Breath

When healing through breathwork I am reminded that the strength of focus is the main determining factor in healing and shifting reality to a higher vibration.

"The problem cannot be solved with a mind that is on the same level as the problem"

Substitute problem for something more new-agey if it serves :)

Stay Open

Relationships are a powerful tool for awakening

It is easier to see unconsciousness when it is not your own.

Your painbody/fear/darkness/negative associations are life energy that has separated from the totality of your being.
These separations are created by negative experiences that we were unable to process with love and understanding at the time they occurred. They are stored in your energies and can be activated when we are faced with experiences of a similar vibration. This is where re-activity comes from.

Due to the nature of these separations; being unconscious, negative in feeling, dis-empowering and painful we may experience aversion in facing them.

So as your partner sees your patterns of unconsciousness you may become triggered. If they are conscious enough to see the darkness without reacting or judging or wanting to change it, if they are able to just observe it with love and understanding (how i define "holding space") you will be given a wonderful opportunity to grow into the awareness yourself. This still requires your willingness to see. If they are reactive and judgmental you still have a wonderful opportunity to see what inside you is triggering them and how and why it is all there. Let the grace of observation move you into dis-identifying with these patterns.

Conscious observation with the fullness of your spiritual maturity and integrity can unravel any knot, can shine through any darkness. Be willing, Be Open.

EARTH DAY ♥

Our planet needs us to love ourselves and to rise up in her defence. Take a moment and look outside, or in your mind see the earth. What a cool place hey? So many interactions of particles and organisms. and the sun!!! photosynthesis! so many miracles to behold everywhere we look. simple enjoyment of ourselves and the planet that sustains us will do wonders for it all :)

To continue to enjoy our world it seems we need to make even just a little more space in our already busy and challenging lives to lend some energy and help usher in an new collective experience for ourselves. Technology for free energy already exists. Blue prints for green cities and zero carbon homes already exist. Understanding of sustainable food production on mass scale is already out there. I could go on here about how every crisis/problem we face there is an answer too. But the point is that we have lacked the political will to actually pursue these options. Where does that will come from? Well, what happens when only 60% of us are even voting? ((http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e)) And of those voting who is getting their information by only watching mainstream media? In this model special interest groups and those acting on behalf of corporations are going to have their way.

Saying our system of democracy is broken and that politicians from all parties are not trustworthy is no reason to avoid engagement.
When we ignore negative patterns in ourselves they fester and grow into entrenched ways of being and thinking.
Healing begins when we turn the light of our attention back upon these areas. This happens in yoga and massage when you are instructed to "breathe into it." And in meditation when we just watch and observe out thoughts and see if we can let them pass without engaging in them... the light of our conscious attention is the most powerful transformational tool we have.

The parallel with the political scene is an exact mirror, just on the collective scale.
Our politicians, and systems of governance exist as they do because individually and collectively we have not been paying enough attention. This is a great thing because you can claim your power back any time. By paying attention to the actions and movements of governments and corporations and where you spend your money. ((Local as much as possible and avoiding those companies who are being called out as greedy and earth destructive.)) By paying attention to who is governing the resources of your region and ensuring the best candidate is chosen by voting for them.

The Earth is our home, it sustains us and we need to give a little bit back to it.
Staying emotionally positive is the most important part... I have worked on this for years and I cant say that I have mastered it but what helps is looking at the big picture. We, the human population on earth are an experiment. Put on by our god-selves to further the development of consciousness of the universe. We have no death, there are no tragedies. Mother Earth will heal itself with or without us here, and if we destroy ourselves then it will just be inconvenient for our souls to wait for a species capable of self reflection to evolve again so that we may have another crack at it...ya that gets into my own personal beliefs but it is all i have for now ;)

So lets do it! lets engage in ourselves, lets engage in our world and bring about this shift of consciousness we hear so much about. It is happening already all over the planet. It is the most fulfilling thing to do and it is actually easy; maybe for some just unfamiliar.
We already have groups of individuals who are bringing awareness to the big issues as they come up... staying aware just enough to engage politics is all we need to do.

Always balance the knowledge of what is happening out there with reminders of how beautiful and how powerful you are. There are tons of great documentaries and internet clips that function in this way. You are as free as you allow yourself to be and as beautiful as you allow yourself to feel.
I believe in you. I believe in us.
And "I am not the only one"

pondering Enlightenment vs Ascension

Enlightenment is when you can observe all the thoughts of the mind and body sensations just as they are and are no longer susceptible to being drawn in by any of it.
The process of Ascension is to reclaim all the places in you that are contracted in fear by opening to them with love and compassion. By understanding them and how they got there. This can be a challenge as they are you after all, and are in fear and dis-empowered so you must walk with power and authority into an aspect of you that is completely dis-empowered and in pain. Attaining enlightenment before this process seems extremely useful, but every time we confront a fear and move past it we are doing this process. With each part of us that we reclaim the more we align our totality with god/source. There may be a tipping point where we have reclaimed enough by processing and can assimilate the rest with a single thought (this thought would be entire novels of words to describe that process but on that level of thinking/processing it would be momentary) At this moment of ascension we would have absolute control over ourselves and could explore all aspects of physical existence... this of course can be played with along the entire journey but at the stage of complete mastery of all karma (lifetimes of learning and understanding duality) We have graduated from this realm and can chose to move on to other phases of development or return to this earth plane as a teacher.