Experiencing the Divine

Today Jamie's prompt is 'What do you wish to Experience?'

I wish to experience the Divine in each moment! To experience life in the present, not caught in the 'story' of the past or anticipation of the future! And to share my light, my Chi with others! Certainly to enjoy thinking of what has happened, or what's coming up, but coming back to THIS breath, THIS step, THIS heartbeat!

On the weekend, my daughter's little family & I headed to the mountains - Breitenbush Hot Springs 35th Anniversary & "Tribal Reunion" .... old friends, familiar grounds, for many of us 'chosen to be some of the 50-60 who live on the land at one time,' even when we've been 'in the world' again for years, THIS land is home!

We walked to the gravesite of a lovely woman who preceeded me on the land, led by her 20something daughter, & surrounded by other friends. There was snow on the ground, a sweet fairy/angel on the grave, & the sun came out for us! {I'm in the middle, in my long dark robe}

The girls who knew her as mom or 'auntie' spoke of her braiding hair, checking in. Others who knew her bespoke of her JOY, even when she was ill (cancer) & in the process. One of our brothers who had a run with kidney disease spoke of seeing her in a hospital corridor, & again, her beauty, smile, JOY & light!

That light, that Joy in the moment - ah, bliss! “A truly happy person is filled with chi. When someone is ‘bubbling over’ with joy, they are overflowing with positive chi. That’s why we love to be around happy people; they are virtual fountains of chi, replenishing others wherever they go.” {David Daniel Kennedy}

Debra embodied this during her lifetime, bubbling over with Joy, even in illness!

My daughter, 11 year old granddaughter & I took yoga Sunday AM, & were reminded of coming back to the breath, out of the story, into the moment. May we all be so blessed!

What do YOU wish to experience?

Healing Rays, Grounding, Aura Clearing . . .

Returned this week from a lovely 4 day 'stint' at Breitenbush' - ah, Breitenbush, your river dreams a dream, you mountains sing, & your people, we grow strong' (from the Breitenbush tape 'concert for the Trees)
- You can just see a tiny corner of the roof of my tiny second Breitenbush home (92-93) on the left in this photo - it was 9'x19' with a loft bed!! (think of that when you're feeling your living space is 'tiny!')
The shared kitchen at that time was about half that size - now replaced with the lovely structure in the mid-left - two industrial size stoves & two sinks, plus a lovely large fridge. My garden plot was just beyond the tall motherwort in the right of the photo.

While staying in 'North Wind' - my next home (fall of '93- fall of '94), I enjoyed the evening air through the open window of the loft, & skimming several books on 'Telos' Mount Shasta, & Lemuria. Sweet.
In the late 90s, my friend Margo & I went to Mt Shasta for a fall equinox gathering, & fell in love with that mountain! Leaving the area, Margo saw Mother Mary's face on the mountain, & I saw a white dove fly across in front of us! Ascension teachings indeed! (My daughter & I had seen a white dove on our way down from Breitenbush a few days before this excursion - the symbol of ascension, or embodyment of our divinity)

As I read, the sections on daily preparations & Rays stood out. Daily practices can be so powerful, & serve as basic reminders that we are indeed fragments of Divinity, exploring human incarnations! Does it matter what the practices are? I think not, as long as they raise your energy & make you more available for this life journey!

Here are a few suggestions :
AM: Ground yourself - connect to the center of the earth (* instructions below for those new to this concept) Invite your angels, guides, Higher Self & Masters to support you as you release any old thoughts & habits that no longer serve you. Invite a new perspective - the unknowing mind, the knowing heart. Invite the lessons/experiences of this day to be easy, gracious 'mirrors' to awaken consciousness.

Throughout the day: Pay attention! Invite the energies of trust, love, faith, compassion, grace, & gratitude to flood your cells & your DNA with the purest vibrations & to build your energy. Do some Qigong, Tai Chi, Yoga; take a walk through a park, breathing in the Air & admiring the beauty. Even if you just take a couple of minutes for 'conscious movement' it will help build your energy!
Do the 'Land Clearing' for your property/public areas close by, any other areas you feel OK about clearing. 'Cleanse, Clear, Rebalance, Illuminate!' is the 'quick phrase, after you've done it awhile :)

PM: Receive & embrace in profound honor all the day has brought you, & set your intention of integrating it into your heart. Feel your cells & DNA expand to the new Vibration. Express gratitude for whatever abundance or insights have come your way.
Before sleep: Thank your guides, angels & Ascended Masters for their blessing & assistance this day. If you wish, ask travel to 'dream school' in a lovely, Green Jade temple (in Telos, under Mt Shasta, or another favorite healing/learning space with which you resonate.)

Here are some practices to explore: grounding, shower of light, aura shield, & harmonizing your interactions with others.
I recommend beginning with grounding, & if you're often 'spacey,' try grounding daily for a couple of weeks, & see if it makes a difference! One of my teachers comments that healers esp are often 'ungrounded,' perhaps because we work with that unearthly healing energy!

* Grounding Basics (inspired by Erica Ginnis, Berkeley Psychic Institute & my personal practices)

• Sit comfortably & take a few breaths into your belly ).
• Allow a cord of energy to flow downward from your belly or a bit below(first chakra): Through the chair you are sitting in.
  
• Through the floor and down through the building you are in.
  
• Through the foundation and into the deep earth beneath.
  
• Allow your grounding to flow down into the earth past all the rocks and layers of the planet, past the water, deep deep into the earth, into the heart of the Mother. Until it reaches the fiery center of the earth.

Sit with that image for a few minutes, breathe, relax, & allow any emotions or energies you feel 'done' with to sink into the fire in the Earth's Heart. You may feel emotional release, a bit of sadness, joy, just allow the feelings to gently drain away, & within a couple of minutes, you are likely to feel peaceful & centered.
* imagine anything you release being burned in the core or feeding the Earth as 'compost.'

Play with the images you use, & see how they feel:

• Imagine a waterfall, flowing and cascading from your first chakra down through all of physical reality to the center of the earth.

• Next change your grounding into a supple and strong root of a tree, allowing it to grow from your first chakra to the center of the earth. (note how this feels, breathe, enjoy)

• Now shift your grounding so that it is a laser beam of light, shining though everything straight down to the center of the earth. (again, sit with it awhile)
  

• Play with colours, choose one or two favorites, & let your grounding 'root' or light shift colours. Breathe it in, send it down.

• Throughout the day, whenever you think of it, take a minute to let the old cord 'dissolve' & create a new one. This is a great time to play with colours, & see what 'fits' for you.
  

• Some folks find it's important to feel themselves 'anchored' between earth & heaven, & you may find you wish to send your spent energy to the sun or angels to dissolve. Do what feels best for you!

• When you enter a new space, take a moment to ground yourself, then imagine a green thread going from your feet to each corner of the room. Imagine a gold thread above your head, going to each corner of the ceiling. You are now anchored in the space. Many folks can be anchored in the same space - try it next time you're in a class or at a party! Absorb the cords or let them sink into the earth when you're done.
  

Shower of Light

• Standing - Ground yourself & imagine a a channel passing from the crown of your head down through your backbone, belly, & continuing to the earth
• Imagine a cosmic 'showerhead' a few feet above your crown, & invite it to shower you with vibrant golden light, which washes over your body, & through the central channel
• Let the shower run for a minute or two, washing away sadness, fears, anger, doubts
• Switch the shower to violet, & let it run for another minute, transmuting all of these outdated emotions & feelings into the highest good for you & all that you touch.
• Turn the shower 'off,' & move a bit to integrate the energy - shake, dance, wiggle

Aura & Roses:

• Standing - Ground yourself & imagine a a channel passing from the crown of your head down through your backbone, belly, & continuing to the earth
  
• Imagine your 'bubble' or aura shield, about arms length around, above & below you.
• Sweet aura colours:
  
• Celestial gold (your body's own 'self affinity' colour - this colour helps you maintain your highest integrity) this is the basic, other colours are layered over gold. Turn a circle with your arms outstretched to 'define' your aura egg. Imagine it the same distance above your head, & into the earth below your feet.
  
• You may wish to experiment with Silver, & see if that 'fits' better - or platinum :)
  
• True Blue - (over gold or silver) give your aura a light coat of true blue when you venture into public places, & when you wish to speak your truth.
  
• Violet - St Germain's transmuting violet flame - this protects you from negative energies of others, & keeps your energy 'to yourself' when you're out of sorts. Great to remember to put on the violet when you go to the mall, or into the city!
• Rainbow - think of the irridescence of oil on water, or a soap bubble! This is fun to play with when you're in nature, on a walk, hanging out with girlfriends.
• The colour of the Ray for the day (see below) - again, begin with gold or silver, then layer with yellow, or pure white, or emerald green . . .
  

• After you've got your 'aura colours' in place, imagine 4 beautiful roses, in your favorite colour(s) - one in front, one on either side, & one behind you, just outside your aura. These assist in absorbing energies that are out of balance throughout the day. Place a 5th rose above your head, perhaps a rose bud, poised to bring in insights & blessings throughout the day.
• At the end of the day, thank the roses & allow them to dissolve. If you have a stressful experience, let the roses dissolve & melt into the earth or pass them to an angel, & imagine a fresh bouquet surrounding you! You may wish to imagine a rose above you at night, or at the entrance(s) to your room.
  
• In the morning, after renewing your aura 'sheath,' start with new roses.
  

Ideas for harmonizing interactions

• If you have an intense experience of any kind, take a few minutes to reset your grounding cord (you can let the old one dissolve into the earth), then check your aura & place new roses.
• When you find yourself in conversation with someone who has similar issues to yourself, place an extra rose between you & them, inviting it to 'catch & dissolve' any 'matching pictures' of the issues that you share!
  
• Before you encounter that person again, or when you go for a job interview, etc, imagine yourself & the 'other' as tall as trees, & invite your high self to 'visit' with theirs, setting your intentions for the meeting - that it be aligned with the highest good for each of you, that the outcome be positive, beyond any expectations! As my friend Peter Moore said "whenever I remember to do that, things always turn out better!"

& finally, the idea I began this, connecting with one of seven 'healing rays/flames' on each day of the week!
Sunday - Yellow Ray/Wisdom/ Divine Mind
True wisdom arises from the higher perspective of consciousness - merge Divine Mind with personal mind to bring more congruency
Monday: Royal Blue Ray / Divine WILL .
Focus on Divine will, align with Divine Will to experience Divine Harmony. Bathe Mind, body & Soul with Divine Energy daily - & Invite the Blue essence into the second chamber of your heart.
Tuesday: Rose Pink Ray/ Divine Love
Divine transformation of love dissolves limits, heals & harmonizes all things. Breathe in & merge with the rose pink divine flame of love. Multiplies all you desire & deserve.
Wednesday: Emerald green Ray/ Divine flame of Healing precipitation & abundance
Focus on energies of divine Healing in all aspects of life. Balance & soothing for all the disruptions you have created. Invoke & Visualize radiant Green Liquid healing light transforming & uplifting all areas, bringing balance, peace, joy. This green light also energizes abundance & manifestation.
Thursday: Golden Ray of Resurrection/restoration of Divinity
A day to remember we are Divine beings, experiencing Human Life & learning from it!
Invoke & merge with purple & gold energies of Resurrection/ remembrance of all gifts & abilities of that Divinity.
Friday: Pure Dazzling White Ray of Purity & Ascension
Alchemical Union of Human & Divine Essence of purification. This ray purifies all miss-qualifcations of Divine Energy, clears negativity, false beliefs, poor attitudes & habits that distract you from your Spiritual Mastery. Fill Auric field & every cell of your physical, emotional & etheric bodies with pure dazzling white ascension flame.
Saturday: Violet Ray of Divine Transmutation & Freedom from Illusion
Violet flame of change, alchemy, freedom from limits, royalty, diplomacy. Fill your auric field & heart with the violet flame, invite the frequency of violet flame to clear all obstacles, & karmic blocks to manifesting your purpose.

• You can add the 'ray of the day' into your shower of light - on Friday, bathe in the Violet flame a bit longer. Violet can be draining if you're not used to it, so gradually add a bit more time, as you feel ready!
• Loving your body as a Divine Repository of Spirit is important to loving the totality of your spirit.
• "I AM a being of Light & joy, reflecting perfection to all beings.
• Fountain of Youth: become a fountain of pure light. Visualize light pouring out from you, ever being filled by the eternal fountain.
  
• Monitor your thoughts: "How would a Master View This? What action would a Master take in these circumstances?"
• When in doubt: Sit with It! don't take action yet; ground, bathe your aura, connect with the ray/light of the day, invite insights & ENJOY!!!

Blessings

talking about the Shadow, a good day to die

Mt Shasta & lenticular cloud 'ship'

Ooo, that shadow side! For a lot of years I could 'own' sorrow a lot easier than 'anger' - me, angry?? Who, me?? Procrastination, judgements, blame, grumble grumble, . . .

Wed this info. arrived from a lightwork exemplar, & I didn't get it posted to SC, so share it below.

I went to a 'Rockabillie tribute' this PM with a gal friend who led us thru an exercise on facing your death 25 years ago at a Hospice training! My spirit guide came to me during the meditation, & I remember being sad when she said she (acting as death) was going on without me at the end!

I think I went out of body when I was born (C section with Ether) so have an interesting rapport with 'the other side' all my life. I remember 'seeing death' just before mine uncle Bill's passing, & was comfortable doing Hospice.
Am I ready to die? Energetically - wherever I'm needed (oh, that sounds so arrogant!) Physically - I have some stuff to do - will & etc. would be a good idea :)

Tonight's music tribute was done by local legend Jerry Naylor, who took over the role of lead singer in "The Crickets" for awhile after Buddy Holly's death in a plane crash in 1959! (The name 'the Cricket's' inspired John Lennon & Paul McCartney to name their band 'the Beetles' & other members of the band are still performing under the Crickets' name, 50 years later!)

Jerry was joined by a host of local musicians, to trace what we call 'rock & roll' from Africa in the 16/1700s, thru Hillbilly music, to 'rockabillie,' & featuring artists Elvis, Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, & Carl Perkins, whose son Carl Stanley Perkins joined Naylor on the stage! They both can still sing up a storm! & a 15 year old kid, whose grandma hauled him to last year's concert got 'the bug,' & held the stage for a delightful medeley - boy, did he have Johnnie Cash down!

What a stroll down memory lane!! It was in a lovely old music theater, with a pull down screen, so they used old footage of the artists while playing their songs.

The Buddy Holly segment included photos of the downed plane, his luggage, his glasses on a shelf - so an intriguing way to 'encounter death' while listening to rip roaring music!! Perfect :) The Crickets' first hit record was 'That'll be the day" (when I die) & the band played that a couple of times - shall we say, fitting for today?!!

Here's Wednsday's entry, including a great clearing process.

About 9 years ago, Amorah did a talk at a local Catholic college (Marylhurst) bespeaking the shadow government's prevention of Pres. Clinton's efforts to be different. As we move into this new administration, she gave shares thoughts on OLD shadows, & a practice to counteract them. I think this dance with the dark we've been engaged in for so long is part of the reason death seems so scary in present times!

* When we dispatched contracts in our month long intensive, Amorah had us picture a literal contract, complete with our signature, a stamp pad filled with red ink, & a big, wonderful 'VOID' stamp. As we retracted our acceptance of the contract, we visualized stamping 'VOID' & then 'burned' it in an imaginary flame.

One gal in my group 'saw' her contract linked to many many others (she'd been raised in a 'dark' cult). I suggested that they were tied together with something like an 'anti-theft' plastic thingies (often attached to expensive clothes.) Its function here was to 'pull' all correlated contracts into the fire! After her clearing, Amorah reminded her she was now free of them, & could shift into new begaviors!

I played my harp as we were doing this work - so if you have a CD that feels appropriate, put that on. I am supporting anyone who chooses to do this with Reiki, with the intention that it be for your highest good, & that any shadow personal issues you wish to release at this time also go into the flame.

Read this story as an alegory, if that suits you; do the affirmations if they feel 'right' to you, reword them if you need! Blessed be

*** Amorah Quan Yin; Pleiadian Lightwork facilitator ***

The acceleration of the frequencies on Earth is ever-present and getting higher and higher. At some point in the near future, the ways of corruption and illusion on this planet will come to a head, be exposed and begin to disappear. This can be a slow and arduous process, and yet it must be a successful one. Barack Obama is one of the key factors in bringing this about - but only with our assistance. Yes, each of us must contribute to facilitate this change!

Let us start by cancelling a long term planetary contract with all humans, a contract put into place before the last ice Age, in pre-Lemurian times.

The human race had been guided by the Light for a long time. But some humans had started to face their shadow side, and felt restricted by the Beings of Light. Eventually this drew an invasion by the Dark side to our planet and the humans were put into deep shock and terrorized.

These frightened humans believed that if they had not been ruled by the Light that the Dark would not have attacked. They did not realize that their own shadow side and resistance to the Light had brought on the attacks. So they made an agreement that from now own the Earth would only be ruled by the Dark side. They felt this would prevent the Dark side from attacking, if humans were compliant with their rulership. So the governments since that time have been ruled by the Dark.

* Visualize a contract between you and all humans that "the governments must be ruled by the Dark."
* Cancel the contract, stamp VOID, tear it up, and burn it.
* Next clear another contract, the same way that "the governements on Earth will never reveal the Truth to the citizens."

* Now issue a command, “In the name of the I Am That I Am, in the name of my free will and the Universal law of Free Will, I command that the governments on Earth be returned to the Light, Love, Peace, and Truth. And I command that the Truth be revealed to all people NOW! For the highest good of all, so be it!”
Take as long as you like to feel the resonance (& use your own words if that feels more appropriate!!)

I suggest doing this affirmation every day, 3 -4 times, starting now and at least until Obama has been president for 40 days. This will greatly assist in this powerful transitional time.

A few months ago when I was teaching a training, I had just led a deep meditation with the group when something very powerful happened. At the end of the meditation Barack Obama appered etherically in the center of the room. (One of the students also saw hime there.)
He Namasted to me and said “I came to thank you for the wonderful process you just did with this group. It very much is in alignment with something I am doing.” 

He went on to tell me that he was a leader of a large astral group called “The League of Nations”. This League of Nations meets during sleep and dream time to make plans and strategies for transformation of the Earth. It is working to bring world peace, healthy living conditionsto all people, and Unity in Diversity to Earth.
He invited me and the students to join the group at night, which I do. All you have to do is affirm your wish to join this group before you go to sleep and it will happen. Let us join Obama and the other members of this group in changing and rebirthing our world. It is time for the Divine Plan to unfold in actuality on all levels including the physical. We can do it now!

And in your daily life remember to be aware of and cancel limiting and negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. By doing this you take active responsibility for creating a beautiful reality for yourself and others. And each day remember to be grateful for the good you already have.

Amorah Quan Yin * www.amorahquanyin.com

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Dia again: after my dad died, in 1992, I read flower essence practitioner Machaelle Small Wright's 'Dancing in the Shadow of the Moon.' In this fat, memoir, she recounts her own time spent, energetically, with Ike (Dwight DAVID Eisenhower on the 'cottage level,' studying the dynamics of war from the last several centuries, to help shift the dynamic on earth to Peace.

When I read that, I thought 'No wonder my dad was polishing his golf game for 2 months before he died!" (he was hit by a pick up, crossing the highway, 2 months after heart bipass surgery!!) "he's helping shift the dynamic, & working on the 'religion' part - which has been used as justification for so many conflicts, & playing a few rounds with David (Ike) each day!"

Shortly after that 'ah-ha!' a friend asked if I thought my dad had been re-incarnated yet. Well, no - I felt that this had been a 'completion' life for him, then asked if she really wanted to know what I thought? "Yes!" . . . so I told her,. . . . & she pulled out her pendulum to 'test' my answer, then looked rather bemused & exclaimed, "You're right!!"

In that spirit, I invite you to be part of the change, whatever it means for you!!
& thank you daddy, thank you!

Oh, & re: the 'burning times!'
In almost every Reiki class I offer, someone comments 'we could get burned for doing this!' (hands on healing, sending healing across space & time, energy thru music, etc) & I invite them to affirm that in THIS time, it's safe & necessary to do the work!
In a lovely 'past life memoir' "The Heart of the Fire," the author bespeaks realizing she only lost her life as a 'witch' when she gave up her power, & didn't face & integrate her shadow & fears!! So this is an invitation to do as much releasing of those fears of burning, fears of shining our lights, of standing in our power as we can!

& yes, we can stand in our power!