DIAMOND HUNTERS by Raenel Breucop

My mom died June 9th, 2008 after a very long illness. When I was asked to write her eulogy, words and images flooded my mind which is how I get the subjects I write and speak about accompanied by strong impressions.

Our human suit, the container that houses our spiritual energy now, is the form that is ‘being’ so we can experience God's love in this realm. My mom's choice to be cremated returned her to our most basic composition, carbon ash. This is quite significant because carbon ash also happens to be the basic composition of diamonds. And anyone who knew my mom, knew she absolutely loved diamonds. And so, this is her message, the translation of those impressions.

Just think about diamonds. Besides their beauty in accessories, their usefulness in industry is essential to the functionality of every day life, in everything from watches to computers.

Life has everything in common with diamonds, everything. Like diamonds, life is hard as a rock. Diamonds are the hardest substance on the planet. There is nothing harder. They are so hard if fact, that only diamonds can cut diamonds. In the rough, diamonds look much like dirty pebbles, easily passed up by the unaware. But, in the mind of the Diamond Cutter, this rough stone contains an exquisitely cut diamond, a thing of beauty whose every facet will yield a brilliance that rivals even the stars in heaven.

You cannot grasp the facet’s brilliance; it can only be observed, enjoyed, and appreciated within the stone. In some diamonds, an inclusion, a fleck of carbon remains, a reminder of potential diamond, the future even more brilliant. The fleck may be seen as imperfection, however, it is ‘in’ perfection that the fleck is becoming. The presence of an inclusion may decrease the overall value of the diamond, but its immaturity is a limitation, not a hindrance and it needs only time before it is what it will be. Meanwhile it Is as it is, inside perfection, surrounded by clarity.

We are each a diamond, the hardest of stones, unaware of our potentiality and the brilliant sparkle that could light our path. We are diamonds in the rough, the pure potential for admiration, brilliance and beauty, carriers of light. Once our facets are cut we are set to humbly sparkle; facets are the proof that it is not the stone or the cut that is admired for they are only messengers of light. It is the sparkle we are captured by, not the stone.

The Diamond Cutter must grind the rough to create a pane (pain) for his first glimpse inside the stone. Only by looking inside can the design of the stone be determined. The Diamond Cutter’s then draws the blueprint of how each stone should be cut.

In the mind of the Diamond Cutter the gem is already finished, pure brilliance in the eye of its beholder. Will a diamond in the rough say to the Diamond Cutter, “Don’t cut me?” Of course not, a exquisitely cut diamond is the creation, the essence of the Diamond Cutter. A diamond has but one purpose, to sparkle and reflect light.

But, we want our life to sparkle without being cut by the Diamond Cutter. We feel lost and cannot imagine how a loving God can allow life to be so 'bad'. We are victims of our own creation. We cannot imagine that our responsibility is to provide a blueprint for our life and co-create the grand opus our lives could be. We hurt, we suffer, we stop going forward without understanding that pain is only an indicator that points the way, back to our path so we can follow the light. But it hurts.

We create just like The Creator; don't be surprised, after all we are made in His image. Jesus said, “and greater works shall you do...” He was never astounded by what He did or what God did through Him. It was natural, supernatural to you and me. It is the experiences in life that our intentions bring us that reveal the blueprints we submitted to the skilled Master, the Diamond Cutter for our co-creation. We are co-creating with Love Incarnate whose Mind created all, even faceted the life yielding the brightest light, the Bright and Morning Star, the Son.

On earth, we must trade youth for experience. Experiences cut the facets that make our lives sparkle. Forget the cut and the rough that falls away. Think of the light that will be and Is, even now. When we sparkle, we not only light our path, but the paths of others, as well.

I find something very profound in the tradition of a woman, a diamond in a ring - a symbol, a circle of eternity, a wife. She becomes a mother, the physical co-creator of a separate life, another being, a form that will breathe breath that comes from the Unknown. She is a like a diamond mine, birthing brilliance, pure potentiality, a bringer of light bringing forth another bringer of light, another diamond in the rough, another carbon being who will think it is lost.

I'm sure there will be more to say about all that. We have only to remember that the Diamond Cutter's home is in His mine.

I know a mother’s desires are the easiest desires for God to fulfill. In spite of ourselves, God takes a mother’s pure intentions and desires and brings them to pass for her children and humanity. She endures the Cutter's swing of her self's uncut stone skimming quickly across the screaming, grinding wheel like a pendulum or the baton of a great maestro conducting his masterpiece. Each pass coming closer to the facet that yields ever more brilliance. She dries her tears, but she will cry again for though experiences have faceted her own stone, the inclusions within serve to remind her that she is not separate from the whole of humanity. Even her physical being reminds her regularly of her creator status. All that is physical being originated through woman. She should never be put down, talked down to, or shut up. The lie is that she is powerless and the world works diligently to keep this lie in perpetuity.

Never underestimate the power of a woman or a mother’s desire for the benefit of her child or a nation because a mother's desires originate in the heart of God. Women, co-creating with the Diamond Cutter, have the power to change the world. Take confidence in the power of your desires to benefit humanity. Sparkle for the benefit of humanity.

I am convinced that every tumultuous experience in my life is directly related to my Mom’s prayers. We always had a deep, spiritual connection, and still do. She is responsible for my seeking God. Throughout the darkest days of my life I somehow have managed to find myself turned around, facing the right direction time and time again until finally, I would smack myself on the forehead and say, “Oh, I guess this is the way.” It is those times that have determined the course of my life and I am writing this today because of her prayers.

We are so in love with form, the body containing the essence of a thing, of the person. We are so mesmerized by the object, so taken with things, the wanting, the needing, the have to having, only to find that once acquired, the object of our desires has lost its luster. The excitement for the acquisition of the thing has dulled, and so the process must begin again. A new acquisition ensues until finally, we realize this is a perpetual journey.

But continue we must, on our relentless journey - it is our very nature. Adventurers are what we are, diamond hunters, after the stone, unaware that it is only the container that holds the sparkle. We really need the sparkle, that brilliant light so we can see our path to, where the angels live, eternity.

May I encourage you to give up your journey? Yes, that's right, give up your journey. The last act any of us perform is giving. May I encourage you to give up now? Could you end your relentless journey? Would you? The companion of surrender is peace. These are entities nudging you on your path. Do you remember that you already are that which you seek. You are light. Just be light.

"Let your light so shine among men..." and one day, when your wanting and needing gives way to knowing and having, you will realize you are not on a path. You are on a dance floor, and what seemed like a journey, was really a dance lesson! And you are not a diamond, that was just another metaphor! You are really the Star! The envy of even the stars in heaven! (Queue dance segment - hint: let Spirit lead ;)

It takes earthly metaphors for us to comprehend what the angels have always known.

I hope this message will encourage you to see every moment of every event in your life as a metaphor. Universal intelligence speaks a language not heard with ears, but heard by your whole Being. God's resonate vibration is ever present within us. Spending time in the stillness is not waiting to hear Spirit speak, it Is. The Is-ness speaks in experiences, in mind, heart and feelings. In purity of purpose and intention we understand this language and are convinced that we are not alone.

“Our last breath only blows out the flame in this lamp. We are all ways light, always.”


Thank you for allowing me to share this message with you. Raenel Breucop


About Raenel Breucop

Raenel began her spiritual path March 4, 1979. In the spirit of humor, and since labels are important to some, by definition Raenel is a meta-ontologist (ontology is the study of being), a Symbolist, and Metaphorist. And after almost 30 years, Raenel has obtained her Ph.D status; she is a "Pretty Happy Diva.”

As an evangelist in the 80’s, Raenel traveled throughout the United States preaching open air on college campuses. (She was arrested on campus in Chattanooga). She served in the Philippines as interim pastor to over 400 members during Marcos’ dictatorship and the volatile, communist persuasion.

Upon returning to the states, Raenel continued her ministerial service as women’s pastor, advisor, and spiritual leader on college campuses throughout the US for many years until the struggle with her sexual identity led to a nervous breakdown. With encouragement from her father to write her first romance fiction novel, Afraid To Love, her path began to clear.

Today, after years of reconciling, Raenel enjoys her relationship with the Universe and shares it through her writing, teaching, and speaking about Universal consciousness and the importance of being. Her second book will be published in January 2009.

Her messages are presented in the form of metaphors and symbolism, and impressions that easily express our continuity with creation through conscious awareness.


**This excerpt will appear in Raenel's upcoming book to be published January 2009. Permission to use your comments on the book jacket and promotional materials is appreciated. Email: rbreucop@cox.net