RITUAL

2014, CHANGE, REPETITION, RITUAL

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Your Ritual practices expose your Beliefs, and that exposes who you are currently busy pretending to be.  Do you know who that is at this moment?

Is this character in the play a person whom you would be proud to know and glad to spend time with?  Do they possess things of value to share, from which you can learn and illuminate your life?  Are they wise and kind and compassionate?  Do they have courage and strength?  How does your family and community see this character you play?  

The activities—and thoughts and feelings—that make up your days are Rituals, when they have become habit.  How health-building and expansive are your Rituals?  With what frequency do your Rituals bear out Truths that banish lies?  Do you use Rituals for growing your Self or do you use them for hiding?

Understand Ritual:  the cup of coffee made in the morning with a survey of last night’s dreams or the day ahead: “how-are-you?” – “I’m-fine-thank-you” ; throwing spilled salt over your shoulder; making the sign of the cross; saying grace; weddings; funerals.  From small and rather unconscious Rituals to large and serious ones, you are surrounded, every day, by Ritual.

How many ceremonies do you engage in consciously, to uplift conditions, and how many to degrade conditions?  Make no mistake:  when you look in the mirror and say to yourself “not good enough,” repeating this as a mantra, it has become Ritual—as it is when you thrust this idea upon others.

How many ceremonies do you engage in unconsciously, to falsely elevate yourself, separate yourself, remove yourself from blame, or resist change?  When you feel “not part of,” “not good enough,” or “not complete,” even beneath your thoughts, you are engaging in Ritual self abuse, and quite likely acting out your internal Beliefs somewhere in your external Beliefs and environments.

We are creatures of Ritual.  This is not to be synonymous with stagnant conditions or un-illuminated predictability.  This is to be joyfully part of Great All’s harmonious whole and Its glorious rhythms. 

Many persons, here and there, meditate and pray, taking still moments to find Their centers and contemplate Their present place and condition.  This is Ritual.  Though it is sometimes maladaptive or imbalanced in its use or construction, for the most part, it serves a higher condition for those whom engage in the Ritual.

Sleep Rituals and waking Rituals are also common.  Birth, death, and other transitional Rituals such as child-to-adult, wedding, graduation, promotion, and induction ceremonies are also powerful and positive in many societies.  You yourself are changing each day, aren’t you?

What Rituals might you invite into your Life in order to promote peace, wisdom, clear-seeing, and compassion?  How might advancing your Self and the character you play ease your days and increase your joy?

Nothing has more power than Ritual for creating change.  For as you repeat intentions—making them conscious and positive—you invite growth that exponentially shifts What Is.  Small or Large, Ritual declares the path, and Your returning footsteps illuminate it.

Blessed Be This Day 

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: December 27, 2014

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****From Cathrina:  below are two links to one of my favorite mantras, from the Hebrew. I'll let the web-links speak for themselves, neither agreeing, nor disagreeing, with the philosophy, but offering a resource as a starting point:

"Kodoish, Kodoish, Kodoish, Adonai Tsebayoth"

http://www.ezinekaleidoscope.com/beautiful-prayer-kadoish.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8559arekFk

MIRACLES

2014, AWARENESS, MIRACLES

DECEMBER 25, 2014

How does one describe a Miracle, when in essence, a Miracle is an event, string of events, condition, or reality that cannot be explained?

Have you been involved in something during your Life that you would term a Miracle?  How so?  Were you in the presence of others?  Was there talk of this Miracle, or was this Belief something you held inside yourself, calculating, forming a bridge between you and Great All, a carpet of Light that beckoned something inside you away from that moment and closer to not only Your center, but to the Center of All?

Miracles are Home-Comings.  Miracles are events, epiphanies, and prevailing shifts that align or re-align You with Your Center and the Center of All.

Life is a Miracle.  Do you Believe that the Stars inside You stumbled blindly to a stop, having nowhere else to go?  Do you Believe that their molecular weight bound these Star matters into your cells, dumb and deaf, inanimate building blocks upon which your fleshly scaffolding arose?

Do you believe your heart has rhythm but no language?  Do you believe that the chemical and electrical processing happening in your body right now—tying you to everything that is—is somehow uninformed without pedestrian conjecture?  How do flowers find the face of the sun?  How do they root for nutrients?  How are exchanges made in what has become invisible to you?

The Miracle is that it is invisible, if you want it to be.  Many Miracles are at work making the world. Making the World.  For You.  For All of Us. Like a great, perpetual, eternal timepiece, it moves . . . and we move with it and within it. 

The Miracle.
You are breathing it right now . . .

     Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: December 25, 2014

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IMPATIENCE

2014, FAR VISION, PATIENCE

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We know that  you understand that expectations should only be made regarding the Self, so when we talk of correcting behaviors, we talk of correcting your own.  You see yourself eating an unhealthy breakfast that will make you feel ill.  Why did you do this?  Was it Impatience?  Were you in such a hurry to assuage your hunger, you were too Impatient to cook or prepare something wholesome?  You can apply your will and cook the healthy breakfast, but what do you do about the Impatience?

Do you know why you resent certain things?  Is it because they are repetitive?  Do you perceive that they move nothing in your Life forward?  Yet, some of them are necessary and even vital to your mortal life.

There are many forms of Impatience.  You are under no time constraints for completing tasks in this lifetime, so why do you feel so desperate to complete them in special ways, at special times, with specific end caps?

You cannot buy a garment three sizes too small and complain that it fits poorly, when it was you yourself who chose it.  You chose to give service in Earth School.  You chose your parents and your children and your life there.  With some amount of interjection from external sources, adding to your experiences by triggering your deeply felt needs, you have constructed your life.  

Is Impatience one of the devils that drives you?  Sometimes it works in your favor, but for the most part it is an impediment to your happiness.  Taking for granted that you might like to adjust this belief and its behaviors, how might you begin?

 "If I think of myself as a child come new to a task, I would be gentler with myself.  First, I would praise what was already done.  I would say to the child:  be with the experience; enjoy your experience; complete what you can while you are present with the task and ask for help where needed.  Celebrate your efforts rather than punishing your perceived defeats." 

We offer an unusual solution to these conundrums:  manifestation.  We do not mean avoiding work.  We mean manifesting in yourself, a balance between what is necessary and what is not.  It is necessary to eat and sleep and provide your body with shelter, heat, and comfort.  It is not necessary to do one thing more.

Manifest in yourself, the Truth:  first, you must provide for the Soul, then the body and Spirit, lastly, the urges of ego.  Therefore, the scale of proportions is a diminishing one, where the urges of Ego are entitled to the least portion of your daily accomplishments.  You, reading this, give much energy to understanding Great All’s Ways and this is good, but you have taken on a very large project as it concerns the body and spirit--being human.  It takes a great share of your remaining time and energy there.

This condition is not permanent; it shifts as you and the status quo shift.  However, in growing the Soul purely, ImPatience will work against you.  

Can you see What Is?  Can you be a neutral witness to your Life while simultaneously being fully present in your Life?  Yes.  Each day is a string of decisions and choices.  If you make these decisions and choices with the ‘Long Game’ in mind, your Life will attune to that.

You see the bright sparkler on the Fourth of July; they come many in a box and shine brightly when lit, but last only a moment.  Think now of the Aurora Borealis:  it is a constant, beautiful light that enthralls all who gaze upon it; it is a reflection of the Long Game.  If you think of your life in two ways:  mortal, and eternal, how might you see the Long Game?

Perhaps this seems obvious and basic, but believe Us when we say it is not.  Ego exists here and there, as does Purpose, Responsibility, Character, Awareness, and Love.  What you gain there in Earth School will come Home with you.  To expose your shortcomings and flaws to the Light, AND work to correct them while in Earth School, weighs with great merit for the advancement of the Soul.

Earth School is a very difficult environment in which to learn, especially in today’s current state of chaos, violence, and greed.  When you learn lessons in Earth School, they have great weight and merit, for gains made there are hard won.

And your Whole will affect your daily tasks, if you let it.  Manifest the Long Game in your mortal life, by seeing with Long Game Sight.  See how small are these matters inside the Great Whole.  See that these matters do not Need to be troubling.  Manifest help from your High Self, your Soul.  Point to these flaws and command:  OUT!  Yes.  This is simple, not easy, for you must see and Believe that your High Self is integral with you, and responds to commands, especially when they are made in the Light of Love and Progression.  


Remember:  Part of You is with Us always. See Clearly and Seek Truth Be Open Always to Love and Unconditional Help.

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: December 22, 2014


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HOME

2014, BELONGING, HOME, THE CENTER

DECEMBER 14, 2014

What is home if it is not inside you?  Home must be carried.  It cannot be made.  We believe that we can make it, but to “make home,” we actually infuse place with our essence and integrate with others of similar essence.  That is why we feel ‘home’ in other persons or places.  It is because their essence and ours is similar.  We sense similarity and therefore, comfort and unity.

And as such, home made in such a way, is not a forever condition, in the sense of incarnation.  Souls and Spirit grouping together are in growth process.  They will grow, adapt, and streamline at different paces and in different ways.  Shared home is not stable.  Only the home born into you, your Eternal Home, the Great All, is a forever home, and even Great All is an ever-changing home.

So, what is Home?  Home is the basic song, the Grace Note around which you were sung into existence.  It is the first strike of the conductor’s wand.  Everything from that point is possible, but you may return to that point of attenuation at any time:  Home.
Home is the beginning.

Home is not less than; it is central.  Home is not backward; it is a multiverse.  Home is not dependent; it is interdependent.  

Home is The Point of Great All’s wise eye.  If you are missing home, allow the Stars inside you to call out to the Grace Note, Home.  Remove the governors that you keep between your inner Stars and the rest of existence.  

There is no need to tell a Star where lies Home.  Therefore, there is no need for you to seek your Home.  Inside you, the map unfurls at your urging.

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: December 14, 2014

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BIRTHING

2014, DISCERNMENT, LOVE, TRANSITIONS

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Birthing is the greatest transition known to Us.  It is the unparalleled “Coming Into.”

During the mortal lifetime, one tends to think of the Birth of new physical Life as Birthing, and certainly it is the experience that each incarnated person feels most personally while human, and witnesses more than any other.  Your mortal death is perceived as a Birthing here, for the Spirit and Soul leaves the spent shell of the body, and emerges fresh into this world . . .

Sadly, you often mourn as We rejoice.

The process of personal Birthing is recognizable:  entering as a child to a world where the properties of two parents have created a physical vehicle for you to enter and occupy for a mortal lifetime.  Once, and yet still in very small populations there, Birthing Rituals greet the incoming, grounding them in what is a very heavy and disorienting environment (as compared to the spaces we inhabit between incarnations).

Rituals have been lost there, thought of now as backward, and even barbaric.  Is the rock barbaric, who gives its minerals to make your bones?  Is the soil merely to be trod upon, like a lifeless muck—and never understood as a live, intelligent property that synergistically sings forward the plant matters that feed and heal you? 

What of the waters?  Are they so mind-poor you must instruct them in cycles and movement, in how to enter and exit your body, in how to enliven and operate each and every one of your cells?  Without the transformative energy of fire and wind and gravity and sunlight, would electricity exist?  Could you, as a human, exist?

Think you the most basic mettles of your beautiful Earth are barbaric?  They are the incomparable components of Earth’s song.  And together, un-civilization is trying to sing louder by destroying the instruments with which Mother Earth sings . . .

Birthing, the great “Coming Into,” is a time for celebration.  While each Spirit has made plans for their Life, inspiration may take them anywhere within the web they spin for themselves.  Yes; each tapestry is different; each voice unique.

When you greet a new Spirit, you hold the hand of a miracle.  Do you know how to speak to a miracle? 

Love is its language.  Gratitude is its manner.  Grace is its style.

When you allow the newly Birthed to remain un-harmed by un-civilization, and true to the ideals that live deeper than lies, you may watch the beauty of it grow strong.  Like a flower with its face in the sun, it will remind you where you belong . . .

The Great All embraces you this morning, sending Love. Love One Another. Let your Love extend to All . . .
 

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: December 8, 2014

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THE SEEKER

2014, CHARACTER, PERCEPTION

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Seeker:  One Who Seeks.  What is sought?  To say that we Seek anything is to say that it is currently not apparent, or close, or instantaneously possessed.  Is this Truth or Belief?

Life is Present, always, therefore, what you Seek is also Present—omnipresent.  Could it be more correct to say that it is not a thing which is sought, so much as the attention needed to focus on that thing, in the Present.

When The Seeker and That Which Is Being Sought merge—in the Present—the goal is met, yes?

Can you merge with Wisdom in the Present and become instantaneously Wise?  This is unlikely, as both mortal and spiritual wisdom is cumulative, a condition rather than a fact or a piece of information.  Can you merge with Patience or Compassion or Premonition?  For the same reasons, this is not likely.

You can shift your condition by adding factors and illuminations that help to grow your character, focusing them in your Present.  Growing Character Qualities is assisted by focusing attention on examples and opportunities in your Present:  you are therefore Seeking within current inventory, through files that may be familiar and files that may be new or dormant.

On occasion, one may seek outside what is considered home territory.  This is perception.  Perhaps this territory is newly opened to you because of an increased vibration.  Perhaps convergent pathways, or Great All’s need, have seen fit to make new information suddenly or instantaneously available to you.  Still, this access will occur in your Present: you need not Seek it.

The true Seeker seeks within Self, opening closed doorways, exploring the inner chambers and pathways.  How do I make my house?  How fit is my home?  Seek ye to have a beautiful, clean and harmonious home and unto those vestments Destiny arrives.
 

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: November 20, 2014

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FORTITUDE

2014, DISCERNMENT, FORTITUDE

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Continuing onward when you have lost the joy, and even the vision, for your goal, tests your strength and your Self-merit.  What words do you speak to your Self when you are tired and dispirited, when no results are apparent for the hard work and tenacity you give to a thing?  How do you stay on task and for how long do you labor before you question your own authority?

Many platitudes have been spoken to this dilemma.  It is darkest before the dawn.  It is the final stages of birthing that are the most painful.  The last steps raise the largest blisters.  Ask your Self:  Is this suffering necessary?  Is there something about suffering, or perceived suffering that makes greater, the final goal or gifts thereof?  Why?

When we set forth toward a goal, we agree to accomplish the work needed to attain it.  All of the road between where we now stand and where the goal resides, whether rough or easy, will be part of our path.  We do best to consider it day by day, as that is how Life moves, and how we move through Life, day by day, moment by moment.

What does suffering serve?  Is it spice?  Temporing?  Does Fate fear we grow bored?  If you have set for your Self, a hardy goal, with adequate time and means to achieve it, why must there be suffering?  Why would one calculate suffering into the mix?  That point illuminated, if you sense suffering, or perceived suffering in your mix . . . why is it there?

First:  is it suffering, this impediment?  What is suffering?  What is impediment?  How many outside yourself do you believe suffer?  How many, outside yourself, do you believe know impediment?  How do these things compare with your own conditions?
Fortitude grows as perceived impediment shrinks.  Abilities grow as perceived suffering shrinks.  As you compare your own conditions to others, all others, you might find that you can call upon more Fortitude.

Fortitude is the ability to continue toward a goal, even in the environment of challenge, sometimes extreme challenge . . . sometimes, actual suffering.

Fortitude is the ability to identify and release a goal once it has proven itself unworthy.  Sometimes we are led towards a goal for the journey itself, and having applied ourselves to a certain point, should turn off or away, taking a new road with our new information tucked inside us.

Fortitude is both:  it is strength of character.  It is knowing when to continue straight ahead and knowing when to turn.  It is deep listening.  If Life is giving you every sign, through challenge and suffering, that you must overcome and continue, that is Fortitude’s gift.

If Life is giving you every sign that through challenge and suffering you are travelling the wrong way and should turn from the current path, that is also Fortitude’s gift.  Fortitude keeps you moving.  It does not make you deaf, dumb, and blind.

Fortitude is an engine.  Paired with Will and Desire, Fortitude will help you to reach your goals.  Listen.  Look.  Where are you on the path?  Where do you go?
 

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: November 18, 2014

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JUSTIFICATION

2014, JUSTNESS

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

 

What do you Justify and how?  Are your reasons Just, and in applying your actions, are your actions and your behavior Just?  Justification defines balance, income and outgo:  I hold this position of authority and therefore act within the fair and reasonable bounds of my authority; I accept this object made from the labors of another and give to its owner fair compensation.

Justification is not an excuse; it is not a cover-up for failings; it is not evidence of the withering away of will or the application of crude manners, crude behavior, or crude character.  Justification is the Just personification of balance and harmony; that is all.

Words have power.  When you say that you Justify a purchase you can’t afford because you’ve had a grueling day/ week/ month, you are not in a state of Justification, you are in a state of denial and weak self will.  When you say that you Justify consuming a substance that is harmful to you, you are not in a state of Justification, you are in a state of self-loathing and non-love.

When you say that you Justify stealing because someone has stolen from you or done you wrong, you are in a state of petty meanness and revenge.  When you say that you Justify past or present deeds because other persons did similar deeds to you, you are in a state of non-responsibility and non-caretaking, of both yourself and of others. 

When you say that you Justify evil, war, anger, poverty, greed, hunger, ennui, and selfishness by ideas that claim they are necessary, you are not in a state of Justification, you are in a state of apathy.  By what tenets do you Justify Life and Being?

What is the Justification for waking this day?  At sleeping this day, what will the Justification be for having lived this day?  How will the debits and credits be balanced?

You have the ability, each day, some days more and some days less, to personify Justness in both actions and behavior—Justness that reaches beyond sociocultural and mortal ideas.  This Justness was born into as you were Sung into being.

Be Just first with your self and you will soon realize how the habit grows.  Live up to your words.  Fill those sounds.  Let your words and your meanings be vibrations and Truths of Harmony.



Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.

     Archives: November 10, 2014

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