by Lori | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog
I am reading a novel by Sarah Addison Allen called “Other Birds”. The lead character, Zoey, is an 18-year-old woman who lives with an invisible bird. The bird has a huge personality, sits on the Zoey’s head and pecks at the door when she wants to be let out in the morning. Zoey says that just because something is invisible doesn’t mean it is imaginary.
This is a great reminder for all of us regarding the power of the unseen. There are many things that we see the effects of the force without seeing the force. Wind and gravity are usually the first two forces that come to mind. But, what about the more subtle forces and energies that we don’t see that have big impact on our lives and our evolution.
Most of you reading this post probably have some training in a healing modality that is not visible to the human eye. We work with Reiki, Light, Resonances and Life Force Energy. We know that others don’t see what we feel but that doesn’t make it imaginary. And we have all seen the effects of the energy we work with, even if it is within ourselves and the result is as simple as our sense of peace.
As February rolls around with its celebration of Valentine’s Day, we also may not see the energy of love, but we definitely can feel the effects of it and the effects when it is withheld. How many of the world’s issues right now would be healed with more true love – healed love – swirling around us? Probably all of them. That isn’t a Pollyanna view. It is the view that what ails us as individuals, as communities and nations is a lack of understanding, a lack of acceptance, a lack of compassion and a lack of love.
This February, allow your love energy to shine. Allow Healed Masculine Love Energy and Healed Feminine Love Energy into your being – into your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual beings. Allow the Healed Balanced Love Energy into your life and allow yourself to send Healed Balanced Love Energy to all around you, your communities and to all the world, as well.
Be the beacon of love. Be the beacon of energy that is invisible but is very real. Be the truth of your love.
Gratitude to Anja with Pixabay.com for the image above.
by Ginger | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog
I recently pulled my copy of The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz off my shelf to re-connect with its energy. It’s a beautifully poetic story teaching us about the illusion of separation we’ve created. In the book, Ruiz offers four simple statements as a daily guide for reminding ourselves of the truth of who we are. Universal truth may be simple, but it’s incredibly powerful. I share them here with you:
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.
Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
Don’t Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.
For myself, I’ve found that what these four principles boil down to is helping me to stay fully present in the moment with love and openness. When I commit to asking myself these questions about my thoughts, words and actions, I am reminding myself to be as aware and conscious of my underlying intentions as I am able in that moment. What we intend becomes our reality. It may not be the reality, the truth of the universe, because we are still in the illusion, but it becomes our reality and experience. Our intentions are powerful and they come from all aspects of our being, especially the subconscious parts of ourselves that are not fully in our awareness. These four statements are tools to help bring those hidden intentions to the conscious level so that we can heal what is out of alignment with our divine truth. Use these along with the other healing tools in your spiritual toolbelt and enjoy your creations!
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by Lori | Dec 31, 2022 | Blog
As the new year rolls around, most of us have completed 6 weeks of celebration and are getting back to ordinary life. When I was a tax consultant in public accounting, all celebrations ceased from Jan 1 until April 15. It was normal to have no fun and not a lot of sleep for at least 3.5 months. In fact, when a friend of mine had her first baby, her agreed upon part-time schedule for “busy season” was for no more than 40 hours a week. That obviously was not a good work / life balance, but work / life balance was never advertised in public accounting!
What is the appropriate ordinary time / celebration time balance now that we have crossed over into a new year? That is a great question for each of us to take to our souls.
The qualified answer from my soul was another question. “What is it that you consider to be a celebration?” Does celebration mean the 3D version of celebration of parties, presents, family gatherings and fine food and drink? Or does celebrating mean living life authentically and gratefully for all that we create and experience on a daily basis? The later is what my soul is guiding me to consider for the energy of celebration.
As an example, Ginger Withee’s automatic signature for her emails is a quote from Hafiz, a Sufi poet. “Today the vegetables would like to be cut by someone who is singing God’s name.” The celebration is in the energy of how the ordinary action is being done. The high frequency is infused into the common act of slicing vegetables.
My intention for 2023 is to celebrate the ordinary because the ordinary really is pretty wonderful. The beauty and awe of the daily action of the sun rising and the sun setting. The comfort of spending time with a friend or loved one. The joy of dancing by myself or with friends. The anticipation of seeing my dog waiting by her bowl for the kibble to show up. The power of sitting in the silence and knowing myself as one within the energy of the universe.
All of these are times to celebrate. So – I will. So – I AM. May every moment feel extraordinary because every moment is a celebration.
Gratitude to Gerd Altmann for the image.
by Ginger | Dec 31, 2022 | Blog
As I sit down to do some visioning for the coming year, I’m reminded of an interview by Oprah Winfrey with Melinda Gates, who shared that she chooses a word each year to embody her overall focus. That year, she had chosen “Shine” as her guiding energy. She explained it wasn’t so much about shining herself but finding ways to support everyone to shine through her philanthropy work and her life. It was simple and incredibly powerful. As I craft my own vision, I’m being reminded of that same concept.
The idea of a new year with new possibilities and potential for growth is a powerful concept, even if the actual date of January 1st is mostly arbitrary. For me, it can be so powerful that I start to get a little excited and carried away with things I’d like to work on, explore, learn, expand on. I sometimes need to re-direct myself back to the silence with my Soul. What is really my purpose in this exercise? The lower self may see it as a fun list of things to accomplish, but from the Soul’s expanded perspective, it is more of a conscious acknowledgement and aligning ourselves with what is already on its way. It is the process of our little will coming into greater harmony with the flow of Divine Will.
By keeping my vision simple, choosing one or two words to represent the energies I am guided to work with, I can relax into trusting my divine self to draw to me experiences which will help me master those energies. It rarely happens that I start off the year with a big bang to dive headlong into those resonances. It is usually a subtle, slow build that I don’t often observe consciously until later. Yet, looking back, I see how all those experiences, situations and people gave me many wonderful and creative opportunities to work with those energies, build those spiritual “muscles” and begin to truly embody them.
Trust in your Soul. Trust your inner wisdom to guide you, not just in the quiet comfort of your meditation chair, but with whatever each moment brings going forward. Even when something comes along that feels startling and unexpected, remember that you drew it to you with your intention. It is an answer from your Soul to keep guiding you forward.
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by Ginger | Dec 3, 2022 | Blog
Are you trying to let go of something but don’t seem to find the right steps to get there? Many people get inspired at this time of year to set new intentions and make new commitments but it’s equally important to create a space for those new creations by letting go of the old. I tend to prefer an all-at-once style to letting go, which can be perfectly appropriate at times. But I’ve recently been hearing from my soul that right now is a time for the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race approach. It’s not that one is better than the other, just that it’s important to listen to our divine guidance as to which is the best match for our energy.
Through this process, I’ve discovered that my one-and-done style only partly comes from a willingness to move forward. Sometimes my lower self just wants to skip certain steps of letting go that seem more painful or scary. They aren’t inherently more painful but seem daunting because I’m resistant to allowing the true change within myself necessary to moving forward. I’d rather just hop like the hare to the finish line! But I’m being reminded that there is so much rich learning and opportunities for healing in the actual process of letting go that it only serves my lower-self ego to give in to that urge for a quick fix. Plus, I’m making more lasting progress by going slowly and steadily rather than trying to hopscotch forward only to boomerang back. So, I’m focusing on the beauty of taking deliberate, tortoise-style steps and honoring that they are perfect for me right now.
Take a moment to ask your soul whether you’re currently trying to apply a rabbit-quick approach to something that needs more time or whether you’re dragging your turtle feet through something when you could just be jumping along. If you’re feeling stuck or off-balance in your evolution, it might just be a mis-matched approach. We all have the capacity for an infinite range of energies within us; we just get tangled up sometimes by defaulting to our comfort zones. Change it up this season by trying some new dance steps on your path forward and see where that new dance takes you!
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by Lori | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
Are you an Ironman? Jeff and Johnny Agar are. CBS Mornings recently had a segment by David Begnaud featuring Jeff Agar and his adult son, Johnny. Johnny has cerebral palsy – a disorder that affects the part of the brain that controls balance, movement and muscles. Johnny’s parents taught him not to let that limit his dreams – his dream to be an Ironman.
The Ironman competition is known to be the longest endurance race in the world. It is a triathlon where the racer must complete a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run – a full marathon – in under 17 hours. Team Agar has competed in 200 races and this year the team crossed the finish line of an Ironman race with 5 minutes to spare.
They train every day in order race together. Jeff pulls Johnny in a kayak in the water, rides a specially designed bike with Johnny on the back and pushes Johnny in front of him on the run. As Begnaud says in the piece, Johnny is the heart of the team and Jeff is the motor. When Begnaud tells Johnny he is an inspiration, Johnny says “Inspiring someone else gives my challenges purpose.”
The next challenge the team has is to finish the Ironman World Champion race in Kona, Hawaii. They tried it in 2016 but had to drop out because they did not finish in the allotted time. When confronted with the need to drop out, Johnny said, “sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.” I can only hope that I actively accept with compassion and detachment when the outcome of my manifestations is the need to learn.
This story is an inspiring feel-good story that many of us need to hear at a time when many stories that are reported are divisive. This story allows us to remember our humanity and our togetherness. In the end, Johnny states that it is not the medals or the accomplishments that inspire him and his father to continue. It is doing everything as a team that motivates them.
What motivates us at this time of year and at all times? Being a team, being in Sync, being One? Let us hold the intention that we are motivated to experience ourselves compassionately and completely as Source.
Namaste.
To watch the full interview, follow this link. Meet the father-son team who defied the odds by completing a full Ironman race – CBS News
Gratitude to Paul C Lee with Pixabay.com for the image.
