In months with five weeks, on the fifth Thursday there is no channeled blog or Dear Guides Journal. This way subscriptions to Dear Guides Journal are always four to a month.

However, the great news is that people who subscribe to Dear Guides Journal or who are signed up to receive the Beauty & Spirit Note will get a special message e-mailed to them on the fifth Thursday of the month.

Wink wink nod nod, go ahead and sign up! Enjoy!

In the spirit of love,
Minda & Julie

Painting (c) 2010 Julie Bernstein Engelmann
Painting Title: Anticipating the Beautiful Day 4.25.2010

Dear Guides,

Because our world is unpredictable and often tragedy strikes without warning, many of us experience fear in our daily lives. How can we better deal with this fear and what is an alternative way to approach life’s scariness?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 4.6.2010:

Dear ones,

As the powerful positive energy is raised by your collaboration of sisters, you give an example or a model of one of the ways to deal with pervading fears. By manufacturing a flurry of good vibrations to surround you, you create a kind of zone of protection, a focus of intention, which draws the positive events in to fulfill your intentions.

This is an example of manifestation, pure and simple, even though what you manifest in this “vibration-raising session” is not concrete like a “barn raising session” would be or a knitting bee. But it is just as real.

It is a gathering of forces together to help create something, in this case powerful positive connection to your Divine Source, to the inner knowing of what is right in the Universe, to reminding you of your path, of trust, of connection at all times, no matter what the circumstance.

Know that energy, though not as obvious as creating a tower of blocks to surround you, is just as real to those who can see with eyes sensitive to other layers of reality. There are those among you who can see this, and scientists are honing in on their ability to measure and account for this other dimension or other way of seeing non-physical presences.

What is important is to learn to recognize how powerful a tool this is. Once you begin to notice it and become aware of it, you will be able to measure its influence on you and even consciously use it as a protection or as a pro-active way of creating your life more in the way you desire, rather than being the recipient or seeming “victim” of situations and events that may appear tragic and uncomfortable or dangerous.

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

Painting title: Fear of Tragedy 4.6.2010

Dear Guides,

When is it best to keep silent about our aspirations and the secret plans most meaningful to us and when is it time to talk about them, to develop our voice in order to bring our dreams into manifestation?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 4.1.2010:

Dear ones,

You are resonant chambers containing divine sound. Sound flows within you and it comes through you to the outer world. As it comes through, it brings the magical contents of your divine vessel out into the world. Thus it is a powerful agent of transformation to your own selves and to the world around you.

You can cultivate your awareness of your glorious inner being and then use the vehicle of your voice to share that and increase the light and passion and beauty in the world. It is what you do through your actions, through your voice and through your love.

In fact, everything you do could be termed part of your working as a factory-of-God production line, sharing the divine which is born within to the outer realms which so gloriously reflect the light back, doubling and multiplying exponentially the power of the divine light.

These are all words describing what is known as the God force expressing itself in the world creation. It is what is, and it is what you are participating in at every moment.

When you actively, consciously participate in this exchange from within to without, it is just that much more powerful than doing so passively. It brings more energy to the transaction, so to speak, and also it has the ability to bring you much more joy and sense of fulfillment as you become aware of the exchange and the benefits of this cyclical process.

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

Painting title: Finding My Voice 4.3.2010

Dear Guides,

Some people over-express their stories and needs to the point of dominating conversations or relationships. Others hold back and under-express their stories and needs. What are some ways to create a healthy balance in terms of both giving and receiving within a dialogue or a relationship?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 3.30.2010:

Dear ones,

Oh, but balance is a key to your exploration of the world you live in. You are touching upon one of your great challenges, using discernment and discretion between your own personal self and expressing who you are, and juxtaposing that with another person or, by extension, with all the people who surround you and are radiating their own stories and influences out into the Universe, expressing themselves.

You are truly only concerned with your own expression, as are they.

Speaking for yourselves, authentically imprinting upon the outer world who you are inside, sharing the gifts that you bring to the table, and contributing to the creation of amazing things which come into existence when the one joins the many in synergy – these are some of the true delights offered to you in your lifetime on Earth.

You are asking a question that is fundamental to understanding this game of interaction which is key to why you chose to come here. You desire to become aware of your divine nature and you wish to experience connection with your divine source. But you also wish to be able to express that divine being who you are to others and create the beautiful patterns that result from the intermingling of one with another.

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

Painting title: Expressing Oneself in Dialogue 3.30.2010

Dear Guides,

Is it valuable to communicate authentically, to acknowledge and share with others the struggles we’re going through? If so, how do we do it without creating a negative story? If we stick to only expressing the positive in order to reinforce the positive, are we glossing over the opportunity to learn and grow from our challenges and are we cutting off our human, authentic connection to others?

Excerpt from Minda’s channeling on 3.22.2010:

Dear ones,

First let us say that authenticity is the most beautiful color that can halo you humans, shine forth from you, ground you, connect you to Source and to each other. It is the whole reason for your being on this planet, to become more and more in touch with who you really are.

But who you are on the deepest level. Not just the surface person as you may see yourself, but way deeper than that, encompassing all of your great unlimited strength and wisdom and your ability to create on every and any level.

So we would encourage you to follow the path of authenticity, but know that it is far more than what you might see for yourselves in an instant of just glancing around the room. When you want to speak about where you are at, for instance, you can glance around the room and say, “I’m in a chair in an office.” Or you can speak of the house you’re in. Or the city or country you’re in or the planet or solar system.

You can speak of the state of emotions that are passing through you at a given moment. Or you can speak of all the emotions you’ve known and gone beyond, leaving no more than traces in the dust of old pains, hurts, things which have since transformed into much grander or nobler or more constructive expressions of Self.

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There is so much latitude possible regarding how you express this. Yes, it can be expressed through whining and as a victim. Or it can be spoken with full power and taking responsibility, even while you are totally raw and authentic.

You can express the journey you are going on, and how you see the aspects of the problem. You can use the opportunity to express and release your pain and difficulty, all the while or afterwards trying to view the situation from a broader perspective, moving out into wider and wider circles of understanding, seeing it in the bigger picture, and seeing how this problem will bring you greater benefits as you pass into resolving it.

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

Painting title: Authenticity vs. Positivity 3.22.2010