Irises on the Path from Darkness to Light

 The community gardener maintenance lady has become a friend over the years.  We usually just wave and say a few words here and there.  An angel thought suggested to offer her my clay flower pots. I'm letting go in the Butterfly Garden, less maintenance. And I thought she'd put them to good use. 

Yesterday morning, she showed up in her little orange pickup truck. Soon the large terracotta flower pots were packed in the back ready to be hauled away.  To my surprise, she reached down in the truck bed and offered two small uprooted plants.  Would you like to have these irises?  

Irises...my ears perked.  A God wink...  When I told her irises have been a sign from God that I'm on the right, her face lit up and she smiled, you're doing good.   

Irises... 

Sometimes we may find a treasured symbol in art that speaks directly to our journey from darkness into the light.  It shows up just when needed without any seeking on our part.  The timing is divine, and that special moment is like a wink from God. To keep on walking forward by faith. 

 In 1992, this painting, Beyond Moongate by George Bleich, crossed my path while visiting Viola, my childhood friend, in California.  I'd been through a major life challenge and needed a pause, a reset, a change of scenery, before starting a new chapter of life. 

One afternoon while we were window-shopping in Carmel, Viola discovered this beautiful iris (keyhole) painting hanging in a studio art gallery window.   

 Irises had been like breadcrumbs from God indicating I was on the right path when I began my spiritual journey. 

Not only did the painting speak to me, but the artist had written a poem to accompany the journey.  
  

Beyond MoonGate 

 
The harmony of indigo
Give way to pastel shades
Pains of yesterday dissolve
With the dawn of each new day.
Revelations raise around you
Perfumed flowers in the mist
A tear clarifies and crystallize
To a healing dew drop kiss.

When the secrets of your garden
And all the mysteries there within
Reveal themselves,*** unto yourself
Your new day will begin.
Your garden awaits in beauty
With love you’re meant to share

Like unfolding morning glories
Far removed from care.
Life beckons you with joy
To press on and not to wait
For the path unfolds before you
The path beyond moongate.

Night flowers bloom in secret
***Bearded Iris sway
The silence of the cobblestones
Await the sounds of day.
Like blossoms await the morning sun
Pathways the sound of feet
Your heart awaits to pulse with joy
When night and day do meet.

--George J. Bleich

Looking back through the years, what an amazing journey into the light. I met many of you along the way and we've journeyed a great distance together, sharing joys and sorrows on the road home. 

Sometimes I look down the sun-lit path and wonder, what's waiting around the bend? The dawning of a new day lights up the path as I begin my meditation in gratitude for all the experiences that led me to where I am today.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

 

Turkeys - Give it All: Angel Message

 

With my desk now facing the window, nature has been more present, catching me in moments of surprise.  Several days ago, I happened to look out in time to see five wild turkeys. They were trotting across the backyard.  The wild turkeys have been scarcely seen and suddenly five at once was such a blessing.   Five is a number of expansion, thinking outside the box.  

In Animal Messengers Regula Meyer shares that the turkey symbolizes to give yourself unquestioningly and boundlessly.  Give yourself up.  Give in to life.  Immerse yourself fully in your life's story.  Now is not the time to set boundaries and modify the events and relationships you live through, but to let them happen.  In external self-abandonment, discover internal self-development.

To give yourself means expecting things of yourself.  If you want to have this life--and it wants to have you--then you should have it, all the way.  The turkey tells you to give it all, embrace your light and your shadows. Don't be afraid to be authentic, to speak your truth.  With this giving, don't seek affirmation or recognition, just observe how you feel when you throw yourself into life so completely. As you become more of your true self, life makes the adjustments around you.  This is the lesson that comes with autumn, the season of change, of letting go.

The turkey also brings a message of thanksgiving--be thankful for who you are!  Spread your wings, and do a little dance in the sunlight.

Aren't these beautiful sun-lit tail feathers?

Remember you are not alone.  You are in the company of your guardian angel...listen and watch for signs and wonders...when the ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

Welcome Autumn Solstice, 2026

Welcome Archangel Michael, the Governor of Autumn.  His name means "Who Is Like God".

September 22, 2026 marks the Autumn Solstice, a beginning of a new season for growth.   A powerful time for shedding the old to prepare for the new, while also maintaining balance in the physical and the spiritual. Dreams will be vivid and often reveal much about our values.  

 
Autumn brings a testing of the lower consciousness (ego) regarding our judgment. When we pass these tests, there will be spiritual rewards.  During this season, access to spiritual guidance is readily available especially through contact with nature, meditation, and prayer.  

 
Archangel Michael offers protection and balance.  With his mighty sword, he will cut away, and purify what no longer serves you.

Archangel Michael is accessible to every seeker on the spiritual path.  In charge of change, he brings the gift of patience.  Often known as the Dragon Slayer as well as the Prince of Light, he helps us to face our own personal dragons that we have pretended don't exist. The dragon is associated with our lower-self and its fears.  Archangel Michael will aid in transmuting shadows into the light of new beginnings.

With his help, this can be a beneficial season in which to take courage, and make new decisions that will lead to more freedom of expression for the highest good of all.  Archangel Michael can help in areas where more courage is needed to face our fears. 

 

In closing, I want to share a handout on letting go from a 12-Step Meeting many years ago.  

 

                                                                             To Let Go...

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means

     I can’t do it for someone else.

To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization

      I can't control another.

To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning

     from natural consequences.

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means

      the outcome is not in my hands.

To let go is not to try to change or blame another,

       it's to make the most of myself.

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another

       to be a human being.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the

      outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another

       to face reality.

To let go is not to deny, but to accept.

To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead

       to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but

       to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live.

      To let go is to fear less and love more.

                                     --Author Unknown

Every season serves a higher purpose as we shift into a new rhythm in life.  Remember you are never alone.  The best is yet to be.

 Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Artwork: Nanette Crist)

 

Fluttering Heart Leaf: Angel Message

 

 While sitting in the garden this morning, a gentle breeze delivered a golden valentine from nature.  I watched a leaf, shaped like a heart, gracefully flutter through the air, tumbling off a vine on the old oak tree. With a thankful heart, I held it in my hand. A gentle reminder to choose love today.  To let go of the past and choose to see life through a lens of God's love.

Would you believe as I sit at my desk blogging just now... heart leaves flutter down from the tree tops, and gracefully touch the earth.  I am thankful for the angelic message to stay grounded in love.

Remember you are never alone.  You are in the presence of God's angels always when you abide in the Shadow of the Almighty.  Today try keeping your eyes open for gentle angel messages coming to you. A reminder that God loves you now and always. Keep having faith that more is happening than you know. The best is yet to be. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen    

A Call for Prayers: An Angel Message

"For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."

     Psalm 91:11

 

 

This morning I'd like to share a few beautiful passages about the angels and the power of prayers.  

The best seller, Embraced by the Light, turned up recently at a local thrift store.  In her book, Betty J. Eadie wrote about her two near death experiences; one as a child, and the second at age 31when hospitalized for an operation.  

 

Betty's second account includes a beautiful description of seeing different angels. She saw angels answering prayer.  The prayers of humans were rising like beams of light, and the spiritual beings were rushing to answer them.  She witnessed the great joy in which they did their work.  The prayers said with faith and intensity were answered first.  She saw how elimination of doubt freed prayers to bear fruit.  Betty heard pure voices and glorious music.

In Heaven, light was not reflected; it came from within the objects.  She saw beautiful and loving people weaving on ancient looking looms.  They seemed to be making cloth that shimmered and sparkled,  "like a mixture of spun glass and spun sugar."  There were also "living" waters and plants that seemed to sway to a subtle, but unforgettable music, praising God. 

 "When the heavens scrolled back," Betty said, "I saw earth with its billions of people on it.  I saw them scrambling for existence, making mistakes, experiencing kindness, finding love, grieving for death, and I saw angels hovering above them."

I'm thankful that Betty shared her powerful heavenly experiences.  It's comforting to know that no matter what we're facing, we have help.  We are not alone. God has sent his angels to be with us, to comfort, protect and direct our path.  How blessed are we to receive these tireless companions who serve humankind with infinite love.

 

It's important not to lose faith at this time of tremendous earth changes.   The more we choose to stay focused on the spiritual side of life through prayer and meditation, living in the immediacy of the now and the grace provided, the greater the light can shine out into the darkness translating earth into a touch of heaven. 

Love and peace to you, 

Rae Karen

An Indelible Touch of Blue: Angel Message

 

Mama is minding her brood of eight ducklings on the banks of the overflow reservoir. Uploading the pics,  what a surprise.  The little ones have solid blue beaks.  When the babies become adults, only a spot of bright blue remains on the tip of their beaks, like Mama.  

Blue is often considered a spiritual color.  And, this transformation reminded me of how often we humans lose touch with our spiritual nature as we grow up and become lured by the distractions of the material world. But, there remains a part of us untouched by the physical realm...a spark of divinity.  Through prayer and meditation this spark will grow brighter, lighting the way. 

I love these unusual ducks...the mornings are often filled with happy whistling songs filling the air.  No raucous quacks...  

A reminder from the Pinocchio movie, "Give a little whistle, and always let your conscience be your guide."

Remember you are never alone.  Psalm 91 is a comforting reminder that God has sent His angels to watch over you and guard you in all your ways.   Look for loving touches of their heavenly presence as you go about your day.   Expect a miracle...a shift in perception.  The best is yet to be.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

Legions of Angels on September 11, 2001

Lillie Leonardi,  a former police officer  retired from the FBI because of post-traumatic stress disorder linked to her role in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.  She wrote a book, In the Shadow of a Badge: A Spiritual Memoir about seeing legions of angels guarding the Pennsylvania site where the hijacked plane crashed.  

 

Leonardi served as a liaison between law enforcement and the families of the passengers and crew members killed on United Airlines Flight 93.  She arrived on the scene about three hours after the crash.

Her book centers on her vision of angels:

“A white mist then began to take shape,” Leonardi recounts in her book. “It moved and swirled in patterns of spectacular white light. All at once, the mist took full shape and I saw what appeared to be angels.”

“There were angels standing in the open area to the left of the crash site. There were hundreds of them standing in columns. There was a field of angels emerging from the realms of the mist. They were Archangels with their wings arched up toward the sky,” she explained.

“And I didn’t say anything to the guys because you can imagine if I would have said, ‘I just saw angels on the crash site,’ they’d have called the office and they’d have said, ‘She lost her mind and tell her to go home’.” 

 

 But she added that she saw more than just the shapes inside the mist. She and two men with her spotted a Bible from the plane that had been barely singed. All of a sudden this huge wind came out of nowhere and flipped that Bible open and I remember it flipped open to Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd…” she told CBS Pittsburgh.

On the 25th anniversary of that tragic day, we remember those who lost their lives and the loved ones they left behind.  May God's angels enfold our hearts to extend love and peace and strength to all.  Pray for peace in our hearts and the world.  

Love and peace,

 

Rae Karen  

 

 

A Bubble of Joy: Angel Message

 

Today I asked the angels to place a bubble of JOY around you to watch over you and lighten up your heavy load. 

This morning began with a promise of JOY today.  To be of good cheer and brighten our corner of the world.  To choose to be joyful.  Live to bring joy to others.  Joy! Joy! Joy!  To feel JOY coursing through your entire being. JOY! Let it bubble up and spill over everywhere.  The JOY of the Lord is contagious.  Little touches of JOY would pop up when I live it and be it....

As I wrote down the uplifting message of JOY, I could feel a welling up in my inner-being...an insurgence of fresh light energy, almost buoyant.  

On an early morning walk, the whistling duck family were swimming in tandem behind mama duck.   A reminder for me to get all my ducks lined up in a row.  Later, uploading a joyful picture of the blue-beaked ducklings, Blogger had a program glitch so patience is needed.  

I managed to keep afloat...thankful for the heads-up to choose JOY today.  

Plan B went into effect--older blog photos could be added, so here goes.  Funny because yesterday I searched high and low to find this beautiful white snowy peacock I took many years ago at the Fountain of Youth.  Yes, we may be molting right now, but glorious peacock is a promise of victory when we keep having faith seeing things as they are yet to be.  

Have a joyful day, moment to moment, with the angels by your side.  And don't burst that bubble of JOY from the angels.  Keep rising higher.  The best is yet to be. 

Love and peace,

Rae Karen 

Peacock Vision: Angel Lesson

 Yesterday a drive in search of wild peacocks appeared to be a lost cause.  Where were they? Not one beautiful royal blue bird was out and about at the rehabilitation center.  We scanned the trees hoping for a long trail of eyelet feathers cascading off an oak limb ...but nothing.  Rolled down the car windows, hoping for a familiar screech...all was quiet. 

Just when heading out, thinking there is a season for everything.  Maybe the peacocks were a thing of the past, the angels delivered.  Standing in a mulched bed by the parking lot, a large mottled white hump of headless feathers was preening.  

 

I laughed...no wonder I missed it, I was looking for blue. I got out of the car and came closer with my camera.  When that feathery white crown lifted up, LOL... there was not one, but two peacocks! Double for your trouble.  A lesson to not always believe in what you see. There is more than you presently know.   

White peacocks are symbolic of a spiritual awakening, divine grace, and purity.  The peacock's magnificent fan represents wholeness, expansion, and authentic self-expression.  

A time of spiritual transformation.  A purposeful shedding of old patterns and beliefs that no longer serve you.  A time to let go of the past and embrace a new chapter of life with grace.  

The peacocks are molting again, shedding their beautiful feathers to make room for new growth. A promise of resurrection beauty in the spring.   A season to shed the old to make way for the new.  It happens every year in late summer and lasts through winter.   Seeing a few peacocks stepping out without their beautiful tail feathers is a lesson.  A  reminder that even when we don't look our best, we can still step out in the sunshine and with grace express our authentic self, no matter what the season.  Your spirit is forever changeless the eternal noon.

In closing, the white peacock encourages alignment with your highest truth and purpose.  It's important to trust in the process of transformation and renewal...the best is yet to be. 

How blessed are we to be in the company of God's angels as we journey through life.  God is Love.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

 

Standing on One Leg: Angel Message

 

Hawks have been a long-time celestial messenger of mine.  Last weekend this Red-Shouldered Hawk landed on the playhouse gym set outside my office window. Hawks haven't been around here lately.  His yellow talons clung to the wet roof of the playhouse--a sign to take time out for fun.  To balance between work and play. 

 

Whenever an animal or a bird crosses our path, pay attention to the behavior. It may be a heads-up for a lesson coming our way.  What were you thinking or doing before the encounter? What has most been on your mind the last 24 hours?  

I stood by my desk zooming in for a closeup.  The juvenile hawk turned his head to make sure he had my attention.

Then he struck a rare pose.  Lifting up his left leg, he maintained balance while standing on only one foot.  Bright yellow talons were curved downward like fingers on his raised leg. In all my years of hawk watching, I've yet to see a hawk stand on only one leg.  I snapped away as he patiently held that pose for a long time.     

Curious, I wondered what was the angel message? 

Was it to give someone else a leg-up at this hour? Or, to stand up for what's right even when it's hard?  To face difficulties with a brave heart?

Sky is the realm of the hawk.  Hawks have keen vision and can see the bigger picture.  Whenever one appears, pay attention.  A message is coming your way.  If you're reading this hawk messenger is for you, too.

Red-shouldered hawks are more vocal than the others and fiercely defend their territory.  He looked my way...opened his beak wide and shrieked. Then with a flapping of powerful wings, he took to the sky flying by my office windows.  

In his wake, a small white feather gently floated down from the sky.  You can't make these things happen, I smiled, thankful for a gift from the angels. Love will always make a way.

Remember you are never alone.  God has given his angels charge over you so abide in the Secret Place of the Most High. God is Love.

Love and peace,

Rae Karen  

 

 

A White Squirrel on "Chance" to "Change" Angel Message

It's a rare day when an albino squirrel crosses your path.  Years ago, my son forwarded this unusual picture of a white squirrel his dad had sent him while taking a walk in a Pennsylvania neighborhood.  I welcomed the deliberate angel message.

Curious, I learned albino squirrels have been a symbol of peace since the early 14th century.  That's what we need most right now.  Peace.  The sighting of a white squirrel symbolizes good luck, and the end of troubled times.  

A sign that you have found an aspect of yourself worth exploring. For me, it's a sign to go deeper within where all the answers are waiting to be found. 

An albino squirrel can also be a message from your guardian angel.  A symbol of change, and good luck and financial abundance. 

A little Topsy-turvey, this albino squirrel clings upside down to a tree, his head looking up.  His pose could convey a "heads-up".  Pay attention... Sometimes it just takes a little shift in perception--in the way we approach a challenge--that can  make all the difference. 

Synchronicity was at play. A CHANGE ad postcard arrived in the mail to illustrate the point.  By changing just one letter CHANCE becomes CHANGE.   An angel reminder to take a chance and change... It doesn't have to be a big move...just a little willingness to see things differently.  To start from the top...no more upside down thinking...remember first that you are a spiritual being in a physical world.  A child of Light. Claim all the God-given power within you to be the change you are looking for.  Love is always the answer, take a chance and change your heart.   You are not alone, the Holy Spirit and the angels are here to comfort and guide you every step of the way. 

 

 Love and peace,

 Rae Karen 

To Everything There is a Season, Angel Message

I love flea markets and second-hand shops because the angels can get creative, guiding me to unusual treasures. Years ago, my heart leapt when I found this stone plaque at an antique store called Somewhere in Time. I chuckled, what better place to find this particular scripture:

 "To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven." (Ecc. 311)

It's helpful to remember seasons come and seasons go. Things don't remain the same. The antique shop, Somewhere in Time, is long gone.  Change is a constant. There's a rhythm and a purpose for each season in life. Sometimes it may feel like a troubling situation will never change, but deep down I know that I'm the one who needs changing. Maybe it's an attitude adjustment or a need to surrender my human will. 

God's Law of Adjustment is always in action. When we accept and can understand and declare that the Law of God is present and is in operation, we bring into power and action of God.  This can be applied to any discordant belief by saying,  God's Law of Adjustment is present and in operation.  That's all that is necessary to dissolve any manifestation of error, or wrong thinking because we have surrendered the problem to a higher Authority.  Our words have power.

I am learning the Law of Adjustment is the universal Law of Love, which brings blessings to all. It doesn't take from one and give to the other. It doesn't withhold under any circumstances, but is ready and waiting to operate in our lives as soon as we make the invitation and set our own human will aside. (That's the hard part, the need to be right rather than to be happy.)

When we can surrender, a comforting sense of peace and joy follows because we are allowing God to control all the events for us through His Law of Adjustment. By giving up our frightened sense of things and letting the divine Mind take charge, then we can see how "all things work together for good to them that love God."

All discord comes from our ego mind, whether it takes the form of sickness, guilt, annoyance, fear or trouble of any kind. When we give up our personal perception--even when we believe we are right-- we find the law of God is ready...and active in making the right adjustments of everything involved. God is Love.

The angels today are whispering, Relax and Let God. 

Now, that's truly burden-free living when make the choice to reflect only love.  When this life is over, the most important question to be answered will be how well did I love?

Love and peace,

Rae Karen