Well, my dears, it’s a great pleasure to be speaking with you during the first month of the year two thousand
and ten! And what a glorious year this will be!
You see, it’s all about you! You have that phrase, don’t you? This year, more than any other preceding time,
you are being called to be so very real with yourselves, to cast aside the past ways that are no long working for
you, to refuse to say “yes” when you want to say “no” and vice versa.
You are being called upon to reflect upon your true desires, your dreams, and your intent for this journey.
And it is in your very best interest to do all of these things. Why? Well, the truth is that you don’t want to
suffer. You have had enough of survival. Many of you have said that you’ve had enough, but are still trapped
within the cause and effect that promotes difficulties and more so, deep inner sadness. Well, that’s not a crime.
You’re not bad. You haven’t failed. But! You are ready to shift and change.
And you might be saying that you’ve tried everything and you are still stuck. And to you, though I am most
fond of you, I say, Bosh! You haven’t tried everything. What you have tried is external manipulation to your
external world. You have tried to think differently; a good beginning, but barely putting your toe in the water.
What can you do? Well, you’ve heard it all before. But that’s just it, you have heard it, you have read it, you
have even studied it… but you haven’t really gone within your own self and proceeded with the next step in your
evolutionary spiritual journey. What is that next step?
The next step in your spiritual journey is to firstly recognize that you already are awake. So stop trying to
figure out how to awaken, how to ascend, how to be more than who you are. You are magnificent, even though
you don’t quite realize that yet.
In that you are already awake, know that you will continue to expand in your conscious inner knowing, and
this process will feel like bursts of awakening, bursts of energy, bursts of bliss, and perhaps bursts of inner
peace. And all this occurs without your efforting.
The next step in your spiritual journey is to begin to get more and more honest with yourself. One way to do
this is to tell yourself that you are not deciding anything, you are not making any major change. You are simply
getting honest.
For example, if you dislike your job, then getting honest would be to admit that you would like to have a job
that you absolutely love, one within which you are fulfilled in all manners, including that catch-all… financial
abundance.
Of course getting honest goes a little deeper than the external participations, but that is a good place to beg
Then, really begin. How? Oh you are going to love this! Take each item that you have listed and ask yourself
what is your participation within your unhappiness, what is your survival manner that promotes the continuation
of unfulfillment, and what feeling, what emotion is connected with this issue.
Perhaps you are unable to communicate your real needs? Perhaps you are remaining in a job, a relationship,
or a geographical location within which you are unhappy… because you are financially secure, because you can’t
bear the thought of change, or because you feel a change might be too big for you to handle. Those are all
familiar feelings and statements to self. Yet getting honest in this way will begin your journey toward freedom.
Remember, I’m not asking you to change anything externally. I’m simply asking you to get truly, deeply, very
deeply honest with yourself.
When you’ve done this step, take a rest. Go for a walk in nature. What have you accomplished? You have
discovered how you have been bound to unfulfillment and unhappiness through avenues of self-victimhood. Not
a blameful thing, no. Yet I do say, if you have had the feeling that you are a victim to your own life, you have been
participating in the continuation of victimhood. And now it is most definitely time for change.
Here you are in two thousand and ten and you are, perhaps, choosing to change! Perhaps you have had
enough struggle. Perhaps you have had enough reading and studying. And perhaps you are ready to take the
next steps toward freedom. What are they? They are this.
The next step is to sit quietly and ask yourself how you would like to experience your ever-unfolding journey.
Now I’m not asking for external particulars, though there’s nothing wrong with wanting things or situations. More
so, I am asking you to reflect upon how YOU would like to experience your journey. Now think about this and get
real, get very real. And while you are getting real, with each idea, ask yourself the question, “When this occurs,
then what?”
You’ll see. This little excursion into your own inner self will surprise you. Keep going until there is no further
answer. I’m not going to tell you what will result; I can say that you all will come to the same conclusion. Why?
Because you are all ready. Because you are all magnificent. And because you are here to experience the real
you. Oh I know you’ve been hearing that for a while, but that doesn’t change the truth of the message.
Let’s get something clear. You are not here to suffer. You are not here to struggle. You are not here to
despair. And you are not here to reside within continual heartache. Those are the ingredients of what? They
are the ingredients of past survival.
You are here to revel within your own life’s journey. You are here to love and be loved. You are here to
laugh, to play, to feel light-hearted. And, my dears, you are here to be fulfilled within every step.
And you can have all of this, you can live in this manner. In order to do so, the you who you have been
requires change, requires self-honesty, and requires inner choices that are truly meaningful.
You are ready, there is no question about that. Take the time. Take the time for yourself. Take the time for real
inner reflection and honesty. And take the time to discover what has been binding you to past survival’s
suffering. You will be amazed at what you discover! And I will truly applaud such discovery! I am most fond of
you.
and ten! And what a glorious year this will be!
You see, it’s all about you! You have that phrase, don’t you? This year, more than any other preceding time,
you are being called to be so very real with yourselves, to cast aside the past ways that are no long working for
you, to refuse to say “yes” when you want to say “no” and vice versa.
You are being called upon to reflect upon your true desires, your dreams, and your intent for this journey.
And it is in your very best interest to do all of these things. Why? Well, the truth is that you don’t want to
suffer. You have had enough of survival. Many of you have said that you’ve had enough, but are still trapped
within the cause and effect that promotes difficulties and more so, deep inner sadness. Well, that’s not a crime.
You’re not bad. You haven’t failed. But! You are ready to shift and change.
And you might be saying that you’ve tried everything and you are still stuck. And to you, though I am most
fond of you, I say, Bosh! You haven’t tried everything. What you have tried is external manipulation to your
external world. You have tried to think differently; a good beginning, but barely putting your toe in the water.
What can you do? Well, you’ve heard it all before. But that’s just it, you have heard it, you have read it, you
have even studied it… but you haven’t really gone within your own self and proceeded with the next step in your
evolutionary spiritual journey. What is that next step?
The next step in your spiritual journey is to firstly recognize that you already are awake. So stop trying to
figure out how to awaken, how to ascend, how to be more than who you are. You are magnificent, even though
you don’t quite realize that yet.
In that you are already awake, know that you will continue to expand in your conscious inner knowing, and
this process will feel like bursts of awakening, bursts of energy, bursts of bliss, and perhaps bursts of inner
peace. And all this occurs without your efforting.
The next step in your spiritual journey is to begin to get more and more honest with yourself. One way to do
this is to tell yourself that you are not deciding anything, you are not making any major change. You are simply
getting honest.
For example, if you dislike your job, then getting honest would be to admit that you would like to have a job
that you absolutely love, one within which you are fulfilled in all manners, including that catch-all… financial
abundance.
Of course getting honest goes a little deeper than the external participations, but that is a good place to beg
Then, really begin. How? Oh you are going to love this! Take each item that you have listed and ask yourself
what is your participation within your unhappiness, what is your survival manner that promotes the continuation
of unfulfillment, and what feeling, what emotion is connected with this issue.
Perhaps you are unable to communicate your real needs? Perhaps you are remaining in a job, a relationship,
or a geographical location within which you are unhappy… because you are financially secure, because you can’t
bear the thought of change, or because you feel a change might be too big for you to handle. Those are all
familiar feelings and statements to self. Yet getting honest in this way will begin your journey toward freedom.
Remember, I’m not asking you to change anything externally. I’m simply asking you to get truly, deeply, very
deeply honest with yourself.
When you’ve done this step, take a rest. Go for a walk in nature. What have you accomplished? You have
discovered how you have been bound to unfulfillment and unhappiness through avenues of self-victimhood. Not
a blameful thing, no. Yet I do say, if you have had the feeling that you are a victim to your own life, you have been
participating in the continuation of victimhood. And now it is most definitely time for change.
Here you are in two thousand and ten and you are, perhaps, choosing to change! Perhaps you have had
enough struggle. Perhaps you have had enough reading and studying. And perhaps you are ready to take the
next steps toward freedom. What are they? They are this.
The next step is to sit quietly and ask yourself how you would like to experience your ever-unfolding journey.
Now I’m not asking for external particulars, though there’s nothing wrong with wanting things or situations. More
so, I am asking you to reflect upon how YOU would like to experience your journey. Now think about this and get
real, get very real. And while you are getting real, with each idea, ask yourself the question, “When this occurs,
then what?”
You’ll see. This little excursion into your own inner self will surprise you. Keep going until there is no further
answer. I’m not going to tell you what will result; I can say that you all will come to the same conclusion. Why?
Because you are all ready. Because you are all magnificent. And because you are here to experience the real
you. Oh I know you’ve been hearing that for a while, but that doesn’t change the truth of the message.
Let’s get something clear. You are not here to suffer. You are not here to struggle. You are not here to
despair. And you are not here to reside within continual heartache. Those are the ingredients of what? They
are the ingredients of past survival.
You are here to revel within your own life’s journey. You are here to love and be loved. You are here to
laugh, to play, to feel light-hearted. And, my dears, you are here to be fulfilled within every step.
And you can have all of this, you can live in this manner. In order to do so, the you who you have been
requires change, requires self-honesty, and requires inner choices that are truly meaningful.
You are ready, there is no question about that. Take the time. Take the time for yourself. Take the time for real
inner reflection and honesty. And take the time to discover what has been binding you to past survival’s
suffering. You will be amazed at what you discover! And I will truly applaud such discovery! I am most fond of
you.
| Merlin speaking on January 2010 |