I have to say thank you as well, beautiful Michele ?
Your words made an otherwise oppressive day much brighter!
@coyote It’s indeed a wow! Such a powerful message. I loved how she waited for the guidance - in this part of the world, we want answers now, and it would appear, as you mentioned in another thread on tarot reading, that we are being asked to live with the mystery for a little longer. And all we can do in the meantime is to tend to our inner light so we can be brighter lighthouses.
Last Friday I had quite the Godwink, and @pikake topped it all off the next day when she posted a video of the Andean spiritual leader Antocal Nesdi sharing a message about this time from her guides (if you haven't seen it yet, watch it!). Now I must share my own experience in order to create a 'unity field" of affirmed reality. So here goes.
The weather last Friday (May Day) here in Connecticut (where I'm quarantining with my parents) was originally forecasted to be cloudy and rainy for most of the day. But around 4 pm, the clouds lifted, and it was sunny and mild. I got off a Zoom call for work at about 5:15 and went to lie down on a hammock in my parents’ backyard. The sun was still out, and I didn’t notice until I stepped outside that the gentlest of rain showers was coming down from a thin layer of clouds directly overhead. That sunshower was spirit’s way of welcoming me into ceremony space and one long déjà vu train.
When I settled on the hammock, I was struck by how familiar the day was compared to May Day three years ago, which was the day when I finally emerged from the depression that began to wind down with the trauma of my NDE 3 days earlier, and I felt all of my helpers congratulating me for navigating the gauntlet. Three years earlier (my life moves according to cycles of 3), I had lain in the same hammock under a crisp blue sky in which the sun and moon were both visible, and the same thing was happening all over again now. There was the waxing half moon and a radiant sun. The temperature was poised between hot and cold so that I didn’t register any temperature at all. Three years ago, everything was so vibrant and fresh because I had just emerged from my dark night of the soul. Now, everything was fresh from recent rain (combined with a monthlong cold spell that was finally breaking).
I knew that my spirit helpers were conspiring to create a gateway; I has finished up a 3-year-long process of integrating my illness, and now it was time to move on to the next stage in my healing journey. So I conducted an impromptu ceremony. With my feet planted on the ground (but still lying down, looking up), I spoke out loud and addressed Moon and Sun, thanking them for sending me their energy over the years. I also thanked Mother Earth for her nourishment; big mature oak and maple trees loom over my parents’ back lawn, so Gaia was practically staring me in the face.
I then practiced visualization and deep breathing. With each inhalation, I saw the white, gossamer energy of the moon; the golden, forceful energy of the sun; and the green, hearty energy of Earth flowing into and transforming my body. I then regarded each exhalation as a gift. The carbon and synthesized spiritual energy from my lungs was a gift to the leafing-out plant life around me. More importantly, my continued living presence in this plane was a gift to all of Creation.
When I was done with the visualization/breathing, I opened my eyes and saw that a small tear had formed in the fabric of the hammock while I was lying down. That tear confirmed what I was feeling: that the time for being physically languid was over for me. The next stage of my healing journey would be one where I would be physically active and access my soul’s memory of what it’s like to inhabit a thoroughly healthy, energized body. So I decided to cap off my ceremony by getting my bike out of the garage and taking it for a spin around the block (most adults with similar medical histories to mine have lost their ability to ride two-wheeled bikes). I honored the abilities I currently have and wish to expand upon in the coming months and years.
There are more connecting experiences, but I want to draw attention to something Antocal Nesdi tells us in the video Pikake gifted us. She tells us that the masters, ancestors, and guides all have our backs. They are with us as we navigate this critical juncture in time, and I felt that reality last Friday.
So, if this post isn't already long enough, I want to share a message my guides have been imploring me to understand. Many of us are fearful that global society won't really wake up, and that we'll just go back to normal once the COVID-19 Crisis passes. This won't be the case, however. We are not going back to normal. On a prosaic level, too many of the interlocking systems that power the global economic growth engine have already been tipped into collapse mode. On a soul level, though, too many fires have been kindled. Too many light workers are being activated. Many people, especially governing institutions, will attempt to return to the old story, but that train has left the station. There's too much momentum now for going back to where we were.
Blessings to you all.
Thank you for sharing, and especially for the reassurance that our world is indeed shifting out of these toxic systems.
On a soul level, though, too many fires have been kindled. Too many light workers are being activated
@coyote, Your post is so beautiful. As I read it (twice), it felt as finely textured as lacework but as strongly enduring as the thread that is spun into a spider’s web. Maybe I was “seeing” the lattice of light that encircled your wonderful experience.
I came across a transcript of Antocal Nesdi’s message (thank you for finding her name) and because I am visual, it drove home the message even more strongly. You are right; we are not alone, even if the discouraging news of the day or week may fool us into believing that the forces of dark are gaining more ground. But lighthouses like her have been strategically placed to help transmute the dark energies and to release them to the Light and our guides and ancestors are journeying with us. We are not alone; we just have to do our part and our efforts won’t be in vain.
For those here who have yet to watch her video, this is an excerpt from her powerful message (translated from Spanish):
But it is the ritual
I do inside myself
They say that when
my heart is calm
When my emotions
are quieted
When my mental
is quieted
Then my spirit
can manifest
itself to elevate
The higher vibrations
among those
Who are not
yet conscious...
Yep, there's no going back. We just have to look beyond the narratives of mass media and political theatrics to see that the agents of change are already doing their work on the margins, and they are moving to center stage at an ever-quickening pace. One day we'll wake up and say to ourselves "whoa, things really are different."
We are in phase shift territory, when things will start changing according to exponential (nonlinear) curves. Global society is built on the assumption of linearity, so our institutions and media outlets can't recognize these changes. I've recently stopped paying so much attention to the New York Times and the Guardian (two news sources I trust) because their narratives are informed by linear assumptions just as much as the narratives of Fox News and Breitbart.
Maybe I was “seeing” the lattice of light that encircled your wonderful experience.
It takes multiple people to create a miracle, and that's what I meant when I said I needed to create a unity field of affirmed reality. If you have an individual spiritual experience and don't share it with anyone, the magic will fade. If a Doubting Thomas participates in a shamanic healing ceremony, then the quantum field of possibility collapses and there won't be any healing. The lattice of light you saw was exactly what I experienced; I was held in the mystery, and in that space there was infinite possibility. So by seeing that lattice, you were there with me. You were also making infinite possibility more accessible both to me and to you (all participants in a healing ceremony derive its power). Thank you.
Thank you for sharing Antocal Nesdi’s message with us. I had missed @pikake's original post, but thankfully saw when @coyote shared it again. I watched it before falling asleep and it was such a beautiful message that I immediately remembered it upon waking. What a powerful thought to think that being calm -- something that seems so simple and "small" -- is a powerful enough act that it can help facilitate this time of great change.
A question for you great meditators (I think @Frank would be another good one to answer this question): do you have any visualizations you can give me to help visualize becoming this lighthouse and projecting this calm? Is it as simple as that?
Sometimes I tend to overanalyze, and often my meditations are peppered by thoughts that I'm not doing it "well" enough. So if I can have an idea of how best to follow her guidance when meditating, I'd be most appreciative.
Thank you again. Her message has lightened my heart and has helped me feel that it is possible for everyone to help bring forth the light, even while quarantined at home.