Oh, how you do abuse yourselves. If you would allow us, we would show you how to treat yourself respectfully and lovingly. We would put you in a sanitarium filled with beautiful flowers where soothing music plays. The air would be fragrant, the temperature not too hot and not too [...]
Words are insufficient. Words cannot express infinity. Words cannot express true subtlety. Imagine a rainbow. You divide it into seven solid colors and say those are the only ones, but then you speak of colors such as pink, and rose, and fuchsia. Where do you stop? How do you give [...]
Sudden shocks shake you like an earthquake. The initial reaction is fright and alarm. You think your world is going to turn upside down. Quickly catch yourself before you fall too deeply into ego’s grasp. Recognize how much of your reaction is programmed. “Oh, my God! This is the worst [...]
Real magic comes in the form of a smile. Real magic comes in the form of a hand on an arm. Real magic comes in the form of a kind word spoken at just the right moment. You have within you the capacity to create magic in the life of [...]
“I of myself do nothing.” Never forget these words and you have passed the test. The moment you begin to take credit for what you think are your works, you have lost sight of Truth. This is why it is so very important to maintain your connection with Spirit on [...]
“Seeing is believing.” Is this what you believe? Then you will continue to doubt the existence of aught beyond yourself, we’re afraid. If “seeing is believing” is your belief, then you are still quite firmly rooted in your present reality. Can you trust in words you hear? In advice that [...]
Behold the miracle that is Life. From a speck of dust emerges reason. From a breath of air results a loving heart. From the joining of man and woman results interconnection with a third—the holy triangle in yet another of its many manifestations. Life perpetuates itself perpetually. It can be [...]
Give credit where credit is due, And remember: It is not always you. With these short poetic lines we wish you to know that you rarely act alone. Yes, you strike out and use your free will constantly, but does that mean that you are actually free? God is your [...]
You see others and you feel envy, but you know not what goes on in their hearts and minds. You are all so very good at playing roles. Think of those married couples who separate, and so many remark, “I had no idea.” And this is truth with all beings [...]
Seeing is believing – at least, this is your belief. But what if you ask for an apparition and none appears? Does that mean you cannot hold onto your beliefs that there is more to the eye than that which you behold? Behold the truth: You are but a speck [...]
Step-son, step-daughter, step-parents and the like. This is a new form of relationship, formed not of blood, but of a bond—a bond of marriage. Yes, it is true there is no blood relation, but do you think it is an accident they are in your life? Imagine the moment before [...]
You become distressed at the world around you. You can always retreat inside. Is this playing the ostrich? Not at all. This allows you to send peaceful vibrations into the world instead of adding to the maelstrom. When those around you become disturbed, pray watch them. Observe their very human [...]
Your Carl Jung had it right: There is a collective unconscious. Most of those walking about as humans are collectively unconscious of this fact. You are, collectively, Consciousness. You are individual consciousness. Collectively, you make up the consciousness of mankind. Do you get it? Birds have consciousness, as do trees, [...]
So often others do not do as you wish. This to you is frustrating. It is frustrating for you are playing God. You think you have the big picture. Yes, it is true, you are all interconnected, all working for the greater good of the whole, but does a heart [...]
Blessed be the meek, and blessed be the mighty. Always you try to categorize the human—to place labels dependent upon characteristics. There is no one Being who judges one human against another. The soul only judges itself. You become quite skilled at this whilst in human form, but when you [...]
Love thy neighbor as thyself. Why is this so difficult to do? Each of you thinks you are so separate. You have your boundaries, staked off by land, possessions, and bodies. These are artifices, illusions. You are not just your brother’s keeper and your neighbor’s keeper—you are made of the [...]
In all the world, there is nothing more important than _____________. Aha! And nothing follows the sentence! You wait for us to give you a word, but for once we are silent. Today it is your turn to fill in the blank. Be not so hasty to do so. There [...]
Look into another's eyes and there behold the soul-- That part of you that's always whole. The soul it knows no judment; the soul knows only love, Connected as it is to all above. You think you are so limited, That human life is all there is. But when you gaze [...]
In between the breaths, what do you have? Before the outbreath, after the inbreath, there is stillness. All of life is like this—action and stillness—action and reaction … yes, a recurring theme. We repeat this often for so many of you become fearful of change, yet fearful of being stuck. [...]
All the world is a blank piece of paper on which you write in block letters or scripted calligraphy. Pick up your pen. Silence your mind, then move the pen as you are guided. This is creation. Where before there was only light, now there is contrast, and in the [...]
Forever seems a very long time. That is because you think in terms of time. You cannot imagine a world without a beginning and an end. Time is a construct … a convenience. Were it not for time, you would be late for a very important date. Without time, you [...]
Compassion is not a natural response for the ego. The ego will go to any lengths to make you feel separate. Compassion does the opposite—it shows you how very connected you are. It is easy to feel compassion for a child who is hurt or sick. In them you see [...]
A great cliff drops straight down, and yet you stand at the edge of it. You trust that you will not fall. Why is this? You are relying on the laws of the natural world to keep you safe—the law of gravity, the law of balance. What do you know [...]