As I have often said in my blogs, the animals show us the way!
Hug your friends today.
Tomorrow, you may not have the chance.
A friend of ours left the Earth while out watering her plants.
One day a phone call, the next day a funeral.
It feels like this passing is something that is almost communal.
So many people are leaving right now to work with us from the other side.
I hope my friend, will come back to me, and be my light and guide.
Blessings,
Judy
The poster says: Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious Human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others. I am not going to get angry or thin badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. - Dalai Lama
“Every morning, recite this.” ~ Dalai Lama
The time before the full moon is usually difficult for most people. The MOON pulls at you. It brings out your dark side. Yes, every month, Grandmother Moon reminds you that you are shades of dark and light. This is the perfection of each of us.
Blessings,
Judy
The conversation below comes from my journal. I was teaching a class on being aware of spiritual beings or spiritual presence. One of the students asked me about seeing a golden light or very shiny light around some people or animals or objects, and wondering what that meant. When I was in meditation, I asked the question, and the answer below is what I received from the Angels.
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Dearest Ones! We come to answer the question, “What is that golden light that seems to shine from time to time on people, or animals, or simply in the corner of the room? What does it mean?”
This golden light is the Christ Consciousness light. It tells you that whatever is going on is happening with intent for the highest good.
The term today is “Christ Consciousness”, however, in other belief systems, the light may be called something else.
If you see the light, you are blessed!
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Blessings,
Judy
It is true that when we can no longer breathe, we are not supporting our physical body, and we make the transition to the next life. Transition becomes a matter of “Not Breath”.
Let today be the day that you begin to breath fully. Let the molecules of oxygen move through your body to allow light into the cells. Let this be the time of welcoming breath.
Blessings,
Judy
THIS is the way the light should be – brilliant! The light shines from each of you. When others try to turn your light out, then shine even more brilliantly. -- The Angels…
The last few days, there have been flashes of light in boardrooms, in plants and warehouses, and in department stores. It is a sign that we are flashing brilliant! Look inside. See how you are changing. Let it happen.
Blessings,
Judy
November waltzes in on the heels of All Hallows‘ Eve or Halloween. In Celtic and Nordic tradition, this was a time to celebrate the end of the harvest and to put some seeds and grain out at the shrine for those members of the family that have died.
This leads to November 1 which is the traditional time of “Feast of the Dead”. Although we tend to attribute this festival to the Mexican people, many other countries and belief systems honour their dead at this time.
I love the tradition of the Huron people, in days gone by. Whenever a large village shifted location, about every 10-15 years, the Huron celebrated a “Feast of the Dead”. Since the ancestors could not be moved conveniently with the tribe, a special ceremony was held to offer the ancestors a final resting place and to give the ancestors peace. The bodies were removed from their temporary cave graves and buried in a deep pit lined with furs such as beaver and mink. The ceremony showed the reverence and gratitude that all Huron have for their dead. This grand ceremony was the final release of the souls, and the responsibility that the ancestors had to the tribe. Those souls now released could walk the path up to the sky, to hunt with the Gods, and live a life of abundance.
I also love the description that Marcelina at www.mysticalmind.comwrites of the preparing of the cemetery for “The Feast Of The Dead”. She writes:
The day before the feast, the younger people would have to tidy up the cemetery. The wooden crosses had to be straightened upright, faded, painted headstones had to be touched up, and the weeds needed to be pulled out. Dried leaves and twigs were placed in a pile to make into a bonfire. The whole surroundings must be swept with a broom to clear the spirits’ path who would be attending the feast. Some of the younger women had to plant flowers and herbs, and others needed to set up the altar on the round, flat rock in the cemetery which had been dedicated for this event. Pictures of the departed, fruits, flowers and candles were carefully placed around the altar while a big cross of Jesus Christ stood at the center.
Westerners, in the past, have a tendency to ignore their ancestors. That behaviour seems to be changing, and more people, even if they do not set up a shrine, are saying prayers for their ancestors. And that, I think, is a good thing!
Blessings,
Judy
Over the last while, when I am out with my dog in the park or the neighbourhood, we see a jack rabbit, running through the grass. Rabbit bounds around us, and my dog wants to run with Rabbit.
Rabbit shares these thoughts with us:
I thanked Rabbit for sharing her thoughts.
Many blessings,
Judy
The Angels speak and say that it is time to move forward to the time of light. Many of the different belief systems are writing and speaking about the changing ways that we can look at time and distance and mass. They are constructs that we have made, and so they are subject to change.
There is an abundance of everything in the world because everything is energy. We do not need to believe in scarcity. The earth changes are showing us how much power Creator has at its finger tips. We too, have the same power available to us. We can use it to help Creator, and ourselves move forward.
Blessings,
Judy
Black Horse was trotting in to my meditation. She has decided that now is the time to share some information. She tossed her head and looked at me and said, “You are now ready.”
The Angels crowded around the meditation room, and the peace and love and harmony massaged the soul. The Archangels guarded the space to keep all that was in the room safe and sacred.
Different Angels talked about the coming changes to everything – where fear would be erased, and the blueprint for fight or flight would cease to exist. They talked of flying and of lights and of energy. They talked about the rippling of time between locations and planets. Most of it was over my head in terms of science. However, the feeling of freedom and joy captured my heart, and a yearning was born. Or, perhaps it is better to say that it was awakened. I think I may have always had this yearning.
Then the Angels talked about how many of us will be making huge career changes to get us in place to doing what we love, and to be in different places to be carriers of light – love, compassion, and generosity. They spoke of amazing opportunities opening up, like doors to far away places. The Sid the changes will be healing for all involved.
I was excited by this prophecy. The time frame feels like several months. The idea of doors opening is beautiful, and comforting. And, even, as my nephew would say, “Sweet!”
Many Blessings,
Judy
“Lightning is good. When Lightning strikes a tree, people say that tree has been blessed and they go to gather that wood for special purposes.” - Apache Tradition
Last week, lightning hit a tree on Poplar Island, an island in the Bow River, and part of Fish Creek Park. The tree burned for a long time, for it was a large tree, and had lived a long time.
I began to think about the tree. One of my thoughts was that the Elementals had decided that this tree was special, and that it should not suffer the fate of being chewed down by beavers, and then becoming part of the next beaver dam.
Instead, the Elementals decided that this tree would be transformed from tree to charcoal. It then becomes a wonderful instrument of cleaning and healing for all the animals that ingest it. As it washes into the river, it becomes a natural filter.
It seems to me that this is how humans may transform – with one flash of great light they become less than they were before and then so much more.
I wish you a flash of inspiration!
Blessings,
Judy
Wisdom accumulates—not in a linear arithmetic progression but in a complex, dynamic system. Each understanding sheds light upon the others in an interactive living process. Insights that seem unassailable may suddenly meet passionate doubt, all clarity shattered at the very moment it is most needed. Then, just as suddenly, wisdom will resurface, stronger for having vanished, wisdom that now knows of its own disintegration.
Nina Wise, "Sudden Awakening"
I read this quote, and I had this click in my brain that said I have seen or heard this before, but not in this lifetime! It seems that one of the life lessons that I have chosen is to find out how wisdom works. What I mean is, what is the shifting point where we move from having random knowledge to the point of having great wisdom?
The Mayan believed that the shift to wisdom happens between fifty and fifty-four years old – if the person lived that long. Most indigenous peoples do move their adults to an honoured position of “elder” at about the same time. Very rarely does one become an elder at a younger age. So, the question for me is – does the time frame that you are alive automatically qualify you to be wise; or, is it that something chemically happens in your brain to make you wise?
In the reading that I have been doing, it seems that there is an actual, physical, chemical change in the brain around this age of life. This change also seems to be reflected in the emotional, mental, and spiritual make up of the person. Perhaps that saying is true. “As we get older, we get smarter!”
What are your thoughts about this?
Many blessings,
Judy
Meerkat picture from www.irishviews.com
Is the third time the charm? I am about to find out as I try again to connect with Meerkat to receive her message.
Meerkat pops up beside me and snuggles in. She seems to be more comfortable with me than vice versa. I find her quite comforting. She sighs, and then begins to speak.
“We are so much like you humans and yet you know very little about us. I find that rather disturbing. We have many of your traits – politics, breeding practices, pup and elder care, and survival tactics. We originally came up from the depths of the Earth. We are some of the life forms that went underground when there were difficulties in the air and ground, difficulties that have re-emerged. We have learned to burrow underground and to build safe nests deep enough to avoid having to be poisoned by the air.
As the food above us died, we moved downward in search of food that we could eat. We found that others had also moved downward. We became hunter and prey. We learned the value of cooperation. We learned to be respectful of our resources and therefore to adjust our numbers to the food that could support us.
We watch you now and wonder why you fight against the obvious laws of nature. We wonder why you are destroying that which gives you life. There is nothing that you can produce with all of your machines that is as wonderful as what She Who Feeds Us All can provide.
We have black masks because our eyes are still sensitive to the light. We find the blackness dulls the glare of the Sun. It seems however, that humans find our mask fearful. We are part of the issue of fear or darkness that humans have to deal with. We are therefore, part of your path – just as you are part of our path. The easiest strategy to cope with fear is to meet it head on, much as we do. We wish you well.
Blessings,
Judy
This post is from a dream that I wrote up in my journal back many years ago. I find the old dreams interesting and I look for repeating archetypes and themes in my dreams.
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This picture comes from commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Home_aquarium.jpg (My aquarium does not look nearly this good, nor is it this big!)
The other night, in my dreams, a big aquarium popped up, out of no where, and both my fish swam to the side of the tank and looked at me. They then made everything go dark, and little by little, cleared the blackness so that the tank, and the water, and the scene were filled with clear light.
When I woke up, I knew that the fish wanted me to clean the tank. As I carried out the task, I thought how interesting it was that I was spending an hour cleaning out the tank, and the castle and rocks and filter. It was very much like sifting through my emotional body, and pulling out the gunk that was sitting in there.
Fish have been a symbol of spirituality and abundance going back to the time of cave drawings. Fish, like us, come in a variety of colours with a huge range of dispositions. The most beautiful are sometimes the most deadly. Scientists agree that all life originated in the oceans/seas/rivers. Therefore, water on our planet is like a big womb. And, yes, we all require it to live. We need to breath air, and assimilate the oxygen in the water. Fish, then, are symbolic of the fruits of the womb, of motherhood. They inspire creativity and bring good luck, as the Chinese believe.
Water is always transforming – it evaporates, becomes mist, may fall as rain, and then returns to the Earth to rise up again as water. Fish, then, represent change. If they are coming into your life, perhaps they are saying, like they did to me, “It is time to clean up your act and get your house in order for the new things that are coming.”
Blessings,
Judy
Moving right along onto things that I don’t understand, I come to the whole “faulty logic” thing. Why has this got me thinking? Well, I have a list! Here are two things on it:
-people who think that having a driver’s license makes them a good driver
-buying “healthy” yogurt which has 28 g of sugar in it, and no fat, and almost no protein
As you might guess, I was just at the market to get some groceries, and these things popped up for me. I asked my Angels why these things bugged me. The response was that faulty logic is a disruptive energy that will assault the light. They said I was bugged because I wanted to correct the logic, and knew that I could not interfere. The Angels talked about the need to let go of things in my mind (not unlike the Buddhists who say to let go of attachment).
The Angels continued that mankind has many belief systems that are built on faulty logic, and that the belief systems keep humans locked in to a darker energy then they could be in if they simply went with the flow, and left behind all other people’s ideas, thoughts, and marketing.
That explanation made sense to me. I am letting go. The process is slower than I expected. There must be some very deep roots there.
Blessings,
Judy
For those of us that are still in snow covered areas, where Spring is taking a while to move forward, our vitamins and minerals are depleting. Perhaps people who are living in weather troubled areas of flooding and drought are also experiencing this problem.
The Angels have been saying that we need to reconnect with the Earth, and to do that, we need to replenish the vitamins and minerals that have been leeching out of our bodies with over use of processed or fast food options.
We have abundance in our lives, and we can choose to take the food that is nourishing. Our Ancestors knew to dry green things to eat through the winter and into Spring. The green food wants to be in service to help all beings. With the inclusion of greens into our bodies, we help the greens become so much more. Eventually, we all return to the Earth to begin again.
Great Spirit has created natural processes to nurture us. The Oceans assist the greens by creating different climates, and by providing moisture in the form of rain or snow. The rain and snow carry light which is absorbed into the food. We are grow with oxygen in our food, and the light in the oxygen.
Choose the greens grown close to home, if possible, to re-affirm your connection with the place that you are now living. Celebrate the greens while you eat. You will feel magnificent!
Blessings,
Judy
On top of recovering from medical emergency, I have been sharing my life with a cold for the last four days, and a bit, and, sometimes, it seems that the cold has a better life than I do. It grows strong, barks loudly, and emits heat. Then, that passes, and it seems like I have the best life.
Then I read this quote by Soko Morinaga Roshi, a Buddhist teacher, and I realized that I was experiencing the continuous process of life and death in my experience of the cold.
Our lives appear to be unbroken blocks of seventy or eighty continuous years, but, actually,...when you maintain the straightforward frankness of your own mind as it comes to life each instant, even without effort, even without training, you are beautifully born each instant. You die with each instant, and go on to be born again, instant by instant.
~Soko Morinaga Roshi~
I am now believing that Cold is my friend, who is working to keep me from doing too much – taking on too many tasks. I do what I need to and I spend a lot of time sitting and reading and watching movies because if I get too active, I begin to cough, and to congest. When I sit quietly, then the light can move through my body and do the work that the light needs to do to work on changing me.
Blessings,
Judy
Winter solstice is a time to reflect on what you love to do, and find a way to make it happen. When we are happy, our light – that spark of irrepressible energy that makes us all unique – shines brightly. Solstice is about being inward focused and concentrating on expanding the self.
We all want success and well being. Winter is the time to reflect on making it happen, and then offering up these energies at Solstice, to Creator, to make everything happen.
Here is a wonderful prayer/song for you to use today and all days when you need strength.
Mother Earth
I offer to you this song
For I am earth
and to the Earth, I belong
Mother Earth
help me grow as you need me to
Mother Earth
show me what I am here to do
Cause I am growing, I am changing
on this darkest day
I am growing, I am changing
in my darkest place
I am growing, I am changing
on this darkest day
I am growing, I am changing
in my darkest place
Blessed Be!
From - http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/yule-prayer.html
A Yule Prayer Song
-- by special Wicca Spirituality correspondent, Colombe
Many blessings,
Judy
I had an interesting experience where a client asked me - “What does it mean to walk in the light?” I wasn’t sure how to answer the question because walking in the light is an individual experience. As always, my guides helped me out by referring me to a picture of my husband walking in the light.
I took this amazing picture of my husband when we were in Sedona quite a few years ago. We are across the saddle from Kachina Woman. He had climbed up an out cropping of rocks to get some better pictures. When I looked back at him, he seemed to be covered in an explosion of light.
You can see the rays of light come around the top of the rock and make an arc, as though a cone of light has been set over him. There is a very bright orb in the foreground, with green reflection off of it. If you look at the picture closely, you can see amazing hues of purple and blue against the rock.
I asked him if he could feel any energy up there. He said that it was simply peaceful. (For camera enthusiasts, I simply used my cell phone camera.). I think that that is the best explanation of walking in the light… it is the ability to be absolutely peaceful and calm in everything that you do.
Many blessings,
Judy
