New Years Day

   And what does January hold?
Clean account books, bare diaries,
Three hundred & sixty five new days,
neatly parceled into weeks, months and season's.
A chuck of time, of life. . . those first few notes
like an orchestra tuning up before the play begins,

                                        Phyllis Nicholson
                              Country Bouquet 1947






 

Happy New Year 2012

Happy New Year Everyone. Hard to fathom that it's 2012!
So many people I know have passed over this past year as if they knew something I did not and I'm still here to experience whatever it is they decided not to. I realize that sounds just a bit strange or even scary but I really have to wonder especially since I'm the oldest of most my friends. Even though I know I have  much left to do, never stopping to wonder why actually until this very moment. I spend most of my days in the moment and they still pass very fast these days. It seems that time is moving at a very rapid pace and on some days I find it difficult to squeeze in any time for myself at all. I work and sleep and attempt to find the time to be able to get the wash done and take care of my birds, the housework and shopping is out of the question unless it's for laundry soap. So I have decided that since I am too busy to do anything for myself that I will take a class. I want to become a Health Coach! The restaurant business pays crap and I work not only long hours but for a very meager salary compared to what I give. I need to feel as though I am making a difference or at least that I am appreciated for my hard work. I just turned 57 and there seems to be a real lack of concern where I will be in another 10 years. I just know that I don't want to be busting my ass in a restaurant where I am not appreciated by the company that I give my all to. So it's time to school for a better future. Being a hypnotherapist and well versed in holistic healing,  I know that being a health coach is something that will be very satisfying for me. To help others learn to live a more positive lifestyle and become more healthy is something that really makes me happy. I love people is why I am in the hospitality business so this is an extension of hospitality far beyond my own dreams. I totally understand "lifestyle change" and coaching others and helping them along will be most rewarding for me. So off I go in another direction. . . one of which I am certain will be a wonderful gift. In the meantime I have no intention of giving up the wonderful gift of creation so I will continue to create my little ones and hopefully they will bring you as much joy as they do me. I will continue to write meditations and chakra clearing articles for all my readers and I thank you for your continued support, love and appreciation for the insights and meditations I publish here. But for now Happy New Year and may all your dreams come true in 2012. Thoughts become things so remember to think all the good ones :-)
Blessed be....

December is closing fast. . .

December is here and the selling season for Ebay is nearly at it's seasonal end.
The Yule tree has been decorated for the celebration, as the wheel of the year turns and the solstice will soon begin.

This month always brings me to the shutting down of my creative persecutes with anticipation of the "New Year, New Start" mentality as it seems. And as I sit back with a book in my comfy chair, tending the fire that burns in the fireplace, watching flames dance, as if in their own sort of celebration, across the logs, I dream of the many things I drew out in my tablet but never had time to either finish or start to create, I am always reminded of how time flies past when you are forced to sell yourself for an hourly wage to keep above the fast moving waters that rush our lives along.

Pretty soon I will endure, yet another birthday and I really have to wonder where this river of motion is taking me. I enjoy my life and the ability I have to not only be successful in my work but to create my primitive artistry which supplements my income, or at least pays for all the junk I purchase to afford to craft my days away. And then I have to wonder. . . What! Is the question? As I look back through my picture albums of the things spirit has guided me to create, I am filled with a child like wonder...it's one of gratitude and unconditional love for the forces that push me along this path, being ever so grateful for sooo many wonderful things in my life. I soulfully appreciate every healthy day I spend, mindlessly crafting, staying in the present and loving the gifts of this life.

So as I anticipate another year of learning, growing and expressing myself through my primitive artistry my heart swells with the excitement and wonder to see what gifts are laid before me in the year come. I'll look forward to it and start my planning with great pleasure as this will be one spectacular year indeed. 2012!!! WOW!!!

Energies of December

The Energies of  December    

If November wasn't enough to make you wonder what is happening to your life and to the world, it isn't time to get too comfortable yet because December brings us another round of energy for completion, release and closure. Whenever a month opens with an active Mercury retrograde, between an eclipse sandwich, with a Solstice, we can expect big things. Notice I said 'big' things, not 'good' or 'happy' or 'easy' things. There is some big energy in play this month and while we still have free will, we are being pushed to make conscious choices about who we are, what want, what we are doing and where we want to go next.

Mercury retrograde ends December 13 at the degree of the November 25 eclipse point. Just before that, we have a full moon lunar eclipse on December 10, anchoring the choices and decisions made in the previous two weeks. We also have a Star of David configuration with the full moon, repeating patterns from 1996, 1997 and the Harmonic Convergence of November 2003. Is something being repeated you started or thought you had completed then? Don't be surprised if you have to re-do, re-think or re-consider a choice or decision you made as early as the beginning of November or in 1996. You may, after re-considering, decide to do something different. Be open to new and different choices now, as it is time to release ourselves from the beliefs that have limited out options to what we know is possible. The Universe often has more creative solutions, if we are open to them.

December's energies are intense and that is partly because on one hand we have been releasing so much (or it has released itself from us) that we can feel unbalanced, and on the other hand we are being separated from the energy of chaos and fear and have to make the conscious choice to be in a different energy. This can feel like we're out at sea without a boat or a paddle and in one sense we are but we're also in a powerful place of creation, where we get to choose each step on the path. It's exciting but requires our constant focus on intention. What do we want in this step, and the next, and the next?

By the end of December, we are in a rare time when every planet is in direct motion, just in time for us to usher in 2012, a year of great promise, potential, possibilities and power, as long as we work with conscious intention to stay on that course. This is the moment we have been waiting for and we have to act like we're there now, because we are. Remember that your journey is part of your path, so make choices to own the joy, love, peace and abundance you want in your life. It's there for the asking, as long as you don't forget to ask, believe and then be willing to receive. Have a wonderful month.

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This post was taken from the Urielheals Newsletter written by Jennifer Hoffman. I felt it important to share it in it's entirety.

November Energies and Changes

WOW!  As the winds of change blow I get this eerie feeling that some of the changes that are on the horizon are destructive and unruly. Well of course that could be that the wind is blowing at about 65mph and the barn is now a third gone, inside the foundation. But I can't help but feel the tremble in my own foundation today. I'm not a person who is afraid of change but we all become so comfortable where we are in our lives that sometimes when changes do start to occur, we feel it deep down inside of us. At a soul level. . .so  if you feeling the same as I do, coming into this solstice, let's meditate to ground and clear ourselves. . .

Sit in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor, place your hands on your lap, palms up and relax...take in a deep breath pulling the energy from the floor, up through your feet, calve, knees, thighs, up into your trunk, pulling it all the way up to your heart chakra. On the exhale, send the breath out, forming a circle of light around you about as far as arms reach. Now with the next breath, pull the light from the crystalline matrix above your head, into your self and bring it down to your heart chakra, see it filling your lungs, belly and swirling around inside working it's magic as it clears and heals you. On the exhale allow the light to add to your circle making it stronger and enhancing and strengthening your aura. Now with the next breath, we will pull the light from both directions until it meets at the heart chakra, clearing and cleansing all the way. Swirling and healing our very being. Now exhale again allowing the light around you to become even stronger.
As you sit in relaxation and totally grounded now, commune with spirit, asking for help and clarity in anything you feel uncertain of. Even though you may not receive the answer to your question right now, remember it will come, so just invision yourself  in the outcome  you would wish for.
As I sit back and admire some of the treasures I have gathered this year, reminding me that life is abundant and that I am a being of light having and enjoying this experience of life in the third dimension, indulging in a human experience.  I
think good thoughts as November, being the 11th month, is a doorway to our tomorrows.
I hope this grounding helps you as much as it does me. Thank you for joining me today and have a most wonderful day. . .

Thanksgiving is Almost Sold Out, Here comes Santa

I have to say it has been a most interesting journey of late. With the full moon and 11-11-11 transforming the energies of the planet and everyone on it.
Just when you thought you knew what was down the road, oops, one more flat tire. That's what my life has been like the past couple of weeks. No Wait, I'm not saying it's a bad thing as I am well versed in the fact that change is good and that everything happens for a reason. It's just when it all happens at once that you really must stop and take into account, "What have I been thinking?"  When you start to look around you and none of the faces of the people you have grown to love and trust, have all of a sudden changed and you start to see them in their true light. It's not a pretty picture when you find yourself surrounded by thieves and lairs, people who have done they're best to take advantage of you when you thought you had nothing left to take. It makes you start to believe in shape shifting.
I'm keeping my head up and moving forward and with each and every minuet I will find the love and happiness that I truly have spent my life earning. As I move away from the past that does not serve me into a heightened awareness of being I know that at the end of the day I will have learned at least 3 new things and even considered 7 Impossible things before breakfast. As I continue down this road, finding new things to learn, people to love and some wonderful art work that spirit has been hiding from me, I plan to create it all over again. I know better than that. I create from spirit and I'm always grateful for the beautiful gifts I receive (even if they do turn out to be a joke). 

Enough of the tangent. . .just know that thoughts do become things, so always think the very best ones. It will be your life in the next instant. Merry Holidays. . . a toast to the best year any primitive artist can have. Success to us all. . .blessed be!

Merry Full Moon Fellow Moon Babies

Oh my, the moon is so full tonight and the old barn owl is just hootin away out there. As the shadows fall on the lightened earth across the plowed fields behind the house, the light of the moon is so illuminating tonight. Even though the Full Moon is not until 11-10 it is like someone tuned on the lights out there. My living room is illuminated with the moon light as it flows like magic from the sky lites and I just can not keep my eyes off of it. How magnificent it is! 
Nearly Thanksgiving, just around the next turn as the turkeys arrived today and the sewing of dresses and pumpkins will end.
Soon we will move into the solstice of the year as the snow begins to cover the ground and the stillness of winter arrives. I am hoping that it will not come too early as there is still much to do as the Yule Christmas season quickly approaches. The wood is stacked on the deck and I'm getting ready to batten down the hatches as the winds begins to pick up. Brrr, it's really quite brisk already this year. I went to Lake Geneva last Sunday for one last fall visit, the stores are all decked out for the Christmas shoppers and the holidays are beginning to take over the marketplaces. As for me I'm making snowmen and Santa's and participating in the festivities myself. Sales have been good on ebay this year and soon I will look forward to starting the cycle all over again.
Enough rambling for now, enjoy the full moon and remember to bring closure and healing into your life at this time. . .11-11 will be an open portal so remember to think only good thoughts and stay happy in the moment as manifestations will come very fast, enjoy. . .

Happy Hallows Eve, End of the Mayan Calendar, New Moon, New Start

Happy Hallows Eve Everyone,

The New Moon on the 26th brings in a new energy for us in this time. One of healing, forgiveness and unconditional love.

October 28th marks the end of the Mayan calendar. And of course. . .
Tis the Witches New Year on the Wheel of the year, October 31st, bringing us into the November 1st energy, The Day of the Dead or All Saint's Day, when we celebrate our ancestors and those who went before us.
Sometimes looking back is not always the easiest thing we can do when we are attempting to stay focused on moving forward in our lives. The past serves no purpose to us now as there is no way to change it but if we can learn and heal, then we are able to move our lives forward in a positive direction, leaving all those memories behind. Allowing the karma that brought us to this place to heal and through forgiveness we are able to let go and move on. This time of year is always the best time for this sort of clearing of the mind, soul and spirit. As we move into the winter and solstice, a quiet healing begins. . .thus pushing us forward, into the spring and renewal of growth. So relax and enjoy this time as we pass through a most needed sorting of the pasts gone by and start planning for our most wonderful futures.
Is there something in your life that recently ended? A relationship, job, long time habit that you were able to let go of? Have you allowed it to pass and become more comfortable with it? Allowing the healing to take place through forgiveness? Have you unattached yourself from it completely yet? Letting go of the emotions that surround it?


Let's take in a deep cleansing breath and ground ourselves. . .sit in a chair with your feet flat on the floor, hands rested gently on your lap. As you begin to take a deep breath, feel the light coming up from the floor beneath your feet, raising up through your legs, torso, up into your heart chakra. As you start your exhale, push the air out around you forming a circle of light, about arms length around you. . . 


Now on the second breath. . . nice and slow, taking in the light from the crystalline matrix above your head, filling your self with the white light, go deep as you wish and bring the light to your heart chakra. . . as you exhale again . . pushing the light out around you to form a circle of light as far out as you can reach. . .

On the third breath, we are going to bring in the light from both our feet, from deep within the earth and from the top of our heads, from the crystalline matrix above your head, and as we pull the air in, the two will meet at your heart chakra, holding that light for as long as you can, envision now , your wishes for the situation you are letting go of. . . exhale and surround yourself once again with a circle of light. . . and as you relax into the healing of the situation you are envisioning, tie a string around your wish or who ever it is this wish is intended for. Now imagine you are cutting the string that goes from you to them/or it. As you do, hold it in your hands, taking in the energy of forgiveness and then letting it go. You may even imagine yourself handing it out to the largest angel you can think of, giving it to the angel for safe keeping, allowing yourself the freedom from it as it is now in the care of the angels, giving you the opportunity to move forward on your path without any hurt or emotion towards it any longer. Completely unattached. . . 


Now take in one more deep breath, from both the top of your head and the bottoms of your feet and feel the cleansing of this light  as it passes through your entire being, as it meets at your heart chakra, now fill yourself with unconditional love . . . and on the exhale imagine yourself free at last from the pain and any discomfort this has caused you in the past, being pushed out of you and into the universe for total forgiveness. . . see it all float away with the angel. . .leaving you filled with peace and unconditional love. . . 

You can return to your environment anytime you wish. . . feeling cleansed, loved and knowing that the healing is complete as you move forward in your life. . .

What ever faith you are, matters not because you are you, free to celebrate whatever it is you believe in. . . most of all believe in yourself, you are a powerful energy and deserve the life of your dreams. . . 


May the season of your life be blessed with much love. . . 


Thank you for joining me today