Discover Your Purpose and Shine Your Bright Light!

As Marianne Williamson once said, Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who Am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so small that other people won’t feel insecure around you. It’s not just in us, it’s in everyone.
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Let your brightlight shine. Whatever light you offer may be a beacon of support and encouragement in someone’s darkness.
And if you feel that your light is no more than a candle in a forest, remember that there
isn’t enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of one small candle.

Be who you are meant to be, do what you are meant to do. Live large. Be Bold.
Shine your light. The world needs your special light.

If you are interested in learning about What Your Life Purpose is, listen to my latest podcast where I discuss Purpose---Making a Bed (bed, emotions, decisions) That You Are Happy to Lie In you can listen instantly or download the mp3 and listen later.

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/37792

In light, Michelle Casto
The Soul Coach

Thoughts to Think and Atlanta Become a Divine Human Event

I am traveling this week in the Southeastern United States, and enjoying the many signs of spring, with beautiful flowers blooming everywhere....just got finished with a motivational weekend seminar and now headed to lead the Become a Divine Human seminars.

Wanted to make sure to send you a quick shot of inspiration and give you the details of the Atlanta Event, happening this Saturday, April 5 from 1-4p.m. at Atlanta Unity
4146 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. Unity:(770) 455-8920
To pre-register, please email me.

Here is one of my favorite thoughts on the importance of our thoughts.
It is a quote by Henry Van Dyke:

Thoughts Are Things

I hold it true that thoughts are things;
They're endowed with bodies and breath and wings
And that we send them forth to fill
The world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds forth to earth's remotest spot,
Leaving its blessings or its woes
Like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought,
For good or ill, yet know it not.
Yet, so the universe was wrought.
Thought is another name for fate;
Choose, then, thy destiny and wait,
For love brings love and hate brings hate.

What is your dominant thought about the area of life that is giving you the most challenge? Think about it, write it down, and then decide if that thought is serving you or not.

If not, feel free to replace that thought with one that is more empowering to you. When you learn to change your thoughts, your life starts giving you more of what you want.

Learn a lot more about how powerful you really are at my event, this Saturday in Atlanta, GA and Sunday (in Louisville, KY).
I hope to see you there…..the power of face to face learning is critical to your personal transformation. Remember to win at the game of life, you must apply what you know.

In Light, Dr. Michelle Casto
The Soul Coach, Speaker, Author, and Philosopher

Are You Ready to Be Awakened?

2 million people can not be wrong.
Oprah has the New Earth movement, and I have the Divine Life Academy, and so during our last week of the DLA, I along with millions of people all over the world, tuned in to learn how to release ego and allow essence to be more present.

I am so excited because that means more of us are awakening.
And when more of us are awakened and in action, life is going to get really interesting and fun!

You may think just because you are waking in the morning and walking around, you are awake. However, what I know is that if your life isn't everything you dream it can be, then you might not be as awake as you think.

Actually, I spent much of my life asleep at the wheel. Even though I was pretty intelligent and even very into self-help. I still had my blind spots.

During that time, I let life happen TO me instead of consciouslycreating everything I wanted my life to be. I experienced the roller coaster ride of ups and downs, highs and lows, successes and set backs, all the while walking in a trance instead of ENJOYING THE DANCE!

Something (finally) woke me up.
Actually several somethings: a divorce, financial challenges, and two totaled vehicles!
All of this shook me to the core and woke up me to the realization that it was time to make some changes and begin co-creating the life I wanted to live... on purpose.

And my life has NEVER been the same since.

Tolle said during the webcast, that everyone has a spiritual teacher---suffering.
And that is true--- most of us have not experienced enough pain to learn a new way.
We seem to have to attract wake up calls in order to get our little rears in gear, and moving in a more divine direction.

Why is the process of awakening so powerful?

Take this story:
The student asked Buddha, are you God?
Buddha said no.
The student asked Buddha, are you an angel?
Buddha said no.
The student asked Buddha,then what are you?
Buddha said, I am awake.

You can choose to be buddha like and awaken (naturally) before the alarm clock goes off in the form of an accident, disappointment, break up, or other less than pleasant wake up call.

How?
By getting a coach and turning on the light to take a good look at how your life is progressing.

Why not attend one of my Become a Divine Human seminars that are coming up when I travel to the southeast. I will be at Atlanta Unity on Saturday, April 5 from 1-4 and the Unity in Louisville, Ky on Sunday, April 6. Email me to pre-register and receive a 20 minute coaching session m.castoatbrightlightcoach.com

And in the meantime, check out 5 cool new videos on youtube---you will actually see me coaching, leading a class, and doing the Soul Activation Dance!http://www.youtube.com/user/BrightMichelle

In Light, Dr. Michelle
The Soul Coach, Speaker, Author, and Philosopher

The Power of Choice--A New Earth

Have you caught the wave of the NEW EARTH book by Eckhart Tolle, that is being
promoted by Oprah?

It is the largest webcast event ever held, with half a millionpeople signed up.

In case you were not yet aware, there is a revolution of consciousness going on,
and you have a choice whether to continue along in the mainstream of mediocrity or rise to a higher way of living.

Every human being has the divine powers of cognition and choice, and with the help of coaching, can create their own version of heaven on earth.

As the great self-help writer, Og Mandino said, When we were given dominion over theworld, we were also given dominionover ourselves. God is not our navigator. It was never his intention to chart acourse for each of us and thus place us under his bondage. Instead, he bestowed each of us with intellect, talent, and vision to map our own way, to write out own bookof life in any manner that we choose.

And as a modern day inspirational writer, Saran Van Brechnach says, Choice is destiny's soul mate. This means that our choices create the fabric of our lives. Every single choice you make affects your future in some way, either positively ornegatively.

I like to say that the curriculum for your enlightenment is your life. This includesthe many changes, challenges, and decisions you previously selected prior to yourincarnation, so that you could choose to grow and mature into the divine human beingyou were born to be.

To that end, the wiser your choices, the happier and more successful your soul will be everyday and eternally. Here are some choices you may encounter as you travel the path of higher understanding:

Get to be right ---Get to be happy
Be filled with poison--- Be filled with passion
Failure--- Feedback
Stay and suffer--- Go & flow
Bitter ---Better
Status Quo--- Transformation
Old problems--- New possibilities
Job ---Purpose
Stress--- Harmony
Persona ---Soul
Trance--- Awake
Self-importance ---Self-honor
Fantasy Love--- True Love
Finding fault ---Seeking solutions
Looking outside for answers--- Looking within for answers
Chaos ---Clarity
Searching--- Remembering
Stumbling--- Dancing
Drama--- Dreamy
Default Life ---Divine Life

If you have had a recent wakeup call and/or are seeking support while you read the
New Earth or other spiritual book, then take yourself to the next level and get a coach.
Whether it's working with me or someone else, it is the BEST way to integrate what you know and move from knowing to doing.

In light, Dr. Michelle Casto

The Soul Coach, Speaker, Author, & Philosopher

Now is the Time for Change

Planet Earth is ripe for change. Everywhere you look, change is occurring: for the
individual, families, corporations, communities, states, countries, and ultimately
the world.

The pace of change has increased to keep up with the human desire to
create more change. You would not have to look very far in your own life to identify
something you would like to change.

Now is the perfect time to transform yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually or otherwise.

As Dr. Richard Gerberhas stated, The discord and unrest occurring upon the planet at this time is a higher reflection of the emotional and spiritual imbalances that exist in many people throughout the world. We must begin to heal dis-ease and distress at the level of causes and not just at the superficial world of physical effects. In order to accept and work with vibrational healing methods, one must begin to make the transition toward personal transformation that is necessary before true physical and spiritual healing can occur.

What you may have noticed is that it is time for a change.
What you probably don not know is how to go about transforming your life.
The first thing you need to learn about change, is that in order to change your outer reality, you must transform your inner programming. All change begins with you---on the inside---your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about how life works determines what you will create in your outer world. Gathering information is an important first step in the
change process, making smart decisions is also key, but listening to your souls
callings is the very best way to call forth change into your life.

What changes your life is not learning more, though education is important. What
changes your life is not making decisions, although making choices and acting on
them is important. What changes your life is being in touch with your inner self and
designing your life around what is important and true for you.

Rollo May, the famous psychotherapist once said, The cause for insanity is doing the same thing the same way expecting different results. How many times in life have you done the same thing the same way hoping for a different outcome?

To keep from going insane, stop looking for the answer on the outside and start looking on the inside for what is blocking your efforts.
Albert Einstein once said, Nothing happens until something moves. In other words, change will not come until something inside you moves, like letting go of limiting beliefs, fears, resentments, and making room in your heart for more of what you want. When you turn inward and face your fears and limiting beliefs, you are more capable of facing your reality, whatever it may be.

When you look at what is buried in your unconsciousness, it dissolves in the light of
consciousness.

The Pleiadians urge us: You shall change. You will change. You must change because
this is the season of change.
Now is the time to re-think and reevaluate your life.
Now is the time to create change in the world.
Now is the time to heal.
Now is the time to sing and to dance.
Now is the time do your inner soul work.
Now is the time to transform your life.

The great news is that you do not have to do it alone. Why not hire a coach?
Professional athletes and business executives stay at the top of their game with the
help of a coach/mentor. Personal coaching is an enlightening and empowering
experience, and working with a personal coach can transform your life.

Let's Change---Michelle Casto

Love and Appreciation and Resources for You This VDay

During this week of love, I want to take a moment to thank some earth angels in my life that are helping me become more soul successful!

Robert Carter from http://www.xtremesitedesign.com who helps me with my websites.

Patrick Kelliher, friend and photographer for taking recent photos and creating amazingly great logos and book covers.

Martha Salas for coming forward to help me with marketing and administrative tasks

Bobbi Sims, speaker and coach for her guidance and courage

Ronda Bacchio my coach for interviewing me on Blog Talk Radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/innerspace

Denice Evans, documentary film maker and friend for modeling a powerful woman and mentor

Irene Carranza, videographer and friend who created my first You Tube videos
(about 3 minutes each):

http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=ATFkDBVBRYA (soul goals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=iLLXF6oxZGo (soul success)
(if you get lost, do a search for my name: BrightMichelle)

Scott Andrews who interviewed me on the topic of Soul Success (excellent dialogue and jam packed with thought-provoking ideas, 1 hour long)
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/37792

And finally, here is a brand new article called
Bring Me a Higher Love: The Power of Divine Love to Grow Your Soul

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22081/43505-bring-higher-love--power-divine

I hope you enjoy these gifts, please let me know what resonates with you and what you loved about them!

In light,
Dr. Michelle Casto
The Soul Coach

Poems to Honor the Mystery of Love

I Love Love---Here are Two Poems in Honor of The Mystery of Love

Jewel of My Kingdom

Although I conquer all the earth,
Yet for me there is only one city.
In that city there is for me only one house;
And in that house, one room only;And in that room, a bed.
And one woman sleeps there,
The shining joy and jewel of all my kingdom---Sanskrit Poem

Excerpt from When Love Beckons by Kahlil Gibran

Love - wounds, love heals. Love is cruel, love is kind.
Love is mysterious, love is bold, love is gentle…
If you do not have love or love, you are not living.
Love is everything.
Succumb to love, Experience love, and you will have lived.
Then said Almitra, speak to us of love.
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.
And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for
God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

(To read the entire beautiful poem, go to the library and check out The Prophet)

In other words, you have to surrender your little self for the Big Self.
Let love have its way with you---give yourself to it with your entire being just for today and see the difference in how you feel.


With Love, Michelle