Death of the Victim

No-one can deny that the energies are increasing in intensity faster than ever before. From one moment to the next things are shifting and changing, forcing us in many instances to adjust our perception, therefore, altering our truth. This is necessary in order for us to keep up with the massive changes currently underway. For years the Masters have spoken about this time of change, and now more than ever we have to grow with the flow, like it or not, ready or not!

With quantum physics revealing so much to us, it has become imperative for us to understand how big an influence the little things have on us. The impact is colossal. ... The time is now for us to apply the laws of quantum physics in order to become, understand, and most importantly, perform as the master alchemists we are told we are - hidden beneath all the human conscious, subconscious, and unconscious grunge of course.

We are being asked to step up to the plate and perform by putting what we have learned into practice. It is a critical turning point right now, a turning point which will not only reveal to us the depth of our inherent power, but also the depth of the powerful connection we have to nature, and all things. This is how we influence, and are influenced by life. Quantum Physics states that everything is possible until the observer makes a choice as to where energy will be focused, at which time the possibility, or potential, then becomes a reality. We know this is happening at a sub atomic level, which means we have to be ultra-aware of where our energy is focused. Perhaps it is Quantum Physics which holds the key to understanding the truth about whether free will truly does, or doesn't exist.

That said, it is clearly evident that the level of consciousness of the observer influencing their perception at any one given moment, results in many avenues of potential "falling away", or, collapsing so to speak, and only one becoming the reality. The quality of the reality content becomes manifest based on the observers perspective, attitudes, belief systems etc. Therefore, if one's consciousness is toxic, it doesn't matter how many wonderful possibilities exist in the quantum field, the observer will generally opt for the choice they are energetically, or on a consciousness level, most familiar with, i.e focus their energy on what they are familiar/comfortable/programmed with, and never forgetting that consciousness is individual, therefore, limited by it's level of awareness/experience.

What this means is that we as enlightened beings now need to become QUANTUMLY more self-aware, and conscious, in order to make full use of the many potentials available to us. By elevating our awareness of self, as observers, we are able to change our reality on a quantum level, and when things are changed on a sub-atomic level, everything changes.

This is an incredible time of growth and change for all of us! The thing that strikes me the most is that this affords us the opportunity to enter the scientific realm of our consciousness, knowing full well, that by being quantumly aware, we are speeding up the process for ourselves, and that these micro-cosmic steps make up the macro-cosmic journey toward incredible individual and collective change and empowerment, therefore, ascension.

Thus, for arguments sake, let's completely accept that free will DOES in fact exist and operates outside space time. This means you HAVE A CHOICE, right now, as to how your current level of consciousness, and perceptions, are going to determine your experience in the future. You are programming yourself on a sub-atomic level right now.

What are you programming yourself with? It is currently impossible for us to be 100% positive in every moment of life, however, we do have the power to change our range of perception and the quality of our focus. This is done through self-knowledge, self-awareness etc.

We can only truly know our world through knowing who we are, therefore, if we don't know ourselves we will never be able to gain an understanding of our external world and how it is impacting upon us, and vice versa. This means we are really not making much progress at all in terms of aiming to become truly liberated souls who have risen above our fate and met the fullness of our destiny. There is no other way. And if we are serious about changing the world we currently experience as reality, then we have some serious work to do with ourselves. This is the death of the victim and the resurrection of the victor. Bottom line is, are you in or are you out? No sitting on the fence, there is NO MORE time.

Because matter is a derivative from consciousness, we can now see beyond a shadow of a doubt that the level and quality of our consciousness is the key ingredient in determining the quality of our lives and the world we live in. Therefore, regardless of our circumstances, we now need to put all the theory we have learnt into practice and live our best life ever, and believe in it!

Another important fact to bear in mind when considering quantum physics, and how to use this science consciously, is that it is volatile. By this I mean, we don't really know how the outcome is going to manifest, this is often determined by many unseen and unknown factors, let's in this case call it our fate/destiny playing out. This is one of the reasons why we are encouraged to stay focused in the moment, creating in the moment, allowing the rest to take care of itself. Although we are working with ourselves quantumly, we need to be aware of the fact that we don't see the bigger picture because of our limited ability to experience the fullness of consciousness in it's entirety. It takes wisdom and faith to let go and let God, but the reward is well worth it.

~ Michelle Eloff, The Lightweaver

The information above stands alone, but if you're interested in special help in applying the concepts and ideas to your life, Michelle and her Lightweaver team are developing a new program to do just that.

From Michelle: Kuthumi-Agrippa and Mary Magdalene have put together a powerful program of advanced initiations called "Pods of Light", which are aimed at helping accelerate our consciousness on a micro-cosmic and macro-cosmic level.

Each "Pod of Light" becomes a light transmitter awakening sleeping souls, including the "sleeping" aspects of their own human soul "seed". This is one of the most exciting bodies of work I have had the honour of being the channel for in a long time, and I know this will break new ground for all of us.

For more information visit the The Lightweaver website.

Include Rather Than Exclude

Discrimination doesn’t require conflict or indeed much besides the flimsiest designation of otherness. As American psychologist Henri Taifel demonstrated in a study, when a batch of adolescent boys were simply told that certain others had scored the same score as them at a computer task, they began to band together and discriminate against those who hadn’t achieved the same score.

Difference of any sort that gets emphasized is enough to create a ‘minimal group’ and, consequently, an outgroup. All it takes is any kind of a wall, no matter how flimsy.

Lynn McTaggart, from her blog article "All in this together"

A very effective way to disempower someone is to create an environment in which they feel excluded. Rather than disempower each other by exclusion, why not include others by appreciating our differences? Our differences are neither bad nor good, but simply allow us to experience each other's uniqueness. Isn't that worth striving for?

Discover The Child That Is You

Have you recently noticed that the child within you is very present; experiencing his or her fears and issues? It is so! It is that you must not only familiarize yourself with this child, you must embrace this child as the most precious part of you.

All of your adult issues are rooted in childhood experience. ... Most of your perceptions of life come from that which you experienced as a child. The child within you learned his or her defenses early in life in such a way that many of them are buried far in your subconscious. It is not necessary to identify specifically that which comes forward in seemingly negative ways. Instead, it is to familiarize yourselves with the feelings that you experience that come without apparent explanation and yet with a subtle power that causes you to reflexively act.

Once you have moved through identification of these feelings, it is then to speak to the child of its perfection, of your acceptance of all of the feelings and thoughts brought forward to you from him or her and to assimilate the child into the adult. The child within you is nothing more than a harmonic aspect of your experience as a soul. There is no reason to feel as if the child did not have what it needed. On the contrary, it is to recognize that you as an adult being have the power and the ability to change anything in your life.

From "Messages From The Masters", Dr. Meg Blackburn Losey, Ph.D. at Spirit Light Resources. Author of "Pyramids of Light", the "Online Messages" and "The Children of Now."

As you begin accepting, appreciating, and cherishing the child in you, acknowledging the painful experiences as gifts that you gave yourself for your own Soul purposes and then releasing the pain and trauma around those experiences, you'll automagically discover the very child-like presence that you are - free spirited, inquisitive, fun-loving, energetic, whimsical. Welcome the loving spirit of that child as an integral part of who you are, and life will ever be sweet for you!

The Greatest Gift

The greatest gift that you could ever give to another is your own happiness, for when you are in a state of joy, happiness, or appreciation, you are fully connected to the Stream of pure, positive Source Energy that is truly who you are. And when you are in that state of connection, anything or anyone that you are holding as your object of attention benefits from your attention.

Abraham, Ask and It Is Given

For the Love of Animals

Lynn McTaggert, of The Intention Experiment, in her latest blog article entitled Feeling Like An Animal, shares some recent research that helps debunk the notion that "an animal is essentially ... nothing much more than a robot with an array of chemical processes, without the ability to register much more than the crudest pain or fear—certainly none of the more complicated human feelings such as excitement, boredom, annoyance, anger or suspicion."

Two things struck me deeply about this article. One is that there is still a large segment of the population who believes that animals are throw-away creatures. With all the work that we've done, we still have holdouts on what seems to the rest of us to be a most obvious truth.

Two is how profoundly our missteps in understanding who we really are have affected even the wild animals - according to Lynn's information, wild animals have begun to suffer over death just like most of us do! Animals [used to] innately understand that death is a natural transition from one form to another. Sadness and grief for them, if evident at all, was fleeting. From the observations given in Lynn's article, some animals are losing that perspective. It appears that human mass consciousness is affecting even the non-domesticated animals. That both shocks and saddens me.

I can only hope that such "discoveries" as Lynn refers to will help the rest of humanity wake up to the preciousness of all life, and to the consciousness inherent in all things. If we're to understand the relationship that we have to all things, including trees and plants, water and rocks, I guess we have to start somewhere - the most obvious place being the animal kingdom.

For convenience, Lynn's blog article is posted below:

Feeling like an animal

To the scientific community, an animal is essentially still perceived as nothing much more than a robot with an array of chemical processes, without the ability to register much more than the crudest pain or fear—certainly none of the more complicated human feelings such as excitement, boredom, annoyance, anger or suspicion.

Mark S. Blumberg, of the University of Iowa, and Greta Sokoloff, of Indiana University in Bloomington, number among the most vocal proponents of the behaviorist view, claiming that the idea that animals process emotion is pure fiction and ‘anthropomorphic’.

A variation of this theme is the suggestion that animals have a kind of ‘animal consciousness’ that is far less sophisticated than ours.

So it came as a shock to many in the field when researchers at the University of Stirling in the UK published stills in Current Biology last week from video footage they’d taken showing how chimpanzees in a UK safari park handle both the deaths of their children and one of their senior members.

Funeral cortege
What made this footage so precious and rare was the fact that very few researchers have been witness to the response of chimps at the very moment of death among one of their group members.

The evidence to date had showed that chimpanzees react in a noisy, frenzied manner to the traumatic death of one of their members. Nevertheless, in this instance the dying and ultimate passing of the old female was dealt with in a highly dignified and empathetic manner.

In the days before the old chimp’s death, the group focused attentively on her, offering much caressing and grooming. As soon as she died, they attempted to test her for signs of life. Although the group grew quiet and left quietly shortly after her passing, her adult daughter returned and spent the night with her. All of the others avoided sleeping on the platform where she’d died, even though previously it had been one of their favorite spots.

For some days afterwards, the chimps comported themselves with a subdued dignity – as though they were part of a funeral cortege.

“We found several similarities between the chimpanzee’s behavior toward the dying female, and their behavior after her death, and some reactions of humans when faced with the demise of an elderly group member or relative,’ said James Anderson of the U of Stirling team.

Although chimps are not thought to have a religious beliefs or rituals surrounding death, they certainly were acting like they did.

After death do us part
In the other study, a University of Oxford team observed the rituals surrounding five deaths among an isolated community of chimpanzees in the forests near Bossou, Guinea.

When two infants died, the mothers continued to carry their babies’ corpses on their backs for weeks, even months. Even though the bodies had mummified, the mothers continued to groom them, brought them into their nests during rest periods, and carried them always on their backs throughout the course of the day.

This extended ritual enabled them to gradually ‘let go’ of their attachment to the infant’s earthly presence. As time when on, they allowed others to handle them, separated from the bodies for longer and even consented to having other young chimps carry off and ‘play’ with the corpses.

Human beings have been credited as the only species with the ability to reason, speak language, make and use tools and to create cultural variation.

Increasingly, scientists are having to concede that animals have sentience — the ability to have a conscious experience, to compare and understand experience, to have an internal representation of what is going on in their lives — in effect, to know that they know.

In fact, as these studies demonstrate, animals display an array of sophisticated emotion as well as a great degree of self-awareness, possibly even a sense of larger consciousness after death.

The boundaries between us and other species are nowhere near to being as clearly defined as many people used to think, ” says Anderson.

Sophisticated emotion
‘Specism’ — our usual attitude to animal emotion — is also being challenged with the advent of sophisticated brain-imaging technologies. A number of scientists, in studying the brains of both animals and humans, have discovered remarkable similarities in emotional biology between species.

We now know that the brain biochemistry connected with certain sophisticated human feelings is found in a range of other species.

According to Jaak Panksepp, professor emeritus of the department of psychology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, animals display evidence of a vast array of secondary ‘social’ emotions: separation distress; sexual attraction and lust; social attachment and bonding; and play.

These secondary emotions are of the more complicated variety as they require reflection and choice — a weighing up of the effects of different actions.

Panksepp and others now believe that secondary emotion is not a uniquely human trait. As noted animal scientist Temple Grandin says, the difference between animal and human emotions is a matter of degree, rather than of kind.

Through understanding that animals lead complex emotional lives, have passionate relationships with each other and adore their children, and may even have a respect for death must come a moral obligation to change the way we treat animals — for testing in science, for food or as adornment, or purely as an object of our amusement.

Perhaps our most important lesson as beings tortured by choice and cognitive reasoning is to learn from an animal’s purity of emotion. Unconditional love comes naturally to a dog or cat; animals aren’t ambivalent or repressed about their emotions.

As Grandin says, there’s no such thing as a love-hate relationship in the animal kingdom. “If an animal loves you, he loves you, no matter what. He doesn’t care what you look like or how much money you make.”

Individuality Inside Unity

I take it as a given that we are all ultimately One, but each of us must come to our own understanding of the nature of our individual consciousness.

~ Russell Boulding, Earth Energy Healing

This is a wonderful reminder to me that, while we are all connected and ultimately One, we are each who we are as individuals. We each have our own unique perspective and experiences, our own unique and individual skills and talents. As each of us strives to remember Who We Really Are, and live that, the whole is greatly served.

With Thanks ...

Leah Dieterich's mother always told her to write thank you notes. So she does. To everything. thxthxthx is her daily exercise in gratitude.

Enjoy more of Leah's sometimes poignant, sometimes whimsical, but always thought provoking thanks at thxthxthx. Thank you for being you Leah, and for sharing you with us!

Forgive First, Speak Second .. A Reminder from Uriel

There are countless levels of energy in the third dimension, each of them has a purpose and a place in the grand plan of ascension. Even though you have chosen the level at which you will function, there are many levels that will wish to interact with you. Some of them will be challenging and will bring forth anger and hurt. Others will be supportive and will confirm your growth and healing. When you choose to walk the path of ascension you stand in unconditional love that allows you to respond to every energy with forgiveness, before you speak.

By extending forgiveness to each person and situation, you are accepting everything in its state of divinity and acknowledging your role as creator of your reality. Nothing 'happens' to you and there are no accidents or challenges you face which you did not create for your learning and healing. Yet you are tempted to attack those who challenge you, believing that it is their responsibility to treat you with kindness and respect. But each person connects with you at the energy level they are comfortable with, not the one you desire.

Those who are in fear wish to maintain their fear level and bring you to that level. When you extend forgiveness you respond to their fear with love and allow them to know that energy. This allows them to choose it for themselves because you have awakened them to the possibility of ascension through your forgiveness. In this way you control the energies you allow in your reality. After you extend forgiveness, you can speak or interact from your most powerful self and deflect any lower level energies that have been directed to you. Without forgiveness, you can feel hurt and angry. With forgiveness, you extend compassion and stay in your own power.

There are times when you will be tested by those who wish to experience your light but who can only do so at their level. The person who attacks you is acting from their level of anger and frustration and reflecting their level of self love. You can respond to them through their anger or from your position of power. By extending forgiveness you remove the cords to every connection you have at the level of fear and maintain control over the ego's desire for validation. Before you speak, forgive those who hurt or challenge you, any situation of lack or fear and every experience of pain. Then you can allow your words to come from the place of light where love exists and stay in your power.

Copyright (c) 2004-2010 by Jennifer Hoffman. All rights reserved. Uriel Heals

Stress

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked;
'How heavy is this glass of water?'

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter.
It depends on how long you try to hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.
If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.
In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.'

He continued,
'And that's the way it is with stress management..
If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,
As the burden becomes increasingly heavy,
We won't be able to carry on. '

'As with the glass of water,
You have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.
When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.'
'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,
Let them down for a moment if you can.'

So, my friend, put down anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

With thanks to lovely Maja at The Smiling Soul.

Do You Do Too Much?

It's an interesting question, "Do you do too much?"

When I ask that question of people, typically they smile a little and say "yeah" kind of sheepishly or apologetically, then immediately follow with some kind of "but .." But I have to .. but I have responsibilities .. but things won't get done if I don't do them .. but they need me .. but I have all these goals .. but this has to be done .. but but but.

In his article about feeling a loss of passion, Jim Self asks: "If we are truly doing our work, happily on our path, we would be filled with energy, passion, light and enthusiasm. Right?"

In his article he's talking specifically about people doing spiritual healing/teaching who feel their passion diminishing or even disappearing, but the question really applies to all of us. If we aren't feeling passionate, happy, fulfilled, in whatever moment we are experiencing, something is clearly out of alignment.

Sometimes things are out of alignment because we don't know or aren't clear about what it is we want, and sometimes it's because we're taking things on that don't belong to us - things that aren't really our responsibility, things that we are doing not out of true choice, but out of duty, obligation, or habit, or things that can wait but we've decided for whatever reason that they can't. Perhaps it's time to re-examine what we are choosing to do in any given moment, and why.

In the rest of his article (below), Jim gives us some suggestions for how to determine if something we're about to take on is "outside our bandwidth" and if it is, how to bring ourselves back.

What is your job anyway?

As this Great Shift into higher awareness occurs, you must distinguish between what is your job and what isn't. By diving head-first into this 3D game you have volunteered to contribute a very unique, specialized piece of the puzzle. The puzzle is called Adding to All-That-Is.

Please notice the difference between “one piece of the puzzle” vs taking on the entire puzzle. The latter is a huge job; the former a bit more do-able. The heart surgeon has a very specialized talent and doesn’t even consider opening a general practice. A successful plumber recognizes her art and doesn't also try to become an electrician.

Unlike the specialized surgeon, however, many of us have been taking it ALL on. Whatever and whomever crosses our path, we engage with it - in the spirit of contribution and helping others.

Your enthusiasm, your passion and drive to contribute have opened a door through which all people in need are passing and standing before you to be healed and helped. Perhaps your job entails just one area of focus, not everything you are asked to do. Perhaps also - you can say "no thank you" now and again. All of these broken, lost and wanting spirits are not a match to you. Every person and every issue isn't your job to help. It isn't possible to do It-All and remain happy and healthy and connected to Creator.

None of us can do It-All and stay aligned with who we truly are. You came into 3D to contribute within only a very specific bandwidth*. Within that bandwidth lies your purpose, your passion and your well being. Identifying and serving within that bandwidth is your job. That is your only job.

Your bandwidth is one radio station playing clearly the music you love. Not all of the stations. Sure - two dozen stations broadcast to your home, but there is only one that is in true alignment with who you are. Maybe two. The jazz station and NPR. Not the Latino station or country or the hits from the 70's, Not Frank Sinatra or Christian broadcasting. Just jazz and NPR. The rest is noise. Perhaps you enjoyed those stations at one point, but now it is noisy. And that noise is wearing many people down because they are trying to tune into all the stations, all the time, all at once.

When you identify and focus only upon what pleases YOU, you will be happy and available to contribute your very best to the people and tasks within your bandwidth - allowing all the others to tune into a radio station that better matches their energy.

A Tool to Discern Your Bandwidth:

Imagine a gauge (0-100) and ask yourself these questions as new and current projects and people step into your life.

If the number that pops up isn't higher than 90, consider stepping away from it and therefore allowing more of what IS in alignment to enter your life. Just let the number pop up - no analyzing allowed.

1. How much fun is this project/person?

2. How good does this make me feeeeel in my body?

3. How aligned is this to my personal bandwidth, really?

As you play with this tool, know that even if the person or project scores high today - that doesn't mean you must keep it in your life forever. These are most important times of Shift and transition. What is true today may not be true tomorrow. Allow yourself and your passion to evolve.

You are big, not small. You are significant, not insignificant. You have a very important piece to play as the healer, teacher, leader you came here to be. BE who you came here to be.


Jim Self is an international teacher, speaker and author. He has been a leader in the field of spiritual development for over 27 years. He offers us the Tools of Mastering Alchemy as a Way of Life. This work is co-created with the Archangels, Ascended Masters and Teachers of Light. Free DVD and Free Tele-classes are available.

Jim presents free local evening classes and a weekend seminar ‘Creating the Personal Power Field’ across North America. www.MasteringAlchemy.com

* Note that Jim did not say we are each here to "do only one thing". He said we are each here to "contribute within a very specific bandwidth". A lot of different activity can be fit into a bandwidth, if we can get clear about what that bandwidth is.

Learning to Distinguish Energy

As we move forward with the shift in consciousness, it becomes apparent that many, if not all of us to some degree, are empathic in nature. Which simply means that we "feel" the energy of others, both physical and non-physical, including the energy of animals, trees, and even inanimate objects. It can be difficult for all of us, whether you consider yourself to be empathic or not, to discern which energy belongs to us and which does not.

If you're feeling inundated with feelings, confused or overwhelmed, first take a moment to breathe. Breathe in deeply for a moment or two, until you begin to feel a bit settled. Then ask yourself "how did I feel a few moments ago?" If a few moments ago you were calm, or happy, or joyful, or just content, ask yourself what happened in the last few moments that caused a shift in your feelings? Did someone come into the space around you who was previously not there? Did you witness an event that caused the shift? Did you overhear a conversation?

Be aware that you may not ever be able to specify what caused an emotional shift. All of us, and particularly those with strong empathic leanings, can pick up energy that hangs around in an environment, especially very strong energy that has not been transmuted or released. Even sitting down at a table in a restaurant where an argument has taken place recently can lead to feelings of upset or agitation.

The point is to begin to be aware of energy that does not belong to you - to recognize it and release it. It's difficult enough to manage all the different energies that affect us based on our own actions and beliefs, let alone that of others that we aren't even aware of!

Of course if there are "good" energies about that help us feel complete, happy, content, etc, we don't much need to worry if those are our feelings or not. We can just enjoy the good feelings and continue on our merry way.

But when the energies surrounding us are confusing, upsetting, or in any way deterring us from the good feelings that we are entitled to, it's worth determining if they are truly our feelings, or if we're getting caught up in energies that don't belong to us. If the energies are truly ours, it's worth recognizing that we can shift out of them, just with our intent to do so. If they are energies that don't belong to us, we can easily release them, without upset and without anger - simply wish the energy well and let it go. Remind yourself that you are the master of your own self and your own space, and you don't need to take upon yourself any energy that you do not wish.

Jim Self in his Mastering Alchemy program, offers some simple yet powerful tools for managing our personal energy field. His site contains a lot of free articles, and free audio material, including his Essential Energy Tools, which is a sub-set of his paid program of Mastering Alchemy Level 1. Very useful and interesting stuff if you're struggling to keep yourself unbound by the energy of others.

Create

The following comes from April Crawford's Veronica, but the same concept was given a few months ago by Geoff Hoppe's Adamus at Crimson Circle. It's a simple concept but extremely powerful. And most of all, it can be really fun. Soo .. go forth and unabashedly create!

Create....... (To "Stick" or be "Un-Stuck")

Your soul, infinite in its existance, chooses physical reality as an opportunity to participate in creation. All spiritual energy feels the desire of expression whether in nonphysical or physical. The level of participation may vary but ultimately that creative process aligns your soul, enhancing its connection with all that vibrates in reality.

So, if you are feeling stuck in your focus being an omnipotent energy in a physical form.... create... anything..... Bring forth a part of your soul no matter how simplistic it may feel.

Allow your soulful energy to unfurl itself while igniting your thoughts creatively to bring in a spiritual creation to this reality.

This alignment not only will be a fulfillment to your dimension but will also move stagnant energy within you.... This allowing will bring better manifestation to your reality.

The feeling of being stuck may dissipate giving you a chance to reconnect with physical & yourself.

Create what?, you ask.

The answer lies between a simple endeavor to a complex one. It's your energy that will define it. Breathe new life into your self and ride the wave of creative power that is within all of you.

It may be dulled from inappropriate outside influence but indeed it is still there. Reach down deeply and reconnect to whatever your soul resonates with.

It will make a difference.

Creation is the fuel of the soul & its expression.

~ VERONICA

Don't Let The Turkeys Get You Down

It is no secret that in current times people are finding it increasingly difficult to remain centered, focused and positive as a result of constant negativity and fear based energies bombarding us. The Collective Unconscious is oozing darkness making it challenging to determine what is our own stuff and what is collective fear. The new energies are exposing these negative issues in an attempt to break down the old ways of the mundane world so as to empower and motivate us to rise above the obsolete ways of living life and learning our lessons. This, however, is not an easy process often leaving us feeling tired, confused, and frustrated as we attempt to wade our way through 3D sludge and find our path to freedom.

On the positive side, we have an awesome opportunity to once and for all rise above our old patterns and discover ways to free ourselves from past programming and reinvent ourselves in previously impossible ways. We are realizing things about ourselves and life in general, which in the past we sidestepped due to the fear of facing our shadow and acknowledging, that in fact, by facing our fears, in the long run leaves us feeling more self-aware and better equipped to manage ourselves and our lives during these times of accelerated change.

"... as we attempt to wade our way through 3D sludge ..." Wow. Powerful words that have great meaning for me personally at this time, maybe so for you as well. I've been "struggling" through an incredible mess created by a mistake made by one of our insurance companies. One day they own up to their error and are willing to fix it, and the next it's as if they never heard of me and my issue before, and are adamant they are right. Maintaining center and balance has been difficult, and I must say that it's a battle I haven't been winning.

The above, which is this week's message from Michelle Eloff at TheLightweaver.org helps me realize it isn't just me, and that maintaining my center and balance as this issue is resolved is all there is to do. I find that as I've tried to attain justice for the wrongs that have been inflicted through this error, I've gotten wound up in my own drama.

Getting mired in drama never helps, and mired in drama I have been. Which means I've been giving away my power, which not only isn't helpful, it isn't my typical way of being. It's amazing to me to see how much this one small issue has taken over the rest of my life. The vast majority of my life is wonderful, yet I'm allowing this one injustice to ooze into and affect other areas of my life. Upset can be like that - if we don't reign it in it can negatively impact a lot of other areas of our life.

With these new insights I'm more resolved than ever to follow my heart toward a solution and allow things to unfold as they do. This is a challenge I am more than up to, as it is helping me break up patterns of behavior that have run my life. Bring it on, Universe!

When Things Seem Difficult

Physical reality is a dense energetic opportunity for the soul's expansion.

Not all of it is pretty, not all of it is easy to comprehend. However, the moments offered are a perspective that is not so available in the spiritual realm.

Seek the expression boldly, as you have created it for your own purpose. Your actions in difficulty offer a window to who you are.

Be not afraid as you are not alone in all the trials and tribulations. Dig deep into your energy to find the purpose of your soul while embracing the lesson that has been created to serve your energy.

Feel the hand of your entity as it brushes away the tear from your eye. Know that all who love you are encircling you with their love.

Be not afraid. It does not serve the moment. Be connected to your soul who has created your life. Know that you are not alone. Feel the warmth and let it embrace your heart.

The hurt will subside in the connection. You are treasured by all those who love you in spirit.

Rejoice in that feeling and be not afraid. In fact be quite the opposite.....Bold.

From Veronica through April Crawford of Inner Whispers

With all the upsets, downturns, disclosures, and apparent tragedies happening around the globe, it seems like we are moving in a downward spiral. But we are not. Be heartened by the real fact that often times things have to be torn down before they can be rebuilt, and rebuild we shall. We are moving at increasing speed toward a world that lives fearlessly in peace, enjoyment, excitement, and abundance for all.

As things move forward, be not afraid. Search your soul for the peace that lies within. Know that you are loved, that all is well, and that things are unfolding as they should. You really do know this already, sometimes you just forget that you do.