Healing Happens over time......

September 27^th

Sometimes we must visit the same places again and again until healing is complete.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“So much is birthed in frustration and tension. The distressed and distraught energies may especially show up where the unknown is concerned. Even those places we have visited many times may remain a place of learning.

This fear of rejection, this power you give over to another, sometimes surrendering it to us, over and over, can only reclaim it. Sometimes you must risk that which you fear and dream most in order to reclaim the power you have given away.

With those you love, open your heart. The heart opened is to you first. Then from this deep and profound love and compassion for self, you find your love and compassion for the other. Stand in bold care of self. Stand in fearless love of self. Stand in abundant mercy for self. All else in harmony and order of Divine care and compassion falls from this place. We are with you.”

 My husband and I have had some challenges communicating over the last few months and so we have sought outside help with this. We are able, after just a few sessions, to listen with detachment to one another, respect our differences with more love and connect more authentically. Laughter has been one of our most treasures experiences together and as a result of the break thru in our relationship, we are once again laughing and connecting through joy-not pain. 

Remember there is always hope. Healing does come and joy is not far from the pain when you surrender and seek spiritual connection. Follow the link to explore some offerings that may assist on your journey.  http://www.blessingsfrommary.com/offerings.htm

 Blessings and joy to you, Sally

Frustration, transformation and abundant resources.

Let the barriers and frustrations in your life become the places we soothe and comfort you.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“This is work for you to do in order to prepare for service in the world. This is the place as you continue to embrace and surrender that you will find yourself over and over again. As the tension and frustration build, so will the intensity of transformation and break thru in your being.

Continue to embrace the deeply felt commitment to serve. This barrier of ego that seems to remain has gifts for you. This barrier becomes your light house as you follow the energy and surrender to Divine transformation. 

This barrier becomes your healing oil and salve that soothes as you surrender to Divine healing.

This barrier is the place in which great healing will occur and the gifts from here will be great as well.

The gifts come from your very own surrender into the deepest wounds of your being and the compassionate, discernment and insight form here will be profound.

We are most present during frustration and deep despair. Bring these places to us and allow the frustration and despair to open a place in which you are able to deepen into transformation and embrace sacred holy ground.

We are here for you. Come to us and let us sit together in this place. Let your frustration become the places in which we meet and hold together that which can only transform with Divine intervention."

My gratitude is great today. I know that when I choose to "stretch" beyond what has been comfortable or familiar, I may encounter internal barriers; barriers that keep me connected to what is familiar and common. It is during these moments when I can do my part only, surrender these difficulty and ask for Divine intervention. It is such great comfort for me to know that I am not alone in my spiritual journeying. 

There are human and divine resources abundantly available to me. Nature will also support and empower my sojourn into the realms of service and contribution. 

 Today I have the courage to utilize these resources. Blessings on your journey.

Honoring Sacred Self

Authentic self love is the greatest combatant to oppression and injustice.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

    Attending to our own Sacredness within is an essential step in living an authentic life of service and contribution. I think most of us want to have a positive impact in the world. Those of us on the journey of spiritual and emotional intelligence seek ways to heal ourselves and then offer healing to others. Most of our religious traditions, even though we may not participate actively today, had a focus on giving to others. Growing up catholic certainly attests to this. As a child, I recall our learning about those who were hungry and experiencing injustice and our responsibility to attend to them. My own family modeled outreach on a regular basis to those who needed assistance in our own community. 

   With this upbringing, there was also a insinuation that focusing too much on ourselves was, well...selfish and wrong. As a young girl our religious teachings and stories were about focusing on others, feeding the hungry and clothing the poor. 

   Today I appreciate the learning I received around these teachings. After all, there are poor among us and having instilled within me a care and compassion for others is honorable. Today, I also believe that we must honor our own sacredness and care for ourselves above all us and from this fulness within, we give abundantly to others. It's still risky for me to say this, however, since some still think this is selfish behavior. 

   While it's not a complete departure from the teachings of my religious upbringing, it is a slight departure and a substantial addition. I believe to truly attend to the needs of another and be of service in a profound capacity, I must attend first to my own physical and spiritual well-being. In doing so, I learn to give from spiritual and emotional maturity, completeness that honors my own authentic relationship with the Divine. When honor the sacredness of self first, my motives are clear. My giving doesn't come out of duress or fear of reprisal but of conscious choice and desire to serve. 

When we honor our own sacredness and give to others from this fullness within, we honor the sacredness of others and the difference we make is most profound. To love self is a courageous act of service for all. 

Blessings on your journey. 

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Navigating our spiritual journey

Action with an intention to serve will birth miracles.

                                                                             Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

I know that an intention to serve others connects me to Divine flow and opens doors to experience synchronistic events. When I follow this flow and see these synchronistic events as part of the guidance to serve, I am able to accomplish what I set out to accomplish. Unfortunately, unhealthy ego, old messages and life's challenges can get in the way. My mind can steer me away from my heart and soul's intuitive direction and I get sidetracked.

When we heal ourselves and do the personal work that clears out our wounded history, teaches us to confront our own addictive patterns and opens us to a spiritual connection, we become free and ready to serve. In service we find our Divine purpose, but first we must allow ourselves to heal and find empowerment through our pain. 

The discipline of the spiritual life is difficult. There are ups and downs and the journey is not even, smooth and always direct. If we do not give up on ourselves and continue to surrender what we confront along the way, especially our own internalized shame and fear, a way will be shown. Faith during these times will help. 

Today my intention is to be of service to others and to love myself boldly and unabashedly as I navigate this journey. I give to myself the kind and generous parenting and guidance also the path that I have always longed to receive. In my unconditional love and support of me, I come home to myself and I find my way.

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The power to create....

One must experience attachment in order to experience the ability to surrender.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“It is easy to be attached to an outcome, but to be free of attachments and surrender to Divine Spirit, this is an art. This is the practice that creates freedom, clarity and abundance. This is the practice that allows for the great spiritual energy to come in and move all things to allow for synchronicity and miracles.

You are wise and courageous to see and own your attachments. In fully embracing them, you are able to fully release them as well.

You must have one to have the other. There must be attachment to experience surrender. They are all one. They are all part of the spiritual journeying. They are a part of the deepening growth that comes over time.

Allow the attachment to connect you to Divine Source in surrender.

We are here for you.”

Today I pray for the courage to LISTEN to my own power to create through intuition and inner guidance. I know that to truly manifest the desires of my heart, I must be disciplined - like a warrior - to release what no longer serves me and embrace direction that comes through my own meditation practice and connection with Spirit. It's not a magical happening, it is mature woman, being willing to give up her own fantasies of how things should look or be in order to change (which is the greatest fear for most of us) my life to honor Divine whispers. Comfort is over rated, but many of us choose what is familiar because of our addiction to comfort, rather than honoring the guidance within that comes to assist us in the right use of our souls.

Caroline Myss writes and speaks so eloquently about Learning to Create. Check her work out at www.myss.com.

Soul Partners

When I experience discomfort with an interaction with someone I know or a stranger I meet, I choose to hold the interaction with a divine perspective. As I daily surrender myself to a spiritual journey and commit to continued growth and maturation, I know Spirit allows for this healing to sometimes come in unexpected ways. It takes conscious courage to consistently look within for what is being mirrored to me when I am triggered, angered or disturbed. Many blessings to all of us who choose this courageous path of responsibility, co-creation and emotional/spiritual intelligence. 

August 16^th                                                                           

Trust the souls that come your way that touch you deeply. They bring a unique offering and gift for you.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“This is part of your purpose. Tell others all the answers are within. Seek deeply within yourself and trust the places that speak to you. Seek deeply within yourself your own voice and whispers. Seek deeply within yourself the desires that inspire and move you.

Connect with people, places and experience that move you deeply and create gratitude and clarity for you in your life.

Look for the souls that you know deep within.

Welcome the souls who touch you deeply. You will see in their eyes that they know you too.

Trust this connection.

Trust this knowing.

Trust this seeing.

Each connection that moves you from within has a gift for you on your Soul’s journey to healing and maturity. Look for the gifts and offer your gifts to them as well.”

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Seeking Help, Surrender, Support

July 18^th

Surrendering our frailties opens us to Divine power and wisdom.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

There is a balance between what I can do and what I must surrender for Divine intervention and healing. In my spiritual practice, I learn to keep my emotional, physical, relational, financial and spiritual life full of integrity and harmony. I do my part. I take responsibility for these areas of my life.

There are some aspects of each of these realms, however, where it is necessary to ask for help and recognize that the outcome is out of my control. During these moments of discernment, I seek spiritual guidance and support. If I have done my part and adjusted my behavior, then often times a spiritual solution is called for and, I, in my humility and wisdom, seek it. This often occurs for me when I am personally challenged with a behavior in my relationship with myself or another that I simply cannot seem to change on my own. Knowing some wounds/shadows run deep or accepting there are karmic energies beyond my understanding and control has been necessary. I seek a Power greater than myself in these times.


Today a friend called for support. She and I have had a close and challenging, at times, relationship. As I listened to the situation for which she was troubled, I recognized a pattern that I have seen in her life, relationships and even in our friendship emerge again. When she asked for my feedback and perspective in the situation, I gave it to her straight. I told her from my perspective she was "running away" again from a difficult situation because she was scared and her justification for doing so is that the other persons involved are bad and wrong. So many gifts emerged from this situation for me.


First of all, asking for help and knowing we need a community of support is essential to living an honest, fulfilling life. My friend's reaching out for help gives me the courage to do the same when times call for it. 


Secondly, we cannot see the deep patterns and shadows of our own wounds on our own. We need one another to help. To ask for feedback from someone who knows us well and be open to hear an honest assessment is a testament of courage and self-love in action. My friend has inspired me to remember that I need other people, too, and my commitment to spiritual and emotional maturity is stronger than my ego need to be right or "look good" on the outside. 


Lastly, these deep shadows and patterns of survival that we carry within us are reenacted in our lives and relationships with others. Not only do we need people in our lives that love us with all these shadows in tact, but also we must have a spiritual connection that we can seek assistance from and release these pattern to in the hopes of healing. While sometimes Spirit speaks to us through those that love and know us intimately, the real miracle comes from surrender to this Higher Power and allowing transformation within so that we can change the survival patterns and live the live we deeply desire. 


Asking for help, receiving honest feedback and seeking Spiritual intervention are foundations for living a full and spiritual centered life. How wonderful that we have the choice to create this in our lives and to live authentically. 

Answers within...

The answers seem to be the same for me; guidance comes from within as I dwell with Spirit. Intuition is deepened and actions aligned with my value of being of service to others are clarified in prayer and meditation. Many blessings to you on your own journey of spiritual and emotional intelligence. 

  

June 4^th

Your sacred time with us will nurture your service to others.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“You have many gifts. Like a hungry bird, individuals will flock to you, one at a time. You will see them and recognize their hearts.

As you connect, heart to heart, with love and acceptance, they will ask for your wisdom and you will speak it to them with conviction and love. Your intuitive knowing will guide you. This knowing is nurtured, refined and learned during your sacred time with us. From our time together, you will speak with profound kindness to the exact place, with the exact words, at the exact moment for spontaneous transformation and healing to occur.

Trust your knowing. Trust your heart that sees and knows. Come to us to be filled, healed, guided and held. "

Lack, abundance and trusting Diving Source....

There is often a challenge to releasing old beliefs and allowing ourselves to experience, new more empowering belief systems. We must first acknowledge our attachment to what is familiar, even when what is familiar in our beliefs no longer serves our highest good. In this ownership, we then have the ability to release and let go; welcoming beliefs that serve our highest good and provide us the energy to share our gifts and contributions with others.

April 7^th

A sense of lack is a lack of faith. There is no lack with Divine Source.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

Hear this now. There is no lack where there is Divine Source. There is no running out of anything where Divine Source lives. There is no lack of money. No lack of food. No lack of time. No lack of energy. No lack of resource of any kind.

Your desire to remain attached to a belief of lack is your desire to remain in control of life and your own self-will. There is no such thing as lack. When you surrender to the abundance of the Source from which we all are connected, you will know this to be true. Abundance will then flow in all ways and flow consistently with lushness and miracles galore.

You must surrender this belief and forgive yourself for any attachment to past. This, too, is how you stay in lack. It is a lack of self-forgiveness, and a lack of belief in Divine plan. As imperfect as you are and have been on your journey, remember that your heart has been given over to Divine Source. We know this. Therefore, you shall claim Divine order and timing in all things.

Believe now in the abundant flow of all energies. Believe now in the Divine order of all things. All things.”

Look within....

It takes immense courage to go within for our guidance rather than seeking without. We must resist outward approval over inward nudging. Coming to a daily prayer and meditation practice assists us in this journey of going within for our guidance.

Spiritual answers come from within.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“You will feel alone at times. It is a solitary journey. There is an answer guiding your way, but it is inner whispers, not outer voices.Your answers come from within, from deep inside where your spiritual allies reside.

You will want to look outwardly. It will provide the illusion of connection and is easy for your ego to attempt to obtain approval from others. To stand with the discomfort internally and continue to look within for guidance, takes great courage and commitment.

Spiritual answers come from within. Wounded and immature ego answers are sought without. We guide from the inside out. We speak from the inside of the heart and you will know our voices as your spirit will be inspired, fulfilled and comforted.

Come inside to the quiet, sometimes uncomfortable tension of not knowing. Be still and allow us to guide you and whisper to you. We are here for you.”

Self-Love and Rites of Passage

January 31^st

Rites of passage are mostly about loving self and this is a lifelong process.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“Yes, you are right to call this a rite of passage. It is your journey to love yourself when you make mistakes and to take responsibility for your choices and risk hurting those you love. It is your path to own your mistakes without being a mistake. It is your path to own your shadows and to be able to love yourself through these challenging times and wounded places.

When you can have compassion for all of who you are and all of who you are not, when you can care gently for yourself, when your behavior has been careless and without discernment, when you can warmly welcome yourself back into your own arms, when you’ve behaved badly and hurt those you care deeply about, then you can offer this healing mercy to another.

This is your journey, dear sister. It is to love completely every crack and crevice of your soul that is dark and wounded and prefers to remain hidden. This is where the glory lies. From here, you will heal all those you touch.

Come to us. We will love you completely when you are unable to love yourself. Then do the same for others.”

Divine Perspective.......

When I have a vision for how I want things to be or how I want others to behave, it is an opportunity for me to hold the intention AND invite my Spiritual Source into the dialog. To hold intention is important but to trust a power greater than myself and surrender to a Divine Perspective is essential to living a life of purpose and service. I can not know or see or understand all things but I can trust a Higher Power and Spiritual Connection that does.

November 10^th

Tension is the precursor to birth and transformation.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“Service comes in so many ways. Part of your service work is to share this truth with others. When your attention and focus in on the physical realm, the result will be a physical one. When your attention and focus in on the spiritual realm, the result will be a spiritual one.

In the physical realm, you may try to see, create in your mind and predict an outcome. In the spiritual realm, there are unforeseen visions that appear, results that were not known to the human mind, and outcomes beyond your understanding.

The lessons reoccur for you because it is a challenging lesson to grasp. It is available more easily to the mystic no longer in the physical realm and available to those willing to surrender physical attachments. There are others waiting to hear this lesson again. You are both receiver and messenger for this message.

We are with you. The answer lies in welcoming our presence and inviting our guidance and mercy.”

Direction from within....

October 29^th

In the physical realm, you will often be misunderstood. In the spiritual realm, understanding and companionship is always available.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

”This soul purpose and expression of service that you have been called to does not require your approval or your understanding. This would be confirmation of your ego and self-will. Often there is no assurance of right action. During these times you will learn to trust and surrender to Divine mystery.

Divine intervention and the expression of your soul’s partners for the higher good of all involved come to you as you surrender on this journey. Often times, the higher good and higher purpose for all involved does not require you ‘feeling’ good and understanding it all. This is not your concern. Understanding, knowing the outcome, feeling good and assuring agreement from others is a form of ego protection.

Your desire to serve as you have been called and make a difference in ways beyond your understanding will continue to call you to surrender. It will also call you to a willingness to be misunderstood, disliked and without knowledge of outcome. You see, in the spiritual world, a soul’s work is often misunderstood, rejected and feared.

In time, while surrendering and trusting your spiritual and soul partners, the souls, hearts and spirits of all will resonate with the message and the gifts bestowed. There will be more to surrender along the way. There will be more opening of hearts and minds along the way. The masses will receive in their soul’s purpose and seek companions on their spiritual journey.

How, when, where, why or why not is not your concern. You are called, my sister, to this spiritual purpose and Divine destiny one step at a time. As you continue to surrender, the message and the wisdom needed will come to you. As you receive, so shall you give. There is no question of this path for you on the Spirit realm. As you continue to bring your doubts and questions to us, all will be served, calmed, inspired and comforted.

Continue to come to us. Come with angst. Come with doubt. Come with joy. Come with peace. Come. Come. Come.”

Surrender attachments and embrace our deepest desires

I'm aware of the call to surrender each day. I surrender my way in service of another perspective and a Spiritual Perspective. I surrender who I thought I could count on consistently and replace this desire for connection with a closer spiritual connection and I surrender expectations of others in service of my attachment to a Spiritual Source. In doing so, I go within. I can trust that my deepest desires and passions are a form of communication from my own Higher Power and I follow this energy from inside my own heart and soul.

October 2011

If you want to be of service to others, pay homage to your deepest desires.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“There are so many ways that the wounding of the collective seeps into the religious and cultural learning of each generation. Learning to honor and embrace that which you feel passion for is something you are learning. The learning or relearning of this comes from messages received out of woundedness. ‘You should think of others first. You should work, work, work to get ahead. You should do what you are told.’

These messages will eventually cover the more innate and cellular beliefs about passion and service. Eventually we forget our passion and desire for service and try to do the right thing and be good.

Listen now. Honor your passions above all else. Pay attention to that which gives you joy and fulfillment. Remember your desire to serve and contribute to others will be fed by that which you feel the most passion and joy. It is in knowing, embracing and fully honoring these innate yearnings inside that all else falls into place.

Your desires fulfilled allow for more service to others. When you honor your deepest passions, you are free to share your greatest gifts with others. Your commitment to live from within and inviting fulfillment creates abundance and guidance for others to do the same.

Abundance comes from within. Honoring and sharing from within is fed by your own passions and joy. Embracing and loving from within begin with embracing your deepest desires.

If you want to be of service, pay homage to your deepest desires. If you want to bless others, invite blessing of your deepest desires.”

Service and Self-Care

The spiritual journey calls us to go within and then beyond our own histories, small egos and woundedness and to act in ways that honor the highest good for all involved. We must begin with ourselves. When we act in ways that honor our own knowing, our own energy, our physical and spiritual bodies, we honor the whole as well. Making a difference and being of service begins with self. Blessings on your journey, Sally

October 4^th

When you are given great gifts, you are called to share them for the good of all.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

“You have asked for our guidance and that is what you receive. Ask and it shall be given. Seek and you shall find. You have asked to be guided to your Divine purpose and this is it. You have sought and sought and sought and sought and now you have found that which you have been seeking.

All is well. All is right. All is good.

This journey of self-awareness and surrender is a journey for which many are also seeking. They are asking to be lead and asking for direction. This is the way and the guidance for which many wait. The guidance is to go within.

Would you keep from others what has so generously and abundantly been given to you? All are given gifts to share and soul work to complete. This is your path right now. Others have their own path to follow.

We are here with you. This is a gift given and a gift to be shared.

This is not a place to allow your fear and shame, your wounded ego and distressful thoughts to stand between what you’ve been called to release and share. Bring your fear to us. Trust this knowing deep within. Come to us. Surrender and trust. All will unfold.”

Claiming Divine Power

Today I brought a concern to my prayer and meditation practice. I asked for guidance and found myself drawn to Blessings From Mary and the reading today. The Divine Powers that be seem to remind me that they are available to me whenever I ask and want to fulfill the desires of my heart. What a blessings to be reminded of this. I hope it brings you the joy and comfort that it brought me today.

June 1^st

Call to us and demand our attention. We gather to serve you.

Wisdom of Mary Magdalene

I have a professional presentation and I feel scared. Will I do it right? Will I seek their approval or speak from my heart? Will they like me? I bring this to Mary and my guides this morning.

“Your courage and commitment to make a difference will be honored. We will be with you. Speak from your heart and trust your knowing from within. You will have allies of ancient and allies of present there to heal your fear and empower your words. Trust that all is well. Speak from all is well.

Trust your own thinking and power in this time. Embrace what is given through you in this time.

There is ease and a natural unfolding that happens. Flow with it all. Trust each moment as a moment to be present. Trust yourself in each moment and when you do not trust yourself in that moment, call us to you. Do not be timid in your need and want and demand for us

We are here for you. We are here for you.

Demand our attention. We bless you and as you allow Spirit to move through you, others are blessed as well.”