Crumbs

It’s all about love.  How do you find your way home?  Follow the crumbs … those moments in your life when you shared true feelings of love with another and were able to awaken that love within yourself.  You spend your life trying to create more of those moments … looking for the crumbs.  The path, the trail leads straight to the heart of you, not another.  You have kept your head down, searching, but the Source of love is right there inside of you.  Do you wish to help others find the Source within themselves?  Each time you smile or share a kind word or a hug you are leaving a crumb for them to follow.  Thus you turn crumbs into entire loaves of bread and feed the multitudes.

Always in Your Heart

Note from Suzanne:  Last night I received a call from Anne Gehman to tell me that her dear Wayne (Dr. Wayne Knoll, Ph.D.) passed away yesterday (They are featured in my book, The Priest and the Medium).  At the same time, a dear friend is sitting vigil with her beloved husband who was placed in hospice yesterday.  This morning as I sat to meditate, I wondered what I could take her to help her.  Dear friends are providing food, so what else would help?  I pushed those thoughts aside as I entered the Silence, but it soon became clear that Sanaya had the answer.  I sat in grateful wonder as the words below flowed from Spirit--a gift I will print and take to my friend.  I know that they are universal words, and that they will touch many of you as you heal from the physical loss of a loved one.  May they help to heal your heart as well ...

Always in Your Heart

Sanaya says ...

When a loved one leaves your side you grieve.
"I cannot live without them!" you believe.
Oh, how your brain it does deceive,
For your loved ones truly do not leave.

Life is but a journey of the soul,
Which in essence always will be whole.
When death comes, the bell may toll,
But only for the end of this one role.

Turn your thoughts now to the heart,
That with a death feels torn apart.
It is there that you will find love's piercing dart,
And know that this is how it all did start.

When that love did come to you,
Did your life not seem brand new?
And now that they are gone from view
That very love will see you through.

For though the form may go away
It's the memories that never stray.
And the love you shared from day to day
Now in the dark will light your way.

Note from Suzanne:  I did a session with Sanaya at Unity of Citrus County last Friday night, sponsored by the New Age Thinkers.  They have posted the recording of this powerful session on their website.  If you would like to listen, click here and scroll to the bottom of the page for the download button.  The first minute or so of the recording is silent as I shift my consciousness to attune with Sanaya.  Much love, Suzanne

Flow

Flexibility is key.  In a world that is not as solid as it appears, be as the wave:  bend and flow.  All is energy, continuously flowing.  Where you get stuck is when you stand firmly in your beliefs. “It must be this way,” you declare, and thus you set up a barrier.  You exist in a sea of consciousness, and it is a sea of infinite possibilities.  The waves of your consciousness can flow in infinite directions with limitless strength.  Do not limit yourself, your peace, and your strength with the power of your thoughts.  Be flexible and simply flow.

Recognition

You pray to a Father in the sky—one you hope to someday meet.  Would it help you to know that the great Spirit of Love to whom you pray is all around you now?  Call it He or She or whatever you want.  This Source of All That Is is in all that is.  It is in your neighbor and in you, for you exist.  It is that simple.

When you can look upon your neighbor and say, “There You are! There You are, having an earthly experience through that one!” then you begin to understand how to truly love your neighbor.  And when you see and know that pure love flows through all of your neighbors, even though they may not realize or display this themselves, then you might finally realize that this same Love flows through you.  Then, with that wondrous realization, you may just look in a mirror and see that same Love flowing through you, and smile in recognition and say, “There You are.  I love you, too.”

Dissolve

We are going to teach you a very important distinction—the difference between “How does it feel?” and “What do you think?”  The moment you begin to think, you are analyzing, which is quite a valuable tool for the human, but that is the challenge.  The human is most often controlled by the ego, which sees itself as separate.  “How does it feel” however, takes you immediately to the heart, the domain of your soul.  At the level of spirit, where soul operates, there is only unity and no sense of “looking out for number one.” 

“But if I only feel and do not look out for my own interest, then I will dissolve!” you protest, and can you see how insidious ego is?  Dissolve, yes, ego’s stranglehold.  Dissolve into the vibration of light and love that is you, and spend a bit more time in your heart.  We daresay you may come to like it there.

Norms

Holy … sacred … revered … You use words such as these for experiences and beings far above the norm.  Why are they held above?  For they engender feelings of love far greater than the normal being or normal experience.  They remind you that there is something greater than the norm, and that you can share in that experience.

Why do we use this term “normal” repeatedly?  For it is the norm in your world to accept the norm.  Most do not realize that YOU are holy and worthy of reverence … you and that other over there and that other over there.  When regarding all others as holy becomes the norm and loving each other becomes the norm, then this soul school in which you find yourself can finally close its doors.

According to Plan

"But that is not how it was supposed to happen!” you cry, and we ask you to ask yourself, “Is this according to your plan?  And how many others’?”  Free will is a funny thing.  It causes plans to go awry more often than not.  Were all of you to follow the heart and not the head, all would go according to Plan more often.

Your smaller plans oft stray from the greater Plan thanks to the insertion of will.  Is that so bad?  It may feel that way at times, but pay attention when you are dissatisfied.  All dissatisfaction is a sign.  There is something to learn here.  Where there is no peace, there is desire and attachment, and most likely the imposition of will.  Surrender, allow, and be at peace as the greater Plan unfolds.

Note from Suzanne:  Today's poem blows me away.  Ten stanzas with a powerful reminder that flowed in mere minutes.  But it's what happened last night that has me once again in a state of awe.  I felt drawn throughout the day yesterday to pull a favorite book off the shelf--one I hadn't looked at in some time.  I finally had time to pick up the book before going to sleep.  I felt guided to open it at random, knowing I would open to just the right page.  I did so, and then made one of those gasps that always makes Ty say, "What happened this time?"  There on the page in the book I was guided to was a discussion of what Sanaya tells us repeatedly--that there is only One Mind--and the phrase, "We are that One, showing up as creation for the joy of the dance."  These last four words were in italics as they are here, but they jumped out at me without the emphasis.  Why?  Look at yesterday's message from Sanaya--given to me early on the same day.  It is entitled "Still Dancing" and encourages all of us to "dance on" - one of the rare occasions that Sanaya has used the analogy of life as a dance.  After this wonderful confirmation that there truly is only One Mind and we are part of That, I think I will be dancing on air for quite a while.  May your steps be lighter today as well with this reminder of how much we are guided and loved.  xxoo.  Suzanne

Words

How often do you focus on the goodness?
How often are you sad?
How often do you think and talk
Of things that make you feel quite bad?

If you care to pay attention
To the things that cross your mind
Quite a big surprise, my friend,
We think that you would find.

You do enjoy your gossip.
You talk and talk of others' plights--
Of what they do in public
And with whom they spend their nights.

You focus on your body
And how it gives you pain,
Of how it ages, how it groans
And with your voice you do the same.

You talk quite like a record
Going round and round without a pause
And also without seeing
That your low vibrations you do cause.

Listen closely to your words.
Pay attention to the themes.
Are they happy and uplifting
Or as bad as your life seems?

If the latter, do not wonder
Why your life is not so gay.
It's right there in the topics
That you so often choose to say.

Idle chatter and the gossip
May be fun for just a while,
But in the long run rest assured
They will not bring about a smile.

Hear your thoughts before you speak.
Speak not with judgment of your brothers.
Speak of love and cheerful things.
Speak with kindness of all others.

You are the cause of your own health,
Of how you feel from day to day.
It all begins within the mind
So be aware of what you say.

Still Dancing

You feel that you must change your world, to improve it.  “There is too much violence, too many challenges, too much of this or that.”  Do you not understand that life naturally seeks balance?  Were there not violence tempered with loving acts, your world would have vanished long ago.  Instead, there you are, right in the middle of soul school—a difficult school, to be sure, but one your soul chose to attend for the tremendous growth it offers. 

If all were obviously the goodness and light that underlies the soul, then there would be no growth.  Instead, you souls chose to take on the experience of a human with free will.  It is that very free will that keeps things just enough off balance that there is a continuous dance of duality in which you now find yourself.  When you get dizzied by all of the dancing, simply retreat for a while off the dance floor.  Drift above to the balcony from where you can look down on all your fellow students with greater perspective. 

Do you remember how you used to feel about school dances?  You chose to go, but the experience was different for each one.  And so it is with this life you now experience.  Dance on.  Choose love in every moment, and the school dance will result in even more favorable memories.

Polished

Imagine finding a sparkling diamond amid a pile of stones.  What a treasure!  It stands out for the glint of light.  Its facets are like a polished mirror, while the stones around it are too rough to reflect the light and catch your attention.  Diamonds are valued because they are so rare.  All of you are facets of a brilliant Jewel, yet most are not yet polished—works in progress are they now.  Those who reflect the light stand out and catch others’ eye.  Value yourself.  You are a jewel.  How well polished do you wish to become?  All are diamonds in the rough.  It is your loving thoughts and actions which bring your true beauty to the surface.

Love Story

When the curtain goes up, it is time to act.  You get out of bed and you decide, “What am I going to wear today?”  You come into this life and you decide, “Who am I going to be this time around?”  Do you not see that you have made this decision daily, just as you decide what to wear?  Are you not happy with the role you have taken on, the costume you have been wearing?  Change it from moment to moment.  Stretch and grow.  How dull to play the same role for a lifetime!

Surprise those around you by acting differently than they have come to expect.  “How should I act?” you ask, and we advise you to ask the Director.  Of course, the new role will place you squarely in the starring role of a love story (and we speak now of the love that emanates from the soul), and it will be the greatest role of your life.  Play it to the best of your ability.

All Connected

Interdependence … this applies to you more than you know.  It becomes so easy to think you can survive on your own, but do not let that thought overtake your purpose (to be the presence of Love).  Were it not for your parents, you would not be here.  Were it not for the food supplied to you, you would not be here.  Were it not for the trees and plants which give you oxygen, you would not be here.  Were it not for the very Source that gives you breath, you would not be here, and yet you think you are the center of the Universe.

We hope that you will look about you and see that the concept of being alone and independent is an illusion.  There is nothing wrong in being dependent on another.  You are dependent on All That Is, and is that so bad?  Rejoice in your interdependence.  Celebrate it, for without it, you would not exist.

Homework

Oh, how you could not wait for your summer vacation—a break from school or work and its drudgery.  But then, at the end of all that indolence, admit it—was there not once again a bit of excitement at returning to work and study and learn once again?  Yes, life on Planet Earth can be difficult.  Yes, you would enjoy a vacation once in a while.  You may take one any time you like, but you are in Soul School for a reason.  Are you going to coast through or get the most out of it that you can? 

Coast whenever you like.  Summer vacation—that which is oft called “The Summerland” or Heaven, awaits all of you.  After enjoying pure love for a while you will likely volunteer to return to Soul School for the growth and learning.  Do you want to take a break now from the effort?  You may take mini vacations any time.  Pamper yourself.  All of life in human form need not be work, but even whilst resting you can still practice loving.  Your homework goes with you, does it not?

Playing

If you could step outside the role you have accepted for yourself, how your life would change.  Do you not realize that you are play-acting?  Are you dissatisfied with your life?  Who or what would you like to be or be like?  Why does another have the attributes you admire?  They have agreed to take on that role they play.  Think of a being you admire and adopt their role for a minute or an hour.  Play with this in your mind.  That is where your role exists—in your mind.

Do you want to be a bohemian with no cares, a teenager young at heart?  You cannot change the physical body in an instant, but the thoughts and emotions and the experiences that follow these are under your control.  Loosen your role and play.  That is how you play God.

Always Loving

Do you trust us to guide you?  Most likely you do.  The bigger question is, do you trust yourself to hear accurately and to trust that it is not your own voice that you hear?  There is only one way of earning that trust.  You take the step off the cliff.  There is no danger in doing so, for of course we do not speak literally.  Your true guides would never tell you to step off of a cliff if it would cause you harm.  That is one way in which to discern Truth.  Higher guidance is always loving, always helpful.  You are always better off for having heeded it.  With that kind of advice, what difference does it make if the loving advice comes from your guides, your higher self, or your imagination?  It is all the same Consciousness.  Heed it well.

If ...

Beware of your “if/then” clauses.  They represent threats to another and to your relationships.  Why?  Because they stand for conditions.  “If you do or do not do this, then I will…”  “If he or she …” 

Why must another do or not do anything in order for you to love them?  Most certainly, if one does something to harm you, then there is reason to take action.  However, we ask you to examine other thoughts and actions of those around you upon which you place conditions.  Can you allow them to be themselves and still love them?  IF so, THEN you are learning the power of unconditional love.   It is never really about what another does, but about how much you love yourself.  Can you come from the heart no matter what?  Walk away if a relationship is unhealthy, but in all cases, compassion and understanding come from a place of no if/thens.

Stardom

Picture your ballet dancers leaping across a stage.  Such fluidity!  They seem to flow and at times to fly.  Who knew the human body was capable of such feats?  Who knows what you are capable of?  We speak not just of physical feats, for we do not expect you to jump onto a stage, but we speak of all aspects of your greatness.  How you hold yourself back with your thoughts!  All of your life is a stage of sorts, and you play the starring role.  You have your role models to set examples, but they are just models.  You are capable of greatness.  You need not achieve wealth or fame.  Simply love with all your heart as you do that which brings you the most pleasure, and you will have achieved stardom.

Freedom

Expectations stifle you.  They set up a corral into which you must put your experiences.  If something that is yours for the taking does not fit in the corral, the gates are closed, and you do not gain from that experience.  Be careful of corralling your experiences too tightly.  Open the gates, then take down the fences completely.  The world is much more broad than your thoughts, which base themselves on past experiences.  Be open to all possibilities.  The world, and thus the experiences to which you can be exposed, is limitless.