Shagaia's Retreat

I Am an Artist!

My meditation this morning was focused on how can I use my talents to increase my income. I suspect that question is kind-of a universal pondering in our world today.

What was given to me was “you are an artist and people are your canvas! Your business is about helping people find the right tool in their satchel to create their bliss.

Now I have been playing at painting off and on for several years but I had never considered myself an artist, so hearing this message was a thrill as well as intimidating.

It was similar to when I was ordained and so could call myself a Minister; it was about five years later of ministering that I found myself believing I was a minister. It was the same with becoming a mother; it was 7 kids and many, many years later that I really knew I was a mother.

Looking at this from those perspectives I see that we are all artists and the world is our canvas and our beginning creations may not be anywhere like our later creations. As we change so changes our level of perception and our ability to create more of what we really want to see and experience.

I am beginning to realize with my painting that my brushes are way more important than I knew, so I am in the process of trying out brushes to see which ones serve me best, which ones will help me create a clearer picture of what I want to create.

And with this outer realizations come my inner acceptance that I am indeed an artist and so are you.

I’m an Artist and my canvas is you.

My love is working with people and helping them discover the tools they have in their satchel that they can use to create their bliss.

Realizing that we are all here on this planet earth to create our own destiny, we want to accept that we all were created by the Master Creator, and our purpose is to create that which will bring us joy.

As a beginner in the world of acrylic painting I find myself wondering which brushes I can use to create certain effects on the canvas. I find it is the same with choosing which brush to use in creating the next chapter in my life.

One of the lessons that I have learned is that I can look at what I am experiencing right now and that will tell me what scenes I have been painting.

If my life seems over burdened and exhausting – too much to handle!! – then I want to see what brushes I have been using and what scenes I am focusing on.

As a novice in the painting world I often find myself experimenting with different brushes to see what effects I can create and so it is with the tools in our satchel.

One artist I have studied uses a brush with two colors on it at the same time and she has marvelous results; that method does not work as well for me!

So it is with our life we must each discover our own satchel of tools and experiment with creating. We are free artists and can create in any medium that we choose and we are free to use any of the different mediums, styles, colors, designs, sizes, shapes, the choice is ours!

Do you want more pleasure in your life, more money, more love, greater health, loving, supportive parents, friends, children, neighbors? Are you interested in a world of peace-power and plenty? Then it is time to get out your satchel and begin to create!

If I can help you let me know. Gaiatri