Quickening: Rhythms of Change
Self Mastery is a very personal experience. When conveyed through inspirational stories, others create their own mastery; and that's really good news!

June 4, 2010

Self Mastery: Comfortable or Unconscious?

I was watching a Star Trek movie the other night. Captain Picard challenges Captain Kirk to stay conscious and conscientious. They were in the Nexus, a timeless, feel-good place from which they needed to depart to save a Solar System. Kirk was ready to get comfortable in his dream while Picard was urging him to wake up. Kirk quickly figures out the dream isn't real, and the duo's adventure together begins--neither knowing whether they will live or die…but of course!

Are you a sleeper or are you awake and willing to tough out the possible dangers? Will you run or will you choose to move beyond your typical framework, risking being uncomfortable? Sounds a little like a back door doesn't it!?

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Musings & Meditations

   "The sun's shining essence lifts itself to summer's heights and takes my human feeling with it into its wide expanses. Spirit vision thus commands me: 'Lose yourself in light.' Powerfully, prescience announces: 'Lose yourself to find yourself.'"

Rudolf Steiner



Awareness & Alchemy

Go for a walk. Take a daily 20-30 minute easy walk, preferably in the morning. Complete with alternating arm and leg movements directed by opposing sides of the brain, this is the easiest, most effective way to integrate the brain and awaken the natural energy balance in our multi-faceted systems. You will balance the autonomic nervous system, reducing your stress load; you will increase your oxygen uptake, enhancing your cardio vascular system; you will ground your body and yourself in your body, creating more presence; you will open the doorway for energetic balance, awareness and increased functioning in the chakra system, the nadis and meridian system; your lymphatic system will move more efficiently, detoxifying your blood, organs, nervous and meridian system energies; and there's more. Notice your thoughts while you walk; are they negative? Release those beliefs as you exhale, replacing them with positive thoughts. Focus on a positive outcome. While you walk, you weave and integrate a new framework, setting strong intentions, creating a proactive foundation for your day, your week and even the rest of your life. Walk, focus and practice each day.



Enlightenments & Education

Opening to Spirit: Exploring Ceremony, Healing and Intuition through movement, visualization and breath. Join me on a journey into the unknown. Take an energetic trip into your female creative space, embracing your own rhythms as you in tune into the vibration of the divine feminine. Open your body to the Goddess. Explore and heal yourself, walking the road to self-mastery. This online program, complete with exercises for meditation, movement, journaling and art, will be emailed to you weekly for six consecutive weeks. You can begin any time you like, studying in your own home. Cost: Coursework, $33; accompanying audios, $11. Click here for more information on Opening to Spirit workshops or to purchase the program.

Also, check out the books, "Evolve Your Brain," by Joe Dispenza; it's full of information about the "Science of Changing your Mind," and "These Things You Shall Do and Greater: The Physics of Change," by Gregg Simmons. These books are available by clicking on the titles. Follow the book links from here to the Energetic Connection book list and then on to Amazon.com.



Keystones & Kingpins

For integrating and balancing the brain, try the essential oils of Sandalwood and Frankincense. Place a drop of each on your Brow and Crown Chakras as well as underneath your lower middle back skull (occiput). Young Living carries each of these as single oils, as well as several blends containing both Sandalwood and Frankincense: Three Wise Men, Acceptance, Forgiveness, Gathering, Harmony, Inspiration, Into the Future and Trauma Life. According to documentation at the University of Berlin, the high levels of sesquiterpenes in these oils have the ability to cross the blood brain barrier; coupled with research done by the AMA, this could potentially heal conditions like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis. Use these oils according to the instructions you receive with your purchase. Purchase Essential Oils or learn about these and other similar products.



Conservation Concerns

I can't tell you I saved 700 rolls or even 700 pieces of paper towel this month because I didn't keep track! Yet I can tell you how I conserve paper towels at home. Some of you may not use paper products, so you're way ahead of me! Even so, the majority of us still want that ease of using a clean cloth in every instance…be gone smelly sponges and sopping wet towels! So, here's the tip of the month; it comes in two parts: 1) always buy recycled, unbleached paper products (I have yet to find unbleached toilet paper and tissues); 2) reuse your paper towels.

  • Originally a napkin, reuse your paper towels (or napkins) for cleaning up the counter top with your favorite earth-friendly cleaning solution.
  • After washing vegetables, place them on a paper towel for water absorption. Use it again as a cleaning cloth.
  • When bagging cleaned lettuce (even after they've been through the spinner) put a paper towel in the bag to avoid mildew and soggy vegies. Use that paper towel again as a cleaning cloth.
  • Bottom line: never throw out a paper towel after the first round of use unless it's already been used for cleaning. I reuse my cleaning towels as cleaning towels again!



Self Mastery: Comfortable or Unconscious?

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I learned some years ago that comfort is just an idea and a cover for denial. Even so, I tried desperately to find my physical comfort zone. As the Universe nudged me harder to progress, this search became a full-time gig; I was obsessed with being okay in my body. Only recently have I begun to realize that comfort on this path isn't the primary objective.

Please don't confuse discomfort with extreme situations or go out looking for ways to hurt your physical body. Discomfort is really just an opportunity to become aware of your body's signals and linking them to the triggers: situations, emotions, feelings and negative thoughts or beliefs. It means staying conscious in a moment that potentially creates the urge to go unconscious, avoiding yourself.

And likewise, please don't confuse comfort with ease or being in the flow; they are really very different concepts and experiences. Ease is a state of mind, even in times of peak stress. Going with the flow oftentimes will take you over a lot of hidden boulders; through whirlpools that spin you around viciously, even pulling you down, taking your breath away until you feel as though you are dying. Going with the flow most likely takes you places you had never planned nor even imagined, right out of your safe little stream into the rushing, pulsing rivers of the Amazon.

If you are interested in on self-mastery, please visit our online courses at the Energetic Connection. You can participate in a 6 or 12-week course, or you can take a bite-sized piece, signing up for a single serving.