Ordering My Life

Greetings in Gratitude!

Waking to heavy, pounding rain with thunder and lightning this a.m., I am especially grateful.

I can almost feel Earth stretching out her arms and flexing her muscles, opening fully to receive these gifts. We needed the moisture, certainly. And I notice how much I need the change in Earth energy to stimulate my life, much like we thrive in the change in seasons.

I've written quite a lot about how we create in this new age of Earth, and I won't repeat all of that here, but I've visited a new place in The All That Is, and I'll share that with you here.

So I was contemplating what to ask for with gratitude; what needs I have not yet created, and I found my self at the "Order Desk."

It appeared on my right, of course, as I was going about the business of my day. Suddenly, there was an open window to The All That Is, with a generous counter top extending from my side to the other side of the window. At first it looked like the opening in the wall of my old,

favorite hardware store. Then I realized what it was, and I really got excited. Wow, here was/is a practical location to visit to "order my life!"

So I quickly presented my order for new brakes on Faun, my Buick, and it came back to me!

OK, so do I not need brakes as I thought I did, or is it showing me that there is no need, since I have already stated the need with gratitude and released it? This is not yet resolved, but I have released again to accept the perfect response.

Then I presented the floor plans to my new home; the home I have been planning in my heart for several years. I laid them out and smoothed out the folds and felt the generous acceptance of this unfolding creation. Such an exciting sensation!

The All That Is stores any and every thing you and I ever will need or want. Perhaps you will visit this Order Desk to place your orders as well. What is "In Store" for you and for me?

Wow. I am so happy to be sharing this awesome journey with all of you.

Until next time,

Phyllis, Still Becoming

Identities, or Whose Life is This Anyway?

Greetings in Gratitude!

Today we explore identities; ours and those we assign other people and human conditions - familiar or global. No small thing, these identities. Hugely affecting our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual lives, identities are well worth our attention.

We're counseled to realize that we have attached identities to other people and conditions or situations. Identities are trouble. We gather information about people and expected situations in our lives, and every identity becomes a thing we then begin to manage. Managing these identities takes energy. Lots of energy. It amounts to self-imposed imprisonment.

If I wake up expecting certain things to unfold according to information I've gathered, I have just colored my day with an illusion of my own making. When my relationships are based on what I expect of people, not only to I burden myself with managing all that expectation, I also cripple our relationship. How is a person I love expected to grow and become when he or she is so involved in reacting to my reactions. And if that applies to a person I love, think of what a mess it is between me and a person who has injured me. Oh, how compelling the identities we create and hold.

Years ago System reported that humanity uses 87% of its creational energy managing identities. It's exhausting. And we cannot escape the result of holding identities. We all occupy the same sea of Consciousness. We all affect it and are affected by it. As surely as the sun rises and sets I am living in the result of the identities I have created.

Now, how about the person I believe myself to be? How limiting might it be to create expectations of myself and then try to live up to them - or to live down what shames me? Am I comfortable with the person I have created myself to be? Some days, yes. Some days, no way.

Identities are all about projections. Identities are about expectations, then trying to live up to those expectations. I'll use a simple example: I am taught by family and society that I am expected to be the most perfect parent I can be - or to hide my failures in that area to avoid scrutiny. I become a puppet of my own unrealistic expectations. And parenting based on self-consciousness/fear is crippling to the parent and to the child. I am caught in an identity that is culturally accepted, therefore pervasive. And we all suffer the consequences.

Now, imagine all the identities we accumulate in the human condition. The parent, the child, the truth-seeker, the partner, the worker, the member of any number of communities. And now, imagine how confusing it has become for us as the consciousness expands and we become aware of all the dimensions of Self - and therefore the many layers of identity we have accumulated. And we see the result in so many instances of people choosing now to change the shape of their lives; to grow closer to the center of Self-identity and to shed the layers that no longer fit.

The remedy is the same, whatever the condition. Whew! Gratefully, we have one and only one simple remedy. We go to the Essential Self, the center of consciousness. We go as frequently as we feel fragmented; we go as often as we need to feel peace. At the center of Self we visit the place where all other people and conditions stand on their own, following their own Perfect Plan. At the center of Self we have peace about who we are and all of the past we've created and all the future we have yet to create. Breath takes us there.

Most importantly, at the center of Self this moment is free of all encumbrances. This moment is a moment of breath and of freedom. In this moment I free all others and I breathe freely. As I learn to breathe free of identities I change the shape of the consciousness. And in this moment I change the shape of the human condition.

Until next time,

Phyllis, Still Becoming

On Becoming Wiser

Greetings in Gratitude!

Are you enjoying your springboard to the new season? I am inhaling and savoring it each day and appreciating each facet of the new creation. Today it is raining in Minneapolis, and it feels like the Earth is taking a deep breath and integrating all the moisture it can absorb. The trees are flexing their branches and receiving life into their buds. And someone told me snow would be here within the week. What?! Cleansing, renewing and becoming can have its bumps.

Becoming, by virtue of its essence, can feel like a slippery slope - sometimes. And we all are - becoming - no matter whether we are attuned to it.

I love the thought of becoming wiser. As I reflected recently, it's my life Plan to become all I can be. And now I realize there's more to be said about that. Just how much attention is required each and every day to become the best me in my life span?

Like watched pots that take forever to boil, a life run by self-consciousness struggles to thrive.

Peaceful observance is my goal. I surrender, with breath, to know: what do I sense in this; where is my attention now; what is my System indicating about that? I do not succeed each and every time, but am still becoming.

Self-consciousness might be labeled ego-centered selfishness. On the other hand, breath with attention to System is a relief and not at all selfish. When our attention is on our sensory perceptions and this guides us in our interaction with others, we reach a level of inclusive activity in which we thrive.

Several questions have came up recently about pain that results from an exchange with a family member, friend or coworker. Clients report the drama and Spirit always answers in somewhat the same way: When we are self-conscious, coming from ego, we react to protect or defend ourselves. We feel hurt, so we fall back on learned behaviors. And in the present time, as the Earth is struggling to take a new shape, we sometimes also struggle, but the new shape we take is worth it. And Breath supports both ourselves and the planet.

When living in a state of breathing and paying attention to System, we grow in our skills of observation, we are inclusive of others and their Plan and respectful of their choices, and we serve Cosmic Consciousness by expanding into all that we can be.

Day by day, breath by breath, becoming becomes our preferred experience, self-consciousness falls away, and we thrive.

Until next time,

Phyllis, Breathing and Becoming

Gathering, Sharing, Creating

Greetings in Gratitude!

On this Easter weekend, and with several family activities to enjoy, I am grateful.

I wish you all a personal sacred space to celebrate the Spirit in this joyful season of renewal.

Just thought I would also share a delightful message from the Wisdom of my last client.

As we opened the session, her group said (and I paraphrase),

"We will provide Guest Services for this channel."

Emphasizing the client's natural access to her own Wisdom, this creative message also

tickled me no end. I do love the surprises waiting in the wings. Oh, my, and puns, too.

Though I haven't time now to explore this at any length, I offer this recent message from

Archangel Michael: "Any choice made by you, out of your best knowing in the moment, serves others equally. You cannot choose against others when you choose what will serve you best."

As I've explored this in my own time, I've paraphrased this; that any choice made in my best

interest is inclusive of others. Because my Plan is perfect and theirs is also, how could I

choose anything that would conflict with their best interests?

Of course, we can think of many situations in which choices have been made as crimes against

others, and we could argue our conflict with "right action" in these and similar situations.

I will leave all of this weighty subject for another time, but am prompted to open the door today, so here we are.

The symbols of Easter and Passover serve humanity now as they have served for centuries.

Reflecting on what these mean to us honors those who have gone before us, whatever personal beliefs we hold. Let's remember and celebrate each of them who holds our history. They serve us well as we serve them, creating new history. As we celebrate rebirth, ascension and Spring,

I celebrate and thank each of you for all that you bring to my life.

Until next time,

Phyllis, still becoming

Rattling the Old Bones II

Greetings in Gratitude!

Have you ever asked yourself, "What is my greatest fear?"

I don't spend much time in fear these days as I have in the past, and I am grateful.

And when I have a fear, I am usually able to breathe and surrender what might otherwise dampen my own joy and the peace of any other person.

But in my meditation this a.m. the question came up for review, and as I come to my own answer, I wonder about yours as well. While rattling my old bones, I am reviewing so much, and I am supposing that many of you are asking yourselves these core questions as well.

First, I realized that as I have come to respect the perfection in the Perfect Plan for everyone,

I have fewer fears related to my family and friends. And when I do bump into that thing in the night, I am usually able to transmute the energy of that fear by breathing and holding that person or event in that Sacred Space that serves us all. And I think about all the sleep lost and energy expended in years past and I am so grateful for the transition to this place that I am.

And that leads me to tell you that, of all that exists, my greatest fear would be to cease growing; to cease becoming all that I can be while still in this human suit.

I've been reading my son's blogs, both his personal and his publishing house blog, and he reveals himself so naturally in both places. He perseveres. He stretches himself and is in a state of self-discovery that is inspiring to me. If he weren't my son, I would admire his search to become all that he can be. I wonder at the effect this has on his two children, my sweet and lovely granddaughters.

In rattling my old bones, I have been questioning whether what I do in this world is enough, and whether what I do in this world is needed. You can imagine that these are bone-rattling questions for me. And I know that for some of you the question these days is, what IS the thing that I now choose to do with my life.

As I've reviewed the way that I work with clients I have clarified and declared that I choose to release anyone who would come to our exchange abdicating their power. In years past, still drenched in karmic patterns, the way we worked together came from that energy. Folks would come hoping for release from their fears by accessing some external source that would give them answers for their lives. I now call these, "psychic bandaids."

They always fall off. These days I send out messages in the consciousness we share to communicate that this is not my process any longer. Psychic bandaids do not serve us these days. They once provided the comfort and reassurance of safety in a very uncertain period of transition. These days they only prolong our process and frustrate our state of becoming.

Those thoughts led me to consider whether what I do as an intuitive is something I choose to continue to do. And in those thoughts came two fears, and I "bare my soul" to share them with you.

1: How do I provide for myself if I discontinue sessions with clients?

2: And the bigger question is, do I slow or cease becoming without benefit of the expanded consciousness that is achieved in sessions with clients? I realize that in nearly 27 years of channeling, I have come to depend on my clients to provide this stimulus.

Oh, rattling the bones is chilling territory - but productive.

The first question is answered in this principle: I am Original Supply/Source and therefore provide for myself out of the All that Is. I believe this, and I am learning to know this.

The second answer came this morning as I was speaking to friend Nancy: The stimulus that expands my consciousness does not require formal client interaction. I am in a state of expanding consciousness while posting to this blog, while speaking on the phone with people I love, through other writing I may once again be inspired to pursue. It comes as I respond to comments to this blog and to emails sent by clients who simply want to connect. And it comes through meditation, whether lying on my sofa or speaking aloud to my Friends in Spirit while showering or driving my car. Stuff happens.

I love my clients, each of them in a unique and inspiring state of becoming. I am grateful to each of them, and as further design my life, I will keep them informed.

I am in a state of becoming by being - and being with intention.

I think I've rattled the bones long enough this time around. Thank you for engaging with me.

Until next time,

I am Phyllis, Becoming

Rattling the Old Bones

Greetings in Gratitude!

Revelations of our newest creations have come to mind in the two months since I last posted to this blog, and I am grateful to all of you who follow your own wisdom and share it with me.

So much has been said regarding the "Law of Attraction," and while I see the value in this principle, I have never felt personally associated with it. Yesterday I realized the reason.

We might think of ourselves hanging out in this Universe as a magnetic force which, when we clarify intention, attracts that which we dream of/intend by our words and our actions. Or...

As I see our creational capacity, the Expanded Consciousness is full to bursting with more than we can possibly imagine; supply beyond imagination. It is Original Supply. We, leaning into it, without effort, without thought, but with relaxed intention to be a part of it, give it permission to supply us. Leaning into it with gratitude for that which we cannot yet imagine,

we permit it to provide.

Breath is the key to this surrender.

When breathing deeply we have no thought or emotion. Deep breath is absent of thought and emotion. In whole breath we know our Self/Spirit/Wisdom and we allow it simply to be. In this state we are absent of the denser elements that compromise our intentions. Continuing to breathe, we maintain an open corridor through which we access the Wisdom contained within us, the food for our table, the resolution of pain, the physical world we would prefer. In that state of breathing and being we have the sense that this limitless energy is breathing with us.

It is already attuned to the rhythm that IS us, and we are rhythmically associating with it.

This Original Supply already knows what I need. Original Supply knows what vacancies need to be filled. I simply need to breathe and give permission to open the corridor. For me, expressions of gratitude with extended breathing open the heart to achieve this state.

Original Supply preceded me into this life. Original Supply was born in me and continues to provide for me as I allow it, and is not based on any human laws. And my Original Supply is my own brand. It serves no purpose to compare my Supply with that of others. Each Plan is a perfect Plan, preconceived for each personality. And each Plan contains its own Supply.

Tomorrow I will pursue further the state of being we are exploring that has us regurgitating that which no longer serves and digesting what it means to have all of this power.

Until then,

Phyllis

A Weekend with Anita

Greetings in Gratitude!

Having just spent a weekend with my cousin, Anita, I am freshly aware of our humanity, the ways we differ and the ways we are all the same.

'Nita was born oxygen-deprived, so has lived with labels all of her 67 years. First she was "retarded," now "developmentally disabled." And in between she has seen a variety of institutions and homes, depending on where the state considered she belonged. Some of her history is painful, some of it she reflects on with nostalgia, and always she is accepting. At this time she lives with her mother in a suburb just north of Minneapolis.

She teaches me so much. And this weekend we learned even more about one another. A publicly-funded program provides for two weekends of respite care with 'Nita in our homes to give my aunt some change of pace; one weekend with me and one with her brother. I spent quite a bit of time with 'Nita when we were kids, and we always got along.

She needs meals prepared and her bed arranged. She helps with simple kitchen chores and needs some direction when out and about. She keeps herself groomed and loves people. She works in a part-time job with others like herself, earns a little money is very proud of this independence. She talks to herself quite a bit, and so do I.

And she is so psychic at times that she knocks my socks off! She knows what will happen next in a TV show, and she bounces off thoughts in my head and fills in the blanks. And, as natural as the Earth, she is always accepting.

What do we show the world and how are we labeled? Would we know ourselves through the eyes of others? Are we obvious and natural or are we pretenders? What kind of person is easier to know? And with what kind of person are we most at ease?

The complexities of this Earth are of no concern to Anita. She feels the pain of those in crisis around the planet, but a Polar Shift does not come into her purview. The question of service does not enter her thoughts, but faith in God is unquestioned.

Who we are the world is not as important as that we are. We might agree that the more aware we are, the more responsibility we have to shape our thoughts intentionally and to do service as we are equipped. And I celebrate that having no awareness is simply the assignment we have accepted. And we are created in that Plan that serves us best.

Comparing oneself with any other is an exercise in exhaustion. Honoring each other as perfect, on a path as flawless as our own, we can remain focused on our personal assignment. Promoting ourselves requires that we remain focused. And that we are is all that counts. More about this another time. Big subject, affecting every relationship and situation in our lives.

Until next time,

Phyllis