What's one person to do?

In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Haiti, there are many ways to help -- financially, of course, and through whatever spiritual/energy means are at each of our disposal.

But I find myself thinking that there's another way as well, which acknowledges the higher purpose of this event and honors the souls of those who have chosen this event as their means for crossing over -- that higher purpose being to open our collective hearts and to enhance our knowing of Community.

Each of us can walk through our day with renewed attention to the love and compassion that is within us waiting to be shared, and we can take every opportunity in the Now to extend those divine qualities into the spaces and the relationships in our immediate worlds.

Namaste.

... and ringing ears and heart flutters

The physical manifestations continue, not causing alarm exactly, but perhaps a wondering -- is this energetic, or do I need to think physical cause?

Since the Lunar Eclipse on December 26, I've been hearing a ringing in my ears, sometimes so loud, it's clearly not the "same old" sound that has been with most of us all our lives. And a couple of mornings I've awakened with a lack of balance so strong, I've listed to the right while walking my first few steps of the day.

And now, for the last couple of days, I've felt heart flutters often throughout the day -- not quite strong enough that I would call them palpitations, but very noticeable.

This morning, I checked in on Lightworkers.com to see what channeled information was new for today (some of which resonates with me, some of which does not, by the way -- so if you go to this website, use your discrimination as instructed). I opened one entitled "New Earth Awareness" that spoke to ALL my physical symptoms. Here's the link to that information:

New Earth Awareness

Astrologically, it does seem that the eclipses are holding an energetic opening for us. Life has felt "different" somehow since the December Lunar Eclipse, even though things look the same outwardly. As if a part of me is observing even more than usual, and not quite connected to this reality.

I'm looking forward to this week's Solar Eclipse as the initiation of a new cycle and new manifestations based on the energy impulse we've been working with. And with Mercury going direct a day later, perhaps we'll also start being able to consciously assess what is occurring.

Nervous stomach ...

Since last weekend, I've been feeling that nervousness in my stomach off and on -- you know, the one you usually feel when anticipating something unknown? I've wondered if I knew on some level that something was about to occur, so feeling anxious about it, or if I was coming down with something. But the fact that I could breathe deeply and the feeling would ease made me think it was not caused by something physical.

This morning, I read a channeling by Nancy Leilah Ward that corroborates what I've been feeling -- here's an excerpt:

We have been asked to speak about the nervousness that many are feeling at this time. This is a result of the high frequencies that are being transmitted to Earth. This is affecting all sentient beings, including the Earth. Our suggestion is that you tune into the feeling of love and find that resonance within you as often as possible. You are to be walking in love. Indeed, you are to be “in love” in all your moments. As you cast off the debilitating energy of fear and bring in the vibration of love, you send this resonance through your physical body and it radiates through your energy field and out into your world, infiltrating into all of your experiences, affecting all the people you encounter. The resonance of love draws more love to it, so you all are contributing to the spread of love throughout the earth plane. Use your breath in conjunction with your intention to tune your vibration to love. Make deep, conscious breathing a part of your reality.

For the complete channeling, click here: Soul Transitions

Good to know I'm not alone! And also good to have some tools for working with these higher frequencies.

The retrograde effect

The other-worldly feeling continues. We wonder: Is it temporary? Is it a reflection of the fact that both Mercury and Mars are retrograde? That would certainly explain the slow-motion thinking and action. And with Mercury in Capricorn, perhaps the reconsidering of our life goals and ambitions is also to be expected.

And then there's Mars being retrograde in Leo, corresponding with a desire to find out what we REALLY want, no longer willing to live life half-heartedly. Mars asks us, what is your heart's desire? And what would it take for you to feel fully engaged and creatively inspired in your daily life?

Looking outward for validation or verification is not likely to be very satisfying now. Retrograde planets require us to go on an inner journey for our answers.

Then there's the fact that we're in between eclipses, which also creates an odd energy vortex. The eclipse on New Year's Eve was a Lunar Eclipse in Cancer, meant to help us clarify our emotional needs and vulnerabilities. By the time of the Solar Eclipse in Capricorn on January 14/15, we hope to have learned something new about ourselves -- and that new information that will directly affect the goals we set for 2010.

New Year Intentions

Hi everyone -- I hope your Eclipse experience today is uplifting and transformative in all the best ways.

I was looking for some kind of statement of intention for today's New Year's Eve eclipse, and gathered together words from various sources. I am sharing them here with you, if you would like to use or adapt them for your use as we bid farewell to 2009 and open to the energies of 2010. And remember that words contain the most power when spoken aloud...

I prepare to release, to transmute in readiness for a new path forward.

The planetary energies are with me. The Moon lights my path on my journey within. I connect to my Divine Source, to Light, to Freedom. It is time to open, to move into my Divine space, to awaken, to acknowledge my own Divine Light within me, my Divine Self.

I now release the trials of this past year, the dark times I have experienced, my deepest feelings of aloneness. I now dissolve these feelings of separation. That experience is complete. It need not continue for me.

The past now falls away with ease and grace, allowing room for the highest vibrations of Love to fill my being, to the core of my Sacred Heart.

I release all of the negativity of the past, retaining the lessons and wisdom, with love, joy and forgiveness for myself and all others.

I open my heart to receive the vibrations of Love. I release all that no longer serves my highest good and the highest good of all.

I call upon Divine Light to illuminate my mind and heart, that I might be a Beacon of Light. I intend to stay in the Light, in Integrity, in Oneness.

I now connect to the light, wisdom and love within me. I feel the warmth, the hope, the freedom, the joy. I allow Divine Light to embrace me, to nurture me, to transcend all pain and darkness.

Love surrounds me and flows through me -- a constantly flowing Divine river of unending abundance and energy, life itself, more constant than my breathing or my heartbeat.

I feel the divine outpouring of Love as I open my awareness, and I remember how dearly loved I am. I remember my Divine connection.

I move forward now, into the New Year, in Grace and Love.

Blessings to all. Namaste.

Pam

Plutonian depths

In spite of the celebrations usually associated with the holidays, the influence of Pluto weighs fairly heavily now. These are the energies of soul-searching and truth-seeking, and -- with Pluto positioned in Capricorn -- the dismantling of structures that can no longer support us.

The structures may be physical, but at their core, they are also emotional, psychological, mental or spiritual. The external forms, after all, are held in place by internal belief systems and thought patterns.

With Mercury and Mars now retrograde, and this strong Pluto influence in effect, this is a good time for releasing the structures on all levels that have held us back. This is especially true as we work with the Lunar Eclipse next week (December 31). The Sun and Venus are both conjunct (aligned with) Pluto at the time of the eclipse, making this a powerful time to purge our energy fields of the blocks and patterns that no longer serve.

With Pluto exactly conjunct the Sun on December 24 and then exactly conjunct Venus on the 27th, we are already working directly with some of the energy of the upcoming eclipse. What are you ready to release, in anticipation of a brand New Year?

In between worlds and interesting phenomena

If you have the feeling of not quite being tethered to this reality, you're not alone.

Wednesday's New Moon was within three degrees of the Galactic Center, the "sun of our sun" energetically. And, the Sun will conjoin the GC tomorrow (Saturday), so we're in a several-day timespan of connecting with some pretty high-vibrational energies.

Dreams and emotions have been fairly intense under this cosmic shower, as the higher frequences vibrate areas where we've been holding onto issues, trying to jiggle them loose. And if we can let them go, observing but not attaching to how we're feeling, we can go a long way under this influence toward greater alignment with our true Divine Nature.

There were some other interesting phenomena that occurred on Wednesday. A sunspot on our Sun erupted, sending medium-level solar flares in our direction (C-class). These are not supposed to be strong enough to be able to interrupt radio and electrical transmissions on Earth, but I am sure we will be feeling them energetically. The SpaceWeather.com website says the "billion-ton cloud" should reach Earth's energy field on December 18 or 19 (Friday or Saturday).

Also last Wednesday, an interesting combination of events occurred in Nebraska, leaving scientists scratching their heads. Here's the information quoted from SpaceWeather.com:

Earthquakes don't rock Nebraska very often. In fact, seismically speaking, it is one of the quietest places in North America. Nevertheless, on Dec. 16th at 8:54 pm CST, USGS seismographs detected a magnitude 3.5 temblor centered near Auburn, Nebraska:

And then the really curious thing happened.

Minutes after the quake, around 9 pm CST, lightning-like flashes lit up the skies around the area of the quake. Telephones in police departments and TV stations rang with reports of bright lights, loud rumbles and shaking ground. Sky watchers, not only in southeastern Nebraska, but also in neighboring Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, saw a "bright fireball" with "green streamers" moving from northwest to southeast.

Could these events be connected? Nebraska State Trooper Jerry Chab, an experienced amateur astronomer who witnessed the lights and was one of the first to report them, says no. "I think we have the most cosmic of coincidences: A bright [meteoritic] fireball around the same time as an earthquake." Indeed, eyewitness descriptions of the fireball are consistent with a meteoroid disintegrating in the atmosphere. On the other hand, several readers have pointed out scientific studies that associate lightning-like phenomena (including ball lightning) with earthquakes. The fireball, they suggest, might have been a rare manifestation of "earthquake lightning."


So interesting to have so many of these events occurring -- like the spiral light show over Norway last week -- that baffle the scientists and leave the metascientists pondering their greater significance.

It certainly supports our knowing that something cosmic is unfolding at this time...

Happy Solstice!