Rev. Jayne Howard Feldman's
Angelic Newsletter Fall 2008
Dear Angel Friends:
Greetings Charioteers!
Through angelic inspirations, I have been asked to give everyone an image of ourselves as charioteers steering our chariots, staying on our spiritual paths during these changing times. Keep your chariot going straight on God's Road. You may be familiar with The Chariot of the Tarot cards. A description of the card is as follows:
A powerful, princely figure sits in a swift chariot, pulled usually by two sphinxes or horses. There is often a black and white motif, for example one of the steeds may be black and the other white. The figure may be crowned or helmeted, and is winged in some representations. He or she may hold a sword or a wand. The Thoth Tarot deck has the figure controlling four different animals, representing the four elements. Keywords of The Chariot are: energy, victory, self confidence, conviction, discipline, command, bravery, willpower.
The Chariot Card is numbered seven. In the Tree of Life the seventh Sephira is Victory (Netzach). There is a quote that radiates the message of The Chariot. "To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer a thousand in battle." The angels are inspiring us to take the reins of our life - i.e. "get a grip on your life"; take control of our lives and stay on course on our God paths.
The Chariot conveys the Archetype of the body as temple of spirit and the message that we are responsible for the awakening and empowering of our body as well as conquering the ego's attempt to take us off our path.
Just as it is up to us to keep our cars (our modern day chariots) in good working order, the same is true for our physical body. Make it top priority to stay healthy. Take abundant care of yourself. Make healthy choices. Get ample rest; eat right; drink lots of water; laugh often, meditate; pray.
We are the hero of our own story. We might see ourselves as charioteers bringing light to earth, such as Helios; the Greek god drove the Sun's chariot across the sky. From Egyptian mythology, we learn of Ra piloting a Sun Boat across the sky and back to the gates of dawn down the Nile every night. We, too, are bringers of the light of a new dawn.
Krishna too was a chariot driver. The Bhagavad-Gita shares how he drove Arjuna's chariot and gave him illumination. We, too, are Charioteers of light and illumination.
The angels want us to see ourselves as triumphantly driving our chariots. In order for us to be triumphant we must function as a whole; we must align our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies in oneness. I love the winged orb that is shown in the Chariot card of the Waite Tarot deck. The angels are reminding us to give wings to the orb essence of ourselves:
Oneness
Radiating
Beauty
The black and the white sphinx remind us that we must master the opposing forces within ourselves. We are bringing ourselves into divine harmony. We are in control of our chariots. There needs to be a union of opposites in our lives. We may feel pulled in different directions. It is up to us to take the reins and align opposing emotions, wants, needs, people, and circumstances into oneness - oneness with God. It's up to us to take control of the reins and bring everything that is going on in our lives into unity of focus and direction. Take time to think about the divine ideal that you are embodying with your life. For example, you may feel oneness with the divine ideal of love.
Support your own physical well being through music that gives you a sense of oneness with love; art that mirrors oneness of love; spending time with people and pets that give you a sense of oneness with love. that oneness empowers you, strengthens you and energizes you to guide your chariot down a path focused on oneness with God as the divine ideal of God's love here on earth in the body of you.
As I have shared in my lectures, my birth name was Jane. I was given the angelic assignment of legally changing my name to Jayne. When people ask me, why the change in spelling? - I reply, "The Y stands for Yahweh. Put God in the center of your life." We center ourselves in oneness with God when we center our focus on ideals that are truly important to us and live our lives embodying those ideals through the choices we make for ourselves.
The angels are inspiring us to recognize that operating a chariot is no easy task. Just as the ancient charioteers knew, it takes skill and determination and control. Every day when we awake, we step into the role of charioteer and sometimes the horses inside of us are downright misbehaving.
To keep our chariots on our God paths is our mission and assignment. Perhaps like me, you have had days where it feels like the inner horses are all over the road. I feel some days I am constantly saying, Whoa! There are days when I don't feel like I am holding the reins, but rather being pulled by the horses; sometimes even dragged by the horses and that is very exhausting.
As Charioteers we are being inspired to own within ourselves the dynamic energy that Creator has lovingly placed there. We are spiritually strong and energized with the creative breath and power of source. We are here to manifest the I AM Presence through our own personal life experience.
The light of Joan of Arc is also abundantly around us. Know that she is near you as are the angels and St. Michael the Archangel. St. Joan's words: Forward with God inspire us to move forward emblazing within our heart energies the affirmation that we are moving through life with God and whatever challenges we encounter, we encounter triumphantly.
I want to pause for a commercial break here. My dear friend, Cheryl Kirsch has designed a beautiful purple Joan of Arc scarf. There's an image of St. Joan and St. Joan's words:
I fear nothing for God is with me.
That's a great affirmation in these challenging times: I fear nothing for God is with me.
For info, email Cheryl at:
Her website is:
and we share the website
www.Psalm91Angels.com.
If you are looking for a holiday gift idea, Cheryl can create a beautiful scarf of a favorite saint; also the Psalm 91 pillowcases make a great gift, too.
Prior to my sitting down to write this newsletter with the angels, I was repeatedly having scenes from Ben Hur going through my mind. I remember as a youth, reading in one sitting Ben Hur from cover to
cover.
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper and Brothers. It was a huge success. It surpassed Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) as the best-selling American novel and retained this distinction until the 1936 publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind.
In 1912, Sears Roebuck published one million copies of Ben Hur to sell for 39 cents apiece. This as the largest single-year print edition in American history. The book was also the first work of fiction to be blessed by a Pope.
Years ago, when I was on the road with the angels, aka driving under the influence of angels, I was guided by the angels to make a stop in Cimarron, New Mexico and visit St. James Hotel. The hotel is known for ghost sightings. It was with great joy that I learned while taking a tour of the hotel, that New Mexico Territory Governor Lew Wallace had written part of Ben Hur while staying as a guest at the hotel. I love visiting the homes of authors or visiting places where great works of writing were penned and I know the angels had me stop at St. James Hotel for this very reason.
A week ago at my Thursday evening spiritual studies class, I led a meditation and when class members shared their experience, Patty Custer spoke of her seeing chariots coming down from heaven. Everyone in the circle felt the power of the vision she was given and shared with all of us. As she was sharing, I was reminded of my love of the movie Chariots of Fire.
When Chariots of Fire won the Academy Award for Best Picture 1981, I stayed up watching the awards show in the hope that it would receive honors for best picture of the year. I adored the movie and still do. It is a powerful film messenger of the importance of standing for what you believe in.
It was after midnight when the Best Movie of the Year was announced. I loved the movie and was ecstatic it won Best Picture. I got so excited I was shooting with joy, "Chariots of Fire Won! Chariots of Fire Won!" That was during my first marriage, and my ex-husband only heard the words: Fire! Fire! He came running down the steps in total panic that the house was on fire. He soon realized it was just Jayne being Joyous Jayne being abundant over her favorite movie winning Best Picture; and for obvious reasons he wasn't a happy camper.
I am certain many of you share with me the great love of the theme music from the movie Chariots of Fire. The music was written by Vangelis. I encourage you to track down a copy of the song, or even better the entire soundtrack, and let it uplift you and inspire you.
In researching the charioteer symbology, I came across an excerpt from the Essenes Book of Jesus -The Sevenfold Peace which gives insight on the symbolism of the Chariot:
And seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain. He opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
For, lo, I tell thee truly,
The body and the heart and the mind
Are as a chariot, and a horse, and a driver.
The chariot is the body,
Forged in the strength to do the will
Of the Heavenly Father
And the Earthly Mother.
The heart is the fiery steed,
Glorious and courageous,
Who carries the chariot bravely,
Whether the road be smooth
Or whether stones and fallen trees
Lie in its path
And the driver is the mind,
Holding the reigns of wisdom,
Seeing from above what lieth
On the far horizon,
Charting the course of hoofs and wheels.
The Katha - Upanishad teaches how the soul uses the physical body in order to experience life:
The (individual) self rides in the chariot of the body, Intellect the firm footed charioteer, Discursive reins the mind. Senses are the horses,objects of desire the roads. When self is joined to body, mind, sense, none but He enjoys. When man lacks steadiness, unable to control his mind, his senses are unmanageable horses. But if he controls his mind, a steady man, they are manageable horses. He who call intellect to manage the reins of his mind reaches The end of his journey, finds there all pervading Spirit.
Above the senses are the objects of desire,
Above the objects of desire mind
Above mind the intellect
Above the intellect manifest nature
Above manifest nature the unmanifest seed
Above the unmanifest seed, God.
God is the goal; beyond Him nothing.
And so it all begins by experiencing our chariot (our physical body) with consciousness and guiding our chariot by holding the reins with wisdom.
There are numerous references to chariots in the Bible. Elijah ascended into heaven in a chariot of fire. Elisha allowed the servant to see the hills full of "horses and chariots of fire". Joseph, as a prime minister of Egypt went out in his chariot to greet his father Jacob. Chariots were used in the funeral procession after Israel died.
When the Pharaoh changed his mind about letting the Israelites go, he pursued them with "600 of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt." The chariots were lost in the Red Sea. Elijah was transported away on a mysterious "chariot of fire".
The Book of Psalms mentions chariots of fire in a poetic declaration of God's power: "The chariots of God are tens of thousands of times over. The Lord is with them, as at Sinai in holiness (Psalm 68:17).
Also in the Bible, in 1 Chronicles 28:18, the details of the plans for construction of the First Temple are given. David was given the plans for the First Temple and it would be his son Solomon who would construct the First Temple. In the plans for the innermost chamber of the Temple, along with the ark of the covenant is a golden chariot . The term for chariot is: Merkabah.
Rabbi David Cooper shares in his book Ecstatic Kabbalah: "A teacher from the late thirteenth century, Rabbi Shem Tov ben Avraham Ibn Gaon, said that one's concentration can lead to discovering "the secrets of the chariot (Merkabah/the mystical vehicle that carries one) to the visions of God...and he will look into his own mind like one who reads a book in which are written great wonders."
I'm certain many of you have studied the Merkabah or Merkabah (both spellings are correct), and the Merkabah breath technique taught by Drunvalo Melchezidek. Merkabah is the divine light used by ascended masters to connect with and reach those in tune with the higher realms. Mer means light. Ka means spirit. Be means body. Mer-Ka-Ba means the spirit/body surrounded by counter-rotating fields of light (wheels within wheels), spirals of energy as in DNA, which transports spirit/body from one dimension to another.
Patty Custer's vision of the chariots of fire coming down from heaven was for me confirmation that coming from our higher selves are the energies that support our physical bodies in being multi-dimensional beings. We are walking, talking, breathing Merkabah Beings. We are one with the light that previously had been used by ascended masters. We are wheels within wheels, spirals of energy, divine DNA energizing our human experience.
I love the poems and writings of William Blake. Blake regularly claimed to have visions of deceased individuals, whose portraits he drew and painted. His spirit visitors included Richard the Lionhearted, Socrates and "the Man who Built the Pyramids."
In 1925, Blake, sitting with friends at a table in a cottage in Shoreham, West Sussex, suddenly announced that the artist Samuel Palmer was on his way to meet him. His friend Edward Calvert said, "Oh, Mr. Blake, he's gone to London. We saw him off in the coach." Blake replied, "he's coming through the wicket." Later, Palmer, whose coach had broken down, entered the house just as Blake had predicted. William Blake was very open to spirit and it came through in his writing as well.
One of my favorite Blake quotations is: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man, as it is: infinite."
As an interesting tidbit, this line was used by Aldous Huxley as the title for his 1954 book on hallucinogenic drugs, The Doors of Perception. This, in turn, gave Jim Morrison the name for his 1960's rock band - The Doors.
William Blake wrote a beautifully inspiring poem entitled Jerusalem, which would later be adapted into a hymn. Here's the poem:
And did those feet in ancient times
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
The title of the movie Chariots of Fire is a reference to the above line, "Bring me my chariot of fire." The film's working title was "Running" until Colin Welland, writer of the movie Chariots of Fire, saw the scene with the singing of the hymn Jerusalem and decided to change the title.
I was inspired by the angels to use the words of Jerusalem as a personal decree and soul proclamation for myself during these times of change and as a Light Call for our nation. In closing I ask that as you read the words you let them charge you the energies of a Higher Calling to be a charioteer; a bringer of God's illumination and light.
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear!
Of clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!
I will not cease my mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In the USA's green and pleasant land.
Love,
Jayne Howard Feldman
46 years of communing with angels
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