Chief Joseph Newsletter
Conversations with Chief Joseph & John Cali
August 18, 2009
Listen to our Chief Joseph podcasts here.
http://www.greatwesternpublishing.org/podcasts/In his brilliant best-selling book, Illusions, Richard Bach said "We
teach best what we most need to learn." I had a minor, but painful,
reminder of this recently.
John Cali
Chief Joseph and I are forever telling people it doesn't matter what
other people think or say about you, especially if it's critical or
destructive. All that matters is what you think of yourself.
The details of my painful experience don't matter. What does matter is
I allowed myself to get upset by a remark about my channelling from
someone I love and respect. It threw me into an emotional downward
spiral for about half a day.
Then I realized the remark had nothing to do with me. I also realized
I had an unhealthy attachment to what this dear person thought of me.
Not a good place to be at!
Here's Chief Joseph.
Chief Joseph
We understand how easy it is for humans to become attached to the
things of your physical world -- the people, the relationships, the
possessions, etc.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying these things, with
taking pleasure in them. But it's far too easy to cross over that line
between enjoyment and attachment. This creates huge problems for so
many of you. And it often throws you into "an emotional downward
spiral," in John's words.
We certainly do not advocate you remove yourselves from the world
around you. Nor do we want to see you abandon that world, as some of
you try to do in your own particular ways.
There is no need to abandon your physical life and all the people and
experiences it holds for you. In fact, you cannot abandon physical
life -- it's not an option. Unless, of course, you choose to leave
your physical bodies.
Friends, life on Planet Earth was intended by your higher selves to be
a joyful experience. Certainly not without its challenges and
opportunities for growth. But you, as your higher selves, knew there
would be those challenges and opportunities -- that's one of the
reasons you chose to reincarnate to begin with.
Life is a big game you've chosen to play. It's supposed to be fun.
That's what games are all about -- fun!
When you remember that -- when you remember who you are -- then life
becomes easy and almost effortless.
Where you often go astray is when you take life so seriously. You just
drag your bodies out of bed in the morning, dreading yet another day
of joyless living.
It does not have to be that way. You were never meant to be so
attached to this life that it drags you down, as John described in his
experience.
If you will take the time to reflect on your attachments (which are
always unhealthy), you will start to see them clearly. You will
realize they are robbing you of your birthright -- joy.
Joy is what it's all about. When you can find your joy within
yourselves in every present moment, and know you are your only true
source of joy, you will then feel such an incredible sense of relief
and release. You will be free again.
Free to enjoy your lives, your relationships, your possessions. Free
to enjoy them fully and passionately. But without depending on them
for your happiness. Even if you lost them all, you know your true and
only source of happiness is within you.
Attachment to the world around you drags you from your happiness, your
joy. When you seek happiness within you will empower yourselves to
create and live the most joyous, abundant lives you have ever known.
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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.
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