In April I was asked to speak at a motivational service at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Center in Minneapolis.   The monthly focus topic was Selfless Service.  The angels, guides, and masters use these times to share and teach us. My job is to be a conduit for these messages.  As always they stepped in to elevate the morning’s energy.  They’ve since been urging me with almost daily reminders to share this information as  my May newsletter topic.

Selfless service or giving might be an easy topic for many of us as by nature we are caring beings. It is quite normal for us to give.

Giving requires us to be in balance. Give AND receive. We feel good when giving, but if we decline receiving we deny the giver the same joy we feel when we give. If we are always giving without being open to receive, we become out of balance in the universe and we have the potential to build unbalanced karma. When we give, there is always someone on the receiving end.  This is balance.  How do you ‘receive’?

It is easier to give when we are ‘full’. We are not able to give when we are empty. Spirit will not allow us to fully deplete our reserves.  We’ll feel overwhelmed, tired and a host of physical sensations. Our internal engine will slow down to maintain a minimal level of energy to run.   It is not selfish to focus on our internal tank to help us fill first and then give.

Giving doesn’t have to be a sacrifice. If we are ‘full’, we are able to give freely and easily. If you find yourself in a position of giving and it is uncomfortable, this is a message to assess where the uneasiness is stemming from.   It might be alright to say no, or find an alternative way to give.

Giving doesn’t have to be costly, huge or overwhelming. We can give in many ways.   It may be a simple hello and smile, opening a door for someone, giving our time and energy, or monetary giving. We can say a prayer for a friend or send blessings out to the universe for global help and healing.   We can do simple things to contribute to the overall goodness of the planet.   A daily practice may be to be in gratitude and then send love outward, then breathe in and receive love back from the universe.

 

Daily reminders in giving and receiving. 

I’d mentioned I was given reminders all week about giving AND receiving.  I am in gratitude for these reminders of unconditional giving.  Someone anonymously left a bouquet of flowers on my doorstep on Tuesday with a simple note, ‘as promised’.  The next day I was greeted on my walk from the parking ramp to an office building by a man that was singing ‘good morning’ to everyone that walked by. As I continued my walk down the skyway I could hear his beautiful rich voice greeting each person. What a morning blessing ! Think of all the smiles he created that morning !   On Friday is was May Day. As I pulled out of my garage that evening I noticed a little girl delivering little May Day baskets to her neighborhood friends. How sweet !

Let the spirit of selfless giving continue. Be in balance in both giving and receiving. The universe is always ready to give to us.   I send you huge amounts of Love and Light !

“Not all those who wander are lost.” –   J.R.R. Tolkien

Wandering trails and paths, and then creating my own have taken me to some amazing places. At times I’ve found myself at the end of my trail wondering how many have stood in the exact spot I was standing. In my adventures, I’ve discovered Indian ruins, fairy gardens, magical places for inspiration, or a nice quiet place to take a nap or journal. You may have found similar places on your wandering experiences.

I’ll admit, I have some scars to show for my attempts to take the non traveled path . Upon reaching the summit, I’ve discovered that there may have been an easier path and through this adventure I’d just put myself through, I realized that there was no great purpose other than it was a great wander.    Life provides similar adventures and scars along the path.

I’ve hiked at night and have had my flashlight taken away because my fellow hiker swore you could see better without the light then having our eyes adjust to bright light then darkness and then bright lights again. This was followed by the encouragement to blend with nature and be like an animal in the forest. No I wasn’t 10 when that happened, I was in my forties and I do have a scar from that adventure, but even that adventure had huge purpose in trust and use of instinct. Like life we sometimes feel we are in the dark and we must trust.

There have been times where I’ve walked in circles, feeling that I’ve been purposely led to a trail to experience something. This may have been a time to allow my mind to wander.  On one particular trail in Arizona, my friend and I ‘lost’ the trail and spent what felt like hours wandering around only to emerge later in the parking lot at the exact spot we were to be.    It really wasn’t hours either, but a rather short amount of time. We marveled at how we both ‘perceived’ we were ‘lost’ or walking in circles. In life we are always in the right spot.

We are never really lost. We are always where we are supposed to be.   We’ve set the path for where we need to be and are surrounded by ‘helpers’; both earthly and energetically.  We are supposed to wander and wonder and it’s only in our minds when we feel lost, off the trail or in the dark.  You may be feeling lost in these energies of 2015.

Not all those who wander or wonder are lost or confused but perhaps are exactly on track ! 

In February I had a purposeful ‘wander’ .   This wander was not meant to challenge myself, nor to see the top of a mountain or vista. It was a ‘wander’ to explore myself. It’s been focused energy, space and time to look inward, outward and upward to connect with new levels of consciousness. Prior to this adventure I was unable to formulate what the pull or push was, but I only heard it described as a time to wander and wonder.     A dear friend handed me a fresh journal to document both the wandering and the wondering.

I wonder what will happen if I do this ? I wonder where I will go if I turn here?   I wonder what conversation will transpire if I say this or approach that person?   And thus it began the wandering of mind and space along with a physical journey out west.  A wandering to wonder…

We are all on a path, our guides and angels keep tight tabs on our journeys, nudging us to keep moving and stay on track, giving us freewill to roam if we’d like (wandering). Yet there are many that wonder if they are on the right path.   Wondering what a different path might feel like, or look like.     There is a restlessness in the air for some, while others are content to meander until the right path shows itself some see this as stressful as they feel no set direction.  We are never lost, we are never off track and we are never alone…   and we get to set our direction.    Don’t be fearful of wandering or wondering.     Do so with purpose to help set direction, take action or bring clarity.     Wandering doesn’t have to be a long road trip, and can be time set aside to allow your mind to wander in dreaming, playing, thinking…   Allow yourself to wonder as you wander !!

In January I wrote/channeled my latest book, The I AM A Journey Journal – Transformation. It was not a planned book, yet there it was. I first thought it was a book/journal to help set direction and understand the momentums of manifestation of the universe.   It does that but it was also a private lesson during its creation for letting go of the concept of time and limits. It is a journal about the I AM energy and manifesting based on simple laws of the universe.   I guess I had to experience that first hand!    I continue to wonder and wander and I claim to do it with purpose, reverence and excitement.

We are at this remarkable time where we are creating the ‘show’. This would include setting the stage, the actors, the backdrop, the dialogs and outcomes and also when the curtain goes up.   To do so, wander and wonder big, far and broad, dreamily, peacefully and with purpose….

Happy Heart month as you focus internally and bring into your physical life dreams, ideas, visions and actions that support your direction and purpose.   Be in excitement of all that you put out into the universe and acknowledge how it is showing up.  If you are not happy with what is showing up, adjust what you are focusing on.

January came in with a calm like energy and if we allowed ourselves to be in this calmness creativity and ideas were spawned.   February continues with this calm energy but the planetary movement of energy continues to push us forward. There is no ‘back there’, there is only forward.   Many have found we left the old and are creating the new. I personally found myself in the busiest month EVER ! My corporate job moving at record speed with the completion of a huge project and my business was equally busy with clients, events and THEN…. a book was born !   As I held the proof in my hands, I briefly wondered… how did that happen? But that was only for a moment and the answers quickly came.

The speed at which events are moving in our lives are elevated. We are manifesting quicker than we have in the past, and if we understand the universal laws and the principles of energy we can direct with ease, grace, elegance and ecstasy. Sounds easy right?

We are to look back only to acknowledge and use as propulsion forward.  This was apparent in a number of lessons for me in January.   In my corporate technology role I was responsible for a Merger and Acquisition that transformed and transitioned between closing on Friday night and opening the doors on Monday morning. This included everything from the signs outside to mats on the floor and pens/paper on their desks.  Computers, software,  policies and procedures, everything was ready to support running the business.  This was a huge task in a short timeframe.   My human mind were thoughts…..plan and execute very succinctly, we are in the middle of Mercury retrograde…. yikes !!   My spiritual thoughts were…. I’m putting no energy to the thought of ‘something bad happening, I trust these people and I know the universe supports all we do’.  There is no going back, only forward.  This message had been reverberated to us again and again.

It was early in our ‘go weekend’ and I was tracking 5 teams deploying equipment in the middle of the night… I thought I’d thought of everything that might delay the teams…. even notified police and alarm companies to prevent any nerves about suspicion activity. I set up a calling system to get people on site 30 minutes prior to unlock the doors, and had a security process to validate who was coming/going from the buildings.   In all this activity this life lesson of moving forward was again prevalent when the truck driver delivering equipment to one of the sites shut off his truck. He not only couldn’t figure out how to start it again, but he didn’t know how to put it in reverse.   As I reported status to awaiting executives that we were 40 minutes behind getting the equipment to the sites because of this ‘knowledge-gap’…… I also reported I was sure we’d make up the time along the way as we’d discovered …. ” there is no reverse there is only forward.   The teams kicked it into high gear and actually finished ahead of schedule allowing time for some relaxation and sleep before the doors opened on Monday morning.

We may spend time reviewing our lives and expend energy on judgment of our actions only to find ourselves in this perpetual circle of thought, wondering, and judgment.    For some, it becomes a feeling of ‘stuck’ without forward movement.

2015 is about movement centered around all space we left from the work we completed in 2014.   It is about self and purpose.  If there is reflection to be done it is to marvel about ‘how did that happen’, celebrate and then move forward.   If you wonder if you’ve complete all your work in 2014, you did, because wherever you are, there you are, and the universe will move forward from there.

I’ve heard clients say, ‘things are happening so fast, I’ve no time to think’.   They may mean they have no time to think ‘how did that happen’, for it just IS ! The universe is moving you forward.

My fourth book/journal is about the I AM energy, focus and intents, and transformation.  Essentially it is about manifestation and I can look at it on my desk and say ‘how did that happen’ at a time I was the busiest EVER !   But it did, and I celebrate the fact it is here.   It’s a tangible piece of energy that manifested on the principles of energy, focus and intents of what was set at an earlier time. Then the universe decided on the ‘when’.  When we clear space the universe delivers on those messages and intents we are setting now, but also those we have set in the past.   Our job is to hold space for it to materialize without roadblocks, limitations, or judgments.   Allow it to be !

All that we are able to think… IS.  Man’s power to think is infinite, therefore his ability to create is infinite and the only way to keep from going backward is to keep going forward.     There are three elements to know about  mastery of infinite power. You must first have the knowledge of your power, you must have the courage to dare, and you must have the faith to do.

Dream On !!!  Love, Light and Being !

Winding down and ramping up or just more ramping up?

A channeled message from my team of Angels, Shaman and Energy Wise Ones

Here you are again standing at the doorway of something ending (2014) and on the threshold of something new or continuing (2015). You feel excitement and the charge from energy in the air, and the belief in what is possible and what is rising on the horizon.

You hear and hold wonder and belief that 2015 is going to be a ‘better year’. Before you step through that gateway we offer you this time to pause and be in an awareness of gratitude for your life experiences in 2014. Acknowledge yourself and all that you experienced, learned, rejoiced in and perhaps released.

Be grateful for people that entered upon your path and those that exited. Be grateful for people that showed you a new path or a new direction, and those events or individuals that creatively placed challenges in your path that created a pause, stretch or a new way to view. Be grateful for all opportunities to review your circle of people and their interactions with your life.

At this threshold to 2015 you have the ability to reflect and then choose to end or repeat events or experiences. Pause to reflect on how you experience your life. Pause to ask if there are experiences you’d like to repeat or continue, or experiences you choose to leave behind. Will you only choose the ‘stuff’ that feels good and not repeat the ‘stuff’ that feels uncomfortable or controlled?   How will you choose to enter 2015?

You may choose to repeat an experience to simply to learn more, release more or expedite your journey to greater growth – knowing that the decision to pursue means to challenge your being. Sometimes you may need this uncomfortable experience to find authentic joy and your true state of being. Sometimes you have this choice and sometimes the universe will choose for you J   It is better for us to make this choice, as many of you don’t like surprises, and believe you have control. Sometimes you do have the forethought or courage to repeat, and the universe will provide that experience again.

Fear not the work you have yet to do. Commit to it because the experience always brings you knowledge and wisdom. Release any belief, emotion or projection of it being hard or painful. Put energy of excitement, love and reward with the belief you will move through it and the results will be just they should be. With this shift in your thought-energy you will be rewarded in experiencing the same event but with greater ease.

2015 is a movement year and all your activities, investments in your personal growth with be in assistance to help you progress if you are courageous and open to those experiences that are uncomfortable. All experiences have the ability to cause greater expansion and transformation. They don’t have to be painful if you perceive them to be helpful.

2015 is a freeway of transformation and another year of discovering our own energetic bodies. It is change by blending and the discovery of new energy portals – aka – chakras.’ It is a further balance of masculine and feminine energies and brain functions that help us align.

Your journey to awaken is to focus on feeling and understanding these experiences. This is the un-numbing or thawing process. We ask that you be open to reducing analyzing the heck out of your lives and everyone else’s too. Over analyzing manifests feelings of fuzziness, and leaves the soul feeling it is not transformation. You will find you have periods of time you are unable to retain data, or the data is confusing, as these are meant to create the opportunity to look at this experience without ‘data’. These periods are meant to give us a break in ‘thinking’ and practice our other senses. Not all will experience this at the same time as you do need to function as a society. These new concepts will push many to release old paradigms in how you look at experiencing your life. Letting go means allowing them vs. expecting them or fighting them.  It really can be a fun rollercoaster ride, if you understand the process and are able to adjust your expectations as to how you are ‘supposed’ to be.

New information is available to us, but it now comes in many other formats and methods. High frequency pitches and tones are sounds of the universe that carry information to us. Lights, colors and rays of energy also bring information. When you focus on your senses, you remove limiting filters and gain access to information very easily. Release the fear that you will miss something, because is remains all around you, and readily available to you.   Many of you are getting messages now and are frustrated that you do not understand.  The frustration is anchored in old structures of interpretation of this information rather than the new framework of energy you are learning.

2015 continues your transformation and the potential to move further, faster, gentler and easier if you are open to all experiences and view them all as possibility and excitement.  Some will feel as if you have finally arrived and some at only the beginning. Wherever you are on your own journey path…our question to you now is… are you ready to step over the threshold into the movement 2015…  Weeeeeee!

Traditions  The time period between December 12 and December 21 is always a powerful time for us to release energies.  We may become busy with the holiday season, but spirit somehow always finds ways to help us slow our pace so that we may focus within.   This is a 9 day span, but what about the 12 days of Christmas?   In some cultures there are the 12 days of blessings and this may be a very simple reminder to focus on the energy at that moment.  Perhaps develop your own tradition by beginning your day being in gratitude and then sending love on each of these 9 days. Another tradition is to hold vigil on intent.  Various ‘festivals of light’ are celebrated, and have been for thousands of years, serving as a reminder that the light will indeed return after the darkest day.  Ceremonies and events of many cultures used fire as a sacred element.   The purpose was to allow it to burn for the night with the purpose to burn off ones dross or rubbish (English term), the ‘stuff’ we no longer need, and thus to reveal our gold (the golden light).   In some cultures it is a deliberate, intense and intent-full night of dancing, drumming, rattling, chanting, meditating, healing, and holding space for this light.  Perhaps December 31st celebration of New Years mimics this tradition and through time the date was pushed to conveniently align with the Calendar year. This time when we look inward, we are reaching in to our soul, to our inner child, or that inner light that is pushing to come out to move us in to higher consciousness. Another celebrated day is the Winter Solstice, December 21. It is the midpoint of winter, or the shortest day of daylight and the longest point of darkness.   The world is very still and the land dormant,  much like what happens within us when we go through dormant cycles. In this quietness,  it is an opportunity to contemplate a ‘season’ past or the ‘season’ that was and then the ‘seasons’ yet to come.  Much like when earth goes dormant, there remains internal growth and that is what we should continue to nurture.  It may be a time to prepare for growth, change or plan for 2015.   2015 -Vibrational energy increases…. again ! The Milky Way is said to be one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe. It contains between 200-400 billion stars, the one most familiar to us being the sun which is believed to be middle aged at 4.6 billion years. The oldest star in the galaxy is 13.2 billion year old – said to be nearly as old as the universe itself (13.8 billion years) – and the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. These are all scientific best guesses. Distances are measures in light-years, and the Milky Way galaxy is believe to be 1000,000 light years in diameter.  The enormity and vastness of the universe boggles our mind, challenges the imagination, yet it also gives us some notion of where we fit in all this. Consider from this perspective that we have the opportunity in how we view our world. We can remain small, overwhelmed and myopic, or let go of this view in favor of seeing and accepting a bigger picture and all the possibilities. If we believe we are composed of material from those very stars that inhabit the Milky Way, we know we are connected to Earth and the entire universe at all times, in life and in death….. and we are not at all very small or limited… at all… If we believe we share energy in this immense place we are then challenged to think the possibilities this could provide. Unlimited possibilities.   Dreams without limits.   Once again the enormity and the vastness of this possibility boggles our minds and we begin to question. How can this be? So we put limits on our ‘bigness’, we draw boxes around our possibilities, until it ‘seems’ more logical to what is visibly present in our lives.   But what if we could see beyond the infinite levels of greatness we have access to. How far would we dream, soar, join THAT space of vastness. What would that feel like? Planet Earth went through the center of the galaxy December 2012.  We experienced huge shifts in our energy fields and for many the process of awakening took at giant leap. We are preparing for another big shift in energy and this means mother earth experiences this increase in energy and frequency first, followed by plants, animals and humans.   We’ve been working hard, shifting and clearing and opening our energy ports, expanding our energy fields in preparation for ‘something’ come. Many can feel the shift of the energy in the air, and the shift in our energy fields within and lastly the shift in our energy fields beyond our physical bodies.     We act or react to these subtleties, or we continue to ignore or suppress them feeling not quite satisfied in our journey.   Might be time to try – expansion – Dream big, and be in the flow of these new energies.   The Christmas Table Cloth – A Personal Story I am blessed to work with so many lovely souls from this plane and beyond. I am reminded today that they are very much near us, especially during times of great joy, laughter, happiness and moments of tradition.   I had one of those moments a few years ago when I was pulling out all my Christmas table clothes to prepare for Christmas Eve dinner, and Christmas morning brunch. My mom LOVED Christmas. This was a time when all her family gathered at home on Christmas eve and celebrated the traditions she’d been raised with. Food, singing, food, gifts, food, and lots of hugs and laughter. She would prepare for weeks and even with nearly 50 of us, siblings, grandchildren and great grand children, she remembered us all.   After she could no longer host all of us, I would open my home to Christmas celebrations. She loved having us all together. Today my siblings and their children are scattered across the states, and like many families that get busy with life, we gather when we can. Knowing my mom’s love of Christmas and entertaining, as I traveled the world I would bring her things from around the world. Rocks, yes… but also other items.   On one such trip to Italy I purchased a Christmas linen set, and tucked it away to give to her for Christmas. However, somewhere between unpacking my luggage and Christmas the Italian linen set was misplaced.   That was ten or twelve years ago, and there’s been a house move and the dining room furniture where I might have stored linens had since been replaced.  That Christmas, as I was pulling out my linens from the new bureau – there it was, in its original package. I can’t explain where it’s been and why it is there today, but here it is and it is now in my possession and will be used each Christmas in acknowledgement of the family members we have here and beyond.   Remember they are very much part of our lives…..       Love to all. Love and Light

We made it past the midyear point… What’s that mean ??   You may have heard me speak earlier in the year about the planetary grand cross.   Simply stated this is when planets align in a cross format, their opposition to each other influence in ways that push us for change and movement.

We were pushed hard over the last six months. You know you’re in a different place compared to where you were six months ago, yet you may be wondering whether you’re done with this energy that’s pushing you , or if you are any closer to your goals, and if you are done working through unresolved situations.  I’ve heard more than a few declare…. ‘I’m done’ !!   It might not be that simple.

If you followed the urge of the energies of the universe, you took inventory of your life and took action.   Acknowledge yourself if you did this, for it takes courage to look deeply at your life. Yet, if done with compassion and a sense of humor you’ll grow and learn from a life review.  You are now able to take what you’ve learned and pocket those lessons as a future asset. You took steps to release patterns or behaviors that weren’t for your highest good. It takes courage to change. To Let GO !   The unknown can be downright scary and sometimes a known feeling of being uncomfortable is easier than an unknown dream…. the universe isn’t going to allow that to happen forever.

When you call in Archangel Michael to help with your fears, he and the universe are going to support you, but they are also going to keep those fears front and center as a way to ensure you work through them. Our courage is being tested, and the warrior spirit of courage feels like it has a new meaning.  The courage to NOT DO battle, but to feel, embrace and let go by moving into an area of unknown, and for some, that may be an area of ‘nothing’.   Take inventory of your life and focus on change or healing of anything that’s unbalanced.    Ask for what you want, what you dream about and if it’s not there now – seek to understand why not. The universe provides…. .

These challenges of courage may have come in one or many domains of our lives; home, health, relationships, family, careers. What needed to go, left. What needed to be dealt with or changed either did so on its own or the universe brought focus to it so change could happen. Perhaps it was something that faded away.  How we moved through these changes became an opportunity in itself.   Did you move with ease, grace, elegance or were you kicking, screaming and fighting to hold on – staying in warrior mode ?     It takes courage to look at your life and REALLY look at all of you. The layers of your energy. Your physical presence, your emotional being and your etheric levels (levels of energy).

Remember, you really are quite an amazing being !   You glow, you shine and you vibrate with a buzz that can interrupt power enough to blow a few light bulbs and mess with technology.  You are extraordinary and July is going to be an electrically charged month with more light and love available to us than we’ve experienced in previous months. If you did the work, you are ready for this as this is what you’ve been working so hard to prepare for in the last 6 months.   Shine On !!!

Full Moon – July 12,  A great time to release

New Moon – July 26, A great time to set intents

Happy July !   Love and Light to you … Laurie

The first day of summer isn’t officially until June 21 but the feeling of summer is upon us and the memory of a long, cold, hard winter may now quickly fade. Most of us have been waiting for the summer heat and longer days of light since that first snowfall. We are now emerging from the planetary influences that left us feeling pummeled, but the memory of those feelings will also soon fade.  If we used the last few months wisely to clear old energy and conceive new dreams, we are now feeling the urge to move forward. This is transformation, evolution, shifting, growing and expanding our center of energy. The sunshine and warm weather help with this feeling of pending growth and change. That includes feeling the desire to soak up sunlight.

On a recent hike I noticed an abundance of butterflies, a reminder of transformation. Like metamorphosis, this is a time of new beginnings and shifts.   It is also a wonderful message to lighten up, welcome this change and stop taking everything so seriously.   ah-hem… laugh and smile more into the sun….

Butterfly medicine is wonderful for when a change is needed and you seek courage to break out of a self imposed cocoon. Let go !   Sometimes needing extra encouragement will help you to freely express the love and joy you feel.     There will always be times that life calls for us to be more serious, or focused, but this month I challenge you to laugh and smile more…

We continue to transform in our lives and move to a higher level of consciousness, that’s what the journey is all about. Much like the natural cycles of life and death/rebirth that occur within and around us it is often is a challenge.   That change comes first from within.

June 21 is the summer solstice and it is a time to celebrate the light of consciousness within ourselves and within those around us. It’s an excellent time to reflect upon the potential for yourself, raise your level of consciousness higher and take another step in your awakening to live in a higher consciousness. Trust that all things happen in their own time when our lives are prepared to receive the miracles in store for us.  Much like the butterfly, emerging in a new energy.   Struggle only happens when we resist.

Mercury goes retrograde June 7 to July 1.   Mercury is how we express ourselves (communication, speaking, writing).  Pay attention to details, and if contracts or details are needed pay additional attention.  Give additional care on interpretation of communication; how you perceive others and how others are perceiving you.

Happy June !   Love and Light to you … Laurie