In Their Own Words: Messages From the Higher Realm and the Unexpected Journey of Their Envoy

Many of you know I had been working on a book and had finished it.  A couple of you have read it and felt it needed to be “out there.”  Being I have not yet published it, either not having an agent or raising the needed funds to self-publish as yet, I felt time was passing and what I needed to do was to begin to post at least the Archangel messages from the book, as I do not own those – they belong to all.  I will go through them in alphabetical order so it will be easier for you to find them. 

   What begins each one is a bit of prose by me in how I see each one in my mind’s eye, or relate to them.  Of course they are not truly formed in these images, as they are pure energy, but in order for my mind to capture the feeling of them, they have images to me, some quite striking and real, others more vague around the edges but with a strong presence of energy.

   For those of you that may be visiting the blog for the first time, you might feel a bit lost in not knowing what I have been told my soul’s energy is.  For a brief explanation, read the very first blog from February 11, 2012, to better understand the crux of what words come from my soul and why.

 

   I hope you enjoy these and gain something from the words they have sent, for that was their intention.  I was guided to begin with the Forward of the book, and the chapter about Archangels in general.  I hope to post thereafter about every two weeks with messages from the Archangel energies and perhaps other parts of the book, so as not to inundate anyone with too much to read.  I hope this timing works for you all. 

   So let us begin ~

Foreword

I want to say here and now that I hold no special power, for in truth, we all hold power. I am not special, just different.  But we are all different on many levels and we all hold the same truth in that we are all part of the Infinite Source.  We are the representatives of the One on this planet, that One manifesting as us - you and me.  And we all have a gift to bring.  Some of us bring that gift forth more easily than others, some of us hide it in a closet.  I have finally chosen to step boldly out of my closet and share the light that needs to pour forth from my gift, and I can only hope that this book inspires some of you to answer the call and do the same.  Step out of the closet and let your light shine forth, for this planet, for all beings on this planet.  The Universe needs for you to do just that.

Perhaps you think there are enough books on the meaning of life.  Perhaps you think that too many people have an opinion on what that meaning is.  Perhaps you are right.  And maybe you think that anyone that says they channel from another realm, or even more, claims to be an incarnated Archangel, a being from another planet, or has spent lives with elementals, has gone over the edge.  But there are so many searchers and so many who have found a part of the truth, including within themselves, that it is important to get all thoughts out there.  It is only your job to weed through and see what rings true for you and what doesn’t.   Just remember - many who changed the world were not agreed with by all.  Quite the opposite, in fact.

Some might resonate with the words in this book and say, “YES!”  Others might find much of it blasphemous.  But there is one truth that I have learned above all others, that allowing opinions - not getting into conflict about them - should be the true basis for all religions, orthodox or otherwise, and all spiritual teachings.  The truth of them comes down to one word - Love.  That is the true foundation of all things, all manifestation.  It is what The One, God, the Infinite Source of All That Is, truly is.  It is what Jesus taught, Buddha taught, and is what the answer is to all life.  We can and need to be diversified, for that is what expands this wonderful Universe; but it is in the allowing, not in the conflict, that enables God to truly live within each and every one of us and everything we see, touch, smell, taste and feel.  That is the living God.  We are all one from the One, and what you do to your brother, you do to yourself.  The “butterfly effect.”  Your words, your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions ripple out into this world, this Universe, as they are pure energy, and therefore, will come back to you.  So make them loving.

In truth, there are no new ideas on this subject.  The truth has been with us since Creation.  It comes forth through remembering and comes forth in a variety of ways, each spoken or written of as remembered by many different souls. Each one brings it forth with words familiar to them, either from them or from energies around them.  It is how they are stated that you either embrace them or not.  Depending on what words ring true  for you, or in the way they are stated, can it take meaning for you.  But essentially they all carry the same idea.  Each one of us resonates to different ways of understanding these words depending upon the workings of our own minds and thought patterns.

I’ve read so many books with so many ideas and variations on ideas.  However, some are repeated by many writers; things also found in ancient texts, sacred writings of old.  These are the things that show consistency and must be looked at.  Anything that will help during the evolution of humankind that is written about, like love, gratitude, and forgiveness, are things that should be part of our daily BE-ing.  There is nothing psychic or crazy about trying to see the Divine within everyone.

It is also shown that the closer one gets to truth, the less diversity there truly is.  All religions, though quite different on the surface, tend to funnel down and become more alike the closer to the real truth they become.  The real basis for all religions comes down to one point – love. 

I believe the word God isn’t for everyone.  It makes it sound like a name, a label, and is connected to too many organized religions, especially in North America.  Labeling such a power brings up pictures that are limiting within themselves.  You could use Infinite Source, Divine Consciousness, Universe, YaHWeH, Goddess, Asherah, Atum, Allah, Brahma, Wakan Tanka, Great Spirit, Father/Mother (or Mother/Father), All That Is.  Maybe one of those would work better, depending on what you are comfortable with.  Whatever you want to call the Higher Consciousness, it is just that.  In this book, I refer to this Being, that Almighty One, the manifesting energy of all things sometimes as “God,” especially from my earlier days, but mostly as “Source.”  Becky, one of my dearest friends and a sister of my heart, lovingly calls this Source, Bob.  She believes that no matter what you call IT, IT is still the same.  And this is not irreverent to her, as she believes it doesn’t matter what you call the All That Is, as names are merely labels and the All That Is cannot be given a label.  Interestingly, I found and sent a card to her once showing a few nuns holding what appeared to be the Shroud of Turin, but with a very strange and funny face on it, that said, “The sisters were disappointed to find that what they were holding was the shroud of Bob.”  We both got into hysterical laughter over that. 

I see Source as a pure balance of male/female, Yin/Yang, the negative/positive energy that is true for EVERY-thing.  So please read all other names into it because IT is all one.  And IT isn’t an old man with a beard as some religions create as a picture for us when we are small children, a picture that seems to follow us into adulthood, limiting our ability to see very far into the vastness of it all.  That is one reason I choose not to use the word God all the time, as that is the picture it brings up in my mind, sad to say, and it is way too limiting.  It is also too patriarchal.  IT is the manifesting energy source of all love, truth, peace, light, well being, joy, forgiveness and salvation.  Call IT what you want, what you feel comfortable with, but to me, “Source” encompasses all of the above and does not lean toward any one religion. 

In writing with the Archangel energy, they mostly refer to Source as “the One.”  I would have used this as I’ve become so familiar with it, but it doesn’t always flow as easily while writing.  They also refer to Source as God, as that is also very familiar to me, and many others.  So from them, expect a number of references, but it is all the same meaning.

This book is predominantly based on messages that were channeled from Archangels.  Yes, there are angels.  I’ve seen them; I’ve felt them.  They come from pure love, light, guidance and are here for all.  Another message this book covers is that we all are divine; all hold the Light of the One.  There are so many now who hold a gift of power and light that are afraid to step forward and offer it to the world.  Some are winged, some work with elementals, some are from other planets.  Some are all of the above.  I’ve remembered that I have wings, with a residue of memories from elementals and star people, and I’ve seen the power of my wings in action.  This book, however, is from the energy I know best, I remember best, and where my true energy was created and is based, and that is the realm of Archangels.  And actually angels do not really have wings, but an extension of energy, a field, that can be wrapped around a person or situation to bring comfort as though it was a pair of wings.  I believe that in our ideas of them being of a higher realm, able to be anywhere all at once; the idea of movement, flight and comforting aide, has given us the idea of wings.  It’s a lovely thought and image, really.

Archangels have been written about for centuries.  They are found in Biblical writings in the Old and the New Testaments.  There are drawings of them by the most famous of artists.  They are spoken of in every ethnic culture worldwide.  And yet at this point in our lives, in this 21^st century, they seem to have resurfaced and become more pronounced.  There are many books written about them, more people channeling them, as though their message is becoming more urgent in this time of planetary and human evolution.  They, in truth, speak to us all, but there are some of us that are gently nudged to share what they get from this guidance, other than just knowing we are all protected and loved by guardian angels.

If this sounds the least bit intriguing to you, if you want to see if you have what it takes to come out of the closet and stand in your truth, if it encourages you to use your special gift of light and help the evolution of humankind and this planet, read on.  And thank you from all involved in the writing of this book that you, dear reader, have come to this place in your own walk.

Let me just add a note here.  We are all evolving, coming more into the Light and gaining the ability to allow more Light to fill us.  Each day I learn something new about this evolution, mostly of myself.  I have been guided more and more toward this ascension, am given more knowledge and understanding of what it is about.  This book was written in the now of my knowing.  I know it will evolve even further, as growing and learning never ends.  What I am trying to say is, what is here is what I’ve learned to this point.  As soon as this book is done, what I learn will continue.  What you are seeing is a snapshot in time for this consciousness.

January 2012-13

Magdrael

(Marsha Lorraine Downs)

 Introduction

What Is An Archangel?

Volumes have been devoted to the study of Archangels.  Some of the finest and most famous paintings in the world have Archangels as their subjects or prominently shown.  Much of the research I’ve done has brought me to one conclusion – no one really seems to know the real truth, as there is much conflict over which Archangel plays which role, has which talent or special gift, the spelling of the names (as each language has their own and there can be different spellings within one language), what they are, who has fallen, who is still friends with Lucifer, or Azrael for that matter, who is even talking with whom, and the list goes on.  My head fairly spun with it all. 

I had asked Azrael about this some time ago after reading things that seemed very contradictory, and this is what I was told:  “You are concerned about Haniel/Gabriel regarding the moon – which is it?  You and some others believe it is Haniel, but then others say Gabriel.  Some say Michael rules the Sun, others say Mercury.  Some have me with Mars, but I am really more aligned with Neptune and Pluto, as we also are in this human form.  You see Chamuel as female, but Chamuel is the male, or positive aspect of that soul.  What you see in your mind’s eye is the negative or yin aspect, Seraphina.  All this is confusing and will never be sorted out to where all agree because we are energy, not nameable beings, really.  And we, as you know, are androgynous in that energy.  Yes, there are the negative/positive aspects to us, as all energy has negative and positive.  But this is where the need to name things in a three dimensional world creates much confusion and lack of continuity.  None of it matters, really.  If you want healing, call upon Raphael, or call upon Source to send you a healing energy and the energy that you might think of as Raphael shows up.  It doesn’t matter what you call that energy.”

I also realized that in most of the writings that have been done, they were written from a very dualistic viewpoint – good/evil, male/female, fear/love, and not from a place of oneness and neutrality, which is what their energy is truly about.  In the end, I decided that what I got was exactly what I needed to put in this book, from them through me, and all those other volumes are what other people got, or wrote after doing research from a number of places.  And to answer the above question, what is an Archangel, this is what I received.

The term Archangel in any language is a label given to a higher vibrational energy that was specifically created to serve Divine Consciousness.  They can be everywhere and anywhere at one time, as there is no such thing as time or place in the higher dimensions.  They all can do and be just about anything we need them to be, but they do have special talents or gifts within their individual energy field, also their own personality.  They all have Twin Flames, as that is part of the fabric of each soul, which is explained further on in the book.  So if you see or feel a feminine quality in an Archangel such as Haniel, who many feel as a feminine energy, you are feeling or seeing the yin side of the unified aspect of the whole energy being.  It truly depends on what the need is.

The personality of a specific energy can change with whomever they are working with or channel through as well.  This is how Azrael tells it: “Our energy is to the individual, and who can “hear” that particular energy source in what they channel, is what they were meant to understand.  Our messages are according to who receives and who will benefit from that receiver.  As you know Metatron can be very scientific and mathematical.  But those who channel and are not that left-brained, will receive messages that come through differently, though there is still a definite meaningful message and it is still the energy of Metatron. Like anything else, it is how the receiver perceives the energy and hears it.  It all adds up to the truth, however.  It is just stated differently for the variety of people who will receive it.”  Perhaps that is why there are as many stories as there are authors about this wonderful energy.  I no longer see this as discrepancies, so much as a fullness of being of each energy, and the capabilities and qualities therein.  

You might find that many of their words tend to be redundant, though each has their own “take” on it, but the message is simple, so it gets repeated in a number of ways.  Love.  Giving and Receiving.  Oneness.  Forgiveness.  Trust.  Surrender.  There are only so many ways to get the same message across.  And some of it might sound simplistic.  But love is a choice, and it is simple.  Sometimes the simplest messages need to be pounded into us, just as your parents pounded the same things into you – some things good, others maybe making your self-worth diminish.  But in what the Archangels bring, a lesson worth learning needs to be repeated.  And, of course, the other key in all this is gratitude.  Always, always, always be in gratitude in all ways.

Another truth about Archangels is that they do not subscribe to any one dogma; they are spiritual and not religious.  They also have some interesting opinions and thoughts about religion.  What you read here might sound blasphemous in some ways if you are deeply rooted into an organized religion.  Or their words might open your heart and mind to allow what each religion might bring to those people involved in it.  But do know that not any one religion has a claim to this higher realm energy, as they see all people as one and all holding the Divine within them.  Love of God, and therefore the love of all, is their truth, not any religious doctrine.

The words here are mostly gentle, easy for most to grasp.  They aren’t scientific; they aren’t about quantum physics, though that is mentioned more than once.  It isn’t textbook.  It is a lesson on opening your self to love – self, others, and seeing all as one.  It is a simple truth, brought in a gentle way without bells and whistles or deep formulas on how to attain enlightenment.  Our souls already know all of this.  It is our minds that need reminding, and thoughts to help us overcome the ego that lives within us all.  So if it seems redundant and simplistic, this is why.  These words need to reach many, and many cannot wrap their minds around science and quantum physics.  Many just need to know they are loved and can love in return and how that will affect their lives.  And that is why these words are as they are – to reach the masses, as we need the masses to turn the collective consciousness around and create a new Earth and way of being with all thereon – through love and not fear, through sharing and not greed, through peace and not war.  If you are so inclined toward this kind of life and world, read on, for they are anxious to speak to you.

The next post will begin with the message from Ariel.  

1-29-2014

Why is there suffering in life?  Can you see the reasons for it?  Is there a way to stop it?  Is there a pathway out of it?  Herein lies the basis of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.  In a very simplified answer, there is suffering due to karma.  We bring to our lives what we have reaped, whether in this life or another.  Therefore, there can be no judgment about anyone else’s life, for what we are seeing is like a freeze frame within the whole movie of a life or lives.  We have no idea what has gone before or what will go after.  Tied into karma is the soul’s purpose.  Why has it chosen a life to suffer so?  Is it trying to balance out what it has sown in this life or in past lives?  Or is it here for contrast, such as learning to love self, and therefore to love all others through a seemingly opposing way of coming to that truth?  There are many reasons suffering goes on.  But have hope, for there is a way out, or off the Wheel of Karma as it were.

In order to understand the Four Noble Truths and the answer to how to get off the Wheel, it is important to understand the Eightfold Path.  It entails right understanding, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration.  What it comes down to is morality, a concentration of right mindfulness and wisdom through understanding and intention.

In western terms, it is about being pure of thought, acting through right intention, speaking kindly, acting toward others as you would have them act toward you, not being involved with anything as a livelihood that would bring harm to others, but instead, putting out an effort to help others, detaching from addictions (mental and emotional mostly) that would block you, and seeing all things through the eyes of compassion.  There is no judgment allowed in what other people are doing, being, or saying.  That is their path, not yours.  Right mindfulness allows you to detach from the suffering you see of others, what you consider evil, what you consider wrongdoing.  It is choosing the middle road, the Golden Path, or neutrality because you cannot judge another’s path, or the karma they are living out or that their soul chose to live out.  It does not mean ignoring or condoning, but it means seeing things as they actually are in the truth of it. This means seeing beyond the human eyes, which tend to judge.  It is being the observer and allowing things to pass before you, through you, without attaching to them or giving energy to them, good, bad or otherwise.  It is remaining neutral, taking the middle road.

Eckhart Tolle talks about this in his books, his lectures.  It is what he is all about!  It is finding that still place within, that space where the soul resides, and being the observer through the soul of your self and not the mind, especially not the ego.  Also, in Michael A. Singer’s book, The Untethered Soul, he gives guidelines in how to release your thoughts, especially those about yourself, and see them as the “things” they are.  They are transient, temporary, just as the moments of the day are.  Thoughts change, emotions change, even your cells change.  There is nothing permanent about any of it.  The only permanent thing is your soul, the “I”, the observer.  This is a much bigger I than that of the ego.  This is the God part of the I. 

In growing up, remember looking in the mirror and seeing yourself as you were then?  You look in the mirror now and see yourself as you are now.  What has changed?  Appearance for sure.  Thoughts and emotions have changed with growth and wisdom and learning.  But there is something inside that has not changed one iota – the observer of it all.  This is the soul.  This is the One within.  This is the only permanent thing – the energy of the soul that has been for all time and will be for all time.  All else is judged through this third dimensional world where all is temporary, and truthfully, illusion.  It is through mass consciousness that it all seems to be what it is, what we call reality.  It is through the agreement of the minds of all that a tree is a tree, a bird is a bird, red is red, and so on.  But aren’t there also vast differences in the interpretation of life throughout cultures?  What Americans would think of as sub-standard living conditions are not seen that way in other parts of the world, and so we think they are suffering.  In many cases they are not.  It is only in our perception.  Yes, there are places in the world where there is suffering, but remember you are judging anything below what you personally understand as “normal,” to be sub-standard.  This is not always the case. 

The most important thing to remember through your own soul’s learning and to understand is life just is.  Everyone has their own perception, like an opinion, of what they see, usually interpreted by their own upbringing or something from the past.  See things in the now with new eyes, deeper than human eyes.  Judging things through your own past experience is just that – you OWN past experience, not everyone else’s.  And why judge through the past when the past is gone?  Try to see things like a child, as if for the very first time, with wonder, without judgment, and you might learn a new perspective that allows you to forgive, to accept, to open to a broader way of being.  Judgment does not buy the soul anything but more karma.  Understanding, acceptance, and allowance, are the ways of the soul.  If what you may conceive of as God does not judge us for our errors, why should be different?  We are Divine within – judgment only comes from the ego and generally is a reflection of our own issues.

Begin this new year with fresh eyes; move away from the past and into this present, for it truly is all you have.  And don’t worry about tomorrow, for when it gets here, if it does, it never ends up being quite what you thought it would be anyway.  And always, the reason for the worry is resolved one way or the other, depending on your own vibration.  If you carry gratitude in your heart, suffering melts away.  If you carry good intention in your heart, suffering melts away.  Be mindful of your thoughts and keep them kind and forgiving, and suffering melts away.  Watch that your words are kind and positive, for they are a boomerang, just as your thoughts are.  These things will help alleviate suffering.

Now is all we have! Live in the present moment and meet your heart there, for it dwells not in the yesterday, nor in the tomorrow, but is beating as you take this breath - right now.  It will be the beginning of the end of any suffering.

I highly recommend Michael A. Singer’s book, The Untethered Soul for everyone.  Bear with it, for it is not an easy read, but read it to the very end, for it might change your life.  More than likely, it will.  Also anything by Eckhart Tolle.  And both books by Robert Schwartz, The Soul’s Plan and The Soul’s Gift I highly recommend, though I would begin with the first.  And may what you see as suffering in your life or in any other’s be transformed.

Love and blessings to you all.

It has been some time since I’ve written here.  Other than attempting to get a workshop together for the summer, there has been much inner work going on, and I guess I needed the time to do that.  I’ve been working on the visible power of love and joy and seeing the affect that has on those around me and how the Universe reflects that back to me.  A great way to spend time!  Today, however, the talk is on something I have been wanting to write about for a long time – gratitude.  And it seems appropriate for this time of year.

Gratitude is a word that is tossed around by many, mostly telling you to have an attitude of gratitude.  And that is a truth, for gratitude for what you have brings better and better things to you, whereas complaining about what you have (or the lack of what you have) brings more things to complain about.  But how far does your gratitude truly go?  How much is taken for granted only because it is never thought about in the busy world we live in or because we would rather not think about it so deeply.  Gratitude for what we have changes from country to country, and I fear in this country much is taken for granted.  I want to bring an example of this to you.

When you sit in your home, especially on a cold winter’s day, what are you in gratitude for?  The warmth of the home, the shelter against the storm?  Those are easily grasped.  But what is warming your home?  What is your home made from?  For many of us it is wood.  So are you thankful for the trees cut down that frame your home, that keep you warm, that hold the roof over your head?  And what about the logger than cut those trees and the trucker that brought them to the log yard and the person that milled those logs and the factory workers who made all the equipment to do so? 

Living in this third dimensional world is a chain of events that you may not be aware of until the final stage of what you have is in front of you.  All else is lost.  This blog is about going back, and further back still, to where some things begin, but that you might only be aware of as the end result that is visible.

Are you only grateful to the electric company and the line workers when the power is restored after an outage?  Who has put up those lines?  Who maintains them?  Who has made the wire that strings transformer to transformer?  Factory workers, linemen, truck drivers.  Who makes the phone lines strung from city to city, under the oceans, or who puts the satellites in space so you can pick up a phone and talk with anyone in the world?  Do you think of this when you are dialing or texting?  Probably not, until it isn’t working properly. 

Who are the people on the oil rigs that leave their families for months at a time so you can pump gas into your car or heat your home or have the gas available for all those truck drivers?  And who are the truck drivers that also leave their families so you can run to the store to buy the end result?  

Now here is a great example of end result!  Let’s take a simple meal like breakfast, which for some means bacon, eggs and toast.  Are you thankful to the chicken who laid the egg?  Are you thankful for the pig whose pieces are on your plate?  What about the farmers that raise those chickens and pigs?  What about the farmer that grows the grain that makes the toast?  What about the farmer that grows the grain that feeds the chickens and pigs and makes it available to the farmer to buy to maintain said chickens and pigs?  How far back does this reach?

What does it take to grow the grain?  Rain, sun, air, minerals in the soil, etc., etc.  Who created those?    Ah…  I could be scientific and give reasons and explanations for oceans, clouds, rain, trees transferring carbon monoxide into breathable air, et al, but I rather think of it as a very sychronistic cosmos, with a Divine Consciousness permeating throughout and a connection of oneness with all things that support and sustain all energy forms throughout.  That is what I thank each day, for it goes all the way back to the roots of things.  I do also thank the farmers, the animals, the plants, the minerals and all else involved in the sustenance of this being on all levels - body, mind, heart and soul.  How far back to do you go in giving gratitude?  When you give thanks, perhaps broadening the outlook on things that might be taken for granted would be a good idea.  Keep taking the next step back to see just how far it goes.  It is really mind boggling!

And give thanks as well for your soul, your form, and those things that continue to allow it life in its current vehicle.  And then go all the way back through the truck drivers, factory workers, loggers, farmers, animals, and the amazing nature around us that allows all to thrive to make you comfortable in your home and put food on your plate.  If you drop one link in this chain, all else is lost.  Think about that! 

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!  More to come in a shorter time…

Love and blessings,

Magdrael

To all my favorite valentines, I am hoping that on this Valentine’s Day, you give a wonderful gift to the person that should mean the most to you in your life – YOU!   Cheryl Richardson had a wonderful idea for a New Year’s Resolution (and how many have you kept thus far?)  Her idea was to love self more. A wonderful idea for the new year!  I thought at Valentine’s Day, this would be a special gift to the one you love, or should love most – you.  If you cannot love yourself, how can you truly love another?  If you don’t respect yourself, how can you respect another?

How many ways do you berate yourself during the day and where and when does it begin?  When you look in the mirror first thing in the morning (I hate my hair, I’m too fat, I need a face lift, I have too many freckles, I am going bald, blah, blah)?  Or is it as soon as your feet hit the floor getting out of bed (I’m getting old, my joints hurt, my feet are so ugly, I hate getting up for this job, I’m tired)?  All these thoughts take away from self-love.  You know why?  Because all these thoughts will create the very thing for you that you do not want in your life.  Would you do that to someone you loved dearly?  No.  You would say things to them that were positive, do things that were positive, speak of them in a loving way.  Then why don’t you do that for yourself?

Without getting too metaphysical, as I wanted to keep this particular blog along the basics, if we truly are Divine within, as I believe and many of you do, why would you say I AM fat?  I AM not worthy.  As Wayne Dyer says, when you use the words “I AM” in any sentence, you are truly declaring the God within.  Would you put God down when it comes to your own self?

Mike Dooley, whom I adore and lifts me up each morning with his “Notes From the Universe,” (and if you don’t get these, you should - sign up for them for free on his website www.tut.com), teaches that thoughts become things, so choose the good ones.  It is a given truth that we create our own reality through our thoughts.  So if you keep saying, “I can’t lose weight,” guess what – you won’t, for the Universe interprets the vibration of your thoughts, what you focus upon, positive or negative.  Abraham and many others have taught this for years.  Thoughts become things.  A simple, yet profound statement. 

So this Valentine’s Day, choose to give yourself a gift you would give to someone you love, and I don’t mean chocolates (though that is a nice gift, so splurge if you are inclined).  When you look in the mirror in the morning, as hard as it may be, see yourself with love.  You are a manifestation of Divine Consciousness as YOU.  Love yourself (Louise Hay’s most famous line) and be kind to yourself with good thoughts, loving thoughts.  Feel the joy of being unique. 

The other thought I had today was that many people suffer from self-worth.  But each one of us is part of the whole and is a necessary part.  Imagine a body without a particular cell.  Every body has all the cells it needs to be whole.  If you cut yourself or lose some skin from a scrape, what happens?  The body fills it in with new cells because it needs them all.  Just as a body needs all the cells in the microcosm we are, the macrocosm of the Universe needs each soul, each being of energy to make it whole.  Rather like George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” we are all necessary for all other things to be as they need to be.  So consider the importance of Self, as you are one of the necessary components of the whole of Divine Consciousness.  You would not have been created otherwise, so you must be needed.  How does it feel to be needed by the Divine Consciousness of creation?  It should make you feel somewhat more worthy, I would hope.

So give yourself a gift of love this Valentine’s Day, and forever after, for when you love yourself, you open up to all the gifts the Universe has to offer that will bring you joy. When you love your self, you can be in joy, and the vibration of joy is very high on the scales.  It allows the Universe to bring to you exactly what would make you even more joyful.  Dr. Dain Heer has a wonderful line in his teachings that opens the doors to all the wonderful things the Universe has to offer.  No matter what is happening, whether you perceive it as “good” or “bad,” ask yourself in a positive way, “How does it get any better than this?”  Then the Universe has to show you something better!  That is how it works.  Perhaps I’ll go over the other three questions he likes people to ask about challenges, but today’s only challenge is looking in the mirror and seeing how beautiful you are, and asking that question about your life with a feeling of positive expectation – how does it get any better than this!!??  Trust me, it works. 

Happy Valentine’s Day, with a very special blessing of love and thoughts from Archangels Chamuel and Seraphina, the Twin Flames that deal primarily with love.

“Many do not understand the saying that if you do not love yourself, how can you truly love another.  The explanation of this is that if you do not love yourself, you cannot feel whole, and so look for wholeness outside of self.  When this happens, the love is conditional, not unconditional.  If you are whole within self, which means you love yourself, your own company, then you can love another unconditionally, without strings attached or constantly fearing the of the loss of them.  People need to come together to celebrate love, not have it bind another.  So perhaps this will help you to understand the meaning and importance of loving self first, so that you can love another and feel the freedom that flows through that love, without conditions, without judgments, without fear.  Unconditional love is sacred love.  So love self and feel wholeness within, then you can truly love another and be in joy over that love and not have it attached to fear.”

Spring is coming!  The days grow longer!  Stay positive, especially about yourself!

Love and blessings to you all ~

     Hello to you all.  Here we are at the crux of the Mayan calendar with the upcoming Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, and chaos in Connecticut and Afghanistan where the innocent seemingly become victims, and us left wondering where it will all lead.

     We stand at a gateway in each and every one of our lives at this moment, and it is your choice what vibration you choose, what thoughts you have, what words you speak that will determine how you will walk through this gateway on the Solstice.  It is easy to be in anger and hold thoughts of despair when the news brings us what it has this past week.  But anger only fuels more anger and despair will not solve anything.  Love and compassion are the only vibrations that will change the anger and despair and turn it around.

     I would ask you to stretch your mind in order to perhaps see things from a different perspective.  It is difficult in this dimension of density to see beyond the body, the material, and duality such as good and evil, up and down, in or out.  However, the soul sees beyond all this into the truth.  So for a moment, shut out any feelings of anger, despair, justice seeking, or hopelessness, and look into your soul for answers.

     It is said, and becoming understood and believed, that the soul plans its purpose before it comes into form.  There are times when groups will get together as a collective to do this as well.  This is what I understand from my soul’s perception.  No matter how heinous things are in appearance, there has been a soul’s choice, or in the case of Connecticut or Afghanistan, a collective choice, to have such a thing happen.  And because the soul is immortal, there is no such thing as death, only in the appearance of form, which is transient and a vehicle for the soul to bring its message to this world.  The soul sees its human life as temporary.  Do not think me callous, but our bodies to our souls are rather like our cars are to us – when they have served their purpose, wear out, or we tire of them, they get traded in for new ones.  Such is the body.  It is the soul that carries on with relationships and love throughout many lives, as love is all the soul knows and is.

     Even in knowing this, it does not help the grief or trauma of those involved in any tragedy, but thoughts from the heart and soul will heal the wounds faster and in a better way.  Instead of pointing fingers at who is to blame as an individual, a parent, a system that isn’t working, perhaps we need to ask ourselves why would a group of souls bring such a thing unto themselves, including the shooter, and their families.  If you come up with the answer for the highest good of mankind, you are seeing through the soul’s eyes and not human eyes.  It is incidents such as these that unite us, that allow us to experience compassion and oneness instead of separateness.  It is always the disasters that bring the best out in people, bring out the prayers, the helping hand, and the generosity.  Perhaps the lesson is that if we did this on a daily basis and treated all as brothers and sisters, these disasters would end, for the lesson would be learned.  It is something we bring to ourselves for our souls to grow into the love that they are in truth, and to bring our consciousness into that same focus.

     And so, with thoughts of love and compassion, I wish you all, dear brothers and sisters of the One, to love one another, to love this planet we share, to look beyond appearances before casting judgment into what might be our own lessons, to share what you have in order to open yourself to even more abundance, to give love freely from the heart without conditions attached, and to move through this gateway on the Solstice with joy in your heart, which will raise up the vibration of this entire planet.  Love is all there is, so express it whenever the opportunity arises, even if it is merely to touch someone upon the arm without words, just compassion.  And hold all those suffering through grief and trauma in the Light – wrap your love around them and wish them peace in their hearts.

     Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Yule, and Joyous Solstice, or whatever words you use to express a kind and loving sentiment for this season.  And may peace and love prevail in the new year and into the new Mayan cycle of this world.

Love and Blessings,

Magdrael and friends of the Higher Realm

Happy Autumnal Equinox and hello to you all!  I hope your summer has been a good and joyful one.  And now we find ourselves at the equinox, bringing us fully into autumn, as some of the temperatures of late remind us.  Autumn is busy with harvest, gathering the fruits of labor over the summer.  It is also the gathering and harvest for the self-work we have been doing; the time for the realization of what we have created through our own inner planting, and how we nurtured it and fertilized it. 

Autumn also finds us busying ourselves preparing for the winter.  It is such a transitional season.  Like spring, transitioning into birth and growth, autumn is the transition into harvest, dying, and toward the silence of winter.  As is the cycle of nature, so is the cycle of all life on this beautiful and wonderful planet.  It has been a planet of the third dimension (though changing), bringing with it limited sight through the belief of duality, limited hearing, self-inflicted limitation of what we are capable of, and conditioning of the kind that makes us work to find the divinity that we are - that is truly our birthright.  But it is time to break out of that conditioning and realize the fullness of who we are, the energy of the All That Is within us, for how can we be anything else?  If you believe that there is a Divine Consciousness and Ultimate Source of All Things, are you not part of that?  You can’t be outside of All That Is.

Being who I am and the energy I carry, I love the autumn.  The mystery of things once alive, now going back to the earth to create a new spring after the long, seeming death of winter, is a reflection of who and what all beings are.  There is no end, there is no death, there is only a resting place in the seeming death of things that creates new life in the season following.  We are no different.  We are a part of the cycle on this planet, and when autumn comes and we slow down toward our “death” and then pass, we are spending time re-creating ourselves on the soul level, of which the only truth lies - to be reborn again with the strengths we brought into the dying season.  (And you do not have to die in a literal sense to do this).  All life is like this.  We are akin to the trees, the grass, the butterfly, the birds, the stars moving through the heavens.  It all cycles around again and again.  And so why should we be different?  We are not.

Moving forward here, this blog is not so much about truths and philosophy as it is about picking your brains.  I see myself doing workshops and talks in the near future, but there is so very much to talk about that I feel I am at a smorgasbord and don’t know what to choose from.  I need your help.  Some of the things I would love to work with are as follows (and not in order of preference so much as the order of thoughts coming out):

Transitions of life;

Transitions into death;

Bringing spirituality into hospice work and seeing the sacred in death;

Grief and bereavement: how to allow oneself to be with it, regardless of what others think

How to support (companion) someone going through grief;

How changing your story can change your life/Affirmations/What you feel, think and say, and how it affects your life;

Universal Laws: knowing, understanding, and living them for the benefit of your soul and your life;

The keys to the Universal Laws: All is energy, forgiveness, self-love, strength of will of the emotional and mental bodies;

The meaning of the soul’s purpose;

Three words to live by: Believe, Surrender, Trust;

The ability to receive (which most people think they do, but do not) as well as give;

Creating a circle of what you wish to allow in your life vs. what you do not;

Fabric of the soul – what it is and how it works;

So there you have some of the topics that can be discussed, or that can be turned into workshops, either for a morning, afternoon, or all day.  I am asking for feedback on this in what you would like to hear or learn more about, to delve into more deeply.  All are good topics, but where are you with regard to where you would like to be?  What would benefit you the most?  Some of the above topics would overlap a bit, but it will give me a much better idea of where to focus for bringing something to a talk or workshop.

As we prepare for the stillness of winter, let us celebrate the bounty of the harvest, not only in our gardens, but also in our lives.  I’m sure many of you have made great strides forward over the past few months.  I would love to hear about it.  Or hear about where you might be stuck.  Those are the things we need to have talks or workshops about!

Much love and many blessings to you all and thank you for your feedback on this.

In closing, Haniel came forward to say a few words.

"Greetings to you all on such wonderful paths toward the Light.  Each one, in your own time, your own way, for your own purpose, will eventually come to a crossroads in your search for your life’s purpose, truth, and love.  Your choices should honor who you are and for the highest good.  And know that everything comes in cycles, as that is the way of all life, whether on this beautiful planet, or elsewhere.  Energy is ever moving, ever changing, ever expanding.  Nothing is stagnant.  As is often said on this Earth, the only constant is change.  That is evidenced by the cycles of the moon.  Things move constantly forward, ever expanding, as thoughts add to the whole of the One that all things are.  Thoughts create new thoughts, things become manifest, and then new thoughts and desires are derived from that very manifestation. 

"Work with the cycles of the moon.  The new moon is a time when things are fresh, blossoming.  Think about what you would love to create for the highest good of self and others.  Talk to the moon of these dreams. At the full moon, let it go unto the Universe for collaboration, remaining unattached as to the hows and whens this manifestation might occur.  You’ve put it out there, so let it go, rather like a helium balloon that rises into the light of the sun.  See it as done through the fullness of the moon, the all-light in the darkness.  You might be surprised if you study the cycles of the moon and your own attitudes and energy as to where these cycles in your life fit in with regards to the moon cycles.  And for women of childbearing age, a woman’s cycle has been revered by so many native people to be magic to the point of allowing women to go to another place at that time, so that the power they are wielding will not affect the rest of the tribe until it is meditated upon.  It is a time of honor.  It is the same with the moon cycles.  Revere them for their power.  Learn to work with them, for it will bring your consciousness into focus for what you do want instead of what you do not want.  And allow the light in the darkness to shine also within your soul.  And know in speaking with the moon of your desires and standing in that light, you are talking to the energy of Divine Consciousness and will be heard.  You do not pray to the moon, as the moon is a part of the same energy you are, the Divine energy.  You talk with the moon asserting Self and acknowledging its unique power in the scheme of the One.  You work together.  Be positive in your statements and not plaintive.  Be strong and ask for your highest good, and for the highest good for all, for God’s will needs to be your will.  See it as accomplished.  Yeshua said that all those that ask, believing, will be answered.  Much love, encouragement, and support is here for you."

           As Carl Jung said, there is self (small “s”) and Self (capital “S”).   It is our soul’s purpose to move from “s” to “S.”  The small “s” is seeing ourselves as human, limited, stuck in the ruts we create and that life brings to us through that very belief of ourselves.  The capital “S” is seeing the I AM of ourselves, the Divine within, the power of the spirit we are.  As Wayne Dyer states in his new book Wishes Fulfilled, there is an outer self-concept and an inner self-concept and how they can be changed to grow into the greatness we are.  But what if you are autistic?  What is the self-concept?  What is the self versus Self?  Temple Grandin knows, and this is the inspiration she gave to help me to move from “s” to “S.”

            I recently watched the “Temple Grandin” movie and was astonished at the learning I gained about my own self vs. Self.  There is a huge difference, and Temple showed me a way to move into Self from the smaller self.  Temple Grandin, for those who are not familiar with her, is an autistic woman born in Boston in1947, graduated from Franklin Pierce College in 1970 and got her master’s degree in animal science from Arizona State University in 1975.  She also got her doctoral degree in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989.  Quite a record for someone who did not speak until she was four.  She has also, and still does, conferences on autism and animal husbandry.

            This movie played a two-fold part for me.  I have always been interested in autism to the point of going to a conference on autism in 1993 or thereabouts, at Syracuse University.  I was fortunate enough to actually see Temple speak.  She blew me away.  This woman not only understands the various levels of autism, but also shows so much hope in what autism can bring to society and to help others understand this so called mental illness.  I never saw autism as a mental illness, but as a mystery that needed to be solved in the way autistic people think; that they are here to teach us something from a very unique perspective.  After hearing her then, I was convinced.  After watching the movie, I was even more convinced.

            For those interested in autism, or that know someone diagnosed as autistic, it would behoove you to watch anything by Temple, read her books, and also watch the DVD entitled “The Autistic Revolution: Children In the Time of Awakening,” by Esther and Jerry Hicks, which is a collection of talks by Abraham over a six week period in 2008.  Talk about a new way to see autism!  But it would also be worthwhile just to gain a bigger view of what they have come to teach us.

            What I took away from the movie about Temple Grandin was not only a deeper understanding of autism, but also a strong lesson for myself.  Temple had a difficult time socially, which I do not, but when it came from speaking her truth, from her heart and what she knew, she could be outrageous, fearless.  That is what I am not.  I have social skills, but to think about talking in front of people unnerves me.  Once I get started I’m fine, but the anticipation of it is fearsome.  Watching her, through all the ridicule she had to deal with, showed me that being outrageous and fearless is a lesson we all need to learn.

            Autistic people do not have the same kind of ego fears we do.  We are always concerned about being socially acceptable, especially within the groups we deem important to our lives.  Autistic people do not have this concern, which is one great lesson we can learn from them.  They feel hurt through ridicule at times, depending on the level of the autistic person, but will continue to try to befriend someone, bring forth a truth they hold, and continue to want to be heard regardless of being ridiculed.  But this blog is not so much about the various levels of autism as it is about seeing life from the perspective of autistic people that can help us to become more like them – without ego.

            It was so refreshing to see Temple speak her truth to those who thought they knew so much more about animal husbandry than she.  But they were wrong.  And because she spoke in a way that could convince them they were wrong, showing them her drawings, showing them her “proof” of what the cattle needed, they began to listen – and to learn.  She re-created the dip pools so cattle could enter them calmly and not drown.  She re-created the slaughterhouse, bringing cattle to the point of quickly dying without the built-up angst of walking through a place to that point before death that rendered them totally traumatized.  Her way brought them in their own natural way - circular and peacefully.

            Not only am I grateful for her understanding of animals in this way and her devout drive to create such slaughterhouses with more respect for the animal and their natural way of being, but also for her doing this with such passion, such fearlessness, such daring!  When she could not get into places she wanted because she looked different than the cattle people and drove a car that stood out, she went to town to buy cowboy clothes, an old pick up, and rolled in cattle dung.  She got in. 

            She was never stopped by thoughts of what others would think.  She followed her passion, no matter what, and has changed the face of animal husbandry, ranching and slaughterhouses throughout the country.  The drive, determination and just not caring about self, but caring about the greater good and coming from more of a Self, allowed her to create these changes.

            We are all capable of that if we can let go of the ego that constantly reminds us through fear of not fitting in, not being liked, not being acceptable… the list goes on.  Through Temple I was able to say to hell with the little ego issues and step into something more grand, more meaningful and with greater depth – like soul’s purpose.  She taught me that it is wonderful to be outrageous, to be on purpose without fear, to come from the heart of your beliefs, to be in the strength of your inner power when it is for the highest good.  Thank you, Temple.  The energy of Archangel Ariel has come with a few words.

            “I am called Ariel.  Most equate me with courage, and that is so.  Courage is the willingness to commit to a truth, whether or not it is everyone else’s.  Courage is the willingness to stand apart from the crowd to speak your own truth, no matter what.  Courage is the conviction that regardless of what others might think, you will live your truth.  All of this should always be for the highest good for your own soul, those of others, and for the betterment of the community of beings upon the earth and out into the Universe, for what you do here has an effect throughout.  And the community is made of all living things, as all is energy.  Never be afraid to be the different drummer, for your rhythm brings more harmony to the Universe, especially this earth planet.  And we need your rhythm more than ever to fill out the chorus of those raising the vibration of all.  Find your beat and play it out with conviction, determination, fearlessness, for it might be that it is your beat that carries the tune.”

Love and blessings,

Magdrael