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Robyn M
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Channeled Teachings
Sometimes you may feel as if you are wading through mud, just to get to the end of the day and disappear into the oblivion of sleep. Many a day you won't even realize that this is how you feel because you don't stop to think about it, you just keep struggling, one foot in front of the other. Eventually you will pause and realize that you are struggling. Whilst we can't do anything to lift you out of your struggle, we can help you to understand how to lift yourself out of the mud. The challenge lies in the way you perceive your world, and the way your perceive your role within the world. People often believe that they should try and do great things with their lives. Yet, we would ask only that you be the most loving, kind and peaceful person that you can be. Focus on that and the changes within your life with begin to take place. It is too easy to become bogged down in the outside world, and forget that the greater world is the one you cannot see. You have struggled. You have realized you are struggling, and now it is time to focus on more spiritual values in your life so that you can raise yourself out of the mud. Your vision has been on the mud and on putting one step in front of the other. We ask you to raise your eyes and look upwards, and focus your steps rising upwards. The choice for you to make is: what shall I focus on this day? Simple. What you focus on is what you create. The world around you is, in part, created by you. It is also created by the people around you. But, before you argue the pointlessness of trying to change things when other people refuse to change, let us point out that it only takes one person to change, to choose a more peaceful way of living in order to have an effect on everything around that person. So, we ask, what will you focus on today? Tending to your inner world, your spiritual world, is the first step towards greater peace in your life. And as you grow to emanate that peace, you share it, you touch the word around you. From there you examine your responses to your world, and find that nothing is really as big a problem as you used to think. You find things 'rattle' you less, you find you response to things with greater calm. You become a more peaceful person, and a happier person. People find that being in your company calms them, you become a sanctuary for others. What you devote your energy to, you will attract to yourself. This is an unavoidable truth, and can be used to assist you in your growth. You are not asked to do great things, you are not asked to do anything at all, but it would be of great benefit to yourself to understand and embrace the divinity that is your reality. Focus on a return to this state and you will no longer be struggling in the mud, you will rise above it, and exist with a greater serenity and love. Simplify your life. Focus on your spiritual growth. In the quiet moments you will begin to hear your Soul breathe, you will begin to feel yourself stretch and grow, you will hear the current of life that flows through all things. You will understand that there is a greater world than the one you see, and that greater world can have a greater impact upon your life, if you only allow it to be so. What will you focus on today?
Though you will grieve the loss of a pet, understand that 'life' (the Soul life) goes on. All that you gave is remembered as 'something that was experienced' not as a judgment of good and bad, for once your pet has passed on there is no judgment in the world of Soul, there is only 'it was an experience.' So...what will your pet remember when they pass on? Will they remember your love? Will they remember being kicked and beaten? Will they remember playing games with you? Will they remember being ignored? Will they remember the joy of a warm place to sleep on a wet and rainy night? Will they remember being locked out in the cold in a freezing kennel on a cold and rainy night? Will they remember having freedom to run and play? Will they remember being locked into a cage and having no freedom? Will they remember having enough to eat? Will they remember starving? Will they remember the grace and respect you treated them with, and the wisdom in your voice? Will they remember harsh shouts they could not understand and a feeling of being afraid? They will remember. You may wonder why we care so much about the animals? Firstly, they are as important as you are! Let us make that point abundantly clear. They are a part of I AM. They are loved, cherished, and respected. They could teach you much if you would only learn, about grace, and trust, and play and laughter, about loyalty and wisdom. Perhaps as great as their equal value with you, is another purpose of this discussion. How you treat your animals is representative of how you treat each other. Take a good look at how your society treats their animals, and you will see how your society treats each other. So far the picture is not as great as it could be. Animals are abused, beaten, terrorized, imprisoned, feed substandard food, not given clean water, left out in the cold, shut out at night, ignored, treated as a nuisance, shouted at, treated as if they are stupid. We do, of course, acknowledge the many home in which the animals are loved, cherished, hugged, fed well, given a warm place to sleep, given laps to lie on, given lots of wonderful attention, played with, taken for walks, and treated with respect, grace and dignity. And to you people, we give our thanks. We see the way all animals and people are treated. We are not blind. A loving act is felt through all the universe as a wave of that love, rippling through everything, even the tiniest pebble. We do, also acknowledge that when you love these pets as greatly as you do, that there is great heartbreak when they pass on. It is the price for loving so well. And we know that it is a price you joyfully pay, for to have had such a friend in your life and to have not loved them makes no sense to you. To never love means not enduring the pain, but it means having never loved. That is not living, that is 'waiting to die'. Love greatly. Love fully. Your pets will thank you for it when they meet you again. And trust us, when your life is over and you too go home to the world of spirit, the Souls of these animals you loved so well will be waiting to greet you, in fact if we know some of them well, they will not even wait until you reach the welcoming party they will run off and meet you first and escort you in, proudly. When you have given your purest love to your pets, you have given that love to I AM. You have given that love to the ALL. If you cannot love a pet well, if you do not really have the time, please wait until you do. Please wait until you are ready. These are I AM's cherished creatures for they are a part of the energy of I AM as is everything. We are all connected. Remember: death is only the release of the body. You will recognize the Soul of your pet when you meet again. You will. Treat the animals well, they are your brothers and sisters.
(Dedicated to Sola.) You rush so much through your days, always trying to get the chores done, the house or apartment looking clean and tidy, the gardens weeded and dug, the washing done, the dishes done...always busy, always active. Whilst it is good to have something to do...why are you so reluctant to sit quietly outside in the fresh air and do nothing? Why are you so intent on being busy, or occupied (listening to music, watching television, reading a book) all the time? Why are you so obsessed with keeping your attention and your thoughts occupied all the time? What would happen if you stopped, sat down in the sun or under the shade of a tree and did nothing? Just sitting there, not thinking, not doing, just BEing? Do you know what would begin to happen? You would begin to hear, and to sense, and to feel. Your Guidance would sit and talk with you. You might not hear their words, but you just might sense their love, feel their peace. You cannot even begin to grow, spiritually, if you are not prepared to sit down, distraction free, and 'be' (fully and completely) in that moment. We are not talking about giant strides here, we are not talking about unlocking your ability to hear everything or to know everything, we are talking about the tiniest baby steps you could possibly make. And yet, these are the most vital baby steps you could take. How can you ask to feel at peace, to feel loved, to feel the very fabric of the universe draped around you, if you do not take the time to listen? These tiny baby steps will grant you the time to sit and pay attention so that you can feel peace, and love, and tranquility, so that you can hear and feel and know, at the tiniest level. From there, if you continue, you will begin to feel that all-enveloping peace no matter what you are doing, no matter where you are. And you will feel it instantly, you won't have to go and look for it. Baby steps, so that you can learn, and then it becomes a part of you, something as natural as feeling the sun on your back, or smelling the scent of the rose. You cannot achieve this if you do not stop your obsession with keeping busy and occupied. You don't have to be busy all the time. People are not really as impressed as you think they are when you complain about how busy your life is and how you barely have any time, and how you will try to fit them in but just plain run out of time. They don't really care. When you have embraced the peace, and the ability to sit quietly and awaken, you won't care either. To awaken in single moment is possible. It is your right. But, it first has to be your choice. In a single moment exists all the peace of the universe. In a single moment exists the love of I AM. You can embrace that in this moment, and in the next and the next. You don't have to be in that serenity all the time, but wouldn't long lines of moments, all joined together, be a welcome relief from the state of the world you see around you? Can you even imagine what would happen if an entire community did this? Take that time to sit quietly. Stop the rush. You are not hear to keep busy, you are here to evolve, spiritually. Please, take the time to be quiet, to sit, without thinking, and just be in that moment, so that you can truly know that moment....and see what happens when you begin to do that more and more and more. You live outside yourself, rather than within yourself. You are affected by everything that goes on outside of yourself, but often barely notice what is going on within you. Don't you think it's time you started to pay more attention to the inner you? You allow the responses of the world outside you to dictate what you do, where you do it, why you do it, and what you wear while you do or do not do it. You put aside what you desire and allow the outer world to dictate how you will live our life and what you will wear while you do so. Why? Why do you do this? Why are you so out of touch with your inner self that you cannot stand up for what you dream of, what you long for, what you cry for? You are so out of touch with your inner world that we imagine you would go so far as to doubt (or even deny) its existence. However, there is an inner you, and when you are free off the requirements of your daily job (for we do understand that workplaces have codes of dress, action and behavior), how about taking some time to listen to the inner you. The cry may be:
If you want to read Harry Potter on the bus to work, even though you are fifty years old: read it! If you want to drink milk with lunch: drink it! If you want to back off from conflict and seek a more peaceful way: do it! Other people may tell you 'stand your ground and fight' but if your inner voice is telling you not to do this, if there is an inner feeling that says 'no', then listen to the guidance that feels right. If you do not know what to do, you do not have to do anything. If you find the sound of swearing and cursing makes your skin crawl, stop doing it, regardless of what others around you do. If you want to wear a purple shirt with your blue suit, though other people tell you 'it is not power dressing', just wear the shirt! Wear what makes you feel great. It may be that on that day you need the vibration of the color purple. If you like to wear crystals but have been told they are not appropriate for the office/shop/workplace wear them under your clothes. If you want to be vegetarian or vegan and other people scoff at you, do what feels right for you not what feels right for them. If you seek to spend time in contemplation or meditation, though others scoff at this also, just do what feels right for you. You cannot make another person happy by making yourself unhappy. If you want a quiet night at home while your friends want to go to the pub, stay home, and honor yourself by doing what is right for you. If you live this life the way everyone else tells you to live it, you will not be living your life, you will be living theirs. Take the time to understand your own passions and desires, and fit them into your life. Live the fullest expression of who you are. Changing your thought processes is not an impossible process. It starts with one step: what is it that is not the highest reflection of me? Is it:
The list could go on and on. The one thing that all these things have in common is: they can be changed, or perhaps a better term would be 'healed'. Can it be changed overnight? Perhaps, but not likely. However, the most important key to success is: recognizing that there is something about yourself you desire to change, it is admitting that you are better and greater than these thoughts/behaviors, and that they do not accurately reflect who you truly are! (By the way, if you do think they accurately reflect you then: you are wrong. We know better!) Okay, so you admit to yourself that there are things about yourself that could be improved, and let's be fair here: choose just one. If it is that you complain to much, or swear too much (and only you can decide which one you feel needs priority healing over any other issues), then let us begin with that one issue. The challenge is to not do that (complaining or swearing) for two to four weeks. This is not a new idea and is currently underway in your world already, but we seek to have you expand this and use it to your advantage. To begin with this will be a challenge and you will try hard to beat it, to win, to reach that 2 or 4 week margin (whichever one you decided on), and you may struggle to get past day one. Don't give up. Keep trying and trying and trying, even if you spend two months on day one! Established patterns cannot be changed overnight, but the process of accepting into yourself that these are patterns you no longer choose for yourself is a huge step, for soon that will trickle through to the deepest part of your thought processes and then the switch will be flicked. You will cease trying and simply do. Does the switch flick that easily? Yes. All the forwork, all the 'failures' are simply a part of the process of making a change. If it was as easy as changing overnight, then it would not have been a big problem in the first place, but when these are bigger issues for you, then it takes time, and those failures are the opportunities to tell yourself: "I am not this thing, I am not the swearing/complaining, it does not reflect who I am and I reaffirm this to myself, and I will try again." Each time you are given this opportunity to reaffirm, you make the resolve stronger, you make the change more permanent. These are not failures, they are steps towards success! When that switch is flicked you are easily able to achieve the goal. If, however, you err, and complain/swear, go back to day one and start again without any resentment of sorrow. It does not matter if this process takes a month or a year. This is a personal challenge that you undertake willingly and lovingly. When you have succeeded in this you will, from then on, always be aware of what you say and do, but the complaining/swearing will no longer be an automatic part of your behavior. Now that you have conquered that, move on to another issue you find you could improve/heal. Don't make it something you will have trouble keeping with. If you work full time but you want your challenge to be 'cook healthier meals', first think about how much time you have to devote to meal preparation. It may be that to start with you choose a challenge of 'add a salad to the nightly meal', so that there is something raw and healthy on the table. You may experiment with different dressings and ingredients in the salad. Becoming aware of salads and their ingredients is the first step of becoming aware of healthier meals and paying more attention to what you put into your body. A journey is made of small steps. You do not need to make giant leaps! One success teaches you that you can achieve these goals. One success is all it takes.
As the energy of the world changes, you may be called into new areas, to enhance your awareness of who you are and what you are capable of. You may find yourself drawn to study, so that you may develop more confidence in yourself as well as gain new knowledge. You may find yourself drawn to spend more time sitting quietly and introspectively, so that you may understand your own energy, and understand the flow of that energy. When you understand your energy and your flow it is easier to understand what affects that energy. You may find yourself drawn to adopting a pet, though this is only even to be done with the full commitment to care of the pet for the duration of its life. It is a serious thing indeed to care for another being. The adoption may be to encourage you to release and share the love you have held so tightly within, as well as bringing more joy into your days. You may find yourself paying more attention to your immediate surroundings, and enjoying creating a tidier more organized space in which to thrive. You may find yourself paying more attention to what you eat, so that you can have a healthier body, and a healthier future. It is difficult to achieve progress and chase goals when you run out of energy or begin to feel unwell. To keep pace, it is wise to nurture your body. You may find yourself reading more, drawn to books that inspire and uplift, so that you can raise your energy level and keep it high. You may find yourself drawn to positive people. Positive people help you to be positive, help you to see the good in life and in people. What you focus on you attract, so if you focus on positive you attract positive. The world is changing. Learn to pay attention so that the guidance you are being given does not slip by you unnoticed. Your Guidance are doing all they can, but you need to listen to them, to be aware so that you do not miss their messages. This is the time to consider a new way of living, a new way of being. It is a journey of discovery, a path hitherto unknown. So ask for guidance and assistance, and it shall be granted. Whenever the energy of the world changes there are people who fear, who panic, but this is not a time for fear and chaos, this is a time of exciting self discovery!
This may indeed seem a very strange topic for us to touch on, but we believe it is important we talk about this. First we will begin by asking you a question: can an economy go up and up and up and never drop? We know you want to say 'yes', but we also know that you understand that an economy cannot continuously climb. Why not? An economy is like a living energy, it flows, it moves, it rises and descends. However, every time the economy descends there are great cries of doom and gloom and financial ruin. And so, every time the economy drops, you panic! If an economy drop could cause you financial ruin, we would ask why you are sailing so close to the wind with your finances? Why are you risking it all? Your financial situation should not be drastically affected by an economy descent to the point where you lose it all. And yet, so many people do just that, invest too much, borrow too much, and then when the economy drops they lose everything. If they had been more conservative they might have still been okay. Their risk was caused by greed. We are not giving you financial advice here, because we really don't care about money at all! It is your obsession with money that lands you in trouble. It is your belief that you must have this that and the other that causes you to over extend yourself financially. You survive an economic downturn by never putting yourself into a situation of complete financial risk in the first place. It's as simple as that. What is it that you truly need in life: a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear, income to pay the bills. Do you really need the latest cell phone, that flashest television, the biggest house, the latest car, the dearest clothes, the fine food and wine? Reality: no, you don't. You don't have to drink alcohol every day, you don't need a beer when you get home or a glass of wine with dinner. But society has persuaded you that you do. Work out how much you spend on these things in a year and you will be surprised. You could grow your own fruit and vegetables. Not only would this save you some money, but being outside in the garden is good for you. Spending time with your hands in the dirt is a simple and humbling experience. Getting back in touch with the way your grandparents lived is not a bad thing it is a very good thing! The panic that an economic downturn causes is a mental issue. You allow people to persuade you that the world is all doom and gloom and that there will be massive unemployment and crime rates will go up etc. Why must that happen? If too many people focus on those things they will indeed happen, but you will be partly responsible for bringing it to yourselves. Do not worry about what other people say. You can only control yourself. If you have been sensible you should hopefully be able to withstand an a descent in the economy without losing everything. If you do lose things, well, maybe this is an opportunity to learn how to achieve what you desire patiently and not try to risk it all to have it now. Sometimes the slower approach is not only the safest, but the best. There is, in truth, plenty of food in the world, plenty of housing, plenty of water, plenty of love, plenty of joy. But, it is what you focus on that you will continue to create for yourself. You can dig a vegetable garden, you can plant a fruit tree. You can simplify your life. You can save quite a bit each week by forgoing your expensive coffees. You can cook meals at home and not eat out so often. You can reduce (or even give up) your alcohol intake. You can give up the luxuries in your life that you do not need. Every little thing that you can do will have a benefit. The greatest change you can make, to help yourself, is your attitude. Life is what it is because of what you focus on and what you 'put out there'. If you choose to be peaceful, to find joy in the smallest of things, to be helpful to other people, you will change your life. You will attract that peace, that joy, and the pleasure of helping other people and of receiving help. Economies move and shift. The only fear is that which is created by humanity. Why choose fear? Fear is because of a belief in lack. There is no lack. There is only abundance. What you bring into your life is your own choice. Your choice to feel fear at the descent of the economy is just that: a choice. Don't buy in to the fear of other people. The world will still be here tomorrow. The sun will still rise. The water will still flow. Children will still laugh. We are not asking anyone to bury their head in the sand, we are not encouraging anyone to be naive we are simply saying: choose your attitude. Tighten your belt (as they say), simplify your life, and choose your attitude. It is truly as simple as that. |
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