Dear Guides,

How can we learn to stop trying to prove ourselves, to prove our worth? How can we really get it, that we are divine, okay just the way we are?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 3.16.2010:

Dear ones,

This is a truly powerful question, one that is primordial to the human condition. There is the tendency amongst you to think that you are here to color on the chalkboard, to fill it all up with a most intriguing and beautiful, full picture, leaving no space unfilled, each section more beautiful and appealing than the next.

It is as if you believe that this quest is the justification for this lifetime and that you are, or will be, a failure if you do not achieve this glorious creation in your lives.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

While you may have a lot more fun if you spend your entire life drawing beautiful doodles and creations on this chalkboard, it is not a requirement.

You will not get brownie points.

You will not get a standing ovation on the other side.

It is not even your purpose, your before-birth promise to yourself, in MOST cases. Most of you envisioned accomplishing something which was much more of a “spiritual” goal, or something about your “being-ness,” something like working on your ability to be tolerant to others, or your ability to live with joy in your heart, or to be able to travel through difficulties with an inner equanimity.

Do you see how internal these goals are? As if no matter what the circumstances are that might surround you, what counts is how the inner game will be played: how do you do and how do you BE in these particular circumstances?

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Channeling (c) 2010 Minda Bernstein
Painting (c) 2010 Julie Bernstein Engelmann

Painting title: Being Okay as We Are 3.16.2010

Dear Guides,

How can we re-energize when we feel fatigued yet need or want to keep going?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 3.9.2010:

Dear ones,

We are here for you. When you don’t have the feeling that you are hooked into an unending source of gas or an open gas station to keep your motors running, know that we are here to give you many ideas of how to fill the tank, or refresh your spirits or water your parched throats, or light your fires to keep jigging and jogging.

Use the moment of impending fatigue, the slow-down of the energy, the quieting of the mind to your own advantage. Thank your body for giving you the signs it gives you about who you are and how you feel in a given moment.

Take a moment to consider, “Could I rest? Do I need some pampering at this moment? Am I longing to be more in touch with my inner self, my needs, to feel connected to my reason for living?” Give your body and spirit the chance to add input, to speak out that there is something that is being overlooked at the moment - if you have the time just then.

If it is a question of being in action and there is no chance to stop and reflect, it is a matter of getting the job done and what is needed is to continue the flow of energy and keep on moving forward, even through a flagging moment, then you can access your deeper reserves.

You have pockets of reserves strategically placed all throughout your body and mind, like socks with emergency dollars hidden around the house. We can guide you to find those reserves.

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Channeling (c) 2010 Minda Bernstein
Painting (c) 2010 Julie Bernstein Engelmann

Painting title: Re-Energizing When Fatigued 3.9.2010

Dear Guides,

What happens spiritually when there is a breach in a relationship, such as an affair? What are alternative ways to look at it and react to it?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 3.2.2010:

Dearest ones,

We feel the intensity of this question, cloaked as it is in high emotion and many moral layers within your society. The intensity is generated from the issue of trust. That trust in a worldly relationship is a reflection of trust in the Universe. It is very easy for you to think these are one and the same, that if trust is broken in your world, it puts into question your ability to trust the Universe.

In other words, what other unexpected and emotionally challenging moments await you? And why would you have manifested this most painfully non-life-affirming situation?

It is also about love. Such a breach is a moment where you are left feeling unloved, as if love passed you by, that you are not cherished in the ways you had assumed.

Suddenly, many of your premises are put into question. “Is the Universe a safe place? Or will I be sideswiped by threatening situations constantly? Am I loved and lovable? Can others love me? Does God love me? And, more importantly, can I love myself?”

These questions all bring up the feeling of alone-ness, being separate, being cut off from your most close and trusted support systems, your earthly partner, with whom you have made vows of commitment for the very purpose of discouraging such breaches, and your connection with trusted Source or God, from whom you expect ever-present unconditional love and support, and from whom you don’t wish to receive “hard lessons” or challenges that seem disproportionately hard to deal with, thank you very much.

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Channeling (c) 2010 Minda Bernstein
Painting (c) 2010 Julie Bernstein Engelmann

Painting title: Relationship Breach 3.2.2010