Daily Reminder # 32

The cupboards in my brain need to be restocked, so I thought I'd just share a few random quotes from Emmanuel's Book tonight. I wanted to put a link to the Emmanuel's Friends website but it came up as unsafe so I linked to Amazon.com again. I love this book. I was blessed to have a private session many years ago with Emmanuel and Pat Rodegast (who channels Emmanuel). I went to see her with a friend who I think of as "my almost twin brother." We met back when we were still reasonably young on (a real life in the flesh) line looking for holiday work at Macy's in NYC, got to talking and discovered that we were born in the same hospital only hours apart. How's that for a small, mysterious world? We used to meet for our birthday every year back when I lived in the city and still left my apartment. But anyway, here are three thoughts from Emmanuel for us to ponder.

Let your prayer be an ongoing renewal

You pray

by touching the deepest part of you

that longs, that needs, that is.

Let it speak in its own language,

more often than not without words.

The longing itself

is the prayer of life

"I want to be with you again, God.

I want to be Home."

There is no how to prayer.

It simply is.

It is a part of the Oneness.

It is a part of your coming Home.

Do it whatever way you like

Prayer is to assure you

of your connection with Home,

much as when you were children

and you left for the day.

There was that moment of panic --

I'm sure you remember it --

when you had to call home

just to be sure

that it was still there.

Prayer is like that

It is calling Home.

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One cannot surrender completely

to anything but God.

All other surrender s symbolic.

Surrender can be proclaimed as the most selfish act

because it leads to total fulfillment.

When man's will is aligned with God's will

it is an effortless existence

in which the wisdom within you

is in a place of comfort

and loosely held control.

To know the presence of God's will

you need to listen to the many voices

that live in you.

You will find vices of fear,

rage, contradiction, obstinacy,

illusions of all sorts.

When those voices become familiar

then the gentleness, the softness,

warmth and Light of your inner wisdom

can the more easily be heard.

It contrasts with the cacaphony

of those other voices

that are superimposed upon the inner knowing,

that is God's will.

The final lesson for each soul

is the total surrender to the will of God

manifested in your own heart.

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The heart is an unerring compass

within each one of you.

The heart knows the soul

better than the mind does.

Unless your mind is in the service

of the heart

it becomes a warped and twisted master.

The only path that is right for you

is the one that is already designed within you.

To find this path

you have to hear your own heart

There simply is no other way.

While the small mind, in its fear,

is rigid and controlling,

the deeper part of you will begin to whisper

the truth of your eternal safety

and your Oneness wtih God.

So listen to your heart.

This is where your Light is

and your truth.

Some things I'm grateful for today:

music

coffee

fans (ceiling and floor)

Tara's snot-free nose

Angel's new "found" toy