The
S
wan Letter
Fall 2009

A quarterly missive from
Terri Daniel and Danny Mandell,
authors of

A Swan in Heaven:
Conversations Between
Two Worlds


In this issue of The Swan Letter you'll find information on our new workshop, an update on our other activities, and as always, a channeled message from Danny and his "heavenly homeboys." You'll also find many other useful tools for helping with your grief journey or your study of inter-dimensional communication. Please scroll down for more, and thank you for your interest in our work!
            Terri and Danny
Introducing Our New Workshop
AT HOME IN HEAVEN: A Journey From Fear to Forgiveness

As some of you may know, I took a break from teaching this summer while I finished my new book, and in the process, I received some interesting guidance regarding the next steps in my journey. Among other things, I enrolled at Marylhurst University to pursue a degree in Divinity, and once I opened up to that level of study, my focus began to shift in unexpected ways. My guides directed me to revisit A Course in Miracles along with some other channeled material, and as a result, the structure and content of my workshops began to change. With brand new guided meditations, interactive exercises, automatic writing and channeling processes, the new workshop is designed to help us release fear and pain in our daily lives based on a new understanding of forgiveness as the path to healing and wisdom.

Based on understanding that we create our experiences on earth according to the lessons sought by our souls, the new workshop explores the energies of judgment, fear, projection and attachment that cause us to experience spiritual pain and the illusion that we are separate from the Divine.

Using guided visualizations, interactive exercises, storytelling and ritual, we work on connecting with higher guidance to assist us in "un-judging" ourselves and others. By releasing the concept of blame and healing the emotional wounds and fear-based beliefs that we carry from one lifetime to the next, a new form of forgiveness can emerge in which there are no victims and no perpetrators... only souls journeying together on a path to wisdom and awareness.

We've just begun offering this workshop and have introduced it in a few cities. Our intention is to take it on the road this Spring, and we hope you can attend!


Watch Terri's interview on Conscious Media Network!


An inspiring 45-minute conversation between Terri and host Regina Meredith
on after-death communicationand the journey of the soul.


Click HERE to view

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from leading teachers in the global conscious community. 
If you like what you see when you visit the site, please consider subscribing for only $5 per month to support the work of this wonderful organization.


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Help us Plan our Spring 2010 Tour of the Southeast U.S!

We are currently scheduled to speak in Kentucky (March 2010)
and are working on confirming dates for Chapel Hill, NC, Pensacola, FL 
and New Orleans during the same time frame.

If you know of any bereavement groups, churches, bookstores or metaphysical study groups that would like to host a presentation or workshop in your area, please let us know.

For detailed information on the various presentations we offer,
please click
HERE.
 

Hawaiian Retreat Rescheduled for Winter 2010

Sacred Grieving:
Transforming Loss Into Love


A five-day healing and educational retreat
for bereaved individuals
and bereavement professionals

Whether you're mourning the physical death of a loved one or a traumatic loss of any kind, please consider joining us for a week of reflection and healing in one of Hawaii's most beautiful retreat locations (Kealakekua Bay).

 
During this extraordinary retreat you'll learn to transmute the pain of grief and separation into new forms of love and awareness. Guided by Terri Daniel and Dr. Anna Noe Bonas (a practitioner of Ho'oponopono, a traditional Hawaiian form of emotional healing), you will have the opportunity to move beyond pain while honoring the sacredness of grief for its transformative gifts.

This will be a small, intimate gathering to allow each person special care for working through his or her grief journey. Click HERE for details and contact us if you'd like to reserve a space.

 DANNY'S MESSAGE

"Forgiveness Isn't Optional"

In this message Danny speaks to me about our work together as teachers
and the relationship between forgiveness and timelessness.


You have often described the love that you and I share as "otherworldly," but in fact it is not special or unique in any way. It is simply the love that all beings share with Creation. Love is Creation, and we are emanations of that love, so we have all the power of creation within us. Through our experiences on earth we are given endless opportunities to recognize the Divine Love to which we are connected.
 
You and I have focused on this lesson together for many lifetimes. This has been our work as teachers, and isn't it marvelous how many different forms that work has taken over the centuries? It's as if we've gone to hundreds of different costume parties together, dressed as different characters (bodies/personalities). All the people at these parties are members of our soul family, and we go from house to house, party to party, always wearing a different costume. For example, in the incarnation I most recently shared with you, I dressed as a seriously ill child and you dressed as a nurturing mother (along with many other characteristics and sub plots, of course). In most of our other incarnations we have worn the costume as brother and sister. But in the greater picture, in the Heaven view, we are teaching souls, and we've created stories, like movies, designed to generate the wisdom that enables us to do our work as teachers. It is a delightful little game, and the soul rejoices in it! 

You often wonder why there is no time lag between asking a question of your guides and receiving the answer. This is simply because there is no time. Your thoughts -- and the thoughts of all life forms -- work in tandem with Divine energy like gears inside a watch. No gear turns independently of another, and so it is with the thought forms transmitted between Heaven and Earth.
 
The understanding of Timelessness is a precious gift and a valuable tool for those on earth who recognize it. It is one of the most important elements in learning to un-judge, forgive and release attachment. In order to forgive, there must be an understanding of timelessness. If there is no time -- if there is no time limit -- then opportunities for healing are endless. Most people think of time as linear and limited, and they think they must wrap everything up before they "die." But if they understand that they don't die and that the soul continues to acquire experience forever, then forgiveness isn't optional. The costume parties and the characters keep recurring with a continuous thread of energy seeking to be healed or balanced. You have all the time in the world, literally, in which to work with these energies. 

The parties and the costumes are part of your permanent record (to use a familiar human phrase). They are your creations. When you look at them through timelessness, you will see that they are constantly shifting and restructuring, like the fragments inside a kaleidoscope, but they never end, because the concept of "ending" requires a belief in time. Without time, the kaleidoscope just keeps turning for eternity, and the energy accumulated through all that movement becomes integrated into the whole of creation (this is the true meaning of Karma; it is never "good" or "bad," but is simply the evolution of creation, and all experiences are purposeful and necessary). When this can be realized, it becomes possible to "un-judge" your experiences, to release yourself and others from blame, and to understand forgiveness in a new way.

© 2009 Terri Daniel and Danny Mandell
USEFUL LINKS


. Our current book, A Swan in Heaven

. Terri's website: www.AfterlifeAwareness.com

. Workshops and presentations: Conversations in the Spiritual Voice

. An interactive online forum where you can meet others who are interested in exploring and understanding the afterlife: THE DANNY DIALOGS.

. Click HERE for a sneak peek at our upcoming book,
"E
mbracing Death: A New Look at Grief,Gratitude and God." Scheduled for publication by O Books in Fall 2010!

. Terri is now the "Death and Afterlife Examiner" for Examiner.com.
  Click HERE to read articles and comments.

Contact Us:

(541) 549-4004
terri@danieldirect.net