Earth Changes – A Volcanic Retrospect

On this last day of the month, I paused to think about the effect that one major Earth change had on the world, and on my life.  The pictures below have been circulating in emails, showing the different aspects of the volcano in Iceland.

To me, the first picture, the eruption,  is a mirror for us when we get angry.  And, the lightening shows how we send barbs of nay wishing to others when we are angry.  For this reason, my daily mantra is “I choose peace!”

The second picture, showing the ash and smoke coming out of the volcano shows that all things move along the easiest pathway. Nothing is flowing to the left of the volcano because the way seems blocked.  So, for us, the humans on the planet, we can take a lesson from this picture and see that when we try to do something that is out of our nature, we will be blocked.

This third picture is about the way light shines through even the densest darkness – smoke and cloud cover.  When we are in a place to see the light, our mood immediately lifts!  In fact, we are all able to be the light. Yet, many of us want to be the cloud.  Why is that?  Is it easier?  I think not.

This last picture shows perspective.  The further away that we can move and stand back to look at the situation, the smaller the issue will seem.

Judy@angelsandancestors.com  

See more on volcano  Spirit Speaks – The Hurt of Volcano

Angels Speak - Anger

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Spirit Animal – Teachings from A Holstein Steer

One of my memories of my childhood is a black and white Holstein steer. He was one of Dad’s feeder steers in the corral.  For some reason, Harry, which is what we called him, liked kids.  He would come over and stand beside us, bringing with him a mouthful of hay.  Or, after he’d finished at the water trough, he would come over to have his shoulders rubbed or the spot above his eyes and below his horns rubbed. 

 

Picture of a Holstein bull to approximate the size of the steer.

Dad was worried that he might hurt us because he was so big.  However, he was extremely gentle with us.  My brother and I got to the point where we would get up on his back and talk to him, and get him to walk around the corral.  The other steers just seemed to think he was the oddest thing.  They would stare at him when he was with us kids.  If we were riding Harry near them, they would snort or bellow, and move away.  At one point, my brother and three of his friends were all sitting on Harry’s back. All the boys were ten years old. 

One day, someone left the back gate unchained and when the steers rubbed against it, the gate opened.  The thirty or so steers stampeded to freedom.  They ran out into another big field, and when they saw how green the grass was, they stopped running and began to graze.  After realizing that the steers were out, Dad organized my brother and I in a chute arrangement and Dad and our dog, Flash, headed out to the field to round the steers up.  They came running in as fast as they ran out, and were prepared to run past the gate, over top of my brother and I, and head east.  Harry was running with the rest of them.  When he got to us, he slowed down and stopped with John and me in front of him and out of the way of the other cattle.  When the herd passed us, Harry went around us and trotted off after them.  Yes, we eventually got the steers back in several hours.  After all, they would not want to miss their evening feeding. 

What I learned from our time with Harry, through the playing with him, and his affection, are the following ideas:

• It is okay to have interests outside of your friends and family.  New interest broaden your horizons.
• Always protect your friends.
• When people gang up on you, you don’t need to get angry or be afraid; simply stand firm.
• Kindness and affection know no boundaries. Love is permanent in your heart.
• Sometimes you need to break the patterns in order to see how good routine and life, in general, are for you.
• Just because it seems you have a lot in life, it doesn’t mean that you can’t aspire to something else.
• Four legged friends are sometimes truer than two legged friends.
• Friends may pass through your life, however, the memories last a lifetime.

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the May Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1005.pdf.

In This Issue:
Pioneering The New Earth and Money …5
The Importance of Breath….7
How To Search Google Like An Expert…15
Headache Relief: Energy Healing Techniques…19

Buddha Speaks – Knowing Another

How often has someone told you how you feel or think?  It happens to me all the time. People tell me that I am a healer when typically I think of myself as a Shaman or Mystic.  I am reminded of the story I read about an artist.  She said that she always introduced herself as an artist.  One day one of her friends said to her, “You can’t introduce yourself as an artist.  You are an art teacher.  You need to introduce yourself as an art teacher.”  The artist’s response was along the lines of, “what right do you have to tell me who I am or how I should introduce myself.  No one has the right to determine another’s life!”

Again, the Universe working in her mysterious manner, gave me the teaching to go with the story that I read.  I would like to share that story with you because it is so profound.

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Picture of a trout jumping for flies

 

 

 

 

             Knowing Fish – A Zen Teaching

One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river. "Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu, "They are really enjoying themselves."

"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."

"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you know that I do not know that the fish are enjoying themselves?"

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Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the May Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1005.pdf.

In This Issue:
Pioneering The New Earth and Money …5
The Importance of Breath….7
How To Search Google Like An Expert…15
Headache Relief: Energy Healing Techniques…19

Archangel Speaks – Archangel Azrael

Dearest ones, when I see where you all are walking, the path looks filled with gravel and small rocks.  This is a time of moving from one thing to the next.  As you all describe your life journey as a path, it seems reasonable to see this time as a gravel path that crosses a large plateau. Depending where you are on the plateau, it may seem that the crossing is longer for some than for others.  There is little to break the journey.  If you have ever travelled a gravel road in a car, you will know that you are not able to go too fast, for you might catch the ridge of gravel and go into the ditch.  Also, if you go too fast, you may create a dust storm that swirls around you, and blinds you, and clogs up your car. 

Gravel road on a flat plain

 

This gravel path that you are on is one that you must travel slowly.  There are some very large stones in the way that you must either walk around, or move off the road so that this path may be traveled more easily next time.  Often, under each stone, or in some cases, boulder, you will find treasure.  Oh, not the treasure of the Aztecs gold, or anything like that! The treasure is the gift of the action, and the situation around it. 

For some of you, the chunks of gravel may be inaction – a lull in all that you are doing.  This may be frustrating, however, it is necessary for you to sit and absorb the new vibrations that are coming into your etheric templates, and then the vibrations will become part of your bodies. There are some of you that will not be able to hold the vibration and ground it.  The vibration will call you home and I will be there to help you with the change in being, and delight in walking you to your new path. 

The creation of new things is about closing the old and allowing for the new.  Now is the time to allow.  This means sitting quietly each day, and being content – think of nothing but those small pleasures that relax your body and mind, and feed your soul. Even reading is an activity that will move you along the path to new things.

I am often called “The beginning and ending” angel because I help the transition from your mortal body.  Beginnings and endings are really all part of the symphony, and I am the conductor.  Do you often hear music?  This may be the songs or the music that I and the other Angels play for you to help you smooth out the patterns and rhythms in your life.  Take time to make music, to learn and to create.  This is the reason for the gravel path; it is to slow you down.

Harmonious Blessings and Love,

Archangel Azrael

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the May Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1005.pdf.

In This Issue:
Pioneering The New Earth and Money …5
The Importance of Breath….7
How To Search Google Like An Expert…15
Headache Relief: Energy Healing Techniques…19

Spirit Speaks – Where has the creativity gone?

Our Ancestors were ingenious in creating new things or new ways of doing things.  Many of our Ancestors also had very strong connections to the Earth and to various religions or systems of Goddesses and Gods. Their need to create was born of the need to make life easier so that they had more time to celebrate and to be with family and friends. 

The Angels have been saying for many years now, that we must all allow our creativity to flourish, for in our creativity we also find our passion for life.  Within our passion is our life mission or calling.  It is through this calling that all great and wonderful plays, movies, music, dance, and writing, becomes available to all of us.

I recently listened to a remarkable speaker, Sir Ken Robinson, speak at a TED conference.  He talked about how the education system is stifling the creativity of the child.  After hearing his presentation, I vote that we change the education system.  Do you?

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the May Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1005.pdf.

In This Issue:
Pioneering The New Earth and Money …5
The Importance of Breath….7
How To Search Google Like An Expert…15
Headache Relief: Energy Healing Techniques…19

Spirit Animal – Debra or Zedonk or Zonkey

While it seems an odd name for an animal, Debra is the name given to a cross between a donkey and a zebra.  Other names are zedonk and zonkey (generic names). This picture of a Debra was forwarded by my friend, Sharon. 

 

Debra foal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While the offspring of a donkey and zebra may seem like an odd pairing, it does happen.  And, the pairing results in a feisty animal that may be ridden with great patience and excellent training.  

 

 

Picture of a zedonk

www.kickingdonkeyproducts.com

 

 

 

 

So, why did a Debra show up today?  Well, notice that the colours on Debra are black and white and grey. Her message is that it is time to mix things up!  The boundaries between countries and states and provinces and districts and municipalities need to disappear.  The carefully crafted lives that so many people have created will disappear.  Boundaries between dimensions are shifting.  What we believed that we know about aliens and outer space is all changing.  We do not know what we thought we knew.  Humans are in a new place.  The grey ash over the Atlantic and most of Europe reflects this.  On the heels of the volcanic eruption, Greece finally reveals what has been going on behind its borders.  Debra says to start looking at what is black and white in your world, and expect it to change.

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the May Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1005.pdf.

In This Issue:
Pioneering The New Earth and Money …5
The Importance of Breath….7
How To Search Google Like An Expert…15
Headache Relief: Energy Healing Techniques…19

Spirit Animal – Pheasant Crowing

 

Picture of ring-necked pheasant from http://talkaboutwildlife.ca

 

Yesterday, Magic, Sage, and I, walked through the field along the Bow River.  We could hear Pheasant crowing, but could not see him.  Then, as we walked down a gravel path, he jumped up on an old log and crowed at us.  Sage was frantic to chase him.  Generally, Pheasant is not that happy to show himself.  This was a treat for me.  I wondered why he would jump out that way.  I pondered his behaviour. 

Pheasant had called attention to himself by both being loud and by jumping up on the log.  He was acknowledging his truth, and telling me to acknowledge my truth.  By example, Pheasant was showing that one needs to get up and speak what they know, regardless of who is around and regardless of what they may think.  This action is one of leadership, of having credentials that speak of “walking your talk”.

Pheasants have a difficult time during the winter gathering food and sheltering from the cold.  Their diet during summer consists of insects and green plants.  In winter, their diet includes waste grain, weed seeds and fruit of such locally-growing shrubs as rose and buckbrush. By standing up so tall, Pheasant was saying that one needs to take the good with the bad, and to learn and to grow from the lessons.  When things are not going well (and we had a cold winter and lots of snow this year in Calgary), it is okay to lay low, and to be cautious.  One must act with discernment as they walk through life. 

Pheasant’s final message is about environment.  Even though we could hear him, we could not see him.  This is the message of “learn how to blend with your environment and use that environment to your advantage”.  Then, when we did see him, he was up off the ground.  He says that one must be grounded to walk in the world, however, at times, one must go up higher to see the bigger picture. 

I feel privileged that Pheasant came out to see the dogs and I.

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf.  See what is new at www.legionsofmichael.com

Archangel Michael – Discussing “Wrong”

 

A picture of Archangel Michael from an old print

 

 

 

 

 

I have been working through the lesson notes for my teaching of the Archangel Michael “I AM” classes, and marvelling at all the information contained in the book “The Remembrance of I AM” by Carolyn Ann O’Riley and Archangel Michael.  Sometimes, before I start reading, I flip the pages in the book to see what I need to know, and the pages stop moving exactly at the rate place for me to get a message.

Today, for example, I flipped the book, and it stopped on page 161.  My eyes were drawn to this passage. 

“The creator desires me to tell you how very dearly you are loved My Beloved Beings of Light.  You are so very precious and desiring of all good things.  Remind yourself regularly that when you take an “o” out of good, you spell “God” and that is appropriate to remember.”

The other side of the polarity scale that humans associate with “good” is wrong.  A reminder My warrior of Light that when you rearrange the letters within “wrong”, you have the word “grown”.  Growth is what you do when a selection has been made that was not for your highest “God”.  Remembering and learning happens within the growth stages of your life.”

The word “wrong” and the concepts around it seem to come from the eleventh or twelfth century.  The idea of wrong is that one is being unjust or doing harm without provocation. (From the Merriam-Webster dictionary online.)  How often do we do unjust things to ourselves?  If we are comfortable doing injustices to our selves, it follows that we will be unjust to others.  How does, or why does, the act of being born cause us to be unkind to ourselves?  Why are we unkind to others?  The idea that we need to be wrong in order to grow is a wonderful example of the Universe teaching us experientially! 

Our Ancestors learned  lessons that changed the way they behaved and passed those lessons to us.  We have learned how to deal with the crisis of earth changes, political changes, and religious changes.  We have learned that there are many ways of healing one’s body, and that Western medicine does not have all the answers.  We have learned how to take the calamities in our lives and make them something wondrous. If people through out our history had not taken the risk to do something that was deemed “wrong” at that time, we would not have the great discoveries and technologies that we now have.  It almost seems like doing wrong can be a good thing.

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Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Animal – Octopus Visit

The Octopus has received a lot of attention over the last several decades.  The Beatles made the Octopus a legendary figure in their song “Octopus’s Garden”.  We often refer to our family as “the octopus that we can never escape”.  A new expression via Drew Barrymore is “I wish I were an octopus so I could hug ten people at a time!”  Octopus is part of our speech and our culture.

Octopus is given its name, in part from its eight legs or tentacles.  As eight is the number of infinity, Octopus has a connection to the heavens and to Great Spirit, even though Octopus lives at the bottom of the ocean.  Their home is a small cave, or pile of rocks that it can fit into, along the sea floor. Here Octopus hides and waits for prey.  What makes this animal so unusual is that it has no bones in its body, so it is able to squeeze into small spaces.  One can say that Octopus is the ultimate example of flexibility.

When Octopus is spread out, its tentacles are like the spokes in a wheel, or like an eight point star. It represents nothing and everything.  The suction cups on their tentacles allow Octopus to grab on to and to hold tightly.  As Octopus has a short life span of one to five years, it seems that these suction cups may represent getting a hold on life.

Octopus is playful, as well.  Watch this video and enjoy the humour of Octopus’s visit.

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Animal – Wolverine Power

When I watched the movie “Wolverine”, I realized the significance of the warrior adapting animal characteristics.  Certainly, Logan was a warrior by the nature of his upbringing – parentless and on his own since he was very young.  However, combining Wolverine’s power with his morality and hero complex, a new type of evolution of man is portrayed.  Perhaps this is not so fictional as it seems.  The indigenous people have always believed that one may call on their power animal or spirit animal for help in any situation.

Picture of wolverine from email




Wolverine, a member of the weasel family, was once found through out Europe, Russia, and North America.  It is now only in sparsely populated areas. (The wolverine is distributed primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern hemisphere, with the greatest numbers in Alaska, Canada, the Nordic countries of Europe and throughout western Russia and Siberia. – from Wikipedia)
Although it looks bearish, it has the cunning and speed of the weasel, and, it is extremely strong so it can vanquish animals several times its size.  Its ability to survive comes from its ability to adapt.  Wolverine has been appearing to people in dreams and in pictures with a very clear message.
“It is time to retreat from the mass population of humans.  Seek the quieter, wilder places because this is where you will find the abundance of nature to clear the air of pollution and to purify the water that runs with pesticides and fertilizer.  The chemicals change us all.  It is not the way of the Circle (Great Spirit).  The Circle gives us the gift of our strength, speed, and knowing to use to keep our species going (natural selection).  We gladly lend our strength and knowing to those who call on us because we would like to see humans shed the unnatural ways that man has become. 
Once, the wise ones of the tribes, the Ancestors of us all, spoke together and exchanged information.  They taught one another and helped each other keep the balance.  Man has now broken the balance of the Circle.  When that happens, then the Breaker is punished.  In the case of man, who can tell who the Breaker is?  Each thing that man does causes harm.  We say to you, “Dig in!”  Dig into the earth and see how beautiful it is.  See too, how damaged it is in places.  Fix this!  When others try to force you to bend to their will, call on us.  We will gladly come!  We will share our power, unlike the humans who covet power so much.  We will stand with you.
To find your link to us, meditate on the nature of Wolverine. We are not filled with anger.  We are filled with love.  We will fight though, for what is ours by Nature’s law.  We follow the wisdom of the moon, of nature, of the laws of life.  We feel the pulse of the changes coming.  We will help you.”
Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Animals – the Cheetah and the Gazelle

In sales and marketing workshops or training classes that I have participated in, this quote is often used.

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest Cheetah or it will be killed. Every morning a Cheetah wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Cheetah or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.” ~Anonymous

So, when I saw the following set of pictures that my friend Marilyn sent me, I paused, and then laughed!  Here again the animals are teaching us that one does not always have to dominate by hunting and killing.  In fact, the new way of life that has been envisioned by mystics, is a life of cooperation and friendliness as a contrast to the competitiveness and hostility found in most of the world. 

What do you make of these pictures?

 

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Tarot Discussion – What North Americans need to know this week – April 19 2010

Today, when I asked this question, I used the deck called “World Spirit Tarot” written by: Jessica Sczuka Godino & Lauren O'Leary.  We have had so many strange occurrences on the planet in the last week, most notably the eruption of the volcano on Iceland, that I was curious to see what else we North Americans may need to know.  I used a “Past, Present, Future” spread and here are the results.

The Magician In the Past position
                                               

We in North America have an astounding array of technology.  This is like being a magician.  We work in hidden ways with our technology, and, not always for the good of all concerned.  We have trusted the technology, perhaps too much in some cases, and we have created a false sense of security in our lives.  We have had unlimited power to manifest and to change our destiny, however, we have never used it.  Now is the time, is the reminder built into this card. 

The Empress  In the Present position
                                                

The message in this card is that now is the time to start taking care of ourselves!  Now is the time to get in touch with all of the earth, for we are all connected.  This card warns us to follow our instincts, like our four legged relations do, and to trust that instinct over what others tell you because other people have their own agenda.   In return for the guidance that Mother Earth gives you, you must provide a payment of sorts because all of the world and universe works on balance.  So, your payment is reciprocal for what you received.

Nine of Swords  In the Future position

The Nine of Swords  is taking us into the future to tell us that all that we fear has a strong probability of coming true.  What we think is what we manifest.  Therefore, the warning is to change the way you think – to see things positively, and with the greatest and highest good as the outcome.  See yourself getting all the food, shelter, rewards, or whatever it is that you fear that you will not get. Again, the dream time will give you true warnings of the times that you will need to prepare for.  Do not despair; see the beauty in all things.

Begin to get in touch with the Oneness.  Now is the time!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Animal - Grasshopper

Grasshopper picture from email

John Keats - On The Grasshopper And Cricket

The poetry of earth is never dead:
When all the birds are faint with the hot sun,
And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run
From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;
That is the Grasshopper's—he takes the lead
In summer luxury,—he has never done
With his delights; for when tired out with fun
He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
The poetry of earth is ceasing never:
On a lone winter evening, when the frost
Has wrought a silence, from the stove there shrills
The Cricket's song, in warmth increasing ever,
And seems to one in drowsiness half lost, 

The Grasshopper's among some grassy hills.

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Most of know Grasshopper by its cheery sound through the spring and summer, and into the fall.  Grasshopper sings some of the most ancient songs on Earth, and sings the same songs that our Ancestors heard.  In fact, the song of Grasshopper is about the wandering that one needs to do to find a mate, to find food, and to find a place to die.  The song would change when the weather changed, so our Ancestors knew that rain or drought was near.  The sound of the grasshopper is like a meditation in the summertime.  It fills the air with a melody that relaxes and soothes.  Grasshopper reminds us to connect with our Ancestors through song and music.  We can learn their wisdom from the memories stored deep in our cells.


Grasshopper has the ability to leap great distances, and she is able to leap quite high in the air.  Therefore, she has the gift of travel; of bi-location; of astral travel.  She is associated with the mysteries of translocation and teleportation. She tells us to trust your knowledge and to leap through time to the place where you need to get your answer.  She tells us to astral travel or remote view the place that you need to travel to next, to survey the lay of the land.  This ability also allows us to connect to the heavens in a new way.


Enjoy the gift of grasshopper!


Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Speaks – The Hurt of Volcano

This is a headline from BBC….

The eruption that changed Iceland forever By Tom de Casella

Volcanic ash has halted all UK flights and many in Europe

“A volcanic eruption in Iceland is continuing to ground flights in the UK and Europe, but 227 years ago a far more devastating eruption occurred wiping out a fifth of the island's population - as well as tens of thousands across Europe." …. to see more of this article, click on the headline above.

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Today, as I was sitting and waiting to see whether my sister would be able to fly out of Dublin, I began thinking about the volcano and the significance of this natural phenomenon occurring at this time.  I sat and held the above image in my focus, and had these realizations.

1. The volcano eruption coming out of the Earth is like the person who spews angry, nasty words.  Generally, the person carries so much pain and anger that they have hidden for a long time, until one day, the pain becomes so great  that the person lets loose with a volley of words, directed at the person(s) that have harmed the angry one.  The Earth too, has been damaged by the industrial world for centuries.  Coincidently, Iceland is at 65 degrees North latitude and the Udachnaya diamond pit mine is at 66 degrees North to the east of Iceland.

The Udachnaya pipe – picture from Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

To the west of Iceland lies the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada which is a diamond open pit mine located at 64.5 degrees latitude.

 

The Diavik Diamond Mine picture from Wikipedia 

 

 

What if Mother Earth is finally spewing forth all her anger at the first world nations for the deep holes and harm that have been done to the earth?

2.  When a person gets really angry, the effect of their rage and the nasty words that they say, have far reaching effects. The first circle is the person or people that the rage is directed at.  The second circle are those observing the altercation.  The third circle is the set of people related to the person receiving the rage.  And so on!  The volcanic ash is very much like the ripple effects of rage; it affects so many people and industries outside of Iceland.  It is the snowstorm that is not ending.  Airlines are loosing millions of pounds per day as they must cancel flight after flight.

The volcano is expressing “hurt”.  It in turn hurts what is around it, and projects the hurt outward, filling as big a space as it can.  The interesting fact is that the volcano is forcing millions of people to stay “grounded” as airlines cannot fly through the ash without damaging their planes.

Some people feel their hurts from long ago, and never let go of them.  The hurt is ever present, just below the surface.  The simmering volcano has been like that… the lava and fire is held just below the surface.  With humans, when the rage gets out of control, the human goes on a rampage.  The volcano has done the same thing.  Eventually, both wear themselves out, and that is when healing takes place. 

May the healing of this volcano happen with grace, for the highest good of all. 

Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Spirit Animal – Great Blue Heron

Today, as we drove down the highway, a great blue heron appeared and was flying into the north east.

               Great Blue Heron flying over the water – source unknown.

What struck me as curious was how far she seemed to be from any water. I also wondered why she was flying in such gale force winds.  I pondered the message that Heron was bringing to me.

Heron is about grounding and wading through one’s emotions.  She is also about standing one’s ground, and not being influenced by others.  As you might guess, most encounters with Heron are on the ground, usually when she is standing in the water.  To encounter her in the air is indeed a gift!

I asked for her message, and received immediate feedback in a knowing and clear thoughts from her.  First, being alone, she is showing that regardless of the difficulty, sometimes one is best traveling alone.  Wizards, leaders, and wisdom keepers often travel the lone path.  Flying in the difficult wind, she shows that even slow progress is still progress and should not be seen as a defeat, but as the wonderful affirmation of Spirit that it is.  Heron is flying above the Earth to show that one does not have to be embroiled in all the negative things happening on the Earth; one can fly above it, and observe it from a distance.  In this way, one has a larger perspective so that the story becomes more distant, and the perfection of movement, of aligning of parts of the Earth, is seen in its beauty.

Further, Heron said, “ Flying into the north east is the direction one goes when it is time to share your knowledge with the world.  However, you must find the means to do that in a way that feels comfortable to you…. not to others.  The Wizard only shares what needs to be shared at the time that it needs to be shared, and not before.  Be confident in your guidance, and move in the flow.”

See more on Heron at Blue Heron Brings Information 

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Spirit Speaks – Hanwi – Night Sun #5

Tonight is the New Moon, a time of renewal, and of change.  Today, a huge change occurred with the earthquake in China, in the Qinghai province. See more at www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/04/14/china-western-earthquake.html.  The earth changes that are happening now, seem to fit the guidance in this wonderful card, HANWI or REFLECTION. 

from The Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards by Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer and Helene Sarkis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am the subtle yet powerful force of cycles upon your planet and body.  I shift the tides, and I shift your moods and your receptivity.

I am a light that shines in the darkness, for never, dear one, are you with out the guidance of All That Is Life.  When I shine upon you as you sleep, I draw you into the misty  reflections of all that I have seen. 

I quicken change and motion.  I relieve headaches with the coolness of my light.  I work with my sisters of the sea in rhythmic respirations of life.  When I am hidden from you, I offer you the opportunity to find within yourself the reflection of Spirit. –channelled by Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer

This new moon is a time to pull in the wisdom of the Ancestors, and to look for healing of that which plagues you – illness, fear, doubt, judgement – and to send it to the light of the heavens.

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Buddha Speaks – Look To Yourself First

A picture of the Golden Buddha from Microsoft Clip Art

 

We all know fear in some form.  Many of us, when we feel fear, blame the object of our fear as being the source of our fear. 

Here is an interesting story for contemplation. It is about a young monk who feels fear.

 

                                  Spider

A Tibetan story tells of a meditation student who, while meditating in his room, believed he saw a spider descending in front of him. Each day the menacing creature returned, growing larger and larger each time. So frightened was the student, that he went to his teacher to report his dilemma. He said he planned to place a knife in his lap during meditation, so when the spider appeared he would kill it. The teacher advised him against this plan. Instead, he suggested, bring a piece of chalk to meditation, and when the spider appeared, mark an "X" on its belly. Then report back.

The student returned to his meditation. When the spider again appeared, he resisted the urge to attack it, and instead did just what the master suggested. When he later reported back to the master, the teacher told him to lift up his shirt and look at his own belly. There was the "X".

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The beauty of this little story is that it shows us that we can be afraid of Nature (spider), especially if we are afraid of our own nature – perhaps what one would call the “dark side”.  Buddhist practice is all about going inside one’s self to contemplate life, rather than going to the external objects in our life.  The external items/people/circumstances are not there to blame; they are there to mirror our “stuff” back to us.  This story does that mirroring remarkably well.

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Angels Speak – Archangel Michael’s Symbols

In 2004, a man by the name of Natara Jorg Loskant published a book in German called Healing Symbols & Mantras for Ascension – The Wisdom of Archangel Michael.  In 2006, Findhorn Press published the English version of this book.  Since 2007, the Angels have been guiding me to read this book.  I am currently reading about the fifth mantra, AMYAKA. 

The passage on AMYAKA begins with “This mantra brings balance.  It resolves unsettled, unresolved communication and it sustains.”  The mantra is for the Fifth Layer of the Earth which corresponds to the Throat Chakra in our chakra system.  The symbol that works with this mantra is about clearing blockages in the body which no longer communicate with each other because they are in deep pain.  Underlying all the clearing is the need to be free of pain.

when I read this, and the other words about flowing, I realized that most people cannot go with the flow because they are in too much pain.  When one is flowing, one moves easily.  When one is hurting, it is very difficult to move gracefully.  Movements are jerky and perhaps, clumsy.  People get frustrated because they lack the grace that they expect to have, and they become even more slow moving and pain filled.  As they slow down, they become stiffer. 

How do people cope?  Many take drugs, one of the illegals or over the counter drugs or prescription drugs.  Some drink. Others tune out with other addictive practices.  In one course that I took, the instructor said that people do body piercing because the person is in so much paid and the poking and piercing causes additional or different pain that relieves the first pain. Each of these practices reduces the communication within our bodies, with those around us, and with our soul. 

The solution to the problem?  Well, one can work with the symbols in Archangel Michael’s toolkit.  Sometimes, however, people simply need to say the truth of what they feel.  It is funny!  Parents teach us not to say what we think because we might hurt someone’s feelings, yet they say what ever they want to their children without any regard for the child’s feelings. 

Do the symbols work in this guidance from Archangel Michael? I have done several mantras now, and used the symbols in meditation, and I can say, “Yes, they work for me.”

Why not give it a try?

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Judy@angelsandancestors.com   See the April Magazine online at  www.angelsandancestors.com/newsletter/mag1004.pdf .  See www.thestoryoflight.com for Roger’s new book The Story of Light Volume 11: Through Heaven’s Gate.

Tarot Discussion – Osho Zen Card #34 - Mind

The Mind Card – 34 from Osho Zen Tarot deck

 

 

“This is the situation of your head: I see cycle-handles and pedals and strange things that you have gathered from everywhere. Such a small head...and no space to live in! And that rubbish goes on moving in your head; your head goes on spinning and weaving - it keeps you occupied.
Just think what kind of thoughts go on inside your mind. One day just sit, close your doors, and write down for half an hour whatsoever is passing in your mind, and you will understand what I mean and you will be surprised what goes on inside your mind. It remains in the background, it is constantly there, it surrounds you like a cloud. With this cloud you cannot know reality; you cannot attain to spiritual perception.
This cloud has to be dropped. And it is just with your decision to drop it that it will disappear. You are clinging to it - the cloud is not interested in you, remember it.” commentary from OSHO

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Today is Sunday, and the beginning of the week.  I wondered what the message was that I needed to hear today.  Very strongly, the message is “get out of your mind”!  This seems quite appropriate as I have been doing consulting work again, and during that time, one must be ever in the intellect.  However, I know that most often, we need not be in the mind.  The stories of the past and the projections of the future are not real, just as most of what we observe around us is not real.  I always laugh when people bring me back to their reality by saying, “Come back to the real world.” 

For me, real is what I experience in each moment – the quiet joy of just sitting and seeing the birds at the bird feeder, and the joy inside me because they are there, singing and being content.  I see the people around me in the airport when I travel, and I see discontent.  They are going to a warmer place, to a place with better golf courses, to see family so they can feel better….  It really is all an illusion because our world has been created perfectly for each of us.

We have what we need, and all that we need.

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Spirit Animal – Pigeon Speaks

Picture of  pigeon in flight from Wikipedia.

This morning, as my niece and I were sitting at the table doing our individual homework, a soft cooing sound began.  It seemed to come from the roof above where we were working.  It got louder and louder, the point that my niece had to go and see what was going on.

It was then that I realized that I had been asking the question, where our new home was to be.  Pigeon was speaking, and answering the question.  She says,

Humans, like pigeons, do have a homing instinct that will take them across the miles to the absolutely best place for the person to be.  If you are still looking for where home is, then you are not home.  There is the home on this Earth, and the home that our soul dwells within, and they are different in what nourishment they provide to our bodies and our spirit.  Pigeon has moved all over the world to come to different places to find an adequate food supply.  Humans, too, must find places where they can get a full supply of the food that they require, and they must find a place with water enough for them to drink. 

Food, for all of us, comes from the ground.  It is time to look to the ground for your food.  We do not understand how those of you that live higher than the trees in your big houses can find adequate food.  It is not natural to live there, where food does not exist.  This is a time to become natural.  You must tell everyone that this is so. And, everyone must find their family, find ways to feed together, and to become as one flock.  In this way will there be support.

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Spirit Animal – Elk Visits

These pictures came from a friend who thought these pictures were from Canmore, Alberta.  It is not every day that one gets an elk in their front yard!  As I looked at the pictures, I realized that these elk were supporting a theme amongst the animals that I commented upon during 2008 and 2009.  That theme is that the animals are no longer keeping their distance from man – they are coming into the man space, and making themselves comfortable. You may remember the story  “Spirit Animals –Bobcat” about the bobcat at Whistler.

Our Ancestors believed that when the animals started acting atypical that great changes were upon them.  Generally, the changes were physical ones such as earthquakes, deviant weather, or both.  The animals would move out of the wilderness to be near to people and to have a sense of calmness.  As protectors of mankind, they also want to be near people to give them a warning if something big is going to happen.

Elk says, “Humankind puts order to their world – the trimmed lawns, the sculpted trees, and the abundance of flowers.  This is a contrast to the wildness of the forest that we live in.  We wonder why the grass is cut when so many of us need to eat much grass to keep our life force flowing.  We are grateful, too, that we no longer need to offer ourselves for food, as we did many lifetimes ago.  The Shaman would call to us to let us know that The People were hungry.  We responded.  Now, it is time for you to feed us.  This is the circle of life.”

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Spirit Speaks – Music Speaks To The Soul

One of the interesting thoughts that was presented to me in a meditation was that the reason that I “hear” so much music in my awake time, even if I am not listening to my ipod or to the radio, is that music transcends the ego.  This means that the ego has not figured out how to control the effect music has on us.  When the music is particularly powerful, such as this music “Silk Road” by Kitaro, then we have an opportunity to grow the union between our body, mind, and spirit.  As you know, your body instinctively wants to move with the music.  What your body is really doing is coming into alignment with the mathematical perfection of the sound, a sound that has Divine inspiration.

Enjoy!

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Spirit Speaks – Spiritual Knowledge

At the beginning of a new month, I always ask for a vision or knowing of what it is that we, the spiritual warriors, will need to know as we walk our path.

My guides took me to the Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards, and the following card, The Tree of Life”, came up.

 

The CHA WAKAN card - Tree of Life, #32, from The Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards by Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer and Helene Sarkis

 

 

 

 

The write up on the card talks about the Tree of Life being the archetype of all spiritual knowledge.   The biblical reference to this tree is the Tree of Knowledge in the garden of Eden.  The Christian belief is that by eating from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve destroyed the garden of Eden, and forever caused mankind to be in pain and suffering.

The gift of the Tree Of Life is about “Acceptance”.  All spiritual warriors – light workers – are being called upon to Accept that all is perfect. 

Here is the message that Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer channelled with the card.

  In me, all life is One:  There is no demarcation of “other”.  The nuances of vision may vary, yet the essential sap is nowhere separated, and is, in itself, exaltation.  I am the bearer of this knowledge, this understanding, this experience of grace; however you may insist on believing you are apart from that which is in you, that which surrounds you, the law which is All will bring you to me, to union and communion.

I bless you!

If we do not accept the Tree Of Life, and all the knowledge that it has to offer, we have no way of knowing the perfection in all things.  We are all being reminded once again to allow others to have their experiences of growing, whether this be through wrong action, illness or death, and to accept that each of us contributes to Creation’s understanding of its beauty and perfection.  We need to allow that understanding to happen.

Namaste,

Judy@angelsandancestors.com  See also the blog Ancestors Speak - Tree of Life .

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Angels Speak – Archangel Uriel

Recently, messages have been coming through from all the Archangels and Angels, about how we are living our lives.  This message was one that my heart said needed to be shared.  Enjoy, and check out Lisa’s site.

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Too much stuff! Picture from www.andreaharner.com

 

 

“Simplicity is one of the major keys to happiness. It is time to stop and take an honest view of not only your life, but the actions you choose to take in it. See where you can simplify. Ask for my help, so that you may once again regain true direction. Many times the mind will clutter your space, mind, or body to deflect from its true purpose. Overtime, the mind gives itself an illusion that this is the way to stay “safe” However; your soul knows that it is not that hard and simplicity is the key. Simplify things with my help and experience true enlightenment.” – Archangel Uriel

Please share as you feel guided.
Many Blessings
Lisa C. Beachy
Angel & Spiritual Intuitive
Reiki & Adv. Theta Healer
Connecting you with your Spiritual Team
www.LisaBeachy.com

This is great advice right now.  We are in turbulent times, and the more we can get rid of stuff, the more free we will be!  We may to be able to pick up and go at any time.  Can you do that easily?

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Buddha Speaks – Fools are deaf to wise words

  Picture of Buddha from brandrea.files.wordpress.com

 

 

Sometimes it seems that people ask for advice, and, when they receive it, they get angry and ignore it.  Buddha explains this action very nicely in the following story.

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                    New Homes for the Tree Spirits

Once upon a time, as happens to all beings, the King of the Tree Spirits died. King Sakka, ruler of the Heaven of 33, appointed a new King of the Tree Spirits. As his first official act, the new king sent out a proclamation that every tree spirit should choose a tree to live in. Likewise it was stated that every tree was to be pleased with its resident spirit.

There just so happened to be a very wise tree spirit who was the leader of a large clan. He advised his clan members not to live in freestanding trees. Instead it would be safer to live in the forest trees near him. The wise tree spirits settled down in the forest trees with their leader.

But there were also some foolish and arrogant tree spirits. They said to each other, "Why should we live in this crowd? Let us go to the villages, towns and cities inhabited by human beings. Tree spirits who live there receive the best offerings. And they are even worshipped by the superstitious people living in those places. What a life we will have!"

So they went to the villages, towns and cities, and moved into the big freestanding trees, looked after by people. Then one day a big storm came up. The wind blew strong and hard. The big heavy trees with old stiff branches did not do well in the storm. Branches fell down, trunks broke in two, and some were even uprooted. But the trees in the forest, which were intertwined with each other, were able to bend and support each other in the mighty wind. They did not break or fall!

The tree spirits in the villages, towns and cities had their tree homes destroyed. They gathered up their children and returned to the forest. They, complained to the wise leader about their misfortune in the big lonely trees in the land of men. He said, "This is what happens to arrogant ones who ignore wise advice and go off by themselves."

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Spirit Animal – Whale As Guardian

The Whale and the diver! This beautiful picture comes from an email from a friend in Hawaii.

 

I have been reading about the Sirians (from the planet, Sirius) and their various flights to Earth.  One of the common themes is that the Sirians are water loving, and that they, perhaps, brought whales to planet Earth, to monitor the oceans and to keep an eye on the land. 

In the picture above, Whale definitely seems to put forward a fin of friendship, even after all the thousands of years of whaling, and using whale for everything from food to aphrodisiacs.  Why has the whale never turned on man?  Well, perhaps one or two have, yet the species as a whole, has not.

What if Whale really did come from another place?  What if Whale is far more intelligent than humans give her credit for?  What if her sonar sounds can be picked up by a space ship?  What kind of reports is she sending home? Why do the whales tolerate us?

Our Ancestors lived in a world where everything had meaning – had a spirit.  Many ancestors believed that Whale was a God. Perhaps that idea is not so far fetched because Gods generally come from the sky.  And, maybe whales did descend. 

What purpose do they serve?  I think that they are Guardians of the oceans.  I believe they are meant to stop man from destroying the bottom of the ocean with digging, and mining.  I believe that they are constantly cleaning the ocean water as best they can. 

What do you think?

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