Newsletter - November 2008WELCOME!Welcome to PATHWAYS, Directions for a More Peaceful Life. It seems the holidays are upon us once again. It always takes me by surprise but I'm not sure why. Usually my thoughts turn towards baking, purchasing gifts, and being with those people we call family (whether that is a good thing or not for you). For me the joy of the season has come through the eyes of my grandchildren. Their excitement at all things, their anticipation of gifts and good times, and their sheer joy of discovering what it all means has created a reminder of the joy I once had as a child. Somewhere the stress of getting everything done, trying to please those people on your gift list, and the cost of it all took over and I lost that excitement. These kids don't care if the house is clean or if we have enough appetizers or not. They aren't concerned with what it all cost either. Instead they get excited putting up decorations, making cookies with grandma (and a mess), and the secrets of wrapped gifts hiding throughout the house. I am grateful to you Taylor, Ethan, and Ellis (& new one on the way) for reminding me that the most important parts of life are usually the simple ones. You allow me to be a child once again when we play together. Most importantly you give me the gift of bear hugs, wet sweet kisses, and a love we will always share. That's the true meaning of Christmas. We all are connected like it or not. It is in that connection that you can give the best gift ever this Christmas. Take a few moments everyday over the next few weeks and make it a point to smile at people whether they are smiling at you or not. Connect with them through eye contact and share with them a few seconds of uplifting joy. Then you will be sharing the finest qualities of love and you'll end up being the stronger, happier one for doing it. On a different note you will notice that the types of services I've been offering have changed as well as my schedule. As I stated last month, I have been doing angel readings for a long time and have felt it was time for something new to emerge. Yet I still wanted to help folks who were stuck in life or needed clarification of directions. So I created Roadside Assistance where I will bring in your angels to answer two questions that you've given to me and then add to that by explaining how this fits into your soul's code. Go check it out. Secondly, I have stopped the monthly Michael and O'Shay groups in the Richmond area. Once again I felt it was time for a change. I am continuing the tele-groups with Michael monthly by phone which is open to everyone to participate regardless of where you live. We've had these groups pretty consistently over the last three years. So instead I'm hearing folks say they are ready for a little more training so they can become the teachers, healers and leaders. Consequently there will be no schedule for December but check back in January and we will have a full six month schedule of classes that are available both in person and through tele-classes. Each of the classes will be designed to help you enhance your clairvoyant, telepathic, and healing abilities. So stick around and let's all seeing ourselves move forward in huge steps in 2009.
MICHAEL SPEAKS:My name is Michael and I like to teach. Since this is the time of the year where your custom is give to each other and share. I'd like to take a moment and talk about how to give and how to receive. There's different levels of sharing or giving. The easiest is what you give to each other and usually it's done subconsciously everyday. This works both ways as you are sharing positive thoughts and feelings as well as darker (or unknowing) parts of yourselves. Since you don't live in a vacuum, all humans are inescapably connected and intertwined so much that you are constantly sharing thoughts, words, feelings, and emotions whether you realize it or not. It may be that emotions are coming from someone you know and you do recognize it and feel the intensity of them. Or it could be that it's a stranger going down the road and you aren't even aware that you are absorbing some of their stuff as you pass. You hear us say all the time that when you have a thought it goes out from your brain, touches others and then comes back to sit in your body somewhere. This is true because you are all creators of your lives and what you create has to come back to you. The Universal Law states that all creating travels in circles, it's not linear. It has no choice as it's a constant circle of thoughts, energies, and actions. Have you ever started your day feeling great only to feel drained after being out in public or with certain people? They are taking your energy and you're absorbing theirs. Then you have the kind of sharing based on a belief that you have to give to others in order for them to like or love you or it's your purpose. This attracts a lot of people who accept the statement from the Bible that "it's better to give than to receive". First know that was not the true translation of what was said. Jesus actually said "it's always good to share what you have and just as important to let people share with you. If a person has fallen down you help them up but you don't carry them along the journey." I know this to be true as I was there when he taught upon your earth for a brief period. The church misconstrued this statement on purpose in order to extract monies and valuables from you through guilt and it works. Also I'm sure you've discovered if the intent of your giving is to make people like you, you've also found that when you stop they don't like you anymore. One way to help you see this type of giving isn't working is it's going to attract the opposite-those people who believe that you owe it to them to give what you have. It's interesting to us that your givers are often frustrated because those they constantly choose to help or even carry don't usually end up changing very much or doing things for themselves. They even tend to have very little gratitude for your efforts. Your systems have created givers and takers. Both are required for it to work. Then once they've gotten all they can from you they move on to someone else. Maybe they take only your energy through complaints. Or maybe they take your time or even take your trust and love and use it in a harmful way. Either way you are usually left with very little for yourself. Maybe your idea of sharing and giving is to give an "allowance" to your church or to charities every month. Or maybe it's to give gifts for others at certain times of the year and that completes your giving quota for the year. We aren't saying it isn't good to give to these places. We're just saying take a moment and see if that giving is based on guilt or building up points with God. There is no certain time of the year to give. Why not look at giving as something you do the entire year? Yet receiving tends to be a problem for givers. Often we find these people love to give but hate to receive. If you are not able to receive love and gifts from other people you are practicing only half of the circle of abundance. You are literally stopping others from receiving their gifts from retuning to them. To receive graciously is as much as gift as giving. We hear you numerous objections when someone tries to help you. Or we've heard your thoughts that it means you look weak or might be indebted to them. Neither has to be true. Inside of you are various "love receptors". These are the parts of you that can both receive and give love. If yours are set only on giving then you are using only half of your receptors. That limits the amount of joy and love you can receive from those around you and even from Prime Creator. They (Prime Creator) initially started the gift of giving when your beautiful soul was created out of joy, love and sounds. There were no thoughts of what this meant or what you owed them back. What you did with the gift of your soul was totally up to you. How you discover this love and creativity is uniquely your journey and makeup. So in this time of giving we would ask that you think about giving someone a compliment everyday. Intend to share a positive thought instead of complaint. Go ahead and give gifts if that's what speaks to you. But we would say the greatest gift of all is the balanced sharing and receiving from those in your life everyday.
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