MUSE-INGS: How evolutionary are you?

August 29, 2012 — Rosemary

Everything around us seems to be changing, at a far more rapid pace than ever before in human history. I think of my Dad who was born in 1908 and died in 1983. Imagine the changes in his lifetime!

And since his passing, almost 30 years ago, we now have so many instant communication devices that we can barely take a breath without being contacted by another human being. As I write this, Outlook keeps telling me “you’ve got mail!” (ok, not in that old aol voice!) and my iPhone is chiming to let me know I’ve received another text. I can email with people all over the world. My clients are on different continents and we can ‘see’ each other via our videoconference sessions as if we are sitting across the table from each other. We are really connecting through space and time in ways my Dad couldn’t even imagine.

And, yet, are we still Neanderthal’s in our thinking? Have we evolved our consciousness so that we bring new perspectives to activities and behaviors and thoughts in our lives?

I see the nature of ‘mine’ sometimes throwing itself into the mix without a concern for other people or the impact of actions on the community around. There seem to be many conflicted people who cannot find a place within their thoughts and beliefs for the union of individualism with community. We are individuals who live in community with other individuals.

This is the point where human consciousness is inviting us to find a new awareness of these concepts, to move from the either/or thinking of ‘mine’ vs. ‘ours.’ There is a place, in 21st Century thought, for ‘mine’ AND ‘ours.’

In what other areas are you seeing your thoughts or beliefs living in a previous century? Have you carefully examined the thoughts and beliefs that are guiding you through your 21st Century life? If you would live a Conscious Life, then you MUST do the work to choose the thoughts and beliefs that will determine how you live today.

‘Sleepwalking through history’ is not an option for the spiritual student or for the human who chooses to be a part of the evolution of human consciousness. That is what those who have made the choice to avoid evolving are doing – sleepwalking. They think that they are alive but they have shut down the very part of themselves that is fully human and seeking growth.

Constantly assess your thoughts as you go about your day. Am I thinking with consciousness about what I am choosing or am I ‘sleepwalking’? Ask yourself, “Is this thought coming from me or from an old tape created by someone in the past? Is my belief based on 21st Century consciousness or is it coming from something hundreds of years ago that I must understand in a new light?”

If you truly examine your own consciousness then you can choose to assist all of humanity in its evolutionary process.

Choose to evolve beyond Neanderthal thinking. It’s the 21st Century. Your very humanity is calling you to evolve, to move beyond the unconsciousness of ‘sleepwalking.’ Make the choice today. And examine those thoughts and beliefs, especially the unconscious ones, so that you can bring yourself up to date with the evolution of human consciousness in the 21st Century.

My Dad would be excited to be a part of this evolution today!

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MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Are You Neanderthal?

August 28, 2012 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

The world is changing. Are you?

If you are clinging to beliefs that were appropriate 100 years ago and you are refusing to evolve your thinking, then are you being fully human and participating in the evolution of human consciousness?

Humans are evolving animals, with the free will to choose how and at what level they will participate in the evolutionary process. This free will allows the human being to develop levels of consciousness that increase awareness. Other animals are also evolving but it is humans who can choose NOT to evolve.

The joking use of the term ‘Neanderthal’ to describe a person who is still thinking in cave man mentality is really a description of the lack of evolution on the part of the individual being described. The people who lived in caves in those early times of humanity’s presence on Planet Earth were evolving very rapidly. Every experience was a new one that helped to develop the brain and mind of humans who live today. Every new experience created a template against which other experiences could be measured. Deciding what worked and what didn’t, what was tested and tried that succeeded, and what did not fit in that moment, is how the human being was able to learn and grow and evolve.

Language was created to assist in communication that had been accomplished by other means before language appeared. If you have studied your Oxford English Dictionary you have seen how your current day language continues to evolve with usage. Multiple languages developed based on the source language that was evolving in that place and time. Adapting to circumstances is a part of the evolutionary process.

In 21st Century Earth evolution each person can choose whether or not they will continue to learn and to grow or will try to hold all of humanity back by refusing to move forward with their understanding and consciousness.

You have a choice about how you will navigate the 21st Century. Because you are alive at this time on Planet Earth, your Soul agreed to participate in the evolution of humanity and of human consciousness. Every other person around you has also made the same contract with the Universe – to be a part of 21st Century evolution.

Obviously, the evolutionary process in the 21st Century differs from that of the cave people. But, in essence, the process includes trying new things/thoughts, identifying those that advance humanity and those that hold back the flow of evolution, and adopting the growth positions to move human consciousness forward.

Everyone around you is also engaged in this process. Differences among the choices are starting to show broader areas of disagreement because the choices have been occurring for a long time. Some humans have chosen to participate in the growth of consciousness and others have been on a path of constantly choosing to hold back or to go back to an earlier level of consciousness. When these choices are coming from the same position, the differences are small. When, however, they reflect years or centuries of making the same kind of choices, then the differences have veered so far away from each other as to appear irreconcilable.

Understand that the differences you are seeing in the 21st Century reflect the evolution of all humanity. 2012 is a year of choice for all on Planet Earth. It is time to decide which type of human being you will be, and to appreciate that the Souls who have chosen other paths have already made their decisions.

We wish you to choose to continue to be a part of the evolution of human consciousness for there is much yet to be revealed. Only those who believe in the ability of the human being to learn, to grow, to have greater levels of understanding and to contribute to the evolution of the greater consciousness will continue on the path of human evolution. Those who choose to deny that growth and who would deny others the opportunity for that growth will be left behind.

Human beings are evolutionary beings. To deny this, to fight the evolution of consciousness, is to choose to step away from one’s own humanity. It is a poor choice.

And so it is.

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MUSE-INGS: Every NOW is a Powerful Place for You to Be!!!

August 15, 2012 — Rosemary

Your true power comes from within you but too often we look outside for approval in order to feel our power. And we also find ourselves giving away our power to others – other people, other circumstances, other times.

Say this with me now – “I claim ALL of my power NOW!”

Some of you might be laughing or doubting or, sadly, crying. But I want you to feel your own power right now in this present moment.

You might think that you aren’t feeling very powerful, but that could be because your definition of ‘power’ is linked to the old model of ‘power over another.’ That is no longer what ‘power’ means! Your inner power has nothing to do with other people or circumstances or times. Your inner power derives from YOU being YOU! And the best way to access that inner power is to bring all your awareness, your consciousness, into the present moment so that you have all your energy available to you in the NOW.

Sometimes I wonder why this is not as easy as it sounds. But I realize that our minds are such fantastic computers, always calculating what might happen and what we’ve learned from what has happened, that it takes a special effort to bring our conscious thoughts into the present moment.

The gift of a great mind is the ability to transcend time. And the gift of a great consciousness is to be able to access fully this present moment in time.

Imagine that you can bring all your awareness into this moment NOW and to fully focus in the NOW in which you are existing. This is powerful stuff!

In classes, I sometimes ask for a volunteer to stand with me and concentrate fully on some problem they are having outside the class and really use their mind to focus on that problem. I can touch them with my finger and push them off balance! [I never let them fall, of course!] Then I ask them to bring their attention fully to their power center, the Third Chakra, the Dan Tien, that energy center that is the seat of your personal energy in your body. Holding attention here, focusing fully on the body’s power center, located a few inches below the navel, gives such stability and power that no matter how hard I push I cannot get the volunteer to move. It’s a dramatic demonstration of bring your consciousness into the present moment so that you can access all of your power!

Try this exercise yourself and see how it feels to bring your attention to your power center and to focus your attention in the NOW. Breathe. Then move into your next activity. Come from your own inner power. Move through your day taking time to focus in the NOW.

And if you need practice, try meditation. Sometimes people have a lot of trouble with meditation and I hear complaints that they can’t still their minds enough. I believe that meditation can be practiced without having to fight your mind’s tendency to think. Allow yourself to practice being fully present to this moment NOW and don’t worry about the thoughts that come. Also, don’t attach to those thoughts and feel you must ‘think them through.’ Allow them to drift by like the clouds in the sky and bring your attention back to the NOW.

NOW is all we have. Enjoy this NOW and let go of the past and the future. Happy NOW!

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MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Snap or Flex? That is the Choice!

February 7, 2012 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

The energies in the world are in a pattern of profound shift and those people who cannot be flexible will find themselves breaking like dry sticks because they cannot bend in the winds of change. Which kind of person are you? The stiff, dry stick who snaps if forced to try to reshape, or the willow branch that is flexible and can adapt to change without breaking?

When monumental levels of change are inevitable then each individual has a responsibility to their soul journey to examine the shifts and personalize their response to the new energies. Does this make sense to you or are you feeling some resistance to these words? Your answer to this question will help you to see whether you are stiff or flexible.

Now, we are not suggesting that you must shift with every breeze that blows by, for not every energy change is one that resonates with your soul journey, nor is every change that is proposed before you one that you should embrace. However, we are seeing that many people on Earth at this time are trying to revert to old patterns or to hold onto what they are familiar with despite the need to make some changes for the good of all of humanity. There must be a continual spiral upward toward greater awareness and consciousness for humanity to continue to evolve and grow. Those who resist this upward growth are closing down their minds to the potential of expanded awareness and they create an energetic antidote to the expansion of all consciousness for humanity through the ages.

In history, it is these people who have brought about wars and famine and economic collapse as well as the collapse of political regimes and the ‘dark ages’ of stymied education and enlightenment of the populace. They operate from a mistaken notion that power is defined by control of others, that personal wealth must come at the expense of someone who loses something. These notions are a sign of very limited consciousness and have no place in the 21st Century human development. And yet they persist in societies around the world. Why is that so?

From a vantage point above the little skirmishes of daily life on Earth, one can see a bigger picture playing out. For one thing, the people who wish to limit the growth of consciousness believe that they foresee a world in which their limited group will hold all the power in the world and the fate of other inhabitants matters not to them. How shortsighted! For who would serve these self-identified masters if there were no minions?

One is also able to see the spreading of the Light of Consciousness around the planet as individuals wake up to the understanding that all humans are connected and the fate of the few is linked to the fate of the many. Individuals are seeing that they are a part of the fabric of the whole and that it is only by shining their own light, their inner light or inner splendor, in the world that the whole world benefits from the illumination of humanity.

Ah, what a beautiful sight it is to behold the awakening of the human race to its place within the unfolding Universe! Each individual is a Being of Light, a holder of the candle by which the entire Universe can be illuminated. Each human being on Earth at this time has a responsibility to find that inner light and to turn up the flame.

Where is your light hiding? How can you magnify the light that you share with the world? Can you learn to ignore those who would tell you to shrink and contract until you eventually snap or will you hear your inner voice leading you to flex and shift and change into the brilliant light that you are at your core?

Do not fight the kind of change that challenges you to grow in consciousness, to expand your awareness and to shine a brighter light out into the world. And do not listen to those who would have you isolate or hide – the winds of change are blowing and your light is needed.

Shine!

And so it is.

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MUSE-INGS: Consciousness. Success. Freedom.

January 18, 2012 — Rosemary

These are all concepts that are not easily discussed in a short piece but it makes sense that we are being called at this time to consider these topics. In this long-awaited year of 2012 we will be experiencing an expansion of consciousness that is really challenging every human being to address their own understanding of their ‘self’ and their place in the Universe. I believe that no one will be allowed to ignore what I will name ‘The Call of Consciousness.’

Humanity is on an evolutionary path that is not just about walking upright or brain size or the physical attributes of the human. Quantum Physics is exploring topics that were not even dreamed of 100 or 200 or 1000 years ago. I started my professional career with a degree in mathematics and a job programming complex operations on a computer that filled a huge room in the basement of a building. I think my iPhone has more compute power than the computer on which I did matrix transformations of spectrum allocation analysis [are you suitably impressed?]. When our kids were young we had an Atari computer that has been replaced in our home by a desktop PC, a Mac Book Pro, a Mac Book Air, an iPad, 2 iPhones and a Droid. Not to mention our Kindles, etc. Who even bothers to remember their multiplication table because we all have calculators on our phones?

But because we have computers and technological advances we are not necessarily more advanced as a civilization. We still seem to have a need to kill each other. We still steal from each other, and harm our neighbors and covet what they have. I could list a lot of other things that we do to each other, but I think there is a very simple reason why this list is so long. It’s because we still think of ourselves as separate beings living a separate existence in the world and if I have something then it must be taken from another. And if someone else has something it means that I don’t have that. We then create the need for greed because I want what you have.

We have forgotten that we are all connected in an abundant Universe. We focus on lack – you have something that I lack and, therefore, I must make that imbalance right by going out and getting what I want [‘keeping up with the Joneses’ syndrome] or taking from you so I can feel better about myself when I have it and you don’t [‘king of the mountain’ syndrome]. We think of ourselves as separate and then we act to make ourselves feel better about that separation.

Religions, societies, communities, spiritual teachings all address connectedness in some form, but humans can twist that message into a message of ‘otherness’ and separation that cause great deals of conflicts between parties because they have fallen into the traps inherent in a belief in separation.

Each child in a family is a separate being with a personality all their own, but don’t they, at the same time, feel a sense of connectedness in a family unit? And I’m not talking just about what some people call a ‘family’ but of what we create – the ‘family’ of people united into community by some kind of bond. What if we all started to expand our definition of ‘family’ to include all sentient beings, especially all human beings, so that our awareness encompasses the consciousness of the connectedness of all?

Couldn’t we improve life on Earth by adopting this expansion of consciousness? We are being called to become our greater selves at this time. Think of yourself as connected to all others. Expand your own consciousness. You will be contributing to the expansion of the collective consciousness. This is how your life purpose fits into the whole.

Namaste.

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MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: The Consciousness of Success

January 17, 2012 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

It is our pleasure to welcome you people of the Earth to the larger collection of inhabitants of the Universe. Many of you are thinking of yourselves in a context that is larger than the little group to which you belong at present. Welcome.

The human family is just one of the tribes of families in the Universe. This is not said to scare you about your science fiction movie aliens but to let you know that there is a consciousness beyond that which encompasses the human race on Planet Earth in the 21st Century. That all-encompassing consciousness has been called ‘God’ or ‘Spirit’ or ‘Source’ or ‘Great Spirit’ or ‘The Universe’ and a host of other names. Religions have been created around this notion that there is a consciousness beyond the comprehension of a human mind and therefore it must be deified and separate from humans.

In reality, Dear Ones, YOU are the consciousness that is beyond your own comprehension and every other existence of sentience is also that larger consciousness. This might seem a difficult concept to grasp but it is really rather simple. All consciousness is an awareness of existence. Any being that is aware of its own existence is a part of the collective consciousness. All sentient beings are, therefore, a part of the larger consciousness and there is none that are separate from it.

Does that confuse you? Or does it help you to feel that you are connected to something greater that is, at one time, a part of you as you are a part of it? Look around you at the people in your life and realize that you are all a part of the greater All. See every human being as a part of you. Know that your whole life is one of connection to all around you.

This is the secret of very successful people on Planet Earth. They feel themselves as a part of the greater whole. Now, we are not speaking here of those who deem themselves successful just because they have amassed a vast fortune in money, especially those who have done so at the expense of other people or at the exploitation of people and the environment, for their definition of success is merely that they are successful at accumulating money.

Rather, successful people on Earth are those who have arrived at a consciousness that allows them to exist in harmony with where they are in the present moment. They might have vast wealth or they might have little of earthly possessions, but they feel a part of the greater whole and they believe that they have a part to play in the unfolding of consciousness on the Planet. Not all of these successful people have money but they don’t define themselves by their bank account, either. And being aware of being a part of a greater consciousness does not mean that one must live in poverty or repudiate wealth and physical possessions. There are some who teach that these two states of existence are mutually exclusive but we would tell you that people can be conscious and wealthy at the same time, and people can be conscious and have little wealth and be successful. The thinking about success needs to be modified to allow people of any level of monetary fortune to be considered successful if they are living their life purpose and understand their connectedness to the greater whole.

Individual freedom is often spoken of as if it is insular. We would tell you that the individual who is truly free does not see their existence as separate from the whole but free because they are a part of All that is around and within them. This individual is truly a Child of the Universe and has the entire Universe in which to exist as a free being.

‘Success’ and ‘Freedom’ are words that are crying out for re-definition as all of humanity moves into a higher understanding of collective consciousness.

We will speak more about these topics in coming days.

And so it is.

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MYSTIC MESSAGE: from The Divine Feminine: Gratitude and Compassion – the New Consciousness

November 8, 2011 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

There is no one among you who has not been touched by another human being.  Nor is there anyone who has not touched another person’s life in a positive way. Even if you cannot think at the moment of someone else whose life you have   touched, they are there.

Did you smile at the mail carrier?  Did you help a lost child find their parent in the grocery store?  Did you put money in a charity collection box?  Did you send a birthday card or a thank you card or a sympathy card?

Every act of kindness that you have ever offered has been a touch of positive energy in another person’s life.  And you, too, have been the recipient of kindnesses from many other people.  Who smiled at you?  Complimented you?  Sent you a birthday card?  Bought you a meal?

It is easy to feel gratitude when you allow yourself to focus on what has come to you in your life.  It is easy to feel compassion when you see another’s need and decide to take what action you can to help alleviate that need.  Both of these energies will be needed during the coming times when every human being on Planet Earth will need help from another and will be called upon to help others.

Take time to connect to the feeling of gratitude when a kindness is extended to you.  Remember that energy of gratitude when you are wishing for something else or some other kindness to come to you.  The energy of gratitude is a great magnet to attract that for which you can feel grateful.  Where many people lose their way is in waiting for something to come into their life before they feel the gratitude.  Feel the gratitude first.  Feel grateful that that which you desire exists in the Universe in the form that is in your highest good and will come to you at the perfect time in the perfect manner.  Stay in gratitude rather than in the feeling of lack or wanting.  Trust that you are taken care of, that you have what you need in this very moment.  Feel gratitude for that circumstance that is bringing you lessons you need to learn for your own personal growth.

Does this mean that you must lie to yourself about your feelings if there is something that you are lacking?  No.  But it is your focus and your emotions that you can control.  Are you focusing your energy on that lack?  Are you feeling angry or sad or worried about the lack?  Then you are not in a receptive energy and the lack will be all that you can see.  But if you shift your focus to this present moment, to what you do have, and feel gratitude for what is going on IN THE PRESENT MOMENT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, then you are in the energy of receiving and the Universe can answer that energy by bringing to you that which you desire.

Now take this attitude of gratitude and extend it to helping other people.  If you find compassion in your heart, true compassion and not pity, then you will be led to help others.  Be grateful for the opportunity to help other people.  Be grateful for the chance to share from the abundance that you have in your own life, even if you feel that you lack money or resources or food or the perfect mate or the perfect job.  You are breathing the precious air of Mother Earth.  The Sun is in the sky.  You are reading these words.  Find at least one thing to be grateful for and then give from that place of gratitude for the opportunity to give.

This is true compassion. This is what humanity is being called to experience and to share.  The evolution of human consciousness has reached the point where each individual must decide for himself or herself whether or not they are going to operate from the exquisite energy of gratitude and compassion or to choose to isolate themselves from the connection to other human beings and operate as if they live in a vacuum.

When you are faced with the choice, Dear Ones, please choose compassion.  Be a part of the elevation of human consciousness to higher levels than have been around you before.  Lift yourself as you help others and you will be a bigger beneficiary than the people that you help.

Gratitude begets more opportunities to feel grateful.  Think of this as sending thank you cards to the Universe before the gifts arrive!  And compassion begets compassion.  Give and you shall receive.

And so it is.

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Sirius Mystery Temple

March 8, 2011 — Rosemary

This message comes from the teachers at The Sirius Mystery Temple who are giving me teachings about the Fifth Dimension of Consciousness.  I am researching the Twelve Dimensions and these teachers are in a dimension around the star Sirius.  This channeled teaching is about the Consciousness of Money.

“Money is an exchange of energy between two parties who have agreed upon its value.  That is it.  Money has no value outside the transaction that establishes its value by the agreement of two parties.  Just as a house has a set value only when two parties contract to exchange the house for money at an agreed-upon amount.

“Those who hoard money do not understand or appreciate that money is intended to be in circulation in a society.  Money is an energy flow and, as such, must be kept flowing.  Because its value is determined by an agreement between humans (or entities) then there must be a flow of energy.  Those who spend more money than they have are also interrupting the flow of energy because the agreed-upon value of a transaction does not have the energy it needs to flow.

“Monetary systems create artificial value that does not have the appropriate energy in it.  This is why they can collapse.

“Those who are working to expand their consciousness must examine their relationship with money.  If they are afraid to spend it then they must examine that fear.  If they spend too much then they must examine why that is so.

“The rules of a Conscious Relationship with Money are as follows:

  1. Do not allow the energy of money to stagnate with you.  Hold onto what you need to feel secure.  Designate different funds with a purpose for the money in them so that a use, an energy, is attached to that fund.
  2. Share money with those who are not conscious enough yet to create wealth for themselves.
  3. Do not owe money to others.  Pay your debts.  Create a spending plan and stick to it as well as you can; i.e., do not overspend.
  4. Do not allow others to take your money from you.  Collect what is owed to you.  Make conscious choices about giving away money.
  5. Share what you have.  Tip generously.  Choose charities wisely and support the causes you believe in.
  6. Examine your beliefs around money, especially the source of those beliefs.  If you are growing in consciousness then what your parents and grandparents believed may no longer be relevant.
  7. It is all right to use money for fun.  It is also all right to save some money.  Make conscious choices about both.

“The Consciousness of Money boils down to this:  Money is Energy.  It needs to flow.  Two people determine the value of money in every transaction.  Money has no intrinsic value.

“It is important, then, not to imbue it with any.  Do not worship at the altar of money.  Rather, see money as part of the flow of energy in the Universe.  Treat it as such.”

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: “Are you a ‘greedy hermit’?”

January 24, 2011 — Rosemary

Dear Ones,

A Conscious Life demands that an individual be aware at all times of their thoughts, their feelings, the effect of what they are saying and doing on others, and the impact that every thought they hold has on the Universe at large.  One cannot live a Conscious Life while ignoring others around them nor can one choose to be a ‘greedy hermit,’ one who chooses to think only of themselves and to gather what they can to themselves without concern about the greater good of All or the impact to others.

This means that, if you wish to live a Conscious Life, then you must find compassion within your heart as you go about every decision in your day.

Compassion goes far beyond giving alms to the poor or volunteering at a homeless shelter.  Compassionate living requires constant attention to the people around you and those who will be impacted by your actions.  Are you throwing trash on the floor that someone later must bend over and pick up?  Are you expecting service from a restaurant worker and leaving a small tip or none at all?  Do you celebrate that a clerk in a store made an error in your favor on your bill, forgetting or ignoring the fact that that clerk must pay that difference out of their own pocket?

And how do you treat the people you live with?  Are you more courteous to your co-workers than to your family?  Do you excuse rude behavior at home because you are tired from working all day?  Do you have time for those who ask it of you, like a spouse or child or parent or friend?  Or are you constantly finding excuses to avoid giving your time to others who might want or need it?

What do your thoughts in a day say about your level of compassion?  When you pass someone in need, do you help or offer help or do you get angry at their being in your sphere?  What kind of energy are you sending out with your thoughts of and toward others?  How do you feel about debates in your society?  Do your decisions, about politics or contributions or choosing friends, come from a place of genuine compassion for others or do they stem from prejudices, fears, intolerances?

All of these questions can lead you to an understanding of how a person who is living consciously does not compartmentalize compassion.  When you choose a path in life that causes you to find fault with others, to criticize, to avoid interactions with those whom you deem unacceptable, according to some arbitrary criteria, then you are choosing a path away from the Path of Compassion.  You might not even realize that you are making this choice but moving through Life in an unconscious manner causes you to lack compassion because you are unaware of the needs of others.

Practice compassion in your Life.  Look around you with open eyes.  Evaluate what you are doing and thinking by expanding your awareness to all who will be affected by your actions and thoughts.  Really take the time to listen to others, to hear their hidden messages as they share with you.  Become aware of your voice, your tone, your look when you communicate with another.  Are you sending out the energy of caring and compassion or are you discounting that person?  Are you in a conversation listening to the other person or are you busy thinking about what you want to say, or what you think, or what all this means for you?

The ‘greedy hermit’ thinks only of what they want, what they think they need.  This kind of greed blocks the compassionate energy that all humans are born with.  Little toddlers will try to share or to comfort or to help.  When they learn to differentiate themselves from others they start to use the term ‘mine’ to try to define themselves and to learn where their boundaries are.  If raised in a compassionate environment, they will continue to share and to care about the feelings of others.  But if they are raised to grab all they can for themselves without regard to the consequences to others then they will learn to put on blinders and to shut down natural compassionate urges.

Model compassion for all around. Care.  Listen.  Share, especially yourself.  As you give this sharing energy into the Universe, the Universe will respond with the same kind of energy toward you.  Sharing keeps you from becoming a ‘greedy hermit’!

And so it is.

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THIS WEEK’S MYSTIC MESSAGE from The Divine Feminine: Exploring Human Consciousness

March 1, 2010 — Rosemary
Dear Ones,

The world is rapidly moving forward, away from old ideas and ideals.  The people who are spearheading this forward motion are the spiritual leaders of Planet Earth.  Don’t be misled into believing that politicians and corporations and business leaders are the ones who are propelling humanity forward.  No, it is the spiritual leaders who are assisting humanity in its evolutionary course toward enlightenment.

Let us make it clear that we are not speaking of the religious leaders of the times.  Those who are speaking out for religions are too invested in advancing their agendas that depend upon the tenets and creeds of those religions to be a part of an ‘enlightenment movement’ within humanity.  They are offering their beliefs which might be appropriate for them but they are not universally appropriate.  For some people, they are being led into accepting beliefs from these leaders that do not apply to their Soul Purpose but they don’t know how to extricate themselves from their religious group.  Others are feeling drawn to examine the path of a different religion but are compelled for social or political reasons not to explore.  Some religious leaders are urging their followers to explore and expand their awareness but too many are narrow in their beliefs and believe that they must convince others to believe as they do.

Human consciousness is not expanded by those who hold strongly to a set of beliefs to the exclusion of others or even to the possibility that there might be some validity to conflicting beliefs.  This is true in many 21st Century religions.  There are also political and cultural groups that do not support the individual in exploring ideas outside of the ones offered by that group.  This, too, does not expand human consciousness.

What does expand consciousness is exploring ideas that are beyond what one understands in the moment.  The possibility that long-held beliefs might be supplanted by newer/other ideas allows a person to explore, to consider an awareness beyond the accepted, the familiar, even the currently approved ideas of one’s group.  Being ever open to the exploration of ideas invites expansion of consciousness because one can tap into resources beyond the limited ones that have been placed in a metaphorical box by those who refuse to continue the exploration.

Consider the teachers who are inviting people to explore within themselves as a frontier with no boundaries.  Contrast that with a teacher or leader who places the individual in a limited space and declares that any ideas outside of that space are not to be considered or tolerated.  Which situation describes one that is purposely moving toward expanded awareness and thus an expansion of consciousness?

Your role as a human being having an experience on Planet Earth is to assist all of humanity in expanding awareness.  Noticing that humankind has an inherent goodness that is waiting to be expressed frees an individual to express their own inner goodness.  It also assists one in observing the connectedness of all peoples of Earth, and allows individuals, communities and nations to accept and honor the differences among those peoples.

Not everyone on Earth at the same time must accept the same beliefs about those things that are beyond the limits of former beliefs.  Some human beings are expanding their awareness beyond what has been accepted in previous centuries.  Innovators, explorers, thinkers and philosophers are pushing the outside limits of human understanding.  They will not always agree on even foundational ideas, but they will all agree that there is much still to be learned and they will, therefore, not shut the door on the possibilities that exist.

The spiritual leaders of your day are the people who understand that there are concepts in the Universe that have not yet been explained on Planet Earth.  And they believe that you might be the one to grasp the next new concept and explain it to others!  They, therefore, support your exploration and the expansion of all human consciousness.

Be the explorer you were called to Earth to be!

And so it is.

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