Thank God for the writers and artists, the musicians, and sages.

 

Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. ―Madeleine L'Engle

And when we do this ― we blind ourselves to who, in Truth, we are. What we do to others, we do to ourselves.

Madeleine L'Engle was a wonderful writer of children's books, books for adults, and poetry. Her book, A Wrinkle in Time, was one of the first books I read as a child which began to wake me up to Reality ― to what I knew in my heart was true. Thank God for the writers and artists, the musicians and sages. 

The very first book from my young childhood, which showed me what I knew deep inside, was one I have also written a lesson about ― Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. It revealed to me that we all have hard hickory nut heads. We must begin the spiritual journey to melt into the softness of our heart ― which is the only true strength.

The 3rd book from childhood that I also I fell in love with was, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnettt, published in 1911. This book was also about the spiritual journey, of growing from darkness to light.

We must all grow from darknessc― our negative thoughts, feelings, and actions ― to the Light of Truth. 

Stopping by

I haven't posted in awhile, but I come often to read, and search through the archives, which are a treasure. I get more in touch with what you say Indira, that although we can share our spiritual path with others and do the work together, which is an important part of the spiritual path, we are each responsible for our own inner work. This understanding helps me to go more and more inside.

Without the lessons and this classroom, I would not be where I am today. I read so many self-help books in the past, but having the lessons arrive once a month is a game-changer. I can't ignore them, the way I can ignore a book. It's just the kind of support I need. Your insights are so valuable to me. I am grateful for the personal connection I always feel here in the classroom, as well as with your readings and counseling.

I will talk to you soon, Indira, for our usual weekly counseling session. My counseling sessions with you are a huge support, keeping me on track, and opening me to more in depth spiritual understandings. Thanks again for the school. --Kevin P.S. I like the way the schoolroom changes, reminding me that the world is a world of change. And I like seeing this friendly golden Buddha here.

Conscious Awareness

Dear Students, ...in our last few email messages, we have been offering you a brief review of your first lesson, Conscious Awareness. This lesson gave you the basics. We can all use these basics, whether we are on lesson 1 or lesson 91. The best and most successful way to approach Truth is as if we know nothing. If we are full of our own knowing, how can we have an empty place to receive new words of wisdom? All the great teachers and scriptures have taught us to be humble on our path.

“…unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven…” Matthew 18:3

What does this mean to you? So often we cannot hear scriptures because we come from religions that have done our thinking for us. Try reading with an open mind and an open heart. Then your intuition will kick in and enlighten you.

It really is clear and simple — when we approach Truth heavy with ego, thinking we already know, how can we hear inner guidance? How can our heart be open? How can we receive? The first and foremost important quality on the spiritual path is receptivity. We must be open to receive. Each moment. Now. Are you open and ready to receive now? Otherwise, we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven….
….the kingdom of heaven referred to here is not a place you go when you die, although that is what many religions would have you believe. It is a place here and now. It exists for you here and now. It is Truth. Most of us enter this kingdom gradually, step by step. Each time we receive a spiritual Truth, another candle is lit in the darkness of ignorance. We take another step closer to wholeness.

So ponder all of this. Don’t just read these words and forget them. Read them with an open heart, as if you were a little child. Receive them into your heart. Let them stay with you and enlighten you. See how they apply to your daily life — your daily moments, moment by moment. The kingdom of heaven is available to you. Now. It always is. Each moment of Truth received becomes a moment of enlightenment. It is entering the kingdom of heaven, moment by moment.

all my love,
your fellow classmate & humble teacher

From Lesson 1

When you mindlessly believe what you have been taught or conditioned to believe, you are letting others do your thinking for you. This keeps you imprisoned by other people's thoughts. It takes courage to think creatively, to think ‘outside the box’ in ever-evolving circles, curves, swirls, mandalas, and lines that expand into infinity—and finally, to realize there is no box at all.

Be willing to be courageous! Be willing to give up false ideas of lack, loss, fear, and limitation! Be willing to live your True Magnificence!

From Lesson 90 - are you there yet?

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People who are out of touch with their emotions are also out of touch with their bodies. So get to know your body. Make friends with your body. You are not your body, but it is the temple of your spirit, so do not neglect it. Do not ignore it, not at any level. Awareness doesn’t mean being aware of just some things; it means being aware of all things.
From Lesson 90, “Inward, Onward, Upward"

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Habits

https://www.facebook.com/AnderssenLuc/videos/1688239314762554/?fref=nf
I have written 3 lessons about habits, Parts I, II, and III -- which some of you have read by now. This is a very interesting video on how human beings are socialized. It is more comfortable to "follow the crowd" then to think for one's self. It is uncomfortable to be different from the crowd.

Lesson 88

Thank you for allowing this opportunity to share something from my current lesson. I am a first year student, so I am on Lesson 88, THE INCREDIBLE LIGHTNESS OF EARTH. I get so much from each lesson, and this one is no exception. This entire lesson is deep and meaningful to me, so it is hard to choose what to share, but I will try. First let me say that I love the part about our bodies being both strong and fragile at the same time, able to protect us as we go throughout our day, yet also vulnerable to harm.


The following paragraph stilled my mind. To think that there is the memory of God within me and I have forgotten the truest and purest memory of all is shocking. To know there is something in me that does remember, if only dimly—that wants to remember gives me hope for my journey back to that memory. This lets me know that there is practical memory, which I need. Then there is impractical memory, which is connected to a fictitous past and only brings me pain, which I do not need.

Lesson 88:
"Deep within you is contained the memory of God. You come to earth with this memory. It is not a human memory. It is a soul memory that has nothing to do with a fictitious past. Soul memory is in the present. It is connected to your true and absolute nature.”


I also love these words about the power of God being within me. That’s incredible to think of! It’s like the whole power of the universe is inside me, like enough to blow up a mountain, though that may be not be a good analogy because I don’t want to blow up any mountains, but you get the idea. THIS is where my faith and courage come from me. Not from the false me that doesn’t have any courage at all, but from the power of God inside me.

Lessson:
 88:
"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 for you? Because you are here. You are reading these words with a sincere desire to come closer to God.”


There is so much to learn and imbibe from this lesson. I am glad I have a whole month to do it in. Thank you for this great lesson, Indira. I take it to my heart and into my everyday living. I hope my sharing does benefit someone else. Kevin

Hi Everyone

I just took the opportunity to share something from my current lesson, 'The Incredible Lightness of Earth" in the comment section of Indira's post below. It was a good experience for me, and I found myself excited about sharing with my classmates. Speaking of "incredible" - that's what every lesson is for me, and my experience of being a longtime student in the school. So just want to say thank you from my soul to your soul for sharing the incredible lightness of earth with me. I know from this lesson that we are all souls who come to earth together for a reason. Even when we do not see each other or know each other, our souls are connected through this school. We are on the spiritual way together. Love, Kevin

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Angel Message # 6 ONE

Dearest One, Each time we address you as One, you have the chance to let the Truth of Oneness penetrate your mind, touch your heart, and fill your being. For you are One. You are the one who manifests as many. You are the one whom you seek. You are the one you long for. The One exists for you always. There is nothing we say that is trivial. Every word serves a purpose. Our words are deep and meaningful or we'd not bother to speak them in these written words for you to hear. 
    

Your new lessons will be there soon!

Even though you are in your school with your classmates, your school is an individual effort. It is your duty as a good student to show up and read your lessons. At least you must do that much. If I write them, you can read them. You can do even more than read them. You can practice your simple homework. You can participate in Your Open Classroom (youropenclassroom.blogspot.com/). You can refer to your lesson every day. You can do all this and more. Do you?

 

Newest Lessons Sent Today!

Dear Students, Your newest lessons just went out, so if for some reason you don't have yours, let me know! Sometimes that happens. Here are the lessons that went out today to your happy inbox.

1st Class -   Lesson 80 - Interruptions
Class 6 -      Lesson 65 - Money! Honey!
Class 7 -      Lesson 46 - Lessons from Nature and Nature Spirits
1/11 Class - Lesson 57 - Sacred River of Life
1/12 Class - Lesson 41, Beautiful Dreamer
1/14 Class - Lesson 19, Perfection
1/15 Class - Lesson 7, Into the Light

Your lessons may or may not have the same # as the same lesson in another class. This is because I made changes as the lessons progressed, deleted a lesson, added one, resent a newly revised lesson. As you can see, the oldest class is now on Lesson 80! That's reason for a celebration. So let's celebrate!

LESSON 38 LIFE JUST IS LET IT BE

What purpose does anger serve?

Anger has only one purpose—to protect the false self. Anger is a cover-up for fear. Beneath anger is fear. Most people would rather feel angry than afraid. Fear feels powerless and anger feels powerful.

Anger has no power, except to defend and build-up the false self. Anger is darkness, and all darkness keeps us from making contact with God. Anger is just another false image we worship in place of God. Isn't this sad when you really think about it? Isn't it sad to be worshiping the darkness of anger rather than the light of God?

Your Lessons

I am in the process of re-editing all the lessons. I am replacing many of the photos and pictures because when I first created the lessons, I did not realize that I couldn't just use pictures I found on the internet. All the new pictures belong to me, created by me, taken by me or friends who consent to their use. Since each lesson is only for you, not to be shared, no one else should see them anyway, but just to be on the safe side, and because it is copyright law, I am making these changes. It is a lot of fun and I enjoy the creativity.

I am also making other changes in the lessons, as I hear and translate more clearly the words of the angels. This means I am reading over every single lesson. I am nearly finished with this process. It is great to read all the lessons again. And again. 

Here is from Lesson 49, Lessons from Nature and Nature Spirits,

People who truly love and are open to the world of nature may develop working relationships with nature spirits. Nature spirits respond to feelings of love and concern and may thus be empowered to communicate with certain individuals. This communication may come in the form of intuition or as an actual manifestation of the fairy spirit.

The New Lesson--

The new lesson, for me that is Lesson 75, Living in Oneness, is exactly what I need, which doesn't surprise me. It always turns out this way. It has me thinking in a new way about Spirit and Soul Development. This is something I most appreciate about the school, that it gets me thinking in new ways. Sometimes I can feel new pathways being created in my brain, like I am an explorer in a new land, only it all happens inside me, I don't even have to go anywhere. I save on a plane ticket, but still travel to new planes of existence--all inside, like you say in the lesson. Thanks to the angels.

Fear Not!

Thanks for the new lesson, Indira! I am grateful that I am in the 1st class, one of the first students to sign up, and so sometimes I get to receive an "old" lesson made new-when you revise and update it. And you are right, I get so much out of re-reading an older lesson. It is like I never read it before. This lesson is Fear Not! 

This lesson is so deep I am flabbergasted. This paragraph astounded me:

"You must come to understand that there is something running your life that isn't you. Something that does not want you to be free and happy. Something that wants to destroy you, just as that something is destroying this man's health, keeping him in the darkness of unconsciousness, thinking he is winning, when he is losing."

You had been writing about a man who was choosing pain because he was listening to the false voice of fear. I am finally hearing what you are saying, have been saying all along, that there is something running my life that isn't me. The false self. 

This is incredible, Indira. I must begin to see what is false about myself before I can begin to see what is true. 

Thank you for this deep and mind blowing lesson, my teacher. 

Showing Up

Often times we stop showing up for our spiritual self, our spiritual work, when our life takes a turn for the better. This can be especially true when we have had a long 'dry' spell -- a period of loneliness or unhappiness -- followed by suddenly getting what we 'want' (maybe a new relationship, a great job, outer adoration) -- that brings us joy. Joy is great! Angels love to bring tidings of great joy, and they always do, even when we cannot heed them.

Still, times of great joy are times to stay focused upon your spiritual path. We do not want to turn to God only in times of misfortune--anyone can do that--we want to turn to God even in times of good fortune. We want to remember God in good times, bad times, all times.

Your connection with God and angels can deepen immeasurably when you remember to stay focused and grateful in times of great joy, as well as in times of despair--and all the times in between. 

New Lessons Have Arrived

Dear Everyone,
Your new lessons flew through cyberspace to you yesterday. The very first students are now on Lesson 73, called, 'God is Here". That is the lesson I wrote after I got back from Europe a few days ago, while I was still jet lagged (still am).

Take some time to read your new lessons and apply them to your lives. The energy of the angels is in each lesson, in the words and the silence between the words. As you go throughout your day today, imagine that you are breathing a big breath of angelic energy. Whatever color you need. Maybe soft pink or blue. Maybe some other color.

Take a big breath right now. See the angels around you, if only in your imagination, filling the atmosphere with their colors of light and love. Breathe in all the love you need. Breath in encouragement. The power of God. Strength. Light. Enthusiasm.

Yes! Whatever you must do today, you can do with great love and enthusiasm. Enjoy your new lessons!

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New Lesson coming August 8!

This is an exciting time for me--spiritually exciting--because I am getting new lessons ready to send. As I read over each lesson and make any necessary revisions, I have the chance to imbibe the energy of the angels again and again! I love reading the lessons again, as well as writing new ones. I especially like reading the lessons with pictures, on-line, with the big verdana print. I feel filled with new Truth and new Energy and Even Closer to the Angels as I read these lessons. I feel love filling and surrounding me. I feel myself becoming more fearless with each angel lesson. I am my own best student! All love to all of you for your day. And enjoy your new lessons when they arrive shining with light in your email.