meditation on taking yourself as lightly as angels do

Is there anyone in your life who says “mean” things to you, “pushes your buttons,”? If so, you are invited to visualize that person standing before you right now, saying the things that usually upset you.

Where does that person’s power over you—the power to make you feel bad—come from? Can you see that you are the one who gives power to that person’s words? You are the one who gives that person power over your state of being.

Observe your breathing. Observe your thoughts and your emotions. Do you really see the person—or do you see your thoughts about the person?

Imagine yourself fully involved in the drama, the way you sometimes are with this person. Give yourself the starring role. Put yourself at center stage—and watch the drama unfold . . . 

The person slings arrows at you in the form of words. You glare and open your mouth to shoot an arrow back—when suddenly—you hear laughter emanating from somewhere. You stop, mouth still open, and look around you.  

You gaze in amazement! You are surrounded by angels. An audience of angels. Laughing angels. Why not? Angels know you are not the drama you take yourself to be.

You look back at your friend/enemy and realize that he (or she) cannot see the angels. He hurls another insult at you. It hits you square in the solar plexus and instantly you feel heavy and serious again. You glance sideways at the angels. They are still laughing! You scowl indignantly. How can anyone laugh at a time like this?

You feel stress and tension building in your shoulders and in the room. You scowl harder. The harder you scowl, the harder the angels laugh. Soon the angels are rolling on the floor, bubbling over with angelic laughter. You gaze with wonder at the laughing angels. You see love beaming from their eyes. You see endless patience. You see light. 

You turn to the person you have been arguing with. You are astonished to see that he looks just like you! You move your hand and he moves his. You scowl and he scowls. As you gaze at this person who looks like you, he begins to metamorphose right before your eyes... 

He is turning green—lime-green! He is turning into jello. Before your astonished eyes, he turns into lime-green jello, talking, gesturing, and scowling—a quivering sparkling blob of lime-green jello, translucent, that the light shines through—like a halo!

You look down at your own body. It has also become a blob of lime-green jello, translucent, that the light shines through—like a halo!

You peek at the angels. They are standing still and serene. They encompass you in a circle of light. Smiles quiver on their faces. Suddenly you understand their laughter. You turn your attention back to the blob of jello wobbling before you, talking very seriously, unaware of the angels. All you see is light shining like a halo through sparkling lime-green jello.

You can breathe again! You can take a deep breath of fresh air and let it go. You see what the angels have always seen—you are free! You have always been free. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around you. The light shines, radiates, and sparkles around the other person.

 Words continue to come out of his mouth, only now everything is moving in slow motion. You can see each word. You can grasp each word and hold onto it, if you like. Or you can let the words go, let them flow into the atmosphere, and dissolve somewhere in space. You are that free!

You smile upon the person. You breathe deeply. You are that free! You always have been. You turn toward the angels. You wink at these heavenly messengers. The angels dissolve into laughter. Or maybe jello—jello of all colors—strawberry, lime, grape, and cherry, translucent, that the light shines through, like a halo!

With love, light, and laughter,

your teacher & the angels

CHRISTMAS 2022

For those of you who take a moment to visit, here is a Christmas Angel I made.

This Christmas season in the states has been very cold ... something called a cyclone bomb. Blowing frigid air and snow. 

Where I live, we didn't get so much snow, but the temperatures have been as much as 30 below zero. I have never experienced such cold before.

It makes me more grateful for a warm home and enough food. My power did go out for a while, which means no heat. And I thought of people in Ukraine who are going through winter with no heat, no water, not enough food. I wish them well from afar. War is a horrible thing.

We must widen our circle of acceptance to include all the suffering there is ... and so allow it to be transformed into love. In this way, we serve as angels serve, by being positive transformers. 

We can only accept our limitations, our inability to change what is beyond our control ... especially in a country far away where insanity has taken over. The cruelty and greed of one man ... only one man ... is enough to send human beings to be killed and kill other human beings in a terrible useless war.

There has always been war, for as long as human memory can remember. While we cannot stop the wars outside of us ... we can see the wars we fight within. What we See ... become aware of ... can be changed. Something Higher than our small will can enter into us and transform darkness into light.

So be of good cheer. It is of no use to become depressed over things you cannot control. As the angels always say ... Be of Good Cheer. Goodness and Cheerfulness have a power to help heal and transform ... while depression and hopelessness can only duplicate themselves over and over. 

With love on this Christmas Day.

Paul Gauguin

 In case the sun is not shining where you are today, or you can't find it in your heart and soul (even though it is always there)...here is a blast of light and color to remind you...

Paul Gauguin
By the Stream,Autumn, 1885.

AWAKENING

 AWAKENING

I shall lie my body down

Upon the soft warm earth

Now while I am alive!

I shall give my spirit birth

Now before I die! 

I shall fold the sky

Over my head

And let the stars 

Enter my eyes

Now while my blood is still red!

I shall not wait for my last breath

Before I lay me down to sleep

Forever, to die, to cry, to lie 

Beneath the deep 

Deep firmament

I shall kiss the earth and repent

In whispers to her alone

I shall sacredly atone

Hail Mary full of Grace!

Let me see thy holy face!

Now we see through a glass darkly

But then we shall see 

Even as we are seen

Tear away the holy veil!

Let me sip from the holy grail!

Spread a table before mine eyes

Of frankincense, gold, and myrrh

I shall anoint the child I AM with Light

And give her second sight

Wrap her in swaddling clothes

And lay her in a manger

There I shall kneel and honor her

For she is me and I am her

There I shall surrender

Both past and future

At the moment of my birth

At the hour of my death

My body shall desert me

And my spirit shall fly free.

Be Fascinated with the Light

"It is my responsibility all alone to work on myself, to change myself, to uplift myself, regardless of how that affects any other human being. It is my responsibility to be true to truth alone, not to any other human being and not even my own elementary immature nature.

If it is possible for a human being to invite a divine power into his life, into her life, in which the human being could go through life without bumping into things, without getting hurt, if that is possible why isn't everyone in the world eagerly seeking this power in order to have it do the work for him so that their life might be peaceful?"-Be Fascinated with the Light, Vernon Howard talk.

YOU ARE MADE OF LIGHT

Although it has been said that you are the light, angels remind you that your true nature is more than the light. Your false nature, the nature of ego, exists in separation from Light. Your true nature is that which contains both light and dark. THAT is the true light: A light your eyes are incapable of seeing: A light your mind is unable to fathom: It is the heart that knows and recognizes this Light. This is the Light of compassion, wisdom, and the only true love.

The Prologue to St. John's Gospel

Dearest & Nearest,

The Prologue to St. John's Gospel:

 1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. 2 All things came into being through God; without God was not anything made that was made. 4 In God was life, and the life was the light of humanity. 5 And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.

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Darkness cannot understand Light! And darkness can NOT put out  the Light.  So fear not the darkness. It is simply your wrong understanding. It is not real except as you make it real by believing in it. 

The angels say: O Beautiful One. Why believe in that which is not real, which was never real, which is made real only through ignorance? When your wrong understanding dissolves, so does darkness. 

HAVE YOU?

 HAVE YOU?

Have you loved with all your being today?

Have you lived with great enthusiasm today?

Have you laughed with all your heart today?

Here we have a brilliant red sun setting. Gorgeous to look at...but at the expense of the fires burning all over the western part of the United States (which aren't, by the way, so united lately...but that's another story).

And the fires burning so intensely are the result of global warming, which is affecting everyone, everywhere, both humans and animals, nature and cities, earth and waters, air and weather.

One way we can respond is by living deeply, intensely, completely—in the present moment. Whatever happens to the world, however helpless one may at times feel, however despondent—you have the possibility to enter into the Center of Being, that place that is beyond description.

Just as the sun is—always the sun—so is the sun at the center of your being always the Sun. The sun does not change color—even when the pollution of raging fires reaches 3,000 miles to the east coast. 

What is the teaching for you? What can you learn from climate change? You can learn that the time to turn within is NOW. It has always been now. It is only now. Now is all there is.

When you believe in some other now, a now that belongs to the past or future, you are—simply believing. Blind believing. 

The angels say—come out of blind believing into SEEING. See with heart connected to divine intelligence. This is why you have incarnated upon Mother Earth. This is why Mother Earth, who is a living breathing being, has opened her arms to receive you.

Mother Earth is not like a mother on earth. She is the Mother. She longs only for your freedom. She is already  free. She has opened her whole being to the souls who have incarnated in human bodies to complete their earthly journey into wholeness, which is holiness.

That is why you are here. 

Psalms 46:

Dearest &  Nearest,

I  took this picture the other evening as the sun was on its way to sleep. The picture doesn't show the intensity of color—the sun itself was deep red and orange, like a ball of fire burning in the sky. It was breathtaking to look at .... but ...

...the reason for the color is because of the fires burning constantly in the western part of the USA and in Italy at the moment. The fire in the state of Oregon is as large as the city of Los Angeles. It's heart-breaking to think of the small animals, the large animals, losing their lives, losing their homes. And the trees and hills and plants being burned and suffocated...

...these fires have burned so long and so intensely that their effects are being felt/seen clear across the country, to the east coast, where I live...which is why  the sun was a burning ball in the sky and the moon that night bright orange...

...and then there are the floods in Europe, and fires in Italy, and changing weather patterns all over the earth. Even where I live, which is lovely and green right now, there have been many days of rain and some flooding, though nothing dangerous, but still ... the animals in the hills and forests and meadows are affected.

We are living in the midst of climate change. For too long human beings have taken and taken from the earth, without giving  back. 

There are those who want to change this, who have strived in their lives to live in harmony with Mother Earth — but — the greed and avarice of those who live from egos, wanting more and more, while giving less and less—those who live in unconsciousness — has tipped the balance towards darkness.

But ... be not afraid ... take comfort in these words from the the Bible:

Psalms 46:

God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.

I have written about this more extensively in the lessons, for example, The Kingdom of God is Within and  Pandemics and Things.

For today, do not despair. There is Light within. This Light is brighter than darkness, stronger than fear, and endures when all else fades. 

This Light is your true nature. It is your saving Grace. 

Until next time...your loving teacher & companion along the clear and simple way.

The Unbearable Lightness of Earth¸¸.•*¨*.¸.

¸.•*¨*.¸.

 
People often pray for strength to bear their bad karma. Angels say, If you are going to pray, then pray for the strength to bear both the bad and the good. Strength and courage are as necessary to beauty as to difficulty. 


This is being written March 2, 2016. I am sitting on an airplane in Orlando, Florida as we prepare to embark to Austin, Texas where I am hanging my hat for awhile. I decided to begin our new lesson now, so I pulled out my trusty macbook, curious what the title would be, and those trusty angels sent it to me instantly. I sort of borrowed it from a movie I once saw called, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.* I’ve always liked that title, so I am glad to use it for this lesson. What this lesson will be about, I do not know, although I feel the energy building. I am feeling the unbearable lightness of earth, but I must close for now, since the plane is about to depart.

Okay, dear students, I am now flying above Florida on my way to Austin this day of March 2, 2016. I flew out of Buffalo, New York this afternoon amidst snow and freezing temperatures. Now I am in another plane of existence. There is something about flying—between places, nothing to do but sit, with someone else completely in control. That could be frightening—and is to some people who are afraid to fly. Or it could be comforting—nothing to do but relax and entertain yourself while someone else pilots the plane.

Life on earth is a lot like being on a plane. Earth is the plane, or more accurately, a spaceship. Who is piloting the spaceship of earth? None of us. Earth moves fine without any help from us. It glides. It rotates. It is completely balanced on what we call its axis. The movement of earth through space provides us with a sense of continuity, a rhythm, a consistency that we can set our clocks by. We do not have to wonder if the sun will appear in the morning. It appears. We do not have to pray for the moon and stars and the dark of night. They arrive.

We exist in an easy natural rhythm of earth revolving around the sun. Even this plane gliding over the earth is held within the gravitational field of earth. Within the embrace of earth we are kept safe and sheltered.

There are many people on this airplane, just as there are many people on earth. Most of the passengers I will not interact with, just as you will not interact with most of the people on earth. Yet, we are here, sharing time and space together.

You are here on earth sharing time and space with other human beings, most of whom you will never meet. You will never know their names or that they even exist, just as they will never know you. The number of people you meet and interact with is quite small, comparatively. Many people you will encounter only once and never again.

What do these words really mean—the unbearable lightness of being, or as we are using them—the unbearable lightness of earth? What I like about the phrase is that it doesn’t mean anything. Someone made it up and I borrowed it, slightly altered. So it can mean anything. We can give our own meaning to it. The words are intriguing, like poetry or a koan. They make me think of how important it is to be here in full appreciation of the present moment. Things change so quickly.

This has certainly been true for me this last year. I just came from spending some weeks sitting with my sister-in-law, Cindy, in her hospital room, where she passed away from cancer. Ten months ago, her husband, Mitchell, my youngest brother, died. Six months ago my beloved Hirth died from cancer, and before that we lost our sweet dog, Penny. In the last years I have lost another brother, a sister, two young nephews, three cousins and my father, as well as other relatives and friends. So I know something about the unbearable lightness of being on earth. Things can change, as they say, in the blink of an eye.

Someone  said, You can’t step in the same river twice.** I remember repeating that to Hirth when he was alive on earth. Hirth had another way with words. He had another way of seeing. He replied, You can’t step in the same river once.

His words are true. You can’t step in the same river once. Everything is always changing. Nothing remains the same. This is part of the unbearable lightness of earth—of being here on our beautiful blue planet revolving somewhere in space—we can’t step into the same river once. Each moment is new and unique, different from the last, even when we are not aware of this. This is what is so exciting about being in the present moment.

In the present moment there is awareness. There is always and only awareness. Of everything. In the present moment you are fully in life. You are life. You are life itself. All of your senses are awake. You see, hear, sense, feel, intuit, and touch beyond your ordinary senses. You are in the present moment. You are the present moment. So is every other person, but they do not know this, just as you don’t. And so we pass each other by or complete our business with a person—the store clerk or the banker—without really seeing each other. When this happens, we miss the soul encounter that is also taking place.

Souls come together upon earth for reasons. Sometimes those reasons take a long time, such as in families, marriages, friendships. Other times we have the chance to learn or heal something in a moment. Even if another person is not aware, you can be. You can be aware of what is happening.

This doesn’t mean you must look for deep meaning in every encounter with every human being. That would be exhausting. But you can use every encounter as a reminder, an opportunity to be present where you are. If you are not present, anything can happen. You can buy the wrong bread or step on someone’s toes.

When you are aware you respond appropriately to the situations in your life. You respond from the wisdom in your heart. In only a few moments you can complete your karma with a person. You can receive a deep and lasting lesson for your soul. You can become free. When you are present for yourself, for the moment you are in, that is all that is needed. Be aware for yourself. Your state of consciousness affects everything and everyone you are with.

As I was sitting on the plane—now I am in Austin, writing to the sound of mourning doves cooing outside my window—a man and his wife entered the plane and sat behind me. I could overhear him talking to her. His words to her were gruff and impolite and I could feel the pain in their conversation. I rose slightly from my seat and looked behind me.

What I saw was an older man with white hair wearing a suit. His face was angry. He was sitting near the window and his wife was in the aisle seat, leaving the middle seat empty between them. I looked directly into the man’s eyes. My look was not harsh or judging, it was just looking, to see who he was, or who he thought he was. It was to let him know that his behavior was witnessed. Then I turned away. The rest of the plane ride the man was quiet.

The Pain of Believing

This was a chance encounter, yet one that had significance for both of us. I saw the years of anger aging his face with harshness. I looked into this eyes and only anger looked back. Behind the anger I saw the pain. I saw someone who had spent years perfecting his belief in himself. He was believing he was who he thought he was. He was unable to see the pain of believing. He was unaware that something was running his life, not something higher, but something lower.

He was unaware of any of this, just like most people. False beliefs are like cement poured into the mind, around the heart, hardening and solidifying the ego, making the false personality stronger.

Have you come to understand the pain in blind belief? The world encourages us to ‘believe.’ Political candidates do everything possible to make the populace believe in them. This is also what mass media is about. Everywhere we look, there is a campaign to make us believe that this detergent is the best or this drug or this movie. It’s challenging to learn to think for yourself when you are surrounded by a constant barrage of sound and sight,  striving for attention.

The unbearable lightness of earth. It surrounds each of us. With so much beauty. Truth. Love. Fragility. Life on earth is so fragile. Take a moment to consider your skin. Touch your skin. Your skin is like silk, strong and soft at the same time, able to cover and protect you.

Think of your bones—your shining white bones that support you. Your bones can be easily broken and yet they are strong enough to support you through life.

The human body is so strong and so fragile. It can be injured, punctured, broken in a moment. The human body is vulnerable to death and destruction at any moment—and yet we are still able to go through life for many years.

Have you realized the great faith it takes to go through life? Have you realized the courage it takes to go through life? When you doubt your faith, when you doubt your courage, try to remember that you walk through life each day supported and protected by shining white bones covered with silken skin, all designed to protect and support you on your journey here.

What gives you this faith? What gives you this courage? Think about it. Maybe stop and meditate upon this or do some writing of your own. You do not have to depend only upon my writing. You have your own. You have your own connection with the angels. You have your Inner Teacher.

Faith and Courage

Angels see you in your darkest hour. Angels arrive in your moment of need—angels are that fast—angels are that  compassionate—angels are that kind. Angels know you are not angel. You are human with all the qualities of being human. Sometimes you do believe in the negative forms of energy that course through your mind and body, imprisoning you with unfriendly thoughts. Angels understand this. Angels understand the pain that accompanies a human body, so vulnerable to injury, disease, and death. Angels honor your choice to come to earth in such a fragile human body, so vulnerable to hurt and pain. Angels sing your courage, your willingness to experience this human plane of existence.

When you think you lack faith, when you believe you have no courage, remember how much faith and courage it takes for you to step each morning upon the earth in such a fragile human body, never knowing what might befall you. Think about the faith it takes to fall into sleep each night. From where do your faith and courage arise?

The angels say, They arise from the Spirit of God within you. Your spirit is made of light, even though you may be only dimly aware of this light.

What is it that guides you? What is it that holds you up? What is it that enables you to go into the world each day, never knowing what will happen? What is it that allows you to sink into slumber each night, with faith that you will awaken to a new day? What is it that gives you the courage to pass from this earth when it is time for passing? For surely, even death, which you cannot control, takes some courage. Angels assure you, even at the moment of death, courage is with you. Even if you do not feel it now, it will be there when you need it.

Deep within you is the memory of God. You come to earth with this memory. It is not a human memory. It is a soul memory and has nothing to do with a fictitious past. Soul memory is in the present. It is connected to your true and absolute nature.

The Kingdom of Heaven is Within

Within you is the power of God. This is the power that guides you through life. This power gives you faith and courage to continue your journey on earth, no matter what obstacles you face. How do you know this is so? Because you are here. You are reading these words with a sincere desire to come closer to God.

No matter what obstacles you have faced, no matter the losses, tragedies, and failures, you are here now. You have not given up. Even when it seems as if you have given up, and sometimes it does, you do not have to believe that. You do not have to believe a negative thought that tells you that you have given up, that you have no faith, no courage. You can choose not to believe negative thoughts, no matter how persuasive they are, no matter how they make you feel.

Courage exists for you. Faith propels you forward. The one who believes you have given up does not exist. That one does not exist. It is only a belief—a false belief. Thoughts that you believe create your experience of life, but that does not make the experience real and lasting. It is temporary, based upon a thought.

Think about this. Reflect upon this. Contemplate this. Meditate upon this. This is something worth thinking about—with your heart. It is worth writing about. It is worth discussing with your spiritual companions. It is worth reading about.

The one who believes, ‘I have given up,’ is the one who does not exist. The one who believes, ‘I have no faith,’ is deceived. The one who believes, ‘I lack courage,’ is the one who has no substance, no permanency, no reality. It is not the real you. It is the false you.

Think about this. Reflect upon this. Contemplate this. Meditate upon this. This is something worth thinking about—with your heart. It is worth writing about. It is worth discussing with your spiritual companions along the way. It is worth reading about. It is worth repeating.

The false self has no courage or strength. That is not your true nature. You have been identifying with a false you instead of a true you. Now you know who you are not. Now you can understand. The one you have been identifying with all your life is the one that is not you. Isn’t it a relief to know this? Truth is always a relief.

The one who believes that you are limited, incapable, unattractive, not enough, that you have no faith or courage—that one is not you. It never has been you. It is a deceiver. A false believer. An invader. A criminal. A thief. It robs you of your peace.

It is not real. Listen. It really is this simple. Truth really is this simple. Truth is not, never has been, some complicated difficult task that you are not smart enough or good enough to understand. Truth is in these words. Everything is revealed to you when you have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart open to receive.

The spark of courage that you need in order to walk upon this earth came here with you. God did not send you here with nothing. The faith that brought you to earth is with you now. Feel it. You can feel it. You can know it is here now. It is here. You are not alone. God has never left you alone. You have believed a false voice, an unreal voice. The angels have been speaking for many lessons now to your human personality, offering it many lessons to wake from the sleep of believing. It takes many lessons to arrive here. Are you here?

Be here. Be here in your body. Connect to your soul. Use your common sense. Use your practical mind. Then you will know and experience the truth of these words for yourself. Call upon the faith and courage that are within you now. Now. Call now. Now.

Heaven on Earth
 

We have said in past lessons that you have no courage. We have said that you can be as afraid as you like. Do you remember this? If you have forgotten, no worries—your soul has not forgotten. Your soul never forgets. Your soul is made of remembrance. Divine remembrance.

When we said these words in the past, we were speaking to your human personality. We were awakening you to the truth of the ego, which is made of beliefs. That false self, that ego, has no strength or courage of its own. It has no faith. It can’t have, because it isn’t—it isn’t real. It does not exist. And yet it believes. False believing brings it into existence.

This existence, as false as it is, feels so real and powerful that it covers up what is real. This is called maya. It is called the illusion. It is the veil. It is everything you are not. Because you live mostly from this false sense of identity, the angels must speak again and again to this you.

Now the angels are shaking you up, waking you up. The veil of maya is a shroud. Only the dead wear shrouds, isn’t this right? Are you dead or are you alive? Why do you think zombie movies and shows about the living dead are so popular? Have you ever thought about it?

Shroud: 1. a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial. 2. a thing that envelops or obscures something.

God is Within You and Without You

God is within you. So is heaven. Your true nature is heaven. It is peaceful. It is everything that is. It is why you are here. You are born with everything you need to get where you want to go. Where do you want to go?

This lesson has brought you some valuable truths. Everything you need is everything you were born with. A bright spark of courage and faith were born with you. You have forgotten that spark, but it has not forgotten you. It is your soul essence.

Think about this. With Heart connected to Divine Intelligence.

You never do walk alone. You are never without courage and faith. You are never without everything you need to realize your divine potential. You are never without everything you need. You can do whatever you must do. You have all the power, all the love, all the courage, and all the faith to do all the things you must do. It is always available to you. It takes faith to know this, especially when the way seems hard. It takes courage to move forward when you can’t feel that courage.

As you go throughout your next days, keep remembering this bright spark of faith and courage that you were born with. Let yourself know it is there. As you come to experience it, you will also come to believe it—not as a blind belief—but as a deep inner knowing that arises from your heart and soul, from the memory of God that brought you here.

Suggested Homework

As you go throughout your life remember that a light is shining in your heart like a pure bright crystal. This light gives you all the courage and faith you need to go throughout your day, to meet all obstacles. It gives you the strength necessary to complete the daily tasks of your life.

Try your best to remember and make contact with this Light. That which you are trying to contact is trying to contact you. The angels are God’s divine messengers and they are constantly speaking words of wisdom, truth, and healing to you—singing to you, Remember, remember, remember. Turn towards the Light and remember who you are.

You are not without strength and courage. You are not lacking in faith. You were born with a pure bright crystal of light within you. When you let go of cares and worries, you will see that you have no cares or worries, except those you create with your thinking.  You will understand that there is no ‘problem’ without a solution, even though those solutions may take time to manifest. Remember that you do not have to like every solution. Who says you must ‘like’ every solution? Give that idea up.

Who is there to ‘like’ every solution? Answers come in God’s time and design, not yours. The ego attempts to control and create its own solutions and answers to every question, every problem. This is the problem.

The ego is the problem. ‘Ego’ are the problem. Get  ‘ego’ out of the way and you will see clearly and purely. You will see God’s perfect design, and in that seeing, you will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. You will dwell forever in the house of Truth, of God, the house of the Goddess, the Divine Mother. Forever takes place only now. Only here. Only in the present moment. Enter the present moment of God, Truth, Reality, and you will be home. You will be free.

You were born with everything you need. The golden key is within you. When you find that key, you will know that no key was necessary. The door was never locked. There was no door. You are free. Now. Eternally. You always were.

With grateful love,
your grateful teacher,
Indira

Psalms 121 Lamsa Bible
A Song of degrees or A Pilgrim Song
1. I WILL lift up mine eyes to the mountain from whence comes my help. 2. My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD will protect you with his right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. 7. The LORD will preserve you from all evil; he will preserve your soul. 8. The LORD will preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and even for evermore.

Psalm 121: New King James Version _NKJV_ God the Help of Those Who Seek Him: A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.
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*The Unbearable Lightness of Being was a novel by Milan Kundera before it was a movie, though I haven’t read it. It was first published in French in 1984 as L'Insoutenable légèreté de l'être.

The original Czech text was published the following year.

In a note to the Czech edition of the book, Kundera remarks that the movie had very little to do with the spirit either of the novel or the characters in it. In the same note Kundera goes on to say that after this experience he no longer allows any adaptations of his work.

The first English translation by Michael Henry Heim was published in hardback in 1984 by Harper & Row in the US, and Faber and Faber in the UK.
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**"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man." — Heraclitus of Ephesus

*”You can’t step in the same river once.” —Hirth Martinez

Light has already won

You may have heard that there is a battle between darkness and light, heaven and hell, God and Satan. Darkness battles. Light never does. God is not in a battle. God is not battling the devil or darkness or whatever term you like to use. God is revealing Satan, darkness, all that is false. The wisdom of the heart cannot be learned. It can only be revealed. Light Reveals. Darkness Conceals.

Winnie the Pooh

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever.--Winnie the Pooh

THIS MORNING THE ANGELS CAME

 

This morning the light fell 

through my window 

like a blessing across my skin 

turning my room into a cathedral of light 

and I saw the angels talking to God 

and they were laughing  

Hallelujah
Praised be God
Hallelujah
God is here

and they lifted me

from the deep sleep of the world

and when I looked back

my body lay like a baby 

in a lullaby of love

and the angels called me

by my secret name

and turned me to face the face of God

this is the face of your Beloved

they whispered in my ear

and the Light descended

like a snow white dove

like a veil of lace

like apple blossoms

and I tasted the sweetness of God’s breath

I drank the honey of God's love

until there was no me

Hallelujah
Praised be God
Hallelujah
God is here

when my cup was full and runneth over

the angels turned me back onto the river of life

flowing golden from the Center 

of God’s love back to earth

where my body lay helpless and small

like a newborn baby

This is my body which is given for you

Go back, they whispered,

go back and take care of it
go back and let gratitude
melt everything you are not

This do in remembrance of God

until there is nothing
nothing but light
and the body surrenders 

its needs and desires

because you have loved it,
and honored it, because
you have given it only
gratitude and sweetness

for this is what makes a body holy
this is what makes a body pure enough
to relinquish its hold

nothing, nothing but gratitude
breaks the cycle of revolving
on the wheel of karma

This is my body which is given for you

This do in remembrance of me.

A HEALING MEDITATION FOR BODY, MIND, SPIRIT

Your body is a vessel. The body contains not only what you eat and breathe, but also what you think, imagine and feel. We are affected at every level by what we think and believe. Your school guides you to becoming aware of the beliefs that form your reality. Your school encourages you to become free of beliefs you have been holding onto since childhood, even lifetimes, which form your identity--your false identity.

Your school reaches deep within your conditioned mind to free you from the beliefs that limit and control your life, so you can think for yourself.

Pains and illnesses in the body are directly related to your thinking. We cannot help but have certain pains in the body, because the body is physical, subject to the physical laws of the universe. But the way you respond to pain also determines the way pain manifests.

Some people feel a small pain in their body and react with fear or anger. Some people run immediately for pain pills. Some want to learn about that pain, why it is there and what it means. Some respond with love to the place of pain.

This is not to say that all pain and illness can be healed by our thinking, but our thoughts can make pain and illnesses worse and harder to heal from. We are whole beings. What affects any part of body, mind, or soul, affects everything.

What you are not aware of controls you. When you become aware of limiting beliefs, they begin to lose control over you.

A HEALING MEDITATION

Imagine that your body is slowly being filled with Soft Healing Golden Light. Give this light a fragrance that appeals to you. You are now being filled with Soft Golden Healing Fragrant Light. Gentle and warm, this fragrant golden light begins to fill your body.

See yourself standing in a warm fragrant golden puddle of Light
Your toes are filling with this light
The light is covering and filling your feet
Up to your ankles
Moving up through your calves
Deep into and around your knees
Up through and into your thighs
Deep into your hips, both hips equally
Healing, balancing your hips

Let your hips receive 
Let your hips receive
Let your hips receive

Aligning and balancing your hips
Now the light moves deep into your belly
Around to your lower back

Swirling through all your sexual creative organs
Healing, Warm, Passionate Light
Moving now into your solar plexus
Filling your solar plexus 

Calm Healing Warm Fragrant Golden Light
Moving up through your spine
Filling your back and each vertebra 

Upward and inward into your heart
And lungs
Penetrating each organ
With healing golden light

Continuing into your heart
Completely filling your heart with Golden Fragrant Light
The light circles upward to your shoulders
Releasing all burdens
Your shoulders letting go, relaxing
Floating within the light

Warm Golden Fragrant Light
Flowing down into your arms
Your hands
Your fingers

Breath deeply
Inhaling fragrant warm golden light.
Up to your chin
Filling your neck
Filling your mouth
Tasting warm golden light

Nectar on your tongue
Filling each tooth
Filling your head
Shining out through your third eye 

Becoming your hair
Up through the crown of your head
A Warm Golden Healing Crown of Light 

Your whole body filled now
With Healing Fragrant Warm Golden Light
Your whole body 
Breathing Golden Light
Free of pain
Whole, Complete, Healed 
Now and Forever.

just remember . . .

Divine Love

Everything is contained within a vast awareness that holds you, even when you disappear in deep sleep. Even in life. Even in death. This awareness is not different from love. This love is not a love you can give to anyone, because it is not yours. You belong to love. Love does not belong to you. Divine love is pure awareness. Human love is a tiny reflection of divine love. Just as stars disappear in the light of the sun, so does human love disappear in the light of Divine Love.

From Lesson One of your first Lesson (with one of my oil paintings)

Let Your Light Shine

Texas Sky

Within you is a beautiful light. Many lights. All of these lights are not lit. That’s where the dark is. Wherever we are dark, we can’t see. What we can’t see, we can’t understand. What we can’t understand, we fear. Ask God for more light. Most people don’t really want more light because that means greater spiritual responsibility. It means you can’t hide out in the dark anymore. It means you have to grow up and become a true spiritual being. It means you will change. On the inside. Where it counts. It means that who you think you are will vanish in the clear light of Truth. Be brave. Let the false vanish. What remains will be true.

ANGELS IN AMERICA

Dearest Students in America and Elsewhere -- this is an angelic-inspired event. Angels are guiding this. This is a possibility for change. My heart is overflowing.  http://www.c-span.org/video/?411624-1/house-democrats-sitin-gun-violence-underway-since-1125-et

Guardian Angel Message #12 Your Name

Dearest One, Perhaps by being addressed by your true name--one of your true names--over and over--perhaps you will begin to know who you really are; not two, but one, not many, but one--One manifesting as many.

As the days grow darker, may your heart grow lighter . . .