Illumination

"To love beauty is to see light"...(Victor Hugo). As we approach the new year, we all have a lot to contemplate. It is a time of awakening. 2012 marks the end of the Mayan calendar and 2013 sets a path for new beginnings for many. For others....2013 will be a continuation of the prisons they have built for themselves. We have all been urged and pushed to grow and to face our shadow selves. We have been given tests and people have been put across our paths to help us in every way possible. Many choose to ignore those lessons. They buried their heads into the sand, got back into bed to sleep endlessly, poured themselves another drink or grabbed another bag of cookies to devour. You can run but you cannot hide and the lessons will keep coming nonetheless. The people who have ignored the lessons are chasing their own tails and running in circles endlessly. The answers were brought to their doorstep but they ignored them. The reality we live in now is split and the divide is getting bigger each second of every day. For those who have been doing their work...their world is expanding. They are aware that they are co-creators in their reality and their world reflects to them their hearts desires. The message I've been getting for years is about the heart. Our awakening has been about finally tuning into our hearts. The more we tune into our hearts and follow it...the happier we become and everything flows easier in our lives. That's not to say there aren't trials and tests. If a test comes up it's because a hidden fear is blocking your heart and needs to be addressed to be healed. Fear is like a dormant disease...lying deeply in everyone...passed down from generation after generation and hidden in the soul from many lifetimes. Each person has varying degrees of fear and of insecurities. Each wave of fear that surfaces is a blessing because the medicine lies in the opportunity to feel the fear, let it out and move forward. For others, they may solidify the fear...justifying it and in doing so, they retreat back into their prisons. These are exciting times for many but I am saddened by the fact that there are many who are being left behind. Everyone will notice that their intuition has increased. The enlightened will know that it's because we are highly telepathic and we are now fully coming into our power. The ones in fear will also be intuitive but that will either scare them, they'll dismiss it as coincidence or they'll misuse it... misinterpreting the messages. Many will be purposely misled because they are so off track that lower energies can mess with them. When you are stronger and in your power, you are protected and lower energies cannot effect you so easily. The key is to stay grounded and to check in with yourself every day...maintaining your power through breathe, meditation, insight and constant reflection. I am aware constantly now....watching and interpreting (through my heart) the people around me. When you do that, you no longer feel like you are being tossed by the waves of life, merely trying to react to those around you. That makes people feel out of control so they overcompensate by overreacting or being controlling and manipulative. If you are always aware...you are navigating the ship and you can ride with the waves instead of against them. By observing and interpreting through your heart, you can also avoid some storms altogether. However, some storms are necessary because it facilitates our growth, makes us more aware of people deceiving us or we help offer some insight to someone else struggling in their journey. So, sometimes a good argument can be something that helps shift people. If you are coming into your power but you feel more distant from family and friends who are still bound by fear...send them blessings but know that they have a choice in what reality they choose to live in. They were offered the same chances at shifting as we have been. You cannot force someone to grow or impose your reality onto them. That's no better than some over zealous religious fanatic telling people they better believe or else they aren't going to heaven. God doesn't operate that way...people do. God energy is loving and always allows for free will. Heaven can be here now on earth depending on which reality you live in. Of course we will always have pain and loss here on earth because that is a part of being human...but even those in spirit have pain, regret and ache for the ones they had to leave behind. Their pain is more insightful however because they can see the bigger picture and not get so caught up in the limits of being human. Often when a loved one crosses over, they will stick around awhile, checking in on their family and friends. If they left things undone or they hurt people during their lifetime, they will have much reflection and even regret and they'll have to correct those mistakes on the other side. So nobody gets a free pass from doing their work. The choice is always yours...do it now or do it later. Many will have to repeat lifetimes.....with some of the same players, just to get it right. As we ease into 2013....I say a blessing that offers continued illumination for those who choose to wake up. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that"...(Martin Luther King, Jr.). "When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself"....(Tecumseh).