WOW! I really like this word because I've created a new acronym for it and it means Wonder of Within. There can be no greater WOW in the world as when we've uncovered the AHA's in our lives. As painful as they are, as these AHA's come through many avenues, they are where the hidden messages lie, and where the treasure exists.

According to Pema Chodron, nothing ever goes away until it has taugh us what we need to know. Thus, when we look at this, we can "think" a thing is resolved when something materializes that is different. Yet, the Universe sets up the classroom for our learning, and when we have learned the lesson and understood the deeper message, then the materialization of a something new will be different.

When I've looked at my own life, and various stages of learning, I just got out of something temporarily. Then the message showed up again in a different form. And this gets a little exhausting….yikes!

It takes courage to be with everything in every moment uncovering the message from the symbol. For example, I'm gleaning the messages from the entire animal kingdom. They all have messages for us, and it's for our greater good to slow down and ask what message they have for us. As I've been doing it, it's been really fun. From blue jays to squirrels to frogs, they have a message. The Universe is inside us and it makes sense that everything we SEE out there is set up for us by delivering communication in various forms.

Be where you are right now, and just be with whatever you're feeling. And understand that the hidden message will be revealed, and be known.

When fear arises, press the pause button and be curious. What is presenting itself as fear is coming from the internal. Thus, it can only be resolved on the internal. There is nothing to do, only that which to know.

Enjoy your classroom and make it a fun adventure. Looking for the buried treasure can be really fun, and it's only found in the deep end .

Isn't it interesting that when we have children, we want to wash out those stains they get on their clothes. When you think about this, and really be with it, you'll most likely find that the basis for this is judgment. Because when our children go out into the world and they have stains on their clothes, then we think people will judge us as bad parents.

Let's explore the land of stains….

Kids always get stains, and it's a right of passage to do so. Those stains represent a much bigger picture than the peephole we're looking through. Those stains represent growth, an experience, at each stage of childhood. The stains might say, "This is where my dad took me for ice cream. This is where I was learning to crawl on grass. This is where I fell down when I was learning to walk. This is where I had spaghetti dinner with my family." Thus, these stains have a hidden message that is a beautiful picture of being in this world.

Now, fast forward to adulthood….

We have the same sort of stains, only they represent learning to grow into who we really are, and learning to walk with God, with our Higher Self, with our Source Energy…whatever the term you use. Yet, we will look at those stains, again through the peephole of awareness, and judge the stains as "bad." The adult stains I'm describing are in forms that we consider to be our identity.

The stains of adulthood might say, "This credit card statement is when I was learning to walk with God. This divorce was when I was learning how to be who I really am. This health issue was when I was learning to trust. This job loss was when I was learning to listen. This credit score was when I was so attached to a thing."

You can see that stains in adulthood all reflect an awareness of learning to be in this world just like children, but it encompasses a much greater awareness of non-attachment, non-judgment and non-resistance. We get so caught up in an egoic mindset of "trying" to be all sorts of things related to our identity of our personality. And thus, we will bring in things into our experience that will show us that we need to let go of an identity that we thought was real.

The only real identity is our Self, that natural spirit that wants to flow loving energy in this world. Every time we have an egoic thought, we just bring that thought into our awareness and be with it.

Let's look at an example….

Look at your credit card statement, and if it reflects a number that doesn't feel good, then your ego is attached to it. Be with that energy and really feel the feelings that are attached to the statement. It's not the statement itself because it doesn't have an power in it. You are the only one that brings it power, and it's your feelings, your reaction to what is.

My recommendation is to be with those feelings, and really express them. The more you do this, the more that your ego, your identity within that statement, will begin to dissolve.

You can see that stains are to be celebrated because they indicate a deeper message. Thus, when you look at a stain and are giving it the peephole look, do a double take, and be aware of the mystery that surrounds that stain. And you might just laugh because you're aware that you just widened the peephole, and are now seeing it differently.