Empowering Authors: Florence Scovel Shinn
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I admire every human being who comes on earth and genuinely works towards bettering themselves and working in helping humanity to evolve, grow, and heal. I would like to share my appreciation and respect for Florence Scovel Shinn. As I write, I will populate with her quotes between paragraphs, in the hope it inspires you as much as she inspires myself. At the end of the reading, you may deeply understand what I mean when I say that I consider her a very special human being.
Image of Florence Scovel Shinn, no later than 1903. Source: [Wikipedia]. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The imagination has been called, “The Scissors of The Mind,” and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world. To train the imagination successfully, man must understand the workings of his mind. The Greeks said: “Know Thyself.”
If you suddenly start your day, and you have this feeling, an urge to question your reality, and you start to feel surrounded by limitations, an invisible prison that you can’t quite explain, but you know and feel is there! It is like, as if you can no longer make your dreams come true, or you feel a bit lost, a bit stuck, and you start to think that there must be more to life than what you are experiencing right now. When you catch yourself in a reflection like this, it is a sign that you are starting to question the reality you are living in. While some people need to be shaken by challenges (more precisely storms within) to question their existence, for others, challenges are unnecessary to wake them up to start the pursuit an understanding of the mechanics and architecture of their reality.
“If you run away, your problems will run after you. This means, agree that the adverse situation is good, be undisturbed by it, and it will fall away of its own weight - None of these things move me – is a wonderful affirmation”
Both situations I expressed above are valid in igniting our curiosity to explore and understand how the reality that surrounds us exists and is created. Many of us may not take the time to think, or even believe that, we may be "the ones" building what we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel within the outside world that unfolds, day in and day out, just before our eyes.
For those awakening and looking to where to start to understand their quest, I highly recommend you start by exploring the wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940). She was an American artist, also known as one of the most prominent spiritual teachers and metaphysical writers. After reading her books and researching who influenced her, I describe Shinn's work and contribution to be a bridge between religion principles and the realm of the quantum field. She was ahead of her time in many concepts that we are seeing to become popular now, as she discusses, at that time, how our mind works, the rules of our subconscious mind, how to influence it and how to reprogram it for our benefit.
When we look at the current landscape of energy healing modalities, psychology, philosophy, positive psychology, hypnosis, and many other fields that utilize affirmations, visualization, mirror work, and gratitude, it becomes clear that they have all been significantly influenced by Florence Scovel Shinn's work. Her teachings, often unbeknownst to many, have permeated these fields, shaping how we understand and interact with the laws of the Universe.
If you are starting a journey to get to know yourself, and questioning whether you have any power to create your reality, Florence Scovel Shinn is one of the best authors to start exploring the process of becoming aware of who you are. She nourishes you and wakes you up, leaving you with a certainty about the right path to walk to becoming empowered and beginning to create the life you have been wishing for so long, a life where you are more in control of your own destiny.
“The only person to change, is yourself. As you Change, all the conditions around you will change! People will change! When you are undisturbed by a situation it falls aways of its own weight.”
On a personal note, I found peace and clarity in reading Florence Scovel Shinn's books. Her work presents a Universe where we hold control and power, offering a straightforward perspective. All it requires is a willingness to embrace the wisdom, and if you're reading my blog, you're more than ready to enrich your soul with it.
If you are interested in getting to know more about Florence Scovel Shinn, you can check her books, “Florence Scovel Shinn Complete Collection of All 5 Works”.
“Gratitude is the law of increase, and complaint is the law of decrease”
I hope you enjoyed reading the content of this blog and it had inspired you beyond you were expecting.