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Note from Suzanne:  Yesterday I came across one of Sanaya's poems from January 2011 that really spoke to me, so I posted it on my Facebook Page.  It hit home with a lot of people, because the response was tremendous (Thanks for your comments everyone, I love the interaction!).  I [...]

Why does stroking the skin feel so good?  Why does petting a dog bring such pleasure?  What is it about touch that draws you to repeat it?  It is all about connection.  You touch another, and suddenly there is no separation between you.  You become one.  Skin and fur are [...]

Arise!  Arise from your self-imposed mediocrity!  You are not insignificant.  If this seems like a new theme, you are correct, and we will repeat it until you understand your greatness.  Does this mean you go about boasting?  Not at all.  That would be the opposite of what we are trying [...]

You lean on a cane when you need assistance in walking.  Some call this a crutch.  What is a crutch?  Something that aids one to function fully.  For some, this has a negative connotation.  Do not all stumble at some point?  Crutches and canes serve a purpose.  They support you [...]

Your growth is ever upward.  You may stumble and you may fall, but do you not pick yourself up and move on?  What is it that keeps you moving rather than retreating or lying in a pile on the ground?  It is the fact that you are here to experience [...]

Nothing is insignificant.  Everything you see exists for a purpose.  No one is insignificant.  All are expressions of God.  You are That.  Do you feel insignificant?  Look at a mountain.  Feel its power.  Sense its majesty.  Now step into your new role, no longer a tiny, insignificant hill in your [...]

Why do you flinch?  You flinch, for you fear pain or harm.  This is a reaction of the reptilian mind and the ego.  It is a valuable protective measure.  It is not necessary when the flinching is born of fear of emotional harm.  Nothing outside of yourself can harm you [...]

That a person would lay down their life for another is in your world the highest indication of selflessness and love.  So many of your heroes do so instantaneously, without thinking, and people wonder at this.  The reason is simple.  The logical, rational mind thinks, and in this moment of [...]

Are you still walking about thinking you are separate and alone?  It is no wonder.  Many of your companions are.  It is no wonder you fail to see the oneness.  It is no wonder when you shut yourself off.  And when you do so, there is no wonder. Do you [...]

Turtles hide inside a shell—a tough, protective barrier. It is their best defense, for they cannot run from a predator. Their teeth are sharp, their jaws strong, but that is the last line of defense. You humans are like the turtle. You hide inside your shell every chance you get. [...]

You wait and wait, and that for which you wait does not happen.  Your frustration rises.  Do you not yet understand that if it has not yet happened there is a reason?  Frustration is a human emotion.  It stem from impatience.  Impatience … “lack of patience” may as well be [...]

You lay to rest your most beloved.  “How can I go on without them?”  First, understand that they are not resting.  They are more active than you are now that they no longer drag around that cumbersome body.  They visit you often now, for when you think of them they [...]

An arrow flies straight, until it hits an object.  If you choose a target and something gets in the way, you will not reach your goal.  How to handle this?  Either be satisfied with the intermediate goal or try again.  You may need to approach your target from a different [...]

A jack of all trades, a master of none.  It is good to be talented at many things, but is there benefit in mastery?  Indeed, there is.  You are here to achieve mastery over your thoughts.  When you can choose love and peace in every instant – yes, every instant, [...]

Savor every moment of this existence, for now is all you have.  The past is over.  Why do you carry it to this present moment?  Doing so is a learned habit because you think all moments are connected and sequential.  They are not.  You create each moment anew.  You need [...]

Do you know the limits of your heart?  Have you tried to find it?  Try today.  See if you can love too much.  When one is angry in your presence, open your heart more rather than closing it off for protection.  When one is sad, open it even more and [...]

You clap your hands to make a sound.  This can be for various reasons:  to call attention or to express appreciation or to keep a beat in time with music.  Such versatility, and all this with two hands striking one another.  A hand strikes out and hits another being.  Yet [...]

Anticipation is half of the fun.  And so you are impatient, waiting for news.  Is not the anticipation delicious?  Yes, until the doubts creep in and then the anticipation changes to disappointment.  You feel elation; you feel depression, yet what situation has changed?  Nothing but your thoughts.  How do you [...]

Distance does not separate us.We're not so far away.Take in a breath and blow it out.Say what you want to say. We hear you as you sit and breathe And contemplate the light, For deep inside is where we live Not far away and out of sight. Our world is [...]

One you are with expresses anger, and you immediately flare up.  Is it righteousness on your behalf or merely are you feeling their anger and enacting it?  If you are sensitive to energy, it is the latter.  If you are reacting as ego, it is the former.  Sensitives beware:  You [...]