Shifting into High

I have often likened the energies of the past year or so as moving through the gears of a manual transmission. After all, we are on the move energetically and receive pretty constant transmissions of information. So when the transmission started to go in my now former vehicle, I knew it was time for me to shift into the "next gear" of my life.

I remember shortly after I purchased my former vehicle, I was having a session with my counseling astrologer. My partner at the time dropped me off for the session and went about doing errands. The astrologer's office overlooks the street below and as I noticed my then new vehicle driving past, I pointed it out to her. The astrologer said, "That's the vehicle you are going to do your journeying in." Little did she or I know that I would literally journey 2500 miles away from my home to journey within myself for four years. After that, I journeyed across the country to promote my book, In the Key of Life, An Activational Journey to the Soul, among other things. I knew that when it was time to let this vehicle go, it would symbolize the end of this chapter in my life. A chapter that lead to my self-discovery, self-love, and soul's purpose.

Just this past week, I purchased another vehicle which, interestingly enough, is the same year, 2003, and same color, gold, as my last vehicle, with about 70,000 fewer miles. If you have read my past blogs, you know that the number 5, the number of change, has been showing up in my life recently. It is interesting that I purchased another 2003 vehicle, which the numbers added together, equal 5. More change. It is also interesting that this vehicle is also gold. My last gold vehicle allowed me to travel to find the riches within. This "new used" vehicle will allow me to find the riches without. Even more interesting, I purchased a Highlander. While it seems that I have come full circle with purchasing this vehicle, I know that I am now entering the next level of the spiral of my life.

Full circles abound in my life now. It is as though I am sewing up every last little hole so that I will move forward with a clean slate. From my last two blogs, you know that another full circle with a past relationship is in the process of completing. What you don't know is that I recently rented the house that my former partner and I used to own. It is almost as if each of the 360 degrees (notice that 3+6+0=9, the number for completion) needed to complete a circle have to be honored before I can move into "high" gear.

Things are definitely shifting in my life. As soon as I decided to rent the house, it happened quickly and easily. As soon as I decided to purchase another vehicle, I found the ideal vehicle within a week. Whatever I have asked for lately, has come almost effortlessly and in record time. The energies are shifting into a higher level, one that will lead us to the accelerated manifestation phase I have talked about.

I have a feeling that this solstice will be the turning point for this accelerated manifestation phase. It feels like the energies are coming to a head and any and everything is possible now. We are sailing in a sea of endless possibilities, listing to and fro, until we become crystal clear about what we choose to manifest. Then our thoughts chart the course and immediately bring to us what our hearts desire.

Just as with an automobile, it takes less and less energy to shift into the next higher gear of our lives. Once we are in high, shifting into overdrive will take even less energy. We have overcome the bulk of the inertia of the past and as the Borg from Star Trek: First Contact said, "Resistance is futile." With each addition of momentum, we release more and more resistance to living our hearts' desires.

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life
Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Profound Love

The words "profound love" appeared very clearly in my mind just before I awoke Saturday morning. The word profound means "originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being, pervasive, intense, thorough, and complete." Not coincidentally, this message came to me the morning after meeting my former partner in a rural section of Virginia.

In the past, I kept my relationships at arm's length and a "safe" distance from my heart. For me, to love someone was conditional on them behaving in a way that was acceptable to me. When they stepped over my line too many times, I stepped out. Commitment was based on contingencies. In past relationships, my fear, I thought, was if I step over their line, they will leave me. It wasn't until this weekend that I realized that it wasn't my fear that my partner would leave, rather it was that I would leave. When the going got tough, I was gone. So was the case five years ago on Memorial Day weekend. Another full circle. Now I find myself opening my heart and life to staying the course, even when the going gets tough.

The going may get tough. If my intuition and that of two friends is correct, a life altering experience for my former partner may be just around the corner. Will I be there? Will she want me to be there? Again, all I can do is be in the moment and realize universe time is different from my current perception of time. In the grand scheme of things, around the corner may mean several weeks to several years.

If you read my last blog, you know that my former partner recently entered into a new love relationship. Despite the initial awkwardness of meeting my former partner's new love, I was able to detach and notice my behavior as well as theirs. As I did, I experienced several "ah-ha" moments about myself.

First, I now see how my life is out of balance. I've done much inner work and have formed quite a loving relationship with myself. However, I haven't allowed myself joy through loving another.

Second, I noticed my relationship skills are a little rusty. It has been five years since I have been in an intimate relationship and this weekend I got to feel the effects of that.

Third, I was able to open my heart to her current partner. I liked her immediately and I am grateful she is in her life now. My former partner is hiking the Appalachian trail and having a close buddy is important. I imagine hiking the trail is similar to being in the military. You tend to make close relationships fast because you know your life may depend on the other person.

Lastly, I opened my heart to loving what is. I love that my former partner is with this person for now. I love that I am grateful about the situation. I love that I spoke from my heart. Even though I feel we may be reunited again in some way, I love that I am unattached to the outcome.

Now I love to the depths of my being, intensely, thoroughly, completely, and profoundly. She must have felt that. For before we parted, she told me she loved me.

It is interesting that Virginia's slogan is "Virginia is for lovers." I surely benefited from the energy.

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life
Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Heart First

For the past eight months, I have been on the road, traveling to where I have been guided, doing book signings, sessions, and workshops here and there. It is easier for me to be in the moment when I am on the road. My antennas are up and functioning, keenly watching for signs from the universe.

My recent trip feels different from the others. It wasn't my universal communication that prompted me to leave Sedona and travel 2500 miles to the east coast. For once, I wasn't going head first into the great unknown. This time, I didn't think it through first and had no plans. In fact, I often said I must be out of my mind to do this. This trip is based on my feelings and inner knowing. As I wrote in my book, In the Key of Life, An Activational Journey to the Soul, our hearts create the patterns we follow. This time I was going heart first into the unknown, following its patterns, paths, and purpose. Indeed, we are all being asked to go out of our minds and into our hearts.

My heart's guidance has lead me back to my home state and to see my former partner. My heart must know something my mind just cannot grasp. After arriving on the east coast, I learned that my former partner just recently entered into a new love relationship. Every time I allow my mind to try to figure it out, I come to a deeper realization that there is no "figuring it out." If I live in the moment, there is nothing to figure out. There is only surrender to the next moment. Thinking about the possible outcomes of this meeting just leaves my head and stomach spinning, and takes me out of the moment. When that moment comes when we do meet, I will be in that moment. Until then, everything is just speculation.

We are being asked to totally surrender to our heart's desire. It's time to trust in what our hearts are creating and get out of the way. My gut tells me that whatever happens, it will be a huge heart opening experience for me. I trust that feeling and I am grateful for the opportunity to open my heart even wider.

These are intense and incredibly challenging times. Nothing but complete self-transformation will suffice. There is still light at the end of the tunnel. By the summer solstice, I have a feeling that I, along with many others, will never be the same again.

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life

Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Distillation

Just like a fine wine or delicate perfume, we are now experiencing what it feels like to have our "impurities" boiled off and our essential nature condensed into who we really are. During distillation, impurities are separated from the desired compound through the addition of heat, which naturally causes an increase in pressure.

I've felt like I was in a pressure cooker for the month of April, with the heat and pressure building each day. Each day, the lower frequency "impurities" of anger, control, resistance, holding, and frustration drifted to the surface to be released. It hasn't been easy. I even decided to expedite the process by going through a series of "five" colonics. What is past is past and it's time to make room for what it is coming.

After this period of purification, we will finally experience the accelerated manifestation phase. I had a glimpse of it the other day when everything I asked for showed up immediately. We are in the final phases of this level of cleaning and clearing to prepare for our heart's desire. A word or two of caution: deeper levels of surrender and trust are necessary prerequisites for this accelerated manifestation.

Several of my friends, myself included, have been asked lately to trust at levels that challenge our logical minds and put our left brains into a tailspin. You want me to do what? And yet, we all know we agreed long ago to carry out our divine blueprints. Mission control has issued the next set of directives and like the good spiritual warriors we are, we keep marching forward.

Nervous anticipation best describes how I feel now. I am guided to leave Sedona on 5/5 to travel back east. Life-altering change is likely to be the result of this return. The number 5 represents change and fives keep popping up for me lately.

We will see glimpses of the light at the end of the tunnel in May, the fifth month, the month of change. After traveling in a long dark tunnel, the light seems even brighter than normal when you exit. Hooah!
Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life
Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Phase Change

The energy of the past several weeks has been quite strange. Have you felt it? I have experienced sleepless nights, base of the head and neck aches, exhaustion, and feeling ungrounded most of the time. While I am in this state, it is very difficult to do my everyday activities, let alone create something, like this blog! When I tuned in this morning about what is happening, what came through is that we are going through what chemists call a phase change.

When water goes from solid to liquid, it goes through what is called a phase change or change of state. During this process, energy, in the form of heat, is added to melt the ice into liquid. Even though more energy is added, the temperature remains the same until all of the ice has become liquid water. The energy that is added is used to break the bonds between molecules in order to change their potential energies.

What bonds are we breaking? Bonds of all kinds and at all dimensional levels are being liberated to allow us the freedom to move toward our hearts' desires. Influx of energy is needed to break bonds, whether we are talking about chemical bonds or our perceived human bondage.

The energy that is about to enter at the Wesak full moon this Saturday night, April 20th, is the energy of enlightenment. This light excites our electrons of desire to move us to our next vibrational frequency. Remember, we are still recalibrating and the energy that is coming in this weekend is the new standard. We are lightening our loads and cleaning house to make space for the manifestation of our hearts' desires. As we release our long held beliefs and outmoded structures, we free ourselves to live our fullest potentials.

What is most interesting about a phase change is that the temperature remains the same. It sure feels like I am at a standstill. What is happening is that all of our "extra" energy is being used to create this change of state. Once the change is complete, we are free to use our new capacity to bring in energy and take off! The accelerated manifestation phase I spoke of in my blog, "Reformation," will follow this phase change.

So, as it seems like nothing is happening in our lives and we hardly have enough energy to complete our daily activities, remember what is happening on the side lines. Soon, we will all be singing, "Put me in coach. I'm ready to play, today!"

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life

Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Higher Love

As our frequency increases, we naturally resonate with the higher frequency of love. What is the "higher" frequency of love? It is the realization that we are love. As the structures of old come tumbling down, our hearts are left exposed and vulnerable. We see who we really are and are awed.

Love commands us to live life at a higher frequency. What does it mean to be love? When we stand in the eye of the storm, we love it. When we are challenged, we love it. When we are misunderstood, we love it. When the earth shakes or floods wash over her, we love them as well. My universal answer to most questions is give 'em huggies and kissies! Just send love. What a wondrous time we are living in! To realize the power of love and use it in our lives is enormous. To rise above the vibrations of greed, control, scarcity consciousness and the like, means our lives are about to change in ways we haven't yet imagined. The beauty of what is coming is beyond words.

In order to open to this frequency of love, we must first open to ourselves. "Opening to oneness is about opening your heart to your true self. It's about falling in love with you. It is the experience of love made manifest in the most intimate way possible."

These first lines of the introduction to my book, In the Key of Life, An Activational Journey to the Soul, remind us that self-love is the foundation upon which we build this higher frequency. Once we feel our hearts full of love for ourselves, our heart's energy naturally spirals out to others and our 'special other'. We realize in order to continue to grow, we must relate at all levels.

For years, many of us way-showers have walked our paths alone. The days of doing it alone are quickly coming to an end. We have fallen in love with ourselves. Now we fall in love with another at a deeper level than we have ever experienced. This is happening in my life in ways I didn't imagine were possible.

In order to see ourselves and who we are, we must have a mirror, that ideal partner who brings in the resonance and power of two. In this world of the relative, we can only know something in relation to something else.

As we move up in frequency, our bodies change. These changes can be felt in various ways. This past week, I felt some heart palpitations and chest discomfort, signaling for me more heart opening. I know I am not alone. We see it everyday when people realize that we must all help one another if we are to make it through these challenging times.

"Think about it, there must be higher love.
Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above.
Without it, life is a wasted time.
Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine."
From Steve Winwood's song, Higher Love.

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life
Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.

Recalibration

As part of the reformation process, our energies are recalibrating. So many people have told me recently that they have experienced weeks of interrupted sleep patterns, myself included. I have spent nights of waking up every two hours or every hour. The latest pattern to emerge is not being able to fall asleep. It feels like the "off" switch is shorted and has to be tweaked a bit to work. Eventually I fall asleep and I feel like I spend more time in the alpha brain wave state, that in-between state, between fully awake and fully asleep. It is interesting that the frequency of alpha waves ranges from 7-14 Hz. This range is significant since we are in the process of increasing our frequency from 7.8 Hz to 13 Hz. Also, it is through our alpha brain waves that we are able to remember our dreams. So much is coming through in dream time now that it seems incongruent to have so many sleepless nights. What I think is happening is our higher selves are purposely increasing the time we are in alpha sleep so we will remember our dreams. Just last night, I heard that it is time to bring through more information and saw what this might look like. I woke up briefly to consciously note this and then went back to sleep. The important part is that I still remember it today.

Becoming enlightened includes bringing in new information. This is vitally important to us, especially now. Just as electricity takes the path of least resistance, this new information comes in through our sleep time when we are most open to receiving it. The reason this information is important is that it will assist us in breaking old belief systems such as "I didn't sleep well last night so I will be tired today." "I must get eight hours of sleep every night." Our bodies are changing. What we required in the past is past. We are able to recharge our batteries in other ways that somehow make up for the full, uninterrupted eight hours of sleep a night we are told we need. This doesn't mean we will not feel tired. Actually, until we fully recalibrate, we may feel more tired.

In recalibrating any instrument, there are parameters that are checked and adjusted. Our parameters include our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual selves. First, check in with your physical body. Are all systems functioning optimally? If not, what is getting your attention and why? What can you do to adjust or recalibrate your physicality? Exercise, nutrition, and elimination seem to be the top three now. Be mindful of what goes in and out, not only with food and waste, but with thoughts and words as well. To stay in the flow naturally infers movement. Move your body.

To emotionally recalibrate, set the standard to joy. Are you in joy most of the time? What in your life is keeping you from living your joy? Joy and enthusiasm are the new emotional standards. Enjoy your life.

Mental recalibration means a thorough identification of all belief systems, thought patterns, mind sets, etc. Any and all patterns that keep you from living your truth, your joy, and your vision are no longer serving you. Remove the old programming and get new software!

Spiritually, we are now realizing that we can no longer calibrate to someone else's standard, even if that someone else is an ascended master. As we enter the realm of fifth dimensional consciousness, we recalibrate to the frequency that is within each of our hearts and not to any frequency outside of ourselves. We fully realize the masters that we have always been and live our truth.

If you find you need assistance recalibrating, my book, In the Key of Life, An Activational Journey to the Soul will assist you in breaking up thought patterns that no longer serve you and provide a framework for new ones. I also offer personal transformation sessions that quickly elicit old thought patterns, set the repatterning for new ones, and activate you to live your heart's desire. To schedule a session or purchase a copy of my book, please visit my website at http://joancerio.com.

Joan Cerio - Keeper of the Keys to a Masterful Life
Life Lines - Publishing high vibrational words that serve as "lifelines" for self-transformation.