The Daily Way

Death is not the end. You hear this said and you scoff, for have you not experienced the end of the physical presence of one you love? And yes, of course it hurts deeply, for you have learned to navigate this apparently physical world with ease, and things no longer [...]

Pruning. Why do you do this to a bush or tree? You clear out that which is inhibiting growth to allow more space. You reshape things a bit. How often do you do personal pruning? There may be some lower branches and leaves which have dried up and are no [...]

When you feel cut off from your greater connection, attune to the body. Yes, the physical aspects of you can be your ally, not your enemy, when trying to connect with Spirit. The body will show you that when you are feeling disconnected, there is likely tension present. You are [...]

Do you find yourself matching the energy of those around you? If someone is calm, you are calm; if they are excited or agitated, you are the same? Then you blend and merge fields easily. This sensitivity can be a blessing and also a challenge if it knocks you off [...]

Divine love. Do you know what this is? The love between parent and child comes close, but even in this sacred relationship one places conditions. It is part of being human to have rules and impose them upon others, to expect others to behave in certain ways, and to [...]

Can you identify a time in your earlier story that continues to affect you emotionally to this day? Picture your story like a knitted scarf. That moment of wounding is like a hole in the scarf—an area of dropped stitches. You can fix this, you know. Go into an expanded [...]

How does your garden grow? Is it replete with beautiful flowers or have the weeds taken over? Perhaps there is a mixture of both: that which is the purpose of the garden and that which is simply part of the wholeness. Flowers AND weeds: both are divine aspects of nature [...]

Feel it all. That is all. You are so very loved.

Death is not the end. Of the body? Yes, of course, the body returns to the elements of which it is made, just as all energy is transformed, but we are speaking now of consciousness. You think of the term “losing consciousness” and you think that death brings a loss [...]

When relationships change, do not panic ... flow. It is the insistence that things must stay the same that causes no one to grow. Yes, you love each other, this you know. But there comes a time to recognize when new winds blow. Does this mean you take a leap [...]

Never stop seeking newness. Yes, it is true: words such as always and never are to be used sparingly, but when it comes to why you are here, beautiful soul, never stop growing. Evolution of consciousness requires new ways of doing things, new ways of seeing what is right before [...]

Who’s who in the zoo? You go to a park to enjoy the variety of animals and to wonder at how differently they behave and look. Such diversity in this wondrous world!  And do you not see that your human personalities are quite like this? Yes, you may be of [...]

Why sit in the silence? To remember the experience of simply “being” without a story. And why would you want to do that? To realize how caught up you may have become in the drama of being human. Why sit in the silence? To connect with the part of [...]

Out beyond ideas and language and actions that differ, there is a field. I will meet you there. We have been trying to steer you there, to invite you there, to gift you the opportunity to lie down in that field, beautiful soul. In that field, there are no [...]

Have you ever worn a pair of glasses with yellow lenses? Did you see how all that you saw was now tinted yellow? And is it not possible that if you wore those lenses day and night, you might come to believe that all the world is tinted yellow? [...]

A group faces a painting, beholding the many colors. One group says, “Oh, look at the bright colors, how they sparkle! This is a wonderful painting.” The other group says, “Oh, look at these dark colors! This is a terrible, dismal work.”  And what is the difference? Where and [...]

Unless you have all sides of a story, you are bound to suffer. Do you realize that your life in human form is a story? Yes, it is quite a bit like improvisation on a stage, where there is a known plot, but the actors, through their choices, keep the plot [...]

Humans love control, yet they have very little of it. Do you see the paradox? You watch a storm create havoc and realize you cannot control the weather. You watch your headlines and realize you cannot control others’ choices. Is there anything you can control? The body will react automatically [...]

You purge the stomach of its contents in a most violent way at times, and you do not see this for the divine gift that it is. The body knows when it needs to rid itself of something harmful. Yes, the process is unpleasant, but it helps to restore balance [...]

On this day in certain parts of your world you play God. You move your clocks backward, erasing an hour of time. You cannot actually manipulate the amount of sunshine you have in a day, but you can make a far easier choice. Play God, why don’t you, and [...]

You can feel it in the air … the collective anxiety. Is it yours, this anxiety? You need not take it in and take ownership of it. Yes, you are part of a group field that is quite tumultuous at this time, no matter where you find yourself upon this [...]

Go there in your dreams: that place where magic happens, where anything is possible. Go there in your daydreams … that state where ideas spring up and dance with each other without dismissing them as folly. Go there in your waking consciousness … that childlike state of imagination, play, and [...]

You work so hard at getting to know your higher self. This is good for you. It will help you see past the drama and find the peace and love within that are your birthright. And what about that one you are with … any of those apparent others [...]

It is never too late to make amends. Not now or when in the ever after, for all there is is Now. To call the state in which one finds oneself “the afterlife” is merely a nod to the fact that it comes after this particular experience in a body. [...]

What is the most endearing gesture you can gift to yourself? What truly gets the feelings of love flowing? For some it will be two hands across the heart. For others, it will be one hand placed gently atop the other. Perhaps a hand to the cheek or the shoulder. [...]

All that exists, at the most fundamental level is energy that flows in patterns which create experiences in Awareness, your True Nature. The body and all that appears to be physical are like a head of flowing hair. At times the strands get tiny knots in them. If left unattended, [...]

Are you frustrated by others’ choices and beliefs? Shift your center. What does this mean? You can be self-centered, and oh, you know what that is like in yourself and others. You can be group-centered, which is what is causing so much angst in your world at this time. You [...]

There are times when life does not go as you want it to. How much control do you actually have? When you watch a favorite drama on your television, can you control the next lines from your favorite characters’ mouths? You cannot, and so you face multiple choices about how [...]

When overwhelm threatens, pause. Why are you like a boiling pot? There are energies within that are trying to be expressed and cleared. In order to not boil over, turn down the heat and do stir the pot. Perhaps you were told not to, but how will you get at [...]

Like the lens of a camera, yours is an ever-changing focus. At times you take in as much as you can comprehend. At other times, you focus quite narrowly on one issue or another. Ah, there’s the rub. The more narrow the focus, the more one can obsess. Widen the [...]