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2009 ~The Year of Miracles

This article was posted in my Light In Motion II newsletter published January 14th of this year and is cross-posted on my Light In Motion blog.

A few days ago I was reading something that mentioned 2008 having been the Year of something or other. I wondered what 2009 would be the year of, and immediately heard, “2009 is The Year of Miracles”. Wow! And not a moment too soon, from the sounds of things, lately.

I had to smile at the thought of a year of miracles. I feel the Divine is already right there for us, awaiting our activation of the potentials before us. I see evidence of the miraculous in our election of Barack Obama, in the sudden plummeting of gas prices, and in the shift of energy in the past few weeks that has me feeling a new optimism about what is now possible. These are all potentials that are miraculous in the fact that they were once unexpected and have shifted reality remarkably. Though we may have hoped for them, none of us by force of will or determination could have created them without a little help from the unseen realms.

I don’t know about you, but I take very little for granted these days. When I see something that speaks to me I make a point of stopping to be with it and appreciate it for what it has to offer. Life itself is a series of miracles when I am present to them.

Miracles are really just realized potentials that we are unaware are possible until they occur. They are always love-based, inspiring and uplifting when we witness them. The miraculous is happening all the time. Our true nature is Divine. Humans are born with a natural ability to do many things that we have been taught to believe are miracles. It is just a matter of being present enough to notice, to see the beauty that is literally everywhere we look. More and more people are ready to Be the Change. And there are quite a few of us who are now embracing our lives whole-heartedly with a real Passion for what we are doing. Enough so that we are willing to step up to living and loving as exactly who we are.

If you would like to reconnect with, or discover your Passion, an Intuitive Astrology reading can help. This year promises to be filled with change for everyone. Self-awareness is empowering and allows you to consciously entertain the potentials before you and proactively make choices based on your preferences. The astrology chart offers a helpful guide to your own best timing and is an excellent tool for discovering the most effective strategies for accomplishing your desires. Insights that arise in a reading often reveal potentials and options that were not apparent before we sat down together.

For more information, or to schedule an Intuitive Astrology reading or Intuitive Consultation, see my website or send me an email.

May miracles abound in your New Year.

You Are God Also

The Law of Attraction, which has been widely written and talked about–from the channeled teachings of Abraham through Esther Hicks, to the movie The Secret–has been reminding us all that we are each the flow-er of our own energy and the creator of our experience. This is not to say we have purposely created things we don’t want, but repeatedly focusing on and reinforcing anything, whether positive or negative will bring us more of that which is our point of focus. Quantum physics agrees and apparently has the science to back it up. The teachings of the Ascended Masters of the Crimson Council tell us, “You are God, Also.”

As the creator of my own experience and knowing I am the God of my own life I still make mistakes. I misjudge circumstances or overestimate my abilities. I lose my temper and know I could have done a better job of something than what I did. I have lazy days when I get nothing accomplished and sometimes feel like the whole world is crashing in around me. My life is far from perfect but I know deep down that I have the power to change my circumstances the moment I remember that I can choose where to put my attention. I can decide to do things differently. I can choose to accept what has happened and go forward from there having learned yet another way I’d prefer not to do things in the future.

These moments of realizing things are either far different than I’d planned, in a not so good way, or have worked out much better than I’d have dared hope for, evoke the same response from my surprised self. “Oh my God!” Recently, though, a voice from deep inside said, “Oh, I’m God!” When I have the presence of mind to remember this it always serves to remind me that there is something of value in every experience. I am not the victim of circumstances nor of other people. I am not even the victim of what I sometimes think of as my poor judgment. I create experiences sometimes for the sheer experience itself. If I don’t like the way it feels I am free to create something else. This is only possible, though, when I remember that I created whatever I am experiencing and I always have a choice about what to do with my energy and attention that will affect what happens next.

Jesus said, “Be still and know that I Am God.”  You are God, also.

A Letter to Awakening Humans

This message was channeled by Geoffrey Hoppe, of the Crimson Circle, on June 7, 2008. See end of message for more info:

TOBIAS: “And so it is, dear friends, we have heard your call. We have heard your prayers, we have felt your pain, and we know your confusion. That is why we bring this message to you. It has found its way to you on the wind. It’s found its way to you through your processes – you might call the Internet – through a friend who has given this to you, or perhaps strictly what appears to be at random, but we have heard your call and your prayer. We have come to answer.

I am Tobias of the Crimson Council, an angelic order that’s here to work with teachers of consciousness both on Earth and in the other realms. I join together today with the angelic beings who come from a place of love and compassion to support you and to love you.

We also bring together this message from a group of human angels. They are in human form on Earth right now, but they are indeed angels. They have been exploring consciousness and Spirit and God for eons of time. They are physically embodied on Earth right now. They could be your next door neighbors, your family members or friends, perhaps people you don’t even know. But they are on Earth right now serving as a new type of teacher and a guide. They have been exploring the realms of new consciousness and New Energy and the whole concept of ‘I Am,’ which means Spirit, God, integrated with self on Earth right now.

We gather together the energies of the angels, of Spirit and of this group on Earth called Shaumbra, to bring this message to you in answer to your call.

You’re going through an awakening process right now and that is why you have received this letter. The awakening process could be one that’s challenging, it can be deceiving, and it can be beautiful all at the same time.

You know you’re going through a spiritual awakening process when you begin to question things that you’ve never questioned before, things like authority and structure; when you begin to question why you’re here on Earth, what is the meaning of life, what is it that you should be doing right now.

You know you’re going through an awakening process when the way you solved problems in the past doesn’t seem to work anymore. You know you’re going through this entire awakening process when you know that there’s more out there but you can’t seem to put your finger on it. You know there’s a greater way, but you don’t know what that is. You know you’re ready to go into a whole new level of living and understanding, but you don’t know how to get there.

You know you’re going through an awakening process when you feel yourself withdrawing into you, when you feel yourself starting to not want so much external activity, when you don’t need the stimulation or the drama that you’ve had in the past.

You know that you’re going into the awakening process when, in your quiet moments, perhaps late at night, you call out to God not knowing if there even is a God, at least in the old way. You call out for the higher being or the higher power somewhere out there. And you give a message totally from your heart, from the truest part of your being – “Dear Spirit, dear God, I’m ready.” From the truth of your being when you say, “Dear Spirit, dear Eternal One, I am willing to do anything but I don’t know what it is I should do.”

You know you’re going through an awakening process where all of the old beliefs don’t seem to be so true anymore, and the things that you held so near and dear to you now seem like memories of the past, the ways of the past. You know you’re going through an awakening process when the things that used to be the dreams and the goals, the desires of the human self no longer truly matter, but you don’t know what matters anymore.

If you’re listening to this or reading this or have been touched by it in some way, we’re here to tell you that you are not alone. There are angelic beings on our side who are with you right now – not some time in the future, not some time in the past that you don’t remember so well – but right now. And with a simple breath, your simple breath, it opens the doorway for us to be close to you, to love you, to remind you of your angelic origins, to let you know that we have the greatest compassion and love for you. You are not alone.

With the simple breath in this very moment, it also allows in the love and the compassion of tens and thousands and thousands of humans on Earth right now who have gone through or are currently going through a very similar process – the awakening of Spirit. They know what it’s like to lose those things that were near and dear to you. They know what it’s like for their belief systems to be challenged at every level. They know what it’s like for the things that came from the material world that were important at one time that start dissolving away. They know what it’s like to lose a relationship, or at least the illusion of losing it, so that they, and now you, can begin to have the relationship with yourself. With the simple breath you can open up and allow yourself to not be alone anymore.

We know it’s been difficult and challenging, and we know so much of what you’ve gone through is very emotional and at times can be very dramatic. We know you’ve been trying to figure it out in your mind. You’ve been using systems and structures and methods, and you still haven’t found the answers. You’ve tried to analyze it, and it’s something that can’t be analyzed. It can only be felt and experienced.

You’ve gone, many of you, and got counseling – professional or just with friends – and you know in your heart that the methods and the words that they tell you are not truly fulfilling that deep inner yearning to know yourself and to know the Spirit in yourself.

We know that there are times when you just want to disappear. You just want to fade away. It’s not even about dying, it’s just about going out of existence. The challenges, the transformation, the changes can be overwhelming to the human, to the mind, to that aspect of you that has a type of blinder on, that doesn’t see who you really are. It can be overwhelming and cause such duress that you choose just to go out of existence.

But the angels that are with you right now and the human angels that are standing along side of you understand your journey. They have some messages for you today, first and foremost, that you are not alone. Secondly, that the process you’re going through is actually quite natural. It may appear to be confusing and you may feel that you are lost, but what you are doing is very natural. You are allowing the old human façade and the illusion of who you thought you were to fade away. And as it fades away, what you begin to know in the deepest, most loving level, is yourself as God also; yourself as Spirit; yourself as divine, no longer limited by the old human identity but now understanding that you are eternal, that you are grand and that you can choose your own reality, even how you live on Earth right now.

Those of us who gather around you share with you that all of the answers are within. They’re not to be found with some gurus. They’re not to be found with some angelic being, but the answers are within you. Living in this state of duality as you have been doing, living with the concept of light and dark, good and bad, masculine and feminine, you’ve also bought into a belief system that says the answers are somewhere else. But indeed they are within you. They come from the most true and the most precious place within, and they can be discovered in the quiet moment, in the moment of breath, in the moment of acceptance of yourself.

We share with you that there is no goal, there is no purpose, there is not some God in a far off heaven that is putting you through some maze or some obstacle course. But the reality is everything in your life is about your creation, your discovering of beauty, your discovering about the depths of reality. Everything that you are experiencing right now in your life is by your choice. There are no outside powers or beings who are making you do it. There is nobody dictating the destiny of your life. You’ll discover that it all by your choice.

Perhaps at some very deep or distant part of yourself that wanted to have the experience of going through life as you have known it up to now, but understand it is you creating it. And when you understand that and when you take ownership for yourself, you will actually begin to understand the beauty of your journey. You’ll understand that you are not lost at all. You were just so deeply immersed in an experience, so filled with the richness even if the richness was painful at times, but it brought new depth and meaning to your soul.

So on this day in this moment, in the awakening to your true self, it is a time to say goodbye to your old human self. You’ve been trying to hang onto it and repair it and resurrect it, and now it is time to say goodbye to that human identity, to the limited beliefs, to the old paths of karma, of the old progression of lifetimes that kept you on the old merry-go-round. It is time to say goodbye to that.

Part of you may feel sad about it. It is a death of consciousness, not a death of the physical body, but a death of consciousness. But as you say goodbye to the old self, you also release energies that were stuck or wounded, energies that don’t serve you anymore and haven’t served you for many, many lifetimes.

As you say goodbye to your old human self, you discover a new freedom. It is like taking off a costume or a suit of armor that is no longer needed. When you release the old human aspect, when you say goodbye, you are now creating a space within you to allow in the grander self, the divine self, your angelic self, who’s been patiently waiting off in the wings, waiting for you to finish playing this wonderful game or experience, waiting for you to make a choice to invite the true you, the divine you into this reality now.

When you say goodbye to your human self, it brings up issues of fear, of death and of losing control. But dear friends, those are all illusions. When you let go of who you thought you were, you now make room to be everything that you truly are. There is that feeling that you are in right now that if you let go, you will fall into some perpetual dark abyss never to come back, never to be found, perhaps even just roaming throughout the dimensions and the universes lost. But this group of angels that’s with you right now, the group of humans that is with you, have all gone through the experience and they all understand when you let go of who you thought you were, when you trust yourself on the most intimate, on the most beautiful level, you will now discover who you really are.

This is your choice, of course. It is up to you. But you have called out to us, you have prayed to us, you have asked for the answers and that’s why we have showed up today.

In the awakening to your true self, you also say goodbye to the Earth as you have known it. Many call Earth “Gaia,” the land, the water, the skies. Gaia is an actual spirit that has attended to Earth, has been nurturing Earth, all of her elements, all of her animals and all of her forests, ever since the beginning of time on Earth. In the awakening to yourself and the releasing or the saying goodbye to Gaia, you understand that it is not another spirit’s responsibility to take care of this planet. It is your responsibility to be a part of it.

The spirit of Gaia is slowly, slowly leaving so that you, all other humans can take responsibility for the water that you drink, for the land that you walk upon, for the sky that you see with your eyes, for all of the plant life and the animal life. What a blessed and beautiful experience it is to thank Gaia for all she has done, to bid her farewell and to now accept the responsibility of this planet for yourself.

In the awakening that you are going through, it is also time to say goodbye to human consciousness as you have known it. You will never be the same again. Recently, Earth moved into a new era and a new realm. We call it the new consciousness or the New Energy. In this new consciousness all things change. The Earth, human consciousness and humans are evolving right now. The change that you see outside of you could appear to be chaotic. It could appear that things are unraveling, everything falling apart. It could appear that there are shortages of critical goods. It could appear that things are on constant edge.

It is time to let that go as well, because humanity is going through an incredible transformation process. They’re going through important changes, and what appears to be a lack of fuel and oil is actually more about new developments in technology, new energy sources. Instead of using old fossil fuel, the discovery of new fuel. What appears to be shortages of food is really about taking a look at how to take care of the biology in a new way, how to feed it in a new way, how to grow crops in a new, efficient and natural way.

Changes in governments, changes in politics are all part of the process. It is easy to go into fear and worry about what’s going to happen to the world right now, but this group of angels and this group of humans, they know it’s just evolution. They know that the change can appear to be chaotic, but the natural law of evolution and expansion are at work right now, and you’re participating in it.

It’s about saying goodbye to the world as you have known it, even in terms of finance, prosperity and wealth. For oh so many years on Earth, the wealth, the power, the money was focused in just a few places and held by just a few people or consolidated in a few countries. And in the new consciousness that imbalance no longer works. So the wealth, even the balance of what you would call power, are redistributed. It doesn’t mean anyone gets any less, it just means those who were behind now catch up.

The world’s not falling apart, the world is evolving. The world is redistributing. The world is becoming more balanced and equitable.

In the awakening process things can appear to be dark. Things can even appear to be evil. Things can appear to be very confusing, but we are here to tell you that it is just evolution. The world will go on. The New Energy will come in. The new understandings of science and math, the understandings in technology and education, are all coming about right now.

The awakening process can be lonely, because it is about rediscovering who you are without having others tell you, without having other’s belief systems shape and create your life. We know you’ve been going through a very dark and lonely and sometimes very sad part of your life, feeling so lost and confused, like no one’s listening. But these angelic beings and human beings want to let you know we have heard. We do know who you are. We do know what you have been going through. And we want you to know that you are never alone.

Your process of awakening will continue to unfold and as it does you will see the beauty in it. You will see how you as a divine being have actually planned it for yourself. You will see that the fear goes away. The illusions of duality go away to be replaced by the knowingness of the oneness.

We bring you this message today from the angels, from the humans, and from all who are going through the awakening process that you are not alone.

And so it is.”

Tobias of the Crimson Council is presented by Geoffrey Hoppe, aka “Cauldre,” in Golden, Colorado. The story of Tobias, from the biblical Book of Tobit, can be found on the Crimson Circle web site at www.crimsoncircle.com. The Tobias Materials have been offered free of charge since August 1999, the time when Tobias said humanity moved past the potential of destruction and into the New Energy.

The Crimson Circle is a global network of human angels who are among the first to transition into the New Energy. As they experience the joys and challenges of the ascension status, they help other humans on their journeys through sharing, caring and guiding. Over 100,000 visitors come to the Crimson Circle web site each month to read the latest materials and discuss their own experiences.

The Crimson Circle meets monthly in the Denver, Colorado area where Tobias presents the latest information through Geoffrey Hoppe. Tobias states that he and the others of the celestial Crimson Council are actually channeling the humans. According to Tobias, they are reading our energies and translating our own information back to us so we can see it from the outside, while experiencing it on the inside. The “Shoud” is the portion of the channeling where Tobias steps aside and the energy of the humans is channeled directly by Geoffrey Hoppe.

Crimson Circle gatherings are open to the public. The ultimate purpose of the Crimson Circle is to serve as human guides and teachers to those walking the path of inner spiritual awakening. This is not an evangelical mission. Rather, the inner light will guide people to your doorstep for your compassion and care. You will know what to do and teach in that moment, when the unique and precious human who is about to embark on the journey of the Bridge of Swords comes to you.

If you are reading this and feel a sense of truth and connection, you are indeed Shaumbra. You are a teacher and a human guide. Allow the seed of divinity to blossom within you in this moment and for all times to come. You are never alone, for there is family around the world and angels in the realms around you.

Please freely distribute this text on a non-commercial, no-charge basis. Please include the information in its entirety, including these footnotes. All other uses must be approved in writing by Geoffrey Hoppe, Golden, Colorado. See contacts page on website: www.crimsoncircle.com © Copyright 2008 Geoffrey Hoppe, Golden, CO 80403

I Heart Clouds

I was on a flight back to California from Denver where I’d attended a Crimson Circle Discovering Your Passion weekend workshop late one Sunday afternoon in June. After the uplifting energy of the workshop I was ready to enjoy my flight home. Once I got settled I noticed that the woman next to me appeared to be in some kind of funk; so much so that I looked around for seating alternatives. (Who knows, maybe she just wanted the row to herself.) As if on cue, two seats opened in the next row, so I grabbed the one by the window and buckled up. Once the flight was underway the view of the Rockies from my window was spectacular.

Opportunity had just linked arms with passion and I was in heaven. I seized the moment and grabbed my camera. The Rockies, graced by those magnificent clouds had never looked so beautiful. When we went to a higher altitude and the cloud cover obscured the mountains, the waltz of their white cotton-candiness continued.

I’ve always had a passion for clouds. As a child I would lie on my back in the grass for hours watching the clouds drift across the sky. My best friend, Ann, and I did our best to identify which of our predecessors was sitting on which cloud looking down on us. We wove some wild tales as our girlish imaginations transported us to their heavenly realm. Far from being sympathetic characters, we saw our great-grandparents and their companions as grand and glorious, and having heaven’s stamp of approval, we were sure they were free to do exactly as they pleased. What could be better than a home in the sky?

Some things never change. The morphing, curious, even mysterious nature of clouds and the way they can tranform the entire sky, as well as the tone of a day, in mere moments still fascinates me. Though I am a sun-lover to my core, I must admit, clouds have my heart.

Evolutionary Turning Point

Everything time produced
Evolves through progress
Ends, that’s promised

Entertain the possibilities
Explore this playground
Express true purpose

Energy turns planets
Engage the power
Embrace the potential

Enjoy the process
Evolution’s the point
Eternal Truth prevails

Evolving transcendent people
Erase the past
Entertain true perspective

Embrace the present
Enliven the Presence
Ever-new triumphant play

…

Entertaining this person
Examining the pulse
Expanding the possibilities

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

I snapped this shot the night of the Virgo Lunar Eclipse, through the trees lining my street, last Wednesday night. The time leading up to the eclipse felt like a big energetic balloon being blown up, the pressure and tension growing to undeniable proportions until at last the bubble popped and those around me seemed to break free of their moorings. Tables turned, opinions changed, I experienced my own perspective suddenly shift on things I hadn’t previously been aware were bothering me.

Such is the gift of full moons. They shine a beacon in the darkness awakening us to all manner of things we’d otherwise be oblivious to. On those couple of nights each month when the moon is full we are given an opening through which to gain insight into what we really feel. We are naturally more attuned during full moons to the emotional guidance system in each of us that is always on but that most of us have been taught to disregard because it is inconvenient, makes us uncomfortable or might be something we’ve learned others don’t want to be bothered with.

When I was growing up I was told repeatedly that I was too sensitive. As if I could control how much or little I felt and experienced. As an adult I have come to realize that it is just this sensitivity that allows me to know what I know, first hand, and to do what I do best. Rather than my sensitivity being a burden, a flaw or a curse, as I saw it when I was younger, I now realize it is a great gift for anyone who wants to experience what it is to truly be alive.

I believe we all have these gifted parts of ourselves that we are either misunderstood or unaccepted by those around us, that are not only part of what makes us unique, they contribute to the genius we each are born with. Only by recognizing and realizing who we really are can we share the gifts that no one else can offer.

When the moon is full we have greater access, by way of increased sensitivity, to the deeper parts of ourselves that hold the keys to knowing exactly who we are and what we are here for.

Christmas Joy~A Cat’s Tale

For one month out of the year, Winston has a tree. Right after Thanksgiving we go out and buy the freshest, prettiest tree we can find and bring it home to place in front of the window where we’ll see it first thing when we walk into the house.

Winston has always been an indoor kitty. Aside from the balcony of our condo he doesn’t go outside and so has missed out on the simple pleasures a tree can bring. Each year when our new Christmas tree arrives he trots into the living room to inspect this unusual addition to the house, sniffing the lower branches and thoroughly checking out the base. Once the water goes into the tree stand he is in kitty heaven, lapping up this tasty delight and completely neglecting his own bowl of fresh water. There’s something about the novelty of tree water that he just can’t resist.

Trees also provide a most excellent hiding place for one who is fond of pretending he is invisible. Gazing at his people, unnoticed, through the cover of branches is especially satisfying to our sweet, silky-furred gray and white stripped friend with his predilection for stealth activities.

Winston makes the most of his Christmas tree for the four weeks of the year he has it. Of all the gifts that have ever been under our trees none has come anywhere close to bringing the joy and wonder we always find in sharing our lives with Winston, who continues to delight us with his presence not only at Christmas but every day of the year.

Words To Live By

Words I aspire to live by…

Cultivate joy.
Act on inspiration.
Dance to my own tune.
Sing the song only I know.
Shine my light clear and bright.
Bask in the beauty that calls my name.
Recognize grace, my faithful companion.
Express the Presence I AM in everything I do.
Speak the truth of my heart to all who will hear.
Choose well; each choice creates a step on my journey.
Attune to love and wisdom for guidance on my way.
Live full-out as the Creator I was born to be.
Entertain all the glorious possibilities.
Act on that which inspires me.
Celebrate my creations.
Aim high and live well.
Always choose joy.

Jodi Flesberg Lilly 12-12-2007

Midday Mystery and Magic

It was high noon but from the looks of the sky it could easily have been nightfall. Lake Tahoe, surrounded as it is by mountains, has its own unique weather. Storms blow in without warning after a clear, blue-skied morning. The time in-between, though, seemed to stand still and tranquility reigned supreme. Light reflected on the rolling water, a sign of hope and promise–as if heaven were signaling a reminder that Mother Nature is merely clearing the air and releasing the remaining leaves that had clung steadfastly to the limbs of the trees though their moment of vibrant glory had already passed.

The earth, wood, water and sky mix it up in a timeless, elemental dance as the winds gain momentum and blow through the hollow structures that once stood for something, those walls we’ve all created for ourselves that housed and witnessed love and life in all its wonderful/terrible guises.

Imagination sparks as the puzzle pieces are pulled from their places and strewn about with reckless abandon. What to do with it all now? The time for turning back has passed. After the storm we are invited to start anew. Pick up the pieces and see them with new eyes. What to choose? What to do? What is precious and relevant now?

The transition from the old ways into the New Energy has often been a stormy process for those of us willing to step into a new, more harmonious way of being and interacting with the world and those in it.

Storms move energy and challenge our perspective to take us out of our comfort zone. They allow us to realize new potentials; new possibilities abound and are always right there once we choose to see and seize them.

In the New Energy we are invited to open to ease, joy and grace. Even a storm brewing on the horizon is beautiful once we appreciate the magic and mystery it reveals.