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INSPIRED MESSAGE/PRAYER FROM THOTH -- Channeled on 6/13/20

6/30/2020

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Ah so many new pages I am frantic to write all, the recording ... ah, I must transfer all quickly onto papyrus even as time passes below , seemingly so unnoticed. Here, where I sit in my Hall of Records, above, with stylus at the ready, I shall await the song’s first sung notes, the tales of woe from below and stories whispered or cried with delight.
It all shall be written upon the pages that become the Akasha or Books of Life (Tomes). It is my pleasure to dip my sharpened stylus into the sacred ink vessel, which holds a dark crimson ink that becomes indelible upon drying due to the recipe of its making:  equal parts of blood, sweat, tears mixed by vibration from a living drum; the rhythmic beating of a human heart).
To write after awaiting the first vibration from the singer’s throat, the newest tale of woe from a mother’s lips, stories of small delights emitted from lips of children; and of fires ever igniting by a single breath of life and hope.
It is not my own wisdom that delights my work; indeed, I rejoice I the wisdom spoken that reaches my ears, spoken in the face of the unfathomable fear rampant across the world below.
The wisdom that delights my heart the most comes bundled in the prayers spoken and lifting the hearts of the speaker even for only a moment or two.
We heed well those who cry out, cloaked in fear and darkness, illness or besought by transgressions by all its many labels; welcoming, too, the brave teachers who offered guidance and wisdom regardless of their age, name or title for all are so utterly needed on every level now.
We do not forget the animal kingdom, beings we gently guide and care for whether furred, feathered, scaled or many-legged, finned or flippered.
I hesitate in my recording this day for I have watched as fear, despair and a dangerous evil darkness has once again risen as a cobra that has been poked with the sticks wielded by many who seem utterly misinformed, selfishly impatient and wear their greediness like badges upon their chests.
We can only observe as there are furious crowds, protesting rightfully but perhaps without the wisdom in face of the injustices thrown at their feet, but we fear consequences will reach far beyond their intent for the virus is still the most rampant hunter of this time.
I have paused this day’s recording to ponder over the this the dark rage I see in the angry crowds below. I see their need and seeking of justice but fear the crowd-minded ways will be more dangerous even as they desire rightfully.
Oh, I shall record what comes, I must; yet my hope in pausing will produce an echo of what has been the Earth’s Great Pause and their fury be tempered by wisdom and from compassionate hearts aware of the likelihood of dire consequence other than what they seek as justice or legal reforms.
I muse over what even I cannot foresee, yet know I must record the moments as they change, develop and restructure intention, dreams and expectations even before I can complete the words or punctuate the sentence change races to beat even my mind there.
Aiwa, even a neter dreams, ponders and wonders … so I stop to breath and gaze upon my unfinished page.
The words already written, already indelibly sealed to the papyrus, unchangeable even if I were allowed such an editorial sort of whim.
Yet, I look harder then shift my gaze and the page shifts from is solid form, as the papyrus appears to be returning to its watery birthplace as it becomes something more limpid in form.
Then I watch as it changes again, now it is as the thick foggy mists that drift across the dark waters of the Nile just before sunrise; the time when the life blood of Egypt teases the eye with suggestions of the ancient mysteries of the old mystic priests still hidden in the silence of its depths.
I wonder…does this suggest that even the Nile will not or cannot reveal an outcome, dire or hopeful, for the onslaught of the demonic virus? Or am I seeing the subtly of the changes beginning within the bottom muck of the river where seeds of the enlightened symbol, the nearly extinct blue lotus, begins its ascent into the light?
Alas, I am reminded of something I believe written by William Shakespeare: “the pen writes and having written …” but no, I cannot for the ending is no longer valid. I shall instead utter my own prophetic version, saying: “the stylus writes and having written, it pauses …” for there is no ending available. Instead, I must wait to finish the phrase, but cannot until the time is deemed right for only then shall Ra rise into the sky over the Nile again and with brilliance burn away this fog of uncertainty, fear and death. Only when that time is upon the Earth, shall the words be written, recording the new clarity, renewed compassion in hearts and the new version of Truth spoken from every lip as taught them by Ma’at, herself.
But, until that day, I am pulled away from the dreaming and back to this difficult task recording the Akashic Records for this direst moment in time with hope that our children upon the Earth will keep faith and trust in whatever name or title they chose as Sacred Divinity and living Truth.
I say this: Be aware and Beware … The essential haunting by a shadowy entity in viral form has not ended nor shall it soon as you count time. There has been mistaken assurances by those who you may consider trustworthy and others that are merely foolish, arrogant or misinformed of a threat by something as yet still unknown and dangerous, causing inconceivable problems and deaths for so many across the globe. Just be warned, my children, for all destiny will answer us is that the threat is not yet run its course. The advice I can offer is that each of you must hold to your watchfulness and compassion for others while maintaining the precautionary measures in place for the well-being of all, lest temptation to step out of current boredom teases recklessness. The danger is not gone; the virus still a threat, unfinished disruption of lives nor is its resolve depleted or hunger sated.
Ah, do know we honor you as you honor us in return, by the name of your choosing the Divine see your hearts like lanterns that hold the purest starlight from the very center of the Cosmos. It is your love/compassion that brighten them to shine as brightly as any bonfire can.  
It is by love alone that your lighted lantern heart will send its rays outward into the whole of space and time, ever brighter and becoming the healing of heart and mind and will both of the vessel that carries it as well as all that it touches, especially those to whom its healing rays are directed by thought, intention or deed.
 The message I offer now for I must soon return to my tasks in the golden halls of Amente and Akasha: Remember if nothing else, that the POWER is LOVE; LOVE is your real POWER. The words spoken from the heart (love) are the most powerful and thus create reality – equally for good or evil or in between – and when you speak in compassion/love the words become most powerful and may be likened to becoming as written by my stylus upon papyrus with the indelible magical ink, which glistens before drying into permanence of creation as it fulfills intention and desire; that is the magic; that is the power; that is the healing made available to desire—LOVE.
Now I shall pick up the stylus and return to my work for it is done always from a divine heart and the power from love; love for all of my children  above, below, as well as those yet to become as it was done for those that have already been and may yet choose to become one day again. 

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A TIMELY PRAYER FROM THOTH--From Channeled Message of 5/23/20

6/29/2020

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​Notice:  These several Blogs were received as channeled messages/prayers over several Saturdays, prior to the day's GLOBAL PRAYER CIRCLE (on Zoom Session) hosted by Zahra Indigo Renlov; which is still available for participation by everyone who would like to share a prayer, poem, music or song, etc. to the world in general; open as always to everyone from all faiths, beliefs, social dynamics and languages/cultures. If my blogs inspire readers to check into joining and sharing with us, check the link to join in an earlier blog or contact me or the hostess, Zahra. These messages/prayers have been slightly edited by me in order to make them somewhat more palatable/readable for publication as a Blog Post, however, remember these messages are my interpretation of what the Spirit or Neteru intended to be shared with everyone who are drawn to reading them; then ideally able to sense and feel the information internally, as well. Enjoy and Pay Heed...
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The TIMELY PRAYER-MESSAGE FROM THOTH TO MANKIND....
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Alas, the Earth has not yet healed enough…not yet.
We can only watch as humans rush out and into the world they want to be as it was before.
Too readily do so many humans prefer and choose to heed or obey the cries of the greedy or words from disloyal lips.
We ask only that our children use wisely free will; collect time honestly and heed the heart for it holds their inner truths.
You know us by many names and titles; the sum of all you know as Divinity, archetypes, angels and Spirit guides and the ancestors.
We are here, always reaching out etheric hands toward yearning hearts within the breasts of our children below.
 Alas, the Earth has not yet healed enough…not yet.
We can only watch as humans rush out and into the world they want to be as it was before.
Too readily do so many humans prefer and choose to heed or obey the cries of the greedy or words from disloyal lips.
We ask only that our children use wisely free will; collect time honestly and heed the heart for it holds their inner truths.
You know us by many names and titles; the sum of all you know as Divinity, archetypes, angels and Spirit guides and the ancestors.
We are here, always reaching out etheric hands toward yearning hearts within the breasts of our children below.
We are they and so earnest that you never forget us or how we never have nor will we ever abandon the Truth.
Nor shall we turn our faces from the honoring or love, given and received by and from all that exist upon Earth.
While many are in a hurry to escape from what was and seek freedom in what only may be, there are so many more still sick, hurting, lonely and feeling as if afloat upon the fathomless depths of a murky lake of uncertainty.
Forget not the beings of Divinity, the archetypal Neteru and all the others of the Spiritual realms, for we will always be ready to hold the hands of those who seek our comfort and promise of better future dreaming.
Forget not that we shall always love and give protection to those who willingly take up the sword, the staff, the pen or make truthful utterance in our name; trustingly clasp etheric hands and seek the path that connects to our truths.
All we ask is never to be forgotten; that you know it is your remembering and love energy that keeps us alive in your hearts.
By your love and minds, thirsty for guidance, we are kept well fed by the simplest prayers and all manner of honoring rites made in our names.
Although, it cannot be known the extent or way in which we return your honoring, we can only ask for your trust that love is the language of our ways of healing the ills of your world and it shall be done in the rightful way of Akasha.
As it is said and shall become – As above, shall it be also below.
As the Cosmic Balance of Khephera be kept forever above; so, shall Ma’at wield the feather of truth forever below.
While love is the way of truth above and below; so, too, shall there be a time of our co-creation of a future by the hearts of divinity and humanity, above and below in this NOW.
Listen for we beseech our beloved children to heed what we have been trying to instill in the hearts and whispering into your minds—LOVE, it only that root of compassion that is needed to heal the now and bring on the desired betterment of the future—as above; it is below.
We are they and so earnest that you never forget us or how we never have nor will we ever abandon the Truth.
Nor shall we turn our faces from the honoring or love, given and received by and from all that exist upon Earth.
While many are in a hurry to escape from what was and seek freedom in what only may be, there are so many more still sick, hurting, lonely and feeling as if afloat upon the fathomless depths of a murky lake of uncertainty.
Forget not the beings of Divinity, the archetypal Neteru and all the others of the Spiritual realms, for we will always be ready to hold the hands of those who seek our comfort and promise of better future dreaming.
Forget not that we shall always love and give protection to those who willingly take up the sword, the staff, the pen or make truthful utterance in our name; trustingly clasp etheric hands and seek the path that connects to our truths.
All we ask is never to be forgotten; that you know it is your remembering and love energy that keeps us alive in your hearts.
By your love and minds, thirsty for guidance, we are kept well fed by the simplest prayers and all manner of honoring rites made in our names.
Although, it cannot be known the extent or way in which we return your honoring, we can only ask for your trust that love is the language of our ways of healing the ills of your world and it shall be done in the rightful way of Akasha.
As it is said and shall become – As above, shall it be also below.
As the Cosmic Balance of Khephera be kept forever above; so, shall Ma’at wield the feather of truth forever below.
While love is the way of truth above and below; so, too, shall there be a time of our co-creation of a future by the hearts of divinity and humanity, above and below in this NOW.
Listen for we beseech our beloved children to heed what we have been trying to instill in the hearts and whispering into your minds—LOVE, it only that root of compassion that is needed to heal the now and bring on the desired betterment of the future--as above; it is below.

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. . . ON TRANSMUTING SHADOWS

5/22/2020

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“FEAR” …. Certainly, the shadow that hides our current reality from our consciousness yearning to know what will become our world and when. A word that speaks to every manner of dark intangibility and yet expresses an uncertainty that is pending tangibility perhaps even of a completely revised world or worse…a word that keeps us from knowing what had become of Truth while blinds us to understanding of what evil has risen its ugly head as the  . . . ON TRANSMUTING SHADOWS
 
“FEAR” …. Certainly, the shadow that hides our current reality from our consciousness yearning to know what will become our world and when. A word that speaks to every manner of dark intangibility and yet expresses an uncertainty that is pending tangibility perhaps even of a completely revised world or worse…a word that keeps us from knowing what had become of Truth while blinds us to understanding of what evil has risen its ugly head as the Coronavirus means to the world or why it has threatened all that we knew or dreamed of becoming.

So many versions of the word “FEAR” have been rippling darkly in every language from the lips of everyone around the globe. While musing over how utterly demon-like the Coronavirus appears, I wondered if it would succumb to our mindfulness as I often suggest to clients who are dealing with many kinds of shadows/fear in their lives:  1. Both mentally and if possible physically, facing the fear and NAMING it removes its power and puts the reins back in your hands to then regain control of the problem; and 2. Be reminded that even the darkest shadow vanishes in the brilliance of sunlight or be banished by the fire-light of truth and love from withing the heart of the courageous. While I still see much validity in those two aspects of battling fear on the inner levels, I was further inspired by Thoth with a 3rd concept to add to that inner realm battle against Covid-19 and thus wanted to share it with last Saturday’s Global Prayer Circle as follows …. Thoth later added an inspiration for titling it – “On Transmuting Shadows” perhaps the next step after blinding them with our heart flame of love and truth; which follow here essentially exactly as them came to me that morning, but I wanted to sort of set the scene first ….

Fear…This word has a great many definitions and carries overtones of anxiety and presents like shadows and all manner of intangibility. Seemingly, we have awakened one morning and finding ourselves unprepared, weaponless and standing upon a battlefield facing a strangely demon-like new enemy, the Coronavirus – simplified as “FEAR” for the general shadow it sends across every aspect of life and how it essentially has been transmuting the tangible aspects of reality as well as the conceptual and imaginary as it runs amok, killing and/or redesigning our world.
In my mind’s eye, Thoth gives a way of shifting power in this battle, beginning within … By Transmuting the Shadows/Fears starting within the heart and mindfulness; the place of beginnings…Attacking the Fear, its name is many, dark and intangible, yet we have the power to REMOVE the “F” … leaving it weakened as merely – “ear”.

Yet, reminds that we possess two “ears” to fear’s one, shifting the balance of power (perhaps). With ears we listen to and for the truth, heed and discern truth from misinformation, and may hear the heart’s truth-song (music) that represents harmonious and vibratory truths and LOVE.
Then we choose to take the reins back, controlling the transmutation once more with our conviction and intention set to utilize the skill of transmuting the shadows in a two-fold aspect by adding two new letters…

First, we add the “T” – representing the Truth we seek from many sources, including our leaders of Earth and those who guide from the Spirit realms.
Next, we add the “H” – symbolizing the purity of love from the heart and the HONORING capable by every human and animal upon the planet; all that are capable of comprehending and ritualizing this expression of honoring of life, god/goddess in all images and names, especially as honoring is purely heart-felt, thusly the true key to the realm of Spirit wherein is found the Cosmic Balance of Ma’at.

By this process, we have transmuted those Shadows into the Light as a New Word: “EARTH”. Thus, a NEW FOUNDATION upon which we may again live, love and play; renewed energy for all life, healed and healing and enjoying our planet, EARTH, again Lush, Life-Sustaining, Life Energy Renewed and Renewable upon the – EARTH.



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JUST MUSING ALONG ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY...

4/1/2020

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​Here we go … flip the calendar page, March, then grin at the new picture on a new month, April. Alas, April 1 is even titled as April Fool’s Day!  Oh, sure, not suggesting that all are “fools” and having their own special day; rather it is a day set aside since forever as one allotted to humanity engaging in all manner of frivolity and practical joking. Yes, it reminds me that today is one where everyone needs to excuse all kinds of just plain silliness and it is perfectly normal to act the fool for a whole day, that is, if one is so inclined to play the fool even for a little while before going back to … then, I stop and realize that I cannot “go there” today or any other for while the month has changed, the world situation has not. Indeed, the usual has been marred and even in some cases, nullified by the forced entrapment we are all experiencing due to Covid-19, a menace that has turned our world turned upside down.

Still, it would be terrific if everyone across the globe were to receive a mysterious package in their mail; inside would be a magic bullet or pellet and we would set aside the fear cloaking our being and willingly swallow it with our favorite beverage. Then, instead of making us drowsy, it would snap us into awareness. In fact, we would suddenly realize we had all been recruited for roles in “The Matrix 2020” and this nightmarish situation had been nothing more than a virtual creation of a horrific reality that had just ended as we all took the magical awakening pill. Ironically, now I wonder if the creators of the matrix movies might steal my idea and make a new version in which the characters all discover they are partaking in a worldwide dreaming – or rather a collective nightmare?

Or what if… We were to turn on this morning’s news to find someone of leadership capacity was about to make an announcement, which the teleprompter rolled across the bottom of the screen, saying this was happening in every country and every language, at once. With our full attention captured, in unison, they would then cry out – “APRIL FOOL’S, we gotcha’ everyone!”

Okay, I know that is just my wishful thinking – especially that every government official could ever agree to do anything with like-mindedness, regardless of the topic or reason – yet, would that it could be true and thus proof that the pandemic had been nothing more than some colossal April Fool’s joke and there never had been any version of the virus ever created by whatever source or reason. I do wish it could be that simple. Okay, I know it is not and never will be simple, nor would it be that Covid-19 was a mere fantasy that never existed in any reality now or ever. If only mankind will simply learn the greater lessons that this virus is here to teach us, regardless of whether any of it ever makes any sense. All I want – and I think most everyone else does as well – is to wake up today and be able to join in the silliness that should be ours, at least, for just April 1st.

Alas! There is a bright spot. Regardless of the killer virus running amok across the globe, we still have the positivity of turning the pages of our calendars and knowing that Mother Nature will stay her cyclical course regardless of all else. Yes, April means Spring is just around the corner and, looking at my calendar this morning and then outside at the brilliant sunshine breaking over the landscape, I remind myself that each season – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter – will not be deterred by the same horror that has fractured and stalled human lives and plans. My musings have been more negative than things I can give a positive spin, but knowing Spring days will soon be a mixture of warm rainy days alternating with spring storms and sunshiny afternoons that bring new life – blooming flowers, budding to leafing trees, hundreds of twitter-pated squirrels, chipmunks, other wild critters and the excitable chittering of birds returning to seek nesting places and lay their eggs. All this positivity provides a brighter spot upon the rest and even as my thoughts – like so many others – all seem bent toward the negative darkness of living entrapped by the dangerous virus and need to remain house-bound – albeit something I used to love for I’ve too many projects and my writing to keep me very safe from the evil boredom monster, but that was before I was told I had to do it – yet, I choose to change that and become more aware of my musings; after all they are mine to control and I have the ability to control only what I think, choose to do with my house-bound time and whether I will allow it to control my life now or for however long we are stuck in this “Great Pause”.

And so – HAPPY APRIL FIRST, all my fellow fools who are wise enough to find the funny regardless of the clouds cloaking our skies for they are but temporary things that cannot keep the sun at bay for long – I.e., Set can only keep blowing sand in our faces for as long as his breath lasts; but the fire and light of Ra cannot be extinguished; only blocked by dark storm clouds until they run out of rain. So there, virus, take that and be gone!? Hey, give me a break, it’s April Fool’s Day not the Festival of Thoth, with a luncheon of Wine, Wise Crackers and Cheese.
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TIMELY THOUGHTS … OR … “WHERE HAVE I GONE TO HIDE?”  -- part 1

3/30/2020

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​Okay, I am not anyone special nor do I deserve to be spared all this craziness any more than the next person—we are all in the same boat and everyone either forgot to bring oars or dropped them overboard before we left the dock. Indeed, this is time for being calm regardless of all that has made us confounded, confused and our lives just utterly and unfairly confronted by a miniscule virus that has become a pandemic of a sort we could only have imagined possible in this day and age. My teacher/friend, Zahra Indigo Renlov has called this situation – “the Great Pause”—perhaps, that title is a bit too nice for the chaos Covid-19 has left in its wake, and yet, the phrase IS befitting to the ideal way we can view how about every aspect of daily interactions; while reminding ourselves that “we are all in this boat and sailing the wild seas that might symbolize the Truth and Why of it all”. Despite the current twist on rationality and reality, I can admit to being more afraid than ever before because of how much uncertainty of what comes next for a serious virus that is not only sourced in irrationality, but utterly unprecedented and therefore, events and experiences are seemingly changing by the minute or hour. Personally, I am good with the idea of staying “HOME” and avoiding places or situations that might put my health in danger; after all, as much as I hate to admit it, I am in that older and immune system compromised category (and so is my husband; luckily the veterinary services report my three dogs are neither able to become infected or carry the virus on their fur to us).
Of course, there is nothing positive that can come from dwelling on the darkness. The fact that it all makes me just MAD; especially that it caused the necessary cancellation of my long-awaited, dream trip to Egypt or that it even reached out and smacked me again by requiring that gatherings were cancelled, including my significant venue as reader/medium with the Blue Angel’s Psychic Fairs (April show in St. Mary’s, PA), which it is likely will not be the only such cancellation for this whole summer even into fall as things look now. Indeed, it took me a couple weeks of personal anxiety, disparagement and even some depression before I was ready to (as Grandma used to say) “stop beating that dead horse”. I know I am not alone in this “poor me” ranting and fearful thinking, but I have reached a point after a month of such self-indulgence to be ready to stop trekking that dirt road and getting off the path that can lead nowhere useful.
While I say to myself that it is time to stop dwelling on the unbearable, the simply irrational and the fact we are in the midst of something horrific and unprecedented, I must admit that I am still very human and my ego rises an ugly head some days to smack me with reality gone mad when I learn something new and terrible regarding Covid-19 run amok in some new way. Yet, I wonder if we will ever truly understand the cause or comprehend the total effect of it or be privy to the entire Truth or Why of this twist on rationality and reality? Even sadder than the life-threatening aspects of this virus, in my opinion, is the shameful greed, panic-buying and misinformation perpetrated all based from the fear; but more than that, is the variety of criminal acts, scamming and marketing of worthless merchandise perpetrated by those who always seem to rear their heads to prey on the misfortune of the rest of humanity. Ironically, a simple little virus has created a basis for their profiting in this undeserved marketable way; all due to the rampant fear-based situations thrust upon daily normal lives of a world population.
With that off my chest, I would prefer to change the direction of this blog, just as I have taken another sunnier fork in that dirt road, essentially out of the dark forest of fear and disparaging thoughts—literally, the conclusion made after the title phrase (above) was sort of tossed in my path by Spirit as inspiration that it was time to – Come out of … where I had gone to hide.
 All during this past month(s), I have come across statements or heard people remarking that Covid-19 may be a devastator, but it is also a service from Creator/Spirit that is meant to bring mankind an awakening to a higher purpose or truth and realization; that there is a need to greater compassion and comprehension of who we’ve treated our Mother Nature, Gaia and what we’ve been doing to our planet; a knowing that we are failing in realizing we are ONE Planet and ONE Human Race, regardless of religion, skin color or creed for Truth cannot nor does not recognize borders of any kind. I know a lot of people who have already garnered that understanding and do their utmost to live by their truths and that Truth and I believe there is hope that those numbers will grow exponentially as an aspect of and resulting from this global pandemic crisis. It seems too intangible to yet understand or perhaps foresee how different our world will be when this is all over, no matter how long that may take—but it will end and that tomorrow future will show itself shiny and brand new; if not, unrecognizable by comparison to “yesterday pre-virus”. Won’t it be with a giant sigh of relief when the world can take a deep breath of the air freshened by nature from its current pollution and sip of clear, clean springs and streams? While I do NOT suggest this virus is a good thing; only that the only thing about it that I can control is that it “might” have something “good come out of its rampant race across the planet—not for the number of human lives that it has or might yet take, but for the changes in the understanding and compassion we should all have gained as we heal from such a horrific world-wide experience, which we’ve endured together-apart.
There is a way to begin now and that is with prayer—notwithstanding the source to whom the phrases are sent; nor the language in which they are spoken; nor from the place from which they are sent forth into the ethers. Zahra has taken the reins – not of that dead horse, mentioned above – but, one that becomes more vibrant by the truthful intentions and powerful energy extended across the globe by those who have already joined her by means of a “Global Prayer Circle”, which she was inspired to begin on her flight back from Egypt (just after cancelling the trip that I spoke of before). Our group prayers are shared via the internet and in each person’s style, faith and language using Zoom. All who wish to join and share in the uplifting feelings that come from this time together-apart are welcomed regardless of where they are located. Speaking for myself, I have found that just partaking of the time of sharing has greatly shifted my bit of self-pitying, moodiness and wallowing in confusion for what to do now or next. All that my readers need to do to access the Global Prayer Circle is to contact Zahra with the link in Zahra’s Email – Attached below:

To access Prayer Circle use this Link to Sign up with Zahra: 
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NEW YEAR-NEW DECADE-RENEWED HOPE-NEWER DREAMS

1/26/2020

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        We can only speculate about what lies ahead as we begin a fresh new year and set course for a new decade. The wisest idea is “SMILE” no matter the negatives swirling around us; a smile is the brain’s signal to believe we are happy and things are good, regardless of all else. Sounds simple. Try it for yourself; you might even burst out in hysterics looking at the “grinning idiot” in the mirror; I did. While there are times when it seems even harder to put our positive foot forward or find that positive spin on our lives and events. Even though the stories and images of gloom and doom seem to fill priority spots in the news, there are many that may be given page 2 or 3, but certainly do go a long way to out-weighing the negatives. While I do not wish to belabor the positive vs negative things at every turn of our life paths, there is one truth that needs to be remembered -- Finding balance in life requires both positive and negative, like a fat, naught brat on the dark end of the teeter-totter that does his best to out-weight the skinny, happy kid on the other light end. 
         
        Imagine the physics in that picture for the basics we all learned in simple science classes (for some of us many years ago). Their teeter-totter won’t be moving much if the brat has ALL the weight and control and soon has the thinner, happier kid crying and stuck off the ground. (laugh at the imagery now, please!) At least, the analogy might put that smile on your lips enough to frighten off any adversity! 
       
        Just one more thought on the negativity all around us. From a metaphysical standpoint, that negativity is simply the other end of the teeter-totter of life and all is various craziness and changes that make it LIFE on this beautiful, unique planet! Although most people prefer to focus on only the light/positive end of the scale, we must remember that -- as my mother always said when something or someone bad happened along; “it takes two to Tango” Funny, how long it took me to understand that was not just a dance world reference; but it applies to so many aspects of life yesterday, today and into the future. Just remember that the chaotic events and negative ideas afloat in the world are “NECESSARY EVILS” for tragedies and even violent acts are the catalysts that help RAISE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PLANET. It would be nice if the positives were able to do it all by themselves and achieve the balance for our world “teeter-totter”. It is up to each of us to choose positive action and thought to keep alternatively pushing off the ground on our end of the board to eventually achieve the goal of a balanced fulcrum for the whole of the animal kingdom and mankind--and that’s the end of basic science lessons for today; aren’t you glad I never learned trig, too?

        If we all believe we can make a difference, it will be so! The answer lies in discovering our unique gifts, skills and roles in this lifetime on this planet and dimension. Here on the Earth plane, we do not have to do anyone else’s part or live up to other’s expectations. Our true spiritual path is simple -- to awaken as a soul having an Earthly experience in its current vessel (body), as well as seek the awakening of the “shaman within”. It is that inner voice of heart wisdom that will guide us to our personal sacred purpose. This may be inspired by taking a symbolic Shamanic journey according to the way it best fits with your belief system or personal intuitive directive from either within or from our angels, spirit guides or loving ancestors. That journey is a symbolic and imaginary/meditative journey that features our death and rebirth, leading ultimately toward a place of deeper longing for more connection to higher realms or simply seeking the path of a healer, reader, medium or spiritually motivated writer, etc. This journey is a choice. But, one that will raise personal vibration and likely make many changes in your life that you might not be prepared to take if not prepared. I would advise seeking an experienced teacher or book and thus be prepared before beginning the process.

        For the rest of this blog, I want to share some insights I’ve collected that I hope will provide you some inspiration or perhaps get you thinking more about some topics that abound nowadays, needing our positive input, thought and most importantly our prayers and energy directed toward them (a skill we all possess without much training beyond the knowing we can do it and it is ours for just by being human). I will share some quotes that I find especially valuable for the start of a new decade and hope you will find inspiration or reasons to consider on their topic further …

       Wolf Clan, Seneca Nation, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch, once said: “Don’t worry too much about the world. The world will be here long after humans are gone. The waters can heal themselves over time, the earth’s surface and air will heal over time, but we may not be here to see it.”

       Let me add to her words:  to truly heal this planet, we must first heal the hearts and minds of human beings, beginning with ourselves--thereby, placing trust in our ability to awakening that “Shaman Within.
Perhaps you have been on this spiritual or mystical path for many years or perhaps you are a beginner who wears “new mystical shoes” that need breaking in before you are courageous to stride onward and literally upward. Either way, you need only to do what your heart inspires; while I know that sounds simple, sometimes it isn’t and that’s okay. As a reader, I am seeing a lot of people out there who have just had their wake-up call. They will soon realize what the others have known for a while; they will begin recognizing on a planetary scale, the signs that are all around us of the need to heal ourselves on many levels and then apply our wisdom and positive energy to change the conditions in our world. I believe there are many synchronistic things happening to us (including for all people and the world, in general) every minute of every day -- in the -- NOW.

       To keep that trend going, I believe it is important for us to learn at the deepest level the concept of -- “Power With” versus “Power Over”. Power With comes from a place of love and its counterpart (back on the teeter-totter?) Power Over, comes from that of control and disconnection. We are creatures of both light and dark (maybe a sort of teeter-totter exists in our mind or heart; that’s one for the metaphysicians to debate over?). As we contain both positive and negative aspects, would it not be logical to assume we mirror the above world example (or it mirrors each of us?) and learn life’s greatest lessons from the dark side of us; knowing our wisdom rises us of both as we learn to understand and find inner balance from the work we do with and on both?

        We are truly becoming co-creators in the now; and, as present day shamanic beings helping to envision and invent the future rather than becoming a passive byproduct of it. In order, to awaken that inner shaman, we need a crack in our outer armor and a willingness to step out of the box. Often this happens with a trauma, such as addiction, divorce, loss of job/career, serious illness or spiritual/mental crisis -- a real dance in our darkest corner of the heart/mind. This sort of thing usually takes us to a place of wondering and sensing there is something larger and then a longing for connection and then comes the remembering of soul purpose within. When this happens, we may even unknowingly (or in dire circumstances possible loudly) send a spiritual message out to the universe to that something beyond the human ego. Something like -- “I am open to Divine assistance from God, Goddess, the Higher Power, Creator or other Divinity of any Belief system.” This is often entitled the “sacred marriage” between the human and the Divine. Once one reaches this point, they realize they cannot do it alone and must surrender to that higher power; then, begin noticing how synchronistic happenings begin to appear everywhere -- i.e., some may refer to this as the coincidental resonances found without looking in books, heard on radio or TV, life happenings and our dreams and the intuitive things that just “pop to mind”.

​        All clear enough evidence that the inner shaman has heard the call our call to awaken; thus, receiving the messages and guidance from the Higher Power. On that thought, let me conclude this blog with the following and a hope that this new year will bring each of us a personal version or understanding of this truth --

When Buddha was asked if he was a god, he replied he was not.
When he was asked if he was a saint, he replied he was not.
‘Then what are you,’ he was asked.
“I am Awake.”  He replied.

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