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The love of the divine to you today!
Although this came to me as a little greeting, the angels want to magnify it for you.
THE LOVE OF THE DIVINE IS WITH YOU TODAY! The love of the divine is with you every day. It is within you, surrounding you, lifting you. It is you. And you are it.
Let this message warm you like the sun’s rays. Let yourself feel it.
There are lots of things on my mind today. One thing I want to share is a little success story of mine. Today I was out running a few errands and I was in a shop preparing to buy something. I was hoping for a little advice and help from the shop woman, but instead she met me with,
“Just tell me what you want. I’m not going to help you figure it out, because if I get it wrong, you’re gonna come back and fuss at me.” And, she walked away.
Now, let me say that this kind of thing annoys me. First of all, it’s not very helpful. Second, she’s putting her stuff on me — in what way am I projecting the personality trait of someone who “fusses” at people? Next, she’s putting out victim drama big time — obviously it’s hurt her in the past to have tried to be helpful and then had someone be upset with her — and she’s keeping the drama alive. Also, this sort of thing starts an energetic chain reaction and ends up creating a collective consciousness within the store. Plus, this was an openly (and proud-to-be-) Christian store and I found myself judging the exchange to be a little hypocritical — aren’t Christians striving to be in loving service to one another?
So, there I am standing there with a fantastic opportunity.
On the one hand, I could let my ego take control and say something nasty to the woman, which would create all sorts of energetic and conscious nastiness — and guarantee terrible customer service.
Or, I could silently seeth in anger and indignance. How dare she!! Nasty, hypocrite! I could call her all kinds of names inside my head, blame her for ruining my day, judge her on all kinds of levels. Launch into a series of judgments . . . you get the gist. And, in the end ruin my own day.
Instead, let me tell you what I did. As she turned her back and I began figure out what I wanted to buy, I also began to explore this energetically. I found compassion for her that she felt like a victim and didn’t find joy and love in her job. I began to forgive her for her attitude. I forgave all the people who treated her unfairly. I forgave all the blaming. I forgave myself for reacting and entertaining the idea of judging.
I quickly did some Yuen energy corrections on the situation, making sure that I didn’t take on any of her “stuff”.
All of this took about 30 seconds. When she returned — and this is the great part — her attitude had softened and she was helpful (of course — that’s her true nature!). I held nothing toward her and met her only with openness and love. In the end she gave me a discount on what I bought!
It was a win-win. It ended up being an energetically uplifting exchange where it could have been a murky swamp of nastiness.
One thing that I take away from Dr. Phil McGraw is when he advises people that someone has to be a hero in the relationship. Someone needs to be the first to do something different and healing.
Now, I’m not trying to make it sound like this little exchange was heroic. But, to overcome our ego’s tendency to create division and strife in our life is a victory to be celebrated! She didn’t have any idea of what my process was, but I think she felt better afterward. And, I certainly did!
I believe that I was standing in and acting from place of light and love — and she could feel it, I am sure. It’s a way that we can begin to bring heaven to earth, my friends. It’s just little stuff like that. It’s little — it’s not rocket science.
But, trust me, it’s not always as easy as it seems. These little opportunities come out of nowhere. Hopefully, as you go out and begin to overcome your ego, the person you’re training with will give you a few seconds to find your center (like this woman did when she turned her back for a little bit). It’s then where you can begin to feel the nudge of the divine encouraging you to rise above your ego.
You are not your ego. You are pure light, pure love and pure wisdom. Let those truths about yourself rise to the top and shine out. You’ll feel amazing! It’s a quiet power. It’s magic, really!
Love, love, love today, dear friends!
Here comes a train! How do you feel when the red lights start to flash and the barriers lower right in front of your car?
Before I had children, I’m guessing I was probably annoyed by the delay. I was always in a hurry. I was a corporate type back then. All I could think of is what was coming next in my day (and I was probably running late!).
And, you know what? You can’t do a thing about a train. You can’t drive through it. You have to wait. That can trigger control issues within us.
We love to control things! We like to know what’s coming next and how we’re going to handle it. Sure, we sometimes like spontenaity, but most of the time we want to control our lives. Every single little detail (or else we get a little testy).
Way back when, I embraced the concept of “appreciating” the delay because maybe it kept me from getting into an accident, or something like that. You just never know about those unexpected delays . . . [wink]
But, truthfully, that was sort of lip service. Yes, I kind of believed that I was being looked after by the traffic angels, but mostly I just was annoyed by the delay.
Once my children came along, though, the brilliance of their sweet little spirits began to crack open my perspective on things. For example, trains! My first-born is a boy, and he was always a “wheels” guy — loved all sorts of vehicles. So, when there was a train (or a bulldozer . . . or a dumptruck . . . or a school bus . . . or a semi-truck) it brought him utter joy and excitement. We’d stop on purpose to watch it pass! Sometimes the goal of our whole day was seeing what kinds of wheels we saw.
Today, my youngest child and I saw a nice, long train and we counted the cars together as we watched it roll past. To her it was a really fun game (actually it was fun for me too).
My children brought to me the concept of being in the present. Being fully present right where you are. Making the most of whatever is right in front of you. Not bemoaning the past, not stressed out about the future. Just being right here, right now.
As a mama you’re forced into that “present” thing. But to really embrace it takes an extra step. There’s the surrender of it, the letting go of control — and being okay with that. Actually, delighting in it.
The angels remind us that being in the present is “better” than living in the past or in the future, but still we’re striving for the eternal. But, getting to the present is a really important step, because that’s where the door of eternity is! You can’t find eternity in the past and it doesn’t exist in the future. It is right here, with you, right now.
The door to eternity begins to appear to you as you find your center, your stillness. It begins to open as you fill yourself with the love of heaven and begin to practice the forgiveness of heaven. Its light and warmth enfolds you and you recognize the feeling and the sight of it. It’s home. And, you belong there.
The angels and I encourage you to remember that your home is eternal — and it’s right at your fingertips. Today!
The next time you’re stopped for a train . . . meditate, pray, contemplate, bask in the sunbeam. Let yourself remember your heart’s home. And, our dear traffic angels remind you: there is a reason for the delay — it may be your reason or it may be someone else’s, but there are no coincidences! [wink]
Blessings today, friends!
Angel blessings to you!
A wave of gratitude and acknowledgement for all of my magnificent clients and friends — your souls are full of brilliant, white, pure light and love!
This weekend I worked with a number of people and a common theme that came up was Truth vs. truth.
The angels were delivering all kinds of messages to people about their True nature. Their nature of greatness, brilliance and unconditional love. That’s Truth with a capital T.
The “truth” that we humans have come to understand is a truth with a lower-case t. That’s stuff in the “illusion” of the world — the ego-based stuff that we come to see as real. It’s the stuff of competition, lack, fear, guilt, anger and false beliefs. It’s limiting. It’s stifling. It’s confining.
The true nature of our souls is so expansive — it’s like the view of the night sky in its fullness. It is depth and breadth and majestic beauty.
Sometimes the pictures the angels give me (that’s clairvoyence) are so gloriously beautiful, I find it difficult to put them in the tiny words of the English language. I start to get a glimpse of the heavens that are within each of us. I bow my head in gratitude for the opportunity to see those things.
And, the thing is, friends (and this is Truth too), everyone — and I mean everyone has this.
Yes. Everyone.
Everyone has an inner spark of the divine that is so glorious that it’s beyond words. I see it every time I read for someone. The angels and heaven leave no one out.
Now, there are plenty of people who fail to see it in themselves and fail to tap into that divine spark. There are people who have lifetimes of karmic grime covering their inner light. Some people don’t believe in their own beauty and they push it away and cover it up and try to hide it. Some people get so fixated on the problems and negativities of the human experience that they think light and love don’t exist (or they’re just quaint ideas for sentimental people out of touch with reality).
The angels are infinitely patient — they’ll wait for centuries — as they sit with us and gently guide us toward remembering our True nature. They delight as they see our hearts and minds open to each other and to the divine. They are joyful as we make our connections with them and seek to find our Truth. They realize that it’s difficult for us — they understand the density of the earthly vibration and they congratulate us for our courage in coming to work it out for ourselves.
The angels and I urge to you remember your Truth today — and everyday! Remember that you are loved and guided. That you are one with all and with the Divine. You are greatness. You are love. You are beauty beyond description!
You are the light of the world. Allow yourself to shine!
Blessings today.
Hi, friends!
I’ve been taking some strong medicine to bring me back to full physical health and it’s been making me a little foggy. Until I clear up, I send you this sincere and powerful reminder:
You are loved. You are adored. You’re cared for and looked after. You’re precious — you’re a child of God, the Creator of all.
Please love yourself and open yourself up to the love of heaven. Heaven wants to shine its unconditional love down on you, opening your heart and illuminating your face. Visualize this. Begin to feel it — and then go out and share it!
Be the love you are! Blessings to you today.
Hi, dear friends! Blessings to you as spring is upon us.
A lot of people I know are experiencing some intensity right now — either through emotions, physical condition, relationships, money, job or their spiritual path (of course, in the end, it’s all path . . .). For some people it’s change and for some it’s worries of the future (and for almost everyone there are memories from the past that affect us). For many there’s a feeling of standing on shaky ground — like anything could happen (and we’re afraid it will!).
The angels send you messages of spring cleaning as demonstrated by nature. They remind us that S P R I N G has arrived! That which we have longed for . . . waited for . . . endured winter for!
If any of you know the darling book “Ollie’s Ski Trip” by Elsa Beskow, you know of King Winter’s housekeeper Mrs. Thaw and what a mess she can make! She, with her broom, whisking away the dingy snow, the half-composted leaves, the sand and gravel. Yes, she cleans it up, but the process of cleaning up is no tidy matter.
The same is true for those things we want to clean up within ourselves. Where do we have some dingy snow hiding in the cold, shady spots? Where are there layers of dead, decaying leaves and mulch? Where’s the dirt? The filth?
Time to clean it out!
The angels ask us to look at the forces of nature and bring those methods within us. Heavy winds are trademarks of spring time as the movements of cold air and warm air clash.
Can we find spots within us that are clashing — a new thought with an old belief? Compassion with judgment? Boundaries with service? Those clashes hold the potential to bring about swift changes within us.
Sorting through these opposites, trying to integrate the new with the old, can leave us feeling ungrounded, desperately searching for something to cling onto.
The angels remind you the most stable thing to cling onto is your relationship with the divine. Meditation, contemplation and prayer allow you to find that place of centeredness and peace. From that place you can hear your guidance — you receive your next step. From that place the pieces begin to fit together. Those things that seemed opposite now melt together and greater clarity arrives. Wisdom builds. Perspective broadens.
And, when you connect in that place, the clean up happens — the winds of change blow through, cleaning out the corners, the cracks and crevices, behind, under, above and through. You’re safe in the eye of the storm, though. The recipient of the brilliance of change.
You’re safe and looked after. Those things that need to be shaken up, are.
Don’t worry about being harmed. You can bend but not break, regardless of what the outer appearances may be. Your spirit continues to shine brightly — even more brightly as you remove the layers that no longer serve you.
Blessings to you as the spring gales come.
Hi, friends!
For any of you who read my last post, remember I said I’d get around to figuring out why I drew to me that unpleasant task of cleaning up my dog’s accident?
Well I did. It was a message to myself that I’ve been surrounded by other people’s s**t lately. Um hmmm. Got it. Point taken, Self.
So, I cleaned this mess up, but in general, I’ll let others handle their own messes. Unless they ask for my help and then I will be honored to assist — while remaining energetically neutral, that is.
You know, it’s funny. I was sort of getting it along the way . . . I knew I wasn’t feeling great, physically or psychically. I knew I was feeling energetically heavy — I did the clearing the other day (and I did some venting to a couple of friends and my dear husband).
But what a clear, unavoidable, smelly, messy, spot-on message the accident was!
You’ve gotta love it! There’s brilliance there . . .
[My angels are standing around clapping and nodding at me for putting it all together for myself . . . Thanks, angels!]
Okay, so I’m sitting here doing the “final analysis” on the dog s**t thing. One part of me says, don’t leave people locked in the laundry room and stuff like this won’t happen . . . no, that’s not quite it . . .
The angels tell me not to get drawn into other people’s dramas. Stay separate from them. Let other people learn as they’ll learn and if they ask for guidance, I’ll be glad to help. Otherwise let them be. Stay energetic separate. Certainly, don’t follow people down the vibrational ladder — that’s not a bit helpful to me or to them.
Stay vibrationally uplifted by being in nature, by meditating, staying grounded (for me this often means vigorous yoga or dance) and consciously looking at the light and love that is inherently present in each person.
I confess I let myself forget that inherent light and love with a couple of people: a snitty receptionist, a couple of Memphis drivers and a couple of other people. A good reminder — I make my way back to A Course In Miracles work. I will forgive myself and I will forgive them. I will let go of the need to blame and to separate myself. I will forgive the momentary lapse into dark seeing.
Welcome back light seeing! Welcome back clarity and love! Welcome back, Self!
Spreading the light of awareness! Blessings of that light to you too!
Hello, friends! Angel blessings to you all!
I’m back from spring break with my family and we had so much fun. We went to sunny — and I mean sunny – Florida, where we spent a few days at the beach and a few days in Orlando. We had so much fun.
I was still getting over that flu-like thing (whatever it was), which was manifesting itself in an ugly cough. Other than that I felt vibrant and expectant.
Being at the beach is one of my favorite things. The sound and sight of the waves lulls me into a sweet, light meditative state. I lift out of myself and begin to see everything around me with more light and love. My children playing in the waves and in the sand suddenly become the most beautiful images. I notice the details of the sand and the expanses of the sky and sea more fully. The in and out motion of the waves touch my inner breath and the beat of my heart and the flow of my blood. I can feel the life of the shell fragments that scatter the sand.
I am more of myself.
We began and ended our Florida vacation with trips to the beach. At one end, the ocean. At the other, the gulf. Two different personalities, two different texture. Both lovely.
In between we were in the mix of all sorts of crowds. Thousands of people. It’s sort of invigorating in its own way. (As long as you stay energetically separate from the thousands of personalities and perspectives . . . which, I always prepare for.)
Angels surrounded me each day of those busy, touristy days. One day, my husband lost our new digital camera on one of the rides. As I went through the line to see if I could find it, the man loading people onto the ride was holding our camera! When he handed it to me, smiling, I noticed that his name was Angel. Of course it was!
The next day, the man checking our bags in the security line was named Raphael — a sign that I’d need to do some healing on myself later that day (I had some strange breathing issue come up). Raphael is the archangel of healing — his color is green and is always at hand to assist with our physical and non-physical healing.
We had a number of other delightful little surprises pop up during our trip. I saw a girl wearing a T-shirt that had angel wings silk-screened on the back. How cute! And, a nice reminder that our angels walk with us even at amusement parks.
In the end, I return home feeling rejuvenated and optimistic. Some trees are in bloom here in Memphis, and spring in the mid-south is very pretty.
I’m emerging from a series of ego tests, as I wrote last. It’s felt a little like cross country or track practice. I keep running the distance and another assignment shows up the next day. But, I’m gaining strength and I’m creating endurance for myself and that feels good!
Sending love and blessings of joy and endurance for all of you. Remember that angels surround us always — look for them! They love us and guide us and bring us our best selves.
Happy spring!
Whooh, Nellie! (As a friend of mine would say) I’m coming out of a little flu-like thing (whatever it was). Yuck! Sore throat, headache, fever, crazy internal thermostat . . . What a nuisance!
Of course, I did plenty of Yuen energy healing corrections on it but wish I’d have taken homeopathics much earlier in the process. I’m feeling tons better now.
Part of the Yuen protocol is to find out if there are “issues”, “triggers” or “choices” contributing to the illness. One of the triggers was my taking on a new layer of my own learning and understanding about forgiveness. It’s that radical, complete forgiveness that Gary Renard talks about in his books. I was trying to incorporate the concept more fully and more broadly — and more immediately. And, my ego slammed me! Literally right upside the head!
ARGHH . . .
So, I kept working it, kept forgiving it, kept knowing that everything was okay, that this “illness” wasn’t even real, it was just something that part of myself created to keep me off track (at least for a couple of days). The angels sat with me, offering their companionship and comfort, yet allowing me the space to work through the learning associated with the test.
Finally, almost the whole thing lifted when I chaperoned a little field trip to a ballet/hip-hop/modern dance troupe’s performance. [angelic harp music] I *love* dance! I took a bunch of dance for years — all types of dance. Except, I have to say hip-hop and I’d have to have some pretty serious instruction to find that groove, but it would be fun to try!
So, as I wrote in a post a while back, the ego will continue to give us challenges to overcome on the path and the fastest way to emerge from those tests is to work on ourselves. Forgive everything that contributes to the issue, heal everything from the past, release what isn’t ours, address what is. The tests and challenges are mirrors that we can investigate. Believe me, it’s not always fun. It’s not always pretty. But it does move you forward.
It was tempting at times to feel like a victim (like when I was lying on the floor, exhausted after putting away a load of laundry, or when I couldn’t find the energy to wash the dishes), but really, there was nothing victim-y about it. It was just an opportunity to put the concepts into practice (I’d have chosen a little easier test, but, oh well!). And, there will be more.
I say, “Bring them on! Let’s keep the momentum going! I’m ready to work the layers!”
Blessings to you as you work yours! Love and healing . . .
A reminder to all of you that you are magnificent, beloved children of God! The angels surround you with their lovely wings and their soft caresses and ask you not to be afraid or lonely. They ask you to remember your true nature and to rise into it fully. They ask you to stand tall and straight and raise your faces to the heavens and feel the love beams warm your face (even if it’s freezing cold outside and you’re ankle-deep in snow!).
Sending you these waves of love today — simple and pure.
