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Blessings Beloveds!! Well, we’re still in it. As of this writing we are just
past the eclipse portal/wormhole that began at the beginning of September with
the new moon solar eclipse and (mostly) culminated last Friday with the full
moon lunar eclipse. The energy will be with us on some level until the new moon
on October 1st. The eclipse energies have been gigantic, for me at
least. I have been in the washing machine of perspective, turning this way and
that, sometimes upright, sometimes sideways, sometimes upside down, literally.
I have had many AHA moments, when I am in an instant gifted with a pristinely
clear view of something I have been trying to see for – in some cases – years.
It’s been very freeing, for quite often the seeing brings release. I have said
goodbye to a lot these past weeks.
Two
themes have come forward repeatedly; Purification and Release. Purification has
played out in raja yoga, lots of time in water, gong (playing and receiving),
meditation, breath work, and exercise. And Release has come largely in the dream
time. My mind and nervous system have been calm enough to simply stay present
to what is happening, without making it mean anything, without needing to
understand, although Clarity is abundantly present. In times like these, I stay
as quiet as I can, eat as well as I can and sleep as much as I can. It’s really
important to support ourselves as deeply as possible during these amplified
energetic stretches. On last Friday’s full moon, I wrote down all that was/is
releasing and included a few things I would consciously like to let go of and
then burnt the pages in ceremony. And at the next full moon I will release
those ashes into the wind during a full moon hike. (As an aside I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND FULL MOON HIKES. Many of you have asked me how to ‘build’ magic in
your everyday lives - full moon hikes are guaranteed magic. Grab a sister or
two, head out to someplace familiar in Nature and simply take it in. If you can
be close to moving water, even better. And the great news is you have an
opportunity every single month to experience this!!).
As I wrote in my last newsletter, the energies of this eclipse season have allowed us to see hidden aspects of our past so that we can release it. When we release anything, it is important that we come from a place of gratitude, for our lives are our teachers, in every way. Every person we interact with whether in big or small ways, is our teacher. So we release with gratitude for the experience, grateful for the lesson regardless of how painful or difficult it may have been. We are honed by pain; our most difficult relationships are like sand, creating us as the pearl. When we hold this in consciousness, we are able to see and experience all of our relationships from an elevated perspective. Everyone, every single person in your life is with you for a reason – your soul has called them in on purpose. Find out what that purpose is and work with it; this will allow you to receive the fullness of the divine design you are creating and playing out as your life.
The
current energies feature Mercury in retrograde, in Virgo, and the Fall
Equinox today. Mercury represents our mind and when in
retrograde, our minds are turned within, viewing our inner landscape. When the
retrograde happens in an Earth sign (this year all of Mercury’s retrogrades are
in Earth signs), our inner view is specifically oriented toward form and
manifestation. How do we manifest our inspired ideas and heart’s desires? How
do we live our dharma? Virgo represents the place in us that knows how all the
moving parts work together harmoniously, so we are in deep instruction mode.
Are you listening? Are you holding your fears with love and patience, gently
acknowledging them as fear (as opposed to the truth) and then moving forward
anyway? Quite often it is the child in us who is fearful; hold her close and
let her know she is ok, that you’ve got her. And then do the thing that scares
you. (I recently saw a great teaching around the word FEAR: Forget Everything
And Run OR Face Everything And Rise.
It’s your choice.) Realize that it’s not your job to know the whole picture,
right now, today. It’s your job to know your dreams and desires and to listen
to what the very next step is to serve them. You don’t need to know all the
details of the divine plan that is your life; you need only remember that there
is a divine plan (created by you, for you), that you can tune in with it
regularly, and allow it to instruct you as to what to do next. After you do
that one thing, tune in again to find out what’s after that. Let the infinite
creativity of the Universe take care of the big picture. You just do you,
authentically serving the highest out-picturing of your life right now. In this
way, in small steps, you will find yourself on your dharmic path, delivering
the good you came to embody.
The
Fall Equinox occurs today. This is when the sun (our
consciousness) crosses the plane of the equator, creating a day with equal
light and darkness. We in the northern hemisphere will complete the cycle
where there was more daylight than darkness, where we were more focused on the
outer consciousness, the world, and doing/manifesting. This important balance
point is a rest to our entire system, a moment to pause in stillness. Tomorrow
we will head into the time when darkness increasingly rules the day, when we
begin to turn within to receive the gifts of winter. But first we must reap the
benefits of what we have sown this year – we harvest what has grown. More on
that next month. For now see if you can create a little time today to
simply pause and be. Sometimes when I do this, I lay down on the floor or
ground, someplace with an interesting overhead view and I just allow my eyes to
be with the shapes I see and use my breath to soften and relax my body. And I
just lay there and rest. It’s quite wonderful.
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