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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!
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.
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?
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.
Train Man
Here’s a movie we’ve been talking about this week, its called “Train Man 
ensha Otoko””. Made in Japan ( now, that’s a good cliche) , its a story about a virgin geek who meets a girl on the train and his romantic pursuit of her. The cool thing about the story is how he creates a support system for himself by connecting with people through a chatroom. They totally counsel him on how to approach and romance this love interest. Its downright hilarious, and symbolic , I feel, in that he will never meet his support team in person. They are all out there in cyberspace, consoling him when he encounters roadblocks and cheering him on when he surges forward in his courtship effort.
I can clearly see the next step in this process as the Train Man being guided fully by the also unseen higher self or spirit guides , the only difference is they wont be texting him anytime soon. Or will they? Are the chat room advisors in this movie really non existent in 3 dimensional reality? Any opinions out there?
Seems like the topic of the day here is about boundaries and unconditional love. This morning, I was talking with one of my Life Coaching clients about this. She was struggling with the concept of unconditional love, she was feeling it means there are no boundaries to be set. Love is Love, she said. I was talking about how Unconditional Love is always loving but also loving someone enough to create those boundaries , for we all need them in our relationships for them to be healthy. Loving is not allowing others complete free rein over us. It is about loving them enough to let them know appropriately where our own personal boundaries are, with loving kindness, sometimes with firm loving kindness. Occasionally, it takes a whole lotta love to set and maintain those boundaries, especially when the other person (or animal) is having hard time with it. I use my horse Rubicon, as an example here. He is coming off a one year layoff, he has not been ridden much during that time. So now that he is being worked regularly and is adjusting to his new (old) routine of being ridden again, he’s testing me and looking for some boundaries about who is in control, he likes the attention of being ridden but would like to stay on vacation, so to speak. So he resists being seriously worked ….he needs me to say, yes you do need to do this. This is our agreement, for you to be ridden one hour several times a week, the rest of your time you have to yourself and can do as you wish….. My part of the agreement is to care for him and further his training by riding him. He really needs to know I love him and honor him by setting the boundaries of our relationship , much as I would do in a relationship with another human, although the boundaries for a human relationship would have another flavor than the human -horse one does. So, how do you feel about unconditional love and boundaries?
This summer, we here at Yosemite went through the life changing experience of a 100-year fire. Our house was the very first group evacuated, although we had spent an agonizing 24 hours waiting to see just how close the fire would get. Luckily, my guidance had instructed me to begin moving animals out before the official evacuation began and the energy in the neighborhood had built to panic status. All the animals cooperated with grace and ease, the horses went calmly into the trailer for the first load , and the barncats were close by and allowed themselves to be placed into their carriers. However, KIlmer, the siamese rescue cat, was another story. I had enticed him into the house earlier in the day, but his problem was that he had never been successfully placed by a human into a carrier in his three years on this planet. When I moved to Yosemite, I had spent three weeks feeding him in the carrier to allow him some sort of ease going in there, he has a very intense fear of being trapped and even then I had to be very swift closing the door or he would bolt out. I didn’t have time to coax him in with food now.
When we came back to the house after dropping off the first load of horses, the atmosphere in the neighborhood had completely changed, The sky was orange and black, no more sun or blue there, the quiet was stifling, no birds or insects made a nose, and the energy in the air hung heavily. It was spectacular, and definately awe inspiring in its finality.
My friends Rick and Maryann arrived just in time to take the second load of horses out to safety, along with the barncats. As they pulled out, the sheriff rolled in and told us we had FIVE minutes to leave our home. I lied through my teeth as I told him, no Problemo, we just had one more cat to catch and we would be gone. As my friend Cindy and I entered the house, out bolted one Siamese cat. uh oh now we were in trouble. This cat had never allowed anyone to pick him up while outdoors. Luckily he ran to the open garage door and then eventually into the house. Whew. Now we put the carrier in the bedroom and in a few minutes kitty went in the bedrom too. He was very panicked, he could feel the fire energy approaching.
As I sat on the bed I wondered just how I was going to pull this one off, while KIlmer ran laps around the bedroom. He would not allow me to approach him, at all. I talked to him to entice him to come to me. NO luck. So I sat and breathed and asked for serious help from my guides, they had directed me all morning, hopefully they would assist me now. Just as the cat calmed down and stayed on the bed with me for more than thirty seconds, there was a huge noise on the deck, another friend was here offering her help. I tried to wave her away for a minute, but the cat was under the bed in a flash. To him, a stranger meant “danger, Will Robinson!” So I left the room for a few minutes to thank my friend for coming. Just one more cat to catch, oh no problem! Fake it till ya make it they say!
Back to sitting on the bed and focusing on breathing to calm my energy and impart a sense of NO Problemo to the cat. Oh well, if I cant take him and he stays, he stays, what can I do? He’ll have to take his own chances. Somehow, somewhere, here , EVE, I told myself, stay NEUTRAL. no worries. Allow the kitty to come to you, don’t force the energy. Be patient. You have plenty of time.
OOOOOh KIlmer, my little seven pound ZEN master. Please help me now. And so, miraculously, Kilmer began to slow down the running of his laps around the bedroom, spending more time on the bed with me. He finally came close enough for me to touch., I stoked him, but withdrew my hand before he walked on by, playing a subtle approach and retreat game with him, leaving him wanting more touch with each lap . After a few more laps he was in MY lap. Ohhhhhsweet success , KIlmer totally relaxed and actually melted into me, seeking the security of his human .
Now the task was just how to get him into the carrier, I stroked him for a few minutes and just knew he’d allow me to place him inside of it……and guess what ? In he went. I was so relieved. oh m goodness. He let me set him in his carrier!
As we drove away from our house I looked at the orange and black sky and thanked Spirit and especially the cat gods for being there 100 percent for me and guiding me fully .
Our home survied the fire although the flames came within a quarter of a mile from us….we were the lucky ones, several of our neighbors lost everything in this fire. It created an intense cleansing for all who live here, We continue to sort through the pieces it left us, in a good way.
For a few minutes lets think of ourselves as our own personal cake. In this lifetime, we are perfecting our secret recipe, kind of like for the Betty Crocker bake off. We can add and subtract new ingredients as we go along, trying different flours, spices, and gooey things like marshmallows and such. We are continually in process, either mixing it up or baking it.
Sometimes it gets a little wild when we get a new wave of energy, and the mixer gets turned up from stir to beat or even whip, and our batter gets thrown all over the place, by accident or design, then we have to be scraped up and thrown back in the mixing bowl, and pray that the speed gets turned down soon.
What type of cake are you? Some people are like an angelfood cake, white and light and airy, do they seem to go through life effortlessly once they have been baked? The mixing can be a little bit tricky for them, though, gotta make sure the cream of tartar is very fresh for them so that they rise properly. Some even add bits of fruit to their cake, like an Italian panettone. I think of myself as a devils food cake, rich and dense, passionate and driven, you have to be ready for some major chocolate for this one.
The baking phase can be one of waiting, cultivating patience, hoping that the correct temperature has been set and that the oven is functioning properly. Also during this phase most people , if they haven’t chosen it already, begin to consider what type of frosting will go best with their cake. Perhaps the cooling phase is where we wait to manifest the perfect frosting, we must wait for spirit to send to us the right and perfect one, it can get tedious, remembering that old adage “He that can have patience can have what he will”. Plus, the cake is just not complete without the frosting or icing, and of course, frosting is no good without the cake.
If the cake is your own self, then the frosting must be your romantic relationship. How sweet! Of course, frosting comes in all forms, cream cheese, fondant, 7 minute, whipped cream with berries, icing, powdered sugar, etc. I feel like my frosting is more like chocolate fudge on my cake. Of course, the timing of the arrival for the frosting must be right, too, the cake must be baked and cooled properly before the frosting is put on it. I feel that with all our healing and spiritual work, we are perfecting our recipes, and that romantic relationships are, indeed the frosting on our cake. Frosting and cake work well together, creating a sumptuous combination in our lives. Every bite is a complete joy.
What flavor is your cake?
