BOOK LIGHTS: from “Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age”, edited by Daniel Pinchbeck, in the chapter, ‘Mutual Aid Revisited’ by Anya Kamenetz

Mutual aid societies prefigure most functions of the modern state. They’re at least as old as armies, but their mission is life, not death. For millennia, people have banded together to provide one another with health care, pensions, unemployment aid, investment capital, buying power, aid to the poor, disaster relief, old age care, child care, culture, entertainment, political efficacy, education, food, shelter, and livelihoods. They have also leveraged their numbers to elicit some of these same benefits from those other two institutions, business and the government. Mutual aid extends the bonds of kinship and makes individuals into citizens.

Anya Kamenetz

The way of The Divine Feminine is to engage in ‘mutual aid’ without giving up our individualism. Each of us joining with the others creates a powerful force in the world of the 21st Century!

MUSE-INGS: Will you live your Mission?

We see so much discussion today about individual vs. collective, my rights vs. everybody else’s. Has humanity really devolved to the point where we believe that we live in isolation from all others and from Mother Earth?

I think it’s time for us to do a bit of a reality check. No one was born alone, as in dropped on the planet from a star. Well, okay, maybe some Earthlings really did start out on a distant star but that’s a discussion for another time. You were born of a mother, no matter what kind of mother she was. You had an umbilical cord that was cut after you became a human inhabitant of Mother Earth and took your first breath of Mother Earth’s air. Someone cut that cord. Someone raised you and fed you.

Even if you feel as if you were on your own because of your childhood situation the truth is that there were other people around you. As you go through your day today notice how many other people you interact with. Even if you are at home alone and don’t see anyone else, you have electricity brought to you by people. You eat food prepared, grown, delivered, etc. by people who work so that you can live. You probably received some mail delivered by a person. You received this email prepared by us and delivered through services into your email inbox.

The list goes on and on. Did you drive your car? How many people supported your having that vehicle to get yourself around in? Did you talk on the phone? What was involved in having that conversation?

Do you see where I am going with this? No one is really in isolation. But sometimes we can feel so alone. We can feel that it is difficult to get excited. We feel like victims.

YOU are NOT a victim!!! There might be things in the past or even in the present that you do not like having on your timeline but at this moment you are alive and you have access to the great power within you. YOU are a being of Light no matter how dark your day appears to be. YOU are connected to the Source of Light and Love in the Universe and you can extend that Light and Love into your life no matter what the circumstances are.

Do you know your Soul Purpose, the reason you are living this lifetime on Planet Earth? Discover it. Do you know what your Mission on Earth is? Discover it. Find your ‘why’ and let it propel you forward.

Raising your consciousness isn’t about sitting and thinking. It is about lifting your awareness into a higher level than the space where problems and circumstances live. Reach beyond your circumstances so that you can see where your greatness lies. Reach into your inner spaces and find your inner Light so that you can shine that into the world.

YOU have a role to play in the unfolding Plan. The Universe asked you to be here at this pivotal moment in the life of Mother Earth. The Divine Feminine stands ready to appear through you. Show the world that you accept your Mission. Live your Soul Purpose within the circumstances around you and decide to change them if you want them to be different. Nurture yourself so that you can nurture others.

BE who you came here to BE. And we’re all here to help you!

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas” by Alberto Villoldo, Ph. D.

Shamans are people of the percept. When they want to change the world, they engage in perceptual shifts that change their relationship to life. They envision the possible, and the outer world changes. This is why a group of Inka elders will sit in meditation envisioning the kind of world they want their grandchildren to inherit.

Alberto Villoldo, Ph. D.

Let’s all envision the kind of world we want our grandchildren to inherit!

 

MUSE-INGS: Be the Force of Positive Energy

I just read about more concerns stemming from the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan over a year ago. It makes you wonder what might be future impacts of this release of radioactivity into Earth’s atmosphere over time. That one plant could potentially impact all of life on Earth.

I’m not making any dire predictions here but it does make you think about ‘The Butterfly Effect.’ The flap of the wings of a butterfly can set up a situation that impacts a place thousands of miles away.

But I’m also reminded that the energy of a town can positively impact the crime rate in that town. Remember that experiments have been done in many cities where a number of people equal to 1% of the population of that city can lower the crime rate of that city by simply meditating together. That’s an impact of positivity.

Stirring up negative energy can have the opposite impact, can’t it? Have you ever experienced ‘mob mentality’? I have. And it can be pretty ugly. I was at a football game in high school during the race riots in DC in the 1960s. The energy becomes as electric as in a thunderstorm. It’s pretty scary to be escorted out of a stadium under police protection while fearing physical harm.

So why don’t more of us engage in the uplifting of Earth’s energy and send that around the globe?

Let’s try it. Remember that there is an energy grid around the planet in addition to the magnetic field. This energy grid is like a netting that stretches around the Earth. We can send Light Energy, positivity, into this grid and boost it’s energy around the planet.

Try taking the time to do this when you learn of something going on anywhere on Earth. The next time you hear a report about a natural disaster, visualize some Light going into this grid that makes it available to Mother Earth’s Light Workers to do their healing work. When you hear about anger or fear or famine or earthquake, take a moment to send some positive, healing energy into that grid.

This kind of work does not require you to travel or to spend money, just a few minutes of your time to be conscious and to do the work.

YOU can be The Butterfly having a positive effect elsewhere in the world!

And take your responsibility seriously as you consider this. Because you are aware and are of the level of consciousness to know about this energy grid, you can make a difference around the globe. The simple act of visualization can have a great impact. Visualize peace and healing. Visualize wholeness. Visualize security for the troubled.

There is a benefit to you as well as to the others when you hold the energy of positivity within you as you visualize. You, too, will feel the higher level of energy within you and YOU will experience that peace, healing, wholeness and security.

That’s a nice reward for working to help the globe!

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief” by Gregg Braden

The fact that the discoveries show that we can use our connection consciously opens the door to nothing less than our opportunity to tap the same power that drives the entire universe. Through the oneness that lives inside of you, me, and all humans who walk the planet, we have a direct line to the same force that creates everything from atoms and stars to the DNA of life!

Gregg Braden

Contemplating connectedness is not just about philosophical exercise. It becomes the basis for co-creating our lives with the creative force of the Universe! This is how we express our uniqueness.

MUSE-INGS: Survival Depends on Living Your Purpose

The idea of the Earth’s energy grid has been around for a long time. But we often forget how interconnected we are with this energy grid and how that connects us to all other human beings. How can some people think as if they live in isolation of all other people?

I think that there is a reason that this connectedness keeps being brought up for us to examine. We forget that both the connectedness and our uniqueness can co-exist. As individuals we don’t want to lose our individuality and focusing on our uniqueness helps us to feel ‘special.’ That’s true for everyone.

But the Planet can be inhabited by a whole bunch of ‘special’ people, can’t it?

If you are a parent, you probably want each of your children to feel special in some way and yet you love all of them equally. You want your special child to also care about others, though, because that compassion for others matters in life.

I believe we need to teach our children and grandchildren about the connectedness of all while still teaching them about their uniqueness. As I work with clients around finding their Purpose there is also the element of how to manifest that Purpose in the world. Your Purpose is a description of your node in that energy grid of the Earth-Life. You light up the world when you live your Purpose. Everyone living on the Planet with you has a connection with each other living human that is defined by their Purpose. This is how we keep the energy of the Earth-Life vibrant.

For some people, their Purpose is to be in the spotlight, to be out there as a teacher/artist/mentor, etc. For others, their Purpose is a quieter one – to place their energy in their family or their business or their creativity. Your Purpose is to make a difference on the Planet during your lifetime and that can be a quiet difference or a huge public impact.

The important thing about living your Purpose is that you are connected to all others who, at the soul level, are counting on you to live that Purpose as they are required to live theirs. This is 21st Century Earth Human expanding the consciousness that has been building since the Earth was first formed.

Past generations of humans spent their energy focused solely on survival. They weren’t spending much time on expanding consciousness unless they were the philosophers of their generation or culture. But times have changed and we now have lots of opportunities to distract ourselves from our evolutionary path, with TV, video games, sports, etc. Where are the philosophers? Are you one of them? And most people in recent times in Western Society have not had to focus so much on survival so there has been a relaxing of the energy of eking out a living but not a turning to personal growth instead of merely existing. The time for this to change is upon us.

I believe the recent economic situation has caused everyone to rethink who they are on the Planet. Some are once again focusing on survival in ways that they haven’t had to in the past. Some are expanding their awareness from a new place of understanding about the connectedness of human beings.

Survival in this new world will require us to learn new ways of thinking. This is why the new energy center is emerging in 21st Century human beings. This heart-mind center, located between the heart and the throat, brings in a fresh new way to think/feel/operate in the world. This will help us to make the changes that are necessary for both survival and the expansion of consciousness.

All Are One – we are all connected. You Are Unique – You are the one who can live your Purpose.

Maybe what is called for in these times is no longer ‘survival of the fittest’ but ‘survival of the Purpose-full.’

Think about that from the energy of your new heart-mind center!

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “Shaman, Healer, Sage: How to Heal Yourself and Others with the Energy Medicine of the Americas” by Alberto Villoldo, Ph. D.

The human energy field appears to extend only a few feet beyond the body since, like the magnetic field of the Earth, it diminishes in strength very rapidly. Yet it also travels at the speed of light, connecting us to the luminous matrix of the entire Universe, known to the Inka as the texemuyo or all-pervading web.

Alberto Villoldo, Ph. D.

Each of us and all of us are connected to the ‘all-pervading web.’ That makes it all the more important that we each fire up our inner Light and connect it with every one else’s Light. Imagine what can happen when we raise consciousness to the point that we have a magnificently lighted ‘all-pervading web’! Do your part today!

MUSE-INGS: Shine!

Isn’t it interesting that so many Mystic Messages seem to be about the changes that are upon us and what our response needs to be? This is the 2012 Shift we’ve all been hearing about.

What’s important about addressing these changing energies is that we have an individual call as well as a collective one to be fully human and to be active participants in the evolution of consciousness on Planet Earth.

All of humanity will not act as one until each of us accepts that we are connected, that we are all members of the human race, not independent of each other. Quantum Physics is showing us, in no uncertain terms, that what happens to one electron is reflected elsewhere in the Universe in another electron. There really is no such thing as ‘isolation.’

The poet, John Donne, writing around the turn of the 17th Century, wrote
No man is an island entire of itself ; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

From the 17th Century to the 21st Century, from the poet to the physicist, the message is the same. We are all one.

So now accept that you DO have a Light within you that is your Light, your Inner Splendor, the Light that is calling you to shine into the world around you. Your Light and the Light of all the others on the Planet are meant to shine as one bright Light of Humanity across the surface of the Earth and beyond. No one person is an island, in the darkness. Even if you sometimes feel as if you dwell in darkness, even if you feel that your life is filled with darkness, there is always a Light within you waiting to be released into the atmosphere. When you cannot access that Light within you, then allow the Light of others to light your path until you find the connection inward to your own Light again.

We seem to be looking to the outside for the Light. It is time to reach inside for your own Light. Shine that Light brightly and others will be drawn to connect with you. Lift the Light of Consciousness to higher levels so that you can extend your reach beyond what you thought was your ‘island’ and connect with others. This is the shift that the world has been waiting for.

As each individual takes responsibility for their contribution to the uplifting of Consciousness and to the increase of Light on the Planet, then we will see the shifts that we are hoping to see in the world. The outside does not light up the inside. But we can help each other find our own inner Light.

I believe that we are seeing a rise in the number of coaches and counselors in our Western Societies because we are reaching to others for help along our path. We feel the need to do personal growth and we recognize that the path is easier when someone ahead of us holds our hand to lead us. This is how I view my work with clients – I hold your hand while we explore your inner Light until you feel confident taking that Light and shining it brightly into the world around you.

Make sure that you are surrounding yourself with people who want you to shine your own Light. Do not listen to those who would shut you down or dim your Light. Do not give away your power to those who would criticize you or try to diminish you. You are the Light of the World and the World is looking for you to light your candle and hold it proudly high.

Let’s connect our Lights today and see how brightly we shine when we have millions of candle-power Lights beaming into the atmosphere!

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BOOK LIGHTS: from “Trust Your Vibes: Secret Tools for Six-Sensory Living” by Sonia Choquette

Knowing that the Universe will help you puts you in a vibratory state of receptivity, which creates a vacuum. Whenever a vacuum is created, spiritual law dictates that the Universe will rush in to fill it with its vibratory equivalent. In other words, you get what you expect. So if two people drive to downtown Chicago on a summer weekend night and one expects to find a parking space and the other doesn’t, they’ll both be right: The person who expects support will get it, while the one who doesn’t, won’t.

Sonia Choquette

What is the ‘vibratory state of receptivity’ of the vision you have for your Life? Will there be a parking place or not? Be sure you are creating the space at the vibration level of what you WANT your vision to be. Then let the Universe fill that space!

MUSE-INGS: Make It So

How compelling is the vision that you have for your Life? DO you have a vision?

This was brought home to me by a good friend who asked me about my vision. I had some ideas but I hadn’t fully fleshed out the vision. As she asked me more details I started to get excited. I knew the details! I could see the colors, hear the sounds, feel the breeze and the temperature. I knew exactly how it would feel to be in that scenario. I could see other parts of that life, too. Active parts and relaxing parts.

And it felt really good!

Then, when I went back to writing some marketing copy, something I’m not particularly fond of doing, I had a renewed interest and excitement because it wasn’t about having to do the chore of writing the copy – it was about supporting that Life that I had visited in my vision. THAT’S a motivator!

And so I invite you to create a compelling vision for your Life, one that draws you forward toward it. If you find yourself talking about what you don’t want in that Life, that’s okay but move your language to the other side of that coin and talk about what you DO want. Sometimes we get information from the identification of what we don’t want but if we dwell on that we energize the very thing we don’t want instead of what we do want. So keep your thoughts focused on what you DO want in your vision.

Create a movie in your mind. You’re the director and the star and the screenwriter. You have full creative control over this project. What does the house look like? What is the setting? Lighting? Temperature? Location? Who is starring in the cast besides you – anyone? What foods are on the table? What colors are around you? What activities are on the calendar? What car is in the garage?

Keep going. Identify the details. Who are you with? What are you doing? How do you relax? What does your work look like?

Isn’t this fun?

And, since you are the director, you can always call, ‘Cut!’ and start over. You are always in charge of how this movie turns out, and the project doesn’t have to ever become static because there’s always another aspect to play with.

But as you see yourself both directing and starring in this film called, ‘My Life,’ step into your roles, don’t just view them from afar.

Your unconscious mind cannot distinguish between the images that are happening in the 3-dimensional world we refer to as ‘reality’ and the reality of your visions. Step into that vision and live it. Your unconscious mind will take this as instructions to ‘Make it so,’ quoting my favorite Starship Captain Jean Luc Picard.

But notice the power of your unconscious mind. It will take any command from what you think about and envision and it will assume you are saying, ‘Make it so.’ THIS is why it is so important that you create the vision of what you want and energize that! If you ask your unconscious mind to create what you don’t want, it will do so.

So it is important that you become aware of your thoughts, your words. Make sure you hold the vision in your consciousness so that you are always moving in that direction, not as if it is in the future but aligning yourself with that vision in the present. Keep yourself focused on the manifestation of your vision IN THE NOW.

It might seem like a miracle but it starts to manifest and you are suddenly realizing that you are in it!

Cool stuff, right?

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