THIS is the way the light should be – brilliant! The light shines from each of you. When others try to turn your light out, then shine even more brilliantly. -- The Angels…
The last few days, there have been flashes of light in boardrooms, in plants and warehouses, and in department stores. It is a sign that we are flashing brilliant! Look inside. See how you are changing. Let it happen.
Blessings,
Judy
Find one thing that makes you feel good and put it into practice. It is through this kind of action that we learn to live in harmony. We can also change others in this way. I know that some people question whether the actions of a single individual can really affect others. But do not waste time worrying about that; just do what feels right to you.
- Nikkyo Niwano, "A Cheerful 'Good Morning'"
Each morning, we go out to work, whether it is to a job or to keep our household going with running kids or with grocery shopping. Each morning, we need to learn to do things with grace and ease for this makes the whole “getting out of bed” thing much easier on us.
This was the lesson that I was getting the past several weeks. The weather was getting colder. The client projects were getting more demanding, and the day more tiring. By the time I got home, I was finding it hard to have resources to work with through the evening. I wondered if I was going to survive the challenge.
Then, in meditation each evening, I would hear “find the beauty in the drive to work”. I struggled with that thought! How much beauty is there in the movement of thousands of cars down the highway, especially when three lanes try to squeeze into one to merge on to the highway? I simply got frustrated with all the drivers that were scared to merge or stopped on the highway, waiting for others to let them in. This action breaks the flow of traffic.
And then one morning, I began to see some humour in how people were driving. A few days after that, I began to see the drive to work as a great operatic dance, conducted by several novice conductors. I realized that I could be a conductor and ask for the traffic to flow with grace and ease. I soon distracted myself with this new view of traffic and my morning drive is now making me feel good as I drive to the office.
I have found one thing that can change my day. If you decide to try this, let me know what changes your day.
Many blessings this day,
Judy
Many blessings on your house upon this Christmas Day!
This is a time of peace and of fellowship and cheer.
The best that we can do, or so the Angels say
Is to love one another more compassionately this year.
We look around at all the things we have and feel
That we’ve been wronged because it doesn’t measure up
To the things that we see and have great appeal
To the need to consume and “fill ‘er on up”,
That the media created to get us to buy.
We humans are more than a consumable good.
We are marvellous and beautiful and kind.
We are laughing and joking and makers of food
That we share with our friends or anyone we find
Has need of some time to refresh and to heal.
We are the ones that see others and care
Whether they are cold or need a good meal.
That kind of need isn’t so rare
Now that the world is turning upside down.
Merry Christmas to one and all!
Blessings,
Judy
I am always amazed at the Spirit Animals that find their way into my meditations. They bring such wisdom and stories. We are all connected. Here is today’s lesson from the Spirit Animals.
Ant marched into my space in meditation. He said that humans have no idea, really, of what work is. He says that if daily, we walked every where we went, and travelled the miles that Ant needs to travel to provide food and stuffs for the nest, then we would work. If humans carried everything they needed at home with them on their back, then we would work at the same rate that Ant does. And, if we could hear the one Ant in the hive that was needing help, and if we paid attention, then we would be truly honourable in our work.
Ant’s words were indeed humbling.
Blessings,
Judy
The shortest day and the longest night – the time that our Ancestors called “mid-winter” is that time that tells us that Nature is still working. If the day remained short, and the night was long, then the rotation of the planet changed.
Our Ancestors had elaborate rituals to ensure that the planet kept turning, or, as they thought, that the Sun kept revolving around the Earth.
The diagram below shows the angle of the Sun in the north. Now, with all of the availability of science, we no longer look to the sky to see what will happen. We have dropped doing the rituals and doing the work to keep the Sun going.
Enjoy the Solstice.
Blessings,
Judy
