Chief Joseph Newsletter:
Sentinels of the Sky
Conversations with Chief Joseph & John Cali
ISSN:
1539-431X
August 1, 2007
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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A few days ago, I was out jogging early in the morning.
Although it was a clear sunny day, I could barely see the sky. There were
wildfires burning in the mountains to the west, and the wind carried the heavy
smoke down into the valley and town.
John Cali
It was hard for me to breathe, and smoke was getting in my
eyes -- it felt like they too were on fire. But I must say this summer has been
pretty good so far -- we haven’t had a lot of wildfires around here, unlike
many other parts of the West.
A few years ago, though, we had wildfires burning most of the summer. And I
managed to go out jogging almost every day, even through the thick smoke and
haze. I probably wouldn’t do it again if we ever have another summer like
that.
But I got used to it -- the heavy smoke, the orange haze, the hot ashes, the
strong choking fire smell, etc. And so it never occurred to me to jog inside at
our local recreation center.
Isn’t that what we often do in our lives? We get used to adverse
circumstances. They become familiar and, in a perverse sort of way, comfortable.
And yet, we have it in our power to change the circumstances if we want -- if we
bother to even think about it, that is.
Here’s Chief Joseph.
Chief Joseph
One of John’s family members once said to him,
"Life’s a bitch, and then you die."
Not a very positive or uplifting perspective. But, nonetheless, one which
many humans hold.
That certainly is not the way we see your lives from our perspective in the
world of Spirit. We see your lives as the grand and glorious adventures your
higher selves intended them to be when you incarnated.
Everything was perfectly orchestrated by your higher selves -- the family
into which you were born, the place, the conditions, the time, and so on. This
lifetime you’re living now, as arranged by your higher selves, is perfect
for you. It’s absolutely perfect!
So if you could shift your perspective from your human viewpoint, even
slightly, toward the way we see you, you’d be utterly amazed. You’d think
you’d died and gone to heaven!
The truth is, friends, you can create heaven on earth, despite (or because
of) whatever circumstances you were born into -- and whatever circumstances you
have continued to create since you became physical again.
Life as a human being in a physical body was never intended to be a test or a
trial. It was intended only as an opportunity, and a grand one at that,
for you to exercise your divine creative powers.
For you are all divine -- you are extensions of God/Goddess. You are
God/Goddess. You are one with God, with Goddess. And you are all one with each
other.
By now, you’re probably wondering where we’re going with this. Here’s
where we’re going:
You, at your soul level, came into this lifetime (and every lifetime
you’ve ever had) with joyous anticipation, with the expectation life would be
a fun, joyous adventure. You knew you -- the soul you and the human you -- would
grow, evolve, change into an even higher being of great love and light.
So the reason for all the circumstances you find yourselves in right now --
whether you consider them positive or negative -- is to simply help you grow and
grow and grow and grow . . . forever.
Don’t let life blindside you, for that’s not its purpose. Don’t let the
smoke of life get in your eyes. The smoke is a self-created illusion. All you
need to do is acknowledge who you are -- go inside to that centered place of
power and peace. Then you will know who you really are. Then you will see
yourselves as we see you. Then you will see your lives as we see them.
Have fun with all of this. It’s not serious. Life is not serious. Death is
not serious. It’s all a big game you’re playing with God. And games are
supposed to be fun.
For more of our articles, go
here.
Chief Joseph talks about related subjects here:
Choices
Lulu
City
Living
With Pain or Joy: It’s Your Choice
Going
Against the Wind
For
Sale by Owner
Running
Shoes
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Since 1992, John Cali has been communicating with a
non-physical entity called Joseph. In one of his many physical lifetimes, this
spirit was incarnated as the legendary Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe in
what is now the state of Oregon in the northwestern USA. These messages are a
blend of information from Joseph, other spirits in the "Joseph group,"
and John.
John can be reached by email here
or through their website
Private readings with Chief Joseph are available here: http://www.greatwesternpublishing.org/rdg/readings.html
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Copyright © 2007 by John Cali. All rights reserved.
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