Happy Holidays 2023 with Much Love!

Happy Holidays! There is so much to celebrate during this December and I hope you are enjoying your December. It doesn’t matter which holidays you celebrate (or none) December is a time for reflection on the past year and contemplation on the coming year.

How has your 2023 been so far? What have you learned? What lessons will you take with you into 2024?

Life really is all about learning the lessons presented to us. One of my favorite quotes is John Maxwell’s:

“Sometimes you win. Sometimes you learn.”

I would add that there’s always something to learn!

The New Moon on Tuesday, December 12 (6:32pm Eastern Time) is the time for setting intentions that will carry us over the threshold into the next year. What intentions will you be setting? What energies are you carrying over into 2024 and what are you ready to leave behind with the old year?

In the flurry of activity that accompanies this season, it is a good thing to sit for a bit and tune in to the energies of your life. Are you living the life you want to live, or are you waiting for something to happen/be done with/come to you before you can really live YOUR LIFE?

Here is the message for these times:

“Everyone is seeking connection. Most are seeking it to someone or something outside themselves.

“The true connection they seek is TO THEIR INNER BEING, THE SOUL, THE SELF.

“When a person discovers that what they have been seeking has been there inside all the time, they can feel a sense of relief and wonder and completion.

“There is no outside thing, group, action, or person who will make anyone feel ‘complete.’ Each person is already ‘complete’ within their own being.

“There can be, however, and often is, a feeling of being incomplete. Along with this feeling comes a need to ‘find that missing piece’ and this need leads to comparison to others, to the acquisition (of things, lovers, money, power, etc.) and to the belief that ‘If only …’ or ‘When I have ____, I’ll feel complete.’

“Oh, my dear one, you ARE complete. Yes, NOW. Exactly as you are in this moment. You ARE all that you need.

“If you have given away parts of yourself, reclaim them as yours. If you struggle with the belief that ‘I am not enough,’ release that belief. If you think that you will feel complete when you just have or do or get something or someone, release that thought now.

“YOU ARE COMPLETE just as you are NOW.

“You may need help in clearing out the closets of your mind where those old beliefs and thoughts live. Do it. Get a mentor to help.

“Change the story that you tell yourself about who you really are. Embrace all of you, all the parts, all the accomplishments, all the lessons you have learned and are still learning.

“Who would that ‘Complete You’ BE? What would the ‘Complete You’ DO?

“BE that. DO that.

“You are what you seek. You have what you need.

“BE that wonderfully unique you IN the world and FOR the world.”

When you accept that you are complete, you are enough, right now, you can choose to live the life you desire!

If you would like some help figuring out your plan for the life you desire, I am happy to help you start the New Year with some guidance. Sign up for a BEYOND QUANTUM READING on my website:

TheScientificMystic.com

and I’ll help you with the discernment process to get you set up in January for a wonder-full 2024! Also, a Reading makes a wonderful holiday gift to a loved one who would like some guidance or connection to someone who is on The Other Side. Message me and we can arrange a Gift Certificate for you to use.

And if you are interested in a deep dive into your Human Design, who you are designed to be, and what strategies will help you to live the life you want to live, message me about having a Human Design Reading to start the New Year with great tools to take forward with you.

Enjoy this holiday season! Take time to reflect and rest. In addition to the New Moon on the 12th we have Mercury going Retrograde at 2:09 am Eastern Time on 12/13! A double-whammy week! Review – everything! Do all the Mercury Retrograde things you know to do AFTER you have set your New Moon intentions.

May you finish your 2023 lessons so you don’t have to bring them into 2024, and may you have an ease-filled time for the rest of this year.

Sending many blessings and much love and best wishes for a fun holiday season!

ROSEMARY’S INSPIRATION: Take Stock

The video for today’s post not only has a message for you to consider it also announces that my husband, Richard, and I are taking some time to reflect. We are “taking stock” of many things during Solstice time, as the light here in the Northern Hemisphere dims and we retreat inward. With the Sun the MuseLetter and this blog will dim for a time.

My “Two-Minute” Video for this Week: Take Stock:

Have a wonderful holiday time!

ROSEMARY’S INSPIRATION: Start with Gratitude

My “Two-Minute” Video for this Week: Start with Gratitude

You Are the Best Holiday Gift – Richard’s Commentary

Well, it’s all over! Or, is it? Yes, Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Christmas are behind us. But we have the Gregorian New Year, Epiphany, the Lunar New Year, and a whole new year of holiday’s coming up. And we have today, December 26. Many people are out returning or exchanging the gifts they received. They are back in the hustle/bustle of shopping for the post-holiday bargains; maybe some are even getting ready for next Christmas, buying up trimmings and paper and lights and party goods for the holidays of 2014!

However, if you carried the meaning of yesterday’s message from Rosemary with you, then your gifts to others, those gifts of yourself – a smile, a kind word, a hug at the right moment, and even an attitude of cheer through the day, those “gifts of yourself” cannot be exchanged, they can’t be taken back; but of course, they might be returned!

Every Christmas for I don’t know how many years now, my brothers and their families put on a Christmas dinner for those in my tiny home town that don’t have family, might not be able to purchase a fancy dinner with all the trimmings, or are just feeling the need to be with others at Christmas. Yesterday they went through two big turkeys and a giant ham, serving over 70 people with great food, warm cheer and smiles all around. When I talked to my older brother around 7:30 last evening he was already dozing off, beat from the hard day’s work; but he was so upbeat we gabbed for almost an hour. He gave the gift of himself and received so much more. His cheer was infectious!

So, hear Rosemary’s advice in your heart: Think outside the box of your own feelings. It doesn’t matter whether you are smiling all the time or crying all the time. There is more in you than just those feelings. And there is more around you than just what you are feeling today. Today is a holiday too; every day is a holy-day if we are present to every moment and present to how we are a present to the world!

And: Stay upbeat, if you can. Smile if you feel like it. Ask for help if you need it. Find someone with whom you can let your hair down and be yourself and share your feelings without judging yourself. Then find someone who might need a helping hand and offer that hand, outstretched because giving is great and receiving is, too. Be the gift that keeps on giving; and enjoy the gifts of a smile, a hug, a cheerful greeting you receive from others. And take these gifts into 2014, because that way it will be a wonderful New Year!

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PS: Next year will be wonderful. How do I know? Because I listened to a message from The Divine Feminine channeled by Rosemary on the Winter Solstice; and they offered guidance and advice on what we might expect in 2014 and how to approach the year’s upcoming energy. Expect more change! The transformation continues! If you missed the message it is now available as an MP3 recording for a modest price; check out the details here: Winter Solstice Mesage

Stay Happy Through the Holidays – Richard’s Commentary

Today, the holiday festivities all begin with the day we set aside here in the US to give thanks. I’ve been giving thanks, writing notes of gratitude in my “morning pages” this week. I began my thank you notes, giving deep gratitude for my incredible partner, wife and love of my life, Rosemary. And if you have been following our blogs and reading our posts you know what a talented and resourceful woman she is. Her advice for conscious living and spiritual evolution are profound and creative. And her advice for the holidays is no different! She suggests:

The first step to staying happy through the holidays is to do a realistic and honest assessment of this time of year for yourself.

This may sound superficial but do you move into this time of year with a perspective of staying happy? We have all heard the stories of people who are alone, who dread the holidays because they don’t get along with family, who feel bad because they can’t afford to give elaborate or expensive gifts, who party and drink their way through the season. Perspective is an all-important first step to be happy in every moment.

Next Rosemary suggests:

Consider a new way of operating through the holidays this year.

Everyone around you is struggling with their own life lessons. Somehow the holidays come with Hallmark Cards and Norman Rockwell expectations that nobody really experiences. If you put self-care at the top of your agenda, IT IS NOT SELFISH!!!! Let me repeat that – Self-Care is not being self-ish!!!

Self-Care – in other words, give yourself the gift of looking out for you! Attend to your health, prepare wholesome meals for your celebrations, if you drink alcohol moderate your intake, stay warm and especially keep your neck and throat protected and warm, keep moving with yoga or qigong or another body practice, take time to meditate and if you don’t meditate this season is a great time to start, celebrate the special holidays in your tradition – make them Holy, honor everyone you meet as learning their lessons just as you are – they are you!

Compassion begins with yourself. Taking care of you is taking care of everyone. Recall Rosemary’s question in her inspirational video posted Tuesday: “can compassion for yourself equal compassion for them?” She goes on to suggest:

Look at your calendar for the rest of 2013 and decide what you will do for yourself. Rest. Relax. Pamper yourself. Watch movies that make you smile. Hang out with friends or go on a silent retreat.

As we approach the Winter Solstice, one of those special holidays we celebrate, it is a good time to go inside, to do the inner work of deep winter. The Ancients took this time to retreat, to look inward for the coming renewal. Deep inner work is another way to take care of yourself on the personal level and all others on the global level. This is true compassion!

Coming back to Thanksgiving I took Rosemary’s advice and turned inward to give thanks for me. I am grateful for my soul path, my spiritual journey back to myself, I am grateful for the health and strength to make this journey, I am grateful to myself for making the commitment, I honor myself for my discipline and I am grateful for all of the spiritual teachers and guides that hold me in their love and compassion.

Be grateful for yourself! I am grateful for you because I know you are supporting me on my journey.

Have wonderful, blessed and happy holidays!

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ROSEMARY’S EXPLORATION: Stay Happy Through the Holidays!

It’s that time of year when the stores seem to reach out to grab you to come inside and spend your money. The meals and parties get you focused on food and drink. You have to make sure you can get to all the events, have the right clothes, the right gifts, the travel arrangements. And for many it is a time of overwhelm.

For others, though, it is a very lonely time. You might be worried about finances and wishing you had more money with which to buy gifts. You might not have any family to visit or they are too far away. You might be looking at the holidays with no plans or parties or meals to attend.

And for a few you might have family gatherings in which to participate that you are not really anticipating with pleasure.

Even those who love the holiday season can have expectations that are not met and, thus, experience disappointment.

Let’s make this year the year of truly ‘Happy Holidays’ no matter what your personal circumstances might be!

The first step to staying happy through the holidays is to do a realistic and honest assessment of this time of year for yourself. Do you really need to buy everything that you usually do? Do you need to put as much pressure on yourself as you usually do? Do you need to attend every party? Every gathering?

What is your energy level now, as the holidays approach? Do you need more rest and self-care than you need excitement and company? Why not choose a different pattern to your holidays this year?

How are your finances? Do you get stressed out by spending before the end of the year and then worrying about the bills in January? Do you buy a lot of gifts because you feel you must instead of genuinely wanting to share?

The honest assessment leads you to understand what YOU need in this season.

Next, ask yourself if you really must spend time with people who upset and disturb you or if you can find time for yourself without that burden this year. This might even be your family. Are you looking forward to seeing them or do you dread the time you spend there?

Consider a new way of operating through the holidays this year.

Everyone around you is struggling with their own life lessons. Somehow the holidays come with Hallmark Cards and Norman Rockwell expectations that nobody really experiences. If you put self-care at the top of your agenda, IT IS NOT SELFISH!!!! Let me repeat that – Self-Care is not being self-ish!!!

Taking care of yourself might be limiting what you spend this season to what you can comfortably afford. Make some gifts. Give away something that’s meaningful to you and share its story with the recipient. Go to bazaars and thrift shops and find unusual items that will delight someone.

Look at your calendar for the rest of 2013 and decide what you will do for yourself. Rest. Relax. Pamper yourself. Watch movies that make you smile. Hang out with friends or go on a silent retreat. If you’re lonely, find a shelter where they need volunteers. If you’re overwhelmed with social ‘obligations,’ decide how to handle the schedule to preserve your energy for the activities that matter most to you. Ask for help if you need it.

Spend some time planning for 2014. This doesn’t have to mean the big New Year’s Resolution list, but pick a theme for the year that resonates with your heart. Delight yourself with your plans. Dream BIG!!!

Remember that everyone around you has something going on in their life that they are having to handle. Take care of yourself so that you can show up fully present to everyone else. Be CURIOUS . This helps to keep you focused on the mysteries and not on what upsets you. Have healthy boundaries. Eat healthy foods. Take care of your own health.

Everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have at any given moment – even you!

May you truly have Happy Holidays this year!

PS: Need help making it a happy holiday time? Looking for guidance and additional resources from beyond the norm?  You can receive personal messages from Guides, Spirits, Angels and loved ones who have crossed over at Rosemary’s next event: a Conversation with The Other Side December 6 at 7:00 pm Eastern. Click for details

NEWS FROM ROSEMARY

Ison-NovemberIt’s time to talk turkey! Here in the US, that means getting serious, but we’re also preparing to celebrate the US holiday of Thanksgiving. The usual question is, ‘What are you grateful for today?’ But I challenge you to answer this: ‘To whom are you going to express gratitude today?’

A friend asked on facebook for holiday traditions to share with the family and here’s one of ours that was memorable:

One of our favorite holiday moments was when we shared a Gratitude Ball. I started with a movie we could all watch together and wrapped it. Then added a little gift like a pen or keychain or game and wrapped that. Then kept adding layers of little things until we had many layers. One New Year’s Eve when kids all had plans to go out we passed around the Gratitude Ball each saying something for which we were grateful. Each person got to unwrap a layer before passing the Ball along. Things went very deep and meaningful rapidly. At the end they all decided to stay home and watch the movie instead of going out. Most memorable New Year’s Eve ever!

As we face the holidays, some people are really excited and some are filled with dread. This year, CHOOSE your holiday mood and bring everything into alignment with it!

This week Hanukah begins and we celebrate Thanksgiving. Christmas is in all the stores. And it’s time to start thinking about the New Year. Who will you BE in 2014?

I’m already working with my clients on defining their themes for the next year. We have some fun new exercises to get the unconscious mind on board with the client’s desires and goals. Are you ready to make 2014 your BEST YEAR YET? Let’s spend a little time together soon to get your blocks cleared now so that you can start the year moving forward! Give yourself the gift of investing in your own future and you will gift everyone around you with a happier, more confident YOU! [Of course, you can always give the gift of a Gift Certificate to them for a Reading with Rosemary!] Send me an email and we can schedule your time to prepare for a Fabulous 2014! rosemary@thescientificmystic.com

December starts SOON so put your self care on the calendar now! Check out the events at the website so you can join us and give yourself a break from frantic activity. The guidance that is shared at the Conversation with The Other Side and at Satsang has been amazing! I hope you can join these events, both available in person and via videoconference, in December. You’ll want to hear the special teachings for the end of the year. For details: www.TheScientificMystic.com

Remember that the Sun is in Sagittarius, the Archer, now so aim for Freedom and Expansion! And the color for Sag is my favorite – Purple!!!

I am grateful for all of you who are reading the MuseLetter! And remember that we will be giving you a special bonus for signing up with our new technology service soon. Stay tuned! 

P.S. This picture is the Comet ISON which comes closest to the Sun on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. We don’t know if it will survive its trip around the Sun. The mystery continues…