I woke up thinking about how many of us are trapped in a lifestyle that is not conducive to our wellbeing, or our soul's desire. When I look at it, I see that one of the reasons is "business." As I mention in my book, IGNITING CHANGE, we have followed a course that was dictated by the industrial revolution. Granted, we needed jobs and industry provided that. But do we need 60 hours of work a week?
The question is, how do we change course? How do we turn this ship around now that we are fully caught up in the trappings? Surprisingly, this current economic "crisis" is providing some guidance. I work in retail and what I'm hearing many people say they're cutting back. By reducing our dependence on "things", we begin a process of having more options. As the opportunity to incur debt diminishes, and the need to live within our means increases, we begin to come back into alignment with reality. This is the first step toward change - come into the NOW. Get in touch with what's real!
THIS is why these are exciting times. A tremendous opportunity is presenting itself on a collective level. If we choose, we can change.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
New Wealth
It’s happened. The shift from the fifth night to the sixth day of the Mayan Calendar has happened. I awoke this morning with a sense of possibility I haven’t felt in ages.
I started thinking about money. My friend, Heather, lent me a copy of a broadcast from Coast to Coast radio with guest Cathryn Fitts in which she talked about the tapeworm economy. (see link: www.solari.com) Essentially, it’s about large sums of money being filtered out of the
This morning I woke up with an image of money having been circling the drain in one direction. Now that is changing. Money was trained to follow fear. It will now follow love.
If you’ve been wondering why you’re a nice person and you don’t have as much money as not-so-nice people, this is why. Following fear, there was never enough. Greed is simply lack – can’t get enough.
Love and money will not look anything like money and fear. It is not about egregious wealth. It is about enough. Gratitude – being grateful for what you have and compassion - being sure that everyone has enough. Sharing the wealth.
Think about what enough looks like for you. Then imagine enough for everyone. Meditate on this often. It’s time to re-envision our new reality. If you can, hold a kind thought for those who have amassed the majority of the wealth so they may assimilate into this new dynamic quickly and easily.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
OCTOBER 2007
A TIME PROFOUND
This is quite the turnaround from where we’ve been. Whereas there’s been an enormous amount of chaos and confusion whirling about, we enter a brief cycle of stillness which may feel unfamiliar given the last year and a half. Between now and the third week of November, I suggest you make the most of this time by allowing your plans to begin to drop in and lock into place. We are getting a brief opening for stabilization. Anything you’ve been thinking about or even anything that’s newly arisen in your consciousness, now is the time to allow it to take root in your life. It may be something you didn’t see coming, or something that’s the opposite of how you’ve been thinking. Welcome the reversal. It comes for a reason.
Focus on anything to do with stabilizing or grounding. There are times ahead that promise to be a bit more challenging and whatever pieces drop in now will support you for a while to come. Again, don’t go looking for answers or figuring out the pieces. You won’t be able to. Open yourself to whatever is trying to find you and then let it come.
Since this next few weeks is a time of peace, there’s no need for. Trust that life has a phenomenal plan ultimately designed for our growth and wellbeing. Relax and know that you are being looked after and protected. If you reach moments where the worry becomes too great, re-open to trust knowing that you are on a journey that’s harmonized with the greater cosmos. Float back into synch with those rhythms and all will be extremely and powerfully well. Say yes to what you know in your heart even if it comes dressed as something unfamiliar.
Money continues to be a factor. Seek security through inner knowing rather than your bank account. It appears likely that if you do, your bank account will respond nicely.
Freedom is walking amongst us waiting to be unleashed. This is a unique time. Let go of control. Let go of your self-imposed design and welcome the mystery. We’re in a very precious, very rare reprieve. Make the most of it and you’ll find that the track that gets laid during this time will take you to profound places. All aboard!
This is quite the turnaround from where we’ve been. Whereas there’s been an enormous amount of chaos and confusion whirling about, we enter a brief cycle of stillness which may feel unfamiliar given the last year and a half. Between now and the third week of November, I suggest you make the most of this time by allowing your plans to begin to drop in and lock into place. We are getting a brief opening for stabilization. Anything you’ve been thinking about or even anything that’s newly arisen in your consciousness, now is the time to allow it to take root in your life. It may be something you didn’t see coming, or something that’s the opposite of how you’ve been thinking. Welcome the reversal. It comes for a reason.
Focus on anything to do with stabilizing or grounding. There are times ahead that promise to be a bit more challenging and whatever pieces drop in now will support you for a while to come. Again, don’t go looking for answers or figuring out the pieces. You won’t be able to. Open yourself to whatever is trying to find you and then let it come.
Since this next few weeks is a time of peace, there’s no need for. Trust that life has a phenomenal plan ultimately designed for our growth and wellbeing. Relax and know that you are being looked after and protected. If you reach moments where the worry becomes too great, re-open to trust knowing that you are on a journey that’s harmonized with the greater cosmos. Float back into synch with those rhythms and all will be extremely and powerfully well. Say yes to what you know in your heart even if it comes dressed as something unfamiliar.
Money continues to be a factor. Seek security through inner knowing rather than your bank account. It appears likely that if you do, your bank account will respond nicely.
Freedom is walking amongst us waiting to be unleashed. This is a unique time. Let go of control. Let go of your self-imposed design and welcome the mystery. We’re in a very precious, very rare reprieve. Make the most of it and you’ll find that the track that gets laid during this time will take you to profound places. All aboard!
Friday, August 31, 2007
September 2007
SO IT BEGINS
The message for September is: There is only now. There is only this moment in which we can truly live. There is no other time.
This is a defining moment in our development as human beings. Imagine, if you will, life having been spread out in a line – linear time and space, with the past strewn behind and the future awaiting. Then, see if you can imagine the past and future collapsing into the present. Suddenly, instead of the horizontal range we’ve been experiencing, a vertical range opens. Now we’re standing in the present moment with nothing behind and nothing before, the potential now being to explore above and below.
What does that mean to us in day-to-day life? This is the question, because with this shift, many aspects of our daily lives are transforming and if we are to navigate our way through then it is essential for us to stay on top of what is changing.
This month, let’s talk about how money is shifting. Money has always been a substitute for Love. It represents our exchange of Love with one another. Prior to money, we simply cared for one another. Then, we added the component of coins so we could get help from someone other than the person we offered our help to. Money has always been symbolic of Love. If you watch money, you can see the movement of Love.
Up till now, money has sufficed as a substitute. However, the time for money as a substitute is no longer required. As the power of Love is increasing, money is diminishing. Those who don’t recognize this will become increasingly desperate because they don’t realize another form of currency is taking its place. And this currency is Love. The use of money is becoming frantic and distorted. People are quite literally chasing after money, looking for it wherever they can get it because, for many, it seems to be in shorter and shorter supply. Stop chasing money. Stop looking for the money and begin to transition into the currency of Love. Another word for love is connection. Where we’re headed, the only thing that matters is our loving, open-hearted connections with one another. I cannot say so certainly that if you do this money will follow. What I can suggest is that when we pursue a loving connection with one another, our well-being is assured.
I would encourage all those who are carrying debt to diminish your financial responsibilities as quickly as you can. We probably have another 48 months in which to do this. Certainly, developing a game plan to do this would be wise. The less money responsibilities you have, the more options and flexibility you will have to freely pursue the loving connections that will, in fact, safely carry us to the next level. (see links below for great visual of “connection”)
I believe we are truly beginning to formulate our presence in the inner realm. It is the place we go when we meditate. That inner space is the place we look to for our inner voice and our in-tuition. I believe that inner realm is beginning to coalesce while the aspects of ourselves existing in the physical are rising up.
When we talk about the prophesy for 2011 or 2012 (depending on the math), I believe what we can anticipate is a coming together of the inner realm and the visible realm. I have often thought that when “the Fall” occurred, that it created a gap between dimensions. In any case, there has been a gap which now is being closed. I will write more about some of the other implications of this coming together but for the sake of the September reading, what I can say is practice being in the crossover point between the higher and lower realms, the higher vibrations and the lower vibrations.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0_qzvyTKBA4&mode=related&search= and http://youtube.com/watch?v=Od0DN106VbU . Feel the LOVE!
Friday, August 3, 2007
THE SHIFT
About 15 or 20 years ago, geologist and author Gregg Braden brought us information about the magnetic poles of the earth shifting. Though he was a geologist, he began to put the idea of a pole shift in a spiritual context. Radical at the time, it is now, apparently, scientifically agreed that we are, in fact, in the midst of a magnetic pole shift. The magnetic field around the earth is weakening and has the potential to flip so that north will become south and south north. It's uncertain how long such a shift such as this can take or what the ramifications may be to the planet and those who inhabit it. Is it possible there is a connection between this pole shift and the shift in consciousness that's been prophesied and anticipated for these times? The Mayan calendar describes 2012 as the end of a great age, and even the bible talks about a time of Armageddon. Let me be perfectly clear: I don't see this as a doomsday, but rather a powerful time of transition, not to be feared, but to be experienced to the fullest.
You can go to Braden's website for details about the shift. Here, I would like to muse a bit about what such a shift might mean.
The magnetic field protects the earth's atmosphere. Should the field drop during this brief time, there could well be an influx of energy from the sun which has sometimes been spoken of as a spiritual focus.
During the shift, it's thought that some might feel the urge to sleep or zone out because the atmosphere will be so different. I remember going to hear Krishnamurti speak in Ojai, California in my early days of studying spirituality. I listened to the first few minutes and soon fell fast asleep. The frequency or vibratory rate at which his words were coming through were more than I could take in consciously. I remember hearing the words but as if through a fog. Is it possible that the magnetic field being down could produce a similar effect?
Those who can stay awake during this shift may experience ecstasy. I remember living at Glen Ivy Retreat Center when the power would go out. There was an amazing sense of peace when everything electrical stopped running. Another time, I spent a week in a very remote part of the Rocky Mountains and it was touched so deeply it was life changing. What might it be like if the electromagnetic field around the earth dropped? Different? How?
On the other hand, being in the mountains might be hell for some people. Too quiet, nothing to distract from what's going on within. Could this also be what it's like during a pole shift?
It's prophesied that after the wars and chaos will come 1000 years of peace. Could the shift initiate that cycle? A new age?
You can go to Braden's website for details about the shift. Here, I would like to muse a bit about what such a shift might mean.
The magnetic field protects the earth's atmosphere. Should the field drop during this brief time, there could well be an influx of energy from the sun which has sometimes been spoken of as a spiritual focus.
During the shift, it's thought that some might feel the urge to sleep or zone out because the atmosphere will be so different. I remember going to hear Krishnamurti speak in Ojai, California in my early days of studying spirituality. I listened to the first few minutes and soon fell fast asleep. The frequency or vibratory rate at which his words were coming through were more than I could take in consciously. I remember hearing the words but as if through a fog. Is it possible that the magnetic field being down could produce a similar effect?
Those who can stay awake during this shift may experience ecstasy. I remember living at Glen Ivy Retreat Center when the power would go out. There was an amazing sense of peace when everything electrical stopped running. Another time, I spent a week in a very remote part of the Rocky Mountains and it was touched so deeply it was life changing. What might it be like if the electromagnetic field around the earth dropped? Different? How?
On the other hand, being in the mountains might be hell for some people. Too quiet, nothing to distract from what's going on within. Could this also be what it's like during a pole shift?
It's prophesied that after the wars and chaos will come 1000 years of peace. Could the shift initiate that cycle? A new age?
AUGUST 2007 REPORT
BREAKING AWAY
What just happened?! I feel as if we jumped tracks and moved to another location spacially. I find myself feeling a bit sleepy, drifting, spacing out. Is it the new energy coming in?
This is both a challenging month and a month for breakthrough. If you have shifted into this higher frequency, you'll recognize it by a sense of more space infused into every moment. I'm finding a strong urge to keep my eyes closed and drink in this new energy as much as possible. There are some very specific activities that can help us be with this energy. Some sort of physical exercise like Chi Gong or yoga (more active) is essential. Anything that keeps energy circulating in the body, anything with breath work is good. Anything that helps us become more familiar with this energy is great.
I believe this is a time of stepping back and standing in another place in the self that has nothing to do with doing or details.
More and more I think people may be looking to get out of the "rat race" and create lifestyles that are more spacious. I suspect that trying to accommodate all of the demands that this physical world is creating may end up being quite difficult to manage, and also may become increasing painful to accommodate (if it's not already). This month would be a good time to consider the life choices you're making. Consider making a 5-year plan and where you see yourself in 5 years - aka 2012! (See Coaching Corner.)
In the following article, THE SHIFT, I explore some possibilities for these amazing and unknown times. Whatever the answers, this feels like a turning point for us all. Certainly for myself. Reading Gregg Braden's article and realizing that this shift is no longer a prophesy but is happening, I realize that it is most definitely time to become fully active in what I believe I'm here to do. This is not about responsibility or obligation, but rather an amazing opportunity to play a hand in what is occurring.
For my part, I am proceeding with sharing some of the information I have learned over the 30 years I have been studying consciousness. The Map of the Mind, Anatomy of a Block, Spiritual Essentials, and including my upcoming book - all meant to provide tools for navigating our way through these accelerating times. I am available to come and speak more about this topic and others to friends or groups you are associated with. I am drawn by the possibility of connection and would love to link up with you and yours in these amazing times.
What just happened?! I feel as if we jumped tracks and moved to another location spacially. I find myself feeling a bit sleepy, drifting, spacing out. Is it the new energy coming in?
This is both a challenging month and a month for breakthrough. If you have shifted into this higher frequency, you'll recognize it by a sense of more space infused into every moment. I'm finding a strong urge to keep my eyes closed and drink in this new energy as much as possible. There are some very specific activities that can help us be with this energy. Some sort of physical exercise like Chi Gong or yoga (more active) is essential. Anything that keeps energy circulating in the body, anything with breath work is good. Anything that helps us become more familiar with this energy is great.
I believe this is a time of stepping back and standing in another place in the self that has nothing to do with doing or details.
More and more I think people may be looking to get out of the "rat race" and create lifestyles that are more spacious. I suspect that trying to accommodate all of the demands that this physical world is creating may end up being quite difficult to manage, and also may become increasing painful to accommodate (if it's not already). This month would be a good time to consider the life choices you're making. Consider making a 5-year plan and where you see yourself in 5 years - aka 2012! (See Coaching Corner.)
In the following article, THE SHIFT, I explore some possibilities for these amazing and unknown times. Whatever the answers, this feels like a turning point for us all. Certainly for myself. Reading Gregg Braden's article and realizing that this shift is no longer a prophesy but is happening, I realize that it is most definitely time to become fully active in what I believe I'm here to do. This is not about responsibility or obligation, but rather an amazing opportunity to play a hand in what is occurring.
For my part, I am proceeding with sharing some of the information I have learned over the 30 years I have been studying consciousness. The Map of the Mind, Anatomy of a Block, Spiritual Essentials, and including my upcoming book - all meant to provide tools for navigating our way through these accelerating times. I am available to come and speak more about this topic and others to friends or groups you are associated with. I am drawn by the possibility of connection and would love to link up with you and yours in these amazing times.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
JULY 2007 REPORT
OPENING
This month, it feels like time is flying by while you’re standing still watching it whirrrr past. At the same time, in other areas of your life, you may have a feeling things just aren’t going fast enough. Bogged down and lagging, you just want completion that seems impossible just now. All in all, this fast/slow makes for a somewhat dizzying experience!
There is little to hold onto that can change the uneasiness other than perhaps a day at the beach for temporary escape. Best to just accept the craziness. Don’t try to effect change. Just let it be. In psycho-spiritual work, when a person starts losing touch with reality, we often instruct them to open their eyes and look at their hands. This may be a good device to ground us this month.
What is causing this movement in every direction, this confluence of currents? It appears we’re passing through a cosmic vortex of some sort. Picture hitting a vortex of currents in a rushing river. Catch the currents one way and it lifts you up and deposits you on a beautiful new shore. Catch it another and it drops you into a boggy marsh. In this astronomical confluence, where we’re deposited depends on how we respond. Flow or resist? Your choice. Given this awareness, it’s recommended that you relax, let go. DO NOT try to control or manipulate experiences. Follow where your heart is open. Resist and you’ll find yourself pushing against the current and ending up in the boggy mess. Warning: Landing there, you may find that it’s a rather long-term detour. We’re at a critical junction at this moment in time. Trust your open heart.
An enormous amount of fear may accompany this opening of your heart. But if you feel into your open heart, you will sense on some level a knowing about expansiveness. An essence of expansiveness is connection. It’s in the connection of hearts where any sort of stability, brief as it may be, will come. Stay in the moment with that connection and you will find them to be like rocks in the river you can step upon to cross this great expanse.
Open, open, open. Resist closing, closing, closing. Follow the ways in which your heart feels love without forcing a form on it or defining it. This only limits the expansion. We are explorers exploring new territory. Rely on what you know from the past without imposing that knowing on where you’re going. Draw from experience and yet be open to this new experience being unlike anything you’ve ever done before. Trust the knowing of your heart. It will lead you to where you want to be.
We are on a journey of expansion which carries with it the characteristics of joy and what we also refer to as Love. We know those experiences of joy, love and compassion through the wisdom of our hearts. The heart is a compass. Follow it and you will thrive.
AFFIRMATION: I open to my expansive heart.
COACHING CORNER:
Place a decorative bowl or container on a shelf or dresser. Then write down all of the areas with which you are currently concerned. Place them in the bowl as you say something to the effect of:
I release this concern as it has little to do with the path of love. Instead, I choose to follow the path of love.
STONE OF THE MONTH
Crocoite: Engages the heart
If you can’t find Crocoite, try Hematite for grounding.
This month, it feels like time is flying by while you’re standing still watching it whirrrr past. At the same time, in other areas of your life, you may have a feeling things just aren’t going fast enough. Bogged down and lagging, you just want completion that seems impossible just now. All in all, this fast/slow makes for a somewhat dizzying experience!
There is little to hold onto that can change the uneasiness other than perhaps a day at the beach for temporary escape. Best to just accept the craziness. Don’t try to effect change. Just let it be. In psycho-spiritual work, when a person starts losing touch with reality, we often instruct them to open their eyes and look at their hands. This may be a good device to ground us this month.
What is causing this movement in every direction, this confluence of currents? It appears we’re passing through a cosmic vortex of some sort. Picture hitting a vortex of currents in a rushing river. Catch the currents one way and it lifts you up and deposits you on a beautiful new shore. Catch it another and it drops you into a boggy marsh. In this astronomical confluence, where we’re deposited depends on how we respond. Flow or resist? Your choice. Given this awareness, it’s recommended that you relax, let go. DO NOT try to control or manipulate experiences. Follow where your heart is open. Resist and you’ll find yourself pushing against the current and ending up in the boggy mess. Warning: Landing there, you may find that it’s a rather long-term detour. We’re at a critical junction at this moment in time. Trust your open heart.
An enormous amount of fear may accompany this opening of your heart. But if you feel into your open heart, you will sense on some level a knowing about expansiveness. An essence of expansiveness is connection. It’s in the connection of hearts where any sort of stability, brief as it may be, will come. Stay in the moment with that connection and you will find them to be like rocks in the river you can step upon to cross this great expanse.
Open, open, open. Resist closing, closing, closing. Follow the ways in which your heart feels love without forcing a form on it or defining it. This only limits the expansion. We are explorers exploring new territory. Rely on what you know from the past without imposing that knowing on where you’re going. Draw from experience and yet be open to this new experience being unlike anything you’ve ever done before. Trust the knowing of your heart. It will lead you to where you want to be.
We are on a journey of expansion which carries with it the characteristics of joy and what we also refer to as Love. We know those experiences of joy, love and compassion through the wisdom of our hearts. The heart is a compass. Follow it and you will thrive.
AFFIRMATION: I open to my expansive heart.
COACHING CORNER:
Place a decorative bowl or container on a shelf or dresser. Then write down all of the areas with which you are currently concerned. Place them in the bowl as you say something to the effect of:
I release this concern as it has little to do with the path of love. Instead, I choose to follow the path of love.
STONE OF THE MONTH
Crocoite: Engages the heart
If you can’t find Crocoite, try Hematite for grounding.
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