Goosebumps Are Godbumps

I want to share a passage with you today from ANGEL WATCH: GOOSEBUMPS, SIGNS, DREAMS AND DIVINE NUDGES, by Catherine Lanigan. I remember when I finally began to realize the connection between goosebumps and the presence of God, His angels, as well as other representations of Spirit.

My clients often hear me refer to goosebumps, Godbumps, zaps, buzzes, etc. as confirmation or the presence of Spirit. I thought perhaps some of you would enjoy reading the passage below and reflecting on the times when you have felt these bodily responses and reactions. I encourage you to begin paying attention to the loving signs you are given when you ask for God’s guidance and presence in your life. Too many times we limit and or restrict God with our self-limiting beliefs. (Spirit is tapping me at this moment! Confirmation!)

Goosebumps are, after all, the knowledge that the divine is at hand….For good or ill, to let us know we’re safe or to advise us of wrong choices, goosebumps help to move us back onto our divine path. They are instrumental, but only insofar as we pay attention….One of the reasons for our being so slow on the uptake is that we don’t explain our actions and efforts in spiritual terms. How easily we pass off the divine as “coincidence” or “mistakes” or “unexplained.”

….There is always an explanation, if we are willing to look deeply enough for the answer….It takes faith to believe that we are all worthy of divine love….

….And the next time you feel the hairs on the back of your neck rising to attention, stop and ask yourself if what you’re doing is part of your divine path. If someone relates a story to you and goosebumps spring up across your forearms, that is confirmation of the truth. Use those goosebumps, along with your gut feelings, hunches and twinges at your heartstrings, to know when to trust and who to trust. When you’ve said your prayers and the heavens did not open up and lay the answer out in script for you to read, remember to listen with your inner ear to the words of your loved ones around you. Listen to the suddenly familiar song on the radio whose title might be the answer to your prayer.

You’re being contacted every day and night. But are you watching? Trust that your guardian angels are guiding you, every step of the way.

May you have many blessed experiences with Goosebumps/Godbumps!

With Love and Light,

Jeanne

Teach Your Children

The most important thing that you can teach your children is that Well-being abounds. And that Well-being is naturally flowing to them. And that if they will relax and reach for thoughts that feel good, and do their best to appreciate, then they will be less likely to keep the Well-being away, and more likely to allow it to flow into their experience. Teach them the art of allowing.

~~~Esther and Jerry Hicks

(Excerpted from a workshop in Milwaukee, WI on Wednesday, July 5th, 2000)

Compassionate Illumination

Today Spirit directed me to pull one of my books off the shelf and take it with me to my doctor’s appointment. The book was PEACE, LOVE + HEALING: BODYMIND COMMUNICATION & THE PATH TO SELF-HEALING: AN EXPLORATION, written by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

I have had so many wonderful experiences where Spirit has pointed me on my path and lovingly waited for that fabulous instant when the realization hits and the understanding flows forth, providing me with a huge “Ah ha” moment! I trusted that there was a reason I was taking this particular book and that a very special moment was on its way to me!

So, as I sat in the waiting room, I said to Spirit while my book was closed, “What is important for me to pay attention to in this book at this moment?” I randomly opened to page 88 and was greeted by three lists. The first list read WHAT I KNOW, the second list read THEREFORE, and the last list read PLEASE KNOW. I was immediately pulled to the last list and began to read.

I want to share this with you because I believe it will help you to help yourself and to help others as well. You see, this list was compiled by a man who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and was told by those in the medical community that he would be dead within three months to a year. He was informed that “his chances were small, the radiation he was undergoing useless, and he was sure to have terrible side effects from the chemo (this last at a time when he still hadn’t shown any)….”

He refused to give into the negativity and the hopelessness. He refused to stop living. He refused to allow others to dictate his experience. His Spirit sprung into action and he owned his power by writing out “Edwards’ Credo” and taping it to his wall, addressing it to “any new physician on my case”:

PLEASE KNOW:

1. I know you can help me in a positive way if you want to. But please remember that my life belongs to me, those I love and those who love me.

2. My wife and I are convinced that good medicine is more than protoplasm. We also believe in the body’s mental powers and the help we can get to bring all of these resources to bear on my problem and to help you help me.

3. I have much to live for and I am trying very hard to do whatever I can mentally and physically to make whatever you prescribe or do as effective as possible.

4. I personally know of people with what I have who have done well despite the poor odds. I intend to also, by buying as much good time as I can for me and those I love. Perhaps we can do even more. That is why I am here. Otherwise I would not be.

5. There is hope in my heart. Do not do anything to encourage its replacement with pessimism or bitterness, for it will inevitably lessen my comfort level and worsen my condition.

Now, allow me to move ahead, to 30 minutes after I read this and was in the examining room, door open, while the nurse was organizing the papers in my folder. I was sitting, waiting patiently, when I became aware that I could overhear one of the physicians, who happened to be on the phone in his office, speaking to one of his patients. It was obvious she was scared and in the process of making a big decision which would impact her health.

This man was human. He was warm, considerate, aware, caring, and fully present for her during a scary time. He answered her questions, didn’t push to end the phone call, and reassured her repeatedly that she had to make the best decision for herself. He asked her if she had any other questions! The conversation ended with honor and respect.

I sat on my exam table, pondering the immensity of the gift the man had just given that woman. And, I decided I had to thank him. Yes! He needed to know that someone noticed his loving heart. So, I told the nurse I was going across the hall to tell the doctor he had just done a good job. She called out his name to let him know I was coming.

He looked up from his desk with a look of surprise as I whisked into his office. “I’m sorry to bother you,” I said, “but I just overheard your conversation and I want to tell you I am proud of you.” I reached out to shake his hand. He looked stunned and smiled gently, extending his hand. We shook hands, looked at each other with knowing smiles, and then I quickly walked back across the hall to wait for my doctor.

So, what was that? Hmm….What was that?

THAT, my dear friends was a man practicing COMPASSIONATE ILLUMINATION.

Our Deepest Fear

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves 'who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?'

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

~~~Marianne Williamson

Return To Love

A Gentle Reminder

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

~~~Goethe

Visitor's Feedback About Bella Woods Experience

On August 20, 2008 J.'s email read:

Hi Jean. I just wanted to drop you a line and thank you for all your words of wisdom and compassion. I truly felt better on the way home. Pretty drained, but better. I guess that just means I have further to go, and I will! Bella Woods was exactly where I needed to be and I'm so thankful that I listened to that voice that said I should go. You are a great blessing and a true inspiration to listen to what is calling you. I look forward to talking with you in the near future. Once again, my many thanks!!!

Sincerely,
J.

Making A Difference

One day a man was walking along the seashore.
He noticed that during the night
many seashells and starfish had washed up on the shore.
Thoroughly enjoying the morning sun and cool sea air,
the man strolled for miles along the sand.
Far off in the distance, he saw a small figure dancing.
The man was joyous that someone was celebrating life
in such a grand and uninhibited manner.
As he drew closer, however ... it became apparent
that perhaps the figure was not dancing
but was repeatedly performing some ritual.
Approaching the small figure, the man noticed that it was a child.
The girl was methodically picking up starfish from the shore
and tossing them back into the surf.
The man paused for a moment, puzzled, then asked ...
"Why are you throwing those starfish?"
"If I leave these starfish on the beach," she replied,
"the sun will dry them, and they will die.
So I'm throwing them back into the ocean
because I want them to live."
The man was silent for a moment, impressed with the child's thoughtfulness.
Then he motioned up and down the miles and miles of beach and said,
"There must be millions of starfish along here!
How can you possibly expect to make a difference?"
The young girl pondered the man's words for a moment,
then she slowly leaned over, reached down,
and carefully picked up another starfish from the sand.
Pulling back, she arched the starfish gently into the surf.
She turned to the man and smiled.
"You may be right," she said ...
"But I Made A Difference For That One!"

Author Unknown