Beloved~
STOP!

It’s time to stop identifying your self as the character you have created.   It’s time to stop identifying your self as your personality, gender, your job, your status, your age, your history, your faults, your memories, your weaknesses, what parts of you still need to be corrected, healed, fixed.  It is time to claim your true identity.  We are in the process of removing the masks of our personality, the psychological entity that we’ve taken ourselves to be.

It is time Beloved – You are Only One Thing – You are Divine.  You are The Divine made manifest here  ……  You are The Divine.  

 

You are AS Holy as the most holy of saints, the wise and the godly/goodly ones  (I’m thinking Mother Teresa) who have come before to remind you.  You are as Holy because you are of the SAME substance.  You are as Holy because just like all the waves in the ocean are only 100% made of the same substance ……… so too – you are only of God Substance too, only 100% . At your very core, your trueselfbeingness is  the same as that of the Buddha, Jesus, Mary…   Feels strange doesn’t it.  So much easier to fall into judgment, doubt, criticism and not enough, not yet, need to fix this or that first……not good enough as I am.  I’ve still got these ‘few’ things, issues, this guilt and shame, these personality traits that I judge and call flaws, mistakes …… well………..    You’re looking in the wrong basket, the wrong mirror Beloved……

Stop.  Stop looking for your self through your weaknesses.  Breathe deeply.  Look out at the stars.  Look at the amazing colors of the sky at dawn, at dusk.  This is you.  Same~ Same.   Stop, please stop and open, breathe and receive the connections……  Let The Light of Your Divinity come in and expand and explode in you.

Let it touch your core, the same core essence that is within each and every one of us… and explode a Remembrance that has been waiting to be born here on this planet.  As you let The Light of Your Divinity come in, it will shatter all these illusions and misunderstandings.  Nothing to do to earn it .  Just invite it in.   Remember.   Dare to see your self as holy, blessed and a blessing.  Each and every one of us.  You are Light Magnified here.  Namaste’

See the picture.  That’s an image of the Light of Your Being that is now ready and wanting to come into your body.  Let’s change the pictures people have been painting.  Let’s bring that Light into the body…..please…..now…..  

A short and simple meditation to bring The Light of your Being into your body is on my Homepage at www.opportunitiesfortransformation.com

The I AM Meditation is on the left side, almost at the bottom.  

 I AM In Love With You ~

Miri

2/07/13

Beloved~

I thought about why I’m sharing this workshop with you now. Grace has been coming into my life more and more. As I think about what has brought Her/Grace into my life…… I would have to say that for me it is about the ability to more and more turn to those parts of my self that I have been estranged and disconnected from, parts of me that I could not/was not able to look at and acknowledge before, the parts that were cloaked in guilt and shame and the overwhelming emotions that were always there, but I was not able to allow, accept, or feel authentically.

It is about being able to FEEL, to acknowledge and to finally to be with and accept the discomforts, the shame,the anger, the pain …..all those uncomfortable and ‘previously’ unacceptable emotions and judgments and stories that I had against my self. All that was ‘wrong’ with me…...

More and more now, I can lean into life instead of pulling away from it. More and more I can acknowledge what is truly happening for me, acknowledge what is there and accept the feelings……and even put up boundaries or say no when I need to take care of me and be for my self. Loving and Attending to me. I am more authentic and more transparent…….because who cares!!! The masks and the walls are finally falling away

It has taken me years (maybe lifetimes!!) and as I am able to allow, accept and be, my heart opens more and more to me, and Grace fills my life. I am making Peace with me, I AM at Peace with me.  Abundance and Love fill my life. And yes, more ‘stuff continues to come up. There are still blips, big and small, on the screen….but they don’t last as long and there is so much less drama and fear, and more ability to be present to the emotions and sensations that I can finally let come up and move through me and be released. There is more authenticity and I love that I am free to love now in ways that I have not before. The word PERMISSION sits on top of my computer monitor. I have more PERMISSION than ever before for  the past to be as it was without judging and to feel, be, do what is arising for me– TO BE ME, as I AM – however I am showing up. And that is my job.  

 

 I Am living more and more in alignment with my Soul/Spirit, infused with The Divine that I AM……with so much less grasping, homage and concern for what is going on in the world, truly finally beginning to embody the knowing that my True Source and Substance is The Divine. No one and no things in this world are my true source. And it is not about not caring…..I care, I love, I cry, I hurt, I doubt and it’s all okay…. in ways I never thought possible. Grace.

For info about my upcoming workshop  Living Grace and Every Day Miracles

http://www.opportunitiesfortransformation.com/calendar.doc

 

Every Day Living

Beloved~

I was out driving the other day and happened to look up when I was at a stop sign.  Above me was a bird and it was still….just being there in the sky.  No movement of wings, no soaring and gliding.  It was held there, gently.   Present, Aware, Still, Majestic and oh so magical how this can actually happen ……forces of the universe/nature that are beyond my eyes ability to see  ~ holding this magnificent creature gently in its place.

I observed it for a while and my first thoughts were:  Gee, I’m in a very ‘different’ place….. It’s been very quiet for me for an extended period of time.  My usual reference points (this is my life, this is how things happen, life feels ‘right and familiar  when this is present……) aren’t there so much.  This is somewhere I haven’t been before for such an extended period and some days I want to say:  Where did everyone go!  Anyone still with me?  Who am I?  Am I ok?  What’s going to happen….is this ‘normal’?   Anything wanting to happen…..oh, seems not.  And I clearly notice that I can’t get too involved with these questions and they easily pass like clouds in the sky.  I AM

 Now I know that some of you are off and running with the energies of 2013.  Lots of great things happening and moving for you.  For me it is quite the opposite.  Everything is quieter than ever before.  And the difference is that I AM quieter, slower, less reactive, there is pretty much no interest in drama….and when I am reacting and intensely feeling my way through something……it passes so much more quickly.    

 

The human mind very quickly looks to analyze, label and categorize our experiences….that’s it’s job.  As Presence/Our Divine Energies come more and more into our bodies, moving into our lives, perhaps this is how it feels.  It’s much quieter, calmer and there is very little movement to understand or label it…..tho it is curious J. 

 

And like the bird, unseen forces are holding us……holding us gently, lovingly, protectively~ Regardless of how things appear to our human eyes and thoughts – we are held, treasured, guided always and all ways. 

 

 

We are all on our path back Home……returning to living life from our True Essence instead of living life dominated by our personality’s struggles, pains, reactive patterns and beliefs….  Can you lean back and allow what ever is showing up in your life?

We are all designed to seek our natural state of harmony, peace and balance.  Either we are experiencing this harmony and peace OR our ‘stuff’ that is in the way of / the blockages to our Divine Peace are coming up so that these blockages can be seen and the feelings that hold it in place can be felt through and released  ……releasing them from our systems, never to return,  so that we can live as the Peace that is our natural birthright.

 

I used to believe that once I moved into higher consciousness, I would simply sit in bliss.  What a story that was.  Life continues to happen.  I get upset, I get frustrated, I cry when from out of nowhere stuff comes up for releasing, or I cry when I am deeply touched and my heart is breaking open, I have desires and preferences, things arrives as I wish they would and I get excited….then they leave and I wonder what that was about……   Sweet Gentle Surrender.  

 

Bottom line – I continue to live life…… And somehow I’m living it in a much more intimate way……and from a different perspective. Less resistance, more yeses.   There is much less fear, so much more allowing and living into every experience that comes.  And in this moment, perhaps I’m more like the bird.  Gently held in place while the storms continue all around me until I once again swoop and soar and glide. 

 

We are on the return Path……..perhaps this Quiet is the return of Presence in my life (ah, the human need to label J) .  This lack of frenetic movement and inner agitation (don’t we all know that one well J ) this new found ability/Presence  that has stayed for weeks, ……….. to simply rest in place, to breathe more deeply, to be with what is……

 

Wherever you are – it is so perfect……truly you are held and loved and guided and applauded for your ability to play at being human……as one friend describes it – we are God in Drag!!

 

And what is showing up in your life now, in 2013, to show you how much you have changed and released in 2012…….  I celebrate you.  I send you blessings of sweet patience, grace, and a big bushel of everyday miracles to enjoy.  Namaste’

And today I watched the vultures….they were flying in the sky……… AND then I watched as they just rode the currents without having to move their wings…..as they were carried on waves of energies and flow without having to do anything……they were carried to a new destination…….. get it??    :-)

 

All Love 

Miri

 

 

Tenderness was the word from the meditation at the Healing Circle.  Tenderness. Begin simply..... to cultivate a noticing of how you still hold parts of your self outside your own acceptance ( we’re not talking about forgiving and loving, just noticing).   Parts that you continue to judge - what you  hate, dislike, feel inadequate, get angry or feel disappointed about, how you wished you would be able to show up differently, to act, look or feel differently……    All the ways that we do not give ourselves permission to be or to feel. 

Begin with just noticing when we disconnect from something coming up inside of us, separating and judging it as not ok, not right, not acceptable.  It happens so quickly. Just notice and then take a deep breath and then a few more deep breaths, staying in the body and just allowing……….  Maybe you can  think of something now that you don’t have permission for…..

Nothing to do.  In this moment just allow everything to be there exactly as it is….noticing how you close your own heart to parts of you.  Just allow and let it be – what you just cant open your heart to - a pattern, a habit, a reaction/response to someone or something,  something you totally don’t accept about your self, something you think you should have done or not done, how you show up, how you wish you showed up.  Just notice, without story or words.  Just watch and allow.  A few deep breaths……no words, no stories…….. 

Now bring your attention down into your heart and allow tenderness to arise within you.  How does tenderness feel in your heart?  Maybe spend a few moments gently gazing at the pictures here and breathe…..look from one to the other and breathe and allow tender feelings to arise in your heart.  Maybe nothing is happening in your heart or your body.  Maybe it feels locked up and frozen.  This is ok.   All we are doing is noticing – no words, no explanations, stories.  Gently watching ~ softness  ~  tenderness and breath…. for what ever is coming up……being vulnerable, soft just for this moment…..living in a different possibility. 

Now, come back to the part of you that you don’t accept/like………no words, no conversation….again just a few deep breaths, and then allow the tenderness to come up and move those tender feelings towards ‘that’  part of you that you can’t accept.   Hold it tenderly if you can.  Hold yourself tenderly.  Perhaps the tension in your body is beginning to relax and soften……maybe notice what is going on in your heart, your body.  Deep breaths.   All we are doing is noticing – no words, no explanations, stories……. Tenderness……..breath….softness……for what ever is coming up…… vulnerable.  Whatever is happening is perfect for you right now.

Let whatever feelings come up, come up and wash through.  I just did this as I was writing to you and some deep painfilled sobs came up.  How cleansing.  More space.  Deep breaths.  We’re all human.  We have all got human stuff still.  Closing your heart to something about your self is so painful.  What we don’t accept in ourselves we keep projecting onto others and disliking and judging them for it. 

Maybe next time you judge your self you can stop and breathe and try something different – just noticing without stories, allowing, softness, breathing, tenderness……see your self as The Angels see you……    Thank you for showing up as we continue to release and shift into heartcentered consciousness.  Some days are sweet, some days are challenging…..

Try a little tenderness ~ Share a little tenderness

All Love

Miri

             

         Even more than Happy New Year-                            

                      Happy New Life Beloved 

                         New & Fulfilling Life!

 

There is no 'way'....there is only your way now, wherever you are.....and it is perfect.....as are you.     For You are The One....       

Remember that The Compass is there already, inside you.....Your very own Heart.  Can you follow Your Heart now Beloved.  Your Heart, will take you Home....... as we remember how to Compassionately Listen, Love and Honor Our Self. 

 

As you enter 2013 may you expand into & dance with amazing possibilites and deeply fulfilling adventures.

"Nothing can stop you, because you're not stopping you."  Panache Desai

 

Miri Message 12/31/12:  Can I be honest in this transmission? I’m not feeling ‘the ecstasy’ I thought I would. ‘Chop wood carry water……’   We are all still integrating and grounding these new energies for 2013…..a little between worlds…..I feel settled (and unsettled at times), quiet and there is a sense of okayness and of being held and carried……somewhat disconnected, not feeling like I want to do very much….in fact after months of feeling the pressure of much to do and almost never enough time…..I’m feeling a strange expansiveness around time, without the drive to do very much…….  At this moment, I cant say I am experiencing the ecstatic bliss some are enjoying……though there is a calm, and a spaciousness.   Perhaps allowing and integrating these energies of 12/12, 12/21 and 1/1, and I understand another wave is coming around 1/15.  I would say that I’m feeling a deep level of surrender, not by any effort…..just noticing a surrendering into what is…..allowing it to be as it is and not caring to change anything …..not able to resurrect that old way of thinking – I ‘should’ be doing something.   Feels like a quiet cocooned time for me. What are you experiencing; how are you feeling?

 

Something different I do notice is an intense need for integrity and honesty and transparency…..inner feelings/experiences and outer expressions have to align….      No more hiding anything! 

 

Yesterday I had the thought – what if you had no past?    How would you behave….what would you do?  Play with that. 

 

Feeling a bit like a newbee entering The Promised Land…..finding my way..... one breath, one step….and yet feeling quite grounded, open and spacious.  Again I share these messages with the hopes that my words are supporting, nurturing, affirming and uplifting for you.

 

The Poet and Mystic David Whyte

I’m listening to the poet and mystic David Whyte.    Start close in …..dont take the 2^nd and 3^rd step……just the first step to what’s right there……the step you don’t want to take…….he says.

And my mind jumps on that – How will I do this….not easy, I’m afraid. 

Then a sound of laughter bubbles up – ah, too late for this human mind.  You see I’m already there……already in the midst of the first step.

We are already where we want to be going…don’t wrestle – just take a deep breath and look around you honestly.  HONESTLY (my friend told me I shouldn’t write in caps…..she says it’s yelling …..I Am yelling…..I don’t want you to miss this – HONESTLY – only your mind is struggling to make sense out of and accept what The Divine is creating in each moment.  Stop struggling, deep breath and look around – how beautiful…..find the beauty HERE AND NOW.  Stop and find what is beautiful……there is always something beautiful.  God is working out all the details.   Doesn’t need you…….Find the beauty and breathe…… And stop bringing your past to the present moment to interpret …. Allow, open……breathe…..

Conscious Alchemy

Beloved~

This was my first paragraph:  How lovingly gentle the energies are this week……so much has settled.  You have done so much these few months to release and clear your self of old stuff.  As we move into the energies of Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza and the Winter Solstice there are wonderful opportunities to gather together and deepen our connection with The Light of The Love that You Are.  I got a clear message yesterday – love everyone you come into contact with….in your female body – give this love especially to all the men you see…..open your heart, look in their eyes……share This Holy Love that you are a vessel for.

And then today I became aware of so much chaos (and opportunity) around me in people that are close to me.  I guess the waves of change are still passing through.  Be gentle….ask for what you need……Only miracles await you!

Miri Message 12/15:  A good analogy would be that I feel like I’ve been sitting at the waters edge.  I have a form…..and as the waves keep coming up to the shore, the form is being washed.  Sometimes the waves are big, sometimes they are very small, soft and almost gentle.  No matter…..I am being transformed by each wave.  What is becoming of me?  There is less and less of the  me that I knew, that I know……

 I notice~

 

My desire has always mirrored my teachings…..I wish to connect with the Unlimited, Unbounded, Joyously Free part of me……that which is beyond my conditioning, beliefs, history/stories about me……all my limitations that exist in my biology, biography and belief systems, in my cells……  

What are my feelings, thinkings…..where have they come from?  Partly from Mass Consciousness … The  Archetypal patterns written about by Carl Jung.  I see all the limitations, I am able to accept them for what they are more and more AND I also see that as I am being continuously washed by these waves of Light, if you will…….that the Nothingness and Everything that I AM is beginning to reveal itself.

Where to go for answers – Source is within my self.   Not the small limited, linear, logical human design   (and design it is!!) …….but to the Infinite Presence that I AM.  

Over and over I seek the Stillness, catching the spaces and pauses in between this busy mind…..I cannot always go there, and that is ok. 

God experiencing life with a very busy human mind. 

Miri Message 12/19 :  CONSCIOUS ALCHEMY   I read that in a message this morning and thought – these are the words I want to share with you today.

Last message was titled – “We’re Here…..It is Done.”    We are here.  2012 will come in the same as 2000 came in …….a very simple turning of the page……because of all the ‘work’ we have done clearing ourselves and releasing old patterns and relationships in order to let the Light of our True Divine Essence shine here……

2012 will come in on the wings of Love, Harmony, Inner and Outer Peace (in your own personal world) and Joy.  They are your wings……you have done all the work and how splendidly magnificently amazing YOU are!   Look and see how much clearer you feel, how much lighter you feel, how much more love and joy you are letting in to your life. 

Conscious Alchemy – Never before have I experienced the power that is available to us now to truly change our reality - Consciously.  Before when people would say, think different thoughts…..lift your consciousness into a higher vibration, honestly I struggled.  Sometimes it worked.  Most of the time it didn’t.   Now we have arrived into a new level of energies that allows us to shift into Higher Vibrations much more easily.  I see the thoughts and worries that take me down……and then consciously I am able to choose different thoughts, a different focus and very soon after it happens - my vibration shifts.  Conscious Alchemy – you have the power to change your reality, your world.  What is different is Presence is here…..enough of The Divine that I AM is active in my life, that I no longer am afraid or reactive in the old ways (or at least it just doesn’t last very long) …..I ’trust’ ….and my ability to live in a vibration of Love and Joy lasts longer and is more easily accessed…..until clouds come, and as I now I know…..they are only clouds temporarily covering the sun, not obliterating it. 

Love is the answer, love is the healer……
It is not another’s love you need – it is your very own love… Turn to your self and ask - what do i need/want here…..  Listen deeply and then give it to your self.  

Free the others you have held in bondage and captivity.  

They never satisfied you any way……they could not, because it wasn’t their love, acceptance you needed. 
It was your own.  Love your self free.  You hold all the keys.  

This is ‘the work’ now – discover all the ways your thoughts create your limited and suffering reality.  Over and over i see that my thinking, when it brings me to worry and doubt, is just not true.  Love is all around me.  

Do you want to know something - ask and then surrender the question. Ask and wait in the ‘uncertainty of  'I don’t know'...
Be there – I don’t know…….
Feel that and open your self to the deep raw feeling of this uncertainty……and soon you will find your self lifted up into a place of such lightandlove ….a place that you had forgotten existed.   

“I don’t know”……the uncertainty of saying that, letting it all go and not knowing……let the river carry you…….it has only one destination now – Home. 

My journey, all the woundings and dark places have given me much opportunity to discover how to be compassionately present to my self.  
My deepest joy and passion are to support and guide YOU and remind you How to Love Your Self Back into Wholeness.  If you’re feeling stuck……please come for a session.  I Am here ~