Path To Bliss

February 25, 2010 in Connecting with Nature, Relationships, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

       Last week  my  friend  Lissa asked me how could she   develop her own way of shifting her energy so that she can journey to the other side.   She  recently had had a remarkable experience going

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to the other side  while on a facilitated journey with a Shaman, and wanted to know how she could develop her personal way of going there on her own .
       I feel that this  brings up an interesting topic, do we need to be  dependent on someone or something  to achieve that shift: to journey to the other side, or can we learn to do it on our own? Must we use a drug, a Shaman, a method, or ceremony?  These things are all tools,  used to shift the mind, which is  what  you must do to  go to the other side. They may get you there, but they can defeat the purpose of it all:attaining personal freedom and power, and keep you dependent on some THING to get there. What if your thing or method isn’t  available? Cant get there. What if your  Shaman leaves town ? Cant get there. What if the conditions are not just perfect? Cant get there. That’s all wrong. Be careful, the mind/ego wants to  fixate on   the mechanics of the process, trapping you in its  details. Because by nature  journeying to the other side is so abstract, the mind seeks to solidify it by focusing on the process.
       It is our birthright to journey to other dimensions and realities, but unfortunately we have been raised in a society that denies the existence of anything we can’t see, feel taste or touch..The Third dimension that we live in, the place of the senses, is but a small portion of all the realities which are present in the Universe. Native peoples knew this and used all dimensions much more than does modern society , it was a part of daily life for them.  Most of their lives were spent in a state of bliss and joy, because they did not allow the ego /mind to dominate them as we do.  And journeying to the other side helped them live the bliss in this  third dimensional world.
       Our Destiny: To journey to the other side and  bring back that big old bucket of bliss.
When you do this, you add incredibly  to the bliss factor on the Earth. You are changing the world in a hugely beneficially way,making your personal contribution  much more than you can by changing the system .
      All you need is yourself , and your phenomenal heart that you always carry   with you.  You can be naked, you can be anywhere :you can be with people, you can be alone.you can be inside, you can be outdoors. Its like a muscle, you develop it and  use it until it comes easily. A little spontaneous practice and you will be  there. No special formula needed, just your own self. Just  leave your ego/mind behind.   As humans, we can get sidetracked and absorbed by the method itself, allowing it  to become the focal point. The ego wants to cling to the method and focus on the ritual, the sweatlodge, the ceremony that was intended to be an inspiration, not a trap.  These rituals have their place, but they should not be the focal point of your journey. They help you to learn how to journey so that you know what its like to go there, but then its up to you to discover and use your own personal method to  get there.  You shouldn’t have to wait for an event in time.   
       Tom Brown calls it finding your hair, your own way of accessing the other side. Carlos Castaneda called it shifting the assemblage point .     
     There are endless ways to make the shift in awareness..  Focus on the breath is onw way.   For many people, water will help them.This  could be using the energy of a  lake ,stream, waterfall  or even a shower.   Anything in Nature that you choose to cultivate a relationship with can be used as a springboard to the other side, simply by honoring its essence.  The rocks, trees, flowers , mountains , animals, every bit of nature has a spirit, an energy that you can tap into . Our relationship with them by design is set up to help  humans explore other realms.  You can also use your dreams and the state of awareness that is present between waking and sleep to begin a journey.  You can begin with one “hair”, becoming familiar with it, then expanding your abilities to use more and more  ways to access the other side.  All you realy need to do is to state your intent to discover your own way and then allow it to come to you.
       My answer to Lissa was to request that  her guides or helpers (whoever she feels assists her ) show her the way to finding and developing her own “hair” or access to the other side.
      Enjoy the adventure of finding your way to your own knowledge of the other dimensions, and ride the energy now.  Surf’s Up!

Use Your Passion To Create Unity With Spirit

January 10, 2010 in Connecting with Nature, Relationships | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

The horse symbolizes for us humans our connection with our own Spiritual Power and Freedom, for the horse is oh so powerful and free in its energy. It is a unique situation we have set up so that the horse can trust us and allow us to ride him, becoming the vehicle for our spiritual liberation and to gain understanding and knowledge of our own spiritual connection and power and to use the freedom aspect to channel these powers (our own personal medicine) and bring them out into the world. Horse is a 1000 pound living channel to the earth. We ride astride this beast, using our legs and opening our pelvis angle to accept the gift of the earth’s energy channeled through the horse into our bodies. As we ride, the horse jiggles and shakes our body to activate this unique channel and receive the energy. Excellent riding posture uses a lifted chest and relaxed flowing pelvis angle to move with the action of the horse: the lifted chest activates and opens the heart chakra to receive and it also shows the humans heart energy to the world, allowing the human to be vulnerable and open their heart channel for Spirit. Spiritual energy comes in through the top of the human head, to mix in the heart center with the grounding energy which comes up from the Earth . The horse, as a channel, brings this Earth energy up through his four legs , through his body and up into his third chakra (his power center), which happens to be the area of the horses’ back the human sits on while riding. This Earth energy then flows directly from the horse into the humans first chakra (via his seat) up throughout his body and into the heart-so that this combined and fully balanced energy can then be expressed through the human heart and out into the World. The trust between the two beings allows this flow to happen. Horse and Human work together as a channel (or hollow tube ) for a now fully balanced Spiritual Energy to be expressed out into the World. Remember the famous scene in the movie Dances with Wolves where Kevin Costner rides the horse through the Civil War battlefield, untouched by enemy fire? He had shifted fully into another dimension-the Heart Dimension-and so was completely fearless and untouched by enemy fire while riding through the battlefield. Examine his posture during this ride, legs relaxed, pelvis open , chest lifted, his heart was fully exposed to the world, arms outstretched to receive, fully surrendering to the power of Spirit. He was able to perform this amazing feat because his connection and trust with his horse shifted him to a place of being fully in his personal Power and Freedom. Connect with your horse, know the power of your Spirit. Live the heart dimension now. Accelerated connection with the horse gives you accelerated connection to your Spiritual Nature, increasing your bond to the horse and to the Earth. This concept of unity with the horse can be used with any passion you hold Skiing Climbing Running Hiking Incorporating an open hearted stance in your sport or activity will allow you to channel the love and power of Spirit and the Earth. Any activity you feel strongly about is your vehicle to complete freedom and power while on the Earth. Check it out.

Create A Love Journal

December 31, 2009 in Connecting with Nature, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

We came to this Earth to be creators of Love,  it is in everything around us, every being, tree and rock .  It is our life force.  Yet we get so involved in our earthly desires and matters that we forget why we came here, which is to spread Love throughout the Planet. We need to make a mental effort to create more love in our lives, spreading it throughout  our world. The first step is to look for the Love in every thing you do.  Its easy, just observe yourself. For one day, ask this question about every thing you think , do or say;  does this originate from a place  of Love , or  fear?   Because, every thing  comes out of one or the other. So, be aware of how these thoughts and actions originate for you .  The next day, with each thought or action, ask yourself, how can I create more Love through this? This will really help you to see just where your mind is at most of the time.  A great way to create more Love is to make a Love Journal. Record things that  have happened to you in your day, every day, and how they bring Love to you, we have many opportunities to create more Love each day, if we choose to use them in this manner. Be sure to look over your journal periodically to recognize all the times when Love was present  for you . Remember, what we dwell on is what we create more of  in our lives. And , through recognizing and honoring   our true Love nature , we will bring more Love to ourselves and our world around us, creating more Love for all on this Earth.

My New Love is Standing At My Door Wearing Only A Big Red Ribbon

December 16, 2009 in Relationships, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Phew! One more move under my belt.  Finding housing and moving around Yosemite this year has been a big project: now I have rented an apartment to stay in until summer, and I am thrilled to settle in one place for a while. My friends have all pitched in to help me make my moves, they have been so very gracious to help me. I recruited a young friend and coworker at Arch Rock ( the entrance station that I work at in Yosemite) to help me in this last one, and I promised to make him dinner as a payback. Two of my girlfriends came over for the dinner as well, and we had fun chatting about our world here in Yosemite. One of the topics that came up was dating. My friend Marla brought up the topic of the lack of eligible males for females to date here. Salvador, being the big-hearted Latin fella that he is, agreed with her. There’s just not ANY single men around here, and Marla said, but I can come up with 20 great single women in my head immediately! Where’s all the men? There’s NO men around here! Well, being the newest of the group to Yosemite and all that , I felt compelled to play Devil’s Advocate and to encourage exploration of another perspective on the topic.. Wait a minute….what do you mean? Are there just not any men around? Do the women really outnumber the men by so much? What do you think the ratio of men to women really is here? After several minutes of reflection, Marla said she felt it wasn’t a ratio of women to men issue, but she just couldn’t think of any single men in this area. So I challenged the group in the room to make a list of 20 single men in Yosemite. And we did. Only it took us awhile , because we had to discuss each one’s merits or (demerits as it were ) as we made the list. At first, they wanted to disqualify some of them, but I reminded them the task was to make a list of single men, period, and not just a list of men we liked .After we came up with number 16, we agreed to stop, as the point was clear, there were 20 single men here, just not maybe 20 single men we would consider desirable. I have to confess that there was one guy mentioned that I said I would definitely NOT turn away should he show up at my door! Which leads us to another point of our discussion, how is it that women are always lamenting the lack of good men, when men do not say there’s not enough good women? And, are women kidding themselves when they say that they are available and ready for a serious relationship, yet don’t find an available man or a good man? Are the men just being more honest when they say they don’t want a serious relationship? My point I brought up in all this was that I feel like, if a person desires a relationship and is not in one, it usually is because some part of them does not want to be in one, …….not because of a lack of single datable (hot?) men (or women) . I feel that there is a deeper part of them (their higher self ) that is ultimately in control and that part keeps them out of relationships, for the sake of its own agenda. And the conscious or personality part of themselves that wants the relation can voice its desires, but ultimately it is not in charge of their destiny. Some people could use other names for these parts of us, I have a friend who does hypnotherapy and she calls the parts “the committee” and urges her clients to realize the presence of all their parts and to learn to get them to work together towards a desired goal. I just feel that we have an agenda created by us and for us by Spirit (our higher selves) and that agenda isn’t always a known one. It may be of great need for someone to not be in a relationship even though the personality craves one and all that comes with it. So, once again the topic of personal responsibility rears its ugly head. It’s not numbers of available partners that dictates a persons chances of entering into a relationship, but the agenda of that persons higher self that keeps them either in or out of romantic relationships.  Just how can a person know what their higher self’s agenda is? Well, that would be a topic for the next dinner party. Stay tuned. Oh and by the way, the answer to the question “When will I find my love object standing at my door wearing nothing but a big red ribbon?” is, when Spirit ( higher self ) feels it’s the right time for such a gift to arrive! Should I look out for the Fed Ex truck?

Touch Your Bliss

July 22, 2009 in Connecting with Nature | Tags: , , , , , | Leave a comment

As we humans all move to a higher spiritual plane while on this earth, we are evolving and changing rapidly.  We are all going to a place here on earth where we will live our lives in a state of spiritual bliss.  This is our birthright, it is the state we were intended to live in on this earth.  Native peoples before us lived in this state of  bliss continually while being truly connected to nature.

Our challenge now is to touch into this place of peace and joy, while our human world goes through tremendous changes- in essence, to ride out this storm by maintaining an island of bliss and peace while in the eye of the storm itself.  We can do it, it is what we are designed to to on this earth.

Through our connection to nature, we can learn to surf  the dimensions and actually begin to touch our bliss!  Every aspect of nature, each rock, tree, flower, and animal is designed to be a channel to our higher selves.  We can use these parts of the natural world to channel our bliss on a daily and continual basis.

Its like a radio station-you can tune into their frequency anytime you wish, just turn your dial and you will receive their broadcast.  They eagerly await your contact.  Just how do you do this?  Practice -tune in frequently to nature- go outside, sit or walk quietly, calm yourmind , breathe and observe an aspect of nature that draws yourattention-be quiet and focus-allow them to commune with your own energy fields-if you only take some of your time and intend to tune in -the Nature Spirits will joyfully oblige you with a wonderful energy exchange and communication.   Then kick back and allow them to speak to you:watch the light dancing through the leaves of a tree, the breeze moving through the willow leaves, observe the animals and let them lead you on a personal journey with them.  Let them dance with joy with your spirit..   Allow the trees to sing with you, watch the movements of the clouds  and how everything dances and sings .  Their communications with you are as as subtle as the changing light or the rustle of leaves in the slightest breeze.  Turn down the chatter of your mind , open your heart, connect with your spirit through the Spirit of nature.

Tune into the song of the natural world, practice the art of allowing it to commune with your own spiritual energy and soak up its caress. Sooner, rather than later, with your intention to connect you will cultivate the ability to connect with Nature at anytime during your day, in any place, realizing that you are always in its presence and energy.   All you need to do is tune into its channel, and you will shift easily into a personal state of  joy and bliss.

Wildflower Explosion: Spiritual Renewal of the Earth

March 22, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

Merced River Canyon

Merced River Canyon

Spring is the time of renewal for the planet earth, and renewal is flowing mightily here in Yosemite.

Its lunchtime, and my friend Sally and I are in the Ahwahnee eating a delicious burger. We have just driven into the valley through the fabulous Merced River canyon and are amazed at the display of wildflowers there. Our waiter tells us that he has never in his 34 year career working at the Ahwahnee, seen the wildflowers as spectacular as this year. Picture the bright green new grass of spring and all the mosses growing on the steep canyon walls above the mightily flowing Merced river, and these slopes are covered with bright orange poppies, literally blanketing the undulating hillsides. The color is psychedelic, hot orange everywhere!

Hills of Poppies

Hills of Poppies

What has caused this once in 34 years display? Some of it came about due to the fire that raged through the canyon last summer, but even the slopes that escaped the flames are blooming like never before. Its as if Nature went wild and said Let it Rage with color! Could it be that the Nature Spirits are showing us what is to come for us as humans, that after the cleansing of the flames we are currently in, the Spiritual Renewal process will set us ablaze with color never seen before, as we bloom Spiritually? Top to Bottom , Beginning to End of this canyon is full of flowers, the most expressive show seen in a lifetime for some. Could it be that after our intense changing we are to bloom the brightest ever?
Further up the canyon as you enter Yosemite valley itself, after experiencing the color show, you are impressed by the water which flows off the steep granite walls and cascades down into the valley floor. There is foaming water everywhere you look, and you are surrounded by the sounds of cascading water, rushing , and cleansing in its essence over the granite.
The Sacred waters run, foaming over sacred rock.
To Tu Ya, the Paiute Ancestor, is everywhere. She was named this for Sacred water that runs over Rock in Yosemite. Her energy surrounds you in the valley now, cascading and cleansing everywhere you turn, symbolic of the cleansing of ourselves through the breakdown of our social systems . This cleansing of our society and systems and therefore ourselves is as beautiful in scope as the lovely waters of Yosemite. It runs through us and over us , purging pockets of old beliefs and mind resistance that no longer serve us in our newly emerging fully spiritual Earth. Our Earth is in bloom with our new Spiritual energy.
This is not an easy process, the mind/ego resists losing control of the old patterns through this cleansing.
It is our souls path.
Our higher selves know how to guide us through these changes.
We are moving from a material based planet to a spirit based earth.
Allow and feel the sacred waters to cleanse you.
Allow To Tu Ya and the sacred waters to take you wherever you need to be on your own spiritual journey. They will cleanse you and bring you to a grand Spiritual Renewal- as the water flows from Yosemite valley into the Merced River Canyon -to the spectacular Wildflowers of a true Spiritual Reawakening-as our souls bloom again , more magnificently than ever before.

What Color is Your Cosmic Toolbox?

March 16, 2009 in Connecting with Nature | Leave a comment

Mine is bright red!  That’s because I love the color red. It is made of  metal and shiny, and not too big, just the right size for travelling.  its sooo cosmic because it goes  all over the planet with me!  Inside are all the tools I need to walk my path on this planet called Earth.  The kind of tools I keep inside  are ones I have discovered along my path that work for me: they help me to better  navigate my journey.  Some of them I have carried with me for quite some time, others are added when needed  and then later removed when I no longer use them. Some of them are more Spiritual in nature, and some are  self-help tools .
I had a cool dream last week,  in it my dad met me ( he resides on the other side now)  and he took me  into a room and handed me off to a Native person who was sorting through a lot of items in the room, as he readied  himself for a journey. This guy had a very supportive, loving energy he emanated as he spoke to me. He gestured with his arm out into the room, showing me all the things he was not taking with him.  You don’t need any of these, he told me. He was putting the items he was selecting  into a medium sized backpack. Then he pointed out my pack, and said, I’ll show you this time, how to do this, so that for the next trip you can do it on your own.  As we sorted and tossed and put a few things into the packs, we also prepared some medicine and herbs to take along  with us. He taught me very carefully how to do this preparation. My interpretation of this dream is that he was showing me  old patterns and ways of dealing with things that I no longer needed to carry with me and use, and introducing me to new tools to take    along in the pack  with me. The packs were related to the cosmic toolbox, in their own way.  Nice.
Our Earth and all of us  are all changing at an astonishing rate .  We can have more ease in these accelerated times by consciously assembling the items we would like to take with us in this new phase of our journey, realizing we have a choice now as to what we will take and what we need to leave behind.  Whether we use a toolbox or a backpack is of no importance…..just do the tossing and sorting as quickly as you can, there is not much time left now to prepare .
One of my most valuable tools I carry with me right now is the  practice of appreciation.  To ride out this time of oh so  rapid evolution, we can create a calm center in the eye of  storm to hang out in  by using the tool of appreciation. To use this tool, go into your heart center and feel appreciation for everything in your life .   This will calm and center you and lift your energy.  A my friend Poppy says, “FEEL THE LOVE!” Whether its petting your cat or looking at the stars or connecting withanother human in a loving way, it is all about appreciation. Spending some time each day in a state of appreciation will greatly enhace your ability to ride out these rapidly changing times.
Another way of using appreciaton is to connect more with the Earth and everything on it. As you no doubt are already aware of,  every bit of nature, each rock, every tree, bird and animal carries with it the energy of Spirit. And you can use these aspects of Nature to channel the energy of your higher self…..by connecting with Nature!  As you take a few moments to honor and recognize the rock in front of you, connecting with it, you are channeling its energy into yourself, and its energy is that of Spirit, your Higher Self.   Make that connection as much as  possible, honor and appreciate every little thing in Nature, and you will fill yourself more and more with the energy of Spirit,and that is  Love! FEEL THE LOVE< BABY! Try it, and let me know how it works for you, this article will be posted on my blog,and I would love to hear from you via  your comments on the blog about  the  connections your make and so appreciate.

Use Your Head Like a Man And Your Heart Like a Woman

January 29, 2009 in Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine, Relationships | Leave a comment



Just how can we bring more peace and tranquility into our lives?  How can we work less and still have all the abundance we need? By truly using the feminine receptive principle to open ourselves up to receive more, the universe is out there, just waiting for us to to give it the green light to shower us with what  we desire most to have in our lives.  Balancing the feminine and masculine sides of our energies is key in this process.

I feel there is a lot of fear out there about using the Divine Feminine more in our lives. On the Earth in the distant past, we lived in earth mother based , matriarchial societies, fully connected to the goddess principles and in tune with our true connection to Spirit.  In complete balance. Both men and Women.  But in fully exploring the feminine,  some of these societies went way out of balance, overly focusing on the feminine power and becoming dysfunctional in doing so. This created the male fear of dominant female.  So then we swung back to using the male, mind oriented, logical  principle more  and power was wrested from the earth based cultures.  When out of balance, the male mind oriented society is aggressive and fear driven, creating fear of the male power.  It is more about conquest of the physical world, through physical work and over dependence using the mind to “think” about everything.  We did a mini swing like this in the 20th century, beginning with the peace movement and counter culture society in the sixties(going towards the feminine), then swinging back to the very materialistic splurge of the eighties and nineties,(back to the masculine) where logical and rational thinking was king. Now we have a whole new opportunity to use our energy differently, and we are almost being forced to through our wildly changing economic and political situation.  We can  honor the Earth more with sustainable lifestyles and not have to  work as hard using attraction through energy. To realize the power of using  the other dimensions rather than staying trapped  solely in the physical.  This is what the Law Of Attraction movement is all about, using energy (the other dimensions) to get what you want in your life, to manifest using the Divine Feminine Principle.  Attraction is a feminine trait. The masculine part of you seeds the energy by doing (making a statement of intent”I want”) and then placing yourself in the energy of already having it (being in it), and then allowing it to come to you (using the feminine trait of being). Your higher self guides you as to when and where to take action, and then trust is the key while allowing the energy to arrange itself so that you can receive whatever your desire is. You must then stay out of the way ( kick back and be ready to receive) to allow your desire to come to you. There is a saying, Use your head like a man, use your heart like a woman.  And we need to honor this. Both men and women.

Earthing

January 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment


Use your feet! MAINTAIN AND RECOVER SANITY BY STAYING EARTHED. Your feet play a huge role in your connection to the earth and are your grounding connection…..we don’t usually honor this connection enough. Honor them and your connection to Mother Earth by giving your feet more attention physically and by using your intent to run more energy through them. Respect your feet and the Earth ; they are your primary connection to her. When you have your feet firmly on the ground and are consciously running energy through them, you can have your head in the clouds and still be a fully realized human being, because you will be balanced by your own earth connection. We are designed to pull the energy of Spirit through the top of our heads down into our bodies and then to draw the energy of the Earth up through our feet into our bodies, mixing the two energies in our heart and expressing them fully out through our hearts in our daily lives. People who lose awareness of our fundamental connection to the earth, tend to draw energy from others rather than source (Earth), losing proper sense of themselves as whole and holy and see themselves as much less than they are. Its kind of like a misplaced direction of energy. No bueno, man!

So, how to use your feet better. Physically, go barefoot or in socks as much as possible. Focus on your footsteps when you walk and bring the Earth energy consciously up through the soles of your feet. Set this intention a few times and it will begin to be enhanced naturally and easily. Walk in the dirt or sand and allow your feet to FEEL the earth, to feel the muck oozing up through your toes while in the mud. Your feet are much more powerful than you realize. Stroke your feet and massage them at the end of the day….you can use essential oils on the soles of your feet to receive their benefits in the rest of your body. Paint your toenails so they can greet you when you look at your feet-reminding you to keep them firmly on the ground. Foot baths using salt to draw off any unwanted energy will help keep your tootsies cleanly running as channels as your primary connection to the Earth.

A strong connection to the earth will help you greatly now to maintain and recover sanity by staying earthed. By paying attention to your feet your are respecting them and the earth. They are your primary connection to her! Use this mantra: I WALK THE EARTH WITH GRACE AND BEAUTY! YEAH!

Time to Choose

December 6, 2008 in Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | 3 comments

My friend Pete and I were having a discussion yesterday about the importance of living your life in each moment fully, and just how to achieve it.  My comment was that its of paramount importance to realize that, with every new thought or action which comes to you, you have a choice whether to allow your mind free rein or to change that pattern and consciously choose your thought forms.  If no choice is made, the mind takes over, as a sort of default program, and leads you on with its agenda, which is usually comprised of a fear based  future reality or some past problem.  My feeling on this is that the mind was not designed to take on such a huge responsibility, and it freaks out, running its agendas , almost without our permission. To even have the realization that we have a choice is a big step towards cultivating inner peace and harmony in our thought forms. We can choose to allow our higher self, or spirit to guide us just by gently redirecting our thought patterns and forms .  Make the choice now…….. I am interested in your thoughts on this one.