MUSE-INGS: Live Your Values Consciously! by Rosemary Bredeson

November 30, 2010 — Rosemary

It feels as if we are frequently being asked to ask ourselves, “What really matters?”  We get all worked up about something that bothers or frustrates or upsets us.  But if we pause and ask, “What really matters in this situation?” would we get so worked up?

It really does seem as if time is speeding up and that the days no longer have the full 24 hours available to us.  Does it seem that way to you, too?  Whether it’s the Photon Belt or the Earth’s rotation on its axis or some other reason, the FEELING that time is speeding up can lead us to making some decisions about  how to spend the time that we do have.

I know there are many days that I wake up with an expectation of what my to-do list looks like but I seem to get caught up in the drama of the day and often get pulled off that list to take care of someone else’s drama.  I’m sure that has happened to you, too, hasn’t it?  So how do we take back control of our own time?

The first step is to decide what our own values are.  Not what we wish they were or what we think they should be, but what we truly believe our values are, deep in our heart.  I learned some good exercises when I trained in NLP [Neuro-Linguistic Programming] that help to identify the values that our unconscious minds hold and they are often not what we ‘think’ our values are.  How can this be?  Our conscious minds use logic not emotion when coming up with a list of values but our unconscious minds develop the list from our emotional beliefs and understandings, of ourselves and of our lives.  The unconscious mind is focused on surviving the day, based on whatever it believes about our safety and security.  While one’s conscious mind might think that eating healthy foods is a high value, the unconscious mind might be remembering a time when food was scarce and created a desire to eat everything in sight in case there’s no more food to eat later.  One’s conscious mind might think that being with friends is the most important thing to do today while the unconscious mind might be craving some alone time.  The body might respond to this values conflict by creating illness so that the alone time takes precedence over the friend time.

Do you see how this works?  Have you ever experienced this seeming contradiction?  What do you do about it?

Well, as in most things, when living a Conscious Life, the first thing to do is to hit the ‘pause button’ and really look at how time is being spent.  Again, not in how you wish it were but in how it is realistically being devoted to activities.  Keep a time diary, in 15 minute increments, for a few days.  No judgments here, just record, from a curious, non-judgmental and accepting viewpoint.  Do you need more alone time? You might see you are pulling out of social engagements, always having a good reason but maybe it is because you have said ‘yes’ to something that your unconscious mind wanted you to say ‘no’ to.  Are you avoiding being with someone that you think you like but that you seem to have lots of reasons to avoid?  Maybe that person really doesn’t resonate with you but you haven’t yet figured out how to shift things so that you don’t have to spend time with them.

The list can go on and on, but the important thing to realize is that, conscious or unconscious, your values, what really matters to you, is driving your life at some level.  Even if you frequently make choices that contradict the values of your unconscious mind, you will start to find the debilitating nature of illness or accident or drama pointing the way for you to find answers about what you truly value in your life.

Doesn’t it make sense to do the personal growth work so that you can become conscious about your values and the choices that you are making?  Make a commitment to start this work today!

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: “Is Yours a Values-Driven Schedule?”

November 29, 2010 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

It is time. Time for you to get serious about what really matters to you in your life.  Are you being consistent?  Do you say, for example, that family is important to you but do you spend all your time working?  Do you say that your personal growth is important but sports are taking up so much time that you have no time left to work on yourself?  Do you think that taking care of yourself is selfish and so you focus on giving to others until you are totally depleted and have nothing left to give, to others or to yourself?

There are so many ways that your life can reflect choices that do not seem to be consistent with what you believe to be your highest values.  We would tell you that time is speeding up, in ways you probably wouldn’t understand yet, but that you don’t have time to ‘play dumb’ with the time that you have.  In any given day your needs must be met in a shorter period of time than you used to have to focus on yourself.  There are many demands on your time and the days actually do seem to be getting shorter, not just in daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere!  So let us tell you why it is so important that you take time for yourself, every day.

The Universe and Mother Earth agreed that you were needed on Planet Earth at this very moment.  You agreed to incarnate, under the conditions you chose, to fulfill a mission on Earth during your lifetime.  You agreed with other beings that you would all be on Earth together and that you would assist each other in fulfilling those missions by being the person you agreed to be.

NOW is the moment.  TODAY is the day.  Do you feel that you are being the person you incarnated to be?

When you are focused on urgent and important activities you might allow yourself to get distracted from what really matters to your Inner Being.  Are you so busy that you are not being ‘you’?  Are you so distracted that you are feeling disconnected from your purpose?  These are the signals that you must take control of your choices on a daily basis and line up your energy with your values.

Have you ever examined your values?  Not just what you think you should write on a list that someone else might read, but we are talking here about your deep, essential core values, the ones that drive your life.  Your unconscious mind is operating based on a structure of values that might not match that list you would show to another.  It is a good thing to periodically examine the list that your unconscious mind adheres to.  It is also a good thing to think about what you would like your values to be and to examine your daily expenditures of time to see if they coincide.

Many people slide through their days taking care of urgent things but never getting to the items that feel important to them.  Are you one of these people?

And what value structure are you using to decide what is important?  Is it truly your own or have you adopted someone else’s list without questioning if this is in consonance with your own values?  This is easy to do, especially when you are in relationship with another person or people.  But it is essential that you pause and study how you are spending your time.  Are you giving an amount of time to what really matters that matches its value to you?

Think about these things as you go through your day today.  Who decided what is important for you today?  And how much time do you have for what is really important to you?  Take time for yourself, for apportioning your time according to your values is a sign that you are living a Conscious Life.

And so it is.

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NEWS FROM ROSEMARY: November 26, 2010

November 26, 2010 — Rosemary

Happy Holidays!  The holidays have officially begun here in the US as Thanksgiving makes way to all the special days in December.  Are you celebrating?  With friends and family or some alone time?  However you choose to spend the days at the end of the year, I hope you are planning some fun time as well as some strategic planning time.  Whether you are in business or not, strategic planning is about structuring your time around your values, to make sure that what matters most is getting the most attention.  Why not spend some time this week looking at 2011 and blocking out some time periods to focus on what’s really important to you?

Hanukkah begins this week and we are moving from the Full Moon last weekend to a New Moon next weekend.  Time to get ready for a New Year coming fast!  If you weren’t able to join us for the Tuning in to 2011 webcast in November, there’s still time to register for Part 2, December 14th at 5:00 pm Mountain Time.  When you register you’ll be given the link to the Part 1 recording so you can get caught up on what energies to look for and how to prepare for the coming year.  There was a lot of good information in the Part 1 message and there was also the promise of more info [including some about 2012] to be shared in Part 2, so you’ll want to be sure to hear both!  Here’s the link for more information and to register:  Click here.

As we move into holiday time, the end of 2010 and the planning for 2011, this would be a good time to spend some time with Your Muse and schedule a private session so we can map out your personal strategies for the coming year.  I still have some slots left in my December calendar if you’d like to make an appointment and get those questions answered, plus focus on the strategies you need for what’s coming up for you.  Are you wondering about relationships, work, personal decisions? Then scheduling a Personal Strategy Session is the best holiday gift you can give yourself!  Send me an email so we can get the process started to make 2011 your best year yet!

rosemary@TheScientificMystic.com

Have a wonderful holiday season this year!

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “Energy Medicine” by Donna Eden with David Feinstein

November 24, 2010 — Rosemary

“Energy is the common medium of body, mind, and soul.  Its wavelengths, rates of vibration, and patterns of pulsation form their shared vocabulary, much as fluctuations of tone and tempo form the vocabulary of music.  The more fluent you become in sensing this shared vocabulary of body, mind, and soul, the more skillfully you can orchestrate their lifelong symphony.”

from Energy Medicine
by Donna Eden with David Feinstein

Learning to recognize energy patterns that are compatible with one’s own and those that are not compatible is the first step in energy health.  And paying attention to this ‘language’ of body, mind and soul can help you find others who resonate with your energy.  Become fluent in sensing this language!

Rosemary

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MUSE-INGS: It’s always about the energy! by Rosemary Bredeson

November 23, 2010 — Rosemary

People seem to be growing more sensitive to energies and noticing the energy of a group can really be a protective measure.  I’ve noticed that some groups seem to shift energies from comfortable to dynamic to uncomfortable [for me] and sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint what is happening. Groups of 3 people can have a dynamic based on who wields more power in that trio while huge groups of 200 can have an amorphous energy that feels benign in the large group but contains many subgroups that have their own dynamic.  Have you seen this in the groups in which you participate?

When you are sensitive to the energies around you, you might find yourself gravitating toward those people and groups whose energy patterns are compatible with yours.  You might also find yourself moving away from groups, even those you have been a part of for a long time, when the energy feels as if it has shifted and no longer supports you or your personal growth. This is happening for a lot of people with churches and organizations that, at one time, served them but no longer do so.

People grow.  At least, Conscious People grow.  For those who are pursuing a life of evolutionary consciousness, many groups complete their purpose in a person’s life and that person must make a choice about whether to continue to associate with the group or to move on.  This does not always have to be painful or difficult or done in anger or sadness. This is just the path of an evolutionary person.  Just as you do not stay in grade school for your whole life, some associations complete their usefulness for your personal growth and you ‘graduate’ from them. The graceful way to leave these groups is to bless them on their own way while accepting that your path parts from theirs on the journey.

Have you ever seen someone stay a part of a group only to criticize and complain about that group? Doesn’t that make you wonder why they stay a member?  And what about families that get together for a holiday celebration but the individuals can’t wait for the so-called ‘celebration’ to be over so they can go to be with their friends?  At times, a group or even a family no longer supports one on one’s journey.  It might take a lot of energy to move out of a familiar group or to decide to spend less time with a family that makes one feel uncomfortable.  One alternative to leaving is to see if the group is willing to shift its energy into a space that feels more comfortable to the person considering leaving.

This can be a tall order but it can have dramatic results.  In some cases, just pointing out that old patterns have jumped up again and that perhaps they don’t belong in the 21st Century gathering can cause people to reconsider their behaviors.  Sometimes you can simply ask to be treated differently.  I’ve seen this work with people who tease and joke to the point of causing emotional pain to another but, when requested, stop acting that way.  It might be helpful to think ahead to a gathering where you anticipate feeling uncomfortable and ask yourself how you wish it were different.  Energize that different picture of the gathering, and believe that you can ask others to participate in the new vision.

And even if others don’t want to change the situation, it might be that gaining a perspective on what is going on helps YOU to change how you feel about the situation. Understanding the energy of a group and how it depends on the energy that you bring to it can give you new insights into your participation in that group.  Decide that you can shift or they can shift or you can drift away.

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: “What is the energy of your group?”

November 22, 2010 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

When people gather together there is a new energetic created from the energies that each person brings with them.  Have you ever been in a group and felt one kind of energy and then moved to another group and felt another kind of energy?  This differential is created by the coming together of the individuals’ energies when the people interact.

Knowing that every group you interact with is creating an energy pattern by that interaction should stimulate your awareness of the energies that you participate in.  Examine how it feels when you are in the groups that you normally connect with.  How do YOU feel when in those groups?  Does it feel supportive? Calm? Energizing? Debilitating? Scary?  Sometimes one person can take control of the energy of a group and drag it into a direction over which the others have no control, and this doesn’t mean that that one person is necessarily the one who is doing all the talking.

Next time you are in a group, start to notice who is setting the energy pattern for the group and how does it feel for you.  Are you in a business meeting?  Notice who is setting the tone, the energy for the meeting.  Is it the speaker or is someone else in the room creating an energy?  What about a family gathering?  Next time your family is together, notice who sets the energy pattern for the family.  It might be the most silent of the members but everyone else is responding to their energy field.  Notice your social group the next time you are together.  What is the energy of this group, especially when they are relaxed?

Living a Conscious Life invites you to become aware of the energies around you at all times.  In examining the energies of groups, you must also look at your contribution to that group energy – are you participating?  What kind of energy are you putting into that group?  How are you feeling?  Are you holding back and letting others set the energy?  You are always at choice when it comes to the energies in a group.  You can put out the energy of the Light or you can hold all of your Light inside yourself.  You can join in with an energy that you might or might not resonate with or you can distance yourself from the group and the group’s energy.  In some cases, a group dynamic can shift with time and, while at one time you felt that you did resonate with the group energy, it has drifted away from an energy that you feel is compatible with yours.  This indicates that it is time for you to reconsider whether or not you wish to remain a part of that group.

Be proactive about examining the groups to which you belong.  Pay attention to the energies of the groups.  Many groups are shifting their energies at this time and you must stay conscious of the shifts if you are to get the most support from the groups of which you are a participant.  Family dynamics can change over time, too.  Be aware of the dynamics in your own family, or your extended or adopted families, and examine the energies as they exist in the present moment, not influenced by what has happened in the past.  Do you notice that people in the family seem to be holding onto patterns from the past without allowing themselves or others to grow beyond those old patterns?  Are people continuing to bring up events from the distant past so that those old energies become reignited in the present?  This can be a pattern in families, particularly those that don’t get together often and the holidays can often bring up old energies that have not been completely dealt with by the parties.

Make sure that you are living fully present to the moment.  Allow the past to be in the past.  Allow those events that have not yet taken place to exist outside the present moment and interact with others with the energies of the Now.  Pay attention to how you perceive the energies of any group that you find yourself in.  Ask yourself if this energy supports your personal growth, and if the answer is ‘no’ then remove yourself from the group, even if the group numbers only 2 people.  Protect your own energetic space.

And so it is.

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NEWS FROM ROSEMARY – November 19, 2010

November 19, 2010 — Rosemary

Have you been watching this beautiful Moon move towards the Full Moon on Sunday, November 21st?  Every night I go outside with Tara, our Lhasa Apso, and look up at the beautiful Moon that shines so brightly in the clear Fall air.  Loving this time of year!   There’s still time to claim something in your life as the Moon is waxing [growing] to her fullness.  What would you like to bring into your life?  Get ready for the Full Moon when you can let go of something that you don’t need anymore, clear the space for the ‘new’ that is coming in 2 weeks with the New Moon.

Venus and Jupiter have both gone direct now, meaning that, when viewed from the Earth, their paths no longer appear to be moving backwards.  This brings great energy to move forward into beautiful expansive realms of new ideas and creativity.  What big ideas do you have for your life that you can work on now?

I am heading to Los Angeles this weekend to shoot the video for the multi-media collaborative book to which I have contributed a chapter.  [And I plan to catch the new Harry Potter movie as soon as I can!]   We’re also putting the finishing touches to our other book and continuing to record the meditation series.  Stay tuned for details on all these products!

Were you on the webcast for Tuning in to 2011, Part 1?  We received a message from The Divine Feminine about the energies coming in next year and what we are called to do.  The rest of the message will be given on Tuesday, December 14th.  If you haven’t registered, you can still do so; just Click Here.

When you register now, you’ll be given the link to the recording of Tuning in to 2011, Part 1 and you’ll also receive instructions for joining the webcast of Part 2 in December.  [We apologize if you had technical difficulties in the first broadcast – we’re working on getting everything smoothed out for Part 2!]

If you’re considering scheduling a private coaching session with me but would like to connect with me beforehand, I’m offering complimentary Get Acquainted sessions, 15-minute phone calls in which we can talk about and explore how I might be able to help you.  Send me an email if you’d like to get one of these calls on the calendar! [Rosemary@TheScientificMystic.com]

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “High Seas to High Society” by Sophia James

November 17, 2010 — Rosemary

“We are all the sum of what has come before us but we are also the beginning of what will come next.  And in the middle stands choice…The choice to be exactly who you want to become.”

from High Seas to High Society
by Sophia James

I came upon this quote while reading one of my Regency period novels [kinda Jane Austen with 21st Century mores!] and thought that this is a good way to look at change.  We are always at the point of choice – ‘The choice to be exactly who you want to become.’  Who do you want to become?  You can choose to change what you wish.  And then Be The Change!

Rosemary

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MUSE-INGS: “Be the Change” by Rosemary Bredeson

November 16, 2010 — Rosemary

I wonder if the recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions are symbolic of the changes we can be expecting among human societies soon?  I, for one, hope to learn to grow and change without cataclysm!

But how many of us are really open to change?  Do we embrace it or do we run from it?

I believe that change is a good thing when it derives from expanded awareness, more intellectual examination of an idea, a consciousness that has evolved.  But the kind of change that follows a rush into fear or a determination to shut down a part of the self, especially if that part is the intellectual, thinking part, is a kind of change that does not advance humanity in its consciousness evolution.  When we are in a state of fear we have fewer resources with which to work than when we are in a more relaxed state of awareness.  And when we choose to stay in fear we give away our power to those who would take it from us.

This is the dynamic that bullies bank their efforts on.  Make us fearful and they can take what they want from us.  Big bullies on big playing stages can convince us to give up a great deal of our personal power if they can make us fearful enough.  The only way to counteract this energy is to stay in our own power, refuse to cower in fear, and retain a connection to our thinking self.

Have you ever seen someone in fear who seems to lose their intellectual abilities and be able only to focus on that which they fear?  I watched our dog, Tara, play with a mouse today and the mouse finally stayed cornered and shivering, essentially giving up in fear, when I blocked its path.  [Unfortunately, Tara was still in the corner the mouse had left, still trying to dig it out – hadn’t noticed the mouse was gone.  Obviously we need to get a cat!]  But the mouse probably could have gotten away if it hadn’t been intimidated by a small Lhasa Apso and a large human being.

We sometimes do the same thing that mouse did – stand in a corner, shivering and cowering in fear – when if we stepped up and figured out a solution we could get ourselves out of that corner.  This mouse scurried right by the dog who was continuing to dig for it in the other corner of the room.  Maybe all we need to do is to face our fears and then get in touch with our inner power to overcome those fears.

No one can take away your inner power unless you give it to them.  Remember that your strength does not derive from a gift from others.  Your strength resides in you and all you need to do is to remember that it is there.  When changes come, look inside yourself to see how you can best benefit from those changes.  Do not be in fear of change.  Use the energy of change to become more empowered.  You can change that which no longer serves you and strengthen your resolve in those areas that you do not wish to change.

You can decide what to do with change energy.  Decide to expand your awareness and advance the evolution of human consciousness.  Join the group or groups that support you in this.

As Gandhi said, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Are you ready to grow?

November 15, 2010 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

The energy around the world is being stirred up by the tides of change.  People in all countries are feeling that change is coming, but, in most cases, there is no clear understanding of what that change will be.  A natural reaction to the uncertainty of change is to move into fear, but we would tell you to hold back, do not allow yourself to go into fear.

When the Planet Earth erupts in change energy there are many potential ways that that change can become manifest.  Let us talk first of the energy of groups and what changes are coming in them.

Groups have been formed among human beings since the first tribes banded together during early human history.  There is safety in the numbers when groups are formed.  There is also a kind of leadership that is created when a group faces a decision point.  Often that leadership role was chosen by a battle or competition between strong group members and the strongest, often physically, was the one who became the leader.

In later human history, groups were formed around intellectual pursuits and the smartest or wisest person became the leader of the group.  When survival was not the most important reason for joining together, people from other ‘tribes’ would join a group whose ideas were appealing, no matter what the background of the people in the group and no matter the diversity of its members.

Lately, we are seeing that people are joining groups, banding together, so that they may fight a perceived enemy.  Ideologies seem to be the reason for connecting with others, not a desire to join for survival or intellectual reasons, but because there is an emotional component to an ideology that unites the group members and they use this passion to aim their energies outward toward ‘the enemy.’  In these groups, the leaders percolate to the top on the strength of their voice, the loudest becoming the leader.

The energies in the changes that are coming on Earth will affect the groups that have been formed around ideologies because those ideologies will begin to collapse onto themselves.  People are getting smarter about Life.  Humanity is evolving in its consciousness and awareness.  No longer will the person who shouts the loudest be allowed to make decisions for those who are intellectually curious and thinking individuals.  You will start to see that people are ‘waking up’ to what it means to be fully human.

This is a good change for Planet Earth!  When people start to ‘wake up’ they look around and see what needs to shift to support their awakening.  They no longer accept that they must follow blindly those around them who are shouting loudly.  People begin to think for themselves and make decisions around what is best for them and their family and they also begin to consider the society around them.  Philanthropy, generosity of spirit, and giving to others follows the awakening of a society.  This will be happening first where people are spiritually connected to the Earth and to people around them.  Where individualism reigns these changes will be more difficult and slower, but the energy is also there to bring this change about.

Ask yourself if you are living a Conscious Life.  Are you attaching yourself to groups because of a blind loyalty to an ideology or are you looking for like-minded people who are also intellectually curious and thinking individuals?  Examine the groups of which you are a member – are you being served by the growth of the group or does it seem to be stagnating your personal growth?

More and more people will be dissociating from those groups that do not stimulate and support personal growth and seeking that stimulation and support elsewhere.  This is how the energies of change can manifest in your life and the lives of those around you.

And so it is.

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