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Always examine your motives.  Why do you wish to take a certain action?  What is your driving force?  Is it spirit-driven or ego-driven?  Is spreading love the cause or is it self-aggrandizement?  When the anger and indignation that compel you to lash out die down and you can see straight [...]

Entanglement.  Yes, it is all one giant web, one mass of connections, a matrix in which you live and have your being.  Of course this makes no sense from the level of the physical world where you bump into each other.  Take your focus off of the body and allow [...]

Pointing fingers is easy.  Taking responsibility is far more difficult.  Why?  Because ego gets in the way.  You live in a society where it is far too common to point fingers away from the self.  What if you were to say, “Because I am aware of this situation, I am [...]

“Oh, look at that behavior,” you say.  “I would never do that!”  In this way you judge and ego is satisfied.  He feels superior and separate once again.  And then what happens?  One day you find yourself doing exactly what you once derided in another.  How does this happen?  All [...]

You are surrounded by others who do not think as you do.  And what happens?  Little by little you begin to sink down, for it is far easier to go along with the crowd.  And before you know it, you are judging others and feeling separate instead of knowing that [...]

No man is an island.  Nothing happens in isolation.  You could not survive alone.  Dependency is not a bad thing.  It helps to reveal the interconnectedness of all things.  Give gratitude always for those who have gotten you to where you are now.  Some of them you would not think [...]

Peace begins at home.  Your true home, of course, is in the heart.  Wherever you go you can take peace with you in spite of whatever chaos reigns around you.  If there was little peace in the physical home in the formative years, this set a pattern which you may [...]

“I love you” … three simple words that when bestowed upon another bring joy.  Is this not the definition of a gift?  How much does this gift cost you to give?  How much time does it take to prepare and present?  How many of this gift of saying “I love [...]

How often do you do two things at once or maybe more?  In your society you favor multi-tasking.  Those who can handle more than one task at a time are lauded.  But while focused on several things at once you lose your focus on what matters most.  If you do [...]

Luminous.  What does this mean?  Something that glows from within.  You are a luminous being.  You have a light within you that glows constantly.  Brightness is measured in what you call lumens.  How luminous is the light within you?  Why, that depends upon you and only you.  All babies come [...]

Love no matter what.  This is your greatest challenge, and few meet it.  Nevertheless, it is worth the effort.  So many do not even pay attention to what they are feeling, yet if they were to do so, they would find that what propels them to act as they do [...]

“I choose love.  I choose peace.  When all around me I am bombarded with images, news, thoughts, and belief systems that are anything less than this, I choose love.”  Now we ask you to repeat this over and over and over until you feel that love and peace.  Is this [...]

Yes, you have heard the analogy, but it bears repeating:  When the surface of a pond is covered with waves, you cannot see your reflection.  When you are in turmoil, your true self cannot be seen.  Always at the bottom of the pond is there stillness, just as at the [...]

There comes a time when silence is not the best option.  Yes, then speak up.  For this you are given a voice.  Know, however, that you can speak up and do so from a place of love.  Others will not hear you if your words cause their defenses to go [...]

You clean the physical body on a regular basis, but what do you do to keep your subtle body clean?  The two go hand in hand.  Your subtle body can become quite cluttered from the simple act of living, so surrounded are you by lower vibrations.  Why, even your dreams [...]

Friends are your best protection against yourself.  They buoy your spirit, not allowing ego to continually drag you down.  They are there when you need them, your angels in human form.  They would go to great lengths to help you—something that you would often not do for yourself before giving [...]

Do you feel that you carry the burden for others perhaps more than your share?  First, realize that doing so is a choice.  Second, ask why you do so.  Motive is all-important.  Is it to make yourself feel all-important, or is it from a calling to serve?  Is it guilt [...]

You want to help others?  Help yourself first.  Pay attention to any time you are less than loving.  Pay attention to any time you feel emotional pain or discomfort, and then healer, heal thyself.  You are all the same on the inside.  Different programming results in different output at times, [...]

Aligned with Love … This is the secret to success.  This is the key to happiness.  This is the key to abundance.  Of course, we are not necessarily speaking of the kind of success most humans think of, for that is of the ego.  We are speaking of inner fulfillment [...]

Must we shout it out?  You are loved!!!  We ask you to sit in the silence so that you will know this through the experience of it, but how many of you sit still long enough to still the mind?  It is the mind that tells you many lies.  It [...]

You wish to defend yourself.  We are not speaking of the physical, although the reasons why you would do so are the same.  We are speaking of the sense of defensiveness that arises when some other says something that you perceive as untrue, hurtful, or not supportive of your views.  [...]

Take a moment today to study the perfection of your body:  nails that allow you to claw and dig; teeth that allow you to chew and grind; five senses that allow you to interpret your environs … communication tools, walking and lifting implements … such a perfect instrument!  And that [...]

When you are guided by a Voice that’s not your own, you can do far greater things than the lesser mind thinks.  You can run rock walls in the dark and feel alive!  Yes, you may stumble, but this is what happens when you lose focus on the greater Voice.  [...]