Tuesday 31 January 2012

Spirit Speaks - Likes And Dislikes

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Many of you say prayers everyday.  You ask for this and for that.  You ask that someone change what they dislike to something that you like.  You ask to be right!  In the greatest designs, the likes and dislikes are choices that you are able to make that will help your Spirit move in a certain path.  Indeed, you follow a blue print laid out long, long before your birth.  You have agreed to step forward on the path.

Your likes and dislikes make you unique, the way different paint colours on the wall make a house unique.  It gives you definition.  It is neither wrong nor right.  It allows you to see how others accept the situation or environment.  What you like begins with what is in your DNA.  It also is influenced by what you see and what you hear.  These two senses will influence how something tastes for you.

Let these differences be celebrated!

-Channelled by Judy

Blessings,

Judy

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Monday 30 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Skunk On Setting New Ways

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I was deep into my space and not really noticing anything, when I heard what sounded like digging.  I then heard humming.  As I looked around, I saw a Skunk trudge through the snow, stop and dig, and then trudge some more. 

Skunk said:

  • New opportunities are here, and if I sleep through them, then me and my kind will miss out.
  • Snow is simply water in a different format.  I like the snow, and to walk out in it is to remind myself that I need not follow what others of my kind do.
  • When the weather is warm, it is time to explore.  I am exploring what is available in a different environment.  This makes me stronger than one who accepts what is.
  • By walking in the cold, I thicken my fur.  This keeps me warmer.  I am setting new links in my body.  My body remembers a time when I walked in the cold.  I am setting a new way.

Many blessings,

Judy

More from Skunk at http://angelsandancestors.blogspot.com/2011/06/spirit-animal-skunks-support.html 

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Sunday 29 January 2012

Buddha Speaks - How To Understand Emptiness

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I was doing some reading in my studies on Buddhism, and I found this interesting quote on emptiness.  Since it resonated for me, I thought it might resonate for some of you, as well.

Many blessings,

Judy

Emptiness is a mode of perception, a way of looking at experience. It adds nothing to, and takes nothing away from, the raw data of physical and mental events. You look at events in the mind and the senses with no thought of whether there's anything lying behind them. This mode is called emptiness because it is empty of the presuppositions we usually add to experience in order to make sense of it: the stories and worldviews we fashion to explain who we are and the world we live in. Although these stories and views have their uses, the Buddha found that the questions they raise—of our true identity and the reality of the world outside—pull attention away from a direct experience of how events influence one another in the immediate present. Thus they get in the way when we try to understand and solve the problem of suffering.

- Thanissaro Bhikkhu, "What do Buddhists mean when they talk about emptiness?"

 

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Saturday 28 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Dove On Changing Patterns

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I kept hearing, “Look out the window.”  At first it was a plea and then it became demanding.  I finally went to the kitchen window and looked out.  I saw the most beautiful pair of mourning doves sitting on the branch of one of our spruce trees.

They both oo’oo’d, and said that they had something to share with me about change.  Here is what they said:

  • Whatever the pattern has been, such as Doves flying south for the winter, there comes a time to break the pattern.
  • Patterns are often genetic in origin, and, in our case, are part of our innate design.  You can see that we have broken this pattern this year, and this will begin the change for our offspring. 
  • Patterns were designed to meet a certain environment.  When the environment changes, then it is time to change the pattern.
  • While others do not feel the need to change, there are always those pioneers that need to follow the new sound or drum beat.  It is often the role of the pioneers to be ridiculed or called crazy.  They are not crazy.
  • Being at one with change, and breaking patterns is what is required to help one’s survival.  Live well.

Blessings,

Judy

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Friday 27 January 2012

Angels Speak – How Fast Do You Get Up After Being Kicked Down?

Sometimes it seems like life doesn’t treat us very well.  And, we all have stories where it seems like everything was against us, and yet we pulled ourselves up by the socks and we kept going.

I do some speaking from time to time, and I am always looking for good stories to tell.  One of my friends sent me this story.  It is so good, I thought that I would share it with you. 

Blessings,

Judy

Get Up

Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother's womb and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over and tucks its legs under its body. From this position it considers the world for the first time and shakes off the last vestiges of the birthing fluid from its eyes and ears. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its offspring to the reality of life.

In his book, "A View from the Zoo", Gary Richmond describes how a newborn giraffe learns its first lesson.
motivationalThe mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she positions herself directly over her calf. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She swings her long, pendulous leg outward and kicks her baby, so that it is sent sprawling head over heels.

When it doesn't get up, the violent process is repeated over and over again. The struggle to rise is momentous. As the baby calf grows tired, the mother kicks it again to stimulate its efforts. Finally, the calf stands for the first time on its wobbly legs.

Then the mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing. She kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with the herd, where there is safety. Lions, hyenas, leopards, and wild hunting dogs all enjoy young giraffes, and they'd get it too, if the mother didn't teach her calf to get up quickly and get with it.

The late Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.

Stone was once asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people. He said, "I write about people who sometime in their life have a vision or dream of something that should be accomplished and they go to work.

"They are beaten over the head, knocked down, vilified, and for years they get nowhere. But every time they're knocked down they stand up. You cannot destroy these people. And at the end of their lives they've accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do."

- Craig B. LarsonIllustrations for Preaching & Teaching from Leadership Journal

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Thursday 26 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Boa On Shedding

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One of the defenders or spirits of the the direction – South – is Serpent.  Serpent may be represented by any of the animals that are snakes, lizards, dragons, sea serpents, or what we might call “the cold ones”.  They often come to me in meditation and in dreams, and usually they bring some wisdom that is timely, and that allows me to see a situation more clearly.

Boa came into my space, sliding gracefully across the floor, and inclined its head as it said, “Wolfwalker, I greet thee.  I come from the Spirit Guides to say to you that there are things that you must now shed from your life.  These include: excess sugar, over processed flour and wheat, soft drinks, and excess meat.  When you shed these, then like the Boa, you will shed a level of energy that holds you back.  Find more time to meditate – shed that which stops you from being in the circle of light.  Find more time for yourself, outside of meditation.  This will give you strength.

See more on serpents at

Spirit Animal – Python
Spirit Animal – Serpent/Dragon Blessing

Blessings,

Judy

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Wednesday 25 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Gazelle on Speed

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Quickly and silently, I was transported to a place of heat and dust.  I glanced around.  I was in a desert like place.  I wondered who had called me to this place.  I heard a noise – like galloping of small horses.

I looked around and saw the Gazelle.  She called out as she ran past, “I called you here to show you what I know about speed.  I hear humans talk about speed as a state of elation.  Speed is a tool.  For all animals, the faster you move, the easier it is to avoid being someone else’s meal.  Or, conversely, the faster that you move, the easier it is to have food.

The humans who use speed are not using a tool that helps them to hunt or to avoid being hunted.  These humans on speed actually paralyze themselves and allow themselves to die.  It is amusing, to us wild things, that humans call speed a trip to the wild side when really it is a trip to paralysis.  The product that you use has an irony in the name for although it seems to speed things up in the body, really, it is simply speeding up things to a place of death.  We wild things think it should be called “Stop”.

We tell you that speed matters whether you are running, flying or swimming.  Think about what I have said the next time that you hear the word, “Speed”.

Blessings,

Judy

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Tuesday 24 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Ant On Work

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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

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Monday 23 January 2012

Angels Speak - Recognizing Envy

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Dearest beloved beings!  I/we are all so amazed at all that is happening in the way of the light.  I use the word amazed because it is something in your realm of understanding.  All of you seem to forge ahead and believe that you can do anything.  And, you can! 

The issue that we see is that which you call “greed”.  It seems to strike many of you, and it seems the more stuff that you have, the more that greed sets in.  When you see what others have, you want it too, even if it is not your path.  Wanting what others have is that emotion called “envy”.  It is what keeps many of you from walking fully in the light.

How do you recognize envy?  Look into yourself when you want what someone else has.  Ask yourself questions.  Is it a good tool that would make my life easier?  If yes, then it is probably not envy, but clear thinking.  If you find, however, that you are not asking questions and that you are making up judgemental reasons why that person has something that you  do not, then you are experiencing envy.  Let it go!

Blessings,

Judy

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Sunday 22 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Zebra On Black And White

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Zebra pops in and out of my thoughts from time to time.  And then, she will show up on an advertisement, or on a book, or in an email.  The other day, she came into talk about “things”.  And, we ended up talking about black and white. 

In our world, humans call things black and white if they are opposites and seem very obviously defined. 

Zebra calls their black and white the total effect of light.  She says that they are creatures of Light, and beloved of the Angels.  She went on to say that the black and white effect gives Zebra the ability to cross easily between dimensions.  And, Zebra can hide in the dimensions and this dimension by blending their black and white colour. 

Zebra invites you to ask her to come to you in meditation so that you can see the effects of the black and white colours in different worlds.  She will gladly let you travel with her.

Even the youngest Zebra has the same black and white colouring.  Often, small animals have different colouring then the parents.  From the beginning, young Zebra is able to walk through dimensions and time and space.

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Blessings,

Judy

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Saturday 21 January 2012

Spirit Speaks - Protect your Space

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The message was coming through.  I can hear the word – boundaries.  The sound gets louder.  The word is boundaries and borders.  The vision is picture after picture of a person grabbing on to a central figure.  Each time a person grabs the central figure, a small piece of him breaks away.  Soon, the image is blurred because it is in so many pieces.  The central figure begins to fade.  Sickness falls over him.  Those that love him try to help him.  Even they take bits and pieces of him. 

The Voice comes through again.  “Know your boundaries and let no person be past your boundary.  You need to protect yourself from everyone.  This does not mean that you should not let people be close.  Close is good.  However, keep your energy free of all cords of attachment.  Otherwise, you become the drip bottle that feeds many people their extra energy.”

This seems like very good advice.

Blessings,

Judy

 

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Friday 20 January 2012

Angels Speak - The Golden Light That You Sometimes See

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Dearest Ones!  We come to answer the question, “What is that golden light that seems to shine from time to time on people, or animals, or simply in the corner of the room?  What does it mean?”

This golden light is the Christ Consciousness light.  It tells you that whatever is going on is happening with intent for the highest good. 

 

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Thursday 19 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Horse On Community

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As the animals continued to come through in the meditation, several horses came through the arch way to chat with me. 

Some unusual things were happening with them.  The two horses spoke with one voice.  Their movements were almost identical.  The pictures that they shared with me were similar, and not exact.  I asked them why there was this discrepancy in their movement and pictures.  They laughed!  They said that they were each unique and had no reason to copy the other.  They said that they were community so shared thoughts and lessons, and what they knew, for the good of the herd.

I had a short conversation with them.  I learned much!

  • Although there is a leader determined by strength and ability to fight, Horse is basically not political.
  • Every horse in the herd has its place.  To lose a member of the herd is to disrupt the community and throw it out of balance.  Mostly – we as humans do not feel this loss.
  • The herd is healing to its members.  The community gives the individual strength to overcome. 
  • The Oneness helps the herd to see what must be healed or mended.  Oneness strengthens, and does not divide.
  • All herd members but the premier stallion takes turns guarding the foals.  This is again to protect the herd and its growth.  This is a wonderful design in Nature to ensure that the young survive.  The adult horses do not attack and abuse the young. 
  • The healthy members protect the weaker members and they especially the elderly horses.  The elderly horses carry the memories of the herd and share them freely.  They are the historians. 
  • Horses believe in karma – that if they do not follow the “Horse” code, that they will return in the same circumstances until they do understand and follow the horse code.

Blessings,

Judy

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Wednesday 18 January 2012

Spirit Speaks - Take a Nap and Let God Do The Rest

One of my friends sent this to me, and it made me think of all the times that I have heard, “Quit trying so hard!  You are getting in the Creator’s way.” 

This bear obviously has heard this before and knew when to get out of the way.

Love and blessings,

Judy

 

This bridge is on the Old Donner Pass Highway .

It has a spectacular view of Donner Lake and
Donner Pass on Route 40.


A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge ( Old Hwy 40 at

Donner Summit , Truckee ) on Saturday when two cars, also

crossing the bridge, scared the bear into jumping over the

edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge

and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided

that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they

returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on

the ledge.





After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized,

fell into the net, lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net.




There is a moral to this story; this old bear made

a wrong move and found he was hanging by his nails. Somehow

he was able to pull himself up onto the ledge where he saw he

was in a very bad, impossible situation and what did he do?
Yep, he took a nap and sure enough, God took care of the

situation while he was asleep.

The moral of the story is that when confronted with a bad

situation, sometimes the best solution is to take a nap and

let God take care of the rest.

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Tuesday 17 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Badger On Teaching

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One of the other interesting animals that popped in for my meditation was Badger.  Badger had lots to say about teaching.

  • Everyone has a responsibility to teach the young.  This is not a job to be delegated to one or two beings.
  • Those that are delegated to teach should not choose the path.  Instead, those around them should observe that they are good teachers and support them in the role of teaching.
  • Teachers should be well paid because they are teaching the future.
  • Teachers should teach what is the common understanding and the common courtesies of the community. 
  • Truth is limited by the interpretation.  It is better to let students discover the truth on their own.
  • Mother Earth and Nature will help in the teaching of the truth.  Trust this resource.
  • When one teaches, they should be in a place of ONENESS with the Universe and with Mother Earth.

Blessings,

Judy

 

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Monday 16 January 2012

Spirit Animals - Black Horse On Freedom Energy

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As I sat in meditation on Wednesday, I asked what animals wanted to come in, and what they wanted to talk about.   One of the first animals through the archway was a beautiful black horse.  It was as though a great wind was blowing through my room.

The Black Horse said:

People talk about freedom and the most common thing in the conversation is that there are a whole lot of things that they do not want to do.  Horse has always known that freedom is about making the choice to keep the community – the herd – together and to protect one another.  Horse has learned that freedom means nothing if you are open to attack from the wolf.  Freedom is only a benefit if you can feed, water, and have young.

Many blessings,

Judy

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Sunday 15 January 2012

Buddha Speaks - Find One Thing

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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

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Saturday 14 January 2012

Spirit Animal - Albino hummingbird

For the past four weeks, I have been calling in my directions every morning and releasing them every night, asking them to keep me safe during the day and to teach me as they can. 

Hummingbird, the spirit of the north, has been very active in teaching me about enjoying the sweetness of life, and about laughing at everything.  She has been guiding me to see that all things are things that we can overcome, work around or totally ignore.  Her spirit has been very strong.  The other day, it seemed that she came in white, like a ghost.

I was quite surprised when yesterday morning, one of my friends sent me the email below with all of the pictures of the white hummingbird.

Enjoy!

Blessings,

Judy

Fifteen-year-old photographer Marlin Shank was fortunate enough to capture
several images of a rare albino ruby-throated hummingbird while in a park in
Staunton , Va


Very high quality photographs for such a fleeting subject...

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I am happy to announce that my book is now available on Amazon.com…

Earth Wisdom Meditations: 111 Contemplations For People Who Love The Earth

Earth Wisdom Meditations: 111 Contemplations For People Who Love The Earth [Paperback] Judith Hirst (Author) A Kindle version is also available.