Messages from the Heart

These daily messages come to me through meditation using several cards to create a theme. They are original messages, although the themes are timeless and are common to all spiritual traditions. Please use these messages and share them to help create a more loving and joyful world.

Friday, June 30, 2006

Mercy, Listening, Change, Transparency

Realize how essential it is that changes take place in your life. You must listen more closely to your own soul and follow its dictates rather than listening to what you think are the desires of society. Realize that society is meant to keep people in their place, not explore their personal spiritual growth. Society wants you to play one role your entire life so that you remain safely within the confines of that role. However, you have the power to adopt any role you want. Recognize just how capable the spirt is of taking on any personality. When you truly realize that you are actually an eternal spirit soul who has adopted many bodies and many roles throughout history, then what is the problem of adopting other roles during this particular incarnation? Why not choose the role of the philanthroper or the role of the spiritual leader, or even the role of a political leader. Simply choose the role that you feel in your heart will create the most benefit for your own spiritual growth and the growth of others. Have no fear in making these changes. Instead you must have faith in the mercy of the Supreme. Mercy is what allows you to try on new roles, perhaps drift and make mistakes but know that you are provided with another opportunity to correct and learn from the experience. This unlimited mercy allows you the freedom to experiment with changes in your actions that open up the door of unlimited potential growth.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Courage, Love, Shadow Self, Abundance

It is time to reveal yourself to the world as a bring that is purely focused on love. You have been keeping your love hidden for too long. You have allowed your shadow self to cover your true self, as you have been hiding behind an aura of societal respectability. Now you must have the courage to step out into the sun and express your eternal nature as a loving being. Be open to both receive and share love with everyone. Allow the abundance of the universe to flow through you as you receive it and then immediately share it with others. You must not focus on accumulating for yourself. Have faith that the abundance of the universe is always available to you. Therefore you must continually share and allow others to also experience the abundance of love that is available through the spirit. Love must be the entire focus of your life.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Awakening, Generosity, Personal Power

You can feel the sense of awakening that is taking place in the planet as a whole. Although it may not seem strong in the area where you are located, you know it is coming, in spite of the seeming contradiction in the politics of the US. Have faith in the perfect nature of the unfolding of this plan. Focus on your own awakening and your own development of your personal power. Make this development the focus of your life. In addition to the standard elements this entails, such as meditation, spending time in nature, reading and listening to powerful sources of knowledge, and associating with others with a high consciousness level, you must also focus on your own generosity. Part of spiritual growth is the desire to share your blessings with others. The more willing you are to share the more it shows your trust in God to provide for your needs. Selfishness develops a sense of lack and a creates a lack of trust in God’s mercy. When you are constantly generous with your gifts, even when they may currently be lacking, you are expressing your faith in the generosity of the universe to provide for everyone. When you are constantly focused on how you can share your love with others then you are making a great contribution to the elevation of the consciousness level of the entire planet.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Blessings, Harmony, Mystical Power

You must not be anxious for the ability to develop mystical power in your life. Many people are very concerned about having mystical abilities in order to confirm their spiritual advancement. Although many spiritual people do have these powers, more often those who have them use them for ego-controlled purposes and thus they lead away from true spiritual growth rather than helping to foster growth. You must have patience in the development of your spiritual life and not try to jump over levels of advancement into realms that you are not yet prepared to handle. Instead, you must focus on living in harmony with the world and with every living creature within it. Realize the beauty and power of the sacred songs and poems of all spiritual traditions and immerse yourself in the transforming power of these powerful sound vibrations. Instead of you trying to create miracles allow the power of these vibrations to create miracles in your life and the lives of those you touch. In this spirit you can see that everything that happens in your life is actually a blessing from the Supreme. Instead of trying to manipulate nature, instead simply be grateful for the incredible blessings you have been given. Share those blessings with others and constantly give thanks.

Monday, June 26, 2006

Music, Vision, Completion

Have patience while you appear to be in a holding pattern in your life. You are anxious to complete the current cycle of your life and you are desperately in need of a true vision quest in order to get started on your next phase. Continue to desire that these changes take place; however, realize that things always move of their own accord. Have confidence in the plan of the Supreme to direct the flow of your life. Trust completely that everything is moving according to the prescribed timetable, no matter how much you would like to see it move faster. You must simply tolerate the perceived delays while you prepare yourself more and more for the upcoming changes. You must continually purify yourself in preparation for this change. Do this by immersing yourself in music that is uplifting and powerful for you. Realize that music and sound vibration is the source of creation. The more you surround yourself with spiritual music the more rapidly your life will become purified. The only way to increase the speed of the timetable for change in your life is to consciously purify your thoughts and actions. Use music to do this and also spend more time in meditation to visualize the detailed nature of the future that you desire. The more vivid your vision is the more rapidly and completely it will manifest in your life.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Vision, Sympathetic Joy, Manifestation

You are preparing for the manifestation of the next big phase in your life. Realize that in order for this phase to truly manifest in its complete form it is necessary for you to examine your life and your personal character and begin to make the changes that you know are required. Without this type of self-examination major shifts in consciousness cannot take place. The most important aspect to uncover and begin to deal with is your own selfishness and attachment to the ego. Although it may be very subtle, you know that any attempts to satisfy your own sense desires before helping others is a sign of ego. The only way to overcome this tendency is to make your happiness based upon your efforts to improve the lives of other people. When you gain your greatest pleasure by helping others to experience joy in their life then you know that you have reached the stage of sympathetic joy. When you have this focus in your life then your vision can expand to encompass the benefit of the entire world. With this kind of vision and this degree of commitment to helping others you can be sure that your vision can manifest into reality in a very short time. The beauty of this kind of unselfish manifestation is that you will be able to enjoy it and gain increasingly greater joy from it rather than having its attraction fade with time, as happens every time that something is manifested with a self-centered purpose.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Truth, Compulsions, Spirit

You have to understand the truth and be able to search out the truth in the midst of all of the lies and distortions that are so prevalent in today’s world. You cannot trust any institutions to give you the truth about anything in life. Instead, they are intent on distorting the truth in order to create people who will be unthinking consumers of their profit-making schemes. If people understand the truth about life, their nature as a spirit soul, and their eternal connection with God they would immediately limit their consumption and would no longer support the current structure of corporate greed and power. Realize that your true nature is that of spirit. It is also true that you have a physical body that is inherently connected to the spirit. However, whereas the spirit is connected directly with the highest source of power and is inherently focused on increasing its relationship with God, the body is the source of all sorts of addictions and compulsions. The bodily sense are constantly attempting to take your focus away from the spirit and instead try to satisfy the unlimited desires of the body. Thus, the true struggle in life is which aspect of your being you will follow, the desires of the spirit or the dictates of the body. Most people choose the bodily desires, and these desires are constantly being encouraged by the mass media and advertisers of all kind. The only way to overcome these compulsions is to be very clear about the fact that you are an eternal spirit soul. When you focus only on the true desires of the spirit then you will be able to act from a higher purpose than your physical senses and will act in ways that benefit your soul’s growth as well as the well-being of all other souls.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Nature, Change, Universal movement

Expect many more changes to occur in your life. Nature has some amazing things in store that will create sudden changes in your life. Be prepared for these, and embrace the need for change in life. When you decide that it is time for changes in your life the universe gets behind that intention and will help create the circumstances to help propel that change. This is a wonderful blessing to enable you to continue to grow. Never shy away from change, nor should you ever be upset or disturbed by natural forces for change. Instead have the broad vision to understand that everything is being directed by the will of God. When you can see this in every aspect of life, then you can embrace anything that comes to you in life as a blessing that is meant for your ultimate growth. When you realize that there is a divine plan for your life you will make the choices necessary to assist in carrying out that plan rather than trying to resist change and clinging to your own views of what your life should be about. Embrace nature in your life. Live to spend time outdoors communing with the wonderful spirits of nature. Continue to seek out locations throughout the world where you can become more in touch with these spirits. When you embrace all aspects of nature, even the cruel and destructive aspects, then you will live in harmony with it and will become attuned to the spiritual world as well as the material world.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Love, Sympathetic Joy, Purification, Unity

Love is what you are seeking. In order to truly feel or be able to express love you must become more pure in heart. Your goal must be to move away from the desire to satisfy your physical senses in the attempt to become happy. Instead, realize that the only source of lasting happiness is to share your love with others. In this way you will be able to experience sympathetic joy, the true happiness that comes only from creating a sense of joy and fulfillment in others. By sharing your love freely with others your happiness multiplies geometrically, as there is no limit to the number of souls you can impact to increase their joy. To realize this wonderful state you must purify your own desires. Realize that you cannot separate your essential spiritual self from your physical self or from others. Separation is always what causes pain and suffering. Unity is what brings loving joy. When you are able to realize that your soul and your physical body are currently joined and must work in harmony with the essential creation that encompasses the entire spiritual and material worlds, then you can feel unity. Once you feel this unity within yourself then you are able to feel the deepest connection to all other living beings. Act on this level of connection with all of creation and you will automatically experience the highest level of love, and the most unimaginable joy will be a natural and continuous aspect of your life.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Harmony, Open-mindedness, Peace, Humor

Everyone says that they are interested in achieving peace, yet the world is so seldom at peace. That is because so few people are actually at peace within themselves. How can there be peace among people and nations if individuals find no peace in their own lives? Peace can only exist when there is harmony within the soul of the individual. This harmony can only exist when the person is in harmony with the universe as a whole and is acting on the basis of the soul and its connection with all other beings. When acting on the basis of the physical body, there can naturally be no harmony. However, when one recognizes their own true identity as a spirit soul and acknowledges their eternal connection with the source of all souls, then that individual can be at peace internally as well as with others. In order to achieve this harmony one must be open-minded. If you assume that you have already learned the complete truth and are unwilling to even consider the knowledge that others may have then you can never be at peace. One who is close-minded will always be unhappy and will make others miserable. The same is true of someone who cannot see any humor in life. One who is able to laugh at the injustices of life and is able to recognize that there is a gentle absurdity to life that can be a wonderful source of delight will be able to be in harmony. You must allow your sense of humor to shine through and realize that in spite of the serious nature of your purpose on this planet, life is essentially a humorous proposition. A wonderful sense of humor is certainly a primary ingredient of someone who is at peace with himself or herself and is able to live in harmony with others.

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Prayer, Self-Acceptance, Motivation, Manifestation

You are on the verge of manifesting the life you have always wanted. However, there are a few ingredients that are necessary before this can become possible. The first is your own self-acceptance. You must become comfortable with who you are and what your own personal and spiritual values are. Do not feel like you must try to project another persona to the world at large in order to be successful in business. Instead you must show your true spiritual nature to the world at large. When your motivation to accomplish something important that will help improve the world outweighs your ego’s desire to be seen as popular and acceptable to the normal person, then your personal power will expand and enable you to begin to manifest whatever you desire. In order to overcome this continued urging of the ego you must engage in heartfelt prayer that is consistent and is urgent. Pray that you have the courage to do what is necessary, regardless of what others may think. Pray for guidance to be shown exactly what your next phase of life should be. Pray with heartfelt thanks that your life is already manifested and that you are already having the impact on people that you desire. Only by visualizing the finished product of your desires will you be able to fully manifest the life that you are planning that will be wonderful for yourself as well as for those people throughout the world that you will impact.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Mercy, Generosity, Personal Power

Relationships are the key to personal growth. The most important thing in any relationship is to be generous. The more giving you are of yourself and your love the more you will attract loving and generous people to you. Never expect anything in return when you give. Instead understand the limitless nature of your own personal power that is fueled entirely by your relationship with the Creator. Never think that your power is dependent upon the approval of others. Instead, simply be anxious to extend our love and your mercy to everyone, regardless of how they reciprocate with you. When you act in this way you will never be disappointed by not having your expectations met by others. By acting in this genuinely compassionate and loving manner you will automatically attract to you the relationships in life that you are searching for at this point in time. Accept these relationships to enhance your life and help to lead you on your path to continued growth. Put your energy into these relationships and cherish those special personalities who are being sent to you to help make the transition into the next phase of your life. When you are true to your own nature and are open in sharing your inner love and beauty with others your life will be blessed by the new relationships that are being sent into your life.