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As we wobble toward the end of a most disconcerting year, I do what I do every year and try to take stock of where I have been and what I would like to take with me. One important element of that is to evaluate the space around me.

In the past, I have bemoaned the fact that my home and life didn’t always reflect the spiritual side of me.  In my mind, I saw a very peaceful, zen environment with candles and quiet music playing.  The reality is anything but that.  Dog toys everywhere, grandchildren in and out, there are always a thousand things to do and all of them interrupt that idea I had in my mind of what my life should look like.

But I realized (remembered) that my sacred is mine no matter what it looks.  My sacred space has dogs in it. And cats. And books. And baking. And blessed grandchildren. And my grown children. Friends, one day soon again, I hope. My life, like everybody else’s, has obligations and responsibilities.  My life has interruptions and chaos and mess. Just like your does. Just like everyone.  My life looks like a life well-lived, like a sweater you have owned and worn for decades because you love it.  It is not a perfect life, none are, after all, but it is a good life, and it is certainly one supported by and created from the deep well of the Sacred I carry within my heart.  And yeah, sometimes I even manage to light candles and get music playing.

I have learned to look at everything I do, everything in my house and everyone I encounter through a lens of “is this sacred and if not, why?”  As I write of the importance of doing our own personal work, facing our shadows and so on, I continue doing the same in my own life.  No matter how much work we do there are still layers upon layers (remember the spiral of growth?) of “stuff” to be discovered and brought into the light.  Remember that those you encounter serve as mirrors of yourself. What message or information about yourself do they bring?

With every bit of work and insight into yourself, every bit of clearing you do, your spiritual foundation grows ever stronger, uplifting your life and clearing your energy field.

In these days of chaos and uncertainty, facing ourselves, owning our whole selves and stepping into who we truly are is incredibly important.  We cannot heal our world without this vital step.  Whatever remains unacknowledged and unaddressed, we will take forward with us into the New World.  As we know, this is the end of an Age and the beginning of one, and it is ours to create the world as we want to see.

And so I am told:

There are hard days yet to traverse. The chaos continues and must complete itself.  Do not allow the disruptions around you to mesmerize you so completely that you miss all that is being created at the same time.  The Divine Feminine rises in all her long-awaited glory.  Allow yourself to emulate Her and flow through the coming days, certain of your place in the world and your next right steps.  Division gives way to unity, hearts will open and trust will be born anew. The Light returns.

“Everything… every single thing… that you know to be true about you deserves to be part of the place setting where you sit at the table of life. Should you feel a bit of disequilibrium in accepting all your assets, take a moment to stabilize and get your legs underneath you. Then, walk in the balance that you are.”  Philip Sedgwick

This holiday season carries a particular and unique poignancy, one I don’t ever remember experiencing and am quite sure I will never forget.  No one can question the insanity, upheaval and confusion we have all experienced in 2020, and somehow we have made it to year’s end and the holidays.  I have always loved the holidays but this year, I approach them on my knees, filled with something like humility and awe. I am changed by 2020, as we all are. Something within me broke this year and simultaneously healed.

As I breathe, I am grateful for my body’s ability to take in life-giving oxygen.  As I wrap gifts for family and friends, I give thanks that I am able to do this, as I sit safely in my warm house. As I breathe, I am conscious of my body’s ability to take in life-giving oxygen. As I walk and do yoga, I give thanks that I am well and healthy and able to exercise my body.   As I think about making dinner, I make a donation to Feeding America.  I will never take food for granted again. I will never take others, my body, my health and my safety for granted again.

As I watch the news, and as the counting of the elector’s votes was confirmed, and yet still disputed by our mad King trump, I will never take democracy for granted again. I am profoundly grateful that I live in a country where I can vote, and my vote counts.

Yes, I miss my friends and family members I haven’t seen in far too long. I miss them terribly.  It has been a long, hard year for all of us. But overwhelmingly, these last days of 2020, I am struck, over and over and over, by how blessed I am, and I am humbled by that.  I appreciate my friends and family more and more every day. I see them differently now.

And there is the unfathomable loss of life that continues unabated at this point; all of those souls, beloved by others, who are no longer with us. I will never take the lives of those I care about for granted ever again. I will honor each passing of a stranger as I would a friend or family member.  I will honor my own life.

In all of the crazy occurring around us, I can’t help but wonder if maybe we have somehow missed the point.  This is not what has divided us, this crazy year.  We were already divided in our never-ending search for finding that *thing* that makes us better than someone else.  Rich or poor, white or black or Hispanic, Christian or not, whatever the disparity, whatever the criteria, it was never ever about that. We have acted as children with a glittering bauble dangling before us, ever so slightly out of our grasp and certain that it belongs only to *me*.  A certain tunnel vision has gripped us for generations, allowing us to see only what is directly in front of us and now all of that has been stripped away, exposing our entire and unappealing underbelly.

This year came to show us that under the smoke and mirrors and dangling glittery objects, we are all the same.  Covid can kill all of us.  No one is exempt from any of the disasters that have beset us in 2020. No one is better than anyone one else. Money or color or religion or politics doesn’t make anyone better than another.  We are all the same.

Here’s to all who arose, awoke, who opened eyes and hearts, who reached hands out to another.  Here’s to those who sacrificed and gave and gave and gave.  Here’s to those who stood tall and spoke up for justice.  Here’s to those on the front lines of hospitals, fires, storm damage,    natural disasters and social unrest to keep others safe. Here’s to those whose hearts shone with light and love with every breath.  Here’s to all of us this holiday season at the end of 2020.  May we heal ourselves and this beautiful world upon which we live.  May the Light within our hearts grow ever brighter. May we be guided by the desire for Unity and Peace.

Happy Solstice, Happy Every Blessed Holiday, Happy Return to Oneness!

From the One you came, and unto the One you will return. This simple truth underlies all of existence.  You exist, whether you perceive it or not, within Union.  All will begin to perceive soul before personality in the years to come. Life as you have known it is no more but the Light burns ever brighter.  The New World begins, and you with it.

Yesterday, during her webinar, Stephanie spoke of the gathering new cycles and aspects, many of which were dominated by the Divine Feminine.  As I listened,  they began to form in my mind. The vision literally filled my mind and I saw them gathering together.   The energy that accompanied each planetary aspect of the Divine Feminine at this moment of time/space was profound in its difference.  They have been angry and frustrated, I saw, as any mother would be over the errant behavior of her children. In my mind’s eye, there was a deep calm implacability to their presence. They have done what they could to prevent complete collapse, which was a very real possibility.  Their presence has been “seeded”, for lack of a better word, within all society.  They have attempted, through patient love, to guide the power-hungry and greedy toward higher focus, while always knowing this moment would arrive.

I see them coming together, singly and in small groups, joining and separating, but always together.  This “moment” has been a long time coming, and now that it is here, they are determinedly prepared to take their rightful place.  This is no partnership although it will become one.  This is true love based authority rising before our very eyes.  We have never before seen what the Divine Feminine truly is in action. We have seen hints and suggestions but what I see coming will be remarkable.  There is an inevitability to it that will take wind out of defiant sails.

Having just recently come to see the deep and abiding power of Sisterhood between my own sisters and myself, I have some idea of what I am seeing, but I can’t even envision all that is hinted to me.  I am told “You have no idea yet!”

The archetypes we use in astrology were based on the patriarchal norms of the prevailing societies at the time.  For example, we see Saturn as authority.  What I am being told is that we are in for some big surprises.  Authority is very different than what we thought it is.  Women, they tell me, have been trying for time without memory, to stand with authority at the side of the prevailing authority.  The truth, they tell me,  is that the Divine Feminine is infinitely more than a partner.  I sincerely don’t have words for what I am seeing and I am assured that I only see a bit of what is coming.  The more I watch this unfold in my mind/heart’s eye, the more powerful it becomes.

And so I am told:

They gather in the heavens, those Sisters who have waited, prodded, suggested, infuriated, and created.  Anticipation fills their hearts for they know the time has come to usher in the New World, and new it is, lest you be dismayed by appearances.  They gather, relaxed in the knowing that the moment has arrived.  Those who speak with their voices are ready to rise.. From every direction they come, united in purpose and direction.  Patiently they have waited throughout time and space for this moment to arrive. All have known of its coming and yet He continues to resist. Power has seduced him, mesmerized him, blinded him.  Still may he cling to what he believes is his, yet hers is the last word. The heart power of sisterhood will prevail. The Divine Feminine has arisen in all her glory.

Prepare to be astonished for this will be like nothing seen before. Illusion will vanish, her power a welcome change from what has been viewed as power.  Even those who resist will fall before her Glory.