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Acceptance

Accept the things you cannot change. Why is this so necessary? Isn't acceptance a giving in or a giving up? Does acceptance render us powerless? On the contrary, when we agree to accept the things we cannot change, we move into alignment instead of attaching to outcome. This alignment gives us back our true power.

When we're angry, hurt, or upset at something or someone, this is the ego's way of basically having a tantrum. We "want." We couldn't or can't have, so we're upset. When someone tells us something we just simply do not want to take in as truth, we can get very stubborn and controlling and insistent on having things our way. 

This renders you in your own way. You block the ability of the universe or anyone else to help you when you are stubbornly struggling and trying to control. You keep yourself locked in your patterns.

If you let go and accept, you open a pathway for energy to flow. This includes a pathway for the energy of money.

Be willing to accept. Be willing to align. Be willing to see that perhaps your way hasn't been working out so well thus far. Try something new. Acceptance.

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The Game of Life

I've been running across a lot of life coaches, counselors, and so forth who are teaching now about the power of the mind in conjunction with the use of the Law of Attraction. All of a sudden everyone gets this and they are going to teach it to you even if it is part of their own learning.

Now keep in "mind" that the power of positive thinking has been around a very long time. And keep in "mind" that the Law of Attraction is and was not a secret, but rather is a universal law. It isn't something humankind came up with out of a "think tank." It's always been there.

There is a book "The Game of Life and How to Play It" with an original copyright date of 1924 or so. Someone gave me that book years ago and I remember being told by someone else that this was the "miracle" book.  I asked what they meant by that. And I was told that when this book came into your life, miracles began to happen.  Okay. Interesting.

I read it and reread it. It all rang true. Some of the principles in there were things like "act as if you've already received," and ask for what you desire, however don't be attached to outcomes....let go, in other words, lilke this:  "If not this particular _____, then its equivalent." It was about the Law of Attraction, but she didn't call it that.

Another interesting thing is that the book was given to me by a "church lady." Insert your own definition of that. As I read the book, I noted that it was written from a Christian perspective. This author was taking principles that we now look at as "Law of Attraction" and correlating that with what the Bible teaches. Interesting. She never said that this is some New Agey "Law of Attraction." She said here is the truth. And what she taught in that book is still and will always be the truth, no matter what perspective it comes from.  She talked about how to pray. She didn't talk about how to manifest. She talked about how to ask for and subsequently receive.

The Law of Attraction is neither a Christian or non-Christian thing. It's a universal truth. But like so many things people twist up and turn around to suit themselves and what they THINK they want. This universal law has been misinterpreted and bundled up to become something unrecognizable. It's now a panacea and testament to getting what one wants and proof of how powerful one really is and how powerful one's mind is! And in the Christian perspective, this is exactly what Jesus found so offensive and frustating.

This use or attempted use of this universal law is not its intended purpose. And for those Christians stuggling with how the Law of Attraction fits with the Bible, please note:

1. God didn't separate us. The people separated themselves.
2. Money is not the root of all evil. The LOVE of money, the pursuit of money above all else was the objection, because it isn't aligned in terms of co-creating.


In a Christian perspective, if we look at these things, the idea is that one should perhaps look to God as the provider. Now here is where we get into co-creating, which is the intended purpose of the Law of Attraction. Is it that God has a huge ego that needs to be fed? Or is there some deeper intention here in terms of learning something valuable about how things really fit together?

Again, it isn't a Christian or non-Christian thing. It's just that the Law of Attraction is one step, one tool, one process in learning how to co-create. And if you're Christian, then you're talking about co-creating with God. If you're non Christian, then you're talking about learning to co-create with the universe, or trees, or whatever it is that you believe in. If you're athiest or agnostic, then you're looking at learning how to co-create with yourself, perhaps.

It's all the same thing. The point is that the Law of Attraction isn't meant to be used as some sort of wish list. It's a TOOL. It's a step. It's one part of co-creation. It's not supposed to be some way to validate yourself. That only glorifies you and that's not the point either.

It's about co-creation. Co-creation. Co-creation. It isn't about you and how much you deserve or how much you think you should charge for whatever. This is exactly backward. Let's move forward!





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I Want the Law of Attraction

Recently I was invited to join several Law of Attraction communities. When I investigated to see if what I'm teaching is resonant with what's being espoused there, I was met with a land of wonder.  There are slick and tantalizing photos of massive mansions, huge boats, stunning ocean front views, sleek cars and more......I want, I want, I want. These Law of Attraction people are living the good life!  And apparently you can have this too, almost instantly, if you only learn to apply the universal Law of Attraction to your benefit. Yes, it works.  Just visualize the fully blooming flower, stick the cut stem in the dirt, water a little bit, and poof! The world of riches is yours.

What is wrong with this glossy picture? Well, nothing really if all you want is what you want. But when what you think you want is gone, when your flower wilts and dies, crumbles and falls off the stem because it never had any root to feed it,  then who are you and what do you have? Then what do you want? Then you want more Law of Attraction? Well, you can't have it, because while you were busy driving that fancy car 100 miles an hour you never learned to co-create. The application of the Law of Attraction by itself is limiting. This universal law was meant to be applied as one step in the process of true manifesting and co-creating.

I want, I want, I want.

It is fascinating to me how completely distorted this universal law has become. If visualizing the fully blooming cut flower hasn't worked, maybe you forgot to stick it in the ground. You actually have to DO something to get the Great Santa Claus of the Law of Attraction to bring you what you want, you know. Maybe you forgot to give it some water. Maybe you forgot to pretend it was a real plant, instead of the cut flower that it really is. Maybe you forgot to visualize it with your mind as a whole plant instead of the cut flower that it really is. Your mind is very powerful you know.  Maybe you simply forgot to tell the universe one million times what you want, want, want. Maybe you haven't been clear in your demands, needs, wants, and desires. Maybe you just forgot to water it so it could puff up a bit before you took your yacht out for a day of sun and fun at sea.

If that's the case, apparently there is yet another thing you can do to get what you want. And maybe you haven't tried it yet.  Simply ask your angels for what you want. Tell them exactly what you want, tell them how much. Demand to them that you receive. You deserve to receive! You've been good! You've worked hard at watering and you've worked very hard on your dream board, visualization board, and/or manifesting board. You've left nothing out. You only want what you want, want, want. You aren't even greedy, not the least bit!!! Demand of your angels that what you want comes back to you in the form of paper money that you can use to buy what you want, want, want. Surely their purpose is to help you attain what you want.

Angels are not present in your life to bring you paper money that has absolutely no meaning whatsoever in the angelic realms. In fact, paper money only has meaning here because that's what we've made into our form of exchange. Take it away, lose it all, lose your house, your "valuables," and then just who are you? What do you have? Do you know how to exchange then, or have you forgotten, just as surely as you've forgotten who you really are and what you're doing here?  Angels know you have been focused on paper and asking for the things you want. And still they grace you with their angelic presence, even while shaking their heads in wonder as you persist in treating them as genies whose purpose it is to grant your three wishes. 

But who were you before the rest of the world told you who you are and how things ought to look? Who were you before you began to put all this mindful focus on what you want?

Angels are messengers. Angels help us along our path with the lessons that we have chosen to learn here in this incarnation. Angels are not Santa's little elves. 

If you have not learned to get out of your own way, if you have not learned that you are creating limitation with your wants and demands, if you have not learned to co-create in accordance with your purpose, if you don't remember who you are, then you are simply creating more want, want, want. Go ahead and ask your angels if that's true or not.


MONEY AND MANIFESTING
 by Dyan Garris. The Real Secrets.

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Rainbows and 2012

No one else can ever really see what you see because we all have our own perspective.  For example, you can be actually standing IN a rainbow and never see it because you're looking in a different direction, yet someone miles away can see the rainbow, and can see you standing there looking for your pot of gold, which may be right in front of you.

Today, as I was swimming (all good things happen in the pool) I was re-pondering the question of "where is faith" and I was wondering about 2012. I was specifically musing about the sun's placement in our solar system in 2012. It's going to move into the very center of our universe, bringing any remaining darkness out into the light. I asked Spirit to please show me how this is going to appear.

As I turned my head to breathe in another gift of breath, in a bright blue sky with no sight of rain, I was treated to the following images, which started as a rainbow cutting a miraculous swath horizontally accross the sky. And by the time I jumped, astounded, out of the pool to grab the camera, the vista had changed to what you see below. The rainbow started forming a circle.

Do you see what I see? It's going to depend on your monitor and your perspective.
 
I see the sun at the very center of a rainbow circle (sorry, couldn't get the whole thing in these shots). I see the promise of the rainbow that is here even now. If only we could see it.










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Interview of Dyan Garris by Tamara the Angel Listener

I was recently interviewed byTamara the Angel Listener. Tamara is a very unique, gifted, and multi-talented person. She is an angel/psychic reader and certified Reiki Master of the Violet Flame from the Diana Cooper School The interview is below. I hope you find it helpful for moving forward on your path.

1. Dyan, please share with us the things about you and all your co-creations, whichever you feel comfortable to share.

Hi Tamara. Thank you for this interview. I am a clairvoyant counsellor.  My co-creations began with "Voice of the Angels – A Healing Journey Spiritual Cards" in 1993. These were co-created before the words "co-create" were even in our mainstream vocabulary, and way before any angel cards of this nature were in the marketplace.

These are a deck of 30 angel cards that have channelled messages from angels in memorable quatrain verse. They were originally made with crystals and other natural elements, so the energy of them is quite different than similar cards. They feel very alive in one’s hands. It’s like they “breathe” and “speak.” Another thing that is different about them is that they are all scenes from A Healing Journey Guided Fantasy, which is track 7 on my first CD for Automatic Chakra Balance,™ relaxation, help in sleeping, and vibrational attunement of mind, body, and spirit.  There is a journal for recording the card readings as well.

This is an integrative healing journey. All components work together to help effect a shift on an energetic, vibratory level. I’ve built an entire spiritual toolbox of products that work together to effect a transformation and help people move forward on the path. There are music and meditation CDs, books, cards, journals, and more. I’m in the process of putting the last two components into the toolbox. One is a DVD for Automatic Chakra Balance,™ and the other is a music CD that vibrates to and opens the chakras 8 and above.

2. In your  Voice of the Angels Spiritual Journey Cards, there are 7 Archangels: Michael, Rafael, Uriel, Sariel, Raguel, Remiel & Gabriel.  Which Archangel do you feel most affinity with?

I particularly love the angel Raphael. He’s the one with the sense of humour.

3. Please tell us about meditations and importance of it.

Meditations help quiet the chatter of the conscious mind and help us connect with who we really are. We need to do that as a foundation for manifesting and co-creating.

4. Please tell us, how do you see the Life Journey?

All of life here is a healing journey. We come to learn lessons and express our love. There is agreement before we come here as to what lessons we still need to learn. There is agreement between the parties as to who will play a part in our drama. Those that show up in our lives love us so much that they have agreed to show up in certain ways in this illusion, so that we may learn and teach each other about love. The life journey is all about Love.

5. Why and for what do you feel we reincarnate on Earthly Plane?

We reincarnate to help, to love, to learn. Reincarnation really is a misnomer, however, because time is continual and multi-dimensional, rather than the linear way in which we view it from Earth.  Life is continual.

6.What is Power of Co-Creation?

The power of co-creation is such that we need it for manifesting. We need it for everything. Nothing good gets created from fear or ego. Those attempting to use the Law of Attraction to manifest do not understand that all of manifesting is a co-creation and an integration of mind, body, and spirit. We cannot manifest with only the power of positive thinking and affirmations. We can attract that way, but that isn’t manifesting.  Co-creation brings you into alignment with your earthly purpose. Co-creation is synchronicity.  We must learn to manifest from the place of “I Am,” rather than the place of “I want.”

7.What is entitlement?

Entitlement is the belief system that tells someone they are owed something and usually for nothing. Entitlement is a belief system that keeps people bound up in “victim” mode, rather than self-empowerment. Entitlement is a space in which someone is not willing to align with the universe, preferring to come from a place of ego and from a place of “I want.” Entitlement keeps people stuck in recurring patterns.

8. How would you explain the term: “To stand in your power” or “Claim your inner power?”

 To stand in your power or to claim your inner power, we need to have our will aligned with universal will.  We need to be completely out of ego and in the space of being willing to co-create and follow the directions. To be in the space of ego is to be in your own way and to strip yourself of your divine right to create.


9. How important is gratitude?

Gratitude opens a pathway for the flow of the energy of everything. It’s paramount.

10. Do you think that all humans have built-in “device”, which is giving everybody a possibility to connect with Higher Realms and to hear the Guidance in one or another way?

Yes. We were not dropped off here on the planet with no way to communicate. Everyone has the innate ability to connect and communicate. Truly everyone knows how to “phone home.”

11. What would you advise those souls, which seem to be in need of outer approval?

Learn to validate your own parking ticket. If you understand everyone and everything as a lesson in Love, then all you have to do is figure out who these “outer” people really are and figure out your role and theirs in your drama. Get to the root of the lesson and examine why you really need outside approval. You see, as children we are taught to seek approval. However, as adults we really have no need of that pattern. It gets in the way of forward progress. Just as clothes you wore when you were two year old no longer fit, this approval seeking pattern no longer fits.

12. What is the best way in your opinion to create a perfect balance between giving – receiving?

When we begin to come from a place of “I am” and specifically “I am willing,” this begins to align and open the pathway between giving and receiving.  Many women understand giving, however when it comes to receiving they have been taught to close up that root chakra. Therefore, we have a lot of women not understanding how to receive, even though they are biologically designed for it. It is important to learn how to open the root chakra and then energy of creation, so that that energy is flowing in rather than just going out. This can be accomplished in many ways, but the easiest and fastest is chakra balance and being willing to let go of learned belief systems that keep someone stuck in someone else’s patterns.

13. Can you please share your opinion about any sort of Energetic Healings?

Energetic healings are very helpful and very effective. They work. We have our physical body and we have our etheric body. These bodies are interconnected and meant to work together. When the energetic body gets out of alignment, this filters down into the physical body causing physical ailments. By aligning the energetic body we can bring more harmony to both the physical and the etheric bodies.

14. Dyan, please tell us how can we help ourselves in times, when we feel really lonely, really scared and do not see the light in front of us?

We live in the illusion that we are alone. But of course we are not. Without darkness we cannot know the light. In periods of darkness, just try to understand that there is a lesson there. Try to figure out what it is. From there you will find your way back to the light. Bring yourself back into balance by examining the bigger picture. Figure out what you are really scared of and why. Love and fear cannot exist in the same place at the same time. We have to pick one. So, in times like these one must really figure out how to BE the Love.  Examine where you are not being the Love. And this is a time when gratitude is very important and can work its magic. Instead of falling hopelessly into the darkness and fear because perhaps things are not showing up as you would like them to, begin to focus on what you are grateful for and examine where you have been ungrateful. This begins to bring you quite easily out of the lonely, scared feelings.

15. Dyan, do you have any advice for those Souls, which are just starting their Spiritual Journey  and still struggle to find their way?

It is helpful to begin by examining the patterns that were taught to you by family/tribe. This is a very good place to start figuring things out.  Examine why you think and feel the way you do. Decide whether these patterns belong to you or not. Try to understand that we are not separate and disconnected from Spirit or from each other. Try to re-establish a connection between yourself and the higher realms. From this place you will find yourself.
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Dyan Garris is the author of Money and Manifesting, Voice of the Angels – A Healing Journey Spiritual Cards, The Book of Daily Channeled Messages, Talk To Your Food! Intuitive Cooking, and Fish Tale of Woe – Lost At Sea. She publishes a Daily Channeled Message at www.voiceoftheangels.com In 2005 she created a series of music and meditation CDs for healing,  Automatic Chakra Balance,™ help in sleeping, relaxation, and vibrational attunement of mind, body, and spirit.

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Relationship With Money

If we begin to view our relationship with money as a relationship instead of a measure of success or failure, then we can begin to align with our purpose and begin the process of manifesting. 

What does this mean exactly?

The relationship we have with money was taught to us. The relationship we have with money is just like any other relationship. Money is energy. When we understand everything as energy all we have to do is figure out how to effectively work with energy and we can begin to have a relationship. It's like any other relationship. It isn't one sided and if it is, it doesn't last very long and is limited in its scope and ability to bring satisfaction.

What so many people are doing lately is trying to use the Law of Attraction to attract money. When we're doing this, we're trying to do it from our minds, and of course, this is not where the energy of money resides. Those of you that have read my book Money and Manifesting know that the energy of money resides in the root chakra. So we must unblock and engage the energy of the root chakra in order to have a relationship with money. Ask yourselves how many of you have a real and fulfilling relationship with someone else only in your minds?

The universal Law of Attraction, which was never a "Secret,"  is meant as one tool in the process of manifesting. It is a universal law, that is why it does work, however, it is not meant to be used as a tool to get what "I want," but as one step in forming a realationship with the universe as a basis for co-creating. The willingness of getting out of "I want" will begin to bring you into alignment with your purpose, and subsequently into the perfect position for co-creating, rather than demanding.

When we are trying to use the Law of Attraction to get what we want, we are doing it from the position of "I want" rather than "I Am."  We are telling the universe how we want things to show up, when, where, and in what manner. How many of you try to control your spouse or significant other in this way? And if you do, how successful is that? How condusive is that to a healthy relationship?

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Success and Failure

How do you define success? How do you define failure? I bet the answer to that question is the same. I bet you are defining both in terms of money. Did you know that you were TAUGHT to do that? It is not intrinsic. In other words, you did not come in here as a baby having some idea of money as your measure of success or failure. And when you do that do you know what you'are creating? You are creating limitation. You are creating the "not good enough" energy, whether you realize it or not. So, you stand in your own way and your fear of both keeps you immobilized. However, one might say to oneself, "Hey, everyone else is doing it so it must be right!"

What if you began to define success and failure in terms of accomplishing your life purpose instead of money?

What if you stopped focusing on what you want and think you need and just focused on doing whatever it is you came to do here and letting that show up as it may?

Isn't this a novel concept in this day where everyone is trying to manifest pieces of paper for "security" "comfort" and "success?" 

The "not good enough" energy resides in the 2nd chakra. The energy of money and the energy of self-worth as it relates to money and the outside world's view of you resides in the first chakra.  Tell me then, with these two energy centers blocked and so distorted by fear and ego, how does one then come to have a gut feeling about what they are supposed to do? How does one then connect up with the energy of passion which resides in the heart? How does one then bring that energy up to the throat chakra, which is how we express here on the earth plane? How does one then send that energy up and out into the universe so that it may return to you as "success?"

If you really want to make progress in your life, please take a moment to redefine your current version of success and failure.

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Another Big Idea

Back to my favorite subject, which right now is "The Big Idea" with Donny Deutsch. I love this show!!! The other day they were talking about success and failure. And there was a panel of experts advising people about success and failure. One of the things that I noticed was that the people that were calling in asking about these, were saying that they are doing their passion and they are not having success. There were people who were saying they were applying the laws of attraction, positive thinking, visualization, etc., and nothing was happening in terms of "success."

How I wish I had been on the panel, because I would so like to add another layer to all of this. This is what I've written about in Money and Manifesting. But, since I'm not on the panel, and won't likely be on the panel anytime soon, I will discuss it here.

First of all, everyone needs to reclassify their idea of "success." Right now we are measuring "success" in terms of dollars, or millions of dollars. As strange as it may seem, this is how we create limitation. This is how we stay entrenched in belief systems that well, keep us stuck in belief systems that money is power or money is success.

If we're stuck there, then we are blocking our own flow of the energy of money. And we have those people whose self-worth is tied up with money as it equates to self-value. So it is is easy to see how one might be blocking oneself unless and until you really understand that money is not power, self-worth, or success. Money is just a fair exchange of energy. And if you have some self-worth issues that tell you perhaps you are undeserving of or overwhelmed by the big idea of millions of dollars, you may begin to see what the problem is.
 
Yes, we all want money, however, as I said, money is energy. Money isn't power or success. Money is simply an exchange.  If we get an understanding of how the energy of money works, then it becomes very easy to open a flow to this energy and therefore, achieve "success."

For those that are out there doing their passion and the money isn't flowing, try to think of it like this: Passion comes from the heart. The energy of money resides in the root chakra. You have to connect the dots. You cannot connect the energy of passion in the heart with the visualizations of the mind and expect to have money flowing. It isn't enough. Because, the energy of money resides in the root and if the root is blocked, the energy of money cannot flow up from the heart and into the mind and circulate back down and around to you. It would more likely just go up and out, never to be seen again...It's like you're missing a whole big important step here...more than one step, actually. And what you're doing is energetically backward.

For example, if we understand as a basis that the energy of creating anything is in the root, in the base, as in the creation of a child, then understand that you can have all kinds of passion for creating that child and your mind can even visualize the child. But now, ask yourself what do you have to do to now create that child?? The answer is that you must engage the power of the root. You must connect everything you've got to everything else. In order to establish the flow of the energy of money you must use the power contained in all of your chakras.

For those that think this is a lot of New Age mumbo-jumbo, it isn't. It's the way things are designed to flow. You can have all the passion you could ever hope to have about something and you can visualize and think positively about it as well, and you could have nothing happen at all. Or have things happen in a limited manner. And the very simple explanation to it all is that you are simply blocked at the root.

I've written about how to unblock yourself in Money and Manifesting. But for manifesting anything you need to know there is more to the story. One must be willing to live in total alignment with their life's purpose as well. One must figure out how to live mulit-dimensionally, not just in the linear fashion and mindset that tells you that money is "success." One must learn how to take everything in their cupboard or refrigerator and create something from it all. That is when you find that you have an open pathway to the energy of money.

In order for shift to happen, in order that we might move forward as a society, and as a civilization, we need to first get the concepts of "success" and "failure" into perspective. We won't be able to have any quantum shift in mass consciousness until we fully get a grip on these things.

Here is something to think about: If we had no "money" how would we then define "success?" How would we define "failure?" How would we define ourselves?

And most importantly then, (to me!) would there still be "The Big Idea?"

Blessings,

Dyan

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Something About Angels - "Nimrod Rising" by Steven C. Bradley

Steven Clark Bradley, author of Nimrod Rising will be visiting here tomorrow.  Be sure to visit to read this fascinating interview. In the meantime, I want to preliminarily share something that Steven wrote in the interview about angels:

"It seems clear that many of the ancient structures and artifacts were impossible to be built by the primitive cultures of ancient civilization.  The premise of Nimrod Rising is that the earth was ruled by the angels and Lucia was the top, the prime minister, if you will.  So, the hatred of the fallen watchers against humankind is because Lucia considers us all as usurpers to his kingdom." 

One thing I find so interesting about this has to do with perceptions and things we are taught. We are taught that structures such as pyramids were probably built by ancient civilizations or maybe even aliens. But, what if these things were really built by angels? When we think of angels, we usually have a preconceived notion in our minds of angels in a "religious" context, or angels as mysterious creatures that only show up when we're in trouble, at Christmas, or when they have some singular message from God to deliver.

What if angels walked the earth not only in ancient times, but even now? What if angels, similar to Jesus, were chosen, asked or volunteered to take on human form in order to help humankind in some manner? If our concept of angels changed or expanded a bit, would we find that expansion would disturbingly knock angels off the mysterious etheric pedastal that we have them on currently, or would we find that it perhaps that expansion shifts our entire paradigm for a better understanding of that which we currently do not understand? And in the expansion of our definitions and perceptions of angels, we would perhaps find more peace regarding so many things that we currently have locked within the boundaries of our limited human thinking. One of the main purposes of angels, among other things, is as messengers of peace.

Angel Blessings and Peace to you,

Dyan

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The Big Idea

I recently watched "The Big Idea"with Donny Deutsch. I love that show because, well, it's a BIG IDEA! And I watch it because, of course, Donny is a fabulously attractive hunk of man. One of the guests was chef Bobby Flay. He shared some of his life with us and described a challenging childhood.  At one point his father "made" him go to work in a restaurant for a brief time. When the job was through the chef asked him if he wanted to work in the kitchen. He reluctantly agreed. He did not feel a passion for this yet, and he said he did it because basically he had nothing better to do. The rest is history. Bobby went on to become one of the most celebrated chefs of our time.

Sometimes the universe just points us in the right direction. It is completely our choice whether or not we want to go. The thing about children is that they usually are more open to that "pointing" because they haven't had a lot of time to let fear and doubt get in their way of forward movement. They don't have a real grasp of the concept of limitations yet. These things are learned. Children still believe they can do anything. They still have hopes and dreams. And most importantly they live more in the moment. They do not sit there and think, "Hey, I'm ten years old and my life is maybe half over." And they usually do not get in their own way because they haven't been taught to do that yet.

As an adult, when you find the universe pointing you in the right direction, give a long, long thought to any reluctance or hesitation you may have. Ask yourself what you are afraid of and why.  Ask yourself if you are in your own way. Allow youself to become your own big idea in every way.

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FREE Spiritual Stuff

While I'm on the subject of "Free Yourselves," I'm just reminding everyone that there is a FREE - yes completely free with no hype or come-on - psychic reading available from Tamara The Angel Listener in my FREE Spiritual Forum. www.voiceoftheangels.com There is also a FREE Daily Channeled Message, FREE spiritual advice column "Dear Dyan." Join me for FREE live Angel Chat on the forum as well. Don't forget my FREE upcoming teleclass on how to manifest as I celebrate my book Money and Manifesting (Video here)  making the Amazon.com Bestseller list! Details for the class are under "News" on the site.  Please visit and explore. New age music for relaxation, help in sleeping, chakra balance, meditation, and vibrational attunement of mind, body, and spirit. OH! I almost forgot to mention the FREE ANGEL CARD READING online!! Now, in English, Spanish, and Russian. You won't find that on any other spiritual website. It's cutting edge.

Many blessings for a glorious weekend,

Dyan Garris
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Free Yourselves

I stopped reading the newspaper and listening to the news a long time ago. Why? It's not that I find the news depressing, it's that both newspaper and TV are filled with the fear and poverty consciousness vibration. I find that disturbing.  With gas prices rapidly escalating the housing and job markets apparently crashing and burning, no news is good news. Does this mean that I hide my head in the sand and pretend that these things are not happening? No. However, I choose not to vibrate to such things and I believe such things can be shifted at their core if we just simply remember how to do that. It isn't difficult, but it does entail a shift in mass consciousness.

At an individual level, I choose to focus on the energy of love and creation, rather than the fear of possibly "losing" whatever it is I think I have.  Whatever it is I think I have in the form of material possessions is on loan to me anyway in this lifetime. I'm not going to be taking any of that with me when I cross over.

You know things are ridiculously distorted when we're afraid of cellulite on "heavenly celebrity bodies," when we're so focused on who's "scarily" fat, who's too "frighteningly" thin, whom is sleeping with whom, who's committed a sin in some way, and who has said some "fearfully" offensive thing to whomever.

These things and the energy of fear reside in the root chakra.  If we could only see what we are creating!! If only we could see the true power of the group dynamic!! Our perceptions of things that reside in the root chakra have become grossly distorted as we strive to remember what really matters.
 
The energy of money and the energy of creation reside in the root chakra as well. If we're fearful of root chakra things and fearful of being able to survive, how can we create anything? We cannot.  We block ourselves and our forward progress with this fear.  We are truly shaking our own foundation. But sometimes foundations need to crack and structures need to be razed to make those stronger and better than they were previously.

Personally, I choose not to vibrate to these illusions of fear because I am not afraid. Why not? I don't believe in limitation or the inabiility to create, and I'm not afraid of basic survival. I know that I could live in a tent, my car, under a bridge, on a mountain top, in the streets, in a sleeping bag, or just out in the wild if I had to. I have faith in my ability to create and co-create whatever it is I need.  Do you?

If we get out of the fear we can remember who we are to each other, and begin to create a flow between ourselves for the things that we need. And hopefully, we can do that without some overblown and distorted sense of self-worth.

And somewhere along the way try to let go of needing to have things show up in a certain way, such as a house on the beach, a status symbol car, or even creature comforts that you've convinced yourself you cannot live without.  Please ask yourselves just what it is that you are really afraid of, because until you really get to the root of that fear it will just continue to escalate. Fear only begets more and more fear. Fear blocks love. The power of creation, the power of everything is in the Love.

If we can so band together as a group and resonate to such great and monumental fear, imagine, just imagine what we could do with the Love.

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Language of Love

A friend of mine has a daughter who will soon be traveling to another country. She's going to be staying at the home of a host family and will learn about their culture, language, customs, and traditions. She will be treated as an honored guest and everyone, no doubt, will be on their most polite behavior as they reach for some sort of understanding of each other. This visit will have a long lasting and perhaps unforgettable impact upon each.

So often we take those that we already know for granted. So often we treat members of our family or even friends, as interlopers, irritants, and perhaps unwelcome visitors. If we truly understood that each person in our lives is an honored, interesting, and invited guest, would we treat them differently? Would we then be able to have a different perspective of them and ourselves through their reflection?

Everyone you encounter is someone you've already invited into your life to teach you something very important about love, whether it appears that way or not.  Let's all show love and tolerance for each other, rather than disdain or contempt that sometimes is bred with familiarity.

Even with language barriers there are some things that just universally translate.


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Spiritual Forum with Free Psychic Readings

Greetings:

I'm announcing the birth of my spiritual forum and along with it some exciting news. We've just integrated Live Chat. You can now get a free live psychic reading there from Tamara The Angel Listener. Please visit the forum for the details www.voiceoftheangels.com. There is a link to the forum in the top menu bar. The spiritual forum includes a broad variety of spiritual topics. I hope you will join us and ask questions and contribute as well.   


Also, remember you can get a free online angel card reading as well. Soon the online readings will be available in Spanish and in Russian. These readings are with Voice of the Angels - A Healing Journey Spiritual Cards. They are uncannily accurate. Enjoy!


May 21, 22, and 23, I am teaching a free teleclass on manifesting. Details are available on my site www.voiceoftheangels.com under "News." The "News" link is accesible from the top menu bar.  My goal is that you come out of the class knowing what has been in your way of manifesting and knowing exactly what to do about it. There is no need for endless DVD watching and seminar attending. Let's get to the root of the matter.

If you read my post yesterday, you know that we all need to "figure it out." Why? Because in order to move forward on the path we need to remember who we are and what we came here for. We must regain our faith, we must take responsibility for our ability to create, co-create, manifest, and love. We must be willing to stand in our power. And that power is the power of Love. We cannot do that if we are lost, faithless, entitled, and unempowered.

So some over soon and avail yourself of the many free tools in the spiritual toolbox that Spirit and I have built for you.

Many Blessings to you,

Dyan

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Figure It Out

I was seventeen when I went away to college. My parents dropped me off at the Big U with one semester of room and board paid, a scholarship that paid one year of tuition, and $100 in my checking account. They left me with three little words and they weren't "I love you."

The words were "figure it out." And I did. That was the greatest gift of love anyone could have ever given me, because it shaped the rest of my life.

When we refuse to take financial responsibility for ourselves, when we make a choice to turn our back on whatever it is we may have signed up for, when we believe that someone will save us, when we believe that if only Oprah would come along and  give us money this will solve all our problems, we are fully in our own way. We are in "entitlement." Entitlement is not forward moving energy. Entitlement is a pattern that keeps us stuck.

When you find yourself feeling alone with perhaps no money, no car, no telephone, no job, no insurance, and maybe even no house, ask yourself who are you without these things? Who told you that you cannot survive without these things?

It is in times like these that we have great opportunity to align our will with universal will and begin to co-create. In order to do that, however, you have to examine of all of your previous belief systems and eliminate those that are based in fear. You have to examine where your self-worth is tied up with your financials. You have to figure out who you really are without the illusion of things we've created here.

What happened to your faith? Did it get foreclosed upon? Did you lose it gambling? Did you mail it in to the big lender of faith along with the keys to that house you couldn't afford to begin with?  

Truly, in order to move forward in a positive manner we must all now simply figure it out.


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Message in a Bottle

Traditions are good because they keep us connected. But when we stubbornly attach to our position and way of doing things we get in our own way. How can anything get past the "I'm right" or "we do it this way because that's the way we have always done it" attitude? It's like a dam. It's a barrier. And it's a barrier that disrupts the flow of water. Water is a vital, flowing life force.
 
Examine why you may have such a position in the first place. What are you threatened by and afraid of really? Get to the root of the fear.  New ways of doing things just can't flow through a barrier of ego. Now I know a lot of you are saying, "I'm not in my ego." But we all get attached to our own way of doing things and that does get in our way. And the ego is good because it's the very thing that keeps us here doing our "earth school" lessons.

Sometimes, the easiest and most simple way to effect a change is just to simply agree to try a different way.  If you block the flow of the water how can something as magical and special as a message in a bottle ever get to you?

And we all know that the message in the bottle is always a message of love.

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Self-Love

Most people if asked whether or not they love themselves would answer "Yes." However, let's expand our definitions of and outlook on self-love a bit.

Wherever and whenever you are not feeling joy is a place where you do not love yourself. Whenever you do not feel gratitude, but feel entitled to something instead, you are not loving yourself.  When you find yourself having a "bad" day, you are not loving yourself, because you are giving your power away to the circumstances of that  "bad" day.
 
These should be obvious, but whenever you eat something or drink something or smoke something that isn't good for your physical body, you aren't showing yourself self-love.  However not so obvious are these: When you overdo anything, when you get angry, when you feel hurt by someone else, you aren't loving yourself. 

When you are judgmental, when you are stuck in your ego position, when you are stubborn and unyielding, you aren't in self-love. When you dishonor yourself, when you allow others to dishonor you, when you dishonor another, you are not in self-love.

To stay in a place of self-love is to align one's energies with Love. When you're aligned like that, nothing else can exist there besides Love. 

Take just one day and try to align totally and completely with Love and see how your entire energy field shifts.

Blessings,

Dyan

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Stress and De-Stress

It's when we begin to view all stress as self created that we begin to take our power back. And standing in our power is what begins to open up the pathway of the energy of co-creation, rather than the energy of being a victim of circumstances.

When you find yourself doing a bunch of things that you don't want to be doing, you need to ask yourself why you are willing to persist in engaging in things you do not enjoy.  The truthful answer to this might surprise you, because it's usually fear based. 

Do you really want to wait until you're on the other side of this lifetime to figure out what your life was really about? This taking for granted attitude toward the gift of life keeps us stuck. If you really understood and appreciated every moment as precious, then you might not be so willing to waste it doing things you detest.

It is crucial to be willing to take responsibility for the way your life is and all you've created already.  That is a first and basic step in opening a pathway to positive change in your life. And once you do that, you've opened a door to de-stressing as well. All stress is self-created based upon choices you have made or continue to make.

Sometimes people engage in work they don't enjoy because they feel they need to do so to "make money." Do you not believe that you can create a flow of money doing something that you enjoy? Do you believe that you must engage in self-punishment in order to make money? Where did you learn this pattern of self-abuse?

The truth is that this pattern is based on illusion. We do not make money. We create and open a flow to the energy of money. And it is important to note that the pattern of abuse/self-abuse resides in the root chakra. It is the very same chakra that the energy of money resides in.
 
So when you have the energy of money co-existing and mingling in the same space as the energy of those patterns, you can perhaps see how you've created for yourself the element of "making money" in some sort of abusive manner.

Now that you know this are you willing to de-stress?

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Field of Dreams

There are many things that can stand in the way of forward progress. One of the biggest of these is the ego's need for validation and recognition. Examine why you need this outside validation. Examine exactly what you have done lately to stand in your own way. What underlies this need of validation is the "not good enough" energy. The "not good enough" energy resides in the second chakra. Who told you you weren't good enough, smart enough, valuable enough, good looking enough, talented enough? These are someone elses' perceptions and judgments that you have taken on as your own. When we have this type of energy block it inhibits the "birthing" process. How can you gestate anything if the area designated for that is filled already with self doubt, self loathing, entitlement, and regrets? Expel these things and you will find that you now have room for the seeds of something new to grow and blossom. It's Spring so it's a good time to plant. But you cannot plant anything and nothing can grow to fruition if you haven't done the work necessary to prepare the field, or aren't willing to do the work necessary to cultivate and tend to the field. Dreams can become reality if you're willing to get out of the way of the heavy equipment.


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Alice

I met Alice in Junior High School. She was new in our school and our lockers were right next to each other. I was fascinated by her. Alice was from a different part of town than I was and I had never met anyone quite like this. It was the days of big hair and Alice's hair was bigger than big. She wore tight and suggestive clothing and shiny black high heeled shoes and lots of make-up. But, I think she was thirteen and I was still twelve. To her, I was a baby. She wasn't overtly friendly to me, but she begrudgingly responded to my bubbly, cheerful, and perhaps in her eyes, childish "hellos." I'm sure she wished I would just disappear. It didn't seem as if she wanted any friends, at least not friends like me.

In one of our classes we had a special project to do. The project was going to cost each person $3. Alice told the teacher haughtily that she didn't have "no three dollars," and therefore wasn't going to do the project. She was adamant and triumphant all at the same time. I struggled to understand this behavior. I went home and told my mother that there was a new girl in school and she didn't have any money to do her project. I told my mother I wanted to give Alice three dollars of my own money so that she would be able to do the project. I felt so sorry for her. I couldn't imagine not having a few extra dollars because at 12 I was earning my own money.

My mother gave me the strangest look, which was a mixture of wisdom and something else that I couldn't quite identify. Apparently my mother had encountered her share of "Alices" on life's journey and knew all about this. But she also saw my stubborn insistence about giving Alice the funds. She told me to go ahead and give her the money, but to not expect anything at all from Alice. She told me that Alice was using "poverty" as an excuse to not do the project.

I was completely astounded at this, because I didn't understand such a thing. Why would someone not want to do the project? So I told her that maybe when the excuse of "poverty" was removed, Alice might even enjoy doing the project. My mother laughed and said she didn't think so, but to try it and see what happened.

The next day when we were to hand in our money for the project, I told the teacher and the class, including Alice, that I was paying for Alice's part of the project so she could do it with the rest of us.  I really thought Alice would be happy. She wasn't. She was stunned and dismayed. She gave me the most hateful look and after class she took me aside and told her to leave her alone, never speak to her again, and to just "go to hell." She also said that I just didn't understand people like her. She was right.

Poverty consciousness and entitlement are self-created barriers to manifesting, creating, and moving forward on the path. When you remove the excuses for staying there, one may find that they have to change and change is perceived as work. Why change when you get everything you need by staying in these illusions?

To create, to manifest, to grow, learn and move forward, we have to DO something other than what we've always done. To effect change we must be willing to leave our old patterns behind and try something new. And sometimes there is a little bit of work involved.

It was a great and valuable lesson for me in a lot of different areas. I have also learned since then that it is much better to teach someone to "fish" rather than throw them the fish. There is more compassion in the teaching than in the throwing.

By the way, Alice's project turned out really nice. It was beautiful, actually. I think in the end she was proud of herself.


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