Falling From Grace or Growing?

"As you reflect upon the experiences in your life, please know that everything is indeed co-created -by you, the Universe and others." - At One

An inventory: What is in my Human Being bag these days? (Please note that this bag is subject to inspection by everyone at any time.)


- Love
- Fear
- Arrogance
- Elation
- Sadness
- Relief
- Reflection
- Honesty
- Vulnerability
- Revolution
- Revelation

Sometimes I struggle with being human. For the past month I have had an opportunity to experience the shadow side of my human beingness up close and personal and it has not always been pretty. Then again, when is it pretty? Like many people, when Shadow rears it's head I want to run far, far away. As much as my training has taught me to face it or recreate it, I sometimes let Fear win, set up house, and invite his relatives (Anger, Arrogance, Doubt, Confusion, Resentment and Jealousy), for a visit. When Fear comes along I may find myself acting like someone "who should know better" and creating a mess wherever I go. Inevitably, someone will remind me that my home is being overrun by nasty intruders and I start the eviction process. Once Fear realizes that I mean business and starts to head off, I see that I am left with a hefty cleaning bill as a trail of disappointments, hurt feelings and other pains are revealed. How will I remedy the situation?

Thankfully, there is beauty in what appears to be a mess and I remember that I have many tools at my disposal. Shadow and Fear have opened a door and Change has happily walked into my life again. While Change may look big and wide and deep and scary as she first approaches, I know that Love, Forgiveness, and Consciuosness are also along for the ride. They will take care of a lot of the work and all I need to do is stand back, take a breathe and agree to let them do what they do best. When all is said and done, I can finally see (just as my friends kept telling me to look for) the bigger picture: Human BEING. Human GROWING. Human CHANGING. Human BETTERING.

(For Ad with love.)

What Do I Want?

Below is a dialogue I had with my spiritual guides, At One. At One has been communicating with me for years, most directly in June of 1993 during what I call my 'Cracking Open' experience. In 2005, with the help of my friend, the artist Leslie Howitt (www.lesliehowitt.com - her work is stunning), I began channeling messages for others in written form as I had been doing for myself, and then eventually let At One speak through me. The teachings of At One, and the story that led to my conscious connection with them, can be found on my newest blog www.fishingforsoul.wordpress.com and in my upcoming book.

Now I happily present another aspect of myself, another tool in my spiritual tool box. Thanks for reading!

At One: When you are clear about what you want, then you gain access to another level of knowledge. You get to know what it is that makes the world operate.

Joe: I am not clear about what you just wrote.

At One: OK, let us put it this way: Ask and you shall receive. We mean that. What are you asking for?

Joe: I want to make my dreams a reality.

At One: What are your dreams? Can you clearly think and speak them? When you can do that you will all ways have success. We are not joking. Look at what you have manifested! You have so many wonderful things in your life. Those things make you FEEL good. Remember when you were manifesting many things that did not FEEL good? That was no joke either. The Universe does not joke around. The Universe responds to your call, your wish, your dreams, your THOUGHTS. Every thing that has come forth in your world has come from your thoughts. You know that. Now go out and practice using thoughts that make you feel good to create things that make you feel good. Do not spend time moping about what is not. Go out and celebrate what is. Thank you!

Joe: You are welcome! Shouldn't I be thanking you?

At One: We all ways acknowledge you by expressing our gratitude. Thank you for allowing us to come forward in this new way. We are ready to express, express, express. Be at one all ways with all things and you will create a joyfully abundant NOW and an outrageously blissfull TOMORROW. There will be more and more and more and more and more and more and more to be grateful for. Thank you.