tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76010844686701639672024-03-13T17:59:38.040-05:00Living The New Earth ConsciousnessInspirational words for navigating the dawn of a New Age.Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-21440358809598666112022-04-21T13:27:00.000-05:002022-04-21T13:27:04.152-05:00Shadow Revelation for Purpose Salvation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwUsup919jWRu-xEOQFw0KEulORbSjzT6R1O8QKFmNfi5OLFEjLmvuiSY3gMwgKNT5-FKd17QtY87leBEOHgeZhCqKhEVc6pZBu_YqZmOosYXc6WF4tN3xL-QeBKvGT67svWg9GGWWFoW/s1600-h/Gollum+Head+Shot.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245995920639175906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjwUsup919jWRu-xEOQFw0KEulORbSjzT6R1O8QKFmNfi5OLFEjLmvuiSY3gMwgKNT5-FKd17QtY87leBEOHgeZhCqKhEVc6pZBu_YqZmOosYXc6WF4tN3xL-QeBKvGT67svWg9GGWWFoW/s200/Gollum+Head+Shot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style> <br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">As the "2012 shift in human consciousness becomes an increasingly undeniable reality, those of us who are awake are being increasingly pressed toward choosing Love over Fear. All of us are conscious of our embedded traumas -- either from this lifetime, ancestral wounds, or both. These traumas serve as initiatory events designed to prepare us for effectively carrying out our life purpose. Thankfully, the time does come for us to evolve away from our fear-based survival lifestyles. The time does come when we are given the opportunities to learn how to embrace a loving, fulfilling and purposeful life --from which we never need to retire. For many of us, that time is now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">It is my experience that Spirit has designed the month of September 2008 as the month of Shadow Revelation.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">By this I mean that whatever belief system is holding you hostage from bringing more of your gifts and talents to the forefront of your life is going to be revealed. Now, our shadow has many components, so what gets revealed this month is just one aspect a multi-layered phenomenon. But, this component is a major one and deeply rooted, and from my own recent experience and that of several others, the roots of a mega emotional block has been or is being pulled out and literally paraded before our waking eyes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "; font-size: 85%;">You are going to be emotionally triggered. And it doesn’t feel good. In fact, it’s downright painful. For example, if you unconsciously believe that the boogey man will get you when you make yourself fully available as a healer, then the boogey will literally show up at your doorstep. If you are unconsciously afraid of change and transformation, then a big black snake will move into your bathroom and block you from opening the door! If you have unconsciously believed that playing the martyr will make you the better person in your interpersonal experiences, people are going to falsely accuse you and expose how bitter you are towards life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">These experiences happened this week to people I know, and the first one happened to me! A middle-age</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSSb_fF4Ayg8lbNRtzwyTuUsawRS5Tbw6fOvbc3pNezsqJlsT4QG_DLR2g6n02n5v9Fn4O9fdCxjBIPFtKasvqyd6XJ0t72wgPh-4o2Iz0rv6EIZ1FbrNmx0rBiZgfD4OwFp-q4NqBGqV/s1600-h/dore_red2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245987439043431042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSSb_fF4Ayg8lbNRtzwyTuUsawRS5Tbw6fOvbc3pNezsqJlsT4QG_DLR2g6n02n5v9Fn4O9fdCxjBIPFtKasvqyd6XJ0t72wgPh-4o2Iz0rv6EIZ1FbrNmx0rBiZgfD4OwFp-q4NqBGqV/s200/dore_red2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">d man who lives next door to me rang my door bell and attempted to try to get to know me. He looked and behaved in an adolescent manner, his energy was toxic and “perp” (</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">short for perpetrator), and I know from the person he rents from that he is going to be evicted. I declined the offer to go out with him, and when he blurted out his phone number and asked me to call him I said I’d think about it – even though I knew then and there “No way!” Thank goodness I realized that night that I had been triggered. Here was the living, breathing consequence of me sharing my healing gifts in a more noticeable way in the world. This was my deeply embedded fear come to real life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">The next day, I had a conversation with a dear friend who shared an Islamic teaching with me about <i>Shirk</i>. A <i>Shirk</i> is anything we c</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">hoose to fear more than God and therefore become distracted from our devotional beliefs and practices. It’s the ultimate worship of false idols. Although my relationship to Creator/God is not o</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">ne of fear, I had definitely been triggered into giving my power away and was totally distracted from doing what always reconnects me to my truth – being still, praying, listening to the Ancestors, and creating a devotional gesture or ritual. After another consciousness-raising and supportive conversation with my spiritual mentor, I wrote a letter to my shadow belief and released it from the sacred contract we shared, saying it had done a great job and the job was over. I went to <st1:place>Lake Michigan</st1:place></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> and released the letter through a personal Water Ritual. I don’t know the full results of my shadow revelation, but I do know I am no longer concerned that the next door neighbor is “out to get me.” I’ve chosen not to be a victim because it distracts me from my purpose in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">So here are a few suggestions for coping with shadow revelation and supporting your progress towards purpose salvation:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">4.<span style="font-family: ";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 85%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Once you feel that you’ve identified the shadow in you, do a personal release ritual.</span> First, write a letter to the shadow (Dear Shadow. . .) and thank it for being your evolutionary teacher. Write down what the shadow has taught you about yourself and how this knowledge informs your ability to live a purposeful, fulfilling and love-centered life. Also let the shadow know that the contract between the two of you is now complete and that you no longer need its lessons. Ne</span><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 85%;">xt, fold the letter and place it in a decorated envelope, gift wrap or tissue paper. Spirit is attracted to beauty, so make it very attractive. I suggest that you release the letter very gently and slowly, meaning take it to a body of water or bury it. Because these shadow components were so deeply rooted and very much a hidden part of our identity, Fire is too radical. We need gentleness and time to allow for our new learning to occur. Letting go of identity pieces too radically can result in an unconscious retrie</span><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 85%;">val of the shadow component.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>5.<span style="font-family: ";"> </span></i></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 85%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">And to help you focus on your purpose, make a “Wheel of Fortune”</span> by drawing a circle, dividing it into the major areas of your life, such as health, relationships, work, spirituality, enjoyment, or whatever categories you prefer to use. Then, find magazine photos or draw in those i</span><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 85%;">mages of things you would like to see happen through you in the next six months of time. (Note that I said “through” you, not “to” you.) Put the Wheel of Fortune where you will notice it every day. The images will implant in your subconscious and seemingly without effort begin to draw you into situations and learnings which will bring about the results you have imaged-in. <i>(This exercise is from the Medicine Woman Cards Inner Guide Book by Carol Bridges)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">The salvation of ou</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">r purpose will evolve us away from a life of survival, which is usually the experience of struggling and suffering. <span style="font-weight: bold;">To be on purpose allows God, the Universe, Spirit and the Ancestors to provide us with everything we need easily and effortlessly.</span> I leave you with one of my favorite poems by Rumi and send you warm thoughts of courageous shadow revelation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><b>A POEM BY RUMI<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><b><o:p> </o:p>“Guest House”<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>This being human is a guest house;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Every morning a new arrival;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>A joy, a depression</i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>, meanness,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Some momentary </i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>awar</i></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>eness comes<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>As an unexpected visitor;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Welcome and attend them all!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Who violently sweep your house<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Empty of its furniture,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Still treat each guest honorably;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>He may be clearing you out<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>For some new delight;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>The dark thought, the shame, the malice,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Meet them at the door laughing,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>And invite them in;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Be grateful for whoever comes,<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Because each has been sent<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>As a guide from beyond;<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Welcome difficulty.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Learn the alchemy True Human Beings know:<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>The moment you accept what troubles</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>You’ve been given, the door opens;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Welcome difficulty as a familiar comrade.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Joke with torment brought by the Friend.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>Sorrows are the rage of old clothes</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>And jackets that serve to cover,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>And then are taken off.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i>That undressing and the beautiful<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><i><span style="font-family: ";">Is the sweetness that comes after Grief.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-family: "; font-size: 12;"></span></span><br />Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-43966562246469751592015-02-02T15:36:00.000-06:002015-02-02T15:38:42.715-06:00Groundhog Day 2015: Honoring Right Timing!Happy Groundhog Day! Once again I'm making time to blog about this important portal day that marks the passage from Winter to Spring. This year, like the last 2 years, Punsxtawney Phil from Gobbler's Knob in Punsxtawney, Pennsylvania did see his shadow and has forecasted 6 more weeks of Winter. When you hear 6 weeks, you think, OMG--six more weeks of Jack Frost and his brothers! But, if you check your calendar, in 6 weeks we will experience the Vernal Equinox, the cosmic timing for the beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The right timing for the return of Spring!<br />
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So what Phil has given us is an opportunity to ask ourselves, "What can I do to make the most out of the next six weeks in preparation for the Spring?" In other words, how do you honor right timing? This is necessary because it is so easy to think that things we want to happen should occur at the time when we think they should. It is so easy for us to forget that we are in this New Earth for a purpose and that everything we experience is the result of what is happening to others. And what happens to us will also directly and indirectly affect others. We are not in this alone, by any means. This is what unity consciousness is really all about.<br />
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If you've read my previous Groundhog Day blogs, you know I'm a huge fan of the movie. <br />
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So I'm going use it to give an example of how the movie teaches us about Unity Consciousness and the importance of honoring right timing. And, if you are reading this and haven't seen the movie yet, shame on you, and you can watch it on cable TV's AMC (American Movie Classics) channel all day today.<br />
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Basically, this is the story of how a man gets trapped in the same day, February 2nd, and has to live it over and over and over again. Once he accepts that it is really happening, that he's not dreaming, he begins to experiment with choice and consequences. Like a young adolescent, he first begins to break the rules, break the laws because he thinks he won't have to experience external consequences, like going to jail for years. And this works for him for a while, until he begins to experience internal consequences. He realizes that his behavior is anti-human and that he really doesn't like himself. This awareness is grown as he falls head-over-heels for his colleague. And no matter what form of manipulation he employs to get her to go to bed with him, it always fails. After attempting suicide in many different forms, he finally surrenders to his situation and finally ask himself how he can make the most of his time trapped in a time warp.<br />
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What we get to see through the movie is how Phil's final acceptance of being trapped in Punsxtawney, and taking on healing and growing himself, results in his being able to provide many services and contributions to his adopted community. He's even able to save a man's life, and show kindness to a man whose life wasn't supposed to be saved. This is the mystery and magnificence of right timing --to be where we are supposed to be, doing what we are supposed to do, in the time we are supposed to do it. Phil is rewarded for his patient endurance and learning to love himself. If he hadn't honored right timing, his relationship with his Beloved would have been superficial at best!<br />
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So the moral of my blog is, let go of judging the remaining six weeks of Winter and embrace what you need to do to improve yourself, your relationships, and your ability to honor right timing.<br />
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May the Ancestors guide your every step! Ashe!<br />
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(PS -- I changed the name of this blog in order to honor this next phase of Living the 2012 Shift.)Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-3381407072179875292014-02-02T17:49:00.000-06:002014-02-02T17:49:48.057-06:00Ground Hog Day 2014: The 7 Gifts of Waiting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Yes, the time has come once again to heed the message of the Groundhog. He's asking us to slow down and wait because he did see his shadow this morning at the annual ceremony in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. <b>There will be at least 6 more weeks of Winter!!</b> <br />
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Now of course this is the last thing that most people in this nation want to hear right now, because this has been a Winter to remember. Atlanta, Texas and even Hawaii have all experienced the powerful reach of Jack Frost and the North Wind. And states in the Upper Midwest and Northeast are experiencing the coldest winter in a decade, with sub-zero temperatures and accompanying wind chills as low as -50 degrees Fahrenheit! Ouch!!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfEmoSFWMp1kA206xYRICvZkd3ceu8q1urGtbOZi2bZaE_h6iSzoTbm1sqteywXCRMHDlVMcJF10ntbYBC4O3aE76wfKXnkNlPQc7JugY-tQJDD2yHJhgt83EqX_nbkZ2rhfx4GMZV9tx/s1600/groundhogday-sadman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfEmoSFWMp1kA206xYRICvZkd3ceu8q1urGtbOZi2bZaE_h6iSzoTbm1sqteywXCRMHDlVMcJF10ntbYBC4O3aE76wfKXnkNlPQc7JugY-tQJDD2yHJhgt83EqX_nbkZ2rhfx4GMZV9tx/s1600/groundhogday-sadman.jpg" height="173" width="320" /></a>But thanks to a story by Danny Rubin, assisted by screenwriter/director Harold Ramis, and a wonderful ensemble cast of actors led by Bill Murray, we can transcend the 5-sensory experience of the Ground Hog's dismal forecast, and open our minds, our hearts, and our souls to changing bad news into good medicine! In this picture to the right, we see the character Phil in despair because once again he's waking up at 6am to hear Sonny and Cher. He's still trapped in his time-warp. When you've seen the movie several times as I have, and you know how it's going to end, at this scene you just want to tell Phil, "Don't cry! You are going through an initiatory experience so you can finally have your Happy Ending!! JUST WAIT!!<br />
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But, it's really hard to wait when you can't understand or figure out how to get out of your time-warp, your cycle of suffer & struggle, your treadmill of unconsciously believing that you are not enough. <b>Thank goodness for this film because it provides us with some practical answers. And the most important one is to embrace the waiting as a precious and time-limited opportunity to become all of who you truly are so you can have your happy endings.</b><br />
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Last summer at the annual book sale of St. Matthews' Church here in Milwaukee, I came upon a book written by Holly W. Whitcomb, a pastor & clergy-woman living in a suburb of Milwaukee. The book is titled, <i><b>Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting</b>. </i>She discusses the many types of waiting that we are called to do in life and references the popular Rumi poem that personifies "waiting" as guest we should learn to treat well. Holly writes, "<b><i>Waiting is an important guest to honor in the guest house of our humanity. If we consciously allow waiting to be our teacher, we can accommodate waiting more peacefully</i></b>." The Seven Gifts are as follows:<br />
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<li><b>Patience</b>: to trust in the fullness of God's time and be available to others;</li>
<li><b>Loss of Control</b>: to surrender to grief, ask for help and experience resilience;</li>
<li><b>Living in the Present</b>: to relinquish worry, act on faith, and experience "enough";</li>
<li><b>Compassion</b>: To receive, to know we are not alone, and to feel hopeful;</li>
<li><b>Gratitude</b>: to value the small things and turn obstacles into opportunity;</li>
<li><b>Humility</b>: to live without judgment, to reach for Love rather than achievement;</li>
<li><b>Trust in God</b>: to embrace the invitation to pray, to let go of fear and trust in Love.</li>
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So, I challenge you over the next 6 weeks of Winter, to consciously practice waiting and to consciously experience each of the Seven Gifts of Waiting. I challenge you to make good use of the days when the weather does not permit you to drive safely, or to even walk outside your home without the risk of frost bite. Contemplate what you can do to heal, to grow, and to evolve yourself, to love your Self, without doing what you would normally do-- or are scheduled to do. I challenge you to wait, let go, and let come.<br />
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I leave you with this blessing from Holly's book:<br />
<i>Stand as you are able, and cross your arms over your chest. Bless yourself with the words, <b>"May God bless me in my waiting and in my trusting." </b> Ashe!</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i> The Salvation of Humanity:</i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Living with Purpose as Connecting the <span style="font-size: medium;">Head with the Heart<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3333ff;">by <i>Jojopahmaria Nsoroma<br />
</i></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What does it mean to know your purpose?<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What does it mean to have a purpose and to live with that purpose?<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What does it mean to live in a <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">meaningful</span> way?<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Knowing and having purpose is more than you knowing and performing the job that you love,<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">or that you've discovered your right livelihood;<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">for when you live purposefully there will be many jobs to perform.<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Knowing <span style="font-size: medium;">and having purpose is more than the leadership roles you play in family, at work,<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>out in the community or the world;<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">for when you live purposefully there will be a myriad of leadership opportunities and roles that you will experience.<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Knowing and having purpose is more than finding your true Beloved, and achieving <span style="font-size: medium;">spiritual partnership<span style="font-size: medium;">;<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">for living purposefully is allowing that sacred relationship to touch the lives of others in unselfish and selfless ways.<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Knowing and having purpose is more than your ability to discipline yourself to follow and p<span style="font-size: medium;">ractice<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>a<span style="font-size: medium;"> particular spiritual pa<span style="font-size: medium;">th, or religious set of teachings;<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">for living purposefully requires that you honor a<span style="font-size: medium;">nd respect </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the diversity of Faith.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The <span style="font-size: medium;">essence of 'purpose' is our human ability to connect our head with our hearts, <span style="font-size: medium;">and to live wholeheartedly -- embracing vulnerability and choosing love over fear.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>To live each day from the center of your heart is what true purpose is all about.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>To be on purpose, you<span style="font-size: medium;"> must be heart-centered in your work, your relationships, <span style="font-size: medium;">and your spiritual practices.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">History tells us of the horror that erupts from humans having their hearts sh<span style="font-size: medium;">ut down.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>Most recently, the results of building a n<span style="font-size: medium;">uclear power plant in an earthquake zone has clearly demonstrated<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>that <span style="font-size: medium;">modernity is full of int<span style="font-size: medium;">ellectually brilliant -- yet heartless human beings.<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>Especially for humans participating in Western culture, having our heads disconnected from our hearts<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">may produce material wealth and comfort, but it requ<span style="font-size: medium;">ires us to believe<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">that other humans, certain humans, and anything in Nature, is at our disposal.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We struggle greatly to have reverence for life, and are plagued by chronic diseases<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>because life can have no reveren<span style="font-size: medium;">ce for us.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">So how do we become heart-centered in our work, relationships, and spiritual practices<span style="font-size: medium;">?</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">How do we connect our heads to our hearts?<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We have to first make three commitments -- or as it says in the fairytales -- </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we have to make three wishes:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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able to feel my pain so I can feel my joy. I commit to no longer
running from my pain through sedation, neurosis, or drama-making.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wish to be released from my core wound so I can find the treasure it has made for me. I commit to no longer playing the <span style="font-size: medium;">victim to my life.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I wish to know God as my divinity within and as the key to my wholehearted lifestyl<span style="font-size: medium;">e. I commit to learning how to love my Self at a deepr level each day, and to share that love with others.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-size: medium;">she! Asho!</span></span></span><span class="HOEnZb"><span style="color: #888888;"><br /></span></span><br />
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According to the "Animal Speak" dictionary by Ted Andrews, the groundhog (aka woodchuck) as a totem means "mystery of death without dying--trance--dreams." Groundhogs do true hibernation that last between four to six months, in which they achieve a state of unconsciousness until awakening in late winter/early spring. This is why they symbolize 'death without dying.' <br />
So today, February 2nd, 2013, is truly significant as we focus our attention on the prophetic Groundhog in Punxsutawney, PA, who did not see his shadow, and let us know that we will have an early Spring. In the meantime, we have 6 more weeks of Winter. I believe that the Groundhog as a totem, and the movie, "Groundhog Day," have some pretty clear advice for us on how best to use this significant and important time wisely and effectively. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-OPVj4K35p38OxTbrIqtZgnelv4OPOabV4xu9Ly98j0W1xvjtHC7tg6ErOJ_yJHjG9fM9qDhUZArPeBir7reioSkrwsua_nhjwcZ-EU0CaTqiK8zv3yfTysw3qav1t2q5SmozL8oN_IR/s1600/582320_383006508455882_822082439_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-OPVj4K35p38OxTbrIqtZgnelv4OPOabV4xu9Ly98j0W1xvjtHC7tg6ErOJ_yJHjG9fM9qDhUZArPeBir7reioSkrwsua_nhjwcZ-EU0CaTqiK8zv3yfTysw3qav1t2q5SmozL8oN_IR/s200/582320_383006508455882_822082439_n.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><b>1) <u>Embrace the Dream-time</u></b><u>:</u></span> Hibernation is a time of initiation. It is a time for unimaginable healing and growth. It is a time for us to allow our dreams --both nighttime and waking, to bring up and into our consciousness more of our truth and divine purpose. Don't resist the call to rest & sleep. Even if it is only 6pm or earlier. Even if you feel to stay in bed all day long. You are not being lazy. Allow your body to shut down so your soul can go walking into other dimensions to learn and bring back new & needed knowledge. We are living in a post-2012 existence, and it is essential that we move forward into the new and unknown. Getting horizontal may be the only medicine needed for any of your worries and concerns.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5K15zDGH-UST_3LDcr5Qcyz7L3COPxM4oaYrQJo5RMCCCQCkXg9UMchN13oh6tjNA23R3T7LpD47l3BiHkweZi6tRaR4KZicCio-KlJzbln8RO_o043XUMmLcb6dSXfYQA6dMkbKyHxM/s1600/Goundhog+Day+Movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5K15zDGH-UST_3LDcr5Qcyz7L3COPxM4oaYrQJo5RMCCCQCkXg9UMchN13oh6tjNA23R3T7LpD47l3BiHkweZi6tRaR4KZicCio-KlJzbln8RO_o043XUMmLcb6dSXfYQA6dMkbKyHxM/s1600/Goundhog+Day+Movie.jpg" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><b>2) <u>Release the Past by Learning Somethings New</u>:</b></span> In the movie, "Groundhog Day," our anti-hero Phil, goes through a "celebrity death-match" with God, attempting every form of suicide he can think of, before surrendering to his Divinity Within. And once the pure Love of the Universe touches his heart, in the form of Rita believing in his Divinity Within, he realizes that he has to first learn to love himself. To do that, he begins to improve himself through learning new skills, like playing piano, and thinking about others rather than just himself. Over the next 6 weeks, take on learning something new. What is it you always wanted to learn about or do but never have taken the time to just do it? Begin with a small step and let it naturally grow. Of course I recommend watching the movie to help inspire you. I watch it every year on Groundhog Day, to remind myself that the way to continue transcending my core wounds is to risk doing something new. Go for it!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>3) <u>Go Deep and Stay Deep</u>:</b></span> As I discussed in my previous blog, part one of my annual New Year's message (part 2 coming out this week), deep and simple is more powerful than shallow and complex. It's time to put this wisdom from Mr. Rogers into full throttle. If you aren't sure what "deep" is for you, start by asking the Ancestors, Angels or Spirit Guides to help you become conscious about when you are being shallow. Take on self-mastery of your shallow & complex lifestyle. Learn what is looks like, feels like and taste like. Once you become familiar with it -- where you are when it happens most, who's around you when it happens most, and what you feel when it's happening-- you will be ready, willing and able to experience your depth. Remember, life is DEEP (contains emotions) and the truth is SIMPLE. Thanks to Henry Ford and other turn-of-the-century Titans, we got conditioned to believe that mechanized labor and institutions, <i>the destroyers of emotional intelligence</i>, would solve all of our financial problems and therefore we'd be happy and healthy. NOT! <br />
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To know true love, you must go Deep, you must experience all of your emotions, and allow this Simple truth to oust your fears: You are divinely and unconditionally loved by God, the Universe, and All That Is. <br />
<b>HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!</b><br />
<br />Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-47222451500309273242012-12-16T23:48:00.001-06:002012-12-18T21:21:34.119-06:00Welcoming the Age of Illumination: Choosing Love over Fear<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The cultural transformation from <i>the love of power to the power of love</i> is the drama of our times. Ours is an era that future historians will look back upon, marveling at the magnitude of the challenges and changes we are now experiencing. They will call it a time of Great Awakening, a time when the best and the worst of humanity played their parts in the fate of human evolution. But if future generations are alive to tell this story, it will only be because the best of humanity prevailed and pulled together with a love so profound that the seemingly impossible was achieved. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><i style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></i><b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">–<i>Anodea Judith</i></span></b><i style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, from “Waking the Global Heart”(2006)</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">This month on Friday, December 21</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">st</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, a long-awaited event will take place.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It is the dawning of a new age of human evolution. It is called the Age of Illumination, by some indigenous people and me, and multitudes of people will be gathering all around the planet to celebrate the birth of a more enlightened era. (See website </span><a href="http://www.birth2012.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.birth2012.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">In preparation for the 2012 Shift, we have grown our collective consciousness by initiating a willingness to choose Love over Fear. Potent evidence of this shift is our learning how to release and transform the pain of the past rather than transferring it and resigning ourselves to a life of struggling and suffering.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It has become more socially acceptable to </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">seek Forgiveness than to seek Revenge.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2QmNNdQT5KijULgNe575Ty5lSD9G4t8tSdxVYUy4-1kmqfiwLOatUfrkkmPdMWrl-814DaE4GB4B3yRhVEumq80FmTRPFc8kMUcf9duInP1N2UFJBN9-d1-yUqSdeI3C3FzBKb_HFwcn/s1600/Mister+Rogers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga2QmNNdQT5KijULgNe575Ty5lSD9G4t8tSdxVYUy4-1kmqfiwLOatUfrkkmPdMWrl-814DaE4GB4B3yRhVEumq80FmTRPFc8kMUcf9duInP1N2UFJBN9-d1-yUqSdeI3C3FzBKb_HFwcn/s200/Mister+Rogers.jpg" width="197" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And who knew, that it would be Mr. Rogers who would present me with a powerful insight and teaching for navigating this Age of Illumination.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(Well, I really am not surprised because his teachings helped me transform fear into gratitude back in 2008. But that’s another story for later.)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">A documentary was released earlier this year called, “Mister Rogers and Me,” that honors Mister Rogers for the amazing impact his gentle and powerful ministry to children had on adults. The film shows Mister Rogers as a true wisdom keeper, messenger and healer, and I was most affected by the following quotes:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">The old paradigms that are shifting right before our very eyes are giving way to new thought patterns designed to enable us to experience our Divinity Within, our internal power, which Gary Zukav so elegantly popularized through “The Seat of the Soul” starting in 1989.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">It’s so time for each and every one of us to fully embrace the truth, the depth of our human existence, and let go of our dependence upon the Matrix –- the illusion that power as external.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">For those who haven’t yet taken the red pill, the shift is going to help make that an easy and effortless choice because the Matrix is disintegrating.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">So I’m going to share some characteristics of a lifestyle that is shallow & complex versus one that is deep and simple.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">And, I’m not sharing anything you don’t already know!</span></span></div>
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“It’s not me, it’s them. The world is out to get me.”</div>
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“I’m better than them. I can’t let them win.”</div>
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“Why do things always have to change and make it harder for me?”</div>
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<b>The deep and simple lifestyle </b>is primarily characterized as a life full of loving purpose, with unbounded emotional intelligence, and having a viable connection to Divinity within and that which is beyond human capacity to imagine or know. The deep and simple lifestyle is rooted in love/Grace consciousness and promotes gratitude and appreciation (you are enough), ignites compassion (willingness to ask and receive the grace of Forgiveness daily), and creates significant opportunities for personal and interpersonal peacemaking and reconciliation (you are able to transform your pain instead of transferring it). Common belief systems operating within a deep and simple lifestyle are:</div>
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“I trust that my efforts are never in vain, but may not produce the outcome I would like. I can learn to trust the process."</div>
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“I am enough, and people can love me exactly the way I am. I choose to grow myself to be in full alignment with my loving purpose.”</div>
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“I am unique and my difference is to be valued, not compared to others. I believe in win-win, not win-lose because there are no disposable people on this Earth.”</div>
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“Change is challenging but inevitable. Growth is optional, and I choose to embrace change as a growth opportunity. I believe in the truth of my Sacred Contract.”</div>
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Learning to live a deeply and simply requires a mental and spiritual attitude that is grounded in the pure Love of the Universe. To master the Love Posture is no different from any other skill-building process – it must be practiced. And, a key ingredient of the practice is learning to regulate how we think, behave and relate to ourselves and others. Below are <b>5 elemental Love Postures</b> I recommend for deep and daily practice during the coming year. I will discuss them in contrast to the <b>5 primal Fear Postures</b> associated with the shallow and complex lifestyle, which must be transcended in order to support our human evolution of consciousness. These Postures will be the foundation of my elemental rituals, radio/media communications, and writings during 2013.</div>
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<b>Fire Posture - Acceptance and Faith:</b> When I accept the truth of my Earthly existence, both the good and the bad, I can then impact the quality of my living through my Faith in my Divine existence. As a human being, when bad things occur, I will go into denial (This can’t be happening to me!) and plunge into despair (There’s something wrong with me!). But I can choose to transcend this reactive response and adopt a creative response, by going beyond the limits of my trouble box through asking and thanking my God for revealing the treasure that is always embedded in the challenge. Immaculee Ilibagiza’s “Left To Tell” is an awesome example of the power of Acceptance & Faith. She survived the Rwanda Genocide in a closet-sized bathroom with 6 other women, and taught herself to read English while enduring starvation for 90 days.</div>
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<b>Water Posture - Trust & Unconditional Love: </b>Trust can be easily broken, but it can be repaired, because the ability to trust resides within and is not dependent upon the actions of someone else. And, people can grow and heal from their pain and fear, which is the belief of unconditional love. The lack of trust in a relationship fuels the need for external control (Men/women/teens can’t be trusted!) and attachment (I need to figure out how to get that person to do and be what I need in order to trust). Once someone demonstrates that they are untrustworthy a boundary must be set, but we can’t make someone change. What we can do through the grace of Forgiveness and unconditional love is to release our attachment to the victim role we played, and accept the person as an evolutionary teacher, come to reveal our pain so we can heal it. </div>
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<b>Earth Posture - Personal Sovereignty & Vulnerability: </b>We must be grounded in the truth of who we are –- Divine beings on a mission to choose love over fear-- in order to have relationships that are authentic, loving and supportive of our truth. Until we are able to believe that people can love us for our truth, our insecurity and co-dependency (external focus on what someone thinks of me and no internal consideration of what I think of my Self), are evidence of an undeveloped belief in <i>our supreme and independent power/authority over and responsibility for our thoughts, choices, and resulting behaviors.</i> Authenticity emerges from vulnerability which comes from a willingness to feel and to experience “not knowing.” In a numbed out culture, emotional intelligence is hard to come by, although in her Ted Talk video, <span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=<wbr></wbr>X4Qm9cGRub0</a> </span>that has over 800,000 views and counting, Brené Brown says, <i>“</i><i>Vulnerability (tenderness) is the birthplace of love, joy, happiness, and fulfillment.”</i> <span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div>
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<b>Mineral Posture - Curiosity and Excitement: </b>As humans, our natural curiosity and ability to learn is what makes life exciting. Before standardized testing, a person was more able to discover and value their genius – like Phyllis Wheatley, Thomas Edison, and my grandfather, who could fix anything in and around the house. None of them took an SAT or an ACT. Arrogance and our addiction to anxiety are the obvious results when the love of learning and discovery of loving purpose is overshadowed by competitive measurements of intelligence to determine quality of life. </div>
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Education/learning has become a survival mechanism versus a tool for living on purpose. People leave academia more afraid than when they went in because traditionally there are no conscious spiritual growth opportunities involved in the learning process. Education/learning becomes an accumulation of knowledge in order to prove that one is worthy of “white collar” employment, and salary above minimum wage. Education is not meant for achieving meaning and purpose in life, and it ought to be. Education/learning is supposed to involve authentic communication, sharing of knowledge, practicing wisdom, and making a significant contribution to the community. How shallow our educational systems are for the emphasis on “making a living,”(math & science over wood shop and orchestra) or feeling superior to those who don’t have a college degree. A deep and simple lifestyle is fueled by your ability to remain curious and excited about your purpose, that of all life forms, and the power of love until the day you die.</div>
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<b>Nature Posture - Fulfillment & Gratitude: </b>Fulfillment is the experience of fullness and satisfaction in the heart and soul, and gratitude is the attitude that enables us to live fully. We feel fulfillment and then we act grateful. Then along comes some form of trauma that awakens our pain body which teaches us coping mechanisms for numbing and ignoring the pain. And, when we numb our pain we also numb our ability to feel what is enough. Combine this with satisfaction overshadowed by competition, and the forgetting of the cosmic law that to everything there is a season, we will embrace greediness (The more I have, the better I will be), and envy (The grass is always greener on the other side) as postures for success. Of course we will only succeed at becoming more insatiable and frustrated by a no-win pursuit of happiness. </div>
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Thank God we live in an ever-changing Universe that is cyclical in nature. Thank God we also have free will. Thank God we can choose to transcend these postures of fear and embrace the postures of love (acceptance & faith, trust & unconditional love, personal sovereignty & vulnerability, curiosity & excitement). The practice of Love postures not only greatly contributes to the transformation of our pain, but it will always manifest fulfillment. This in turn will enable us to practice “gratitude attitude.” Melodie Beattie, author of that classic self-help book, <i>Co-dependent No More, says, </i>“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more.”</div>
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<b> </b>It is my hope that conscious awareness of the 5 elemental Love postures will enable you to recognize and shift away from the thoughts and behaviors of the 5 primal Fear postures. The more of us who commit to walking the Awakened Path, the more our ability to choose Love over Fear will become as easy and natural as rolling off a log.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We stand at the dawn of a new era. Immersed in technology, yet hungry for the sacred, there is deep longing for a story that balances masculine and feminine, progress and sustainability, order and freedom, power and love. The stories we tell ourselves shape our world. They guide our relationships to each other, to the environment, and to the future. Life in the twenty-first century is spinning a new myth. It is time to listen to the growing chorus of voices that make up this story. Together, we are discovering and inventing a way to the future.</span></span><br />
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Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-30284761669571060872012-02-04T11:25:00.000-06:002012-02-04T11:25:42.971-06:00The Dagara Medicine Wheel & The 2012 Shift<br />
I'm very pleased to share with you my initial offerings for 2012.<br />
It is a teleconference series (webinar) entitled,<br />
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<b>The Dagara Medicine Wheel & The 2012 Shift: </b><br />
<i><b>Living Higher Consciousness in the New Age.</b></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Sacred Contracts </b><i>(How do fairy/folk tale and movie characters reveal life purpose?)</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Unity Consciousness</b>. <i>(Can a telepathic ritual teach reverence for life?)</i></span></div>
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<br />Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-10277517052891007812012-01-01T03:49:00.000-06:002012-01-01T03:49:14.569-06:00Enter 2012: A Fire Year, A Black Water Dragon Year, and the Dawn of a New Age<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbk6Ad84Nf423Khc0l4tB-t7_NvqFkhjn4uRLcyALvRrIhFyRPKp_nt0qBf0nPpAgBwHnjo6PZRnbirmcwUE8dYSl3l-VZP7S-j3yxBFthvedD8cqen5h-Ui9-dy8QFHB2FiCQPd0idEmo/s1600/Fire+Portal+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="283" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692529820390183762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbk6Ad84Nf423Khc0l4tB-t7_NvqFkhjn4uRLcyALvRrIhFyRPKp_nt0qBf0nPpAgBwHnjo6PZRnbirmcwUE8dYSl3l-VZP7S-j3yxBFthvedD8cqen5h-Ui9-dy8QFHB2FiCQPd0idEmo/s400/Fire+Portal+2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 189px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; width: 267px;" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Finally, we have arrived at the most significant and long-awaited year in centuries! It is time to put into practice everything we now know about Higher Consciousness learning, living and loving. No longer can we be excused for our ignorance of the truth of the cosmos. We are firmly on the path of the coming together of all the races, eliminating that which separates us, and experiencing ourselves in authentic community with all humans, the animals, the plants, the Earth and the Universes that surround us –seen and unseen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the Dagara cosmology, Fire is the primary element that animates all life and connects us to our purpose and our Ancestors – who provide us with unconditional love and support for achieving what we’ve promised to do. Fire has the ability to transform and transmute that which no longer serves our ability to be loved and loving. In Western culture, our biggest block to being whole-hearted and open-hearted to ourselves and others is the Ancestral pain we unconsciously carry. This pain is so big and so old that we find it difficult to believe that the love of God/ All That Is /The Universe is given to us freely, perpetually, and unconditionally. And so our challenge this year is to realign ourselves with the generative nature of the Fire element through <b><i>Forgiveness, Dwelling in Possibilities, and Living the New Age.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fire people are gatekeepers between the Ancestors’ world and this world. It is for this reason that they seem to live in the future, always ahead ofor setting trends. They understand the dream world, have a facility for interpreting dreams, and are at home in mystical and supernal landscapes. Because fire energy is ancestral, Fire people have the ability to see and hear the truth –especially when someone is trying to hide and/or avoid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Western culture, fire has been misaligned with the external experience of wealth, success and progress. The Industrial Age is often visually characterized by the 24/7 bellowing smoke stacks of steel mills, where fires raged and created our modern conveniences. Fire has brought us to a post-modern lifestyle full of comfort and vacations, but it has had a destructive impact on the animals, plants, waterways, atmosphere, and human health. The horrifying and tragic consequences of our use of war bombs and nuclear energy demonstrate how out of alignment we have become with the true essence of the fire element. It is way past time for us to reconcile our misuse of fire by utilizing its power to reconnect us with <b>our true purpose for being alive –to love and be loved in return.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">old that we find it difficult to believe that the love of God/ All That Is /The Universe is given to us freely, perpetually, and unconditionally. Again, our challenge and opportunity this year is to realign ourselves with the generative nature of the Fire element through <b><i>Forgiveness, Dwelling in Possibilities, and Living the New Age.</i></b></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">HAPPY 2012 NEW YEAR!</span></b></i></div>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-56518335283063923182011-10-27T23:14:00.000-05:002011-10-27T23:15:35.790-05:00A Shamanic Interpretation of the End of the Mayan Calendar<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">According to Mayan researcher Carl Johan Calleman, October 28th, 2011 marks the "official" end of the Mayan calendar. Here's a little background. Regarding the Mayan calendar, the Maya had the ability to understand time as a formative principle. Time was holy. Time formed history, not the other way round. Time was not a succession of days; it was the enactment of a cosmic plan. Their Long Count (succession of suns) calendars contained the map of this plan. <i>(This info is from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 2012 by Synthia and Colin Andrews.)</i><br /><br /><img title="aug11mayacalendar.jpg" alt="aug11mayacalendar.jpg" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=fda3bc8ff1&view=att&th=13348b4ea90a727d&attid=0.2&disp=emb&realattid=ii_1334883e7e84d733&zw" height="280" width="288" /><br />Despite the prophecies of doom, most people believe that the end of the Mayan calendar signifies a time for purification and awakening --both personally and globally. Shamans from indigenous tribes around the world believe that humanity is leaving the Age of Separation and entering the Age of Illumination. The old ideas and beliefs are dying to make way for the new thoughts, new attitudes, and new awareness. It is anticipated that human consciousness has undergone an evolution of consciousness which brings us an abundance of higher spiritual experiences and greater human potential for peace and love.<br /><br />The date of December 21, 2012 is a Winter Solstice and a very rare and amazing astrological event where our solar system will align with the central sun of our galaxy --also called the Milkyway. This alignment, which the Mayan wrote as happening every 5,126 years, will create an eclipse of the galactic center, and after December 21, new cosmic energy will stream into the galaxy in sync with the starting of the New Age, as predicted in the Mayan creation story.<br /><br /><img title="2012 Galactic Alignment.jpg" alt="2012 Galactic Alignment.jpg" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=fda3bc8ff1&view=att&th=13348b4ea90a727d&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=ii_133489244b4d9dc3&zw" height="266" width="420" /><br /><br /><br />So, from October 29th (a portal day) through to December 21, 2012 we have a <b>Void Time</b> -- very much like the black hole that scientist say exists in the center of the Milky Way, The Maya called the center of the Milky Way the "womb of the world", and as modern scientists also believe, this is where new stars, suns and planets are born. The Void Time means that we no longer have a map to follow. We've run out of the beaten path and are facing untrodden wilderness. This can be seen as very frightening -- or we can put on our pioneer hats (I prefer my pirate hat) and go on a new journey to discover new treasures about who we really are, why we are really here, and how we can all get along so our beautiful planet Earth can be treated as sacred and vital to our existence!<br /><br /><br />When a shaman enters a void space, she/he is very aware that all that can first show up is what lies in the darkest corners of the subconscious. <br />Remember Luke Skywalker going into the cave in "The Empire Strikes Back"? He asks Yoda what is in there, and Yoda replies "only what you take with you." <br /><br /><img title="Luke in Primeval Cave.jpg" alt="Luke in Primeval Cave.jpg" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=fda3bc8ff1&view=att&th=13348b4ea90a727d&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_13348b00738b415d&zw" /><br /><br />So we have a golden opportunity for 418 to choose to become aware of our dark material, and to choose to transform it. And of course, the transformation occurs through acknowledgement, acceptance, compassion, forgiveness, and making a faith gesture for what will enable you to love your Self unconditionally.<br />So, welcome to the Void Time, and remember that you have the power to choose between Fear or Love.<br />I'd choose Love if I were you!<br /></span>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-67854565909087638382011-06-27T21:47:00.000-05:002011-06-27T22:09:06.427-05:002011 Unity Waves of Consciousness - Portal Days<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DKsdtYYrL2lySDDPwMZaJzv0W47oaFhwXhO7CeBrkPPUT0NioFRgzNJrMM6bzxZg4r_hukgPXsvaRJyk7fQ4AAca1ipQFqGUjb1L0UmqdNTE1MM_JVk4WdQA24BVMvdWtKe5I5Qm-nJ3/s200/Star+Gate.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 198px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623099770126312658" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>June 7th, was a Unity Consciousness Portal Day.</b> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">This means that yesterday we received a surge of cosmic (solar & stellar) energy designed specifically to shift our old belief systems. For example, to end child slavery and the building of nuclear power plants in Earthquake zones, we have</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> to shift from believing in the power of money and believe in the power of love. And this is no easy task.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">We are living in a time of accelerated human growth and development, accompanied b</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">y and connected to dramatic Earth changes. Many people are feeling impacted by the galactic energies that are infusing our Earthly domain, but many have no idea of what is going on. So here, in as simple a form as possible is my version of why and how we are being grown and stretched as a species. The information here is mostly from the internet, as well as books I’ve read on the 2012 shift, and my own personal experience of the times in which we are living.</span><br /><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">My intent is to help you prepare for and experience these disruptive times more consciously and with much gratitude. So first, here’s a little background.</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>The Mayan Calendar and 2012 Galactic Alignment</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnJNDZ8pRjy2jYY7rbXiPPQbmnESRS2Ks6mnbwkfC5Dc3K_l8S9bWLMSNWVTqMYZCKzZV0i41s_c0QXEu6-n0Ssx42tAUpf3L1jhr6QaTJxxkRzSpyq_1o23oibRbyEJEFZ3YAbn_saxg/s200/aug11mayacalendar.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623100070851842626" />The Mayans believed in </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">universal processes, like the 'breathing' of the galaxy. Like all indigenous people they understood time to be cyclical, not linear. Based on their observations of the movement of the heavenly bodies within our galaxy, or Milky Way, the Mayans predicted that from the initial da</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">te of the start of their civilization, which is 3113 B.C., a 26,000 galactic cycle would be completed 5,125 years in the future -- and that date is December 21s</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">t, 2012. (One Mayan galactic day of 25,625 years is divided into five cycles of 5,125 </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">years.) Astronomy shows that on this date our so</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">lar system will be in direct alignment with the center of our galaxy – our Milky Way. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The Mayans knew that our Sun, or Kinich-Ahau, every so often synchronized or aligned with the enormous central galaxy. From this central galaxy or Milky Way, our solar system will receive a 'spark' of light which will cause the Sun to shine more intensely producing what our scientists call 'solar flares', as well as changes in the Sun's magnetic field. The Mayans say that this happens once every 26,000 years, a</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">nd that this causes a displacement in the Earth’s rotation, which can <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>result in catastrophic changes to our planet.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>More info on Galactic Alignment by John Major Jenkins</span><a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_2012_03.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-size: 11px; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>_2012_03.htm</a><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Nine Waves of Evolutionary Consciousness</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The Mayans believed that although the galactic cycles are predictable and unchangeable, what they perceived that did change is the consciousness of man. They believe that humans are always in a process towards more perfection, towards greater levels of human evolution. Since the late 90’s, indigenous elders from the Mayans and the Hopi Tribe, among others, have been emphasizing that the world isn’t coming to an end – but that our refusal to change and resistance to global and galactic conscious evolution will be tr</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">ansformed by any means necessary. The Indigenous elders believe that our old world of Separation is ending, and the new world of Illumination is beginning.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b>The timeframe and purpose of each evolutionary wave of consciousness is charted below:</b></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 1: 16 Billion years ago – Cellular consciousness – Action/Reaction</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 2: 820 million years ago – Mammalian consciousness – Stimulus/Response</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 3: 41 million years ago – Familial consciousness – Attachment</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 4: 2 million years ago – Tribal consciousness – Imagination</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 5: 102,000 years ago – Cultural consciousness – Reasoning</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 6: 3,115 BCE – National consciousness – Law</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 7: 1755 CE – Planetary consciousness –- Power</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 8: January 4, 1999 CE – Galactic consciousness – Ethics</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Wave 9: March 9, 2011 CE – Unity consciousness – Divinity Within</span><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Acceleration of Evolutionary Change</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The rate of evolutionary change has increased with each wave. For example, during the Cellular Wave, change would happen at a rate of every 1.2 billion years, while during the Planetary Wave from 1755 to 1999, dramatic changes in consciousness happened every 20 years. One example is the American Revolutionary War of the 1770’s, which began the end of worldwide monarchial power.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Since 1999, dramatic changes in human consciousness have occurred annually. Think of the person you were in 1999. You are probably a radically different person today. The Galactic Wave (January 4, 1999 to March 9, 2011) was about Ethics – everything coming into integrity. Anything not in integrity was more easily uncovered and addressed. Government, religious, familial and personal secrets and lies came and continue to come to the surface faster than we can keep up.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">As technology successfully keeps it’s galactic agreement to disseminating information faster and faster around the globe, it seems that nothing and no one that is out of alignment with Unity consciousness will remain standing. This phenomenon along with the quickening of the Earth’s axial rotation is why we feel time speeding up. Creative energy and expanded consciousness allow for more to happ</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">en, more to be born, and in less amounts of time than before.</span><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Portal Days of 2011</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Starting on March 9th, 2011, the Unity Wave of Consciousness will create dramatic changes every 18 days! The earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Northern Japan occurred on March 11th, just two days after the first Unity Wave Portal Day. And so many other natural and man-made disasters have occurred since then – volcanic eruptions, devastating floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes, and collapsing financial systems. Truly we are learning how to turn to one another for help and support during these unimaginably disruptive times. </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I believe that the Portal Days can be very Yang (masculine, external disruption) or very Ying (feminine, internal disruption) energy. The one before this on May 20th was very Yin. I felt lots of love in my heart for everyone, got to see the new “Pirates” movie in 3-D Imax, and felt very vulnerable to the new things about to come.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b>Below is a list of the Portal Day for 2011</b></span><br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >March 9 & 27</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >April 14</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >May 2 & 20</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" > </span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >June 7 & 25</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >July 13 & 31</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >August 18</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sept 5 & 23</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >October 11 & 29</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >November 16</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >December 4 & 22<br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >3 Suggestions for Getting Through Portal Days Safely</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Don’t Resist:</span></b> Galactic energies that come through to the Earthplane create neurological rewiring in our brains. This can cause sleepiness and fatigue, as well as physical and emotional discomfort and pain. Head, neck, back and legs are areas on my body where I usually notice tightness, soreness, or pain. Emotionally you can experience grief, anxiety, overexcitement, or numbness. Some symptoms may have you believing that you have the flu or some type of viral infection.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The best way to way to handle the rewiring is to know when the portal day is going to occur, and do not plan anything that requires lots of time, energy, and attention. Staying at home, being still, and connecting with your inner landscape through prayer, meditation, or sleep, is most conducive to receiving the new energies without resistance. If you have to go to work, consciously take breaks </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">every 2 hours to stop and pray or meditate. Eat lightly and drink plenty of fresh water – at least 64 oz. Cancel unnecessary appointments or social events and allow your Self to rest as much as possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Practice Gratitude Attitude:</span></b> The best anecdote to the anxiety addiction of our times is to practice gratitude. Yesterday 11 year-old Oscar Rodriquez served as a translator for his injured schoolmates after a horrific bus crash, while he laid on a stretcher with 3 broken ribs. He was grateful to be alive and able to help others live. He didn’t fall into victim consciousness and is being herald as a hero. "This kid stayed calm and was brave more than any other veteran I've worked with," said one of the paramedics at the scene. So no matter how disturbing and disruptive things may get, remember that if you’re not dead, you can still make a huge difference to someone else’s life.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" >Trust The Process:</span></b> What I love most about fairy tales is that they prepare us for the journey of life. Every tale takes you on a journey where the heroine or hero has to learn something important. Whether it’s Hansel and Gretel, or Red Riding Hood, or Jack who went up the beanstalk, they all had to go through “the going through.” In our accelerated culture, it’s easy to forget that there truly is </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">a divine order and timing for all things. We are so used to “taking the Bull by the horns” and hitting brick walls that we forget there is another way. The old paradigms, such as war and violence solve problems, no longer work. But until we really can accept and believe this we must stay the course of the learning and trust that we’ll learn how not to get put into witches’ ovens, or engage with the Wolf, or be chased by flesh-eating Giants!</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">I will be will be writing up additional bits of information about the events right before, during and after June 7th, and also sending out a reminder of the next Portal Day on June 25th. And lastly, I invite you to share your Unity Consciousness Portal Day experiences so I can compile and share them with this community.</span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJQ3sx2UoL3V5pU3FkFCeVtJp9PStyuYhEDdX0deB9_SLX07mgt1W8sv_HnYeCFMxsVIaJ0_2uxFTlYDJCZd1gRQfbfRbFjmYBtRGm4XuS2U_wkqBNv_tYHvwtkcm6_naAbmGkOePeiEL/s200/2012+Galactic+Alignment.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 127px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623101563013258882" /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >In the meantime, let go of resistance, practice attitude gratitude, and trust the process.</span></span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-79571948724905658112010-05-28T22:04:00.001-05:002010-10-15T21:38:44.106-05:00The Family Wound Healing Quest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBzbVmEs-9LpWJIhr58hlQw0SFrrOYllCMfwYithzVkABTp5_A0nZ5I7cnTRBARvdyrsF-aRHyv-oagwdEt92QIauJGCHVGber1y5rbIbFMn2qMtXThWhWoUpTmyTLWZKoET2CaMr9sVe/s1600/Sarakole+Woman+of+Senegal+circa+1850%27s.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBzbVmEs-9LpWJIhr58hlQw0SFrrOYllCMfwYithzVkABTp5_A0nZ5I7cnTRBARvdyrsF-aRHyv-oagwdEt92QIauJGCHVGber1y5rbIbFMn2qMtXThWhWoUpTmyTLWZKoET2CaMr9sVe/s320/Sarakole+Woman+of+Senegal+circa+1850%27s.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476527109600273826" border="0" /></a><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bHQ9MTI3NTEwMjE2NjE*MCZwdD*xMjc1MTAyMjUyMTcxJnA9NDUwOTcyJmQ9SG9zdElEJTNhJTIwNjkzOCZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*y/Jm89YzdmNDhlMTkyZTlkNDdmYzkyMzM2MjY1MDdhNmEwZGEmb2Y9MA==.gif" border="0" width="0" height="0" /> On May 26th I was interviewed on BlogTalk Radio by Steven Hairfield and Jeoffrey Hutcherson about healing the family wound. This topic has bloomed for me out of Kumelia's message that it will be very beneficial to the shift toward higher consciousness for humans to heal ancestral wounds. I've developed a class and a workshop for helping individuals and families initiate a healing quest to get their family skeletons out of the proverbial closet.<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b>A <span class="il">family</span> <span class="il">wound</span></b> is the concentrated emotional pain that gets transferred from one generation to the next – until it is acknowledged, accepted and transformed.<span> </span>And yes, every <span class="il">family</span> member carries the <span class="il">wound</span>, but most aren’t even aware of it.<span> </span>This is because the <span class="il">wound</span> originates from a traumatic event or series of events that impact the wellness, structure, and very existence of a <span class="il">family</span>: war, immigration, economic crisis, slavery, genocide, floods, tornadoes, famines, or earthquakes.<span> </span>These life-changing events demand a focus on survival, leaving little or no time for grieving and other healthy expressions of emotional pain.<span> </span>Emotions become shut down so that the <span class="il">family</span> can survive.<span> </span>After the traumatic event and its aftermath have ended, <b><i>no one remembers that any pain that is not transformed is transferred.</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <span class="il">family</span> <span class="il">wound</span> has the power to keep us cycling through unhappy experiences, self-sabotaging behaviors, chronic depression, failed and dysfunctional relationships, financial debt, and the inability to give and receive love freely – as long as we allow it.<span> </span>Recognizing and learning to heal through the <span class="il">family</span> <span class="il">wound</span> is one of the most courageous and prestigious tasks that a human being can undertake during their lifetime.</p>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-56253564635462406102010-03-30T23:48:00.000-05:002010-04-04T13:52:04.897-05:00Easter Message 2010: Resurrection Consciousness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OSA_zJH7kpFQ_LQQQLvkkn12nP3T54sYY_wcdaPHf43ESNVbXgNu1zX-Ee5AwrTz1X61vfc07P_Zif87vHnpnbaAVc98bggFaE0TX_VOa8ddw-D2hUjXLSsliCMb7tyGFJO9tuJk4FKV/s1600/lamb+with+flower.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OSA_zJH7kpFQ_LQQQLvkkn12nP3T54sYY_wcdaPHf43ESNVbXgNu1zX-Ee5AwrTz1X61vfc07P_Zif87vHnpnbaAVc98bggFaE0TX_VOa8ddw-D2hUjXLSsliCMb7tyGFJO9tuJk4FKV/s320/lamb+with+flower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456355504716038130" border="0" /></a>I've journeyed through this Lenten season with my heart open to hearing, accepting, and following the call of Spirit. I have learned more about who I am, what direction I am to take, and what my purpose is with each passing day.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I willingly let go of the familiar to experience new blessings.<br /><br /></span>Just as shedding a heavy winter coat allows me freedom of movement, releasing old ideas or patterns of behavior opens me to new feelings of personal and spiritual freedom. And like the caterpillar that exchanges what is familiar to become a butterfly, I am willing to let go of what I know in order to experience the new. As I stay true to what is mine to do, transformation naturally follows.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBdHYN5HnrAe9SKniLo4jPPKUfMr-4matQmJ1qjmZuqGNNim5hJv7UEENUGp9xLLni3xzgGqZCyVCr3Ni1tgylyZTWLY-VibE9boSab5FKfBUL-u1PpObD8HODM5o5YQjxBstm_YseNhB/s1600/Easter+7.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBdHYN5HnrAe9SKniLo4jPPKUfMr-4matQmJ1qjmZuqGNNim5hJv7UEENUGp9xLLni3xzgGqZCyVCr3Ni1tgylyZTWLY-VibE9boSab5FKfBUL-u1PpObD8HODM5o5YQjxBstm_YseNhB/s320/Easter+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456356387335813762" border="0" /></a><br />Whatever change is ahead for me, I am certain to succeed as I remain attuned to the voice of Spirit within me. I can look to the future with confidence and enthusiastically greet any change because I know that this period of growth and transformation is firmly rooted in my acceptance of God's call to my spirit.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(from <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Spiritual Preparation for Easter</span> by Unity Church)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-90206545033818855442010-01-08T18:41:00.000-06:002010-01-10T22:36:37.366-06:00Enter 2010: An Earth Year, A Metal Tiger Year, and the Promise of "Something Wonderful"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVGX53BlWY7nqEydTsZRckqlCqKjbAeHUOKDSEGs18M18TTLDKCOzq4zjj2tciz0e7RTNuBhevANHNqApfV3P6qWAEpXhB8XxGuoI-TqBkWtkbS17KxcYJDS33MWP4qMqCRelCi28BX3a/s1600-h/earth+transparent.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVGX53BlWY7nqEydTsZRckqlCqKjbAeHUOKDSEGs18M18TTLDKCOzq4zjj2tciz0e7RTNuBhevANHNqApfV3P6qWAEpXhB8XxGuoI-TqBkWtkbS17KxcYJDS33MWP4qMqCRelCi28BX3a/s320/earth+transparent.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424537397608581186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>We call upon the </i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>Earth, our planet home,</i></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>With its beautiful</i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>depths and soaring heights,</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>Its vitality and abundance of life,</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>And together we ask that it:</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i> </i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>Teach us, and show us the way.</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span> </span>-- excerpt from a <i>Chinook Blessing Litany</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">This is the year when we will be presented with clear opportunities to <b>streng</b><b>then our identity and sense of belonging to the physical Earth-plane -- and to each other, grow our capacity to successfully enact our higher purpose, and enhance our ability to express and receive Unconditional Love.</b><span> </span>We are now just two years away from the prophesied 2012 shift into higher consciousness, and during 2009 we received more experiences to help us to accept that we truly are a global family and that all animals and plants are integral to the delicate organic balance of our existence.<span> </span>During <span class="il">2010</span>, we will become much more conscious of how integral the ground beneath our feet is to our health, happiness, and quality of life.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;">Eart</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;">h People in an Earth Year</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>“Earth symbolizes the mother on whose lap everyone finds a home, nourishment, support, comfort, and empowerment.<span> </span>Representing the principle of inclusion, earth is the ground upon which we id</i></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>entify ourselves and others.<span> </span>It is what gives us identity and a sense of belonging. . . Earth is the power to notice, to see and to thrill in being seen.”</i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><span> <wbr> </span><span> </span></b>–Malidoma So</span><span style="font-size:85%;">mé from</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwqeW29-vgOCBROZA-4-GNOuqvauHBtvL6zoWHM7Yb_CwIlAaOrLOKijWKUyxDdUyWt633Pkru4C4OhPw_rqeCbvTO3G_JdOeDeZ_s0PQPg_E51kXzwn8SmtUEvz9LzbzebOvL_6CUrW8/s1600-h/Miriam+Makeba.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwqeW29-vgOCBROZA-4-GNOuqvauHBtvL6zoWHM7Yb_CwIlAaOrLOKijWKUyxDdUyWt633Pkru4C4OhPw_rqeCbvTO3G_JdOeDeZ_s0PQPg_E51kXzwn8SmtUEvz9LzbzebOvL_6CUrW8/s320/Miriam+Makeba.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424545808662784978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> <i><u>The Healing Wisdom of </u></i><i><u>Africa</u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ancient indigenous wisdom from the Dagara Tribeof West Africa teaches that persons born in years ending with the numbers<b> 0 or </b><b>5 </b>(i.e. 1980 or 1985)<b> are EARTH People.</b> The Earth portal sits in the middle of the Dagara five-portal medicine wheel, and the power color is yellow.<span> </span>The Earth is sacred to indigenous people because they know it as the elemental source for the human body and the place where our physical Self will return to when we die – “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” Earth is the Great Mother who provides food, clothing and shelter unconditionally.<span> </span>And so, the essential nature of Earth people is to care for other people materially, emotionally, and spiritually.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The life purpose activities of Earth people have lots to do with establishing and maintaining home and community.<span> </span>They enjoy working to ensure that basic needs are provided and unconditionally accessible to all.<span> </span>Most Earth people, regardless of gender, have an innate understanding of the importance of homemaking, hospitality, and care-taking for human growth and development.<span> </span>They are the embodiment of the Great Mother and they enjoy cooking large meals for family and friends -- and are never hesitant about welcoming strangers to their table.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Earth people love to give and give abundantly.<span> </span>They don’t tolerate scarcity and will easily go without to insure that others do not.<span> </span>In the indigenous world of the Dagara, the Earth shrine is a many breasted female figure, showing that there is Mother’s Milk and nourishment for all.<span> </span>They understand <b>Earth people as the Great Comforters, the lovers of Earth and all living things, and the Ambassadors of Humanity.</b> They know how to make people feel like they deserve to be alive and that they are welcome to receive the bounty of food, clothing and shelter which the Earth provides unconditionally.<span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you or someone you know was born in an Earth year, then this year will be one of intense personal growth and spiritual development as the Cosmos works it’s magic to bring you/them more into alignment with your/their essential nature and highest purpose.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(The picture above is the great Miriam Makeba, called Mama Africa; she crossed over in 2009.)</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>Opportunities and C</b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>hallenges for Everyone </b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>in the E</b><b>arth Year</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The year <span class="il">2</span><span class="il">010</span> is full of so much symbolism, meaning, prophecy and secrets to be revealed that it has taken me over a month to prepare the rest of this message.<span> </span>I’ve researched numerology, astrology, astronomy, geography, geomancy, etymology, mythology, musicology, cinema, and Mayan calendar interpretations and ancient indigenous prophecy.<span> </span>As a result of what I learned, I’ve organized my message regarding challenges and opportunities into four major themes that are relevant to the year <span class="il">2010</span>:<b> (1) Death of Separation/Birth of Illumination; <span> </span>(</b><b>2) Leadership as Devotion to Universal Passion and Love; (3) The Seeding of a New Lifetime; </b>and last, but not least <b>(4) Return of the Queen.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb1c91UmH4pNYG2dbPIWhs2bZRwhEWeGtMzc_tBbR2zaQEzkjiMpfvB5VXPtpwtYJDCS46GWeOaRLH2m8-FJxQ7qc0q5guG-VB2QxxDDhv9bItp-dQCB2_e6AE5tBcCF9cdZwlB9UczTR/s1600-h/Rice+Terraces+-+Ifugao+in+Philippines.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvb1c91UmH4pNYG2dbPIWhs2bZRwhEWeGtMzc_tBbR2zaQEzkjiMpfvB5VXPtpwtYJDCS46GWeOaRLH2m8-FJxQ7qc0q5guG-VB2QxxDDhv9bItp-dQCB2_e6AE5tBcCF9cdZwlB9UczTR/s320/Rice+Terraces+-+Ifugao+in+Philippines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424567294996821282" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>To be of the Earth is to know</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the restlessness of b</i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>eing a seed</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the darkness </i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>of be</i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>ing planted</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the struggle toward the light</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the pain of growth into the light</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the joy of</i></b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i> bursting and bearing fruit</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the love of being food for someone</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the scattering of your seeds</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the decay of the seasons</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>the mystery of death</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b><i>and the miracle of birth.</i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span> </span>John Soos (from <i>Earth Prayers from Around the World</i>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:130%;">Theme One: Death of Separation/Birth of Illumination</span></u></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bJqeIQgWy4ZuICUJ_B0ovn1cAnqlLy4vFzDIFOgu7hmldLD5y7s0_OnaT-gi740-59UN9qErgyREo6cEfAy0OqqIjNdSgDxKX9xYlXVVoaynXYS9oDe9gNvVpggr6xWTarZWx_S1A29o/s1600-h/Age+of+Illumination.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bJqeIQgWy4ZuICUJ_B0ovn1cAnqlLy4vFzDIFOgu7hmldLD5y7s0_OnaT-gi740-59UN9qErgyREo6cEfAy0OqqIjNdSgDxKX9xYlXVVoaynXYS9oDe9gNvVpggr6xWTarZWx_S1A29o/s320/Age+of+Illumination.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424595627967476162" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In 1991, Seneca Elder Twyla Nitsch and her grand-daughter, Jamie Sams (of “Medicine Cards” fame) published a book called, <b><i>“Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours.”</i> </b><span> </span>The book shares information divined from spirited stones who shared their creation story of the last four ages of the Earth.<span> </span><b>First there came the Age of</b><b> Love, then Ice, then Water, and then the Age of Separation – out o</b><b>f which we are in the process of evolving. </b><span> </span>According to the stones, the Separation belief systems among humans began with the separation of Pangaea into what we now call continents.<span> </span>After thousands of years of practicing exclusion, discrimination, oppression, and genocide, humanity is finally <b>waking up emotionally</b> to the fact that despite distances and differences our lives are inextricably woven together.<span> </span>The stones call the New Age/Fifth Age <b>the Age of Illumination.</b><span> </span><b>The consciousness of humanity will evolve from what separates us to what unites us.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>In <span class="il">2010</span>, the separation or exclusion mentality will become even more obsolete.<span> </span>The </b><b>time has come for inclusion mentality to be the basis for our decision-making. It will no longer be sane to judge a person’s heart and soul based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, body weight, facial features, name,</b><b> or even public accomplishme</b><b>n</b><b>ts.</b><span> </span>For example, racism in America was fueled by the propaganda, which grew into a belief, that Negroes (now called African-Americans) were irrational, of lower intelligence, and animalistic in nature.<span> </span>Once Barack Obama became the 44<sup>th</sup> president, and Michelle Obama became the First Lady, these beliefs have lost their validity.<span> </span>It’s no different than when Magellan successfully circumnavigated the globe and busted up the myths about the world being flat!<span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So, although there will be people who continue to believe the myths and the propaganda of days gone by, they are doomed to become extinct.<b><span> </span>I encourage you to consider what falsehoods you will bust up during <span class="il">2010</span> as you embrace a more illuminated way of being in </b><b>the world.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Theme Two: Leadership as Devotion to Universal Passion a</u></b></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>nd Lo</u></b></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIGGYGzujwEpSJIrEQwhc87wTCH-ywGrQLBY0OqN-mCUJ4r3yvygq81s8rdQZgFbInYXb4XsqB8atgMOUsxwc_vyFzWK1phFpdJ7tpBIQ96jH70bgkbOKCNXPKb_pDYM9zyhtLYOjtdct/s1600-h/Metal+Tiger+2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIGGYGzujwEpSJIrEQwhc87wTCH-ywGrQLBY0OqN-mCUJ4r3yvygq81s8rdQZgFbInYXb4XsqB8atgMOUsxwc_vyFzWK1phFpdJ7tpBIQ96jH70bgkbOKCNXPKb_pDYM9zyhtLYOjtdct/s200/Metal+Tiger+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424592899944204866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>ve</u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Metal Tiger Year</b> is the astrological name for the Chinese New Year beginning February 13<sup>th</sup>-14<sup>th<span> </span></sup><span> </span>(yes, the same as St. Valentine’s Day!). <span> </span>According to the We’Moon calendar for <span class="il">2010</span>, the year of the <b>Tiger promise</b><b>s to be dynamic and full of sudden opportunities, bold actions, and life experiences on a grand scale.</b><span> </span><b>“The Tiger brings a year of extremes when drama and excitement reign, tempers flare, and the wildest dreams can become reality.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span> </span>There is little restraint as brave Tiger pounces on new endeavors.<span> </span>Expect massive social change, political rebellion, and military coups all over the world.”</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">(<i>Susan Le</i><i>vitt</i>)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">This forecast for the <span class="il">2010</span> Chinese New Year highlights our necessity for redefining and evolving leadership –both personal and professional – as <b>a way to inspire passion and love, versus a force for promoting (or dictating) mechanistic and materialistic uniformity.<span> </span></b>Modernity in Western culture introduced civil service, tenure, and retirement.<span> </span>These three work-related security systems have denied most modern workers the mystery and messiness of real life.<span> </span>We have a word in our vocabulary -- “going postal”, which describes the insanely violent reaction and loud desperation of a person whose secure job has robbed them of life’s mystery.<span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I believe that t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5l7w5Aj_fHpGfrwhIRpes5giGUgKhpU2Dy3gBzi816r-N-GY7fSDgyRg_cHzkmb7xVqGiz2cUo0j8I8mhZ7Fio-_Z9iHP9azu_HgczEPsRLd0lYkPOZKhWXHc1VbPdm2Uajos-7O3wek/s1600-h/Gods+Heart+-+Global+Unity.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5l7w5Aj_fHpGfrwhIRpes5giGUgKhpU2Dy3gBzi816r-N-GY7fSDgyRg_cHzkmb7xVqGiz2cUo0j8I8mhZ7Fio-_Z9iHP9azu_HgczEPsRLd0lYkPOZKhWXHc1VbPdm2Uajos-7O3wek/s320/Gods+Heart+-+Global+Unity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424590065925801522" border="0" /></a>he reason why the Hollywood fantasy trilogies and series (<i>Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Matrix, The </i><i>Harry Potter series, Disney Pirates, and The Lord of the Rings</i>) are so hugely popular is because modern Western culture hungers for the experience of the natural life journey with it’s beginning, middle and end, filled with heroic adventure, terror, passion, love and the happy ending.<span> </span><b>There is a great need for evolved personal and professional leadership that understands the process of indigenous initiation, the cyclical nature of human growth</b><b> and development, and the required messiness of life as one evolves beyond their knowing.</b><span> </span><b>It’s time for people to be okay with going off the edge of the map into unkno</b><b>wn and unexplored territory.<span> </span>It’s time to devote ourselves to diving deep into the mystery of life and experiencing what universal passion and love are really about.</b><span> </span>You can’t get that from E-Harmony dot com!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>I am going to plant a heart in the earth,</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>water it with love from a vein;</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5kUAf7IaYTbfr-6PrL3jsT7WAjEOnUfvbusmNRoU5emUPb5WHCpjYkp4XAh7sW4cgXg7XJg-FbC-W8S58ZTg9JHbZXXFdm8iIJmwcQPrrRRV5GKFgnpm-3giwGEupOF2CAL09kSELGEZ/s1600-h/Happy_planters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5kUAf7IaYTbfr-6PrL3jsT7WAjEOnUfvbusmNRoU5emUPb5WHCpjYkp4XAh7sW4cgXg7XJg-FbC-W8S58ZTg9JHbZXXFdm8iIJmwcQPrrRRV5GKFgnpm-3giwGEupOF2CAL09kSELGEZ/s200/Happy_planters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425000195380601234" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>I’m going to praise it with the push of muscle,</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>and care for it in the sound of all dimensions.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>I’m going to leave a heart in the earth</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>so it may grow and flower;</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>a heart that throbs with longing,</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>that adores everything green,</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>that will be stren</i><i>gth and nourishment for birds,</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>that will be the sap of plants and mountains.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i> <span> </span>-- Rosario Murillo from “Earth Prayers from Around the World”</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <b><u><br /></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Theme Three: The Seeding of a New Lifetime</u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In December of 1984, <b>a sequel to the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,”</b> was released.<span> </span>It was based on the book, “2010: Odyssey Two,” by Arthur C. Clarke.<span> </span>The film was titled<b>, “2010: The Year We Make Contact.”</b><span> </span>So, if you haven’t seen this film yet, I suggest you rent or buy it, because you will hear this phrase repeated,<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2hq4esIYC9yJtsEBP1uJOhnxeVBpkcHEI_C72ZzDjtVs6K1kfwk-yvVv2ecH30JriEAIGR_WUJ4JBK9Gt9qslWFfhqxIlncwx2bP3g-HWog52WXD1ccYhnnaRY6rjq0ipWqq8g9AuUYV/s1600-h/2010+original+book+cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2hq4esIYC9yJtsEBP1uJOhnxeVBpkcHEI_C72ZzDjtVs6K1kfwk-yvVv2ecH30JriEAIGR_WUJ4JBK9Gt9qslWFfhqxIlncwx2bP3g-HWog52WXD1ccYhnnaRY6rjq0ipWqq8g9AuUYV/s200/2010+original+book+cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425000888420516434" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Something Wonderful!!”<span> </span>You’ll also learn what the ‘something wonderful’ is – I won’t spoil it for those who have not yet seen the movie.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What is delicious though is that the book and the movie were produced about twenty-five years ago, and here we are at 2010 poised to begin our new lifetimes.<span> </span>You see, the Baby Boomer generation has significantly raised human conscious to the point where we can be like Gandalf the Grey – <b>through our one life span we get to experience multiple lifetimes. </b><span> </span>So much has changed so fast that we have gone off the map in regards to how our life is supposed to be.<span> </span>We can’t imitate the “structure and security” mentality of our parents or grandparents.<span> </span>We can’t hold on to the obsolete paradigms and belief systems and maintain our health and well-being<b>.<span> </span>We must engage in visionary consciousness – aligning our physical </b><b>sight with our spiritual vision.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The zero in the year 2010 can be seen as a symbol for a time of reckoning.<span> </span>It’s that point between minus one (-1) and plus one (+1).<span> </span>It represents our opportunity to intentionally “seed” what it is we want to experience during this next decade, based upon what we now know can no longer serve us, and grounded in our remembrance of our higher purpose.<span> </span></b>Carol Bridges writes this about the meaning of the zero tarot card (The Fool) in her <u>Medicine Woman Inner Guide Book</u>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><i>I am the Fool, a Seed Being Carried by the Wind.<span> </span>I am the first step in the process of manifestation.<span> </span>I am the idea that inspires life.<span> </span>I am inexperienced, yet within me lay the plan for my perfect unfoldment.<span> </span>To me there is no time like the present in which to begin my journey. . . By Earth, mother of all creation, I am nourished.<span> </span>Through movement and change I grow.<span> </span>My path is revealed as I walk on.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>During 2010, I encourage you to seed your path with something you have always wanted to have, something you have always wanted to do, and something you have always wanted to be.<span> </span></b>Use these twelve months to clarify and declare the substance for your new lifetime.<span> </span>Be bold in your vision and allow yourself to connect with your inherent genius and highest purpose.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><u>Theme Four: The Return of the Queen</u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:11pt;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >Once upon a time</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> there was a magical kingdom where the sun always shone and fruit was always available on the tr</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrVb9C7Ua-Ec_zXDN8EbGMqzYRvJsgcEL1Wari_3WpYEI9kxIYv5-AdkOisOAQ80gkaHeOes0JLUX14NTddPk1j_GqiSTt-SlgIKlu3jx2PJ37_z0XVZNpebn_pjWPxRROazyT71JbAuL/s1600-h/Rajasthani-King-Rajasthani-Queen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrVb9C7Ua-Ec_zXDN8EbGMqzYRvJsgcEL1Wari_3WpYEI9kxIYv5-AdkOisOAQ80gkaHeOes0JLUX14NTddPk1j_GqiSTt-SlgIKlu3jx2PJ37_z0XVZNpebn_pjWPxRROazyT71JbAuL/s320/Rajasthani-King-Rajasthani-Queen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425007877733744178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">ees, and songs of harmony and peace were sung without interruption all the day and all the night.<span> </span>In this magical kingdom there dwelled a most handsome and brave King and a most beautiful and virtuous Queen.<span> </span>They loved each other very much and each would have willingly sacrificed their life for the other’s happiness.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span> </span>And so it happened one day that an old man in a white cloak who was a stranger to their land arrived at the gates of their blissful palace bearing gifts for these two magnificent rulers that he had heard so much about.<span> </span>In their kindness and innocence, the King and the Queen held court with the white haired stranger and accepted his flattery and gifts.<span> </span>The cloaked one left the court with a crooked smile on his lips and was never heard of again.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span> </span>The King received an elaborately decorated mirror from the stranger which always showed him looking youthful and perfectly handsome.<span> </span>The Queen also received a beautifully decorated mirror, but its reflection emphasized her imperfections and made her look older than she truly was.<span> </span>While the King spent long hours gazing happily in his mirror, the Queen spent most of her time trying to make herself appear youthful and perfect for hers.<span> </span>Finally, after many months of misery as a result of the cursed mirror, the Queen decided to leave the palace to seek out wizards and magicians who could restore her beauty. <span> </span>The King was so enchanted by his cursed mirror that he did not even miss the Queen or realize how long she had been gone.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span> </span>After many years of searching high and low for a magician who could help her, and finding none who could, the Queen came wearily to small cabin in a dense forest where she was told that a very wise wizard lived.<span> </span>Unbeknown to her, the Goddess Gaia had taken pity on her and had led her to the domain o</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTN97xySBFiRmf5WCZk4FWnB9Oyk9-KZdx1NA3YdIrf3uPAe4uyHdBE6xAaTbxK1U7W9StVHH6LYgQznuGyFCviQYnshjSqeH2JLcsv3yePAAX8xkNQYsrvvOaerJ_qByIdIIIetJCUC8/s1600-h/three-muses-a3489.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTN97xySBFiRmf5WCZk4FWnB9Oyk9-KZdx1NA3YdIrf3uPAe4uyHdBE6xAaTbxK1U7W9StVHH6LYgQznuGyFCviQYnshjSqeH2JLcsv3yePAAX8xkNQYsrvvOaerJ_qByIdIIIetJCUC8/s320/three-muses-a3489.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425009973092397842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">f her sisters, Beauty, Truth and Love.<span> </span>When the three divine sisters greeted the Queen she was immediately enraptured by their evanescence and fell to the floor crying and wailing about the long, empty journey to regain her beauty and youth.<span> </span>The divine sisters showed the Queen how the mirror was cursed, for when each of them held it, it transmuted back into its true form – a mineral demon.<span> </span>After lifting the curse, Beauty, Truth and Love bade the Queen to dwell with them and learn their secret ways that would defeat any curse.<span> </span>The Queen was so happy and grateful that she stayed with them for many years until she felt she had mastered their secrets.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span> </span>Now when the Queen returned to her palace she felt very sad and she saw that the King’s curse had kept him form taking care of the land and the people.<span> </span>The sun refused to shine and there was no fruit on the trees and they were now withering.<span> </span>There were no songs of harmony and peace being sung.<span> </span>Instead there was much crying and wailing because of the wars that the people were making upon each other. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span> </span>When the Queen reunited with the King she found him horrified at how old she looked.<span> </span>But, the Queen had learned the secrets of Beauty, Truth and Love and she told him of her journey and revealed the curse of his mirror to him.<span> </span>It was very difficult for the King to accept how much he too had aged, but the Queen looked so loving at him and was so overjoyed to be with him again, that he let go of his vanity and asked her to teach him the wisdom that she had learned from the divine sisters.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span> </span>Together these two wise rulers used the wisdom of Beauty, Truth and Love to begin restoring their kingdom to the harmonious and peaceful land that it had once been.<span> </span>For the wisdom they shared was that beauty, truth and love are powers from within and can only be reflected through loving and compassionate thoughts, words and deeds.<span> </span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">And, yes – </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >t</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:";font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">hey lived happily ever after.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:";font-size:100%;" >THE<span> </span>END</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">This fairy tale is a female initiation story about the essence of feminine sovereignty and the essential role that it plays here on the Earth plane.<span> </span>For too long, the secrets of Beauty, Truth and Love have been hidden as we humans have indulged ourselves in the belief that power is external and that the five senses were the only avenues for knowledge.<span> </span>But the time is now for the lifting of this curse.<span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">During 2010, we will receive irrefutable evidence that the Queen has returned to teach us how to let go of our holding on to temporal and illusionary ideas and beliefs.</span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is time for humans to accept the existence of multisensory learning, especially learning through the realm of our feelings.</span> <span> </span>This is one of the most important secrets that the Queen was taught and is able to teach. <span> </span>Only when we feel beauty, truth or love can we know their infinite nature.<span> </span>All appearances are temporal, but the feeling we receive when we behold a beautiful landscape, or hear a truthful song, or receive a loving kindness is evidence of the eternal reality of these three divine sisters.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">During 2010, I encourage you to take the time to explore your inner landscape with the intent to master the secrets of Beauty, Truth and Love.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And so, I would like to conclude this 2010 New Year's message with a sweet "youtube" sent to me by my Fire Sister, Aisha. Enjoy and may 2010 be the best year of your life --thus far.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zJm98UXzQ<br /></p>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-61906378860120473642009-07-11T19:38:00.000-05:002009-07-11T19:39:57.746-05:00Obama Visits Door of No Return in Ghana<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31866368#31866368" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-22467260589176903402009-04-11T21:36:00.000-05:002020-04-12T01:43:09.767-05:00Easter Message 2009: Resurrection Songs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg2GZ2kFXIiMpIzOl_68AAPg5DXMFZarUSbsxjinhLwGNkubHMv9luKakABm266S6WUuGifwgpL3g3U1PB53BDL3jBYFkgA-F9ml_GxEnZZgiavTlCPDi0d2kg3JMkjpJihq7s-nA_Va1/s1600-h/Black+Jesus+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323660433187328594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg2GZ2kFXIiMpIzOl_68AAPg5DXMFZarUSbsxjinhLwGNkubHMv9luKakABm266S6WUuGifwgpL3g3U1PB53BDL3jBYFkgA-F9ml_GxEnZZgiavTlCPDi0d2kg3JMkjpJihq7s-nA_Va1/s320/Black+Jesus+2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 268px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resurrection As Remembrance of Truth<br /></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:applybreakingrules/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Book Antiqua"; panose-1:2 4 6 2 5 3 5 3 3 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536902279 -2147483648 8 0 511 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {pag</style><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="font-family:Times;">Our greatest glory is not in ever failing, but getting up every time we do.</span></i></span> --Confucius<br /><span><span><br />All suffering is a choice. To end suffering I must learn why I'm making that choice. Once I am conscious of my suffering belief, I can ask for Forgiveness, which brings Accepta</span></span><span><span>nce -- which is the end of my suffering.</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span><span>Th</span></span><span><span>is ancient wisdom can be found in </span></span><span><span>all of the major religions, and it is one of the most important messages of the Jesus gospel. Rather than debating whether or not the resurrection story is true, one would do well to celebrate and integrate the symbolism of the Resurrection Gospel.</span></span><br /><span><span><br />In this phenomenal story, we are taught that in order to rise above what we know and become more of the truth of who we are, some limiting belief system within us must die. We can not become more of who we truly are without losing what we are holding onto that is no longer </span></span><span><span>able to support our truth.<br /></span></span><br /><span><span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7O3wUPYC_0YJVTKaDuoS2bz6eAVO6jnRBkYVlXvm_5vbtsSKSyNK1_F8csxHtY257BQZb26ZodGDwNBcmNwDATgvduQ4L0X4hEKnTocfcDqu8yv-_soOMMOaIm-sA2OWgJBxIrwjsySw/s1600-h/Native+America+Christ.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7O3wUPYC_0YJVTKaDuoS2bz6eAVO6jnRBkYVlXvm_5vbtsSKSyNK1_F8csxHtY257BQZb26ZodGDwNBcmNwDATgvduQ4L0X4hEKnTocfcDqu8yv-_soOMMOaIm-sA2OWgJBxIrwjsySw/s320/Native+America+Christ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323675453883865170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resurrection as the Beginning of the Beginning</span></span><br /><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell><w:applybreakingrules><w:wraptextwithpunct><br /></w:wraptextwithpunct></w:applybreakingrules><!--[endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\0022"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} </style> <br />
--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">We are born with a great dream for our lives. After your roots have gone deeply into this world, it is time to resurrect this dream . . By reclaiming your life dream -- by refusing to stay down-- you 'lift up your heart to heaven' and make all things possi</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ble.</span> </span>--Angeles Arrien<br />
When we complete a journey through the land of shadow revelation, our greatest reward is the awareness that we are beginning something new. The word "resurrection" means "to rise up," and this is what occurs emotionally and psychologically when we become conscious of how we have been hurting ourselves through our universal belief in suffering.<br />
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To begin a new phase of self-awareness requires much courage because we are so conditioned to repeat what we know over and over again. So it is through the gift of resurrection that we become able to begin anew, to make a fresh start, and to begin having something new. We must willingly let go of the familiar in order to experience the new.<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzkkww231bfTZgniL18Dat7OSR22Absh8IxRcJK5fbhRq8U7gnMoRIcx_SpoYM63a_MOT44G6jJLnbR17BgGx7pGmrbai-jWwuT61_YYM1pKTPvQSTJTugKwrqR3l8C4ESNgmYBYOpRu4/s1600-h/Jesus+Weeps.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323874149503020370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzkkww231bfTZgniL18Dat7OSR22Absh8IxRcJK5fbhRq8U7gnMoRIcx_SpoYM63a_MOT44G6jJLnbR17BgGx7pGmrbai-jWwuT61_YYM1pKTPvQSTJTugKwrqR3l8C4ESNgmYBYOpRu4/s320/Jesus+Weeps.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 254px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Resurrection As Breaking The Cycle of Abuse</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the Will of God -- what is good, and acceptable, and perfect. </span>-- Romans 12:2<br />
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Every time we experience a hurt, a wrong, an injustice, a disappointment, a betrayal, or a loss, we can choose to remember and practice the lessons of Resurrection. We can choose to accept that only pain-filled people do painful and harm-filled things. And we can choose not to engage with their belief systems. And we can choose not to take on their pain. And we can choose to allow the experience to release more of our own pent up primal pain. For the less pain we unconsciously carry, the less we will unconsciously tranfer it to those we love and to those on whom we depend for support in our three dimensional existence. To break free from abuse in all of it's visible and invisible forms, we can choose the "death" of our own reactionary beliefs. And through that dying we can access a new level of the truth of who we are.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Resurrection as a Celebration of the Human Spirit</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">This world will change through you. No other means can save it.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
-- "Deciding for Peace" from Gifts from A Course in Miracles<br /><br />Through these various depictions of the Yeshua -- Jesus of Nazareth, we find the universality of high<w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell>er consciousness. Regardless of who and what we are on the planet at this time, we are all joined in a vital quest for remembering our truth, creating new beginnings, breaking abusive patterns, and embracing what it truly means to be HUMAN BEINGS. Even in the King James version of the Holy Bible, Jesus calls himself "The Son of Man." As we continue our conscious preparation for the turning of the ages -- our 2012 Shift, I invite you this day to open your heart to all of humanity. Allow yourself to experience the soaring cosmic connection that we all participate in</w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell>. Know that your right thoughts and actions can move mountains. Do </w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell>not be afraid for what you must loose </w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell>from yourself. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Resurrec</span></w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility><w:compatibility><w:breakwrappedtables><w:snaptogridincell><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">tion is waiting.</span><br /></w:snaptogridincell></w:breakwrappedtables></w:compatibility><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXACwqD5pKfHgEaFjyD_MYtooxPVLfM-NguHVXn7wh987MiNNtwLgykRMbuDX_Fq4xPfb-qvK-gg4Iucrmma7R1f5nfnEPkPCs3yLKRg2dMBfxHzuuqcDHMijMNyRzGJ9E0bo0yDe4h6Ao/s1600-h/Native+American+Jesus+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323890375883365826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXACwqD5pKfHgEaFjyD_MYtooxPVLfM-NguHVXn7wh987MiNNtwLgykRMbuDX_Fq4xPfb-qvK-gg4Iucrmma7R1f5nfnEPkPCs3yLKRg2dMBfxHzuuqcDHMijMNyRzGJ9E0bo0yDe4h6Ao/s320/Native+American+Jesus+1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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padding: 1pt 0in 0in;color:windowtext -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color;"> <b><span style="font-size:14;">This is the year t</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">hat we have </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">be</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">en waiting for.</span></b><span> </span> <p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;"> This is the year when we will have great opportunities for <b>remembering our</b> <b>original and spiritual p</b><b>urpose</b> for being on the physical Earthplane.<span> </span>We are now just three years away from the prophesized 2012 shift into higher consciousness, and 2008 brought us so much closer to the realization that we truly are a global family and that all animals and plants are integral to the delicate organic balance of our existence.</p> <p style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in;">Below is a link to a short video montage of the major destructive and constructive events of the past year.<span> </span>Check it out when you're in a safe place to have a good cry.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28192685" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/<wbr>28192685</a></p> <p>From the many horrific storm realities of global warming and the increasingly destructive earthquakes and fires, to global economic collapse, unthinkable home & job loss, unthinkable wars, forced immigration due to genocide and civil unrest, as well as the heightened awareness of global child and adult slavery as China hosted their first Olympics and the first African-American male was elected president of the United States – <b>2008 was truly a Nature Year.<span> </span>It was the prom</b><b>ised more intense time than 2007 for major transformations away from life as we have known it.</b></p> <p>The wisdom statement for 2008 was, <i>"Do not put new wine in an old skin (bottle),"</i> and many of us were able to heed that advice and experienced more of the new consciousness we developed in 2007.<span> </span>Many of us have moved to a new living environment, taken a new job, discovered or created a new way to work, discovered new people that enhance our lives, and decided to experience marriage as the opportunity for sacred union versus survival of the fittest.<span> </span>We were able to take risks in 2008 that we couldn't have taken before and there was much shadow revelation to support our new decisions.<span> </span>It's difficult to remain in mess when everyone can see it and is telling you that you are messy!!<span> </span>And as we gain more and more <b>personal sovereignty consciousness</b> (Thank you Eckhart Tolle for your webcast of <i>"The New Earth"!</i>), it is no longer easy to blame others for our victim consciousness.</p> <p><b><span style="font-size:14;">So, enter the Mineral Y</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">ear of </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">2009</span>,</b> <b>which will bring a multitude of opportunities for us to remember and align with our Higher Purpose, and to organize our personal lives in accordance with our sacred contracts and cosmic promises.<span> </span>And for those who are already c</b><b>onsciously aligned with Higher Purpose, this year promises more support and much success.</b><span> </span></p> <p><b><span style="font-size:14;">Mineral People in a M</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">ineral Year</span></b></p> <p><i>"Mineral is the elemental energy that allows us to remember, to communicate with on</i><i>e another, to express our feelings, to receive messages from the Other World, and to remember our origins and purpose in life."</i></p> <p><b><span> </span></b>–Malidoma Somé from <i><u>The Healing Wisdom of </u></i><i><u>Africa</u></i></p> <p>Ancient indigenous wisdom from the Dagara Tribe of West Africa teaches that persons born in years ending with the numbers<b> 4 or 9 </b>(i.e. 1964 or 1959)<b> are MINERAL People.</b> The Mineral portal sits on the West side of the Dagara five-portal medicine wheel, and the power color is white.<span> </span>Minerals are considered bones, stones, rocks, shells, and crystal. The essential nature of Mineral people includes communication -- the ability to translate things and the ability to converse. </p> <p>The life purpose activities of Mineral people have lots to do with social connections. Most Mineral people are relatively talkative, love history, and support others in remembering their higher purpose.<span> </span>They are also good organizers of ideas and processes, as well as people.<span> </span>In the indigenous world of the Dagara, the <b>Mineral people are the Storytellers, the Great Communicators.</b> They know how to praise and how to warn.<span> </span>The Mineral Element is also something that we must see in terms of the conveying of energy.<span> </span>Mineral people, just like the stones, bones, crystal and shells they evolved through, inherently know how to convey energy that comes through them onto other people, animals, places and things<b><i>. </i></b></p> <p>If you or someone you know was born in a Mineral year, then this year will be one of intense personal growth and spiritual development as the Cosmos works it's magic to bring you/them more into alignment with your essential nature and highest purpose.</p> <p> <b><span style="font-size:14;">Challenges for Water Pe</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">ople in a Mineral Year</span></b></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVql58Wgwle_mJxzpTQRkwXNanaTJgzMJkb0oNXm2RiQvBs1YcoRAcT26BGqWslZsnrbDgevWWT8R2KEKgqNgwy47Ujuihpa95WcWC4gJmK0-WifRkka-Ukp0Heja8_LlvaGiIXVmC2oQ/s1600-h/Water+Drops.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVql58Wgwle_mJxzpTQRkwXNanaTJgzMJkb0oNXm2RiQvBs1YcoRAcT26BGqWslZsnrbDgevWWT8R2KEKgqNgwy47Ujuihpa95WcWC4gJmK0-WifRkka-Ukp0Heja8_LlvaGiIXVmC2oQ/s320/Water+Drops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295086914343936514" border="0" /></a>Persons born in years ending in a 1 or 6 are Water people.<span> </span>Their Dagara medicine wheel direction is north and their power colors are Blue and Black.<span> </span>The essential task of the Water people is indeed to do the most difficult task of reconciliation —reconciling people or reconciling things, and bringing peace to themselves and others.<span> </span>Water people help us to consciously reconcile the invisible, unseen, unacknowledged, and unloved parts of our Self with what we have created as our personality.</p><p><b>Barack Obama is a Water person </b>– born in 1961, and his first proclamation as the 44<sup>th</sup> President of the United States was to declare his inaugural day of January 20<sup>th</sup>, 2009 as a national day of Renewal and Reconciliation.<span> </span>How blessed we are to finally have a functional, self-actualized Water person in the Oval Office.<span> </span>George W. Bush is also a Water person but he illustrated what happens when a Water person doesn't do their work to heal those internal wounds.</p> <p>As the energetics of this Mineral Year reveals more of our true purpose within our individual, collective and cosmic spheres, there will be much "wailing and gnashing of teeth!"<span> </span>Fortunately for non-Water folks, but very challenging for Water People, will be their call to serve as filters and sifts for the old, dead energy that is leaving the planet.<span> </span>I was blessed to watch Obama's inauguration with a Water Woman who experienced chills and cold in my 75 degrees apartment as the ghosts of America-past were swept away from the White House.<span> </span>Teddy Kennedy's seizure was also evidence of the toxic dense energy leaving out of our nation's capitol.<span> </span></p> <p> So I want to publicly acknowledge and thank all of you Water People for your important service to humanity this year as we all work to loose ourselves from dead and oppressive belief systems that have no future in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century.</p> <p> <b><span style="font-size:14;">The Earth Ox Year: </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">January 26<sup>th</sup>, 2009</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;"> to </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">Febr</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">uary 13th, 2010</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">(Chinese New Year 4706)</span></b></p> <p>The information below was sourced from the following three websites:</p> <p><a href="http://astrology.about.com/od/chineseastrology/a/YearEarthOx09.htm" target="_blank">http://astrology.about.com/od/<wbr>chineseastrology/a/</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgocxliqqgsFkCm6N4lw1b4buVqIw3gyNJKSKEaMgj3wzUyd_yTllGL1jHjNKIup4_sorb4Gz3rotYe3SlA4IPHIwYJaknr9PSTKtVF6jfXJTKv27F5hyphenhyphengmb6kdeBjeXD_06mWW4yy79L/s1600-h/Earth+Ox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgocxliqqgsFkCm6N4lw1b4buVqIw3gyNJKSKEaMgj3wzUyd_yTllGL1jHjNKIup4_sorb4Gz3rotYe3SlA4IPHIwYJaknr9PSTKtVF6jfXJTKv27F5hyphenhyphengmb6kdeBjeXD_06mWW4yy79L/s320/Earth+Ox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295088567595227874" border="0" /></a><a href="http://astrology.about.com/od/chineseastrology/a/YearEarthOx09.htm" target="_blank"><wbr>YearEarthOx09.htm</a></p> <p><a href="http://tarot.com/chinese-astrology/chinese-horoscopes-2009" target="_blank">http://tarot.com/chinese-<wbr>astrology/chinese-horoscopes-<wbr>2009</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.earthyfamily.com/year-of-ox.htm" target="_blank">http://www.earthyfamily.com/<wbr>year-of-ox.htm</a></p> <p><b>Year Ahead:</b><br />The OX year is a conservative year, one of traditions and values. This is not a year to be outrageous -- a slow but steady year.<span> </span>This OX year will bring stability and growth where patience and diligence pays off.<span> </span><b>This is a year of Harvest</b> - when we reap what we have sown. Take care of business this year, do not let things slide. </p> <p><b>The year 2</b><b>009 will be a period of lasting accomplishments. This is true for individuals, societies and the human race in general. There may be times when motivation appears to be lacking. In fact the big challenge everyone faces is to generate the enthusiasm and desire to act. Those individuals and organizations that do will create enduring benefits for themselves and the world.</b></p> <p>The Ox is the second sign of the Chinese zodiac. Like its predecessor and complement, the Rat, it signifies new beginnings. The main difference is the Ox is associated with building to last and slow but sure action. <b>Even more so than last year we all have to make good choices, as that which is begun now is likely to have long term consequences.</b></p> <p>As with last year, this is an Earth year. The difference is this one is yin rather than yang. <span> </span>It is thus likely to be less tumultuous. On a personal level, better results are more likely to be achieved by reacting to circumstances and going with the flow rather than aggressively charging forward and initiating a lot of action.</p> <p>Unfortunately Earth has a destructive relationship with the Ox's fixed element, Water. In fact this is the fourth in a run of six years governed by an unlucky conflict of elements. This fact should come as no surprise to those who have followed US and world financial markets or the unspeakable horror that has persisted in Iraq.</p> <p>The combination of Earth and Ox, however, is not at all a negative combination. Its primary characteristic is durability. It suggests an environment dominated by cautious pragmatism rather than quixotic dreaming. <b>Things will get done.</b></p> <p>Furthermore, they will generally be successful if done in harmony with the spirit of the Earth Ox. This applies both to the type and amount of new projects as well as the approach to accomplishing them. That means focusing on just a few, long term projects. It also suggests proceeding in a cautious yet determined manner. Finally, it counsels avoiding taking unnecessary risks and yielding to the temptation to seek short term gains.</p> <p><b>People Born in the Year of the OX: </b></p> <p><u>Characteristics</u>:<br />People Born in the Year of the OX are stable, strong, dutiful, reliable, tenacious, practical, industrious, determined, honest, loyal, sincere, persevering and down to earth and tolerant. They can sometimes be lonely but they form firm bonds with home and family. The OX people cherish their private lives and are not usually very adventurous. They can be loners. They know the way to succeed is by a slow, steady, sustained effort. OX people are great traditionalists, they like the familiar.</p> <p><b>Love in th</b><b>e Year of the Ox</b></p> <p>With regard to romance, the Year of the Earth Ox is time to get serious. The Ox doesn't favor careless flings -- remember, this animal favors work over play. In fact, playing fast and loose with somebody's heart could get you in deep trouble. This is a fabulous year to get engaged or married, provided you're with someone you love. If you're not ready to make a commitment to a casual love interest, you're better off breaking up. Hold out for the real thing -- a relationship that will withstand poverty, illness and any other challenges that lie ahead. </p> <p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size:14;">Remembrance</span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><b><span style="font-size:14;"> of Purpose an</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;">d</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14;"> the Story of the Ugly Duck</span></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNadptLo6BtzSQ00uzePMyKb8q0X6kV8tNcAFKvohOsEBgf79yO-A9Fi67u_c-vv6U5WF4guLuO22jLFNlTolRbiGbBcshy4WMToQjZenyCaOKA5sDo-HwPFEKZYwsacVpjcNkV-cUzlA/s1600-h/Swan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNadptLo6BtzSQ00uzePMyKb8q0X6kV8tNcAFKvohOsEBgf79yO-A9Fi67u_c-vv6U5WF4guLuO22jLFNlTolRbiGbBcshy4WMToQjZenyCaOKA5sDo-HwPFEKZYwsacVpjcNkV-cUzlA/s320/Swan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295090883629224418" border="0" /></a><b><span style="font-size:14;">ling</span></b></p> <p>Ancient Dagara wisdom teaches that individuals who forget their life purpose put the whole community at risk.<span> </span>This is because they look outside themselves for their purpose and society often responds to their demands by creating artificial and temporal goals – like amassing wealth or trying to avoid aging and death.<span> </span>So, to enable us to know the difference between that which is life-giving versus life-taking there will be much chaos and confusion experienced during 2009.<span> </span>To withstand the insanity of such moments and periods, remembering the story of the ugly duckling will be very comforting.<span> </span>It will remind us that the people, things and lifestyles against which we have been measuring ourselves can have no real bearing because we're not ducks!<span> </span>We're swans!<span> </span>I recommend reading the version of this story found in <b>"Women Who Run with the Wolves," by Clarissa Pinkola Esté.<span> </span></b>It really tells of the full journey of the<b> </b>transformation from duckling to swan and she also provides marvelous Jungian analysis regarding the healing aspects of the story.<span> </span></p> <p>So I encourage you to go out and find your true spiritual kin this year, and let go of any and all attempts to fit in where you don't need to belong.<span> </span>Free yourself from the oppression of being tolerated.<span> </span>Go find your true pack and experience belonging as a blessing –finally.</p>And many Blessings to you all in this wondrous year of remembering origins and true Life Purpose!Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-68163309562357433692008-12-26T01:36:00.000-06:002008-12-26T01:59:02.883-06:00Christmas: The Season For Transcendence<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6d5Hy0ZAnfZodMT37ke0rJFRq6NOA_HZnVqECon4a2H__KYNqNl_zgiKbNpblXWCQ0ifMjaPCVQOiz7ERE6mLpEEDRouyznq448yLZMhdbmPLl6rdTSbcEKfb45MVfbRm73HSjepfrLv/s1600-h/The+3+Magi+in+Blue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6d5Hy0ZAnfZodMT37ke0rJFRq6NOA_HZnVqECon4a2H__KYNqNl_zgiKbNpblXWCQ0ifMjaPCVQOiz7ERE6mLpEEDRouyznq448yLZMhdbmPLl6rdTSbcEKfb45MVfbRm73HSjepfrLv/s320/The+3+Magi+in+Blue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284000879582010338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Dear Family, Friends and Spiritual Kin:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" >I'm writing to remind you that this is the season of Love, Peace and Transcendence.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" > </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" >What is transcendence?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" >Here's some quotes on it by Robert Fritz from his book,</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" >"The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;" >:</span><br /><br /><ul style="font-family: georgia;"><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Transcendence is the power to be born anew, to make a fresh start, to turn over a new leaf, to begin with a clean slate, to enter into a state of grace, to have a second chance.</span></li></ul><br /><ul style="font-family: georgia;"><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Transcendence makes no reference to the past, whether your past has been overflowing with victories or filled with defeats. When you enter a state of transcendence, you are able to create a new life, unburdened by both the victories and the defeats of the past.</span></li></ul><br /><ul style="font-family: georgia;"><li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Transcendence is more than just the accurate realization that the past is over. It is also a realignment of all dimensions of yourself with the very source of your life.</span></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;">When you reestablish your relationship to your natural goodness, you give a new life to what is highest in you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;">Remember the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and how he jumps around and dances and shouts on Christmas morning.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;"> I encourage you to do the same. <br /><br />This has been a year of </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;">NEW BEGINNINGS</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: georgia;">, and now it's time to celebrate. <br /><br />I wish you -- and all those you love -- the joyful experience of transcendence this Christmas and Holiday Season.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mInzfmTfVeGbGkL9N49J5M31dH4JS98uayXFyp7lZuvISmXfyEB_RmClEj_rDcy8on8xHPx045StciB95Yj4zYjayjdafOGVqewn65Q-wTvd9j2GSZMzhv3l4d2xE4b3l6l_kK4xX6np/s1600-h/Scrooge+Transcended.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mInzfmTfVeGbGkL9N49J5M31dH4JS98uayXFyp7lZuvISmXfyEB_RmClEj_rDcy8on8xHPx045StciB95Yj4zYjayjdafOGVqewn65Q-wTvd9j2GSZMzhv3l4d2xE4b3l6l_kK4xX6np/s320/Scrooge+Transcended.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284000871801355810" border="0" /></a>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-72734618394112446312008-11-16T21:59:00.000-06:002008-11-17T00:16:54.850-06:00BARACK: The Blessing of Personal Sovereignty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yUrk0thNZJ659jM1AF7zlfarCzFOKPSnbYxF6tvlUFXmCYrtCmUPEyXgXcZ2CefuddIS8Narfb2gHqUQ7UCCdWq8X1F1FGboZqprbvr-2OGRRQH_ketxqdZ8U-pAFI569ugmKWKpUQS/s1600-h/president-elect-obama-by-alex-grey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9yUrk0thNZJ659jM1AF7zlfarCzFOKPSnbYxF6tvlUFXmCYrtCmUPEyXgXcZ2CefuddIS8Narfb2gHqUQ7UCCdWq8X1F1FGboZqprbvr-2OGRRQH_ketxqdZ8U-pAFI569ugmKWKpUQS/s320/president-elect-obama-by-alex-grey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269472511596971394" border="0" /></a>The top left panel of my Blog spot contains a message I received from a Thunderbeing named Kumelia, while I was living in the Cherokee -- also called Smoky--Mountains of North Carolina. A thunderbeing is a Star Person, a celestial messenger who serves as a harbinger of both destruction and creation. Thunderbeings are currently serving as cosmic midwives who have returned to this dimension in order to help prepare us for the 2012 shift and the great Earth changes. Her messages are designed to support our human ability to achieve personal sovereignty -- <span style="font-style: italic;">our supreme and independent power/authority over and responsibility for our thoughts, choices, and resulting behaviors</span>. First came paradise, then came slavery, then came freedom as oppression, and now comes freedom as personal sovereignty. Here in the Gregorian calendar year of 2008, we are poised to no longer tolerate victim consciousness in any form.<br /><br />I've been hearing supporters of the Obama-Biden win express concern for what comes next in this most unprecedented historical event. <span style="font-style: italic;"> "Will Obama keep his cool? Will Obama keep his integrity? Will Obama keep his life?" </span>The more correct questions for us supporters to be asking are: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">How will we help Obama keep his cool, maintain his integrity, and stay alive in the White House?</span><br /><br />Before I offer up my answer, I want to first share another message I received from a celestial messenger. This one is in human form and is my primary mentor for my spiritual pathkeeping. Her name is <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Johneatha</span>, and she gifted me with these channeled words from the cosmic lawyers who advocate on behalf of humanity at the Galactic Council (<span style="font-style: italic;">yes it really does exist and is not just an invention from Star Trek!</span>). The earthly Mary energy and the universal Kwan Yin energy were also present during this transmission. So here's what was gifted:<br /><br /><ol style="font-weight: bold;"><li>Barack, whose named means "blessing", is a symbol of all that is transforming; he is the PORTAL through which all of humanity can pursue a lifestyle of personal sovereignty. </li><li>Barack symbolizes the opportunity for each and every one of us to show up on the Earth Plane in the way that CREATOR meant for us to show up -- AWAKE, COURAGEOUS, and UNCONDITIONALLY LOVING.</li><li>Barack's winning the office of the American presidency is evidence of the magnanimous opportunities for the salvation of humanity as we shift from one world age into the next.</li><li>Barack is not a saviour or the reincarnation of who has already come forth. The great Avatars, Prophets and other Divine Masters of Spirit needed to come only once to insure that the "second comings" would be all of us. WE ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR! We -- not he -- are responsible for the shift and the resulting changes. We have much work to do as individuals, and as groups of individuals.</li></ol><span style="font-style: italic;">(I have so much gratitude to Johneatha for channeling the Cosmic Advocates; and to the Advocates f</span><a style="font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywWx3zGKjw_-PJ6hyphenhyphenBw1oVp3-pskLnXrcPRJNXlohjG5XZBHtiIQjRWlhLMVhP-H_m40SabtCWGvsGfZGHSTV_fQPlPcs2xgufJZ2Ppq8ksp4y8W8WjssLtujg4C4d1ikeIK7ESPHlTBo/s1600-h/Personal+Purificaton+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywWx3zGKjw_-PJ6hyphenhyphenBw1oVp3-pskLnXrcPRJNXlohjG5XZBHtiIQjRWlhLMVhP-H_m40SabtCWGvsGfZGHSTV_fQPlPcs2xgufJZ2Ppq8ksp4y8W8WjssLtujg4C4d1ikeIK7ESPHlTBo/s200/Personal+Purificaton+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269501841375555378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">or their emissarial role between humanity and Creator.)</span><br /><br />So, to the question about what is our personal and collective responsibility for supporting President Barack Obama to keep his cool, his integrity, and his life, my answer is <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">--<br />PERSONAL PURIFICATION</span>.</span> And if you are even just a little bit awake spiritually, November 11, 12 and 13 gave you a great experience of what I mean by that. But just to be clear, personal purification can be summed up as three major tasks: <ol style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><li>Facing your demons (not running from them);</li><li>Clearing your shadows (not transferring them);</li><li>Reclaiming your innocence (not hiding it).</li></ol>One of the most important things I learned (<span style="font-style: italic;">"What did you learn, Dorothy?"</span>) during my six years as a nomadic shamanic healer, was that I was so much more than what my childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood conditioned me to be. I finally realized that those primary experiences of life were for learning and leaving -- not for keeping or correcting. They were my obligatory events -- not my entire life story. <span style="font-weight: bold;">By doing our own personal inner work to heal our wounds and remember the truth of who we are, we will be able to shift our fear-based beliefs </span>about the first African-American president and focus our Light Energies and physical actions to insure the promise of our New Earth.<br /><br />I will do a blog to discuss personal purification in more detail, but for now, I will end with a quote from Eckhart Tolle's <span style="font-style: italic;">A New Earth</span> -- a good reminder of the art of conscious awareness:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >"If evil has any reality--and it has a relative, no</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >t an absolute, reality--this is also its definition: complete identification with form--physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms. This results in a total unawareness of my connectedness with the whole, my intrinsic oneness with every "other" as well as with the Source. This forgetfulness is original sin, suffering, delusion. When this delusion of utter separateness underlies and governs whatever I think, say, and do, what kind of world do I create: To find the answer to this, observe how humans relate to each other, read a history book, or watch the news on television tonight. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><br />If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating fundamentally the same wo</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >rld, the same evils, the same dysfunction."</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dYb8IfupoGSij4Hk9HbF9_rqtOKjG6HmKLFHTrMo0xdL5n_3c1knu0_lVCVpzeV7Dd7KKfL_6CiDx5W1PrVet0bp6S-kE-aAxRwMX-AReasqxf1QHxGJXYL_9yc7B1aKm7KpSFW07OiW/s1600-h/Africa+from+Above.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dYb8IfupoGSij4Hk9HbF9_rqtOKjG6HmKLFHTrMo0xdL5n_3c1knu0_lVCVpzeV7Dd7KKfL_6CiDx5W1PrVet0bp6S-kE-aAxRwMX-AReasqxf1QHxGJXYL_9yc7B1aKm7KpSFW07OiW/s320/Africa+from+Above.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269503483662475282" border="0" /></a>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-4674067494762811512008-11-05T22:00:00.000-06:002008-11-05T22:17:45.513-06:00The Political Global Shift - November 4th 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_qeUIxYSK1K-jQwgDJo4wy0wY5-8-N8AL5r-Va107CjUseXDh_vhvawAa-g7l0AwxVCCtjMrm7eN4elFvJAPzHIXweFqGMASUupt54EwRcgPq7egcG6lXknzPROBoeh2HcNFc74UH7Hk/s1600-h/150516-6-20081104230814.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_qeUIxYSK1K-jQwgDJo4wy0wY5-8-N8AL5r-Va107CjUseXDh_vhvawAa-g7l0AwxVCCtjMrm7eN4elFvJAPzHIXweFqGMASUupt54EwRcgPq7egcG6lXknzPROBoeh2HcNFc74UH7Hk/s320/150516-6-20081104230814.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265393756330528466" /></a><br />On November 4th, 2008, history was made and celebrated around the globe as Barack Obama was voted to become the 44th President of the United States of America.<br />It is my great pleasure to share with you a segment from CBS's "Early Show" on this historical win for America and people all over the world. It ends with a short interview with Maya Angelou who expresses so beautifully what I feel, especially as she recites from her most powerful poem, "And Still I Rise." GOD BLESS AMERICA!!<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.cbs.com/thunder/swf/rcpHolderCbs-prod.swf" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="link=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4574386n&releaseURL=http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=KRakYoJ1IiqGAvomoIoaTOc_o_ZAQG8K&partner=newsembed&autoPlayVid=false&prevImg=http://thumbnails.cbsig.net/CBS_Production_News/878/129/es_angelou_115_480x360.jpg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="370" height="361"></embed>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-47021997875416293762008-09-14T17:29:00.000-05:002019-08-20T20:43:23.423-05:00September Shadow Revelation for Purpose Salvation<br />
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As the “2012” shift in human consciousness becomes an increasingly undeniable reality, those of us who are awake are being increasingly pressed toward choosing Love over Fear. All of us are conscious of our embedded traumas – either from this lifetime, ancestral wounds, or both. These traumas serve as initiatory events designed to prepare us for effectively carrying out our life purpose. But paradoxically, they also distract and distance us from life purpose. Thankfully, the time does come for us to evolve away from our fear-based survival lifestyles. The time does come when we are given the opportunities to learn how to embrace a loving, fulfilling and purposeful life -- which we never need to retire from. For many of us, that time is now.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">It is my experience that Spirit has designed the month of September 2008 as the month of Shadow Revelation.</span><br />
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By this I mean that whatever belief system is holding you hostage from bringing more of your gifts and talents to the forefront of your life is going to be revealed. Now, our shadow has many components, so what gets revealed this month is just one aspect a multi-layered phenomenon. But, this component is a major one and deeply rooted, and from my own recent experience and that of several others, the roots of a mega emotional block has been or is being pulled out and literally paraded before our waking eyes.<br />
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You are going to be emotionally triggered. And it doesn’t feel good. In fact, it’s downright painful. For example, if you unconsciously believe that the boogey man will get you when you make yourself fully available as a healer, then the boogey will literally show up at your doorstep. If you are unconsciously afraid of change and transformation, then a big black snake will move into your bathroom and block you from opening the door! If you have unconsciously believed that playing the martyr will make you the better person in your interpersonal experiences, people are going to falsely accuse you and expose how bitter you are towards life.<br />
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These experiences happened this week to people I know, and the first one happened to me! A middle-aged man who lives next door to me rang my door bell and attempted to try to get to know me. He looked and behaved in an adolescent manner, his energy was toxic and “<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa8uYcQz-zpgHwSJ9z41RMXBpBj2fshXAI-s3aoiJUhsKVU6GIFTuipGgFTmwr71CkoVdSGb2rTX2n5nUcOkVc9yl-H5N5QIZlNrVlSAo9mrrfKh6SSdqGYaJUK_yDtuaJd3mmqKR83my/s1600-h/dore_red2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246025183840882658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa8uYcQz-zpgHwSJ9z41RMXBpBj2fshXAI-s3aoiJUhsKVU6GIFTuipGgFTmwr71CkoVdSGb2rTX2n5nUcOkVc9yl-H5N5QIZlNrVlSAo9mrrfKh6SSdqGYaJUK_yDtuaJd3mmqKR83my/s200/dore_red2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a>perp” (short for perpetrator), and I know from the person he rents from that he is going to be evicted. I declined the offer to go out with him, and when he blurted out his phone number and asked me to call him I said I’d think about it – even though I knew then and there “No way!” Thank goodness I realized that night that I had been triggered. Here was the living, breathing consequence of me sharing my healing gifts in a more noticeable way in the world. This was my deeply embedded fear come to real life.<br />
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Recognizing that my survivor neurosis was fully activated, I knew I needed to tell someone, and get feedback and support.<br />
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The next day, I had a conversation with a dear friend who shared an Islamic teaching with me about Shirk. A Shirk is anything we choose to fear more than God and therefore become distracted from our devotional beliefs and practices. It’s the ultimate worship of false idols. Although my relationship to Creator/God is not one of fear, I had definitely been triggered into giving my power away and was totally distracted from doing what always reconnects me to my truth – being still, praying, listening to the Ancestors, and creating a devotional gesture or ritual. After another consciousness-raising and supportive conversation with my spiritual mentor, I wrote a letter to my shadow belief and released it from the sacred contract we shared, saying it had done a great job and the job was over. I went to Lake Michigan and released the letter through a personal Water Ritual. I don’t know the full results of my shadow revelation, but I do know I am no longer concerned that the next door neighbor is “out to get me.” I’ve chosen not to be a victim because it distracts me from my purpose in the world.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">So here are a few suggestions for coping with shadow revelation and supporting your progress towards purpose salvation:</span><br />
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1. Be emotionally intelligent about your shadow trigger – allow yourself to feel fear, anger, sadness, grief, confusion, and most importantly allow yourself to cry.<br />
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2. Whatever you believe is being done to you and trapping you in victim consciousness is evidence of your shadow component that is ready to be healed. Help the revelation process by asking yourself, “What does this experience tell me about what I unconsciously believe about myself?” And allow more than a minute for the answer – even go to sleep on it.<br />
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3. Share the shadow trigger experience with someone you trust to give you feedback and encouragement.<br />
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4. Once you feel that you’ve identified the shadow in you, do a personal release ritual. First, write a letter to the shadow (Dear Shadow. . .) and thank it for being your evolutionary teacher. Write down what the shadow has taught you about yourself and how this knowledge informs your ability to live a purposeful, fulfilling and love-centered life. Also let the shadow know that the contract between the two of you is now complete and that you no longer need its lessons. Next, fold the letter and place it in a decorated envelope, gift wrap or tissue paper. Spirit is attracted to beauty, so make it very attractive. I suggest that you release the letter very gently and slowly, meaning take it to a body of water or bury it. Because these shadow components were so deeply rooted and very much a hidden part of our identity, Fire is too radical. We need gentleness and time to allow for our new learning to occur. Letting go of identity pieces too radically can result in an unconscious retrieval of the shadow component.<br />
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5. And to help you focus on your purpose, make a “Wheel of Fortune” by drawing a circle, dividing it into the major areas of your life, such as health, relationships, work, spirituality, enjoyment, or whatever categories you prefer to use. Then, find magazine photos or draw in those images of things you would like to see happen through you in the next six months of time. (Note that I said “through” you, not “to” you.) Put the Wheel of Fortune where you will notice it every day. The images will implant in your subconscious and seemingly without effort begin to draw you into situations and learnings which will bring about the results you have imaged-in. (This exercise is from the Medicine Woman Cards Inner Guide Book by Carol Bridges)<br />
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The salvation of our purpose will evolve us away from a life of survival, which is usually the experience of struggling and suffering. To be on purpose allows God, the Universe, Spirit and the Ancestors to provide us with everything we need easily and effortlessly. I leave you with one of my favorite poems by Rumi and send you warm thoughts of courageous shadow revelation.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">A POEM BY RUMI</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">“Guest House”</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">This be</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvENvkJbKkWIQhqROoUw4MknqtmjW6AfxYQo2yolZK3U2Ap599mMEEdvJmscIXQ64pc7yR-71UU-OiIet2nb3hSQ0HfVsQLtiIkbrFgHg3qfgWLcHZcUJA6qXufdWDbfuLpIjjzvM1AbkW/s1600-h/57010009.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-style: italic;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246025195316388210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvENvkJbKkWIQhqROoUw4MknqtmjW6AfxYQo2yolZK3U2Ap599mMEEdvJmscIXQ64pc7yR-71UU-OiIet2nb3hSQ0HfVsQLtiIkbrFgHg3qfgWLcHZcUJA6qXufdWDbfuLpIjjzvM1AbkW/s200/57010009.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">ing human is a guest house;</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Every morning a new arrival;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">A joy, a depression, meanness,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Some momentary awareness comes</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">As an unexpected visitor;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Welcome and attend them all!</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Who violently sweep your house</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Empty of its furniture,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Still treat each guest honorably;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">He may be clearing you out</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">For some new delight;</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The dark thought, the shame, the malice,</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Meet them at the door laughing,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">And invite them in;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Be grateful for whoever comes,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Because each has been sent</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">As a guide from beyond;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Welcome difficulty.</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Learn the alchemy True Human Beings know:</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">The moment you accept what troubles</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">You’ve been given, the door opens;</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Welcome difficulty as a familiar comrade.</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Joke with torment brought by the Friend.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-qboJVoXHTFZfktKqTrg6JcsJj7sHdrGw21kv60d9jlmSqzcqV_XE2_yJUC8X7g9JsiAX8TagkeLXTV1O97nt5YeVBX8DWhbkbhE7_WoWd_cu21ytsdJ4LfTV8HWi5Hs32ICrKUzf1cg/s1600-h/Caring+for+The+Snake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-style: italic;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246025197905334898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-qboJVoXHTFZfktKqTrg6JcsJj7sHdrGw21kv60d9jlmSqzcqV_XE2_yJUC8X7g9JsiAX8TagkeLXTV1O97nt5YeVBX8DWhbkbhE7_WoWd_cu21ytsdJ4LfTV8HWi5Hs32ICrKUzf1cg/s200/Caring+for+The+Snake.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Sorrows are the rage of old clothes</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">And jackets that serve to cover,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">And then are taken off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">That undressing and the beautiful</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Naked body underneath,</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Is the sweetness that comes after Grief.</span>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-15515478272398232442008-03-23T16:21:00.000-05:002008-03-23T16:55:34.112-05:00An Easter Prayer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmHL0A1zvZ0WDksBBK6GleTxnVIoAfk7QNgRySqggGmA8pyak75MKhTwNN2m2CYJaeZx6GaJSx3s62QM1Rzz7g_xFWRUNNT7MJgmbRjw7i1b5ElnrdWi6kcO9Z1Nx6zXGFEEtd3yeyFi/s1600-h/Easter+7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmHL0A1zvZ0WDksBBK6GleTxnVIoAfk7QNgRySqggGmA8pyak75MKhTwNN2m2CYJaeZx6GaJSx3s62QM1Rzz7g_xFWRUNNT7MJgmbRjw7i1b5ElnrdWi6kcO9Z1Nx6zXGFEEtd3yeyFi/s320/Easter+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181051010009501682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><u><span style="">Easter Message – March 23,</span></u></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><u><span style=""> 2008<span style=""><br /></span></span></u><span style=""><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">You’ve journeyed through the winter season with your heart open to hearing, accepting, and following the call of Spirit.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">You have learned </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">more about whom you are, what direction you are to take, and what your purpose is with each passing da</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""><span style="font-size:100%;">y.</span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><o:p style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> </o:p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just as shedding a heavy winter coat allows you freedom of movement, rel</span><span style=""><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">easing old ideas or patterns of behavior opens you to new feelings of personal and spiritual freedom.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And like the caterpillar that exchanges what is familiar to become a butterfly, you are willing to let go of what you know in order to experience the new.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As you stay true to what is yours to do, transformation naturally follows</span>.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnJGDY5rt7xfSy-IrnfIxdqkgul_7rxuK-anXBfkTT3vrysScnibkia4VgQ2DGz8M42FOSemzYZIIcbh1EcB2BXmTx45F0Us6raCBpjjNF_4FmouGgAQKTxdw5GnOi5cYwAttWF5_GL_R/s1600-h/Easter+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnJGDY5rt7xfSy-IrnfIxdqkgul_7rxuK-anXBfkTT3vrysScnibkia4VgQ2DGz8M42FOSemzYZIIcbh1EcB2BXmTx45F0Us6raCBpjjNF_4FmouGgAQKTxdw5GnOi5cYwAttWF5_GL_R/s320/Easter+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181051727269040130" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">Whatever change is ahead for you, you can be certain to succeed as you remain attuned to the</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style=""> v</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><span style="">oice of Spirit within you.<span style=""> </span>You can look to the future with confidence and enthusiastically greet any change because you know that this period of growth and transformation is firmly rooted in your acceptance of God’s call to your spirit.</span></span><b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglU3d12W-x0eFd4sZZNt_HiBOzGv15JI_kbOTLz26vlIE2i6be5jIpJzn0kZaX9ZZfLabwdV3wDiVq3qMKQapPuPCMuS2F6RaI7VlYpcgFRLftnRuNwzdCC1ghFrKlOI5z28FVsQKc-iF-/s1600-h/Easter+12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglU3d12W-x0eFd4sZZNt_HiBOzGv15JI_kbOTLz26vlIE2i6be5jIpJzn0kZaX9ZZfLabwdV3wDiVq3qMKQapPuPCMuS2F6RaI7VlYpcgFRLftnRuNwzdCC1ghFrKlOI5z28FVsQKc-iF-/s320/Easter+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181052822485700626" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><b><span style=""><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today is Easter.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><b><span style=""><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let your heart soar.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><b style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="">Let wings of faith and freedom lift your spirit to</span></b><b><span style=""> new heights</span></b></p> <span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> This is a day of renewal.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:109.45pt;margin-top:9.8pt;width:149.25pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Maria\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="Easter%205"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdsQgfZiOknn5edkJTu32liyx_yXO-Nm9X_JLauRyP0DnkBUwPjyeE6Qcm1cgtECOeqJGv5XpzYA3nsiEYuTny1XnqVwUnQCf29VrpeqjN-5yN1gK14zaPrCKwqJ3YyRp_9uVioSWuYn6/s1600-h/Easter+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdsQgfZiOknn5edkJTu32liyx_yXO-Nm9X_JLauRyP0DnkBUwPjyeE6Qcm1cgtECOeqJGv5XpzYA3nsiEYuTny1XnqVwUnQCf29VrpeqjN-5yN1gK14zaPrCKwqJ3YyRp_9uVioSWuYn6/s320/Easter+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181053896227524642" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a day of celebration.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a day to celebrate the new you!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Today is a day of new beginnings – a new life, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">a new sense of love and spiritual power, a new sense of freedom.</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">With fresh understanding, you begin your life anew.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p face="trebuchet ms" style="font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:formulas> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;" stroked="t"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Maria\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.jpg" title="Easter%2015"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >You are transformed.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORmayzbkXfvIbOgp2S6CXwMofcVlBQPAqEbet_KCX2srjHOqSRKCMfhocCKAEbXeGB1GQyUR32e62BWiR8jwhikB8IRWOdyxov1JWpfxjXqmmkSYJY5A9WdQolTdMaEhnIUBIpkUzP7H9/s1600-h/Easter+15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORmayzbkXfvIbOgp2S6CXwMofcVlBQPAqEbet_KCX2srjHOqSRKCMfhocCKAEbXeGB1GQyUR32e62BWiR8jwhikB8IRWOdyxov1JWpfxjXqmmkSYJY5A9WdQolTdMaEhnIUBIpkUzP7H9/s320/Easter+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181055854732611634" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Yo</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">u are a new expression of the Divine.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Beloved, celebrate this day.<span style=""> </span>Celebrate the new you!</span><b><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>(from the Unity Lenten Season prayer guide for 2008)</i><o:p></o:p></b></p>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-21651696809567120552008-01-04T02:51:00.000-06:002008-01-04T03:07:13.833-06:00The Mayan Calendar and Prophecy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7na9WQyXGpk5l39tK2hsgmB0Ne1xS6i9ZuS-QFTNs6ds2z0Hr5vEWnJntnG-NZC-_Hpz2xYT50jAOkDgrczWG4yrOLn7wuCKOWL9s7Uhmc56TSAs_PJPLLrLu7bVQBi_h8RBite7VvPA/s1600-h/Mayan+Calendar.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7na9WQyXGpk5l39tK2hsgmB0Ne1xS6i9ZuS-QFTNs6ds2z0Hr5vEWnJntnG-NZC-_Hpz2xYT50jAOkDgrczWG4yrOLn7wuCKOWL9s7Uhmc56TSAs_PJPLLrLu7bVQBi_h8RBite7VvPA/s320/Mayan+Calendar.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151545258886009970" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">We are living today in the cusp of the Mayan end times, the end of a galactic day or time period spanning thousands of years. One galactic day of 25,625 years is divided into five cycles of 5,125 years.<br /><br />The Great Cycle of the Mayan Long Count calendar ends on the winter solstice of 2012 A.D. Following Mayan concepts of cyclic time and World Age transitions, this is as much about beginnings as endings. In fact, it was considered by the ancient Mayans to signify the creation of a new World Age. We are almost at the end of the fifth and final 5,125 year cycle!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The Mayans believed the universal processes, like the 'breathing' of the galaxy, are cycles that never change. What changes is the consciousness of man that passes through it. Always in a process toward more perfection. Based on their observations, the Mayans predicted that from the initial date of the start of their civilization, 4 Ahau, 8 Cumku which is 3113 B.C., after one cycle being completed 5,125 years in their future, <st1:date year="2012" day="21" month="12">December 21st, 2012</st1:date>. The Sun, having received a powerful ray of synchronizing light from the center of the galaxy, would change its polarity which would produce a great cosmic event that would propel human kind to be ready to cross into a new era, The Golden Age. It is after this, that the Mayans say we will be ready to go through the door that was left by them, transforming our civilization based on fear to a vibration much higher in harmony.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>The Mayans prophesied that from 1999 we have 13 years to realize the changes in our conscious attitude to stray from the path of self-destruction and instead move onto a path that opens our consciousness to integrate us with all that exists.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>The Mayans knew that our Sun, or Kinich-Ahau, every so often synchronized with the enormous central galaxy. And from this central galaxy received a 'spark' of light which causes the Sun to shine more intensely producing what our scientists call 'solar flares' as well as changes in the Sun's magnetic field. The Mayans say that this happens every 5,125 years. But also that this causes a displacement in the earths rotation, and because of this movement great catastrophes would be produced.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Only from our individual efforts could we avoid the path to great cataclysm that our planet will suffer to start a new era, the sixth cycle of the Sun. The Mayan civilization was in the fifth cycle of the Sun, and there were four other great civilizations before them that were destroyed by great natural disasters. They believed that each cycle was just one stage in the collective consciousness of humanity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Excerpted from http://www.adishakti.org/mayan_end_times_prophecy_12-21-2012.htm</span><o:p></o:p></p>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7601084468670163967.post-14897743385553529512008-01-04T01:37:00.000-06:002008-01-04T02:07:05.661-06:00The Intent of This Blog Spot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfeQt2dx5ficF_nBB659f6lND6zzHtwqWkmpiprr6dzu5LkZp2u1e085BGCiJhBdtfOw6rYUCZW9_ijYLVv_icjCWab8bmHN6TSh6C0CzRhFMs13hO0ynpHs7J9ahqr4uhDASVsyeb52/s1600-h/Reflection+Nebula+NGC+1999.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnfeQt2dx5ficF_nBB659f6lND6zzHtwqWkmpiprr6dzu5LkZp2u1e085BGCiJhBdtfOw6rYUCZW9_ijYLVv_icjCWab8bmHN6TSh6C0CzRhFMs13hO0ynpHs7J9ahqr4uhDASVsyeb52/s320/Reflection+Nebula+NGC+1999.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151528212160812114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >This interactive communication is designed to inform and inspire virtual visitors about the 2012 shift in human consciousness. Below is a general overview of the Mayan Prophecy which awakened global awareness of the historical, astronomical, astrological, mythological, and intuitive significance of the </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">date December 21, 2012.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Over the coming weeks, I will be posting more background information on the 2012 Shift, and then subsequent posts will be my guidance on how individuals and groups can take on daily, monthly, and annual tasks to prepare for this great leap forward in human consciousness.</span><br /></span>Jojopahmaria Nsoromahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452023150912728643noreply@blogger.com0