Saturday, May 7, 2022

We Own Nothing

 

We own nothing. How can we when we don’t own Mother Earth? Some world leaders would like to think that they do but no one person or nation can own the Earth just as no nation or people can own the ocean or the sky. Everything we have comes from the raw materials from the Earth: our food, clothing, shelter, water and the other things that make our life “better, easier, or richer.” Remember physical money like dollar bills and coins? We created those from what Mother Earth gives us. The gold that at least at one time backed our paper money came from mining the Earth.

Just as we don’t own our parents, we don’t own Mother Earth. Try as we may, we can’t buy her. She is not for sale. We just borrow her for a time just like every generation before us. We either don’t believe this or forget that there is another generation coming that will need Mother Earth as much as we did. The Native Americans always consider the next seven generations before making any major decision. They respect our Mother Earth and give thanks to her. They treat her as they treat their own mother. Western society exploits her like a commodity, regards her as something to be divided and conquered, uses and abuses her, and then treats her like a great big garbage bin. The truth is, Mother Earth is a living being. Would you treat any other living being this way?

The problem is, we thought we could divide the Earth and sell her to the highest bidder. Owning land equates to wealth. The only way we can divide her is by creating boundaries. By creating land boundaries, we started to separate ourselves. Soon villages emerged, then cities, counties and countries. Land became more and more valuable. But we don’t own the Earth.

As the unequal amassing of land began, power and greed took hold. Those who had less wanted more. Fighting soon broke out over land. Funny thing is, we are still fighting over who owns a plot of land or for that matter, a country.

We fight like little children. “That’s mine. No, it isn’t its mine! I want it back!” So, we use Mother Earth to make weapons that will destroy those that have the land we want. Only the weapons we make will not only destroy our enemies, they can also destroy ourselves and the Earth. We still haven’t figured out that this planet is our home. Divided or not, we live on this one Earth. How we haven’t realized that yet still perplexes me.



Even if we don’t destroy the Earth with nuclear weapons, we are still causing her slow death. We have taken her resources without asking. We pollute her air, water, and soil. We use her like we use a whore only we don’t pay Mother Earth for what she has given us. We just have our way with her so we can satisfy our current cravings with no thought about her, her future, or ours. Funny thing is, we can’t live without her. Now, it may be too late.

We may be entering a time of water wars. Just look at what is happening in the American West with the Colorado River Basin, Lake Powell, and Lake Mead drying up? What happens when there is not enough water to grow crops? To quench our thirst? To cool down nuclear reactors? Other areas of the world may experience the opposite with catastrophic flooding that also affects crops. South Africa and South America are currently experiencing severe flooding. Are we approaching a point where we slowly starve ourselves?

What we need is a shift in consciousness and now! The Hopi said that when the mind and heart become separated and are no longer one, Mother Earth would heal herself through catastrophic change. We have been living through our minds alone and not our hearts. We forgot how to care for Mother Earth and each other. Greed is valued over compassion and love for all things.

The great religious traditions teach that love is the way and that the only way we can reach enlightenment is through the heart. What the world needs now is love and leaders who value love and compassion over greed and corruption.

Remember, we own nothing. Everything on this beautiful planet was meant to be shared in peace, harmony, gratitude, and love.

 

Thursday, January 20, 2022

2022 - The Courage to Live from Your Heart

To everything there is a season. We just happen to be in the season of chaos. It is all around us and it grows larger every day. Governments in turmoil, protests around the world, food and water shortages, threats of war and terrorism, hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and floods creating more and more climate refugees, and poverty - all amidst a global pandemic that has pushed us to the brink of more division, arguing, and hatred. We seem to be self-destructing. Is there any way to save us from ourselves when we can't even agree on basic human rights?


We are at a critical juncture in the grand cycle of the cosmos. Everything 
changes, from the universe to our milky way galaxy to our solar system, sun and Earth - they all change like clockwork. We just happen to be living at a quarter to midnight before the next grand cycle ends and a new one begins. This is how creation works: From nothing comes everything, from chaos comes creation, from creation comes destruction, from nothing comes everything. Every 12,000 years or so, the cosmos cleans and clears the energy. It is similar to wiping a computer clean and downloading a new operating system. When the cosmic alarm clock goes off, there is great destruction...and from nothing comes everything and so starts the grand cycle over again.

We can't stop the Universal clock but we can wake ourselves up from centuries of nightmares from living in fear. Perhaps the reason for this season of chaos is to wake us up to realize that the only way we can make it through this extreme chaos is to live from our hearts.

We are all on this Earth together and together, in what may be a matter of decades, we will hear that cosmic alarm clock sound. Our ancestors before us have survived these grand cycles of change because they were connected to Mother Earth through their hearts. We have forgotten how to live from our hearts.

The overriding themes of this past 12,000 year cycle are greed, power, corruption, get ahead at all costs, and selling our souls to make money just to have basic survival needs that were once free for everyone. When humanity decided to charge for what Mother Earth so lovingly supplies us, such as food, water, and materials for shelter and clothing, corrupt thinking was born. Power and domination took over and we forgot that each soul on this Earth has a right to all She provides for us regardless of social standing, job title, or how much a person has in the bank. Mother Earth loves us unconditionally but we forgot to love her back. The Hopi say that when our hearts and minds become separated and are no longer one, Mother Earth will heal herself through catastrophic change. Even with all of the fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes, we still haven't gotten the message.

It takes courage to live in these times. The courage to do your inner work and raise your consciousness. The courage to be different. The courage to follow your heart and trust its guidance even when it goes against the what the majority believes. The root of the word courage, cor, comes from the French meaning heart. Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart." How many of us have the courage to speak from our hearts?

2022 is a year of cour-age: the age or time of the heart. If we are to survive even greater changes and challenges, we must live from our hearts. Living from the heart means listening to that still small voice. Following what feels right even though it may be illogical. The heart is not logical or linear for it is connected to the universal or cosmic mind that knows more than what our human minds can comprehend. 

The Institute for HeartMath has shown that intuitive information comes into the heart first. Your heart has over 40,000 neurites that form a mini "brain." Your heart's electromagnetic field is 5000 times stronger than your brain's. The heart is mission control, not the brain.

We have been living mainly from our minds. It is time to come into our hearts and listen to what our intuition is telling us. We must balance our minds and our hearts in this time of great change.

Find your courage, live from your heart, raise your consciousness, pay attention, set intention, be in your integrity and 2022 can be a magical year.

(If you want to learn about the heart and how to use its power, you can purchase my ebook, Heartwired to Heaven: Unlocking the Power of the Creative Heart, on Kindle or Google Play Books.)

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Zero Point


2020 is the beginning of the end of the world as we have known it, especially for the United States. The US is experiencing its Pluto return – a time when it will undergo deep transformation and change that may be painful but well worth it in the end.

When a ball loses its momentum as it rolls up an incline, it stops for a brief moment and then slowly begins moving in the opposite direction, gaining momentum as it moves down the incline. Think of the United States as that ball. It has exhausted all of its energy to continue moving in the direction that it has been going and has stopped. We are at that crucial pivotal point. What does it mean to be in this standstill, void, nothingness, or zero point?

It is during this standstill that we come face-to-face with what we have done collectively and individually to contribute to the energy that got us here. We see that we have created a world where corruption is king, where profit was placed over people, where we took for granted all that the Earth gives us and in return we polluted her, where the few ultra-rich live off the backs of the many who struggle daily to make a living, where we allow people to go homeless or hungry even though there is more than enough to go around, a world where human beings have been violated and used for another’s pleasure…I could go on but you get my point. It’s time to look within and see where each of us has contributed to this either through complacency, partaking in the greed machine, or by simply giving away our power.

Just as this coronavirus is taking the last breath of so many of its victims, it is also taking the last breath from the way we lived. How many times can we try to resuscitate that which hasn’t the energy to continue? Will we resuscitate a world that is way past its shelf life or will we allow it to pass in order to create a better world? Choosing a new world is difficult because it can bring up even more fear – the fear of the unknown. It is human nature to want things to stay the same because it gives us a sense of security. I dare say that a sense of security is felt by many now.

Endings and loss come in various ways and we are experiencing a multitude of them. Millions have lost their jobs and many jobs may not return. For over a month, many people could not hug their friends and family, go to school, or sit in a restaurant and enjoy a beautiful meal together. Many have lost loved ones without being able to say good-bye. Thousands are grieving these losses. There will be more waves of grief as more of the old ways end. In Chinese medicine, the lungs hold the emotion of grief. Covid-19 is primarily a respiratory illness affecting the lungs. As hard as the letting go is, it is allowing us to heal by feeling our grief. In a bizarre twist of fate, covid-19 is not only the catalyst for these endings and loss, it is also the catalyst for the mass healing that we are experiencing. 

Along with this mass healing is a mass awakening. The influx of cosmic rays since the sun has been quiet is changing our DNA. Lightworkers, wayshowers, and the like had the luxury of decades to awaken while many today will be thrown into a whirlwind of awakening energy with little time to process. They will need our assistance. This is the time for which we have been preparing. Offer your services now to as many as you can and keep in mind that those services may be changing.  

As hard as I know we will work to help others in their awakening, it may not be enough. These are challenging times and there are more challenges ahead. Even with having all the tools in our tool box, some may not choose to stay. There will come a time of spiritual triage where some choose not to go forward, others will need extra care, and some will need minor assistance. Prepare now. Get your talks, handouts, herbs, oils, massage tables, etc. ready. Oh, and don’t forget to use those tools yourself for we will soon be on the front lines.

An off-shoot of the pandemic is the temporary, or perhaps not so temporary, loss of our personal freedom. Already there is talk of requiring testing and/or a vaccination record for each person before they can return to work. Will we be given a choice whether we want to receive a vaccination once a vaccine is available? Our movements are already being tracked using our cell phones. When is it appropriate to temporarily waive our civil liberties for the good of all? Be prepared to answer such questions.

Conspiracy theories have been going wild lately and will probably continue as the energy is ripe for this. Do your research. Use your own intuition and follow only that!

This brings me to one of the themes for 2020 – personal empowerment. If we want to create a world better than what we just had, it is up to each of us to stand in our power and voice our concerns, say no when needed, and set clear boundaries. Some countries have already banned the use of 5G because of its detrimental health effects. We can join movements that promote what we choose to create now. Be proactive. Let your voice be heard. The internet and various newer technologies will play an important role in this time of transition. They will be the life blood for movements and groups to organize and share information.

We are living in a time where each of us must be our most authentic self while also being part of the larger whole. The decisions we make must take into account individual and group needs along with how each decision will impact our environment and the generations to come.

Covid-19  Photo by CDC on Unsplash

The coronavirus is named that because its appearance looks similar to the corona of the sun. Not coincidentally, solar cycle 26 will begin during the pandemic. Watch for more sunspot activity and increased Earth changes especially two weeks before to two weeks after the New Moon Solar Eclipse at 0 degrees Cancer on June 21, the solstice.

Corona around the sun during a solar eclipse

Watch for more upheaval this fall with uncertainty around the Presidential election. There may be riots and protesting.

Think outside of the box, WAY outside! We must think differently now. We are entering unknown territory. The key is that we cannot go back to the old. Saturn in Aquarius will help us find new ways of structuring our new society. Unfortunately, Saturn goes retrograde in early July until mid-December. There will be set backs and delays, trial and error. We won’t see things really coming into tangible form until 2021.

One lesson from this pandemic is that where and how we live needs to change. Crowded cities are not sustainable and are sitting targets for pandemics, Earth changes, terrorism, riots, and the like. We need to create small self-sufficient sustainable communities off the grid. I have been saying this since 2008. NOW is the time.

One blessing from the pandemic is that the Earth is starting to regenerate. The pollution cleared from Wuhan and the Himalayas are now visible for the first time in 30 years. We can make this world a better place for all and living in small self-sufficient sustainable communities is one way we can accomplish this.

Even though we are sequestered in our homes, people are feeling more connected than ever. Hearts are opening and there are countless stories of people donating their time, talents, and money to help others in this time of need. As we awaken, our hearts open. As hearts open, more love pours forth. Love is our secret weapon. It is our ultimate power.

Several fellow lightworkers, including myself, have recently returned to their hometown. I think this is symbolic of us having completed one leg of the spiral of life. We are at the end of an era. The door to the old closed at the Christmastime eclipse of 2019. It may have been the most bizarre and yet beautiful Christmas gift we have received. It is up to us to unwrap it now, step into Christ consciousness, and create a world based in love, where everyone has enough, and where we all live in right relationship with each other, every living thing, and the Earth. Following every ending is a new beginning.

Zero point energy is a physics term used to describe the energy of a system. Zero point is when the system reaches the lowest amount of energy it can hold. Paradoxically, this point also surpasses all physical energy by a factor of 1040. Zero point energy is found at the center of black holes and at the center of the torus-shaped unified field of energy. The electromagnetic field around the human heart is shaped like a torus. I wrote in Hardwired to Heaven that there is a special place in each of our hearts that contains our own zero point. Each heart holds an unfathomable amount of creative energy.



We have an unprecedented opportunity to create a new country and a new world. How will you use your creative energy? Every heart counts.