Rest in Peace

So many of you want to know about your loved ones on the other side.  “Are they okay?” you ask.  “Are they happy?”  In so asking, you are placing them in a human context.  In your world there is okay and not okay.  There is happy and sad.  You come here as a human for the experience of good and bad, happy and sad, and for what you learn from these polarities.  In the dimension of no-time-no-space from which you come and to which you return, these polarities do not exist.  There is only peace.  Can you imagine such a world?  Yes, you can, for your soul knows this as its true home.  This is the state in which your loved ones find themselves and where you will find them and yourself as well when you leave this earthly plane.

Are they fine?  Are they okay?  They are at peace.  They are enveloped in love.  They are evaluating their actions whilst in human form without being judged, judging only themselves.  They are growing in understanding, all the while surrounded by the awareness that they are the love they so greatly sought whilst in a body.  When you can realize this here and now, you can join your loved ones “in spirit” and be at peace.

Your friends rant and rave.  They send you communications full of opinions with which you disagree, yet they want you to pass them along.  Why are you friends with such people, you wonder, and the answer is clear:  for the lessons they afford you in mastering your emotions and for the opportunity to love them unconditionally.  Do you see what a gift they are?

Now, you may decide that their vibration is simply too dissonant with yours.  This often happens as one grows spiritually and another does not.  You may drift apart amicably as a result.  It will at least be amicable on your part because you will have learned by then to not judge and to see less-than-loving thoughts, words, and behaviors as simply the result of ignorance of the true nature of the spirit-human.  By sharing only true Divine Love with all others you remain true to your higher Self and attract to yourself only the same vibrations.  When less than loving communications appear in your inbox, rise above the level of duality and see that there are only two states:  Love and ignorance of Love.

Note from Suzanne:  Sanaya's message this morning is in answer to a question received from a reader.  And now a bit of unsolicited advice from this level of consciousness (mine vs. Sanaya;s) ... Those emails that threaten that you won't be loved (or some other dire fate) if you don't pass the email to 20 people?  They come from the human level of consciousness.  You are loved and loving whether or not you respond.  By all means, forward them if you know of others in need of a lift, but remain aware that you create all the love and happiness you desire by maintaining your thoughts at the level of consciousness of Spirit.  Much love, always ...

Grace and Gratitude

What do you call the prayers said at your meals?  Some call them “grace.”  It is by grace that the sick are healed, that the lost find their way, and that the hopeless find love in their heart.  This love is yours for the taking, but you so often miss your opportunities to experience it.  Take your prayers at mealtime as an example.  How often they become an exercise in saying the right thing.  “Thank you, God, for this and that.” 

Trust us, your thanks make a difference, but you can move them to a (w)holy new level by focusing on the heart as you give your thanks in any situation.  Put your focus there in your center and repeat, “I am so grateful for this and that,” filling in the blank slowly and deliberately as you allow yourself to actually feel your gratitude.  In so doing, you are strengthening the connection between mind, body, and Spirit. 

True gratitude brings you into alignment with your higher Self.  Merely repeating words at the level of the mind does not produce the same coherence.  Grace.  It is a gift.  It is a gift that you can bring to yourself and others when you express your gratitude with focus from the heart.

Neutral

Your brain is the perfect instrument for operating in the physical world.  It filters out the vast amount of information in which you are immersed which you do not need to function.  Your consciousness is then free to focus on what you choose to make important.  Do you see the difference?  Your consciousness does not reside in the brain.  If it depended upon your brain, then you would cease to exist upon the death of the body.  But consciousness is eternal.  Use it wisely or use it frivolously.  The choice is up to you.  As a result of your choices, you suffer or find peace.  Do you see the perfection here as well?  No one outside of you makes you suffer.  Yes, we hear you balk at this phrase, but be honest with yourself.  Suffering is a choice.  When you can use your consciousness to rise above the level of the human and the brain where duality rules, then you come to a place of neutrality, where love has no opposite.  You are that love now.  The ignorance of this fact is the root of all suffering.

Stunning ...

For those of you who do not follow my posts on Facebook and on my new blog, you will not want to miss this story of an awesome synchronicity:  http://suzannegiesemannwhatsnew.blogspot.com/2014/04/thisweekend-i-was-witness-to-jaw.html

Trust and Faith

Doubt is the opposite of trust.  It comes from placing your focus on perceptions which validate belief systems in opposition to that which you hope to achieve.  What if you were to place your focus only on the prize?  What if you did not allow doubt to enter the picture?  Then, my friend, you would create miracles.  The mind will want to protest.  It will look at things and situations around you and do its best to point out “reality.”  This is when you must ask yourself, “What is reality?”  The more you co-create your reality with Spirit, the more you realize there is a far greater Reality than the one which you temporarily inhabit now.  See beyond that smaller reality.  Have no doubt in your mind that the Reality you envision is already yours in spite of lesser appearances, and it is guaranteed to show up.  Do you recall something about the faith of a mustard seed?

Soaring

Pause for just a moment
And hear your every word
Notice how they hold you down
Instead of soaring like a bird

They keep you moving backwards
Or perhaps hold you in place
Until your words and inner thoughts
You take the time to face
 
It's the thoughts that say you're worthless
It's the thoughts that say you're small
That hold you back from seeing
That you can have it all.

We speak not now of cars and homes
Of objects bought and sold
But inner treasures you will reap
More valuable than gold 

You are like a robot
You go throughout your day
Unaware of the great power
Of what you think and say

True power is your birthright
It's been there all along
So find the thoughts that lift you up
And sing them like a song

No one else can do this for you
It is you controls the mind
And greater peace will be your gift
When your false thoughts you hunt and find

Off Duty

Inhibitions.  What are they?  The little bits of your consciousness which control your choices.  All possibilities lie within consciousness.  This is why the most loving people you know have the capability of performing acts or saying words which are unloving.  You live in a world of duality where you get to choose.  At times you imbibe substances which lower your inhibitions and you make choices which you otherwise would not make.  You let down your guard, so to speak.  Who is that guard?  A bit of higher consciousness than the one partaking of inhibition-inhibiting substances, but still the self-same human.  Can you grow from the choices made when the guard is off duty?  One would hope so, for that is the purpose of being a student in the School of Life.  No choice is better or worse as long as growth occurs for the whole.

Higher and Higher

What is a breakthrough but a sudden leap in understanding.  Your soul’s evolution has these at times.  You either earn them or they are gifts of grace.  Whatever the case, they result in growth and great joy.  Intend your breakthroughs.  Know that growth is why you are here.  If you feel that you have been stagnating, sit in the silence and grow peaceful.  In a state of connection with your guides ask to be shown why you may not appear to be growing and what you need to learn.  Pray “Guide me,” and then watch and listen as you go about your days.  Having set the intention of having a breakthrough, no matter what your goal, know that the breakthrough is yours.  There.  Do you see how you co-create your magnificence?

Holding On

A parent wishes to hold onto its child.  “But I need you!” the parent thinks.  “How can you leave me?”  And then the child leaves.  Did it abandon the parent?  Not at all.  Each has a role to play.  If the child does not go out into the world on its own, it will stagnate.  It is understandable why one would want to hold onto things perceived as good and things which are perceived as sources of love, but love is limitless.  Be aware of when you cling to a thing.  What is this telling you?  Can you release it and still feel loved?  You are loved always.  That never goes away.  Give love freely and you will never feel abandoned.

Sleepwalking

You are not growing unless you are shaken up a bit.  Why?  Because it is far too easy for you to fall into torpor—a somnambulant state in which you glide through life on automatic, reacting robotically to your programmed beliefs.  If something did not come along and stir your emotions, you would continue dozing.  But, oh!  Suddenly there is anger, or fear, or worry, or some kind of pain, and these are uncomfortable.  They make you sit up and take notice.  You then must make a choice to get you back to your feeling of alleged comfort.  But were you truly comfortable before or simply numb? 

Embrace the discomfort for what is has to teach you.  Face it squarely and decide whether you wish to continue experiencing this feeling.  In so doing, you have reclaimed your divine power.  Clean out the gunk bit by bit and you will no longer be in a stupor, but stupendously alive.

Shine On!

Elucidation … shedding light on a topic.  Allow us to elucidate on the topic of love.  You think there is not enough of it in your world.  You see others treating others with a lack of love, and you assume that love is missing.  It is there all the time, merely obscured by darkness.  Shine a light on those in whom the shadow prevails, and the love will be ignited.  It is that simple.  You see darkness, and so often you turn away, run away, or return the darkness.  Do you see the folly in this?  You are the light.  Those who walk in darkness have the light inside but are blinded to this fact.  When you can shine your light on a situation or person—and yes, this takes great courage—then you have removed the darkness.  How much easier can it get?  We elucidate:  love is not elusive.  It must merely be revealed.  In some, the revelation may take longer than in others, but it is always worth the effort.

Lifting Off

Genuine growth comes from stretching.  A balloon expands to a certain size when you blow it up, and then you stop.  There is fear of stretching too far.  Yes, there comes a point where it will burst, but are you satisfied with having your balloon the same as all others?  Would you like to try to expand the spirit just a bit more?  You are not like a balloon in the physical world.  You as spirit can stretch and grow with no bounds without bursting.  Step outside of the physical box you have put yourself in and expand your consciousness.  You do this by trying new ideas and beliefs.  Never stagnate.  Life is about the experiences you have and how you grow from them.  Prepare for lift-off.

The Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

You dredge up memories and it is as if you have lost your loved one all over again … Do you see what the mind does?  Not only does it create visual images, but it recreates the same emotions.  These are caused by chemicals secreted in the body in response to the frequency of each thought you entertain.  Do you see how intimately the mind and body are intertwined?  You cannot have a thought without a physical reaction.

So, you want to be at peace?  You want to connect with your guides?  You must think loving thoughts.  It is that simple.  We are not speaking of human love, which is conditional.  We are speaking of unconditional love, which is of the spirit.  That is how you bring forth the holy trinity of mind, body, and spirit.  Monitor your thoughts.  While you are in human form they create your physical experience through the secretion of hormones leading to the experience of emotions.  To bring spirit into the experience, you must think as a spirit.

Already There

You think that you must try ever harder to “get somewhere,” be that spiritual enlightenment, material success, or whatever your goal.  This is the great paradox.  It is only when you cease striving that you get exactly what the soul is seeking underneath all of the striving:  peace.  In the peace you are able to enjoy love and compassion for the self and others.  The longing for this is at the root of all human striving.  So, you see, when you release all external desires, what you sought through those desires is yours anyway.  It was and is always there.  So, now you can relax.  Do you get it?  You are there already.

Mindful

Be aware of signs.  They are all around you.  The Universe conspires to get your attention, sending you connections to let you know that you are a strand in a thickly spun web.  When you have your blinders on, you see only straight ahead and miss the beauty that is all around you.  In that beauty is woven a code to help awaken you.  It comes in words, pictures, symbols, but you must be aware that they are there and look for them.  There is a difference between making connections where none exist and paying attention when drawn to a thing or event which catches your awareness.  That “catch” is the key.  It is often quite subtle.  Once you have removed your blinders and are receptive to the “catch,” you will be caught more often and your life will take on a new and beautiful hue.

Note from Suzanne

To all of you who attended the session with Sanaya last Sunday, thank you for the love.  To those who couldn't be there, I look forward to the chance to share the special energy with you at some point.  In the meantime.  Here is a one-time link to the transcript and recording from this very special session:  (You may need to cut and paste):  http://www.suzannegiesemann.com/#!13apr14-recording/c1ier

Courage

Bravery comes in many forms.  It is not always a life-defying act.  (That would be impossible, you know, for your life is eternal).  It takes courage to step outside the box of accepted behavior and thinking and follow your heart.  Do you have what it takes?  Yes, you do.  You have a heart and a light inside that warms it.  You also have a still, small voice urging you to act and think in ways that are often a bit outside the box.  What a system!  A voice and a method of tuning in to see if acting on that voice would serve the greater good.  When you are not feeling so brave, fall back on the system of asking, listening, and sensing.  Do this, and what to others may seem like courage is the most natural thing in the world.

Failure to Yield

You have your traffic rules.  One of them requires you to give way to another where two or more may interact.  If one does not yield, suffering of some sort may occur.  Is not life like this?  How often do you fail to yield, convinced that you should go first and that your way is the right way?  Yes, when so many interact, rules bring order, but in personal exchanges, we recommend carrying around an internal yield sign for a day and seeing what effect it has.  Let the other go first.  Let the other have their say or their way.  Do so with no smugness, only the knowing that in so doing you can find peace.  The other may remain oblivious to your actions, but you have taken away the conflict, for it takes two to fight.  There is only One of you present anyway, and in showing that you need not always be first or right, you are honoring the Self.  And the last shall be first.

Note from Suzanne:  To those of you who joined me this evening for a very special channeling session of connecting to that most loving Consciousness in answer to prayer, I am filled to overflowing with love.  It flows out, I feel it flowing back in, I feel it all around me.  I am bursting.  The message was loud and clear:  We are That, and it is my supreme honor and the ultimate blessing to share that with you.  Thank you for your love and support as we all help to raise the consciousness of the Whole. 

Donning Your Cape

“Oh, but I don’t want him or her there!” you cry, and this is understandable if that one’s energy is so very dissonant to yours.  If you are unable to see from your soul’s perspective, you will spend your time together focusing on how your two vibrations grate against each other.  Ah, there’s the rub.  That other is in your life for a purpose.  If they rub you the wrong way, there is growth to be had.  Can you be in their presence long enough to ask your higher self why the discord?  Yes, you can choose not to include another in your activities, but when you can include them and find peace, then you have turned what would have before been an unpleasant situation into a triumph of the spirit.

How to survive a clashing of vibrations?  Be like Superman.  Put on your spirit cape and your giant “S” and rise above the clatter.  Do you recall how humble Superman was?  He did not go about telling the world that he was the caped crusader, and we recommend you do the same.  Quietly shift to your greater role and see why that other acts as they do.  Now muster all the compassion in your heart and silently send it their way from that giant “S” on your chest.  Suddenly it will not matter who is in the room, for your love will have changed the whole dynamic.  You have saved the day for your lower self.  Isn’t it powerful to be a superhero?

Never Alone

You do not have to do it all alone.  In fact, it is when you think that you act alone that your choices do not come from the highest place.  How often do you stop and acknowledge that you are connected to higher consciousness?  How often do you pause in awareness of your unseen helpers and ask for their help?  You need not feel desperate.  You need not worry or feel the weight of the world on your shoulders.  Pray.  Ask for help.  In so doing you acknowledge a Source outside of yourself that is actually within yourself, for all is connected.  The connecting thread is love, for God is love.  You and all of your helpers are made of the same essence.  Remember this when life gets to be a burden and do not feel you must shoulder the weight alone.

Tools

When you are dealing with one whose actions are difficult for you, step back and breathe.  Get some distance until you gain perspective.  Another who displays a great need to control is actually quite insecure emotionally.  Any resistance or pushing back on your part will cause their insecurities to peak and they will become even more recalcitrant and controlling. 

As in all of life, you have many choices.  Let the other have their way, walk away, or deal with them in bits and pieces with as much love as you can muster.  Whatever path you choose, see the other with compassion, for they would not be so controlling were they not trying to cover up great pain.  Lucky for you, you have at your disposal great tools for dealing with such challenges.  Rise above to gain perspective.  Laugh at yourself and the other as you say, “Isn’t that interesting!” and then choose with love how you will respond.

Constant Growth

Never assume that you know it all.  Even if you did have all knowledge and wisdom, your world is ever expanding.  Consciousness is unlimited.  You are one cog in a self-informing system.  As you learn, you grow, and the growth continues eternally.  With so many conscious beings—all individual aspects of the One Divine Mind—learning and growing at the same time, constant change and growth is the norm.  When you assume the position that you know it all, you are stunting your growth and that of the whole.  Maintain a state of “beginner’s mind” with room in your cup for more, and life remains the adventure it was meant to be.

Special Announcement

I am opening to the public my monthly session with Sanaya this coming Sunday, April 13th at Unity of The Villages in Summerfield, FL.  We will begin at 7 PM.  Seating is first-come, first-seated.  It is always a love-filled, evening with the tangible presence of Spirit.  I hope to see you there if you're in the area.

Your Signature

Fish frying in a pan.  Flowers in bloom.  What do they have in common?  Both catch your attention by the vibration they emit.  You call it a smell.  We call it an energetic signature.  How do you wish to catch people’s attention when they go by?  Do you wish them to wrinkle their noses in distaste or smile and walk toward you?  We are not speaking of a physical odor, but a sense that may not be perceptible to most. 

 

Do you attract or repel?  Are you aware that you give off a signal at all times?  What are you saying to those sensitive to such signals?  These you can change instantly at the surface. The underlying, overarching vibration may take a bit longer, but raising it ever higher, my friend, is the reason you are here.