Conscious Suffering

Jacob's Ladder by William Blake

"For many years before I met this Work I was Jung's pupil in Zurich. One of the useful things he taught was that we all cast a psychological shadow and that the beginning of the way to internal evolution lay in making the shadow gradually conscious. The shadow is the part of us that we are not conscious of, but must—with pain to both pride and vanity, which is CONSCIOUS SUFFERING—eventually make conscious.
It is absolutely necessary to face this shadow if we are serious. Of course it alters our idea of ourselves very much. This shadow, which is in everyone, can make havoc in our lives, as long as we are unconscious of it. As a part of our Being that we do not acknowledge, it attracts much that seems incomprehensible in our Life, owing to our not accepting it. A man without a shadow would be fully conscious to himself. He would have suffered usefully." -Maurice Nicoll, 'Commentaries' p. 1729-30

I am posting this quote (above) because I happened to read it this morning and perhaps it will be as meaningful to you as it is to me. It is what the angels say in your lessons, in different ways. In our lessons, we talk about becoming conscious of everything -- this includes the darkness. In the words above, it is referred to as the shadow, but it means the same.

a list of untranslatable words ☕️

Some of you know how much I love words and language, even though I only speak two language (English and Angelic) fluently, though I know some German and French, so I indulge in posting this here...beautiful words...

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Life

 Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. -Helen Keller (where I walked yesterday in Austin woods)

Quotes

"When a huge and hazardous iceberg is spotted in the Atlantic Ocean, it is carefully charted and followed by patrol boats. When the iceberg eventually drifts into warm waters, it disappears, leaving the patrol with no more work to do. This is how our inner work leads to a healthy lack of concern for ourselves. By carefully following a worry or a disappointment, we see it drift into the warm waters of our expanded understanding, where it disappears." -Vernon Howard

Isn’t this a beautiful quote? Quotes from various sources are used throughout our School. Angels do not care who said what. If it works, they will use it. Angels are never envious when a human being says something in the perfect way, perhaps more perfectly than they themselves could have said it. Angels do not claim ownership for the words that come through them, and so they do not assign ownership to the words of others. Angels know that everything comes from, belongs, and returns to the same Source. Of course, in the material world of human beings, there are rules. Copyright laws must be honored. Quotes must be acknowledged.

Everything has already been said, anyway, in one way or another. You have already heard many of the concepts in these lessons. Truth is always old and always new. Truth is also relative and elusive. Our understanding of truth changes as we do.

Spirtual Wisdom in a Cartoon

EGO

Dem Ego mangelt es stets an Einfühlungsvermögen. Dem Ego mangelt an allem, was uns mit etwas Höherem verbindet.

Ego always lacks empathy. Ego lacks everything that connects us with something higher. 

True Spirituality

It is not spiritual to generate or share anxiety and fear in the world. Turn away from those who spread fear. Turn towards those who bring peace. Turn Within. Let the fear in the world of darkness lead you to True Spirituality.

Buddha

What is the POINT?

When you read your daily messages, or spiritual -- what is the point?

The point is to read as a contemplation, a meditation. Allow the words to allow your mind to open, expand, and think in new ways.

"The person whose glance is like an x-ray sees through a person. This person will find more faults, lacks, wants in human nature, but it is this person who will be less affected by them or overlook them and rise above them. The reason is that he sees the cause, and when he sees the cause he sees the effect." - Hazrat Inayat Khan

This says finding faults in "human nature" -- not in human beings. We are part of human nature. When we see into human nature, we see into our own nature. We must not worry, harshly judge, or condemn. We must SEE what is. We cannot heal from our own faults if we cannot see them. 

Your lessons are not meant to adhere to any particular rules of writing. They are meant to wake you up—take you out of your ordinary mindset, create new neural pathways in your brain and guide you along existing pathways of creativity and enlightenment. They are designed to free you from the prison of mechanical thinking.

Thanks for the winter rose, JP

Schubert - Ave Maria

Like listening to the Angels singing the praises of the Divine Self
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y 
Schubert - Ave Maria

Sri Nisargadatta

“The world is but a show, glittering and empty. It is, and yet is not. It is there as long as I want to see it and take part in it. When I cease caring, it dissolves. It has no cause and serves no purpose. It just happens . . .  It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning. Only the onlooker is real. To the Self the world is but a colourful show, which he enjoys as long as it lasts and forgets when it is over. Whatever happens on the stage makes him shudder in terror or roll with laughter, yet all the time he is aware that it is but a show. Without desire or fear he enjoys it, as it happens.”

~Sri Nisargadatta, "I AM THAT"

The Buddha declared in one of his last teachings: 
Atma dîpo -- "Be your own light."

Welcome

Welcome to our new students and classmates: 

 Hemant, Claudia, Berta, Terry, Manuela! 
From India, Switzerland, USA, and Germany

Amazing Morning

Yes, it is an amazing morning here in our classroom. I haven't posted in a while. But every morning I make a cup of coffee and open the classroom. My heart is always filled. My soul is uplifted. My mind is quieted. This is how I start my day, with the classroom. It sets a peaceful tone for how my day goes. That and the coffee--lo. Seriously, when for some reason I can't get here in the morning, I feel like my day and my being are off kilter. I also enjoy going back into the archives--I always find just what I need, sometimes surprises.

I am anticipating my new lesson since tomorrow is the 8th. Oh -- and WELCOME! to the new students. This is a great place to BE.  Hope to hear from you! Oh -- and here is an Amazing Morning to share with you. -Kevin

Some beauty for your soul

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever came to sit by it. Passers-by see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on their way." -Vincent van Gogh

HEALING PRAYER

I ask the Great Unseen Healing Force To
Remove All Obstructions From My Mind
and Body

I ask This in All Sincerity and
Honesty And I Will Do My Part

I ask This Great Unseen Healing Force To
Help Both Present and Absent Ones Who
are in Need of Help And to Restore Them
to Perfect Health.

​I Put My Trust In the Love and Power of
God.

-Spiritualist Church

 - Vincent van Gogh -

Sarah McLachlan

In the arms of the angels ... may you find some comfort here ...
   Listen to the song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiylvmFI_8&list=RD1SiylvmFI_8#t=46

WELCOME NEW STUDENTS!

Welcome to our new students and classmates: 

 Hemant, Claudia, Berta, Terry, & Manuela 

We have students from the USA, India, Switzerland, Germany, Lebanon, and Croatia. Our school is a multi-cultural school. Everyone is welcome from every religion, culture, and nationality. You don't need a VISA and there are no walls or borders. The only walls are the ones you hide behind. The only borders are self-created. Here in our school, we affirm your innate freedom. Your school cannot give you something you do not have. It can only point the way to the freedom within you. Your school and all its lessons, all its messages, are simply signposts along the way. Follow them! Listen to the angelic voices softly calling you home. Listen! Can you hear? The voices of the angels are not different from the voice of your own Heart, the voice of Intuition, the voice of God.  

 

Angels and Acceptance

Acceptance, as defined by the angels, is not a passive sit back and do nothing state. Acceptance means moving in harmony with what IS, willing to let go and move in another direction when so guided. The spiritual path is a journey away from stress to the peace that comes when we let go, accept what is, and flow with creation as it manifests itself in each changing moment. 

Angels are effective precisely because they do not engage in hopeless struggle. Angels simply allow the work of God to flow effortlessly through them. Angels do not sit around pondering problems and they never worry. “Can any of you, however much you worry, add a single cubit to your span of life?" (Matthew 6:27) If a very small thing is beyond your powers, why worry about the rest?”

   

fear not!

Do not fear losing hope. It is the fear of losing yourself. It is like standing at the river with a thimble, hoping to quench your thirst. The angels say, why not just jump into the river…become the river…let the river carry you in its direction, instead of struggling to go in your direction. Why not just breathe and relax and stop being the doer — and let the great river of life and light carry you, do everything for you.