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....

Can You Feel It

I just thought I would toss the question out there.  Can you feel the change in energy?  Can you feel the spark of something great happening?  Are you seeing or experiencing yourself the manifestation of things you have wanted to happen for yourself?  Are you seeing more things on angels, a friend of mine even went to the symphony and it was about angels.  Are we shifting out of the negative fields of energy.  Are we preparing for the next energetic shift?  I think that as we move into the second month of 2011, that the year is already proving that it is a year to stand up and take note.

In drew a card from my Mayan Oracle deck, I asked what is it that the energy is showing us, I drew the card ETZNAB, the messages this card conveys is that we now have an opportunity to see the truth about ourselves and take care of our unfinished business.  To take a look at what is standing between us and the light.  We are being given insight into who we truly are.  Now is not the time to stay stuck in any situation.  Our growth comes from moving forward.  Others will reflect like a mirror back to us what we need to see about ourselves.  We all have parts of self that we have kept hidden, even from ourselves and now is the time to deal with it.  Now is the time to let go of judgements against ourselves and others.  This is a time of forgiveness, to self and others, let go of the burdens you carry.

Its kind of like finding Waldo, in all the business can you find your true self, can you find the light being that you are.

I find this a time of opportunity to get clear with who we are and what we are doing here.  To shine as much light as possible, to shine that light in the dark corners of our lives to no longer live in fear.

We together as a collective can bring forth so much light, so much understanding.  Lets all stand in the light!

Namaste"

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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www.WorldGratitude.com/join

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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.....