I received an email today that really got me thinking. There has been so much talk about the future and the year 2012. Scientists are studying it, there are movies about it, the media is always mentioning it and there are so many who are worrying about it. There is even a very rich man who has buit or is in the process of building bunkers and selling them at outrageous prices. Many are making money as they use people's fear against them. The fear just keeps growing for a lot of people.
I wish I could tell the world to just stop what they are doing and listen just for a few minutes. I would try to show them that as they are spending all this time worrying about the future, they are missing out on today. Today is a gift to be enjoyed. Today we can love our family and friends, we can go to work, we can enjoy the sunshine or listen to the rain as it taps on the roof. Today we can smell flowers or watch the snow cover everything in a blanket of white. Today we can play with our children and grandchildren. Today we can listen to music on a radio or the music of nature as the birds voices fill the air. Today we can enjoy a hobby or a good conversation with a friend.
There are so many positive and joyful things we can do today, why are we letting the fear of tomorrow interfere with the now. Let's make a pact to always enjoy our today, to find something joyful each day, to stop the worry and concentrate on the good, to love strong even when we don't feel like it because when you can do this, you will be filled with Light.
No one knows what each day will bring. There is no sense in worrying about what will come because what will come will eventually get here. Keep finding the love and joy everyday and make the time you have on this earth worthwhile. We all leave this planet at some point. If you can live the rest of your todays in love and light, you will have no regrets.
Blessings for a joyful Today!!!!! Love and Light Anne
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
A House Clearing
Saturday was a very interesting day for me. I was asked to join a group of Lightworkers and go to a home where there was quite a bit of paranormal activity. The family have been very afraid and sleeping in their car most nights. The New England Paranormal Society had been there to investigate and they gave the family the name of a friend of mine who does house clearings. She then sent out an email asking for help.
We started the afternoon at Dartmouth Hospital where my friend Lori does her Transformational Grace session every month. It was good to be in that energy before embarking on this quest. We then went on our way to Vermont. The home was about an hour away. The ride was beautiful. It always amazes me that this state, which is right next to New Hampshire, can look so different. Both beautiful in their own way.
By the time we got there it was dark and it took a few minutes to find the right place. We all went inside the house, there were nine of us, and we listened to what the couple had to say about what was going on, and we were able to ask questions too.
I didn't feel too bad upstairs but when it came to going downstairs where the bedrooms and bathroom were, wow, what a difference. the energy was so thick, and it actually made me feel very nauseous. It felt like such sadness was there.
Before we had gotten to the house, I tried to connect with whomever was there. At that time I did feel a woman, someone who had been there a long time. she was dressed in like pioneer day clothing and the clothing was plain like she worked very hard with her husband to take care of what they had.
As I stood in one of the bedrooms I felt a man with me a taller man and he had been hit on the back of the head. There were actually three spirits, a woman, man and child, (a family) and a dog too. The feeling I got from this was their death had something to do with the railroad and it was sudden and tragic.
We all discussed what we were feeling and decided to try to help them by sending them lots of love and light and understanding. We made a circle and held hands and spoke to the spirits. We sent them all the love we could give and let them know that there was a place they could go where they could be with their loved ones and heal from their tragic passing. We did this for quite some time. The visualization I was getting was of a light that opened wide and the dog was leading them towards this light. The made there way slowly but they did get there. The all of a sudden the light was gone from my vision and the energy in the room had totally changed. I felt in my heart that they had made it to the light and were now home with their loved ones who had been waiting for them all this time. It was such a wonderful feeling now in this room. We all felt the difference and although a few of us felt that they did indeed go to the light, there were a couple who felt they just left the house. I have to trust my own feeling in this as I do with all spiritual work that I do.
Our next job was to try and help the couple living in this home. We did out best to explain what had been going on and to give them the tools to take care of this if anyone else should show up. this area feels very haunted and I believe we all felt there are other spirits in the area. When people have incredible fear, they unknowingly attract spirits who are also feeling fear. The spirit will recognize the fear energy and go to it because it is familiar. Also the woman who lives there is sensitive and can feel more that someone else might and this is why these spirits were trying to get her attention. We gave her the names of some books to read and tried to explain how to deal with these kinds of situation.
The most important thing to remember is...These spirits are people without the shell, they are just like us and if they need help we need to help them. You wouldn't turn your back on someone who needed help, someone who had been through a tragedy, someone who was confused...etc. You would help them, give them love and care, hug them and support them. Spirits also need out love. They may have been through a horrendous death or may be very confused and just need a little love and guidance. You can help them by sending them love. speak kindly to them and tell them you understand and will pray for them. They will understand and appreciate you for this.
One of the most disturbing things that I have witnessed on ghost hunting shows is when the hunters think it is ok to try and get the spirit irritated just so they will do something they can catch on tape. Would these same hunters be so disrespectful of someone in their 3-D body? This is not the way to treat a spirit. You do not call them names or yell at them any more than you would do that to someone you met in the street. Love one another and that means whether they are still in their human form or not.
Love and Light Anne
We started the afternoon at Dartmouth Hospital where my friend Lori does her Transformational Grace session every month. It was good to be in that energy before embarking on this quest. We then went on our way to Vermont. The home was about an hour away. The ride was beautiful. It always amazes me that this state, which is right next to New Hampshire, can look so different. Both beautiful in their own way.
By the time we got there it was dark and it took a few minutes to find the right place. We all went inside the house, there were nine of us, and we listened to what the couple had to say about what was going on, and we were able to ask questions too.
I didn't feel too bad upstairs but when it came to going downstairs where the bedrooms and bathroom were, wow, what a difference. the energy was so thick, and it actually made me feel very nauseous. It felt like such sadness was there.
Before we had gotten to the house, I tried to connect with whomever was there. At that time I did feel a woman, someone who had been there a long time. she was dressed in like pioneer day clothing and the clothing was plain like she worked very hard with her husband to take care of what they had.
As I stood in one of the bedrooms I felt a man with me a taller man and he had been hit on the back of the head. There were actually three spirits, a woman, man and child, (a family) and a dog too. The feeling I got from this was their death had something to do with the railroad and it was sudden and tragic.
We all discussed what we were feeling and decided to try to help them by sending them lots of love and light and understanding. We made a circle and held hands and spoke to the spirits. We sent them all the love we could give and let them know that there was a place they could go where they could be with their loved ones and heal from their tragic passing. We did this for quite some time. The visualization I was getting was of a light that opened wide and the dog was leading them towards this light. The made there way slowly but they did get there. The all of a sudden the light was gone from my vision and the energy in the room had totally changed. I felt in my heart that they had made it to the light and were now home with their loved ones who had been waiting for them all this time. It was such a wonderful feeling now in this room. We all felt the difference and although a few of us felt that they did indeed go to the light, there were a couple who felt they just left the house. I have to trust my own feeling in this as I do with all spiritual work that I do.
Our next job was to try and help the couple living in this home. We did out best to explain what had been going on and to give them the tools to take care of this if anyone else should show up. this area feels very haunted and I believe we all felt there are other spirits in the area. When people have incredible fear, they unknowingly attract spirits who are also feeling fear. The spirit will recognize the fear energy and go to it because it is familiar. Also the woman who lives there is sensitive and can feel more that someone else might and this is why these spirits were trying to get her attention. We gave her the names of some books to read and tried to explain how to deal with these kinds of situation.
The most important thing to remember is...These spirits are people without the shell, they are just like us and if they need help we need to help them. You wouldn't turn your back on someone who needed help, someone who had been through a tragedy, someone who was confused...etc. You would help them, give them love and care, hug them and support them. Spirits also need out love. They may have been through a horrendous death or may be very confused and just need a little love and guidance. You can help them by sending them love. speak kindly to them and tell them you understand and will pray for them. They will understand and appreciate you for this.
One of the most disturbing things that I have witnessed on ghost hunting shows is when the hunters think it is ok to try and get the spirit irritated just so they will do something they can catch on tape. Would these same hunters be so disrespectful of someone in their 3-D body? This is not the way to treat a spirit. You do not call them names or yell at them any more than you would do that to someone you met in the street. Love one another and that means whether they are still in their human form or not.
Love and Light Anne
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Forgiveness and Acceptance
Today started with a thought provoking message that was shared with me by a very dear friend of mine.
There can only be a need for forgiveness when first there is blame.
And there can only be blame, when first there is misunderstanding. The Universe
My response to this is as follows.
Although this would work in most cases, I strongly feel that forgiveness is something we do for ourselves. It is part of a healing process. It is a letting go of hurt and pain caused by another and I feel it is very important.
Being a victim of abuse, it took a long time for me to forgive not only the person who hurt me but also myself for allowing it to happen. I have stopped beating myself up about staying in that relationship for so long and I have forgiven the person who abused me. The last time I saw him, I felt no ill will towards him. That was a huge breakthrough for me.
Unfortunately, when children are the victims, they have no control over the situation. It can take years and years for these children to come to terms with what happened to them and it has a huge impact on their lives. I am speaking from experience. I don't believe that abuse is caused by a misunderstanding. I do believe that being able to forgive in this situation is important to the victim and their healing process. Without fogiveness there is no moving on. So to me this statement could only work in the case of a misunderstanding. I do not believe it could be used as a blanket statement to include all situations. But then again we take what resonates for us and that is why we are each so unique in our beliefs. Just my thoughts.
Then it came time for me to pick an angel card for my daily angel message group and the message was this:
Acceptance.....Acceptance means unconditional love. The angels remind you to accept everyone exactly as the are, without judging, blaming or wanting to change them. When you are totally accepting you bear no malice or enmity towards anyone or anything.
Harmlessness through acceptance is a high state of being and this is a difficult quality for humans to embrace for it is a Divine quality. Nevertheless the angels are drawing it to your attention now. Accept yourself and you will feel centered and confident and your divine self is revealed.
Diana Cooper.....Angels of Light
Now after getting these messages, I felt there was a connection between the 2. Forgiveness is only a word used for the act of letting go. To truly let go of something there must be acceptance which, as the message said, is unconditional love. If we can see a situation with only love then there are no bad feelings and we can go on with our journey carryng the lesson learned.
The word blame came up in both messages. In the situation of abuse, who is to blame? Is there anyone to blame? Usually the abuser has either been abused him/herself or has other emotional or mental problems so can we really blame him/her? I guess we just have to somehow believe that we are meant to go through what we go through as part of our journey.
As time passed and I was able to look at my past life, I had an "aha" moment a few years ago. I wrote about it at my website. I finally realized the answer to the "why me" question I had asked so many times during my life. It is all a learning process and I am stronger and more enlightened each time I get to the other side of any situation.
I love the saying "We are not humans having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience." I feel the point to this is, we must experience our human self as well as our spiritual self. We will not be fully spirit again until we shed this physical body. We must learn to honor every bit of who we are, accept what comes our way, let go and forgive situations in our lives and learn the lesson without the pain.
I am not sure that I will ever totally heal from the abuse. There may always be a slight emotional scar. I am not perfect and though I strive to be a loving spirit, there are times I fall short. I beleive this is also part of my journey. I have changed so much for the better and I pray that I continue to become more and more enlightened. I try to live each day to it's fullest and love the people around me. I don't know that I can do more than that but if the opportunity shows itself, I certainly will try.
Love and Blessings Anne
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Simple Nature Gifts
Some of you know, I have a labyrinth in my yard. I have had this labyrinth for almost 6 yrs. There were a couple of years that I was unable to care for it and it became overgrown but the Fall of 2006, the time when I lost my step daughter Mary, I felt a huge pull to clean up and use the labyrinth again.
Since then I have spent many hours cleaning and raking and tending to the labyrinth. I have been placing rocks to outline each ring and I am still not finished. Caring for the labyrinth is a labor of love. I try to walk it everyday. I don't always get out there but I do try. I feel love and peace when I walk the labyrinth and this feeling lasts for a long time.
The past couple of years as I have been cleaning or planting flowers around the labyrinth, I have found gifts. One time I dug a small hole to plant some pansies and found a very old horse shoe. The horse shoe is a sign of luck. I truly felt that finding this horse shoe was a sign that I would be ok and I am ok.
I dug in on the other side and found a hammer. Well, you might wonder why a hammer would be meaningful to me. It took me awhile but I figured it out. Thor always had a hammer. My husband's nickname at work is Thor. My husband and I had been having difficulties and I had been wondering if I should stay. This was my sing to stay and I am so very grateful that I did.
One day I found a blue egg sitting on the largest rock in the labyrinth. The egg was empty so I knew I could have it. I have always loved robin's eggs. The color is so beautiful.
My friends are coming on May 4th to do a ceremony in the labyrinth so I have been raking again to get it ready. It is very time consuming because I can only do a little at a time so I don't hurt my back. Today I was rewarded for all my work. I found an antler from one of my deer who come to eat the pears and apples during winter. For so many years I have wanted to find a deer antler. I am always on the look out when walking in the woods. How lovely to find one in my own yard., in my own labyrinth. I am also thankful that I noticed it as I was raking.
If we look we will see treasures, simple nature gifts, signs that answer our questions. Maybe an antler isn't a treasure to some, but to me it is like finding gold. It is a connection to the deer who walk my property almost every night. We lost 2 of the deer who visit this past winter. They were hit by cars on our road. I was very sad. For all I know this could have belonged to one of them.
All these gifts have had meaning to me. They are not worth money but they are worth so much more than that. Be open to the gifts from Nature. They are truly gifts from God.
Love and Light Anne
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Happy Spring!
Although Spring officially started over a week ago, I never think of it as Spring until April. Especially when you live in New Hampshire. We still have some snow lingering here.
What I like most about Spring is it is a time of new growth and that is so true in my life right now. For me this Spring is about finally finding out what my ministry is supposed to be. It has been over a year and a half since being ordained and I have thought and prayed and asked just what am I supposed to do and how am I supposed to do it.
I had started the website The Light Within but really didn't get a chance to do much with it because of all the issues going on here in my home. I guess it wasn't the right time or the right place.
I have found the right place now and it is the right time. I started the group The Light Within at Facebook. It is a group about self healing and finding the Light within ourselves. It is also about sharing that light with others. I knew that my calling was to help others heal.
I always feel at my best when I am helping someone. I feel that Light within me just shine like crazy when I am doing what I came to this earth to do. If I can use the pains that I have experienced and the lessons that I have learned to help others who have suffered or are suffering now then it was worth every bit of pain I went through. I hope you will join us at The Light Within group on Facebook.
At the same time The Light Within group was started, I also started the group Daily Angel Messages. I love to share angel messages with others and what better way then to have a group where you can share and learn from each other.
My hope is that both groups will continue to grow and those in each group will get something positive from it. I still plan on posting here at the blog about my spiritual thoughts and experiences. Love and Light Anne
Friday, February 27, 2009
The Light
Good Morning,
I am writing today to share an experience I had this morning with you. Art and I got up about 7 to take out the dogs. I had spent yesterday working with the new wool fleeces I got from a friend. I couldn't wait to get back to washing the fleeces this morning and was happy to be up early. As I was getting ready, Art said the clouds over the mountain looked cool and I should get the camera which was upstairs. I had to go up anyway to get some of the things I would need to wash my wool. Of course having a one track menopausal brain, I came down with what I needed and forgot the camera. I said I would get it in a couple of minutes but I got busy and forgot. Art went to get it and just as he brought it downstairs I looked out the window and saw these beautiful rays of sun coming through the clouds. I ran out to the deck and took some pictures. I guess it was a good thing this time that I forgot to get the camera. I might have missed this beautiful sight.
When I was a little girl I would see sunrays and think it was God talking to me. Well, maybe I was right after all God is the Light of the World. I would sit very quiet and listen. I didn't really hear but I did feel very peaceful and loved. Even back then I found that quieting my mind and letting God in was healing. I wouldn't have used those words back then of course but looking back that is exactly what I was doing.
I couldn't wait to get the pictures on the computer. They came out great. As I looked at the looming dark clouds overhead and the beautiful rays of light that pierced those clouds, a thought kept coming to me. "Through the Darkness There Comes the Light". I know I have heard this before but I don't know where so I can't quote anyone. I thought about the many times in my life that I felt a darkness surround me and it was my faith that got me through each and every time. Today this had great meaning for me. The darkness in my life right now is the stress and the unkown with my husband's surgery. The day is getting closer and closer and to say I am not scared would be a lie. So to me this morning was a sign that all will be well and we should turn to the Light/God and trust Him.
Thank you lord for helping to guide me back to the Light.
Love and Blessings Anne
When I was a little girl I would see sunrays and think it was God talking to me. Well, maybe I was right after all God is the Light of the World. I would sit very quiet and listen. I didn't really hear but I did feel very peaceful and loved. Even back then I found that quieting my mind and letting God in was healing. I wouldn't have used those words back then of course but looking back that is exactly what I was doing.
I couldn't wait to get the pictures on the computer. They came out great. As I looked at the looming dark clouds overhead and the beautiful rays of light that pierced those clouds, a thought kept coming to me. "Through the Darkness There Comes the Light". I know I have heard this before but I don't know where so I can't quote anyone. I thought about the many times in my life that I felt a darkness surround me and it was my faith that got me through each and every time. Today this had great meaning for me. The darkness in my life right now is the stress and the unkown with my husband's surgery. The day is getting closer and closer and to say I am not scared would be a lie. So to me this morning was a sign that all will be well and we should turn to the Light/God and trust Him.
Thank you lord for helping to guide me back to the Light.
Love and Blessings Anne
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thoughts about Beliefs
I have been doing a lot of thinking lately as I am going through this heart issue with my husband. What is it that I really believe. Maybe because I am facing this situation I am thinking too much. I say that I am a Christian and I do believe that I am but there are times I wonder if there really is something after we die.
I have communicated with spirits of those who have passed but sometimes I wonder if I was just picking up on memories telepathically of the person being read. Maybe when you are facing a life and death situation it is normal to question.
I say that I believe in reincarnation but do I really? I do know there are people I meet for the first time and feel as though I have known them for years. What I read about reincarnation makes sense to me on some level. What I have learned about soul groups and contracts before coming to this earth makes sense to me. But do I really deep down feel that all these things are true?
I was raised a Catholic and practiced for 45 years. Do I believe in Jesus because I was raised to? If I had been born a Buddhist would I still at this point in my life believe in Jesus?
I know there are angels. I have felt them and they have left signs for me. When I ask for signs, I get them.
I know there is energy when I practice Reiki but would I feel the same energy using some other healing modality?
Does anyone else ever go through times when you question what you believe? I hope I am not the only one who goes through this. I hope it is normal to have these thoughts and feelings.I hope I didn't take up too much of your time with this. Sometimes it is better to think out loud and in a place where you feel comfortable. Thanks for listening. Love and Blessings Rev Anne
I have communicated with spirits of those who have passed but sometimes I wonder if I was just picking up on memories telepathically of the person being read. Maybe when you are facing a life and death situation it is normal to question.
I say that I believe in reincarnation but do I really? I do know there are people I meet for the first time and feel as though I have known them for years. What I read about reincarnation makes sense to me on some level. What I have learned about soul groups and contracts before coming to this earth makes sense to me. But do I really deep down feel that all these things are true?
I was raised a Catholic and practiced for 45 years. Do I believe in Jesus because I was raised to? If I had been born a Buddhist would I still at this point in my life believe in Jesus?
I know there are angels. I have felt them and they have left signs for me. When I ask for signs, I get them.
I know there is energy when I practice Reiki but would I feel the same energy using some other healing modality?
Does anyone else ever go through times when you question what you believe? I hope I am not the only one who goes through this. I hope it is normal to have these thoughts and feelings.I hope I didn't take up too much of your time with this. Sometimes it is better to think out loud and in a place where you feel comfortable. Thanks for listening. Love and Blessings Rev Anne
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