Squid Talks About Movement

Sometimes, I am simply surprised at the wonderful creatures that show up for my meditations and who want to share some thoughts.   I do not know very much about Squid.  So, I looked up some information.

“Squid have differentiated from their ancestral molluscs such that the body plan has been condensed antero-posteriorly and extended dorso-ventrally. What before may have been the foot of the ancestor is modified into a complex set of tentacles and highly developed sense organs, including advanced eyes similar to those of vertebrates.  …. The majority are no more than 60 centimetres (24 in) long, although the giant squid may reach 13 metres (43 ft). – Wikipedia”

Squid came in because it wanted to share some thoughts on moving.  Here are her ideas.

• There is not any one way that is the best way to move forward.  We squids move by kicking our tentacles. Others move by their feet propelling them forward.
• In the medium of water, we can move up and down, and hover, much like the hummingbird.  This type of movement is like a dance.  It is graceful.  Movement should be graceful.
• We move with the currents of the ocean.  This is about being in the flow of life.
• Some believe that we are sacred animals because we move our tentacles by putting them together as hands clasped in prayer.  All beings are sacred for we are all connected.
• Some believe that ocean dwellers have no souls; they believe that we are monsters – and that the larger we get, the more monstrous that we are.  Perhaps it is the way that we move that causes this fear.  When something moves in a strange way, we tend to fear it.

Squid’s final words were about allowing all beings to move through their lives with ease.

Blessings,
Judy

Have Fun!

This poster says, “I’m so tired of people needing a reason for doing everything in their lives.  Do it because you want to.  Because it’s fun.  Because it makes you happy.

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Great Spirit says that all actions should be done with grace and ease.  Especially if it is fun!  Life is to be in balance.  If we are too serious all the time, then we skew to anxiety.  We balance seriousness by having moments of unstructured fun.

Do something fun today!

Blessings,

Judy 

Find One Thing

 

Find one thing that makes you feel good and put it into practice. It is through this kind of action that we learn to live in harmony. We can also change others in this way. I know that some people question whether the actions of a single individual can really affect others. But do not waste time worrying about that; just do what feels right to you.

- Nikkyo Niwano, "A Cheerful 'Good Morning'"

Each morning, we go out to work, whether it is to a job or to keep our household going with running kids or with grocery shopping.  Each morning, we need to learn to do things with grace and ease for this makes the whole “getting out of bed” thing much easier on us. 

This was the lesson that I was getting the past several weeks.   The weather was getting colder.  The client projects were getting more demanding, and the day more tiring.  By the time I got home, I was finding it hard to have resources to work with through the evening.  I wondered if I was going to survive the challenge.

Then, in meditation each evening, I would hear “find the beauty in the drive to work”.  I struggled with that thought!  How much beauty is there in the movement of thousands of cars down the highway, especially when three lanes try to squeeze into one to merge on to the highway?  I simply got frustrated with all the drivers that were scared to merge or stopped on the highway, waiting for others to let them in.  This action breaks the flow of traffic.

And then one morning, I began to see some humour in how people were driving.  A few days after that, I began to see the drive to work as a great operatic dance, conducted by several novice conductors.  I realized that I could be a conductor and ask for the traffic to flow with grace and ease.  I soon distracted myself with this new view of traffic and my morning drive is now making me feel good as I drive to the office.

I have found one thing that can change my day.  If you decide to try this, let me know what changes your day.

Many blessings this day,

Judy

Autumnal Equinox 2024

 

Picture taken by Judy Hirst along the Bow River channel in Fish Creek Provincial Park

Autumn has arrived and today we are in balance between the dark and the light.  It is a beautiful feeling to have come through the spring and summer with lots of vegetables from the garden.  It is a time to celebrate with friends and family and ask for an easy winter to come.

A Prayer For Autumnal Equinox

Mother/Father God, Universe.

Please guide us through the next six months 

So that we walk through each day with grace and ease and

With harm to none.

Please bless the food to nourish us and to keep us strong,

Allowing no illness in our lives 

And giving us strength to help others - humans and animals.

As I wander to different places, please support me in spreading

Peace and Kindness to all.

Aho.

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Blessings,

Judy

    

Archangel Haniel

Archangel Haniel artwork by Virginnia www.starlightangel.co.uk

 

I was sitting and wondering what the blog should be about, and I felt an energy on my left side… behind my shoulder.  I heard “write angels speak” and then I asked who? I had some difficulty hearing, and finally heard “Haniel”.  

AA Haniel is often called the Angel of the Moon.  She also helps those with strong psychic or mystical gifts. 

Her message is…

Dear ones, as the Moon changes in relationship to your home, know that it is because of the different Earth shifts, as polarity shifts and your awareness rises.  The Moon will call you more now as she speaks of the ebb and flow of life force on Earth. Your life force is anchored in water, therefore you feel the pull of the Moon just as she pulls the waves of the Ocean.  The waves are. Whether they are large ones for surfing, or gentle ones that lull the sailors to sleep, the waves never question.  They simply exist.  If you will pardon the pun, they go with the flow.  

That, dear Ones, is exactly what you all need to do.  This is a time of letting go.  Attachments will be like cement blocks holding you back.  It is in not attaching significance to the changing monetary systems and the changing economies that the change will happen swiftly.  Healing will begin even as the changes are still completing. 

Do what you need to do, and do it with grace and joy.  Provide for one another. Share what you have. Do it with love and compassion. 

Blessings,

Judy

Healing in Nature

 

Pictures taken by Judy Hirst in the Elbow Falls Recreation Area

Last week, we were able to head off to the mountains and spend time along the Elbow River in the Elbow Falls Recreation Area.  We had a chance to hike and climb up a small mountain that gave us the view of the river valley.

The feeling of peace, serenity, grace, and abundance filled the energy in the space that we found to have lunch.  There were so many butterflies and lots of wild flowers along the path.  Bird song filled the quiet.  And sometimes it was gophers whistling that disturbed the peace.  It all felt so good.

Being out in Nature made us both feel lighter and eased some aches.  I felt a deep healing of the stress in my shoulders.  In fact, one bird song sounded like “it doesn’t matter”.  It felt so good.

If you have a chance over the next several weeks, try to get out into a park and walk in the bush.  It will do wonders for your soul.

Many blessings,

Judy

Using Meditation to Promote Healing

 

                                          Picture is by Judy Hirst, taken at a beach on Kawai in 2015

The other night, I could not sleep as my back was hurting from two hours of polishing the oak walls and shelves in our family room.  This winter, with some very cold days, was drying out the wood.  I lay in bed and contemplated life.  I felt a a pressure to meditate so I did. 

Many years ago I learned a process in BodyTalk (TM) that helped us create a very safe place in celestial space.  For me, the space that I created was a house that had a library, office, lovely living room/sitting area, a healing room and a gym area. I worked through the process to sink into the meditation and into calmness.

In my meditation, I found that I had new caretakers for my library.  Three beautiful white horses named Beauty, Hope, and Grace, looked after the library and kept the place clean and organized and acted as security.  When I asked if they had any wisdom  for me, the advice they gave was that I needed to eat a lot more green... lettuce, cabbage, spinach, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and include a lot of fruit.  They also said that I needed to walk and exercise to get stronger to carry the vibrations of change that are coming with the Equinox.

After visiting with the horses, I went to my healing room and lay on the bed of healing light, asking it to send healing waves into my back and shoulders.  I lay there for what seemed like a long time.  When I moved off the bed, I felt lighter.

It was time to come back.  I followed the process to come out of the meditation and came to awareness at 4:45am.  I wiggled my back.  It felt so good!  The aches were gone.  I drifted off to sleep.

Note:

You can find out more about the BodyTalk System at IBA Global Healing | Home (bodytalksystem.com).  Note that I am not promoting this site, I am simply providing it as a reference.  I do not benefit or profit from making this reference.

Many blessings,

Judy 

email me at lightstationwisdom@gmail.com

The Value of Gratitude

                       

If you are a participant in many of the spiritual conferences and podcasts that are currently available online, you will notice that all of them mention the power of gratitude.  For the record, www.vocabulary.com has a great definition of gratitude.

Gratitude means thanks and appreciation. ... Gratitude, which rhymes with "attitude," comes from the Latin word gratus, which means "thankful, pleasing." When you feel gratitude, you're pleased by what someone did for you and also pleased by the results. Unlike indebtedness, you're not anxious about having to pay it back.

Knowing how to feel grateful and how to practice gratitude is a gift from Great Spirit.  Buddhists say that in order to feel compassion, one must know how to feel gratitude and to express gratitude.

One of my teachers explained to me that gratitude is a special wave of energy that spirals to the heart of the Universe.  The Universe feels the joyful news and grace within the gratitude.  This wave of energy is like a magic wand that waves abundance to the one that expresses gratitude.

May you have a ton of gratefulness today!

Many Blessings

Judy

Christmas Thoughts - Happiness

 

How do we know what happiness is?  Is happiness the same for everyone?  These are some of the thoughts that wandered through my mind when I was picking up some last minute Christmas things.

I see people rushing here and there, yanking their children after them when all the while, the child wants to play in the play area or hopscotch on the tiles in the mallway. Kids just want to do things and be happy.  One little fellow said to his mother, "Let's go home.  I'm not happy here."

Happy seems to be a state of mind that just is.  One doesn't have to work at it.  It may be that it is a state of grace.  Or, maybe it is just a place of love – love of life and love of everything.

It is one more thought to explore this Christmas.

Many blessings,

Judy