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Words to Ease Your Soul
Messages to guide the spiritual path
Jacqui Rogers
Author of the best-selling Simply Spiritual
Publisher information
Jacqui Rogers © 2014
2014 digital version by Andrews UK Limited
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Dedication
For Ray, whose support inspires me to keep writing.
Also for Melanie: I may wear the armour but she has the sword,
and we shall succeed because we believe.
Acknowledgements
This book is written with gratitude to Arthur,
with thanks for his words and for his love and wisdom;
also to Fah Hian for his strength and to Dave.
These are three of my spirit helpers who guide me daily.
About this book
Words are so important. They can stir us into action and lift us from despair. But we don’t all have someone to offer those words to us when we need them, though we all deserve to hear them.
This book is inspired by spirit for when you need that little extra help. Here, the spirit world speaks to you as it speaks to me, so please read these passages as if they were written just for you and let their power show you the way forward. I believe that within each passage is a hug sent from the spirit world directly to you!
The writing is for when you are searching for the words to change your life, to inspire you and to make a difference for yourself and for others, to open up to amazing possibilities and to know how special you are. May your beautiful soul be eased.
The writing is grouped into themes. But you may choose to allow the power of your higher mind to guide you to the passage that you need right now. Hold the closed book in both hands and meditate a while on the issues that concern you, then open it at random...
With love, Jacqui Rogers
Jacqui’s website is www.simplyspiritual.org.uk
The Journey of Life
Journey
The sun spreads across the western sky,
the hues of red and puce shine brightly like an artist’s colours
that someone has let loose.
I stand beneath this vision here, now wide open on the plains,
as shadows flash upon the ground,
a mess of scattered stains.
But I know this sight so very well,
I see it daily as I walk this Earth;
I see it by night and I have seen it from my birth,
Wakan Tanka’s display of strength and love
to show what power exists.
And we marvel and create the legends from such views by sunlight kissed.
Mother Earth provides us with all we need
to live in this, her lovely place.
But it grows smaller every day as our needs encroach the space.
Is it need? Or is it greed? We must decide between the two
for it’s our choice that in the end will make the best of me and you.
This Earth will bring you all you need in life,
so say the stories long ago,
the legends that we pass down from the sacred buffalo.
We thank our great-grandfather for all the life he brings,
we thank the strongest eagle
for the shelter of his wings.
The sacred pipe of buffalo gives the cleansing smoke
to purify a vision quest for everyone to signify
a gain in greater knowledge that is linked to the greater goal -
expanding who we are, growing within our souls.
So will we listen to the words? I ask because so many have not done,
Nor taken responsibility, yet blaming everyone.
We have to know ourselves right now,
as our ancestors look down from above,
so that we may do what they could not - find peace and brotherly love.
Responsibility
The candle burns solitary and alone, the only light in the room and the only source of comfort for the inhabitants. There they sit, condemned by their fellow man for something that they did not do, resigned to their fate, resigned to know that truth does not really matter and all that seems to be is what deems to fit the situation. There is a great sadness and a defeat for the loss of so much to come and what has been; their punishment is the ultimate, their life.
How can we imagine the feelings of one who is condemned to die? Being maligned at the hand of another when their cause has been just? Can we only empathise or sympathise with the case, with the people or with the cause? Or do we wipe responsibility from ourselves? Are we going to judge the same as everyone else? Or are we going to sing our own songs and follow what is in our hearts? Throughout all ages and all cultures this has been happening. We hear the lament “Protect the innocent” but if only this were always the case - perception is the key, and it is important to find the one that fits correctly. Are we going to judge?
It is very difficult not to do this. We all do it every day of our lives. Is it an opinion or a judgement? What’s the difference? And do we use the same information to come to that decision? Interesting isn’t it? How many times has someone judged you because the situation fits, and you must be the wrong-doer - when you know that you are totally innocent? Who listens when you cannot prove that fact? As in the case of so many before, the answer is “Very few” - unless they have discovered who they are and have the moral strength to overcome their peers.
We may not be condemned to lose our life, but we may be condemned on another level. People believe what they hear. Indeed, when they hear it they have a choice to acknowledge the truth or not of the opinion or judgement raised. So we must all decide if we want to pass it on. But beware that sometimes idle gossip can be misconstrued as fact... My opinion may not affect me if it is about someone else, but what if it were said about me - how would I feel? How would I feel to be maligned incorrectly? We must not justify loose words and feelings, for we have not walked the path of that other person and we do not know what they have endured to get to this place in time.
We all need to be aware and responsible for who we are, what we say and what we do. No longer can we pass blame onto another and escape the consequences. We will all face what we do on this plane of life when we get to the next! Be aware that no-one judges us outside of our Earthly plane - only we will do that ourselves, so be mindful of that fact.
We all have so many opportunities to advance and move onward, so that when we arrive in the spirit world we arrive at the correct place we need to be for our onward journey. We cannot be perfect, that is impossible or we would not be here. But on the paths we tread we can attempt to be a little circumspect, see the reality, see the facts and not the hype. The truth is always there, we cannot say it is hidden; we cannot say “We did not know” because we do. We have been shown by all the ages and the people who have gone before just how bad things can be, how much the following of even one person can bring to our world in one way or another.
I hear you say “I already do this” - but the people I know don’t. And that is a judgement in itself. I am sure that they are saying the same thing about me. So what can we do about them? Not a lot really, is the truth
. All we can do is live our lives by example, being leaders to show the way of love and respect, showing that we can talk the talk and walk the walk because we know it is the right thing to do. Some of us have been conditioned by the past, by our heritage; but we have a choice, there is always a choice to follow or to lead. They cannot judge you because you choose a different way, as that is your pathway not theirs.
So let us be responsible for our lives, for all we do and who we affect. Let’s send the love, the help when needed, and protect the innocent and show the correct way to be - and there is always room for improvement. We all know what this is and we must know it is possible. If we all did this, do you think there would be a difference? We know the answer to this, if only we all chose it.
So choose it and find your path, and it will always be bathed in light.
Don’t Give Up
Life is difficult,
every day a challenge.
Every day some more stress
loaded on your already overborne shoulders.
How do you cope?
Can you cope?
Of course you can!
Your love is special, always protected,
so stop giving away your power.
Keep it for yourself,
be a little selfish right now.
It will serve your soul.
And when you are fixed
your love can flow again.
Listen
When you want that change so much...
When you want to move forward in your life...
When you have given all you can
and still to no avail
and the frustration can’t be tamed...
Stop.
Just cease.
To do nothing it is to do all.
Silence can be very deafening.
And sometimes we just have to wait.
Our dreams and gifts will be of greater service
when we relinquish control
and sustain our values beyond just survival.
Then we shall blossom.
And when the wild time is tamed,
the springboard is set for us to explore...
to commit and find our dreams.
Smile
Did you even smile today?
Did your day go your way?
Or did the hassle and the noise make you throw out all your toys
from the metaphorical pram?
Did you love your fellow man?
Did you holler, did you scowl? Did you sulk and did you howl?
Shout at innocents along the way?
So, then, not a good day today!
We are in charge of our emotions, let’s not connect to the commotion
that goes throughout life all the time.
Let’s choose our own tunes, make them rhyme.
And if they don’t match others close,
let’s move away, not be verbose;
instead of words that sting like whips,
let’s lift the corners of our lips.
Examine carefully the perception, change the situation
with a smile upon our faces we shall see the correct places
to find ourselves encompassed in;
then we’re on the up, then we can win.
A simple smile upon the face can make the world a happier place.
Let’s not reject it with the mind, but if we try perhaps we’ll find
how much life changes with simple actions,
and so few difficult distractions;
from day to day life will improve.
No need to let go or remove the complications that bring you down -
it’s simple really, change that frown!
Be aware what others perceive, as what you give you will receive.
Angry?
Don’t shout and scream and stamp your feet,
just smile at everyone you meet;
there is no point in anger now,
so hear me as I show you how.
Lift your lips, it makes a smile
and makes you go that extra mile
to ease your ire and make you calm.
It really is a soothing balm.
Being angry will achieve
nothing; so relieve the stress
by listening to the inner voice.
We always have another choice!
Feel the Love
Let’s make our ancestors proud of us, and not be negative or mean,
or all they will have worked for will be lost and never seen.
Let’s strive in life for the good of love and make it all we can:
peace on Earth, goodwill to us and all our fellow man.
All we have to do is try, and if each one plays their part,
opening the mind and letting love come from their heart,
then they’ll see love in all its light, in many forms and ways,
which will expand and grow and give us peaceful days.
Let’s apply this logic every day in every part of living,
making it the measure of our receiving and our giving,
remembering that Spirit loves us, so we never act in haste,
then the love that we are given will never go to waste.
If we close our hands together, pressed towards the chest,
this is the pose of prayer, and to say ‘Namaste’ - blessed;
it is a spoken valediction, an offering in a word,
and we can then be sure that every prayer is heard.
Say it all around, to everyone you meet,
no matter where they come from, it will be to all a treat,
a sign that we can learn from them, an opening of a door
that bring us so much happiness, much love and so much more.
We can always make that choice, to live in love or fear,
and if we choose the former it will bring a happy tear;
but if we choose the latter we shall not have learned the fact
that Spirit is always with us and our lives are always tracked.
Let us use our salutations to greet the world as one,
then we shall find that all the pain and all the fear has gone.
Let’s do a little every day and start the journey now,
for Spirit walks alongside us, trying to show us how.
Trust their judgement now and take on board their peace,
this is the way we can achieve the slaying of the beast
that haunts us all in all we do, pushing us off track,
making us feel inadequate, thinking of all we lack.
Don’t give up on the game of life for in lands both far and near,
each of us is the same, we live in love or fear.
Don’t leave it until it’s too late, for our Spirit friends above
know that the only way is for us to feel the love.
Meditation
Find the peace and go your way, do it now, try today,
Don’t sit and fiddle with your thumbs for tomorrow never comes!
It’s easy just to sit and think, your mind bringing you to the brink,
it has you in its sway again, so many thoughts of there and then;
this happens to you every day, but don’t give up, let’s find the way.
Each and every day take time, a moment just to be sublime,
to go into your mind, go deep, jump in and take that extra leap
so you can go to places new, places created just for you
where you’ll find the answers right, a special place of peace and light
where reason will come into view and you realise the depth of you.
Perhaps you’ll see a lovely beach, a place that now is out of reach,
or find a forest in the sun where all is calm and work is done,
or maybe there’s a favourite place that seems beyond both time and space...
It doesn’t matter where you go, your mind will lead you, let it show
you where the Spirit can hold sway. It’s up to
you to find your way.
You will experience in this space all the love and all the grace
that you deserve, you should receive, do not doubt it, just believe.
You are as you should be right now, everything is right somehow,
so just remember you’re the light and you can make the wrongs all right;
everything is fixed right here. You deserve this so have no fear.
Pay attention to all you see, hear and experience on the journey of ‘me’,
for this is the spiritual path for you to enhance the beauty of your view.
Allow the love to come to you, feel that love in all you do
when you come back from your trip and life may surprise you just a bit;
you’ll have new insight now and then, you’ll see the love in other men...
And you may want to go there all the time, but we can’t always be in such dream time;
we have normal life, but its helps to know we can return when we choose so.
This becomes the point in all you do, it engages and it strengthens you
in living the life that is only yours, opening and closing many doors.
There will be love, there’s always pain and, yes, we always fall again,
but that’s okay as we learn to be and our minds achieve some mastery,
no longer slaves to anxiety, released from fear we can be free.
Going within has great effect, allowing us deeply to connect
with all the great and good around, and finding that is quite profound.
Where it leads us God only knows, at first we’re nervous, so exposed,
but never worry, now there’s a plan that will encompass your whole life span;
so go on trying to make life grand and you’ll find peace, you’ll understand.
You’ll find your peace within the mind, close your eyes and you will find
that as you do so and make time your life will suddenly be just fine;
the problems move and fade away and though they may return one day
you’ll know now how to overcome them, no longer dark, you have the sun.
You’ll find the path through every maze - problem solved, you’ll be amazed.
Take this journey to the stars, it belongs to everyone, it’s ours,
right here, right now, on this Earth it is your right from your day of birth
to find the true you. So make some time in a quiet place and pay the dime!
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