Rev. Lady Diannia Baty © 2009
There are so many of you that are suffering, confused, scared and worried. The changes that are taking place in our world are a bit over the top. I am aware of that and I am not suggesting a Pollyanna approach to life. It is not my intent that you pick daisies while the mountain is spitting fire. I think it is more important in these times for everyone to come to know how their mindsets affect their lives. Most people are conditioned to worry and this leads to confusion, suffering and fear. I have been asked how I remain so calm and unruffled.
The answer is because I choose to. Yesterday I received the news that a brother has been diagnosed with bone cancer in his arm. It is advanced. When I heard it I was not surprised as I do know that illness is a part of life and so is death. One of my other brothers has been out of work for months. A friend of mine is about to lose her home. The list goes on. If I were to worry about all of this I would be a basket case. There is just no point to worry. Worry takes away peace in a heart beat and shoves it into the darkest recesses of your mind.
Worry is something you start to share with everyone you meet when they ask how you are and even when they don’t. If you are miserable you spread it around like the flu and no one wants to catch the flu. There is an old saying about how misery loves company. This is what it means. Are you spreading a lot of misery around? I would rather you bring me a smile and a positive attitude. You can still share what is going on with you. Just do it in a different way. Give me hope not hardship.
Have you considered that when you start heaping all of your life woes on others and whine about what are you going to do about it that you are making them feel terrible too? Pretty soon they share with you all of their troubles and you both feel worse instead of better. Would you like a little cheese with that whine?
Thank you, the world just got a little gloomier because
you wanted to share your misery!
Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. The winds of adversity blow on everyone’s head. We all get a hole in our boat so to speak and the best thing to do when that happens is to bail water. Looking at the rising water and worrying about it is not the ticket to dry feet or dry land.
Your thoughts have intense energy even when you aren’t articulating them. When you take a thought and wrap it in emotion you have increased the energy of it. When you put words on it, it becomes the most powerful of all. Sent out into the universal energy soup it becomes something that attracts right back to you what you are putting out. This is the law of attraction at work.
If you have been a worrier for a long time, it has become a habit and habits can be broken. Just become aware of your thoughts. If you identify your thoughts as worry then put a different twist on it. For every worried thought replace it with something you are blessed with. Be grateful for something instead. Just keep doing this every time you are worried about something. Do it consistently for twenty one days. Why twenty one days? Research shows that if something is done for approximately twenty one days it becomes a habit. The habit of gratitude will replace the habit of worry. As far as I am concerned a gratitude habit is a far better habit to have.
My mother was a master of worry. We used to say to each other not to worry about something because our mother would do the worrying for us.
By the way, most people in your life will stop sharing things with you because they don’t want you to worry about it. Have you noticed that even when some good news is shared with you that you will still find something to worry about? Is this really how you want people to perceive you? Ask people around you if they see you as a chronic worrier? If the answer is yes then make some changes.
God never meant for you to suffer this way. There are far better things to do with your thoughts and far more beautiful ways to empower yourself and others. Worry does no good! Taken to the extreme this negative emotion can make you very ill and possibly kill you. The chemicals your brain is releasing into the body from worry is debilitating and is feeding your cells some nasty stuff. Ever heard of cortisol? It is produced by stress. It causes a lot of serious health issues. If you are a chronic worrier you more than likely have chronic fatigue. I encourage you to goggle this word and find out for yourself what you are doing to your health and make some big changes.
If you think that worry is nothing to worry about, think again.
Worry also muffles Gods voice and presence in your consciousness. Maybe God is sending you the answers and the guidance you so desperately need but you don’t recognize it or hear it. You are too busy worrying. I imagine God got call waiting.
I implore you to take this seriously. The world and your family need you whole and peaceful. This is just something for you to think about.
A Light Unto The World
Spirit Letter August 7, 2009
In a recent letter with the Holy Spirit, it was imparted to me to understand that we are all a light unto the world and each one of us has a mission to fulfill.
Each one of us is in a constant ripple effect that is moving, evolving and changing and it never stops and never will. When the first man and woman drew breath and started talking and thinking, it is still rippling around the world. I feel compelled to share it with all of you!
Dearest Holy Spirit,
On this day I was born 60 years ago and it has been an incredible journey of highs and lows, of heartbreak and love and most of all my connection with
you as I finally knew some years ago that you are always with me. I kept hearing you repeat the words…a light unto the world and your prompting to scribe your words. I am an open and willing vessel for whatever you have to share.
My Dear Ones,
I wish to impart to all that desires to gain peace and knowledge that whatever you want is already within you to bring it about.
You must first become very clear about what it is that you are trying to manifest into your life.
Be fully present to your fears and do not deny what you are feeling. Only then will you be able to transform the constant nagging uncertainties of this world. Talk about it to others. When you see that you are not the only one that is experiencing whatever it is that causes you unrest and pain you will find peace. When you bring any negativity to the light it cannot exist any longer. It cannot! I wish to drive this truth home to your consciousness.
Each one of you has a mission and a path to fulfill and until you honor that, you will not be fully at peace. No longer is it acceptable in your heart of hearts not to honor your light that wishes to shine brightly unto the world. No matter your present place in life, it is an honorable place to be. Mothers and fathers have just as much power and worth as the leaders of your countries. Every leader of every country has a mother and a father.
You are each so vital a light unto the world. How does your light shine? What are you doing to enjoy and spread the blessing that you are? The farmer’s of this world that either grows acres of food or those who have a tiny garden bring light unto this world. Plant a forest or plant one tree. It cannot be measured to the magnificence of such an act. They are equally important. Teach one child or teach hundreds. It is all the same in the impact of it. Stop measuring yourself against the accomplishments of others. The man or woman who is either wealthy or just barely squeaks by is equally wealthy in untapped resources. Everyone has a voice, knowledge and ideas that must be shared for the greatest and highest good of all.
Look candidly and openly at results of your life and you will see where you co-created it. I have given each of you the gift to bring about a life of joy by your choices. If you have not had a life filled with light and joy then make different choices! From wherever you are or who you are or what you have be a light unto this world. At this time in your history recorded or otherwise
it is paramount that you understand this. Label it good or label it bad. It will become what you say it will be. There is not one of you who is less or more than another. You are one! You are one! Open your hearts and love your diversity. Do not wish away a vital part of all humanity. You are all priceless jewels that lead to enlightenment. Be of service in every moment to yourself and then another. Be a light unto the world.
I AM… I AM…I AM
Dear Spirit,
I am feeling a large range of emotions these days. Mostly, I do feel hope and joy.
I also have such a feeling of peace and that although my concerns are few that I shouldn’t give them a second thought. For the most part I feel gratitude for all the precious beautiful happy moments of my days.
I observe many people around me making changes and putting an effort into those changes. It is as though they are finally getting the fact that they are the co-creators of their lives. I know this is good.
What do you have to impart to me today. I am open for your words to flow through.
The response…
Oh, My Dear Ones…
Look outside at the frost crystals that cover everything and see the glory of creation.
You are one of those glories of creation. You are beautiful and perfect just as you are.
I respond to the hungry seekers of knowledge. I am with you always and cannot be severed from what I have created. Even if you deny what we are you cannot sever the connection. Those who call themselves atheists are the most befuddled of all of you for it is in their souls that I abide stronger still. They deny their own existence when they deny that I exist. In truth, they know but their egos demand that they do not acknowledge this truth. So it is that with their free-will they would say that they are an accidental quick of nature. It certainly does not give rise to their incredible energy fields when they think that they are alone in this vast universe. Such nonsense!
The veil grows thinner between the dimensions and the perception of the spiritual world is stronger with each passing day. Many of you are having experiences that delight and at times confuse you as you strive to understand. Be calm and just allow and all will be revealed to you. Do not try to force into your field of knowledge to be the master of these new experiences. Mastery comes when you are most at peace with what is. Pushing against it is not the key…just allow.
Shifts of consciousness are dramatic for you and seem to come faster. It is true that it is happening faster than you have felt before in your life. Do not be alarmed. Know that all is perfect as it. Changes are being thrown at you so keep your catchers mitt on so you can hold within your field of energy what is on its way. The trees stand steady in the blowing winds and do not uproot themselves to get out of the way. Learn from this.
You understand?
Your perceptions of your interactions with others are changing quickly also. You move and shift from liking and disliking someone in the same day and then back again. You move from respect and love to a desire to escape and end your oneness with them and stand in judgment to acceptance constantly. You cannot make up your minds. You are like the tree that would uproot themselves to get out of the way of the approaching winds. Uprooting and moving would be certain death of the tree and it would be a sickness in the soul if you likewise did the same.
Take stock of the many souls who are in your life experience and are helping and mentoring you constantly above and beyond what is normal for most.
Are you in gratitude? If not, know that not to give back in kind and acknowledge to them their gifts of time, financial help, love, acceptance, and patience is the greatest and highest good for you and them.
Are you being responsible for everything you have and being a good steward of it?
Are you taking and not giving?
There are far too many of you who do not give back and this is selfish and greedy and you will know the energy of that experience as it will be returned.
Are you like a ship without an anchor and seek safe harbor? Are you rowing or just letting the current take you wherever the current goes? Are you heading toward the rocks of the shore or steering toward safety and happiness?
Is your spirit open or closed? What are you creating with your actions? What is the legacy you leave behind for others to model themselves after? Step back and look at yourself from a spectators view and ask yourself where you could have done things differently.
Are you taking care and responsibility of self or are you letting others do this.
What aspect of self have you been projecting in your image and how has it served you either good or bad?
Where is your ego in your life? Is it healthy or diseased and polluting all that you are trying to manifest?
Grab your spiritual clipboard and take stock before all your vital essence of soul is leaked out.
Talk to me…talk to me and I will lead your toward your finest and grandest essence of what you are. It is time for all my children to remember.
You are blessed beyond anything you can imagine in every moment.
I am
I am
I am
Tags: allowing, free will, judgment, mastery, peace, perfect creations, seekers of knowledge, truth, writing to God
Mastery
Rev. Diannia Baty © 2009
The bridge is built to gain access to the other side of something.
You cannot get there unless you choose to traverse the bridge
step by step,
in your own time…in your own way.
You move forward according to what you know
not by what someone else knows.
Until you move forward the other side
It is just a concept.
To bring a child into the world
you must go through the bridge
of growth and time
forward, always forward
until it comes into being
through birth.
Thus is your life as a seeker.
You will cross many bridges
and redefine who you are
to become who you were meant to be.
Mastery knows to cross the bridges
as the journey itself is what is powerful.
Tags: evolving, mastery, spiritual, spiritual path
Rev. Lady Diannia Baty
When you wept the tears and they
rolled down your cheeks
Did you feel the brush of an angel’s hand?
wiping them away?
When you collapsed with grief
Did you feel the cushioning of your fall,
as an angel rendered strength
while your knees gave way
so you could stand another day?
When you asked why this happened?
Did you feel the soft whisper of an angel’s voice
telling you not to lose faith?
Did you hear that this too shall pass
and there is nothing to fear.
When the anger was so great that you thought
it would burn your spirit to an ember
as you remembered the past
did you feel the cooling breeze pass over your head
as the angels soothed you to stillness.
When the pain was so great that you felt as if your heart
was melting into the ground
Did you feel the soft caress of an angel’s wing
holding you in loves embrace
and bringing you to God’s honeyed grace?
Did you feel it dearest?
No closer could God be.
Remember that this a
part of life
and this truth shall set you free.
I believe that I have a lot of patience. Maybe at times I have too much.
Lately, I have had a lot of problems sending emails out and there has been a lot of frustration because many of you have called and e-mailed me and said, “What’s up?” Some of you have asked me if I am ill and so on. I am grateful to know in this way that so many of you rely on the articles and poetry.
One woman wrote me that she is an CEO of a large company said when she gets to work in the morning, my articles and messages are what she looks for and opens to read before she does anything else. Sitting there sipping her coffee and dwelling on whatever the message may be is the highlight of her day. She told me it sets the whole tone of her day. Her patience will be soon rewarded.
If you are on the website reading this then then you know that you can now have access to all of the postings and read at your lesiure. You can become a member of the spirit letter community and post comments so all other members can share in your insights and experiences.
That is what it is all about…sharing and growing. So much assistance has been pouring in for me to get the things done that I must do as my mission and purpose are realized. There has been so much growth in this past year. I walked outside tonight and gazed up at the full moon and drank in its glowing soft face and felt such graitude for each and every one of you who have reached out to me.
Yes! I am still here for you plugging away and being guided by My God, Your God, Our God. It still amazes me that God fills me with so much to share with you. Sweet Dreams my spiritual seekers, all is well!
Rev. Lady Diannia Baty
Tags: articles and messages, gratitude, mission and purpose, patience, Spirit Letters, spiritual transformation
It may be time to do a little weeding.
Rev. Lady Diannia Baty © 2009
As the world changes, relationships are going to change with it. Old paradigms and beliefs are crumbling. Reality as we knew it is not the same. As we change our inner world and our perception of reality we are not such a pushover anymore. On the road to spiritual enlightenment we become different. The people in our lives will see this difference. Some will be attracted and some will be repelled.
The truth of the matter is spiritual or not, everyone who is in our life is not meant to be in it for the rest of our lives. Nothing exists in a vacuum. We change. They change. Everyone changes. These changes come about through our life experience. It is supposed to be that way.
Being creatures of habit, change is difficult for many of us. We want to hang onto the status-quo. We have our little comfort zones and we want to stay there. Comfort zones can become suffocating. What we previously thought was comfort is not comforting to us any longer.
The spiritual path is not easy and no one ever said it would be easy, especially in the beginning. We start to see traits of character and personality in those closest to us in a different light. It is as if we are seeing them for the first time. As your awareness grows you are no longer unconscious and the things that you tolerated before out of a thing called friendship, you simply cannot tolerate anymore. You didn’t want to rock the boat. You wanted to be liked, loved and you were easily manipulated.
When you validate yourself through someone else’s perception of you a false way of living is endured for the sake of acceptance. We have a tendency to go far past our comfort level for a friend. Even if we know we should not do something they have asked us to do we say nothing or once again loan them money that will not be paid back, baby sit for an hour that turns out to be all day or make excuses for their bad behavior.
It could be other things that are going on like being late all the time or not being there when you need someone to take you to the doctor because you have having tests done and shouldn’t drive home. How about that time you moved and they suddenly have a bad back. Maybe you co-signed on a loan and they defaulted ruining your credit in the process. On and on the list goes and now you are wondering what in the world you are doing with someone like this in your life.
They strike at your heart telling you that you are the only friend they have and without you they don’t know what they would do. They tell you how wonderful you are. They take liberties with the history you have shared. They know your secrets and you know theirs, or do you?
If you get angry at them they will tell you that you know them and what is in their heart. How can you think and say those things about them? How can you indeed.
Mutual respect is at the heart of any healthy friendship. If you know for a fact that you are not being respected, it just may be time to move on. I call it weeding your human garden. In the beginning they may not have been a weed but remember we are changing and evolving. In the natural world weeds take over and suffocate other plants. Some weeds are parasites sucking the life out of another plant. If you know for a fact that when it comes to the golden rule it is not being applied to you as far as your friend goes, it might be time to put on your gardening gloves and do a little weeding.
Who you remove from your life is often more important than who you decide to keep. People are very much like the company they keep. As I continued to learn and grow on my spiritual path, I found myself shedding friends left and right. I had found that the older the friend, the greater the chance that we have little to nothing in common anymore. Realizing that all you have in common is a past life and the experiences you two once shared, the decision to move on becomes easier to make.
You might have been that person who liked to party until the wee hours of the morning. You might have loved to gossip about others together. You might have been someone who was shallow and self absorbed but that was then and this is now.
You have changed and they have become more of what the two of you once were. They are still staying out to the wee hours drinking too much. They are more self absorbed and selfish as ever. Whatever they may be doing has become toxic and is not evolving into something better no matter what you say and do. Spiritually you know that you cannot change another, only yourself.
Spiritually you crave peace now and you are standing in a place of non-judgment. You are not saying that they are a bad person; you are just realizing they are toxic for you. So you let them go with love in your heart knowing that they are a child of God the same as you. Their path is far different than yours. You know the time has come and so you move on. Do it with dignity and grace. Simply tell them that your paths are different now and you need to move on. There is no way to make oil and water mix. Wish them well and exit stage left. You will feel a big weight being lifted from your spirit. When something is removed, something else will come along to fill the space.
However you choose to move on is up to you but I am here to tell you that I have done this because spiritually, emotionally, physically and financially there was no other choice that rang true and powerful except to move on.
In the process I discovered so many things about myself. In each case I blessed what had been revealed to me for my personal growth. It brought me closer to God because I could see the creator’s handiwork in my development. In stepping back from something or someone I could finally see the forest. I could see the guidance that I could not see before. I walked boldly into my highest and best expression of myself. I could also see that in staying in a toxic relationship I had actually impeded their growth as well. We were both stuck in the quicksand of denial and need.
I know that God wishes the very best for me but I am the one who must make decisions that empower me. I am the one who has to live my life. If the very best decision for me is to let go of relationships that drag me down then that is what I must do. A lot of people tell me this is hard to do because of an emotion called guilt. Enough already of the guilt! When you are taking a cab home from the doctor’s office and can’t make your car payment because you loaned them money again and a promise of being paid back never came about and you find out later they lied to you about what they needed the money for or they were sitting at home watching tv instead of giving you a ride home, any guilt you feel should be a thing of the past.
You know if you are valued. You know in your heart of hearts when it is time to let go. Open your life up for empowering relationships. You can’t bring in the good unless you release something to make room for it.
For everyone who may be dealing with this issue, it is time to know when you have gone too far for friendship. It is time to evolve and embrace your new life. It is incumbent to know thyself. Wise choices are more important than ever before. This is just something to think about.
Embrace your new best friend…You!
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