December 30, 2001
Good Evening. You have been thinking of some hardships, and you have been thinking of some blessings. And we have spoken before, it is an ongoing relevancy of the relationship between those things. Your lives, and the life of the world is now more dynamic.
And there are many, in the space of this greater dynamic-ness of life, will choose to leave. And this is alright. Their choices may not be conscious, and their choices may be due to a feeling of overwhelm, of not being up to it. Life, as you have known it, is in one of its most significant times of shift and change.
And so, those qualities that you have generally thought to define a good life, like security, you must learn a new stability. The stability must come from deeply within yourself. It is not the external stability which perhaps you have been accustomed to before. It may not relate to external images such as material goods, such as position, such as identity with job, but it is deeper.
And those of you who seek healing, who seek greater spiritual connection to yourself and the world, I think this is what you are going to be confronted with is the knowledge and the consciousness that you are in a great time of change and transition.
Now, in the mystery of how the flow of energy is constructed, your sorrow and your realizations about the tragedies in the world, you can feel them deeply. You can honor yourself for your sorrow. And then you must allow that energy to ebb and flow. If it is held onto it is because it may connect with more personal issues which are being held onto.
Everything now is about change. Everything now is about evolution. And the more you are able to receive this, then the more gracefully you can go through the changes that are before you. The blessings will be interwoven with any consciousness of sorrow or hardship. The more that you resist change the more uncomfortable you will be.
Now, in addition, the world of Spirit draws stronger to those who wish it. And there are many people all across this world, with many different cultures, many different belief systems, many different faces. Some who you do not expect to be in affinity with you. And yet there are many who seek the sweeter, the kinder, the truer more fulfilling, gentler way of being.
So, it is important for you to continually reaffirm your own stance. How do you wish to be in the world? How do you wish to represent truth, your truth? So, you return to this again and again. And the more you return to it, the more easily your living will be, the more sweet your living will be.
This may be a dark time for the political process amongst the world’s people, and it is. But it is not the intention that you live in hardship. Deeper, truer humankind is required to emerge. This is a process.
Now, have you something which you would like to be released of? Let us take your sorrows. Let us take your limitations. Let us take those beliefs which hurt you. Let us take those and offer that energy. It’s like compost.
Let me see where we should send it. There is a Sacred tree. It is north of here. It is in a grove which has been considered Sacred by the native peoples of this land. And it is one of many places which anchor the Divine to Earth, as do you. So, we are going to send the compost of your sorrows and limitations to this tree for its strengthening.
Release what you wish to release. Do it now. Now, you have done an act which serves yourself, and it serves something very important, something else.
Bring to your consciousness now that which you wish to manifest in this next year. And make your intention large. Do not limit yourself to something very small. What is it which will enable you to manifest your Divine Self? And you don’t have to be specific. You can ask only for that. It is broad enough, so you will not limit yourself. You have been taught to limit yourself.
So, what do you wish for yourself? Make a statement quietly to yourself. This intention, I call upon your guidance to hear it. I call upon your soul to speak it. I connect your intention with the strength of the Earth. And I open your intention to the universe around you, that it may go to the highest possibilities.
I surround you with strength and love. And I give you permission to dare to be all that you wish yourself to be.
Now, tonight I went very directly to that which is most important for this evening’s work. But I am interested if you have any questions. You may ask them. I invite you to be comfortable in my presence. I have come to help you explore your own Self. So feel free to share a thought which you would like some input about.
—How can we bring in more joy and vitality and excitement and enthusiasm for being alive in the midst of so many tragedies, hardships, and suffering?—
Good question. One thing to do is to be in connection. And if you have half a minute you can connect to the natural world. The natural world is neglected in your culture, very neglected. Your natural world is simply outside your door. And you create Sacred Space around your home. You create Sacred Space within your home, and you relate to it then.
Be alone less and less. And I do not mean that you are physically alone. This can be the most nourishing. But when you are physically alone, if you feel sorrow building, if you feel the darkness building, you must connect.
Connect to a plant indoors. Connect to any object of beauty, to your images of the Sacred, to a friend, to a meaningful group of people. And connection is your salvation from the darkness.
And I use the word, please know that darkness can be full of life and beautiful, but those things which would draw you down, and limit you and make you feel incapacitated. This is what you wish to avoid. And become habitual with avoiding it. So, if you look at the newspaper or magazines, skip the pieces which grab your heart and crush it. Skip them.
Go find the ones that give you hope. When you read this one which gives you hope, you are activating the energy field of those people. You may not communicate with them, but if you do, this is marvelous. But if you don’t, you are still activating the energy with which they are about. You are enforcing them, reinforcing. And you reinforce yourself in this process.
So, as much sweetness and gentleness as you can bring into your everyday. This will help you a great deal. First, you may need to accept that sweetness and gentleness is something that you deserve. I want you to receive this deeply in your being. You may take it into your pituitary and pineal glands.
Do this. Sweetness, gentleness, peace, love and grace are your just deserts. Let this feel like nectar in your brain. Let your glands absorb it. You do not need to grow through sorrow. Grow through joy. Grow through sweetness.
These things are available to you when you live from your being, your body, when you look with your eyes and receive the beauty which is around you, perhaps in small things.
Receive. Surrender to that which nourishes you. Seek beauty. Then you strengthen your energy field, and you strengthen the energy field of that which you appreciate. And then you grow that which you wish to be in the world.
You create the world. You are more powerful than you imagine. And as your numbers grow, then all shall be transformed.
Now, believe in your own beauty and others will see it within you. Others will see your beauty as you feel yourself to be beautiful. And then you will draw to you that which you wish, that which is good for you.
So, for each of you I give a blessing for the New Year. May by the time this coming year is complete, may you look back upon who you were tonight, and may you feel joyful in the degree to which you have shed your limitations, your limiting beliefs, and embrace the fullness of yourself.
Not that you will not continue to formulate greater sense of self love in the future, but may this year be very significant for you to love yourself, hold yourself as Sacred and significant, and give of yourself for the good of all. May this be so for you.
And may you see signs of change all along the way. So you need not be discouraged. And when you find yourself discouraged, hold yourself in a cocoon of love. And you will re-emerge. You will re-emerge stronger and truer.
So, this is my blessing for you. Be good to one another. Care for yourself. Love as broadly as you are able. And let that continually grow. We hold you in our love. You are never alone. May you be surrounded by sweetness. Good night.