"Soul Taking Root"

Angela Peregoff: Soul Taking Root  2/6/2010

Reverend Angela informs us that the energy of our evolution and evolutionary process is in high gear, and suggests that we take steps to stay aligned with the incoming light in order to benefit fully.  The fidgety discomforts we are experiencing are a result of more clearing of the 3D constrictions of time as we perceive it.  Staying disciplined in meditation and energy/chi enhancing exercises is very much supported by this current phase. Rather than remain functioning in a linear paradigm, which serves to constrain and limit us, we can perceive energy and our connection to it as spherical.  In this way Unity Consciousness is better served.   -S.C.-

Note:  Until now many of the explanations I've read regarding symptoms of the ascension process have dealt mostly with the physical discomforts we experience due to the shift from carbon-based bodies to crystalline-based bodies.  But this information addresses a much more subtle and profound change that affects us more deeply and more thoroughly.  Indeed I see it as a clear indication that our forward progress is on target.

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The golden opportunities of Higher Destiny on spaceship Earth are knocking if you are in the right place at the right time and in the right state of consciousness this week.
Entrance to a greater sense of Self and self truth are potent now as your evolutionary cosmic seeds of consciousness are rooting and streaming into your Earth existence. New ideas from the soul self are ready to plunge you far beyond what you presently perceive.
Support is here to augment your newest intelligences.
It doesn’t matter if you consciously recognize the newest tools of human form or not; truth is most of us are still in the developmental phase of establishing a relationship with our expanded perceptual flexibility. A little eccentricity and innovation on your part this week though will give the Universe a thumbs-up signal that you are ready to embark upon the time and territory of positive change.

In many regards you will know access to new parameters of perceptions is occurring if you are questioning anything in your life right now. Understand too that questioning can take the form of attitudes of discontent, indifference, and confusion. Some in my world are feeling like they have nothing to give . . . they are soul searching for a greater meaning and not being satisfied with what they are looking upon each day. Others are in the unrelenting company of frustration, feeling imprisoned by their own limitations. If you can relate to similar attitudes and feelings you’ll be happy to hear that it is all the workings of Sweet Spirit caressing you with the latest version of your newest nature. As more Source-affirming currents are anchored into your field and form you sense It and become antsy. Instead of tuning in to what needs to be integrated in our consciousness, we usually head right for self-condemnation.
There is a distinct mood change occurring as swiftly moving galactic winds take us into the Aquarian Age and 2,125 years of empowerment and remembrance. Spiritual knowledge is showing up in all kinds of places. Just last week the President of the United States stood before congress and appealed to their innate sense of unity. While what lays ahead on the path for the United States is uncertain President Obama continually strives to offer the olive branch of harmony and peace among all peoples. If you observe from an objective viewpoint you’ll notice his demeanor of leadership demonstrates a ballast of discernment between false illusions and intuitive truth. It is part of the shift that is in the making.
If you are one of those souls who have brought balance into your life through transformation; gained understandings of universal law and the true essence of physicality then get ready, you too are about to be recognized as a teaching force in this domain. Why? Because that Higher Destiny that is working for everyone isn’t leaving any souls behind. It is practice time for all conscious creators; a greater encodement of Light is ready to be expressed and lived on Earth.
Waves of Source-point energies that were previously dormant are now activated. Universal Mother Nature is sounding a call and large contingents of earthlings will be taking an evolutionary leap of consciousness that can alter their form and expression of existence. This productive time period of 2012 resounds with a vibration that rapidly expands your potential even while you and the world continue in a massive reconfiguration. Be mindful of the social, economic and relationship stresses that are being purged in order that we can share power and authority with “others” rather than fight for control. You do not have to be part of a collective dilemma that associates with fear, limitation, and separation.
If you want to ride on the leading edge of where we are headed instead of in the middle of the pack begin to stay grounded by movement, indoors or out and keeping your energy moving with gentle, deep breathing. It is also a time to pay attention to your immune system. The health of your immune system extends far beyond the physical layers of well-being to encompass the expanded energetic realms around you. Your resistance to illness, disease, emotional/mental projections, entity attachment, and electronic interference largely depends upon the vitality of your chi or life force. As February anchors you are expanding the capacity of your life force which is why I suggest combining movement, breathing and visualizations/energy exercises.

This will broaden your life force channels to include the galactic layers of your immune system. February is going to highlight the creative power of the images we place our attention on. To strengthen your physical and spiritual immunity, you must energize the images of being completely supported by the infinity of the cosmos and the plentitude of Earth’s living library.
Another event that kicks off in February is the choice to have a new agreement with, and regarding, the nature of time. Inside 5D there is a deepening decay and transformation of linear time so be ready to re-align and re-evaluate your relationship to “time”. Linear time and calendars have served the hierarchical models of commerce and control. The 5D multidimensional model serves the evolution of human consciousness. In terms of understanding how you might function in each think of this: in 3D linear time you can only see the back of the “self” ahead of you; you don’t see who’s behind you and you are constantly waiting to move forward – to a place you can’t really see. This model is orderly, but very limited indeed.
The multidimensional model is spherical – a circular, cyclical, spiraling model of time. Imagine standing in a circle of people. You can simultaneously see, connect and learn from aspects of your many “selves,” and you can move together in unison and with greater cooperation amongst “ourselves.” Each aspect of self has a unique perspective and clues to add to the story of the circle making it a complete “whole”. With Gaia moving more towards a multidimensional perspective just become aware and steer away from the impatient, isolating lines and create more loving circles of people around you.
Think of February as a harmonic field of light that is generating a new definition of Self. Personal resonance and inner alignment are your goals. This is how the soul is re-establishing itself here. Draw your attention each day to the eye of God on a human plane. Be diligent in the task of energy management; assume the position of strength and calm supportive alignment to thought that holds light. Remember my friends, that whatever you make matter by your thoughts literally makes matter, or form, in your experience. You do not have the luxury of ignorance any longer. If you can maintain your focus on your awakening then the volition of creation will carry you to the Divine psyche of God in wo/man.
Dancin down the passageway of fantastic cosmic schemes with you -
©2012 Reverend Angela Peregoff, All Rights Reserved.

Monumental Journey

The following is my inner wisdom speaking to me about our planned trip aboard the Neptune which was scheduled for the weekend of February 5th, 2012.  A variety of emotions were rushing through at any given time during that week.  I sat down to gather my thoughts and asked for  perspective.  This is what I received.  

By Sharda Chaitanya

The game-changing has begun, and you, the small wonder of the big universe, are on the cusp of the revolution.   Remain fearless, there has been nothing that you've gained in your life by being otherwise.

We've invited you, as you asked.  You've noticed that you've been getting what you want, at the same time you are receiving signs and signals on a regular basis.  Cumulatively it is substantial, once you take a step back and review a bit.  That day in the crowd where you were in the middle of "the chaos",  yes, that was an assignment, and you did extremely well, and we are pleased.  As you walked away it occurred to you, and correctly so, that this had been an assignment.  And you asked for a reward because you said it was hard.   Now here it is -- the reward to travel to the 5th dimension with a delegation lead by Steve Beckow and Linda Dillon.   So much...so many of your prayers are answered in this moment.  You're a Cosmic Traveler, and you join with other Cosmic Travelers on this trip of a lifetime.  And there will be more trips and there will be more opportunities to travel inter-dimensionally as well, and to do so with ease and grace.  Not that this is difficult -- all amenities will be available and abundant.  You have spent many years with your teachers and mentors, and have been the recipient of unconditional love and support.  So imagine that 100x greater!

Your mood today has fluctuated considerably because as always you are  gauging yourself for all levels of thinking and emotions.  You have a technique whereby you call in even the lower energies to see if they respond and to see if there is match with any of your systems.  It is a way of purging any residual lower vibrations from your energy field.  You are guessing that soon you will no longer have to do that, and you are correct. It is normal to be nervous about the trip, it means you get it.  But what is on the other side of the veil is beyond your greatest dream -- and it only gets better from there.  It's been a very long time since you have been surrounded by a higher vibrational tone.  That proximity, (what else could it be?), will change your and everyone's frequency.  You already know this and is why in your heart you already know what to expect.  Everyone does because you come here in your astral body all the time.   

Did we not only a few days ago write about your having come from the stars?  A child of the universe?  So you see, you ability to create what you want is happening so easily.  Does this not get your attention?  No sooner did you think that you would like to join the group (at that time it was a meager 20 attendees going) than you receive an email from your compassionate brother Steve.  How is this anything but love, my sweet Child?   Yes, this is soul power, and it gives us so much joy that you are attuning your instrument to the "cosmic hum" referred to in the Arcturian Star Chronicles.  You've never felt like anything less than the child of Divine Mother, and all the glory of that is yours.  And so why wouldn't you receive what your heart desires?  This certainly is not the first time that you have gotten your way!  Own it, proclaim it and embrace it, you have every God-given right to do so.  Do not wait for the world.  The world will follow you, you do not have to follow it.

(2 Days Later)
 Stepping away is good and very necessary.  Look, inquire, question and pontificate; it is what the intellect requires and finds comfort in.  When you do this in conjunction with your heart, while keeping the mind open to incoming signals from us, you have a winning source of clear connectivity.  The answers, realizations more accurately, will unfold so easily and simply when allowed -- finally you are getting this, that is to say, putting it into action .  This past week has been no small task!  Any unfoldment that bring us closer to Source, any releasing of fears and trepidation, is cause for celebration.  These are the victories that are well-deserved.  What happened for you in the way of shifting your internal consciousness as a result of the collective intention was something you could not have done on your own quite so easily -- this is what I believe you refer to as Divine Intervention.  And glorious it is indeed!

The time for space travel is so very very close, my dearest heart, and the world should know this.  You have been steadfast in your goals and diligent in your discipline.  The time is upon you when you are to reap the rewards of a life on the Path to the Truth.  (You don't have to put caps on these things, but we appreciate your enthusiasm.)  Your comfort level with sharing this is not 100% yet, but you know you must do so eventually.  It is part of coming out from under the cloak of ignorance to the light of knowledge.  Once you've uncovered your own limitations, it falls upon you to bring the truth to others.  At their behest, of course.  What we mean is that you are availing yourself to the service of residents of this great Earth.  You are not one to turn your back and are ready to step into the role that you have been groomed for.  This information that you have access to is nothing certainly to be ashamed and we are sorry you still feel hesitation.  Cannot you see what a gift it is to trust your intuition?  That this is the beginning (not really, we've been here quite a while) of a relationship that is taking you to another octave in the universe?  Don't under estimate the value of what is transpiring for it is the clarion call of your soul's journey.  Let go the boundaries of opinion that linger in the back of your mind -- when you image in your third eye that enormous crystal blue effulgent light of profound brilliance, the feeling and the knowing leave you without a trace of doubt!

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Afterthoughts...  

Why is it every time we look outside of our SELVES we become disappointed?  Aren't these recent events simply more of the clinging to external circumstances and illusions that we expect to make us happy?  The Maya doesn't end just because we are no longer in 3D!  The spiritual path is analogous to walking the razor's edge.  Do you want God or do you want the world? 

The question came to my mind today:  What if all this (the prospect of "flying to the moon", the anticipation of being retrieved by ETs, the d'enouement) was just a creation of my own doing?  A product of my imagination?  Then it would mean that I take responsibility for the story and the outcome.  It is my joy and my sorrow, it is my mistake or my victory, and it is up to me who I include in the script and who I refuse.  I am the star of my own production and everyone else is supporting cast or background, except for the moments when I (we) decide to give the lead to someone else. 

And for a fleeting moment, I gave the lead to Steve, and Linda and Grener.  And I did so willingly.  And I enjoyed all of it, even the so-called failure to launch.   All the while my heart was open and I felt all the love that I wanted to feel for my Star Family and the love They have for me.  Many other precious daydreams and projections and moments of heightened sensitivity were part of my internal landscape for 5 or 6 days.  

Added to the mix of all this was a deeper working on my own issues that were being addressed by other benevolent forces, who I will call Guru, that were very uncomfortable.  Is it that our movement toward becoming galactic citizens, then, requires still more uncovering of our ego-encased delusions that are preventing our liberation?  And if this liberation were to take place in the 3rd dimension anyway, which the Master Teachers tell us IS possible, why would I need anyone to come get me and take me away? 

After the dust settled and the channelings stopped and I turned off the computer, I went back to my altar and sat very comfortably in lotus, and had my own communication with God, who seemed so much sweeter and so much more present to me after my having experienced these adventures.  Of my imagination.

Yours most truly,

Sharda

"Know yourself and you will know the world."  

- ancient Druid saying -

New Message from My Guides -- Time to Trust

Beloved Child,

We call you beloved for your sake, not for our sake.  We need for you to feel how we see you, what we see you as.  It comes naturally to us to address in this way, as we do all precious beings who approach us.  Let us begin.

You are from your home in the stars.  Your moments of clarity come from remembering.  You remember you are on earth to play and enjoy.  Not to toil and suffer.  No one will be happy until they understand, or more accurately, commune, with that "point" beyond physicality.  When you get a breath of the knowing, how much you become relaxed and into  your own Cosmic Consciousness.  When we whisper to you, Child, let go and embrace the crystal blue clarity of knowing, then you turn your mind toward the Oneness which is merged in the NOW.  Those whispers are so tiny and yet they fill you with great satisfaction.  We will increase their strength, or really light intensities is more like it, as you refine your physical vessel.  That's all it is, my Dear.  It's a vehicle, a home for the time you are on Earth to carry you around to learn the lessons, to learn what you simply have forgotten.  And in those moments of remembering you receive Divine Insight.  That insight can never lie, because you feel it, but that feeling is beyond human range.  It is the feeling of closeness to your Mother/Father God, Shiva/Shakti, and those who watch out for you, your own soul power.

Think of that Soul Power for a minute.  Soul-are power -- the sun gives light and energy -- Sol = Soul.  From that everything grows, everything on Earth is blessed with life and sustenance.  And by extension, your soul empowers you, it is the engine.  Not the ego nor the mind nor the intellect.  The same soul power that will gift you all the physical support you need for your journey.  All the tools of your liking shall be found, discovered, because you are getting extremely close now to understanding, grasping in heart and mind, what that genuinely means for you.

Part of you, as we speak, is still holding on to a bit of doubt; a bit of holding old patterns in your mind's energy flow or movement.  You are interfering with flow when you hold back.  Do you see what we are saying? 

[Yes, those females in the room are distracting you because you see the futility of their costumes.  So much work for so little or no results.  The ego is clinging tightly to body image, and only suffering occurs.  Ignore that -- it is not your concern.  Send Light and let's move along.]

How in the world will this situation of yours turn around, you ask everyday.  And yet you know it is to be true in your heart; that is those moments when you are accessing your soul power, It is not just an idea, a nice idea that the world of illusion would have you keep at bay.  The soul power is the illusion, it creates the illusion and it transcends the illusion.  This is Maya Shakti, Mother's manifestation in physical form.  You love her and you have spent your whole life serving her in illusion.  Now, I will tell you today, is your time to move beyond this third dimensional bondage and step into liberation.  You can let go now.  Nothing will happen, Dear One, you are safe because we surround you.  Can you feel that?  You know and yet you've been holding back, gripping the last branch of the survival tree, a tree that has no roots.  You are very often asking us, sometimes once an hour, to help you take care of this insecurity that confronts you.  Let us do that, that is our job.  Need we remind you?  It would seem so.  Have you been so caught up in work and other endeavors that you've forgotten to remember?  Give us the burden, release it to us, we will carry it away and transform it into Light and Love and return it to you in a form of your liking, your loving and you in-joy-ing!

Are you ready to trust?  Carry on with the rest of your day and walk in this world as a Child of God, and wait for the miracles to unfold.  (You don't want us to leave, we can see that.)  But go do your chores and we walk with you.  Don't cry, we are all around you.

With so much love,
Your light Guides

Happy Year of the Dragon

Professor Lin Yun

 In honor of my Feng Shui teacher, Master Lin Yun, I place his likeness on this page with the intent of showing my respect and gratitude.  Professor Lin has brought his brand of Feng Shui to many, many students in America and throughout the world, and has propagated only goodness and compassion wherever he went.  His teachings were profound, his sacrifice was large and his heart was simple.  For the knowledge I have gained and for the joy I have experienced from my practice, I offer my sincerest thanks.  Revered Professor, may the 10,000 Buddhas guide you and protect you wherever you are.

OM MANE PADME HUM

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As with any big holiday, Chinese New Year comes replete with plenty of rituals that help appease the Year God, and herald good luck and auspicious events for the next 12 months.  The celebration goes on for 15 days, with each day requiring a different offering,  gesture or ritual.

The date for Chinese New Year is decided astrologically, which means that right now the planets are piqued for good things to come our way.  If we ask.  And a new way you can do that today is by doing a few simple things in your home.

1.)  The best thing to do is clean the house or apartment.  Or last least straighten up real good and give your space of sense of freshness.  The use of water for the purpose is good.  If you don't mop anywhere else, at least mop the kitchen floor. Avoid chemicals in the water; instead toss in pure oil extracts or liquid castile soap.   2.)  Give red envelopes with a coin or paper money inside to 3 or 9 people.*  This symbolizes wealth and is an auspicious gesture for the recipient and the giver.  3.)  On your altar place 4.)cooked rice to which you can add salt and oil, and two other items such as fruit and nuts.  5.)  Light a candle.  6.) Light incense.  7.)  Place a glass of water on the altar.  8.)  Open windows and doors to let out the old energy and bring in the new.  9.)  Create your intention from a quiet, restful place in your heart and mind.

[*I pledge to give 9 red envelopes to the Lin Yun Temple in order that the knowledge I shared today will have an auspicious bearing the author and the reader.]  

The 9 Star and 2012 - Determine Which is Your Number

The 9 Stars and 2012     

by Jon Sandifer, Professional member of the International Feng Shui Guild

 IFSG Blog Team, on January 12th, 2012

Determine Your I Ching Star
There are 9 different Stars in I Ching Astrology. For ease of practice over the centuries, the stars have all been allotted a number from 1 to 9. Apart from the central 5 T’ai Chi Star, the other 8 and their symbolism is drawn directly from the Trigrams in the I Ching.
 
It is very important to remember that the year begins in I Ching Astrology on the first day of the spring – 4th of February annually. This is the first day of the solar year in all forms of Chinese and I Ching Astrology. Therefore if you’re born before February 4th in any year, you’re actually born into the previous year.
 
The Star Calculation
1. Begin by adding up all the digits from your year of birth, e.g. 1954: 1 + 9 + 5 + 4 = 19.
2. Keep adding these figures till you get one that is below 11. Therefore, with this example, add them again, 19: 1+9 = 10.
3. Now that you have a total below 11, take this final total of 10 away from 11: 11 – 10 = 1 = 1 Water.

6 Heaven Year  
4 February 2012-3 February 2013
 
The 6 Heaven Year usually brings clarity and completion for the party. The hidden element of the year is that of Metal. In the I Ching the Heaven trigram can represent authority or the father. Another take is that it is the harvest since the north-west is the autumn and brings with it the reaping of what has been sewn. In some ways it can be the end of an era. 1940 in Europe, 1949 in China, 1967 and the summer of love are just a few examples. (See below to determine your I Ching Star.)
 
Here is my take on the year ahead for you: 
 
1 Water Star
 
After a year in the Mountain in 2011, you now rise up to the Fire House this year! This is going to be your year to shine and to be seen and to be noticed. It will be effortless for you to achieve recognition. A perfect year if you wish to put yourself in the spotlight regarding new work, new opportunities or even a new relationship. 
 
2 Earth Star
 
After a pretty frantic 2011 in the Fire House, you now move to the more gentle and deeper Water House this year. This element allows you to recharge your chi on a very deep and profound level. Try to avoid big projects and undertakings that could burn you out this year. But it is a perfect time to reflect deeply and start to plan for a whole new cycle of time that lies ahead of you. 
 
3 Thunder Star
 
2012 is a wonderful year for you, as a 3 Thunder Star, to start to plan out your future in detail. It’s ideal for contracts, new deals and even new relationships. All the ideas and dreams and schemes that were coming your way last year can now start to take more shape and form. But hold tight a little bit until later in the year to launch anything seriously massive. 
 
4 Wind Star
 
After two relatively quiet years for your Star, you’re now on the up and up. In 2012 your Star moves to the East and borrows the House of the First Born Son – Thunder. An amazing year to be innovative, alert and flexible. Try to avoid being too impetuous and enjoy the full force of spring this year. 
 
5 T’ai Chi Star
 
If you thought last year began to heat up, then 2012 will start to get even hotter. Your Star shifts up one more gear into overdrive this year, and it would be very wise to keep your feet firmly on the ground. Without a doubt, this is the most creative and active year that you will experience within a nine-year cycle. The secret is to stay on purpose and to stay on track and avoid being diverted. 
 
6 Heaven Star
 
This is your year of rebirth in I Ching Astrology. Your Star passes through the same House that it did in the year of your birth. New opportunities will come your way quite effortlessly, while old patterns of lifestyle or behaviour may start to change. It’s a powerful year and the best advice is to keep your feet firmly on the ground and use very good judgement in making decisions that could affect your future. 
 
7 Lake Star
 
Last year your Star was in the T’ai Chi – full of changes and new possibilities. But this year you move on to the House owned by the Father or the Heaven Trigram in the I Ching. It’s a wonderful phase of chi where you can benefit financially from your past efforts, while at the same time be taken seriously by friends, colleagues and family. This is your year for clarity, focus and achievement. 
 
8 Mountain Star
 
This year your Star moves to the West position which is known as Joy or the Lake. The owner of this Palace is the Youngest Daughter, who’s fun and knows how to relax and enjoy life. Overall this year is one where you can benefit from your previous few years of hard work, chill out and celebrate. Finally, reflect this year on your progress over the last six years and how you may want to move on in the future. 
 
9 Fire Star
 
This is a year where you experience what I call the calm before the storm. Your Star moves into the Mountain in I Ching Astrology, which gives you access to wisdom and knowledge that perhaps others do not find so easy to achieve. Prepare yourself this year for major breakthroughs in 2013, as this year gives you the opportunity to get things wonderfully lined up.
 
Previous 6 Heaven Years: 1931, 1940, 1949, 1958, 1967, 1976, 1985, 1994 and 2003.
 
 

Invitation to Sacred Space Healing Circle

Healing Circle with Barbara Barnett

I am inviting you to a healing circle with Barbara Barnett who is a trance channeler. The circles, which I have been participating in for nearly 5 years, are an amazing, dynamic and, might I say, mind-blowing experience. Beyond the healing aspect of the circle, which you can choose not to participate in, is the presence of angelic and spiritual beings, the invisibles, who fully assist, and engage us in, the process. You are free to work on emotional, spiritual, physical or creative issues, or not. If so, you will find unconditional love and support in a most protective and respectful environment. Or you may choose to lend your support by simply observing and being in the moment. The only requirement is an open heart/mind. The tone of the circles seems generally Native American, but at the same time, the evenings are loosely defined and the energy changes according to who is "entering". Barbara is warm. compassionate and sensitive healer who has been blessed with the gift of channeling incredibly powerful entities with grace and generosity. I am so honored to be hosting the evening, as it gives me the chance to be of service to Divine Spirit. There is no set fee to attend, and all contributions are on a donation basis. Note: January 14th is an especially auspicious day on the Hindu calendar, as it is Guru Jayanti. The energies are high and it is a date particularly favorable to gatherings such as this, that help elevate our energies, collectively and personally. http://www.thelincpages.com/barbarabarnett/

When	Sat, 14 January, 6pm – 9pm GMT-05:00

Think With Your Heart

Dear One,

Keep following your heart.  Your heart will never let you down.  You have worked extensively to open it up to the Higher Vibrations, to open it to the Devic Kingdom, to our level of Light Vibration.  But in truth, you don't have to work so hard -- the heart of the human being is easy.  And soft.  The heart is the first thing about the human specimen to respond to goodness, kindness and generosity.  The heart has no born enemies.  The heart comes into this world ready and willing to give and to receive love.  The actual physical heart is a marvel and an amazing mysterious gift of God the Creator. 

Keep it safe, but don't hide it.  Nurture it, nourish it and share it gladly.  When you share it, it grows, expands its innate Light to attract more of what we are giving to the humans [?].  No need to wait for the right "time" or the right moment to appear -- you take your heart with you wherever you go!  It is the guidance system for your new world.  For here on forward you will refer to the heart first for direction and knowledge and you will never be led down the wrong path.  Think with your heart.

Yes, my dear, the pain you feel right now in your physical heart is your personal message...it is God/Goddess dialing in.  Later, when you become still, or more still, you can download that transmission.  It might be tomorrow, or next week or next month, but you will recall this brief moment and a beautiful surprise of unconditional love will be waiting. 

How absolutely glorious is the human heart!  It can lead all the way to God!  All goodness and knowing, all compassion and strength comes from this one small part of your sacred being.  And each of you has one, therefore you can all unite with this common denominator.  Don't underestimate what this means, doing so will create peril.  Look at it, think about it and see, feel, know how it is guiding you.  It's there, it's free and it's the most fun you can have being one with it.  (By the way, we are more than a little impressed that you can do this in such noisy surroundings.)  Until  next time.

With much love from my heart to yours, your own,

Vanya

Where's The Feng Shui?

What to leave out, what to put in....it's all in how we want to frame it!

Saturday, January 7, 2012  Hi everyone.  So, it's been one month and one week ago that I began this blog and I am still working out a few things.  Figuring it out as I go along, the layout and things like that, which is not the big issue.  The big issue is, "Where's the Feng Shui?" 

My intention seems to be getting sidled by my preoccupation with channeled messages, my own communications from my guides and the ascension process in general.   It's easy to see that's what I love and am spending much time on these days reading about, researching and contemplating.  What has been entered thus far on this blog is a kind of warm up, a way to grease my wheels as I get my creative juices flowing.  Things happen on a continual  basis that give me any kind or level of inspiration or insight or answer.  It's really a lot of fun being in my head right now.  I get signs all the time about how I am doing, or what I should be doing or that give me a bit more of a clue to a solution I might need.  Just for starters.  

And yet, I still have the aching idiotic editor in my mind that keeps putting the kibosh on what I really want to say.  It's getting better, I think, and as I said, there is the issue of Feng Shui topics and all the great stuff to write about.  I just want to finish laying what I consider the ground work -- introducing the few parenthetical topics to express, by way of example, the foundation of my philosophy.  This is the point:  I want to have it in the archives so that the reader, if s/he gets that far, can go back and see where I am coming from and what makes me tick.  I have the need to do a little straightening up, to perform a little house-cleaning and organizing for the sake of getting to where I won't be distracted by all those wonderful things that I feel you should know. 

The long and short of it is that I formulate my notions of Feng Shui because of and in harmony with my ideas about spirituality and its function in the material world.  And visa versa.  It's an attempt at balancing the physical with the invisible and creating a genuine background story for my work.  Like when an actor  prepares a character, they have to give it as much background, history, as they can so that they know details and nuances and motivations of that person.  Well, this is kind of the same thing.  I feel my ideas, notions, inspirations need their provenance, have to come from somewhere, that my conclusions cannot come from thin air, they are not fabricated, but are based on a solid understanding of what motivates the expressions of Feng Shui.

Plus I am just plain slow.  I am a Capricorn and so by nature we are proceed cautiously.   We take each step with so much conviction; we want to be sure it is the right one.  But I am getting better at it.  There is no time to waste -- ascension is here and energy is moving very quickly.  I can tell you it is quite real, it's the most real I have known in my life.  We will move onto that topic elsewhere.

That will be my new post:  why the reality of feng shui fits into the ascension process.  Good one, let's go!

My Birthday -- "When the 'nothing' happens, something else of a much grander dimension rushes in to fill the void."

January 5, 2012.   Today is my birthday, therefore I get to do and write whatever I want.  That is rule of birthdays - in fact, you should not have to work and if you do, it should only be under the condition that your gang take you to lunch (extended of course) and they have a birthday cake for you and everyone gets a piece. 

Russian Orthodox Cross Tattoo

 I love this time of year, for obvious reasons.  From Thanksgiving    straight through to my birthday, it's the holiday season.  In fact, growing up in the Russian Orthodox tradition, "our" Christmas was celebrated  two weeks, give or take, after the regular American December 25th holiday, so we got to celebrate twice.  If I remember, it always fell on a Sunday.  And shortly thereafter, each January, the priest would make a visit and bless our home.  It was a very big deal.  He would come in with all his religious church regalia, altar boy assistant along side him, and sprinkle oblations throughout the house.  He presence was profound.  Everyone was on high spiritual alert.  And by everyone, I mean me, my mother and father.  My siblings who were still living at home were usually not there; they were teenagers, who found some reasonable excuse to be busy with friends.  I didn't understand how one would not want to be there.  I often felt that those annual visits by our church priest was what kept our somewhat fragmented family together.  And the tossing of holy water, the remainder of which was gifted to us and stored in the pantry for the year, all over the walls and furniture, protected us from the unpredictability of life.  I actually felt he should have made a monthly visit.  I was always nervous that the once-a-year thing was too sparse, that the blessing would wear off.

Russian Orthodox Priest

A solemnity surrounded the Father and the ritual, which was conducted almost in complete silence, except for the incantations in the Russian language.  The vibe in my house was very...serene, peaceful...other-worldly!  It was pretty deep and something I can recall even now.  It was as though our house was church for the duration, and for about a week afterwards.  We followed behind him as he made his way into the different rooms.  He splashed holy water from a bowl which he brought using a kind of wand.  It may have had bristles, I wasn't paying attention to those details at the time.  I was more concerned with trying to figure out what he was saying, and hoping he would notice that we had cleaned the house special for the occasion.

Officially, for yours truly, the holiday season ends on January 6th.  As we get older the date doesn't have the impact it did when we were younger.  I am usually excited about January 5th, but I see I have changed.   Time and my attachment to it is different.  The more I meditate and find myself in the now moment, the less that the time/space parameters dictate my frame of mind.  I spend an enormous amount of time by myself, though not alone.  I am slightly aware of a few things that I wasn't say, a year ago or even six months ago.  I am more aware that I am a spiritual being having a human experience.  When I forget, or should I say when I remember, it is a very simple matter of just putting my mind there, a matter of shifting perception, or even consciousness, remembering what I really am, and that is soul or spirit or light.  The other kind of thinking that I am more willing to embrace more often is that I am a part of Source, or God or Creator or Universe.  I come from there, I was created from that and I am returning to that.   This is a journey of wisdom, of trials, of realizations, of questions, of ecstasies, of paths that undulate within and around a wondrously creative landscape -- internal and external -- that never ever gets boring or tedious or old so long as our third eye remains open.

It, the path, my path, is about a fully wakeful meditation.  Or more like a continual remembrance of what is real.  In Sanskrit the expression is Neti Neti which means not this, not this. This world is not real, only God is real.  It is taken from the Raja Yoga tradition and implies that by negating the illusion, the Maya, we will put ourselves in touch with Truth and Reality.  The mind, like the world, is the training ground for the Yogi.  It's about subduing the mind and detaching from  sense objects, thereby thinning out the constant barrage of mental fluctuations which are the cause of suffering.  But I digress.  The topic is enormous and is in fact one of the basic tenets of the Upanishads. 

As the energies of the Ascension increase and change and charge our bodies and minds, our cellular structure and even our DNA, we begin to sensing the SHIFT.  It's real, it's here and it is our ticket home.  It has created within me, and many others, a peacefulness, an awareness of a divine presence, a heightened perception of "otherness" whether it be God or humanity, and it's created nothing.  Nothingness.  A fearlessness of nothingness.  It's a process (often extremely uncomfortable and misunderstood) of emptying ourselves of ego, attachment and fear.  When the nothing happens, something else of a much grander dimension rushes in to fill the void.  It is inexplicable.  And when you begin tapping into it (for lack of a better expression, and most of them are lacking) and experience what this is, you just want more and more.  And all you need is a tiny bit, a glimpse, a peek into what you are inside, beyond the boundaries of the world, to keep you asking for more.

Thus, the date of my birth, though acknowledged with gratitude, is...well, just is.  Human birth, according to Hindus, is an amazing and precious gift.  To take human form is extremely rare and therefore sacred.  The time the soul spends in the body is to be honored and respected because it is the perfect chance to walk the path to enlightenment.  It is while we spend time on the planet that we have been granted the opportunity to gain knowledge of BOTH the  universe and what animates it.  And that knowledge is there for the asking, on our birthday and all the other days of our life.

  

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