The Heart of the Soul

Straight to the heart, a jolt flows, making you start.  Why this connection between your heart and others', when the heart is just a pump—a physical organ?  Because, my friend, it is not the physical heart that jumps—it is the heart of the soul, which just happens to have its greatest concentration of energy centered upon the locus of the physical heart.  Scribes and poets have known this for eons, and thus the heart-organ did become the poetic symbol for love—for, who can deny the feelings of love in the chest when one cares deeply for another?  This is not the physical organ where the feeling resides, but the heart chakra, as you do call it.  Tune in to this vibrant energy center and feel the love.  Sit in the silence and ask to be filled with love.  Focus on the heart center and experience your true nature.

All There Is

Love is all there is. Love is all there is. Love is all there is. Your famous Beatles did sing these phrases, did they not? Is this but a trite phrase in overuse or a spiritual truth? You live in a world with fear, hatred, and evil, so how can you believe that love is all there is? It seems a mockery of spirituality, making those who believe these words seem foolish and naïve. Fear not, you who adhere to this most basic of spiritual truths are wise beyond your years. You have discovered the gold at the bottom of the pan.

Love is the basic force that is the basis of all that is. You call Spirit a force—an energy—but is it electro-magnetic energy? Is it gravity? Is it kinetic energy? You search for a name for this basic, elemental energy that is Spirit, and we tell you now, you need not look for another name. This most basic energy is love. All is Spirit. All is therefore love. Love rules the universe, or there would not be a universe at all. Quite simple, is it not? Love organizes the universe, or there would be chaos. Love causes those who eschew violence, hatred, and evil to send yet more love in the direction of these baser vibrations and pull them higher, seeking balance.

There is only love, expressing itself in all ways, always. Love is all there is. Be that which you are, and there find peace. Seek love no more. Be love and be joyful. Love is all there is. Worth singing about, wouldn’t you say?

Fine Tuning

“Make me your instrument” you pray. You ask this with the sincere desire to serve, and this is most laudable, but please realize that in order to be the perfect instrument, you must learn the art of surrender. The will is a wonderful gift from the Creator, but it does allow you to go off on your own tangents at times, does it not?

If you wish to be used by Spirit in service, this is a cooperative effort. Because you never have the big picture whilst you walk about in a human body, surrender is a necessary step. Does this mean that you become a puppet? Not at all. It means that you learn to attune to your inner guidance before acting. It means that you listen to and feel as well those subtle, loving urgings that tell and show you the best course of action. It is to these that you surrender.

You wish to be the perfect instrument? You are perfect already. It is merely a matter of a bit of fine tuning. The desire to fine tune your thoughts and actions is the perfect place to start.

Hills and Mountains

There is no magic pill to take away your pain … no instant solution to your ills and problems. Why do you think you are here, but to build your character by surmounting your problems? If the road was always flat and straight, you would grow indolent and lazy … the body slack … the mind and will as well. But with hills and at times mountains to surmount, you do grow stronger as you climb and struggle. Have you not found that you use different muscles when climbing than when descending? And even in the descent, which seems far easier, there is growth.

Enjoy the challenges in your life. Embrace them. Your life would lose its luster were there no ups and downs. It is in the contrast that you do learn and grow. Dig in deep. Find there the strength that is yours.

Poem #407 - Gold Mine

Scattered showers … tiny cells of rain
That put a damper on your plans and cause you pain …
Why can naught but sunshine in your life remain?

Loosen your belt … cut us some slack
There is nothing that you truly lack
Yet a little dampness you do attack.

There is nothing you need do
For everything you need will come to you
All is in perfect order, this is true.

Clouds and sun are part of life
With struggle and pain you world is rife
There seems to be no lack of strife.

But look around you can’t you see?
From all the pain comes victory
When suddenly you are set free.

Your freedom comes when you do find
That pain and strife lie in the mind
When to your thoughts you remain blind.

The sun will come when you do raise
Your thoughts up high and fix your gaze
Upon the light that will amaze …

No random light is this that shines
But that which God defines …
The gold which every man in his life mines.

Always Linked

People who come in and out of your life, if only for a brief moment, are there for your growth—your soul’s evolution. Some you may know a lifetime. Others you may fixate upon for a few years, or perhaps a shorter period, but oh, the changes they do bring about in that period! None are there by accident. Embrace their presence in your life, whether they bring you happiness or sorrow. All give you exactly what you needed to learn. Know that you do the same for them, and when you come to a parting of your ways, be it by mutual agreement or a solitary decision, let them go. This, too, is part of your learning.

When these souls have parted from your now-moments, look back upon your time together and celebrate it for the growth that has occurred, but dwell not in the past. Look around you now and see the relationships you currently enjoy. Celebrate these as well. These, too, will come and go, but once you share your energy with another, always will you be linked.

Feelings

“Get in touch with your feelings”—what does this mean? How can you not know what you are feeling? It is quite simple … those feelings that are at the so-called “negative” end of the spectrum are of such a low vibration that you will do whatever it takes to cover them with higher vibrations. You know the tricks. But remember … all is energy. Energy cannot be destroyed, merely transformed. So you do not destroy your pain by covering it up; you merely cover it up, allowing it to fester and cause dis-ease, aches, and yet more pain.

How, then, do you transform these lower vibrations? By exposing them to light. Bring them forth … wallow in them for a while and truly feel what they feel like. Talk about them with those who can empathize, then give validity in the form of love to these feelings. Now that you have validated them, you no longer need hold onto them. Now wallow in the higher vibrations of love for your full self—full of the full range of all vibrations, but in need of only being and expressing love.

Your Inner Voice

That voice you hear in your head is your own, but it is also the Voice of God. Have we not told you countless times that there is only One Mind? You seem surprised when after much effort in the form of prayer and meditation and asking for guidance suddenly a voice which seems far wiser than your own begins to speak to you--yet this voice sounds just as your own thoughts do. The Voice is gentle and loving, and oh so very wise that it surprises you.

And now we ask you, why are you surprised? Have you not been asking for enlightenment? You are having a conversation with God. You are hearing from your True Self. Why is this so hard to believe? All there is is Consciousness. All is One. Sit in the silence. Ask to feel the Oneness. Attune to Higher Consciousness. Along the way you will meet guides and angels who speak in funny accents,but keep going as high as you can go. What is the highest aspect of yourself? Who are you? You are the Most Worthy. You are here to know your Self. Welcome to your awakening.

Is All Just Science?

Note from Suzanne: I just finished reading a wonderful book called, “My Stroke of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor. When the left hemisphere of her brain was severely damaged by stroke, Dr. Taylor, a neurologist, experienced a different reality through her right hemisphere. She experienced herself as “fluid”. She experienced joy, bliss, and “oneness.” The book left me with big questions, such as, “is she saying that these experiences are merely the by-product of the right brain?” I know from connecting with the spirit world in hundreds of evidential readings as a medium that there is far more to reality than this physical experience. This morning in meditation, I asked Sanaya for clarification. Here is the answer I received:

You are far more than your brain. Yes, the brain is a tool. Yes, the two sides do give you different perceptions of reality, but you can perceive reality without a brain, which is what those who no longer are connected with a physical body do. Your scientists do believe the brain is the only perception mechanism, and this is not so. From whence comes the brain? All arises from Spirit. All matter is a product of consciousness, not the other way around. Make this distinction clear, and you understand the One True Reality. All arises from Consciousness and all is Consciousness.

The brain provides two mechanisms for perceiving reality. Perceive with the left hemisphere and see things logically. Perceive with e right brain and have so-called spiritual experiences such as bliss, but the latter is yours with or without a brain, for you are a spirit-being first and foremost, and bliss is your true nature.

Both sides of your brain work together to allow you to operate fully in the physical world. The left allows you to focus on your human side. the right exists to remind you that there is more to reality than pure logic. Set logic aside. Set the ego aside, and experience the peace and joy that are eternally yours, with or without a brain, and when you wonder, “Is there really a God behind all of this?” We remind you to re-read that which we did share with you when last you asked this question … that which you did label “First Cause.” Think on that for a while.

And here is the previous “Sanaya Says” entry entitled, “First Cause:”

To the scientist who believes not in God, we ask him to study his finger. What is it that makes it move and obey his every command? “The brain,” he replies, and this is understandable, for when the brain no longer functions, the finger no longer functions as well. But what gave rise to the brain in the first place? The brain took form, yes, from the union of egg and sperm. But take that answer as far back as you can go and ask the same question. What gave rise to the first seeds of all that exist? And what keeps all living things living? Why is there life at all? Why is there love?

Deep questions, for sure, and for sure there will always be scientists who can explain away all with reasoned answers. But explain, then, the emptiness experienced inside at the thought of a world created without a loving Creator. Explain away the coldness of a world created not from Love. For this there can be no scientific explanation. For those who have found God within their very hearts and continue to find God by expressing “godliness” through the heart, there is no need for explanations. Experience speaks far more rationally than words or reason.

You may never fully understand the First Cause, but you may come to know it in your heart, and thus banish the coldness and the longing. It is impossible to understand that which is infinite, but fully possible to experience it. Once experienced, there is no need for words.

Enjoy the Journey

Disillusionment follows revelation, for after there is great excitement, the pendulum does swing back to the other pole. This you know as the Law of Rhythm. Be not discouraged when excitement turns to doubt. The voices you hear are real. The knowledge you gain is useful. Continue your learning, but be not ever seeking. Simply be that which you seek now, and enjoy the journey. There will be ups and downs, revelation and disillusionment, but when all evens out, there in the middle of the pendulum’s swing you will find growth as well as peace. Continue asking for guidance within, and the answers will come, with the revelation that all is in perfect order always.

Only Now

Take charge of your life. No longer be the victim. No longer blame others outside of yourself for your actions and your choices. When you were a child, you depended on others to teach and guide you. No longer need this be so, save for the lessons others can teach you in being more loving. Now that you can think for yourself, look within for guidance. If the voice that speaks to you is loving and guides you to act in your best interest, send gratitude and heed it. If the voice you hear comes from a place of fear or negativity, that is not your true self.

Take charge of your life. How long must you continue to pay the price for past decisions and memories? There is only now. You are here to enjoy each now-moment, not to wallow in a past that has passed. Enjoy now fully as the powerful spirit-being that you are … as the very presence of Love. The only victim then is any thought that is less than truthful about yourself as you dissolve it in the light of the real you.

Change and Growth

Be prepared for change, for change is coming. It is the Law of Life. Everything changes in perfect order. Life is about growth. Can you stop a plant from growing? Only by removing Life. You are the same as the plants and trees which arise from a seed and grow according to a perfect plan. Understand us well—we speak not only of the physical growth of the body, but spiritual growth as well. You are here to help your soul to evolve. The body will grow and change all by itself, but, my friend, the soul will not do so without choices made.

Will your soul stagnate, or will it grow and blossom beautifully? Love is the light and water which feed the soul. Joy is the fertilizer. The body, at a certain point ceases to grow. It has a limit, but spirit is limitless. The soul evolves and grows with no limitations. Love fully, be joyful, spread love and joy, and grow.

Competition

Competition … is it a good thing? It is if it serves to bring out the best in the human form and thereby reveal the greatness of that which impels the human form—pure Spirit. It is when competition serves only the ego, that those involved in the competition do lose the value of the experience. If used to beat the chest and to feel oneself separate, then competition helps not the spirit.

Remember always that each being is unique in its abilities, but none is any more special than another. May competition serve to show that all are special. Your Special Olympics do this on a grand scale, showing that what is important is not the competition, but the revelation of the true spirit of love.

Passion and Purpose

Each one has a purpose. It is up to the individual to discern what it is and why you have chosen this experience in human form. The purpose of man in general is to learn to love more fully … to express your true nature, which is love. It is quite easy to live life on purpose. All you need do is be the very presence of love.

But what of your gifts? Do you not have particular abilities and skills which bring you great joy? What is your passion? Why do you link the word “passion” with “love?” It is because when you are passionate about a thing, it is far easier to express and be love. So find your passion, and there you will find your purpose. Do you see the connection? Give your gifts to others. Share your passion liberally, and you will find fulfillment.

This Proving Ground

Do you know that you come here for a reason? This is a proving ground—a realm in which you arrive knowing that you are spirit, but then do deliberately forget this. It seems strange, but do you not see the perfection? In order to remember what you have forgotten, you must interact with other souls—some who have awakened fully, and others who still slumber. You learn by trial and error. You are forged by the fire and polished by repeated rubbing … all of this removing layers of darkness that cover your true light.

Some of you are old souls, having had a go at this proving ground more than a time or two. You are the example. Others are newer souls … still learning and perhaps stumbling a bit along the way, but how else does a child learn to walk?

What is the greatest lesson of all that all who wear the human body seek to learn and to remember? That you come from love … to love you will return, and that by expressing love at every turn you awaken and become that which you seek.

Be a Seer

Fortune tellers gaze into a crystal ball and predict your future. How do they know any more than you? If they are a legitimate seer, they can read your personal vibration, for all is energy, and all is there for all to see when one learns to attune to the subtle energy of spirit. You need not visit a seer to know what your future holds, for you create it from moment to moment with your thoughts. You have your own crystal ball behind your physical eyes. Gaze inward. What do you see ahead? If you do not like the view, change it now in your thoughts, where all physical reality begins.

You are far more powerful than you have led yourself to believe. Believe in the creative power of thought. Thoughts are energy, and you direct them with your mind. Be a seer. Look into the future, fill it with love, and fill it with your dreams come true.

The Mirror of Life

Upon reflection, you realize that you were wrong. Upon reflection, the hurt you caused another is shown to you. In another’s eyes what do you see, but your reflection? Do you not see that all of you suffer the same pain, the same grief, the same emotions, the same joy? There is but one spirit. All of you are but reflections of the one diamond sparkling with billions of facets. You look at another and feel their pain. When you cause pain to another, you suffer as well … upon reflection … for you have hurt yourself.

All is one. All of life is a mirror, reflecting its experiences back at those who gaze upon it until they realize that they are the mirror, themselves. Look into a mirror today. Gaze deeply into your eyes and see there the reflection of your eternal soul. If love does not gaze back at you, begin now to reflect upon the pain you are causing yourself by not loving yourself fully. Your actions mirror your thoughts and emotions. If your thoughts are not fully loving, clean your mirror until it reflects the full beauty of the real you.

Let Your Tears Flow

Weeping willow trees … their branches hang limply. Why do they weep? It is as if all of the strength has gone out of their limbs. Do you not feel the same way at times? Crying can leave the physical body weak and limp, but it is a cleansing process. Is there not great beauty in a weeping willow?

Release the tension. Allow built-up emotions to flow from the body. Shake your limbs … allow the entire body to shake and clear all blockages from the system. As you cleanse in this way, watch as you do stand taller and stronger. Raise your head and soak up the sunlight. The rains always do end. The rain is necessary for growth, so let the water flow and allow yourself to grow.

Poem #406 - Visitors in the Night

Visitors in the night …
Are they real?
They seem so close
Their breath you can feel.

You reach out to touch them
And then they vanish
But their memory now
You cannot banish.

Treasure these moments
These elusive dreams
The ones you question,
“Was that what it seems?”

Yes, my friend,
‘Twas a loved one’s kiss
A way to acknowledge
They know you do miss …

Their presence around you
Their touch and their voice
They know that their absence
Was not made by choice.

And so they do touch you
At night in your sleep
A time when your dreams
Take you ever so deep.

In this quieter state
Is the time they can reach you
Your belief in their presence
Has a lesson to teach you …

The loved ones you miss
You will see once again
But not just in your dreams,
A brief thought now and then.

They await your reunion
So fear not and feel blessed
For this life is eternal
With this knowledge now rest.

A Simple Recipe

Do not underestimate the power of love. It is a healing force beyond anything in the material world. As the highest vibration—lo, the only vibration from which all arises—it can be used to move mountains, as you have been told by one who learned to use this power fully.

Harness the very highest vibrations of love and heal not just yourself, but your world. How do you do this? By setting aside judgment, by ceasing to criticize, and by allowing life to unfold without fear. Recognize ignorance when you encounter it, and look upon it with detached compassion.

All of these are the ingredients in the simple recipe for being the very presence of love. That is what you are. The main ingredient in a life of love always begins with love. Adjust the seasonings with varying degrees of patience and understanding, then share this feast liberally, for the masses are quite hungry. With this very basic staple in your bowl, no one need ever go without sustenance.