Happy to Be Back

Hello, Everyone!

"I will believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is."  - Rumi

My thanks to a friend, Dan, in Rochester for sending me this quote.  If I had heard it before, I had forgotten, but then messages are recognized when we most need them, aren't they?

I've been absent from this blog for some time and on hiatus from my client sessions since March.  A virus lingered through spring, and a DNA shift, specifically a metaphysic shift, (see footnote #) required that I pay very close attention to myself, making myself the priority perhaps for the first time in my 77 years.

Being at one with self to this depth has been quite a challenge.  But being ill forced me, and that was just the way it had to be.  So, while I felt scared at times, another part of me knew, knew with certainty, that this was all perfect and I would be informed.

I have seen a few clients over these 4 months, each time observing my energy level afterward.  Informative time.  Now that my energy levels are improving I am able to see clients again and will pace myself differently than I've done in the past using Wisdom to guide me.  I'm grateful to be serving my church this Sunday.  The rest will follow; glad to be sharing with clients again and including writing and energy work at another level.  Gratitude is not a sufficient word.

Also on a personal level, my family is thriving and they, with loving friends, have supported me throughout and that includes a dear friend, Nancy, living out her last months but still concerned about me.  She passed into Peace last Sunday, waking "surprised and delighted" I am sure.  I miss her, while knowing she is only a breath away.

I look forward to our renewed conversations and wish each of you the Peace that surpasses all understanding.

Phyl-EL

# for those interested, metaphase (from my metaphysic shift ref.) is one of the phases of chromosome development. Google references, including Rochester Mayo, a friend who recalled her high school biology !,  helped me understand the physical aspects.  As I "see" it, the ends the chromosomes are opening to relate and bond with one another in a new phase of our evolution.  While I don't have info about this reference: it most probably relates to the expanding DNA strands. 
Wisdom says that we who are poised to consciously support our DNA development will go through a metaphysic shift.  Just know that you do not need to become ill to achieve it😉👃  Following the guidelines to sleep more, drink plenty of water and eat good food, you will be fine.

Speaking Out

Greetings!

Politics is not my favorite subject.  It has a devisive edge that leaves me cold.  On the other hand, I vote. 

Two friends who have responded to my recent post on Facebook cause me to look at the reasons I felt motivated to post "This is where I stand," regarding our current government.

I've reflected on Gandhi, a person I admire.  His example of passive resistance resonates for me.  In the light of our current political situation, I wonder if my usual position to stand and observe works, especially now.  

I choose my clothing, so why would I not choose my president?  To quote a friend, I held my nose and voted for Clinton; not because I admire her, but because I could not in good conscience vote for a man who says he loves America but attacks what we hold dear and uses political rhetoric to demean Americans.

If I see a child or an elderly person being abused do I simply observe or do I call the authorities?  As I see my country being abused I also take a stand while continuing to pray, meditate and hold the energy.  For me, it is not an either/or situation.  Gandhi saw a wrong and took a passive position to affect change by fasting.  Our public statements can be every bit as effective.  I also realize that I have a responsibility to choose carefully what I say.

I am so aware that what we resist persists.  Rather than simply copying the Facebook post, I had a personal responsibility to express my own thoughts.  It does support taking positive action and speaking out, taking a stand as we feel inspired,  is something we can all do to support the country we love. 

History has taught us that the price of silence in the face of madness is too high.

Namaste'
Phyl-EL

When Hovering Hurts

Hi!

As it is in life, when several things gather 'round, they cannot be accidental.  From several sources including my own thoughts, the subject of "hovering" is demanding attention.

Attention is a funny thing.  We grow up with it, we grow into it, we become addicted to it.  Our lives are full of details and we come to expect that unless we hover over them, manage them, list them, keep track of them somehow we will lose the thread and our lives will spiral out of control.

The delightful thing is that the less I pay attention, the more smoothly my life runs.  So I've found that where I find myself blocked, it's because I've allowed myself to hold attention, however unintentionally, on the situation. Hovering. My System is showing me a symptom, and, oh, yes, there is Wisdom in any symptom.

Very practically, I was raised in a low income family, moved through several underpaid jobs and always found a way to survive.  Acquired beliefs produced the quality of my life.

It all came home to me regarding my prayer room - a sacred energy space I can see and feel.  The prayer room came about through Wisdom as I considered how it is that we traditionally think of prayer as an opportunity for service, with the caveat that we continue to manage them, repeat them, keep track of them. That is until my inner wise voice interrupted to say that once my prayerful intention is stated and I move my attention to the room, continuing to manage it is unnecessary and in conflict with the spirit that binds us.  And it means that hovering over that person or situation leaches my energy when ease is my objective.  

Our current political situation comes naturally to mind when I see and feel so many folks suffering symptoms very like P.T.S.D. since the election.  In several sessions with clients we've heard guidance that directly relates to this habit of hovering.

Our belief that we must maintain vigilance over the unfolding situation can magnify the division. 
Attention on any thing produces more of the same.

All things are part of a greater creation we cannot fully understand from our limited right-or-wrong point of view.  From this perspective we're unable to comprehend the infinite possibilities. Monitoring details actually blocks the energy of potential outcomes.   Hovering blocks the flow of the Infinite, denying its power to bring us remedy.

We are so much more than we know.  The power we wield is awesome.  How will we assert that power?  Much like a lovely ray of sunshine becomes a dangerous thing when focused through a magnifying glass.  Or we choose to breathe deeply, expanding a sphere of light to embrace the Infinite.

Breathing and embracing the Infinite,
Phyl-EL

I Didn't March...

Hello, Everyone!

No, I didn't march.  And since the march I've read a number of posts on Facebook defending not marching and/or asserting the need to at least support others who did or wanted to.

At 75 I've marched, of course.  I've fought in professional and educational and legal arenas to be recognized as a valued human being.  And I've fought my internal battles to undo what personal history and karma have taught me. 

My daughter-in-love marched in D.C. and her sis and bro marched in the Twin Cities.  What a powerful statement they made and will continue to make in following intentional paths to sustain and build on human rights.

But I believe the most important thing they've done is to set the bar higher for my two granddaughters.
And I hope the other point to be made is not whether we marched, but that we are all human and deserve respect.  

How is it that we can gather in unity and fall apart in dissension when we realize we are individuals?

Correlating with this is an issue in my church.  In this place that I love these people I love are pulling apart in dissension.  In this place where the Sacred is its foundation, I wonder whether we are forgetting our foundations.  "Let Peace begin with me..."  Have the words become simply a ritual?

Our country is in a similar condition, isn't it? As my friend, Nancy, said so succinctly this morning, we are the microcosm.  So let's not forget that we reflect the macrocosm; that the planet's plan is our plan.  We are all simply doing the very best we can to play out the part that we've written into our own script.

Every action generates a reaction. Let's take a breath and instead make it a response, to gentle the energy of whatever others choose to write into their script that differs from our own.  

If we can keep this perspective, whether it's human rights or political rhetoric, spiritual seeking or personal growth, this old world will be the beneficiary.  Whatever we owe it, we owe ourselves first.  Let's breathe and become the initiators of what  we want to see.

Peace and Ease,
Phyl-EL

New Beginnings

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

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

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