TIME AND TIMELESSNESS

The ego lives in time and yet it believes it lives in timelessness, even though it is confronted each moment with the ticking of the clock. The ego thinks it has time to be angry, time to be insulted, time to be hurt, time to harshly criticize and condemn, time to waste. Think about it and you will see this is so. The ego lives in a time world and acts as if it has all the time in the world.

In REALITY time does not exist. But the ego (false self) does not live in REALITY. It lives in its own false nature. It lives in lies, denial, and deception. It deceives itself into believing. We could stop there. The ego deceives itself into believing. Then it believes that what it believes is reality.

But we were going to say...the ego deceives itself into believing that its nature is eternal. Think about it. On one hand, surely you think there is not enough time. You wonder where time has gone? Time goes by in a flash! Time is too slow! Waiting takes forever! That will never happen!

Those are thoughts associated with the concept of time. Time does not exist for the spirit that is eternal. But it does exist for the body that grows older, flowers that fade. Everything of this earth changes and decays when enough time passes. But please do not let this frighten you. Let it, instead, galvanize you to commit even more strongly to living in the present moment.

The present moment is all there is. It is all there is! When you are truly living in the present moment, life becomes so fine. You recognize the pure pristine quality of each moment. You realize that there is no time to be in the past or future because that means missing what IS here and now. It means you are half-asleep, or maybe completely asleep. It means you are living life unconsciously.

Your school of angels exists for one purpose only--to bring you into awareness where you can live in the here and now.

NOW! HERE! PRESENT! ALIVE! AWAKE! ALERT! CONSCIOUS!

Imagine living in the present moment. I mean, really imagine it, as the only moment there is. Imagine that everything is intensified because your mind is not wandering into the past or future. You can give your full attention to everything that is taking place NOW. You can give your full attention to NOW. You can see. Really SEE. Really BE. You begin to see that there are many levels to existence. Your later lessons (some of you are reaching this point) begin to discuss the different levels of existence that exist simultaneously.

Life is so fragile. It breaks apart in a moment. People die. People are born. Houses burn. Houses are built. Day turns to night. Night becomes morning. The face you see in the mirror changes into another. Your body changes. Everything changes. And so the angels remind you with gentle love, make good use of your time here. Do not waste time. Do not think you have one moment to waste. Let each moment be a moment that takes you closer to truth. Do not simply believe and act from the many thoughts that are in your head. Life is fragile. Life is a snowflake softly falling to earth. Do not believe you are only the snowflake. Enjoy its crystalline beauty. And know that you are the eternal witness of all that IS. You are LIFE itself.

EVERY MOMENT IS A LESSON

The earth is truly a schoolroom when we are open and receptive to the teachings of the Universe. Every moment is a lesson. What are the moments of life for? To ENJOY! To be In Joy! To learn! To grow and evolve! Learning is fun. Yes, it is. It is fun for the soul that is here to evolve into the light.

The moments of life are not here for you to be down, depressed, gloomy, angry, hurt, despondent, fearful, condemning and blaming yourself or others. Blame is divisive. It divides you from other people. It divides you from yourself. It divides you from God. Blaming yourself makes you feel guilty.

An intelligent conscience is necessary, but constantly blaming and condemning yourself for the past leads to ongoing guilt that is harmful to your life. Give it up! Give it up now! Read your lessons. Fill your moments with Truth. The angels tell you here and now...let go of useless guilt about the past...and guilt is always about the past...it is about something that has already happened that you feel bad about.

If you can fix something that happened in the past, fix it. If not, let it go. Please remember that when you look at the past, you are not necessarily looking with eyes of  Truth. You are looking with eyes of ego. The ego wears glasses of blame and judgment and so the ego cannot rightly see. The ego cannot see right!

The seeing of the ego leaves you feeling down, depressed, gloomy, angry, hurt, despondent, fearful, condemning and blaming yourself or others. Take off those glasses. Fix what you can. Sincerely apologize where you need to. Make what amends you can that will not harm anyone else. And then move on, into a new brightness, here in the Present Moment, open and receptive to the lessons you can learn when you have eyes to see and ears to hear.

MOVING THROUGH THE RIVER OF GRIEF

When tragedy first strikes, we may feel consumed by a river of grief—a river that runs so fast and deep, it feels like we are drowning in it. As the river runs its course, however, we discover that it has its own intelligence. It knows the way, even when we do not. Eventually the river transforms into a small, bright diamond and finds a home in our heart.
 

It is not that the grief becomes less; in a sense it becomes sharper and brighter, but it no longer consumes us. It becomes a powerful force that guides, teaches, and transforms. Within the depths of that small diamond we find the spark of enthusiasm that is vital for a productive life. We realize that we are still here, no matter what tragedy has befallen us. As we accept what we cannot change, we are able to release the pain. The strength of God reveals itself to us and shows us that we are not alone. We find the courage to move through tragedy into peace. We begin to live life from an even greater depth and—like the sparkle that emanates from a pure bright diamond—we become a light in this world of darkness.

Pennsylvania

Good Morning from Warren, Pennsylvania. The Conewango River runs through New York State and into PA. I grew up in NYS along the Conewango river so I have a special affinity for rivers. River angels are sublime and hardly ever pay attention to human beings. They almost never stay in the same place for long, so it is not easy to become well acquainted with a river angel, even if you should happen to glimpse one of their shimmery gliding forms. I have been giving many readings here and meant some lovely new people who are open to spirituality and understanding themselves. The friend I am staying with, Holly, does Reiki and makes healing jewelry from stones and crystals. The town is old and quaint. Here, and in Jamestown, NY, where I will soon return to, the area is rural and surrounded by the Alleghany forests and mountains...which is the home of deer, foxes, black bears, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and many other animals. I see deer nearly every day. It is also the abode of nature spirits and fairies, and abundant with plants, flowers, and trees of all kinds.

Angels of Oceans

The angels of oceans are great devas, serene and tranquil, who adore chanting the name of God. They spend a lot of time laughing at nothing at all. They know the language of all sea animals and fish. These angels possess such stillness of heart that you can hear it if you go to the ocean and listen carefully. Sea Angels have a deeply intuitive relationship with whales, dolphins, manatees, octopi, and other wonderfully conscious life forms that roam the seas.

Intelligent sea creatures experience the presence of angels as part of their everyday existence, as human beings never do. When human beings savage the oceans, the great sea angels draw even closer to the great sea animals, while doing their best to calm the vast array of fish and fauna that inhabit the oceans.

just in case anybody missed this wonderful daily message from Indira last week

What does it mean to think positively at the highest level? It means to let go of ego desires and let something higher come in and guide us. We come to realize that there is an easy flowing harmony to life and we can be in that harmony when we stop trying to direct the show. As easy and flowing as this harmony is, it is never easy for the ego, because the ego seeks disharmony while pretending that it wants the best for you. Egos never want the best for us because egos can only exist in unhappiness.  In absolute happiness ego dissolves like a drop of dew in the sunlight. 

Eva

Dear Students, Eva's husband, who was a musician, had a stroke and could no longer move or speak or eat. He could communicate with his eyes. He had a feeding tube, but decided he did not want to live that way, and not being able to play his music. He asked that the feeding tube be removed. Now he has passed into the light. While his body is no longer here, the spirit can never die. Life is fragile. At least we have our school, where we can always receive the love and support of each other and the angels. In honor of Bernd's passing, here is something I wrote when my young nephew, Sean, died from leukemia. Perhaps you have read it before; I don't remember if I ever posted it here:
 

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL                                                   

Heute Nacht hatte ich einen Traum. Über mir in einem Hof war ein Regenbogenfarbenes Raumschiff. Ich war ganz interessiert an und vertieft in die Farben und die Form. Dann wollte ich das jemanden zeigen, was da ist. Ich bin vor den Hof, nach draußen gegangen, vor das Hoftor, und habe -ich glaube es war meine Schwester- aufgeregt an den Himmel gezeig. Und da waren zwei oder drei weitere wunderbare regenbogenfarbene leuchtende UFO's. Es war so real. Sie sind eine Weile geblieben. Und nach einiger Zeit sind sie ganz typisch wagerecht abgedüst und der dunkle Himmel blieb. Und es blieb in mir der intensive Eindruck des Leuchtens und der Farben.
Monika
This night I had a dream. Above me in the yard was a rainbow colored UFO. I was very interested in, and tuned in the colors and the shape of the UFO. Then I wanted to share this with someone what I saw. I went out of the yard outside the door and -I think it was my sister- I pointed exited to the sky. And there where two or three more wonderfull rainbow colored glowing UFO's. It was so real. They stayed for a while and then - very typical - very quickly went away horizontally. The dark sky remained. And it remained the intense impression of glowing and of the colors.
Monika 

Liebe Eva (für dich auf Deutsch!),
ich wünsche dir viel Kraft und inneren Frieden für die kommenden Wochen.
Alles Liebe
Ursel

New York State in May

Hi Everyone, I am sitting in an old country farm house here in Amish Country. Just fields and farms and sunny   skies. It is very peaceful and quiet after the busy noisy city of Los Angeles. The flight was smooth. My muscles need resting though, especially because I carried my 13 pound dog in a carrier (she was stowed beneath my seat) and my backpack with laptop. That's heavy! Especially because I had a long walk through the airport in LAX, and a really long walk in Las Vegas to the next gate. I am here though. Tonight I will go to a Tai Chi class and work off some jet lag. Love to you.

Your classmate, Eva, asked me to let you all know that her husband, Bernd, had a stroke and has been in the hospital in critical condition for some days now. She asks for your loving supportive energy in dealing with this situation. We wish for Bernd that he receives the perfect care he needs for his healing and that Eva can relax and take care of herself. Angels abound and will do what they can to bring peace and healing to this fragile situation. We love you!

Fairy Time

Fairies and nature spirits belong to the Angelic Kingdom. While ultimately everything is Light (God or Truth) we live in a world of many worlds....many levels. One of these levels is the world of nature that we can see and touch....another level is the invisible world we cannot usually or easily see or touch, but which exists all the same. There is more, for instance, to a tree than meets the eye. There is the physical tree we can see, rest against, maybe eat apples from, or just enjoy its exquisite beauty and shade. And there is the spirit of the tree. Each tree has its own spirit, just as each person has their own spirit. And then there are the nature spirits or fairies who surround the tree with loving service, just as your own sweet guardian angels surround you with loving service. Here is a fairy site if you'd like to play for awhile, or have children who enjoy the fairy world. http://www.flowerfairies.com/US_version/home.html

Lesson Learned

Standing at my kitchen window, I was preparing food for my husband and I to take with us on a trip to Arkansas , where we were going to spend time in nature, relaxing at a cabin by the White River . We had planned to be on the road by 8:00. I looked at the clock, and it said 7:45. I realized I still had several things to pack, as well as feed my dogs their breakfast, write a note for neighbor with feeding instructions for their dinner that night, and prepare some brewed green tea to take with us.

My husband had been up for hours and had already packed his clothes and fishing gear, unloaded the dishwasher, and gone to the store for ice. I wanted to be on time this time, as I tend to always run late. My sweet husband is very patient, and I didn’t want to disappoint him by making us late getting on the road, again.

Immediately, I became “aware” that I was feeling STRESSED, and I wondered “why am I feeling stressed when I am so happy that we are about to leave for our trip?”. ( Note: Feeling “stressed” when I am trying to accomplish certain things, is such a familiar feeling to me, that I am surpised I became aware of it.) At that moment, I realized that unconsciously, I was telling myself, “You will NEVER be able to get all of this done on time. There is NO WAY you can get all of this done by 8:00”.

As soon as I became aware of that little voice, I laughed out loud at it, and told myself, “YES, you can get all that done by 8:00. Look at everything else you’ve done in the last six months that you never thought you could do. This is a piece of cake compared to those things”. And to my amazement, we were on the road by 8:01.

I know this sounds like a little thing… but it is a BIG thing that I am now AWARE of that little voice (ego?) that tells me “YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE”. I realized this had been happening all my life, and was never aware of it until that moment.

I thanked the angels for the awareness I just gained. I felt joy and freedom.

I realized how tricky that voice had been all these years, because on the surface, that voice let me tell myself that I was smart enough to have finished college and to have held steady jobs for 25 years, yet in my subconscious mind it would tell me, “‘YOU CAN’T DO THAT. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW”. And I now realize it has held me back from trying all kinds of things. I am surprised of how unaware I have been of that belief all these years.

I feel that one step, on the path to this awareness, started when I had a reading with Indira and asked her for guidance concerning a practical matter that had to do with deciding whether or not to sell our house and try to find a job in Arkansas where my son, his girlfriend, and their new baby daughter are living.

One of her suggestions was to take small steps towards doing it and see how it felt, or see what happens, and change directions if I need to. Those weren’t her exact words, just my interpretation.

For me, I knew the first step would be to put our house on the market, and if it sold, then we could rent for awhile, and take our time looking for jobs over there, and if anything came up, we’d be in a position to move.

However, our old house had lots of stress cracks in walls and above the doors that needed to be repaired, and I didn’t have a clue how to do it. (I spoke with a structural engineer to see what caused the cracks and he said he thought they were caused from the roof settling, and there was no evidence of any foundation problems.) I spoke with a couple of different painters about just fixing the cracks (not painting) and none of them seemed interested in tackling the job.

I remember standing in my house, looking around at all the cracks, especially the big ones under the windows in the room with tall ceilings, and feeling completely defeated and trapped, saying to myself, we will never be able to sell this house for what we owe. And I can’t afford to pay someone to fix them.

I decided that if they were ever going to get fixed, I would have to fix them myself. Soon I got the idea to search the internet for “how to fix stress cracks in walls” and I found several youtube videos about using drywall seam tape and joint compound (mud) to fix them. I spent several months this past winter, working weekends, and managed to fix them all myself. Other than when I work in my flower gardens, I don’t know when I’ve felt such a sense of accomplishment.

Once I got the cracks fixed, I painted the living room. It looked so nice, that I painted the kitchen, the hall, and two bedrooms.

Then I looked up videos that showed how to remove wallpaper, and I removed the wallpaper in the 3rd bedroom and painted it.

I am now in the process of regrouting and recaulking my shower, and replacing some of the loose tiles and wall board that got wet behind the tiles. I never knew I could do all of this. This is what I was talking about earlier when I said “look at everything else I’ve done in the last six months”.

One baby step led to another, then another.

It was like the practical lesson the way for the spiritual lesson to sink in.

I love that the school is always here waiting for me, even in my absense. When I am ready to turn to the school, it is there. Kind of like the angels Just wanted to share about the progress, because it is always an inspiration to me when one of you share the progress you are making! Thank you angels, and Indira, and students for being here, and sharing your light and love.

Kevin's Prayer

Did you read the prayer Kevin wrote in the comment section of this post: Angel Evening February 2012? I like it very much, so I am reposting it here. In fact, I like his whole comment very much. Here is just his prayer: "Dear Infinite Light, I ask that you choose me. I choose you O great Light. I choose to walk in your Light. I ask that you give me a knock on the head each time I veer off the path into the dark and direct me back to you, Dear Infinite Light. Thank you."

Fairies and nature spirits belong to the kingdom of angels

THE FAIRIES VISIT

The fairies visited me
this morning
softly and gently
they flew through my window
their tiny voices
making sweet low noises
tinkling and rhyming
the way fairies do
when they are happy.

I fixed them tea
and raspberries with cream
and fed them on my favorite china.

When they were finished,
they washed all the dishes,
then flew through my window
as softly and gently
as they had come.

What are you receiving here?

What you are receiving here is in direct proportion to what you are giving. If you feel you are not receiving enough, then ask yourself: What am I giving? Am I giving my time? Am I showing up to read my lessons? Do I make the effort to show up here in my Open Classroom? Do I make the extra effort to write something here? Do I practice the homework in my lessons? Do I read the daily messages and contemplate how they apply to my life?

Unlike an ordinary book that you probably read and then put on a shelf and forget, the lessons are alive, vital, here in the present moment. But you must show up. The more you give, the more you will receive. And what you are asked to give is your focus and commitment to your spiritual life. You are asked to give up your false self and let a new self emerge.

You always have your lessons to turn to for wisdom, comfort, guidance, and inspiration. You have the meditations and techniques for relaxation and healing contained herein.

A daily practice of meditation and contemplation, reading spiritual literature, journaling, or whatever takes you to your center today is a way to help yourself tomorrow. Taking care of yourself today is being good to your future self. Then your future self can look back with love and gratitude on who you are today. Is this not a lovely thought?—earning the love and gratitude of your future self! Gratitude opens the heart and increases inner contentment. Gratitude takes you out of the past or future, straight into the present! Gratitude is a way of adding unto the energy of another, not subtracting from it. It is a way of receiving another person and their gifts. It is a way of receiving yourself. Everyone likes to be received.

Even angels love to be received. Angels love gratitude. Angels are grateful when we express gratitude to them because they know how beneficial the energy of gratitude is for us. At the same time, angels do not mind if we never give them credit for their presence in our life. Angels give all credit to God. Angels exist not to glorify themselves, but to glorify God.

Follow the inner voice, the voice of angels and intuition...

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. She who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.—Albert Einstein

The average man or woman follows the crowd, the ways of the world. It takes an un-average person to be willing to go against the world and all its false conditioning. It helps to have support to stop following the crowd. This crowd is not just the outside crowd—it is also the inside crowd—the inside crowd of conditioned thoughts and beliefs that have for so long accompanied us through life. It can seem very lonely when we first begin to give up old habits and attitudes—even when these are harmful to us.

We must be willing to give up following the crowd, even when we do not know where we are going. If we know where we are going—this is just ego thinking it knows where it is going. And where ego thinks it will end up, it often does. So be willing to give up all preconceived ideas and notions of what it means to stop following the crowd and live in spiritual freedom. As the angels tell us again and again, spiritual freedom is nothing you think it is.

The angels say, "It takes constant discipline, constant showing up, to come even close to our true nature. We cannot enter Light if we have even one tiny bit of darkness left in us. Why? Because there is no darkness in LIGHT."

The angels say, "O beautiful ones. Please give up all notions, all ideas you have of angels. There is no hierarchy of angels, as human beings think of it. Angels exist in complete equality. If your one wish is to have angels help you get parking places or find lost rings and things, then you will connect with only a very small vibrational part of the angelic realm. Why connect with only a small part when the whole realm of angels exists here for you?"

The angels say, "Do not measure your spiritual lessons by human time. Do not think in terms of how much time you put into your spiritual studies. Time is a trap that keeps human beings in pain. While you must honor the concept of time, you must not let it define you or your life. Simply show up here and now in each amazing moment. Do not let the thoughts of your mind block you from showing up for all the lessons of your life."

The angels say, "Be aware! Notice the questions your mind asks! Notice your internal reactions! Notice the thoughts in your mind! Following endless thoughts that take place within time means you are following the crowd. Stop it! Stop following both the inner and the outer crowd! Stop now!"

An Event of the Heart

Anyone who has seen an angel tells of the exquisite beauty of that vision. What they are really reporting on is an encounter with the heart. An event of the heart. When you encounter an angel, you encounter the energy of the heart in its purest form.

Energy is real. You know this for yourself because you can feel energy. When you walk into a room full of angry people, you can sense the tension, even if no one is saying a word, even if everyone is acting socially polite. Walking into your lessons is like walking into a room full of angels. It is like walking into your heart.

Angels take no special credit for this. Angels know they are simply characters in a play, acting out their destiny in accordance with the divine will of God. In this vast and glorious play, anything is possible. You are possible. Angels are possible. Miracles are possible. “Statistically, the possibility of any of us being here is so small, that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise."*

 *Lewis Thomas (1913–1993), American physician and poet. The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher On Probability and Possibility, © 1978, Penguin.

The Yellow Fairy

 

He was bright and yellow,

A happy mellow

Little fellow

"Hello!" I smiled, "How are you?"

He ignored me as faeries do

And played a melody upon a cello

He played so well O!

My heart nearly wept.

He said his name was Jello

I said, "Really?" he said, "Well, no!"

And laughed, "I'll never tell, O!

No I won't"

Then he played a melody upon a bell, O!

He played so well, O!

My heart nearly wept

Then he leapt

Upon a black and yellow

Bumble Bee

And flew away from me.

9th Goddess

Today we look at the last Goddess on this last day of Navaratri and how we can apply this teaching to our own life. Again, I encourage you to exercise your own mind by using it to find higher spiritual meanings in the everyday events of your life. So let's look at the 9th Goddess, the 4-armed Mother Siddhidatri, seated on a lotus flower.