easy to understand vocabulary. Basically I’ve decided that God-Source is “better.” And “better” is what is real. No matter how bad things get or seem to be, they will always get “better.” Depending on where you are on your spiritual path and how plugged in and aware you are, the “better” may be short-lived, but it is always there. And even in situations like say cancer where a person ends up dying, for that person who was in great pain, death was their release, their “better.” And for all the grieving people they leave behind, the pain will eventually lessen and there will be plenty of “better” for them to experience as well.

    The next time you are stuck in pain or in fear, just know that “better” is right there for the taking. By just pausing for a moment and taking a deep breath, you experience the “better.” If you look into the eyes of another human being and truly take a moment to see them, you will experience something “better.” By stepping outside and listening to the birds singing you will hear the “better.” We can always feel “better” at any moment we choose.

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  2. Sharing My Spirit

    April 10, 2012 by leslee

    I was asked last Sunday by one of the church board members to “share my spirit” this coming Sunday. This means I’ll give a 3-5 minute talk during the church service. I’ve been playing with ideas the last couple of days and I know it’s going to be something about the ego.

    Preparing for this week’s “talk” got me thinking about the talk I gave at church almost two years ago. I’ll share it here if you care to watch! (Click on the numbers below and it will take you to my vimeo page.)

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  3. Sex and the Sub-Humans

    March 15, 2012 by leslee

    Two days ago, one of my best friends had her third baby-a boy. To my surprise, I found myself feeling a bit jealous. I always thought I’d be the one in my family to have a son but I had two daughters just like my sisters. I began thinking maybe I could go for a third child. I could have the grandson my dad has always wanted or we might have a third girl and that would be a joy too. And so I played with that thought for a while.

    Then it hit me. The reality of having and raising another person. First off, I’d have to have another c-section and I didn’t recover well from the first two and that was when I was 28 and 30. I can’t go through another recovery like that. Then there is the size of our house. It’s small. There’s not room for another one of us in here. Finally there is money. We spend about 2 grand a year at the pediatric dentist alone. Right now if we were to pay in full for the pre-paid college fund, we’d need 80 grand for our two kids a third would add another 40 grand and did I mention twins run in my family?

    At the end of the day, when I weigh all the facts carefully, we shouldn’t have another baby. Which brings me to the current debate in my country.

    There are politicians and personalities in the US making a case that access to birth control should be limited. We all know by now what a certain radio man said so I won’t even go there, but there is also a bill up in Arizona that would require women to prove to their bosses their prescriptions for BC are for medical issues not to prevent pregnancy.

    You can throw out whatever explanation for this that you want to, but the way I see it, it shows that a lot of people (yeah, not just men-the bill in Arizona was sponsored by a woman) have a core belief that women are SUB-HUMAN. In this mindset, women don’t own their bodies. Their husbands do. Society does. The government does.

    The religious standard of marriage puts forth that a woman should submit to her husband. I’d say if I was a good religious zealot this would mean I give my hubs sex when he wants it. Society says I should be thin, wear tight, short, and low-cut clothing, stay as young looking as I possibly can, and be as super sexy as I can starting even when I am a little girl. Society wants me to be a big tease, looking sexy but not actually offering sex. And now some people in government want me to live in this confusing, mixed message filled world and NOT bother to prevent pregnancy. And that goes for all of us, young, old, single, married, educated, uneducated, rich, poor, and so on.

    This is what infuriates me about the whole situation. We are women. We are fully human. We have desires, emotions, and dreams. We have a right to at least have control over our OWN LIVES and our OWN BODIES!

    The message I am getting from everything happening right now is that a portion of people in my country believe that women are sub-human and are not even capable of managing their own sex lives.

    I truly hope that all women are waking up and paying attention.

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  4. Dreamshaping

    February 2, 2012 by leslee

    I know this guy who wrote a children’s book called “Jordan’s Dream.” It’s all about a kid who is having nightmares about a giant frog. His parents explain to him that as the dreamer he is in control and can do whatever he wants to in his dreams. So the next night when he dreams about the frightening life-sized frog, he remembers his power and befriends the frog instead of running from him. The nightmare turns into a wonderful adventure.

    Apparently there is really something called dreamshaping and you really can control your dreams.

    Yesterday I had the thought- what if life is just a dream?

    What if we could stop right now and realize that we are in total control? What if in a moment of horrible despair we could laugh and realize that this is all in our minds and the reality is we are lying in a warm, comfy bed completely safe and protected? Knowing that reality, we could make anything happen. We could change the despair to joy, make a good dream better, or simply wake up and escape it altogether.

    And if it’s not a dream and this insane life really is reality, what if we were still in control? What kind of life would you shape then?

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  5. Mixing in the Bad with the Good

    January 23, 2012 by leslee

    OK, this is officially my first post on writing. Frankly, I’m still not sure I’m qualified to give writing advice but here it goes anyway.

    Lately we’ve been watching Heroes and I realize the writers of this show do the one thing that I admire and love with their characters. The heroes and villains aren’t always good and bad, they’re a mix of both.

    I remember taking a chapter of my second novel to writing group and listening to the group’s reaction after I read. I think it was one member’s first time meeting “Emily” and she hated her. It was hard for me to finish writing Emily’s story after that because all I could think was that the character wasn’t likable and why would anyone want to read about someone they didn’t like. Also I must admit, Emily shared a lot of my qualities, so the reaction was a bit of a personal blow as well. I went on to finish the story anyway and the few people who’ve read it all the way through, did, in fact, like Emily. In my opinion, I made Emily human. She was a good person who struggled with bouts of low self-esteem (don’t we all?). At times it resulted in people she loved getting hurt. At times it resulted in her getting hurt.

    So back to Heroes, in that show I think I found my all-time favorite character-Sylar the serial killer. They managed to write this guy so good that even when he was still a villain, I loved him. Instead of just showing him killing willy nilly, they showed his struggle. His ability was also a curse. He understood how everything and everyone worked, but along with that was a hunger to kill that he just couldn’t control. At one point he learned how to control the hunger and even fell in love. That part of his story completely shifted his character and left you rooting for him to find it within himself to do the things that would empower him in a loving way. In the end he does, he takes the high road and becomes a good guy. It was a lot of work for him to get there, which made it so real and so true and will stick with me for a long time.

    I was hanging out with a friend last night and we were discussing the Disney Movies and how the bad guys are just so bad. They have no redeeming qualities and we’re never encouraged to sympathize with them. But that’s not reality and it doesn’t depict humanity. I’d venture to say that every evil act can be traced back to a moment of fear, when the need for security and/or love wasn’t met. You don’t have to create a bad guy like Sylar who helps save the day in the end, but allowing us a peak at the pain that caused the badness definitely makes a story more honest. And the same can be said for the good guys. The best humans on the planet have their dark moments (even if they only take place in fantasies) and I’d say those moments are worth seeing.

    I’ll use TV shows as an example b/c I do really love well written TV shows. The Wire, Lost, Battlestar Gallactica, and Heroes have been the most powerful shows I’ve seen in a while because the characters are real, they are wonderful shades of both good and bad-just like real life humans. If you’re currently in the process of writing a good hero verses villain story, see if you can’t mix the dark with the light and visa versa so we can empathize with the characters a little more.

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  6. You Are Enough

    November 9, 2011 by leslee

    I feel the urge to write this for someone I know and maybe it’s just what YOU need to hear as well.

    You are enough.
    You do not need another person to bring you happiness, safety, or otherwise “complete” you.
    You are beautiful and talented and LOVED.
    Whether they tell you or not, there are people whose lives are BETTER because YOU are in them.
    You have an endless supply of strength and power available to you if you just take time to plug into it.
    Everything you need to get to where you are meant to go will find you.
    It’s safe to let go.
    You’re in good hands.
    You get to decide what kind of life you will have.
    You can choose to be happy, see the silver lining.
    You can also go back.
    But before you do, please remember…
    You are beautiful.
    You are brave.
    You are brilliant
    and…

    YOU ARE ENOUGH!

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  7. National Novel Writing Month

    November 1, 2011 by leslee

    AKA NaNoWriMo!

    For the past two years I’ve considered joining in on this month-long challenge to write a 50k word novel, but for the past two years I haven’t had enough of a vision to write a full novel. This year the vision is clear and I have no excuse! So…I signed up and on this first day of November have reported the 400 words I’ve written so far today. I hope to write more before the day is done and am really hoping this challenge is just the kick in the pants I need to get book 2 completed by the New Year!

    No word yet on how my agent’s pitch is going but I’m hoping steady progress on book 2 will convince publishers I’m worth taking a risk on!

    I’ll try to squeeze out a blog post here and there as I write and write and write this month!

    Wish me luck!

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  8. Welcome!

    October 2, 2011 by leslee

    Welcome to the official website for Leslee Horner!

    Please, pardon our dust while we get settled in.

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