RESPONSE TO URSEL, JOHANNA, EVA, GABI

I tried to post this as a comment to the comments of the four students below on my post "The White Room" but the comment section wouldn't let me post such a long message! So I'm posting it as a post. If you haven't taken the time to find your own answer to the question of the white room, please do so, before you finish reading this post. Thank you! Hi Ursel, Johanna, Eva, and Gabi, Thank you for your responses. Since you have taken the time and are the first to post your responses and I have a little time this morning, I would like to answer each of you more deeply, intuitively, as I connect with the angelic energy that composes our school.

THE WHITE ROOM

Here is the message I emailed you all today. After you read and contemplate it, click to find out what it means. This is a test I was taught (along with others) when I was in graduate school, getting my training in clinical social work. It is  a simple and valid test of self-discovery.

Dearest Students,

You are in a white room. The walls, ceiling, and floor are white. There are no windows or doors. You do not know how you got into the room. You can see no way out of the room. Describe what you are doing in this room.

HAPPY PASSOVER

Passover began last week. These wonderful spring holy days can remind us that letting go of the old makes room for the new. Our old false nature must die and be replaced by a new nature -- the nature of Truth. 

MAY THE LIGHT ARISE AND AWAKEN WITHIN YOU!

Wishing you all a happy Easter in your heart and soul. We happen to have people of various religions and cultures and no religionhere in our school. Personally, I take whatever chance I can to celebrate life, to honor all the great teachers and saints of all paths. 

Happy Spring!

Happy Easter everyone! Or happy bunny day. Or happy springtime. Happy Passover! Happy Everything! 

I hope your world is turning green and warm and making you glad!

The Legend of the Dreamcatcher

"A spider was quietly spinning her web in her own space, beside the sleeping space of Nokomis, the grandmother. Each day, Nokomis watched the spider at work, quietly spinning away.  One day as she was watching, her grandson came in.  "Nokomis-iya!" he shouted, glancing at the spider. He stomped over to the spider, picked up a shoe, and went to hit it.

UNCLEAR POWER

I haven't done this before, but today I am adding the message I wrote for April on my website. I have written a monthly message going on 3 years for my website, The Clear and Simple Way, and so there are many past messages to read in the archives. This message is about dealing with the many catastrophic events that have taken place across the world in the last years.

April 2011 Monthly Message

60 Ways To Make Life Simple Again

 I didn't create this list. Someone else already did. That is the wondrous thing about being connected in this universe to other people whose minds access other information. We do not have to "do it all by ourself." There is help. We only have to ask. And it shall be given. We must admit what we do not know and open to the answers that flow to us from higher sources. A higher source doesn't necessarily have to be some invisible force of the universe. It can be our next door neighbor, the comfort of a pet, a dream, or a book we happen to read. The list below is clear and simple and I think you will like it. It is not a "perfect" list, but it is a nice reminder. I am happy I found it to share with you.....(I added my own comments in blue parenthesis.)

Life is not complex.  We are complex.  Life is simple,
and the simple thing is the right thing.
- Oscar Wilde

SITTING WITH YOURSELF

Since reading the lesson BEYOND MIND, I have been practicing the exercise "Sitting with Yourself." Here is what I notice. I get very agitated, first, with even the thought that I should sit still and "do nothing." My mind tells me I should be doing something all the time.

When I do sit, I notice that my mind is agitated and my body feels agitated. I notice that I do not want to sit and watch my thoughts, because of the anxiety. I notice that I am living my life with an underlying agitation pretty much all the time. Before starting the sitting practice, I was not aware of this agitation and anxiety that is always with me, even when I think I am feeling calm and peaceful. While sitting, I notice my mind is thinking all the time, more and more thoughts arise. I was never aware of how many thoughts there are. Like an avalanche, they keep on coming. It is not easy to sit and watch them.

LITTLE BROWN BIRD STORY

Once upon a time there was a tiny brown bird hopping around Mother Nature, eating little seeds and ruffling its feathers in the wind. And it was happy.

Deep blue sky in April

My dear classmates, today I made a wonderful experience and I want to share it with you.
I went to work by car and when I left the garage I thought what a beautiful and warm day it is today and I was so happy -
at the same moment I heard a voice in my head, saying, that always when I feel "too" happy something bad will happen.
In the same moment I knew that it was not really my thought,
I could feel my mother, more than my father and maybe the generation growing up during the 2. world war, I am not sure, but there were people behind my mother. And then knewing where these thoughts come from they left my body.
(Today is my 21. day without eating, we are drinking fruit juices, tea, water, sometimes buttermilk and I think it has to do with our cleaning).
There was always a sentence in me telling me not to be too happy, now I want to know what is behind my limited thoughts.
It is so amazing that I'm reading so often about "being happy - being you" and there was the whole time this sentence in me and I didn't see it.
It was a great present and I love these moments and thank you that you share it with me.
Love, Antje