Celebrating Michael in Service

It is such an honor to be a part of the MJ community.  There is so much love, awakening, giving, sharing, learning, and growing going on for all of us.  The birthday celebrations and projects are sure to have Michael smiling and twirling in joy and love.  I think he approves of us giving him the gift of doing our part to make his dreams come true.  Vaccinations, children's parties, money for orphans, children's homes, and so many more, as well as endless individual acts of love, all in his name.  It is a joy to be a part of.  Michael said,  "People sit at the table and pray, and that's beautiful, but doing something is the thing, we have to ACT."  I see that we are acting, as his advocates, devotees, emissaries of love, representatives, disciples, followers, students, gopis.  Whatever we call ourselves, we are carrying on Michael's work and wishes and with his guidance and inspiration, we are making a difference and changing the world.  He said, if each of us could help just one person, its a big step forward, because there's a lot to be done.  We hope you like all your birthday presents, Michael.  They are only a drop in the bucket compared to what you have given us.

My beautiful friend Siren, and I, spent the day together celebrating Michael on his birthday.  We had set the day aside, making arrangements to have the time free for our little trip to Banff and Lake Louise in the beautiful Rocky Mountains only a couple of hours from home.   Having lived here for so many years, we tend to take our local attractions for granted, but as I had planned to write about our day for my devotion, I was looking at everything through the eyes of all of you who have never been here and it helped me to appreciate the wonder of it.

We had planned to make Stones of Love for Michael and leave them at the top of Sulphur Mountain, where there is an old Cosmic Ray Station and a weather station.  Cosmic Ray, sounds so Michael like that we thought it would be a good place to go to celebrate him on his birthday.  There is a gondola that takes people to a big lookout station with a restaurant, and from there it is a bit of a walk to another peak where we planned to leave the stones.

Proudly wearing our Michael T-shirts, and knowing it was going to be a warm and sunny day, we forced ourselves to take time to stop for gas before we left the city.  As I waited to pay for my gas, I heard an older lady asking for help to put coolant in her car.  The cashier told her that the gas attendants are not allowed to do for her, as they are not mechanics.  Normally, I would not even think twice about the lady and her predicament, but being Michael's birthday, and wanting to ACT as he would, I offered to put the coolant in for her.  She was very happy to have my help, and as I was pouring it for her (hopefully into the right opening) I showed her my shirt and told her it was Michael's birthday and I was remembering him by helping her.   I think she thought I was a bit crazy, but she appreciated the help.   Feeling great for making the effort to do this small random act of kindness, we drove out of town and stopped at a drive through coffee shop in Canmore about an hour later.  This time we asked to pay for the order of the person in the car behind us.  This is something I have often thought of doing, but have never followed through on.  The cashier warned us that the lady's order was a big one, but we were excited to have the chance to give again.

On the highway again, we headed for Lake Louise, listening to Michael and catching up on all we had to share with no computer or telephone between us.  I highly recommend to everyone to find someone who lives close enough, or if not, make the effort to go and meet other Michael followers.  It is wonderful to be able to share feelings, thoughts, insights without holding back, or wondering if the other person thinks you are insane.  It is wonderful to have the time to get deeply into the conversation without having to sign off, or hang up, due to personal or business responsibilities.
We walked along the path at Lake Louise, Siren offering to take pictures for tourists and enjoying the beauty of the day, and then had lunch on an outdoor patio looking out over the lake.   Time was magically flying by, so we headed back to Banff, to the bottom of Sulphur Moutain to get on the gondola.  There were many, many people there, and we were probably the only Canadians in the waiting line.  There was a bus load of Japanese tourists, and people speaking French, German and other languages we didn't understand.   We got in a car with a Japanese couple, and with Siren keeping her eyes closed all the way,  rode above the trees, with the parking lot and town of Banff, fading away until there was nothing but tree tops and sky around us.  Soon we were being welcomed at the top.  We didn't stay at the main building where most of the tourists were, but started on our walk over to the Cosmic Ray Station.

Finding a spot where we could leave the main walkway, we looked for some nice flat stones, and sat on a big rock to enjoyed the sun and the view.  We got out our markers and our Dancing the Dream book and made our Stones of Love for Michael.  There are so many incredible quotes from Michael to choose from, it was tough to settle on only a couple.  I was imagining visitors walking up and reading one of our stones, and realizing that Michael is much more than they had realized.  Our only company was a little chipmunk who suddenly appeared standing between us on our rock.  Since we didn't have any food, he quickly lost interest in us, and disappeared into the rocks.   Times was magically flying by, and we gathered our markers and stones and headed back to the walkway to go up to the top of the lookout.  We tucked our stones along the way, where they could be seen, but hopefully not disturbed too easily.   It was getting cloudy, windy and cooler as we reached the Cosmic Ray lookout point.  We put our last stones, along with a birthday card for Michael under the steps of the weather station cabin.

At the very top of the lookout point, it was very windy.  We were waiting to be alone, as there was one more thing we wanted to do for Michael's birthday.   Finally, we just couldn't wait any longer, and in spite of the other few people around, we shouted out together "We love you Michael"  into the wind.  Just then, as we looked at the clouds, there was a heart shaped opening with light streaming through.  Siren snapped a couple of pictures, and then it was gone.  Hugging each other, and having done what we came to do, we hurried back down to the top of the gondola, half afraid that the wind would cause it to be closed and we would have to walk down the mountain in the dark.  No worries, it was much calmer when we got there, and we were soon zooming down the mountain.  A quick dinner in Canmore, lots of conversation and music all the way home, and before we knew it, our day was over.  It was like a time warp, one day of a different life, which we can hold in our hearts, along with Michael.  Just something else to be grateful to him for.  My intention is to continue to Celebrate Michael in Service, not only for his birthday, but as my ongoing gift to him, to myself, and to the world.

I have posted an album of pictures on my facebook page for anyone who would like to see them.
Celebrating Michael Aug29/11

One in Love

Nothing real can be threatened

Nothing unreal exists

Herein lies the Peace of God

This quote is from the introduction to A Course in Miracles.  I think if we could really understand the truth of these words, we would actually become enlightened beings, finally remembering who we truly are.  Everything in the physical world can be threatened, so if the above statement is true, it must mean that the physical world is not real.  What is there that can not be threatened?  The only thing I can think of is Love.  I know for sure, that nothing can change my love for Michael, my love for my children, my family, the planet, the joy of giving to others.  No one can touch that, no matter what is going on in the physical world.  Michael said, when we're gone, all that's left is the love.  


During the upcoming trial, I would like to ask you all to join in the intention of holding this space, Call for Love, to be truly loving.  If we can remember, even during the difficult time ahead, that only love is real, we can have an actual healing effect on the proceedings, or at least provide a safe, caring place for us to come to be filled up with love to face the day again.  Let other places handle the discussions, the pros and cons and controversy, anger and indignation.  We can blanket Call for Love, with love and only love, for our own sake, for Michael's sake, For the sake of peace on earth.  There is so much more at stake than the outcome of one trial, however important that trial seems to be.


What is at stake is the credibility of us as Michael's voices, hands, feet, and ears in this world.  Our behavior during the trial will affect the future of our work for him.  It will affect how the outside world views him, and us, and takes us as a serious force of change or not.  Can we stand together, outside the courthouse with Sunflowers as our symbol of unity, peace and love for Michael.  Can we stand together on our one small facebook page and spread the word of love for everyone, even those who appear to be unworthy of our love.  What would Michael do?  He would tell us that we are all One in Love with Him, forever.  It's the only thing that's real.

One in Pain - Call for Love Devotion August 17

Sometimes it seems that the purpose of life is to avoid pain
Pain causes suffering
the two seem to go together
Then again, maybe they don't need to
Could it be that it is not the pain, but the suffering that we don't want?
I recently got a tattoo
There was pain for sure, but there was no suffering
In fact, it was pain that I looked forward to
because it was for something that mattered to me
I had chosen the pain

Maybe pain and suffering do not need to go together
suffering comes from wanting things to be different than they are
If we accept things as they are, the suffering can be greatly reduced
I know this is hard when we have lost someone we love,
or if we are sick,
or our life is not going the way we would like
these are the times when we have a choice to suffer or not,
or at least how long we will continue to suffer

Pain has another side,
it has a purpose
and a potential for growth and love
which is far greater than the suffering

If we share our pain,
if we help others with compassion
if we see how much we are loved
or show others they are loved
if we give from our hearts in someone's time of need
if we carry on, in their name, doing what they would do
if we learn more about ourselves and who we really are,
there need not be undo suffering,
pain can be a blessing
if it helps us to become ONE
because that is what we are here for
and pain is one way we can get there

So let's skip the suffering
Let all things be as they are
and remember to love one another
using everything that happens in our lives
to express who we really are
even the pain

Isn't that what Michael did?

One in Joy - Call for Love Devotion August 10

In my early twenties, I had a palm reading done for me, just for fun.  One of the things he told me was that, when I was fifty, I would have more than most people ever attain.  At the time, I thought two things,  one was that I was going to be rich, and the other was that it was so far in the future that there was no point even thinking about it.  Fifty, to me, was an eternity away!  I didn't give much thought to that reading again, and I certainly have not become independently wealthy.  This week, when I was thinking about the topic of One in Joy, the palm reading kept coming to mind.   I kept shaking it off - thinking it had nothing to do with Joy.  Even as I sat down to write, I had no intention of sharing this story, but here it is again.


It is now apparent to me that the riches I imagined I would attain at the age of fifty were not riches of possessions and money.  It wasn't material stuff that was seen for me, it was more real than that.  It was Joy.  That prediction of so long ago really has come true.  What I have received as a gift, at this time in my life is the Joy of having a meaningful purpose in my life, what I consider to be the meaning of life, which is to truly love others, to truly give of ourselves, to truly care about each other and our planet.  I feel these things in my heart, whereas before, I knew what was good and right, but did not necessarily FEEL it.  I learned to truly FEEL joy in my heart, from Michael Jackson.

I believe that God is Love, and the FEELING aspect of Love is Joy.  I think that Michael's purpose here was, and is, to teach us about Joy.   Our true Joy comes from doing what we love to do, and sharing it with others, as Michael always did.


We are starting to prepare ourselves now for the trial that is ahead.  Feelings are rising,  we all love Michael so much, we can not bear for his passing to go unpunished.  My question is, can we place our focus on Michael's life as an agent of change, rather than the very unsatisfying possibility of a 4 year sentence being the goal.  We will feel no better the day after that sentence is pronounced than we did the day Michael was taken from this physical world.  The only thing that will help to heal our pain is to show the world and ourselves, that we will never allow his message to fade, that no meagre prison term will compensate for the value of what he gave to the world.  My intention is to focus on the resurrection rather than the crucifixion.   This does not mean that there should be no consequences for the person, or people, who caused the loss of life, it only means that those consequences are not what will heal us or the world.


I am so proud to be a part of the MJ community.  The wonderful work that has been done in Michael's name has already made a huge difference to so many people.  It is uplifting to read the writing, watch the videos, see the donations to worthy causes, the projects of all kinds.  This is the way we are changing the world.  This is how we become One in Joy, for Michael.


What we know about how the Universe works, is smaller than a drop in the ocean.  We can only see the tiniest part of the whole picture.  How can we possible understand the meaning behind events from our perspective.  All that is ours to do, is to follow our own Joy.  This is how we can show Michael that we understand his message of LOVE.  I am so grateful for the gift of Joy that I have received.  I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Leaps of Faith - Call for Love Devotion August 3

Faith, I think, is that thing in our souls that tells us we are right when everyone else is telling us we are wrong. This is a quote from Diana's devotion of earlier this week.  It really touched me, because this is the message that I am inspired to share with others.

  It is my passion and joy to encourage
 people, including myself, to 
say Yes to our Hearts and do whatever
 it is we are here to do, as Michael 
always did.  This is the message I hope is conveyed in Ever After, with the story of Michael's life.  His faith never faltered, no matter what, and we can use his example to help us to do the same.  If we listen to that faith, that truth, that knowing inside us, our lives will change in ways we never could have imagined.   Faith is believing, that the Universe is a safe place, that God is with us, that everything is happening just as it should, and all is well.





This is
where the leaping part comes in.  We can say that we have faith, we can think that we have faith, we can hope and imagine that we have faith, but when we really find out if we do or not, is when we are standing on the edge of a decision, something new and unknown, and we need to take that step forward.  No matter how hard and long we look ahead, we can not see where we are going.  There are no guarantees, that's why it's called faith.  The amazing thing is, that as soon as we take that step, the bridge is there for us.


I have taken leaps of faith in my life, sometimes I have waited so long at the edge of the decision that it was more like being PUSHED off the edge instead of leaping.  Since Michael has come into my life, I have made many more leaps, and they seem to be getting bigger and more meaningful as time goes on.  They also are becoming easier, as my faith grows.

My Unity Talk about My Lightning Bolt Experience

Unity Talk          Unity Talk Part 2

This is an audio link to a talk I did at my church on May 8, 2011.  It is about my journey with Michael.
Siren has kindly posted this audio for others to hear.

You Are Not Alone

You told us

 countless times

 in your songs

I'll be there

You are not alone

I'll never let you part

You're always in my heart

You're just another part of me

Yet we wonder,

is it really true?

we doubt

that we are worthy

of such unconditional love

But you are eternally patient

We have as much time as we need

to let the truth sink into our minds

our hearts

our souls

You have told us

countless times

the truth

but it is hard for us to imagine

that we could be worthy

of such devotion

Sometimes 

we feel alone

we think we might be losing our minds

we long for that connection with you

reassurance that all is well

you never fail to tell us once again

  

I'll be there

You are not alone

I'll never let you part

You're always in my heart

You're just another part of me

After two years

we are starting to understand

we hear you, feel you, know you

as much as ever

we realize

that you will never leave us

we can not be separated

we are one with you

as the sun with its sunbeams

the ocean with its waves

the symphony with its notes

we are your sunbeams, your waves, your notes

when we feel alone

it is not because you are not there

but we have chosen

not to see you

temporarily

we can choose again

and when we do

you will still be there

and we will finally really KNOW

that we are not alone