August 2024

SOUL News

What Were We Thinking...

I arrived to Earth School (in Los Angeles) on August 9th, 1966.

Whew, what a wild and wondrous ride it's been these past 58 years!


I'm going to share something that may or may not resonate with you.

Many of us have been here before, playing a variety of different characters

-the villain, the hero, the victim, the bystander.

Perhaps we've played all the roles here in our attempts to learn and grow.


Of course like many of us, I forgot most of these lifetimes,

but certain things are familiar, some souls are instant connections,

there are too many Deja Vu's to count, and there are Synchronicities and

God-bumps galore. I believe it's a privilege to come to this particular school, but it's definitely not a place for the faint of heart!


This time I think I was very enthusiastic about coming back...

though there are times, especially lately, when I've thought,

'WTF was I thinking to come here now!?!?'


But even in the WTF times, I'm ALL IN this time around.

I have a passion for learning, growing and re-membering, and for helping!

My guess is in other lifetimes, I screwed around and didn't pay attention.

I was probably often insecure, lonely and afraid. I'm sure I kept quiet about harmful situations that I should've spoken up about. I bet I had lifetimes of hoarding my possessions, being ignorant and self-centered, and seeking power over others too. There were remnants of these low vibe behaviors in

my earlier life this time, and I've overstretched in some areas to make up

for missed growth opportunities, LOL.


It took a while for me to understand the structure, aim, and opportunities available in this unique school. I'm forever grateful to my Soul for bringing me to the University of Santa Monica (USM) in 1994, a soul-centered education I've stayed involved with ever since. USM helped me remember I am a Soul having a human experience, and that Earth is a school where we create and clear Karma, and learn lessons of Love, Compassion, Wisdom and more.


10 Keys I've learned to making the most of the Earth School experience:

1) Use everything for your learning, growth and upliftment.

2) Remember we are all connected, and follow the Golden Rule.

3) Take full responsibility for what you create, promote and allow.

4) Face, feel and heal your upsets so they don't become dis-ease.

5) Own projections and practice self-forgiveness for judgments.

6) Speak up and take action when you see/experience injustice.

7) Be honest, courageous, compassionate, generous and kind.

8) Seek to leave every person/place better than you found them/it.

9) Pray and converse with your Higher Self/Spirit Guides daily.

10) Have Faith, be patient and don't give up -endure to the end!


Whether you believe you chose to come here or not. Whether you came in kicking and screaming, or singing and dancing. Whether you think I've gone mad talking about this mumbo jumbo...

It's much more fun and interesting to hold a learning-orientation to life.

It also takes away debilitating thoughts of being a victim. For me, there's huge freedom in that. And Freedom is my Jam!


Infinite Love,

Your fellow school mate,

Teri Jo

YOUTUBE: The Volunteers (8 Minutes)

This is one of my favorite videos and it's perfect for these times.

Two girls converse telepathically about volunteering during the Awakening.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. 

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people. …

 

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.

 

Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do. There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate.

 

The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours. They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

 ~Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes 

The ORGANIZED Corner


Are you moving? Hire a Professional Organizer to declutter your home first.

It makes all the difference in creating a fresh start, bringing only things you love and use to the new space. Below are pics of a home I recently did for a lovely family moving from Arizona to New York.


If you need support Decluttering and getting Organized, let's talk.

Email me here to book your free Virtual Consultation.

Pray as though everything depended on God.

Work as though everything depended on you.

~Saint Augustine

YOUTUBE: What Religion is this and can I join? (15 seconds)

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

~Desmond Tutu

Got clutter? Paper piles? An overflowing inbox? Not enough time?

Call me at 310-907-6846 to book your free consultation

terijowheeler.com

It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. 

What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.

~Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational SOUL of the Month

Wow Wow WOW! Do we LOVE Simone Biles!

I cry watching her. She is so beautiful inside and out. She is powerful, poised, focused, devoted, heart-centerd, unbelievably skilled, and surely the greatest of all time in Gymnastics. She's also an important role model in putting self-care and mental health first - something essential in all walks of life.


This image of her and teammate Jordan Chiles bowing down to Rebecca Andrade of Brazil who won the Gold will be forever etched in my heart.

Women did this. Young women.

They carry the Consciousness and Promise of our New World.

This is the Power of Love, Connection and Humanity!

It is who we each are in our essence.

What are the things that you can't see that are important?

I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love.

You can’t see any of those, but they’re the guiding lights of a life.

~Jimmy Carter

YOUTUBE: Interview with Simone Biles in Paris

Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society.

You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it…

~John Lewis

I'm hosting supportive Zoom gatherings until the November Election called,

Democracy Calling: The Beautiful World Our Souls Know is Possible.

Check out my video below (2 minutes). Email me if you want to get on the list.

We meet Sundays 8:30-9:30pm PST

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

~Winston Churchill

Book Recommendation: 'Democracy Awakening'

Fantastic History Lesson - also available on Audible

Need Home, Project, Paper or Digital Organizing?

Book your free Consultation today

TeriJoWheeler.com

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean;

if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

~Mahatma Gandhi

Song 4 You: 'One Day' by Matisyahu (BEST EVER!)

Each morning we are born again. 

What we do today is what matters most.

~Buddha 

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