Dear Ones,

The impulse for true freedom is within every living heart. It is a gift from the Divine Source that births all innate impulse and expression. Just as the strength of the wave breaking on a beach carries with it the mighty force of the vast ocean behind it, the impulse for true freedom within each being carries the greater power of the Divine Source of all Nature.

The desire for freedom explodes from within the being and claims precedence as expansive, full and exalted thought. This thought powers the force of action to transcend difficulties and limiting situations. It bubbles beneath the surface working its way through into the light. It has such power that the impulse for freedom alone can be a break through to new life. Know that this force for freedom is the action of the spirit within you and you can use it to create new life circumstances. How does one use a powerful spiritual force in every day life? Sometimes personalizing this force can make it easier to understand and incorporate.

Imagine that there are beings of Light that hold the spirit of freedom as their matrix energy. They represent a type of angelic being that uses this empowered force to assist humanity in breaking through the chains of limitation that bind the thought processes of mass consciousness. The more people think of themselves from the limiting view points of material living, the more constricted their energy fields become. This constricted energy results in thoughts of fear, doubt and attachment to the status quo. The depth of unhappiness this constriction causes human life is rampant. It is the basis for many forms of disease because it cuts off the flow of life force. Many times there is a desire in the heart for true freedom that can break these boundaries. It can bubble to the surface, but without knowing how to make the change happen, the impulse dies under the weight of living without hope.

If one can lay aside the need to know exactly how to change, and holds to the desire for freedom, a doorway is opened in the consciousness. This doorway opens to the Higher Power and the gifted beings of the Angelic Realms waiting to be of assistance. The Angel of Freedom is such a being, awaiting invitation to work with your soul, and this angel is available to clear away the darkness in the energy fields surrounding each person on the earth. There needs to be the willingness within your heart to ask for help, an open door in your mind to allow angelic assistance, and the desire to be free from the constricting chains of limiting thoughts. The power of your willingness opens the mind and heart so help can be received, and it is an essential first step in the process of profound freedom.

Visualize a future where you are free and happy; a future where all your needs are met with grace and ease; a future filled with health and wellbeing, as well as harmonious relationships. Now ask the Angel of Freedom to bless these intentions. Write them down and keep them in a sacred manner. You might make a special table with a candle and a flower to serve as a meditation focal point for you. Look at them frequently and ask for a blessing from the Angel of Freedom for your abundantly bright and happy future. These steps will lift your vibrational frequency in the present time and help to pave the way for the future you most desire to experience. Ask the Angel of Freedom to free your mind of doubts and fear, then set your worries aside. You have just released your future into the Life Stream of pure freedom, and became a co-creator with the angelic realms.

The energy of freedom exerts a pressure on every thought that constricts life.  This impulse for freedom is so strong that once it is given a place in your mind and heart, it takes on a life of its own. It is as if you are planting seeds of freedom that blossom and grow when allowed into your being. The energy of freedom carries genius. This can be used in all forms of creative expression and can open up surprising solutions to every day situations that were not evident from the constricted state of mind. This energy of freedom carries a passion that ignites the spark of hope in your mind, inspiring others to join you in a conspiracy of free thoughts and prayers that have the power to uplift all humanity. Explosive, loving energy magnetizes the joyous souls who believe they have the potential within their power to be free, and are willing to hold the light of freedom for all who live on earth. This spirit of freedom is an inherent gift from the Divine and is available to all those who desire to live from the place of this powerful truth.

Your willingness to invite the Angel of Freedom into your life can be your connection to this powerful force that is available to you. It is time to break the shackles that have bound you to constricted thoughts. Expand the boundaries of your mind and let your soul guide the way to perfect freedom. Let your heart and mind open to the spirit of this exalted state where all things grow in boundless potential. Allow happiness to bubble to the surface and live in the joy of true freedom.

And so it is.

Shanta Gabriel
For Archangel Gabriel
Copyright:  June 24, 2010
www.TheGabrielMessages.com

Shanta Gabriel is an inspiring teacher, healer and author of “The Gabriel Messages.” She provides clear, practical and effective suggestions and techniques for physical, emotional and spiritual balance. She conducts private sessions, in person and by phone, as well as workshops that powerfully connect you with your soul’s special journey. In addition, Shanta leads a highly regarded, results-oriented, experiential seven-month Archangel Study Program to assist you in understanding and connecting with the Archangels. For more information about Shanta’s private sessions or workshops and to read the inspiring messages on her blog, visit www.TheGabrielMessags.com

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Dear Ones,

From darkness into the Light – the whole world shifts on June 21, the Solstice. In the Light all will find Oneness with the pure Spirit they seek. In the Light dwells wonder, knowledge and the incredible gift of love which comes from your awareness of the Creator of all that is.

This is the power of the Solstice providing these reminders through a force of energy that pulls very steadily towards the Source of the Light. The Sun is only a representation of the awesome power of the One Presence. It is one of life’s greatest metaphors and hails a season of incredible growth and connection to the earth. During the Summer, it is easier to remember the Light of God and to sense the Presence of the pulse of life in the planet. Because of the empowerment of the mass awakening in full throttle this year, it is especially important to soak in the Life Force available during this precious season. Give yourself more time in nature, even if it is only a city park. These oases offer nurturing to those who need connection to the Earth Mother.

Hug trees without shame! Through their root system, trees hold a powerful grounding connection that can assist your stability. As the Life Force surges through the tree and empowers your body with the gift of love and strength, it won’t matter what anyone thinks if they see you. Let the tree know how much you appreciate its gifts. This powerful communication provides you with a deep earth connection that will give you strength in your daily life, and allow you to release excess emotional energy that the tree can use for compost. Encourage the children to give to and receive from the trees around them. It offers them a healthy understanding of the inter-connectedness of all life.

We offer these reminders now as the northern hemisphere turns toward the light of the sun. Receive from the holiness of this Light as it banishes the darkness on the earth. Breathe it into every cell of your being and be transformed. Allow this Light to feed your being and nourish you as the days begin to shorten in the northern hemisphere and lengthen in the southern. Your imagination is a powerful tool that allows you to continue to nourish your body with Divine Light. Call this Light through your being on a daily basis and bless the earth as if flows through you into the earth.

It is a great blessing to receive from the Light. Let your intention be toward more Peace, Harmony and Love, and the Light will create the energy for these qualities to manifest in your life. Use the timing of the season to move into active participation in the fulfillment of your dreams as the northern hemisphere turns toward growth of summer.

As you use the natural flow of the energy available at the time of Solstice, allow the light of the season to enlighten any dark corners within you, and visualize the world being blessed by this light. All beings will benefit and peace will be a growing reality to be harvested at Equinox in the autumn. Soak in the vibrant beauty of summer flowers, and enjoy the healthy fresh produce.  Align yourself with the natural cycle and enjoy the earth’s bounty and the light available on the longest day of the year. It is your gift to receive from the Source of all Light.

And so it is.

Shanta Gabriel
For Archangel Gabriel
June 18, 2010

Join Shanta and Kelly Beard, from www.KarmicTools.com, for a special Solstice free teleconference at 6:00 Pacific Time on Sunday, June 20. The conference number is: 605-477-3000, 771343#.

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Flowing Energy toward your Optimum Future

Dear One,

Inspiration is like tuning a radio to the Angelic frequency. Giving yourself time to receive while you sit in the flowing light, ask to be a clear channel for Divine Guidance. All of these actions are preparations for the attunement of spiritual awareness. The gift of consciousness is available to all who will allow this sense of communion to take place within them.

Becoming a vessel for Divine Light is a serious practice of creation and remembrance. Opening the heart and mind to give space within your being for Divine Light to enter, starts with the intention to become a clear channel for the anchoring of God’s light into the earth. It requires your commitment to doing the actions necessary so you can become a vessel to receive the sweetness of God’s Love, the active force within the Light. It takes the creation of sacred space within and without in order to make yourself available for receiving these gifts.

Why is it necessary to do this? Because your desire to live your Soul’s Purpose has brought you into this time and space. You have the awareness that something is required of you before you can bring Heaven to Earth. New Life without begins with the new life inside you, and that starts with intentionality.

We are in a time of Vast Increase and Change. The increasing energy frequencies will encourage more change within and around you. Guiding this change is important so that the flow of energy is moving toward your optimum future. You may not be able to make exact formatting for your goals but you can create a clear framework for how you will feel. Your life will then provide a structure for these intentions.

This is a way to become the Practical Mystic in your world. It is the face of the feminine presence, using spiritual wisdom, creative energies and then allowing higher frequencies to work in your life. These energies work with Earth wisdom and flow with the energy available for you when you look beyond the details to the greater flow of the Universe.

Your intentions and energetic focus create the world you live in. Choose well.

Shanta Gabriel for Archangel Gabriel
Copyright: June 6, 2010

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The Dalai Lama on Different Faiths

Many Faiths, One Truth

By TENZIN GYATSO, the 14th Dalai Lama

Published May 24, 2010 New York Times

WHEN I was a boy in Tibet, I felt that my own Buddhist religion must be the best — and that other faiths were somehow inferior. Now I see how naïve I was, and how dangerous the extremes of religious intolerance can be today.

Though intolerance may be as old as religion itself, we still see vigorous signs of its virulence. In Europe, there are intense debates about newcomers wearing veils or wanting to erect minarets and episodes of violence against Muslim immigrants. Radical atheists issue blanket condemnations of those who hold to religious beliefs. In the Middle East, the flames of war are fanned by hatred of those who adhere to a different faith.

Such tensions are likely to increase as the world becomes more interconnected and cultures, peoples and religions become ever more entwined. The pressure this creates tests more than our tolerance — it demands that we promote peaceful coexistence and understanding across boundaries.

Granted, every religion has a sense of exclusivity as part of its core identity. Even so, I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding. While preserving faith toward one’s own tradition, one can respect, admire and appreciate other traditions.

An early eye-opener for me was my meeting with the Trappist monk Thomas Merton in India shortly before his untimely death in 1968. Merton told me he could be perfectly faithful to Christianity, yet learn in depth from other religions like Buddhism. The same is true for me as an ardent Buddhist learning from the world’s other great religions.

A main point in my discussion with Merton was how central compassion was to the message of both Christianity and Buddhism. In my readings of the New Testament, I find myself inspired by Jesus’ acts of compassion. His miracle of the loaves and fishes, his healing and his teaching are all motivated by the desire to relieve suffering.

I’m a firm believer in the power of personal contact to bridge differences, so I’ve long been drawn to dialogues with people of other religious outlooks. The focus on compassion that Merton and I observed in our two religions strikes me as a strong unifying thread among all the major faiths. And these days we need to highlight what unifies us.

Take Judaism, for instance. I first visited a synagogue in Cochin, India, in 1965, and have met with many rabbis over the years. I remember vividly the rabbi in the Netherlands who told me about the Holocaust with such intensity that we were both in tears. And I’ve learned how the Talmud and the Bible repeat the theme of compassion, as in the passage in Leviticus that admonishes, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

In my many encounters with Hindu scholars in India, I’ve come to see the centrality of selfless compassion in Hinduism too — as expressed, for instance, in the Bhagavad Gita, which praises those who “delight in the welfare of all beings.” I’m moved by the ways this value has been expressed in the life of great beings like Mahatma Gandhi, or the lesser-known Baba Amte, who founded a leper colony not far from a Tibetan settlement in Maharashtra State in India. There he fed and sheltered lepers who were otherwise shunned. When I received my Nobel Peace Prize, I made a donation to his colony.

Compassion is equally important in Islam — and recognizing that has become crucial in the years since Sept. 11, especially in answering those who paint Islam as a militant faith. On the first anniversary of 9/11, I spoke at the National Cathedral in Washington, pleading that we not blindly follow the lead of some in the news media and let the violent acts of a few individuals define an entire religion.

Let me tell you about the Islam I know. Tibet has had an Islamic community for around 400 years, although my richest contacts with Islam have been in India, which has the world’s second-largest Muslim population. An imam in Ladakh once told me that a true Muslim should love and respect all of Allah’s creatures. And in my understanding, Islam enshrines compassion as a core spiritual principle, reflected in the very name of God, the “Compassionate and Merciful,” that appears at the beginning of virtually each chapter of the Koran.

Finding common ground among faiths can help us bridge needless divides at a time when unified action is more crucial than ever. As a species, we must embrace the oneness of humanity as we face global issues like pandemics, economic crises and ecological disaster. At that scale, our response must be as one.

Harmony among the major faiths has become an essential ingredient of peaceful coexistence in our world. From this perspective, mutual understanding among these traditions is not merely the business of religious believers — it matters for the welfare of humanity as a whole.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is the author, most recently, of “Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together.”

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