EUROPEAN TOUR SEPT. 15 - OCT. 18

As John Denver sang so well, I'm leaving on a jet plane...hate to wake you up to say good bye....though the point of your school, the point of yet another trip to Europe, the point of all the seminars and readings I do wherever I am....is to wake you up. Waking you up is what angels love best! 

We are all  groggy with thoughts, groggy with dreams, groggy with feelings, groggy with believing our stories, groggy with believing we are no more than these bodies. We awaken gradually from the sleep of the world. We begin to realize that our way of perceiving the world and ourselves is limited, based upon the ideas and beliefs we have accepted as true.

As of now, you all have your new lessons, so you all have another tool to help you wake up from the sleep of the world, the sleep of  believing you are who you think you are. Who do you think you are? Are you willing to see beyond your thoughts?

Some of you I will see at a seminar. I love having students of our school gather together to focus upon Truth. That is so rare in this world. It is rarer than you might imagine. I so appreciate each of you who is willing to take yet another step closer to the Light. Keep in mind...when you move closer to Truth, truth moves closer to you. This is universal law.

And thanks to our recent posters here in Your Open Classroom, Monika, Ursula, Kevin, and me! I know from my own experience that the more open and vulnerable I let myself be here in our school, before God and angels, and in every aspect of my spiritual path, the more I benefit.

I look forward to seeing some of you soon. We will do tremendous work together.  But don't take my word for it, come and find out for yourself.

On Saturday night I'm leaving on a jet plane, love to wake you up to say hello!

All love,
your teacher

 

Some more of Mongolia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RtyiFDlqE&feature=related

MONIKA IN MONGOLIA

Steckengeblieben! In der Mongolei wie im richtigen Leben heißt das: Zusehen daß und wie es weitergeht. Den Moment nehmen und das Beste draus machen, immer wieder.

Being stuck! In Mongolia and in real life it means: To look  that and how it goes on. Taking the Moment and do the best with it, again and again.
Love is always the solution and I wonder that is not always present in my conscious mind and being.
Monika

Smiling Angel

Your classmate, Ursula, emailed this wonderful smiling angel. She also sent me a postcard with this angel. Ursula saw this angel at the Cathedrale Notre-Dame Reims in France when she was in France with her husband this summer. This angel looks happy the way angels really are! The postcard says that it is the angel Gabriel. Or at least what someone thinks  Gabriel looks like.



LESSON 48 Living in the Present Moment

Thanks for my newest lesson. I am on #48 but it doesn't seem like so much time has passed. I like to think of myself as always a new student. And I do like the pdf form, but getting the lessons in the online schoolroom works just as well for me. I find myself wishing that more students would share their experiences here, but even when they don't, I know they are here, reading the words that are written here. I am presently working on consciously staying in the present moment. For me that means noticing when my thoughts are in the fear of the future, fantasizing, or wrapped up in the past. This is an exercise in awareness. Lesson 48, Living in the Present Moment really hits the spot. Thanks, as always.

WAKE UP CALL!

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The angels gave me a bright and early wake up call this morning. I am house-sitting for my 82 year old friend who is off on a cruise down the Amazon River. How's that for keeping active in your elder years?

Well, I stepped out of her shower onto her marble floor, slipped, and fell, hitting my right hip on the way down, landing on my right elbow, and the back of my lower head hit the edge of the marble shower. Ouch. I felt every blow! My elbow hurt the worst, so right away my attention went there. Have you ever noticed that your attention always goes to the place that hurts the most? This is true of both emotional and physical pain.

I was shocked and stunned. I waited to see if I was still alive and if I could get up. Obviously I am okay, since I am here writing this. My elbow still throbs. I have a big bruise on my hip. The back of my head is sore. But no broken bones. My arm still moves. What a blessing that is.

I felt it like a shock, like a great message from the angels...stay awake! Be aware! Be alert! Because there was no real reason I had to fall. We are always warned about people falling in showers...and as I lay there, I thought, oh yes, this is what they mean!

The universe is always giving us messages to stay awake...maybe not messages this big, but messages just the same. Why? Because the universe loves us. Angels want us to be safe and happy. But they cannot lay out the rug so that we step on it. Life can be over in a minute...my life could have ended that moment...the body is not meant to make such hard contact with hard marble. Bones are meant for feather beds, not marble floors!

And so I am passing this lesson and this message onto you, dear students, because I love you so much. Because the angels love you so much. Take care in each moment of your life. Be careful...that is, full of care for your precious being. As I lay on the floor in pain, but obviously not seriously injured...what I felt was this great love. I felt protected. Any maybe I was. I felt this great shock, which was like love going through me, saying, be careful, listen, stay awake, stay aware, wake up! Wake up entirely! Wake up from the sleep of the world! Wake up now! NOW! Wake up NOW! And stay awake!

It may seem strange to say that such a moment could bring so much love, but it did. It brought love and it brought me an important message. And now I pass this message onto you, dear students! Be careful, listen, stay awake, stay aware, wake up! Wake up entirely! Wake up from the sleep of the world! Wake up now! NOW! Wake up NOW! And stay awake!

Messages are always coming to us from many sources. We must only listen. We must be receptive. We must know that those messages are meant for us and not someone else.

EATING WELL

Just as we do not want to put toxic thoughts into our minds, which create toxic feelings, and often lead to toxic reactions...neither do we want to put toxic foods into our bodies. Both toxic thoughts and toxic foods can lead to stress and prolonged stress is harmful to both your physical and spiritual immune systems. Although eating organically when you can is best, here is a helpful list for foods that are relatively "clean" even when they are not organic. I am not sure if this list applies to countries other than the USA.

"If the cost of buying all organic isn't within your budget, fear not. Check out The Daily Green's list of fruit and vegetables so clean of pesticides you don't have to buy organic. Of course, buying organic is always a good choice for the health of farms and farm workers, regardless of the residue left on the end product. The feature also includes tips for buying, cleaning, storing and using each fruit and vegetable – as well as delicious recipes! Here's a look at the Environmental Working Group's 2011 Clean 15 List:
1. Onions
2. Sweet Corn
3. Pineapple
4. Avocado
5. Asparagus
6. Sweet peas
7. Mango
8. Eggplant
9. Cantaloupe (domestic)
10. Kiwi
11. Cabbage
12. Watermelon
13. Sweet Potatoes
14. Grapefruit
15. Mushrooms

Watermelon Salad

I haven't made this recipe, but it sounds yummy. I have been eating a lot of watermelon here in western New York State. It's so cool and refreshing on these hot humid days. It reminds me of drinking watermelon juice at a restaurant in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) near the Taj  Hotel, with fans whirling over head in the heat of the day. Lovely.

Ingredients

Makes 3 1-cup servings

3 cups seedless watermelon cubes
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion, rinsed
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint, or 1/2 teaspoon dried mint
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a salad bowl and toss to mix. If possible, chill before serving.

Morning in Amish Country

This morning there is time for quiet inner contemplation and peppermint tea with honey. I hope wherever you are that you are also taking time for inner contemplation. You can do this in so many ways. Walking. Writing. Meditation. Or just being absolutely aware as you go throughout your day. Being alone in the stillness is one of the best ways to discover more about yourself. I am always glad when I have the chance to be absolutely alone, especially when that aloneness is nature. Just as we must feed out physical body with nurturing food, so we must we feed out soul with beauty. I love being out here in Amish Country in Western New York State.

Angel Writing

As you know, my connection with the angels began during a near-death experience. Soon after this incident, I sat down at my typewriter to do some writing. I didn't own a computer in those days. I have always written: poems, stories, letters, and some journaling, but I was shocked to find myself writing messages from angels! It wasn't my intention to connect with the angels through writing; it just happened.

That was in 1981. Since that time, I have written hundreds of pages of angel writing, in addition to poetry, stories, and even a murder mystery! You never do know what might happen if you show up and make yourself available to write. So give it a try! Give it lots of tries! One reason Your Open Classroom exists is to give you a place to show up and express yourself. I happen to love writing here--each time I show up here and write, I learn and grow in new ways. I feel connected to each of you. I feel connected to the angels. I feel uplifted and expanded. I know that many of you are silent observers here, and that's fine. This your classroom, to do what you will. I assure you that the more effort you out into your school, the more benefits you will reap.

First day of Summer

Recently our daily email messages have been about writing. For those of you who make the effort to show up here in Your Open Classroom, I will be posting some of my personal experiences with writing. As you all know, writing is what I do. It is one of the avenues through which the angels express themselves. As I have said many times, angels speak with the voice of God. And so does Intuition. So does our own. heart. It's not that we have angels speaking one language, God another, and our own hearts and intuition yet another! No! Then we'd have the Tower of Babylon! 

Angels speak the language of love. When you take the time to write, you open yourself to allow the loving voices of the angels to speak through you. This is what I do when I show up and write. I cannot begin to tell you the marvelous inner and outer transformations that have occurred in my life as a result of simply showing up and writing. Stay tuned for more, both here and in your daily messages. 

Today is the first day of Summer, so enjoy!

WORDS AS WEAPONS OR AS WORSHIP

Did you read today's message? I include it here, along with some affirmations you can use, if you like, to allow more peace to come into your life.

We may not even realize how many words come out of our mouth in a day that are hostile, threatening, defending, critical, hurtful, revengeful, accusatory, wrathful, and mostly, just unconscious. Practice being aware of the words that come out of your mouth. Notice when your words are warlike. And surrender -- as many times in a day as you have to. Lay down your weapons and surrender to a higher power. Let peace pervade your life.

• HOSTILITY is a weapon of darkness. It has no right to exist in my life. Hostility only attracts more hostility. I choose peace.
 

• THREATENING words are terrifying not only to my own heart, but to the hearts of other people. I choose not to terrify or be terrified. Threatening words are the act of a coward. When I am in my strength, Truth takes care of me.
 

• DEFENDING words mean I have something to defend. Truth needs no defense. Truth IS. Now and always Truth IS. When I notice myself defending, I can stop and ask myself, what on earth am I defending?
 

• CRITICAL words are stupid words. I can utilize discrimination without being critical of myself or others.
 

• HURTFUL words are unkind and unnecessary to my life. They are weapons of pain and destruction. I choose not to harm life in any way by my words.
 

• REVENGEFUL words vibrate at a very dark, low level. Revengeful words increase darkness within me and the world. I choose to forgive, to let go, to realize that the things of this world are passing away. There is nothing to hold on to, nothing to be revengeful about. I choose to simply stay far away from people who deliberately hurt me. I choose to rise higher than hurtful people. I know that when I rise higher, a higher consciousness guides all my actions and I live in peace.
 

• ACCUSING words are stupid because they do not know the answer to anything. I choose to connect with Divine Intelligence and find all answers in my heart.
 

• WRATHFUL words always come back to me.
 

• UNCONSCIOUS words mean I am living unconsciously. I choose to become aware of my words. I choose to become aware of the little wars I perpetuate every day with my words. I choose peace.

God, help me choose peace. Angels, help me choose peace. I do not know what true peace is, and so you must show me. Let the light shine more brightly that I may become aware of my warlike words so they can evolve into words of peace. Thank you, angels, for your continuous service.

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