We welcome the next leg of our collective journey
We are forever creating our future by the choices we make today
Humanity can't do anything that humans are not
Encoded within us are the seeds of greatness
We choose to evolve into our highest potential
We don't need disasters to give us permission to be generous and compassionate
Drama is optional
We unshackle our capacity to care; we unleash our willingness to contribute
We reignite the fire burning in our collective soul
We're proud of the legacy we leave
The next seven generations are blessed by who we become today
-Inner Light Ministries affirmation from 1/20/13
I am committed to learning about love in whatever ways present themselves and I will walk the path laid out for me. My intuition will guide me to know where that is.
What I do, say, think, believe, is true. I remind myself of this time and again because the power is great. The potential for pain is great. The potential for healing is great. I recognize the need for integrity in action and word. I recognize the light that love provides in the shadowy realms of yet-unrecognized beliefs. I shine light on scary places. I love myself and others even when it doesn't make sense or I don't want to.
When I align myself with Truth and the purpose of my existence, love, I am hosting freedom, abundance, strength, acceptance, community, for humanity. I am a microcosm of life. We each are. I dedicate myself to the uncovering of this seed, this root, of pure living. I choose this life now and choose it again and again. I choose health for self and all, again and again. I choose the infinite horizon of love again and again. I can change my mind. And I do. The power of the moment is that it can create reality anew.
I have already had enough disasters to deny Truth and love any longer. I permit myself to follow intuition. I permit myself to love wildly, limitless, regardless of other people's opinions and with kindness for my fellow humans' hearts. I don't need an excuse or logic to love. Now I require excuses and lies and "reality" to stop loving but even this tendency is losing grip. I love you purely because you live. I love you because of how unique and unduplicated you are. I love you for no reason at all. When one of us forgets this (because we all knew it as children), drama ensues. A return to love heals all. Therefore hurt is celebrated because it is living and can be healed. Hurt happens when we love. Hurt happens when fear is shed. Love is the antidote to fear.
Next time: What is love?, fire of the heart, and the legacy of the future
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Violet
The chakra of one thousand petals. Violet. Spirit. Crown. Nervous system. The brain. The third eye. This is the "I am" center. Empathy. Unity.
I just found out that this chakra represents the union with Dad, Father, God. The root chakra represents the feminine, grounding, Mother Earth. "When one experiences a sense of separation from their father, they close the crown chakra, and experience a sense of isolation and aloneness, as if they are in a shell, and having difficulty with feeling contact with those around them. Thought processes tend to justify and maintain the sense of aloneness." (http://www.healer.ch/crownchakra.html) WOW! So I guess working on my spirituality, self-connection, and my relationship to my dad, all things I have committed to do, will help me towards strengthening this chakra.
The message of the crown chakra is to live in the now, connect to the greater oneness that is you, and to channel our spiritual power and relationship so that all of our other chakras, all areas of life, can be healed, energized, and flowing.
The color is Violet. Purple. Royality, richness, depth, purity, passion. I wear my purple pants again and mended my purple tank top this morning so I could wear it. I drank prune water and made an acai smoothie with concord grape juice and a few soaked prunes. This evening I finished off the soaked prunes (which will surely help my tummy keep solid food moving!) and made another smoothie, this time with prune juice (yet again), frozen blackberries, and lavender. Yumm! I'm so ready for White tomorrow, an extension of Violet. White is the culmination of all the chakras, all of the light and color, purity. I am awakened and rejuvenated in the real sense of the word. I'm ready for solid foods to fill each cell with nutrients so that I can now go out into the world and put my lessons to action, my discoveries to practice, and continue learning!
What a great cleanse. I give thanks and gratitude for health, tasty food that is fresh and abundant, my dedication to myself to care for my body, a new year, supportive family and friends, free yoga at Divinitree (!), smoothies, a loving partner, good books, and Star Trek! : )
I just found out that this chakra represents the union with Dad, Father, God. The root chakra represents the feminine, grounding, Mother Earth. "When one experiences a sense of separation from their father, they close the crown chakra, and experience a sense of isolation and aloneness, as if they are in a shell, and having difficulty with feeling contact with those around them. Thought processes tend to justify and maintain the sense of aloneness." (http://www.healer.ch/crownchakra.html) WOW! So I guess working on my spirituality, self-connection, and my relationship to my dad, all things I have committed to do, will help me towards strengthening this chakra.
The message of the crown chakra is to live in the now, connect to the greater oneness that is you, and to channel our spiritual power and relationship so that all of our other chakras, all areas of life, can be healed, energized, and flowing.
The color is Violet. Purple. Royality, richness, depth, purity, passion. I wear my purple pants again and mended my purple tank top this morning so I could wear it. I drank prune water and made an acai smoothie with concord grape juice and a few soaked prunes. This evening I finished off the soaked prunes (which will surely help my tummy keep solid food moving!) and made another smoothie, this time with prune juice (yet again), frozen blackberries, and lavender. Yumm! I'm so ready for White tomorrow, an extension of Violet. White is the culmination of all the chakras, all of the light and color, purity. I am awakened and rejuvenated in the real sense of the word. I'm ready for solid foods to fill each cell with nutrients so that I can now go out into the world and put my lessons to action, my discoveries to practice, and continue learning!
What a great cleanse. I give thanks and gratitude for health, tasty food that is fresh and abundant, my dedication to myself to care for my body, a new year, supportive family and friends, free yoga at Divinitree (!), smoothies, a loving partner, good books, and Star Trek! : )
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Indigo
Day 6 of the cleanse and Indigo has got me ready for food again. Feeling whole and good and nourished, this royal color has taken me to the depths of the spirit, looking inward to see out. It is called the seat of the soul. Awareness from the third eye governs how we perceive reality. For example, I thought today was "Purple Day" but, turns out, it's actually Indigo. No matter because my third eye knows the reality that is true for me is the energetic flow I have connected to today, in soul brain and deep hues.
Trust intuition. Know the path. See beyond illusions. See through skin. Energetic soul vision.
Dark skies. Deep ocean blues. Today I held blackberries, drank waters from plums, and hydrated my cells with so sweet concord grape juice. I wore purple pants and practiced yoga on a deep blue mat.
Thank you so much to Kundalini Yoga at Divinitree, it really brought my body, spirit, and mind together and my chakras in harmony. Tomorrow is my time to heighten to the crown, violet. Introducing more sustenance to my body, resources for my spiritual practice, commitment to my physical practices, and exercising my mind.
http://www.whitelighttarot.com/indigo.html
Trust intuition. Know the path. See beyond illusions. See through skin. Energetic soul vision.
Dark skies. Deep ocean blues. Today I held blackberries, drank waters from plums, and hydrated my cells with so sweet concord grape juice. I wore purple pants and practiced yoga on a deep blue mat.
Thank you so much to Kundalini Yoga at Divinitree, it really brought my body, spirit, and mind together and my chakras in harmony. Tomorrow is my time to heighten to the crown, violet. Introducing more sustenance to my body, resources for my spiritual practice, commitment to my physical practices, and exercising my mind.
http://www.whitelighttarot.com/indigo.html
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Blue
"We speak our choice with our voice." (Phylameana lila Désy - Sep 1998)
Today is the fifth day of the cleanse, half way through. And this Saturday celebrates Blue. Blue is massive, open, calming, a bit cold, sometimes out of reach, but bright. The chakra that correlates to Blue is the throat chakra: willfullness and integrity of word. Speak with integrity is a teaching in the The Mastery of Love by don Miguel Ruiz. Take responsibility for your needs. Step into your power. Surrender to Truth.
I continue to be amazed by how much power I have in choosing my experience and also how easily I forget that. I had two dreams last night, nearly nightmares: one, about failing an important upcoming test which, in real life, will determine my career fate in the coming year, and the other, a disgusting scenario that I will summarize as a dirty public bathroom. When I woke from each dream, in turn, I had the distinct and powerless feeling of being victim. Then I realized, again, I don't have to be the victim in life, in my family, at school, in society. This is what stepping into my power means to me. And not that I can control components of my life but that I can be conscious, aware, listen to my intuition, always choose Truth and Love.
In the spirit of Blue, I've reduced blueberries and water and poured the purpley-blue liquid off as a morning "tea." I've also cut about 30 blueberries in half and up them in a half-gallon of water to infuse throughout the day for blueberry water later. I hope to come across Borage blossoms today. I love their sweet oily taste but I suppose on a cleanse I would merely enjoy their aroma, sights, and see if they leave behind their sweetness after a day of soaking. I'll make a friend a blueberry kefir drink with warm toast smeared with homemade apricot jam and topped with these boiled blueberries I just used for my morning drink. Check out more blueberry recipes in my food blog: Eternal Sustenance.
When I look in the mirror and see the blue of my eyes it reminds me to take responsibility for myself. When I stand before the crashing or lapping waves of the ocean I know I can step into my power. When I look to the sky and am showered in blueness I surrender to Truth.
Today is the fifth day of the cleanse, half way through. And this Saturday celebrates Blue. Blue is massive, open, calming, a bit cold, sometimes out of reach, but bright. The chakra that correlates to Blue is the throat chakra: willfullness and integrity of word. Speak with integrity is a teaching in the The Mastery of Love by don Miguel Ruiz. Take responsibility for your needs. Step into your power. Surrender to Truth.
I continue to be amazed by how much power I have in choosing my experience and also how easily I forget that. I had two dreams last night, nearly nightmares: one, about failing an important upcoming test which, in real life, will determine my career fate in the coming year, and the other, a disgusting scenario that I will summarize as a dirty public bathroom. When I woke from each dream, in turn, I had the distinct and powerless feeling of being victim. Then I realized, again, I don't have to be the victim in life, in my family, at school, in society. This is what stepping into my power means to me. And not that I can control components of my life but that I can be conscious, aware, listen to my intuition, always choose Truth and Love.
In the spirit of Blue, I've reduced blueberries and water and poured the purpley-blue liquid off as a morning "tea." I've also cut about 30 blueberries in half and up them in a half-gallon of water to infuse throughout the day for blueberry water later. I hope to come across Borage blossoms today. I love their sweet oily taste but I suppose on a cleanse I would merely enjoy their aroma, sights, and see if they leave behind their sweetness after a day of soaking. I'll make a friend a blueberry kefir drink with warm toast smeared with homemade apricot jam and topped with these boiled blueberries I just used for my morning drink. Check out more blueberry recipes in my food blog: Eternal Sustenance.
When I look in the mirror and see the blue of my eyes it reminds me to take responsibility for myself. When I stand before the crashing or lapping waves of the ocean I know I can step into my power. When I look to the sky and am showered in blueness I surrender to Truth.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Green
Heart Chakra. Emotions. Loving and giving unconditionally. Integrates physical and spiritual. Relationship center.
Questions to consider:
- How am I doing in loving and accepting myself?
- Do I live life fully and freely? If not, what is holding me back? Or where or how.
- Am I confident in making decisions?
- Can I say "no" when I need to?
- Am I afraid of being rejected or abandoned?
- Am I envious or jealous of others?
Green is growth, newness, life. Here in California it is easy to see Green all year round. Today it is nearly 60 degrees and last night I went for a night hike in just jeans and a sweater. But Green is everywhere always. And the promise of more Green is only as far as a dormant bush, an unsprouted seed, a furled leaf.
There are a plethora of green foods and I'm glad to incorporate more and more of them in my diet. I have been making green smoothies once a day for quite a while. Check my other blog: Eternal Sustenance for upcoming smoothie recipes. Today is Day 4 of the cleanse and I'm drinking bay leaf-infused water with spirulina and stevia mixed in: it's a deep, deep green color.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Yellow
Today is the third day of the cleanse, Thursday. Thursday is "Thor's Day," derived from Jupiter, related to Thor. Both Jupiter and Thor symbolize thunder. Even though it's Thunder Day and early January, today is another warm, sunny day, a good one for walking. I'll be going on a hike in Nisene Marks, a beautiful redwood forest.
I'm drinking saffron lemonade, it's refreshingly cool. And today I'm working on school projects: studying for a test, readings, and practicum application.
Yellow is a happy color: the color of the sun. It marks rising out of the heat of the earth and preparing to emerge onto the surface of green growth. Yellow is sweetgrass, narcissis, lemons, summer squash, Spring, iodine, blonde hair.
The third chakra is yellow: digestion, positive use of personal power, integration and accomplishing goals. Yellow is a creative color relating to self-worth. It is about focus of thought, curiousity, perception, awareness, and understanding. The solar plexus regulates liver, spleen, small intenstines, and stomach. (threeheartscompany.com)
Three Cheers for Yellow! Yay! Yay! Yay!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Orange
For the longest time the only thing I knew about Orange was that my mother hates it. I just returned from Pennsylvania, visiting my boyfriend's family, and they really like Orange. In fact many of them have orange sweaters and hats and call that particular hue by their last name.
Today is the day of Orange, the second day of 2013 and of my 10-day cleanse, a day where I'll focus on this color and on the second chakra: the navel and sacral. I didn't get to say, yesterday, about the root chakra and Red that the focus is I am and it is geared to center and focus. Orange, though, is about fire, energizing, sexuality and physical strength. The meditation is I feel. And the inner state of the navel is tears. I think of what it means to be a fertile being.
The color of the walls in my living room is orange so I will use them as a constant reminder of vibrant life, sexual expression, and passionate feeling. I can almost hear my uterus singing now!
I am drinking orange zest infused water today. I will later include orange sections and turmeric into my water. I peeled them the way my brother does and Orange already reminds me of him.
Today is the day of Orange, the second day of 2013 and of my 10-day cleanse, a day where I'll focus on this color and on the second chakra: the navel and sacral. I didn't get to say, yesterday, about the root chakra and Red that the focus is I am and it is geared to center and focus. Orange, though, is about fire, energizing, sexuality and physical strength. The meditation is I feel. And the inner state of the navel is tears. I think of what it means to be a fertile being.
The color of the walls in my living room is orange so I will use them as a constant reminder of vibrant life, sexual expression, and passionate feeling. I can almost hear my uterus singing now!
I am drinking orange zest infused water today. I will later include orange sections and turmeric into my water. I peeled them the way my brother does and Orange already reminds me of him.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Red
Today is the first day of 2013. I've begun with a cleanse: a fast for ten days and a spiritual journey into this new age. One of the numerous themes of this cleanse is the colors of the rainbow. I'm celebrating each of them, in turn, by acknowledging their power, contemplating on their messages and enjoying things with their color.
Today is the day of Red. I happen to be wearing a red shirt. I chose a beet to color my water and, later, it will be saffron. I like those two foods. Saffron is more valuable than gold in today's market and has often been a commodity only to the rich. Beets, on the other hand, are very cheap and have been staples for the common-person all over Eastern Europe for centuries. I bring them together in one container today, acknowledging the royalty and the scarcity that Red represents. It is earthy and spicy.
I look in the mirror and notice I am bleeding at a small puncture in my skin. The deep color of blood reminds me of how vital and rich Red is. I think of myself as beige or tan but the truth is that the most of me is pink and red: muscles, organs, tissue, bone marrow, blood.
Red things I think of today include: a satin pajama gown I used to have, lipstick, raspberries, roses in my backyard, cardinals I saw in Pittsburgh against the snow, hot sauce, tomatoes ripe at the heat of Summer, cherry juice, pomegranate stains, my favorite wines and washing wine glasses the morning after a bottle, the color of my hair dyed with henna, my first car, bogs of cranberries, unknown berries on walks in the wilderness, a bullseye, a stop sign, the Republican Party, the Communist Party, anger.
Today is the day of Red. I happen to be wearing a red shirt. I chose a beet to color my water and, later, it will be saffron. I like those two foods. Saffron is more valuable than gold in today's market and has often been a commodity only to the rich. Beets, on the other hand, are very cheap and have been staples for the common-person all over Eastern Europe for centuries. I bring them together in one container today, acknowledging the royalty and the scarcity that Red represents. It is earthy and spicy.
I look in the mirror and notice I am bleeding at a small puncture in my skin. The deep color of blood reminds me of how vital and rich Red is. I think of myself as beige or tan but the truth is that the most of me is pink and red: muscles, organs, tissue, bone marrow, blood.
Red things I think of today include: a satin pajama gown I used to have, lipstick, raspberries, roses in my backyard, cardinals I saw in Pittsburgh against the snow, hot sauce, tomatoes ripe at the heat of Summer, cherry juice, pomegranate stains, my favorite wines and washing wine glasses the morning after a bottle, the color of my hair dyed with henna, my first car, bogs of cranberries, unknown berries on walks in the wilderness, a bullseye, a stop sign, the Republican Party, the Communist Party, anger.
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