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Hello Dear Ones and Welcome,

Today I asked Gerry to speak on the topic of Luck, for I believe it to be one of the most misunderstood concepts among the human realm.

There are things that do happen by random chance and they happen to all humans because of the variety of energy that they come in contact with- and normally those things aredesigned to happen in that manner. For example, national lotteries will offer millions of ticket holders the chance to win a portion of a large jackpot of money. The game is statistically designed to create the most random of variables – so is it really luck in this sense that causes one to win – or is it the thought form of the winner? Both could be the correct answer. A soul could choose to experience the tremendous shift of going from lack to abundance – as many do – but there are so many things in your life that touch upon your ability to attract abundance in all its forms…be it love, money, a fulfilling vocation and even more!

For many of you, abundance is something that you have struggled with and feel that you may have worked very hard to attract and I speak to you today to say…please RELAX! Life was not meant to be so much of a struggle and sometimes you can be working so hard that you actually prevent the energy from coming your way!

Have you ever tried to loosen a screw or take the lid off of a jar and it seemed to get tighter and tighter until you realized that you were twisting it the wrong way?

Or have you ever struggled to open the lid of a jar and then handed it to someone – who you know has less strength then you, maybe even a child – and they twisted it off with ease?

They did not have the concept of struggle re-enforced in their thinking each time the lid didn’t come loose (which your mind translates to failure and struggle). They went in expecting it to open with ease!

This is the same concept that you will notice will happen in your thinking about abundance. The truth is that sometimes the harder you work at loosening the jar of abundance – the tighter you make it!

You have become so accustomed to phrases like “no one told you that life was going to be easy,” that you have come to believe it – and I  tell you dear ones – in every incarnation you face situations, and have the opportunity to experience them in an easy or a challenging way. Neither way is right or wrong – and each carries back to your soul valuable information for growth. But if you have already spent a major portion of your life in struggle – then perhaps a little bit of “easy” would not be such a bad thing!

Today Gerry will offer some tools to bring more ease to your life and I will answer some questions to help you to break the cycles of struggle.

Please allow us to help you to create a new life!

Go in peace,

Love, Margaret

(This message was delivered to the listeners of the first “Messages from Margaret” Hay House Radio Program. The program airs every Tuesday from 3-4PM (PST) and 6-7 PM (EST). You can find it here):http://www.hayhouseradio.com/hosts.php?author_id=829

Hello Dear Ones and Welcome,

I offer great thanks to all of you who have come to hear this program today and I offer the same message to you that I offered to those who came to read the book “Messages from Margaret.” By reading the book or by listening to these words you have made a conscious decision to take an active part in the re-creation of your life and as a direct result you have begun the energetic process of that change. There is a concept called the butterfly effect that scientists have developed that basically states that even the slightest change of energy in one part of the planet could cause a massive ripple effect on the rest of the planet…and this is a theory that is very true. Every one of you who move into the realization that life is not a random manner of occurrences, of which you have no control – but rather it is a creative collaboration of you and your fellow beings on this planet – you come to understand that every action you take, and every thought you have is creating your reality.

Many of you out there may find this a daunting concept that seems too difficult to live up to, or you may have heard the theory before but rejected it because you would never have consciously created the life you are in now- the illness you are suffering – the relationship pain you are feeling – the grief you have encountered.

But I come today dear ones to tell you please fear not…for you have been creating this reality all by yourselves because you believed you were alone and we have been here on the sidelines waiting to be asked to help. That is why I came to speak to Gerry and why I asked him to take my messages to others – to create the workshop so others could speak with their angels – to write the book so that these messages could be carried throughout the world – and to bring this message to all forms of media, like this radio show, so that you could feel the vibration of its ripple and you could take it into your heart and soul and you would learn that you canturn to your angels to help you to create the life you came here to create…which is a life filled with love, service and the knowledge that you all are one and we are all connected.

The ripple has begun and the world changes every day as the ripple moves forward…sometimes in waves of resistance, the same as a flowing stream is re-routed by rocks and then as gently flowing river and finally as a powerful ocean. All begins with a single drop of water. You are that drop of water – and you are that power ocean – one and the same. Your journey to become that power has begun.

Go in peace,

Love,

Margaret

Hello dear ones and welcome. I know that as many of you read the newspapers, or listen to the news on the radio or the TV, you might be noticing that there is a sort of see-saw effect that is taking place in the world at this time. Some months ago, the Arab Spring, and other revolutions, ushered in what was hoped to be a new time of free thinking and economic growth and yet now it seems that the fighting has returned and many of the voices are calling for a return to more restrictive thinking. Your leaders cannot seem to come to agreement on anything…and while your worldwide financial situation seems to be improving, there are still millions, upon millions out of work and suffering.

You may look at these things and try to figure out “how did things get to this place.”  Even within your own relationships you may notice that one day you may feel so close to your loved ones – and they to you – and then the next day there is tension and problems that seem to come out of nowhere, or when they come from somewhere they are so much bigger then you think they should be.

I tell you dear ones that this is a very special energetic period and you are feeling what I could best describe as the waves of love and the undertow of fear. You may all be aware that when the ocean brings to the beach some of the biggest waves, it creates a relationship in the sands below it called undertow. The sand at the beach floor is actually being carried back out to sea by the swirling pressure of the wave that is hitting the beach…and being pulled back. When someone is in the water they can literally be pulled out into the ocean by these waves. This is actually a part of how most beings exist because all of you are very much made up of water – and water contains electrical impulses that assist in the magnetic process of carrying messages to the brain and then back again to the body. All of this happens in a nano-second, but the effect is similar at the personal level as it is on the worldwide level. The only difference is that when this process hits a certain tipping point of people then it becomes a movement – which is nothing more then a collective thought.

So much like a wave – a single person has a thought and shares it with another. That thought may come from the heart or the brain of the first person – and as it is shared it will come from the brain or the heart of others who share it. I say the brain or heart to differentiate between a cognitive thought and an emotional thought. Both are very powerful, but the emotional thought brings with it more energy and more magnetic pull that allows for faster manifestation. Here is where the see-saw effect takes place. A group of people begin to think in a similar manner that change is needed in their lives and as those people begin to become more emotional about this thought it gains power and momentum just like waves in the ocean. As they begin to manifest themselves into a “breaking” thought – a clear manifestation of action around the thought – just like a breaking wave, then the undertow of fear begins to begin to be created in those who do not agree with this frame of mind. And the energy of this undertow is then carried out to the collective thought (the ocean) where it begins to build power as the emotions of the first group begin to relax by their feelings of fulfillment of their thought and emotion. Now the second group moves their thought from fear – to voice – to power and then it “breaks” as a wave of energy or change and the undertow of the fear of the first group starts their movement back to sea.

The recent hurricane “Sandy” that hit the East Coast of the United States and the countries below it was an example, however, of what happens when thought becomes so powerful that it “breaks” in ways that immerse everything and everyone! These are the situations when one group becomes so strong that their “wave of change” destroys everything in sight and the undertow of fear is so strong that it becomes buried in the sands. This is what you see happen when one group “bullies” another group and makes them so powerless that they are unable to raise the energy to create a new “wave” of change.

So what then you might ask is the answer – and I tell you dear ones that there is only one – love! Love for all things, for all people, for our friends, for our families and for our perceived enemies as well. I say “perceived” because you all are one energy that comes from the same place and your perceptions of others are purely based on those things that you have been taught by those that you trusted to speak “truth.”

But in real truth, you all come here seeking the same things. You seek to be loved and cherished. You seek to laugh and explore the wonders of the world around you. You seek to be fed and nourished and cuddled and you seek to be led and taught by those that you can trust so that you can feel secure! Think about it – how different is what you seek today from those things that you sought when you were a baby. I tell you that those primal needs are always present and as you grow you place your trust in other teachers, and they often mislead because they have been misled. And when you are misled your first instinct is to hate the misleader and not to trust as easily again…and each time this occurs this mistrust grows until finally your heart is unable to trust.

So you begin to seek leaders, knowing that you don’t really trust any of them, but this one is the “lesser of two evils.”  Or you place your beliefs in books that are claimed to be the “truth and nothing but the truth” so you have something that will allow you to feel certainty…something that will allow you to keep your head above water so that your wave of belief will not get pulled into the undertow of doubt and fear.

The answer to this is so simple dear ones for there is a form of thought that does not bring the fierce wave of change or the fearful pull of the undertow. It is a thought that you might call prayer – or even some might call it meditation. It is a place of loving oneself – and sending thoughts of love to the rest of the world – in a truly heartfelt manner. Prayer of this kind – to whomever you might pray – or to the simple power of the meditation – does more to calm the craziness of the constant ebb and flow of the seas of change brought on by one sided waves of thought.

But I offer you this test and this guarantee – yes I did say guarantee. Pick a person that you have a conflict with and pray for them – truly from your heart! Ask for them to find peace and love and all of the wonderful things that they could ever imagine. Think about them surrounded in goodness and joy and I promise you that if you think this way and do this daily for one solid month – you will find huge changes in your relationship with that person – and they will notice great changes in their life. It is impossible for it not to happen for you are harnessing the power of love and calming the waters of self centered emotion while at the same time halting the undertow of fear.

Start this with one person…that is how everything starts anyway!

Go in peace and love,

Margaret

Why Good Friday?

I asked Gerry to re-post this message, which was written a couple of years ago, but I believe still rings as true today as it did then. I wish all of you a very blessed Easter and Passover. Rebirth and Renewal is all around you! – Margaret

The other day, a colleague of Gerry’s made the comment that he didn’t understand why Good Friday was called that. It seemed odd that the day that commemorates the torture and eventual assassination of the central figure of much of modern day religion would be noted as “Good”. Historically this year falls very close to that of the time of Jesus as well, in that the Passover meal was celebrated so close to Good Friday.

 

Both of these religious observances are touching in that they remember the “good” that has been received by all of humankind as a result of the kindness of the creator.

Many of the world’s religions recognize themselves as the one “true” religion. The one that was established by the creator to signify that they are a special people and that in order for other people to be saved then they must conform to their beliefs.

 

I know that I run the risk of angering many of you but there is no “chosen people”. There is no “chosen” religion. Religion is basically the method for a group of people to collectively express their joint belief in how they perceive God and to come together for the purpose of giving thanks and praise to that being. Angels have been instrumental, throughout all cultures, in bringing a basic understanding of creation and the importance of all people to the creator…who is within all of them…so that all would understand this in a way that would be consistent with their culture.

 

What has evolved from this however was the belief that these angelic messages were being delivered to them alone. When the original apostles spread the word of Jesus they were supposed to be carrying forth the message that all of mankind was united in god and that all were included in the creator’s love. Jesus was specifically incarnated as a Jew for the purpose of showing the “chosen people” that others were equally loved in God’s eyes. This was and still is a very hard concept for any oppressed people to understand. But it is true, for the essence of the creator is in every particle of existence.

 

The kindness of the creator does not “Passover” anyone. But it is delivered more easily to those who can open their hearts to the essence of the divine love that surrounds them. The “good”, of “Good Friday” is that it remembers the selfless acts of man who spoke of only two commandments that were given as the basis for a perfect life…love the creator with your whole heart and soul…which means to love yourself and to recognize the creator in you and all things and to give thanks for the wonder of that miracle…just as you do when you sense the miracle of the birth of a new baby. And second to love others in the same way as you love yourself. If you follow the first commandment then the second comes very naturally…not easily…but the knowledge of the natural progression must occur.

 

Jesus, the man, believed so deeply in these concepts that he would rather have given his life then to practice hate or divisiveness. Gandhi did the same and countless others who have followed this example to spread peace rather then hatred.

 

This Passover/Easter season I would ask you to remember these words and to contemplate that the lesson of Passover was much broader then the story. At Passover we give thanks for the “there but for God go I” concept. We recognize that somewhere out there…no matter how hard our struggle…there is someone who is going through more and who is making sacrifices that we might not ever be asked to make…and which certainly make our problems small in comparison. We thank the creator for allowing those struggles to “Passover” our home and we give thanks for the “good” in all people who place love above their personal needs and who realize that we are all one…all connected to the source of all…and that one day…when the body gives way and releases the spirit…that this spirit will be re-connected to the source at every level. This is the meaning of the “resurrection” and the reason why, no matter what the struggle, the end result will be peace, love and joy.

 

Our best to all in your holiday celebrations,

Have fun and love one another,

 

All our love,

Margaret

Hello my dear ones. Today is a very special day and I have a favor to ask of all of you who read these words. There is a power in numbers and there is mathematical system to the universe that does connect some numbers with energetic influences. Thought on certain numbers…when they are considered to be “lucky” numbers, like 7 and 11, can actually shift peoples thinking into a higher vibration, and as vibration is elevated…then too is elevated the probability that the person will encounter a pleasing experience, which is often then associated with the word “luck”.

 

Luck, or “good fortune”, is very much a state of mind. For example, a person who’s car breaks down…on a deserted stretch of road…may feel very grateful and “lucky” when a stranger stops to help them and offers a ride. Another person might feel afraid of the stranger who offers assistance and might turn away the help. “Luck” is, in this case, tied into trust, gratitude and belief in the good of people. I know that there is much written about, and much on television and the internet about the bad things that people do, but in truth, the media gives coverage to less then 10% of good deeds and good stories. That means that over 90% of what you are focusing on, on a daily basis, is dedicated to violence, theft, abuse, neglect and natural disaster.

 

By contrast, thousands, upon thousands of people perform good deeds that go unnoticed every day. People care for sick parents and children…thousands of people volunteer in human service agencies throughout the world and most get little to no recognition! The beauty of nature is everywhere, but nowhere is there ever the story of abundant crops, or off shore winds that created above anticipated windmill electricity…or inventors who are coming up with ways to save the environment…but who don’t have big financial backers.

 

I am hoping that you will help me to change this, and that, starting today, on 7/11/11, we will together begin a process of changing the “luck” of mankind.

 

August the 22^nd has become known as National “Be an Angel” day and has been celebrated as such since the early 1990’s.  The day is set aside to recognize the “angel” in all of us and to promote that by performing “random acts of kindness”. That phrase was originated in response to the media constantly referring to the “random acts of violence” that are covered in the news everyday. We are at a very important period in the history of mankind, because, on a daily basis, there are far more people who are on the internet…on Facebook…on Twitter and on You Tube, than will ever be tuning in to a news program. Because of that, there is very strong power in this global interaction and a very strong capability for thousands…perhaps even hundreds of thousands, of individuals to begin to focus on “conscious acts of kindness” that they can share with world…and in so doing they can offer ideas for others to do the same.

 

So here is what I am asking if you could please do to help. Every major world movement has begun with the thought of a single person that becomes the seed. I need your thoughts. …Your thoughts about the little things that neighbors can do to help make life more pleasant for each other…Your thoughts about what you might personally be able to do to make the world a better place…your recognition of people who are making a positive difference in the world, by their work, their caring and their creativity.  I am asking for you to gather these thoughts and to please send them to me so that we may gather them together to create a new community of people who believe that everyone can be angel in their own personal way.  Please join me as a friend on the Messages from Margaret page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Messages-From-Margaret/142826625780817.  Or you can click on the Facebook link from this site. From here forward we will be celebrating the very best about the human spirit and in so doing I will be offering guidance as to how you can make this energy the primary energy of the planet. Please “Be an Angel” and together we can change the world!

All my love and gratitude, Margaret