My “Two-Minute” Video for this Week: Learn Your Lessons!
ROSEMARY’S EXPLORATION: Still in School?
February 17, 2014 — RosemaryAs I write this we are experiencing a huge snow storm on the East Coast of the US. Schools have been closed, businesses are closed, even the Government Offices are closed. No matter what plans had been made, what meetings were scheduled, what classes/tests/speakers were planned – they are not happening.
Life happens like this all the time. We create a PLAN, our very own statement about how things are to go, and the Universe arranges a different way for us to learn our lessons. For that is really what every incident in our lives is – an opportunity for us to learn a lesson.
We are always facing circumstances over which we have no control. We do, however, have control over how we respond to those circumstances. That is what we do when we accept what is going on around us and seek the lesson.
Of course, you can curse what is happening, or bemoan the lack of what you had wanted and planned, but neither of those choices advances your learning. What if, instead, you were to ask, ‘What is the lesson in this for me?’ and spend your energy seeking the chance to grow?
There is a popular saying that you must ‘Bloom Where You Are Planted.’ I would change that to, ‘Learn in the School in Which You Find Yourself.’
No matter what your circumstances are there is something for you to learn from those circumstances. No matter what you feel you lack, you have everything you need right now, in this moment, to learn the lesson that is there in front of you. Still can’t see the lesson? Then go inside and seek the answer there.
Sometimes the answer is to learn how to wait for guidance. Sometimes the lesson is to learn patience. Sound familiar?
And sometimes the lesson is to let go of fear and take a big step out into your Life Purpose! Maybe now is the time when you can’t hide from your Self and everything else becomes an excuse to avoid growing and moving forward.
It takes more energy to stay stuck than to let go and move forward! And, yet, for many, choosing to stay where you are seems less frightening that moving forward. Just because the familiar seems the comfortable place, doesn’t mean it is the best place for you to realize your highest good.
Look around your life and see what has stayed the same for a long time. Are you staying in your comfort zone because you are waiting for lightning to strike or the time to be perfect or for someone else to change? Or are you staying in a place where the lessons are becoming more difficult for you to learn but you are afraid to move out into an unknown classroom?
Seek out your lessons. Move out of a space where you cannot learn anymore. Leave behind a place, job, relationship, town where you are ready to graduate and learn new lessons. The school that you find yourself in will always present you with an opportunity to learn, but what if the lesson is that it is time to graduate and move on? Are you ready to complete that class?
Long-term relationships last because the people in them support each other in learning their lessons and continuing to grow. This is true of intimate relationships, friendships, jobs, associations. Are you feeling stagnant? Then ask yourself if you can find a new classroom, a new school, where you can learn and grow and expand.
Love yourself enough to learn the lessons! Step out of your comfort zone and learn the graduate level classes. You left kindergarten and grade school and high school behind you when you were ready. Maybe now it’s time to move into the Graduate Academy of Life and keep learning!
There are no ‘snow days’ in this Academy of Life!
WHERE’S ROSEMARY?
February 17, 2014 — RosemaryI am enjoying an uptick in working with individual clients. It is always reaffirming to get back to roots and work one-on-one with people seeking spiritual healing.
And I hope we can catch up soon!
Here’s where you can find me over the next few weeks:
***On Purpose Networking, Connections over Coffee***
Tuesday, February 18, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Bowie, MD
Hope to see you there! Or…
***On Purpose Networking, Connections over Coffee***
Friday, February 28, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Columbia, MD
Hope to see you there!
***New to RosemarySpace?***
Apply for a FREE Discovery Session
For new members, Welcome! And if you haven’t yet met me, here’s your chance to apply for a Discovery Session with me; it’s a 20 minute get-acquainted session!
Let’s connect!
To learn more about me, visit www.TheScientificMystic.com
NEWS FROM ROSEMARY
February 14, 2014 — Richard
Happy Valentine’s Day! May you be your own best Valentine today and LOVE YOURSELF UNCONDITIONALLY!
Today is also a Full Moon Day so watch out for Luna’s influence on drivers and tides. This is the time to let go of anything that is draining your energy or time or that is holding you back from expressing your magnificence. (And I do believe that you are magnificent!) As we get ready for Spring, and those of us in the East are looking at huge snowfall amounts enjoying the flakes while simultaneously ready for the crocuses to bloom, it’s time to get your energy space ready for the new growth of Springtime in your life. So clear those negative thoughts out of the way, get rid of limiting beliefs, finish those projects, throw away any ‘stuff’ that isn’t beautiful, meaningful, helpful or that doesn’t bring you joy. Moon energy at the time of the Full Moon is very useful in supporting this ‘getting rid of’ process!
And remember that Mercury is Retrograde, appearing to move backward, so a lot of communication-related things get messed up. Re-read your emails before you hit ‘send.’ Re-re-read contracts before you sign them. Re-view your plans and re-vise. And re-member that other folks are distracted so drive defensively!
I’m so excited about how well-received the Possibilities Playshop 2014 has been! I’m using my Playbook and have been fascinated by the synchronicities that are appearing. For example, my picture for the first ‘moonth’ is an eagle. A week after I created my playbook I was at a wonderful crystal meditation event and an eagle appeared to me and gave me a message. It wasn’t until I was getting ready to write it in my Playbook that I got the connection to the Eagle Energy this month! There’s a lot more that I can share, just from my Playbook, but I’ll save some of the stories for later. It’s been helpful to see how the themes are playing out in each ‘moonth,’ the time between New Moons. You can still get the recording of the January Playshop and create your own < strong>Playbook. I’m thinking I’ll offer it again mid-year for the Summer Solstice, rather than waiting until the next Lunar New Year. Let me know if you’d like to join us and I’ll put you on the list to receive advance notice.
SPECIAL HEALING SESSIONS: My guides for 2014 have asked me to offer a limited number of Advanced Healing Sessions in the coming days. I have opened up some slots for these sessions and they are unlike my usual mentoring work. In these sessions I will be working with healers on The Other Side to clear blocks, remove stuck energies, bring in connections to guidance and creativity, and generally move you to a new level of Consciousness, free to advance your mission on Planet Earth. These are powerful healing sessions and I invite you to consider if you are ready to let go of what is holding you back and take a quantum leap forward. Are you tired of feeling stuck? Are you seeking support in taking that next step? These Advanced Healing Sessions will be available in person in Maryland and also to those of you at a distance. The first part of the session is my working with the healers in your energy field and then we will discuss what you need and I will connect you to your own guidance. This is very powerful work but I have been led to offer this because some of you are ready and this is just the healing work that you have been waiting for.
You will not see these Advanced Healing Sessions offered on the website or to the public but the people who need these are currently in or near to those in RosemarySpace. If you feel that you are one of the ones the guides are calling for healing, or your friend or family member is one, then please send me an email so that we can discuss this further. I do hope that, if you feel this is for you, you will claim your spot soon! I have been told to limit the number so I do want you to be sure to get on the calendar. I look forward to sharing this important healing energy with you! rosemary@TheScientificMystic.com
Enjoy the weather wherever you are! For those of us in the snow, it’s time to stay warm and remember to feed the birds!
Dream a Big Dream! – Richard’s Commentary
February 13, 2014 — RichardRosemary begins her message with a question:
Do you know your Heart’s Desire? Do you have a Big Wish?
Well, do you? The very first step in moving forward with your life is to visualize it, see it, dream it! As humans we are good at making pictures. We are an extremely visual species. Consider the simplest of things we do; if we want to go out to the store, in the snow, to get that last loaf of bread, we first make a picture of the store, the way to get there, the car, the road conditions, and a thousand other images that pop into our minds just to accomplish this simplest of tasks. We create a “map” of the task to “see” us through to successful completion. No matter how simple the action we visualize it before acting.
And what if the task is bigger; what if we are talking about a “heart desire”? Then the visualization needs to scale to the level of the desire.
I’m using a visual perspective here because we are strongly visual. But if we engage all of our senses, our emotions, our intuitive senses and even our spirit in creating a dream-environment how much more powerful the “map” becomes to get us there. If we begin to hear the desire, smell how it might be, taste the flavors anticipated, feel the quality of the air and imagine being in the midst of that desired condition we can actualize the dream that much more powerfully.
Let me give you a personal example: my Big Wish for 2014 is to travel to India to participate in the Kalachakra Tantra Rite of Initiation being offered by His Holiness the Dalai Lama this year. He is offering it in Ladakh, in the north of India in the Himalayans. This dream touches on many of my wishes – travel back to India, travel to the Himalayan Mountains, visiting Buddhist Monasteries, participating in Buddhist rituals – the list is quite long. And as I begin to picture this dream it becomes very large, almost to the point of overwhelm. But I am taking my own advice:
The first thing I have done is to read more deeply about the Kalachakra Tantra Rite of Initiation. I have read Jeffrey Hopkins’ translation of His Holiness’ work by that title. And now I am practicing the Six Session Yoga as a prerequisite of the Initiation. I am visualizing the practice, visualizing Kalchakra and Vajradhara and beginning to get a deep, heart and soul understanding of this Tantra.
I am also reading about Ladakh. And I am remembering the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, feelings and wonders of being in India. I have only visited three cities before, Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi. I have not been to the north or anywhere near the mountains. But I have been above 14,000 feet in Colorado and I have been above 19,000 feet in Africa; I can combine my various experiences to begin to form a picture of what it might be like in the highest mountains in the world.
I have also visited Buddhist monasteries, practiced Buddhism there, enjoyed the beautiful art, heard the bells, chanted the mantras, smelled the incense, tasted the simple fare, felt the cold hard floor of early morning meditations in the middle of winter and shivered not with the cold but with the moving spirit of the sangha.
I am putting lots of pictures, experiences of all the senses, and deep feelings of my past into as complete a picture as I can of my Big Wish, what it might be like. I am energizing this wish. I am empowering it and sending it into the cosmos as something already done. And I let go of the particulars of how; I leave that to the Universe. I am doing my part!
Rosemary asks another question in her message:
So what do you want? What is your Heart’s Desire?
Answer that question, and the rest is up to you to paint the picture of your Heart’s Desire. Go for it!
ROSEMARY’S EXPLORATION: Dream a Big Dream!
February 12, 2014 — RosemaryDo you know your Heart’s Desire? Do you have a Big Wish?
Remember when you were a kid and grownups kept asking you what you wanted to be when you grew up? Most children have a ready answer for that question. It might change over time, but they know in the moment. Doctor. Firefighter. Teacher. Soldier. Dancer.
I have a friend whose little girl is saving up for her own plane. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to tell you.
So what do you want? What is your Heart’s Desire?
For most of us, past the age of 21, our Heart’s Desire isn’t some THING to own but something less tangible. World peace. An end to hunger/homelessness/poverty/cancer. A happy family. A grand romance. To be on TV with Oprah. To be healed of a disease. To have financial security. To have a child.
What is your Big Wish?
Reach into the depths of your Heart and ask yourself that question. Most of us can come up with the answer we think we’re supposed to say, like ‘an end to illiteracy’ or ‘world peace,’ but keep asking yourself, “What’s behind that wish?”
What we really want is the feeling we’ll have when our wish is realized.
Some of us have never really probed into our own desires. In today’s world, it can be especially difficult for women to access what their Heart’s Desire truly is. We’ve been taught to fulfill everyone else’s needs before we even address our own needs, much less our desires. Men, too, can struggle with this because they have been taught that it is their job to make things happen and they might be afraid to dream too big and be unable to realize that dream.
But I give you permission, right now, today, to take some time to explore what you truly desire, deep in your Heart of Hearts.
There is no judgment about your dream. No one will laugh or criticize or tell you that you can’t achieve that dream. What desire is it that, when you picture yourself having that desire manifest in your life, makes your heart sing? What is the deep desire that brings a smile to your face as you consider it?
It might also bring a quaking to the knees and a sense of fear and even the sound of ‘old tapes’ playing in your head that cause you to shut down and grow small again. If the dream doesn’t challenge your reality then it’s probably not the BIG ONE!
Dream BIG!!! Find out what your Heart’s Desire is.
And then energize it. Plan for it. Think about it. Figure out the first step to realizing it. Picture it as if it is already here and step into how it feels. Share your Big Dream with a carefully selected audience who will support you no matter what.
The first step to living your dream is to DISCOVER IT. There’s a song in the wonderful show, ‘South Pacific,’ that contains the line, ‘If you don’t have a dream, then how are you going to have a dream come true?’
The next step is to CLAIM IT. Be bold. Let yourself dream big. Find that Heart’s Desire that energizes you.
And, finally, stop hiding in your life and PURSUE THE DREAM! I’ll give you another song from a show as inspiration. In the Disney movie, ‘Frozen,’ there is a great song, ‘Let It Go,’ that is sung by Idina Menzel with such great enthusiasm. It’s about being YOU in all your BIGness. Claim YOU without hiding. Your dream is yours to realize.
Live YOUR Heart’s Desire!
ROSEMARY’S INSPIRATION: Find Your Heart’s Desire!
February 11, 2014 — RosemaryMy “Two-Minute” Video for this Week: Find Your Heart’s Desire!
WHERE’S ROSEMARY?
February 10, 2014 — RosemaryI am percolating and developing; continuing to work on my book to be published this year and beginning to construct a “prequel” to the book: From Astrophysics to Metaphysics. Look for that launch soon!
Meanwhile:
Here’s where you can find me over the next few weeks:
***On Purpose Networking, Connections over Coffee***
Friday, February 14, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Annapolis, MD
Hope to see you there!
***Satsang with Rosemary***
Saturday, February 15, 7:00 pm, Severna Park, MD
On the 3rd Saturday of the month Rosemary channels a message from The Divine Feminine and other dimensions she accesses to bring wisdom and guidance to all who would hear these important messages. You can attend in person in Maryland, attend by video conference from anywhere in the world or call in by phone.
***On Purpose Networking, Connections over Coffee***
Tuesday, February 18, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Bowie, MD
Hope to see you there!
***On Purpose Networking, Connections over Coffee***
Friday, February 28, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Columbia, MD
Hope to see you there!
***New to RosemarySpace?***
Apply for a FREE Discovery Session
For new members, Welcome! And if you haven’t yet met me, here’s your chance to apply for a Discovery Session with me; it’s a 20 minute get-acquainted session!
Let’s connect!
To learn more about me, visit www.TheScientificMystic.com
ROSEMARY’S NEWS
February 7, 2014 — Rosemary
How do you like this galloping Horse Year energy? We’re still in the growing cycle of the New Moon of the Lunar New Year and it seems as if everyone is feeling this energetic push to move forward. Can you feel it?
Of course, I have to warn you that Mercury is Retrograde until February 27 so, while it appears to us on Earth as if the Planet Mercury is moving backward in the sky, there is a lot of ‘re-doing’ here on Earth when Mercury is Retrograde. Pay strict attention to details and re-read everything – emails, contracts, letters, etc. But this is also a great time to do some inner work and explore your inner self. Think about gifting yourself with a connection to the wisdom in other dimensions. Together we can explore the possibilities for you, especially if you are stuck about your Big Dream and your Next Step. Send me an email to explore! rosemary@thescientificimystic.com
There is no New Moon in February this year! So this really is a time to go inside and explore. It’s also a good time to let go of what is holding you back. Get ready for the Full Moon on Valentine’s Day, and its appropriate message is to let your Heart show you the way.
So find your Heart’s Desire! Talk about it with a trusted confidante. Invite them to share theirs, too, and support each other in manifesting your Big Dream.
The Possibilities Playshop 2014 was a good way to get started on this. I am using my Playbook and continue to add insights and thoughts as I use it to work with the Moon Cycles this year. I’m thinking that maybe we don’t have to wait until next year for the next one. If there’s enough interest I might offer one in the middle of the year to start with the following New Moon. In the meantime, we still have the recording of this year’s (and some helpful bonuses) available to help you get working with that Horse energy and manifest the Possibilities this year holds for you. Check it out here
We’re in for more winter here in Maryland so I’m trying not to say things like ‘Stay warm’ but, ‘Stay warm!’ Some folks in the region have experienced a power outage during this cold weather. That reminds us that there are some people who never have heat when it’s cold. Let’s be grateful for the shelter that we have this season, whether it’s the cold here or the heat Down Under. Gratitude is always in style.
Until Valentine’s Day! Let every heart image that you see this week remind you to Love Yourself and Live Your Big Dream!
Mystic Messages 
Still in School? – Richard’s Commentary
February 20, 2014 — RichardI’ve been in school my whole life. How about you? As I think about this I am continuously upgrading my skills with blogs, WordPress, graphic design, HTML, etc. I began my technical career in computer programming in 1971 and have never stopped learning new skills as the technology advances and honing old skills as the basic approach continues to stay pretty much the same when it comes to instructing computers.
Then there is my spiritual study which has also come a long way from learning Transcendental Meditation from students of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1969 to my current work with Kalachakra Tantra Yoga, refining this practice and learning everything about it in preparation for the Kalachakra Initiation offered by His Holiness the Dalai Lama later this year. Along the way I was ordained as an Interfaith Minister in 2000 after an intense two-year seminary experience and I spent a couple of years in Martín Prechtel’s Bolad’s Kitchen.
But my real school is documented in my fingerprints; and they tell me I’m in the school of LOVE. The fact is I have so many loops in my fingerprints (10) that I’m not only in the school of Love but my lesson is Love and my Life Purpose is – yep – Love! And since our fingerprints don’t change through life I will always be in the school of Love.
And we are all always in the School of Life. This is what Rosemary’s post yesterday is really about; that school of life lessons that seems always in session! Here’s what she says about that:
We are always facing circumstances over which we have no control. We do, however, have control over how we respond to those circumstances. That is what we do when we accept what is going on around us and seek the lesson.
“Seek the lesson.” This can be the hardest test; when in the midst of a life crisis, the last thing I want to hear is “what is the lesson in this?”! “I don’t care what the lesson is; I just want to get through this!”
Sound familiar? Then you probably don’t want to hear Rosemary’s next advice:
No matter what your circumstances are there is something for you to learn from those circumstances. No matter what you feel you lack, you have everything you need right now, in this moment, to learn the lesson that is there in front of you. Still can’t see the lesson? Then go inside and seek the answer there.
Sometimes the answer is to learn how to wait for guidance. Sometimes the lesson is to learn patience. Sound familiar?
Ah, “patience.” I’ve mentioned here before that my word for 2014 is “patience.” Yes, I am finally going to embrace this lesson and, if not fully learn it, at least make some gains on it!
I have a difficult time learning my lessons in the moment. But I do find myself going inside later and examining the circumstances, asking the questions about lessons, examining reactions and how they could have been managed better. I use the “nightly review” for this: before going to sleep I review the day in reverse and consider the big events, how I handled them, what could have been handled better, what there was to learn. And this is working for me; it’s like doing my homework; honing skills in life.