UPDATED WED JULY 9, 2014: Thoughts (and Further Thoughts) from a Vacationer by John Smallman, with a Message from Jesus on May 29, 2014.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ALL ONE

Thoughts from a Vacationer by John Smallman on July 6, 2014, and a Message from Jesus channelled on May 29, 2014.

Hello, this is John on Sunday July 6th 2014.

Not having channeled either Jesus or Saul for some time now, I thought I would, for a change, share a few thoughts of my own that have been bubbling up recently as a result of conversations I have had or that have just arisen in my awareness. I hope some of you find them of interest.

Love and hugs to you all. (Oh yes, my microphone is misbehaving, or maybe it’s my lack of skill, either way there is no audio today, so I apologise.)

Many, many people have difficulty with the book “A Course In Miracles.” I bought my copy intuitively in 1985 when I was browsing the books in the Theosophical Bookstore in New York City. It kind of “showed” itself to me. I took it home, started to read it, and then put it aside.

I did that quite often over the next almost 20 years! Finally in 2004 I joined a reading and discussion group up here in New England (Woodstock, VT) and have been working with it ever since. A Course In Miracles has gently and very positively changed my outlook and attitude over the years. It has been, and continues to be a great spiritual help and guide for me.

When I started reading and discussing it in 2004 I avoided the “Manual for Teachers” section as I thought it would be rather presumptuous for me, a “newbie,” to read that part. However, when I did read it, after about 3 or 4 years, I found it most helpful, and wished I had started there, so you might like to try that.

Doing the lessons is an essential aspect, because by doing them you show God/the Holy Spirit/Jesus that not only are you willing to learn but that you truly intend to do so. And I believe it is that intent that helps one to allow oneself to open up to and receive the unconditional Love that God offers us in every moment.

One of the most important things it has shown me is that I, my essence — not my body, not my worldly beliefs, not the egoic me who reacts with fear or anger — was created perfect by God and is eternally perfect. It is all about letting go of our egoic and fearful need to defend ourselves. As Course says right at the beginning “Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists, herein lies the peace of God.”

We are all so heavily invested in our bodies, which are very fragile and temporary vehicles that enable us to operate in this illusory world, that we get constantly distracted from our spiritual path by its constant calls for attention — I’m hungry, I’m tired, I’m frightened, I’m in pain, I need someone I can trust who will love me. And those we interact with in our daily lives are also being distracted by those selfsame egoic calls for attention. But what we really want is to be at Home in the Presence of God.

The Course stresses that we are all One and that what I do or say to another I am also doing to myself. Therefore always be loving, accepting, and forgiving. And the first person to whom we should behave like that is, of course, ourselves, because until we treat ourselves well we are unable to treat others well.

When we experience attack and feel a need to defend ourselves it is because of our own pain and fear. An apparent attack on us by another, the Course explains, is really a cry for love. We all want and need to be loved, and by choosing to experience separation from God, our Source, we have shut ourselves off from His infinite Love for us, and that is what we truly crave.

But we are eternally enveloped in His Love for us, it is the environment in which we have our eternal existence, separation is illusory. We are like very small children who, when they put their hands in front of their faces and can no longer see their mother, believe that she has gone!

And as “A Course In Miracles” says : “Heaven is here. There is nowhere else. Heaven is now. There is no other time.” (Manual for Teachers, section 24, paragraph 6)

Also, I have found the following two books very helpful with ACIM: “The Disappearance of the Universe” by Gary Renard, and “Living With Miracles” by D. Patrick Miller, and they are very uplifting in themselves.

Taking another tack . . .

I just loved Barbra Streisand’s movie, “Yentl,” when I first saw it, back in the ’80s. I have it on DVD and still watch it every now and again. Early on, when she has started on her trek to the Yeshiva to take up her studies as a boy and has to spend the night by the roadside she sings “Papa can you hear me,” that always stirs up for me my longing to be Home, to be eternally conscious of being in God’s Presence.

The song she sings as she sails away to the USA at the end tears me up – what more does she want . . . MORE! It is so true of life here, we are ALWAYS desirous of more because we want to be at HOME in God. Mostly we don’t realize that and strive to satisfy ourselves with more here in the illusion, but of course that never works. How could it? And of course the song “Somewhere” from “West Side Story” expresses that same deep-felt longing that we all experience almost constantly — although we frequently deny it — for God, for Reality.

I am doing a lot of personal clearing, and it seems to me that everyone I know is going through a lot of deep clearing at the moment, which is often very unsettling if not actually very painful. I have not channeled for more than 2 weeks — no motivation — and the “I should post a message on my blog” “should” has faded away.

I do feel that many would like to see some new messages from Saul and Jesus, and I suppose that I will get back to channeling when the appropriate moment arrives. At present I am enjoying the summer and just being, as the “shoulds” and “musts” of a lifetime simply fall away. I think I am learning to accept myself unconditionally by allowing myself to do or not do. It’s quite freeing and peaceful.

I am sure many of you read the Golden Age of Gaia postings, well yesterday or the day before they posted a rather interesting talk on video. It runs 2 hours 5 mins. It was suggested to start 35 mins in, which I did. Bentinho Massara (who is someone I had never heard of before then) is talking at length in order to re-emphasize that EVERYTHING OUT THERE is illusory, “it’s my projection. I see what I want to see.” Really rather uplifting.

I think, that like me, many of you might well resonate with his talk. If you feel intuited and can spare the time, try it (No explosions, very slow moving, as there is no time!). Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U327chg_dM#t=7398

And here I”ll sign off, BUT wait . . . one more thing! You may already have seen it, it’s not new, it’s on my “About” page.
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Further Thoughts from a Vacationer by John Smallman.

Further Thoughts from a Vacationer by John Smallman. July 7, 2014. http://johnsmallman2.wordpress.com/

Actually, nothing new. I just wanted to thank you all for your kind, generous, and uplifting comments to my “non message from Jesus!” (And, of course, Saul.)
But while I’m posting I might as well remark that there seems to be a lot of change in the air. My mood keeps changing, almost hour to hour. Well, that is a bit of an exaggeration, but normally I am pretty stable mood-wise.

If I am feeling down it will last a day or two, and similarly if I am feeling up-beat. But now I find myself going through maybe three or four mood swings a day. It’s kind of intriguing, unsettling, and yet comforting because it seems to me to indicate that something very important is going on. That the energy field in which we are enveloped, the divine field of Love, is perhaps intensifying, just as Jesus has told us it is, otherwise referred to as the “Tsunami of Love.”


I guess more and more of us are holding and strengthening our intention to awaken, to ascend, to move into full consciousness, and so the collective intent is gathering potency to move us powerfully forwards into a place where there is only Love, and where, therefore, all that is not in alignment with Love just fades away.

It is indeed a very uplifting thought for me to hold. Lately, during the last year or two, I have frequently found myself remarking to friends and acquaintances that the changes in human attitudes over the last fifty or sixty years is amazing, in contrast to the last two or three hundred which have led us to his point, and is unbelievable in contrast to the seemingly endless millennia prior to that in which war, rape, and pillage were considered totally normal life experiences.

We have moved forwards, out of interminable hate and distrust, into a New Age that is bright with hope, and it seems to me that what we have been hoping and praying for for so long is finally starting to be delivered.

Don’t look to the mainstream media for this kind of news, even though it is happening on a vast scale, but the “people’s media” is reporting it widely. I, personally, don’t go hunting for the good news that’s out there, but I regularly read the “Goldenageofgaia” postings, and those of Foster and Kimberley Gamble’s “Thrive Movement” and find both of them very uplifting and inspiring. And doubtless you can all suggest many, many more that resonate with you.

So, as Jesus and Saul would encourage us most wholeheartedly, let us keep holding our Light on high. It’s within us all, we just have to let it shine forth fearlessly – that of course does not mean proselytizing or sharing unwanted or unappreciated opinions with those who do not wish to hear – by simply being loving, being there, and gently listening to those who are burdened and choose to talk to us, without attempting to offer solutions or advice to help them resolve their various problems or issues.

Frequently people can find their own solutions if they have someone who listens intelligently and compassionately, because putting thoughts into words out loud can have an almost miraculous effect and bring unexpected clarity to what previously seemed an insoluble situation.

Remember that Love is kind, Love is gentle, Love is accepting, Love is unconditional. It never pushes, It never manipulates, It never lays a guilt trip, and It never judges. We demonstrate It by not fighting back, by not being defensive, and by recognizing in that moment of threat that we are, in truth, receiving a call for Love.

And Love is what we truly are, every one of us without exception. Many of us have been so damaged that we are afraid to demonstrate It. But when we find the courage to do so the results can be absolutely astounding. In fact to find Love, offer Love.
Love and hugs to you all, John.
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Here is a recent message I received from Jesus that applies to each and every human:

Jesus channeled spontaneously on Thursday May 29th 2014.

You are a beloved child of God, and in that you are no different from any other human being, past, present, or future.

God eternally loves all of His children, all of His creations, which are sublime, perfect, infinite in number, eternally existing, multitudinous and yet only One.

God Is. You are, therefore, an inseparable and essential aspect or part of God, the Source, All That Exists. There is No One else, No Other, because All is One, period.

No exceptions, no meaningless discussions, no scientific or theological hypotheses are in any way pertinent. They are distractions that draw you away from uncovering, disclosing, or remembering your true and only nature as One with your Source.

Be silent, quiet your mind and know God. That is all that you need to do, then He will make Himself known to you.

Do not be impatient. Time is an illusion, so let go of or release its apparent demands on you. Bliss will follow.

Your loving brother, Jesus

http://goldenageofgaia.com/2014/07/06/thoughts-from-a-vacationer-by-john-smallman-with-a-message-from-jesus-on-may-29-2014/

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ALL ONE

Life is Now, so Forget the Waiting

God’s plan is brilliant, beautiful, perfect. Here in the spiritual realms we are in constant delighted amazement as it continues to unfold just as He intends. For you on the Earth plane, engrossed in your illusory reality, it is and will remain totally beyond comprehension – in fact, the vast majority of you are unaware that God’s plan even exists.

Do not ask “Which plan?” in a puzzled voice, because there is only One Plan: God’s Plan – which is the creative energy field in which all that He intends occurs. And all that He intends always occurs precisely according to that plan. Humanity’s awakening is an aspect of that plan and will, therefore, happen exactly as Divinely willed and intended.

Your guides, mentors, and channels in the spiritual realms have been keeping you up-to-date on the aspects that affect you directly. So pay attention, listen to their advice and guidance, take it to heart and act on it.

As humanity’s eons-long wait to awaken draws to a close, it can be very uplifting for you to reflect on the amazing progress your spiritual evolution has made in the last three or four decades. If you compare the amount of spiritual information available to you now via many sources, compared to what was available in the 1960s, the growth is phenomenal. And following on from that is the enormous rise in the numbers of people seeking to live more lovingly, more consciously, and more compassionately.

Humanity is impatient to awaken, very impatient – which is fine because the sooner you awaken the better – but when you consider the eons that the illusion has existed in comparison to a human life time, your impatience does seem a little out of place, remembering also that these eons have lasted, in Reality, but a moment. So, instead of focusing on hopefully waiting for some future event, live in the now, then savor every moment of it, because that is when life happens.

You could look back over your lives and recall something to which, at the time, you were enthusiastically looking forward or, conversely, dreading, and maybe recall as well an occasion or opportunity that happened during the time that you were waiting, which you let slip by, largely unappreciated, and which later maybe caused you much regret. Life is now, so forget the waiting, which can be a grave distraction, a disincentive that arrests you, stops you in your tracks, when you could be enjoying life!

Worry is an aspect of fear, and joy is an aspect of Love, but only Love is Real! Focus on Love, change yourselves, and thereby change the world. Changing yourselves and thereby changing the world is in fact precisely what you are doing, but it never hurts to intensify your focus on Love by refocusing frequently, i.e. by bringing your attention back to Love whenever It comes to mind.

As with any regular practice, the more you practise the easier it becomes and the more you want to do it as your skill and enjoyment increases. When you allow Love to guide you, life flows far more smoothly, and any upsets or disappointments you experience are more easily dealt with. They seem somehow much less important, as of course they are! Remember you are confined within an illusion, where nothing that occurs is truly Real, and the bubble that is the illusion is about to burst.

Reality, your true Home, is about to be revealed after being hidden from your view, your awareness, your knowledge by your choice to lurk in the illusion among all that gloom and fear. The clouds are lifting, the Light is brightening as you change the focus of your attention from the unreal to Love, the all-embracing field of Divine energy in which you have your eternal existence. As the Light intensifies it will be impossible for you to keep your eyes closed, let alone remain asleep.

Your natural state is fully awake, fully aware, fully conscious, and, therefore, knowing God.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by JohnSmallman2. Wordpress.com

MEDITATE MEDITATE MEDITATE: For spiritual evolution to occur, people must become spiritually aware and active, and no matter what good works you may be doing to help others you also need to spend regular daily quiet time alone, and centered, because that is where the real and spiritual action is taking place. Yes, you can and should hold the intent to be loving presences throughout your daily physical activities, whatever they may entail (please note that there is really no order of spiritual merit in your daily activities). But ensure that you also allow space for that essential quiet time, that down time, at One with the flame of Love that burns constantly within you where the real work is being done. You all know that you are on a holy path home to Reality, but the myriad enticements with which the illusion constantly presents you frequently succeed in distracting and disturbing you. Make a point of noticing this when it happens so that you can return your focus and attention all the more quickly to the work you chose to do. We are always available to help you with this, so please, do call on us – often – and we shall delight in assisting you to, as it were, regain your spiritual balance. That is our duty, our task, our vocation, and it gives us enormous satisfaction to be able to respond to your requests for assistance. We are never too busy doing other things: we are always available and we will never put you on hold! When you feel you need our help, call us at once, and we will answer.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ALL ONE

There is really no order of spiritual merit in your daily activities

The collective heart of humanity is opening up beautifully as Light-workers, Light-bearers, and wayshowers all across the world continue to strengthen and intensify their intentions to align perfectly with the field of divine Love in which all are enveloped.  It is as though a new collective Love grid was forming very rapidly across the planet to integrate with and fully engage with the divine one to bring about humanity’s long-wished-for awakening, and that is exactly what is required and what you are building.  Here in the spiritual realms our joy is boundless as we observe the ever-more effective engagement with Love that humanity is so enthusiastically embracing.  The fact that you do not see what we see should not concern you, because if you go within to your holy center, where your Light burns intensely and eternally, you will get a sense of comfort, of certainty that all is going precisely as divinely planned, as it definitely is, and that therefore your awakening is inevitable, as you have been told so many times by so many loving entities.

Just keep doing what you have been doing, namely, intending sincerely and constantly to hold your Light high as you demonstrate loving intent at all times in your daily lives.  That is all you need to do. . .nothing else.  It is very simple, profoundly effective, and yet many of you do have difficulty with it, mainly because in your state of limited consciousness you get practically no confirmatory feedback. That is why so many of you are either receiving personally channeled messages or are drawn to read the messages that others share and make public.  The aim of these messages is to uplift and inspire you, and the Love with which they vibrate and with which they are imbued embraces you as you channel or read them.  The encouragement that you receive from them strengthens your resolve, your intent to continue doing the holy work you contracted to do, ensuring that the awakening process flows along smoothly, just as our Father intends.

The work you are doing with such good grace and determination is an essential part of the process.  When you enter your inner place of peace, to sit and clear your minds of distractions and worries, you are not just sitting idly by waiting to be rescued!  Sitting meditating, contemplating what you conceive of as the divine plan, or channeling inspirational messages from guides, angels, or mentors in the spiritual realms is most certainly not being idle, lazy, or in the least bit ineffectual!  It is the most effective way in which you can fulfill your life contracts, your reasons for being incarnate on Earth at this point in her spiritual evolution.

For spiritual evolution to occur, people must become spiritually aware and active, and no matter what good works you may be doing to help others you also need to spend regular daily quiet time alone, and centered, because that is where the real and spiritual action is taking place.  Yes, you can and should hold the intent to be loving presences throughout your daily physical activities, whatever they may entail (please note that there is really no order of spiritual merit in your daily activities). But ensure that you also allow space for that essential quiet time, that down time, at One with the flame of Love that burns constantly within you where the real work is being done.

You all know that you are on a holy path home to Reality, but the myriad enticements with which the illusion constantly presents you frequently succeed in distracting and disturbing you.  Make a point of noticing this when it happens so that you can return your focus and attention all the more quickly to the work you chose to do.  We are always available to help you with this, so please, do call on us – often – and we shall delight in assisting you to, as it were, regain your spiritual balance. That is our duty, our task, our vocation, and it gives us enormous satisfaction to be able to respond to your requests for assistance.  We are never too busy doing other things: we are always available and we will never put you on hold!  When you feel you need our help, call us at once, and we will answer.

Each one of you has your own personal guides in the spiritual realms; they are aspects of your soul family and are always watching over you, rooting for you, and protecting you.  They are always aware of you, and always conscious of your hopes and desires. Make a point of asking them for a sense of their presence, an intuitive indication of their presence, and they will provide it, because they want you to know that they are always with you.  When you suddenly “remember” where you put your keys, your cheque book, or where you parked, one of them was probably nudging you.  Give thanks.  They love to be recognized, appreciated, and thanked.  Giving thanks is a very effective way to raise your energy frequency more into alignment with the field of divine Love surrounding you.

Your loving brother,  Jesus.

by JohnSmallman. Wordpress.com

IT'S SO WILD HOW OUR OWN BELIEFS OF FEAR AND INADEQUACY SUSTAIN THIS ILLUSION --THANK GOD & GODDESS IT'S JUST ABOUT OVER: It appears to you that you have been living in a world of suffering, pain, and frequent sacrifice that terminates finally and inexorably with the death of your physical bodies – of you. But this is not the case. You were created as immortal beings for eternal happiness in your Father’s divine kingdom because that is His Will for you, and consequently this momentary excursion into a less-than-totally appealing environment is coming to an end, as it must. Your choice to invent an environment of disconnection, chaos, and confusion was but a momentary aberration which seems to have lasted for eons. The veil that you wove to hide Reality from you is about to disintegrate because it was not made to last. It is threadbare, and all the pests, blights, and infestations which have been eating away at it have finally brought it to the point of disintegration. It is completely unstable, and what little balance you had managed to install within it is no longer viable. Consequently, it is rocking and tearing like a dilapidated hammock that is about to collapse and tumble you out. . . returning you home to Reality.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ALL ONE.

The curtain is about to rise on the next act

Here in the spiritual realms we are observing, with enormous joy, humanity’s rapid progress towards awakening.  Yes, we do keep telling you this, and the reason is that frequent enthusiastic encouragement, like this observation, assists you in focusing on holding and strengthening your intent to wake up from the illusion. There still remain many distractions that would attempt to divert you from your path, and so we will continue to draw your attention back to the task in-hand: Waking up and becoming fully conscious beings, as is your divine destiny.

All that the divine Source created is perfect, is conscious, and is consciously evolving spiritually.  That continuing evolution leads always to increasing joy because it is a constantly expanding state of awareness that allows an entity to know itself and God ever more jubilantly.  And that, of course, is the divine Will – ever-expanding jubilation for all of creation.  While you remain focused on the illusion that is extremely hard for you to conceive of as you observe the intense inadequacies of your presently experienced living environment.  We are extremely keen and enthusiastic in our efforts to help you find your way Home because it is our gleeful duty, and because your arrival, your awakening, will also bring us intense joy.

Humanity’s current progress towards the moment of its awakening is quite unparalleled.  Since the apparent separation from God happened, so many eons ago, you have never been so determinedly engaged in such a rapid expansion of your collective spiritual evolution.  This is a time of extraordinary spiritual advancement for you which cannot and will not be interfered with, delayed, or prevented – because this is its moment.  It has been divinely planned and prepared for, to ensure that it would burst forth into your awareness with an overpowering brilliance that you cannot possibly fail to recognize.  It is already inspiring and uplifting you as it shows you the utter inadequacy and futility of your present severely restricted and inflexible perception of a world in conflict, while at the same time opening up for you the amazing panorama of possibilities that lie ahead as you embark on a path that offers everyone, without exception, the warm acceptance and the dignified respect that is due to every child of God.

The time for immersion in the illusion, and all its enticements and distractions, is drawing to a close.  It has presented you with many challenges and lessons that you, collectively, chose to experience.  It is now time for you to move forwards, leaving behind all the suffering and conflict, and expand into the Selves of infinite potentiality that your Father created to provide you with everlasting joy.

It appears to you that you have been living in a world of suffering, pain, and frequent sacrifice that terminates finally and inexorably with the death of your physical bodies – of you.  But this is not the case.  You were created as immortal beings for eternal happiness in your Father’s divine kingdom because that is His Will for you, and consequently this momentary excursion into a less-than-totally appealing environment is coming to an end, as it must.

Your choice to invent an environment of disconnection, chaos, and confusion was but a momentary aberration which seems to have lasted for eons.  The veil that you wove to hide Reality from you is about to disintegrate because it was not made to last.  It is threadbare, and all the pests, blights, and infestations which have been eating away at it have finally brought it to the point of disintegration.  It is completely unstable, and what little balance you had managed to install within it is no longer viable.  Consequently, it is rocking and tearing like a dilapidated hammock that is about to collapse and tumble you out. . . returning you home to Reality.

The New Age has arrived, as you have been told many times over the last few months, and to use a theatrical production as an analogy, the curtain is about to rise on the next act which you all know will resolve the issues that have been causing you so much alarm and dismay.

With the divine field of Love embracing you ever more powerfully your spirits are rising as your awareness of the impossibility of your being anything other than one with God and with each other strengthens and intensifies.  Keep reminding yourselves of this undeniable truth, because each time you remind yourselves your doubts and anxieties, which are completely unwarranted, are further weakened.  And it is only they that now support the illusion.

Do not forget to ask, and keep asking us, your spiritual guides and mentors, to assist you as you determinedly intend to release your doubts and engage enthusiastically with the field of Love that supports you in every moment of your eternal existence.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by John Smallman. Wordpress.com

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ONE

Awakening Happily from a Nightmare which is Already Fading from Your Memories

John’s reading of today’s post can be found here: http://johnsmallman2.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/2013-07-12-jesus-audio-blog-for-friday-july12th.mp3

When humanity awakens into Reality – as it cannot avoid doing – it will experience an environment so completely different from the one to which it is accustomed that it will be, to put it plainly, quite mind-blowing for you all. The moment of awakening is something you have been praying and hoping for in every one of your Earth lifetimes, something towards which you have been steadily working since the moment of apparent separation from your heavenly Father.

At the center of your being you have always known that this was to be the lifetime in which your awakening would come to pass; consequently, many of you are now feeling itchy, impatient, fretful, even agitated, as you await the completion of your awakening process.

These feelings do drive and guide your steadfast determination to awaken, and although uncomfortable for you, they tend to keep you on course for your destination, so instead of getting upset give thanks for them because they open you up to accepting the need for major changes in your understanding of how to live in harmony with each other and your beautiful planet, and they help you to engage in bringing them about.

It is a little like being shaken out of your old familiar ruts when new bumps and obstacles make the going rough, and so you do the necessary road repairs to make the way smooth once more. Do not fight your fretful feelings or attempt to suppress them; just let them flow and they will pass. Otherwise they engage your attention unduly, and the intent to be loving – your energy engine – slips out of gear and progress ceases, as you engage instead with anger or frustration, allowing the engine to race and over-heat.

Many of you are experiencing frustration at present because so much has been promised and very little seems to be materializing. This lack of visible progress is due, naturally, to the limitations that the illusion supports and which you accept. You are presently in the process of disengaging from the illusion and all those limitations. Most of you have railed against limitations all your lives, from infancy through childhood, school, workplace, family, and society – “You can’t do this,” “You mustn’t do that” – endlessly restricting your freedom.

But of course you did buy into it because it can be very convenient to have restraints placed on others so that they cannot interfere with or disturb you. And all these rules and restrictions are based on fear and lack of trust of your fellow man – your divine and eternal brothers and sisters! – which have proved time and time again to be valid attitudes, valid concerns in a dangerous and unpredictable world. Without them chaos would undoubtedly ensue.

Now you are in the process of unhitching and disentangling yourselves from these ancient harnesses of mistrust and fear which seem to have controlled and reined you in so unfairly for so long. But nothing is really unfair, because you all, every single one of you, did choose to engage with and be part of the illusion.

Having made the collective decision to awaken, all those apparently essential and protective attitudes need to be jettisoned. Love has to replace fear, and for it to do so, you have to open your hearts and allow yourselves to think, speak, and act lovingly.

Fear holds you back. But it seems insane to trust when it appears from your own personal experience that no one you know can be truly trusted; sometimes trusted, yes, perhaps … but always? No way!

That is the biggest block to your awakening, and believe it or not you are making enormous progress in releasing it. I think every one of you has, in the last few years, and certainly in the last few months, been agreeably surprised when a stranger, for no apparent or obvious reason, unexpectedly treated you kindly, possibly in a situation where anger would normally have occurred. Recall as many of those occasions as you can – however small and insignificant they may have seemed at the time – and use them as reminders to yourselves that amazing changes are happening all over the world!

You are so accustomed to focusing on the negative, the dark, that to change your perception is difficult, but you can and must do it. And you will, because deep within yourselves you are Love incarnate, and it is how you are changing the world. As you change your focus from the negative to the positive your perception also changes, and instead of seeing threats and enemies everywhere you see people like yourselves, occasionally fearful and anxious but nevertheless making the decision, the choice to be loving, more and more frequently.

You – every one of you – are changing the world one person at a time, and because so many of you are doing it the changes are occurring thick and fast all across the world. Success is inevitable, so let go and be yourselves: loving, inspiring, and delightful children of God, awakening happily from a nightmare which is already fading from your memories.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by John Smallman2. Wordpress.com

Whenever doubts or anxieties of any kind arise, just remind yourselves of your origins as perfect divine creations, and remind yourselves that you knew you would be unable to remember those origins while you were experiencing life in the illusion. You happily accepted that fact because you knew with the spiritual support you would receive, failure was impossible, and that in any event, failure was impossible because you were doing your Father’s Will – which is always achieved. Be comforted by remembering that forgetfulness was an aspect of the task you undertook, forgetfulness of the magnificence of who you truly are, a magnificence that is soon to be revealed as you Awaken once more into Reality.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** WE ARE ONE

Wherever you find yourselves is exactly and precisely where God wills you to be

Here in the spiritual realms all is ready for humanity’s awakening.  All the necessary preparations have been completed and we, like you, await this divine moment’s arrival most enthusiastically.  You, humanity, are receiving unprecedented assistance as this exciting and greatly looked-forward-to event approaches.  Your desire and intent to bring it about has intensified enormously over the last two or three decades, and it is that strength of intent that has determined the moment for its accomplishment.  Because it is so close you all have a sense of it, as well as feelings of impatience because it seems that you have been waiting a very long time for this promised period in your ongoing spiritual evolution to come to fruition.  Your impatience does add intensity and increased effectiveness to your intent to awaken, so make sure to renew your intent at least once every day – three or four times daily, just for a brief moment, would be excellent.

The power of your intent is very powerful, far more powerful than you are aware of, and therefore it is very important that you renew your intent for yourselves and for humanity to awaken – because your intent will bring it about.  Most of you who read channelings and other forms of spiritual guidance made the intent, before you incarnated, to awaken during this earthly lifetime, and so you will.  Nevertheless, you came here to assist others in their awakening process through your own demonstrations of love and faith, and if you can positively renew that intent daily it strengthens and intensifies it, which was one of your reasons for incarnating at this point in humanity’s spiritual evolution.  You are on Earth as guides, LightBearers, and WayShowers, so renewing your intent to awaken and reminding yourselves that you are the beloved children of God are essential characteristics or facets of your daily lives.

Even if it seems that you know no one personally who is on a spiritual path, and therefore feel that you are alone, plodding endlessly along an untrodden way, somewhere in the wilderness where it seems almost meaningless, know that this is not so.  You chose, with divine guidance, to assist humanity in this wondrous process, and therefore wherever you find yourselves is exactly and precisely where God wills you to be – for the most effective use of your individual skills and competences.  Hold firmly to your faith that you are a divine Being, intending to surrender to God’s Will in the absolute knowledge that you cannot fail to do just that.

Whatever happens to you during your life, whatever you experience, whatever situations you may find yourselves in are due to informed choices that you freely made – because it was God’s Will for you!  And if it is God’s Will, then of course it is also yours.  Within the illusion this is often very difficult for you to understand and accept, but at the center of your being – at the holy still-point where the divine flame of Love burns eternally – you do know this.  And you also know that you are dearly loved and supported in every moment by your loving Father and all in the spiritual realms.  You cannot fail in the task you have undertaken because you made it your will to succeed before you incarnated, and that will, that intent is far too strong to be broken or overcome by something as weak and ineffectual as the enticements, distractions, or threats that you experience in the illusion.

Whenever doubts or anxieties of any kind arise, just remind yourselves of your origins as perfect divine creations, and remind yourselves that you knew you would be unable to remember those origins while you were experiencing life in the illusion.  You happily accepted that fact because you knew with the spiritual support you would receive, failure was impossible, and that in any event, failure was impossible because you were doing your Father’s Will – which is always achieved.  Be comforted by remembering that forgetfulness was an aspect of the task you undertook, forgetfulness of the magnificence of who you truly are, a magnificence that is soon to be revealed as you Awaken once more into Reality.

If you will make a point of reminding yourselves of this divine truth every time you feel down or overwhelmed, and if you also make a point of demanding assistance from those in the spiritual realms when your spirits are low, you will find your spirits lifting.  To demand assistance is good because it makes you feel powerful – which you are! – whereas asking can seem a little like a supplicant begging for something they feel they do not deserve.  And none of you are unworthy supplicants: you are the beloved children of God who deserve the best of everything.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by John Smallman2. Wordpress.com

As you progress determinedly and purposefully homewards the support and assistance that you are receiving is increasing because you are remembering to ask for it, again and again and again. You have to keep asking because if you do not the limitations in which the illusion has enveloped you swamp you in forgetfulness and draw you into the petty arguments and disagreements going on around you – physically, or just in your minds – and distract you from your Purpose. You know when you have been distracted because you find yourselves feeling that being loving is pointless when you are immersed, as it seems to you that you are, in a sea of unloving behaviors. You need help to hold to your faith and to take up the path of Love once more, and so you ask, and you receive it, and your spirits are raised. And being loving once more, you discover that you are not alone, that there are others around who are also being loving. Love is never alone! Many of you judge yourselves quite harshly and then look for someone whom you can judge as worse than you, to enable you to feel less bad about yourself! That is insane! You are perfect, Divine Beings lost in a nightmare that is coming to an end, and you are to uncover the truth and beauty of the perfection in which you were created for your eternal joy.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** gavin

Fully conscious living is your destiny and it cannot be avoided

Humanity cannot avoid waking because eternal sleep is impossible!  You can only dream when you are asleep, and the illusion is humanity’s collective dream from which you are in the process of awakening.  In fact, as must be apparent to you, sleeping is also an aspect of the illusion.  In Reality, there is absolutely no need and no desire to sleep because in Reality you are constantly vital, fully alive, and fully immersed in the wonder of God and His creation.  Sleep is an aspect of the illusion that you added to it to enable you to experience periods when you experience nothing, and if you do not dream then you have no memories when you wake up.  It really is a very strange concept --an imaginary death if you like.

However, death is not your destiny; fully conscious living is your destiny and it cannot be avoided.  The death you appear to experience in the illusion, bodily death, is of course also illusory.  Yes, in that case you do lay down your bodies for good, but that is most definitely not an end; it is a partial or full awakening, depending on whether you decide to have a further human incarnation or not. This decision, whichever one you make, is made with the help of your higher Self and your guides who best know what your needs and requirements are, and it is always a most joyful decision, made with enormous enthusiasm!

To choose life as a human, however many times you do it, is always a choice for Love, a choice to learn, to teach, and to assist others who have also chosen a human life experience.  And you always learn and grow spiritually from the experience no matter what kind of life you choose to lead.  Remember, life in the illusion is unreal, a game, but you learn from games.  Humans learn best by playing games, and your psychological studies have proved this by studies with children.  Forced learning – as is often attempted in schools of every culture – is far less effective than learning through playing, and awareness of this is growing, leading to a more play-oriented curriculum in schools as this knowledge spreads. The military learnt it a long time ago, hence war games!  And do not forget that whatever your life environment, it is one that you chose for the lessons you wished to learn.  No one is ever dumped unwillingly into an unfair or undeserved human life situation; everything you experience is as a result of a freewill choice that you have made, even if it seems impossible that you would, in your right mind, have ever made such a choice.

While you are experiencing life in the illusion, the most satisfying and beneficial way to go about it... the best path to follow, for everyone concerned, is to respond lovingly, always, without exception, no matter how counter-intuitive it may appear to be at the time.  That is the main lesson for humanity, and many of you are teaching it by demonstrating it in your daily lives; and for that you are eternally honored.  Attack and defense result in the meeting of counterparts, leading to waves of conflict, whereas Love is as oil on troubled waters, calming and soothing.  Eventually everyone will learn this.

As you progress determinedly and purposefully homewards the support and assistance that you are receiving is increasing because you are remembering to ask for it, again and again and again.  You have to keep asking because if you do not the limitations in which the illusion has enveloped you swamp you in forgetfulness and draw you into the petty arguments and disagreements going on around you --physically, or just in your minds-- and distract you from your Purpose.  You know when you have been distracted because you find yourselves feeling that being loving is pointless when you are immersed, as it seems to you that you are, in a sea of unloving behaviors.  You need help to hold to your faith and to take up the path of Love once more, and so you ask, and you receive it, and your spirits are raised.  And being loving once more, you discover that you are not alone, that there are others around who are also being loving.  Love is never alone!

You are constantly enveloped in the divine field of Love because it is the infinite field in which God and all of His creation exist eternally.  It is impossible to be alone because all are one in divine and harmonious wholeness.  However, the illusory environment in which humans experience life is an imaginary state of separation from God, which was constructed purely to attempt to experience that unreal state.  You have succeeded very well in convincing yourselves that the illusion is real and that you are all separate individuals competing with one another for the essential but limited resources that will ensure your well-being.  And because you choose to see yourselves as separated from God, and therefore from each other, you do feel alone, even abandoned and at constant risk of annihilation.  It is a frightening nightmare that you have chosen to experience, but it will not last and your awakening is divinely ensured.

Whenever you feel down, alone, distressed, without hope, take time out alone and ask for help from those in the spiritual realms whose one aim is to help you to feel the Love that envelops you.  Then think, say or do something loving for yourself or for another … nothing conditional … just open your heart and intend to be Love, which you are, and to share it without judgment or restriction.  Doing that is incredibly freeing.  And while doing it, intend to offer complete and utter forgiveness to anyone you believe has ever hurt or offended you, and this includes yourself.  Many of you judge yourselves quite harshly and then look for someone whom you can judge as worse than you, to enable you to feel less bad about yourself!  That is insane!  You are perfect, Divine Beings lost in a nightmare that is coming to an end, and you are to uncover the truth and beauty of the perfection in which you were created for your eternal joy.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by JohnSmallman2. Wordpress.com

Thank you Christ and John!
 *** gavin

The children of God are entitled to and deserve only the best

Humanity’s journey homeward to God has been long and fraught with confusion as you attempted to discern wisely between conflicting opinions about the best strategy to follow to ensure your arrival at your planned destination.  But you really had very little understanding of what the journey entailed or what the true destination was because of the severe limitations you had imposed on yourselves when you chose to separate from your Father and enter the illusion that you had constructed.  Clear thought, wisdom, and knowledge are not available to you within the illusion because it is but an unreal dreamlike world, a place in which you have hidden from Reality and the infinite abundance of wisdom and knowledge that that offers you.  And of course your return to Reality is guaranteed by God.  You have only to make the collective intent to return, and you will.

Many of you are holding that intent and as a result the divine field of Love is embracing you and drawing you forwards, while the drag on your progress from those who choose not to participate in the journey is diminishing as rapidly as are their numbers.  Love is your natural state – to define or demonstrate all the characteristics that Love employs and exercises constantly is quite impossible – and the choice to enter the illusion, while attempting to leave Love behind, was unnatural.  Nevertheless, you did choose to play a game of separation, powerlessness, and ignorance, thinking that it would demonstrate and provide creative possibilities that were unavailable in Reality.  And you were right. . . and wrong!  Right, because it does seem to have provided you with an unimaginably vast and varied environment in which to play and explore, and wrong, because it is unreal and does not exist even though its apparent reality is very convincing for you.  And while you believe in it your collective energy fields support and maintain it, confirming for you that you are missing something, that you are separated from God, and that you need to return to His Presence to achieve everlasting happiness.

However, as you know, you have never departed from the Presence of God – there is nowhere but His Presence – but the imaginary environment that you conjured up in which to play and experience separation from Him seems very real and has caused you much pain and suffering.  Slowly, over the eons (although in Reality less than a moment has passed!) you have grown tired of the struggle for survival and the accompanying suffering that is inseparable from it.  You have prayed and prayed and prayed beseechingly to God, and finally you are listening to His reply!  And that is the turning point.  Listening to Him – He speaks through your guides, your angels, and your human companions – instead of beseeching and imploring Him is the most effective way to uncover the way Home.  And that is what you are at last doing.

By listening to Him, in whatever form He shows Himself to you, you open your hearts to the Love with which He has surrounded you and become channels through which It flows to wherever He chooses to direct It.  And when you allowHim to direct His Love through you the most marvelous results occur.  Over the last few decades of illusory time, more and more of you have chosen to listen to Him, and all across the world evidence of this is growing exponentially.

You, all of humanity, are the beloved children of God, and your choice to listen to Him has filled Him with joy.  He loves you, He cares for you, and He wants only your eternal happiness, and you have been refusing it, blocking it out, like teenagers who know everything – until they discover that they do not!  You have come to realize that Love works, that It is the only thing that works because It is the only thing.  All that you have to do is to allow It, and as you do, humanity’s intent to awaken intensifies.  That intent is now very intense!  It will not be overridden by any contrary intents that some – trying to hold on to the illusion and the seeming power that it gives them – are still holding.

You cannot avoid waking up into the Presence of your Father, because to be awake is to be in His Presence.  And even in the illusion you are aware that you cannot stay asleep indefinitely – even in drug- or alcohol-induced sleep! Eventually you wake up and have to experience life.  Once you begin to really experience the illusion that you constructed, as you have started to do, it becomes impossible for you to ignore, disregard, or deny its utter inadequacy as a home for the children of God.

The only Home for the children of God is to be in His loving Presence.  First of all there is nowhere else, and secondly, even if it were possible for there to be an alternative home of any kind it could not be in any way near good enough for the children of God, who are entitled to and deserve only the best.  And only God can offer the best of everything!  He is offering you the best of everything in every moment – you do really know that – and so it is inevitable that you awaken into the eternal joy of his loving Presence.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by JohnSmallman2. Wordpress.com

We, your guides, mentors, and angels in the Spiritual Realms, have been with you through all your Earth lives – and some of you have certainly had many – offering and providing assistance whenever you asked for it. Now we are rejoicing as we observe you moving forcefully and powerfully into and melding with the divine field of Love within which all of creation enjoys eternal existence. It always has enveloped you because absolutely everything is contained within it – there is nowhere else. But, you have free will, and Love never imposes, forces, or directs. It waits patiently, until those who have chosen to ignore or deny It change their minds. Then Its loving embrace enfolds them with utter joy.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** gavin

This is indeed a most wonderful time to be on Earth!

Humanity’s powerful progression along the path to awakening continues.  Despite the apparent delays – because truly there are no delays, ever – all is proceeding apace as more and more of humanity realize that what they have been experiencing as life, riven with disagreements and conflicts, is not what they had intended, not what they had wanted, because love and acceptance is what everyone without exception really desires and is seeking.  This worldwide growth in awareness of the inadequacy of the life experience for most of humanity is causing many to reflect on it and to intend to change it.  Your intent is powerful, and your collective realization of the inadequacy of the human life experience is leading to awareness that the only way that the essential changes to humanity’s way of living can be achieved is if each and every one of you changes your own attitudes and behaviors.  Waiting for others to change cannot, does not, and will not work, and that has finally become apparent to large numbers of you, large enough numbers to change the collective intent.  That is what is happening, and that is quite a fantastic progress.

Awareness of your individual need to change your attitudes and your perceptions is the greatest evolutionary step that humanity has ever taken.  Throughout the eons of human existence, there have always been a few individuals who recognized the insanity of judging anyone, for whatever reason, and who offered only love.  It often seemed that even though their vision was sound there was no way in which it could possibly work because trust was forever being betrayed, showing that Love does not work because it is weak, ineffective, and easily crushed.  However, loving intentions are incredibly powerful and, once made, last for eternity, “earn divine interest at a compound rate,” and grow exponentially. The result has been that the immense power of those intentions has now affected everyone on Earth, and the divine Love field enveloping you all is breaking through any barriers to Love that you have established individually and demolishing them.  This is indeed a most wonderful time to be on Earth!

To see with new eyes, to discover new ways of seeing things, is what has been occurring for the last few decades as a growing sense of urgency has encouraged people to seek out better ways of relating to one another in order to slow down and then reverse the seemingly inevitable march towards destruction on which humanity seemed to be intent.

Do not allow yourselves to be persuaded by the mainstream news channels that the world, as you have come to know it during this brief human lifetime that you are presently undergoing, is headed for disaster – political, sociological, religious, economic, or ecological – because although all those areas are indeed experiencing upheavals, they are disturbances that are leading you forward out of the chaos and conflicts which have bedeviled humanity for far too long.  The way life has been lived, the direction in which it has been going on Earth has gathered a certain momentum over the eons, and the change of direction that is now taking place needs to overcome that ancient momentum and replace it with one that is far better suited to the new direction upon which humanity has embarked.

You have embarked on a new path because you have entered a New Age on Dec 22, 2012– an age in which Love, the life force, will flow freely and enthusiastically through each and every one of you as your blocks to Its passage fall away due to your consciously intended changes of attitude.  This new direction has always been available, waiting for you to grow into awareness of it and into a strong desire to move off the very damaging path that you have been following so blindly for so long.  That has now occurred, and there will be no turning back because the unwieldy, clumsy, and damaging ways of old have now been seen for what they always have been: Utterly insane.  The momentum is changing, moving you inexorably from the overgrown byways, where Love lay almost completely hidden, onto the main highway where It flows freely and magnificently, carrying all with It in an exultant harmony of unconditional acceptance and inclusivity.

We, your guides, mentors, and angels in the Spiritual Realms, have been with you through all your Earth lives – and some of you have certainly had many – offering and providing assistance whenever you asked for it.  Now we are rejoicing as we observe you moving forcefully and powerfully into and melding with the divine field of Love within which all of creation enjoys eternal existence.  It always has enveloped you because absolutely everything is contained within it – there is nowhere else.  But, you have free will, and Love never imposes, forces, or directs.  It waits patiently, until those who have chosen to ignore or deny It change their minds.  Then Its loving embrace enfolds them with utter joy.

The choice to deny or ignore Love is always a very temporary state of affairs, because the insanity of denying or ignoring Reality cannot be maintained for more than a moment.  However, while that state is held – and it is totally illusory – it can seem to last forever.  So, yes, it does seem to you that you have been experiencing suffering in many forms for a very long time; in Reality, it has only been momentary within your Eternal state in the Spiritual Realms.  And when you Awaken all your memories of it will dissolve, never to return, and your eternal joy will never fade.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by JohnSmallman2. Wordpress.com

Relax into your quiet Inner space at least once daily, talk to your guides, ask for their help, and open your hearts so that you can recognize the great changes that are taking place worldwide, as Love dissolves the fear that has driven and guided so many of your thoughts, words, and actions for eons. Remember, anything other than Love is illusory, and intend to be constantly loving, as you make your way Homewards toward your Awakening.

Thank you Christ and John!
*** gavin

You are bringing in enormous evolutionary change of a most essential nature

Here in the spiritual realms we, in every moment, are pouring out our love and our assistance to help you in your Awakening process.  To many of you, it seems that your progress has stalled, but we can assure you with the utmost confidence that this is most definitely not the case.  Your progress is proceeding, as perfectly and Divinely intended, and will continue ceaselessly until you Awaken.  And we are your spiritual guides and mentors who contracted to be with you at all times throughout this period of intense spiritual evolution that you chose to undergo.

What you are doing is of great benefit to all sentient life forms.  You are bringing in enormous evolutionary change of a most essential nature, while for the most part remaining unaware, due to your limited consciousness, of the immense task that you have so willingly undertaken.  And you are succeeding quite brilliantly.  It is a sweeping away of the dark, of the unreal physical limitations that appear so real.  Once, you believed that the earth was flat, that instant communication over great distances was beyond belief, and that rapid and convenient travel across the world and into space was impossible.  Those were all limiting belief concepts that have been permanently proved erroneous.  What other beliefs do you have that will be proven false?  Countless numbers, as you continue to unveil each!

The unawareness that you experience of your essential Divine nature --the joy of oneness with God and with all sentient life-- is a choice that you made.  Within the illusory environment of confusion, pain, and suffering on the Earth School, you are in the process of learning about and releasing the many restrictive, inflexible and very frightening beliefs you invented which are not in alignment with, and do not and can never resonate with, your true nature: Love.  While you hold on to them, you close yourselves off or hide from your True and Divine nature because Love is terrifying to anyone who is fearful.

Love is all-encompassing, all-welcoming; Fear shuts out, excludes, disparages. When you release yourselves from the cloak of fear under which you are hiding, when you remove and discard it, you will see clearly and realize that your fear was just fear of the dark --as imagined by a small child-- a darkness which does not exist, unless you could establish it by shutting out the Light, and that is impossible, except temporarily, under that imaginary cloak of the illusion in which you have created.  The thought of removing that cloak frightens you, because it seems to be a protective shield that is essential to your ongoing well-being.  To be without it would make you vulnerable, open to experiencing horrendous pain and suffering, the kind that you observe all over the world as people behave without love, defending themselves or attacking others.

However, the Truth is that when you remove that seemingly protective cloak you become invulnerable, because you will have removed the barrier you erected to keep out Love --a barrier that to you has seemed almost impenetrable, because Love was hardly ever seen except when offered conditionally and in exchange for benefits or payments-- truly love with a small “l” ...another unreal aspect of the illusion.  Love is the most powerful field of energy that exists.  It is the only energy field that exists.  Any other energy that you can conceive of or experience is of the illusion, and is an enormously diluted and weakened form of Love, which allowed you to think that you had power without the Presence of your Father. Love is the life force; You cannot live without It.  You are, every one of you, essential parts or aspects of It, of Love.  However, when you constructed the illusion here on the Earth School, you attempted to exclude Love, by apparently separating yourselves, shutting yourselves off from God.  That is not possible, but you were and are free to pretend that it is, and that is what causes you so much pain and suffering.

Your Awakening process is in fact a process of uncloaking yourselves, of releasing all that is not in perfect and harmonious alignment with Love --your natural and eternal state-- and which effectively hides from your conscious awareness the fact that you are, always have been, and always will be Beings of infinite Love as created by your Father.  The time for games from which you have attempted to exclude Love is officially over, as of Dec 21, 2012.

You are now very much aware of the pain and suffering worldwide which needs to be brought to an end ...pain and suffering in which the corrupt 1% delighted and gloated as they watched others mistreated, abused, and tortured.  The insanity of that attitude has now become apparent.  Daily, more and more on Earth are becoming aware that they themselves did actually embrace it while at the same time denying it and convincing themselves that they were only making “fair judgments” of the unconscionable behavior of others, as was their god-given duty and responsibility.  This awareness has shocked them, and now they are making the firmest of resolutions to release that unloving attitude and replace it with compassion, forgiveness (of selves and of others), and the intent to offer only love from here on in.  In the spiritual realms, that change of heart, which is occurring throughout humanity, has led to the greatest rejoicing.

Relax into your quiet Inner space at least once daily, talk to your guides, ask for their help, and open your hearts so that you can recognize the great changes that are taking place worldwide, as Love dissolves the fear that has driven and guided so many of your thoughts, words, and actions for eons.  Remember, anything other than Love is illusory, and intend to be constantly loving, as you make your way Homewards toward your Awakening.

Your loving brother, Jesus.

by JohnSmallman2. Wordpress.com