Dear Friends,

Congratulations, all of you who are standing here reading these words, for you are of the select few that have agreed to continue on this amazing, never-before-attempted journey back to your Self. We would urge you to take a few moments, even many moments, to catch your breaths, and turn around and look at what you have traversed. It is nothing less than a plain, followed by a great, craggy mountain. If you look back, you can still see the clouds hiding the peak of the mountain. You might describe your recent journey as swimming in the ocean and trying not to go under, or of walking across the desert with no water or food, hoping to get to an oasis before you dropped to your knees, or even of skating on the ice that you hoped wasn't thin or too slippery so that you could slide into something and hurt yourself.

As you have seen, the manifestation of this most recent time was the "appearance" of struggle, of intense situations from which you could not escape. If you find yourself still in those situations, you will find your way out of the "bag" by relaxing, breathing, and allowing Spirit to show you the new way out. For wasn't that how it felt? They were the same old energy situations that you found yourself circling around to time and time again, never figuring out how to do anything different. Then, once you became aware of your habits, around the middle of October when the energy surge was felt to clear up old patterns, you were no longer content to continue in your old ways, but didn't know how to move into the old. You were a cat who had gotten caught in a bag.

It scared you, and you ran around and around, pushing against the walls of the bag, trying to find an opening you're certain was there. But it was all walls this time. No punching out of the bag was possible, for that would strengthen the habit energy of you being able to "control" your circumstances from your human perspective. Have you not seen that your human perspective is not always the broadest and most comprehensive? Have you not seen that there are many alternatives that may serve you better? "Yes," you say, "but I do not have time to sit and look for new alternatives. I need to be out of the bag now, so I will just punch my way through something, even if it is not an opening." But you see, dear ones, an opening is just that ­ an opening. It is open for you to walk through into the light, into the newness. An opening is easy ­ it is already open. There is no need to punch or push or scratch against something solid, for if it is solid, it is Spirit's way of saying, "No, not this way."

So, if you feel yourself in a frustrating situation, we urge you to first relax in your "bag" for a moment and just get a feel for where you are. If you have been running around in circles you truly do not know which end is up. It is important to know that! Then just sit in your situation for a while, breathing deeply and calmly, understanding that everything is unfolding perfectly, and for your Highest Good ­ it could not be otherwise. Now close your eyes and just feel what it is like to be 100% in your physical body, that's all. Now see your current situation as it appears before you. Is there anyone else involved? What are the various aspects of the situation? How did it arise (we are guessing that it is nothing new ­ it arose out of circumstances that you created by your automatic actions and responses to your world)? What are all the possible courses of action YOU would like to take (these are you punching into the bag)? Now hold your hands in a ball in front of you and put that situation into the ball of your hand. See it there, feel it. Now send it love. Feel your hands growing warmer as you bless the situation. Now ask that it be resolved for your Highest Good. Acknowledge that you are releasing it to your Highest Good, and that you are making new choices based on love and unlimited possibilities. Now see what happens, for it will be different for each person. Some may see the "ball" rising into the air and disappearing, some may see it melting into the golden light. But trust and know that you have been heard. Now we ask you to be aware and open to the shifts in your situation. Remain open to the new possibilities and be willing to walk in that direction. For if you were angry at the situation before, now you may feel loving and compassionate. Are you willing to be loving and compassionate, or are you wanting to hold onto that anger because you're "right"? Being right in your eyes is not as important as being love in your eyes. What brings you to greater harmony? Being right furthers your illusion of separateness, and that will not serve you anymore. So this is helpful for whenever you feel yourself lowering into the denser energies that you have just emerged from. There is an acclimation time, so do not ever think that you are going back to the old, for that is impossible ­ you have crossed over into the land of light, you have walked into the entrance.

If you are here right now, you have crossed. Now it is a matter of getting your "bearings," of calibrating your energies to the new, of integrating. You may say that this is difficult because it has never been done before, and we would tell you this is true, but it is not new to you, it is what you know in your center of your soul as the natural way of being, for it is the way of Spirit, the way of Unity and connectedness. How could this be new? All religions speak of this Unity, all seekers seek this Unity, all dreams lead us to the One, for we are all part of the One. What does that mean to you? Do you feel it? We urge you to take the time to dwell in this space, for it is focusing on the new that will lead you totally out of the old.

To do this, please close your eyes again and take some deep breaths (have you realized now that deep breathing is good?), and just sit for a moment ­ there is no reason to rush around anymore punching the bag, for now you know the way out! (when you make extra work for yourself, you are wasting your energy, acting in the old unconscious way again ­ this is seamless, effortless, and easy!) Focus your attention on your chest area. You may have noticed a lot of extra "action" in this area as of the last 4 months or so, and this is because this is the preparation area for your opening into the New. Heart is the stillpoint between Heaven and Earth, and the entry point for the higher energies. You have been building your Higher Heart for some time. Now hold your hands about a foot in front of your heart area. Just become accustomed to that feeling in your hands and in your body. You have located your Higher Heart Center, and it is beautiful, we tell you! It is pure Gold, with all colors flowing through and around it. It is shining out on all sides with golden rays, just as in your pictures of the Christ when he is holding the Sacred Heart. Do you not see the golden rays emanating all around it? This is YOUR Sacred Heart. Feel it now. Now gently and slowly start to bring your hands into your chest. If it is too powerful, just remain where it is comfortable. You are bringing more of your Higher Heart energies into your physical body. Just take your time. There is no rush anymore, and isn't that a glorious thing?

If you are able, bring your hands totally into your body until they are resting on your chest. How do you feel? Just sit with that feeling for as long as you want, and know that you are residing in your Sacred Center. This is the seat of your new home now, and in this place you are connected to the All, and to every single other energetic being in the whole Universe. Smile and know that you are Home. Isn't it a miracle? Who would have ever thought that the secret to the whole Universe could be found within you? For as your movie says, "There's no place like Home." (Susie's note: I've been seeing "Wizard of Oz" references EVERYWHERE ­ have you? You may want to go watch it again ­ there's a pretty profound scene where the giant Head is talking.)

You have made it: you have traversed your landscape, you have ached, and fallen, and cried, and sweated, and screamed, but you made it. We tell you, you have arrived. We tell you, you will never go back. Your old life is no longer, for whatever was not of the Light is an illusion, and much of what you built your life upon was part of the illusion. That is why many of you have been feeling a deep sorrow that you were losing something, that you were moving away from something and leaving it behind, that you were all alone in this place. This is because you all had to make your journey into the new by yourself, much as being born and dying. They both contain openings, and they are both done alone.

Of course you always have support, but the actual work is to be done solo, much as the chicken emerging from the egg, or the butterfly emerging from the cocoon. The strength it takes to break out of the shell and cocoon is the strength that will enable you to fly. So be proud of yourselves, connect with others who are on this journey and hold a party to celebrate. There is much to celebrate. Relax into your new rhythm and do not fear ­ you are firmly, yet gently, held aloft. You will not fall ­ that was never a possibility, just as it was never a possibility that you would fail. You have succeeded, for everything you do is a success for it leads you closer to your Truth, to your Center, and to your Home. We are here, as you are here. Feel us with you and be at peace. And breathe. Just breathe. Thank you.