Before Your Eyes

Seize this moment to create a dream.  Seize this moment to see it as true.  What are you waiting for?  Do you think all pieces must fall into place before you can believe that your dream is possible?  The pieces fall into place when you see the dream as possible.  Your dream need not be of tremendous proportion.  It may be a small secret you have been holding inside, silently wishing it were true about you.  Seize the moment and bring that dream to the front of your mind.  See it before your eyes.  Feel it and own it.  This is how dreams are created.  They go nowhere when you hold them as a future projection.  They happen when you seize them as your reality now.

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The Perfect Mix

You attract into your life exactly what and who you need for the greatest learning.  We are not speaking of doing so through your wishes, which does happen, but at a subtle level through the Law of Balance.  Opposites attract is another way of saying this.  Of course, you also have those who are quite complementary to you in vibration to help amplify the strengths you possess.  As we stated: all for a reason.  Like a recipe with the perfect ingredients, each person in your life adds the perfect mix to the stew that is you.  When the mix gets a bit overpowered with one flavor, perhaps it is time for a change.  The soul knows, and circumstances will unfold to correct the seasoning just right. 

Look around you at the people in your life and see what you have attracted to you.  What are you learning?  What are you refusing to see?

Beyond the Veil

Why do people stop and stare at rainbows?  They bring out the awareness, if only at a subtle level, that there is more to reality than meets the eye.  One moment you are looking at a clear blue sky, and the next you are seeing a swath of brilliant colors painted in an arc before you.  What causes this appearance?  Is it real?  As real as you are.  But is it solid?  No.  A thing need not be solid to be real, nor need it be visible to make it real.

Your loved ones who have passed, along with the angels and the masters, are as real and as present as the rainbow.  You cannot make a rainbow appear any more than you can make the veil disappear to see your loved ones.  The veil lifts when it does by grace, just as the rainbow appears when conditions are right, giving you a glimpse of reality that shifts your reality.  Until it does so, we send you rainbows as reminders that all is not as it seems.  Your loved ones are not gone forever.  They are just beyond the veil of illusion, their lessons here completed as yours continue.  Make the most of your time here, won’t you?

Reality

What is reality?  That upon which you are focused and take as your current experience in any given moment.  You say that perception is reality, and this is true, but do not fall into the trap of believing that what you perceive is the only reality.  Change the way you perceive reality and your reality changes.  This is true mentally, as you may know.  If you change your thoughts to more beneficial ones, then your reality becomes more enjoyable, and the opposite is true as well.  If you put on a pair of 3 dimensional glasses, your physical reality changes, and so on.  Do you see?  Reality is changeable.  Do not become so fixed, so set in your ways, that you block out possible learning opportunities and alternative experiences with which to experiment.  That is why you are here:  for the joy of experimenting and the growth that results from it.

You

The center of attention.  This is what most humans secretly crave to be.  Why is this?  Because each of you is a focus of Consciousness, the center of which is you.  But there is more than you in existence.  There is you, and you, and you, and you … all having experiences for the growth of the soul.  Move your attention away from what you falsely perceive as the only center in existence and you will discover the intricate links between the perceived centers.  With this shift in perspective, you will see that the center of all of the you’s make up one limitless, boundless You.  Imagine how much you can learn, experience, and enjoy if and when you take the focus off of you and focus on You.

Engaged

When you sit in the back of the room, you are disengaged, and there is a reason.  When you walk to the front of the class, you are fully engaged, sending out a message to yourself and all others:  “I am interested in what is going on.  I am here for the full experience.  Count me in.”

Where do you sit in the classroom of life:  in the back, going through the motions, or in the front row, fully engaged, here to get the most out of every moment?  A simple shift is all it takes, but you must be the one to get up and change your seat.

Through the Trees

You are expecting bells and whistles on your journey.  You want to have apparitions and great experiences when you sit to meditate.  When these things fail to happen you are disappointed, looking for the big events, which are actually small things.  You are missing the big picture, which includes the small things.  As a result of your meditative practice, do you notice how your patience grows, and your intuition increases, and your stress goes down?  These gifts may appear to you so subtly that you fail to notice.  Add them together and compare them with your past behavior, and lo!  There is your miracle!  There is your “big thing.”  “Do not lose the forest through the trees” is a wise statement.  Enjoy the entire journey, the big and small events—most especially the latter, for every moment counts.

Surrender

The act of surrender shows the utmost of strength.  To overcome ego’s will and the human belief that one must always be in charge requires fortitude unknown to many.  What is this act that says, “I am not in charge here.  I release the need to do it all, to have things my way, and to be in control?”  It is not weakness, but a display of immense power.  Do you see the paradox?  In surrendering the human aspects of Self, you are showing that you know there is another side of you.  Surrender the need to have all the answers, to know how this unseen side works, and you will come to know it.  How do you surrender?  You close your eyes or turn them skyward and say, “Lead me.  Guide me.  Show me what to do next.”  It is that simple.

In Trust

Trust is a beautiful thing.  It leads you to step out with confidence and take on tasks which otherwise you might not undertake.  It leads you to lean on others you might not otherwise ask for assistance.  Why do you fail to trust?  For you have done so in the past and met with less than optimal results.  Ah, that is why trust will always carry a choice.  This is when you learn to trust in that sixth sense … in the guidance of the heart, and to act on it.  The more you do so, the more your faith is buttressed until doubt becomes knowing, and trust becomes full faith and trust that your thoughts and actions are guided.  What a beautiful way to live.  Do so, and so it is.

The Sixth "Scent"

The gift of smell … one of your physical senses, but one through which Spirit can speak.  You are drawn to the beauty of a rose --the flower of love -- by sight, but in taking that extra step, you can enjoy its pleasant aroma as well.  The gift need not always be pleasant to be a gift.  You may be repelled by an odor and know to stay away from something which may harm you.  And what of the gift of a scent when no thing or person is apparently present?  Suddenly, the familiar perfume of a loved one who has passed or the smoke from a dear father’s cigar fills the nose.  How does this happen?  It is not magic.  It is merely the creation of a specific frequency that triggers a memory, and in so doing, sends you a message:  “I AM here, my love.  I have never left you.”

You have a saying:  “The nose knows.”  Spirit knows what you need at all times and sends gifts for the nose as a small reminder that Love is the essence of all that is.

The Peace Prayer

Note from Suzanne:  a follower wrote:  "Please ask Sanaya for a prayer I can say to help the all the people affected by war, injustice, etc. I feel so helpless when I watch the news and I want the words that will really help lessen the pain and despair I see."  I  did so, and hear is what I received:

Peace be upon the earth, but until it can be, peace be in my heart.  As peace is in the heart of each man and woman, may the seeds of love be sown so that peace prevails and no longer will man war against man.  Until such time as peace rules across the lands and in the heart of all, may I feel the peace in my heart that I wish to see in this world.

Believe in Yourself

(While Suzanne is out of Internet and cell phone range for four days, please enjoy this repeat of a favorite message from Sanaya)

How many times do you doubt yourself? You wish to do something, to accomplish some task, to achieve some goal that lies in your heart, yet your thoughts hold you back. You may blame some external cause or some physical weakness, but if you look more closely, again you will see that all that is holding you back is you. You create your reality with your consciousness. If you think you cannot achieve some thing, then this becomes your reality.

There is a strange phenomenon among you … you often wait to be told by others if you are capable of something—a kind of waiting to be given permission to believe in great possibilities. Once another outside of you says, “You can do it!” then, and only then, do you believe. Is this not so? Have you not witnessed this in yourself?

What if you were to become your own cheerleader? If you were not to wait for another, but to tell yourself, “You can do it!” “I believe in you!” “There is nothing you can’t do!” Then, my friends, there would be nothing you could not do.

The truth is, there is nothing you can’t do once you place your full belief and intention on a goal, for it is the belief and intention which hold all power. These are the tools of Consciousness … the tools of Creation. Hold yourself back no longer. Wait no longer for permission or outside encouragement. Believe in yourself. Cheer yourself on. Reclaim your Power.

Unleashed

(While Suzanne is out of Internet and cell phone range for four days, please enjoy this repeat of a favorite message from Sanaya)

There, on the wings of a butterfly you fly, for you do not die.  All is illusion to the physical eye.  There is no such thing as a pure blue sky.  Do you ever stop to wonder why?

Nothing truly is as it seems.  Do not let this confound you.  Perception is reality, so immerse yourself fully in your present reality, but do not become chained to it.  It is not the only reality.  Would you like to walk on the clouds in a world where the sky is violet?  Would you like to fly?  Just you wait. 

Does this sound fantastic?  How does the world appear in your dreams, where anything is possible?  Unleash your dreams here and now, where more is possible than you imagine, for you often fail to dream big enough. 

Unleash your imagination and fly.  Ride a butterfly across the sky.  There’s far more to living than meets the eye.

There You Are!

(While Suzanne is out of Internet and cell phone range for four days, please enjoy this repeat of a favorite message from Sanaya)

Do not devalue the worth of any other, for in so doing, you are belittling God. Once again, we remind you that all is of the Creator. What you see as the human part you know as individuality, but it is merely a creative, individualized aspect of the Creator, expressing with the free will with which it is endowed. Such beauty! Such Love does give it this human experience. The humanness may mask the beauty and love, but only, only, my friend, in your perception.

See past the humanness to the Spirit. See God, the Love behind the thoughts and actions, no matter how far they may seem to you from your limited view of God. Look upon another and rejoice, saying, “Oh, God! There you are!”

If you truly knew what you were seeing, you would either drop to your knees or run up and embrace the other. Look upon all others anew today and rejoice. Honor thy neighbor and honor thyself. It is all God.

Out of Frustration

Where there is anger there is an expectation.  Where there is an expectation, ego is present.  Attachment to outcome is of the ego, the human side of you, not the soul.  The soul says, “And so it is.”  The human says, “I must have it this way or that.”  What you can expect with such an attitude is great joy or great frustration, but rarely peace. 

Most do not realize when attached to outcome that you have a choice of eyes with which to see:  those of the human or those of the soul.  This is true in all cases, in every moment of your life.  The journey from ego to the soul is what spiritual awakening is all about.  Frustration and anger are signposts to let you know far you have come and how far you yet have to travel.

Comfort

“Oh, don’t do that!” you advise another, when there is no grave danger of harm.  You are simply protecting your beliefs about how things should be done.  Perhaps their actions may cause a bit more work for you.  Perhaps they will necessitate you doing something outside of the norm.  Is that so bad?  Which will bring more peace into your life:  allowing others to be comfortable and undisturbed or having it your way?  Is your emotional comfort dependent upon others’ actions?  If so, then we could rightly shout at you, “Don’t do that!” and insist that you change, but perhaps you would like to come to that decision yourself.

Enjoying the Dance

“Dance with me” … three words which make your heart sing when you wish to enjoy the closeness of another.  It is a special time of bonding, this act of dancing.  Do you know that all of life is a dance?  “Dance with me,” Spirit says to you, but will you dance?  Many humans are self-conscious and prefer to sit out the dance out of awkwardness, shyness, or a simple lack of joy.  But if you can let Spirit lead you, there is nothing to fear, no shame to be had.  It requires nothing more than holding out your hand and saying, “Yes, please lead me.”  And in this moment of surrender and allowing, you become Self conscious … aware that there is more than the smaller self.  As you are then led with grace and ease, you relax enough to enjoy the dance, and it is good.

Appreciation

Honor thy differences.  In this way will you find peace.  In this way will you be able to love.  Instead of needing others to see and think as you do, to give you the love you think you need, you will instead glory in the diversity of Life.  With this appreciation will you appreciate that all of your unique qualities are equally loveable.  Nothing is out of place.  All is as it should be.  All is Life … Spirit … experiencing Itself as love in expression—sometimes a bit twisted by the free will of man—so we advise you to see those distortions as what they are and see past the free will expressions to the pure expressions of God:  the uniqueness of a fingerprint, a snowflake, a raindrop, a smile … no two alike, yet all from the same Source.  Appreciation … it will take you straight back to that which never changes:  Divine Love.

Back There

When were you the safest you can remember as a human … the most loved?  When you floated in your mother’s womb, feeling and hearing her heartbeat and yours merged as one.  When will you have this feeling again, but not as a human?  When you pass from this physical existence and follow the silver umbilical cord back to the womb of Creation once again.  There you will know a love so profound that it has no bounds.  But you need not wait.  This feeling you can create by sitting in the silence and asking to know yourself as Love.  Have you bothered to do so, and to ask the question, “What is God?”  The answer may surprise you, as will the experiences when you can get the human mind out of the way.  Blessings be upon you on this wondrous journey back to Love. 

By the Roots

Zero in on your challenges instead of pushing them away.  Do you wish to truly be free?  There is a reason for everything that you do that brings you pain or angst.  Are you willing to find out the root cause and pull out those roots?  All you need do is set the intention of healing yourself and ask the question of your unseen helpers, of Higher Consciousness:  “Why do I behave this way?  Why do I have this challenge?  I wish to be healed.  Show me, please.”  And then, if you will spend time in the silence with an open mind, free of chatter, you will hear the answers.  You will receive the insights.  You can do this.  You do not toil alone.  Healing begins with the willingness to do the healing work and to feel a bit of pain.  It is true:  What you feel you can heal.  Heal thyself with Love.