I could
not conjure up the will this year to write a Holiday blog about the appearance
of the light of Christ consciousness in the midst of the “bleak midwinter”. Not this year, sitting outside of Starbucks
in the bright 70ยบ sunshine of Camp Verde, Arizona. Instead, let me address the importance of
steeling ourselves for the coming seismic shifts of the coming year.
Let me
be clear. This is a pep-talk to myself
because I am not clear; I am not fully awake at every moment of every day. But at the onset of a New Year YOU NEED A PEP-TALK and SO DO I!
We have
officially run out of time. In fact,
time does not exist for us anymore. We
have entered a new vibration where we stand outside of time. This is the new earth, and we have to stop
talking about its emergence, and start creating our new life here.
I have
also run out of patience with folks who want to talk about sports or politics
or popular culture. I’m not interested
in hearing about how your neighbor or your family has slighted you or let you down. I’m not interested in hearing about the ways
you limit yourself with your thoughts.
Tell me instead about the ways you have used your mindfulness to
liberate you from old patterns and tired traditions.
Tell me how
you have stepped out of the boxes that contain you. Tell me how you plotted after you saw your
comfortable surroundings where nothing but a gilded cage – a beautiful prison
with over-stuffed couches and wide-screen TV’s.
Tell me how you jumped from your box, or if you slithered out or skipped
or crawled.
Do tell me that you set the
box on fire; soaked it with kerosene and set the match with ritual and
ceremony.
Why do
we hold onto things that no longer serve us?
Why do we stay in jobs that demean us?
Why do we maintain marriages and relationships that diminish our
life-force? Why do we keep trying to fix
the broken systems with broken tools?
Do you
really think we should prop up our economic and societal structures at any
cost? Is there an institution that is
“too big to fail”, or should we have a little death to make room for a rebirth? Are you satisfied with choosing between “evils”
when you go to the polls? What would
happen if you demanded more and stopped settling for less?
In
Chinese astrology, this is the year of the Dragon and we need to embrace this
archetype with fervor and adoration! The
Dragon represents the power to Create as well as to Destroy. These are twin attributes like death and
rebirth.
We are
stepping into our highest imagining. We
welcome all the forces of change and we hold tight to and bring new meaning to the
idea of riding the dragon. The dragon
represents destruction of the old paradigm and the bold and formidable
construction of the New Earth.
We have
to deconstruct everything that has worked through its last bit of usefulness –
and we will construct new structures, and new relationships, and new thoughts,
and patterns, and institutions that honor us and serve us.
We now
surround ourselves with constructs that stem from the recognition of our
profound connection with the physical universe as well as our connection with
the divine. We ride the Dragon and we are the Dragon.
To help us ramp up our vibration
for creation, the Earth School for Souls is invoking the Year of the Dragon in
our first Shamanic Breathwork™ gathering of the New Year. Join us at our new location in West Sedona.
The Year of the Dragon
A Shamanic Breathwork™ Journey
Saturday, January 7th 12:45 – 4:30PM
Light Body Pilates & Dance Studio
2050 Yavapai Dr, Sedona, AZ 86336
reduced to $35
a person
Limited Space – Please Pre-Register
at john@earthschoolforsouls.com
or
www.meetup.com/sedona-shamanic-breathwork-journeys
or call 602-625-0082
