Higher Change

We are experiencing the heat of summer in extreme ways in our part of the country.  Heat is an amazing thing.  It makes precious metals softer and more malleable if they have become brittle.  Heat is also used to temper other metals, making them stronger and better able to accommodate weight and stress.  Heat puts us to the test.  It presses the toxins out of us; makes us sweat.  Again, with metals, extreme heat causes impurities to be burned off, so that when the metal melts, cools, and reforms, a more pure and true form of the metal exists.  This is how I am experiencing the heat of these past days.  It is a time of higher change, of moving toward my precious and authentic life.  Unnecessary elements are being burned off, and toxins are being released to make way for the reforming of my past self into a higher form of my true self.  While it might feel so uncomfortable when the heat is being applied, the feeling on the other side is one of being fresh and new, flexible and strong.  This feeling of releasing and opening to changes is creating a path for new life experiences.

"You cannot grow unless you are willing to change.  You will never improve yourself if you cling to what you used to be."

                                 --Leon Brown 

  

Moving on; Releasing

We are transitioning out of limited, confining experiences.  Each of us is finding our own version of freedom as we return to connection, and as we begin to reinterpret life structures.  We have been in a shakeup, and we are coming out of this time as different people.  We are closer than ever to the essence that makes up who we truly are.  NOW is a great time to nurture that process of connecting with our essence.  As we do this we release the past and say goodbye to old ways of being.  New ways of being are beckoning.  It's time to listen, and to follow these invitations.  You will be shown what no longer serves you along the way.  Just follow your path and see where you end up. 

"Leave who you WERE. 

Love who you ARE.

Look forward to who you WILL BECOME."

 

             --Fearless Soul     

Being Present

These times are unpredictable and changing every day.  I feel like we are starting with a brand new slate.  Whatever worked before no longer serves as it once did.   All systems are now under construction.  Revisions are happening, and we are being prompted to rewrite what we have previously known.  It is a good thing, and it is an unsettling thing.  The best path through these changing times is to stay in the present moment.  Any other focus for me feels like it contributes to the confusion, the turmoil.  Because we are living in the larger world of change we can only truly participate by listening in each moment.  That is where our individual selves intersect with the larger changes.  The present moment is where the greatest chance for calm and serenity exists.  Focusing on the past takes us to a place that is no longer viable.  Future looking is just guessing and empty speculation.  Our most solid footing happens when we stay grounded, and when we move one step at a time as that fits in each experience. Our anchor is the Present.

"If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong." 

                    --Masaru Emoto 

New Breath

Spring comes and brings with it everything new.  The days can be rainy, but that rain seems to scrub away the old dustiness of winter.  The weather can also be windy, and that wind feels like it whisks away any leftover staleness or heaviness from the season of dormancy and the time of going within.  New life springs forth in a myriad of bright and colorful forms.  We are invited to go outside again by the warmer, longer days and the brighter light.  As I walk outside I am prompted to take in deep breaths of newly cleansed air.  There is a freshness that brings a lightness to my spirit. Every inhalation feels like new breath, new life--especially after this past year.  I feel more than ready for this new beginning.

"Today I close the door of my past, open the door of my future, take a deep breath, and step through to a new life." 

                                        --Louise Hay   

Gentleness

There is so much high energy and collective stress in these days.  We are in the birth pangs/growing pains of releasing the old and receiving the new.  Nothing is very clear, and yet there are glimmers and shimmers of clues that things are shifting into a new place.  It's very subtle, yet still possible to perceive these positive new elements, if you look closely and listen well.  And these new pieces are coming right on schedule as we move every day closer to Spring.  So be gentle with yourself.  Also, walk lightly in the world and extend this gentleness to everyone and everything you encounter along the way.  Wonderful changes are beginning to stir.

"Gentleness is not weakness.  Just the opposite.  Preserving a gentle spirit in a heartless world takes extraordinary courage, determination, and resilience.  Do not underestimate the power of gentleness because gentleness is strength wrapped in peace, and therein lies the power to change the world."

                                             -- L. R. Knost

 

    

Free

Free.  Getting free.  Land of the free.  Be free.  Freedom is something we think we have all the time.  I have been feeling more free as time goes on.  And yet, recently I had the experience of getting free from an old limitation that I was not even aware was in place.  Sometimes we don't realize that we are not free until that awareness is made clear to us.  That realization may come through a hint or suggestion that we get.  Or it may come when someone brings it to our attention.  Or it may seep into us out of our unconscious wisdom and land in our lap.  We don't embrace the understanding of full freedom until that old belief falls away.  And once that limitation is healed and cleared we experience the sweetest, most gentle feeling of liberation and being free.  Blessings to you all as you savor the freedom you have, and as you welcome new freedoms every day. 

"Freedom is the oxygen of the soul."              --Moshe Dayan

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."  

                                      --George Washington  

Heart Space

Heart center, wild heart.  Heart of the earth, heart of the matter.  Clearly, heart energy is the theme that's rolling through me right now.  It feels like it's time to speak to my heart, to speak from the heart.  It's time for all of us to create space for listening to our hearts.  The most comforting place to be these days is in our heart space: to move into our heart center, and to let that space inform all of our words and actions.  It's a good time to cultivate a compassionate heart for ourselves, for others around us.  Listening to our hearts will bring calm during these days that invite uncertainty, anxiety, tension, and unrest.  Bringing love to ourselves through our hearts will strengthen us for all that will come in the new year.  Once we connect with our own hearts we will be ready to bring our loving heart space to those who cross our paths in our daily exchanges.  No matter what circumstances we encounter, the loving energy we bring to each situation will go far toward creating a Heart Space big enough to embrace and encompass the whole world.

"Take a few slow calm breaths and slide down into your heart space. This is where the unlimited power of the universe channels into you, and is refreshed anew in each present moment." 

                                    --Josie Wood