July 6, 2014

Samuel: Greetings.

Greetings.

S: How are you? Did you do your homework? Tell me about it.

We did! We got together every day, sometimes did two days. And we [. . .]  definition of miracles. Sometimes it was more like gift rather than a miracle, or a gratitude.

S: Sometimes gratitudes are miracles—that there are gratitudes.

And even though we had different days, for the most part we found they fell in three different categories. One was people in our lives, accomplishments, and recognition of surroundings.

S: Very nice. More?

It would seem almost as soon as I thought, This is what I would like to have done, or whatever, it happened. Every single day.

S: Good work!

And it blew my mind sometimes. Some of the things that happened that I would never have imagined coming together so quickly! It was just amazing.

S: You know what this means, don’t you? Merge with Catherine. Nice. More.

I had a great opportunity in June to expand my boundaries. Every day was really a miracle. Having radiation every day in June was . . .

S: Light for light

Absolutely. It was an opportunity to be a part of all that I am. And I really felt it that way. It could have been drudgy, negative experience, fearful. And I loved the people. I looked forward to seeing them every day. My reality is what I make it.

S: Absolutely. Well said. Good. Aye.

The acronym you used was really helpful, and I could remember the message, which was really nice. All of them I thought about during the course of the month, but the “U” was the one I probably focused on the most. I had an opportunity to do some communication in which they were needed for clarity. It was really important to do, and I didn’t know how they’d be received. But I did cord work every day, multiple times a day, because that’s [. . .] to do. I think it was really important to have that focus during this month particularly for me. The miracles, too, were just—I talked to the Universe going, “Okay, I’m going to have to deal with this [. . .] and you let me see miracles.” And I did, every day. I saw wonderful surprises and pretty amazing miracles during the month. Just for the Universe to remind me I’m supported, I’m loved. And all that I’m doing is what I can do. I’m real happy. It was good.

S: Good work. Anyone remember what J-U-N-E stands for?

Justification, unity, “no” not being your first response, and “E” for enthusiasm.

S: Nice. So, what do you think it should it be for July?

Joy, understanding, love, and yippee.

S: I like that; I like that a lot. Joy, understanding, love, and yippee. So, I will let Kathy make that your homework. Look for that, because when you look for it that’s when you find it.

You just passed Independence Day, yes? What are you independent of? I’ll make it easier. Historically . . .

British rule.

S: All right, all right. But I like you thinking better about independence generally, so I will go back to the first question. What are you independent of?

Well, I made it a focus on the Fourth of July to be independent from inner tyranny. June was a month in which core issues were activated. And, it was good. I could use tools you had given to deal with it. It was good, very good. But it was . . . So the Fourth of July was my declaring my independence from inner tyranny, beliefs that limit me, that keep me from my full potential, that make me sad and unhappy at times. I just formally made my declaration of independence. Did it on Facebook and everywhere. And it’s good because I’ve been working toward that all month and doing some really powerful techniques you’ve given us to help with that. I really feel I was riding them, they weren’t riding me. They feel like they’re dissipating. And I thought, “Will core beliefs, life lessons ever . . . ?” And yeah, I think so.

S: As long as you’ve got life, there will be life lessons. But the thing to remember about those core issues: they don’t have to be painful, difficult things, because once you get it, they transform and become a strength. Look at the strengths in your life and you’ll have a sense of what your core issues have been. Good for you.

I’m becoming independent of some past definitions of myself.

S: Good.

Some of that’s through losses, some of that’s just through lack of interest in what was. Things that I thought would always be important to me, special, and would always hold my interest, aren’t.

S: I’m interrupting him for a moment. And right there is a key to knowing when the Universe is encouraging you to move on. You just don’t have a desire to keep on with it. It doesn’t have to be a struggle, a natural change.

It’s mostly not unsettling, but sometimes it is, because I sometimes don’t know who I am; it’s not as clear. I know the core of me, but the world definition just seems to be more fluid, less solid. I guess I’m getting more comfortable with that.

S: You’re going to find that by the middle of this month you have things much more solid. Right now you have a lot of energy coming your way that has to do with . . .  Well, there’s really no easier way to say it. It has a lot to do with your spiritual self and your recognition of what your spirit has to offer.

Now, your spiritual self, in this world, tends to be the unknown. In your world, it should instead be one of the most vital, active parts of your life. [From] about a week and half ago until the middle of July, you’re going to be thinking deep thoughts. It’s good for you. And you’re going to be working out “what is it I really want?” That’s a warning. It’s a warning because that’s what most people try to ignore. That’s the part of most people’s life that’s on automatic. What do you want? The easiest answer is to fully love and be loved—fully—because as beings of spirit wearing this human form, love is vital to you. To help that along, I want to encourage you, challenge some of you, to say “I love you” as often as possible over the next couple of weeks. Say it to friends, say it to mates, say it to family, say it to your pets. “Jethro, I love you!” He says, “Leave me alone.” Say it when you look in the mirror. Say it to the plants, say it to the trees. Say it to the Universe, but say it out loud to empower it by your thought, by your hearing, by the making it come out loud.

What else do you need? You need challenges. Be careful what you ask for.

You’ve gone through a time in the last eighteen months, more or less, in which you have been very challenged. This isn’t that kind of challenge. This is the kind of challenge that’s about an athlete. Do more, see how far you’ll go, push a little harder, believe a little stronger. Accept a little more. Give with attitude.

Stuart—family secrets, eh?—has been watching bong-bong?

Tennis.

S: Tennis. The athleticism is quite remarkable. I want to remind you of something. When those athletes . . . or maybe you know of other athletes.

Lebron James

S: That’s a nice Scottish name.

Tour de France riders

S: Tour de France riders—ah, yes.

[. . .]

S: Tim Howard is a soccer goalie. Think about an athlete, and I want you to think about what they looked like when they were born. And now I want you think about what you looked like when you were born. What was the difference between the two? When you start out, you look an awful lot alike. Your athletes today don’t look that way at all, do they? They have become coordinated, muscular, focused, dedicated. And that, by the way, is the ultimate answer. The difference between you and the famous athlete has everything to do with dedication to what?

Perfection.

S: Perhaps. Personal perfection.

Passion

S: To their passion.

[. . .]

S: Their vision, very much. The best they can be every day. How do you fit side by side with that? Because you started out the same. What are you doing every day to perfect your game of being alive and making it through this day, and this day, and this day? What are you doing to perfect your gifts? I would guess that the tennis player’s gifts and strengths are a little different than the basketball player’s gifts and strengths. Yes? But they had to have that dedication to strengthening their personal best, to wondering what that personal best might be and pushing it. What are you doing? What are you dedicated to? If you were to step back and look at your life, what would you have to say you are dedicated to? Eating, and sleeping, and working . . . and watching the television, and eating some more. What are you dedicated to? And is it taking you to your best self?

I think my dedication is to caretaking, and in those parameters I am finding a lot about patience and acceptance: accepting what is and trying to be patient and accepting points where I’m not patient and making up for it. A lot of personal issues within myself.

S: Remember that the personal issues are going to come up no matter what you are doing. They’re going to come up because you are caretaking a husband who has had strokes and trouble, and now is going through a difficult time. They’re going to come up because there are no issues going on around—family is happy and healthy, and you’re just going on your merry way. They’re going to come up anyway. Your issues are always going to show up. That’s because the Universe loves you. It knows that you want to be your best and it’s just showing you the rough edges.

What you want to pay attention to is, how do you feel about it in the midst of it? Are you happy to be caretaking right now, and if not, why not? And don’t think I’m just talking to Bonnie here, because there’s a lot of you in here who are caretaking. Some of you [taking care of] yourself.

Do you know that you can be happy doing anything? Now I’m going to use one of those terrible, terrible words. Do you know you should be happy no matter what you’re doing? In the midst of those joyous core issues, and life lessons, and learning to be patient, and not bulldozing . . .

Being happy doesn’t mean you have to feel that way all the time. Love always [. . .] still go through some rough spots, some things you may not prefer  [. . .]

S: Of course.

And still be happy.

S: There are things that make you sad. There are things that aren’t what you were expecting. That’s constantly a part of life, isn’t it? You don’t always have to be giddy, but you should always be happy. “I have a pothole in front of me, but life is good. I am doing what I need to be doing.” Can you say that? Because that’s what you’re going to be looking at over the next couple of weeks, examining yourself and your life and what you want and don’t want, what you give, what you receive, who you are to whom in your life. Remember the athlete. Remember that no matter what comes to you, you can make the best of it, because nothing comes to you that does not have a purpose. And because you are a being of Source in this world, that purpose is about your better being able to love. So love well this month. Love well every month. Be joyous.

All right. You’ve made it through half of your year and now you’re coming into the second part. What does the second part of the year tend to bring? What is it about?

It’s about harvesting, It’s about seeing results from things you’ve sown earlier in the year.

S: Good, good. If the first part of the year is about building up, what you have been building is going to come to fruition. There are a few of you in here who should be very worried about that. And you might want to give a thought or two about what you have been building these last six months, what you’ve been planting, because you’re going to be harvesting now.

It’s also about preparing for the winter. And when you are preparing for the winter, what is that about? Think squirrel. This isn’t hard.

[. . .]

S: Gathering what you need and putting it away. What you need the most isn’t something you can store. But on a material level, think for a moment about what you need that you can store. One might be for those of you that planted a garden, it might be preserving the foods so you can still be eating. What?

Green beans.

S: Lovely green beans. Or sweet potatoes.

Tomatoes.

S: Or tomatoes. Can you preserve them?

[. . .]

S: Good. What else do you need?

Wood for a woodburning stove.

S: All right. You might want to go around your property picking up dead wood, cut it out of trees, clearing as needed to make space. What else?

I think you need friends and healthy relationships and a network of people and a community, and that type of thing.

S: Kathy is on tonight. Absolutely. You have spent a lot of time the first six months of this year dealing with a lot of personal issues and in many ways being more inward than you usually are. It’s time to gather. Say it again.

Friends, community, social network

S: So how do you do that? How do you gather friends?

One of the things I think that happens in the winter is we tend to get reclusive. We don’t want to go out. It’s too cold.

S: I may not be able to get down the driveway.

So I think you have to make an effort to get out, outside of your environment, and visit.

S: Very good, very good. Aye.

You need to be a friend to make friends.

S: That’s right! You need to be a friend. That’s very good. More.

In our case, it’s clearing our home space, making it neat and clean so that we want to have people over and friends over to enjoy it with us.

S: Very nice, very nice. It’s just that you don’t know how to gather friends, is that it?

Have a party.

S: Have a party. All right.

[. . .]

S: Participate in activities that you enjoy because you’ll be surrounded by people who enjoy the same things you do. Look for things in the community, create things in your community. How many times have you said, “Gosh, I wish there was a good vegan restaurant around here!” So why not create, bring vegan Mediterranean food, and gather at my house, and let other people know. What about those of you that have pets? You can get together and have playtime, unless your dog is Hapi; then don’t do that.

The thing you have to do is make it a priority in your life and have a commitment to it.

S: And it has to become a priority. Your heart is designed to expand. Love is like fire—growing bigger does not mean it loses a thing. Love grows bigger and you gain; you do not lose.

This trip that’s about to be made is about healing, about bringing trust and great love to an area of the world that had a very hard time. Cambodia has one of the lowest rates of income in the whole world. But I want to remind you that monetary gain is a very western concept. You are your income.

This trip is about healing because this is a country in which the people have been in a painful process of renewal—not simply from a dictator’s regime thirty years ago, but from hundreds of years. You just had Independence Day. Long ago those who created this country came together and they said, “We no longer want this tyranny.” And there was definitely a price for it. In Cambodia, the people have become used to the tyranny. So why do I say, “What is needed is healing, healing wholeness?” Because what’s broken if people are accepting tyranny? Their hearts, their spirits, hope, trust,

Expectations

S: Expectations,  sure. What you need to remember is, you cannot give what you do not have. Which is to say you need to take a look at the tyranny you have been under. What’s running your life? Physical tyranny? Mental-emotional tyranny? Even spiritual tyranny. It’s so easy to fall into a place where you seek out rules to fit your beliefs, even spiritually speaking. And by following those rules, everything is going to be okay! And then you find out just how cruel the tyrant can be.

Personal tyranny, job tyranny. You experience a version of tyranny somewhere in your life just like the Cambodians live with. And that needs healing, wholeness.

What do you need to release that lack of hope? Fear? What do you need to release the tyrant? Maybe you are the tyrant. And for you the answer is, let go a little; let yourself enjoy.

Cambodia is also about the Dragon seed of the Mekong, and that seed has everything to do with a new beginning and new growth. It may be that the first six months of the year tend to be the time for new beginnings, planting, and growth. But for the next couple of weeks you have in front of you the opportunity—with your focus, with your dedication, with your vision—to bring into your life a new way to function, to extend that time of beginning for just a couple of weeks so that you can reap what is good as a healed, whole, trusting, fearless, grateful, loving, being of power.

And the good news is, you can very easily know what you need to do to get there. Just ask. Not me. Ask you. And go back for a bit to that Lebron and yourself as infants, and see yourself emulating that track to an athletic perfection. It doesn’t have to be physical perfection; it doesn’t have to be mental, or emotional, or spiritual perfection. But it sure should be a new start. It’s never been more important. This is a chance. Use it.

Glochanumora.