Rooted

“Seeing is believing.”  Is this what you believe?  Then you will continue to doubt the existence of aught beyond yourself, we’re afraid.  If “seeing is believing” is your belief, then you are still quite firmly rooted in your present reality. 

Can you trust in words you hear?  In advice that comes from a realm beyond the physical?  If so, then why the need to see with your own eyes?  Yes, it would be helpful to the ego side of you, but the greater aspect of your Self which is spirit already knows there is more.  See that side of yourself with the heart and believe.

Miracles

Behold the miracle that is Life.  From a speck of dust emerges reason.  From a breath of air results a loving heart.  From the joining of man and woman results interconnection with a third—the holy triangle in yet another of its many manifestations.  Life perpetuates itself perpetually.  It can be no other way.  You live in perpetuity whether in form or not, perpetually experiencing Life.  That is what life is about—the experience of existence, appreciation of the miracles.  Open your eyes, both physical and non-physical, and see the miracles today.

Working Together

Give credit where credit is due,
And remember: It is not always you.

With these short poetic lines we wish you to know that you rarely act alone.  Yes, you strike out and use your free will constantly, but does that mean that you are actually free? 

God is your very being.  You are God-breathed.  It is God that giveth and God that taketh away.  Yet, you are free to make choices.  In this way you grow, just as a child does.  Ego will get you in trouble.  Ego wants to strike out on its own all the time.  Such impudence!  Be grateful for your guides.  Even if you are not aware of their existence they keep you straight.  Like a parent who will let you earn a few bumps and bruises but will make sure you avoid the truly big falls, your guides are always there.  You are part of a very big team.  It may seem to be made of separate players, assistant coaches, and the Head Coach, but in reality, there is just the One.

Give credit where it is due.

All That Matters

You see others and you feel envy, but you know not what goes on in their hearts and minds.  You are all so very good at playing roles.  Think of those married couples who separate, and so many remark, “I had no idea.”  And this is truth with all beings when you stay at the level of the ego. 

At the ego level, you project what you learn unto others.  You take things at face value.  You make assumptions. Pay not so much attention to others, but focus on your own heart.  How are your thoughts and your ability to love yourself developing?  That is the first and most important step in this school of life.  Hear your thoughts and love yourself.  Then give that love to others.  In so doing, you will have nothing to hide and nothing to envy. 

Many have much to hide.  Make no assumptions.  Feel no envy.  Love yourself, and then share that with others.  That is all that matters.

Challenging Beliefs

Seeing is believing – at least, this is your belief.  But what if you ask for an apparition and none appears?  Does that mean you cannot hold onto your beliefs that there is more to the eye than that which you behold? 

Behold the truth:  You are but a speck of dust in the whole of reality.  Does this mean that you are insignificant?  Not at all.  You are magnificent as spirit.  Your human form is dustlike and shall return to the earth—insignificant in size if you must make such comparisons.  But what of you as spirit? 

If you place importance upon things based upon size and physical appearance, then you will never truly appreciate the grandeur of you.  See this truth in your mind:  You are part of All That Is.  Believe this truth, even if you cannot physically see it.  Believe in your greatness and your role in all of creation.  Can you believe this without seeing it? 

Such a challenge for a speck of dust.

Who's in Charge?

You want others to be just like you—to think as you do, act as you do, love as you do.  When they fail to do so, you feel frustration.  This is ego, my friend.  It is ego that thinks your way is the only way, even if your way (in ego’s mind) is the best way. 

Who is ego to say there is only one way to express the Self?  There are infinite ways.  Is one way better than another?  Undoubtedly, in the human realm, where many display judgment and a lack of loving kindness.  But who are you to judge?  It is ego that judges. 

Observe.  Observe and say, “Isn’t that interesting?  That is yet another manifestation of the God Force” or “That is one whose ego is in charge.”  In either case, it affects you not.  Only your thoughts affect you.  What you think ultimately affects the growth of the whole, so pray focus on yourself and do try to keep ego at bay … for your own good and the good of the Whole.

Repair the Bonds

Step-son, step-daughter, step-parents and the like.  This is a new form of relationship, formed not of blood, but of a bond—a bond of marriage.  Yes, it is true there is no blood relation, but do you think it is an accident they are in your life? 

Imagine the moment before all were born and the decision was made to help each other to learn in some way.  Imagine the light-bulb moment when you decided together to be bonded in this way—a step closer than most by the legal bond of marriage, a step farther away than blood relatives, but a step forward in your growth caused by this bond. 

As with all of your interconnections, your “steps” afford you great challenges, which we wish you to see as opportunities.  You chose each other.  Trust us in this.  If the bond now is not fully loving, know that at one time, in a different dimension it was.  Ask for guidance to know what you can do to return to that relationship.  That will be a step in the right direction.

Meeting in the Middle

You become distressed at the world around you.  You can always retreat inside.  Is this playing the ostrich?  Not at all.  This allows you to send peaceful vibrations into the world instead of adding to the maelstrom. 

When those around you become disturbed, pray watch them.  Observe their very human behavior.  Do you wish to partake of some of that dis-harmony?  Jump right in.  Does that help?  Did anything change?  Did you help to create more division?

What if you focus on peace and remain neutral?  “Then nothing will ever change!” you protest, and we bid you, try it.  From cooperation come agreements.  From competition and strife, dis-harmony.  Compromise occurs in the middle.  Take all back to the center.  It is where this all began.

Awake

Your Carl Jung had it right:  There is a collective unconscious.  Most of those walking about as humans are collectively unconscious of this fact.  You are, collectively, Consciousness.  You are individual consciousness.  Collectively, you make up the consciousness of mankind.  Do you get it?

Birds have consciousness, as do trees, plants, clouds, and bees.  Need we go on?  Consciousness is all there is.  You vibrate at a certain frequency of consciousness.  You resonate with others of a like vibration.  Together, all of life vibrates in a sea of Consciousness.  You are that Sea, collectively.  Your task in life is to become conscious of this fact.  The more you awaken and help others around you to do the same, the more you are collectively awake, and Carl Jung can finally rest in peace.

Note from Suzanne:  I have not heard reference to, read of, or thought of Carl Jung for as long as I can remember, yet Sanaya refers to him today.  I can't wait to see how soon until I come across his name.  In the meantime, I googled his name for a photo to include today, and up popped the exact photo of an iceberg that I use in my SOAR! workshop (to show that we are far more than we think we are), along with this great quote by Carl... 

Have a blessed day, conscious of how connected we all are.  xxoo

Playing God

So often others do not do as you wish.  This to you is frustrating.  It is frustrating for you are playing God.  You think you have the big picture.  Yes, it is true, you are all interconnected, all working for the greater good of the whole, but does a heart cell control a liver cell?  Does a brain cell try to tell a skin cell what to do?  Each has its own role.  Each contributes to the whole.  Yes, it is important to each that the other thrive, but they do mind their own business, for there is higher consciousness running the heart, the liver, the brain, and the skin, and yet an even higher consciousness running the whole show.

You become frustrated when others do not do what you envision they should do, either for their benefit or yours.  Can you find it in yourself to trust that there is a higher consciousness running your show and simply do your best in your role right now?  Life will flow as it is supposed to if you will but let it.

With Gentle Corrections

Blessed be the meek, and blessed be the mighty.  Always you try to categorize the human—to place labels dependent upon characteristics.  There is no one Being who judges one human against another.  The soul only judges itself.  You become quite skilled at this whilst in human form, but when you shed the skin the judgment of self by the self is with only love. 

Yes, there is regret when the soul recognizes lost opportunities to love, but it is not the critical, biting, hurting judgment that you know now.  Be easy on yourself and others now, as the spirit is.  All are truly blessed, for all are spirit.  As such, there is nothing to judge, merely to observe and to gently correct when higher choices can be made.

All the Same

Love thy neighbor as thyself.  Why is this so difficult to do?  Each of you thinks you are so separate.  You have your boundaries, staked off by land, possessions, and bodies.  These are artifices, illusions.  You are not just your brother’s keeper and your neighbor’s keeper—you are made of the same stardust as your brother and your neighbor.  Underneath the stardust you are even more the same—of the same Source, the same Father. 

Love thy Father with all your heart and soul and it becomes far easier to love your brother, your neighbor, yourself.  Why else do you think you exist?  What are you waiting for?  Tear down the walls.

Listen

Listening is an art … a skill.  Ego wants to chatter on and on about itself.  It will fill in every blank space, even when there is no one present to hear.  Listening requires silencing ego—taking full attention away from the little self and placing it upon the Greater Self.  This may mean listening to what appears to be empty silence, or it could mean listening to the story of another individual self who you call your friend or loved one.  All are part of the Greater Self—the One Divine Mind. 

Listen. 

What does the Mind have to say to you that you will not hear if you let ego chatter on?  You may be quite surprised.

Fill In The Blank

In all the world, there is nothing more important than _____________.  Aha!  And nothing follows the sentence!  You wait for us to give you a word, but for once we are silent.  Today it is your turn to fill in the blank.  Be not so hasty to do so.  There is no right or wrong answer.  This is not a test. 

Life is not pass or fail, my friend.  There are multiple answers to every question.  This causes you to stretch and grow.  The way you answer our question today may be different from the way you answer it a few now-moments from now.  At least, we hope so, for that will indicate that you are stretching your mind, making new choices, and experiencing growth.

Go back now and fill in the blank with no fear, no worry that you did not get it right.  Fill in the blank and test yourself:  How does it feel?  That is the true test of any choice.

… There now.  You’ve done it.  Live with your choice for a while, then pull it out again and choose again.  Isn’t it interesting, this game of Life?

That Place Called "Nowhere"

Look into another's eyes and there behold the soul--
That part of you that's always whole.
The soul it knows no judment; the soul knows only love,
Connected as it is to all above.

You think you are so limited,
That human life is all there is.
But when you gaze within the eyes,
You know where "nowhere" is.

"Nowhere" is that place of being
Where time and space are not ...
A place that in the human form
A part of you forgot.

It's from this place of "nowhere"
That spirit does arise.
A place of love, pure consciousness,
Far more glorious than the skies.

Fall into those deep, dark pools
Get lost in the abyss,
For there you find the place of peace
That in your soul you miss.

You long for it, for it's your home--
That "nowhere" place that's yours.
Call it heaven if you will,
Then step beyond its doors.

You live there now,
This part of you that sees beyond the eyes.
How grand is life, each blessed day
When this truth you realize.

The Web

You call it the matrix, the web, the field.  It is the womb of all creation.  It is the field from which all arises, and you are swimming in it, fully immersed.  You are blinded to it, for it is all you know.  Are you aware of your own consciousness?  Only when you take your very consciousness and focus it back on itself.  It is the same with your Source.

You are a part of this field, intricately interwoven with every strand.  What do you wish to know?  With whom do you wish to connect?  With Jesus?  With your departed loved ones?  With your neighbor who is now far away?  None of them is far away.  All are but strands in the very same web.  Think of them and set the strand a’shimmering.  See them in your mind—these shimmering strands of consciousness, and you are looking at yourself.

Recognize the Rhythm

In between the breaths, what do you have?  Before the outbreath, after the inbreath, there is stillness.  All of life is like this—action and stillness—action and reaction … yes, a recurring theme.  We repeat this often for so many of you become fearful of change, yet fearful of being stuck.  So much fear!

Change is a given.  Being stuck is not permanent.  Welcome change.  Like your breaths, each inbreath brings new life, new possibilities.  Each outbreath brings the possibility for more possibilities.  And in between you rest. 

All is a cycle.  Birth, followed by experienced, followed by transition.  Inbreath, stillness, outbreath, stillness.  Go with this flow of life instead of against it, and be not fearful.  You can be carried along by the current or swim upstream.  Many metaphors we give you today, but all for the purpose of sharing with you that your life need not be a struggle when you recognize the rhythm.

You Decide

All the world is a blank piece of paper on which you write in block letters or scripted calligraphy.  Pick up your pen.  Silence your mind, then move the pen as you are guided.  This is creation.  Where before there was only light, now there is contrast, and in the difference between light and dark there is meaning. 

You are the one holding the pen, but the entire Mind of Consciousness is your inkwell.  Dip into this limitless Source with your pen, and when you place it to the paper make the choice.  Will the lines be thick or thin, straight or swirled? 

This is creation.

Who moves the pen?  Is it you or are you being guided?  Ask this question in the silence, and then you decide.

Not So Long

Forever seems a very long time.  That is because you think in terms of time.  You cannot imagine a world without a beginning and an end.  Time is a construct … a convenience.  Were it not for time, you would be late for a very important date.  Without time, you would simply be.  You would simply exist.  You would experience now and be completely satisfied, not worrying about the future, not bemoaning the past.

If you knew nothing of time, forever would not be so incomprehensible.  It would make perfect sense.  Forever would simple mean now and now and now.  Forever IS, just as God IS and you ARE.  You are eternally you.  Forever is now.  It is quite simple to live forever.  Give up.  Surrender.  Simply melt into being. 

Now, is that so hard?

Flushed

Containment … these are efforts you make when trying to control damage that has been done.  You hold the bad things in a vessel and try not to let them spread.  Do not hold negative thoughts inside.  There they fester.  Allow them to disperse by flooding them with higher vibrations.  So dilute them they that do no harm to self or others.  And then continue the flushing, replacing old, worn out hazardous material with fresh and vibrant healthy ways of thinking and acting.

Do this, my friend, and you will be unable to contain yourself.  The true Self will then appear and shine upon all, no longer a prisoner, but free to be.