I began the tradition of
writing a Birthday Blog on the occasion of my first birthday after relocating
to Sedona to do some intense “inner work”.
It’s become a sort of “state of the union” event, trusting that
(although our paths are separate and distinct) what is true for me is also true
for much of the collective, you.
During that first year in
Sedona, I started hearing about how everything in creation is accelerating and
expanding, and we could feel the truth in our bones, sometimes with ecstasy and
sometimes with aching pain. That was
five years ago and since then I have lived many life-times. I have been sharing with friends, that after
nine months in Sedona I would walk past a mirror and not know who the other
person was, looking back at me.
We
have chosen to embrace rather than to resist the energy of acceleration and
expansion, even though much of the planet is in the death-throes of resistance
and clinging to the past. And so our
awakening has been rapid.
I have seen novices come into our spiritual circles and shortly morph
into masters; it is a wonder to behold.
It is not a coincidence that
on the occasion of my leaving Sedona for the Midwest, Indiana hosts the coldest
and snowiest winter on record. And that
has been just for me; I truly don’t know what the rest of you have been
experiencing. The winter has forced me
to go in and slow down. At a time when I
have been anxious to do more in this vital spiritual community, I have been
called to wait and see. It is not just
the weather; I regularly draw the “slowing down” card from the Osho oracle and
it makes me laugh, “If I slow down anymore, I’ll have to stop my heart.”
And yes I know it is still
cold and there is still some snow and the ground, and we have not had our last
flurry. But I have heard the thunder and understood the promise that the earth
makes every time it falls into dormancy.
We are waking up; we are coming back to ourselves.
I repeatedly tell folks that
the Shamanic Path is mostly about “paying
attention”. So now we notice the
shift, like a change in atmospheric
pressure that precedes the storm.
Already, it is time to plant seeds and make plans. That “planning” word is something I normally
avoid, but now we approach it with wisdom.
This time, it is more about
allowing than about forcing.
You should notice more and
more opportunities for movement and motion as the outer world mirrors the inner one. Our physical motion creates an attitude of
movement (change) in our work, our relationships, and our personal and
spiritual expansion.
Now
we see the openings and we walk right through without hesitation or
self-doubt. That is the attitude of the
spring-time of our lives. Every
time I glance at a digital clock it seems it is either 11:11 in the morning or
11:11 at night. My friends are also
seeing the “ones” lining up on the odometers and elsewhere. If we are paying attention, a single “one” is
a promise of rebirth; but when they line
up for you, that energy is multiplied so we are talking about extreme (radical)
transformation.
And my best advice for you
is, “Let yourself be startled by the
divine. Let go of limiting ideas and
beliefs, and ride that superwave like you know how. Soon enough, it will become second nature to
you.
I have been in consultation
with many of you this week and I am excited about some of the opportunities for
spiritual growth and awakening that are being birthed for the benefit of our
soul family. Blessings to you all and “Happy Birthday to Me”, I am born
again.
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