Again, can you feel it!

Life feels so super charged, can you feel it?  Can you feel the gathering of energy, can you feel the need to gather with your own companions of destiny?  This rich tapestry of new patterns that are set in motion.  Do you feel the drive to make sure you are clear of emotions that hold you in the past.  Getter done, my friends it doesn't serve us to hang on to them.  Do you feel the energy of all the support we have from guides, guardians, teachers and love ones on the other side, if there is even such a thing anymore.  

I was watching Dr. Oz the other day and watched as they were showing how to breathe, that we get so involved that we forget to breathe deeply.  It felt so wonderful to take those slow deep breaths and feel that oxygen flow through my body, to feel my body calm, to feel it get nurtured by the air I was breathing.  Such a simple thing but yet so powerful.

It is time to be a peace with ourselves, as well as be in sacred trust with ourselves, for us all to breathe in this new expanded super charged energy.  Think of the place you find peace in and then breathe it in, fill yourself with this brilliant light that knows no end....Just breathe!

A Interesting Read

With the thoughts of how we are changing and how we are attempting to get clearer about ourselves and the world around us, I wanted to toss out there a book that I thought was a excellent read.  The book is called Your Souls Plan, by Robert Schwartz.  I won't go into a lot of detail but the book is about the plan that we all made before incarnating into this life time.  Some wonderful mediums were used to get the information on each person in the book the Schwartz did a interview with.  It is about the fact that we all planned each thing that we are doing here.  What I found was as I read the book I found that it really helped me in taking harsh judgements out of some of life's circumstances.  Mr. Schwartz really gives you a new perspective on why some people made the choices to have certain experiences.  I hope you have a chance to read it....
I thank my good friend Dale for suggesting it to me....

Seeds of Gratitude

Seeds of Gratitude give rise to Loves Bloom

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“If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.”

-Rachel Carson

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A wise, dear friend once taught me our Soul-Purpose in this world is to tend our Sacred Garden.  I believe this to be true.  This same friend, who understands the freedom found in cultivating ones’ own life, is now serving time in the state penitentiary. A paradox in many ways and a profound mirror of something I deeply acknowledge:  We teach what we most desire to learn.

How can one such being, over-flowing with potential and a deep desire to be of service, seemingly turn into a ‘bad seed’?  More poignantly, is there such a thing? Or rather, do we choose the optimum conditions for our growth and then remember to bloom where we are planted?

I believe this to be true, as well.

As we flow through the seasons of Life, we daily plants seeds of possibility in the landscape of the heart.  We nourish these with our thoughts and water them with our tears of joy and the sweat of sweet-release.  We must be ever diligent to pull suckers and weeds that would choke out the light and steal vital resources required for strong growth.

With attention, we learn each seed has its own Divine timing, we can no more hurry it to fruit than make the sun rise or set.

This, our Sacred Garden, is teacher, playground and friend. Through communion and stewardship we remember ALL things are Sacred, and so come home to thrive in the light of Love, our hearts blooming with planted Seeds of Gratitude.

True to her nature, this same friend catalyzed the creation of a green jobs program for inmates, offering training in emerging fields, as well as daily mentoring in conscious creation and making change from the inside out.  Not your standard program, though highly desired — and effective.

We are extremely proud to have been on the ground crew that helped to get it up and growing, and continue to witness the local community embrace, support and evolve the program.

One of many gifts and shifts to come out of this venture, is an evolutionary technique for tending the Sacred Garden, through the power of Gratitude.  More specifically, it teaches the art of planting Seeds of Gratitude in the heart, inviting each bearer to remember she/he is the Soul gardener of her/his sacred life, and able to enjoy a fruit-full experience no matter what the ‘outside’ world looks like.  Very powerful, indeed!

Now, one can imagine, some of these Sacred Garden plots have been long left untended … they are scarred, perceivably barren, and hardened from a lack of attention, nourishment and care.

This is true for many — for those behind physical bars, and even illusory ones built to protect a tender heart. Self-Love, Self-Nurturance, and Self-Appreciation are vital to replenishing the Sacred Garden within all our hearts and are truly the key to Freedom!

The ‘Seeds of Gratitude’ exercise is so powerfully effective, connective and empowering we are gratefully sharing it here, too!  We believe what we’ve witnessed thus far — in the gains, breakthroughs, and miraculous life shifts of those brave-hearts willing to give it a go —  this is only a small taste of the great harvest that lay waiting at the heart of Humanity.

Here’s the basic formula:

1) Draw a Gratitude symbol on a piece of paper.  Let it take up the whole space!  Now, write in the center of the symbol something you are seeking to heal, understand, transform or release.

2) In the outer area, record all that you can be grateful for, in regards to this experience.  Be free with this!  Be creative!  Open your heart-mind to receive wisdoms nurturing Light and write, write, write.

3)  Choose one of these gifts.  The most touching, profound and clear. Now imagine this is a seed.  Place it in your heart, and feel its presence. Feel its wisdom.  Feel its gifts growing within you. Opening your heart. Nourishing your Soul.  Rising to touch and embody the Light of Love.

4)  Imagine taking the words written in the center of Gratitude.  Fold them and place them into your heart, too. Feel the Love you have grown in your heart embracing, transforming, enlightening these words, this experience.  Stay with this feeling while thinking about this experience.  Stay with this for a minimum of 33 seconds.

While you do this, you are re-programming the mind to Love this experience.  Cherish it.  Embrace it.  Be grateful for it! As you do, you become one with the Divine, in Love with All that IS, an expression of the Great-Full-Ness of Life!

Blessed be!

We created a printable .pdf file for easy download and use.  Simply click the image below to download the file:

You’ll find the exercise is designed to transform challenge into gift, by revealing the ‘golden’ opportunites of every ‘leaden’ experience. This allows us to quickly move from judgement, shame, blame and guilt into Love, acceptance and appreciation.

Alternately, it can be used as a manifestation tool.  Simply place a vision, intent, or waking dream into the center of Gratitude, and write current and emerging ideas, inspirations, connections and resources in the outer circle.  This will accelerate and magnetize the forces of creation, as you focus on,feel, and witness the beauty of the Seeds of Gratitude now planted at the heart of YOU!

As you put this powerful process into practice, please come back and share your results with us.   This process is a continual evolution — a Come-Unity Sacred Garden, you might say!

On that same note, please feel free to share this exercise widely!  Blog it.  Post it.  Email it onward.  Share your experiences, linking here so others, too, can share their golden moments of Gratitude!

Blessings to all as we grow ever inward and onward!

Stacey

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“Within life’s most difficult challenges

lie the seeds of our greatest gifts.”

D. Lightmoon

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Hearts-Up!

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The World Gratitude Gathering is flowing and growing now!

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Join us as we gather to plant seeds of Gratitude, Align with the Hearts calling and embrace the Great-Full-Ness of Life!
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** For reasons of confidentiality, the Source of this exercise must remain anonymous.  It is with great thanks, Love and deep appreciation that we acknowledge her contributions in the world, and send blessings beyond measure to her, and all the women she serves, that they may know the difference their courage makes in the world!**

Ukehi shi’bijii - Thank you for being our heart

Shame

Read an interesting article in the Catalyst for this month.  The Gift of Vulnerability by Jeannette Maw.  A Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, a Dr. Brene' Brown has done research about being vulnerable and how shame prevents you from being vulnerable therefore connected.  If you get a chance read the article.
It was really interesting to me, because I had an experience recently about shame.  It does usually boil down to not feeling good enough, which about summed up what I was feeling.  I could from my own experience see how this has prevented me from opening up to my vulnerable self, and not connecting in my own life.  In this point in time it is necessary that we find these pieces of self so that we can get them healed so that we are free to move forward.   Move into the new way of being into.  Letting go of our self that no longer works for us and embrace this new you.  So at this point many of us are looking at who are we REALLY!  We reach these pivotal points in our live where we have opportunities to reinvent our selves.
In October I was to an Energy Kinesiology Convention, at the convention there was a lecture that was given by Carol Tuttle about being who we truly are.  She has devised a system using four energy types and said most of us fight who we really are.  That we all carry parts of the four energy types but that we do have a dominate type, but many actually are living life being their secondary type.  It is an interesting premise and I could see that many of us, myself included are not living as our dominate type.  If you get a chance get her book and see what type you are.  I felt from this lecture that she is really on to something.  We are all on the road to the who are we REALLY path and this may help aid in our own discovery.  One of her books is called It's My Nature! by Carol Tuttle.
It is interesting how so many articles I have read this month is all about leading a purposeful life and how so many of us are finding how lost we are feeling.
So as we move into the powerful year of 2011, maybe we can all move more into consciousness, awareness of what beautiful beings we really are.
Blessing to all in this coming year.....

Light and Shadow

Living in light and shadow.  I think we are much like this picture that we have parts of our life the are like the light, we see it and we are conscious of it and we for the most part can deal with what it is.  The other part of us is the shadow, the unconscious the part of ourselves we can't quite identify, we know something is there but not what it is specifically.  The work that I do with Energy Kinesiology is much about finding this shadow self, this part of ourselves that is on a subconscious level but motivates much what we do.  I liken to reweaving our life tapestry.  The beauty of this work is that one can go into the Central Nervous System and remove a block that stress in ones life has created.  It then opens the door to a new pathway/pattern.  The Chinese really knew what they were doing when they discovered the acupressure system, that makes it possible just by holding meridian points to bring a body back into balance.  The balance of Yin/Yang.  It is my wish that everyone has an opportunity to experience this modality.  It is so gentle, you don't have to take your clothes off, just your shoes.  How easy is that.  You just lay on the Massage Table and I do all the work.  It really sets you free when you can bring what is in shadow into the light.

Reflecting

I see so many images in this photograph.  It gives me a sense of relecting into the many meanings we may find in our lives.  It has been a long time since I posted on the blog.  Like the ripples in the water, the ripples of change seems to be taking place in my life.  We all seem to be making changes, can you sense it...transitions, not longer accepting things that we use to. 
I had my first real massage the other day, yes, I know how strange for someone that has been in Alternative approaches to health but it's true.  It was interesting because we don't always realize how much tension and stress our bodies are holding.  I know from the view I have with people that I have as clients as a Energy Kinesiologist.  I was surprised at how many blockages that my Massage Therapist found.  None of us are exempt to holding the stress.  It was a good lesson and experience, even though I thought I was dealing with things just fine.  It illustrated to me of how important it is to take care of yourself.  Go to your Energy Kinesiologist or Massage Therapist regularly just for tune ups that your body needs.  Your body is your receptor of all things in your environment, it needs to be taken care of. 
So many of us get so busy with our lives that we forget about the most important thing, taking care of self.  We take care of ourselves and our body will take care of us.  Be healthy on all levels....physical, mental, spiritual. 
Breath life into everyday.  It reminds me of a saying...to me it has much humor, have no idea who wrote it, but here it is.....
"Powerful Women's Motto:
Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders and says...." Oh sh--she's awake!!!
Have a beautiful day!

Blessings

Sometimes this time of year it is hard to slow down enough to see what nature is showing us.  I have been on the go all week and decided that today was going to be the quiet day at home.  Slow down take a breath.  It is going well.  What I have been shown today is we have a family of Pheasants in our yard along with our several dozen Quail.  Our yard is so full of bird life that it feels like are whole yard is in movement.  My husband can't keep the bird bath water full.

As I was finishing with the Christmas decorating I noticed that my huge Jade Plant is in bloom.  I had no idea that Jade plants flowered even.

So many blessings have been visited to me.  I went to a lecture on Thursday and saw several people that I hadn't seen in years.  It made me realize how much I missed meeting with people from many walks of life but all have the common goal of expanding our awareness...our consciousness.  I had forgotten how wonderful group energy can be and how life is really kinetic and if we are not interacting with life then we are just going through the motions.  If we talk of the global community and want to contribute, we need to be engaged with that community.  I have spent too many years in isolation so to speak.  I have froze in movement, no moving forward in a physical way, emotionally, mentally.  I think I really devalued how much I need the engagement with others, I will be changing how I do things.
I haven't drawn a card for the blog or a bit so I thought with all that has opened to my awareness I wonder what a card would bring.  I drew the card CIMI...CIMI is about forgiveness and surrender in order to have a transition.  Its about pruning away old growth, clearing away the things that no longer serve you.  Move into life.  "Through awareness and clear intention, old patterns can magically shift, offering you a loving hand that shows a new way."  What a blessing, what a gift.  What is your world showing you.  Is it showing you the areas of your life that need change?  Is it showing you the parts of your life that needs forgiveness, either for yourself or other?
Its time to reweave your life tapestries, weave them with more like, weave them with new intention, weave them with love.

Time for change is now in this moment.....

Thanks--Giving

So how have we chosen to give our thanks for the wonders that we have in our world.  As I have been driving from point A to point B gathering items for our feast, I looked out over our valley and looked to the sky, to acknowledge what a beautiful place we live in.  I give thank for that.  When I drew the card for this post I asked what do we need to know on this day of Thanks--Giving.  I drew the card Eb, from the Mayan Oracle...of course what it has to say is perfect for this day of Thanks--Giving.
"Now is a time for celebration!  With Eb, you have received the cosmic cornucopia of abundance, the grail for which you have yearned.  Open as the receptive chalice.  Lift you empty cup, that it might be filled and quickended with expanded consciousness.  Your circuits are being prepared for transformation through the activation of the gifts of Spirit.
These precious and often subtle gifts may be overlooked in your busyness.  Slow down.  Be receptive, freed from expectation.  Even if this is a difficult time, open your heart to receive.  Sweep clear your schedule and your mind.  Ready yourself to be penetrated and quickened with this vortex of empowerment.  Through the fruits offered by this star-glyph, you are being activated, cleared, and tuned to become a fully potentiated human being.  You are a chalice, an open vessel to recieve the unlimited resonance of the expanded self.  Embrace the mystery that the chalice of your human form is actually the chalice of the spiraling galaxies!
Shadow Wisdom
Do you see your cup as bieng half empty instead of being half full?  Do you feel a lack of love, support, or money?  If so, you may be experiencing shadow of Eb.  These issues of self-limitation are arising from your past to be healed.  Herein lies the key to the cornucopia.  Are you projecting responsibility for your own feeling or lack onto someone else?  No one else can fill your cup.  Be self-nurturing.  Discover what gives you joy and fulfillment.  Be receptive and decide what you can do to fill your own cup.  Then the universe will naturally fill you with your heart's desire.
Another shadow of Eb is either over- or undervaluing your intellect.  Eb asks you to befriend your mind.  Old negative patterns such as confusion and anxiety of "trying to figure it out" may be surfacing at this time.  Working with Eb can transform the very circuits of your brain.  In meditation, allow a feeling, metaphor, or image to surface in order to assist in rewiring these fixed mental patterns.  Be open to what is presented, and bring it itnto action in your life.  Embrace the magnificence of your mind and natural design.  Be empty and aware, that you might be filled with limitless abundance and light.
Do you evaluate and judge yourself as not being all that you could be?  Lovingly understand your humanness, rather than attempting to transcend the body-mind and its emotions, pains, and problems.  Quicken and align your senses with a more mythical intent.  Honor your body as a sacred chalice of Essence Self."

Chicchan for the second time....Pay Attention

I have put the whole Magical Child Poem from the Mayan Oracle because this card came up for the second time, so this says to me that we need to understand more and we NEED TO PAY ATTENTION, what is going on in our world.  Are we seeing the powerful beings that we are, if not, it may be time to look.


I am Chicchan,
   molten magma of pure life force,
   vibrant, vermillion flame of awakening and purification.
I am the heat, power, and vitality of crative essence.
I am instinctual wisdom.
I sense solutions and secrets
   within the belly of your being.
I am the flame of pure purpose galvanized within you!
I am the promise of awakening
   and the luminous lotus,
   crown of illumination.
I am the sacred fire of the serpent's dance
   lying coiled within you,
   until stirred to wakefulness
   in lightning quickness or serpentine grace.

My sacred river will ignite
   your whirling wheels of spendor,
   setting them spinning into the dance
   of their own divine timing.
As I dance with you,
I gently light the pathway of your natural unfoldment.

Fulfill your desire for sacramental intimacy
   and transcendent union
   in the divine dance with the Eternal Beloved.
When summoned in love,
I am the flint and tinder of the sacred fire,
   the potent energy that unifies
   the instinctual passion of beings
   with their divine nature.
It is I who provide the serpent feathers
   with which to make wings.

Open to your enlivened passion!
I am the scred serpent,
   and it is my effulgent light
   flowing vitally through your being
   that initiates you into the sacred chamber
   wherein abides the crown of purest love,
   awaiting, like a silken lotus, to adorn you.

Motivation, Desire, Creativity

I know I haven’t written on my blog for a bit, so I thought today is the perfect day, this is the perfect moment. Just do it!


The card I drew from the Mayan Oracle is Chicchan, of course the words are so perfect, everything that has taken place in the last week or so. It also goes along with what we saw in our visions for each other on 11-11-11. Also what we put into the fire.

“Chicchan’s qualities are: passion, sensing, body wisdom, motivation, desire, instinct, creativity, serpent, kundalini, integration, purification, intimacy.”

“Chicchan is the vital life force that encourages you to act intuitively in the moment! Follow your gut-level instincts and intuition. Sense the solutions to your concerns. What do you instinctively sense about your current situation? What motivates your choices? Listen to the temple of wisdom in your body. Allow it to integrate all levels of your being. Create a relationship with your body that will free you of the entrapments of past patterns.

The vital fire of purification can serve your clearing process at this time. Chicchan’s instinctual transformation is available to ignite and purify your body. Listen to the teachings and insights of the energy of each chakra. Utilize your passion in the tangible expression of your creativity. Bring your entire being into attunement with your sacred fire.

Be willing to look at issues you have concerning intimacy and sexuality. Make sure that you are not separated from the dance of passion that is in union with your divine nature. Sense your deeper desire for union and intimacy. Chicchan calls on you to awaken your vitality, body wisdom, and passion for life.”

Chicchan reminds me of the Red Orange Fire of a tree in the fall.

Manifesting

Hopefully the third time is the charmer.  This is the third post I have tried.  The other two posts I was trying to get a photo on the page but it keeps locking up my computer so I guess you get the no frills version, until I can figure out what the deal is.
What has been coming up for me is about the tapestries we are weaving for our selves.  What we are manifesting in my/our lives.  What types of threads are we weaving, are they threads that no longer serve a purpose are they, new threads that we are weaving.  What are our new tapestries going to look like.
This morning I drew the Card Kan, from the Mayan Oracle by Spilsbury & Bryner.  It fits right into what has been presenting to me and others I have talked with.
"Receiving Kan indicates that now is an auspicious time to plant the seed of some intention, project, or dream.  The energy of Kan asks you to look at the issue of receptivitiy,for seeds germinate best in a field of responsive surrender.  What can you do to create the receptivity that will assist in the germination of your seed ideas?
Remember that all seeds are self-germinated and that the realization of any dream starts with a simple thought.  Don't get lost in the entire process of manifestation; just begin by seeding your heart's desire.  Feel the possibility of your dream seed emerging.  Your life is the receptive soil.  Plant a seed in that fertile field.  Begin.  The result will naturally blossom in the light of your willingness to start.
All seeds hold the holographic power of their own completion.  Kan represents the power that directs the vital processes of an organism toward wholeness.  Continue on this journey of manifestation by following your deepest feeling and dreams.
Shadow Wisdom
Are you a "sleeper" who wants to remain protected and seemingly invulnerable?  Are you unconsciously limiting yourself by supporting the illusion of safety and security in the apparent protection of you shell?  Be willing to break the constraining shells of self-concepts and life's structures.  Be freed of old patterns and beliefs that once provided safety, and move forward into new possiblilities.  Beyond the confines of security and the routine patterns of daily life, unknown possibilities beckon.
Look at how you may be limiting your natrual growth.  Don't wait for what seems to be the perfect conditions to plant your seeds.  Now is the season; cultivate your seeds.  You are the receptive soil, your desire will maturally draw its own support.  All your dreams and desires lie within you to be awakened.  The answer is inside, not outside.  Remember that seeds contain the complete hologram of the whole and that within the process of growth, answers and insights are always offered.  Plant your intentions; they will quicken, guide, and manifest the mysteries in your depths."

I know this is a very powerful message and hopefully will hit home for many.  Birth these new ideas.  Bring into life more light, more laughter.  We are all weaving a new web, how will you part weave into the fabric of  the New Earth.

Synchronicity

I find/feel like I am beginning a new phase in my life. I have to say that opening my door for synchronicity and getting out of my way so the very things that I have been wanting can come into my sphere.
As I was writing in my journal this morning about the new things that have come into my life this week and watching the beauty of how it all manifested I was struck my what I was writing then matched the card I drew and in turn matched what was on my calendar which is sayings by Eckhart Tolle' The New Earth and The Power of Now.

"Your entire life unfolds in this constant Now. Even past or future moments only exist when you remember or anticipate them, and you do so by thinking about them in the only moment there is; this one."

Living in the present moment is a skill we all could learn. I found that I future paced so much of my, I want to accomplish list, that I rarely and by fluke I would actually see something manifest. So I have gone through life with a sense of not getting alot accomplished. Thank heavens things are a changin. So I now present parts of the card I drew from the Mayan Oracle by Ariel Spilsbury & Michael Bryner.
Caban is the card.
"If you drew Caban, center your awareness within the core of self. Gifts are being made available to you directly from the Earth force. Center yourself in the present moment, and you will open the door to all knowledge, times and abilities. From there, you enter a space that enables you to see and act more clearly. Open the central channel of your being. Be sacramentally rooted where you are now, to receive the many gifts of the present moment.
Sit in relationship with the energies of the Earth, as a shaman would sit in a forest. Take time to listen to the information being transmitted through your feet. Walk into your life. Find and do what gives you joy. From this place of centeredness, magical happenings spring and synchronicity abounds, helping you to access clues to the cosmic puzzle.
In drawing Caban, you are being offered an awareness of synergy or synchronicities, are the sparkling points of illumination in the tapestry of magic. Watch for these seeming coincidences and strong feelings as clues to your larger purpose. Learn to observe and digest data and feelings until conclusions emerge naturally. Be alert to natural synergies developing with others of similar intent. Remember, you hold the Earth within you. You are the global family, the keeper of the Earth's garden."
"Shadow Wisdom..."
"In your everyday world, are you often focused on the past or the future? do you find it difficult to just be in the present moment? The larger pattern of you life is shaping itself now. All you need do is hold a clear intention to live and move more fully in the present. Your Essence Self knows the perfect timing and pattern of your unfoldment."

Self-Judgement

Judgement and Criticism according to Carolyn Myss Ph.D in her book Anatomy of a Spirit, Judgement and Criticism has to do with the 5th Chakra and the fifth Chakra is Throat, Thyroid, Trachea, Neck vertebrae, Mouth Teeth and gums, Esophogus, Parathyroid, Hypothalamus. "Energy connection to the emotional/mental body: The fifth chakra resonates to the numerous emotional and mental struggles involved in learning the nature of the power of choice. All illness has a connection to the fifth chara, because choice is involved in every detail of our lives and therefore in every illness."
I find this profound, I know it has been said many ways but I find this paragraph really answers a lot. I have to say I haven't read this book from front to cover but right here right now I will. Especially the fifth chakra chapter. At the end of the chapter she outlines 5 questions or maybe I should say five rules.
"The greatest act of will in whcih we can invest our spirtis is to choose to live according to these rules."
"1. Make no judgements
2. Have no expectations.
3. Give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
4. Trust that the unscheduled events of our lives are a from of spiritual direction.
5. Have the courage to make the choices we need to make, accept what we cannot change, and have the wisdome to know the difference."

We all tend to be our own worst enemy. Speaking for myself I find that I am constantly making judgements and criticisms of myself. So I am asking myself how in the world can that serve me? Do you do this to yourself? I am working on being a better friend to me. Making choices that better serve, not living life from fear.

The picture I have posted reminded me of the wisdom of the ancient tree and that new growth comes from that tree. Moss always reminds me of a soft pillow you could lay your head upon.

May your day be filled with wonderful choices. The choice to be all that you can be.

Where are we

Magenta seems to be showing up more in my life. Not sure if that is true for others.
Magenta - "Strengthens contact with your life purpose. Stimulates adrenaline and heart activity. Builds up the aura." From RealMagick website.
When I chose the picture to post for this time I wanted to bring the color magenta in. I also thought what else needs to go with this. So when I opened my Mayan Oracle book it presented Cauac. I am just taking the paragraphs that both of my thumbs were touching, and I have to say it truly fits. These are the questions and concerns I having playing in my life right now. It will be interesting to know if this applies in your life.
"I am Cauac(k'a wak)
Ask nothing less of me.
I am born of unity to claim its own!
How palpable is your trust in the pattern of perfection?
How powerful is your commitment to rebirth?
How real is your faith to pilgrimage into the realm of the unknown
To what would you cling in my fiery vortex?
After the hear of surrender, I will usher you
into the cooling waters
and the ecstasy of your true identity."

"Cauac prepares you to go through an apparently insurmountable wall, and the intense feelings around this "wall" provide the very fuel that will propel you through it. These feeling are the access to your hidden power and potential. Be purified by the cleansing rain and transmuting lightning of Cauac. Feel the embrace of the thunderbeings. Discover the freedom of the true adventurer, the freed "actor" who can play any part at any moment without attachment. Trust your Essence Self to bring this freedom to you. Through Cauac, allow yourself to become a master player in the great game."
Mayan Oracle by Ariel Spilsbury & Michael Bryner

So my prickly magenta flower really reflects these words. Is Magenta moving in your life?

Global Community

I am finding that I am doing each weeks post a little different, which that works. Tonight I just opened the Mayan Oracle book with my eyes closed and where ever my right thumb was touching would be the message. It is so interesting that it really is what is coming up for many. Where exactly do we fit into the global community, what is the part we are here to play. Because I think it important I will write the whole paragraph. Each must clear and find what really is important in this life we are leading. The paragraph is from the card call Men.
"Men reminds you to step powerfully into your commitment as a planetary server! Your assignment includes whatever furthers your personal evolution and the evolution of global mind. You are an awakener, a transformer, an empowered global visionary. In your vision, you have compassion for others, and your decisions are made in the light of global consciousness. Ask yourself how you might experience compassion toward self, the Earth, and others. Be guided toward types of work, relationships. places to live, and projects that will benefit the Earth and her creatures. Allow your spirit to expand. Soar on your spreading wings and planetary perspective. Affirm? "Through you, Gaia, I am also transformed! I am awakening as the return of divine love and light. We are all one, Gaia, as you awaken, I heal myself. As I awaken, you are healed, and together our petals open ecstatically to the new Sun of Flowers.""
I really must say here how much this is so right on for what I am experiencing right now. Hearing what kind of negative talk I give to myself, how often I forget what a powerful being I am, and what powerful beings we all are. How through these changes we become overwhelmed, but in that overwhelm we may have our biggest insights.
Be open to these changes welcome the opportunity.

New Awareness

I feel like we are all on the brink of a new awareness a new way of being. A new awakening. Looking down into a tree stump and seeing a fairyland you didn't even know existed. Even though our dreams seem to be eluding us its like we are being prepped for something bigger coming our way. We are all being given signs, signals and sensings and this awareness is effecting many. I decided this week that I would write more about happenings around me and not really read a card, but the Mayan Oracle book was laying on my desk and I picked it up and low and behold the very thoughts I have addressed here is also addressed by the page I turned to. Its about remembering who we are, our total wholeness of who we are. In order to support that in ourselves is to surround us with others who will let us fully express ourselves. As always be open to receive and amp up your light.
Reframe your internal dialogue.
I think we are opening the door to a huge adventure....be open, be aware, be light

IK (eek')

This weeks card is IK (eek'), its about Spirit, breath, wind, inspiration, presece, truth, co-creator of reality, simplicity, unseen forces, integration of polarities.
"Open to the breath of Spirit so that you can be guided and inspired! Awaken to the unseen that already infuses your experience! Amidst the seeming complexity, simply stop and breathe...simplify...slow down. Grasping and holding on will onlyu slow your growth process. Move in honesty and truth. Consider whether your choices drive from the movement of Spirit or from the sonstriction of unconscious beliefs and limiting definitions. Be as guileless and spontaneous as the wind. Move with the currents of change that are being offered. Embrace the unseen foreces that move to guide, inspire, and assitst you.
Your are being quickened. Remember that you and Spirit are co-creating your relaity. Be inspired. Know that your heart's dreams are animated by the presecne of the Divine Breath! Stop for a moment and feel this presence. Presence is the potent indwelling Spirit within you. Be open, aware, and present. By simply being, your true identity and presence emanate naturally.
In your present situation, allow yourself to be seen as you truly are. You are being asked to be aware of the polarities within you, to create a unified field of you full presence. There is tremendous power in wholeness. Open in this moment to vitalizing currents of Spiritus."

Mirrors that may be reflecting back to you are: "Doubting your connection to divintiy, issues of separation. Feelings of being locked into a prison of density and forgetfulness. Have you felt betrayed, abandoned, or separated without knowing why?" These are the things that we need to balance and release so that we can fulfill all that we are meant to be.

Heaven is where you stand!

Sorry I am a day late in posting but it is what it is. The card draw for the week is called Ben, Ben is the card that states the your growth edges hold the greatest magic. Its about connecting to the Heart. It says, "I am Ben, here to bridge you with a remembered message from your own heart: You are a pillar of light on Earth, and heaven is where you stand!
In regards to your growth edges, "by exploring those edges, you develop understanding and compassion for others who, like you, are using the Earth experience for their growth and evolution. Explore, expand, remember your wings. A mysterious journey awaits you, messenger of light, when you have the courage to step into a new reality. You have embarked on a quest of balance.
What do you experience at the thought of moving into the unknown, with no guarantees? You are being asked to explore what may appear fearful and unfamiliar territory, where you points of reference have become fluid. This part of your journey is like floating in space without the restriction of gravity. I can be slightly unsettling at first, but as you get used to it, the mystery becomes exciting and courage arises naturally to meet each new challenge.
Remember you reality is maintained by your beliefs and patterns, which may be viewed as fixed reference points. When these points change, your reality shifts.
Created a balance between your spiritual needs and your life's journey, draw ever more light into yourself, its will infuse and radiate from you, coloring your world with compassion."
Notice that during this time you may feel like retreating, to isolate yourself and this is normal. It may seem difficult to deal with the abrasive edges of the everyday world.

I found that this card really reflects what many are going through right now. Many are working on changing their beliefs and patterns to see life in a more clear way.

MEN this weeks card

I just can't get over how timely these card draws are.
Not too long ago I made the comment that I felt like I had just awakened from a deep sleep. I realized how disconnected I was from my life. So many of us are experiencing that same thing. Awaken to love, awaken to your dreams, awaken to all you can be.
Drawing MEN is the hope to realize your most cherished dreams. To believe in yourself and in your dreams and visions, no matter how they may be perceived by others. Joyfully dance on Earth, in the mantle of sound and light arising from you crystalline core. Awake and remember you path of service, your planetary seeding, your mythic call and promise in these magical times. Be all that you are! This is the time of the gathering of eagles.
MEN reminds you to step powerfully into your commitment as a planetary server! Your assignment includes whatever furthers you personal evolution and the evolution of global mind. You are an awakener, a transformer, and empowered global visionary. Ask your self how you might experience compassion toward self, the Earth, and others. Be guided toward types of work, relationships, places to live, and projects that will benefit the Earth and her creatures.
Explore what gives you joy and satisfaction. Come out of the background! You, who see the one world with the vision of the eagle, came to create things of unsurpassed beauty, there is a larger purpose for you being here in this time of great transformation! Sniff down trails of feeling and synchronistic experience to find clues to your journey of awakening. Be hopeful. Believe in yourself! Believe in your vision!

Neurotransmitters

I listened to a program yesterday about balancing of the Neurotransmitters. It was very interesting. In iLEAP we have protocols that enters us into the areas of the brain that effected by the Neurotransmitters and what happens to the body when they are not in balance. John Maquire from the Kinesiology Institute in California gave the talk. He is looking at the balancing from the things that anyone can do for themselves to bring them into balance. Exercise is one that is consistent for each Neurotransmitter. He then lists what Hormones to use for each one that helps bring them into balance. What foods help bring them into balance and things to avoid that will throw them off balance immediately. The main Neurotransmitters are Dopamine, Acetylcholine, GABA, Serotonin. The areas of the brain that each effect are: Dopamine - Frontal Lobes...Low Dopamine can lead to substance abuse, alcohol abuse to self medicate, to increase dopamine.
Acetylcholine - Parietal Lobes...Low Dopamine can lead to autism, eye disorders, slow movement
GABA - Temporal Lobes...allergies, carbo cravings,high and low blood pressure.
Serotonin - Occipital Lobes - depression, drug and alcohol abuse, back aches, allergies, sleep disorders.
This is just a sample of some of things Neurotransmitters that aren't imbalance can cause.
The Edge Effect By Braverman, sorry didn't get the first name. John said that this book researches the Neurotransmitters and the role in our lives.

I guess why I am writing about this is partly for myself but also to bring awareness to others. That exercise should take a priority in our lives that it does more than just give our heart and legs a workout, it gives our brain the much needed balance of our Neurotransmitters that help us function at a higher level in life. That bring us balance in our daily living.