and rediscovering the many ways my Soul speaks to me. I'm doing my best to walk my talk by paying even more attention to
intuitive whispers that say "call someone"; take a specific action, whether it
be taking a vitamin, exercising, or dropping by Snell's family farm. It's all connected.
Byron Katie asks 4 Questions: Is it true? Can
you absolutely know that it is true? How do you react when you think that thought? Who would you be without the thought?
Look up, explore, find your answers.
"...There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the
shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly."
"Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes
open, and our heads above water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate..."
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
Hopi Elders
winter
may 4, 2007:
the sounds of healing. . .
I have posted information about my latest CD, Yoga Nidra. As you
already know, I am quite excited about this practice.
Recently, most of my time has been spent writing, recording, and mixing new meditations. Many of you already know that
I am from Virginia. A large part of our consulting work over these past seven years has been in Virginia, in particular the western
part of the state. Working with the Mt. Rogers Community Services Board, we are creating relaxation/meditation CDs for mental health staff
to use with their clients. Our goal
is to replace medication with meditation (as much as possible).
Because I believe that music is healing, I have teamed up with Karen Garrett to create a CD for
healing which will be given away to Virginia Tech students, faculty, and mental health workers of Virginia.
Listen to the short version of Tallys Lullaby. When I say
given away I meant just that. This CD is meant to be copied, shared, and given away.
It is my belief that Yoga Nidra is one (of many) ancient practices which actually hold the real key to the concepts that we find in the Secret,
which has become so popular these last few months. Many keep telling me that the Secret sounds like me.
It's time for me to comment on this.
The major themes of the Secret are:
- Thought is creative: whatever you think tends to manifest
- Through the "law of attraction" you are able to manifest your desires
- The higher or more refined your consciousness, the better this will work for you
The book says:
"You must believe you have received. You must know that what you want is yours the moment you ask.
You must have complete and utter faith... In the moment you ask, and believe and know you already have it in the unseen,
the entire Universe shifts to bring it into the seen. You must act, speak, and think as though you are receiving it now."
Many people that I know have adopted the Secret wildly. And very few, among my acquaintances, have rejected it out of hand. I happen to
believe that there is something to the "law of attraction," and I'm "obviously" not skeptical about
paranormal phenomena. However, many of the claims made in the movie create unintended frustrations
among those who simply jump on board with their material wants and visualizations, and have not taken the
time to question, "Just how does the universe work? Are we all connected? How do my wants affect the wants
of someone else...or do they?"
Some of you may remember that this question was the thrust of the "invitation " I sent out last fall. I wanted a group of searchers to join me in exploring the deeper meaning to the universe. Our last session will be the night of May 18th and Saturday May 19. If you are still a searcher, and want to join us, please do. Give me a call at 207.929.6960, or send me an email for more information.
How does the law of attraction work? As Goethe put it, "Once one commits, providence moves for you..."
How and why does this phenomenon happen? We don't know. That's a big "we don't know,"
because given we don't actually know, how can we form a concept or belief system around it?
We could argue that it works when we know the outcome we want and our present reality.
Or, when we set forth appropriate action to get us from A to Z. We could also look at the law of Attraction in terms of
energy: do we attract negative people to us? Whiners? or Light-Beings?)
In fact, the authors of The Secret have many concepts that we are encouraged to adopt, and believe, without experience.
I know it sounds like I am a skeptic, but the truth is that I practiced and taught the concepts in the Secret for many, many years.
And they worked in many instances... for awhile. But in those instances where they didn't work, I didn't question, "Why not?"
See, I believe we can't have it partial. It either works, or it doesn't. When it doesn't work, it isn't good enough to say that it didn't work because "I didn't believe enough." There are plenty of
instances of things working without a person holding a belief that they work. Why do they work?
There is something very magical about our multi-verse. And we don't know how it works. Yes, I have had the experience of being one with everything and "seemingly" manifesting instantly. Did I manifest instantly? Or because (in that moment) I was "One with Everything," did I know "Everything" including what was about to happen?
I really don't know.
If you want to explore more in this area, Lynn McTaggart is conducting experiments using intention. Called the
intention experiment, the results definitely give us food for thought.
winter
"Do not wait for leaders, do it alone. . .person to person."
. . .Mother Teresa
march 29, 2007:
home again, home again. . .
The "energy" of various cities and locations always intriges me. Since my last blog I have been in California, Arizona,
and Virginia. And it is always good to come home to the woods of Maine. Arizona is still as magical as ever with her beautiful
deserts and sunsets. My old home-state, Virginia is becoming even more crowded than when I left. It saddens me to see so many
beautiful farms being turned into developments. I sense that one day, unless we wake up soon, the beautiful rolling hills there will
be nothing but roof-tops. It's already happening.
Every spring when I visit Virginia my allergies kick in, and I am reminded that without the "local" honey
our bees produce (and I eat) I would be coughing and sneezing all spring. In case you are not aware, we have
a crisis with our bee population...they are
missing.
Several weeks ago our postmistress had a heart attack with no serious side-effects. I heard the "locals"
mentioning how fortune she was, that it was a "wake-up" call.
Of course I wondered, why do we have to have wake-up calls?
Why can't we be preventative and pro-active? Why ignore our bodies, or our earth, until they yell at us?
Several weeks ago Michael picked up The Great Turning, From Empire to Earth Community by
David Korten. David was in town these past few days and we had
the opportunity to hear him talk (several times) about his book, and to ask a few questions. In the book, David
points out the problems we
have created (for 5000 years), and suggests that to change our world (an empire of corporate rule) we have to change our stories.
Of course, the question is, how do we change our stories? Can you imagine a world where we aren't marketed to buy
"something" at every turn?
It seems we have become a nation of talkers. We think if we read something, and if we then talk about it, we have done something.
We attend a meeting on how to change the world (or so I think). Instead, we hear participants tell others
all the wonderful things they, or their organization, is doing...none of which addresses the real issue at hand.
It won't make any difference if in a few years there
is no oil to power our cars, lawnmowers, or trucks that bring produce to our local supermarkets. (Assuming the
US dollar holds up, our economy continues to chug along, etc. etc.)
I have come to believe that we are "stuck" because we don't know what to do. We aren't even sure what we want.
Einstein said that the significant problems we face today can not be solved by the same level of thinking that created the
problem. We must move toward more relfective, meditative, introspective time with ourselves. (Yes, I am "yoga nidraing" it again.)
In support of reflection, there is a wonderful article on the worlds happiest man in the
current issue of Ode Magazine. It
is well worth the time it takes to read it.
winter
The time of the lone wolf is over. . .gather yourselves.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
. . .Hopi Elders
january 27, 2007:
yes, virginia, magic really does exist. . .
. . .but you may have to work for it.
What is the work? In my last blog I mentioned a practice called yoga nitra. Well, just like the recovering addict who
suddenly finds themselves sober, and think they have found "the way" I must confess to feeling that same
way. It is the first practice I have taken up and actually followed for 21 days, the amount of time "experts"
say it takes to form a new habit. This practice is rapidly forming the basis of my/our work. It ties in
relaxation, imagery, memory, creative thoughts, energy, education, stress reduction, health practices,
astral projection, and most importantly. . .intuition.
The work, to put it simply, is: show up, tell the truth, and don't be attached to the outcome.
- "Show up" means take time to do the practice, do the "work to discover who and what you are." It's so easy to let life get in the way
of seeking, telling ourselves we'll do it tomorrow, or we'll practice twice as long tomorrow.
- "Tell the truth." Know exactly where you are in your life
right now, don't fool yourself. If something you are trying to manifest didn't come out the way you
wanted it to, don't make excuses. Start now to probe your unconscious to find your real beliefs.
We're all seeking understanding and no one person, no self-proclaimed expert, has
the total picture. Just how does life work?
- "Don't be attached to the outcome" means relinquish control to something greater. Remember your part was to
show up and tell the truth. Don't think you know how things should turn out. Besides, we often think too small!
My CD of the practice of yoga nitra will be available early March. I'm still thinking about the
title, which may be something like "deep relaxation." I'll keep you posted.
If you are thinking about signing up (or if you have signed up) for the west coast trainings be prepared for a different type
of continuing education class. This class is about discovering and using intuition. It is not a class
about "talking about" intuition. I will discourage you from taking notes because (1) adults don't learn
that way, and (2) intuition is about being and sensing, not thinking about being. Everything that
you need to know is within yourself. But in case you've forgotten, a complete, comprehensive,
manual comes with the class. You can read it when you get home.
Stay warm
winter
Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
. . .Philo of Alexandria
december 31, 2006:
I resolve to discovering myself. . .
Ten days after Winter solstice, and one before the New Year, I have finally settled in
to catch up on email, update our website and send out "Tell me something good (AKA "Morning Coffee.")
I cannot claim that our Christmas was hectic, and so I am behind. It wasn't.
In fact, it was wonderfully quiet. We chose not to hold a large Winter Solstice gathering this year.
Instead, we had a delicious meal with a good friend, then went down to a campfire by the lake, watched the stars,
and reflected on the past year. The fact that the lake is not frozen, that we have no snow,
that summer birds are still here, that it does not seem like winter, is certainly part of the change we were musing about.
I have chosen to share parts of articles, thoughts, musings that have struck me recently.
"This day will not come again," was the theme of a recent newsletter from Carolyn Myss. She wrote,
"Among the many writings of the great Catholic mystic and intellectual, Thomas Merton, was his journal.
As a Trappist monk, he spent a great deal of time alone, even away from his fellow monks,
living in heritage, in meditation, in prayer, refining his soul. I love his writings and have been moved by so much
that he has written. Yet, sometimes it is that one sentence, that one phrase that captures you,
that leaves you breathless for hours, for days, for the rest of your life because of the purity of its truth.
One day while he was looking across a field during the month of June, he wrote about how lovely the sky was,
how gentle the breeze was, and noted that bulls were lying under a tree in the corner of the field while the
daylilies swayed with the wind. He had walked through the woods that day and paused at some point on his walk to l
ook at a goldfinch and then to stare at the tall oak trees. . .and then he noted that he had heart palpitations
and shortness of breath. Could he be aging, he wondered, adding, "not that I care." He cared about the beauty
that he noticed, because as he noted most of all, "This day will not come again."
This day will not come again. The open lake, the eagle perched in the birch tree fishing,
this gentle breeze, this sunrise, my dogs and cats running in and out and in and out of the back door. . .
this particular alchemy of man and nature will never gather together again in this perfect unity.
"This day on earth shall never come again" gives me pause before I jump into doing all
the things I think I "must" do, must finish, accomplish before the sun sets and head out to our neighbors house for a
quiet (and early) new years eve.
Those who know me are aware that I am always searching for new, more, different, ways for "self-discovery." Recently,
through an interesting, synchronistic event, I discovered "Yoga Nidra." Throughout my life, it seems that whenever I have needed
to pay attention (am I on the right flight? do I need to be in a yoga class?) the answer has arrived unexpectedly, when
I least expect it. Someone says something to me, I have a dream, I meet a stranger.
In the instance of yoga nidra, a woman sitting next to me in a class mentioned it to the instructor at the end of the class.
When I questioned her more, she simply wrote "Yoga Nidra" on a piece of paper and slid it across the table.
Yoga Nidra is a very deep form of relaxation
which takes you into awareness, and focus. (I have been intuitively leading a form of yoga nidra for
the past twenty years and didn't know it.) In yoga nidra you leave the waking state, go through the dreaming state, and
into the deep sleep state yet remain fully awake.
Incorporated with yoga nidra is an ancient yogic practice called sankalpa. Sankalpa Yoga is the power that is born of resolve,
will and determination. This esoteric yogic science was widely practised 5,000 years ago.
But the misuse of the power of Sankalpa Yoga led to a great deal of destruction. Over time, this form of yoga slipped
into oblivion, but the story goes that it was preserved and guarded by Himalayan masters.
It is my belief that many of our "new age" concepts of manifesting
originated with sankalpa. Recently, the concept of "Just think (or visualize)
and it will happen" has been gaining in popularity. I suspect, just as the practice of sankalpa yoga led to distruction
the same will happen again.
This week I will be cutting my next CD, "Yoga Nidra." And speaking of Cds, itunes has picked up "The Beach" and "Winter Solstice."
You can now download them into your ipod. I like this because it saves even more resources.
Food for Optimists by Peggy O'Mara
This article appeared in Mothering Magazine and in Ode issue: 6.
Michael and I strongly believe in what Peggy says here, especially the "grow a community."
A "mission" that we discuss, almost daily, is how to bring a diverse community together.
How do we sit down with friends who share different values, political views,
ideas of where our collective future is going (or not) and say, "We have to get together on this.
We may disagree, have diverse opinions, but we have to find a way to get together."
I like to think that those of you on this list are a large part of that community and we are growing.
Choose your information sources carefully
Television news is more entertainment than news. Many local newspapers are advertising vehicles and,
therefore, are seldom controversial. Beware of psychic pollution.
Learn how to put news in its proper perspective.
Many of us suffer from information overload and can become addicted to
dramatic news with its life-or-death pitch. This is a manufactured reality,
like a drug or alcohol high. Limit your digestion of sensational news.
Don't allow your thoughts to become dominated by the lives of strangers and events you cannot control.
Be ruthless about what you allow into your mind. Make an agreement with yourself
about how much time you will worry about a given subject each day. Stick to it. You will notice a difference in how you feel.
Make your world smaller
The domination of media and advertising can overshadow our personal lives with a bigger, more fearful world. We have to choose which world holds our allegiance. If we really look around our own lives, in our own towns and our neighbourhoods, we see that things are not as fearful or violent as they are often portrayed in the media. We have to trust the reality of our own lives. Get close to your world. Go out walking in the woods near your house or in your neighbourhood. Get to know your immediate environment by getting to know your neighbours and spending more time at home. You will find that a comforting reality exists all around you.
Grow a progressive community
When we feel oppressed by circumstances or by society, it is often because we feel alone. It's important in tough times to find a community of like-minded people. In the early years as parents, questions about our children bring us together, and these early communities can sustain us through our whole parenting lives. We can also develop communities of people who share the same political, social, environmental, or spiritual beliefs.
Infuse everyday events with magic and ritual
Make meals a time of community and connection with loved ones. Eat at home more. Ask friends over for dinner. Turn washing, drying, and ironing clothes into acts that add order and rhythm to life. Rediscover the smell of line-dried clothes. Make your home a place of solace and refuge. Create an inspiring and regenerative personal environment. You will feel a difference.
Sing and dance
In the most difficult of times people sing and dance. Get some new music to listen to in the car or at home.
Better yet, get together with friends to listen to and play live music.
Teach yourself songs in the shower and the car. Dance anywhere. Dance in the living room,
in the car, while you're gardening or working outside. Immerse yourself in music, and it will make you feel better.
Choose your companions carefully
In times of oppression and difficulties, it is especially important to keep good companions.
Our companions strongly influence not only our opinion of ourselves, but also our state of mind.
The dramatic emotions of others can lead us to develop a more negative and hopeless view of the world.
On the other hand, companions who have a new sense of things or who talk of life in positive and hopeful
terms can help us to feel strong enough to tackle life's challenges. These friends give us courage.
Lead an examined life
Tough times require honesty and self-reflection.
It is easy to take things personally when the chips are down.
Increased self-awareness allows us to take responsibility appropriately and to
let go of what we can't control. It is important to cultivate the habit of self-reflection.
Focus on others
Sometimes when we are absorbed by a problem in our family or in society at large, we lose perspective. We exaggerate our own importance. Our problems become the worst in the history of the world. Helping others, especially children, can put things in perspective.
Become an activist
Find a cause that you believe in and support it at whatever level you can.
Give money or time. Become a member. Educate and organise others. Vote.
Register others to vote. And remember that activism is not about instant success,
but about long-term social change. Talk to your kids about peace. While others may
wonder how to talk to children about war, talk to your children about peace. Protect them f
rom overexposure to war talk and war images. It's important to answer their questions openly and honestly, but follow their lead.
Include them in conversations about peace and justice. Talk openly with them and others about your beliefs.
Don't be a victim
Often, when times are hard, we bemoan our bad luck. Why me? Why now?
When you can refrain from taking life personally, however, you can act more effectively.
Tough times will generate courage in proportion to the difficulty of the situation.
It is tempting to criticise things as they are without having any idea of how to improve them.
Part of the seduction of modern times is the false belief that this is as good as it gets,
that things couldn't possibly be any better. The wisdom of living your own reality despite tough
times is that your everyday reality ever improves itself; it always gives birth to a more positive future.
Spend time imagining solutions to the problems you face in your life or to the problems of society.
Talk to your friends about positive solutions. Take action to add at least one positive solution to your life.
Keep your sense of humour
At the heart of an optimistic spirit lies a hearty sense of humour. When you can laugh at yourself and the world, you can keep perspective. When you can't, you know that you need some help. Reach out to others when you've lost your sense of humour. Watch a funny movie or do The Twist. We must create our own personal realities to raise our children with hope and optimism. We must become increasingly active in re-creating democracy in our lives and in our society. Our personal lives parallel the collective. Speak with your own voice and it will uplift others. Work on your own life and it will inspire others. Come together with one another and you will touch others. Keep hope alive for the future, for the children. Children are the evidence that love, not fear, is the answer.
Adapted with permission from Mothering (May/June 2003). For subscription information:
Mothering Magazine Inc., P.O. Box 1690, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1690, United States, info@mothering.com, www.mothering.com.
A recent article by Deepak Chopra was optimistic and uplifting to me. Here is an excerpt:
"Judging by grassroots activity, the following trends will continue to shape spiritual life:
- Meditation will become mainstream.
- Elements of the miraculous and paranormal will be widely acknowledged.
- Alternative forms of healing, both physical and psychological, will become commonplace.
- Prayer will be seen as real and efficacious.
- Manifestation of desires will be talked about as a real phenomenon.
- People will regain a connection to their souls.
- Individuals will find answers inwardly to their deepest spiritual questions. They will believe in their private answers and live accordingly.
- New communities of belief will arise.
- Gurus and other spiritual authorities will wane in influence.
- Wisdom traditions will grow to embrace the great spiritual teachings at the heart of organized religion.
- Faith will no longer be seen as an irrational departure from reason and science.
- Wars will decline as peace becomes a social reality.
- Nature will regain its sacred value."
Taken with kind permission from Resurgence magazine (Nov/Dec. 2006),
a unique British magazine that explores the common ground where activism, spirituality, science and art cross paths.
Bullish for peace
UNITED STATES. The birth of a white bison calf in Janesville, Wisconsin, last summer was celebrated, by the Sioux,
Cheyenne and other Indian tribes. They consider white bison calves an omen of the return of
the so-called White Buffalo Calf Woman who, the prophecy says, will bring peace and restore spiritual harmony to the world.
According to Indigo, a magazine for indigenous people (Fall 2006), a whopping 10 white bison have been born over the past decade,
a real baby boom, and this was the second white calf born at the Janesville farm. The likelihood that a white bison
will be born is less than one in a million.
"Deficiency in Vitamin D," has been a theme of many of my medical readings over the last few months. That 400 mg you get in your
daily multi-vitamin may just not be enough for those of us living north of Philadelphia. We do not get enough sunlight to manufacture the
"D" that we need this time of year.
So if you are struggling with cold or flu this winter may want to increase your vitamin D. And don't just take it
from the "spooks". There is scientific evidence that
vitamin D prevents colds and flu.
We will be on the west coast February 6-10, 2007.
If you are in Sacramento, Palo Alto, Oakland or the Bay area we'd love to see you either in a program,
or in person to say hello. Let us know!
Michael and I
(along with Mai Bock and Morgaine (dachshunds), Fat Cat and Grizzel (cats), Towhee and Abby (geese), and our hens: Anna, Lyra, Izzy, Hennie, Bloomers, Chickie, and Winedot . . .
Wish you a very Happy New Year and Peaceful 2007!
winter
The time of the lone wolf is over... gather yourselves.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
. . .Hopi Elders
november 30, 2006:
the state of consensus trance. . .
On this balmy spring day (it feels like spring) it is hard to believe that the winter holidays are just around the corner (although
the weatherman is promising colder weather by tomorrow night.)
A quick note on the practical side, if you wear clogs. . .make sure that you alternate them with other shoes.
Some of the more popular brands, which I love, have no "give," no "spring". If you
make changes accordingly you can save yourself from a lot of pain and potential trips to the PT. The same is true for some of the more expensive, form-fitting pillows. They don't suit everyone.
If you find you have a "pain in the neck," take a look at your pillow.
We often overlook the obvious. A change in clothing can have a major effect on our well-being.
As the holidays draw closer, make an effort to be mindful. . .and aware. Don't let yourselves fall into consensus trance. Consensus trance is that
state of profound distraction that we have created in our culture. Full of inconsistencies and contradictions, our automatized
behaviors create stress, tension, illness and separation. . .alienating us from ourselves, and the rest of the world.
Intuition, body-mind, innovation and creativity are inaccessible when we are entranced.
The good news is that we can transcend the limitations of our culture. When we put aside distractions and multi-tasking
for a moment, we are able to hear the voice of spirit...of intuition.
A question we might all ask ourselves this season is, "Is what I am doing good for the whole? Are the things I am buying really
necessary? How are they made? Where are they made and who made them?" Are there gifts that you can make? Gifts of time? Of food?
Gifts that won't end up in a land-fill in a few months?
Public Radio put the question of
money and moral balance to it's listeners with interesting results.
Clearly, we are standing on a threshold unlike any other in the history of the planet. The Mayan and Hopi calendars end in 2011. It is my belief
that we are waking up.(As Christopher Frye put it, "But will we wake, for pity's sake?")
May you become peace in your heart, pure light, and free from your limiting beliefs.
Happy Holidays,
winter
The time of the lone wolf is over...gather yourselves.
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
. . .Hopi Elders
september 3, 2006:
empires fall. . .
"Empires fall," our friend Margaret, the political activist said, as we finished up a lively dinner conversation which reflected
our view of the state of the world. "Rome fell because if fought stupid wars."
She went on to say that it is not enough to try to lead by "being" and "doing" but you have to "tell the people why
you are doing what you are doing."
My mind quickly raced back to other times, other dinners, when our guests clearly didn't understand why we have chosen the life-
style that we have chosen. Perhaps they think we didn't choose it, but it chose us.
Attempting to live simply, to free ourselves from the power of corporations, isn't simple. It's hard work.
There's always wood to cut, split and stack, chicken houses to clean, cars to fix and now, for Michael, bio-diesel to brew.
It is living the constant question, "How do we live on the planet, in harmony, and still enjoy life?"
We attempt to live the way we live because we believe that things are changing, indeed have changed. We attempt to be as self-
sufficient as we can, all the while knowing that we are inter-dependent. . .that we need others and they need us. This will only
become more evident in the coming years.
Can we, as a nation, consume less? Are we willing to replace one of our favorite past times. . ."going shopping" for something
more holistic, less consumptive?
Do we have a choice?
May there be peace in your heart, Light in your life, and freedom from beliefs.
winter
august 31, 2006:
whispers of fall. . .
As August comes to a close I have to wonder, along with many other "Mainers", what happened to summer? For much of the June, and July, it rained.
At least, it seems that way. Currently I am doing everything that I can to hold on to what remains of that precious commodity we call
summer, warm weather, down time, etc. Even though I awaken to cool mornings and hints of fall, I take some solace in knowing that fall
does not appear until late this year. . .September 23.
It has been a busy summer. Guests have come from all over to visit, talk, ponder the ills of the world, the possibilities of
change, the wonders of the universe. It seems as if we have had more frogs, butterflies, and beautiful dragonflies than any previous summer
we have been living here. For all of this, I am grateful.
Now Michael and I are attempting to play catch up by cutting and stacking wood, preparing for winter. Because I live in
my mind so much I enjoy doing something where I instantly see the fruits of my labor. As I stack,
I wonder if we (as in We) will one day find ourselves having to be more self-sufficient, more community oriented.?
Recently, our media has done a wonderful job of attempting to raise the level of "fear" in our country. Last night a television
show portrayed all the things that could cause the world, as we know it, to disappear: germs, bombs, meteors, global warming. Of
course they are all possible, perhaps even probable within the next 50 years. But if you constantly feed the people a diet of gloom, doom and disaster,
what good came come of it?
A way to less destruction would be to help us question who and what we are. What is our essence, the stuff we are really made of? How do we reveal
it? What do we believe?
It is my "belief" that we are living in times "between beliefs." The old, traditional forms of religion (regardless of what label
you ascribe to it) no longer serves our needs. There is a bigger truth nugging us to wake up,to recognize Truth (with a capital "T" as
astrologer Zip Dobyns used to say.) This "Truth" is what is pulling us to discover our essence.
It is a grand time to suspend your beliefs, they're dying anyway. Don't rush out to quickly replace them. Continually
ask yourself, "Do I believe that? Or this?"
I'm trying to free myself from my limiting beliefs, and believe me, it's hard. They're very comfortable. Not only that, I have a
closet full of beliefs that I haven't even pulled out yet!
Until next time. . .
May there be peace in your heart, Light in your life, and freedom from beliefs.
winter
july 18, 2006:
in the heat of the summer. . .
Every evening my grandmother would sit in her rocking chair, with other members of the family, on the front porch of her Georgia home, in her own inner world, and "watch the angels dance over the graveyard,"
or "hear the cupboard knock," foretelling a death in the family.
It would seem that, aided by modern technology, many of us have lost touch with our inner world,
or when it calls to us we try to hang up.
Today we have reached a point where to ignore this inner world is not an option. As humans,
we have made decisions to continue burning fossil fuels rather than suffer the temporary inconveniences and discomforts involved in shifting to renewable sources of energy. We have decided that our "god" or what we hold to be true, is the only truth.
They (whoever they are) are bad, we are good.
Our choices, and decisions, are guided by our values and our sense of what is important. If we believe that sustained material growth is the key to salvation, that money can buy us peace of mind, or that the survival of our individual self is more important than the survival of the planet, then it is little surprise
that our behavior is so crazy and we feel so empty and unhappy.
The term intuition has become a popular buzzword, just as the word quantum. Our sages of intuition,
have taught us that we can use our intuition to make more money, marry the "right" person,
understand our physical body, or find the perfect home. Should I take the car or the plane? Which vitamin is best for me?
"Call Aunt Molly."
All well and good. But there is so much, much more. It is time that we allow the way we view
intuition to mature from adolescence into adulthood.
As a teacher of the intuitive process, I believe that I (and others like me) have
often left out this very important ingredient when teaching about intuition.
We are intuitive because we are connected to everyone and everything. We are not individual selves seeking consciousness.
We are conscioiusness, seeking experience through the individual.
In a similar way, it can be very difficult to grasp and define our own inner wisdom,
that which is not dictated by our rational mind. It's when what we feel and what we know come together.
Intuition is a wholistic way of being. It is an on-going dynamic process, it is a verb, not a noun.
You cannot be "selectively" intuitive, incorporating only information that does not upset you, or ask you
to make changes in your life.
It is my belief that our future, and the future of the planet, lies in the integration
of what we intuitively sense with what we see, and what we "think" we know. It is not either/ or, it is both.
This fall, if you happen to be in one of our seminars, you will be asked to be more "active" in your discovery of intuition.
While there is a place for "passively listening" for the intuitive voice, there is perhaps even more need at this point in our existence,
to actively "create." The real struggle (for each of us) is not just to change and move forward, but to take a new, uncharted route.
Until next time. . .
May there be peace in your heart, and Light in your life.
winter
