Excerpts from
"The Archangel Diaries: Book One"
A collection of aphorisms.
by Michaele de Cygne

Step out of the Pain Body.  Just let it drop as though you've stepped out of one of those fat suits in which Eddie Murphy likes to be filmed while wearing.  Come out of it and just sit awhile.  Continuing to hold it only furthers the pain.

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In the ocean, waaaayyy down deep, sometimes before one reaches that place of Simplicity at the bottom, one may encounter very strong, crisscrossing, silt producing and quixotic currents; sometimes even when the Simplicity is within sight. In those times, one's sense of smallness and aloneness becomes acute and the Shadow looms very largely. In those times, trusting the "Gravity" of the One within Whom one Dwells will bring one to the Simplicity (at the nexus between the conscious and the Unconscious) is the only thing one can do - in those times, one's consciousness of the Consciousness is like the small, but comforting Light within the personal "bathosphere" that tells us our ship has not sprung a leak and the external forces, as impressive as they may be, are not more powerful than the Force within Whom/Which we ride.

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The personal mind is a basin for the Ocean of the Universal Mind. Personal consciousness is relative to the individual's relationship with the Ocean. In your community, you can be a coastline, an inlet, a cove, a bay or a sea; depending on how much of yourself (ego) you are willing to release in order for the Ocean to fill you.

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Working for an employer who regularly indicates that you’re not quite good enough in one way or another can take years off your life. Living with a spouse who does so likewise can take off decades. The emotional and psychological toxicity arising from persistently living with such a person is a poison that surely kills; first the spirit, gradually the body. Are you courting suicide by relationship?

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It's far better to surround yourself with people of low stature and high character than to seek the company of rich, famous persons of low character. If you're gonna seek the company of the rich and famous, choose your friends on the basis of character, not the material. Choose only those of high character (and only be so with them); when their wealth fluctuates, their friendship won't.

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The Otherworld is to the “real world” as the earth’s oceans are to its land. The oceans are all around us, with vastly more area and life than there is on land; far more is unseen than is seen. The Otherworld is likewise. Just as galaxies form along lattices of dark [unseen] matter, so the real world forms along lattices of the Otherworld. A “realist” who doesn’t accept this Reality is self deluded.

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Eliminate the boundary between your self and the Infinite. How? Use the creative power of your imagination. Imagine yourself with all your inner "stuff" in Space. Then, see the Source, as Love, flowing all around and within you. Then, see Love dissolving all your stuff; see the stuff of you disappear, leaving only you and Love. To see that is to experience it. To meditate on that is to live in the Boundless.

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Do not be afraid to make time to perceive your Truth. Do not be afraid to represent your Truth. Do not be afraid to speak your Truth, (with kindness and Love, not with the force of your will or ego.) Do not be afraid to live your Truth. When you do experience such fear, (and you will, as you have), be willing not to be so. Then, be not afraid; be your Truth.

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How we experience 2012 is largely based on how we choose to experience it. Choose fear and destruction and the universe will accommodate you. Choose Love and Peace and the universe will accommodate you. ~ I choose Love.

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Are you concerned about surviving "2012"? If you wanna insure you successfully transit that Crossroads then, imagining your life in 2013 might be a good starting point, today. ~ (Do not be afraid. Change.)

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Remember, your words have power. Speak Love, health and success to your body; your life will follow suit.
Dare to think it, speak it, be it.

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The universal word is clear; "No shit!! Wake the #^@% up or die!"
Choose to live.

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If you're a rock star, paying bills by flippin' burgers, bustin' concrete, shoveling manure [literal or otherwise] or listening to negative minded people harp about their problems without accepting responsibility for their solutions, be on stage; with your spatula, jackhammer, shovel, with full receptivity and response to your audience. The stage WILL shift appropriately.

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Imagine yourself in a large pool. Then, put the pool into a lake, then the lake into an ocean. You're not the pool, lake or ocean; are You? Likewise, you’re not your mind/thoughts, your psyche/emotions nor your body/sensations. They're just personal resources for You to dynamically experience the universe. They’re all subject to You. The understanding of this is the beginning of the end of suffering.

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Breathe. Deeeeeply. Again. One more. And again. Aaaahh, feeeeel that lightness? Keep it up - you are lighter than all the heaviness that may be happening around you right now.

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Fear and Love cannot coexist. Make up your mind; we Love together or I live in Love and you live in your fear. I'm gonna keep Loving, being Love and living in the freedom of Love regardless of your choice(s). The fork in the River is right there; the branches will not converge again, until they both dissolve into the Sea, and that's far, far and a long time away. In which Way are we flowing, now, today?

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u are immortal. Are you going to accept it and live to the fullest, or are you going to continue to believe that Death necessitates the cessation of Life in your body? Remind every cell and every cell will act accordingly. ;) [Just remember, you get out what you input.]

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Do not mistake kindness for acceptance.

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You are a spirit. You wear your body like your hand wears a glove. Your body is yourself; your spirit is your Self. That being understood, using your imagination, expand your spirit beyond your body; see and feel your body within your Self. Then, with your spirit, hug your body; (give yourself some Love.) Then, let the Divine Spirit hug you.

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Be still, be quiet and just listen.

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The most basic thing in life that you take for granted, like walking safely in sunlight or eating a prepackaged sandwich, may be something that could kill the apparently normal person standing next to you. What you complain about not having, she might be deathly afraid of encountering. Compassion is more than a virtue; it's a necessary social skill.

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Some white men CAN jump. Not all black people like fried chicken. Many Chinese really suck at math. A lot of Mexicans hate Mariachi music. There are thin Samoans. Most Native Americans never see casino money. Some blonde women are geniuses. Some crack heads are geniuses. No stereotype is universal.

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Your dream; be it. [Approach everything you do and the way you do everything as though you're living your dream fulfilled. Got a dull job while your dream self is a rock star? Be your rock star and do the job as though you're a rock star in a reality show > pay your bills > dream and live your dream. Living it, the dream becomes real; otherwise, it's just a wish. Are you wishing or being your dream?]