Dropping the Defenses

Why do you become defensive?  For you believe there is something to protect.  This implies a separation between a perceived individual self and another.  When you can shed all thoughts and belief systems of the ego, which knows only separation, then there is nothing to defend, no reason to become defensive.  There is only peace.  Judgment disappears, along with anger, fear, and all of the other less than optimal results of feeling separated and alone. 

There is nothing to battle, nothing to fight, and no need to feel defensive.  There is nothing to win and nothing to lose from the perspective of the soul, where all is one.  If you disagree with this, then you are thinking like a human, which is quite understandable for those who have not truly made a re-acquaintance with the soul.  Set that re-acquaintance as an intention, why don’t you, if you are tired of defending an illusion.

In Service

Imagine a world with no competition, only cooperation.  It is an impossible vision for most, but there are worlds where only cooperation exists, where it makes no sense to compete against another.  This would be tantamount to cutting off one’s own hand.  It is unthinkable … laughable.  In those realities where there is no competition, all innately know that there is only one Spirit and that they are part of That.  All thoughts are directed toward serving and adding to the One.

Do the cells of your body compete against each other?  Only when there is a cancer, an imbalance.  So at one level of your existence, this kind of cooperation exists.  You can bring this spirit of being to your external world, even if those around you remain unaware of such a reality.  Try it.  No competition, only cooperation in service to the One.  It will change your life.

Still in Session

Battles have been fought over trivial issues.  Man has not yet learned that he owns nothing.  Power and greed have led to much bloodshed.  These are the natural outcomes of having free will.  Do you not see what great learning tools these are—these attributes of the ego?  Without them, school would be unnecessary. 

You will remain students until the majority remember who you are behind the masks.  You are not there yet, and so, school is still in session.  In the meantime, be aware of your own battles and address them.  Head vs. heart.  Heart will always win.  Why?  Because you cannot die.  With this remembrance comes true power—not the kind that must win and pound the chest, but the kind that wields only love—thus raising the consciousness of mankind, however slowly, until school is no longer necessary.

Tireless

Do you tire of our talk of love?  What else is there?  It is your reason for being.  We are not speaking now of the human version with its ups and downs and conditions.  That kind can be quite tiresome.  We speak of the love that fuels your universe … that births mountains, streams, and stars … and you.  This kind of love has no ups and downs, no birth and death, no beginning, and most certainly no end.  It is not possible to tire of this kind of love, for it is all that exists.  The soul knows it intimately and is ever urging you to discover it within yourself.

It is ego which knows only of that tiresome game of opposites which keeps you from knowing true spiritual love.  No wonder you may tire of this topic if ego rules your being.  The more the soul comes to the forefront, the less you tire, for then you are living a purposeful life, and there is no longer any need to work at fulfilling your purpose.  Repeat after us:  I AM free.  I AM Love.

How it Works

You never act alone.  Ever.  There is a greater part of you doing the driving.  It is only when you forget this that you can easily veer off course.  You grab the wheel and think you must do everything yourself.  It does not work that way.  If spirit were not the driving Force in your life, you would not even move, so give credit where it is due. 

Are you feeling proud of yourself for your accomplishments?  Puffed up?  A more balanced attitude would be one of gratitude.  Pride is of the ego.  Gratitude is of the soul.  Yes, you may rightfully be proud of your successes and achievements, but always give credit to the Source of those successes, the Source of all that is.

You are loved beyond words.  Have you forgotten that?  What need is there for success and achievement when this one fact never changes?  Now you can relax and just go out there and spread that love around liberally.  Success and achievement will result naturally.  Do you see how it works?

Rest

When you are tired, you may do or say things you regret.  It is not a time for making decisions or promises.  It is a time for rest.  Inform those around you of your condition in a gentle way.  Tell them that you will be there for them after you get some rest, and then get some rest.  Seek balance.  Listen to the body.  Treat it with love and gratitude.  Honor the self.  If you play hard or serve greatly, seek balance so as not to undo the good things you have enjoyed.  Yes, such simple and obvious advice, but advice that often goes unheeded.

With Wonder

May each day be like Christmas morning to a child who celebrates this holiday.  May you awaken with a sense of excited anticipation and think, “Today’s the day!  It will be filled with gifts and wonder!  I am so grateful.”  How your days would change if you changed your thoughts to such an attitude. 

Now, we are aware that many are undergoing challenges.  We are aware that there is pain.  Gifts come in many forms, but they remain unnoticed by those who have lost the anticipation of wonder and who no longer experience gratitude.  They have lost the connection with the Source of the gifts.  Getting it back is a matter of being as a child.  That child is rebirthed each morning as you open your eyes and make a choice as to how you will view the day ahead. 

You create the day you have with your consciousness, with those thoughts of which you are aware and unaware.  Give yourself a gift today and take control of your thoughts.  May wonder never cease.

Illumined

You have no idea how beautiful you are … how magnificent, how luminous.  If you knew your full potential and turned up your inner light in accordance with that potential you would burn so brightly that others would at first turn toward you in a shock of surprise and then shield the eyes.  This would not be pride that you were radiating, but love so full of light that it could melt a mountain, burn through defenses, and ignite a firestorm of love across nations. 

One being burning so brightly has the power to do this, but few achieve such a level of love-intensity.  Imagine if all beings achieved this luminosity of love.  Your world would ignite in a ball of light that would consume all in such ecstasy that all hate and judgment would instantly dissolve.  Until such a time, it is up to you to turn up this light that burns inside you now.  To turn it up your heart knows how.  Go there with your full conscious will and be the light that shines on all around you.  The fire and the fuel are the same, as is the kindling … only love.  That is all you need and all that you are.

When Thine Eye is Single

“I just can’t understand him!” you cry, and that is because you have chosen to remain fixed in your viewpoint behind your physical eyes.  When you remain stuck in your perspective, the view rarely changes.  Did you know you have another eye?  It is the eye of the soul, and it becomes known and useable to you at will … your will.  Will you put it to use?  Doing so is as easy as flipping a switch … changing your focus with intent.

Now, with just one very moveable, unfixed eye you are free to move about, to move behind the two eyes of the one you had convinced yourself you could not understand.  From there, suddenly you can understand with an entirely new perspective.  You may not agree with it, but for once and at once you can understand it. 

Now move with that moveable eye up, up, up above both of your human bodies and gaze down upon them from your bodiless viewpoint as a soul.  What do you see?  Both perspectives, and in fact, all perspectives.  You see that there are any of infinite perspectives from which to choose when you return behind your two physical eyes.  Most importantly, from this higher perspective, you not only see, but you feel and KNOW that there is only one choice you care to make … the only choice that leads to peace, and that is love.

The Story of Life

There is no death.  It is the most basic and yet the most important of messages.  How your interactions with each other would change if all understood this … if all knew that there is a greater aspect of the self than the physical body that is eternal.  If you were to relate soul to soul instead of ego to ego, there would be no power struggles, no judgment, no cruelty.  But you have these bodies for a reason:  to temporarily mask the soul so that you learn and grow from your human interactions.

Will you be surprised when the truths of the spirit are revealed at the end of the chapter, or well satisfied at having known how it will end?  Death is merely the end of yet another volume in the ongoing--the eternal--Story of Life.

Glory

Glory to God in the highest.  For as long as man has existed he has exalted the Deity.  It is only as the consciousness of man expands and rises, that he exalts all that is, seeing in the good, the bad, and all of creation cause to celebrate. 

All is Consciousness.  Nothing is truly solid.  What is real?  That which can be perceived through consciousness, therefore all is real, but not necessarily solid.  What does this have to do with God and glory?  Everything, for everything arises from Consciousness, including your (at times limited) consciousness. 

By praising God you are praising yourself, but do not let this go to your human head.  You are but one facet of the great jewel that reflects in all things.  When you can feel gratitude for all things and all experiences, and wish nothing more than to glorify Life with all of its ups and downs as an expression of the All, then you are coming closer to understanding that it is all God.  Any way that you can perceive this Force, whether as a man in the clouds or the Light that burns within your chest is reason for praise. 

 

And the Music Plays On

Music:  the sound of creation.  When there is harmony, there is growth; when there is dissonance, stagnation or decay.  It is that simple.  All arises from sound, from the Word, the one note, the Om.  You have your unique note which has developed as you have played in this lifetime.  Your fellow humans and all creatures and forms have their unique tones, and together you make up a song.  In between each note is what seems to be silence, but that apparent silence is what makes the notes apparent.  That silence is teeming with possible tones, infinite symphonies yet to be written by the Great Composer:  Consciousness … Spirit … God.

Do you see how you cannot be separated from the other notes?  How important you are to the symphony?  You are the music … the song playing in this lifetime.  At times it is harmonious, at others disharmonious, but the music plays on, even in the silence.  Sit back and listen to the silence.  Therein lies inspiration for the next opus, and you will be part of that as well, for sound is sound, infinite and everlasting in the ongoing dance of music and silence.

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Behold!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  Let us give you a new “take” on this oft-used phrase.  This can mean that each person determines what is beautiful or not, but today we wish to ascribe a different meaning.  Beauty is in the eye.  Deep within.  Look deep into the eye of another and there in that dark pool you experience recognition … sameness … oneness.  Yes, the eye is a doorway to the soul.  And so, if you understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then this phrase asks you to go within your own eye and continue on deep into the heart of you—the soul.  There, deep within you lies the same beauty you see by gazing into the eyes of one you love.  When you can gaze into your own eyes in a mirror and see the beauty, then behold!  A miracle has taken place.  And what is a miracle?  The connection of heaven and earth … the alignment of your self with your Self.

Stretching

It is all about the experience—this thing called Life.  It is neither good nor bad, but life unfolding for the opportunity to evolve.  You are faced with choices with every experience.  Each allows your soul to grow, stretch, expand, or shrink, decay, nullify.  How do you optimize each experience, each encounter?  Love, my friend.  Be Love. 

Shine the light of love that is you.  In this way you cannot help but expand and grow.  The soul wants to grow.  The soul knows this is its task.  This is why it nudges you always toward the higher choices and why life does not flow quite as easily when ego decides not to go along with the higher self’s prompting. 

Play along today, why don’t you, at every opportunity, through every experience.  Your day will be all the more bright as a result.

Who Me?

It’s not about you.  This is a phrase that bears repeating again and again.  Each is here for their own learning, so in a sense, the lesson that another’s concerns do not relate specifically to you is for you, but their angst, their discomfort, their behavior has nothing to do with you and everything to do with their own issues, their own growth.

It is one’s discomfort, insecurities, and fears which lead them to think that another’s anger, silence, or other less than loving behavior is about anyone other than the one experiencing those states of consciousness.  Life is challenging enough in human form without worrying what others are thinking.  Free yourself.  Relax and do the best you can at simply being the presence of Love, and peace will be your experience.

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Forever shining

It is the Light that formed you.  Like a tube of sand formed by a strike of lightning, you have physical form.  The full power of the Light that formed you continues to flow inside of you, or you would not have the most powerful awareness that exists:  I AM. 

Just as the Light within never goes out, the awareness of I AM never dies.  You cannot imagine not existing, for you have always existed, in different forms, in different worlds, always shining, always seeking ways to express Yourself, always bringing Light to the darkness.  Do you see the power you have?  Bright or dim you shine, so shine on, knowing that you never do so alone, for I AM.

Ever-Changing

Plans change … even the best laid of them.  Is this cause for disappointment or gratitude?  How far better off you are when you can remain flexible and follow the prompting of the soul.  Once you say you are going to do a thing, if you feel you must now stick to that plan without wavering, then you are no longer free.  Perhaps the initial plan you made paved the way for an even more magical outcome.  There is no need for disappointment.  Go with the flow of life and you will see the perfection.

The Thorn

Guilt serves a purpose.  It is a powerful teacher and motivator.  But like a poke in the side, it need only alert you that an adjustment in thought and action is in order.  To allow the thorn to continue poking and causing you discomfort is a waste and can be detrimental to your growth.  You have the power to remove this pain instantly.  Acknowledge its source, whether deserved or not, and then make a decision to remedy it.  “But it is too late!” you cry.  “The deed is done!”  No matter.  Examine the motives of all involved.  Examine the circumstances, but do so from the higher perspective of spirit looking down on all of the players with compassion and understanding.  Now, with that understanding, vow to do the best you are capable of at all times of being love and giving love.  Forgive yourself for being human.  Forgive yourself for your limited perspective, and give yourself and all others the gift of gratitude.  Remove that thorn in your side with gratitude for this lesson in forgiveness and understanding.

The Heart of the Matter

You search for answers far and wide, when all the answers lie inside.  One who does not yet understand the nature of the soul would question such a statement.  “I have limited knowledge,” they would protest.  “I have not yet learned all there is to learn.”  The latter is true for all beings, but an awakened being—one who has realized that there is a greater aspect to the self—realizes that consciousness is one continuous web.  There is only one Mind, and that Mind is within you.  With that awareness, you need only tune in to the greater aspect of Self and ask for answers, ask to be guided. 

The answers lie within.  Within your brain?  Certainly not.  That is an instrument of Consciousness—quite a fine instrument, but not the main instrument of perception.  Long after the brain no longer functions you will go on existing and perceiving through your heart … the one that does not beat, but that feels and knows Truth.  All answers lie inside.  Inside what?  The Heart of the soul.

Sleepy

It is nigh unto impossible to remain in a spiritually-awakened state at all moments of the day.  This is because you have years and years of programming and habitual actions to overcome.  Once awakened, most choose not to go back to sleep, but it is part of life on earth to sleep—part of the plan.  Each time you open your eyes, you experience something different and are given growth opportunities.

Have you ever watched a dog at rest?  His eyes may be open, but slowly, slowly they begin to close.  “There he goes,” you say, and once again he is slumbering, off and on throughout the day.  All creatures are like this—experiencing moments of awakening mixed with sleep.  Your spiritual path is the same.  Do not berate yourself for drifting back to sleep once you have tasted the awakened state.  Simply aim to be awake as much as needed for your soul’s growth.  There is much to experience and learn whilst awake.

Without Resistance

When you are in the presence of one who is displaying less than optimal behavior, how do you react?  Do you withdraw and seethe or squirm, or do you go on the attack, responding with aggression?  Within the body, cells do not see good or bad, they simply seek balance—homeostasis.  When in the presence of one who is out of balance, there is no need for fighting.  Simply surround that one with love, seeking balance.  If your resistance is down, you may lash out, withdraw, or display some other behavior which only adds to the imbalance.  In such a case, picture the cells of the body, which innately know what to do.  Simply be love, and within your own system balance will be restored.

That Glow

She was such a bright light, and so was he.  And now it seems that light has gone out.  Certainly it is gone from your presence, but what remains?  A glow in your heart.  That is the part of your loved one that can never be extinguished.  While you remain in human form you may no longer see their eyes or touch their skin with yours, but you can feel that glow any time you bring them to mind.  Yes, there is an ache there in the heart, for the glow was so strong.  It remains so.  Know that they live on, not just in your memories, but as close as your breath. 

The light never goes out.  There can be no death of light, only perceived darkness.  Light is Light.  Open your heart and dive in until both of your lights are fully aware that there is naught but Light, naught but Love, which can never be separated.

All in All

This little blue marble upon which you find yourself is but a speck among billions.  You are a speck among billions of others living upon that speck.  Within you are billions of cells.  Are any of them vying for importance, or simply fulfilling their purpose?  Why is it so different with humans?  For you are far more sentient, far more conscious of your consciousness.  What will you do with the awareness that you are, and that cells are, and that planets are, and that in the grand scheme of things the All is in the small, and the small is in the All? 

If you truly understand the importance of this last statement, the profundity of it, you would drop to your knees and bless every flower, every twig, every mountain and every molehill.  Instead, so many go to great lengths to make the self feel better.  That is simply ego at work.  It comes with the higher consciousness package as a sort of self-regulating system.  It is programmed to make you believe that you are running the show, and you can run the show … for a little while … until you realize that something is missing.  What is it?

It is the connection with all of the other cells, without which you would not exist.  You are part of the All.  An integral part, for sure, but no more or less important than any other aspect of creation.  You are gifted with sentience—with the conscious awareness of I AM.  Such a gift.  What will you do with that awareness?

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Gone Native

You all walk in two worlds at once—the physical and non-physical—as human and spirit, but most do not realize it.  This is by design.  If you all remembered that at birth you entered here fully divine and fully human, where would be the learning and the soul growth?  And so, gradually you forgot.  Within a few years after your birth, by imitation and by being told how to think and act, you had “gone native.”  This is what happens at times to prisoners in a foreign land, Can you appreciate the analogy?  The language, actions, and ultimately the thoughts transfer to those of the new surroundings, but always, somewhere back in the memories, is the remembrance of home.

The soul has not forgotten.  Your true Home is more than a memory.  It still lies within, but many of you have gone native.  Balancing Home and spirit is as easy as acknowledging the stirring in your heart.

Noticed

No act of kindness goes unnoticed, nor does any act of cruelty.  All actions, just as all thoughts, are registered in your soul’s signature.  Who are you?  You are not your labels, your possessions, or your position.  You are spirit—a soul whose underlying essence is love.  Every thought you have, every action you take either adds to or detracts from the quality of your consciousness.  The sum total of these pluses and minuses is the quality of consciousness the soul carries now and at the time of your passing through the veil.  This is why you are here—to take back a higher quality of consciousness than that with which you arrived into form as a babe.  This is why no acts go unnoticed. 

This is not meant to add pressure to you.  The soul already knows this.  It is why you are so pulled toward love and why there is an uncomfortable feeling when your thoughts and actions are out of alignment with your true Self.  It is a self-regulating system.  Merely tune in to your heart and you will stay on track to fulfill your soul’s purpose.

Only One Answer

And so you have had an argument with one you love.  Angry words were shared.  You have turned your back, and now your teeth are gritting, your jaw clenched.  If this is how your physical body reacts, what of the heart?  In a metaphysical way it is clenched as well.  Oh, so unhealthy on multiple levels.  You have dug in now with ego intent on holding its position at all costs.  And what is the cost?  The love is not flowing freely.  This is a most unnatural state, most unhealthy, unbalanced, and uncomfortable. 

You can blame the other all you like.  Ego likes that.  Or you can ask yourself, “What do I have to learn from this?  How can I get the love flowing again?”  The answer to the latter is always the same:  by transcending the “me vs. you” mentality and seeing from the single “I” of Spirit that all that matters is love.  We repeat:  All that matters is love. 

Right or wrong, blame, and judgment are irrelevant at the level of Oneness.  Here or there, there is only one answer.  You find peace through Love.

The Single Eye

Judgment.  You look upon another’s words, actions, appearance, and other attributes and put them on a relative scale in comparison to your own.  And then you give that other a thumbs up or a thumbs down, and in so doing, you feel better or worse.  It is all about comparison to evoke a sense of separation in yourself.  Can you see how insidious ego is?  This comparison happens so easily, so automatically, that you barely notice.

Do you really need to feel separate and superior?  If you answer to ego you do.  If you answer to Spirit you do not.  Most everything you judge in another you have either thought or done yourself or may secretly like to do.  Why?  Because all are human.  We do not judge you for judging.  We merely nudge you every so often in the direction of awakening to ego’s tricks and how he is at work in you. 

There is quite a difference between observing and judging.  Open your eyes a bit more today … your spirit eyes … and when they becomes single, you will no longer judge.

Put Out

“Oh, must I do that again?” you moan inside, feeling a bit put out by your responsibilities.  A part of you would like nothing better than to sit in a chair and be pampered.  That is ego, grouchy fellow that he can be.  You are here in physical form not to stagnate, but to grow—to help the soul evolve.  Every experience and every interaction with another soul becomes a growth opportunity.  Yes, it is good to rest.  Balance is critical, but when your responsibilities bring out less than loving thoughts and feelings within you, all it takes to improve your attitude is a simple shift in perspective.   Instead of, “Must I do that again?” you think to yourself, “I am so grateful for this opportunity to practice being Love.” 

What does an enlightened being do after becoming enlightened?  Chop wood, carry out the trash, and be the very presence of Love.