by Ginger | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On is a tiny conch shell who wears shoes. He is small but mighty and is inspiring many. Originally created by actress Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer Camp as a stop-motion animation character in a series of video shorts, his story was expanded to a full-length animated film called Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.(1)
When the movie begins, Marcel is feeling lonely. All of his friends and family are gone, except his grandmother, and he misses them greatly. He doesn’t know where they are but he yearns to re-create the close-knit community he lost. Eventually, he gets the courage to connect with the big, wide world for help with locating them. It’s a huge endeavor given that he is very tiny and has never left his house, but he has hope. And he finds help.
Throughout his adventures, he offers many insights to the audience. Marcel doesn’t see himself as any sort of teacher; he simply shares his inner thoughts and feelings about his life experiences with honesty and earnestness. In his innocence, he is actually quite wise.
Without giving away too much, Marcel’s story does have a happy ending and he shares his final, deep insight about life in a scene where he describes sitting by an open window and feeling a breeze blow through his conch shell. I’ll let Marcel’s words speak for themselves in his very unique and sweet voice:
And one day, I was just sitting, and the wind blew in and it blew just over the top of my head in such a way…and it made a beautiful whistling sound…
It connected me… to everything, because if I wasn’t there, the sound would never exist.
And I felt like everything was in pieces, and then I stood there and suddenly, we were one large instrument.
I like to go there a lot because it reminds me that I’m not just one separate piece rattling around in this place, but that I’m part of a whole.
And I truly enjoy the sound of myself connected to everything.
Try this meditation with your soul: Ask to feel the resonance of yourself connected with everything. Then ask to feel the resonance of your unique “sound” connected to everything. This is the essence of your unique expression as your Source-self.
When we truly know ourselves as One with All, then we know ourselves as the magnificence of all of creation. May we each remember the beauty of ourselves connected to everything!
Image by Marc Pascual from Pixabay
(1) Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, based on characters created by Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate, A24, 2022.
by Ginger | Mar 30, 2024 | Blog
Recently, I was checking in about a few areas where some of my clearing was feeling slow or stuck and my soul recommended that I upgrade my technology. I’m a bit old-school with my use of electronics and I knew immediately that my soul meant spiritual technology. The guidance wasn’t about replacing the tried-and-true healing techniques I’ve been using for my spiritual evolution but rather upgrading my use of those techniques with higher frequency energy, deeper understanding and greater mastery. It was time for a fresh approach and renewed intentions.
In the physical realm, many people look at spring as a natural time to re-organize or reset various aspects of their lives. With gratitude, we let go of the old things that no longer serve us and look for ways to re-purpose or revitalize what we’re guided to keep. As we know, the outer can only be a reflection of the inner. For true change, we will need to do our inner spring cleaning.
Here are some questions you might take to your soul. Of course, there may be others you are guided to ask:
– Am I checking in about which healing technique or energy will work best with each situation/issue?
– Am I using my healing techniques to their full effectiveness?
– Am I allowing the maximum healing benefit of the techniques I work with or programs I set in motion?
– Am I bringing through the highest frequency energy I am able in my healing work?
– Are there any spiritual tools/techniques I’ve learned but forgotten about or stopped using that I should bring back into more regular use?
There are many divine healing modalities and techniques that have been seeded on the planet over the ages. We don’t need all of them in our spiritual toolkit. With your soul, choose the ones you’re guided to use and then focus on using them well. Continue to allow them to evolve, allow yourself to evolve with them and you will go far!
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
by Ginger | Mar 3, 2024 | Blog
Father John LaFarge once remarked, “For those who believe in God no explanation is necessary. For those who do not believe in God no explanation is possible.”
I’ve always loved this quote about faith. Faith is not something logical we can explain to anyone nor is it something we can talk ourselves into. It is not something we can pass along to another and it is not about following doctrine. At times, we may be guided to act on faith but we cannot do faith as an action step to make faith happen for us or anyone else.
Divine Faith is a state of being which comes from within. It is a deeply heart-centered understanding of ourselves and all beings as Source. For most of us, it will take time to expand to that level of consciousness and the best approach is to love and allow ourselves with as much patience as we need to grow into our full faith.
So, be at peace and go gently forward as you move into Divine Faith. Give yourself space to more fully remember yourself as Source and support yourself in ways that will help you stay in the resonances of peace, calm, patience, understanding and trust. A soothing bubble bath, a soft chant or a walk in the sunshine may not seem directly related to practicing faith, but they might each be the perfect thing to help you hold the wisdom that you are divine and that all is well and in perfect divine order.
*This blog is re-posted from an earlier post.
Image by Avelino Calvar Martinez from Pixabay
by Ginger | Feb 4, 2024 | Blog
Do you see yourself as a rule follower or a rule breaker? My personality self in this lifetime has tended to be a rule-follower. I did not believe I had significant issues with authority, until recently. As I was working to heal my perceptions of abuses of power in the outer world, I realized that understanding and stepping into Divine Power goes hand-in-hand with respecting and surrendering to Divine Authority. We cannot be in true Divine Power if we are not also operating in Divine Authority.
Even as Lightworkers, our lower selves sometimes want to skip steps. We may find ourselves trying to jump from feeling at the effect of 3rd dimensional authority and directly into what we perceive as the freedom of recognizing no authority at all. But both of these perspectives are rooted in separation. Denying authority is not healing our issues with it. Whether we find ourselves fighting against authority, following authority without question or denying any authority altogether, we are dealing with aspects of the same unhealed issue of viewing power and authority as an outside force.
Healing our issues with authority requires expanding our understanding of Divine Authority to include All That Is. In our humility and respect for the collective will of Source, we simultaneously surrender to the authority of Source and act as the authority of Source. In the 3rd dimension, those two energies may appear to be separate but in the higher frequencies of the divine realms, they are one and the same. When we know ourselves as One, there can be no power and authority over or under. When we know ourselves as One, then our inner power and authority are One.
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by Ginger | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog
Like many this time of year, I’ve been crafting my vision for the new year and setting intentions for what I’m guided to create for my spiritual evolution and service. I was starting to feel pretty jazzed about the opportunities for expansion and then I heard to ask myself this key question: Am I truly open to receive these creations?
Even when we’re consciously willing to work toward manifesting our vision, we can still block it if we’re not open to receive. It is not more blessed to give than receive. We must be open to both give and receive to be in perfect divine balance. A block on either side of that infinity flow will block the creation or cause us to create from a denser frequency.
Since we create from all aspects of our being (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual), we must be willing to allow those higher frequency states of being in all of our bodies in order to manifest our vision. If you discover you’re not fully open to receive, then be sure to ask follow-up questions to identify what blocks need to be cleared and healed. The block might be in a specific body where there is unwillingness to allow higher frequencies. There might be resistance to a specific resonance that is part of your vision. Your feminine and masculine energies may be out of balance. Or you might be blocking your creations in another way such as false beliefs of unworthiness or fear of being in the power of your creatorship.
If your lower self is still fearful of receiving unconditionally, ask yourself if you would deny these same gifts to someone close to you. Would you tell your loved one they don’t deserve something wonderful in their life? Would you block them from receiving a loving gift? Where are you still holding resistance to allowing yourself that same joy? Marsha Hankins’ December blog post Find Pure Joy in Who You Are may offer some helpful suggestions to guide you in this process.
Our creations are meant to be joyous experiences. Your divine self is the giver and the receiver, so enjoy the beauty of both roles. Connect with your most loving aspect as you gift yourself with the manifestations in your vision. Connect with the energy of your inner child excitedly awaiting and allowing those wonderful gifts.
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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