I wrote this article for the upcoming fall issue of Rick and Beverly Thompson's channeled quarterly newsletter, The Gathering of Angels, available online at www.thegatheringofangels.com. Its messages are filled with love, and I highly recommend it!
As we head into fall and then approach another year, we may be feeling the tumultuousness of the past year’s events on a personal level. With so much change, on such a large scale, embodied in the energy of all that’s happening on this earth, we may have been brought through a series of change-points—those clearly demarcated shifts that tell us to move from where we live, to end relationships, to start new careers, and to begin again in small or not-so-small ways—on a most personal level.
As new light shines through us and increases its intensity, both higher energies and residual lower energies hidden in the interstitial spaces, the spaces between the components of our very cells, will be brought forth. And as a spectrum of energetic resonances emerges from each of us, our manifestations, whether in thought-form or physical form, will show us quite
clearly how we have been vibrating on different subjects, whether in the recent or distant past.
Right now for me, the key word in my mind, and a main message from Infinite Intelligence, is a simple and meaningful one: embrace. Embrace who you are, embrace where you are, and embrace the very nature of this life on the physical plane—along with your bravery and willingness to join in the adventure!
The promise behind this message is fascinating, for in embracing your life, you find your triumph! Contrary to what we may believe, our triumph doesn’t lie in the fleeting manifestations that we would call good or bad events in our life. It lies instead in our embrace of allowing energy to flow through us for the sake of bringing Source here to this plane (and, thus, shining outward through the Universe). In our embracing life, we rise to meet our Higher Self and our own divine view of all that we encounter. Our embrace of life lived, through the whole range of human emotions, gives us our transcendence.
And only in the transcendence of our embracing, do we understand God’s view of our world, our beings, our sacrifice to be here. Once we know this transcendent state personally, the miracle of transformation occurs: all that we would call “lower energy” here—sadness, difficulty, struggle, fearfulness, and more—is transmuted into love and joy and beauty, where all of us really live beyond our perception in this third dimension.
May we all embrace all that we are living and have lived! And may we all see and feel the beginning of a new understanding of this life on Earth appearing now above the horizon!
I send my joyful wishes for you today and everyday from my heart! Many blessings to us all, with love and light!
Julie Shanti
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Remembering That Our Path Is Always Here for Us!
Isn't is interesting how we can individually--and collectively--take a path through life that sometimes ebbs and flows, that sometimes diverges from what we really love and desire, to take us through episodes that we really don't want to plan for ourselves?
We can chalk it up to our human-ness, to our sometimes-more, or sometimes-less, practiced routine of trying to find rational answers to a flow of life--and energy--that is so much more than rational, so much broader than the confines of reasoned thinking, that it never will fully yield to us all that going to a larger Source, a more universal energy flow, will always give!
Isn't it interesting, speaking for myself, that I know this concept to be true and have even had the opportunity, through choices I've made, to practice it for a number of years on end, and yet I can still, under a certain set of circumstances, make an attempt to fall back on a kind of limited-thinking reasoning that would've been more prominent, though no more desired, quite a number of years ago in my life?
And so it is a gentle reminder, and maybe even a welcome reminder, that we can feel the pull down to an earth-bound thinking even after living a satisfying practice of a more spiritual perspective. And the most wonderful part of the lesson itself is that our own true path, the path we know and love and choose, is still right here for us, nudging us back to it, hoping we hear, and urging us to trust!
Because what we create in this physical world, in the constructs of our mind and habits of thinking, will rise and fall in maya, this illusion that we know as our world. But the spiritual world exists beyond the limitations of our mind and remains constant even as we make our attempts to contain our experience with a mind that may worry, fear, or define answers to problems narrowly in times that may feel less than ideal.
I really love learning this lesson again--especially since I'm finding confirmation that there is always a better way, a healthier solution, a host of generous surprises, if we yield to the Universe and know that we are taken care of in so many ways that we can't count them!
This thought, I note to myself, is exactly what "letting go" means--and why we are meant to do so. Only then can we live according to our true inner guidance--and head back to the brightest joy that we can imagine!
And so it is that I am returning to my writing here, after some temporary work that pulled my attention away--though not my heart--for a short time! Back to my own path, and back to feeling the trust and comfort in a world that is so much more than anything we can see with our physical eyes! I am happy and eager to be filling these pages again, and I'm even more blessed if you enjoy reading them! Thank you, from my very heart!
And so, if the events of the day or the news of the night have temporarily distracted you from your truest path, from the fullness of your being, may I and others help lift you up a little, just enough that you catch a glimpse of something higher. And may you remember who you really are in this or any lifetime, why you are here, and how you want to live!
May we all offer kindness to make such a return to true happiness so much gentler, and so much quicker, than if we are not to encounter kindness.
What is happening now in the world is truly miraculous! We are moving ahead into new times, new understandings of one another, and new energies that will give us all the possibility of a wonderful existence on Earth! I am excited to talk more about energy as we move forward. And remember that as negative energy makes itself known in the world, it's really just a distraction from all the good that is taking shape underneath!
My personal thanks to Amma, from India, and to Doreen Virtue on Hayhouse Radio, for the generous blessings they have given to me this past week. I saw Amma on her yearly trip to Boston and soaked in her radiance as I watched her bless person after person in an all-night program. And Doreen took my call on her radio show--and announced my (underprepared!) website, which brought in viewers from around the world, from Iran to Taiwan to Sweden, as well as from closer to home! Who would've known!
With love for all of you, and excitement at what we all get to build! May you see extraordinary beauty in everything around you!
The brightest of light to you all!
Julie
We can chalk it up to our human-ness, to our sometimes-more, or sometimes-less, practiced routine of trying to find rational answers to a flow of life--and energy--that is so much more than rational, so much broader than the confines of reasoned thinking, that it never will fully yield to us all that going to a larger Source, a more universal energy flow, will always give!
Isn't it interesting, speaking for myself, that I know this concept to be true and have even had the opportunity, through choices I've made, to practice it for a number of years on end, and yet I can still, under a certain set of circumstances, make an attempt to fall back on a kind of limited-thinking reasoning that would've been more prominent, though no more desired, quite a number of years ago in my life?
And so it is a gentle reminder, and maybe even a welcome reminder, that we can feel the pull down to an earth-bound thinking even after living a satisfying practice of a more spiritual perspective. And the most wonderful part of the lesson itself is that our own true path, the path we know and love and choose, is still right here for us, nudging us back to it, hoping we hear, and urging us to trust!
Because what we create in this physical world, in the constructs of our mind and habits of thinking, will rise and fall in maya, this illusion that we know as our world. But the spiritual world exists beyond the limitations of our mind and remains constant even as we make our attempts to contain our experience with a mind that may worry, fear, or define answers to problems narrowly in times that may feel less than ideal.
I really love learning this lesson again--especially since I'm finding confirmation that there is always a better way, a healthier solution, a host of generous surprises, if we yield to the Universe and know that we are taken care of in so many ways that we can't count them!
This thought, I note to myself, is exactly what "letting go" means--and why we are meant to do so. Only then can we live according to our true inner guidance--and head back to the brightest joy that we can imagine!
And so it is that I am returning to my writing here, after some temporary work that pulled my attention away--though not my heart--for a short time! Back to my own path, and back to feeling the trust and comfort in a world that is so much more than anything we can see with our physical eyes! I am happy and eager to be filling these pages again, and I'm even more blessed if you enjoy reading them! Thank you, from my very heart!
And so, if the events of the day or the news of the night have temporarily distracted you from your truest path, from the fullness of your being, may I and others help lift you up a little, just enough that you catch a glimpse of something higher. And may you remember who you really are in this or any lifetime, why you are here, and how you want to live!
May we all offer kindness to make such a return to true happiness so much gentler, and so much quicker, than if we are not to encounter kindness.
What is happening now in the world is truly miraculous! We are moving ahead into new times, new understandings of one another, and new energies that will give us all the possibility of a wonderful existence on Earth! I am excited to talk more about energy as we move forward. And remember that as negative energy makes itself known in the world, it's really just a distraction from all the good that is taking shape underneath!
My personal thanks to Amma, from India, and to Doreen Virtue on Hayhouse Radio, for the generous blessings they have given to me this past week. I saw Amma on her yearly trip to Boston and soaked in her radiance as I watched her bless person after person in an all-night program. And Doreen took my call on her radio show--and announced my (underprepared!) website, which brought in viewers from around the world, from Iran to Taiwan to Sweden, as well as from closer to home! Who would've known!
With love for all of you, and excitement at what we all get to build! May you see extraordinary beauty in everything around you!
The brightest of light to you all!
Julie
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Love Every Living Moment! or the Hologram & the Kaleidoscope
As we pass a holiday that celebrates love in its romantic form, we may remember the way in which we really want to live—a life that’s filled with love in every moment, with realization of the wonder and beauty of everything that surrounds us!
And as we remember that wonder and beauty of which every one of us is a part, we may remember who we really are, all of us who fill this planet, in all types of life forms—divine beauty itself, life breathed into form from love itself, through the word and thought.
How, we ask, do we keep this promise to live joyful, loving lives amongst one another? How do we fulfill our highest potential as spiritual beings on the physical plane? And, how on Earth do we do this when so much around us seems to be filled with negative happenings and fear and anger?
I’d like to remind us what the Buddhists and others teach, that each moment in life holds infinite possibilities—many more than we as humans are able to recognize, especially when we may be caught in the drama of life.
To help us remember the awe-inspiring beauty of this universe with as much joy as we intended, we can look at the wonders of the hologram and the kaleidoscope. Both show us in utter simplicity the organization of the universe in space and time, and both remind us of the playfulness inherent in this realm of ours!
We live in a holographic universe, an encoded image on the backdrop of the space-time continuum, that’s created by reflected light. And what we see as life, our perspective on it, depends on the angle at which we view it—whether we hold it unnaturally fixed in one, unmoving position, or whether we move through life allowing a fluid succession of its different elements to create a moving picture of breathtaking beauty!
In this model of our reality, the whole of life, the whole of creation in our universe, is contained within every part of itself. Which means that all light, all divinity, is contained within and reflected by each one of us. Each of us is infinitely connected to one another, every one of us an inseparable part of the whole. And so, all of us here are truly one.
Starting with this overview of an all-encompassing reality, we can then add to our model a vision of ourselves playing with a kaleidoscope—and the youthful delight that comes from doing so! This child’s toy gives us multiple reflections of tiny bits of colored glass, arranged and rearranged in ever-changing patterns—which interplay and change as we ourselves turn the tube, rotating it to find the pattern that we love the most!
We can think of the hologram as space, or physical reality, and the kaleidoscope as time, reflecting the fleeting, ever-changing nature of moving through this life. In a universe specially set up for each one of us in just this way, I can tell you that you are in control of your life. No matter what’s happening around you, you can choose the image and the pattern, the colors and the design, that you see as making up your life and the world around you!
Let joy lead you in your outlook on life, and you’ll find that joy itself can only take you to more joy. Answer with a wholehearted “Yes!” to the question of whether you want to play this game of life so you can enjoy it to the fullest. Look around with reverence, and ask for that joy to remind you that we are all playing the grandest of games, together, on this beautiful planet just made for love!
Blessings to everyone!
Julie
And as we remember that wonder and beauty of which every one of us is a part, we may remember who we really are, all of us who fill this planet, in all types of life forms—divine beauty itself, life breathed into form from love itself, through the word and thought.
How, we ask, do we keep this promise to live joyful, loving lives amongst one another? How do we fulfill our highest potential as spiritual beings on the physical plane? And, how on Earth do we do this when so much around us seems to be filled with negative happenings and fear and anger?
I’d like to remind us what the Buddhists and others teach, that each moment in life holds infinite possibilities—many more than we as humans are able to recognize, especially when we may be caught in the drama of life.
To help us remember the awe-inspiring beauty of this universe with as much joy as we intended, we can look at the wonders of the hologram and the kaleidoscope. Both show us in utter simplicity the organization of the universe in space and time, and both remind us of the playfulness inherent in this realm of ours!
We live in a holographic universe, an encoded image on the backdrop of the space-time continuum, that’s created by reflected light. And what we see as life, our perspective on it, depends on the angle at which we view it—whether we hold it unnaturally fixed in one, unmoving position, or whether we move through life allowing a fluid succession of its different elements to create a moving picture of breathtaking beauty!
In this model of our reality, the whole of life, the whole of creation in our universe, is contained within every part of itself. Which means that all light, all divinity, is contained within and reflected by each one of us. Each of us is infinitely connected to one another, every one of us an inseparable part of the whole. And so, all of us here are truly one.
Starting with this overview of an all-encompassing reality, we can then add to our model a vision of ourselves playing with a kaleidoscope—and the youthful delight that comes from doing so! This child’s toy gives us multiple reflections of tiny bits of colored glass, arranged and rearranged in ever-changing patterns—which interplay and change as we ourselves turn the tube, rotating it to find the pattern that we love the most!
We can think of the hologram as space, or physical reality, and the kaleidoscope as time, reflecting the fleeting, ever-changing nature of moving through this life. In a universe specially set up for each one of us in just this way, I can tell you that you are in control of your life. No matter what’s happening around you, you can choose the image and the pattern, the colors and the design, that you see as making up your life and the world around you!
Let joy lead you in your outlook on life, and you’ll find that joy itself can only take you to more joy. Answer with a wholehearted “Yes!” to the question of whether you want to play this game of life so you can enjoy it to the fullest. Look around with reverence, and ask for that joy to remind you that we are all playing the grandest of games, together, on this beautiful planet just made for love!
Blessings to everyone!
Julie
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Endless Generosity of Spirit!
So, as we move into 2009 and move with it, we can learn to live in joy even while acknowledging that countercurrents of negative energy are running in streams in all directions, crossing each other and creating swirling whirlpools in which we feel we can get caught.
Since all life, all mass even, is composed of energy, we can approach such vortexes of confusing streams of thought energetically—and in so doing, triumph over what influences may surround us!
Joy and well-being are on the opposite end of the energy and thought spectrum as fear, and I’m sure we’ve all gotten caught in that downside of energy at some point in life. The really great news is that we can move to a more joyful experience of life even as events and mass thought currents would seem to exclaim otherwise.
If we quiet the voices of fear, then balance will return—because balance is always our natural state!
If each and every one of us can embody this wisdom, we ourselves can affect a larger change back to balance and stability—with peace and prosperity spreading for all to enjoy!
Even right now, some people are finding profit and benefiting amidst the economic downturn. And others know that this is their time to plant new seeds of personal change, to start businesses and organizations with new bases of philosophy, ethics, and principles of community.
And so, life as we know it is regenerating itself from the breakdown of some of the old principles—mistaken, misguided, or misbegotten—and as cataclysmic as it may seem in the moment, soon we will behold beauty in many new forms!
It does matter what we each do. And it does help. Remembering this truth, we can ourselves “be that change that we wish to see in this world.” Our own personal change in energy radiates outward, affecting positive change in everyone we touch, and even those beyond our personal reach!
Right now, the energy that we each generate individually can and will become the larger cycle. At critical mass, the energy of society at large will tip back to the positive—because it can’t not do that.
The first thing to do to turn to the positive is to turn inward. By listening to that deep inner voice that speaks to us of the source of our happiness, we receive the gift of knowing what life is really about —and remembering how it all truly works.
As we do so, spirit give us its greatest gift of all, the gift of love, and of love’s endless generosity, boundless in form, infinite in its existence. Wrap yourself in this love, and let the voices of internal chatter and the noise of external clatter fall away until you find your peace. At that moment, give thanks and feel your appreciation spreading as far and wide as you can imagine, touching everyone everywhere.
I extend this generosity to you, and I know that you also feel generous toward everyone you encounter. Hold everyone’s well-being in your thoughts, and be happy for the springtime that is approaching!
Joy is on the way!
Love & light to you all,
Julie
Since all life, all mass even, is composed of energy, we can approach such vortexes of confusing streams of thought energetically—and in so doing, triumph over what influences may surround us!
Joy and well-being are on the opposite end of the energy and thought spectrum as fear, and I’m sure we’ve all gotten caught in that downside of energy at some point in life. The really great news is that we can move to a more joyful experience of life even as events and mass thought currents would seem to exclaim otherwise.
If we quiet the voices of fear, then balance will return—because balance is always our natural state!
If each and every one of us can embody this wisdom, we ourselves can affect a larger change back to balance and stability—with peace and prosperity spreading for all to enjoy!
Even right now, some people are finding profit and benefiting amidst the economic downturn. And others know that this is their time to plant new seeds of personal change, to start businesses and organizations with new bases of philosophy, ethics, and principles of community.
And so, life as we know it is regenerating itself from the breakdown of some of the old principles—mistaken, misguided, or misbegotten—and as cataclysmic as it may seem in the moment, soon we will behold beauty in many new forms!
It does matter what we each do. And it does help. Remembering this truth, we can ourselves “be that change that we wish to see in this world.” Our own personal change in energy radiates outward, affecting positive change in everyone we touch, and even those beyond our personal reach!
Right now, the energy that we each generate individually can and will become the larger cycle. At critical mass, the energy of society at large will tip back to the positive—because it can’t not do that.
The first thing to do to turn to the positive is to turn inward. By listening to that deep inner voice that speaks to us of the source of our happiness, we receive the gift of knowing what life is really about —and remembering how it all truly works.
As we do so, spirit give us its greatest gift of all, the gift of love, and of love’s endless generosity, boundless in form, infinite in its existence. Wrap yourself in this love, and let the voices of internal chatter and the noise of external clatter fall away until you find your peace. At that moment, give thanks and feel your appreciation spreading as far and wide as you can imagine, touching everyone everywhere.
I extend this generosity to you, and I know that you also feel generous toward everyone you encounter. Hold everyone’s well-being in your thoughts, and be happy for the springtime that is approaching!
Joy is on the way!
Love & light to you all,
Julie
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