Sacred Willow

January 1, 2012

I don’t think it was coincidence that I returned home on 1-11-11…the spiritual meaning to me is best described as written by Linda Lubin in her blog “Journey to Awaken”….

1/1/11: The activating of the Cosmic Wheel for 2011 - this signified the beginning of the Cosmic Unity Consciousness coming into the earth plane and being anchored here. We have been clearing the way for years, and now this energy is ready to enter fully.  Today, 1/11/11: The Cosmic Wheel becomes fully activated. 

This entire 11 year is a portal. Think of the two one’s as two tall white Grecian pillars, and now imagine yourself walking through the space between them. See what I mean?
When we have a day like today, where the 11 energy is amplified exponentially, the portal becomes like a passageway of pillars. I hope you are able to visualize this clearly. 

For many this portal is more like a birth canal. And just as the baby’s bones, and especially her skull, are soft and pliant so that she can more easily pass through the canal, we too must make ourselves so as we go through this year. Any rigidity will make this year vastly more difficult. Fear in any form causes rigidity - think of how your body feels when it freezes up with fear. 

If you are afraid of change, afraid of letting go, afraid of the unknown, these are all forms of fear that will make you rigid in your posture towards life. Let it all go, and breathe.

If you are angry, bitter, filled with remorse, regret, feeling like a failure, then these feelings will also create an aspect of rigidity. Let it all go, and breathe.

If you are convinced that nothing is ever going to really change, your life sucks, the world is a mess, and it’s always going to be this way - you have put yourself in a box with tight, rigid sides. Step out of the box, kick it away, and breathe.

The wheel of Unity Consciousness (some refer to it as Christ Consciousness, however I prefer the more inclusive term of Unity) - was anchored on 1/1/11, and very slowly began to turn. Today, on 1/11/11, the wheel has picked up speed and it will continue to do so throughout the year. It is spinning off all that no longer serves us or the planet, and therefore the cosmos. 

This will be a year of enormous contrasts. I have already seen this in my own life. I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed a time when more people I know have been going through a major challenge. Some have crossed over, some are currently deciding whether to stay or leave, some are grieving or fearful of what a loved one is going through. 

I could so easily get pulled into a vortex of fear or overwhelm over this. Yet I know that what I have gone through in the past decade or more - my own journey of awakening, which has been quite painful and challenging at times - this has all prepared me for this year. Being a “first waver” - meaning I was among the first group who felt and responded to the incoming energy shifting our planet - I know it is now my role to help guide those coming up behind me. And so I tell myself, going to fear is an indulgence I can’t afford. I can’t do my work if I am in a place of fear, so I let that go.

Contrast means there is an upside to all this - and indeed there is. For many years I wondered if this Shift was really happening, or was it just my own personal experience. In the past 2 years it has become abundantly clear to me that it was indeed real. But still, in some ways it seemed to be moving so slowly. Now I can feel and see the Shift so clearly. I feel the fresh air, the extraordinary light that is pouring into the planet. Amidst all the chaos and turmoil, the violence, the crazy weather, the endless news reports of all that has been hidden coming to the surface - amidst all this I stand back in a state of awe and wonder and amazement. And even, at certain moments, like right now, exhilaration.

I hope you will join me on this vantage point, and see what I see. Namaste. 

http://www.journeytoawaken.org

This was the beginning of a New Year for me…..to be continued.  I would like to thank Linda Lubin for her blog and as I reflect today this has been my year.  Aho

The challenge will be in black ink….the blessing in red

July 2010 – Completed 1^st Sundance in excruating pain – not thinking I could do it.  Connected with some amazing people – the other Sundancers who shared their wisdom, teachings, love and encouragement.  Met many other new people in our Circle of Life.

August 2010 -  Two days prior to shoulder surgery I received a call from a brother whom we have had minimum conversation since my Mother passed in 1994.  He informed me of my Father having cancer and I needed to come now!  Creator always has a plan.  First I wouldn’t be able to fly for a few months due to the surgery.  This gave me the time to go inward in prayer and meditation for my answers from a Power Greater than myself.  I wanted to go with love and forgiveness…without expectations.  It had been many years since we had talked or seen each other.   In late November my arm was better and I happened to be on Facebook.  I usually never have my chat on however this night it was and I received a message from my cousin Jimmy.  We got to talking about this and that and then he offered to pay for me and my daughter to go see my Dad.  He said it was paying it forward.  I say God worked through him.

December 2010 – Off to Arizona to see my Dad for a week.  Walking on blind faith that it will all be good.  Have friends out there in the program to connect with – as I had a back up plan.  Actually 2 back up plans cause I could have stayed with cousin and his family.  Our visit was wonderful, healing, loving and enjoyable.  Something not only had shifted in me the previous 18 years in recovery….but my Dad had shifted too…with the direct help of my  cousin’s and their families.  I was no longer this little girl in his presence…but a mature woman, mom, grandmother, wife and grown daughter.  I wish I would have stayed longer as we pulled out of his driveway that day.  Sensing I would not see him like this again.

January 1 2011

-         Richard and both felt like crap on New Year’s Eve however we committed to opening the meeting which we did and our grateful cause there were some newcomers there.  Early morning we are still feeling like crap…high temps, fluish symptoms, etc.  Of course you know the Man is always sicker.  Resentfully I travel to the drugstore to stock up on cold remedies, vernors, popsicles and soup.  He is still really sick upon returning home so I convince him to go to the ER.  We call Gary and Gary agrees to take him so I can get some rest.  Not 45 minutes later Gary calls….Richard has been having a heart attack and they are taking him into surgery immediately.  As I am driving out to the hospital I get a call from my brother and my Dad has had a stroke and continues to have mini strokes…they don’t give him much time.

-        Richard was fine with minimal damage to the heart.  It was a life changing event for me and more so for him.  I realized in that long drive to the hospital that nothing else mattered or was so important – other than my husbands life.  Didn’t matter anymore that the laundry was piled up; tables dusty; floors dirty; his work boots in my way as always….that his life…our life was all that mattered.  I have always loved him…but in that time at the hospital I realized the depths of my love and what was really important. 

January 8, 2011

My Father has taken a turn for the worse and they have brought him home for Hospice to care for him.  His wish…my cousin told me….was that all 4 of his children be together at his home when he died.  Now we hadn’t been in the same room since my Mom’s funeral in 1994.  The dilema was Richard was just home from the hospital and my father was dying.  We also didn’t have the money for me to fly out there.  Well Creator makes things possible.  A friend loaned me the money; our other friends took care of Richard and I flew out on January 9 2011.  Unsure of what welcome if any I would have I went….and I took all of you and your love and support with me.  I got to my father’s at 10 am….and he was already half in the spirit world.  Although when he saw me he turned his head and clear as day said “Hello…how are you”.  I am good Daddy…and I am here….and it’s okay.  That whole day he kept looking at the picture of his Mother on the wall.  People were in and out visiting him and the cousins where all there too.  I stayed late into the night only to be called back a few hours later.  Upon returning it was obvious he was leaving us for the other side.  I asked for some time with him alone…bent over and up to his ear and told him I loved him.  He replied in a whisper “I’m sorry and I love you”.  He passed an hour later….the same day his Mother passed years ago….January 10, 2011.  I decided to leave the next day to be with my husband.  I had come to be with him during his transition and walked away feeling peace in my spirit.

TO BE CONTINUED…….HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVERYONE

awakenedvibrations:

“Life is the dancer, you are the dance.”

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a-craftwork-orange:

Amazing hula-hoop rug from Disney’s Family fun. So many old t-shirts from high school defiantly doing this while I am home over break. (click-through link)

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How to wear your scarf!!!

About: This video is for any scarf fanatic. Here you will learn fun & unique ways to wear your scarves.

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Necklaces always seem to get tangled in a jewelry box. This is a DIY tutorial to make a framed jewelry organizer that both displays your pretty necklaces and keeps them tangle-free.

You can either hang it on the wall or lean it against a vanity table.

Supplies:

thrifted vintage frame
peg board cut to size
wood glue
scissors
ribbon
knobs or hooks
spray paint (optional)


Start with a vintage thrifted frame. You’ll want a piece of peg board cut down to the size of the inside of your frame. I got my 11 x 16 piece at a local hardware store and it cost $5 for the board and two cuts. I spray painted it a light shade of yellow, bu you could leave it natural as well.


Before securing the peg board to the  frame I make a couple loops for hanging dangling earrings. I cut a piece of ribbon about 3 inches long and strung it through two holes.


I double knotted the back.


Next I glued with wood glue the peg board to the back of the frame. If your frame has clips you can use those as well. My frame was really old and only had one clip so it needed something else to hold it in place.


I picked up some of these knobs and hook on sale from my local Anthropologie. You can also look for them at antique stores.


The hook’s holes didn’t quite line up with the peg board’s so I tied ribbon through like I did for the earring loops.


Then I installed my knobs and hung my jewelry. If your knobs are missing hardware in the back you can take it to your local hardware store and have them help you find the right bolt.

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Cameron’s face is priceless!!!

dazzlingdisarray:

58/365 - “Life-Size.  Make something as big as you possibly can.  If it’s something representational, see if you can make it life sized.”

OK, pretty sure that most people who grew up in the 80’s-early 90’s would agree with me that getting an empty giant cardboard box was pretty much the best thing ever….  Why?   Well to make cardboard box car’s of course!  Sothats exactly what we did.  Pretty much the best cardboard box VW hippie van in the entire world.  Team craft night killed it…  and my nephew Cameron absolutely loves HIS new car.

-December 20, 2011

wildspiritwolf:

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. 
 

-Swami Vivekananda