Ripe for Retreat

View of a sandy beach with calm water, framed by flowering branches and lush greenery.

Note: lately I was told, in no uncertain terms, to take some time off (see AA Gabrielle’s message below)… that is very hard for me to do, but i took two nights and a day this week… went to the beach and lay down for a couple of hours… It was hugely restorative. I will be doing more of that this summer… and I hope you will, too.

Rest, recharge, restore your peace, your strength, your optimism and your ability to be so present for others & our beautiful planet… Love, Jen

Channeling AA Gabriel, June 5, 2026

 Jen: I’m just sitting in my heart feeling the infinity loops twirling back and forth, side to side, up and down, in and out, hither and yon, just centering.  I would ask Gabriel, beloved, to sit with me and ease my heart about the experiences I’ve been having lately ~ the difficulties or obstacles, choppiness, just turbulence… even meditation is really difficult lately. Doors keep banging. I want to sink into a submersion bathtub chamber with heavy walls, [where I would] hear nothing. 

AAG: This is Gabriel. You are ripe for a retreat. 

This is exactly the experience you will remember from now on that indicates to you that you are ready for some quiet, some downtime, some space, some rest. You have been going 100 miles an hour for a very long time. It is fine to have a half a day of rest, [but] this is not enough at this point. 

You need to take a few days off, walk by the ocean, dip your toes in the water, go up to your knees, jump in all the way -it does not matter-  but you need time alone and time in the peace and harmony that is given to you for this nurturing of the energies as they are experienced within you. Then you, of course, see them outside of you. 

So, working again from the outside to the inside, if you change what it is you’re experiencing, seeing, in your daily life for a few days, you will find that there is greater harmony within you. It is possible to work the equation from both directions. 

Certainly, it is a guide to you that what you see without and around you is a reflection of what is within you, but also it is a useful mechanism for you to understand that if you change what is outside of you, that will often bring about that shift that you are looking for within you. 

There will always be the press of life upon life. There will always be shared experiences, some of which are pleasant and some of which are annoying or irritating. You live in a crowded world with one another, on top of one another, we would say.  Certainly surrounded by and with all of your personal desires to be connected with so many, you are naturally going to feel the interruptions and …it’s not always going to come at the right time, so you will sometimes feel irritated, or you will feel overwhelmed. There may be many claims upon your attention at the same time. You will have various other kinds of challenges.  

We can tell you that in fact your internet is being an enormous group reflection of the chaos within, within humanity. You are all seeking clarity. You are all seeking the calm in the eye of the storm. And yes, it is a storm, sometimes a sunny one, but energetically you are in the midst of the storm. 

There is debris flying around you. There are those things which get lodged within your own personal energy field, which are unwelcome. It is going to assist you, behoove you, help you, and ultimately heal you to remember that you have choices. 

And if the circumstances in any given day are difficult, take at least a moment and reconnect with Mother Earth, reconnect with the representation of Divine Mother, which is most closely available to you in your environment. Put your feet upon the grass, put your toes in the water, put your fingers in the air. Allow your eyes to be bathed in the beauty of natural wonder. 

Does this feel that it will be assisting to you? 

Jen: Indeed, for sure. 

AAG: So, what would prevent you from choosing this so clearly and directly?

Jen: Well, it seems that each day has more in it than I can possibly accomplish, so I am caught on a hamster wheel of my own making. 

AAG: Yes, and it can be your unmaking as well, and you can unmake it. So dismantle it little by little. See it as not being made of metal, not being made of wood, not being made of anything solid, but being made instead of grass, being made instead of cobwebs, being made instead of light beams. See this wheel that you are playing upon- rather insistently- as being gossamer, gentle, fun.

And if you will remember to envision it differently, you will find that indeed it is changing substance, it is rising in vibration, and it will no longer trouble you. It may recur again, in which case, you remember: re-envision what you are experiencing. Tell yourself a new story. Describe your current experience in a new way, and it will follow. 

Life will follow your creation, because your life is what you have created for yourself, and, you collectively have created for yourselves. So to the degree that you wish to participate within the collective creation, enjoy! If it is no longer enjoyable, now you know what to do. 

Go within the quiet temple within your own heart, where all is peaceful and all is sweet, and when you are refreshed, emerge again, and it will be a new day. Great blessings to you, my dear, and to each one in your team of friends, soul friends, heart friends. Farewell for now.

Light Will Not Fail

Portland Head Light through the sumac, September 2025, by Jennifer Donaldson

My friends, how are you doing? Many Light-workers and Love-holders report being particularly exhausted lately. Sensitivity to the world’s pain can drain our energy very quickly. Compassion for all that the planet is going through can stretch our spirits very thin.

Here is a way to refresh your weary heart: by taking a break rather than doing more, with easing up rather than trying so hard, with choosing peace rather than focusing more on the chaos, with a daily hour outdoors soaking up the color, the beauty, the inspiring design of our natural world.

I love to walk in a nearby park along the rocky edge of the ocean, breathing in the dee deep blue of the ocean, and the refreshing oxygen and presence of the trees. Then I find a bench and sit for a while with what is strong, enduring and grounding, the cliffs crowned by this beautiful Lighthouse.

Where are those special places in your part of the world? How can you take loving care of yourself in the midst of change? How can you rise through exhaustion to holding the excitement about the beautiful life in 5-D that is now open for everyone?

Our Lighthouse team has been sharing thoughts about this in preparation for our monthly SPIRIT CAFE coming up this Saturday- the 20th.

SPIRIT CAFE will be open again for an hour of conversation and a short meditation or channeling, on Saturday September 20th at 11 am EDT (Eastern USA.) Come for community, insight and more fascinating conversation about All Things Spiritual. 

NOTE: we have a new LINK.

This month our team – all of us are Council of Love teachers & coaches – will open a discussion on-line on the topic of Lightworker exhaustion vs optimism.  Why are many feeling disheartened while others feel stronger than ever, full of hope and energy…. What is going on?

Linda Dillon, our mentor and founder of the Council of Love, with our angels & ascended masters, are constantly expanding our understanding through strategic, informative classes and seasonal events. Because of this great resource, many of us have bonded into a strong & supportive community, filled with hope for Nova Gaia.

Spirit Cafe is inspired by the Council of Love. Please join us this month! We’d love to see you. Everyone is most welcome.  

NEW LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84820870165      Meeting ID: 848 2087 0165

Higher Self Sam-u-el Offering Encouragement to Lightworkers

Rob: I’m just looking around my circle of guides, and they’re all just kind of smiling at me. So I guess with that, we’re going to go with Sam-u-el, my Higher Self.

Sam-u-el: Greetings, Rob. Greetings, all. You’ve been getting direct indications lately that, yes, this is the time of new beginnings. Everything seems to be unfolding so much quicker now. By everything, I mean that which is ordained by the Divine Plan and, of course, your part in it. All of you have parts of that plan in its unfoldment, and your role within that unfoldment.

Previous messages are correct — isn’t it wonderful to be in that state of just allowing, just being in the flow, the flow of love; that is all it is. How could there be anything fearful in that? No matter what comes up in the future, no matter where that river, the flow of that river, takes you, it is of love. So all of it is an never-ending flow of wonderfulness! Just drift along peacefully and allow it to unfold.

And you are finding that this is a time of increasing creativity, and you are questioning to yourself, “Is this just a wave? Is this just simply a period of time where [we] are feeling particularly creative, and then it will subside and [we] go back to whatever [our] concept of normal was?” I would suggest, no. Being in the flow of love is being in a state of never-ending creativity.

And it was said before, and I will repeat, we applaud you for recognizing the inspirations that are coming to you and acting on those, writing them down and fleshing them out and opening yourself to the increased messages of how that should unfold, what the possibilities of that idea could be.

You have much to do in the future as a so-called lightworker, and yet at the same time, you have nothing to do. Just be, and all that you came to do will happen in its own time, unfolding exactly as it should, as it must.

So yes, the changes will happen far more dramatically as time goes on, and you will know your role within that, to be that steadying force for others, to be that lighthouse, exactly as you’ve professed yourself to be. This is not a mistake. The Mother has chosen wisely.

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