The End of the World
Thought for the Season
“Whatever your particular path may be, it’s important to recognize that all are like rivers that flow to the same sea. The purpose of every path is the same: to bring us into communion with our own true Self and the Spirit of Guidance.”
– Joan Borysenko Ph.D/Gordon Dveirin Ed.D, Your Soul’s Compass
It’s Time to Celebrate!
This time of year is a time of Celebration for many faiths.
While Christians celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ, Jews celebrate Hanukkah or “Festival of Lights”, an 8 day observance which recalls a miracle in the Jerusalem temple.
On December 8 Buddhists celebrated Bodhi Day – the day Buddha is believed to have achieved enlightenment. Muslims celebrate the holy Id al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, immediately following the Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca, and the Wiccans celebrate Yule, which is where the term Yuletide comes from.
Meanwhile, my valued clients and friends in the Northern hemisphere… in Chicago, LA, Italy, Switzerland, London and Paris….are entering the Winter Solstice ( the longest night and shortest day) and prepare to enjoy the warmth of the hearth and to listen to their inner voice. The energy of the Winter Solstice allows you to go deep within yourself, to ask questions about your purpose and adding meaning to your life in preparation for planting the seeds in Spring.
In sensational Coogee (and the rest of the southern hemisphere) we have entered the time of the Summer Solstice, the longest day and shortest night, from December 18 -22. The Summer Solstice is the time of celebration of the harvest… the fruit of the bulbs planted deep in winter and the seeds sown in spring are NOW ripe for picking. We are ready to CELEBRATE and reap the rewards of our labours!
It is time to enjoy the fruits of all the work you have put into creating a Passionate and Spirited Life, to celebrate the release of your old thoughts and habits and to celebrate moving toward Living the Life You are Meant to!
Here’s one way to do that:
Summer Solstice Exercise
Take a piece of paper and look back over the last year…. how far have you come? What were you thinking/ behaving/ saying this time last year that has since changed? What new learning have you gained? What unsupportive habits have you let go of? What NEW habits and supportive ways of living life have you adopted?
You could write a list, draw pictures, create a Wall of Celebration.
Then headhold and breathe and notice where you feel the sense of Celebration in your body. Please your hands over that space and breathe it in. Intensify it. What colour comes to mind when you do it? Breathe it in. What sense comes with it? Joy, harmony, fulfilment, calm, knowing. Breathe that in too! Now Celebrate!
I have seen some amazing transformations, choices and been witness to some of your wonderful processes this year. Thankyou.
I have watched your love and respect grow for yourself as you honour the light that is within you and realize your truth. Thankyou.
And at this most amazingly spiritual time I offer you a gift…
The Gift of the Spiritual Agenda.
Life at this time can be fast, busy and an emotional rollercoaster. Before you start your celebrations can I suggest that you write a list:
“The Top 5 Important Understandings and Learnings” that you want to gain over the next 2 weeks (that includes NYE).
They could be new understandings or learnings about
- yourself and your relationship with yourself, others and Life;
- about family members or friends you conflict with;
- about Life itself.
Then describe what that would sense that would bring to you….
peace, grace, calm, joy, love, completion?
Here are 2 examples:
“ It is now December 27, 2012 and all the Christmas visits are over. I have a new understanding of why I behave/ think/ feel the way I do about (mum/ dad/ sister/ brother/ partner/ situation/ etc) and I now have a sense of peace/ calm/ acceptance, etc .”
Or, “It is now January 3, 2013 and I have had a Christmas filled with lots of love and laughter. I have a new understanding of (mum/ dad/ sister/ brother/ partner/ etc) and why they are who they are/ behave that way and I have a new sense of respect for them.”
Why do this exercise? It helps set your Inner GPS toward creating the Life You are Meant to Live – filled with love, commitment, purpose, passion and Spirit. Let me know how it works for you.
Wishing you a loving, laughter-filled and Spirited Festive Season,
And from the very bottom of my heart – Thank You!
MORE Let it Go!
It’s been another wonderful week receiving your stories about the Let it Go visualisations and meditations you are creating, and stories about Letting go in your life. Thankyou!
I’ve also been receiving some funny adaptions…like Kim smsing, on the back of last week’s Let It Flow story, to say she is practicing with her inner light and authentic self …”Let It Glow Let it Glow let it Glow”. Love it!
We know the way you think affects the way you feel which affects your physical health, symptoms and energy.
Now is the time to let go of what you no longer need, including old grudges, hurts, emotional wounds, habits, thoughts and ‘stuff’ that stops you from “moving” forward, into the New Year and the New Age.
Why? To be present, really enjoy life and live the life you are meant to!
What’s this About the End of the World?
I received a call from a journalist last week asking “Is the world going to end on Friday December 21?”
My response was….for some…of course. We are experiencing a time of great change and Change is a major stress for most of us.
In fact, to some people Change IS the end of the world. The end of a relationship, loss of a loved one, being sacked/retrenched, even being told to give up coffee can feel like the end of the world to some.
All endings require we adapt to the NEW life waiting for us. Yet change can be difficult.
The journalist then asked (I’ve paraphrased)“What do you think of the fundamentalists in the USA declaring that unless you are enlightened you will be left behind/ die”.
Firstly, I did resist saying that Apple fans have been telling me this for years.
The point is…Life is a matter of focus. What you focus on grows. In times of change if you focus on fear you attract more fear, you contract, curl up in a ball, think everyone is your enemy and expect the worst- and then get it.
If you focus on Love you are open to opportunities, you expand, you open your arms, chest/ heart and you expect the best and are inclusive of others, have generosity of spirit.
The Universal energies over the last few years have given us the opportunities to heal more easily and quickly, to Let Go of the old burdens, wounds, scars, habits, ways of thinking and doing life that were stopping us from Being our True Self.
So we can be who we truly are in our heart of hearts and true nature -a Being full of Love. And when you are being your True Self what do you attract? True love.
Why now? We are moving into a New Age. Think of Ice Age, the animated movie. The characters were looking for their new home, the new better place to live because their old life was literally crumbling beneath them as the earth warmed up and the ice melted. Hence, the end of the ice age.
The ancient Mayan and Hopi traditions (amongst others) have indicated that the old age is ending and the new age is beginning. Certainly there has been a massive amount of global change over the last few years where old ways of doing life no longer works for us, and we have been declaring it- calling things for the way they are and revealing truths.
Major institutions whose authority was previously unquestioned are now being toppled as we adapt to the changes we create new, better ways of living life …the GFC showed us that we need to change the way we approach and DO money.
As a part of this governments and ‘respected’ financial institutions have crumbled and reorganised; the global media is in a process of crumbling because the ways of reporting Truth vs ‘truth’ and the methods used to deliver it demand accountability and authenticity. The Church, another organisation of profound influence is being called to account for it’s actions…and so on it goes.
The old fear based ways of communicating and living someone else’s truth or attempting to live up to others expectations of you no longer work and are falling away so that we can be our True Selves and live from a loving, expanding, transformative space. From our Spirit.
Another BIG reason to CELEBRATE on Friday December 21!
Celebrate Your True Self, how much better life is and how far you have grown.
Celebrate Letting Go!
Write yourself a letter of love and gratitude for the Life You are creating for yourself.
Celebrate your Spirit
This IS the start of a new, better Age and way of Being!
Be kind and true to you.
EnJOY the HolyDays!
A Little Story
I was recently heard a story from a friend about another friend. Her friend had experienced a series of traumatic and difficult experiences over the last 12 months and said she consistently asked for the Strength to get through, to carry on. “One day” she said” I woke with absolute dread at facing the day ahead. I then decided I’d had enough and asked that They (the healers/ God/ the Divine/ the Universe) look after it. ‘I am over it, I’m not getting anywhere and I feel exhausted. Please take it all and sort it out. And the most amazing things started to happen. I felt instantly lighter. Was more JOYful…I could never have imagined the way things then sorted out. Just by Me Letting Go.”
All the best,
Deborah