Here Comes the Central Sun

In the '60s, we often talked about "vibes." Vibrations exist throughout the Universe and affect all life. The vibrations coming from the Central Sun call us to transform our lower natures and to raise our consciousness, both individually and as a planet, to a higher frequency. Open your heart to Love. This is more than a nice Hallmark greeting. It is an alchemical union with the Divine Spirit for which no textbooks or classes are needed. In fact, no one need show you how it is done, how to make the connection, for it is all done for those who would surrender themselves to its welcoming embrace. The process of ascension is encoded into your DNA ready to spiral up upon your command. Awaken. Find your true power and abundance as a Co-creator with God. Manifest Love. Ask and you shall receive. This is your true calling.

Bright October

October has always been my favorite month. Maybe it's because my Moon is in Libra. Or because the colors of autumn appeal to my fiery Sagittarian nature.

This October is especially appealing. Jupiter, my ruling planet, the planet of expansion and good fortune, goes direct October 12. Finally, his influence, in my third house of communication, siblings and travel, returns.

Not only that, but after two and a half years, Saturn finally comes off my career sector and enters my house of friends and aspirations. And I am ready.

Saturn in Libra is also a Saturn Return for me, my second in this lifetime. What karmic challenges have been set for me? Bring them on. What will be the result of all of this hard work these last 30 years? It all makes sense to me...this emphasis on relationships, career, aspirations...I am definitely entering a new, major phase in my life.

October is a wonderful time to bring balance and harmony into your life...to embrace that Great Centering Middle Way that Buddha talks about. Sure, it is wonderful to be blessed with material well-being on this planet, but it's only by cultivating inner joy, and in nurturing deep spiritual growth and a love for others, that we find eternal bliss. Find yours!

A World of Color

I received this image in one of those email blasts from a friend. Wildflowers on a Bakersfield, California hillside--a reminder about just how beautiful the Earth really is and how important it is for all of us to open our eyes and be grateful for what we've been given.

The new moon in Virgo yesterday, coupled with Mercury retrograde, signals the opportunity to begin again, to re-examine and to make sense of what we're doing. Virgo brings order and clarity to any situation.

Two other planetary factors also come into play. Saturn, the planet of limitation and karma, is in opposition to Uranus, the planet of revolution. So there is a struggle between the traditional and the new in all of our lives. Pluto has also changed direction and is now moving forward. Pluto is the planet of deep soul transformation.

If ever there was a time to ask yourself what it is you really want, now is the time. Life can be as colorful as we make it. Bring your whole sense of self, all of your gifts, to your journey, and sprinkle your path with lilac, and oranges, yellows, blues and greens. Go wild and watch as your life begins to flower!

'A Return to Love'

What a wonderful book "A Return to Love" is. Published in 1993, it is Marianne Williamson's popular book about what we are all learning to do here...as the Nada Surf song says....to "Always Love." This lesson seems simple enough, but in practice, it is excruciatingly difficult. So it's a life-long lesson that we keep written on our hearts. I know I do, and when I forget, God reminds me. How many, many times have I been placed in a situation that tests my commitment to Love. Oh, yeah, we say. I got it. I got it. But do we? Ha! He is a relentless God. Always perfecting Himself. Don't expect to ever get off the hook.

And how blessed we are to be children of God. The only joy to be found in the world is in His Love. No compromises people. If we are to build a better world, we need to work it. Her book contains that famous quote from "A Course in Miracles" largely, and incorrectly, attributed to Nelson Mandela: "Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."

I read her book and then I picked it up immediately and started reading in again...do it! God bless you, Marianne. Another go-to-source book for this soul journey.

Mr. Jackson

I knew I admired his talent, but I had no idea the depth of my love for him. It's like a light went out in the firmament. I am inconsolable...returning to youtube again and again to find him. Check out his rehearsal videos. He was such an amazing talent. I am inconsolable.

Missin' Joe

We Miss You Joe. Gone since 12/22/2002. Come back. Come back...the world is a lonelier place with you gone. We'll build a fire. Come back... :-)

Look to the Light

My mother-in-law had a saying..."Life is a veil of tears." I loved my mother-in-law, but I didn't share her view. It was the view of someone who suffered from depression. Her illness kept her enslaved and in a place where there was no hope. She refused all medication and treatment for her depression, except the bottle. My mother-in-law died young, just as she always said she would. I do not know the reasons why she chose to live her life the way she did, but she was a cautionary tale to those of us who watched her slow spiral into the dark abyss.

When we are wrapped in darkness, the world does look bleak and we do see it through our suffering and tears. But that truly isn't how life is. Life is a joyous journey toward the light. Even in our darkest moments, there is always a light shining somewhere that brings the message of love with it. Your ability to work your spiritual vision, to see through the darkness, is worth developing, because your life is worth fighting for. All of us are here for a reason and it is up to each of us to discover what that reason is. No one can tell us what our truth is. So yes, it can be hard at times. If it were that simple, we'd all go home tomorrow.

Look to the light. You can do it!

Awakening

Everyone is talking about 2012, the Mayan calendar and the Earth shifting into the Fifth Dimension. Fascinating talk. I do believe in spiritual evolution, but I draw my own conclusions as to how this will manifest. One very significant, personal encounter with the higher dimensions, however, convinced me that man is not merely acting independently, but collectively.

In November 2006, I was involved in deep spiritual study, meditating daily over books and web sites on such topics as Buddhism, the Aquarian Age and kundalini yoga. One afternoon, as I was reading online, I read the word “lotus” and was instantly struck by spiritual lightening. I have had a few mystical experiences in my life that I consider major milestones, and this was one of them. My heart was pierced by an outside force that sent tremors of emotion throughout my entire being. It was an eruption. I burst into tears upon seeing that word and had to get up from my seat to bear the force, crying uncontrollably, while waves of healing emotion and telepathic messages flooded my spirit. This wave of spiritual activity continued for at least 20 minutes, probably longer. It was life changing. In fact, for weeks afterward—and I mean weeks and weeks—I walked around in a kind of dizzying bliss with great love for my fellow man.

What I received during that momentous opening of my heart chakra—which allowed the free flow of God’s healing energy to flow up and down through my crown chakra—was an act of evolution, not just within my own soul, but one in harmony with the oneness of the human soul. I heard the telepathic voice of what I believe was an Ascended Master. The ability to discern spiritual voices is one of my developing gifts. I was given the words “The Great Perfection.” (I had never heard this expression before.) And I was warned not to interfere with “another’s journey.” That directive is still rooted in my heart, and I am not quite sure exactly what was meant, but I am careful with my new awareness.

As a result of that afternoon’s opening of my heart and crown chakras, I gained an increased ability to receive telepathic messages from other dimensions; improved communication and recognition of my spirit guides and guardian angels; lucid dreaming; a deeper connection to the collective and a deeper love for all of mankind; an increased ability to manifest into the material world that which is given to me in spirit; and a growing awareness of my soul’s past lives and it’s unfolding mission in the present one.

Two years after that mind-blowing event, something led me to an old Google video featuring UFO watcher and Ascended Master communicator, James Gilliland. During the video, he announced the coming of a major outpouring of God’s spirit on November 23, 2006. My heart raced. That time period certainly rang a bell. I grabbed my journal and found the entry for that date in it. That was the date of my transformation! What he describes in that video of what can happen during such an outpouring is exactly what I experienced. My body began downloading information from a higher frequency. He describes numbers and graphs. Physics, mathematics...creation. I soon began exploring sacred geometry. I began drawing geometric symbols and cutting them out of magazines, pasting them on my wall. I was having my "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Richard Dreyfuss and the mound of dirt moment. I didn't just stumble upon this video. It was confirmation on so many levels.

Last year, I came across the videos of channeler Rysa5 on youtube. His Goldring videos speak to me and take me back to that transformative experience. I don’t know what to make of it all, but I learned long ago never to discount the revelations of others out of hand. Each of us must learn to trust our own intuition and choose our own paths.

We are all taking a soul’s journey, in this lifetime and over many lifetimes, individually and collectively. Our souls have layers just as there are layers within the universe. I hope you feel the oneness with God’s spirit and the love that binds us all. Keep your heart open. Develop compassion and ask for guidance at every turn, and you will find your own unique way.

Visualization

Many people talk about visualization as though it is something they must learn how to do. The truth is we all perform visualization every day of our lives. Every piece of art you choose to put up on your wall, every photo you display, every color you choose to wear, is a form of visualization. The images we choose to surround ourselves with and the colors we choose all transmit thoughts and emotions to us that shape how we view the world and where we want to go. This self-directed work is all done subconsciously, for the most part, and often, with the help of our spirit guides.

My desktop wallpaper has become one of the most powerful forms of visualization in my experience. Because, as a freelance writer, I spend so much of my time at my home computer, it is vitally important that I choose wisely. This awareness of my desktop wallpaper as a key player in visualizing my life has only recently become evident.

From my last post, you'll notice that I was visualizing coming around Cape Horn--the waves crashing against my vessel, storm clouds overhead--and yet there was the hope and belief that the great Pacific lay just beyond, if I could just hang on. This intuitive visualization came up through my spirit, a kind of knowing that helped guide me through some very difficult times. It was a natural visualization for me--a beautiful metaphor--drawing upon my past life experiences on the high seas as an explorer and navy sailor. In these lives, I learned perseverance and faith. But mind you, I didn't consciously choose this image. I came with the flow of my spirit. I have always pictured myself on the high seas in a great ship. How do you see yourself?

There came a day as I sat down to my computer when the urge to change my desktop image was very strong in me. I was displaying a beautiful, fertile scene featuring a waterfall and stream in vibrant greens, the picture of healing and abundance...I was indeed believing for abundance. I searched for an image that held the message I needed to see that morning, and I found it in a beautiful photo showing the sun breaking through the clouds, its rays casting golden light on everything it touches. Still rounding the Cape, this image brought forth the next phase of my journey...the release, the goal is just ahead, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

It was only after a couple of weeks that I saw the truth of the image. This is how I am. It may have seemed obvious to anyone at the time, but not to me. I choose on instinct and intuition and later I see how the decision made perfect sense....why I kept going back to this image, instead of another. After all, the sky is still rather gray in the image I chose...and yet, it was ideal for what I was feeling...I was still surrounded by obstacles...but I had faith and the image was a reminder.

I lived with this image for weeks, believing that the sun was truly about to break through the clouds of my financial storm. It had been weeks since I'd had any work at all. During my journey around the Cape, the economy worsened, more jobs were lost and the level of despair across the nation increased. But I held on. I would not be tossed upon the rocky shores, I told myself. My emotions ebbed and flowed. Sometimes I was ready to give up and salvage what I could from my ship and go home, but the image of the sun breaking through the clouds was so real to me, I just couldn't give up. And I had my word from God: Wait Upon the Lord. It was posted for me to see.

Then one day, I awoke and I could not look at that image any longer...I was tired of being on the verge of something, breaking, breaking...I needed to land! So I searched for a new image and found one of a beautiful tropical beach, a grass shack on its shores, so peaceful, so landed...it reminded me so much of my soul's longing, my beloved Hawaii...and I continued to work that morning, hoping for a financial breakthrough, but nothing changed. All morning, it was the same.

Then, in the afternoon, the phone rang. It was work and a lot of it....a seed I had planted weeks earlier finally sprouted. And another source opened up, as well, out of the blue. All of it came pouring in like a rising tide, so much so, that now I have more work than I can handle. So it's been awhile since my last post.

I believe I received a prompting from my primary spirit guide to change that image on that dismal Friday morning. They see what's coming, of course. I had been feeling particularly low and defeated that day. Our spirit guides love to be in relationship with us here, in this dimension. They are very playful, watching over us at all times. My hope and my prayer for you is that you will open yourselves up to the unseen world around you. All of the love and guidance of the universe is at your disposal. It only takes a willing heart.