5 Jun 2021

God, The World, and You

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling | 0

One of our favorite spiritual teachers is the Franciscan priest, Richard Rohr. In one of Father Richard’s recent messages, he said:

“When you can see Christ in all things (including yourself!), you will see and live differently. I’ve spent my life trying to remind people of their inherent belovedness, and I pray that our work at the Center for Action and Contemplation has played a role in helping you to see, feel, and experience the hope of your own chosenness in God.… Read more

15 May 2021

Teach Only Selfishness

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, health and well-being, mind body soul, Uncategorized | 2

Today we’re revisiting a post we wrote years ago.

Spirit

How often have you heard it said “Think only of others.” – “Love others unconditionally.” – “Put others before yourself.” – “Be of service to others.” – etc. etc.?

Those are noble-sounding sentiments. But they will guarantee you a life of misery and joylessness.

Many times, you’ve heard us, and others, say you cannot serve another unless you first serve yourself, you cannot love another if you do not first love yourself.… Read more

28 Nov 2020

Befriending Fear

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, spirituality, Uncategorized | 2

There’s an old Sioux legend about a time of no rain for many months.

Fear grew among the people and spread across their vast prairie lands. It killed everything in its path—people, animals. trees, plants.

But there was a small part of the prairie where a few children and elders were playing, singing, and dancing. And they had invited Fear to join them. Soon, they were all crying.

The wind carried the singing, dancing, and crying out across the vast prairie.… Read more

20 Aug 2016

You Have The Power To Transform The World

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, inspiration | 2

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold. ~ Archibald MacLeish

planet earth

The past couple of months I’ve been looking through my old files from when I first started channeling years ago. I came across this short message we’re publishing today.

Of course, I and my channeling have changed and grown since those early days.… Read more

16 Jul 2016

Are You Crazy If You’re An Optimist In Today’s World?

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, mind body soul | 11

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ The Dalai Lama

the-dalai-lama

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

The United States appears to be suffering from a plague of senseless killing and heartrending sorrow—and a lack of ordinary human kindness, especially in the political turmoil gripping this country. Many people, not only in the US, but the world over, are in deep depression and grief over all this, and over the traumas occurring all over the planet.… Read more

25 Jun 2016

I’ll Meet You On The Far Shore

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life and death | 12

You never lose those you love. ~ Spirit

the far shore

Folks often ask my spirit guides about relationships. Arguably, relationships are the most challenging aspect of our human lives.

One constant in Spirit’s conversations with people, including me, is their reminder that we never lose those we love.

Spirit

You have all had many lives and many loves. Those you love in this lifetime have been with you in other lifetimes. Those lifetimes can be what you label “past” or “future.” In the spiritual realms there is no time, only the eternal now.… Read more

27 May 2016

The Power of the Present Moment

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, health and well-being | 13

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless. ~ Rodney Yee, American yoga teacher

Barbara Maslow

Copyright © 2016 by Barbara Clark

A while back one of our readers sent us this letter:

Hi John,

I understand that I create my reality and that my thoughts and vibration matter. A few days ago I was shopping with my daughter and a friend visiting a fun shop in Sedona.… Read more

29 Apr 2016

Why Is the World So Screwed Up?

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, health and well-being | 10

Nothing real can be threatened; nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. ~ A Course in Miracles

every day is a new adventure, a new beginning

Every Day Is an Adventure, A New Beginning

Some of the most frequent questions we get in private readings go something like this:

Is there something wrong with me?
What’s going on with my body?
Why am I feeling so scattered and scared?
Why is the world so screwed up?

Most of us, particularly if we’re spiritually conscious and aware, have probably asked ourselves those questions, or something similar.… Read more

6 Nov 2015

The Big Bang and Human Consciousness by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, mind body soul | 6

In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. ~ Sir Terry Pratchett, British author

The Big Bang

Last week we received a letter from one of our readers, Cinda Miller. With her permission, here’s what she wrote:

Dear John,

I wanted to run something by you and see if it has a ring of truth to it. This is a thought that occurred to me the other day and in order to make sense from a thought I have to write it down.… Read more

9 Oct 2015

Mr. Smith Goes To Texas: Follow-up by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, mind body soul | 14

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and see that the chaff is printed. ~ Elbert Hubbard 1856-1915

Note: I chose that graphic above for this post because my spirit guides are fond of saying exactly that—It (life) is all good, whether or not it seems so.

One of our readers, Cinda Miller, sent us a letter in response to last week’s post, Mr. Smith Goes To Texas. I thought it was a great letter.… Read more

4 Sep 2015

Wayne Dyer 1940–2015: Followup by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life and death | 20

Almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ~ Steve Jobs 1955–2011

Life, Death, and Beyond

I want to thank all of you who read and commented on our last post about Wayne’s passing.… Read more

22 Aug 2015

Beyond The Darkness by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, health and well-being | 8

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. ~ Og Mandino

The Light Beyond the Darkness

I’m generally pretty upbeat, positive, and happy. Life has been good to me. I’m deeply grateful for that, and for life itself.

However, this past year has been full of challenges for my family and me. There have been some pretty dark days. Also some damn good days, thanks to all the angels, human and in spirit, who’ve been there for us.… Read more

14 Aug 2015

Seeing Through the Eyes of Grace by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, mind body soul | 4

Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. This is not philosophy. This is physics. ~ Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

One late afternoon a while back I was looking out my living room window at the valley below, and the mountains beyond. The scenery is gorgeous. It’s one of my favorite views in this beautiful place where’s there’s an abundance of spectacular scenery.… Read more

7 Aug 2015

The 21-Day Challenge by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, inspiration | 12

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Mountain Climbing Challenge

A couple days ago I finished a “21-day meditation challenge”—the name Deepak Chopra has given his periodic free meditation courses. He presents each of the series with Oprah Winfrey. Their latest, Manifesting Grace through Gratitude, ran the 21 days from July 13 through August 2.

As always, it was a pretty powerful experience for me.… Read more

31 Jul 2015

Cecil the Lion by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, healing | 26

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril. Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. ~ Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

Portrait of a Lion

You’ve probably heard the news of protests circling the planet over the recent death of the legendary, beloved Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe.

Many people, animal lovers or not, are distressed, sad, and angry. Maybe you’re one of them.

As you might expect in such situations, people’s reactions vary widely.… Read more

24 Jul 2015

You Are Good, You Are Powerful, Just As God Created You by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, inspiration | 4

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. ~ Georges Duhamel

The Heart of God

This past year or so I’ve become a serious student of A Course in Miracles. It’s had a profoundly powerful, positive effect on my life and work.

As some of you know, I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, but drifted away from it as an adult. I wanted nothing more to do with traditional religion.… Read more

17 Jul 2015

The Final Journey of the Physicality by Barbara Clark and The Magdaleine Group

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life purpose | 6

Introduction

As many of you know, our dear friend Barbara Clark published a book last week, Brighter Horizons: Spiritual Illumination from The Magdaleine Group.

The Magdaleine Group are a powerful gathering of non-physical spirit guides whose greatest passion is teaching us we are all connected, and we can communicate with each other in the blink of an eye. We just have to quiet our minds, get into the right vibration, listen and trust.

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 23 of Barbara’s book.… Read more

14 Jul 2015

How To Overcome Your Fear of Death by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life and death | 20

Forgiveness is the means by which the fear of death is overcome….Forgiveness lets the body be perceived as what it is—a simple teaching tool to be laid by when learning is complete, hardly changing him who learns at all. A Course in Miracles

God Is All That Is

Last week someone I’ve known many years killed himself. The details are not important. But our perception of those details, and of the death itself, requires some soul-searching.

Our society assumes it is natural for us to fear death—no matter how, when, where, why it occurs.… Read more

7 Jul 2015

The Secret to Finding Solace in the Silence and Stillness by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, healing | 10

Whenever there is some silence around you—listen to it. That means just notice it. Pay attention to it. Listening to silence awakens the dimension of stillness within yourself, because it is only through stillness that you can be aware of silence. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Be Silent

Last week started out well. But by the end of the week, I was floundering around, confused and distressed by a challenge I’d never faced before.

One morning, upon awakening, I noticed I could not hear out of my left ear.… Read more

15 Jun 2015

10 Quick Tips About Aging Gracefully by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, mind body soul | 2

There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you. ~ Carol Matthau, wife of actor Walter Matthau.

Happy Aging Woman

Do you dread aging? Our society places physical youth and beauty on a pedestal, and does all it can to deny the passing years.

Is it possible to grow older, and still be happy and have fun? I think so.

Here are some of Spirit’s thoughts:

Your physical bodies do not have fall apart as you grow older.

5 Jun 2015

Eulogy To A Dog by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, inspiration | 4

Dogs are wise agents, sent directly from heaven. ~ Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

Shep, Fort Benton, Montana

I’ve loved dogs all my life. My family and I have been blessed to have many of them as beloved members of the family over the years.

My spirit guides also have a fondness for dogs (and all animals). Here are a few words from them, taken from an article we wrote a few years ago:

“Your domestic pets, especially dogs and cats, are one of the greatest gifts humanity has ever received.… Read more

29 May 2015

Opposite Field by John Cali

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, spiritual films | 0

You fall in love with films because films help you fall in love with life. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Preview of June 2015 Volume 6 of Spiritual Cinema Circle Films from Gaiam TV

Orbit Ever After

A touching comedy taking place in an unspecified future when life on earth — and above it — boils down to fundamental survival. Can a boy and a girl find happiness together when they see each other only once every orbit?

20 minutes in English.… Read more

22 May 2015

What Is the “Rule of Law?” by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, life purpose | 4

Every law is an infraction of liberty. ~ Jeremy Bentham (1748 — 1832)

The 10 Commandments

We’re living in a time when we hear much — perhaps too much — about the “rule of law.” And how it is seemingly so often violated all over our planet.

Spirit

Much of your modern society bases itself on what it calls the rule of law. Just what is this rule of law?

Although your many and varied jurisdictions have their own laws and interpretations of those laws, they are all based upon a most “unspiritual” perspective.… Read more

15 May 2015

You Can Create Your Own Happiness by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, health and well-being | 6

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Jumping for Joy

As you can see from the list of “Related posts” below, we’ve talked about happiness a lot in this blog. It’s a subject many folks never get tired of talking about — especially the lack of happiness in their lives.

Here’s Spirit.

Spirit

Most humans believe they need a reason to be happy. And that reason — whatever it is — money, relationships, health, etc. — will never provide lasting happiness.… Read more

11 May 2015

The Top Ten Things Your Spirit Guides and Angels Want to Tell You by John Cali and Spirit

by John Cali | posted in: Blog, channeling, inspiration | 2

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ~ Bible, Hebrews 13:2

Guardian Angel

People often ask us how to talk to their spirit guides (or guardian angels). Well, they’re sometimes surprised when we tell them their guides or angels are always right there with them — and want to talk to them.

What do they have to say to us? Their messages are always filled with love and compassion. Here are some of the things my spirit guides say they want to tell us.… Read more

consciousness

To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold. ~ Archibald MacLeish

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ The Dalai Lama

His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

You never lose those you love. ~ Spirit

Spirit

As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless. ~ Rodney Yee, American yoga teacher

Copyright © 2016 by Barbara Clark

Nothing real can be threatened; nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. ~ A Course in Miracles

Every Day Is an Adventure, A New Beginning

In the beginning there was nothing, and it exploded. ~ Sir Terry Pratchett, British author

The Big Bang

Editor: a person employed by a newspaper, whose business it is to separate the wheat from the chaff, and see that the chaff is printed. ~ Elbert Hubbard 1856-1915

Life, Death, and Beyond

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. ~ Og Mandino

The Light Beyond the Darkness

Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. This is not philosophy. This is physics. ~ Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Mountain Climbing Challenge

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril. Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. ~ Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple

Portrait of a Lion

I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. ~ Georges Duhamel

The Heart of God

Introduction

Forgiveness is the means by which the fear of death is overcome….Forgiveness lets the body be perceived as what it is—a simple teaching tool to be laid by when learning is complete, hardly changing him who learns at all. A Course in Miracles

God Is All That Is

Whenever there is some silence around you—listen to it. That means just notice it. Pay attention to it. Listening to silence awakens the dimension of stillness within yourself, because it is only through stillness that you can be aware of silence. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Be Silent

There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you. ~ Carol Matthau, wife of actor Walter Matthau.

Happy Aging Woman

Dogs are wise agents, sent directly from heaven. ~ Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

Shep, Fort Benton, Montana

Preview of June 2015 Volume 6 of Spiritual Cinema Circle Films from Gaiam TV

Every law is an infraction of liberty. ~ Jeremy Bentham (1748 — 1832)

The 10 Commandments

Spirit

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Jumping for Joy

Spirit

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ~ Bible, Hebrews 13:2

Guardian Angel