One Performance

There is no dress rehearsal.  Every moment counts.  If you do not get the moment exactly as you wish, why then, you take a step forward, hold your head high, and enjoy this moment that now presents itself.  What does it have to offer?  What do you have to offer others?  Life is about the doing and the being, not about the practice.  It is not practice or rehearsal for something greater to come.  Something greater will always come when you see each now-moment as the performance of your Life and fill it with Love and best intentions.

Forgiven

You ask for forgiveness from another, and it is not forthcoming.  And now you suffer.  What of it?  Why this wasted emotion on your part?  It is only the ego that needs to be forgiven and appreciated by another.  As spirit, you need only forgive yourself for whatever mistake you have made.  Can you do that?  We do. 

Once you have given yourself compassion and understanding and know you will not make the same mistake again, then the lesson has been learned.  If another cannot forgive you, that is their lesson yet to learn.  Allow them to do so at their own pace. 

Why the obsession?  For you are thinking and observing from the ego and not from the spirit.  Which feels better, judgment or acceptance?  We say again, you are forgiven.  Now, please love yourself as we do.

Free and Clear

"Wash away my sins.”  Have you not heard this before?  And some of you have been told to say it.  This phrase has the ability to make you feel less worthy than you are.  A better way of saying this would be, “Wash away my mistakes.” 

Picture yourself sitting in a shaft of white light.  That Light which washes through you from above is the Life Force.  It is called such because it animates you—it gives you Life.  That Force is pure love.  Were you not bathed in that Love, that Life Force, at all times, you would not breathe now in human form.  Soak up that Love as it flows through you.  It flows through you always, but when you sit in awareness and acknowledgement of its Presence and Strength, you call forth its healing powers.

Now repeat:  “Wash away my mistakes,” and it is done, for the greatest mistake you have made is believing that you are separate from this Force, from this Love.  All other mistakes have followed from this Original Mistake.  Let the Love flow through you now and cleanse you of anything less than love, forgiveness, and self-acceptance.  See and feel the mistakes flowing down and out through this shaft until you are purified.  Make this a daily or even hourly ritual, as needed, until you are free and clear—your pure and natural state.

Sitting Still

Scurry, scurry, always rushing.  Where do you think time is going?  Time will march on whether you do, and do, and do, or whether you take a moment to breathe.  So many of you say that you cannot quiet your mind.  This is because you cannot quiet your bodies either.  Reduce your to-do list and you will reduce the chatter.  Can you sit for a few minutes each hour and simply be?  We do not mean to do this whilst being entertained.  Simply quiet the body so it gets used to the idea.  It will want to jump up and run and do something.  Now do you see the challenge the mind has?  Begin with the body, and the mind will follow.  Oh yes, and remember to breathe while you are at it.  Blessings be upon you.

Note from Suzanne: Speaking of time ... If it appears that I am posting Sanaya's messages later in the morning, that's because I am in the Pacific time zone for the next three weeks. But what is time, anyway? :-)

Bringing Light

At times you feel insignificant.  Do not underestimate your influence.  Your very presence can light up a room.  Can you think of any better way to make a difference?  To bring light where there is darkness … this is alchemy.   You are all on different paths.  You all bring different gifts, like leaves upon the same tree—all a bit different, yet all connected, no matter how many branches separate you.

Light up your world today, wherever you find darkness.  Help the other leaves to shine and glisten, most especially those who have been in shadow far too long.  This is the gift you can bring anywhere, any time.  Now, is that insignificant?

The Power of Love

A baby takes its first breath and cries.
Such a shock to have left the womb.
What is it that calms the distress?
A caress.
Once held to the breast,
The crying decreases.
Or ceases.
This is the power of love.
From love you came, to love you will return.
For now, you learn.
This is life, full of first breaths,
Full of lessons that cause you to cry.
And then you die.
But life goes on.  Death is not the end.
Merely the last breath of this book.
But look!
Now you can truly breathe.
You are given a reprieve.
A new state awaits where love surrounds ...
In fact, abounds.
A time of rest, a time of peace
Before you cry anew.
This is you.

Breathe Easy

You, of yourself, can do nothing.  You think you are autonomous, but you are not.  You can try to hold your breath, and what happens?  Aha!  The body has a Mind of its own, does it not?  Where do you think that Mind comes from?  You may want to continue breathing, but if the Mind that breathes you says, “Enough,” then you will move on to another experience.  So why do you struggle to have autonomy over your life?  Relax.  Surrender, even, and allow yourself to be breathed.  The greater part of you has been doing a fairly good job of breathing you your whole life. 

If your life is not going as you wish, perhaps there is a little struggle going on.  Go into the silence and ask how you might have an easier go of it.  There, when you are calm and the breaths come easily, you will find your answers.  Once back out in what you perceive as reality, when the breaths are constricted, you will have your indicators of how well you are listening.

Reminders

Yes, pain is a symptom that something is wrong.  Likewise, emotional angst is a sign that you are out of alignment with your true nature.  You can change both kinds of pain with your thoughts.  The physical may take a while longer to catch up, but your emotional pain can go away instantly at the mere recognition that it is your thoughts which are the cause.  Immediately you will want to blame someone else.  That is not the real you, but ego.  The real you is hiding beneath the angst.  Rise above the ego.  Step into the role of the observer, the real you.  See the transitory nature of the situation you are in.  Now listen to what you are telling yourself that is causing your pain.  How can you change the way you see this situation?  Choose how you can best respond and find peace.  It is always a choice.

We give you the same messages over and over, but do you not forget over and over to listen to your thoughts, your body, and your emotions?  What is pain, but a reminder.

This One

Could you go a day without saying “I” or “mine”?  Could you even go an hour?  You will catch yourself a multitude of times, and when you do, what if you shift your focus to another?  “But I give all I have to others,” you say, and do you not see that in doing so, you are giving to the Self?  You are all One.  Young soldiers are taught to do away with the sense of “I.”  This brings on a sense of being part of something greater. See yourself today not as “I,” but as “this one”—this one aspect of the Whole.  A change in perspective will be good.

Highest, Healing, and Helpful

Pick a peck of pickled peppers … how your tongue gets twisted as you say these words, yet you laugh.  At times your words get twisted and you do not laugh.  At times they come out of your mouth in such a way that you wish you could push them back in.  Words are like that.  They can be used to hurt or to heal.  We will help you to find the right words if you will learn to pause before speaking.  Ask your helpers to give you the highest words, the most healing, helpful words.  Ahhhh … highest, healing, helpful … do not these words feel much better than biting, bitter, bullets?  You have helpers.  You are not alone.  Call on us, your faithful, forever, friends, and watch with wonder as words wind their way with ease from your lips.

The Race

Note from Suzanne:  Yesterday I came across one of Sanaya's poems from January 2011 that really spoke to me, so I posted it on my Facebook Page.  It hit home with a lot of people, because the response was tremendous (Thanks for your comments everyone, I love the interaction!).  I was so pleased this morning in meditation when I realized Sanaya was giving me another poem.  It is still amazing to me to have the rhyming phrases flow so quickly and easily with their great messages.  Enjoy!

You look upon the grass that's green.
With envy you do gaze.
In doing so what's in between
Appears as if in haze.

How often do you overlook
What's right before your eyes?
Your life is like an open book
Yet to you the end's the prize.

The race belongs not to the swift,
Not to the one who gets there first.
Each moment is a golden gift
Savored slowly, not run all in one burst.

Relax, you'll get there when you see
There's no end, just here and now.
To know this is to be set free.
So just surrender and allow.

Connecting

Why does stroking the skin feel so good?  Why does petting a dog bring such pleasure?  What is it about touch that draws you to repeat it?  It is all about connection.  You touch another, and suddenly there is no separation between you.  You become one.  Skin and fur are created to feel pleasurable so that you will be drawn to feel this connection.  Even the petals of a rose bring you pleasure, for is not a rose a living thing with which you can enjoy connection?

Put your hand on your own cheek and caress it lovingly.  How does that feel?  If it is not pleasurable, the only reason is a mental association with false beliefs.  Now is the time to root them out.  Stroke or touch something or someone today that brings you pleasure to remind you of what true connection is.  Now repeat the experiment again with the cheek until you feel the same connection. 

The pleasure, my friend, stems from love.  This is the highest vibration.  This is the connection, the vibration all seek.  Continue touching.  Continue connecting.  This is what Life is all about.

Arise!

Arise!  Arise from your self-imposed mediocrity!  You are not insignificant.  If this seems like a new theme, you are correct, and we will repeat it until you understand your greatness.  Does this mean you go about boasting?  Not at all.  That would be the opposite of what we are trying to show you.  Does it mean you stand tall within yourself and take stock of all of the negative things you have ever told yourself?  Yes, please do so.  Then gather all of these stones and stand at the top of a mountain in your mind.  Roll them down, these stones you no longer need.  Create an avalanche where no one will be harmed, but you will finally be free of these false beliefs you have accepted.  Arise now.  You have work to do.

True and Perfect

You lean on a cane when you need assistance in walking.  Some call this a crutch.  What is a crutch?  Something that aids one to function fully.  For some, this has a negative connotation.  Do not all stumble at some point?  Crutches and canes serve a purpose.  They support you until you can stand and walk on your own.  The important point is to recognize your crutches for what they are … tools, temporary aids.  Note the word temporary.  Crutches aid the physical body.  For work of the spirit, no crutches are necessary, simply the recognition of the presence and existence and perfection.  As spirit, fully acknowledged and recognized, no crutches or canes are necessary.  Arise today and walk fully aware of your true and perfect nature.

Throroughly Loveable

Why do you not love yourself as we do?  Do you think you are not worthy?  We love you without conditions, without judgment.  You are so very precious to us, to All That Is.  Yet, you do not see this.  Why?  Because you have been judged in the past by those who raised you.  You have been told what to think.  And now you judge others and they continue to judge you.  This is a human trait.  See beyond that.  Cease projecting human traits and see yourself and others as we do … as tiny babes, free of flaws, thoroughly loveable.  Babies make mistakes.  Do you love them any less?  You are so thoroughly loved, so thoroughly cherished.  Project that upon others and it will come back to you.

Moguls

Your growth is ever upward.  You may stumble and you may fall, but do you not pick yourself up and move on?  What is it that keeps you moving rather than retreating or lying in a pile on the ground?  It is the fact that you are here to experience Life—yes, with all of its bumps.  If the terrain were flat, that experience would be rather dull for you and the One who is experiencing life through you.  So dust yourself off and feel no remorse for having stumbled.  Know that the Observer is not bemoaning the fall, but saying instead, “Wasn’t that interesting? And now we move on, having learned.”

Isn’t life grand?  So many opportunities.  You call them bumps.  We call them moguls.  Your skiers love them.  It is all a matter of perspective.

With Full Confidence

With full confidence step forward today, knowing that your dreams will be fulfilled, your wishes granted.  Why should it be any other way?  If those dreams and wishes are in alignment with those of Spirit, if they serve the Whole—the greater good—then it is the will of Spirit to see that it is done.  Anything less than full confidence allows in doubt and fear, and these are of the ego.  You are both for a while—ego and spirit.  Today, choose your magnificence.  Align yourself with Spirit and with full confidence enjoy this adventure.

Your Majesty

Nothing is insignificant.  Everything you see exists for a purpose.  No one is insignificant.  All are expressions of God.  You are That.  Do you feel insignificant?  Look at a mountain.  Feel its power.  Sense its majesty.  Now step into your new role, no longer a tiny, insignificant hill in your mind, but a tall, majestic mountain in the mind of the Creator, who creates nothing less than majestic expressions of Itself.  Express yourself today in all of your majesty and proudly claim your inheritance.  Anything less is a disservice to the Whole of which you are a majestic part.

Sensual

Beauty … you know it when you see it.  Why is this?  For it is a feeling, nothing more than a vibration, really.  The higher vibrations feel better than the lower, and the spirit senses this.  Love, of course, is the highest vibration.  You break energy into categories in the physical world.  You call it sound, and sight, and taste, and touch.  Is there such a thing as a delicious sight, a beautiful taste, a sensual sound, and a gorgeous texture?  It is all vibration, and the more refined, the more the heart sings, for the soul recognizes Love in any form, any frequency. 

Vibrate today with beauty.  Radiate delicious energy.  Sing of love.  Bathe in the very highest vibrations, and enjoy the full sensuality of life.

Unflinching

Why do you flinch?  You flinch, for you fear pain or harm.  This is a reaction of the reptilian mind and the ego.  It is a valuable protective measure.  It is not necessary when the flinching is born of fear of emotional harm.  Nothing outside of yourself can harm you emotionally.  The only thing that can do that is your own thoughts and interpretations.  Can you simply relax and accept what is going on outside of yourself as part of the play, the drama you are watching?  If so, then there is no flinching, for it is difficult to flinch when totally relaxed and at peace in the spirit.  That is your permanent role.  When aligned with Spirit, there is no fear and no form to do the flinching.  Ah.  Doesn’t that feel better?

Selfless

That a person would lay down their life for another is in your world the highest indication of selflessness and love.  So many of your heroes do so instantaneously, without thinking, and people wonder at this.  The reason is simple.  The logical, rational mind thinks, and in this moment of pause, ego steps in.  Ego thinks itself separate and cares only for self preservation.  Spirit knows it is always safe, and that it cannot die.  There is no need to think.  It jumps in and serves the Whole, which is the same as serving the Self.  Selfless sacrifice would be better stated as ego-less sacrifice for the Whole—a beautiful example of love in action.  Yes, praise your heroes, for their instinctive actions demonstrate the true nature of All That Is—unity and love.

Wonderland

Are you still walking about thinking you are separate and alone?  It is no wonder.  Many of your companions are.  It is no wonder you fail to see the oneness.  It is no wonder when you shut yourself off.  And when you do so, there is no wonder.

Do you wish to feel the wonder, the splendor, the joy, the utter bliss of knowing your True Self?  See yourself in every other, but do not look with the eyes.  Look with the heart, which is blinded to the physical barriers—those illusory walls which hide truth and behind which you hide.  Tear down the walls and find the greatest wonder there is—the soul, of which there is only one.  No wonder you feel alone.  No wonder.

Hiding in Our Shell

Turtles hide inside a shell—a tough, protective barrier. It is their best defense, for they cannot run from a predator. Their teeth are sharp, their jaws strong, but that is the last line of defense. You humans are like the turtle. You hide inside your shell every chance you get. When this no longer works, you run or you bite. It is all the same.

What if you had no exterior shell? Then you would be fully exposed. Be forewarned: It will be so when you no longer carry about the body. Then all your thoughts will be known. Naked will you be, of sorts, with no way to hide. Worry not. So surrounded by love will you be that you will not care. The irony is, you are surrounded by that love now, but you cannot feel it for you hide behind your shell.

Think about that for a while.

Being the Model

Model behavior: this is what you call actions and characteristics you deem worthy of repeating. In this way, is not Jesus the model of model behavior? You could do no better. Regardless of belief systems, when you find one who felt compassion for all, who exhibited loving-kindness to all beings and creatures, who taught only love and forgiveness, is that not worthy of modeling? Will you be a model for others today? People truly do take notice. They see and recognize characteristics they desire. Even if others may deem it naïve to love all and see only the goodness, know that with that comes a bit of envy. At the soul level, spirit recognizes spirit, and they speak to each other. The one with lessons yet to learn says, “May we be patient with this human as they learn. Thank you for showing the way.” Whether modeling the highest attributes or following the steps of one who does, the steps are always forward, for love is the greatest magnet, pulling all ever onward. It will not be denied.

DISCIPLINE

Discipline—a skill that can be developed.  But why would you want to?  There is a fine line between discipline and drudgery.  What do you get for your dedication (for that is what discipline is)?  Are there rewards?  Is there a goal you wish to achieve that has been eluding you?  What is holding you back from accomplishing it?  Is it the lack of discipline, the lack of desire, the lack of devotion, or merely the decision to go for it?

You may tell yourself you lack the discipline to reach your goal, but truly discipline is a choice and one you must weigh.  The choice is up to you.

Healthy Choices

Get up off of your couch and stop poisoning your mind.  This is not an order or a should.  This is merely a key to raising your vibration.  It is your choice how you live your life and how high you wish to vibrate.  You know where some of the lowest vibrations in your current experience come from:  that little box you call a television.  It spews negative vibrations at the human who remains transfixed and magnetized to it.  This very apparatus keeps you from developing the very relationships which will raise your vibrations the most.  Connections to a box or to another human being?  What a choice.  Isn’t life interesting?  Will you watch it or live it?  We do not wish to take away your fun.  There is nothing wrong with entertainment.  It is just like food.  Moderation is advisable, as is choosing the healthier morsels over those which do you no service.  It is always a choice.

No Difference

Separation … how to overcome it?  Gaze into another’s eyes and there you will see the soul.  Those inky pools are reflective.  Are you seeing the soul of another, or are you seeing yourself?  Is there any difference?  None at all when you see with the eyes of the soul.  Do not look with the physical eyes.  Relax your vision and go deeper.  There you will find Truth.  The eyes do not lie.  Ego will want you to look away, and you will do so, until the day when you surrender and become whole again.

Perspective

You wait and wait, and that for which you wait does not happen.  Your frustration rises.  Do you not yet understand that if it has not yet happened there is a reason?  Frustration is a human emotion.  It stem from impatience.  Impatience … “lack of patience” may as well be called lack of trust.  All is in perfect order.  Frustration is a sign that you have not yet learned or you have forgotten this.

You have your eyes set on a specific goal or a particular timing of that goal.  If it is not unfolding according to your vision, then trust that your vision is not in the best interest of the Whole.  When you have gained that level of trust, impatience and frustration go away.  Trust us.  You will look back on this and say, “Now I see.”  And you will see that your frustration was a wasted opportunity to trust and be at peace.

Win-Win

You lay to rest your most beloved.  “How can I go on without them?”  First, understand that they are not resting.  They are more active than you are now that they no longer drag around that cumbersome body.  They visit you often now, for when you think of them they feel it.  It is you who feels sorrow, but do not feel it for the one who has moved on.  Treat yourself lovingly as you adjust to this new chapter in your life.  The giant hole is mainly the physical presence.  Fill this by bringing to mind all the more love you have experienced by having them in your life.  What will you do with that love?  Why, go out and give it to those who need it—those who did not know the love you shared with your loved one.  Translate what appears to be a loss into a gain on a greater scale.  Give that love in memory of the one who still walks with you and you are allowing their love to live on.  You will see them again, and when you do, you can celebrate the loving use you put to the love they brought to this world.  Now that is a win-win situation instead of a loss.

Flight Path

An arrow flies straight, until it hits an object.  If you choose a target and something gets in the way, you will not reach your goal.  How to handle this?  Either be satisfied with the intermediate goal or try again.  You may need to approach your target from a different angle.  Some who meet with an obstruction will remain standing in place, aiming time after time for the same target in spite of the giant obstacle, so set are they on doing things their way.  Can you see the target from a different angle?  There is a straight path to it, but you may have to change your position to get there.  Relax.  Slow down, and examine all of the angles.