Morning Coffee – Saturday Morning

I beat the sun up this morning. I was halfway through my first cup of coffee before the birds roused enough to begin their morning sonic symphony.

It’s so cold in the office, I had to go get the heater to knock the edge off the chill. It seems as if our planet is struggling to maintain balance, and these seasonal swings are an indicator of that ongoing struggle. Will the corn be high by the 4th of July this year? I’ll be able to go out and take a personal measurement. Corn fields are all around me now. Probably all GMO, but at least it’s something green and growing, not concrete and lifeless. A step in the right direction, at least.

In these parts, there is talk of a shortage of sweet corn for the 4th of July picnics this year. Not because planting didn’t get done on schedule; most got their planting done on time, but because of these few weeks of cooler temperatures. The cold, wet spring has slowed the plants’ development. This issue has been written about in newspapers from Des Moines to Sioux City.

Why am I even talking about it here? Because a move of a few hundred miles has taken me into another world. In this world, shootings, robberies, burglaries, assaults on the elderly and the weak, and heavy traffic jams every working morning do not exist. Here, it’s all about the crops, and the local High School because it’s a small town and everyone supports the team.

How does our frame of reference affect our consciousness? I think I am beginning to discover that where we live does make a difference in our spiritual journey. How can it not? I am beginning to understand why Spirit pushed me out of the city and onto the land. I understand why I have the sense I need to find others similarly situated, of like mind and purpose.

When a coherent consciousness field is generated, nurtured and strengthened by the  collective effort of such a group, there’s a chance the influence of the mass consciousness can be offset to some extent. Less static interference would make it easier to access the higher level awareness that lives just beyond our collective grasp. I sense we cannot reach it on our own, but we can tap into it in a focused group.

This is still theory, but I will share any insights of note that I gain from the awareness of the distinct difference I feel in my energy field despite the recent stress of moving.  Well, the birds have quieted, which means the world will be awake soon. Time to go for that morning walk I’ve started taking every day.

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Intuitive Development Exercise

Pay Attention

This exercise is easily incorporated into your daily routine, and is effective in helping you develop your intuitive sensitivity.

First, a little about why this works so well:

Everything is frequency. It is the interplay of vibration between beings that allows for this process to occur. Each of us has thoughts. We all have feelings. These things vibrate. They actually generate electromagnetic waves and create a field around us. When we come together in a group, a larger, more complex energy field is created.

We swim through this energetic soup, and are drawn into interactions with people based upon the very real law of attraction. We are naturally pulled towards vibrations that resonate in harmony with our own. We are also naturally repelled by vibrations that are not in harmony with ours.

Your body picks up on these signals every time you engage in conversation with someone. Generally speaking, the physical response you get when you are in a positive, supportive exchange is expansive.  You will feel lighter, and somehow drawn towards the source of the signal. Remember how you feel when you encounter someone with whom you just ‘click’? It’s like that.

The opposite holds true when you are in the presence of a non-supportive vibration. You will feel almost as if you want to shrink away, or move out of the energy field. You may find yourself trying to physically protect yourself by crossing your arms over your chest/upper stomach, or leaning away from the signal.  You might experience a sort of flip-flopping sensation in your solar plexus, or maybe even some nausea.

Most of the time when we are interacting socially, we pay attention with our conscious mind, and are listening to the words being sent our way, often framing our response as we listen. When we get the other signals in our body, we usually aren’t aware of them or we ignore them when we sense them.

If you keep a part of your attention on your solar plexus, a chakra (energy center) which is just below your ribcage, in the area of your upper abdomen, you will be better able to sense this signal when you receive it. (It is represented by the yellow sphere on the diagram.) You will also become aware of how often a person’s words won’t match the vibration they are broadcasting with their thoughts and feelings.

It can be a challenge to learn to respond to the words of another as opposed to their vibrations the more aware you become of this phenomenon. It is not yet socially correct to speak to what you may be sensing from a person apart from their words. Maybe someday we will be transparent with each other, but we’re not there yet.

In the meantime, use this simple exercise as a way to develop your intuition. When you interact with someone, don’t just listen to the words you are hearing. Pay attention to whether or not the energy they are broadcasting matches their words. Make a mental note of your observations. Over time, you won’t need to write it down, you will learn to trust the information you are receiving.

You will be presented with dozens of opportunities to practice this simple technique each day. Take advantage of them, and strengthen your intuitive connection.

Do not try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited. Use your intuition. ~Madeleine L’Engle

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Triple Eclipse Series

I am fascinated by trines, or groupings of three, so this eclipse series that we are entering starting this evening with a full moon lunar eclipse in Scorpio on April 25, a solar eclipse in Taurus on May 5th, and ending with another lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on May 24th has definitely gotten my attention.

I will also note here that the May 24th eclipse is also during Wesak, and that this is the first Wesak since the end of the last great cycle. It is a celebration of Buddha’s birth and enlightenment, and it is said the inner plane Ascended Masters and Celestial Beings gather in the Wesak Valley in the Himalayas on this, the holiest of days. It is the highest point of the incoming spiritual energies to the Earth, and this year, it comes in conjunction with this triple eclipse event. What a buildup. Wesak heralds a time when all world servers and light workers are encouraged to step fully into their service on behalf of Earth and for all sentient beings.

I have written about lunar and solar eclipses here before, so I won’t repeat myself again, I hope.

This series of eclipses is a substantial sandwich of energy with two slices of ‘endings’ (the first and third eclipses which are Lunar) and one healthy chunk of ‘new beginnings’ (the second eclipse which is a solar eclipse) smack in the middle. One other thing to note here is that eclipses tend to run through a 19 year cycle, so it is also useful to take a moment to reflect on what was happening in your life 19 years ago. Are there any familiar patterns that are playing themselves out again? Perhaps this time, it is time to let them go, and the energy of this Scorpio eclipse is the perfect time to release these old patterns that no longer serve you.

The first lunar eclipse is in Scorpio, and Pluto (ruler of Scorpio) will be helping to strip away all that is false and out of balance in your world if you are willing to release it. This is an excellent time for a little recycling. Recycle all the old energy and outmoded ways of being that no longer serve your highest good.

Remain mindful that lunar eclipses are about endings of a chapter and are a time of letting go. We have the opportunity to dissolve old patterns in order to make room to create new experiences. Our conscious often gets rearranged and recalibrated to be more in synchronous rhythm with our higher, more expanded state of awareness.

This is a good time to listen to your intuition and follow your instincts. There is a stronger connection to them at this time and you have the chance to more clearly hear the guidance that can lead you to your next step. Scorpio eclipses are a time of soul-searching, and can often bring us face-to-face with our shadow self (of that of another). It is a time of living your truth or not.

The solar eclipse on May 9th is in Taurus, and the focus will be on our challenges with the material realm ( money, or what you have built with your own hands).

The lunar eclipse on May 24th in Sagittarius (the Wesak eclipse) is about conscious awakening, and the quest for consciousness. There is the potential here for your philosophy to be shifted, or for you to begin a course of study not knowing just how it will change you.

We are definitely in a time of Transition with these eclipses, and we are being presented with an unprecedented opportunity for spiritual growth. With the disciplined application of focused attention and clear intention, we can take full advantage of this gift.

I would encourage you to ask your guides and angels for assistance in clearing all that no longer serves you. Express your willingness to complete these personal cycles of learning once and for all, and watch the Universe and the entire company of Heaven respond.

I can feel that we are being given an opportunity to prepare, and what we are being prepared for is significant. I cannot yet feel exactly what that ‘something’ is, however.

We will have two cycles of cleansing and clearing and one cycle of starting something new, and I feel that the breadth of what the new thing is we can start will be in direct proportion to the releasing we are willing to do. Time to get busy.

I was here on earth because I chose to be. ~John Cheever

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Morning Coffee – A Grateful Moment

Stopped to inhale the beauty and the peace. (c) 2012, Julie Marie.

The miracle is not to walk on water.

The miracle is to walk on the green Earth, dwelling deeply in the

present moment

and feeling truly alive.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Daily Spiritual Practice ~ The Next Step

Building Trust

Once you have become comfortable with being open and responsive to the guidance you receive from Spirit, here is a practice I started in the beginning of my journey that I still do to this day that you may find both intriguing and helpful at the same time.

When I started this practice, I used a typewriter. It was one of the new fangled ones with three pages of memory storage capacity on it. I could turn on the memory, and it wouldn’t make any clacking sounds as I used the keyboard. When I finshed with the exercise, I would hit ‘print’ and out would come what I had just typed into the memory.

2013: A Look Ahead

2013 – The Year of Change

Every year, I receive a phrase to describe the overall energy for the coming 12 months. This year’s theme is – no surprise here, really – “change”.

The major multi-year transits that are influencing us will play a major role in the coming months.

Our transformation on the physical, cellular level continues with the incoming energies continuing to impact our brain functioning and our bodies. The consciousness bridge  is built, the anchoring process completed, despite what many others are saying out there on the world-wide web. Now the merging process, the integration process, begins. I know it sounds like I am making a distinction that has no difference, but how we work with the energies now is important, and ‘anchoring’ is a different process from ‘integrating’.

Our shift to a new way of being will ratchet up another notch this year as we continue to reorganize our world and determine our place in it.  The old dramas won’t work so well any more, so don’t be surprised to see more discussion in the public forums about these outmoded structures. An example would be the distribution of resources, especially economic resources.

Relationships on all levels will be up for reconsideration this year as well. Your relationship to yourself, your relationship with others, the individual’s relationship to the state, and relationships between nations.

The Divine Feminine will continue to make her increasing presence known, and will begin to speak out more this year. Look for more women to ascend to positions of power, and do not be surprised if the work of ‘mother’ is not given the level of acknowledgement it rightly deserves. This is the most important job on planet, the raising of the next generation, and we need to acknowledge that.

We need to become more conscious as consumers this year as well. Take the time to determine where you spend your money. Are you purchasing goods made by the hands of a child or a worker under inhumane conditions? The only way to change these things is to vote with our pocketbooks, and as we make more conscious choices, we raise our vibration, which opens us up to greater awareness, which makes us more conscious in our lives. Yes, it is a cycle that we can encourage by our actions.

One of the primary tasks of 2013 is to recognize and to live to our true potential, whether we are consciously aware of it or not. The most important thing you can do this year is be clear, or get clear, about what it is you intend for yourself, for your life. Intent Is Everything applies, especially to this year.

The Earth continues her journey of Ascension, and so do we. The crystalline latticework within our bodies is working to vibrate in harmony (sympathetic resonance) with her increasing frequencies. If you are familiar with Cymatics which is the study of visible sound and vibration, then imagine that the Earth is the surface being vibrated. The incoming frequencies being transmitted to the planet are the “sound”, and humanity is the sand (or cornstarch) that  is arranging itself into a beautiful new pattern as we respond to the different frequencies we are now receiving.

The heart is the point of integration, my Teachers told me 25 years ago. That is where we need to center our attention now and in the coming years. According to numerology, 2013 is a “6″ (add the digits together and reduce until you have a single digit). 6 is the number of love. The heart chakra is all about the expression of love and how our relationship to it. This year, we must be guided by our heart’s own Truth. We shall create our experiences as a species for the next cycle based upon the choices we make now. Change is coming. Change is here.

Let him who would move the world first move himself. ~Socrates

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