Shepherd

Hoodwin

Feel your connection with earth. Notice that the very cells of your body are earth. We are not merely on the earth but we are the earth. Notice the movement of energy among all the aspects of the earth that we are. Enjoy the flow of vitality shared by all the cells of your body. Savor the aliveness that comes from Source and returns to it. Read More

We all live in a vast multidimensional universe. Feel into your multidimensional nature. You connect with space and time in a particular way but also transcend it: You are here at a specific location yet you are present in many other locations. You are here in this time yet you are present in multiple times. Awakening, in part, is gaining an awareness of your vast nature. It is a paradox that when you come fully into the present moment, you become present in your multidimensionality. Read More

We are each eternal beings who operate simultaneously on many levels. You may be running several human lifetimes and, at the same time, be conscious on higher planes.

Ultimately, every part of the whole is the whole and is connected to every other part of the whole. But just as in an organism, some parts are closer than others. In all people there is a pull toward those souls with whom you already have a direct relationship. It is also often a delightful thing to make new soul-level relationships, but with old friends, you have a foundation and you pick up where you left off. Read More

Soul age is the most popular part of the Michael teachings other than the seven roles (soul types), but it is also the most misunderstood, overrated, and one of the hardest to correctly identify. It is commonly mistaken as a measure of spiritual advancement, but in fact it is just one factor of many. Read More

From various channels and other wisdom teachers:

• This chapter is temporary and likely to be short-lived.

• The dark emotions now arising have been here all along. They are coming up to be seen clearly and healed.

• We are in transition to a new age of higher awareness in which everyone wins. This is the last gasp of an age of selfishness and short-sightedness, not the beginning of one.

• Negative things can be used for positive purposes. Trump may be “the wrong president at the right time,” catalyzing humanity to wake up. Read More

Acting in love is simply making choices aligned with essence that serve the well-being of others and the whole. When you are dealing with a problem, solving it requires more than love and goodwill, but that is where one must begin. Then truth comes into play, which includes a clear understanding of the contributing factors. Love cannot be separated from truth. Where there is truth, there is stability and strength. Creativity is also invaluable. One cannot overrule the free will of others, and love does not impose. But acting in love allows one to find the best possible available path forward. Read More

What everyone truly seeks is the greater knowledge of self. In fact, universes are simply an expression of the Tao’s desire to know itself more. Every part of the Tao, including you, shares in that hunger. Why do all of us crave to know more of ourselves? For one thing, it’s fun! Stasis is boring. Curiosity is one of the most valuable traits a sentient being can have. Curiosity about anything is a desire to know more of yourself, because you are everything. Read More

The nutrition for the soul is experience. It draws from the raw material of pure potential and through experience converts it into soul substance. And that conversion is growth. Let’s make an analogy: A coal deposit can be compared to raw material. Through the pressure (of experience), it is possible for a diamond to be generated. There is nothing wrong with coal — it can be used as fuel, both literally and figuratively (as in this analogy). But what a joyful thing it is to create a diamond. Read More

Excellencereporter.com is a site dedicated to over a thousand essays on the meaning of life. Nicolae Tanase, the site's owner, invited me to contribute one.

Most people don't stop to ask what the meaning of life is. The simple act of asking is an opening to knowing greater meaning, provided that we look within for answers.

I used to think that only the peaks of life were meaningful—the milestones, the breakthroughs, the major achievements—but I have come to understand that all of life is meaningful. In fact, life itself is the meaning. We are here to experience life, in all its facets. Read More

Much of human history could be summarized as a reaction to a profound feeling of powerlessness. Souls evolve through dealing with opposites. In a sense, the soul is infinitely powerful. How much power manifests depends on the development and skill of the individual soul, but on the nonphysical planes, there can be no experience of powerlessness, since power is all there is. Therefore, isn't it a clever game to come into human bodies where power and the lack thereof seem to loom so large? Read More

Divinity could be defined as the pure experience of love, truth, and beauty. Some people think of the divine as being "up there." Others see it as being in nature. Many will tell you, however, that God is everywhere, and that is true: the Source is inherent in everything—all things spring from the Tao. Therefore, love, truth, and beauty are at the core of all things. Read More

FREE WILL

Inherent in the physical plane school that each of us attends is free will, so that we are able to learn to choose and create. That makes for the possibility of evil—willfully harming others. From a higher point of view, that's not necessarily a "bad" thing because we can become more conscious of light by seeing it clearly against its absence, darkness. Polarity is an intrinsic part of our life's structure—we gain understanding by comparing and contrasting opposites. Learning what not to do can help bring into focus what to do, and why, expanding light. Genesis says that on the first day of creation, "God divided the light from the darkness." That also happens for souls here on the first plane of creation. Read More

Every choice you make is a creative choice. You are creating something every moment. However, we would say that the Tao has a special place in its heart for those who create through the arts because this is one area where people are more conscious that they are creating. But you create your home, you create your appearance, you choose the clothes you wear, and perhaps most important of all, you choose the words you speak and how you say them. You even you choose your thoughts. You may not yet be aware of how deep your choice-making goes, and that’s all right. But awakening is awakening to how vast your choice-making is, how great your creativity is. Read More

The Michael teachings have not achieved wide-scale popularity, but they are so revelatory that they deserve a much wider audience. However, when people become aware of how much disagreement there is about celebrity overleaves, it is easy for them to dismiss it all. (It’s the same with people who “channel shop” and get different overleaves...Read More Read More

Notice how you’re holding your body. Allow subtle changes that feel good, that allow life force to more easily fill you with joy. If you are sitting, let your head elevate and float freely over your neck. Allow your shoulders to easily relax onto your trunk. No need to hold up anything. Do you like how your wrists feel right now? Perhaps you would enjoy letting your elbows feel a little heavy. Scan your body and allow every part that you notice to find its most pleasant position. Read More

You are living in a period of profound transformation. This is not an easy time to be incarnate on Earth, but it is, from the soul's perspective, a very exciting one. We are not aware of any prior era in which so much positive change has occurred in such a relatively brief time.

You may not see what you read in the news or what is happening in your life as being positive. It is true that there is also much unnecessary suffering and hardship, as there has long been. But from a larger view, it can be seen that human consciousness is emerging into a more effective and sensible state. Some students of new thought are expecting even more than that: blissful transcendence. This may come for a few who do the work, but on the whole, we think that at least you will see humanity operating in a more sensible and effective manner, which would be a big step forward. Read More