Anne's Note talks about Happenings with Anne. The Main article, Reclaim Your Mind So You Can Give It Up, proposes eight possible stages leading to discovering our true self. The Healthy Living article, Vegan Banana Bread Recipe, will make your mouth water. The Anne Talk is Collective Will. Anne discusses the role of the collective will in our individual lives. The Featured Product this month is Anne's newest book, Words Make a Difference.

The EZ Mantra: "Everything can be EZ or at least EZier." – Anne Sermons Gillis

Living EZosophy, August 2, 2016
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  A Note From Anne

Happenings with Anne

Dear ,

I finally sent my book to the printer. Laying out the book and the corrections have taken a good part of the last month. Kudos to my husband, Jim, for working tirelessly on the layout. I am excited to get it done. I am offering it for the first time for sale in today's newsletter. You will see it as my Featured Product for all of August. All the proceeds from this book will help with printing costs to reprint my EZosophy book. Your purchase of my new book or any of my books will be deeply appreciated. The new book, Words Make a Difference, is full of wisdom, healing solutions, and humor. You may pre-order it from the website or call me at 713.922.0242 to order directly from me. You can expect your copy by the end of August, 2016.

Grandma Anne with Thomas and Reynolds

Today I'm on my way to Charleston to see my two little angels, Thomas and Reynolds. My world will fill with "Wheels on the Bus," the Children's Museum, and the Aquarium. I love playing with the boys. I feel like a child when I'm with them, singing, crawling, and chasing.

My husband and I are toying with the idea of buying a truck and RV and going on the road to promote my books. I'd do a little speaking and some book signings. We have enjoyed making so many plans that do not come to fruition, but playing with the future is one of our favorite pastimes. Who knows what will actually come to pass. I'll keep you informed.

Anne

  Main Article

Reclaim Your Mind So You Can Give It Up

I enjoy thinking about different phases I've gone though. I think, "this happened, then this happened," and so forth. There's no one road in the spiritual journey. I've traveled many paths and all had purpose, passion, and validity. The following is a recount of one of my mental, emotional, spiritual journeys, and while it was my experience, I will speak of it in more universal terms, because I believe I discovered an ongoing path. I didn't invent the process; I just joined in.

Eight Stages of Finding Ourselves

1. Asleep - We are oblivious to our mental content. We let the mind run its self-determined course without question.
2. Wake Up - We wake up to our mental content. "Look at my thoughts; they are awful. I've got to be more positive."
3. Denial/I'm Fine – We are frustrated when we see our wounds and then try to cover them up, and all the while we don't realize we are doing this. After all, we've done so much to tidy up our mind; we can't still be dealing with this. Everyone will tell you, we are very positive people. We think because we are awake, we should already be finished with the journey. We think we are further along than we are.
4. Everything Can Be Fixed – Okay, we admit it. There are still problems in our lives, but we know the Law of Attraction. We can think positively, say our affirmations, and all will be perfect. We admit our dilemmas, many of them surfacing from our subconscious minds, but hip, hip, hurray, we can fix up the mind. We can be vigilant and change every thought. Then we can control our lives and always have good outcomes. After we get this all under control, everything will finally be okay. We will be okay. We won't have to worry. This phase involves a tremendous amount of mental and emotional energy – trying to make everything be as we want it to be – regardless of how things really are.
5. Too Much to Fix – Hopelessness sets in because we can't fix everything. Someone speaks to us and our guts fall to the floor. We work through that only to find a work situation we can't face. Life will just not behave. We can't fix ourselves enough, and we certainly can't always mold life into our liking. Maybe we can remake life in our image part of the time, but we can't do it 24/7.
6. Not to Worry – We realize that everything does not have to be fixed or healed for us to be okay and for our lives to be okay. We don't have to be positive all the time. We don't have to deconstruct everything we say and reissue it in positive terms. We really are not these situations and who we are is already okay.
7. Acceptance – We accept the things we can't change and change the things we can change. We don't make those changes so we can be okay; we realize we already are okay. We make the changes because we can, and those changes make our lives easier.
8. Surrender – We live with a surrendered attitude. We don't have to run the universe, our life, or others' lives. What a relief. We live a life that is guarded by a unilateral decision to let things be as they are and to show up fully and passionately to life. We don't have to interfere with life or live it as a burden. We are free. Who and what we are is never at risk. We are not our bodies, emotions, thoughts, beliefs, or actions. We are unlimited spiritual beings who already are who we want to be and who are untouched by malice, worldly things, and physical dilemmas. This is it, and it is enough.

Positive thinking, affirmations, and changing our minds all have their place, but they are often misplaced and rob us of our authenticity, creatively, and spontaneity. While aspirin might work for a tension headache, one needs something more for a broken leg.

The above process chronicles a nonlinear path to finding the power of our individuated minds and the process of letting them go so we can surrender to a higher power. It is a power we are a part of and it is accessed through the heart, not through our actions. Our hearts might call us to action, but action without guidance from the heart never brings satisfaction. Action from trying to be okay is like grasping the wind and expecting to end up with something in our hands. While it might be wonderful to provide a plan to move from one state of consciousness to another, that plan does not exist. There are no techniques to waking up. The mystics give us one big clue – be still – from there, we must figure it out for ourselves. Makes sense. If someone else went on our journey for us, it wouldn't be our journey. Once more, here's the cosmic reminder, "It's all okay. Now!"

Anne

  Quotes

"We suffer more emotionally and psychologically than our ancestors. We are drowning in complication."
-- Anne Sermons Gillis

"We may not always be the change, but we can at least be the ones who can see the change. Can you see this vision? This is a new day on the planet. Everyone receives a slice of goodness, safety, and peace."
– Anne Sermons Gillis

"Freedom from worry is a powerful aspect of true wealth."
-- Anne Sermons Gillis

  Featured Product This Month

Finally, a book of affirmations, action plans, and deep insights into the human consciousness that transforms and heals the soul, the local and global community, and the planet. Travel with Gillis on a journey through deep psychology, metaphysics, and nondualism.

We are responsible for a world that works for everyone, as a collective assembly of souls. We cannot rest until greed no longer supersedes need. We are called to plant the seeds of blessing along the path to liberation. Revolutionary words call us to a world-wide renaissance of cooperation and community.

• Heal the most basic wounds of our human condition.
• Move beyond narcissism to compassion and justice.
• Become a Global Boom-Box.

This is a pre-order. You may pre-order it from the website or call me at 713.922.0242 to order directly from me. You can expect delivery by the end of August, 2016, if not sooner. The price is $16.95 plus $3.99 shipping.

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  Healthy Living

Vegan Banana Bread Recipe

I love good food. I have been interested in combing health and appetite for years. Here's a picture of a cookbook I bought when my 43-year-old daughter was an infant. The well-worn pictures have little holes and food spills throughout. My two favorite recipes are the banana bread and the carrot cake. Recently I updated the banana bread recipe to fit my mostly vegan lifestyle.

Instead of cooking the banana bread in a loaf pan, I cooked it in a square Pyrex pan. I called it banana cake and my guests loved it. I added coconut flour and chocolate chips, used coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, substituted agave for honey, and used ground flax seeds as an egg substitute. I reduced the temperature 25 degrees because I used a glass pan. It makes a big difference.

Ingredients

• 1/2 to 3/4 cup agave or 1/3 cup honey - I used 1/2 cup agave, then squirted some more for good measure!
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 3 medium-sized ripe bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-1/2 cup of whole wheat white flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup raw chopped nuts
• 1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips (Kirkland's brand from Costco are great.)
• 2 "flax eggs" made from 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds and 4 tablespoons of water

Mix flax eggs and set aside. Cream agave (or honey) and oil and add bananas, vanilla, and flax eggs. I use an immersion food processor. It liquefies the bananas and blends everything together well, but one could use a blender or food processor too. Mix dry ingredients and add to liquid. Stir mixture by hand. Pour in greased square Pyrex pan and bake 50 minutes at 300 degrees. You may want to check this after 40 minutes to see how it is doing. I don't keep up with the time as much as I keep up with the smell. If you use a 5" X 7" loaf pan, increase the time to one hour and 10 minutes and up the temp to 325 degrees for metal and use 300 degrees for glass.

Cooking is a sacred art. I feel a chill when a new recipe pops into my head. When we align ourselves with the food, it tells us how to cook it. Let’s be calm when cooking; listen to classical music. The energy we impart while cooking permeates our food. Be grateful for each ingredient we add to our concoctions. When we fill our food with love, that love comes back to us when we eat it.

Anne

  Anne Talks

Today's Anne Talk is Collective Will. Anne discusses the role of the collective will in our individual lives. Time: 23:13.

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Sunday, August 21, 2016
11 AM Service: "Spiritual Freedom"
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
11:00 AM Service: "Get in the Spirit"
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Brazoria, TX 77422

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