Keepers of the Secrets Know...

There is magic in the air.  And changes abound.   A South American dictator dies, Barack Obama keeps his presidency for another 4 years.  Horrible school shootings have started an amazing dialogue about firearms and mental illness.   A pope resigns and the new one is not from Europe.  There are still wars and many states, countries, and cities have financial problems. 
Many looking at these goings on would say that things are getting worse, that good ole mother earth and her greedy humans were on the fast track to hell.  But I want to remind you.  If you start to think that thought, that all is going to hell in a handbasket, cancel it.   Cancel the thought and replace it with the thought that this is all part of the birth of a new way.  The old ways will fight for their existence but they are on their way out.  Look for the positive things.  There is Magic in the air.   Which is the message of the crow and raven.  They are keepers of secrets but they know.  The changes are positive.  You will see...

Decision and Intent are So Important...

It is vitally important to realize the far reaching effects of our very actions and thoughts and emotions.  We can build upon the positive actions and thoughts and emotions of others to reach our goals from worldly success to simply improving the life we live.   In filling our world with the most positive things we can conceive and allowing the wings of those positive things of others to lift us from our own painful and sometimes suffering states we can live better and change the world.  It does, however, take intent and effort.
“The universe holds it’s breath as we choose, instant by instant, which pathway to follow; for the universe, the very essence of life itself, is highly conscious.  Every act, thought, and choice adds to a permanent mosaic;  our decisions ripple through the universe of consciousness to affect the lives of all.  Lest this idea be considered either merely mystical or fanciful, let’s remember the fundamental tenet of the new theoretical physics:  Everything in the universe is connected with everything else.”
Dr David R. Hawkins POWER vs FORCE, The Hidden determinants of Human Behavior.
Remember that not only can you effect the universe but you can make a decision to use the positive choices of others for your own enhancement.   Also we must keep in mind that we also influence and are influenced by the negatives we choose and the ones chosen by others.    This is why decision and intent are so important.    

Isn't it Worth it???

What can we do in a world that appears to have gone mad?  We can make the decision to change how we feel and then watch how it changes things around us.  Often changing how we feel takes a lot of effort because we are so often immediately in the mindset of reaction.  But with a little fore thought and practice we can smile at the person that irritates us, laugh at our own folly, allow a pain or perceived slight to slide off of us.
It has been said that every little thought, emotion, feeling, action, is recorded for all time in the ethers.  If with just a little effort we can add positive vibrations to the energy of the earth instead of negative ones, isn’t it worth it?

Seven Points for Positive Living That Work...

Here are seven points for positive living that work.  There is no special order for these ideas and they may or may not need to all be present.  You can decide that for yourself.
Gratitude:
It is amazing what gratitude can do.  Gratitude for what you say?  Gratitude for everything.   Emphasizing the positive is very helpful.  From the Morning Song from P’taah,  www.ptaah.com :  “I give thanks for the love that I am... Thank you for the gift of life that I am.... Thank you for the riches and the richness of my life....”
That is only a very small part of it.   It is very inclusive.  Try giving thanks for everything you can think of, P’taah suggests doing so as a song in your shower daily. 
Intention:
Make all that you want an intention in your life.  Think it, say it...Write it if you would like.  Here are some suggestions:  I intend to live a long life.  I intend to heal my life.  I intend to live a life free of pain, anxiety, fear.  You put in your choice.   You can only realize the power of intention by using it. 
Paying attention to the still small voice:
You can call this intuition, the voice of angels, God, whatever you like,  just know that it is that part of you that knows.  Sometimes this is only an urge, an inclination.  It has been called sychronicity.  The part of you that is in contact with Spirit, God if you wish. the part of you that is all knowing, will communicate with you if you only learn to listen and to pay attention.  
Positive Attitude:
It is not always easy to keep positive.  And if you are in a position where you are having trouble keeping positive work toward it.  Find the positive things and work to change your attitude.  You will be amazed what it can do for you. 
Acceptance:
Work to accept all things including all people.  If you can develop acceptance the negativity will flow off of you as the proverbial water off a ducks back.  Try it.  You will see that it works. 
Exercise:
The benefits of exercise have been touted for years.   Exercise such as a simple walk or yoga will do wonders.  And if you are so inclined, Dance.   You don’t have to be in a dance hall or disco to dance.  How about in front of your TV or Ipod?  Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter, talks about dancing in his song, Dance Me to the End of Love”
with these lines.”Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love”
Meditation:
There are different ideas and definitions of meditation.  It has often been said that speaking to God is prayer, listening to God is meditation.  Dance and song can be forms of meditation.  Allow yourself to be quiet for a few moments.  Allowing yourself to become mindful, really present in your life is meditation.  

Find your own variations of the above ideas but by using these seven suggestions and making a practice of them you will find that they do work.   You may even by amazed by the changes in your life.  

A Little Bit of Cause and Effect Coming Down...

The veils between the dimensions are thinning.  Past, present, and future are starting to bleed together and linear time is speeding up.  Karma, the idea that what you do will come back at you, is cycling faster and faster.  In other words what goes around will come around faster than ever.  
You don’t have to believe or even understand this to be aware of it and make use of it.  This means that you might encounter experiences that you don’t understand.  You will feel the effect of what ever might have caused.  You might remember that yesterday we spoke of synchronicities or coincidences.  These are happening more/sooner and are more recognizable.   You must be aware, however.  
And karma or coincidence does not have to be all negative.  The positive aspects of cause and effect will also come around faster and show up sooner and will become more obvious. 
So I am saying that there are experiences, feelings, emotions and states of mind that can be very useful.  Being aware can help you navigate the not so fun times and recognize and take advantage of the positive and feel good times. 

It's For You...

2012 is turning out to be a very active year.  It is becoming a time when major change and major experiences are almost a daily occurrence.  The activity on the planet alone is an indication of things to come.  The planet and her occupants are making a major evolutionary change.  March 2012 has been the warmest March ever recorded.  Look at the destruction caused by the tornadoes in the U. S. midwest and central eastern United States.  A drought continues in Texas to the point where at least one small town has run out of water.  Water for the needs of the people has to be brought in by truck.  Statistics like this can be found in newspapers and online.   The planet is birthing a new world, a time when peace will be possible.   However, in the mean time some of these changes will be frightening.  If we can keep from falling into fear and remain positive we can hold the energy for this positive change.  We can even help bring about the kind of world we want.   Eliminating the fear may be the most difficult part of this but remember that we are eternal souls and we are here to help birth a clean beautiful life on earth.   Death has no permanence for us.  Christian Holy Scriptures even tell us this.  Try not to be afraid and hold a positive attitude.  It’s for you, your descendants and the earth. 

A Job for You...

Do you watch the news, or perhaps, don’t watch the news anymore because you see all the pain, and violence, and terrible things happening, nasty weather, earthquakes.   OMG it’s just too much... the world is going to hell in a handbasket (whatever that means).  You are probably tired of me telling you that these are the birth pangs of a world we would really want to live in.  Well I have a job for you.   It has a couple of parts to it.  First of all your job is to stay positive.  Allow yourself to settle into a peaceful acceptance of what is and believe with all your heart that it is change for the better.  
And the second part of your job is to do something about it.   Now I totally understand we are not all Martin Luther King Junior, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Jesus, any of the other known heroes.   But you have opinions, ideas.  I think a lot of people understand what is going on with politics.  What I want you to do is think about what you would do with a particular world/national/local/community/personal challenge.  Think about what could be done to improve or change that situation using love, fairness, honesty, unity as your basis for change.  Then think about all of the people you influence.  Your spouse, your friend, your sibling, your child, your grandchild.   Break the subject to them.  Tell them there are solutions to the worlds’ problems that don’t involve hate/violence/exploitation.  If you have thought of a solution tell them this is what you would do.   You may not have the courage or the ability to do it yourself.   Ask them to come up with their own ideas. You may be the one that sparks the fire within a child that comes up with the solution to hunger, energy, peace...   It doesn’t matter if it was your idea, if you were not the one to bring it about.  The earth holds your energy....  The world knows.....
A quote from Wilfred A. Peterson that I used in 1962 during a high school graduation speech.  “As you throw the weight of your influence on the side of the good, the true and the beautiful, your life will go on in others, bigger, finer, nobler, than you ever dared to be...” 

Just Imagine...

I know that this is a difficult concept to integrate into our thought process and being but try to imagine if what we do as individuals really does ripple out and connect to some planetary grid-work and effects everything and everyone.  Well imagine just for a minute that what you do, say, think does effect the planet.   Wouldn’t you want it to be positive?  And remember that affecting the planet means affecting you, your family, your friends also.   I think you would want it to be positive.  Parents have this kind of effect on their children and are rarely aware of it. 
So think about it for a moment.   You are helping to create the world in the now.   A world that touches you and yours.   Just imagine...

Emotions and reactions...

Our emotions are triggered by an experience that we have been conditioned to react to.   For example we find a lump under the skin.  All of the advertising and warnings we have seen on television and billboards tell us to beware of strange lumps because they may be cancer.  Our body mind goes into flight or fight reaction and we think, 'oh no, I have cancer'.  This is only one example and I'm sure you can think of more.  Already we are in fear mode, 'what will I do, I'm going to die, what will my family do' already our body is reacting to all of those thoughts and emotions of fear and anxiety.  This same process also provides us with many of our most positive emotions.  Our loved one tells us how wonderful we are and our emotions go into positive overdrive.  
Learning to neutralize our emotions teaches us how not to be in fear and judgement.   Most of us need to think or rationalize our way out of the emotions that take over us.   'It may not be cancer, I have nothing to fear, even dying is something we all do sometime'.   We may even need to examine the emotion. 
When we get the rush from the positive emotions we learn to love the feeling.  It is possible to get so used to the negative emotions that we don't recognize what they do to us.   Some individuals even feed off of those negative emotions.  This is when drama develops in our lives.    

Birth Peace on Earth...

As the days count down to the Winter Solstice and we begin to reflect on the year passed we have the opportunity to add our positive thoughts about what it all means.   It has been a year of unrest with many changes but if we choose to look at them as positive changes I think we can help bring about those positive changes that we all so want to see.   So bless all of the life that has been lost, the impact of violence, and know that this is what needs to be in order to birth "peace on earth goodwill toward humankind."

And change the earth....

In a world of duality
life can be easy or not
some days are up and some are down
we have the chance to turn the tide
on the side of the light
stay positive
light your match and hold it high
your life will take on a new quality
and change the earth.