ARE ILLUSIONS REAL?

I have been pondering on how to explain or put into words the AHA
moment I had when I was kayaking this week. Have you ever tried to
explain to someone something you “felt” or “spiritually experienced”
but yet had no words to express?

I love to kayak as you know and my favorite time to do that is when
the water is perfectly still so it feels like I am actually floating
in glass. There is no wind to push me but there is no wind against
me either. As I am in the water, I can see the mirror image of the
trees, the homes, or whatever else is in the water and it gives me
an eery feeling because the depth perception is off as it gives you
a “double”. As above so below. The docks are twice as deep or high
depending on how you look at it. The boats give you an eery feeling
as you actually see it differently than you are used to.

I have experienced gliding through the trees’ image or even the
house image which is disconcerting to say the least but this time
I got a whole different view of what was happening. I deliberately
aimed my kayak at the images in the water and, lo and behold, the
images kept moving away from me. I was unable to glide “through”
because as I moved, the image moved away. It was always just beyond
my physical reach???? Was it because one side of the lake was in full
sun while the other side was in the shadows?

The closer I got, the smaller the mirror image got. It was as if my
mind was playing with me. I was never able to actually touch the
image with my kayak. The only rational explanation I came up with
was that it had something to do with the sun which was creating
the shadow image although with the still water, the image was as
clear as the so called “real” thing.

I really felt like I was in an illusion and suddenly was hit with
the realization that life itself is an illusion. This has been said
by many spiritual people and I know we can change the “illusion” by
simply changing our perspective about the situation. Everything is
in our mind as our mind is what creates our reality. Huh?????

How many people have said that life “is only a dream”. When you are
in a dream, it FEELS so REAL! Sometimes you wake up and have a hard
time waking up as you can still FEEL what you were dreaming about.
Was it an illusion? How do you know? Are our dreams the REAL reality?

Our bodies respond to dreams just as if it was actually happening
for real. How many times are we told to live our DREAMS? Our
imaginations (minds?) feel real and it is the ticket to fulfilling
our dreams. It is the stuff that makes our dreams come true in this
physical reality. In fact, our bodies respond to our thoughts (dreams?)
just as if it was happening in reality.

Am I confusing you? I am confusing myself. There is so much to life
and living that our mere mortal minds cannot grasp. Then there is
the heart where all our wishes are. If we respond with our hearts,
true reality is created. When we love, all is possible.

How many miracles have you heard of that happened because of Faith,
which is actually believing in something that is not seen but which
we know exists? I cannot see the wind yet I know it exists because
I “see” the effects of it. I believe in miracles and I know they are
created with LOVE. I know that my mind is what creates FEAR.

My eyes were playing with my mind of what I had believed to be true.
How many times do we think we see something that turns out not to be?
Just watching the birds fly over the water and suddenly they disappear,
or should I say, I can no longer see them but my mind tells me that
they still have to be there as there was no way for them to disappear.
Somehow they were in a “space” that my eyes could not see them but
they were still there in flight. I believe that is an optical illusion.
There is the word illusion again. How many illusions do you believe
to be true and yet are not?

Can you tell that my eyes were playing tricks on me but it sure sent
my mind into delving into the questioning vs the logical side of
what had happened. How many illusions do we believe that are simply
not true to our logical minds? Isn’t life mysterious? Just when
you think you have all the answers, life shows you another side of
the same thing.

I would love to hear from you if you ever experienced such a
situation and what was your conclusion. I think I “understood”
the deeper meaning while it was happening to me but now that I am
back on land, it almost feels like a dream.

I read an article that the reason we do not like the pictures
that are taken of us is because we are used to seeing our reflection
in the mirror which is not how others see us. When we look at a
picture of ourselves, it is how other people actually see us. The
picture shows us the side of our face on the other side of what we
see in the mirror so it is disconcerting to us and not familiar.

When I watched this video, it sent me into laughter. It is a play
between what we “know” and what actually happens in our minds.
This is meant for those with distinctive, mature tastes. It’s quite
entertaining and it gets better as it continues.

Not only that, but a whole lot of us can relate to this, as you’ll
see…

Enjoy!

Take a look at this. Turn up the volume.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv1tMioGgXI?rel=0

Love and Light

Mary Grace
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977

IS GOD BOTH MASCULINE & FEMININE?

Beloved,

The town of Wales where I live is honoring its 250th anniversary by
having an 8 day celebration. It started with an enormous parade
included cardboard boat race (the boats are actually made out of
cardboard), oldie pictures and movies, water skiers who were fabulous
some were six skiers carrying six other skiers, boat parade, baseball
challenge between Police and Fire Dept., Black Hawk helicopter honoring
the veterans, a play about OUR TOWN, sock hop with a mysterious
Elvis making an appearance, a car show tonight with a Trasher truck?,
a Bass Derby, BBQ and multiple bands throughout the week.

It has been well attended and it has been fun as well as heart warming
seeing the people we know in many different scenarios. Much laughing
and eating as well as dancing has occurred and for a small town with
about 2,000 residents, we did ourselves proud.

I always start my weekly TV Show by saying the Lord’s Prayer in
Aramaic which is Jesus’ own language that he spoke when he was here
on Earth. I like to create sacred space where my viewers and I
are connected heart to heart and I guide them into feeling the Love
that Father/Mother God had for Jesus and vice versa bringing
them into the Love exchange so they know that they are loved just
as well since Divine Love always spreads to all who are conscious
of it.

Well, this week I was challenged in a friendly way about God being
only masculine and not feminine. I went to 12 years of Catholic
school and am still Catholic but as a child I did not see God
as this stern male figure who meted out punishments at the least
infraction. I saw God as a true Father who loved me and the whole
world and only wanted me to be happy. As I kept increasing my
knowledge of spirituality and religion, I came to believe that God
was in everything. After all, he created every single living thing
here on Earth and our Bible and Religion tells us that we were made
in the Image of God and since half of the humans were female, God
has to be part female too!

In fact, can I get profane here? God is also a cockroach as God
created ALL living things. There would be no “life” without the
Essence of God. The Divine is in all life and we are loved
unconditionally even if life is as small as an atom or a bedbug.

God is all encompassing no matter what name you call the Holy Presence.
God also told Abraham that his name is: I AM THAT I AM. How many
times a day do each and every one of us say: I AM……tired, sick,
happy, sad, angry, jealous, hungry, cold, warm, etc? If you pay
attention you will be surprised how many times you use God’s name
in just an hour let along a day. Are we taking the Lord’s name in
vain?

When I was about 8 years old, I was told that only Catholics could
go to heaven. That confused me so I went to my priest and asked
him if that was true as my little cousin who was my age was not
Catholic. He said it was true. I was adamant. I straddled my legs,
put my hands on my hips and said: “My God would not do THAT!”

Today, you don’t hear anymore about only Catholics going to heaven.
I KNOW that God loves us all without preference and someday we will
all be with the Divine in what we call Heaven. God is so much bigger
that we can conceive. Just look at your body and how billions of
cells are each in a different organ (religion) but together they
form a “body” which is you. The human mind could not have
conceived a human body that could work with all the billions of cells
doing their own jobs still be the “chalice” of the soul and have
the mind work as it does. That is the biggest miracle ever
performed. I see the earth as a body that contains billions of
cells (us) and each cell (you) fulfilling its purpose on Planet Earth
that it chose before it was conceived.

There is an opportunity this week for you if you want to
experience and also learn more about the Energies of 2012.
This is an amazing year with energies that are sometimes hard
to understand. Every day is so profound and events around the
world have us shaking our heads in amazement.

One of my teachers, Jennifer McLean is offering you this opportunity.
I will include some info about it below. I have personally experienced
all the presenters and they are phenomenal.

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This one is really quite amazing, 2012 is NOW ~ The New Guidance is
for those that are wanting the newest most refined information about
what the rest of this year holds.

So, if you are struggling with the new energies this program will
guide you to move through it.

If you are having “ascension symptoms; “mysterious aches and pains, more foggy moments, super speeded moments and so many more, you can find out why, and how to use these energies.

If you are seeking guidance on how to best prepare for the even
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2012 is NOW ~ The New Guidance will allow you to interact directly
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to find out your role in this evolutionary shift.

Yep, your heard that right we are opening up the dial in lines and
allowing you the opportunity to receive your own reading. (But you
have to register!)

We think that now is the time to access the new guidance for what we can do to prepare for the “shift of the ages” on December 21, 2012.

We wanted to offer a set of speakers that will help you to embrace
the future, and be prepared for what’s next.

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Here is what you can expect:

Day 1, August 20 Elizabeth Jones: Astrologer – Guide to the Stars
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Day 2, August 21 Brian Seth Hurst: Exceptional & Accurate Intuitive
& Coach

Day 3, August 22 Laurie Reyon: Internationally Renowned Animal
Communicator & Dolphin / Whale Channeler

Day 4, August 23 Dee Wallace: Renowned Actress & Creator of the
Powerful I~M System of Healing

Day 5, August 24 Pepper Lewis: Renowned Author, Teacher & Channel
of GAIA

Day 6, August 25 THEO / Sheila Gillette: Channeler of THEO, The 12
Archangels Collective

LEARN WHAT’S NEXT IN 2012:
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A friend sent me this link and it inspired me so I am hoping it
inspire you. She is full of life.

She is sooo cute! Take the time to watch, it’s worth it!! She will
make you smile. We should all age so gracefully.

http://www.lolbucket.com/video/KN5K8Y4S1AMA/100-year-old-Idaho-woman-on-Jay-Leno-show

Love and Light,

Mary Grace
www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977

ARE YOU A MESSENGER?

What an unusual day today has been. I do not need to do my TV Show
today because my camera person and the manager of the Studio will
not be there. It feels funny as usually Friday I create the newsletter
to send to you and then I dive into creating my TV Show which
encompasses pulling together all the things I have gathered during
the week and then writing my own script so it just flows smoothly
and effortlessly seemingly. Although I am open to what happens, as
as much as I prepare,sometimes things happen in a different manner
than I planned.  http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

It felt like I had so much time to write you that time just got away
from me. My small town is celebrating its 250th Anniversary so it
will be a week’s worth of celebration beginning tomorrow morning
with a huge parade and my street will be closed for 3 hours which
means I need to leave early to be able to see the parade So…
I decided to make my home yogurt today instead of tomorrow which also
meant I had to do the dishes.

Then I felt sooo sleepy so I took a short nap and when I woke up
I was hungry so decided to take myself to that new restaurant I told
you about two weeks ago and I had gluten free corn chowder and gluten
free fried mozzarella sticks. Boy, was that good. There was another
woman who has Celiac in the restaurant and was trying to figure out
what to order. Like me she wants to try ALL the gluten free offerings.
When I got my fried mozzarella sticks I offered some to her and when
she got her eggplant parmigiana, she shared some with me. I apologize
if I am rambling, like I said, it is a strange day. I did things
today that are such a treat for me that I don’t usually get to do.
Try it you will like it, be good to yourself too.

Just like how we share what we loved with each other, I want to share
some things I love with you. Oh! I also read an email sent by
Patricia Cota-Robles and listened to Messenger Revolution by Darius M
Barrius this morning. There are remarkable opportunities available
to us to help ourselves vibrate a higher frequency and also help
bring that vibration to the whole world. Tomorrow starts a cycle
of energy that we can join and participate in right from our own
home. Are you interested? Here is a sample:

THIS IS OUR MOMENT – HOLD THE LIGHT!
by Patricia Cota-Robles

August 8, 2012

www.eraofpeace.org

This is a Cosmic Moment in the evolution of this planet, and all of us who are on Earth at this time have been preparing for lifetimes to assist in this vitally important facet of the unfolding Divine Plan.

The Company of Heaven has revealed to us that, through the collective
consciousness of Humanity, we have reached a critical mass, a tipping
point, that will enable us to utilize the celestial alignments and the
solar flares that have taken place this momentous year of 2012 to
cocreate A Renaissance of Love on Planet Earth. Together we are
changing the course of history.

Your I AM Presence has magnetized this information into your sphere
of awareness because the sacred knowledge you possess and the gifts of
Light you are adding to the world are necessary for us to succeed God
Victoriously.

A plan has been set into motion that will draw the focus of
Humanity’s attention which will in turn create a collective cup of
Humanity’s consciousness. This will open a tremendous portal of Light
through which the Light of God will flow to Birth a New Renaissance of
Divine Love for Humanity and ALL Life evolving on this sweet Earth. The
vehicle that will be used for this global activity of Light is the 26th
Annual World Congress on Illumination. This event will take place during
the 25th Anniversary of Harmonic Convergence August 11-16, 2012, on the
sacred isle of Kauai, in Hawaii. This is a global event and we will
all be in our right and perfect place on the planet to fulfill our
individual missions for this event.

YOUR PART IN THIS DIVINE PLAN

During that sacred week, people in attendance will join in
consciousness with Lightworkers tuning in from around the world, and
together we will form a Chalice of Light that will envelop the entire
Planet Earth. The collective cup of our consciousness will form the Open
Door through which powerful 5th-Dimensional Frequencies of Crystalline
Solar Light from our Father-Mother God will flow to Birth a Renaissance
of Divine Love. This influx of Light will lift the energy, vibration,
and consciousness of every person on Earth. This will move Humanity a
quantum leap toward the consciousness of Oneness and Reverence for ALL Life which is our Divine Destiny as Sons and Daughters of God. This
event is a critical step of preparation before the unprecedented influx
of Light that will bathe the Earth during the December 21, 2012 Solstice.

As the World Congress On Illumination unfolds each day, the Beings
of Light in the Realms of Illumined Truth will guide us step by step
through the various facets of the Divine Plan. For this reason, we
do not have a lot of information about the specific Divine Ceremonies
in advance.

The important thing for you to understand is that we have ALL been preparing for lifetimes to fulfill our unique facet of this Divine Plan. Ask your
I AM Presence and the Company of Heaven for guidance, then listen to
your heart. KNOW that the Beings of Light will be guiding you also.
Respond to your inner guidance and you will unerringly weave your
magnificent Light into this wondrous event.

We will work in THE ETERNAL MOMENT OF NOW throughout the week, so whenever you are able to join in consciousness with us will be right
and perfect. It does not matter if you are joining with us at the
exact same time. When we are focused in the Eternal Moment of Now,
we are ONE in perfect synchronicity.

The momentum of Light will build from the Opening Ceremonies on
August 11th through the Closing Ceremonies on August 16th. Your Divine
Intention is what matters. Know that if you intend to be the most
powerful force of Light you are capable of being during this
miraculous facet of the Divine Plan, you will be. Trust yourself!

Thank you for your heartfelt desire to assist Humanity and this
precious planet. Your Light and Love are needed and gratefully
accepted by Mother Earth and ALL Life evolving upon her. I truly
appreciate you and the Light you are adding to the world.

Humanity is in the midst of the greatest shift of consciousness that has ever occurred in any system of worlds. The
Beings of Light said it is impossible for Humanity to fathom what
will be accomplished with the Birth of a New Renaissance of Divine
Love, but they said it will be GLORIOUS beyond our wildest dreams!

http://www.youtube.com/PatriciaCotaRobles

(Precious Hearts, this is a YouTube video that will greatly assist
in manifesting the patterns of perfection as we prepare to Birth a
Renaissance of Divine Love.)

Patricia Diane Cota-Robles
New Age Study of Humanity’s Purpose
a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit educational organization www.eraofpeace.org

NEXT…..

I listened to a recording of Panache Desai who I believe is on the
cutting edge of how we need to accept just how much the Divine loves
us and that we are perfect just as we are right now. He has a message
and energy that just goes right to your heart and makes you feel so
good about yourself in a way that I have never felt before. He is
a very special messenger and he says we EACH carry a message that
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Love and Light

Mary Grace

www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.IAmMaryGrace.com
http://www.waleson5.com/marygrace.html

PO Box 403
Wales, MA 01081, USA
413-245-3977