Gratitude is the Key

November 6, 2016

Samuel: Greetings, dears.

Hi, Samuel.

S: All right. So how are you?

We’re here.

Good.

S: Glad to hear that. It’s been a fairly wild month or so, have you noticed?

Yes.

S: And did you feel up for what was brought in front of you?

Yes.

S: One of the things that came about had to do with great change, and your ability to deal with that change should be telling you a lot about how you are functioning, looking at the world as a whole. And, of course, I’m referring to Heidi’s death. That was, oh, a little more than a month ago now, but a very big, difficult surprise amongst this close-knit family, and those who would be seeing this from the other cities would also agree that it was quite a surprise—certainly not what most of you thought Bimini was going to be about. So how are you doing with that?

Day by day.

S: Day by day. Well said. That’s a good thing.

Being with the group in Guatemala helped with the healing.

S: Good.

For me.

S: Good. Good. Good.

Aye?

I know it was supposed to get easier, but it seems for me lately I miss her even more. You know, I think I was in shock early on, and lately she’s on my mind all day, just different times, you know, it’s just . . . and Guatemala just highlighted, you know, the fact that she was no longer with us in form because she traveled with us since 1993. So that was, you know, a big noticeable absence and loss for the group. So for me it’s actually become more difficult lately.

S: Glad to hear you say that.

Well, before we leave the house, we’ve got to pass a water color that Heidi did, and we have a picture of her, and so I smile at her, and I like to bring her up in conversation as if it was normal. And just deal with her from where she’s at now as best as I can.

S: Good. Good. Good. That’s good.

It’s one thing to talk about change, to tell you that change is coming about, and it’s another thing, even different, to say that there are going to be a lot of people and animals and plants transitioning. But when it hits you right next to your heart, when it’s somebody you’re close to, that’s often a very different thing all of a sudden. And it’s important for you to think about that.

What makes one death so different from another? Why is it that sometimes it’s very, very hard, and sometimes you can do the spiritual thing and recognize that they’ve moved on, they’re in a different situation, but all of a sudden this one throws you off of that? Now, when I say “this one,” I do not necessarily mean Heidi, I mean generally there’s one or two that have a much more profound effect on you, even if they are not part of your blood family but a good friend. Why is that? Lillibeth, you were going to say?

Well, I think it has to do with the degree of attachment that you have to your interactions together, what you felt that you gave and received with each other. It has to do with how much you related to that person. You know, with Heidi it’s . . . I was walking in tonight and I was thinking, “She’s not going to be here,” and it’s a gratitude—grief is a gratitude for me. It’s saying thank you. It’s an acknowledgement of how unique that person is, and they form themselves in this life in that way, and it will never be exactly that way again. So it is a remarkable expression. And to know that, to feel that, and it is loss, and at the same time it is such a gift and such a unique part of Source here. But when they’re gone, you feel it, you feel it so much.

S: Yes.

For me, I can see really . . . I’ve just had two recent losses with my grandmother a few weeks before Heidi and then Heidi. And my grandmother I hadn’t seen in years and even though that was loss, it didn’t affect how I saw me, or how . . .

S: There you go.

It was very different that way, you know. I could support my family, but with this it made me evaluate from very small things to having all my life in order to very big things in how I’m living on the planet right now and why I’m here, and what I’m doing, and how I’m doing it, and who I’m doing it with. It had a profound effect on me trying to find more harmony in my life, because I know not having her there, it gave me an opportunity to evaluate all of that.

S: Very good.

Your response to death has everything to do with how you identify yourself within that individual. If they had a profound effect within your life, you relate and mourn that loss more than those who did not have a particularly profound effect. And the thing you want to remember is that effect can be a very good loving presence or a very difficult presence in your life—either extreme works.

But it’s the amount with which you identify with them. You identify with the paintings and the restaurants and the many, many things that you shared. And it’s the sharing that creates that identification.

So something you want to look at is what are you identifying with with any individual’s death? What is it exactly that you are identifying with?

And that fits just as well with regard to change as a whole in your life. Most people resist change. They fear doing something outside of the familiar, but your fear is based on your self-identification within that particular arena. Do you believe that you are capable of handling the situation? Then you don’t fear it. If you do not see yourself as able to handle it, then the fear shows up.

Death and change are related in so many ways, and change has not ended with these energy transmissions that are coming through so strongly these days. Until just around mid-month you’re going to be finishing up what started in September. So last month I asked you to look back into September and tell me about how you had done, what you had seen, what you’d noticed. But here in November I’m asking you instead to take a look at how you’ve dealt with change.

Since March—and before March, the September before that—you have been dealing with massive change. How are you managing change? Are you ready for it to stop? The right answer is not yes. Change is very simple if you’re in your now, if you’re in your moment.

Once I suggested to you that you pretend that you are a dog watching you. Do you remember that? Be in that dog’s head and watch you. A dog notices everything. A dog watches your body language and keeps an eye on what you are doing, and it responds to it at the moment.

Moving outside of yourself to watch helps. Observe yourself, and when change comes up do not see it from the inside as that person who is experiencing a raw and painful loss of what was or who was. See it instead as if you are set aside, watching it happen. And as that observer you can then can direct how you want to be, how you want to show, how you want to do.

This time of individuals and pets and plants leaving is going to continue. It’s very important that you remember—well, other than the basics of death itself—it’s only the end of this personality experience, and it opens the door to a much larger experience, one which you can connect to with them as you engage and broaden your own perspective of life. But death is simply a move, and it’s a power move. So aside from that, pay attention to the multitude of death, of change, that you are working with these days. It’s not just your mother; it’s not just your friend; it’s not just your aunt, or grandmother. It’s your beloved pet companion. It’s the tree that you had for so many years. Energy continues. How are you dealing with the energy of change?

And that’s kind of a rough way to start what actually is going to show up to be a pretty good month for you, because it’s the month that, of course, all of you Americans know as Veterans Day, right? All right, maybe not. But you do have Veterans Day right in there, right? And what are they veterans of?

Wars.

S: And that means every one of them have fought, yes? No. No! Say that again.

They served.

S: It’s about service. It’s about service. They are veterans who, in whatever way they were most needed at the time, served, in this case—well, don’t get me started—the needs of the government. Ideally they served for you. Service is recognized, so before I move to the more familiar holiday—that would be voters day, right?—I want to remind you that, like any kind of energy, the energy that you put out in service to this world . . . [dog groans] and you do a lot in service don’t you, love. As a therapy dog he does.

With vets.

Yes.

S: Yes, veterans, vets, yes? But dog doctors are also called vets, yes?

Yes.

S: All right. Just making sure. I thought maybe that was a new way to serve there.

It’s important for you to remember that the service that you give in love never ends and, when you identify with that love, you always have a connection to it. And so that is indeed with anybody you’ve identified with, with any situation that has brought about change for you. As you have consciously put love into that situation, that consciousness creates the involvement that allows that continuation of energy. That consciousness brings about the involvement that allows the continuation of that energy. Consciousness creates continuity, and when that consciousness is the force of love that continuity is welcome, brings joy, and allows you to be a part of that never-ending flow. Service keeps that flow going.

And, yes, you do have an election coming up and good luck with that. Remember that it’s said you always get the government you’re worthy of. So keep that in mind.

But this month is also known as Thanksgiving, yes? Now, Thanksgiving doesn’t have quite the story that has been built up all around next month’s holidays, which can often be a lot of fun, mainly because they’re all made up around Thanksgiving.

Everything that has been put out for you about why we take this day—it’s because—what?—the first settlers were starving in the winter, and the kind native Americans, who were not upset that there were these settlers sitting on their sacred land—not a bit—came and said, “Here, let us give you corn so that you can make it through the winter.” Right, it’s just that silly, but I will go big with the idea that it is a time of gratitude, it is a time to give thanks. So that’s where I want to go with you right now.

I’d like for you to take just a moment—don’t need to write these down; you ought to be able to put them off on the top of your head—can you think of ten things you’re grateful for? [Pause]

Did you have any trouble coming up with them, and were any of them huge, broad generalizations rather than specifics such as “I love the forests,” instead of “I’m so grateful for that one tree at the park across the road. Oh, sure, I love all trees, but that one I’m grateful for because . . .” Because the more specific you are with your gratitudes, the more power you have behind them.

Gratitudes are a function of manifesting what you need in your life. So how are you doing in your life with what you need? And I’m going to kick that up a notch. How are you doing in your life with what you want? Gratitude opens the door to prosperity. Prosperity is a swinging kitchen door on Thanksgiving in which you open that door and it swings shut behind you, but that swing will continue bringing it back to you if you act, and the action that is needed is gratitude.

What kind of difference is there between gratitude and thanks? “I am thankful for this; I am grateful for that.” What kind of difference is there between those? It might just be semantics. For you there may not be a difference. And when somebody does something nice for you, you say “I’m grateful” instead of “thank you.” Maybe that’s you—I know it’s not—but what would you say the difference is?

I would say that “thank you” is an acknowledgement of something received.

S: Good.

And it’s a nice acknowledgement of the person or whatever. But to me gratitude goes deeper than that. Gratitude goes into . . . and when I actually express gratitude to someone, I’m much more thankful, grateful for more than an act that they did or something that they gave to me.

S: Good. Yes. You tend to be thankful for a thing, grateful to or for something you care about. You can be grateful to the Mighty Quinn who has four legs and fluffy . . . four legs and a blond afro? So brother was a poodle? Never tell. But you’re usually thankful to, for, somebody. Acknowledging with thanks; opening your heart with gratitude. Gratitude implies an action from the heart. “I’m grateful.”

So I asked you to look at ten things that you could name right off the top of your head that you were grateful for. With that definition—things are thanks; people, relationships, companions are gratefulness—does that change anything on your list? In which case you might want to fill in what you are grateful for.

Now, if you are at a time in your life—and I’m bringing this up because you’re running into the end of your calendar year, which is a time in which many financial things are often brought up—if you are at a time in your life in which you are thinking about your financial obligations, or your prosperity, or lack of prosperity, it’s very important that you have a very good look at your gratitude mechanisms.

The ability to recognize gratitude signals the end of attachment. You might be able to be thankful for something, but do you have gratitude? And although it’s not the most positive way to look at things, when it comes to gratitudes, it’s very, very helpful to take a look at the things that you’ve not been able to be grateful for that have gone on in your life. People—relationships—show up, issues that you’re still holding on to; and to release them you need to come to the place where you are more than “Thank you.” You are grateful for the part they have played in your life. Can anybody give me an example of a gratitude that was at one time very difficult, but when you finally reached that place where you could look back and be very grateful for that situation you realize it’s not holding on to you anymore.

Aye.

I met with you, and this was quite a long time ago, and you told me that I would be complete with a relationship when I could be grateful for it, and that was so helpful because it caused me to look at all of the reasons that I was grateful for that relationship and it allowed it to be released.

S: Good. Good. So relationships, yes. More?

I had an experience with a professor who I thought was grading me unfairly, and it was a real difficult experience for me because I was used to doing well in classes, and according to her I wasn’t doing so well, but I learned that that experience was showing me how I was putting that power outside of myself, and how I was not really seeing the bigger picture of me and, you know, tying my identity to my academic success.

S: Well said.

And so I’m mostly grateful.

S: But totally honest.

But totally honest, you know, but mostly grateful, but I’m getting there. There’s still about that much left.

S: But you see it.

Yes.

S: And you see the difference it makes within you as you open up with gratitude. There are also expectations in there to play with, so keep that going.

One more? Aye. All right.

When you have an issue that came from being four years old and not understanding what was happening in your family, and you held a part of that in your heart for the rest of your life without even realizing it, and later was able to look back and say, “I’m actually very grateful for the experiences I had when I was four years old because they gave me the strength to be forty years old,” or whatever, when you are able to see, as Kathy said, that greater picture, you have allowed yourself to open a door that says two things. One of the things it says is, “I don’t have control. I am in charge”—big difference. “I don’t have control of everything going around me. I am in charge of how I respond to what is going on around me.” That recognition alone takes away about ninety percent of the stress that you live with every day. You don’t have control. You are in charge.

When you look at the planet as a whole, that’s a hard one. This election—you don’t have control. Your job, you probably don’t have control even if it is your business; it relies on others within it.

The second thing that it gives you . . . I’m looking for a word here; I’m going to just use “abundant flow.” I’m not coming up with one word that covers that. It gives you abundant flow. Here is how. Think of a bowl or a glass—how about a glass; I’ve got one right here—and you toss into that glass a rock, and another rock, and another rock, and another rock until you have filled that glass with rocks. Now, the Universe wants to pour abundance into your life, but what you’re showing the Universe is no room. It’s filled up with unfinished issues. It’s filled up with core, old beliefs, of core old responses. It’s filled up with anger, confusion and chaos, but gratitude takes each rock out, gratitude by gratitude, until you have an open bowl, an open glass, once again.

Prosperity is a part of an abundant flow. Do you understand that? Niagara Falls is an abundant flow, yes? Abundant flow of bad things happens doesn’t it? So you get the idea of abundant flow, not necessarily prosperity. Prosperity is a specific. Abundant flow is a condition of energy. The abundant flow of energy needs to be focused to become prosperity. Gratitude creates that focus. “I’m grateful for this job.” “I am grateful for this relationship because it brings this to me.” The more specific you are, the faster you remove that rock. And the abundant energetic flow can bring with it prosperity.

Now, to give gratitude for what you have now focuses onto prosperity. When all you do is complain about what you have, the Universe starts saying, “All right, then you must want more of this, because this is what you’re focusing on.” “Oh I don’t like my job! I don’t like my co-workers! I don’t like . . . I don’t . . . I don’t like . . . ,” and the Universe is hearing an abundant flow of your negativity. So, because like attracts like, you get more to be negative about. So once again, gratitude is the key to that swinging door.

The abundant energy is there. The prosperity flow is because you have learned to say, “I am grateful for what I have. I am grateful to have this open door in front of me. I am grateful for the changes that are in my life. I am grateful.” And through that you start removing the rocks. Being grateful changes your demeanor. If you have invested much of yourself in negativity, then you’re not going to want to have that demeanor change and you’re not going to risk gratitude, because that is what it would be. Gratitude changes you.

So how invested are you in your negativity? “Well, Samuel, in that grand pie chart of my life, about forty-five percent of my life is things that I’m not enjoying and don’t like and want to change.” Wanting to change is different than not liking, not being grateful.

Gratitude focuses prosperity, don’t forget that. It pulls it out of the abundant flow, but that abundant flow is going to activate whatever your nature is drawing to it, so before prosperity comes into your life you might want to take a very serious look at your investment in yourself, your belief about yourself, the way you see you in this world—what you believe you deserve, can have. And if you find that it’s not where it should be—and you might want to, oh, I don’t know, look at your bank account to give you a sense of if your personal attitude is self is where it should be—did I just say that?—it’ll give you a sense of what you are drawing to you, what you are drawing to you.

No, I’m not saying what you believe about yourself will show up in your bank account, because some of you have really lucked out that way. Your bank account’s just fine, but you have a really rotten view of yourself. However, pretty often—I wouldn’t say one-hundred percent—pretty often when a human has all of their needs met their truest self starts to show up. Sometimes that means they become very loving, very giving, stress is off. Sometimes it means they don’t believe themselves deserving, and as a result fend off. So look at yourself, look into your life. What are you drawing to you?

Humans need two things in their life, Guardians need three. Humans need respect and recognition, and when that respect is given out of love and when that recognition is given out of love, it enhances and brings growth in a very positive way. Guardians? Yes, respect and recognition is nice, but more than that Guardians need to give and receive love, and Guardians need purpose—to give and receive love and have purpose. Purpose can be found in your gratitudes. When you look at the things you’re grateful for, you’re going to find what feeds you. You’re going to find what gives your life meaning. The things that you’re grateful for show you your purpose here.

Now—obvious purpose—Guardians are here to function as love in this world, so get that one out of the way. Now look at your life and look at your gratitudes and what is your purpose. And are you following that purpose? Purpose isn’t the same as what is your passion. Passions change all the time, and indeed even purpose can change, but a Guardian can’t function without purpose. That’s when you start moving away from your spiritual self, without purpose. So what are you doing to live your purpose?

I’ve gone pretty much all around the world tonight in a pretty quick way, starting with death and change, touching into service, moving into gratitude, prosperity and purpose. Twenty-sixteen has been about all of those things for you, and who you are right now is hopefully part of a progression in which you learn more gratitude, you gain more prosperity, you see and live your purpose.

Twenty-seventeen is going to be a very important year on your planet, and of course you want to be at your best for all that comes through. Without your wholeness, as long as you’re still picking out rocks—and there’ll be a little gravel no matter what—then you’re not fully focused into positive purpose. It’s time to let go of dallying. Make sure that you are on to you. Clear, complete, release, be grateful.

As you come to the day that Americans think of more for food than gratitude—grumble, grumble—I’d like to offer you a little homework, and that is that you make a point of sharing gratitude, gratitudes, with your family, with your friends. Get into the habit, in the same way that you’ve gotten so good at saying “Love you,” get into the habit of saying “I’m really grateful for this about you.” “I’m grateful for this experience.” Get yourself used to being specific with your gratitudes, positive with your gratitudes, and remember the swinging door. You can get in with gratitude, but it’ll close behind you if you don’t work, turn around and push it open again, if you do not work by way of positive focus and completion to make that abundant flow a prosperous one.

There is a lot, a lot, that you have going on in your lives. Work to focus outward, not on yourself. But balance by taking care of yourself. That should ready you for the Solstice, where you’re going to have an energy flow that’s all about Creation Force. So have in your life that which you wish to have amplified and take out of your life that which you do not want amplified. Gratitude is the key. Make use of it.

Glochanumora.