Beyond Our Comfort Zones

..I know finding the time to "really" connect can be difficult when we are constantly staying busy and finding things to keep moving forward.  Sometimes we just need to pause and connect...even for 30 minutes...everyone is going through their own turmoils and transformations.  It seems like it is not stopping.  For those who are choosing to move forward in their path, like me, are finding that I am pushing myself out of my comfort zones.  It is scary and yet exhiliarating at the same time because those things that you thought would be intolerable are all of a sudden becoming tolerable...however, it can be difficult for some because adjustments and changes are never easy but are necessary for us to grow from where we are right now.  It is also a way to assess ourselves in the moment...for the moment is all we have and the future is what we can look forward to.

In the NOW!

As I continue to move forward in my own path and make the connections with like minded individuals, I am finding a pattern that I didn't realize before until just last week....I seem to be attracting teachers, coaches, and mentors into my circle almost by accident.  Although, there are no accidents as those of you who are into spirituality.  There are only divine synchronistic events that occur in alignment to our own energy.

Have any of you ever heard of the phrase, "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear."  Well, it seems that I am ready and the teachers have been appearing.  They have been showing up and more so now to guide me the way and to light my path.  I have been taking a little bit of a conventional route but one that seems to transition me from one step to the next.  I am discovering my own inadequacies through this process but at the same time am finding guidance and comfort in the current book I am reading, "The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth" by John C. Maxwell.  This is the second time a book has presented itself to me that is applicable to what I am currently going through.

Universe is ushering me to step outside of my comfort zone and push outside of my own boundaries.  It is not an easy task for I also feel discouraged and disoriented at times.  Mercury has not even begun to retrograde and already I am feeling the confusion and chaos.  What I am also finding out is that it is just not me.... it also being felt by those who I associate myself with.  This is the energy of October and will continue till late November.   The challenge always is to stay calm and clear in a time of chaos and confusion.  It is a balancing act but once mastered, it will really allow you to live in the moment, rather than the past or the future, which truly do not exist.  What is really most important is in the NOW!!!

Quantum Jump

I feel like I have taken a quantum jump.  Everything seems to be happening so quickly and has taken a turn in directions or paths I didn't expect they would go, but I am surprisingly liking it!

I am really realizing that when we choose to open our hearts, set the intention, make the choice without hesitations, then more opportunities do pop up that lead us exactly to where we need to go.

I am also realizing that when we do this, at the same time we are pushing our own limits and boundaries...this is where all the possibilities are because without growth, there is no progress.  By choosing to commit and make the sacrifices, we contribute to the long-term goal we have set for ourselves.  For me, the constant sacrifice has been Time and Money.  But if I can afford it within my immediate means, it pushes me forward to the next steps.  I am not making sound easier than what it is, I am just saying that once we act upon our thoughts, the Universe begins to work in unison with the our plan. 

I have been repeating these messages through my blogposts but word them differently sometimes or apply them to different areas in life.  Over all, it is all about knowing where you are right now and determining where you want to go.  It takes a combination of intuition from within, intention to set the course, and initiative to act upon our intentions.

Meet-ups

I recently signed up for meet-up groups here in my community.  I am excited and relieved to know that such communities exists here.  My spirit and soul is hungry and thirsty to begin making the connections and meeting my soul family and kindred spirits.  The two areas of focus are higher conscious and healing.  My hope is to continue making the connections and find the support of like-minded individuals who share the same interests.

I am pleasantly surprised to find out that more people are actually interested in higher consciousness in this city.  From what I have heard from locals who have lived here for at least 10 say that there is a growing trend in alternative healing and spirituality in this city of Las Vegas.  It is not known for that, but interestingly there is an energetic vortex that also exists here that I am just finding out from other mediums.  I had met up with a couple of them and it was great to be able to share with them what I know and am desiring to do.  I was able to get valuable advice and put myself in perspective in being clear with my intentions.  It is also wonderful to know that they are doing what they love doing, have chosen to take a divine path, and are earning a living doing it. 

The intention now is to consciously seek out other spiritualists and the like and begin interacting and participating in subjects and topics that I have always had a passion for which is in areas as spirituality, esoteric subjects, and healing.

I am a seeker of knowledge by nature.  I am enjoying the process as I go.  I never really know where all of this will take me but at this moment I am going with the flow and letting it guide me to where ever it is I am suppose to go next.......

So follow your inclinations and what ever it is you are desiring at this point.  Make an effort to move forward each time with courage and curiosity.   The place of struggle and confusion we may find ourselves in is just a reminder that there is another path in store.  Meditate, contemplate, and evaluate where you are, then determine where it is you need or want to go next.  The rest will follow.

Turning Points

Every now and then I get a wave of people who want to simply just reconnect with me.  It seems to happen after a chaotic event I think or after a shift happens within them.  This is just my theory.  Synchronicity seems to play a part to this. Tomorrow is the new moon and it is said that anything we start following the new moon within two weeks after that will have a solid foundation.

I am already having about three ideas in my head of what I could possibly do to use the powerful energies of the new moon.  My ascendant sign is a Virgo and September is the month of Virgos so the astrological readings for Virgos also applies to me even though my sun sign is an Aries.  So it makes sense that this month could mark another starting point for me to work from.

The speed in which I seem to be moving seems to be slow moving, but I believe it is because I am being cautious as to what next steps I should be taking.  Regardless, I am moving none the less.  I know I will probably find myself in a different place or level from where I am sitting at right now.  I know that the level of vibration I was in last year is not the same as the level I am right now.  The shifts I have been experiencing for the past year I believe has a great deal to do with that.

I am taking a more introspective journey and doing a lot of internal work.  It is not always easy because when self evaluate ourselves, we begin to question ourselves.  It has it's advantages and disadvantages.  It works against us when we begin to self sabotage ourselves, however, if we can look past beyond our own inadequacies and find our strength, I believe it is there to serve as a catalyst to grow from where we are at the moment.

So if you are feeling stuck, just look at that as a reminder as to what direction you really want to move to next.  To better visualize the process, you can compare it to your vehicle slowing down before making a turn at an intersection.  We sometimes find ourselves at a crossroad.  You can compare the left and right turns as the next steps in our journey.

So Journey On my readers and enjoy the process.  Be patient and allow the unfoldment to manifest at its own timing but at the same time being aware of the opportunities and choices we have to make in the process.  It requires constant effort and constant self reflection.

Synchronicity and Going with Flow

I have been seeing a pattern in my associations and connections with people lately.  The more I have deeper and meaningful conversations with people that reflect my inner interests and desires, the more I realize that I am attracting others who are also interested and resonate with my own beliefs about  health and healing, but in leadership and entrepreneurship.  The intention I placed last year is now coming to fruitition and I seem to be attracting them quite by accident.  I have not been seeking them out by intention but I just naturally draw them to me or I am naturally being drawn to them.  I am also finding out that I have been attracting spiritually minded people, which is a pleasant surprise, because I have been told in the past that it is hard to find spiritually minded individuals.

The one thing that has surprised me is how quickly I have begun to make the connections with the people here that I have met in Las Vegas.  Through my own intentions, I have also sought out those that resonate with me.  I have connected with another intuitive and am having a meeting with her to know more about how she evolved as an intuitive and how she is impacting others with her abilities.  Finding the support system and connecting with like-minded does help to stay focus.

I was reminded today that failure and rejection is a necessary process to ultimately finding your success.  In the past month, I have been feeling a bit of a slowing down in my own process.  There have been doubts and somewhat of a lack in moving forward, but I believe it is because there is something else in store for me that I am not quite aware of yet.  I am reassessing where I am at so I can determine my next steps and next level to step into.  While everyone else seems to be moving right along, I seem to have taken myself to the "rest stop" to take a little break.

Astrologically, the next 12 months is suppose to have an introspective theme and that is what I have been feeling lately.  However, at the same time there is a great desire for me to move forward.  I believe the universe is telling me to slow down and travel at my own pace.  I must approach the journey with more caution and care.   I believe that this is preparing me to what is to come next year when I will probably be at another level in my journey that will require more of my time and attention.

The Process of Unfolding

Lately, I have been drawn to a lot of empowered speakers who have walked the talk.  I love it when I listen to others struggles and challenges and rise to the occasion. I do need to apply more of that to my business.  I, like many spiritualists, healers, and entrepreneurs out there reach a point in their own journey in attracting money and clients to them and it is just not happening.  It is the "stuck" mode.  I believe that usually this is a place to evaluate and assess as to what next steps I need to take.  It is like what they say in business, "reinventing" yourself.  Instead of reinventing, I am reevaluating my internal blocks.  It is from this place where we often find those blocks, limiting beliefs and doubts that we so often create for ourselves.

This does not mean that we should stop setting intentions and making choices.  We are always making intentions and choices consciously or unconsciously....to take it to a deeper level, we are subconsciously creating our repetitive reality to keep us in our comfort zone is my theory.  When we are not clear and continue to make the same choices as before, it creates confusion and chaos in our lives.

It is obvious that I am not at the same level as I was before and my vibrational resonance is not at the same level as before.  I have been experiencing a lot of personal shifts in terms of what my greater intention is.  Currently, I am in the process of doing a lot of internal work in conjunction to everything else that is happening in my daily life. 

The challenge is applying myself to everything and everyone I encounter with integrity and a sense of spiritual grounding.  I am feeling a bit chaotic and I know a lot of "sensitives" are feeling it too.  I know that when one senses it, many others too.  There is a lot of clearing of the pasts and it is creating a bit of a razzle in some or most cases.

The desire is there to stay connected and to find the support from like minded individuals that resonate with me that are in support of the path I am choosing to step into whether it is the next steps or next level I am being guided to.  The thing about stepping into the unknown is that we must be willing to look at things with courage and new perspectives.  We go to uncharted territories not knowing where it will lead us and this is what makes many nervous and to be honest with you it makes me nervous too at times, but I know that it is leading me right where I need to be at the moment and the nervousness eventually goes away once I have assessed myself and the circumstance I find myself in. 

Introspection and Reflection

I have noticed that those I have been sending messages and information to are slow at responding.  I have a sense that many people are processing a lot of "stuff" again. We are all clearing layers after layers after layers.  I have felt the tension as well in terms of my own emotional reactions to certain situations.  We are humans after all...humans having a spiritual experience is how I like to look at it. 

I am at a stage where I am reevaluating certain things in my life that I am still hanging on to.  I know it is not serving me a greater purpose so I am exploring the idea to begin the search to start anew.  It could be looking for an apartment in a more desireable community even though I may have to pay a little more, possibly renting a home even though there is resistance to it at some level, or finding a different interim job so that it is more in alignment with my own energy.

Astrologically speaking, there are a lot of clearings that will continue to happen for the rest of this month.  There will be shifts as well that will begin to occur and we need to stay on our toes and in the moment in uncertain times our lives are in.  Personal development will be the theme for the next year.  I suggest many to look within for guidance and seek others for guidance and assistance if need be.  Many will become confused and unclear.  This is part of the process for the Universe is asking us to EVALUATE and REEVALUATE our situations and our lives.  The sooner we do this the better we will be off.  For those who are aware, this is the right time to do it.

We must also reflect back on our lives and begin to set new intentions or goals in moving forward in the direction we are desiring for ourselves that is of the best and highest good.  Know where you are at in your journey and decipher what next step you must take.  Be gentle with yourselves and take the most appropriate action that is attainable and doable at this time.

Trusting in the Process

I just heard a wonderful and gifted man by the name of Hans Christian King speak to one of the online talk I am a subscriber to.  He is also an intuitive....a very gifted and wise one.  He speaks with such ease and with such wisdom that just hearing him speak awakens my own spirit and boosts my confidence even more.

As I continue to evolve and grow not only as a person but as an intuitive, I automatically clear my own limitations of my own thoughts, beliefs, and actions.  Everything is a process and we always continue to evolve regardless of the path or level we are in.

Internally, I always knew the best way to grow is to just keep on moving from where you were before.  In my own life, my source of inspiration has always been through books and that is where my interests in spirituality eventually evolved from.  Authors were my mentors.  In the past 4 years, I have continued to seek support and guidance from others in a more tangible way, especially in the past year.  The desire within me has become stronger to learn from those around me, especially from those that I feel would be most beneficial to my own growth and transformation.

I did not realized how vital and necessary it was for me to begin my spiritual journey through just reading and listening to others whether it be through books, having conversations with others, or listening to a speaker talk online.  All have contributed and prepared me to this point....yet I know that what I will begin to experience will contribute and prepare me to another level even down the road.  This is how growth, transformation, and evolution works.  We must always be in the moment trusting that what ever is happening at this moment in time is all we need to learn.  From there, opportunities and doors will begin to open and present itself to us. if we are aware and opent, to guide us to the next step or next level.  This is how spirit works...how God works....how the Universe works.  It is all in divine timing for us to grow and step into our higher selves, we must be willing to set intentions and make choices for ourselves in order to realize our greatest potential.

I am currently walking in this path.  I am not only speaking from personal experience but I am speaking from my higher self on a more conscious level.  It is my hope that I awaken and guide others who are intending and choosing to move forward in their path.

Personal Development

I went to Whole Foods yesterday to replenish my business cards at their bulletin.  I was surprised to find out that they had a lot more flyers that was very much spiritually inclined and empowering.  It wasn't just about meditation and reiki, but I found flyers advertising shamanism, animal healer and intuitives, and leadership empowerment. 

There must have been a shift that happened because I did not see those type of advertisements there before.  It was refreshing to see such promotions for they resonated with me.

I am now having ideas of promoting the flyer a speaker of my leadership class is having on Personal Development.  I might just do that.  This is when I get these aha moments and opportunities open up not only for me but for others that I wish to help in their journey.

I have found through my intentions to connect with others,  that networking and promotion of others is one of my greatest strengths.  I just now need to apply more of that to my business.............
another aha moment!! 

For those who are interested in Personal Development, my good friend Cherry Reyes will be facilitating the Mastermind Group Study at the end of this month.  Here is the outline that she will be covering in the 8 week program, just for $99.  I not only highly recommend it to those that most resonate with the idea, but highly recommend it to those who may have an inkling interest.  You will not only be inspired from within but empowered to make the changes that are necessary from the inside out.

• The Law of the Mirror   
• You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself.  
• The Law of Awareness
• You must know yourself to grow yourself
• The Law of Modeling
• It's hard to improve when you have no one but yourself to follow
• The Law of Contribution
• Developing yourself enables you to develop others

Please contact CherryReyes@JohnMaxwellGroup.com or call (702) 546- 6049 to register.
This is a virtual class and two option meetings to attend for your convenience.  One will start 8/27 and meet every following Tuesdays 6p-7p PST.  The second option time starts on 8/30, and meeting every following Fridays, 9a-10a PST.  The Dial in code will be provided a week prior to the start date.  The cost again is $99 and it will require a book you must purchase titled "The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth" by John Maxwell to discuss the topics mentioned above.

Like Attracts Like

I just had a divine insight or aha moment.  Evaluating everything that has been transpiring for the past 3 months in terms of my connections with others within my circle, I have come to the realization that I am attracting leaders, teachers, and healers into my circle.  Those who are aware of their role and wish to move forward in their path are often the ones I stay in connection with.  Those who are not clear or focused in their role and are not quite ready or willing to move forward, I often detract from my circle of connections and they just simply "drop off."  This has happened in two separate occasions in two separate group meetings that have no relation to eachother.

So those who are reading my blog or continue to read them and resonate with my words and content of my message, you could very well be leaders, teachers, and healers and may not even know you are one.  You also could possess two or more of these aspects or traits in yourself.

If this is the case, then I am honored to serve those who wish to have a greater impact in service to others or humanity.  This has now empowered me to continue in my path with greater clarity and intention for these are the traits I possess in myself.

For those who are ready, willing, and able to invest in my services to better serve YOU, I am here NOW to guide and inspire others to realize their greatest potential.

For those desiring to move forward in their path to greater awareness, please contact me through e-mail at jeannecathey@gmail.com to set up an appointment or call me at (904)  887-3379.

Love and Light,
Jeanne

Wiser and Stronger

It has been a little over a week now since I last created a post on my blog site.  I am now feeling the intensity of what lies ahead of me.  I must again navigate my way through this maze I am currently in and find my way to create a better resolution to the challenges that I am up against.  It does not only apply to my family life, but to my work situation as well.  I am travelling a parallel road in my own journey where one fulfills the financial aspect and the other fulfills the personal fulfillment.

I was reminded last week of how priority and sacrifice has been a theme word for the past year.  The speaker in my leadership book discussion focused on how these two aspects are necessary to be able to attain or achieve our goals.  You cannot have IT ALL sometimes.  There must be compromises that have to be made to be able to determine for ourselves what is most important.  However, at the same time the challenges and obstacles that seem to be insurmountable are there for us to be able to climb over them so that we see the bigger picture.  It is often presented to us, if we are aware, to come up with a better solution or resolution to our dilemma.  It prepares us for what is to come.  If we can't see pass through it, we cannot move forward and embrace change. 

Others stop in their tracks when they come up with a block or a problem they are currently having.  They cannot navigate their way because they only see "their way."  The key thing to remember is that we must constantly be aware in the moment and ask for help or assistance when needed.  Taking a more proactive approach kicks things in gear and prevents us from getting stuck in our tracks.

So for those who have experienced or currently experiencing challenges and obstacles in your life or in your path, see them as gifs from God and the Universe as a way to prepare us to be wiser and stronger.

Personal Transformation

I feel joining the healing group today is getting me back to my roots.  I am feeling a pull to begin exploring alternative healing and energy healing again.  At the same time, I have found a new fascination in how our mind is more powerful than we think and how we can empower ourselves to shift the frequency of our brain so that mind, body, and spirit can align.  We truly are creators of our own reality!!

I sense that as other doors begin to close, new doors are beginning to open.  One asked me a question recently and I thought to myself, how wonderful of a question.  My answer to the individual was one day I think I am going this way and that way and then next thing you know it always leads me to the next level in my own journey that I never expected to be in but felt so right at the moment.  This is what makes this path so wonderful!! 

When I had set the intention last year to take a more spiritual path in a more tangible and integrative way by committing myself to meditation every day, drinking lots of water, enrolling in classes I thought would be very interesting, and taking the initiative to connect to others got me moving forward.  At first it was small steps, then I began to notice how bigger of a step I was actually making without even realizing it.  Even writing things down in my gratitude journal wasn't so simple in content anymore.  They were miraculous moments that were happening almost everyday or every other day.  It has gotten to the point where I am having a hard time keeping up with my gratitude journal because there is just way too many to list and to write about everyday.

This blog is an extension from my gratitude journal that summarizes aha moments in my life.  This has been more of a personal transformation for me in the past 6 months than anything else.  I believe that I am just beginning to clear that which is in my way before I can begin to manifest those which I am desiring.  Everything is a process and I am enjoying it at every  moment and at every opportunity!!  This is just looking at it from the bright side.  But of course, our darkest moments and situations are where the light and the lessons are truly hidden.  Only through self awareness and realization do we become more enlightened and aware of what is truly being presented!!

Stepping into our Light

I seem to getting back on my groove again.  I am making reconnections to people I have not heard from in  awhile.  It has been quiet a month for the most part.  Just 2 weeks ago, I had phone meetings back to back to catch up with projects and to catch up on each other.  It was a great feeling to make those connections again.  It does provide a sense of grounding for me.  This is where I feel a sense of purpose in myself and to the others. 

A great friend of mine has made a quantum jump to really shining her true light.  She is having her first talk on line this Wednesday, July 31 @ 9am PST/ 12 EST about her passion for wellbeing and health.  She will be approaching this idea from a more intuitive and alternative approach.  So if just plain exercise and eating right is not resolving your issues with weight, then I suggest you listen to her talk to gain greater insight and awareness to seeing ourselves in a different light.   For those interested, just RSVP to isabellaallardtv@gmail.com.

I am truly proud of what she has stepped into.  I did intuit her innate abilities that she never realized until it was brought to her awareness.  From that awareness, she was enlightened and the pieces of the puzzle fit.  She had to realize that speaking was possible for her and served a greater purpose.  She is tying it all in to realized her greatest potential at this time.  I do see a greater purpose for her and see more to come as well.  She is truly empowering herself and in return is inspiring me to continue on with my own journey with consistency and momentum.  This is the relationship she and I have developed since I have been in connection with her.  There is just pure admiration and respect for each other and our contribution to eachother's personal growth and transformation.

Consistency & Momentum

The two words that kept showing up for me for the past 7 days are CONSISTENCY and  MOMENTUM.  They have been mentioned in a book I have been reading in the past month that is just now showing up, my mentors and classmates have mentioned it to me, and a writer of another blog I subscribe to also mentioned it as one of her topic just yesterday.  This is how spirit and the universe has been guiding me along my own path.  It is this type of messages and signs we get along the way and if we pay attention, it is telling us our next steps we need to take.  In my case, these two words resonate with me completely.  I was being challenged to address parts of me in regards to my thoughts and actions before the words even started showing up.

In the past 2 months I have been slowing down a bit and took a more scenic route.  I think it benefitted me because I needed to reassess where I was at and where I wanted to go.  Life does sometimes knock us out of balance and our center when we get distracted when life unexpectedly presents situations and circumstances where we hit a roadblock.  This is the exact process that can either stop us at our tracks, delay us on our way, or divurge us to a different direction.  It is up to as to make the necessary choices and changes we need to make to empower us to move forward regardless of our situations and circumstances.

I have learned from my own personal experience that if I am passionate, committed, and determined enough,  I will often accomplish my goal.  When it comes to energetics, it is more complicated for it is what we do not understand is what we most fear.  When we don't come to a sense of understanding and awareness of ourselves and move from that, we will constantly remain in a state fear and stagnancy.  Again, it may be conscious or subconscious.  It is the subconscious that will continue to protect us yet stifle us if we do not address them from a more conscious level.  It is a working progress and the process is where all learning  happens.

Reciprocal Value

My husband just recently learned today how to stay present and in the moment.  From that he was able to bring himself in a state of awareness of the choices he had made and is making.  I have not really understood that concept until 2 or 3 months ago when I began to see miraculous changes in my own life.  Every moment of experience and encounter and every thought and action I made created my reality.  Intention and Choice is key.

I am now going through a lot of personal growth and transformation.  Through this process I am currently experiencing, I am being led from one opportunity to another.  It is not always an easy journey to make.  I am now being confronted with my own fears and limiting beliefs and thoughts that are surfacing from my own subconscious so I can begin to heal and move forward in a more conscious level. This is where the empowerment comes in.  I sometimes do not have enough will or power to do it on my own so I have begun seeking others to assist me in this difficult process at times.  

I have always been one in the past to not ask for help.  I am learning now that we can't always do things by ourselves.  Our progress often takes much longer if we do it all alone.  Find a friend to confide in, seek help if you need assistance, or consult someone if you need an advice or greater clarity.  Reaching out to others is a way to connect with those who are there in our path to assist us along the way and vice versa.  It has a reciprocal value that empowers everyone in the process if done with honesty and integrity.

Brain Entrainment

I met a wonderful resident at work that offered some empowering insights that I never knew before and not too many people know about.  Some of the greatest art masters were mostly left handed.
I just thought I would share that with you.  It brings a point that what sets us apart from most everyone else can distinguish us to a greater degree.  The moral of the story of the masters being left handed is that they were all very creative and utilized and maximized their right brain hemisphere, which rules  creativity, intuition, and innovation.

Now you don't have to all of a sudden switch to writing or utilizing with your left hand to all of sudden awaken the intuitive and creative part of yourself.  We can train our selves to utilize our right brain more and balance that with our left brain thinking. 

Now, recently I have been very interested in the subconscious for this is where I am intuitively discovering is where most of my blocks and limiting belief are stemming from.  So my goal is to bring the subconscious to the surface and allow the healing and clearing to occur on a more conscious level.  Brain Entrainment has been one method I have been coming across lately that has stirred up a fascination to empowering myself to realize my fears and limiting thoughts and how I can shift or change my perspective so I no longer have to allow the same old patterns to continue occurring.  It requires much time and effort and consistency and momentum.  However, it also requires small steps that is more achievable so our mind does not stop us in our tracks.

So my advice to my readers is to do something small everyday.  My daily ritual I do almost everyday without consciously thinking much about is listening to Christian or positive music on a particular station.  I am not a Christian, but I am a very spiritual inclined and am very much into positive thinking.  Inspiration like this can create profound impacts in our lives.  Ask yourselves what is yours?

To Do or Not to Do....That is the question

As Mercury continues to retrograde until July 20, I am bombarded with decisions and directions in my life that I am bit confused about.  This is what Mercury typically will do to our heads.  It will give one impression and then create a completely different outcome. 

I am proceeding this whole month with caution for emotions can be frazzled and our thinking could be clouded.  During this time it is best not to react to situations but rather to analyze and reflect.  Rather than initiate, respond in return.  It is also a good time to connect with old friends and families and have a more reflective and introspective view of life in general and in detail as well.  It is a time to finish up old projects, not create new one.  Also expect delays.

There have been new beginnings in my life that have occurred recently but it has been a progression from months before.  Circumstances that are now appearing to me are giving me the opportunity to look at them from a more reflective mode.  So every day, when I am faced with a dilemma or a cross road, I must question first my thoughts and then my future actions before deciding to initiate them.  Again, making definite decisions or signing contracts is not the best time to do that for it can create changes down the road that we don't anticipate or expect.  Situations are in flux.  I have experienced this greatly throughout the past 3 or 4 weeks.

So for those who are tempted, hold your horses until the dust settles and you are able to see more clearly of what is in front of you and what is ahead down the road.  Just a valuable piece of advice for those who don't want anymore stress in their lives as we have so much of already.

Surfing the Rough Waves

Interestingly, as I go through my own chaotic moments and events, I also saw that my blog view stats tripled yesterday from the day before.  Is there a correlation between the SHIFT that we are currently going through on a conscious collective level?  I think YES!!

I came across an article I saw in my e-mail about this particular "currents of events."  The title Chaotic made me want to read it because that is exactly what I am feeling at this moment in time.  The revelation was made to me that we must be willing to see things for what they are and not try to fight it.  There is more than meets the eye when we are confronted with situations that seem to just come out of the blue without explanation or rationalization to the whole situation.

I question myself, WHY is this happening to me or WHAT is going on here or WHERE is this going or WHERE is this leading me to or WHEN is this going to end or be resolved?

I am sure that if I am experiencing this "SHIFT", then on a collective level, those who are aware and sensitive to the energies and are present at the moment must be asking themselves the same questions to a certain degree or level.

The advice that was given is that there is something in the air that is calling us to breath in, take in, integrate, and learn from the whole process.  It is asking us to change in the process of all that is present in the moments of our chaotic life, to assess where we are at, and to determine where it is we want or need to go.  At the same time letting go, surrendering, and trusting in ALL THAT IS ...whether you want to call it GOD, the UNIVERSE, or what every you may choose to call it.

At this particular moment in time, I am a bit topsy turvy, even though I don't drink...........

Martial Arts for the Mind

I would like to share with you about my experience with meditation.  First I would like to say that meditation can take different forms.  Prayer is one, another is  doing an activity that requires repetition, focus, and attention, and another is sitting still, which is the most common one.  If sitting still is hard for others to comprehend, let alone do, I have a suggestion to make.  One is music, preferably one that is soothing, that calms the mind.  There are many out there to choose from.  Another is setting the intention and goal to do it on a more routine and daily basis like brushing your teeth or combing your hair.  We must attend to not only our physical needs, but our spiritual  ones as well.

I myself was not always diligent with meditation for many reasons.  My excuses were I don't have the time, I can't sit still, it takes too long and it's boring, I can't quite my mind, and what is meditation going to do good for me?  Even though I had been hearing it from spiritual speakers and the like how important, vital, and beneficial meditation was for the past 10 years, I still could not motivate myself to do it on a more purposeful and daily basis until June of 2012, when my Intuitive instructor gave me a reason for doing it and to do it for no more than 15min each day.  My driving force to do it was my wanting to enhance my intuitive abilities.  My intuitive abilities has not only become stronger, but my mind has become clearer and more focused since then.  In the process I have also incorporated meditation in my daily routine as medicine for my spirit and exercise for the mind.  Instead of having to meditate, I find it now after a year of continuously meditating that it is necessary for me to feel a sense of balance and centeredness in myself.  It is a way to connect to my higher spirit and soul.  I do it first thing in the morning after waking before doing anything else.  I may miss a day or two a week, but I do it more now than I did 2 years ago.  Before, I used to just meditate 1-3x a week and that was a lot for me when I first began meditating.

So start where you are.  I learned from Steve Taubman that it is actually good when your mind starts to chatter.  In the process of meditation, you will learn to refocus your attention from what is going on in your head to one of focus and attention.  So it becomes a practice to becoming more focused and centered.  The requirement is you do it everyday or on a daily basis.  Whether you do it one time during the day or 3 times during the day, in the morning after waking or right before you go to bed, meditating is a way to connect to yourself and to ground your physical and spiritual body.  Incorporating this simple daily exercise has a lasting and profound effect on all levels of your life whether you realize it now or realize it a year or  5 years from now.