Greetings in this Season of Celebration!
I've just spent 4 days pondering my pancreas; what it is, where it is, how it works, and what attention will support it.
Yup, I woke up diabetic on the 23rd. I surprise myself that I'm not surprised, but then we all know more within than we walk around thinking about day to day, don't we? And Wisdom tells me it's "marginal and manageable." So I feel fortunate for lots of reasons.
It's kind of exciting to explore a part of the body for the first time. I'm also proceeding by using the process Wisdom shared with me many years ago when my thyroid failed:
First, thank the part of the body seeking attention/having symptoms. Hold the area if it's comfortable, otherwise visualize it and speak aloud to it with gratitude for its long and reliable service. I held the area of my thyroid then. Now I visualize what I found online.
Second, again speaking aloud, breathe deeply and affirm a willingness to hear/receive the Wisdom it holds. All symptoms have Wisdom in them if we are willing to ask, both for what we can do to assist and to "recall" the reason for the symptoms. This will come intuitively, through dreams or a waking insight as diabetes did for me, or any number of other means that reach your Knowing.
Third, breathing deeply and speaking aloud, affirm its capacity to recall its perfect/original function and our willingness to do all we can to support it.
Holding to all of these, and trusting Wisdom over that of well-intentioned doctors, my thyroid regrew and is fully functioning. I will not be stubborn over diabetes, but my system now deserves as much attention as I gave my thyroid, so I have launched a diet and exercise program as a new style of living. Whatever else I might be inspired to do medically, my system will be glad for a more consistent plan.
These past few days I've surely been challenged. It's not fun to start over at 75, but it is a challenge I feel equal to exploring and mastering. I'm listening to my body more attentively and paying attention to what it tells me. It's quite a trip! I'm sure the result will be an improved quality of life.
And that's a gift.
Wishing each and every one of us the Wisdom to care for ourselves and to reap the benefits in our new year and for all time.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
Monday, December 26, 2016
Saturday, November 19, 2016
On Reflection...
Hello!
Earlier this evening I posted on Facebook, and trying to be brief, was not as clear as I intended.
My intention is to delete my connection with those who persist in sustaining the conflict resulting from our recent election. I value my FB relationship with friends and family who delight me with posts about their lives, so I choose to remain on FB.
I really do get the need to express the grief and outrage. I am simply not willing to participate by remaining connected on FB with those who feel the need to use FB as a political forum. I don't want the energy of it to be on my wall, so I'll delete, "unfriend," those who feel the need to relieve themselves, which I believe contributes to the divisiveness. Some of these are people I love, so I don't so this lightly. I join with others who seek to achieve peace; not passively, but with intentional purpose to contribute to balance.
We have a real need to express our emotions. I'm reminded of guidance offered a client many years ago: the woman was involved in a relationship with a man who was committed to another person. She was cautioned, if she chose to continue the relationship, not to allow him to use her time with him to vent about his partner. The crux of it was that he would never be motivated to face the condition of his partnership if all his angst could be vented outside that relationship. The client realized how she had been enabling him, thus perpetuating this untenable situation.
Will we remain the observers, venting on Facebook, or will we realize that we are all now positioned perfectly to cease being passive citizens, taking a forward position to make the difference. As one friend posted: "Be the change you want to see."
With respect,
Phyl-EL
Earlier this evening I posted on Facebook, and trying to be brief, was not as clear as I intended.
My intention is to delete my connection with those who persist in sustaining the conflict resulting from our recent election. I value my FB relationship with friends and family who delight me with posts about their lives, so I choose to remain on FB.
I really do get the need to express the grief and outrage. I am simply not willing to participate by remaining connected on FB with those who feel the need to use FB as a political forum. I don't want the energy of it to be on my wall, so I'll delete, "unfriend," those who feel the need to relieve themselves, which I believe contributes to the divisiveness. Some of these are people I love, so I don't so this lightly. I join with others who seek to achieve peace; not passively, but with intentional purpose to contribute to balance.
We have a real need to express our emotions. I'm reminded of guidance offered a client many years ago: the woman was involved in a relationship with a man who was committed to another person. She was cautioned, if she chose to continue the relationship, not to allow him to use her time with him to vent about his partner. The crux of it was that he would never be motivated to face the condition of his partnership if all his angst could be vented outside that relationship. The client realized how she had been enabling him, thus perpetuating this untenable situation.
Will we remain the observers, venting on Facebook, or will we realize that we are all now positioned perfectly to cease being passive citizens, taking a forward position to make the difference. As one friend posted: "Be the change you want to see."
With respect,
Phyl-EL
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
The Mystery, the Plan
Greetings in Unity!
Good Morning. This is a tough day for many and however difficult, it is also a day to hold hope for a country we love.
As I reflect on what I might say today, I am sharply reminded of the day when the first bombs began falling in the Middle East; when our fear and loathing of the Ayatollah and our grief over a new war held us in a powerful grip.
My daughter was working for a peace organization in Seattle and called me, distraught, to report the news. I could hear sobbing in the background. As I hung up the phone I began to scream. After half an hour of this I sat down to meditate for the planet and my guides said, "No, Earth does not want your energy. Take some time first to find your balance." So, breathing, I did.
And when I felt my balance return I was flooded with a deep awareness that my task was to pray for everyone equally; for our troops, their troops, for the civilian population here and in the Middle East, for our president, and for the Ayatollah.
I grew very calm and certain that our energy could best be used first trusting in a greater Plan. I heard, "This situation has ramifications beyond human understanding," and I could see that Plan as an inclusive condition through which we would follow a necessary avenue of human evolution.
I am not yet clear enough to view that larger pattern in our current situation, but I trust that the Wisdom will come. Perhaps it is a time to grasp that so many of us have become observers of life rather than activators of what we choose to create. We all have an opportunity and an obligation to our country to seek the balance within. While I know how hard this might be, there is no greater gift, for self and others.
Let's not pretend to like an outcome that still hurts us. But with breath we can achieve internal balance. And with that balance we will have Wisdom. Our country needs each one of us to take ourselves back from the divisiveness and to find that balance. Let's not give power away in our reaction, our anger. Take it back. If we are not excited about this outcome, at least let's not abandon ourselves in anger or denial.
A greater Plan is in place. As I said to a friend last night, I cannot live in the certainty of my own perfect Plan while denying its existence anywhere else. And I know that my Plan is perfectly unfolding in the midst of the Plan surrounding me - much of it still a mystery - but having its own divine design.
I visualize the peace that comes through this Wisdom, for each of us and for our country. Yes, it is most easily achieved through the sacred breath.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
Good Morning. This is a tough day for many and however difficult, it is also a day to hold hope for a country we love.
As I reflect on what I might say today, I am sharply reminded of the day when the first bombs began falling in the Middle East; when our fear and loathing of the Ayatollah and our grief over a new war held us in a powerful grip.
My daughter was working for a peace organization in Seattle and called me, distraught, to report the news. I could hear sobbing in the background. As I hung up the phone I began to scream. After half an hour of this I sat down to meditate for the planet and my guides said, "No, Earth does not want your energy. Take some time first to find your balance." So, breathing, I did.
And when I felt my balance return I was flooded with a deep awareness that my task was to pray for everyone equally; for our troops, their troops, for the civilian population here and in the Middle East, for our president, and for the Ayatollah.
I grew very calm and certain that our energy could best be used first trusting in a greater Plan. I heard, "This situation has ramifications beyond human understanding," and I could see that Plan as an inclusive condition through which we would follow a necessary avenue of human evolution.
I am not yet clear enough to view that larger pattern in our current situation, but I trust that the Wisdom will come. Perhaps it is a time to grasp that so many of us have become observers of life rather than activators of what we choose to create. We all have an opportunity and an obligation to our country to seek the balance within. While I know how hard this might be, there is no greater gift, for self and others.
Let's not pretend to like an outcome that still hurts us. But with breath we can achieve internal balance. And with that balance we will have Wisdom. Our country needs each one of us to take ourselves back from the divisiveness and to find that balance. Let's not give power away in our reaction, our anger. Take it back. If we are not excited about this outcome, at least let's not abandon ourselves in anger or denial.
A greater Plan is in place. As I said to a friend last night, I cannot live in the certainty of my own perfect Plan while denying its existence anywhere else. And I know that my Plan is perfectly unfolding in the midst of the Plan surrounding me - much of it still a mystery - but having its own divine design.
I visualize the peace that comes through this Wisdom, for each of us and for our country. Yes, it is most easily achieved through the sacred breath.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
Friday, July 29, 2016
The Shadow Thread Released
Greetings!
I am part of a group of intentional dreamers who, once a month on the last Sunday, join on the grid to dream for the planet. Each last Friday I send a message to suggest a focus for our DreamTime, although everyone is encouraged to follow their own inspired path. The following is what I've shared with them today:
"In thinking about prompting this Sunday's DreamTime, I was filled with a knowing that has startled me, so I am sharing it with you as I recall it.
To do this, I invite you to imagine for a few moments that our Earth program is constantly moving through layers of Consciousness as it evolves. And it might be viewed as a playing field on which we, the players, are feeling our way and acting out the patterns much like someone might play a video game.
Just now I am told that we're extricating ourselves from a karmic thread that we might call a shadow thread/pattern in which we have been exploring shadow selves. We are reflecting the same pattern that has been true of Earth.
This does not mean that we have not known the light. On the contrary, the light has been a beacon showing us the way out of the thread and into a pattern where we breathe more easily and release the shadow.
I'm also told that the shadow self expresses itself differently in each person; struggle in relationships, grief, depression, addiction, anger, conflict. Now it's as if we rise up from the shadow thread, breathing more easily and shaking off what no longer serves us.
I know I'm asking us to focus our attention for the planet in this Sunday's DreamTime on something that may seem nebulous. But our focus on the grid can assist the planet in releasing this old pattern/layer/thread/cycle. Whatever you want to call it, our focus is enhanced by breathing deeply and feeling all of us rising up.
Thank you all for being there to encourage this information to be channeled.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL"
Our Dreamers are folks all over the planet who have been drawn to this service, so I invite any of you who would like to join us to let me know in a comment on this blog or to my email: phylel11@gmail.com You don't have to join to dream with us, of course, but if you'd like to be on the mailing list, I would be happy to include you.
This time on the planet is so extraordinary that it defies words. Suffice to say, we are key players in an evolutionary cycle that we've already volunteered to. Our intentional focus enhances our function. A stellar trip!
With gratitude,
Phyl-EL
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Here and Now...
Hello, Everyone!
August 14th marks 33 years since opening to channel and it's amazingly hard to believe.
One night as my friend, Michael, and I sat in our booth at Perkins in Bemidji, Minnesota, the master Vishnu arrived. One or more of the masters would guide us each evening that we were inspired to meet at Perkins, and we had no idea how extraordinary this was; that we had Universal carte blanche.
On that evening I asked Vishnu, "What do we have to learn tonight?" And he said, "You will learn nothing. You will recall everything."
Over the years, of course, and not all at once, Michael and I have each recalled what served us best and realized the Paths determined by our individual contracts. We've enjoyed these great "road trip" conversations reflecting on all that we shared in those last 4 months of 1983, he now in Los Angeles and me somewhere on my smart phone driving from Duluth or Bemidji to my home in Minneapolis.
And yesterday I realized that my "recall" is coming into focus. I am in that sweet spot where what I have believed is now, 33 years and many lifetimes later, a knowing.
We are all on this journey of recalling all that is stored in our personal Consciousness, which is a stellar library of Wisdom. As we breathe into our limitless Wisdom and affirm our willingness to achieve knowing we unlock the Cosmic doors behind which are wonders beyond imagination.
Of course, we are still wearing our human suits which means we continue to explore life, challenge and apply ourselves. And our tools are increasingly strong and retrievable.
We're thrilled when, in a glorious moment, recalling pure Self matches the dreams we've held all along. The believing has become the knowing. And we know this is what we've been coming to all along.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
August 14th marks 33 years since opening to channel and it's amazingly hard to believe.
One night as my friend, Michael, and I sat in our booth at Perkins in Bemidji, Minnesota, the master Vishnu arrived. One or more of the masters would guide us each evening that we were inspired to meet at Perkins, and we had no idea how extraordinary this was; that we had Universal carte blanche.
On that evening I asked Vishnu, "What do we have to learn tonight?" And he said, "You will learn nothing. You will recall everything."
Over the years, of course, and not all at once, Michael and I have each recalled what served us best and realized the Paths determined by our individual contracts. We've enjoyed these great "road trip" conversations reflecting on all that we shared in those last 4 months of 1983, he now in Los Angeles and me somewhere on my smart phone driving from Duluth or Bemidji to my home in Minneapolis.
And yesterday I realized that my "recall" is coming into focus. I am in that sweet spot where what I have believed is now, 33 years and many lifetimes later, a knowing.
We are all on this journey of recalling all that is stored in our personal Consciousness, which is a stellar library of Wisdom. As we breathe into our limitless Wisdom and affirm our willingness to achieve knowing we unlock the Cosmic doors behind which are wonders beyond imagination.
Of course, we are still wearing our human suits which means we continue to explore life, challenge and apply ourselves. And our tools are increasingly strong and retrievable.
We're thrilled when, in a glorious moment, recalling pure Self matches the dreams we've held all along. The believing has become the knowing. And we know this is what we've been coming to all along.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Another day, another rule - OR NOT
Greetings!
Another day of quiet contemplation, and the first message reminds me that "rules create self-consciousness." A deep subject.
What are we without rules? How do we function as a human being without structure? Won't our society fall apart without its guidelines?
We have big rules: commandments. We have small rules: wash clothes on Monday, pay the bills, be respectful of our neighbors, brush our teeth, etc., etc. In contemplating the rules in my life, I wrote the following:
"Be aware of the rules you have created in the belief you would be more secure using them as a structure.
If your rules are created by you, you can deconstruct them.
And they are, indeed, created by you, as are all things.
This moment, this breath, holds no rules. Ease. Peace.
Without rules, tension evaporates.
Without tension in this moment,
Wisdom flows, and from it Right Action.
The rules you created on the premise of security no longer serve you."
I realize that I've been practicing living outside of the rules most of my life, yet so many rules emanate from me, so many rules live within my molecular structure, that even as I breathe I am influenced by them. As they have served me, I am grateful. As they no longer serve me, I intend to deconstruct them.
Living without rules, then, does not mean imposing my beliefs on anyone else. Wherever we are best served, let us live there. Going within to eke out the residue that is governed by rules means finding what does serve me in any moment. Achieving a flow of Wisdom that naturally provides impetus toward right action is my goal. Breathing brings me there, and so I practice.
As always, writing clarifies my practice, so I thank you for your part. Such a gift.
Namaste'
Phyl-EL
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
A Short Reflection
Greetings!
The message that comes for me today is , "the art of being."
As I contemplated my week that began with three clients yesterday, then no clients scheduled for the rest of the week, I spoke aloud my intention to be available for clients or other activity. And then the message came. This is a time to practice the art of being.
As I felt into the energy of this day earlier, I felt myself as the desert sands, the dunes drifting with the shifting wind, just as I have felt this fluid movement in my life over the past few months. But particularly this week.
We have little awareness or appreciation for the energy it takes to manage the energy of change, whether that change is within or without - or both. But as the planet continues its birthing and we follow suit, we are learning, no matter whether it's comfortable. So the art of being supports my renewal. And my attention goes to whether I am pleased with the shape of my life.
We are learning to discern what shape we choose to give our days when not occupied with the usual or expected.
I'm reminded of the day I chose to leave a relationship because the partially disabled man I'd been dating stated with great anticipation how he looked forward to my taking care of him when we married. He was a dear man, but my view going forward was to retrieve myself from my previous pattern of caretaking. He said he understood.
If the shape of my life disappoints me I have only myself to consult, then to choose what serves me better.
I learn as I write, so thanks for being my collaborators!
With respect,
Phyl-EL
The message that comes for me today is , "the art of being."
As I contemplated my week that began with three clients yesterday, then no clients scheduled for the rest of the week, I spoke aloud my intention to be available for clients or other activity. And then the message came. This is a time to practice the art of being.
As I felt into the energy of this day earlier, I felt myself as the desert sands, the dunes drifting with the shifting wind, just as I have felt this fluid movement in my life over the past few months. But particularly this week.
We have little awareness or appreciation for the energy it takes to manage the energy of change, whether that change is within or without - or both. But as the planet continues its birthing and we follow suit, we are learning, no matter whether it's comfortable. So the art of being supports my renewal. And my attention goes to whether I am pleased with the shape of my life.
We are learning to discern what shape we choose to give our days when not occupied with the usual or expected.
I'm reminded of the day I chose to leave a relationship because the partially disabled man I'd been dating stated with great anticipation how he looked forward to my taking care of him when we married. He was a dear man, but my view going forward was to retrieve myself from my previous pattern of caretaking. He said he understood.
If the shape of my life disappoints me I have only myself to consult, then to choose what serves me better.
I learn as I write, so thanks for being my collaborators!
With respect,
Phyl-EL
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