Jinnzania Le Fay writes:  When you are headed down the wrong path, we in the other realm, try to give you a hint. It might be a thought, a sound, even a scent. We will send you signs, whisper in your ears, give your stomach a gentle squeeze so that you will feel something is not right. You have a saying on Earth, “Always trust your gut”. When you reach this place you are nearly at the end of our ability to warn you. You have driven out of our range. There is only one more way left that we can give you a message, before you have to experience the painful situation again.  It is sight. Not necessarily physical sight, but “seeing” the situation for what it is. It is the clearest way that we can communicate with you, but it is also your last chance. After that, all we can do is watch you relive your lessons again. We cannot assist you unless you ask. Continue reading →

Pema Chodron

“So with this person who is scaring us or insulting us, do we retaliate as we have done one hundred thousand times before, or do we start to get smart and finally hold our seat? Right at the point when we are about to blow our top or withdraw into oblivion, we can remember this: we are warriors-in-training being taught how to sit with edginess and discomfort. We are being challenged to remain and to relax where we are. The problem with following these or any instructions is that we have a tendency to be too serious and rigid. We get tense and uptight about trying to relax and be patient… it is helpful to think about the person who is angry, the anger itself, and the object of that anger as being like a dream. Continue reading →

“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts.”  — Mother Teresa

Everyone who is destined to have a spiritual transformation comes to the journey with a wound a big as God. There are very few people who become advanced mystics because they simply feel happy on Sunday afternoons. ~ Andrew Harvey   “We’ve all been wounded in life. The more profound… the greater the lesson, the more the ego’s shell is cracked, the greater reward that awaits you. We can be victims to pain or explore ourselves deeply, becoming active participants in our own growth. Accept and forgive those experiences and love those who’ve hurt you. Honor them, for they are truly our greatest teachers.”

Which do you prefer? For someone to continue to blame you for something you didn’t do or for mutual friends to THINK they continue to blame you when it’s really now about someone else entirely?  I prefer to keep out of it, because it has nothing to do with me. Bless everyone involved.  It is not mine to attend to.

As hopeless as any situation feels, it‘s really only your thoughts that you’re dealing with.  And you have the power to change those.    Louise Hay

Shamanic tribes like the Maori of New Zealand believe that the physical world we experience is actually a projection coming from each individual heart. The Mayans and the Q’ero tribe in the Peruvian Andes have their own versions of this basic understanding. Their shamans know that self-importance, created by the ego, is dedicated to keeping the powerful heart portal closed off enough to prevent Spirit from shining through. The ego accomplishes this by shutting down the heart to the point where the portal remains closed to the spirit world. The portals pop open only when a certain amplitude is reached, so keeping it below a certain level prevents opening. What keeps amplitude low are all the familiar maladies: fear, hostility, self-importance, depression, self-doubt, cynicism, and frustration. Because of these, most people’s hearts are shut down most of the time, which feels bad in the chest and cuts off the main avenue of escape from pain and suffering — an open heart. Gratitude counters these ploys by the parasitical false personality and raises the amplitude high enough to begin the heart-opening process.
Hank Wesselman and Sandra Ingerman