Easter Message 2013

 The Salvation of Humanity:
Living with Purpose as Connecting the Head with the Heart
by Jojopahmaria Nsoroma

What does it mean to know your purpose?
What does it mean to have a purpose and to live with that purpose?
What does it mean to live in a meaningful way?

Knowing and having purpose is more than you knowing and performing the job that you love,
or that you've discovered your right livelihood;
for when you live purposefully there will be many jobs to perform.

Knowing and having purpose is more than the leadership roles you play in family, at work, out in the community or the world;
for when you live purposefully there will be a myriad of leadership opportunities and roles that you will experience.

Knowing and having purpose is more than finding your true Beloved, and achieving spiritual partnership;
for living purposefully is allowing that sacred relationship to touch the lives of others in unselfish and selfless ways.

Knowing and having purpose is more than your ability to discipline yourself to follow and practice a particular spiritual path, or religious set of teachings;
for living purposefully requires that you honor and respect 
the diversity of Faith.

The essence of 'purpose' is our human ability to connect our head with our hearts, and to live wholeheartedly -- embracing vulnerability and choosing love over fear.  To live each day from the center of your heart is what true purpose is all about.  To be on purpose, you must be heart-centered in your work, your relationships, and your spiritual practices.

History tells us of the horror that erupts from humans having their hearts shut down.  Most recently, the results of building a nuclear power plant in an earthquake zone has clearly demonstrated that modernity is full of intellectually brilliant -- yet heartless human beings.  Especially for humans participating in Western culture, having our heads disconnected from our hearts
may produce material wealth and comfort, but it requires us to believe
that other humans, certain humans, and anything in Nature, is at our disposal.

We struggle greatly to have reverence for life, and are plagued by chronic diseases because life can have no reverence for us.

So how do we become heart-centered in our work, relationships, and spiritual practices?
How do we connect our heads to our hearts?

We have to first make three commitments -- or as it says in the fairytales -- 
we have to make three wishes:

1. I wish to be 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.
2. 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 victim to my life.
3. I wish to know God as my divinity within and as the key to my wholehearted lifestyle.  I commit to learning how to love my Self at a deepr level each day, and to share that love with others.

Ashe!  Asho!

Welcoming the Age of Illumination: Choosing Love over Fear

(Dedicated to the memory of all the souls who kept their Sacred Contract at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who are now part of our Ancestor network, enabling us to grieve, to release and transform our ancestral pain. Thank you.)

The cultural transformation from the love of power to the power of love 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.   –Anodea Judith, from “Waking the Global Heart”(2006)

A Long Awaited Event

This month on Friday, December 21^st, a long-awaited event will take place.  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 www.birth2012.com)  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.  It has become more socially acceptable to seek Forgiveness than to seek Revenge.

Mister Rogers Rides Again!

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.  (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.)  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:

“Deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex. Simple is not the same as easy. Simple is often very difficult. Simple is right.  Human life is very deep and our modern lifestyle is not. ”

 –Mister Rogers

Wow!  Ain’t that the truth!  And, I add to these quotes that deep and simple is hard to become because it’s about telling the truth, to ourselves and others. The Age of Illumination requires a conscious effort on our part to choose what is right, and to do it simply through faith, Grace, and gratitude.

Deep & Simple versus Shallow & Complex

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.  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. 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.  So I’m going to share some characteristics of a lifestyle that is shallow & complex versus one that is deep and simple.  And, I’m not sharing anything you don’t already know!

The shallow and complex lifestyle is primarily characterized as a life devoid of loving purpose, with limited emotional intelligence, and having no viable connection to the Divine, to Source.  By viable I mean the ability to believe in the pure Love of the Universe and make right choices despite what others may say or do.  The shallow and complex lifestyle is rooted in fear/victim consciousness and fuels greed (you are never enough), promotes vengeance (you are unwilling to receive the grace of Forgiveness), and breeds domestic and all forms of violence and injustice (you transfer pain instead of being able to transform it). Common belief systems operating within a shallow and complex lifestyle are as follows:

“It’s not me, it’s them. The world is out to get me.”

Control drama and attachment: “If I don’t do it, it won’t be right.

“I’m not enough. What do I have to do/say/be in order to be liked or loved?”

“I’m better than them. I can’t let them win.”

“Why do things always have to change and make it harder for me?”

The deep and simple lifestyle 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:

“All that can show up is what I believe about myself.  The world is out to gift me.

“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."

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

Choosing Love over Fear

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 5 elemental Love Postures I recommend for deep and daily practice during the coming year.  I will discuss them in contrast to the 5 primal Fear Postures 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.

Fire Posture - Acceptance and Faith: 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.

Water Posture - Trust & Unconditional Love: 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. 

Earth Posture - Personal Sovereignty & Vulnerability: 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 our supreme and independent power/authority over and responsibility for our thoughts, choices, and resulting behaviors.  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, www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Qm9cGRub0 that has over 800,000 views and counting, Brené Brown says, “Vulnerability (tenderness) is the birthplace of love, joy, happiness, and fulfillment.” 

As we continue learning to appreciate the depth of our human existence, our connectedness to everyone and everything, we will stop denying our feelings and giving our power away under the delusion that these actions will insure our safety, our happiness, and our experience of love. 

Mineral Posture - Curiosity and Excitement: 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. 

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.

Nature Posture - Fulfillment & Gratitude: 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. 

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, Co-dependent No More, says, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more.”

In Conclusion:

 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.

I leave you with this quote:

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.

-–Anodea Judith, from “Waking the Global Heart” (2006)

Enter 2010: An Earth Year, A Metal Tiger Year, and the Promise of "Something Wonderful"

We call upon the Earth, our planet home,

With its beautiful depths and soaring heights,

Its vitality and abundance of life,

And together we ask that it:

Teach us, and show us the way.

-- excerpt from a Chinook Blessing Litany

This is the year when we will be presented with clear opportunities to strengthen 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. 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. During 2010, we will become much more conscious of how integral the ground beneath our feet is to our health, happiness, and quality of life.

Earth People in an Earth Year

“Earth symbolizes the mother on whose lap everyone finds a home, nourishment, support, comfort, and empowerment. Representing the principle of inclusion, earth is the ground upon which we identify ourselves and others. 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.”

–Malidoma Somé from The Healing Wisdom of Africa

Ancient indigenous wisdom from the Dagara Tribeof West Africa teaches that persons born in years ending with the numbers 0 or 5 (i.e. 1980 or 1985) are EARTH People. The Earth portal sits in the middle of the Dagara five-portal medicine wheel, and the power color is yellow. 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. And so, the essential nature of Earth people is to care for other people materially, emotionally, and spiritually.

The life purpose activities of Earth people have lots to do with establishing and maintaining home and community. They enjoy working to ensure that basic needs are provided and unconditionally accessible to all. Most Earth people, regardless of gender, have an innate understanding of the importance of homemaking, hospitality, and care-taking for human growth and development. 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.

Earth people love to give and give abundantly. They don’t tolerate scarcity and will easily go without to insure that others do not. 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. They understand Earth people as the Great Comforters, the lovers of Earth and all living things, and the Ambassadors of Humanity. 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.

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.

(The picture above is the great Miriam Makeba, called Mama Africa; she crossed over in 2009.)

Opportunities and Challenges for Everyone

in the Earth Year

The year 2010 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. I’ve researched numerology, astrology, astronomy, geography, geomancy, etymology, mythology, musicology, cinema, and Mayan calendar interpretations and ancient indigenous prophecy. 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 2010: (1) Death of Separation/Birth of Illumination; (2) Leadership as Devotion to Universal Passion and Love; (3) The Seeding of a New Lifetime; and last, but not least (4) Return of the Queen.

To be of the Earth is to know

the restlessness of being a seed

the darkness

of being planted

the struggle toward the light

the pain of growth into the light

the joy of bursting and bearing fruit

the love of being food for someone

the scattering of your seeds

the decay of the seasons

the mystery of death

and the miracle of birth.

John Soos (from Earth Prayers from Around the World)

Theme One: Death of Separation/Birth of Illumination

In 1991, Seneca Elder Twyla Nitsch and her grand-daughter, Jamie Sams (of “Medicine Cards” fame) published a book called, “Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours.” The book shares information divined from spirited stones who shared their creation story of the last four ages of the Earth. First there came the Age of Love, then Ice, then Water, and then the Age of Separation – out of which we are in the process of evolving. According to the stones, the Separation belief systems among humans began with the separation of Pangaea into what we now call continents. After thousands of years of practicing exclusion, discrimination, oppression, and genocide, humanity is finally waking up emotionally to the fact that despite distances and differences our lives are inextricably woven together. The stones call the New Age/Fifth Age the Age of Illumination. The consciousness of humanity will evolve from what separates us to what unites us.

In 2010, the separation or exclusion mentality will become even more obsolete. The 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, or even public accomplishments. 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. Once Barack Obama became the 44^th president, and Michelle Obama became the First Lady, these beliefs have lost their validity. It’s no different than when Magellan successfully circumnavigated the globe and busted up the myths about the world being flat!

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. I encourage you to consider what falsehoods you will bust up during 2010 as you embrace a more illuminated way of being in the world.

Theme Two: Leadership as Devotion to Universal Passion and Love

The Metal Tiger Year is the astrological name for the Chinese New Year beginning February 13^th-14^th (yes, the same as St. Valentine’s Day!). According to the We’Moon calendar for 2010, the year of the Tiger promises to be dynamic and full of sudden opportunities, bold actions, and life experiences on a grand scale. “The Tiger brings a year of extremes when drama and excitement reign, tempers flare, and the wildest dreams can become reality.

There is little restraint as brave Tiger pounces on new endeavors. Expect massive social change, political rebellion, and military coups all over the world.”

(Susan Levitt)

This forecast for the 2010 Chinese New Year highlights our necessity for redefining and evolving leadership –both personal and professional – as a way to inspire passion and love, versus a force for promoting (or dictating) mechanistic and materialistic uniformity. Modernity in Western culture introduced civil service, tenure, and retirement. These three work-related security systems have denied most modern workers the mystery and messiness of real life. 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.

I believe that the reason why the Hollywood fantasy trilogies and series (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Matrix, The Harry Potter series, Disney Pirates, and The Lord of the Rings) 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. There is a great need for evolved personal and professional leadership that understands the process of indigenous initiation, the cyclical nature of human growth and development, and the required messiness of life as one evolves beyond their knowing. It’s time for people to be okay with going off the edge of the map into unknown and unexplored territory. It’s time to devote ourselves to diving deep into the mystery of life and experiencing what universal passion and love are really about. You can’t get that from E-Harmony dot com!

I am going to plant a heart in the earth,

water it with love from a vein;

I’m going to praise it with the push of muscle,

and care for it in the sound of all dimensions.

I’m going to leave a heart in the earth

so it may grow and flower;

a heart that throbs with longing,

that adores everything green,

that will be strength and nourishment for birds,

that will be the sap of plants and mountains.

-- Rosario Murillo from “Earth Prayers from Around the World”

Theme Three: The Seeding of a New Lifetime

In December of 1984, a sequel to the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” was released. It was based on the book, “2010: Odyssey Two,” by Arthur C. Clarke. The film was titled, “2010: The Year We Make Contact.” So, if you haven’t seen this film yet, I suggest you rent or buy it, because you will hear this phrase repeated,

"Something Wonderful!!” You’ll also learn what the ‘something wonderful’ is – I won’t spoil it for those who have not yet seen the movie.

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. You see, the Baby Boomer generation has significantly raised human conscious to the point where we can be like Gandalf the Grey – through our one life span we get to experience multiple lifetimes. So much has changed so fast that we have gone off the map in regards to how our life is supposed to be. We can’t imitate the “structure and security” mentality of our parents or grandparents. We can’t hold on to the obsolete paradigms and belief systems and maintain our health and well-being. We must engage in visionary consciousness – aligning our physical sight with our spiritual vision.

The zero in the year 2010 can be seen as a symbol for a time of reckoning. It’s that point between minus one (-1) and plus one (+1). 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. Carol Bridges writes this about the meaning of the zero tarot card (The Fool) in her Medicine Woman Inner Guide Book:

I am the Fool, a Seed Being Carried by the Wind. I am the first step in the process of manifestation. I am the idea that inspires life. I am inexperienced, yet within me lay the plan for my perfect unfoldment. To me there is no time like the present in which to begin my journey. . . By Earth, mother of all creation, I am nourished. Through movement and change I grow. My path is revealed as I walk on.

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. Use these twelve months to clarify and declare the substance for your new lifetime. Be bold in your vision and allow yourself to connect with your inherent genius and highest purpose.

Theme Four: The Return of the Queen

Once upon a time there was a magical kingdom where the sun always shone and fruit was always available on the trees, and songs of harmony and peace were sung without interruption all the day and all the night. In this magical kingdom there dwelled a most handsome and brave King and a most beautiful and virtuous Queen. They loved each other very much and each would have willingly sacrificed their life for the other’s happiness.

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. In their kindness and innocence, the King and the Queen held court with the white haired stranger and accepted his flattery and gifts. The cloaked one left the court with a crooked smile on his lips and was never heard of again.

The King received an elaborately decorated mirror from the stranger which always showed him looking youthful and perfectly handsome. The Queen also received a beautifully decorated mirror, but its reflection emphasized her imperfections and made her look older than she truly was. 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. 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. 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.

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. Unbeknown to her, the Goddess Gaia had taken pity on her and had led her to the domain of her sisters, Beauty, Truth and Love. 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. 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. 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. The Queen was so happy and grateful that she stayed with them for many years until she felt she had mastered their secrets.

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. The sun refused to shine and there was no fruit on the trees and they were now withering. There were no songs of harmony and peace being sung. Instead there was much crying and wailing because of the wars that the people were making upon each other.

When the Queen reunited with the King she found him horrified at how old she looked. 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. 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.

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. 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.

And, yes – they lived happily ever after. THE END

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. 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. But the time is now for the lifting of this curse. 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.

It is time for humans to accept the existence of multisensory learning, especially learning through the realm of our feelings. This is one of the most important secrets that the Queen was taught and is able to teach. Only when we feel beauty, truth or love can we know their infinite nature. 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.

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.

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.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zJm98UXzQ