The Changes In Our Life

Greetings!

We are halfway through 2025.  How is your 2025 so far?

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2007 was a year of many changes to our family.  For examples -  

In late March 2007, I finally went to a healing workshop.  Back in July 2005, the teacher of the Thursday Circle had related a message from my spirit guide for me to learn healing, but I did not follow.  I saw myself as an ordinary Chinese woman, and it was hard for me to envision working as a healer in the western culture.  (Re Did I feel qualified as a healer? and  We are all much more than who we appear to be )  

In July 2007, my younger son got married.  On the day before the wedding, my older son was offered a job in another state.  He asked us to move there with him.  I knew moving to the other state was very much in the divine plan.  (Re The Amazing Prophetic Dream of Moving - Story 1 )  However, I was overwhelmed with emotions during that time.  For over 20 plus years, the family of four had lived in the same state.  I could not imagine how shocking it was for my younger son to learn right before his wedding that his parents and older brother would soon move to a state that was about 750 miles away.  

As always, major changes brought in a new beginning.  2007 was a year of many changes and a new beginning for our family.

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2016 was a year of changes too.  My older son began working in a company that he still worked for now.  For a while, I worked as a caregiver.  In June, I went to a gathering.  (Re Two powerful healer came from another state , The Clairvoyant healer gave me a healing session and I asked to be a channel of healing to the others, and I was )  Since moving back to this state in 2012, I seldom went out by myself at night.  It was because of those meetings that I began to attend discourses at night given by a spiritual master from another country in later months in 2016 and in 2017.  (Yes, I stepped outside of my comfort zone again! 😃😃)  Most importantly, in 2016, I met Matthew, my brother - an incredible story of mystical dreams and reincarnations.  (Re A Strange Dream and other posts published in 2016 and 2017)  In the last months of 2016, my husband had A Chance Meeting in A Restaurant .  To be able to sit among friends every morning helped my husband a lot *.  To me,  2016 was a year of grace.  

* During the pandemic years, the restaurant closed its door for dining in.  My husband could no longer get together with his friends in the restaurant.  It definitely had an adverse effect on his wellbeing.  

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Before 2025 arrived, I knew changes were coming except I had no idea of when / what.  (The sum of the digits of 2007, 2016 and 2025 is the same.) In a phone conversation with a loved one in March, I learned changes had already started.  Luckily, I was no longer the me decades ago.  I had (have) faith in the Loving Divine; I fully trusted All Is Well and only good came (or comes) out of all situations.  In April/May, I also learned of the big changes that were occurring to a family that I had indirectly come to know.  At night, I prayed for those that were going through these changes.  

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As human beings, sometimes we ask / pray / long for changes while at other times, we dread facing changes in life.  Changes are part of our life.  Spiritually, changes are opportunities for us to overcome something, learn life lessons, and / or to go on a new path.  However, in our human forms, it is hard for us to look at life situations that way.  Sometimes we spend our time blaming others / finding faults / dwelling in unwholesome emotions such as anger, pain, hurt, shame, and hate.   We trap ourselves in darkness.  We forget we are responsible for our own wellbeing.  We forget we have a free will.  We can choose to move forward with courage and a positive outlook of the future.

During the challenging restaurant years, sometimes I sat on bed thinking about the problems with tears dripping down my face.  One night, I heard (my guide said) "You can choose to be happy no matter what."  It did not go well with me then.  Over the years, I gradually found what he said was true.  It was one of the best pieces of advice about life.  When I dwelt in the lack, I continued to live in the lack.  When I lightened up my heart, I allowed grace, miracles and wonders to come into my life.  My heart was filled with gratitude and awe because of these touches of the Loving Divine.  

In any life situation / change that involve others, it is important to look within if we need to adjust / change / improve on our views or the way we live our life.  Love ourselves and bless others with good wishes.

If you have time, please click to view To Let Go Is . . . . 

May all of us go through life's changes in the ease and grace of the Loving Divine.

Love and Blessings,

Q of D

  

A.R.E.'s Thought for the Day and my experience of Thought

Greetings!

One night in 2011, I went to a forum.  Before the gathering was over, there was a drawing for prizes.  There were about 12 prizes.  Seeing the filled auditorium, I thought, "Those who win a prize deserve the prize, and I am happy for them."  So names were called, and people went up the stage to receive the gift.  I said in my heart to every person that won a prize, "I am happy for you."  Near the end, a thought came, and I ended up getting a prize!  (Re My thought and the outcome )

In that post, I wrote it was interesting how my thought correlated with the outcome.

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As an A.R.E. member, I receive Thought for the Day *  on my phone (through my email acct.) every morning around 6 a.m.  ( * excepts / words of wisdom from Edgar Cayce channeled readings)  Some mornings I wake up and grab the phone to read the Thought for the Day .  If not, I  read it while I am on the computer later in the day.  I may have many unread emails, but Thought for the Day is not one of them.

Over the years, I found the excerpts uplifting and helpful in my spiritual journey.  Occasionally, Thought for the Day  turned out to be the answers to the questions that I held before I went to sleep.  When this happened, I logged in to read the whole reading.

On May 28, 2025, I received the following Thought for the Day -

"The mind governs the body more or less; consequently, the mind should dwell on beautiful things if we would have a healthy body."

I recalled my reaction was 'Ah, our mind governs the body."  It was somewhat interesting, but I did not search for the reading.

In the afternoon, I thought of what to eat for lunch.  (I ate when I felt hungry.  I did not have a fixed time for meals.)  Before cooking, I tried to open a glass jar of seasoning.  After a few tries, I just could not move the lid a bit.    

I had difficulty opening jars from time to time.  Sometimes I used the techniques ** I knew, and still could not open a jar / bottle.  (** e.g. put the jar under hot tap water for a while, turn the jar upside down and tap at the bottom a few times, or use paper / towel so as to have a better grip of the lid / jar)  I normally tried and tried to do it by myself before I asked for help.  My son often opened it with ease.  Seeing how easily he did it, sometimes I wondered if I had not applied the strength in my hands correctly while I tried to move the lid.  But then, I had to admit he was stronger than I was.  He was a bodybuilder, and I was not into exercise.  I saw other women lifted up a 24-pack of bottled water with ease.  It was not my case.

My son was at work that day.  When my son was not home, there had been times I asked my guides and angels to help me.  Amazingly, sometimes I got an idea as what to do, and was able to open a jar.  That afternoon I did not pray for help.

Holding the jar in my hand, I decided to give it one last try.  It did not work.  Disappointed, I thought "Oh, my hands are so "  Right then I paused (my thought).  I recalled the words in the Thought for the Day, and realized it was a negative adjective/label for my hands .  With a smile on my face, I said in my mind, "I am going to open the jar with ease."  I put my hand on the lid of the jar.  Incredibly, I did not need to apply any force!  I simply lifted up the lid.  It was as if the jar had already been opened.  To be honest, when I replaced the previous thought with a new positive thought, I was like a little girl who was trying to have some fun; I held no expectations.  I am a senior now.  It was (is) this little girl within that helped me see the fun, joy, magic and beauty of life.  

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While I was writing this post, I noticed A.R.E. had sent out a circulating file on The Nature of Mind on May 12.  I had not read the file.  It had 69 pages which included everything that Edgar Cayce said about the mind during his channeled readings.  In the same email was a short video on Thoughts Are Things.  In the video, John Van Auken shared his own experience in focusing on positive thoughts, and the importance of getting into a pattern of pausing before thought / capturing a thought before you let it become too powerful.  He said Edgar Cayce had said during one of his channeling sessions that new thoughts overshadowed old thoughts; therefore, it was important to focus on positive thoughts.

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The two experiences I shared were almost 14 years apart.  In other words, I had not paid enough attention to my thoughts in between those years.  The experience on May 28, 2025 certainly reminded me of the importance of my thoughts.

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It is never too late to begin focusing on positive thoughts and getting into a pattern of pausing before thought / before reacting to life situations.

Thank you, Loving Divine, Edgar Cayce, and all the wonderful teachers / friends at A.R.E.

Love and Blessings,

Q of D

  

I got a name in a dream, and police cars in the parking lot

Greetings!

One morning, I woke up from a dream.  

Here was the dream -

Two sisters were talking to a male friend.  I seemed to be the younger sister.  The older sister in the dream was not my sister in life.  We seemed to be in our late teens to early 20 s.  The male friend was tall with above average built.  Suddenly, we heard men chatting and footsteps.  We were on the top floor of a 3 or 4 story house.  The older sister said, "Oh, No!  Father and his friends are coming up the stairs!  Father does not like XXXXXXX (the male friend)!  What are we going to do?"  The me in the dream thought for a brief while.  I walked to the top of the stairs, and said loudly, "Father, you are home!  XXXXXXX is here.  He comes to visit us.  He is about to leave."  Then I walked back to where they stood.  I said, "Don't worry!  Father will not get mad in front of his friends.  And, XXXXXXX should leave right away after greeting our father."  (The characters in the dream were Europeans.)

I woke up from the dream.  Later, I wrote it down in my journal.  At the end, I wrote "Who is XXXXXXX?"

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A few days later I went to a lecture on mantras.  

I had gone to this place before.  The founder (deceased) dedicated his life in service for humanity and peace of the world.  His students in U.K. and different places in U.S.A. continued with the mission.  This place had good energy.  It showed the devotion of the students to the founder as well as their dedication for service.

Later I learned those of us who had learned the mantras were welcomed to participate in the prayer service for world peace which was held once a week at night.  I raised my hand to tell the lecturer that I did not drive much at night in recent years, and would join them in spirit from home.  The teacher / lecturer was kind and accepting.  She said she had friends that did not like driving at night too.

While I was about to leave, a man volunteered to pick me up for the service at night.  (He was one of the ministers.)  I thanked him, but declined to accept his offer.  I told him it was too much trouble for him to pick me up and drive me home.  He asked where I lived, and said it was no trouble at all for him to do that.  Then he said his name.  He was tall with above average built.  I smiled and accepted his kind offer.  After all, peace for the world had always been important to me.

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On the night he was supposed to pick me up, I waited outside of the apartment.  Later, I got a call that he had been driving around and could not find the building that I lived.  I learned he drove a truck.  While we were on the phone, I spotted his truck in a distance in another parking lot.  I told him to stay where he was while I walked over there.  

There was a traffic jam on the way to the place.  We were half an hour late for the service.  I got to participate in 3/4 of the service.  It was a new experience for me.  I was grateful to take part in the service for peace.

The drive home was smooth.  However, the second this brother drove his truck into the parking lot, I could sense we were being watched!  The parking lot was usually not full at all at night, but it was different this night.  I saw a few unmarked police patrol vehicles!  (I saw these vehicles in the school parking lots from time to time.)  One of the vehicles immediately drove right in front of the truck and kind of blocking the truck.  The policeman looked directly and intensely at me.  I realized what might have happened.  I smiled at the policeman to let him know I was fine.  He moved his vehicle to the side and drove away.  

The brother had a big truck.  I did not know much about cars.  His truck was much bigger than the regular trucks.  Somebody in the neighborhood might have seen this unfamiliar big truck driving around, and thought of the news about crimes such as kidnapping.  He or she might have called the police after seeing me getting into the truck.  

The brother might not have noticed anything unusual that night.  I had not talked about it.  After some thought, I decided not to participate in the service at night anymore.  It was too much trouble / time consuming for the brother to come to my place and drive me home afterward.

I attended their Sunday service once in a while.  Last month I went to join their service for peace when it took place during daytime on a Saturday.  They had always treated all that came with kindness and respect.  I felt at ease sitting among them.  

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In zoom meetings, sometimes channels and readers gave short readings for those that attended.  Most people did not know much about me because I rarely spoke up.  One day, a channel said, "You are pretty established in your dream world."  Some people went to sleep with an intent of what to dream or explore.  I did not.  It was interesting to find how closely my dreams and the reality were interconnected.

Good Night!  Have Fun Dreaming!

Love and Blessings,

Q of D