Perspective

Relax. It is all perfect. “But my life is far from perfect!” you protest. We ask you to look back upon your greatest challenges. Perhaps they did not seem perfect at the time, but did you not grow from them? Are you not stronger now? Did you not learn?

Life is orderly, not chaotic. Yes, there is seeming chaos at times, but even at those times there is order. You must look back in time to see the perfection and the order, for at this time you have a limited perspective. There will come a time when you can see the greater perspective at once. Until that time relax and trust. Worry does no good. Anxiety serves you not. Trust brings you peace.

Peace be upon you as you trust that all is in perfect order always.

Busy be-ing

Busy, busy, busy … always running around, doing. Stop for a moment and ask why you spend so much effort in doing and so little on simply being. “Being is not productive,” you say, and we laugh. Being fuels the doing. You would tire far less if you would simply take the time to be for a while. In that state of repose you remember who you are … a spirit be-ing. At that point you can examine all the doing. Is it truly productive? What are you producing? More healing? More love? Then, by all means, do.

If you are merely spinning your wheels, staying busy so as to avoid acknowledging who you areally are, then you need “be” far more often. Be-ing will reveal the truth and take away the need to run.

Timeless, Ageless You

At times the body does betray you. You wish to participate in an activity, and it does not work. It “gets sick,” as you say. It breaks down. It ages. It may appear at times that the mind breaks down, but this is a consequence of the brain and its wiring, not of consciousness. Always remember that inside and outside of the body the real you does not break down, malfunction, or die.

You often go to such heroic measures to save the vessel and fail to pay attention to that part of you that is most important: the soul. You as spirit have a soul. It never ages and never dies. When you look in a mirror, you see a body that ages. When you look deep in the eyes and beyond them, you see the ageless, timeless part of you.

Take care of you. Pamper your soul. Love yourself. The body may or may not get better, as you see it, but the soul eventually gets better and better and better. That is why you are here.

Wow

“Wow” – a word you say when you experience amazement. There is no judgment in “wow,” no good or bad implied, simply wow. Wow is healthy. It shows that you are merely observing events around you. The interpretation is one of surprise, but not condemnation or jubilation.

When all around you seems to be “going to hell,” as you say, step back, blink a few times, and instead of screaming and crying, say, “Wow.” This buys you time to breathe. Now you can say, “Isn’t that interesting!” and see things more clearly from the greater perspective. Equally, when events exceed your greatest expectations or previous experience, you can respond the same.

“Wow” keeps you in the middle of extreme ends of duality. In the middle there is peace. From the middle it is far easier to respond with love. May your entire life be one great wow.

The Smile of God

Why are you here? This is what so many wish to know. You are here because God wanted to experience this existence as you. Do you realize the miracle that you are? Physically, you are one in a trillion. Metaphysically speaking, you are one … one with God and all that is. As the One, you add to Its greater experience. Will that experience be joyful and full of growth, or less than joyful with little growing? This choice is up to you, for you were given the gift of free will.

This freedom adds excitement to God’s experience. How will you choose? Any time that you respond to a situation with love, you grow and God smiles. Of course, God—the Great Spirit—has no lips with which to smile. You are here to be the smile of God. You are the arms and legs of Spirit. You are the expression of Life. It is that simple. Do not make it harder than it is. Smile and be the expression of Love and you are living your life on purpose.

The Gift

Why is there such joy in lying in the arms of another? Such comfort… Relationships are the gift of God, given to you to show you how love feels. The bond between you opens your heart. When you can love another with no conditions and feel whole, then you have discovered the True Self. It is only when love turns selfish and you place conditions upon it that human love goes awry. It is then that relationships teach you lessons. In this way, are they still not just as much of a gift?

When you find yourself seeking for that old feeling of connection that perhaps you no longer feel, this is a nudge … a reminder. Love is there inside of you. You did not need the other to bring it to you. They merely awakened what was there all along. If you ascribed this feeling and this responsibility to them, then you perhaps erred in your understanding. They did not bring you love. They allowed you to love yourself. Now, having experienced what love feels like, give it back. Oh, what a gift!

The self vs. the Self

Failure is a human concept. Does God fail, or do humans fail to realize God? You cannot fail when you surrender your self-concept as that of a limited human and allow the full force of God to flow through you and act through you. It is your doubts that this is so that bring about what so-called failure you may experience. Do you see the irony? Get your self out of the way … that limited, separate self ruled by ego, and failure is no longer an issue. It is God who breathes you. Allow your self to be breathed.

Before and Beyond "Woowoo"

Back to the basics. You can explore all avenues of metaphysics. You can delve into other dimensions, other realities, and dabble in what some would consider outlandish topics. Are there aliens? Do dolphins talk to us? Are spaceships going to carry you away? All of the searching that mankind does for answers is merely a journey of exploration into the unknown.

What is the greatest unknown? Your very Source—that which you call God. Can you define God? Can you truly know the “allness” of God? You cannot. And so, you search and search, trying to put in a box that which cannot be limited.

Go ahead. Dabble in strangeness if you like, but to truly know God, return to the basics. God is Love. Love is all there is. Know yourself as Love and you need search no more for answers.

Imaginary Dragons

Be not afraid on this new leg of your journey. Be not afraid ever, whatever leg of this eternal existence you embark upon. Of what is there to be afraid? There be no dragons. These exist only in the mind. “No, I see them!” you cry. “They are all around me!” Then slay them with your mind as well. When you understand that the only reality is Spirit, which is pure consciousness, then you create and destroy your demons with the same.

Nothing can harm the real you. Such power comes with this awareness! Imaginary dragons may snap at your imaginary feet, and you can laugh or cry. It is your choice. Inside it is always peaceful, always now. When faced with perceived turmoil, return inside right now to the ever-present peace and smile.

Polarized

You listen to others spout their diatribes of misunderstanding and judgments, and inside you clench. “Why can’t we all just get along?” The veil of human separation is wispy thin in some and thick as a black-out curtain in others. Like in a house of mirrors, you witness differing images of the human condition as you walk through life, seeing the many facets of humanhood all around you. So many views … many of them polarized so very far apart that you witness an “us vs. them” attitude on all sides. You need not reflect back what is shown to you. There is no need to take sides. You can walk calmly down the middle of the hallway and take no side, merely reflecting light in all directions until there is no black and white, blue or gray, simply light.

Battles

Pick your battles carefully. It is only in the human realm where you battle at all. Why do you fight each other? For supremacy. For ownership. For power. Do you see how unnecessary battles are when you already know that the True Self is all powerful, all supreme, and all that is?

It is only out of ignorance that one strikes out at another. We do understand the reaction to defend oneself and one’s belongings, but the human self and all belongings will eventually pass. There is no need to fight for that which cannot die.

Choose your battles carefully. There is no need to even struggle. You have been taught that to surrender is to show weakness. On the battlefield, perhaps. The battlefield is a human invention. Return to your true state as a spirit-being and there discover the immense power and reward in surrendering. As spirit, there is no need to battle. As spirit, surrender becomes your greatest tool.

Emancipation

Lincoln … one of your most revered leaders. Yes, he believed in the abilities of mediums and brought them into the very White House. An emancipated leader in many ways. He freed the slaves and he freed others to believe in new ways. Are you a true leader? You need not lead others to freedom to succeed. Begin with yourself. Set your spirit free from bondage—the bondage of believing that you are trapped as if enslaved in your body. You are not the body. It is a vessel. Travel at will with your mind and tap into all wisdom, all experience, all love.

Do not buy into the beliefs of the slave-holders who would tell you that you are limited and powerless. Throw off your chains and begin to create a life of beauty and love. That is freedom. That is emancipation.

By the Hand

We will never steer you wrong. You may march off in a direction for a while that affords you a lesson, but we will nudge you all the while back towards your main path. There are those at times who become totally lost. This is because they choose to ignore the gentle prompts followed by the stronger pushes and even a shove or two. Now that you have learned to listen to your heart, you will not stray far.

Surrendering to help from beyond is not always easy whilst in human form, but once you learn that the nudges are quite trustworthy, then it becomes quite enjoyable to be led and guided by the hand at times like a trusting child. You were in such a hurry to grow up and become independent. Do you see now how comforting it is to be led by the hand? There is no need to be quite so independent. Surrender and allow yourself to be guided. In this way you do not “grow up,” you simply grow.

In Order

Marching in perfectly straight lines, the soldiers pass by on parade. The onlookers clap, so impressed at the precision. Precision is all around you. If you could see the very cells of your body lining up and marching off to do their duty in perfect order, you would see that all of life reflects this innate order. Just as you are drawn to beauty, you are drawn to order. Chaos is not your nature.

You are formed by a Guiding Organizing Designing force. There is no chaos in the Mind that created you. Trust that all is in perfect order. That which appears chaotic is but a small fragment of a much greater picture. Rest in the knowledge that Order always prevails and is ruling your world now. Trust the process. Return to a state of peace by allowing Order to flow. In this way, by not struggling, you get back into the orderly flow of Life.

Shifting Worlds

Shift your focus. That is all it takes to enter another realm. You wish to be reunited with loved ones who have passed? They are still alive, dancing in another dimension. Put on your shoes and dance with them in your mind. First you must quiet the mind and enter a state where you are no longer aware of the body. It is the body that keeps you anchored in this reality. To move to the next dimension, allow the body to disappear as it does in the dream state. With the full intention of moving beyond, shift your focus.

When you hear a voice, answer back in your mind. The ensuing conversation is more real than the ego would have you believe. Continue the process until thought is replaced with the experience of a presence, or perhaps a fragrance or a touch. Then you will know that only a veil does separate you from other worlds. To some it does come easier than others to shift back and forth between worlds. Start by knowing it is there.

Away from Decay

The stench of decay. Such an image to start your day. You wish to hear positive, beautiful thoughts, not to think of rotting things and what they attract. But DO think about it. Decay is what happens to that which is not enlivened by Spirit. Why are you repulsed by decaying things? Why is there an innate turning away from things that smell bad and look repulsive? Why does the human innately know the difference between beauty and love and repulsiveness and evil? The former is your innate nature. The latter is the lack of the former. Quite simple.

Are you stagnating and headed for decay, or ever-growing as a spirit-being? Are others mildly repulsed by you and your actions or drawn to you? Do not stagnate. Draw in Spirit with your breath. Allow it to cleanse your soul. Clear out all stagnation, all decay. Refresh yourself by acknowledging the presence of God in your life, AS your life. Do not delay. Sit and pray that on this day, you’ll find your way.

Change is a'Comin'

Center yourself, then get out of the way. You, as the ego, are your own worst foe when it comes to advancing. You cling so very tightly to established ways of thinking and doing. It is these very habits which hold you back. You must be open to change if you are to grow. What does growth imply? Change. What is stagnation? Staying the same. You abhor change, yet you desire growth. Do you see the irony?

Make yourself vulnerable. Welcome change. Invite growth—spiritual growth. Yes, your life will change. It will change for the better, but you cannot see this with your spiritual eyes closed. Close your physical eyes and pray, “Thank you for this awakening. I am ready to grow. I welcome change.” Then, sit back and buckle your seat belt.

You ARE.

Sure as the sun will rise each day, you ARE. It is that simple. You exist. You cannot be extinguished. When the body dies, that which lies beyond is not all darkness. There is no need to fear death. Life goes on, my friend, eternally. Does this sound boring to you? Then you have not experienced the great fun of creating your life. You are letting life in the human world run you.

Imagine an existence of one pleasant activity and adventure after another, peppered with challenges—just enough of them to remind you how much you enjoy the pleasant times. In this way, life never becomes dull. You live for each moment, fully in each moment. THAT is living. That is what you can expect when the curtain falls on this lifetime … not darkness, but yet another adventure, full of opportunities to develop your divinity.

You are. God is. The sun always rises.

No Longer the Victim

There will be times in your life when nothing seems to go right, when no one seems to care, when all that you touch turns to mud. This is the law of attraction—a negative spiraling effect—in action. We ask you to be on guard for these times. One negative thought leads to another, and down you go, round and round in the whirlpool, flailing until you think this state is all that is.

You do know better. You have experienced the opposite of desperation. Pure joy is your natural state. Do not ever give up hope that peace and joy can be yours. It is a matter of recognizing when you have entered the victim state. It truly is only a state of mind, but once there, believing you are a victim, your mind holds you there. Only ego plays the victim. It enjoys the role. Spirit knows that victimhood is a powerless state of forgetting how powerful you truly are.

To return to that powerful state of spirit requires not effort, but surrender. It seems a paradox, but it is not. Surrender to God, that Force that gives you life, strength, and love. Effort gives you nothing. Spirit is already present, but it requires recognition of this fact. Be the victim no longer. Be present and allow Spirit to take over. In an instant, the downward spiral reverses and you rise.

Seeing Beyond the Actions

"I forgive you." ... Three of the most healing words you can say and hear. They say to another, "I recognize that beneath the action which I perceived as hurtful there lies a being just like me. We may never see things the same. We may never act the same, but at the very core we are the same. When we take away all thought and all actions, we are love, for we both come from the Source of all love."

When one says, "i forgive you," one is saying, "I see past your humanity, for I am human, too. I know what lies beneath that humanity, for it lies within me, too. In forgiving you, I help the spirit being within me to rise and emerge. May my forgiveness help you to recognize that same spirit within you."

When all can see the Spirit within each other, there will be no more need for forgiveness.

Bursting Out

An outburst slips from your mouth. Who was that speaking? "That was not me," you say, and you are correct. The true You knows only love. When you allow your energetic field to become saturated with vibrations other than love--be it through your own thoughts or the lower vibrations around you, the true You is hidden. Outbursts are the emanations of an excess of negative energy--a sign that you are well out of balance.

Return to the balance between the human side and the spirit side by taking deep breaths. Clear your energy field with your mind. With each exhalation see the negative vibrations leaving your field. You do this yourself. Never settle for less than peace. Apologize for the outbursts. Others will understand. They have been there. You are all human, but always remember: Beneath your humanity lies the greatest treasure of all. May you as Spirit burst out all around.

Comfort Zones

For each human living on earth, there is a different set of beliefs. Some you can categorize based upon a commonality. Others are far more varied. You have your so-called free-thinkers and then your groups who are most comfortable being told what to believe. It is all a matter of following the push inside until one finds one's comfort zone. Some will never move beyond the state where they fit into a comfortable large group. Others are comfortable thinking thoughts which no other person on earth would believe. Is this not part of the fun? Remember: God is at play here ... experimenting how it feels to experience life in this way and that.

All threads of varying color add to the grand tapestry. Will you be a purple thread in a sea of blue, or one of many red strands in a candy-cane that sits within a well-planned design? It matters not, as long as you find peace, for eventually you will find that no matter what your beliefs, there is only One Mind having the thoughts in the first place.

Oh, how cute!

Puppies and bunnies and kittens ... bundles of love. You cannot resist them. Even the most hardened of hearts warms at the sight. What is "cuteness"? How do you define it? You do not. You simply know it--that behavior or appearance that makes the heart melt. Do not your babies do the same? Cuteness takes you back to when you were a child--fully innocent, not yet burdened with worldly cares, not yet confused by falsehoods about the truth of who you are.

Return to a state of cuteness anytime you like. Burrow under the covers--the layers of lies you have accepted that have led you to believe you are anything less than utterly adorable. Once you find that Self again--that loveable, adorable, utterly cute self, poke your nose back out from under the covers and smile at the world. You will find the world smiles back at you far more now, for you are finally displaying your authentic Self.

With Fervor

Every time you sit to pray, you acknowledge that there is something greater than yourself. What is it that you pray for? Instead of asking, we advise you to give thanks for these things as if they are already your reality. All exists. God exists. God is, indeed, all goodness and all love. If that for which you pray adds to the goodness and love of the whole, why, then would you need to ask for it at all? You need only give thanks for God’s will being done through you.

There is only one Mind. Would not, then, that Mind know not only every hair on your head but your every desire? The truth is, you need not pray at all, but it is the most effective way of reminding the human side of you that you are Spirit. It reconnects you with your Source and allows that Divine energy to flow more freely. So, yes, pray fervently … prayers of gratitude for your awakening to these truths.

A Good Reminder

Why do you pray for strength when faced with challenges? First, know that it is the separate ego-self praying. You pray to that greater part of you that gives you life. Know that there is no separation twixt the two. Having prayed, you activate this Force within you. It is always there, but finally you are saying, “I acknowledge you. Thy will be done through me.”

Know that as the strength and courage you have prayed for seems to appear, it only does so because you have recognized what has been there all along. It is true that God never abandons you or gives you more than you can handle, for you are a facet of the Strength for which you pray.

It is the Voice of God reminding you to pray in the first place. This brings you back to the innate awareness that you are far more than the limited human. Fear not. God will never leave your side, for that is a physical and spiritual impossibility.

At the Center

There are times in your life when you struggle, and times when everything goes just right. At those latter times you wish that nothing would ever change, but in the back of your mind you wonder when the shoe will fall. Life is like that, with its ups and downs. It is the Law of Life that all is like a pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, good to bad, happy and sad. Where is the line between two opposites? There is no clear delineation. It is all one experience arising from a state of pure “being.”

Picture the arc of the pendulum as the outer edge of your experience, then ride along the chain of the pendulum to the apex. Is this not the center of what would be a circle if the swing continued all the way around? There at the apex, in the center of the circle of experience, is stillness. And who holds the pendulum? The Great Observer.

You, too, can rise above the swaying, ever-moving arc of experience and rejoin the Observer at any time to experience peace. In this state of simply “being,” duality disappears. You can rejoin your ups and downs at any time or simply choose to rise above.

Cleanse

There are times in your life when you feel a need to escape. There is a nagging feeling that tells you, you need time on your own. Honor this. You cannot help others all the time. You swim in a sea of vibration. The waves of those around you touch you and flow through you. This does affect your own vibration.

Get out on your own, if only to walk about for a short period of time. Sit in the silence on your own frequently. Take a bath. Yes, of course you do this regularly, but do this now with the intention of clearing your energy field. Envision the most pure, loving energy of Spirit washing through you, clearing away any vibrations which are not helpful to you. This “energy bath,” taken on a regular basis, will regulate your emotional state and aid your physical health as well.

Do you see how you can minister to yourself when you treat each moment with awareness?

Illuminating

Never forget who you are: a shining star among many … no more special than the rest, but here for a purpose: to share your glittering light in the darkness, to bring warmth to those around you, to illumine the world. You are not a candle that blows out, but a ball of energy that always glows. You are fueled by love, a power with more creative force than any other force identified by your scientists. Use it with care and use it with abandon. It matters not how you use this energy of love which keeps you aglow. Simply know that the more you use it, the brighter you shine. Would you not like to illumine the world? You can and do every time you smile and remember who you are: a star, a star, a star … the star of your life.

Your Mission

All of heaven rejoices when another spirit is welcomed back to the fold from their journey into human form. It is always with uncertainty but the greatest joy that we send a spirit entity to experience life in physical form. The uncertainty comes from knowing that the truth of your identity will become clouded over by ego thoughts. Spirit will be hidden behind the veil of the body and its lower vibrations. Will you fulfill your task of lifting the veil, or will you miss the signs along the way that say, “Awaken! Slumber no longer!”?

Remain not in the darkness, but remember why you have come. Turn up your light and love those around you. In this way, spark the memories of whence you came. When you leave the body behind and return from this earthly mission, the intensity of your light will be the measure of how much you have gained. You add that gain—that increase—to the Whole, thus enriching all of Spirit. Quite a beautiful journey is this ongoing experience you call Life.

Recycling

There is an aspect of this work of mediumship which has nothing to do with your so-called religion or spirituality. It is pure science—the science of consciousness and vibration. But the greater aspects most certainly point you toward God—a loving God. Do you not see, through this connection with those no longer in physical forms, the truth in the teachings that life is eternal? Do you not see that there is indeed a Guiding, Organizing, Designing force? Do you not see that what you do in each moment of your eternal existence matters, for each thought and action raises or lowers your personal vibration?

The goal of life is the evolution of your soul to rise to the point where you reach the God-head and are once again completely one with that G.O.D. force—no longer imagining separation as you do so clearly now. Your loved ones exist forever, as do you. They come through in mediumship to help prove this point. Have patience with your scientists. They will come around. What goes around, comes around, and all of life is merely a recycling of the G.O.D. Force … of Love.

Free Rein

Cowboys on their horses gallop about the plains with such freedom. Look at the cooperation between man and beast. The horse has something to offer man, and they work together. Man cares for the horse in return.

All of life is about interrelationships and cooperation. Does not the horse have a soul? Your so-called horse whisperers can touch it. In nature, creatures understand cooperation. It is the human who fights the natural order, allowing ego to get in the way.

Do not fight the spirit within. Your body is along for the ride. It is Spirit which gives you freedom. You have the free will to decide if you will combat or cooperate. Will you dig in your spurs when Spirit nudges you or give it free rein?