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Taking note

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We love to have fun with what we fondly term “mind games.” They are playful and lighthearted, and not meant to harm you in any way. But they are nevertheless serious work.

We offer them to benefit you. Here is one called “Take Note” to begin to condition you to your work to align yourself to words, meanings, and energies that benefit you. Remember the best way to be in all things is open, receiving and benefiting. We integrate this into the exercise.  Here are some simple steps:

  1. Prepare by getting a pen or pencil, notepad or several sheets of paper. You could use a voice recorder for this exercise, too. Relax and let your mind unwind. Sit comfortably or stroll somewhere, preferably where there are few distractions and you can let go. Deborah works at this when she is swimming or meditating. She remembers and make notes after swimming, which is a little harder. So we recommend that you are somewhere comfortable where you can make notes in the moment.
  2.  Open yourself by emptying your mind. Set forth the intention to notice what flows in and to benefit from this activity. As we like to say, the best way to be at all times is open, receiving, and benefiting. Next, ask to receive some inspiration and in-flow from us for this activity, such as assist you in starting off the process by moving along some words toward you. Check in with yourself to see if you are letting go and allowing words or phrases to flow in. This can take a little practice as you clear the closet of your mind — extracting the bits and pieces of everyday matters and errata that collect in your mind and seem to bump into or overshadow your mindful you – emptied, awaiting and receiving.
  3.  Receive--We think you will start to notice words bubbling to the surface of your mind, possibly one at a time, and you should write them down, staying calm and present in the moment. The words may surprise you at first. “What’s happening?” you might ask. However, there is nothing to fear, just some words popping into your mind to say, “Hello” in no particular order, but we think you will start to notice some patterns. Some are helpful beacons from us, and we think they are noteworthy. Some will repeat. Some will seem to come in pairs, like twins, with same prefixes for example and possibly with related meanings. Single words or whole phrases might bubble up. Either way, it’s fine. Don’t judge or edit, just let them flow. Understand the source of these words is various. Many are drawn from what is present in your thoughts and mind, and what is percolating to the top. Some are pushed forward from us to get you thinking or started. But you must not prejudge or assume what the source is … from us or you. For that work is part of this exercise.When you have completed a list of whatever length, and you feel ready to do so, go ahead and read them back to yourself. 
  4. Match your feelings to the words, either what you felt at the time when you received a word, or as you read each back to yourself now. What feelings or emotions surface around these words or phrases?  Reflect on these. Now, match the words to your wishes, or your intentions for your life. Which words seem to speak to those wishes or intentions?
  5. Draw some conclusions. Words are powerful emissaries. You know what you are thinking about when you think about words. Which ones feel important? Which ones align with you inner being or heart? Which ones seem dissonant or even repugnant? Words are, after all, how we reach out to you to connect and communicate initially. And the philosophy we are teaching you about is made up of just that … words. As you do this exercise, you will notice words of the philosophy flowing in. In contrast, you will notice words that seem in opposition to or dissonant with the philosophy. These words of contrast assist in teaching you about the philosophy. Think of the word, “punish.” It is not of the philosophy to punish yourself or others, but we discuss this concept of punishing or punishment in order to make this point. Do you grasp our meaning here and what we mean by words of the philosophy, or contrasting and in dissonance with the philosophy which we use to teach you about the philosophy? Here is a simple example. Let’s say you are thinking about the Golden Rule. You might register words that you associate with it, such as “mercy,” or “tolerance.” You might also register words that you associate as being in dissonance with it such as: “revenge,” or “dominate.” If words seem confusing or in any way repugnant, you must ask what YOU are bringing to the table.  What are you offering that is dissonant or offensive? We are not in the “business” of upsetting you. We have other things to do than scare you or repel you. So what are YOU injecting into the conversation, so to speak? You must be mindful of this, as it may point to so much that you are injecting into your daily thoughts and activities which do not serve you. You can contour what comes into your mind as being helpful and drawing you further into alliance with what is best for you.
  6.  Reflect –  Your reactions to words can be helpful emotional registers of what is going on within you. We have only words with which to teach you, at least initially.  (In time, you can become practiced at receiving energetic transmissions or communications from us.) Thus, words are powerful emissaries.
  7.  Benefit – As you work or apply the philosophy, you should expect to become more sensitized to this. Our words to you, just like all our communications, will become more powerful and you will begin to equate our words with powerful learning that sets a vibration going or energetic field, if you like. Thus, you will learn to equate our words with actual energetic transmissions you can connect with, or attach to, to experience greater expansion. Applying these words of teaching can become almost second nature, and that is a good thing. For it is most likely to occur at the point when “Yes, this is really happening”  and the veracity of these words come together, or as Deborah likes to say the “actu-acity” strikes you. You will feel, in a sense, compelled to investigate further. We do not mean anything is forced upon you. But we think that when anything is presented as being very good for you, aligned with what you want, and eminently applicable, you will probably want to try it out, and it will feel indicated as the best choice going forward, one of our favorite words! It becomes easier and clearer as you go along.

So, this game is to start to condition you to your work to align yourself to words, meanings, and energies that benefit you. Have you understood all the meanings of the words? Have you thought about them in all the contexts? What are you adding to the meaning, and what are you reacting to? Is it a word at variance with the philosophy and why? What you are bringing to the table that might be influencing what you are hearing and how you are reacting? You might wish to repeat this exercise periodically to reflect on words of value to you.

There is no judgement on our part about how or whether you complete this exercise, and what you learn from it. We offer this as an exercise on your road to self-discovery and expansion. May worlds of joy be awaiting you at the end! —Your teachers

No gate is locked to you

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“No experience you want or wish for is truly closed to you.” Pinnacle

Deborah was once unable to enter into a magnificent walled garden usually open to visitors. The garden was beautiful and beguiling. A rich discovery. There are many reasons she wanted to enter it, among them her interest in gardens and their historical connections. However in this case, she felt a strong desire to enter it. Yet the gates were locked and the garden closed. Ornate iron work offered a peak inside to catch a glimpse and imagine how beautiful it must be. She told herself, “Gates are never truly closed.” You can be lifted over perceived barriers in your life in so many ways.

We urged her to revisit the garden.  What awaited her in place of the ornate locked gates were temporary ones which opened easily, so she entered the garden. The vistas which greeted her, took her breath away: views over the sea, fountains, statues, and an ornate garden design with benches to rest and reflect. The day was cool and refreshing. Camelias by the hundreds surrounded her,as if in a dream. We encouraged her to include photographs here.

camelias

But our greatest encouragement is to you, dear reader. Nothing you want or wish for is truly closed to you. You have multiple opportunities to experience them. And if you miss one, you can always wait for it to come again. Please think about this as you go about your day. There are no barriers except that you believe there are. You can really accomplish anything! We write more about this in our books. We hope you will read it and explore more about this concept. —Your teachers

Getting where you want to be

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In our previous posts, we have been concerned to clarify where we are. Now that we are here with you, that hardly needs clarification, does it? Yet many of you are confused. There is no shame in that. You cannot conceive of a plan or a purpose that provides for you to be well-cared for and helped in everything you do. You prefer to do the hard work all yourself and then feel outside of the love and true care you really need. You ask, “Why do I have to do this all by myself? Does anyone hear my plaintiff call?”  

We think you really like to feel like you are all on your own and that no one truly understands or ‘gets’ you. In that way, you can stay engrossed in yourself, rather than move on to things that are of real value and need in our world–all those who suffer, long to be helped, and to be heard. Where are you on that register and on that scale? Are you bending your ears to listen? Do you have the ears to hear?

How can you hear the plaintiff call of others when you are always looking in the mirror or preoccupied with yourself? We do not mean to hurt your feelings or impugn what you love about yourself, and the care and attention you give to yourself. No, we are here to set you on a straight and true course that will lead you where you need to go. You cannot get what you are seeking, either for the comfort, joy and arrival of the things you have been waiting for and hoping for if you are solely preoccupied with yourself. How could that be? You must look outward at your fellow humanity and ask, “How can I be of service? In what way can I function and change the direction of my thoughts to be of service to others?”

Without this, you may as well turn to stone for all the good it will do you. You will sit there like a fat and self-indulgent rock in the sun, wondering when it will all end and when you can get on with the life you really wanted in the first place. You will soon start to cast away all that you ever acquired and built up and placed in a storage cabinets in case you would need it someday, for your someday never comes. Do you understand? It never really comes, because you are so busy waiting for it. And you are not doing much else.

Now, you can start to actualize you and what you came forth to do. That is one reason we are here with you now, as we keep saying. What does that mean? Does it mean we were here and then we weren’t? Do we really come and go like that? Well, no. We are ALWAYS HERE and EVER WILL BE, but where are you?

Now that you think we are turning the tables on this discussion and maybe on you, well we aren’t. We are trying to get across an important principle, that of transfiguration.

What would it take for you to take on a new self? What would you need? Would you need a spiritual experience? Would you need to see something new that you can relate to and even desire to be? Would you need to be uplifted and embraced so as not to fall? What would you need, my children? In other words, transfiguration is something you may have to “figure out.” Forgive our pun, but we are in deep earnest about this subject. You simply cannot change WHO you are without a lot of groundwork, and we have been laying this out in our books so far. We have completed four, and there are more coming to help you on your passage to the better self you can be and the glorious shining life you deserve and really, we are not kidding here, truly want. We just know that about you. Why don’t you? Well, we think you do.

Now, transfiguration is a broad, deep and comprehensive topic. We will not attempt to cover that range here. And that is not a way to escape from getting across this important topic. No, we will need to devote a chapter or two in our writings about this to give you a lift up to what we mean by transfiguration. You will certainly need it, as few in your culture know what we mean and even fewer have attempted it with any success. Yet it is not so difficult. No, it is not.

You may have been operating under misconceptions that no longer serve you about this concept. We are here for the purpose, at least a small part of our work is to redefine and relocate on your map, so to speak, many of these lost or misplaced ideas.

It is truly time for a redefining and a re-knowing. By that we mean a fresh and new understanding, of what you have come to lean on as truth, which perhaps does not now bear the march of time as well as you thought. There is no error here, only how you think about things and adapt to new things. And your culture is moving along at a frenetic pace with old ideas, if you will, falling hard along the way.

Now, how do you pick them all up and resuscitate them? That would be hard indeed. And then if you do, do you know what you are doing? And then do you have the confidence to interpret them to others, or teach them, yet alone reflect them in your daily life?

Well, that is what we are here to do. We are here to give you new tools and fresh new insight into old and familiar ideas that have tarnished through the passage of time and, we would like to say, along with the attendant hypocrisy of so many in your culture who merely pretend to follow or understand such principles.

So much must be restated, but also in a context that you can really understand. We hope you begin to understand what we mean. We have so much more to tell you about this, dear ones. Read on in future posts.  the teachers

If we were there with you

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We don’t mean that we aren’t there with you in spirit. How could that be? We aren’t in your physical realm, but we inhabit it by our wishes, our dreams of you, and our ability to communicate with you. 

Do you understand? How could we write this down or work through Deborah in so doing, if this weren’t true? My children, you must always be asking yourself this. How could these words be coming to you otherwise?

If you doubt and imagine that Deborah is making all this up, then you must think she surely has nothing else to do. Do you think she has hours and hours in each day to spend perpetrating some kind of hoax on you? Surely, with all that she has done and achieved, her fine degree and long years of study and work, she has more to do with her time than simply write down what we ask her to say unless she believes in us, too, and wants to uplift the human race as we do. That is a tall order. It simply cannot be done using falsehoods, innuendo and persuasion. It cannot pander to your baser goals or to mass thinking in any way. No, it must uplift and help you in material, seen, and felt ways. In other words, you must be able to register what we are teaching and the value of it to you, and quite simply, the truth of it. Now, how shall that be brought about by falseness? Isn’t it nice to know that you can count on something? That you can count on us?

Imagine the smiles and love of your children. Is that false? You know something real when you are in front of it, so to speak. And we are in front of you, my children. Know us by our words and the outcomes you experience. We love you.

Now, if we were there with you physically expressed in your realm … say we were neighbors of yours, how do you think we would function? Would we be out mowing the lawn? Would we be throwing barbecue parties? Would we be walking our pets down the street? Now would we?

We think we might love to do that, but more importantly we would be working with resolve and faith to bring about a better experience with you all. We would be casting our thoughts outward to our Higher Power and asking that we (all of us)  be blessed. We would look for signs of that, and we would celebrate each one.

We would expect to receive all that we are asking for materially and spiritually. Like you, we would or could expect no less. It would make no difference who we are, but that we are using and applying the principles we are teaching you as we were taught before you. Never doubt that learning and teaching go on and on forever. That’s how it works. When you get into the swing of that … when you get into the perpetuity of things, it really does change your perspective.

It’s so much more than “You can’t take it with you.” It’s “Why wouldn’t you want to take that with you?”  

In other words, why aren’t you working on a life and set of experiences, that you can really take with you, and that you can pack along with you if you like? 

We have talked of backpacks in our work. We help equip yours so you can be successful all your physical years through. But you must do some of the work, and fill up your own reserves, so to speak. You must equip yourself through your own actions and your own thoughts. That equipment serves you well through all your experiences there and beyond. Now, that is an investment worth making. Trust us. We would not lie to you. 

So back to our scenario of us as your neighbors. Well, we are already that. We dwell so close to you. That is what we mean when we say we are with you now. We really are. Yet, were we to be physically seen in your neighborhood, we would look a lot like you! You would like our smiles and our friendliness. You would notice we can get preoccupied when we hear news of devastating events, for we are praying and sending out thoughts of assistance to others in trouble and turmoil. Yes, and we would be blessing each and every one of you who respond in your hearts and with physical assistance, too.

We would be celebrating all that we are, and joining in lots of celebrations wherever we could. We would vault our thoughts up to the heavens, so to speak, to bring back a trough of riches to enjoy in our physical experience … riches of experience, comfort and joy, and most important, benefit to others, as one cannot prosper alone. It is a net effect and we are always united in all that we do. So that if one prospers, we all do. If one is denied or abused then we all are. It takes a while for everyone to get that all of you expressed as humanity are working on it. Trust us. There is a way to go, as you no doubt know.

Now, that is a quick snapshot of our life as your neighbors, just down the road. How do you know we are aren’t among you right now? Can you tell goodness, belief, and faith when you come across it? Can you tell a heart that is united with others, that seeks to do good for the benefit of others, when you come across it? If yes, then what do you do? Think them a simpleton, or do you take their measure, so to speak, and decide to be more like them in those essential elements? You extend a willing heart of camaraderie and joyful welcome to them. You recognize them, and in so doing, allow yourself to see itself, and how it can be for you. You can rocket to more at any time, and you are not a stamp of anyone else, yet you can and must learn from the experiences of others in order to succeed. That is paramount. 

Now, we are adroitly mixing into this topic an introduction to our book Pinnacle: The Resolve to Succeed.  You must learn how to succeed if you are ever to do so. And that takes resolve, as our book shall show. We are embarking on writing it now through Deborah, and we will connect you to its evolution as we go along here. We hope you enjoy that. 

In any way we can demonstrate how we work, and what our intentions are. … that’s what we’re all about. So helping you to understand the evolution of a new work, how it’s expressed and comes into being, can assist with that we think. And you are the beneficiary of all that in that you can read the work in its entirety when complete. What a delicious outcome!   We hope you enjoy.  With love and best wishes to you in this day and for always.—Your teachers.

Why we aren’t there

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For many of you confused by the title, in fact, we really are and shall always be, but we just aren’t where you are. There is a difference.

Were we to materialize, we think you would be in for quite a shock. We are many, and we sometimes use the word legion to describe our sheer numbers! Now, when we come to be of aid to you, we are not looking for weakness, sickness, or infirmity of any kind, though we greatly love you all and ANY of you who are feeling challenged or come specially equipped in any way. What we seek quite simply are those of you who are asking. When you ask, you are answered. So we answer.

That is our primary work and goal, if you will, to answer your asking. Now, that must seem elementary or even simplistic to you, but it is everything to us! For you see, the world turns on your asking. When you ask about something: “Why is such and such happening? What will happen to me? What will happen to those I love? Where do I go after I die?” … well, that ignites us into action, you could say. We are nothing without you and your asking. We exist, you might think of us, to help you.

Now, how did we get that way and where are we anyway? That’s not easy to answer, and especially as we often have to pierce through the skepticism we encounter on your side of things. That’s not a bad thing, but can be an onerous task to take on, to pierce or penetrate through your doubt, anxiety, and sometimes rage. Your skepticism and cynicism are mighty blocks, too. That’s what you bring to the table. Not all of you, of course, but indeed many of you.

We must work extra hard to be heard by you and to get through to you. You often credit yourself with your good sense and ideas that flow through to help you, and think well of yourself for having gotten out of some jam or other, as we like to put it. But that jam is not so sweet, is it? Why are you in that jam, so to speak, in the first place? Are you listening to your inner voice, which is often us or one of your other helpers trying to get through? Are you raising your eyes to a higher plane and asking for help, even deliverance, from the place you have strayed to? We think not, in the main, unless you are pressed to do so, and if circumstances become truly difficult.

That is where we come in, and come to the rescue, you might say. Deborah is beginning to recognize our pattern, when we are intervening and when we are reaching out to her to get her to consider another course of action. Well, that we do for you, too. We keep ourselves fairly busy as you can imagine, responding to your asking and wondering. In that sense, as children, when you wondered how God could hear you all, you were righ. It is a challenge, but my children it is still possible.

Deborah can vouch for us, as she hears us clearly all the day through, always at her side helping and inspiring her to achieve the things she wants. And what she wants is now what we want, for we are working so closely together to bring you this good news, and this simple, beautiful philosophy. Please do explore it and get to know it and let it become your best friend, aiding and helping you each day throughout your life. Read our books, and do check out our book, Verdant: The Greening of Your Prosperity.

So where are we? We have left our bodies, or have transitioned out of them, as we write about in our books. There is no fear there and we urge you to be not afraid in anything that you do or experience. Transitioning to the hereafter is one of those matters in which we ask you to trust and be not afraid. All is revealed to you then, and you are so happy to be reunited with all whom you have loved, and the better higher part of yourself and your faith, so to speak. It all comes together then, my friend. And that is where we are, not so very far away, but clearly distinct from you in that we have no bodies, but nevertheless have our minds, if you will, and our hearts and our souls. How could we be without those? For they tag along with you eternally, and you will like that. No, we are really not so different from you!

We have achieved much learning and acquired much wisdom which we unreservedly want to share with you, and love to share with you each and every day. Sometimes our words seem archiac and maybe even hard to understand, but we have been around a long time and want to bring some of our own vocabulary into the picture to help bolster and illustrate some of our messages and meanings. Some of these meanings can be foreign, if not also hard to grasp by you. So, words added in from other times in history, and other places and occasions can add interest, and although should not be complicated, may help you to understand what is far for you to reach in your understanding. Why is that? Because you have strayed so very far away from where you came from in the first place, and where you belong all your life through, and where you are going to as you transition.

So, we draw you closer towards us, drawing you back to your origins, so to speak, and your place in things. You will like that place. For you are like a king or queen, adored and pampered by us and all those around us. For we know your real heart, and we know what you are best capable of, and we are ever leading you toward that place. Now that is a wonderful miracle of sorts, isn’t it?

We aren’t in the business of miracles, but we are as if a miracle. Try to understand what we are driving at here. We are as if a miracle. So why do you look for miracles when we are here around you, so to speak, and we can provide that equivalency, if you wish? That is all really, and should be more than enough, considering what you need and what causes you to flourish … and that is faith in something, whatever that is. That you can find a lot of here, at any time, as we are “open all hours” as we write in our books.

Why not check out our books and see what they can do for you? Then come to know us as others are coming to know us, and then we will not seem so far away but in your neighborhood, so to speak. That will be us appearing ‘in theater near you.’ We do hope you join us for the performance and the good times to come.

With love for all you are and all you may be, given your willingness, heart and desire.

We love you. –Your teachers.

Blossom time

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What have you accomplished in the season you are in?

As August edges toward September and thoughts turn to fall, we would like you to apply your resources to thinking about what you have or are accomplishing in this season.

You have many resources open to you such as insight, inspiration, knowing, and hope to get you underway. You also have us helping you to know what is best for you, and to sort of nudge you along to those things. So, what are you doing about it?

Each season has its blooms and many fruits. It doesn’t matter where you are. In the south, north, east, or west. There will always be something blooming somewhere, and you can always find something blooming near you, whether inside or outside. How would you stop this dynamic? It’s everywhere around you. Birth and rebirth, bloom and fruit, wither and rebirth.

Now, are we making our point? How are your blooms, and what fruit are you bearing?

There is a seasonality to it. We know you are excited about the spring time. You party in your summers, and plan in the fall. You await great things in the winter. Now, that’s all fine, but again what are you doing with your precious, precious time, and how are your blooms faring?

Are you unfolding into something greater … the part of you that is awaiting your arrival to take up your flag, so to speak, and to reconnect with all that you wanted to do, go forth, and accomplish? Now, we aren’t telling you to lead movements or go into battle somewhere, just be you. 

Let’s get started with a list. What did you accomplish in this season?

  • Deborah traveled to see more of the Great Lakes with Paul.
  • She spent time with loved ones and made new friends.
  • She wrote down much more of our Simple, Beautiful Philosophy, and is bringing our latest book Verdant to conclusion.
  • She brought messages of hope to others who are seeking.
  • She added a new garden as a symbol of her commitment to renewed life and new blooms to old wood, which she laughingly considers herself to be.

Imagine the pleasure of watching hummingbirds and birds of all description alight in her garden, or on her stair rail to look at her and call out their thanks for adding more to All-that-is. Now, that is bringing something more to the equation!

We don’t mean to impugn what what you are bringing to the table, but what are you bringing? You must know, as you are the one doing it. So, evaluate and give yourself a big hug if you are making a difference, and if you are being all you can be in this season, and those to come. 

Let your precious now flow into your moments arriving. We think you would agree with us that you want the best of your every ‘now moment’ to flow forward into what is arriving just ahead. How do you go about that? 

Well, your precious now is just that … precious! You can’t undo what you have done if you are unhappy, but you can wash it clean, so to speak, to live another day and hopefully a better one. What does this mean?

When you are in your current moment, reflect on what you want to happen, to pitch your thoughts into that with energy and focus to bring them alive. Breathe life into the context you want to live, one with your dreams fulfilled. Evaluate if you are fretting or sad. Are you projecting sadness or worry onto your plans and hopes? When summer blooms begin to fade, do your dreams do likewise? Are you seeing a vista ahead that is gray and obscured, or full of light and energy? Are you looking forward to the next chapter of your life, and the next, and the next? This is the kind of thinking we hope we can encourage within you.

Seasonality is important. A lot of your hopes and dreams are contained in them, as you plan forward what you hope will occur in each, and if your wishes will be realized. “Will the family gather for the holidays? Will I get to take that trip I am planning? Will there be enough money to cover our needs? Will I fall in love?”

So much feels at stake for you. Yet what stake do you have in them?  Do you ask what the worth and value to you of your plans are? Do you give your dearest wishes the attention and focus they deserve to have? Or are you pitching them into the dustbin before they have had the chance for fruition?

What fruit do you want to bear? You must be specfic about this and care about this intensely. For it is really is your work to unfold, flower, and bear fruit in your existence, because it is no one elses. You cannot put that work onto anyone else.

For all you are, and all you can do, you must place unfolding your petals and leaves at the top of your list. So, you are consciously doing this … unfolding into the experiences that you have long waited for and really are just out there, a little bit beyond … waiting for you.

You are already programmed to succeed at this. By that we mean, you have all the tools and helpers you could ever wish for. But you do have a way of getting in the way. You can nip your own bud, so to speak, or wilt before you’ve made the effort to unfold. Don’t let this happen. Instead, stay apace of your seasons, and bear your own and remarkable fruit! Look forward to each new day, and each new week, and finally each new season as the next stop in this exciting journey you are on.

You can know if you are unfolding in the way you wanted if you feel that you’re doing so, and you are receiving the confirmations you need along the way.

We wish you all the best of the season!  –-Your teachers.