2nd day of the 9 Goddesses

I like the idea of celebrating the 9 days of the Goddesses. Today is #2.  Brahmacharini is the second of the nine Durgas (Goddesses). Brahmacharini is one who practices penance, inspiring us to achieve our spiritual goals. She inspires renunciation from all that takes us from our true nature, such as harmful thoughts and actions. She also inspires dispassion (not being led astray by strong emotion), and staying on the path of duty (rowing our own boat) and keeps one grounded in the 2nd Chakra.  (Read about the 3rd Goddess tomorrow). (By the way my new great niece was born yesterday. A little Goddess).

Writing a message

So I was inspired to try and write a message from a higher place, as our teacher suggested in our March Newsletter. (By the way, thanks for that Newsletter. It was jam-packed with information and higher messages.) Here is the message that came to me when I asked the angels for one, or at least this is what I wrote, "You do not have to be a man according to society's rules. You are in this life to get free of society. While you must live within the boundaries of society, you do not have to internalize those boundaries and let them tell you who you should be." I was very happy with this message! Thank you Indira for the idea. I will try this again and maybe have the courage to add another one here. And I hope to read some from other students also. Thanks for all the work you put into our school dear teacher. I appreciate it.

Green Goddess Rice Salad

Today is the Indian New Year, so Happy Navaratti. It is also the first night of the 9 nights of the Goddess. So to celebrate, here is a recipe by Christine Waltermyer, author of Natural Vegan Kitchen. This salad is rich in chlorophyll, which is known to create that healthy glow in your skin. So make, eat it, and glow like a Goddess! Even guys can glow!

Change

Dearest Students, I like what Kevin wrote about being able to be honest here in our classroom and school. We all hide behind so many masks, to cover up what we really feel inside, what we fear, to be who or what we think we should be. What does this mean? It means we change all the time, depending on who we are with, what we are doing, and mostly what we think we should be. You know this is true if you really look at yourself. What we call our "personality" is really just a set of impressions that we have gleaned from the world. The word "persona" comes from the Greek and means "mask." The angels say, be courageous enough to take off all masks. Be ONE. Discover your true nature and then you will be free to be happy being you. You will not change masks according to the people or circumstances around you. You will wear no masks. You will have nothing to hide. The light will flow freely through you and you will take your direction from a higher source. You will no longer be a sleeping person reacting in a mechanical, habitual way.

more about nature spirits

     Lesser angels, commonly known as nature spirits and fairies, are amongst the gentlest of beings. They naturally love all growing things. They abound in forests, jungles, woodlands, and wherever there are lakes, streams, and ponds. Since they are offshoots of greater angels, they are very simple, seeking only to love and nurture nature. These angels feel deeply and instinctively. When human beings senselessly slaughter ancient forests, the lesser angels immediately set about comforting the fallen trees, caressing and soothing their wounds, bringing courage to the remaining plants and trees.

dearest cherished students

the angels write to you now from the place where they live which is no place like you live, for the angels live close to God, in the very heart of Truth. The angels know your pain. The angels understand your loneliness. They watch over human beings. The angels watch the faces of human beings and see the pain there, the anger, the human deception. They know your secrets, that which you try to hide even from yourself. The angels say, 

Morning Tea...

...except that it is now just after noon; still, I like mornings best so I decided to call it morning and take a break from my taxes to call upon an angelic message. You know how we try to change other people? How we let our moods be influenced by other people? There is a consciousness beyond everyday living, a cosmic consciousness, that is unaffected by either pleasure or blame, by what other people say or how they act. When you have a problem with another person, do not try to change that person. Did you ever notice that we try to change other people so we can be at peace? That's not very compassionate, is it? At the cosmic level, there are no problems between human beings. In cosmic consciousness there is only sky with clouds drifting by, soft, peaceful, serene. So keep showing up for your school. Apply yourself to your homework. Read your lessons and let yourself be guided away from human humdrum to cosmic consciousness. Be willing to let go of what does not work and allow yourself to be transformed at deep inner levels. You'll be glad you did.

NATURE SPIRITS: IN CELEBRATION OF SPRING EQUINOX

     It's officially spring! Let's celebrate! Let's go into the forests and meadows and dance in fairy rings! Let's throw off our shoes and feel the earth below our feet! Let's sit on the wet grass and have a picnic! Let's sing! Let's put all our troubles into balloons of light and let them float into space and dissolve into pure light. Let's be free. Now! We can. You can. Yes! You can! It is possible. Now! It is only possible now, never yesterday or tomorrow, only now.

     In celebration of winter casting off her heavy coat and stepping into the soft colors of spring, I am posting a special message about Nature Spirits! Nature spirits are part of the angelic kingdom.

♥LOTUS HEART MEDITATION♥

You may read the Lotus Heart Meditation in my comment in the post Ursula so kindly posted below. And here is a lovely lotus to help your visualization. Developing our powers of positive imagination is helpful, since we so often use imagination for imagining all the fearful things that might happen in the future or creating pictures in our heads of past misfortunes.  
     The angels say, if you are going to use imagination, then use it for something positive. Please keep in mind that your imagination is working all day long, creating ideas and images. This is the world you live in. If the creations of your mind are always uplifting, honest, and loving, if they have your best interests at heart—well, good for you. But if you are like most human beings (and you are) then your imaginations often create images that terrorize and paralyze you. 
     So you may want to try the Lotus Heart Meditation. You may want to teach the mind to work for you and not against you. You may want to begin where you are.  Where are you? You are here right now—not wrong now—and so the angels lovingly invite you to try the  Lotus Heart Meditation. (Remember that Truth is beyond all imagination. We use imagination as a positive uplifting tool to help guide us to Truth, not as a substitute for Truth.)

lotus heart meditation

Dear Indira/Dear Classmates,
I love !!!! the lotus heart mediation. It feels so wonderful to have a floating lotus flower in my heart. It 's perfect to practice it at the end of my yoga! The experience is so beautiful I want to keep going forever. I'm curious about your thoughts. Have a great week. Ursula

Happy March! Happy Song!

Welcome to a new month! In celebration of March blowing in the winds of change and inner transformation (or at least spring) we have new skies and clouds adorning our classroom. Also, for those of you who are entering your 2nd semester (4th month) of School, and have paid your tuition, you will be receiving an Mp3 of our school song, "I Love Me" written and sung just for us by singer/songwriter Hirth Martinez. You can get this song only from our school. If you are already in your 2nd semester and somehow did not receive the song, please let me know. I will make sure you get it. I used to send it out by CD, but now just by Mp3. And if you'd like to see a cute version of one of Hirth's song, go here: BeTheVoice.

IMAGINATION

Good Morning Dear Students, 

Although I always remember as soon as I write that greeting that it is not morning everywhere students are reading this, depending upon where you live and what time you tune in. Today I would like to leave you with a word about imagination. It may be that you have read this before, since the angels often repeat themselves. They must! Because we do not listen! Even when we think we are listening, often we are not. If you have heard this before, imagine you have not! Imagine you are hearing it for the first time. Let your listening be new. And total. Complete listening. Listening without interruption, interruption from your thoughts, that is. Receptive listening. Let your listening be a meditation.

°☆★Angel Evening February 2012:°★●

Hello Dear Students,
The recent angel evening was very nice and 2 students attended. I've heard back from a few people about angelic experiences they have had following the evening. One woman told me that in the night, her closet door opened, but no one was there. In the morning, her husband told her he had the feeling someone was in the closet all night. She emailed to ask me if that could have been an angel. Here is my email response to her, though I have changed details to keep the person's identity anonymous.I have worked often with this person, particularly around money issues.

Pause for Prayer

I pause here and now in this present moment of truth and beauty to remember that I am loved and cared for. I pause to connect with the ever-present energy of the angels. I breathe in their light. I exhale all darkness. I know that I am surrounded and filled with Light. I thank the light for guiding me through the darkness. I  fear not for, Lo!  I am protected and guided always by the angels who serve God. My path is strewn with flowers. The angels perfume the very air I breathe. Celestial music fills my ears. I keep my face turned upwards towards the light and the light illuminates my path. Thank you, God. Thank you, Angels. Thank you, Universe.

Questions

If the angels were trying to tell me something, would I know? If the angels were offering me comfort or courage, would I notice?

Simple Prayer: I ask for the grace to be free of my own preoccupations, worries, and demands so that I might be open and receptive to what the angels may be saying to me.  I am thankful angels are here as messengers of God to protect, guide, and inspire my life. Thank you.

POSITVE AFFIRMATIONS OF TRUTH

There is enough.

There is enough of everything.

I am enough.