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A Journey that we seek to complete is never as long as what we envision yet never as short as what we see in our memories long after it is done. We are blessed to share these words and knowing with all of those who choose to listen. We thank that which brings our Universe into existence for this opportunity to peer through the veil.

We have come upon another demarcation in our endless pursuit of knowing who we are. Although Time is a perceptual fiction, this celebration of completion and renewal at this point in our temporal experience is critical to our chosen path of incarnation and self-realization. The positioning of the New Year along the time line of our life on Earth is significant. Of course, there have been many such positions dependent on the importance of different cycles that are substantive to a society’s habitat and survival. It should be noted that no matter the period in which New Year is celebrated, a moment in the yearly cycle is always chosen to recognize the transition from one rotation around the Sun to another. The importance of this recognition is in the relationship between the constant motion and change within our lives and the apparent immobile and perpetual source of the energy of life. It is almost as if our inner springs are wound up each New Years and we run through that energy for the rest of the year.

This is a special New Years. Humanity and the Planet have undergone great upheaval in the last turn of our planet around our star. We have come to appreciate that expectations we have taken for granted might now be transforming into utterly unanticipated forms of experience. Although there has been no change in the real abundance and resources of this planet over this period, there is a change in the perception of its residents in the capacity of the planet and the planetary societies to satisfy long term goals of affluence and well-being.

There is a rising consciousness in the need for something beyond what is tangible, in the importance of working together at the planetary level, and in the balance that is needed to allow all life on this planet to coexist in a framework of self preservation and enrapturement. The window for making a difference to our destiny appears to be closing, yet someplace inside we know that the future is to be more different than anything we can envision from our current perspective.

This coming year is an opportunity to regain our footing on a continually stirring and transforming foundation of human experience. What has appeared as stable and predictable is now volatile and precipitous. Instead of planning for the future, more and more we need to be present in each moment. We are confronted by a world in which what was comfortable and clear is now uneasy and tortuous. Clarity and Harmony come from within, from self-reliance and the realization that we source the world which we experience. The more we look outside ourselves the more we become disoriented and disillusioned. Our only unwavering platform is our inner self, our higher self, our inner knowing and guidance.

As our measure of time transitions from one year to the next, we embrace our enormous capacity to experience every nuance of living. We look back on a year: 12 months, over 360 days, over 8,500 hours, over half a million minutes, over 31 million seconds, and over 31 thousand million (billion) milliseconds. Our memories and perceptual input deals with this continuously, collecting it, processing it, trying to understand it. We look forward to what our next cycle can bring into our experience. We envision the big and little changes that are possible. We dream of revolutionary and evolutionary changes that we would so like to have happen, yet we obscure them with uncertainty and self-limitation. We hope and we ask through prayer for a world in which what is different is better for each and all of us. We share our intentions as our way to make them real, to collaborate in the process of manifesting what we need and want. We join together in great celebration commemorating a moment when what was is no longer and what will be is not yet here – the Now which we know deeply and truly is at the core of our being.

Take that moment and be present! Rest in the Knowing that there is no moment that is better or worse, that all pasts have led to this and all futures emanate from it. It is in this moment that the Universe comes into existence. It is in this acknowledgement that the consciousness that dwells within us all commemorates its creation and its ultimate self-realization. It is in the Now that we can see who we really are and how we harmonize with this Cosmos we perceive.

This New Year beginning is our time to pause, reflect, align, energize, reconnect and reengage in this path we refer to as Living.

Awaken to the Opportunity!

Be as a star that knows its magnificence and experiences its creative capacity through each act of brilliance and connectedness. Swing around the cosmos joyfully and playfully fully engaged in your role as creative source.

So Be It.

We appreciate the sincerity and accuracy of what we receive. We thank the Father Mother God, the beacon for life’s recognition of its role in this Universe, for that which we are to hear this day.

This time of year is special. It is a time for recognizing the role each life form has in the maturation and dominion of this planet. There are many stories that come together to bring awareness to the concept of creation and re-creation. Christmas is central to a host of humans who hold their God as special and identifiable through the persona of a single person born millennia ago. The story of this unique individual’s arrival onto this planet evokes great mystery and legend. Can the birth of this entity so important to so many be isolated into a specific story that conjures magically endowed seekers following a light within the heavens? What is the significance of the manger story and why do so many celebrate birth rather than conception?

Christmas is not really the story of the birth of a baby. It is much, much more. It is the retelling of the birth of our Universe, our existence. God brought forth a cosmos as a place for the children of existence to share their journey from obscurity into the light of self-realization. Jesus is one of these children and his birth, as the birth of any of the children of life, is a reminder of the incredible potential that is brought forth with the incarnation of Spirit into the material Universe. No matter one’s wealth, all come into this universe naked and hungry with eyes unaccustomed to the splendor of the perceived universe. The gifts that are available to the new born are their senses and the wonderful diversity that is already expanding around them as they gain traction in the experience of living in a physical existence. The magicians bring ingredients through which the quickly adapting child can experience the delightful opportunities available before the child becomes attached to the limits and constraints of the life path they have chosen. The bright light in the heavens represents Spiritual guidance, always available to the child as they grow and seek their own experiences in living. And, the parents are the angels who nourish and cherish the newly incarnated spirit. The story does not include what happens after the birth scene for how the child turns out is not what is being communicated. That does not matter. All children are born with the same potential; they are all incarnated spirit, all expressions of the spiritual essence of existence. Jesus is the model, the prototype for everyone’s entry and growth and development.

Christmas is clearly a holiday about family and connections. Although gift giving has taken on a sense of obligation and expectation, this is truly a time for forgiveness and rejuvenation of relationships. A gift that comes from the heart and is compassionately released into the hands of another establishes a field of harmony and buoyancy in the relationship between them. There is no need for reciprocation or valuing the gift for more than the appreciation of the spirit from which it was manifest. This is why service is so important and is so attached to this celebration. Give from the heart and through the giving you will receive the gift of self-renewal or recreation of the experience of being birthed into this most magnificent realm.

Join in the experience available in Christmas not because you are or are not a believer in Jesus Christ as a savior or God. Join in this celebration as a reinvention of the purity and clarity of the perceptions you came into this world to embrace and as a reconnection with Spirit and the creative impulse that brought your incarnation into focus.

So Be It!

Our eyes are opened, our ears are attentive, our perceptions are tuned to receive the highest knowing. We are thankful to the Father Mother God, Creator Most Supreme, for the words and clarity that comes to us this day.

The Festival of Lights is a special occasion in which a legendary story is used to generate an experience of freedom and what it takes to get to it. Chanukah centers on a story of war, of mankind’s continuing obsession with righteousness and killing each other. These are power struggles which humans seem to be unable to release without resorting to death and destruction. Most times it matters little what the objectives were or who was right and who was wrong. It appears almost as if the events are forced into being so that the battles can take place and someone can be declared the winner. This holiday takes this dark side of humankind and throws light onto it. The idea of Freedom is brought forward as the essential component of the holiday, just as it is in Passover. It is the not the winning of the battle with the Greek influence that is really important in the story and its telling. What is important is what happens afterwards. What is important is the transition to a state of peace.

There are a number of key elements to the celebration of Chanukah. First, of course, there is the menorah, the display of lights to commemorate the eight days of tortured waiting while the oil could be refined and brought into the re-dedicated temple. There was a menorah in the Temple that represented the brilliance of the spirit that dwelled within. When this light was extinguished, the Temple lost the feeling of centrality in Jewish life that had been present for decades if not centuries. To those who captured the Temple, the lighting of that menorah was the reintroduction of Spirit into the center of Jewish Life of the time. The eight days were the time it took not just to refine and purify the oil that would maintain the fire, these were also the time of mourning over what it took to excise the trespassers and reestablish the Spirit into Jewish life. The light lasted for the impossible period of eight days not because there was enough oil, rather there was enough spirit introduced into the Temple to keep the Light of Spirit lit and blossoming while those surrounding the Temple regained their religious and spiritual vigor.

Other elements of Chanukah have to do with sharing spirit en-light-enment and staying in touch with what it means to be a Jew, to embody that spirit, even in the darkest times (the winter). The food is rich and fried, symbols of prosperity and abundance. The prayers are light and inspirational. The family is at the center of the celebration, especially the children. Play is more important than serious study. These are all meant to produce an experience of lightness and an emphasis on knowing that the miracle was not in the winning of the battle, rather in the celebration of freedom and spiritual renewal.

A Blessing for Chanukah can be very simple: Blessed be those who embrace their spiritual nature and allow it to shine forth so that all can see the way to their own personal freedom and spiritual rekindling.

So Be It.

We accept these words as truth that comes from beyond our perceptions, beyond our thoughts and beyond our self-deception. We thank the Unity of Existence, the Creative Force of Spirit, and the Father Mother God, instigator of what is for that which we are to receive.

There are few causes we recognize better than our desire to find out why we are here. We seek a purpose, we search for appropriateness, and we quest on a journey to awaken our sleeping consciousness. We walk through multi-dimensional shadows of an existence that we have no capacity to even conceive of. We know there is more; we see miraculous results whether “good” or “bad” for us individually and as a group. We anticipate an endless stream of transition from some place long forgotten to some place new and unknowable. Our energies seem diffused and diluted; our guidance fragile and barely supported. Our thoughts’ grip us tightly as they demand our survival by sheer will. Our mind is alert and ever vigilant of any opportunity to thwart its tactical and strategic plans for survival.

We learn tools which help us focus on our inner knowing and which appear to quiet our self-limiting thoughts. Our emotions play us as if we were each an instrument in a great orchestra. We do not know what we play or why we play. We just allow the music to roll over us and inspire within us responses that evoke clarity and sensitivity to the nuances of living in this Universe.

Each cycle we begin anew on our expedition into our inner souls. This journey is our purpose for through it we gain a grander and more refined appreciation for who we and all of the components of existence are. Life is not about doing, it is about being, it is about transforming without motion. It is the experience, not the experiencing that generates the balance within us. It is the Love that is at the core of All that brings forth our essence and establishes harmony throughout existence.

The centrality and uniqueness of time in our experience allows us to see relationships when even the attributes of existence are unique and not relatable one to another. And, when we step forward we unify the “apparent” Past with the “new” Now to mobilize our intention of making something, anything happen – to demonstrate our significance. Transformation throws off the need for time. We can turn aside our perceptions and allow an experience to take on altered meaning just by intention alone.

Step through the veil of self-denial and allow the empowerer within you to flood your intention with opportunities for transformation everywhere and everywhen.

We are drawn together to hear each other’s connection to Spirit. We accept the beauty of the words, the tone of the meaning and the knowing we receive from our attention. We thank the Creator Source Supreme for this opportunity to share.

Spirit dwells everywhere. We are immersed in an ocean of divine beauty and aliveness. In all directions we can see the energies of creation flowing, bringing forth manifestations in all forms of infinite variety. Aligning with this magnificence lets us experience a sense of purpose that is beyond our day to day activities. Recognizing our role in this unfolding of our Universe empowers us to expand our consciousness and perceptions. We dive into the well of time and space and float on a surface of unbounded opportunity. The waves swell and flow all around us carrying us forward into and onto a future of endless possibilities. All we need do is release our grip on the immutable and tangible. The Universe changes continually, expanding its limits, defining new criteria for material existence and giving us a window to observe our blossoming essence.

We are defined by that which we hold onto. We are limited by that which we choose to be constrained by. We are bound by that which we tie around ourselves. Throw off these constrictions in the channel through which we bring ourselves into this Universe. Assert the life force that imbues you with the power to transform your circumstances. Join with all incarnations of Spirit in this most joyful and fruitful venture.

It is through touching so many incongruous manifestations that we achieve a balance in our life path. It is through allowing the events and conditions we pass through to bring forth thoughts and reactions that we find alignment with those who share our life’s journey. It is through the inner knowing and guidance that we reach for that we find harmony within ourselves.

Our words are crisp and clarifying. Our tone is mellow and mellifluous. We are the source and destination of all we project into this field of self knowing self.

Let us be here as a swollen gourd awaiting the moment to burst and release into the ether the seeds of creation. Let us relish in our self-empowerment. Let us see each other as partners in this enterprise of self-realization.

So Be It.

We are full of joy and compassion for all who participate in this journey of living. We thank the Father Mother God and our Creator Source Supreme for that which we are about to receive.

There is a time when each incarnated life form recognizes the limitations on the quest they have taken on. They have neither the power nor knowledge to simply move through space and time at will or to easily recognize the opportunities that are available to speed the journey along.

Drawing oneself into the material brings along an unending set of constraints that must be transformed into strengths that empower the entity to see beyond the illusion that has been created as a starting point.

The discipline of stepping into the unknown when it becomes available is one of the strongest elements of this process. Another is allowing the inner self to be present in the interactions that happen with the physical universe.

Always, the seeking for what one’s purpose contains one in the trap of the need for purpose. Expanding beyond this need enables the player to become the observer of the path upon which they are moving. That path has nothing to do with purpose or goals or meaning or even understanding. The path centers on expansion and creation, recognition and knowing.

We are here to enjoy ourselves, to relish in the experiences that we step into and to dig deeply into our core essence allowing that to expand and create diversity throughout existence. We are a process and through our living the Universe is manifest. There is no place we come from and no destination we move toward. We are always in our Source: We are Source!

Blessed are those who stand at the cusp of their life path. They look out on the vastness of the unknown and take a leap into what is next. As fear is released and replaced with wonder, the Universe also leaps beyond the constraining shell of life in the material into dimensionality that is unbounded. Existence collapses into pure possibility and Source creates through you a freshness that allows the process of living to bring forth diversity with new and different qualities and richness.

So Be It.

We are present in this moment and declare to all the wonder and magnificence that surrounds us all. We are grateful to the Infinite Creative Powers that we bring forth to manifest this existence and to form these words and phrases that are to be received NOW.

This is a celebration for a spirit who brings great light onto this planet. There is a challenge that Jack presents to all with whom he interacts, to see beyond the stereotypes, to perceive beyond our limited senses, to share in the optimism and clarity that is always available to each of us. Let us each recognize our own grand nature and join with Jack in manifesting balance and harmony wherever we place our attention.

We are living in a time of great change, when the very foundations upon which we build our lives appear fragile and ephemeral. We look for guidance, for a path through this unsettling landscape. We greet each day realizing that what was familiar yesterday might be absent or so altered as to be unrecognizable. Deep within us, we know that we are sharing an experience of tremendous importance in the evolution of this planet. Little do we know, the scale is much, much larger.

We stand at the center of creation. The energies and forces that are in play emanate from within us, just as they originate within all that is present in this existence. As change engulfs us, so it spreads over all that is, was and will be. So soon, we will realize how much we influence this flow, the wave of transformation that breaks everywhere around us.

It is our next step to participate consciously in this blossoming of the aliveness that animates this Universe. It is our direct involvement that guides the expression of Spirit and the revelation of the diversity inherent in the space and time in which we choose to incarnate. We do not need to be guided, we do not need to be taught, we do not need to look outside ourselves for anything. We are the teachers, all of existence is known within us, and all of the possibilities for this Universe’s unfolding are present in our consciousness.

Step forward! Accept the role you choose over and over again each moment! Know your power!

Recognize with a deep understanding the framework that allows all you perceive (and don’t perceive) to co-exist with your consciousness.

Let this day establish a clear starting point for your life’s work and path. All that has come before is simply establishing the structure upon which your Now is both supported and supportable. And, what is next is the completion and recreation of you as the Creator, Inspiration, and Prime Mover of Existence.

This all brings us back to these times. This is a ride for our amusement and enrichment. As we approach each inflection point, each apparent change in direction of the world around us, let us note where our attention focuses and rejoice in the quickening of our experience and engage fully in the creative process that brings it forth.

We are One. We learn through each others experiences. We perceive through each others senses. We feel through each others emotions. We know through the collective consciousness that we all share.

Let this moment establish for each of us a clarity that transcends the uniqueness that we have come to think of as the I of who we are.

Let our eyes see the beauty of the light that drenches the space through which we move. Let our ears hear the eloquence of the music that saturates the temporal field in which we sow our life’s path. Let all of our senses combine to define our selves as infinite and overlapping with all other life with whom we share this existence.

Love and Bless each other! Be compassionate of all experiences! Enjoy diversity!

Happy Birth-day to All!

So Be It.

We thank the Father Mother God – Creator Source Supreme – and our Angels, our Guides and our Higher Selves for that which we are about to Receive.

A Journey does not have a beginning. It only has a recognition that it is in process.

To define a beginning, one must have what was before the beginning. And, a Journey relies on all that has happened before to establish a context of movement and execution.

So, it is with our lives, our life times. We define a birth and a death as limits on the journey through life, yet these are merely signposts, milestones on a vast trek without beginning or ending. We engage whatever we choose to make the trail challenging and eventful.

We explore the Multi-Verse full of unlimited possibilities as we take this path from who we think we are to who we really are, never changing yet always expanding into every niche of existence and non-existence. We recognize a deep longing within us to make this journey, sourced from a place we cannot locate yet we always know is our essence. Living in this world that we create is a blessing we give ourselves.

Experiencing diversity in all of its forms supports us in seeing and knowing who we are and what we are capable of. A Love rests at the heart of creation and that Love is Us.

This is a Joy to communicate, to share with those for whom this message is already well understood, so that each of us can be here without self-limitation or self-incrimination.

It is a burden we always take on that this universe is imperfect and needs our intervention to be cured or at least cared for. We do this to keep ourselves engaged in the unfolding of our creation. It never seems enough to simply allow our manifestations, our creations to be.

We want to ascribe importance, significance without being willing to allow ourselves to just serenely live among and within our created universe. We give ourselves roles, we define tasks, we judge adequacy. It is almost as if we are bored and need all of this to establish a perceived reality.

This is ALL Illusion. When we stand before our creation and recognize that we brought it all into existence, we know we are God, the Spirit that breathes in Nothingness and exhales Everything eternally.

This consciousness allows us to see beyond what can be seen, hear what can not be heard, perceive what is beyond our perceptions to receive. The Illusion is our tool to make the Journey important and significant so that we choose to play. It is not that such play is needed. It is that such play is what brings the Universe into being.

Our essence is everywhere and always, the substance of all matter and energy, the all that gives potential and opportunity to this universe.

Stepping beyond this illusion takes us back to who we are. When we choose to take this leap again, it will be as if the universe has never existed for in fact it has only existed within the Spirit of who we are.

Let us each know who we are and what brings us here. Let us each embrace this journey of self realizing self and explore the challenges we set before us with the same intensity that the Olympians sought success in their tasks. Since we are All, there is never anything less than success in this Universe of our Creating.

So Be It.

This volume is sourced from the theme of Guidance.

Each of us has an inner voice beyond the judgments and criticism and beyond the running commentary that hints what in the world around us fulfills our path most completely. We mostly ignore these whispers and use our minds to make our selections for our actions.

When we do listen to the sweet inner voice, we usually refer to it as intuition or second sight or clairvoyance or clairaudience or even premonition. Although we do recognize the extraordinary value of this knowing when we do allow it into our choice, we often are not willing to acknowledge that these insights actually come from an inner guidance that is always available to us.

There is no need for meditation, although it certainly helps to quiet the on-going internal dialog. The whisper that is the guidance is always present. You can sense it by recognizing the on-going dialog’s volume (or intensity) level and filtering that noise away. What is left is very subtle, yet the most powerful tool we have in balancing ourselves and staying on our paths.

When we don’t listen, this subtle influence seeks alternative means to get our attention, many times through our feelings, our health, or sense of well-being. By accessing the guidance directly, we take control over these mechanisms and our selves and raise our energy, and our level of satisfaction and joy.

There are many ways that our Guidance can lead us. It can lead us to fulfilling and enlivening nourishment, it can lead us to opportunities for experiences of growth, prosperity, transcendence and enlightenment. It can never lead you to disempowerment or disengagement with your life path.

The voice may be quiet and appear far away, yet it is so powerful that when we truly listen our lives change and we feel in control of our lives.

Wake up to the subtle influences that surround you and are in you, for they are the winds that fill your sails on this journey of living.

Accept the magnificence that you are, accept the path that you take, accept the blossoming of consciousness that envelops you.

Guidance is always with you.

So Be It.

We are joyous in the receipt of these words, these expressions of Universal Knowingness. We are thankful to the Father Mother God – Creator Source Supreme – and our Angels and Guides and Higher Self for that which we are to bring into our listening.

The United States of America is a special entity that has come into being to acknowledge the power and potential that spirits freed of history and inflexibility can aspire to. Humans have a tendency to use the past as the basis for their current and future actions. They get entangled in the beliefs established through experiences that are many times not even their own. They lose sight of their potential and the potential of those other humans with whom they share this world. Their perspective grows more limited and their perceptual filters become inflexible and stagnant.

This country’s ground of being was drawn from a need for a forum of independent thought, the option of personal choice and the possibility of individual success without the need for the suppression or oppression of any group. Of course, the journey has been rocky through slavery and discrimination, schism and nationalism, and corruption and polarization. All of these have led to much concern about the future of this most wonderful experiment. Yet, first and foremost, it is imperative to realize that the journey has barely begun. It has taken the past two centuries to move this exploration into middle adolescence. It is only now that the blossoming of the spiritual nature embodied within the shield of this nation is fully coming into focus.

The crises of our current era are here to bring us into a new appreciation for what we have created and what we have chosen to participate in. Through engaging in this stage with an open perspective and allowing the tremendous possibilities of spirit manifesting in the material to be demonstrated in all of the events of this time, we recognize the wealth of experience and true purpose of this nation.

Freedom is not as much about choice as it is about opportunity. Everyone on Earth has the freedom to choose the way they hold the content of their life. This country is centered on manifesting the opportunities that can expand the content of everyone’s life and support each individual in the freedom to partake of this content. Even though there are times and places and perspectives where opportunities still appear limited, because of the way this country is structured, there is always the possibility of shifting time and place and perspective to bring forth opportunities previously considered untenable and unreachable.

Our next stage is one in which Spirit will be recognized as pervasive in this framework and through each entity’s connection to that Spirit they will be able to access the diversity of potential that is always present. The United States of America is a space of unity and joining, of balance and harmony. We are now reaching a maturity in understanding this and learning how to bring all of Earth’s citizens both within this country and throughout this planet into alignment with this space.

Blessed be the founders of this most wondrous nation for they saw the potential and took the stand for bringing it into this Universe.

Blessed be our leaders, teachers, laborers, and workers and contributors of all kinds for their participation in nurturing and cultivating this sprouting conglomeration of life possibilities.

Blessed be each who now steps forward and breathes deeply and fully of the fresh air of transformation and uses that energy to leverage this nation and planet to its next stage of maturity.

So Be It.