Loving our Darkness invites the light.....

There are moments when I wonder if old resentments, jealousy, fear and blame will always be with me. As I mature in my own spiritual and emotional intelligence, joy and fulfillment are more a part of my thinking, feeling and behaving, yet, there are moments when old resentments and jealousies surface.

On this journey of embracing Sacred Feminine Spirituality and deepening my own connection to living my Divine purpose, I am reminded that I can not become what I truly desire unless I am willing to honestly embrace my own humanness. I must begin by being with "what is" and especially with "what I resist." Then I embrace and love myself in this darkness. The old jealousies, resentments and wounded thinking are the places calling forth my deepest love and mercy.

Here is the reading from BLESSINGS From MARY on July 25th. It speaks to the continued honest acknowledgement of our shadows and character defects. From this self honesty, we are able to embrace and love our own darkness. We then surrender to Divine mercy and healing.

July 25^th

Loving our darkness invites the light.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

I thanked Mary today for choosing me as her messenger and brought her my gratitude and humility. Mary responds with,

“I have chosen you as you have chosen me. As you come to us you will clear the space so that you can receive from us the blessings and messages to carry in the world. As you have cleared out past patterns and pains from your own soul work and embraced your own unique spiritual path, you’ve chosen me. With that, you have chosen your purpose and you’ve chosen your destiny.

It is all a result of your surrendering to Divine Source. It is all a result of doing your part to embrace and release the places of pain and hurt. From deep within our greatest challenges come and from deep within, our unique and most profound gifts also come.

Do you see? Loving the darkest places within allows for the transformation into blessings and mercy for all. This is your soul work to do. As a result, you’ve invited us in. Now is the time to take these messages to others to bring them to light, blessing and mercy for their darkest places. Each has their own unique messages to share with others as well.

You have chosen me. I have chosen you. Together we manifest gifts and blessings for all. It is part of Divine destiny, my sister, my child, my friend.”

Feminine Divine Presence

March 18^th

Allow yourself the blessing of our presence at all times.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

In this daily meditation, I am reminded that Divine Energies are available to me whenever I choose to allow myself this gift. I simply sit in my own prayer and meditative state and invite my Spirit Guides to embrace me. There is something profound and yet very simple about this experience. It requires me to accept that there are unlimited spiritual resources available to me. It is my choice to receive them. It requires a high level of self-esteem as well as bold humility; a humility that sees myself worthy of receiving Divine guidance and capable of sharing them with others.

Today I allow myself the profound experience of spiritual connection. I call upon my guides and Spiritual Source to guide and embrace me with the sweet knowing that I am loved. The gifts that I receive from this connection are mine to use for blessing and service.

Embracing the Abundance of Spiritual Resources

In the journaling portion of the writing below, I see my own human perspective and some of the challenge on the path. It's hard to feel "spiritual" all the time. Often it's too much for my human mind to truly embrace the abundance of spiritual resources but repeatedly, my guides call me to believe in the wealth of connection available to us all. Simply showing up in my prayer and meditation practice accesses the amazing and inspiring mystical realm. Below is the meditation for February 28th. I hope it inspires you today.

To be a disciple of the spiritual life, you must come to us often.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

Sometimes I feel far removed from my spiritual guides and spiritual center. With all the things to do in a day and in my life, connecting in a real way to my spiritual allies and friends seems like a fictional story and not a reality. I come to Mary and my guides with this apathy and these doubts today. Mary smiles and says,

“Even though you feel far away from us, you are near always in our souls and hearts. We hold you and carry special blessings to you even when you do not know it. We are here always and we love you completely.

Like all things of value, effort and discipline are involved. To be a disciple of our own spiritual unfolding, there is daily practice, focus and discipline. When you meet us daily and moment-by-moment, our connection will be easy and simple to enter into. When you withhold yourself from our daily, regular connection, there is time for resignation, frustration, doubt and self-will to enter. More time is necessary to reenter the realm of ease and communion with us.

There is great self-love that comes from allowing us to bless you moment by moment. From these continued blessings from us, you will give to others from your fullness within.

Come often. Come easily. Come.”

Immediate Gratification

I want immediate gratification and results in my life. I always have and probably always will experience a sense of urgency and restlessness inside. It's one of the reasons that the Four Step Process to a Unique Prayer and Meditation Practice in BLESSINGS FROM MARY is so welcome and special to me. The four steps are:

1. CREATING the CEREMONY with INTENTION followed by

2. AUTHENTIC JOURNALING, then

3. SWITCHING THE ENERGY and last but not least

4. SURRENDERING to the DISCIPLINE and CREATING DIVINITY CIRCLES.

Each step is about honoring ourselves by taking the time to create the space, being honest about what we bring to the process, turning our challenges and ego over to our Spirit Guides and Divine Source and then practicing, practicing and practicing more.

The practice is five out of seven days a week. I am gentle with myself when I miss that consistency and give myself permission to go often to the circle with a candle and sage. I give myself permission for this unconditional love and connection with the Divine.

Taking this time for myself is an act of love and care. We can increase our capacity to love ourselves as we develop consistency with this practice or any consistent prayer practice that we have. Immediate gratification comes over time. We begin to integrate the belief that we are worth the time to take and receive the unlimited spiritual love available to us as we bring ourselves to this practice over and over again.

Love and blessings on your journey, Sally

April 25^th

Allowing yourself to dwell with Spirit is a great act of love for all.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

Abundance in Spiritual Resources...

At times I am frustrated with my own focus on me. I want to be acknowledged, validated, heard and judge that I am giving more than I am receiving. I'm embarrassed with my own immaturity and yet I know honesty with myself is the beginning of changing these old thoughts and beliefs. I know there is a Spiritual Solution to this. When I look outside myself for fulfillment, I set myself up for disappointment. If I am committed to spiritual and emotional maturity, then the daily discipline of my own PRAY and MEDITATION practice is the only resource that can really heal these old wounds and hurts inside. Today I am reminded that the Spiritual Resources available to all of us are without end and as I bring myself to my Spiritual Source and allow myself to receive healing, I am able to assist in directing others to this magnificent resource. This is from "Blessings From Mary" on September 6th shared with you in humility.

All that you have to offer others comes first from loving, nourishing and trusting yourself.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

I feel excited today with the stirring of this spiritual connection inside of me, I am given messages and gifts based in my own experiences especially through the challenges and struggles. I bring this to Mary and my guides today.

“Hear us now. We are here for you and our message is to be shared through you.

We say, ‘trust yourself.’ There is a time when the unraveling of addictive tendencies of mind, heart and body is complete and then the beginning of profound spiritual connection occurs. This connection happens with self, with Spirit, with the communities of soul partners and with the masses waiting to hear these spiritual messages.

Do you understand? This is part of your message. These are lessons you are to teach others.

Begin with self. Selfishly focus on self, nurturing sobriety, nurture abstinence and allow the emptiness inside to be filled with Spirit and Divine connection.

Then you will receive the messages to share with others. Your gifts and unique purpose will be made clear and your energies will be used for service. This is the message and lesson you will bestow on those with ears to hear and hearts to receive.

Follow this guidance. Trust this process and the ways in which you are being called. All are called in this way and many will answer this call.

We are here for you. Share this message with others.”

Speaking up or trusting Silence....

It can be difficult to know when to speak up and when our silence is most powerful. Here is the meditation from January 16th to assist in discernment around women's oppression, injustice and how to make a difference.

January 16^th

There is a time to speak and a time for quiet. Come to us and we will guide you from within.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

Sometimes I ponder the challenge of women in spiritual leadership in our culture. The shadows and conditions around gender oppression that say, “Women should be quiet, nice and not cause trouble. A woman who speaks her mind likes drama and is considered a bitch.” I bring this to Mary and my guides. Mary says,

“Yes, you are right. There are additional challenges to bringing the Feminine Power into view for all to see, to taste and to grasp. As you are called to be one of these messengers, you have a fire to walk thru and are a target of projections and anger of others; those not yet ready to take responsibility for their own shadows and projections around feminine power and voice. This is your sacramental rite of passage. You will find many challenges and you will navigate through different situations in order to be heard and not persecuted in the process. You are learning which battles to choose.

You are learning when to speak and when your silence will make the greatest difference. You are learning how to speak from power sourced by the Divine and you are letting go of your own ego. This will influence and shake up the tightness of people’s beliefs and thoughts.

Your wisdom comes from allowing the fire walking of your journey to light the way for discernment.

You are trusting the guidance from within and though there may be some burns from past choices, you are learning how to walk the journey with our protection and guidance.

Come to us. We will guide you on your rite of passage and let you know which principles shall be spoken aloud and which must be allowed to mature more on their own. Honor our nudging and trust our guidance. We will teach you how and when to speak, how and when to watch and how and when to shine a light.”