Category: Religious Messages

Angel Message from Ann Albers

“My dear friends, we love you so very much,

In the midst of the darkness, many centuries ago, there came a great light. A humble child was born in a manger embodied a love so pure and surrendered to a light so bright that it forever changed and elevated the vibration of humanity.

Each of you remembers this light. Each of you longs for this light. Each one of you is birthed from this light, and each of you celebrates this light when you find it birthed within your own lives.

You feel this light in every kind word and ever thoughtful gesture. You see this light in the eyes of every baby who looks upon the world with wonder. You feel this light in your own hearts when you extend compassion to a fellow human being. You channel this light when you feel the currents of love and appreciation running through you, and every time you share a loving word or gesture with one another.

This light lives in you. You, are the manger in which the light is born over and over again. You are the lamps that never extinguish. You are spirit of the season and your light is present all year long.

So as you embark on your holiday season, be the lights of the world. When you shop for presents, shop with love. When you make a gift, hold it to your heart and fill it with love. When you bake, bake with love. When you share with a charity, do so with love. When you leave your milk and cookies for Santa, know that you are leaving an offering of love for the spirit of love and generosity itself. When you can sit for a moment, ask to be filed with heavenly peace, and to feel find the presence of the silent night within your own quietly beating heart.

We wish you a season filled with peace, joy, wonder, and most of all, the beautiful light birthed within you, shining forth into a world in need.

God Bless You! We love you so very much.
— The Angels”
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Judgement – A Favorite Story of Lao Tzu

This story happened in the days of Lao Tzu in China and Lao Tzu loved it very much.

There was an old man in a village, very poor, but even kings were jealous of him because he had a beautiful white horse.  Kings offered fabulous prices for the horse, but the man would say, “This horse is not a horse to me, he is a person.  And how can you sell a person, a friend?”  The man was poor, but he never sold the horse.

One morning, he found that the horse was not in the stable.  The whole village gathered and they said, “You foolish old man! We knew that someday the horse would be stolen.  It would have been better to sell it.  What a misfortune!”

The old man said, “Don’t go so far as to say that.  Simply say that the horse is not in the stable.  This is the fact; everything else is a judgement.  Whether it is a misfortune or a blessing I don’t know, because this is just a fragment.  Who knows what is going to follow it?”

People laughed at the old man.  They had always known that he was a little crazy.  But after fifteen days, suddenly one night the horse returned.  He had not been stolen, he had escaped into the wild.  And not only that, he brought a dozen wild horses with him.

Again the people gathered and they said, “Old man, you were right.  This was not a misfortune, it has indeed proved to be a blessing.”

The old man said, ” Again you are going too far.  Just say that the horse is back… who knows whether it is a blessing or not?  It is only a fragment.  You read a single word in a sentence– how can you judge the whole book?”

This time the people could not say much, but inside they knew that he was wrong.  Twelve beautiful horses had come…

The old man had an only son who started to train the wild horses.  Just a week later he fell from a horse and his legs were broken.  The people gathered again and again they judged.  They said, “Again you proved right!  It was a misfortune.  Your only son has lost the use of his legs, and in your old age he was your only support.  Now you are poorer than ever.”

The old man said, “You are obsessed with judgement.  Don’t go that far.  Say only that my son has broken his legs.  Nobody knows whether this is a misfortune or a blessing.  Life comes in fragments and more is never given to you.”

It happened that after a few weeks the country went to war, and all the young men of the town were forcibly taken for the military.  Only the old man’s son was left, because he was crippled.  The whole town was crying and weeping, because it was a losing fight and they knew most of the young people would never come back.  They came to the old man and they said, “You were right, old man–this has proved a blessing.  Maybe your son is crippled, but he is still with you.  Our sons are gone forever.”

Judge ye not, otherwise you will never become one with the total.  With fragments you will be obsessed, with small things you will jump to conclusions.  Once you judge, you have stopped growing.  Judgement means a stale state of mind.  And mind always wants judgement, because to be in process is always hazardous and uncomfortable.

In fact, the journey never ends.  One path ends, another begins:  one door closes, another opens.  You reach a peak; a higher peak is always there.  God is an endless journey.  Only those who are so courageous that they don’t bother about the goal but are content with the journey, content just to live the moment and grow into it, only those are able to walk with the total.                                              Osho- Until We Die, pp. 36-40.