Lupercalia and Passion

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Lupercalia was the original pagan festival that Valentine’s Day replaced –a festival of the she-wolf. The festival celebrated spring and fertility. Young men would strike women with goat-skin strips  to bring fertility and easy birth.

While Valentine’s Day is today a much gentler holiday, with kisses instead of blows, the commercialization and sentimentalization of love that surrounds much of our experiences of this holiday comes up just a little short of what we could be experiencing.

What we can retain from the earlier rites is the passion! Yes, passion! And not just lustful passion.

A celebration of fertility is a celebration of life, specifically the large powerful force of procreation.  A wolfish lust for living, the desire for propagation, is the life force itself being creative.

Individually, we may want children or not, but the life force within us desires creation–whether it creates by flesh or by idea or by changing reality itself, creation is a key energy of the spring festival of Lupercalia.

Our life force is compelled into creation, but we are also driven–when we listen closely to our deepest longing–to live fully, wildly, and freely!  Lupercalia is this celebration of wild freedom.

While modern Valentine’s Day can be a sweet way to connect with those we love, I plan to connect more deeply into the full and wild passion of life!

Connect deeply with Passion!  Join us on for a special activation–Passion Invigoration–February 13th at 6pm Pacific Time.  Read more or register here.

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Post 2012–The Aftermath

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Some of us have been preparing for 2012 for decades. Others of us for the last few years. We have wondered about our spiritual state, striving to make ourselves better people, worthy of transformation.

And now, here we are.

2012 in all its glory! Breathe! You made it!

There is rumor that the big cataclysmic shift won’t occur until December of 2012. But you do have a choice in the matter. You can diligently, madly, frantically, or even carefully prepare yourself further for the BIG SHIFT.

Or you can simply begin living life now. In authenticity. In compassion. In love. In wonderment. In joy. In curious playfulness.

You can include the best traditions from the past that have sustained and nurtured you. You can create new traditions that cement community and family. You can make each day a sacred celebration.

Your plans and resolutions need not be about success and materialism. They can be simple. I resolve to nurture relationships. I resolve one moment each morning to focus only on joy. I resolve to whisper gratitude to the wind each time I step out the door. Regardless. Regardless of the fight the night before. Regardless of the bills that are past due. Regardless of physical discomfort.

Resolve that the world no longer dictate your BE-ing. Instead simply BE. In authenticity. In compassion. In love. In wonderment. In joy. In curious playfulness.

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5 Reasons Why Fear Is Your Greatest Ally

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As children, we may have been afraid of a monster that lived in the closet. Or we may have looked up from something that had captured our attention at the mall to suddenly realize that our mother was nowhere in sight! In school we may have been fearful to read in front of the class or maybe we were afraid to stand up for ourselves when challenged by the school bully.

Our best coping device when we’re young is to simply avoid the situations that cause the fear. We turn the light on, cling to our mother’s hand as she pulls us past all the interesting items down the aisle, get sick on the day we’re supposed to share our science project, or avoid the playground.

But as an adult, we may suddenly recognize that we want to lead the group, if only we weren’t afraid of public speaking. Or we may want to go camping with our friends, if only being in the dark woods weren’t so unsettling.

As a self-proclaimed fearologist, I have spent a good deal of time examining fears and finding ways to transform them. We really don’t have to avoid the situations that make us uncomfortable.  We can develop other strategies for easily coping with all kinds of fears. Once we understand that fears are not things we need to be “afraid” of, we suddenly have all kinds of options for living our lives more fully in all the ways we wish. Your fears, in fact, can be your biggest allies. Here’s why:

1. Fear shows you the edges of your boxes. Our typical reaction to fear is to turn the other way and run. As such, fears delineate our safe zone.  When I look at my life, I can see that I like to stay within the zones where there is no fear. This provides me with a box, a place where I can comfortably be and feel safe. But a lot of life and experience lies beyond that box of safety. If we want to fully experience life, we will want to push up against those fears.
2. Fear can expose our false identities. Many people believe that there is a core identity that defines who they are. While that may be true, most of our identities are actually defined by our limitations rather than our essence. A fear of water might keep me from swimming in the ocean or lake while enjoying a vacation. I may even tell myself that it’s a preference. I really prefer to stay dry and clean, rather than wet and sandy. I may decide I am simply a land-lover. That’s who I am. I might as well accept it. I’ve listened as many clients tell me they are shy. That’s who they are. But when we look closer we can see that there isn’t an essence of being called “shy.” Instead, we are simply afraid of being seen. When we recognize that fears highlight our limitations, and do not define our identities, we begin to have some wiggle room for expanding our choices, moving beyond the edges of our boxes, and experiencing more freedom in our lives.
3. Fear itself is simply an illusion.  Often we treat fear as a “thing.” We must defeat it, change it, overcome it. Fear, at most, may be a cascade of chemical responses in our body set loose by a mental thought or physical threat. But fear itself has no substance. We interpret the cascade of chemical responses as a thing. But there is nothing out there, beyond us, that can be called or labelled “fear.” Realizing that fear is not a thing out there that can hurt you is an excellent first step to being able to use it to your advantage. When you find yourself feeling fearful, simply explore the illusion. Picture fear in front of you. Perhaps it’s a monster, or a blob of dark, murky smoke. Move toward it. Let it surround you. Talk to it. Interact with it. You will notice quite quickly that fear itself is not some terrifying thing, but an illusion of smoke and mirrors. With this knowledge, you are well on your way to making an ally out of your fears.
4. Fear always separates us from incredibly good things.  Once I realized that fear is an illusion and that it is simply showing me my limitations, I eagerly set off to move though my fears whenever they arose. The most surprising thing about this practice of consistently facing my fears was that I often found the biggest gifts that have enriched my life immeasurably have been found behind those fears.  Often that gift has been far beyond anything I could imagine or conceive of.  Imagine how enriched our lives became when fear no longer blocks our creativity, our love, our possibilities!
5. Fear wants to be your ally, rather than your bully. That cascade of chemical responses in our body was originally designed to save your life! You want that to happen when you need to run for your life or jump out of the way of a charging bull. Fear has always been our ally in that way. But we later developed a sense that fear was something out there, terrorizing and bullying us. It became our nemesis. Something to defeat, or something to limit us, depending on our perspective. But it makes such a good ally! Now when I feel fear, I get curious! What’s this limitation? What gifts are hidden in this direction? I rely on my fear to guide me into my next expansion. And it has never yet let me down!

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Noticing Enlightenment

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Are we there yet?

It seems many of us are waiting for 2012 or something, anything, to happen that will magically transport us to a new world, a new way of being. I’ve had coffee house discussions where everyone is trying to figure out when the transition will occur, and what it might look like.

And it’s not just idle conversation. Visionaries have written about it. Prophecies have been passed down through generations. The New Age. Awakened Beings. Living Our Full Potential. Release from Fear. Recognition that We Are All One.

We have tried to prepare ourselves. This huge transition means the world as we know it will end!  Earthquakes and hurricanes. Or economic collapse. Or widespread crop failure. Or maybe all of the above.

We have practiced managing our fear when the going got tough in our personal lives. It was hard. We’ve been watching the economy plummet, and not recover.We’ve lost jobs, benefits, homes, and loved ones. We have no idea what the new world is supposed to look like.

We keep looking to the old ways to see evidence that things are improving. The stock market is up a few points–yay! The month had strong auto sales–yay! Oh no, the market dropped again. Oh no, the national debt is out of control.  We bounce back and forth as the winds change daily.

But once we let go of those external measures and turn to look to our inner strength, we begin to notice something peculiar.  The transition is occurring. And it is not heralded or marked by external events. It is instead a noticing. An vague awareness of doubleness.

An event happens that seems tragic. Our house forecloses. Our partner leaves us. A tornado destroys our town. But somehow, when we are looking internally, past what surface fear arises, we notice that something else is happening.

The story on the outside of doom, disaster, and despair is not matched on the inside. There is a calm awareness of peace. Regardless of the external.

And there we are. Noticing that we have what we need and want even though the outside story doesn’t seem to match. The gig, it seems, is up. It has happened. We have transitioned. We are the prophecy.

It happened. Regardless. (Grinch: “How could it be so? It came without ribbons!… it came without tags!… it came without packages, boxes, or bags! … Perhaps [enlightenment] doesn’t come from a store!”)

Quietly we changed. Almost unnoticed. Almost.

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Holographic Healing Session vs. Activation

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Many people have wondered about the difference between Group Activations and Group Holographic Healing Sessions.  So I wanted to take some time to let you know my experience of how these two events differ.

First, for a little history:

The Group Holographic Healing Sessions began in 2008.  My guides very clearly told me that I needed to do healing sessions in groups. I was a little uncertain at first about exactly what that might look like.

Prior to that time, I had only seen one live group healing and experienced one teleconference group healing. That wasn’t much to go on. I had no idea “what” I should do. But the sense that I should do it anyway was really strong.

I decided I should schedule the group healing anyway. I sketched out a version of what might happen. I definitely thought that “I” would be doing a healing. But what happened instead was so much better!

As the session began, my awareness expanded exponentially. I began to notice and see connections to dimensional spaces and energies that were typically far beyond my usual abilities to see such things. In the end, I pretty much narrated what I was seeing, and it simply happened–it wasn’t something “I” did at all.

The reports were amazing. Some people did notice physical healing, but many people reported that connecting with these energies I had tapped into was quite a visceral experience and left them with a higher vibration and the resulting benefits in their daily lives.

The special thing about the Group Holographic Healing Sessions is that even though participants benefit as individuals, the energies we tap into are also being established on our planet through the sessions we do! It’s a terrific win/win! Everyone benefits because we are able to anchor these higher vibrations into our world.

The Group Activations began in 2010. My guides wanted to provide some very specific energetic upgrades for those seeking an accelerated spiritual growth. These are very specifically for us as individuals.

The differences between the two session types seem pretty significant to me. The Group Activations are only about 30 minutes long, and are very focused on a specific upgrade for us as individuals.  The Group Holographic Healing Sessions are an hour long, yet they seem about 3 times the length of the Activations. These longer sessions go much, much deeper into the energies for sure, and are quite profound for me and the other participants.

The Holographic Sessions are also not focused on one specific upgrade.  Instead they emerge organically from the group involved.  Very occasionally is a theme announced in advance. This coming Holographic Healing Session in September 2011 is one of the few with a specific focus.

The Activations are a great way to try out an infusion of higher level energies! They were specifically priced low, so many people could take advantage of tapping in each month to upgrade their energy fields.  If you enjoy the Activations, then I recommend trying a much deeper and more profound connection to these energies with the Group Holographic Healing Sessions.

To find out when the next sessions are happening, click these links:

For Activations, Click Here.

For Group Holographic Healing Sessions, Click Here.

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Frogs Into Princes: What You Need to Know about Transformation

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Turning a frog into a prince requires kissing a lot of frogs. Everyone knows this.

But I grew up thinking that this was because not all frogs could be princes. Now I know better. Now I know that it has more to do with the quality of the kissing than anything to do with the frog.

So if you want to transform a frog to a prince, you need to practice kissing.

It’s the same with any alchemical transformation. You can improve your transformation skills, like any other skill. And like any other skill, magic just doesn’t magically happen.  There are several key components, and those components must occur no matter what transformation you are attempting.

If you already know what skills you need, then start practicing.  Practice on every frog you can find! And if you don’t know the skills, or require a refresher, then meet me in Denver in October and we will get you set up on a path of transformation!

October 15-17, 2011, Embassy Suites Denver Southeast

To learn more, click here: http://alchemywisdom.com/teachings/workshops/holographic-principals-i/

Princes, princesses, frogs and rabbits are all welcome!  But hurry, the early bird catches the worm, and that worm is soon to be gone!

 

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Heart Life: Radical Ambition

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Recently I was asked what I most wanted to accomplish this year. My answer: I want to live more and more everyday moments from the heart.

In the back of my mind, I wondered, briefly, if my answer implied that I lacked ambition.  It certainly wasn’t the typical answer.

But in truth, my answer might indicate an extremely high level of ambition. If I’m successful, I will not only radically change my life for the better but my accomplishment will also significantly change the world. Not a shabby outcome.

When it comes to achievement, the greatest gains are often found in unsuspecting places. What do you most want to accomplish this year?

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