Angels and Sparks

Makes no difference you cannot see the connection. You are connected.

As a matter of fact that is the point of the challenge. We are here to learn to make connections in new ways; and that includes incorporating methods and techniques that integrate us with all that is and all that we are -- all that we can and cannot see.

When you have learned your way - share it - that others might learn from your process. Do not expect an exact duplication or forced compliance. We are as a snowflake in the ocean. We fine tune our process in manifest form as we go and then merge (once again) with all that is.

Make a spark ... and pass it on. There will always be one to carry the spark; but there is no guarantee you will recognize them - or even meet them in this lifetime. And so we go ever onward and upward.

It is your choice - follow the crowd or follow the wake of the enlightened.

Homecoming

When you are ready to meet the wizard, you will look in the mirror and take off your mask.

There comes a point when all becomes clear. Actions reveal thought, focus and energy directed. When one becomes adept at conscious manifesting, there is no doubt the connection of each and every event: thought, word and deed. At that time, one is actually able to glimpse the spark of conscious awareness in action.

Unfortunately, true manifesting cannot be taught. One can give hints, prods, support, and examples but the bulk of it must be learned from within and then you know. Once learned, understanding gels.

The work involved is not a thing that can be spoken and that is the mystery that pulls us all forward into the search for the true self. And so we go, manifesting results to become one with source.

Nature's Call - Hearing Animal Spirit

Scottish Percussionist Evelyn Glennie speaks of hearing through, not just the ear, the physical body. I believe we can hear through our heart - in ways too numerous to mention. And we can hear everything, including animals and pets.

I am wind, rain, snow, earth, sun, moon and stars. I am dolphin, eagle, lion, lizard and mouse. I am All-That-Is and I am no-thing. Chameleon am I. Those who believe see me. Those who don’t, see nothing.

The sources of Spirit are endless, and lessons are repeated in various forms to allow us to integrate our knowledge in the manner best suited to us as individuals. I look for symbols and signs and lessons in the moment.

I adopted my approach to life after what I now know was a vision quest to Sedona, Arizona. It came as a result of discovering the realm of Spirit and a calling that turned the world I thought I knew inside out, upside down and sideways in one fell swoop.

I packed my car and relocated to a place I had once visited. Petrified, I refused to let that stop me. I didn’t analyze it and went with my gut. In so doing, I shed the old me.

The experiences from my daily journal during that time speak to various forms of awakening, including the ability to connect with animal spirits. When we are willing to put forth the effort to listen, they offer a wonderful way to learn.

- Today, I made a new friend and found a lesson. A toad was swimming in the pool. He wanted nothing to do with me and swam away vigorously as I tried to liberate him from his death pond, but I persisted, fished him out with my giant hand, and then set him down less than two feet away from me. He stayed put.

I gently dropped a little water on the warm cement around him; and still, he sat.

I have no clue what prompted my water puddle maneuver. After all, he was a toad. I suspect I thought the hot cement might be painful. While it made no sense, it was at that moment that I “got it.” My action left him unperturbed. I suspected a possible lesson in the encounter, so I opened my mind to be receptive to whatever might be offered.

To my surprise, I could hear quite clearly. Toad said, “When someone offers to help you out of a pool you have put yourself into, accept the help. The lesson of the pool is to strengthen yourself by putting yourself in a confined space where you are required to exercise certain muscles to survive; but when the lesson is over and help arrives, move on. You will reemerge stronger in an environment with no limits.”

He continued, “I am not what I seem."

I asked why he did not hop off. His response was very matter of fact. He said, “I am toad and I am spirit sharing this opportunity to bond with another soul. I talk to those who will listen.”
I asked for permission to put my hand close – curious as to whether toad would touch me or jump away. I hoped he would touch me as proof that we were connecting. Toad said he would stay. I gently put my hand beside him – about two inches away – and then said, “Thank you.”

He stayed and I repositioned my hand to put the palm up, realizing then, that it was a good thing he had remained frozen. Any sudden movement would actually have startled me. How funny is that?

I returned the hand to the palm down position and toad remained motionless. The water spot now dry, as was toad, I asked if he would acknowledge me. He said he was toad after all and would respond as toad. Not really knowing what that meant, I lowered my head to get a closer look at him. All this time he had stayed very still, except for a couple of times when I saw his throat move. I asked, “Are you okay?”

Toad sat for a moment looking directly at me; then slowly and deliberately, he blinked his eyes three or four times, turned and hopped off. Thus, I had my acknowledgement from toad and an honor from Spirit.

As I watched him, my thoughts moved forward and I worried that I would not be open to animal messages after I left Sedona. Toad heard me as he hopped away to resume his meanderings. His answer was matter of fact. “It is not a thing you unlearn.” -

When I began working with Spirit, I used many tools to help give me clarity. To assist my connection with animal spirit, I chose Medicine Cards. Exhilarated by the experience with toad, I went home and drew four cards.

The Message:

Porcupine: Innocence. The power of faith and trust.

Turtle: Protection. Honor the creative source inside.

Raven: Magic: The void where all is known.

Crow: Keeper of the sacred law, being in two places at one time.

The lesson speaks to both the personal level and the big picture. We test ourselves in a physical vessel. It is possible that we may get assistance from unexpected sources, and we will be challenged to risk without fear, even to the point of immersion in what appears to be an impossible situation. When our lessons are over, we depart, once again, free to exist unconfined and unrestricted in Spirit.

In relocating to Sedona, I developed courage to face my fears. When that was integrated, I was free to move on. I did. A dream had a similar theme. On a flat boat, much like a barge, traveling a swift-flowing river, I see several people who are content to stay below in the waterlogged quarters. Not me. I grab a life jacket and charge upstairs to take hold of the rail on the upper deck by the captain. I will assist in the navigation of the ship.

The manifest world is a test of faith. Only when we lose fear and become totally immersed can we see through it into the world of love and simple abundance of which all beings are a part. We choose our roles.

In answering a call that came from within, I had to leave all of the attachments in the material world that kept me tied to my constricting beliefs and lifestyle. I had to get lost and develop new skills and abilities to help me think beyond my limits. Only then, could I find myself and rediscover my world. Nothing is as it seems.

Each day I awake and wonder: How will Spirit speak to me today? What lesson will help me on my path? What will make me laugh?

Sources of Spirit are endless. When one is ready, once can proceed with an open heart and discover that it is far from uncommon to hear Spirit in the voice of a toad.

A Void in Love Opens Awareness

A word to the Mystics among us -

When we are meant to focus - an obstacle appears. Be it sickness, delay, or simple distraction, it is not real. However, it does occupy front and center stage. Events and engagements evaporate or slow to the point that time may even appear to stand still.

Whatever lesson we have been working toward or trying to avoid is now fully encased within the VOID of our moment. We are required to pay attention, to look within and allow the moment to reveal the message. We can now (if we so desire) show up from a soul level and complete a test.

Enlightenment comes when we no longer require darkness/contrast to see the light. Duality has served its purpose in drawing our attention to the need to love the totality of the experience. When we can embrace all without judgment, we are ONE ... and we move on ...whether we "know" it or not.

Opening to Light

As you think, so you are; As you dream, so you will become. - The Nightlights

The last thing I expected when I began the dialogue with the nightlight was a stronger connection to God - a stronger sense of the Divine. I thought my encounter must be some sort of paranormal manifestation because I had no knowledge of this kind of thing happening as a spiritual communique.

The discovery was a wonderful surprise and an affirmation that all is well. I am blessed with interactive nightlights. Other than the actual light, the energy is present in many shapes and forms.

I see God in the Light - each and every day. Separation is the illusion; and yet, as the physical body is separate in the many components of heart, blood, tissue and bone, all is well.

All is ONE.

Taking the Lead

Some will ask that you do it with them; others will ask that you do it for them.

It is good to know the difference before you sign on for the ride.

It is the difference between a partner and a dictator, a companion and a servant.

When you are ready to know more, sit in the light.

Manifesting Signs and Shifting Form

Reading reality - Learning to pay attention takes practice, patience, and presence. In order to understand how we manifest, we act with intention and then look to our environment to see the result. We look for a sign.

We also learn to adjust our expectation to become more flexible. And it might take a while to surface or surface in an unexpected form.

It starts with belief -
I believe I am powerless - I look to my environment to affirm my belief.
I believe I am powerful - I look to my environment to affirm my belief.

The difference between one who is sleepwalking and awakened is the knowing that one can shift the environment with thought. We believe and -- rather than judging the immediate surface --consciously draw to us those things that affirm our belief, signs that we are manifesting results.

The result is a much deeper involvement with creation and an empowered being. Self Aware.

You are the creator.

How Do I Know it's My Inner Voice?

There is no "one" answer to that question.

Each person has a different way of sensing spiritual guidance. Even when the guidance has the potential to create hardship in your life, to force you work through difficult circumstances, and to undergo uncomfortable changes, you pull forward -because you trust/know it is the best course for you.

Guidance doesn't steer us away from our hurdles and challenges, it makes them tolerable because we can see them coming and accept the transformation we will undergo is part of the process of evolution of awareness.

Guidance allows us to actively participate in our universal awakening; to be a driver rather than a passenger.

When you know - doubt ends.

Live YOUR Truth

Wherever it comes from - that still, small voice has the power to transform your life and the lives of all those with whom you come in contact.

And yet, we are so afraid that voice is not worthy due to lack of volume and the fact that no one else can hear it that we permit the deafening voice of the ego to dominate and dictate our life.

When we love, we lose fear and allow that even the smallest voice deserves to be heard.

Wisdom requires neither volume nor majority.

A new View

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. - Emerson

Interactive nightlights were just one of many encounters that rocked my world in 1997-8. They continue and have triggered subsequent events, of which included a complete realignment with spirit, and a phenomenal new awareness of self and reality.

Anything I say seems to pale or diminish the event but I have tried to share it because it is a wonderous awareness. The words I have used are to say that it was a feeling of being merged into oneness.

The best description I could offer beyond that was to say I felt my self melting (like butter) into all that is. I was all with One, or one with All... Spirit Guides who instigated and directed that encounter told me that is "home" and one day I will return.

If I had not been given the code and directive to come back (while under hypnosis), I am not sure I could have on my own. And I did not want to. I felt complete peace and ease. Bliss is an understatement.

*The presence of another person was required during this exercise because the mind believes these states of awarness to be real. If there is no one to call you home...you limit your options.
What really blew me away was that the actual time of the event was for a count of two. It felt like much longer!! And I had been highly skeptical that anything at all could happen in a two count. I was wrong. We have no idea what we - and or Spirit - are capable of.

I finally have a visual and a demonstration for the state I was allowed to experience. It is very much like the 5th state of matter - when atoms lose their identity and think they are everywhere. It is an awesome state to be in ... and to remember.

Video Explanation of a Bose Einstein Condensate...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Emerson

For those who See

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. Albert Einstein

There is no convincing anyone what you see, feel, hear, sense is real. Until it is experienced, it does not exist. Some who are very adept in their ability have no method of proof nor any ability to teach it. Continue to learn what, how, and why you are affected, and how to improve your own ability.

If you are gifted, become the best you can be to help eveyone who can't get it - at least have reason to question their own limitations. Some of us "see" things others don't. However, that does not mean those things are not there.

The fact is - no one has all the answers... and, as with the *Bose-Einstein Condensate (a new form of matter), science continues to evolve in the ability to provide the right material for experimentation and asking the right questions.

The Scientists for whom that matter is named could see only the potential... they did not live to see it prove out. But they gave others the incentive to keep asking questions.

*Transcript of The Race for Absolute Zero - on Nova.

Ever Present Spirit - Rain, Shine, Sleet, Snow ...

And sometimes lit... Today the outdoor light is making another cameo. The new snow dusting provides a nice backdrop.

For me, the energy, however it chooses to manifest, is inspiring and reassuring. It affirms all that I have encountered and experienced in my explorations with the Energy of the Nightlights. Most likely - there is an explanation...

No matter - I seem to be the audience for the most wonderful anomalies. So I just enjoy them and keep writing and communing with Spirit. I have nothing with which to compare the experience and there is certainly little to boast about for a TV broadcast. No scare factor. It is meant to be inspirational.

When the real thing happens, it's just like this. Small and beautiful. Simple in expression, it gives depth to the mundane and hope to those who see beyond the manifest form.

I cannot insist that it has any significance other than (as the nightlights still do) to encourage me to continue with faith on my personal journey of awakening ... nose pressed flat against the window pane of the The Great Mystery, sharing with others that each might venture out of auto-pilot long enough to glimpse something unique, wonderful, and "enlightening" while traveling their own spiritual path. And so I do.

No Doubt, No Fear, Enlightened

The time stamp is still off and I am not going to change it.

The light took a break yesterday... it's back today ... in the rain. And now that I am beginning to think about it a bit more, this is exactly how the process started with the night lights, at about the same time (Late December), exactly ten years ago.

Some days were on and some were off. It evolved to a daily occurrence - usually on a certain time schedule - and now they flicker or react in some fashion 24/7. The time frame for this light is between 5:30a and 10:00a. I don't turn it on... it just comes on and glows a lovely yellow gold for about 4 hours. (The normal color is bright white.) And it still behaves like a light if I want to flip the switch on. I don't. I am just appreciating the new phase and the guidance.

Apparently, the reinforcements are here to help me with the book, among other things. (Smile.) There should be no doubt we are meant to know spirit is with us. Fear will block the presence, so each must determine what to allow. I have determined my connection with spirit/energy/all that-is, manifests in light. So I allow ... and get lights. ; )

Is there a recipe? There is for me. Open Heart + Open Mind = Light. I get to be keeper of the light. I am delighted to have such a wonderful encounter.

A Gift of Light

When I was a child I thought, if I were to write, I would grow up to write fiction. How totally refreshing to discover, better than fiction, I have been given a new reality to share.

Fiction pales in comparison.

The drawback when writing about reality - it shifts, and there is no prior knowing of the course.

One must adapt to working without a net. Fiction allows for preparation, planning, creating, acceptance, and a definitive outcome.

The only thing I can do with this reality is to embrace the moment and hang on as each event unfolds while racking my brain trying to offer words that do justice to the description...knowing there are none that come close.

The guides played a card a day prior to this display to give me a heads up - the message: "No one can make it happen…it has to be allowed. And when you believe, the light comes on. It is as easy as that. You can’t fool God. : ) Trust Living Proof it can happen to anyone."

I went about my business not realizing I had been given a clue. When I awoke yesterday to let the dogs out, I turned on the yard light to see what they might be up to. Satisfied they were playing, I turned off the light and was walking away when I noticed a reflection - light - in the window. That caught my attention because there is no light without the one I had just shut off.

I looked out the window and there it was... like a little orange sun ... the light bulb was still glowing. Wow? I turned the light on again and looked ... off again... The glow remained. It stayed for about four hours... Yet another light to smile about.

The above photos are ON - Glow - OFF... It's what the energy looks like ... when it plays with a light... other than a nightlight.

Today - the yard light is normal. Instead, I was awakened with a tap on the shoulder; and a translation of the meaning of the event - "All is Well ... Each is Lit from Within."

Always In The Presence of Being

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation)
there is one elementary truth,
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents
and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
—William H. Murray
(More inspired poems here: Satyana.org)


Faith is to know without fear or doubt
that no matter where you go,
no matter what obstacle you face,
there are always greater beings
keeping watch over you.
Expand the love within
and you enhance your ability to see them.


How might they appear?? Some will see penguins... ; )

Letting Be - As Planned

What happens when things don't go as planned?

Really. Back up and take your self out of it for a moment. Do things ever not go as "planned"? What if we just accept that there is a greater plan and rather than fighting, kicking, screaming and moaning, show up to greet it.

Monday Inspiration - a change of pace - read the narrative yourself and listen to the music.

We may do our best to have life plans - but the reality is life plans for us to live as it unfolds.

The Right Time

The time is When ... When to talk - When to listen - and When to just be still.

The euphoria of hearing inner messages of divine love and wisdom is at times intoxicating. Daily chores and routines no longer have the ability to seduce me into thinking they hold power over me; they do serve to keep life balanced. The drama is optional. I am very aware now when I am buying into it, knowing some of it is necessary for growth...whether I "like" it or not. There is always a part of me that has room for improvement.

My goal has been/is to share the divine awareness and relate how to go about connecting with source to allow others a glimpse of what I experience, because it is so wonderfully life affirming and it is not limited to one individual. It is a connection we can all attain. But tearing myself away from the experience is the biggest challenge.

When the lights came on, my life shifted and I awakened into an entirely new state of awareness. Energized with enthusiasm, I discovered everything comes from within and wanted to shout it from the rooftop - save the planet - stop the fighting because: None of our discord is about anything real!

Then the awareness came that those things are not for me to fix. Each has his own path. I am to share my gift and it goes from there. How? And how could that be all there was to it?

I was frustrated and disappointed. Here I had this exquisite, divine gift and could not use it to save the world. But the message continued. The message is to share the knowledge and the ability and let those who so desire choose to save themselves. No matter how it appears. Each soul is here of his own accord. When it is time, when he is ready, when he so desires, he will wake up.

No one can awaken a sleeping dreamer until he is ready to hear he carries his own compass, plots his own chart. At any given time, he can click his heels together and come home.

I lost all desire to try to prove what I see; I have my proof. I see beauty. It is what it is for me; and I can assure you - words do not exist to accurately detail all that we are capable of seeing.

The energy I embrace is beautiful beyond words. It envelops me in love's glow and speaks of life as whole and complete; with all good and bad interconnected in an incredible multidimensional web of bio-electrical circuitry. Hearing and communing with it creates a divine state of euphoria, a knowing that all is well, that we are One.

I see flashing nightlights. They continue to flash as the energy around me seems to be building with each passing day. What can I say about it? It is reality for me. How do I share that? I just keep being me, singing the light into the dreamer's window.

Studio Ghost Cameo - and Hijinx

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary. - Agnes de Mille -

Kudos to the team who designed the station revamp for Star 102 and company. That section of the Manor Square building has been long overdue for some TLC.

Rumors had it that there were ghosts in the building. One morning crew persisted and had a psychic give them a location of the ghost - turned out to be in their office. (Boo!)

It wasn't anything I really gave much attention until I found out a coworker was really scared of it. So, knowing that, I began to check into it a bit more.

The ghost I encountered acts very much like a night watchman. He had a morning host so intimidated that she hated coming to work in the wee hours because he seem to be lurking at the doorway. It was - for her - very uncomfortable.

From what I could tell, he wasn't trying to cause trouble; rather, he had a bit of a crush. After I suggested that it was nothing to be worried about, she said the activity was no longer as menacing and even seemed to dissipate.

He did travel down the hall from that office and begin to entertain me with a few shenanigans during my occasional shifts at the station.. Equipment would blink or go blank for no apparent reason. The temp would also travel...no matter where it started...to a significant number combo to let me know of his presence. It's a game. He just wants someone to note his presence. I do. And I am not there to bother him.

The fun started this time when I was taking pics of the finished...almost...studio revamp. A fabulous improvement, with upgraded equipment, I took several shots. Then, I decided to take one of the ghost.... As I backed up against the wall to capture the wall thermostat program pad, my camera malfunctioned. It began showing a blank screen and not advancing. I almost dropped it....and have no idea how that happened. I caught it quickly but then had to reprogram it.

After that, the flash flickered two or three times for every photo. That is what happens when a spirit wants to play cat and mouse. I had absolutely no problems until I set it in my mind that I would get the shots to showcase the ghost and then the game was on.

The result: One (out of 20) showed a disc - on the floor - right beside where I was standing when I decided to start shooting to get a shot of the resident ghost...and the camera went haywire.

Got the shot....and a huge game of trying to figure out how to fix a camera that isn't broken. The answer? Focus. Enjoy the game and persist without frustration or distraction. Hold the thought and the energy steady and keep shooting. The image is not as well defined as my other results but similar in conformation.

The disc is on the floor for one photo, gone in the next. But it was there; and that is all I needed to see. From this little game, I have learned that even when the energy is petulant and mischievous, I can capture an image. And really, getting my camera to function at all was the real test. The fun part of this adventure? We've got a whole world to explore!

Divining Pets

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world
and a desire to enjoy the world.
This makes it hard to plan the day.
- Elwyn Brooks White

I helped with a little dog recently. She started doing the inappropriate potty thing and no one likes that. When I do this - I am always surprised at how much information pets can give or relate about us without "saying" anything. I still have to piece it together. Most of what I get is in pictures. Some animals are better at words.

Whatever the method, it makes me appreciate my own pets more and make an effort to hear their own unique communications.

My next client is a horse. This is a new phase in my life...one I kept dabbling with but steering clear of. It is like putting a toe in the water and then changing your mind...even when the water is warm.

I am going to swim for a bit....finally ready to see what else is in this little pond that has been calling to me for so long. Even St. Francis couldn't reassure me all was well. He called me to a church in New Mexico - a way of opening the door. Not being Catholic, I wasn't really sure I was ready to just dive into a strange new pond.

His influence had been felt. And the encouragement from that initial call, I have not forgotten. He is here when I need him.

I have seen these things in my dreams. Now it is time to live the day dream... and know more.

The Magic is You

Accept no one's word that Magic does not exist.

Doubters will fake it.
Believers will create it.

You can't create what you don't believe.