This week's messages
Accepting Powerfully
Practicing acceptance in our daily lives does not mean
that we have to say yes to everything, that we have
to accept others' bad behavior or that we have to give
up our power. There is a belief that choosing a spiritual
path means that we will never be angry, irritated,
frustrated or disagreeable. We are human, those are
human emotions and we will succumb to them on
occasion. Practicing acceptance is an expression of our
power and not a denial of it. And we will feel more
comfortable with the process of acceptance when we
learn to accept powerfully.
Accepting powerfully means establishing our boundaries
so that we are so comfortable with who we are and
what we want in our reality that we know, beyond
doubt, whether people and situations are right for us or
not. Then we are able to release those things that do
not serve us. And, we can say 'no' without guilt or
remorse because we know that we are standing in our
power when we do so and are not in fear. And we do
not have to justify ourselves, our actions or position
because everything that we say and do is focused on
moving forward on our path.
When we accept powerfully we are able to allow others
to be and do who they are, without feeling obligated to
take responsibility for them or to entangle ourselves in
relationships or with people who will cause us pain.
Sometimes a test of our ability to accept comes in the
form of a lesson in making a choice to recognize and
bypass a karmic lesson. Yes, it is tempting to engage
with someone who 'pushes our buttons' out of a need
to reinforce who we are or what we know. Can we
accept others as they are and not submit to the
temptation to change them, their mind or their
behavior? Accepting powerfully puts us in the position
where we recognize these situations and then choose
whether or not we are willing to step onto that path.
Learning acceptance is a big lesson for many of us and
we can often miss the point of the lesson because we
get caught up in taking a stand to protect ourselves,
not realizing that we are walking a path that we have
walked before, either in this or in previous lifetimes.
Acceptance is about us and what we want in our lives
and not about other people. Our ability to accept
powerfully allows us to choose the experiences that we
are willing to engage in based on whether they serve
our spiritual growth and are in our Highest Good. This
week, look at a lesson in acceptance that you are
experiencing. Can you see how you can accept
powerfully, maintaining your boundaries, integrity and
truth and letting go of those things that do not serve
you? Finally, accepting powerfully can be practiced on
an individual and a global level, for when we learn to
accept powerfully we acknowledge that we are all
connected, emanating from a single Source, traveling
on a spiritual journey and are all one.
Read the November 2005 message...
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Blessings to you all!
The November article is posted on the Uriel Heals
website and this month's message is about
Acceptance. Practicing acceptance does not mean that
we have to give up our power. Acceptance involves
honoring our boundaries and being able to say 'no' to
people and situations that do not serve our Highest
Good. This week's article discusses how to practice
acceptance powerfully. This week's Today's
Children article discusses the dangers of labeling
Indigos. Uriel's message this week focuses on practicing
tolerance. Read the newsletter in Spanish at Zona
Mistica. The link is on the Uriel Heals home page.
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Contents are Copyright(c) 2004-5 by Jennifer Hoffman.
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Lessons in Integrity
Many clients ask me whether the lessons will ever stop.
The short answer to that question is 'no' because they
never do. We are on a learning journey here and each
lesson is a tool that helps us with our spiritual
evolution. So while the lessons never stop, the types
of lessons that we encounter changes as we evolve
spiritually. In many ways, the lessons become less
painful and difficult but only because we view them
from a different perspective and have more learning
available to us to recognize and address them. As we
move forward on our spiritual path we have more
lessons in integrity, where we are challenged to put our
spiritual growth into practice, than tests that require us
to gain more understanding. But while they are usually
less difficult, they are still challenging because they
test our ability to acknowledge our spiritual evolution
and to react in different ways.
I was recently involved in a heated discussion with
someone who challenged everything I do on my spiritual
path. The temptation to engage in a lengthy argument
and to defend myself was strong. Because I am able to
read others' energy and know their intentions, I knew
that her purpose was to prove me wrong and to change
my thinking so that she could be more comfortable with
me. And because she is a member of my family, I knew
that our discussion would be repeated to my entire
family. She was trying to engage me on level of ego
and fear and the challenge for me was to respond with
integrity, stating my beliefs and accepting hers without
proving her wrong and without fear of disapproval or
reprisal from members of my family.
Lessons in integrity happen when we least expect and
are not anticipating them. They are delivered in
situations where we have to 'practice what we preach'
or 'walk our talk.' And the messengers can be any
variety of people and situations where we must
respond, in one way or another, with unconditional
love, acceptance and non-judgment, while maintaining
our boundaries and responding from the position of our
spiritual understanding and not from the ego or fear.
And that can be difficult, especially if the situation is
frustrating, emotionally charged or public or where our
initial reaction is to defend ourselves.
How do we recognize a lesson in integrity? In my
experience that process starts with my own feelings-if
I feel challenged or threatened by the situation or
person, it's an opportunity for me to put my spiritual
learning into practice. If my initial reaction is anger, it is
definitely a test of integrity. Then the challenge for me
is to address the situation within the context of my
spiritual growth and learning. Do I really need to defend
myself, is this an opportunity for me to recognize a
situation or person that I need to release or is it an
occasion for me to acknowledge who I am and accept
my own spiritual evolution? Often lessons in integrity
are for our own benefit and the other person is merely
the messenger. When we recognize lessons in integrity
we can address them differently and put our spiritual
growth and learning into practice. Each time we do
that, the lessons get easier and we are more aware of
our choices and opportunities to do things differently.
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Uriel's Message--Practicing Tolerance
It is the fear of others that creates dissention among
humanity, stemming from a lack of tolerance for their
differences. While it is easy for you to accept those
who look, think and act like you do, those who are
different represent a greater challenge. Do they need
to become more like you to gain your acceptance? Can
you accept others as they are and not feel threatened
by their differences? Are you able to accept that each
person learns and grows at their own level? It is
challenging and even threatening to you when others
do not agree with you because you internalize this
situation and wonder whether you are right in believing
and thinking as you do? If you can convince others to
be more like you would you be more comfortable with
yourself?
When you live in tolerance you acknowledge others'
free will, their spiritual growth and evolution and the
lessons that they must learn. No one can fully
understand or appreciate another's lessons and the
learning that their soul has agreed to undergo in this
lifetime. Each person is on their own spiritual path and
although you are all connected, you each have a
different experience of and perspective on the world.
Therefore you each see things differently. There is
no 'right' spiritual path, just as there is no 'right' belief
and perspective. Those who attempt to change others'
behavior, thinking or belief systems are engaged in a
power struggle that serves to perpetuate the discord
which the Shift has come to heal. Tolerance is a
primary requirement of that process.
But intolerance is not only expressed towards others;
you can also be intolerant of yourselves. Do you accept
yourself and acknowledge your own physical and
spiritual perfection? Are you happy with who you are at
this moment and aware of your own perfection? As
with any spiritual learning, tolerance must be
internalized before it can be expressed outwardly and
put into practice with others. And tolerance of yourself
is necessary if you are to be tolerant of others. When
you feel threatened by others is it because you are
unsure of yourselves?
Practicing tolerance will change the path of humanity's
evolution because it will eliminate the need for
conformity and the distrust and fear that arises from
seeing others based on their differences rather than on
your similarities. Remember that each person is on a
spiritual journey that occurs on many levels. When you
are tolerant of each other you accept others'
perfection and see them through your spiritual eyes and
the heart connection, not from the ego. Then you will
see their differences as an expression of their spiritual
path and will know that it is not something you must
fear or be threatened by. As you practice tolerance,
remember that each of you is an expression of divine
perfection and in the eyes of the Creator there is only
unconditional love for all. You are all on a learning
journey and working towards the same objective, the
healing of humanity and the expression of the Shift
energy where love, where unconditional love, infinite
abundance and peace will rule.
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The Bridge Generations
There is a new generation of children in the world and
they are known by many names, including Indigo and
Crystal Children, Star Children, Light Children. Whatever
name they are known by, they are a generation that
we have never seen before and they have special
needs, gifts and talents. The Crystal and Indigo
children represent the new, higher energetic patterns
that are arriving to change the Earth's vibrational
frequency.This new series provides information on
these children and the wonderful gifts they bring to the
world. Along with their special gifts and talents, they
also have certain needs and the purpose of this series
is to help them and their parents find solutions to these
needs so that Indigos and Crystals can do the work
that they came here to do.
Indigos have a remarkable ability to see past the labels
that society uses to judge others and to accept people
as they are. They are one of the first generations to
see past color, economics and class. Instead, they
judge people based on their ability to accept,
acknowledge and trust. Perhaps this is attributable to
their status as the first generation to grow up with the
concept of a virtual world, where they can be linked to
global friends they have never met by virtue of the
Internet. My son plays on-line video games with
hundreds of people from every corner of the globe,
some of whom he refers to as friends, despite the fact
that he has never met them. This is part of the Indigo
energy, the ability to recognize the connection in
everyone and to see no separations. But we diminish
their ability by labeling them, putting them into
categories of being and behavior so that we can feel
comfortable with who they are and how they can or
should fit into society.
For example, in a recent news story on Indigo children,
Indigos were said to have blue eyes. That is true of
Indigos in areas where blue eyes are predominant, but
the presence of the Indigo energy is global and Indigos
can have blue, gray, green, or brown eyes. In
identifying Indigo children, it is more important that
attention is focused on their gifts and talents, not on
what they look like. The emphasis on physical features
is a form of labeling that can ignore a large percentage
of Indigo children. More importantly, even the
label 'Indigo' can be a source of limitation because
there are 'bridge' energies that combine Indigo, Crystal
and other energies and each of them can have different
physical attributes as well as behaviors and talents.
Too often Indigo children are labeled by their behavior,
which can be difficult and are defined as 'problem'
children. Parents are often advised to give these
children mood-altering drugs to make them fit in. It
would be more beneficial to look at the systems that
they are unable to cope with, rather than bend their
energy to fit expected behavior patterns.
All of this leads to the issue of labeling, finding a set of
criteria to classify a group so that we know who they
are and how to interact with them. It is a practice that
has long been used to anticipate behavior and even
discriminate against certain groups. We would do more
to help the Indigo generation if we drop the labels and
focus on what they have come to do and to facilitate
the change process. Right now, many Indigos are just
entering into the economic and social systems that
they have come to work with. Maintaining an open mind
about their physical appearance and behavior is
important in not creating yet another label that they
must fit into or battle. If we see them as having the
drive, energy and ability to bring the change and
healing whose time has come to a world that is both in
need and ready, we will move closer to a world where
labels are unnecessary because we recognize the one-
ness of all.
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Information is available on the Uriel Heals website.
About Uriel
Archangel Uriel is one of the seven Archangels that
stand at the throne of the God Creator and one of the
four major Archangels that serve humanity. Uriel rules
the mental plane, our thoughts and ideas, creativity,
insights, judgment, magic, alchemy, astrology, universal
consciousness, divine order, the distribution of power,
the cosmic universal flow and the Earth's environment.
Uriel is humanity's link to the spiritual realms and he can
show us how to find our inner power through a process
that will help each individual Shift in consciousness and
therefore accelerate the entire human kingdom's shift
into higher realms of consciousness
About the Channel and Author
I am a spiritual intuitive, author, speaker, teacher and
channel for the Archangel Uriel. My path has often
been challenging, which has provided me with the
insight and compassion that is required at this time
when humanity is shifting in consciousness. I am
honored to be a channel for the Archangel Uriel and to
help others through this process. For information on
how to schedule a seminar or workshop in your area,
email me for information at healing@urielheals.com.
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