Thursday, April 7, 2016
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
your true nature is heaven
I loved this part in our lesson:
it seems we all are deeply touched by all the messages to have already the key to work on our own journey.Thank you Indira for all our lessons.ursula
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Grace and control..
— Kiki Smith
Success
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul
is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice
and excess as the good life, a person
happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a
subversive.
Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.
You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them. To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble." -Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbs
© Universal Press Syndicate
Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.
You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them. To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble." -Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbs
© Universal Press Syndicate
Friday, April 1, 2016
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Archived Post: Spring Message on my Website. Find it here:
In imagination you can travel everywhere you want to be. We often use
imagination for unimaginative things - like remembering an unhappy past
or a frightening future. Why not use imagination for useful things? You
will be happier when you do! And so will the people around you. Just as
people are pulled toward a warm spring day or a beautiful flower, so are
they pulled to a sunny, happy nature.
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| Rainbow in Austin, Texas |
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Healing Angels
Dear Students, In our classmate, Ron's, post below (which I published for him) several comments have been added, which you might like to read. Two of them I posted, but they are from Anne and Hannelore, not me. Here is a poem that Ron sent me this morning. He says he also received it, in response to his angel story:
A Blessing of Angels,
by John O’Donohue
A Blessing of Angels,
by John O’Donohue
Being Breathed
Hello Classmates,
I've just read the comment "Being Breathed. At least concerning myself I came over time to the conclusion that it all lies in the breath. As said you start life with a first breath and you end life with a last breath.
Personally I have to work with my breath, especially with the issue of not holding it. Allowing it to let go and breath deeply.
Best regards, Monika
I've just read the comment "Being Breathed. At least concerning myself I came over time to the conclusion that it all lies in the breath. As said you start life with a first breath and you end life with a last breath.
Personally I have to work with my breath, especially with the issue of not holding it. Allowing it to let go and breath deeply.
Best regards, Monika
Peaceful Chant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC-n4HyeYRAGood Morning Everyone, it is not yet 6:00 am in Austin and still dark outside. A few raindrops are falling. I have fed the cats (all 3) and have a cuppa hot green tea to sip. Oh, and the tiny dog who also lives here just joined me. The link above is to a soothing chant I just came across, which I thought I would share with you, just because it is peaceful. And this is hanging on my wall. I used to have pink walls, now I have blue walls.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Guardian Angel Message
Dearest One,
As you are all One I greet you as One. As angels we know we are one. Angels are not puffed-up with grandeur. We do not have to prove we are unique and special. Angels already know this, for we exist within the Great Knowing.
Just as the individual flames of many candles each burn in their own unique way, so does each angel. So do you, but you do not yet know this. If you are reading this, we assure you--you do not know this.
As a candle flame can exist alone, so can you. So do you. Each flame has the same properties--the ability to give light and warmth, to inspire awe and wonder, to still the mind of one who gazes into its depths.
A great fire can also do this. If you were to watch a fire burning down a house or a forest, you would know this. You would become aware of the magnitude, the power of what happens when many small flames become one.
Angels know this. Angels know this about God. Angels know this about angels. Angels know that their combined energy gives out great warmth, light, beauty, and power. Angels know that you do not know this, and so angels are gentle and compassionate with you.
Just as you are afraid of a forest fire, a house fire, so are you afraid of your own fire, the fire of God, the greatness of your own being that can be experienced when you surrender your ego individuality to the great Oneness. You are afraid to become one with the Oneness, so you stay small and weak. You let yourself stay hidden in the darkness.
Let yourself instead merge with the greatness that is God. Let yourself burn in the great Light. You will not become less. You will not become less of who you are. You will become more. Much more. You will rejoice. You will sing as the angels sing. You will know yourself at last, also as you are known.
With endless and fascinating love, Your Own Guardian angel and all the angels who burn as one flame in your heart forever.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Happy Easter
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This Easter I am remembering my favorite childhood book about Easter. It was called, "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes." If you haven't read it, or know a child who hasn't, you might like to. It is a very simple book with lovely illustrations that haven't been altered to be more "modern" (Winnie the Pooh was. In fact, I once gave a reading to a young German man who told me he was hired by Disney to recreate the drawings).
I was enthralled by 'The Country Bunny' when I was a small child. It touched me deeply and left me filled with the wonder and awe of what can happen when our heart is in the right place and we live in the present moment, without despairing over what we do not have. It is magical and spiritual. The Country Bunny lives a clear and simple life and still one day gets to wear the golden shoes she has always been seeking!
This Easter I am remembering my favorite childhood book about Easter. It was called, "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes." If you haven't read it, or know a child who hasn't, you might like to. It is a very simple book with lovely illustrations that haven't been altered to be more "modern" (Winnie the Pooh was. In fact, I once gave a reading to a young German man who told me he was hired by Disney to recreate the drawings).
I was enthralled by 'The Country Bunny' when I was a small child. It touched me deeply and left me filled with the wonder and awe of what can happen when our heart is in the right place and we live in the present moment, without despairing over what we do not have. It is magical and spiritual. The Country Bunny lives a clear and simple life and still one day gets to wear the golden shoes she has always been seeking!
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| "The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes” was published in 1939 by Du Bose Heyward, most famous for “Porgy and Bess," and illustrated by Marjorie Flack, whom you might know from “The Story About Ping.” |
Friday, March 25, 2016
An Angelic Experience by Ron
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Many of you write to me instead of writing in Your Open Classroom. Here is an experience that your classmate, Ron, shared with me. He is a Quaker, also called Friends, and he was at a Quaker healing retreat. Everyone was sitting in a circle at "Worship for Healing" meeting on a Sunday morning, with an empty chair in the center, which anyone could go sit in if they felt the need to have healing energy focused on them. This is the experience Ron had that morning, in his own words. He gave me permission to post this for all of you.
"I was sitting in deep meditation and I heard someone get up and take the seat in the center. Soon after, I heard a rather loud, "Hello!" It seemed like a woman's voice and sounded a little familiar, but I still haven't been able to "place" it. I opened my eyes to see who had spoken, and no one else seemed to have heard anything, but when I looked at the person in the chair in the center, there was a being standing behind the chair which may have been an angel. I couldn't really see the face because I was looking at (her?) from the left hand side. Appeared to be fairly tall, maybe 6 feet or more, and looked like a sculpture carved out of cloud. I thought female because the clothing looked like a long dress. It had a really frilly texture, or maybe it was made of feathers. The colors were cloud colors, a mixture of shades of white, grey, blue, and pink. There was a bit of a glow like sunshine through clouds. As soon as I placed my attention there, the vision disappeared.
Over the course of the few weeks I've had to digest the experience, I've come to understand that the "hello" I heard was the angel announcing her presence, something I could have easily missed, since being in a meeting with a lot of experienced Friends has a strong sense of divine presence anyway. I also wonder if this angel has a particular relationship to me, or more to the person sitting in the chair? I know I have assistance when I am doing healing work, and I probably wouldn't be willing to do the work if I didn't. Since this was a workshop weekend for people who do healing work I'm sure everyone there also has assistance when they are doing work, so the angel could have had an association with anyone there, but it seems like I was the only one who heard the. Hello!" and I know that all of us have experiences that are unique to us because our senses are also unique to us.
I welcome your responses and look forward to more opportunities to share our journeys.
Ron Peterson
Many of you write to me instead of writing in Your Open Classroom. Here is an experience that your classmate, Ron, shared with me. He is a Quaker, also called Friends, and he was at a Quaker healing retreat. Everyone was sitting in a circle at "Worship for Healing" meeting on a Sunday morning, with an empty chair in the center, which anyone could go sit in if they felt the need to have healing energy focused on them. This is the experience Ron had that morning, in his own words. He gave me permission to post this for all of you.
"I was sitting in deep meditation and I heard someone get up and take the seat in the center. Soon after, I heard a rather loud, "Hello!" It seemed like a woman's voice and sounded a little familiar, but I still haven't been able to "place" it. I opened my eyes to see who had spoken, and no one else seemed to have heard anything, but when I looked at the person in the chair in the center, there was a being standing behind the chair which may have been an angel. I couldn't really see the face because I was looking at (her?) from the left hand side. Appeared to be fairly tall, maybe 6 feet or more, and looked like a sculpture carved out of cloud. I thought female because the clothing looked like a long dress. It had a really frilly texture, or maybe it was made of feathers. The colors were cloud colors, a mixture of shades of white, grey, blue, and pink. There was a bit of a glow like sunshine through clouds. As soon as I placed my attention there, the vision disappeared.
Over the course of the few weeks I've had to digest the experience, I've come to understand that the "hello" I heard was the angel announcing her presence, something I could have easily missed, since being in a meeting with a lot of experienced Friends has a strong sense of divine presence anyway. I also wonder if this angel has a particular relationship to me, or more to the person sitting in the chair? I know I have assistance when I am doing healing work, and I probably wouldn't be willing to do the work if I didn't. Since this was a workshop weekend for people who do healing work I'm sure everyone there also has assistance when they are doing work, so the angel could have had an association with anyone there, but it seems like I was the only one who heard the. Hello!" and I know that all of us have experiences that are unique to us because our senses are also unique to us.
I welcome your responses and look forward to more opportunities to share our journeys.
Ron Peterson
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
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
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Hanging out with angels…
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What you as a spirit are given when you come to earth are a physical body and time. Time exists for you for so long as you are in a human body, at least at the practical level. What you must decide is — how will I use this physical body while I am here, and how will I use the time I am given?
These are not small thoughts to ponder. They are large truths to make use of. How will you use your physical body and how will you make use of your time while you are here?
Your answers to these questions mean everything.
Now is new. So whatever you have done in some ‘past’ reality — doesn’t matter now. You are free to learn from the past, let it go, and move on to something new. Now.
Will you? Or are you like someone on a muddy rocky bumpy road complete with lions and tigers and bears ready to leap out at you any moment — and you see a new road — a shiny clear road filled with angelic guides —
and you say, “Oh well, that road is not for me. I must continue on this old road. I have been here for so long. Maybe if I stay here and keep on suffering, just maybe I will get somewhere. Anyway, it is too late for me to take another road. That road cannot be meant for me.”
The angels say — Take the new road!
What you as a spirit are given when you come to earth are a physical body and time. Time exists for you for so long as you are in a human body, at least at the practical level. What you must decide is — how will I use this physical body while I am here, and how will I use the time I am given?
These are not small thoughts to ponder. They are large truths to make use of. How will you use your physical body and how will you make use of your time while you are here?
Your answers to these questions mean everything.
Now is new. So whatever you have done in some ‘past’ reality — doesn’t matter now. You are free to learn from the past, let it go, and move on to something new. Now.
Will you? Or are you like someone on a muddy rocky bumpy road complete with lions and tigers and bears ready to leap out at you any moment — and you see a new road — a shiny clear road filled with angelic guides —
and you say, “Oh well, that road is not for me. I must continue on this old road. I have been here for so long. Maybe if I stay here and keep on suffering, just maybe I will get somewhere. Anyway, it is too late for me to take another road. That road cannot be meant for me.”
The angels say — Take the new road!
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Is this often true for you?
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Hurt is often mistaken for anger. 85% of the time, a person isn't mad at you but instead, disappointed.
Hurt is often mistaken for anger. 85% of the time, a person isn't mad at you but instead, disappointed.
Friday, March 18, 2016
Winnie the Pooh
“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?” “Supposing it didn’t,” said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Romans 12:21
From "The Message"
"Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he’s thirsty, get him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good.”
Here are a couple of other versions of this verse, from other translations of the Bible: "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good." -Lamsa Bible. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."-KJV
"Our Scriptures tell us that if you see your enemy hungry, go buy that person lunch, or if he’s thirsty, get him a drink. Your generosity will surprise him with goodness. Don’t let evil get the best of you; get the best of evil by doing good.”
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Hmm — maybe not so easy to buy your enemy lunch — what do you think? Everything in your school is designed to make you think for yourself. You are not here in your school — or on earth — to become a blind believer — you are here to get free of the blind beliefs that are running (ruining) your life.Here are a couple of other versions of this verse, from other translations of the Bible: "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good." -Lamsa Bible. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."-KJV
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Saturday, March 12, 2016
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
Friday, March 11, 2016
Share Yourself
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Want to receive more? Try giving more. It works. If you work.
I invite all students to share a favorite paragraph from your current lesson in Your Open Classroom, perhaps with a few words as to what it means to you or how you have been able to apply or see it in your own life. Thank you for sharing your spiritual understanding so that others may benefit. This is choosing to be of service to others. This is your homework. The more you give, the more you receive. The more you receive the more you have to give. This is Universal Law.
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The Clear and Simple Way School°☆.★°★●.*
Want to receive more? Try giving more. It works. If you work.
I invite all students to share a favorite paragraph from your current lesson in Your Open Classroom, perhaps with a few words as to what it means to you or how you have been able to apply or see it in your own life. Thank you for sharing your spiritual understanding so that others may benefit. This is choosing to be of service to others. This is your homework. The more you give, the more you receive. The more you receive the more you have to give. This is Universal Law.
Your Open Classroom is always open. Are you?°☆★°★●*
Readings & Counseling by phone & in person
Seminars & The Clear & Simple Way School
email or call 323-557-8934
Beautiful Poetry
I know all of you are not poetry lovers, especially if English is not your first language, but I love the flow of this poem this morning as rain falls languidly outside my window and the mourning doves coo their early morning songs. So many poets touched something beyond the mind. They tapped into the great resources that our Eternal Self has always in store for us. Do try tapping in yourself, if not to write prose and poetry, at least to journal, write to the angels, a friend, or just yourself. You can even try writing to God. Or from God. You might be surprised at what happens. All my love, Indira aka Judy -- Oh - and here is a photo of Emily at 16. If you want to read the poem you can click below to read more.
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