Messages & Channelings

I trust that you are having a wonderful week as we move deeper into the 8th month of the year. Two-thirds of 2010 is now nearly behind us (has that gone fast, or what???) and it may be a good time to reassess how this tenth year of the New Millennium has been going for you-and what you want to do between now and January 1 to complete the plans and keep the promises you made to yourself last New Year's Eve.

An observation from Neale, written while on a journey in East Asia, that wound its way to an impactful question: "What have I done today for humanity?"

There are millions of them. Billions of them. Trillions of them. Put them together and they make up a lifetime. We call them Moments.

They have no prescribed length. They could be one minute or one hour or one second. They come and they go and then they turn into Memories. And then they stay. They are yours forever and no one can take them away. Nor can you get rid of the bad ones you don't want to keep.

Sometimes I get notes from people wondering, first, if there even is a "God," and, second, if there is a God, what God wants. Many humans have been told that What God Wants is for life to be a school, a place of learning, a time of testing, a brief and precious opportunity to migrate the soul back to heaven, back to God, whence it came.

There are many ways to meditate, and it was a wonderful discovery when I learned this. One of the most powerful forms of meditation for me is what I have called Stopping Meditation. The reason this is so powerful for me is that it can be done anywhere, and it takes very little time. Therefore, it is perfect for busy people "on the go."

There are many people who find it extremely difficult to sit in silent meditation. For them, it may seem as if the "art of meditation" is something that is lost to them. I felt this way for a long time, because I am an impatient person by nature, and sitting in silent meditation was not a thing I tolerated well. Then someone introduced me to Walking Meditation, and everything changed for me around the idea of "meditation." Suddenly, it was something I could do.

The first in a series of three essays by Neale on the art of meditation. Here Neale discusses Sitting Meditation. The series was written in response to a emailed question from a reader about how best to approach her "inner self."

Everywhere I go I get many, many questions-and of all the questions I get, many, many of them have to do with human relationships. And the one question I get about relationships very often is this one, contained in a heartfelt letter that I received from a woman I shall name Sanra: Should I leave my spouse?

I've decided that I have to stop confusing the simple act of observation with negativity. Some people, in an effort to not "put any negative energy into the space," refuse to say anything about anybody or anything that could be construed as being negative in any way. And if anyone else says anything about any person, place, or thing that is not wholly positive, many people will criticize the speaker for "spreading negative energy."

Once I was able to forgive myself and accept myself, I was ready to take the last step to self-friendship: celebration of myself. And once I was able to celebrate myself, I was at last able to celebrate others. Especially those closest to me.