A new year. What does that mean?

It means to us that there is an opportunity to insert an awareness and a program. Because when you have a large number of beings who are all tuning in to a concept, it creates a “container” to work with. And so if many, many people are seeing this as a new year and to them it means “Here is an opportunity to start fresh and new,” this is incredibly important. It is very, very important in several ways. You as individuals can ride the wave of this energy forward if you will do your processing and your clarifying your goals and put them out with a firm conviction. A firm conviction. This does not mean to say you get rigid about it and say “This must be.” It means that you are willing to commit and say “I am willing to have this and express this. And I am willing to keep believing in this thing. And if it requires some action on my part to make it be so, I am willing to do that, too.”

It is sustaining the commitment which is so hard for the humans. And yet you maintain your commitment to your misery and disempowerment with such vigor. We do not understand how you could not apply the same tenacity to committing to your goodness and your power being expressed appropriately. “What is up with that?” we ask you. We know the answer. We ask you so you will think about how it is that you can remain so firmly convicted about something which is a non-truth and yet have a very hard time making a commitment to something that is a statement of the obvious. A statement of the absolute truth. Consider this question and ask yourself, “Why do I commit to failure? Why do I commit and continue, religiously, to come back to a self-perception that causes me pain and misery when there is an alternative here, an alternative that would allow me to express my grandeur that yearns to express?"

You must know these things about yourself. And you must be willing when you see that you deviate over to the negative thinking to say, “Oh look. This is happening again. What do I know about myself when I do this?” And then you release again and you resume. Resume. Do not recommit over and over like you are starting from scratch. Resume and maintain your commitment. It is the only way. You are creatures of habit. It is part of your makeup, that there is great energy to be accessed in habitual behavior, but you must create a good habit. And it will not only continue to maintain itself, but there is a charge, there is an energy which you can access when you do something over and over. It can become very powerful. Look at the power of a chant. Look at the power of a word that is used over and over to mean a certain thing. It has a life of its own now. It did not before. Think on this.

A new year. When you have a large number who are assuming... Assumptions are very powerful things because they operate without your conscious awareness and they have much power down here [in the subconscious]. Whereas if it was up here [in the conscious awareness] you would say, “Well, that does not really make sense” or maybe it does. But when it goes underground there is a different kind of power. It is like a humming machine in the background. It influences you 24/7 but you are not aware of it so you do not have the option of “flicking the switch” and turning it off. It can be very dangerous.

A new year. And a body of consciousness. And a group mindset of being open to something new. Do you not understand how powerful this is, potentially, for the transformation and the upliftment of the planet and for bringing in new energies. It is more possible. Do you understand this? Now is the time. Do not wait until January 2nd. You are a day late. Do not do it on December 31st. It is the day of closure; it is not the day of new things. January 1st is the best time to access this consciousness and to make your commitments like you mean them, at the very least by the 5th of the month. Do not say to yourself, “I will stick a toe in the water and I will see how it feels and maybe in March I will commit.” You do not ride the wave after the wave has broken on the shore and no longer exists except as water. A wave is a powerful force and it is generated way out in the ocean. And the point at which you see the wave and you can climb on and go for a ride and access the power, it has been building for a long time.

So we give you free advice today. We do not care if you stay up til midnight. But we do say, “Get to it.” Write it down if it is helpful to you. Do not make a list as if it was a laundry list or a grocery list. It is not the time for you to nitpick and say, “Oh! Here’s an old thing that hasn’t been fixed yet. I will put it on the list.” You are not handing a list to God and saying, “Go shopping for me.” You are taking a stand about your own life. And what could be more important. Put aside your silly activities that are of no merit. Commit to yourself and to your grand prosperity. Admit that you are a grand and powerful being and stop acting as if you were a little person of no merit. It. Is. Not. Worthy. Of. You.

Do not sit around waiting for things to happen as if you were a little child who needed to be led around by the hand of an adult because you do not know where you are and what you are doing. It is not true.

You know it all. You know who you are. You know what you are capable of. Now, will you continue to pretend to be small or will you stop playing games and stop pretending to be something you are not. You must take the lead.

You can take the lead in many ways. You can be the first one on the block to buy a color TV. You can be the first person to offer the latest in the fitness crazes. Or you can be who you really are and embody that. And that is being at the forefront. That is being a ground-breaker. Because so few people will do this. We do not say “so few people can do this.” We say “so few people will do this.” It is as if you are a bunch of scaredy-cats or little children sitting around pretending to be little when you are actually a group of adults sitting on the floor pretending to be children and not willing to stand up like an adult person and manage the business of expressing you and your truth. There is no time for this. It does not serve you. It is time to “stop it” -- Stop thinking these thoughts of littleness and lesserness. Do not defer to other people. And do not go around wishing and hoping that people will be nice to you. And holding back on speaking your truth or holding back on being who you are. It does not mean be aggressive. It does not mean “run over anyone.” It means stand on your own two feet and be who you really are.

And if you know who you are and you believe in what you do, you do not present it with apology. You do not hide who you are. You do not expect other people to be strong for you. And you do not expect other people to handle your affairs for you.

You have the power. You have the resources. There is nothing holding you back but your own false beliefs (which you choose. No one forces this upon you).

And so our message to you in the new year is to grow up and be strong as you are. Do not pretend. Do not ‘stiff upper lip’ anything. Just be who you are and it is magnificent. It is strong. This is what you must do. You have no choice. You must do it. Do not whine, “Oh, I was tired. I did not want to get out of bed and pray today,” and then at the end of the day whine and say, “I did not have such a good day. I should have meditated or prayed before I went running out the door.” This is the behavior you see in a young child who has not matured yet. Do not do this. It does not suit you.

We ask you to commit and to commit today. Do not wait and do not make a sloppy list. Make a list and do not ask anyone else to say, “What is important to you?” Make your list. Find out by looking in your own heart. “What do I need?” “What do I need?”

Go deep. Do not worry about “do I need a house?” or “do I need a car?” Say, instead: “I experience myself truly, as I am, a powerful being who is fully supported by this planet and I know that everything I need is given to me freely. I always have what I need. My work is expressing beautifully and powerfully, exactly as I need to do it,” not according to what you think someone else expects of you in their limited thinking and their foolishness and their inability to see who you are. Do not degrade yourself. Do not be little so other people will not feel uncomfortable. You do not need to be nasty or unpleasant, but you need to be willing to be yourself.

You need to commit and you need to be honest and know yourself. Know your feelings.

And so we ask you to ride this wave of the new year and make your commitments. Commit to a quality of life. Commit to a relationship with your divine self. Commit to an experience of joy and abundance. Whatever it is, commit to it today. Do not commit to marginal living. It does not suit you. Do not commit to ambling along as though you had no where to go. Do not commit to overworking or working too hard to get a little bit. It is your commitment to these things that causes them to be manifest in your life. Do not commit to not having. Do not commit to loneliness and fear. Commit to freedom. Commit to empowerment. And commit today. There is no other day on which to make a commitment. Do it now. You will ride this wave and it will go easier for you.

But do not think that your work is done because tonight you do this. You must write this down to break this habit. Every day take your piece of paper and read your statement of what you have committed to and do not think for a minute these commitments you made to someone else. “I commit to this to get my girlfriend or my boyfriend off my back.” “I commit to this to get my mother to stop bothering me.” “I commit to this to get out of the sticky situation I do not like.” Do not do that.

You must commit to yourself to be here in an honest way expressing who you are and anything less is unacceptable. And you must know this. You cannot hear these words without knowing that they are true. And you cannot help but notice when the thoughts that you think and the words that you say to yourself are not true. You know the difference. Do not play games with yourself.

It is an opportunity for a grand influx of newness, of an open mind, of people who are aware of what they really need and who are willing to walk away from systems that do not sustain them. If you have a new system to offer, a new point of view, a new way, put it out there. It is time. And the energies coming in will support it. Just know that you have all of the resources and all of the support you need. And it is not just for January. It is for the whole year, every day of your life.

And this is our new year wish for you. If you are reading these words, if you are hearing these words, if you are the one speaking these words, take them to your heart.

Do not live by anyone else’s truth but your own.

Do not sell yourself into slavery. And do not lie down on the ground so that others may walk on you.

Do not sacrifice. There is no need.

Do not pray to false gods (and by this we mean a god that is punishing, angry, negative and unsupportive). The Universe is God. Do not pray to a little god. Pray to the consciousness, the Light, the Love that is in all things. That is God. Do not pray to a concept. Pray to the feeling in your heart where God resides and you can feel it.

Do not stick ear plugs in your ears so that you do not hear when truth is being spoken to you.

Do not put blinders on so you can pretend not to see.

Do not turn your back on the truth. Do not turn your back on people who have a lesson to teach you, who have something for you to learn. Everything is a gift.

And do not think for a minute that you are a victim. You are not a victim.

If something is in your view, it is something that is there for you and receive it like a child with a gift on Christmas Day. “Thank you, God, for this opportunity” whatever it is. It is all good. You must know this and act accordingly.

And so have yourself a good year. There is no other year to have. There is no other kind of year to have. Have a great year. Allow it to be great, not based on other people being nice to you and giving you things but based on your own greatness. Express it. The universe will mirror it back to you. Have confidence. It is there. The power is there. You will not access it if you are acting small. But if you are being fully true to yourself, you are not small at all. And you will feel the power. And you will access the power and you will move forward in a way that is very gratifying to you.

And when you are done with your personal commitment, make a commitment for the world. Do not think “Oh, I cannot speak for all those people.” Oh yes you can. This is your world, too and you are all one. You can claim for this planet great things. You can say, “This is a year of truth and beauty and joy for all,” and you can say it knowing it is true in your heart with full conviction and love. And you will see this express.

Do not think small. Think large. Do not think competition. Do not think because someone else is doing something you cannot do it. You do your work. You do your play. You do your fun. Let the other people do what they do. When you have a choice between fun and no fun, we say go for fun. There’s more energy in it.

Enjoy the day and enjoy this next year. You do not know what it will bring. But if you would commit fully to it being a grand year, it will most certainly be so.

We would further suggest those dowsers in the audience that you take your favorite pendulum -- every day -- and hold it here [out in front of you] and read your statement of intention and let it swing knowing that it is manifest. And that is all. It is not hard.

And we wish you a good night.