Angels Speak – Archangel Zadkiel’s Guidance

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Dearest ones, I, Zadkiel, greet you with abounding love.  I am sitting in a space where many of you do not see me and therefore, you think that we, the angels, have deserted you.  We are always so close!  We wrap our arms around you often, as you would wrap your arms around someone that you love.  It is now, more than ever, that you need to show your love to one another and we show our love to you.

Dearest ones, there does seem to be so much calamity on your planet.  However, if you look closely, there is much less turmoil than there has ever been.  It seems bigger because it is now noted world wide.  All of you, because of your increased love and light, feel the pain of others, and the disturbances in the energies of the human plane, much more deeply than you ever used to.  This, dear ones, is a gift to be grateful for!  It means that you are becoming more angel like.  Angels hold space of love without judgement.

Even as it seems that judgement is ever present, know that we see you becoming less judgemental. We also see you becoming less tolerant of those who lie to you – your governments, corporations, caretakers of your young and your old, medical practitioners, and religious leaders.  Many prophecies have been written about the end of religion, the end of war, the end of greed, and the coming of space beings.  All of these prophecies are true.  The interesting part is that divine timing and Earth timing are quite different.  The actual dates that Earth prophets have given may be off by years. 

That means that you have more time to prepare yourself for the cleansing ahead.  Now is the time to let go of all self punishment – eating, drugs, alcohol, extended physical exercise or deprivation, and sleep inconsistencies. (Some of you want to stay awake and take drugs to do that.  Some of you want to sleep all the time, and take drugs to do that as well.)  This cleansing time allows you to move into a time of releasing.  We say that all you need to do is to create a sacred space around you, and then call us (Angels) in to release all of your self punishment.

“Dearest Angels (or address a specific Angel or set of Angels).  Please release and cleanse and balance my body of all self punishment patterns that I have inflicted on my self.  Please transmit this energy in to energy that is clear and positive.  Thank you. I love you.  I am truly grateful.”

Say this over and over.  We suggest twenty times per round, and that you do this every day.  It has taken you many years to reach this place.  It will take some time for your mind and body to un-remember the patterns. 

We surround you with love and ask that you call to us often,

Archangel Zadkiel,

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Spirit Animal – Owl Crosses Path

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I was driving out of the parking lot at Fish Creek Park after teaching an evening workshop, when a big Great Horned Owl flew out of the tall grasses beside the road and across the hood of my vehicle.  I had already slowed to almost a stop so the big bird was safe.  It flew up into a tree close by the road and looked down at me.  It then hooted.  I started driving again.

As I drove home, I wondered about the message that Owl was sending me.  As I filtered through what I know of Owl, I realized that she has some unusual capabilities.  First, her eyes face forward while most birds and animals have eyes on the side of their head.  So, to allow her full range of vision, she is capable of turning her head ninety degrees either way which gives her the appearance of being able to do the impossible – to turn her head completely around. 

Second, she can fly silently because of the setting of the feathers on her wings.  Most birds fly with a flapping noise.  This silence gives her the mysterious ability of seemingly to appear out of thin air.  Owl is also associated with Athena, the goddess of wisdom.  And, because of their unusual characteristics, Owl is also considered wise.

Third, Owl has very keen hearing and can hunt a mouse by sound alone, simply by listening for squeaks and for scampering sounds.  Owl’s ability to hear so well has created a mythology around its ability to hear humans and to hear human thoughts.  Some say that Owl hears one’s cry for assistance and brings down wisdom to help the person in need.

Owl is a loner bird. After she raises her young, and trains them in the hunt, she and her mate go their separate ways until the next mating season.  Being solitary, much like a monk or wizard, also gives the Owl the air of being wise and contemplative.  Our Ancestors believed that Owl could fly into the heavens and talk with the Gods and Goddesses so that Owl had no need of other company.

What Owl’s message is, then, is that it is okay to be alone and by one’s self.  Contemplation is okay.  Simply following one’s own needs and harming no one is a way to be in service.  As well, learning to use one’s gifts in the quiet times is a good way to determine if the gifts are to be used in service to mankind in a direct way or in the indirect way. 

Owl does bring a touch of magic to our lives.  Enjoy her visits!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com    See the August 2010 Magazine at www.angelsandancestors.com

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Spirit Animal – Asian Wild Horse

Asian Wild Horses and filly from the Calgary Zoo Ranch

Last night, when I was facilitating a workshop in Fish Creek Provincial Park, my students kept saying that they could smell horses.  Now, as far as I know, there were not any horses around us.  However, it seems we may have been visited by some horses in Meditation time.

The Asian Wild Horse and Mongolian Wild Horse are names given to Przewalski's Horse, a wild horse that is found on the steppes of China and Mongolia that is considered extinct in the wild as of  1966.  Scientists have discovered that this horse has never been domesticated.  Some of the species exist in zoos around the world, including here in Calgary at the zoo.  This horse is unique in its markings, colour, short mane which is similar to a zebra’s mane, and its wildness. 

So why is an almost extinct wild horse coming to us in meditation at a workshop in a park?

The Asian Wild Horse has a message for all of us.  It tells us that we should allow some things to be what they are – in this case, wild – and not try to change them into the mold of what we think they should be.  At a spirit level, the horses see man mold the children into what the parent wants the child to be and not what the child’s purpose or desire is.  Asian Wild Horse is telling us to let go of controlling what is around us, and to let things be natural.

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Spirit Speaks – Releasing That Which Is Not In My Highest Good

Last night, I was teaching a “Healing Tools” workshop and the topic that side tracked us for a while is “Who decides what is in our highest good?” The discussion was that it is our Spirit/Soul that decides what is in our best and highest good.  Given that the word “good” derives from the Old English word “gōd”, which perhaps meant “God”, it makes sense to me that our Spirit or God Self decides for us. 

Our intellect and ego will usually try to keep us safe.  Interesting to me is the fact that our ego will sometimes push us to an addictive substance – food, alcohol, drugs, piercing – in order to relieve pain, and from the ego’s point of view, keep the person safe.

To me, addictions are not in the highest good because they are an over indulgence, or, in Buddhist terms, out-of-balance behaviours.  Therefore, those types of behaviours need to be released.  Pain of any sort that debilitates is out of balance, and needs to be released. 

We all have bad experiences and experience pain and suffering.  However, when the lesson is learned from the situation, then the situation is no longer required, and the situation may be released for the highest good. 

What is the lesson?  Well, the underlying lesson in all experiences is “It is not about the other person, it is about you!”  Each lesson requires us to see ourselves and the part we play in each situation that causes us pain of some sort.  After all, we are each in charge of our own movie about this life.  We each create what we see and feel and do.  Therefore, it becomes a choice to release that which no longer serves us.  Go ahead! Make the choice.  It feels great!

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From Spirit – July 2010 Full Moon Energies

 

Our Ancestors had many different rituals in their lifetimes than we do today.  There are several reasons for that:

1. They still believed in magic and that the Gods/Goddesses were very active in their lives.
2. Science and religion had not taken control of belief systems.
3. The ancients still were very much in touch with the rhythms of the Earth, the cycles of power and lull time.

One of the monthly rituals was the celebration of the full Moon.  Although the Sun parades its full strength and roundness every day, the Moon only shows her full self once per month.  Old calendars were focused on the Moon time, not the cycling of the sun around the planet.  There were thirteen moons and therefore thirteen cycles of power.  People who worked the Earth and roamed the Earth paid close attention to what was going on in the world around them on the day before and the day after the full Moon.

Last night was a full Moon – and Creator provided signs that this was a very powerful Moon.  This Moon, called the Blessing Moon, was significant because it heralds further cleansing of power and corruption. The US Afghan war logs were released on the internet today.  The CEO of British Petroleum, responsible for the large oil leak and water contamination in the Gulf is resigning today, effective October.  Kaing Guek Eav also called “Dutch” is being sentenced for war crimes in Cambodia around the “killing fields”.  And, there is more to come in the way of cleansing.

If you are in mediation today, give a short thanks for the cleansing Moon, and ask that she continue her work to help restore balance to our planet, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. 

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Angels Speak – Resentment is Frozen Anger

 

Even as the cycle of life goes on, we often relive the anger that we have felt at earlier points in our life as the cycle of love and anger.  The Angels tell us that we now have the power to release this cycle. 

First, we need to understand what the simmering resentment is that we feel for a parent, for a friend, or for a co-worker.  Remember that resentment is about feeling deep anger and ill will, and feeling it at the level that it first occurred.  Resentment takes us back to the first event with that person.  Why is this anger stuck?  Often, it is stuck because we choose (yes, choice is involved here) not to release our anger.

Second, we need to understand that when we make a choice to suppress something that is important to us, that we give away our power.  When we give away our power, we get even angrier, and it is the second anger over riding the first anger that causes “anger” to get stuck.  And, being human, instead of recognizing that the problem is within us, we pinpoint the problem as being the other person. 

Third, although we may think that the other person knows that we are very angry, and that we resent the ground that they walk on, be assured that most people are so self centered that they have no idea that you are upset.  So, you are the one that needs to take the action to change the situation and to get rid of the resentment.

Ask your Angels to help you see the bigger picture.  Ask them to help you remember why you were angry in the first place, and then ask them to help you change the outcome of that original situation.  Sometimes you can do this by prayer, sometimes by mediation, and sometimes simply by peaceful remembering and re-visioning of that past experience. 

Remember to that when you ask for help, always give thanks even if the situation does not seem to resolve the way that you have planned it to end.  Sometimes, a bigger miracle is at work in the background.

Go in peace and release your anger.

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Spirit Speaks – Catharsis

Catharsis is about being able to release pain – emotional pain – by watching someone else’s pain, and being able to recognize the pain and feel it in you, and then release it in yourself.  Many of us do this by crying at movies or even at commercials on TV.  The process, for some people, is quite embarrassing, that is, to be crying at a movie. 

However, Great Spirit and our Angels and Guides reassure us that this is a healing mechanism that humans have so that we do not overload on emotions that we store inside our bodies.  From the time that we are born, it is in our nature to laugh, cry, be sad, celebrate, and all the other emotions that exist.  If we cannot feel great sadness, then there is a good chance that we will not be able to feel great happiness.

Feeling emotional release based on someone else’s experience, real or performed in a movie, is a great confirmation that we are all connected; that there is Oneness.  What I mean is that if we were all separate, we would not feel that tug of pain in a nerve around our heart, or, we would not feel the fear in our solar plexus when we watch that scary movie.  Emotion is an energy that radiates outward until it is absorbed by “something”. Often that something is another being.

The nick name for emotional movies is “tear jerker”.  Literally, the nick name describes the process of the movie pulling the tears that have been locked away, out into the open.  Some spiritual teachers believe that a good tear jerker is as good as a meditation in helping a person release pent up emotion.  In either case, during the movie or during meditation, the person is so absorbed that they are completely in the present moment, and, in the present moment, there is no pain, so the body releases it as tears.

What a beautiful process!  Catharsis!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com    Watch for the August 2010 Magazine at www.angelsandancestors.com

Spirit Speaks – Staying In Synch

Today, I was trying to figure out why the podcasts on my iPod were not updating the way that I had them laid out in my iTunes program.  I started checking every setting.  What I found was that the “Synch” check box on my settings has some how become unchecked.  Now, since I never go in and change my settings, this seemed to be quite a “weird” thing for me.  So, I thought about it.

This morning, I listened to a Zen Buddhist lesson on “Being Present”.  There were several things that inspired me about this lesson.  One was that the emphasis through sutras and through stories was around being in the present moment.  If you cannot be in the present moment, and need to dwell on the past or the future, then what in the present moment is causing you so much pain? 

The second item in the teachings was that each act of living is about being in the present moment.  If we cannot be in that moment, then we are missing most of our life.  That too makes sense to me because I see so many people wasting happy and fun moments by texting or being on the phone, or trying to get away from themselves in some way. 

The third item I enjoyed in the teaching was around recognizing that each person is living perfectly in their present moment, and that we do not need to impose our ideas of what is going on.  I start to laugh as I read this because back in my second item, I realized that I was imposing judgement on those who choose to text in the present moment.  (I still wish they would not text while they are driving!)

I realized that Spirit was giving me a “hands on” lesson about staying in balance and harmony with my passions and my path.  When all is going well, then little thought is required because a person simply rolls with the flow of what is going on.  We are living in the present moment.  However, when we start to over think our actions and try to second guess all the people around us, then we are “out of synch” with our purpose.  Our harmony is compromised, and therefore life seems choppy and full of obstacles.  The serenity is gone.

Another realization is that over the last few days, hunting for flooring and bathroom fixtures, that I have lost my serenity.  I too need to synch up with Great Spirit and regain my balance. 

I am truly grateful for the lesson.

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THREE TOOLS TO USE IN SELF-HEALING
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 7-9pm
By Donation The tools consist of working with the Angels of Karma to release energy that is not for the greatest and highest good of self; a tool to release manipulations and negative energy; and a tool to balance all the energy fields. Each participant will walk away with the printed copy of each tool so they will be able to use it over and over in their journey. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions provided upon registration. More info here.

TALK TO THE TREES
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 7-9pm
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Spirit Animal – A Gnu Day!

Although smaller in size, many people think that the Wildebeest or Gnu, is very much like the buffalo that roamed the plains of North America.  The black face, curved horns, and hump on the back are certainly similar. Where as the buffalo has a short tail, more like a cow’s tail, the Gnu has a long tail much like a horse’s tail.  A male Gnu stands almost six feet at the shoulder, and the female is slightly shorter at about five and half feet at the shoulder. 

The Gnu is a herd animal – for protection, and for comfort – although the older bulls will roam alone, and eat alone.  They are about 500 to 600 pounds or over half a ton, so can hold their own with most animals.  The Gnu’s preferred food is short tender or dry grass. This means that they can reside and graze with long grass grazers like zebra and gazelle/antelope type animals. 

Gnu has this to say today - “Do you know what is creeping up around you?  Are you using other people – friends and family – to give you early warnings of problems?   We follow a very strict diet and limit ourselves to one type of food.  Our weight and health is stable.  Can you say the same thing?  What are you eating that is unhealthy?  Our first reaction to any threat is to run.  This saves our lives.  Do you know how to retreat?  You can look later. 

We Gnus know how to spread information around the herd in silent ways.  Watch how a herd will suddenly stop and wheel about.  This confuses those pursuing it, and will allow Gnu to turn the tables.  Do you need to do an about face to startle someone who takes you for granted?  Do you need to confront someone who has been chasing you, or has power over you?  We Gnus have the power to assist you in making changes.  Ask us in to help you!”

Namaste,

Judy@angelsandancestors.com

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Tarot Discussion – Wisdom Of the Maya Oracle for Week of July 22 2010

A lot of strange things (strange even for me) have been happening in and around my life.  What I mean by around my life, is that events are happening to family and friends, and the family and friends tell me about it.  Usually, I am in the dream, the thoughts, or discussion.  Somehow, what they are experiencing is connected to me as well.  So, I thought that I would ask the Mayan Oracle what it is that I should know, and that others like me should know for this upcoming week. 

The deck that I am using is called “The Wisdom of the Maya – An Oracle of Ancient Knowledge For Today” by Dr. Ronald L. Bonewitz with cared illustrations by Achim Frederick Kiel.  A layout done in this tradition starts in the east, and flows to the north, then west and finally South.  Here are my results. 

East – Edznab Glyph 13 – card 43 Flint

  The message behind this card is about cutting through obstacles and cutting cords of attachment.  All that we had is no longer serving us, so we need to find something different, something more sacred to form our life around.

 

 

 

North – Sotz – card 19 The Bat

This card expands on the message that began in the Flint card – the message is around sudden endings – work, friendships, relationships, and even lives.  This card is about having everything turned upside down, even as bat hangs upside down during the day.  All things will be topsy turvey.

 

 

 

West – U – card 15 The Moon

The Moon is ever present, even when we cannot see it, and supports the Sun.  The message is clear that the hidden forces of Spirit – of light and dark – will support us through this time of change.  The rabbit symbol means abundance will be available, however it will be in a new form.

 

 

South – EB Glyph 12 – Card 37 Evil Rain

Continuing the abrupt changes in the first two cards, Evil Rain is the “problem” card telling  us that we will have many small problems plague us to distraction.  And, that is what these problems are – a distraction to keep us from our path.  During this time, our problem solving skills will be honed to prepare us for the time ahead.  Remember that this is a short period – perhaps two weeks at most.

 

So, put on your crash helmets, and bumper pads because life is going to get interesting!

Namaste,

Judy@angelsandancestors.com

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Spirit Speaks – Crow Chatter

Yesterday, the dogs and I were walking along Fish Creek, enjoying the sounds of the birds and the rustling of the trees as the leaves that surrounded us.  Then, the serenity was ripped apart by the sound of raw cawing, and a big black crow came and sat in the tree close to us.  She cawed some more.  Then as we moved away from here, she jumped up in the air and flew beside us and then ahead of us, cawing.  She came to rest at the top of a tall tree.

She cawed again, and another crow joined her.  They were now making quite a racket.  I realized that the noise was bothering me so I knew that there was a message in the chatter that I needed to pay attention to.  I know that Crow is often called the messenger of the Gods and Goddesses, and that Crow is the Spirit Animal for the Wisdom Keepers as is Owl.  Where Owl prefers the night, Crow prefers the day, and therefore can contact people in daylight. 

I watched Crow, and saw that she was at the top of a tree.  She was up high, looking down on the detail of the forest.  She looked around, and then looked at me.  I got a buzzing in my head. So, one of her messages was:

“Look around!  Do see the whole story, and observe the details, yet do not get lost in them.  Look at all that is going on around you – good, bad, indifferent.  If you shut yourself off from things, you will ignore the bigger story that is going on around you.  You do create your own reality by including and excluding “things” from your life.”

As soon as I got this message, Crow cawed some more, and several more crows joined her.  She was calling a gathering or a council.  She looked at me.  I looked back and smiled.  Her message this time was:

“No one can do everything by themselves.  It is good to have a council of friends that you can draw on for discussion, advice, and for fun.  Perhaps it is time for you to call in your council.”

I have been getting other messages and signs that I should be calling in my Council of Twelve.  I will do that today, and find out what it is I need to know.  Perhaps it is time for you also to call in your council.

Namaste,

Judy@angelsandancestors.com

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Spirit Animal – Bluebird in the Kananaskis Mountains

 

Mountain Bluebird

-picture from Wikipedia

When Roger and I took our trip into Kananaskis to meditate and walk with Nature, we were greeted almost right at the Kananaskis gate, by a male Bluebird. 

The colour blue is associated with truth, with Archangel Michael, and with spiritual matters.  To us, we had clear guidance that Great Spirit and Mother Nature were giving approval, and celebrating, our decision to spend the day in the mountains.

Bluebird is known for its gentleness, and the message to us was that we needed to be gentle to ourselves for the day.  We needed to move slowly, to see the details of the trees, the rivers, the wild life, and the mountains. In part, the message is that we should move through the park in our own time, and enjoy each moment by being present in each moment.

Bluebird was just outside the gate when we left the park.  It was sitting on a post singing away, it seemed, about light and love and life.  When it finished the song, it flew over us and away. 

It makes me think that blue is about truth, and that Bluebird was telling us to remember the truth that we learned this day

• the truth of timing that the water taught us – that all things will wear down and change when continuous pressure is applied;
• that the trees and the wind taught us the truth of flexibility -  flexibility is as much in the canopy of the tree (the branches and twigs and leaves) as it is in the trunk. All parts of it must be flexible;
• that the ground feeds us and cools and warms us, depending on where we move on the Earth and that above all, it soothes and grounds us;
• that the fire of the Sun is reflected by the water, moved by the wind, and absorbed by the stone people, the tree people and the plant people, and that all of us need the Sun to live.

Bluebird’s song reminded us that all truth is learned by people – some more slowly and others more quickly – and that all be allowed their truth with out being manipulated by others.  Everything has a time.

We had a wonderful time in the mountains, and we wish this experience for all.

Namaste,

Judy@angelsandancestors.com

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Angel’s Speak – 30 Years of Food Systems

Most of the food production in North America is around corn, wheat, and soy.  This has been a thirty year cycle that started back in the late 70’s.  Coincidently, this has also been the cycle of increasing obesity in America and in the world, and the rising increase in starvation.  There are 1 billion people who are starving in the world and 1 billion people who are obese in the world.  These figures come from the talk by Ellen Gustafson in the movie embedded below.

Like most of us, I love to eat!  As I have gotten older, I have had to watch how much I eat.  Recently, I have also had to watch the nutrients.  When I went for my physical two weeks ago, my blood work showed that my Vitamin D was down several hundred points over last year – even though I have been eating more raw food.  Several other of my numbers have shifted slightly lower.

What this indicates to me is that the quality of our food is decreasing.  Is it to much “forcing” vegetables and fruits to grow? Is it the fertilizer and pesticides?  We don’t really know.  However, it seems that perhaps this a great time for people to take charge of their own food growing.  This year, more people in Calgary have planted gardens – in the church yards, by recreation centers, and along railway lines – basically where ever there is open space.

Listen, please, to Ellen’s ideas.  The Angels think that she has great ideas, and perhaps, is divinely guided.

From TED TALKS: 

Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue

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Spirit Animal – Badger Away!

As we drove home from the mountains Thursday, we saw a wide variety of animals and birds.  I was surprised to see a big badger run away from us, and across the road and into the grass. 

Badgers are typically dawn and dusk beings as they are very much a loner type animal.  This badger, however, was on a mission, and ran across a busy two lane highway.  The irony of me telling you this story is that one of the characteristics of badger in all the legends is that Badger is the Keeper of Stories.  Before the written word was so prominent, all traditions handed down their history by story telling.  In each family was one member who could recite the family lineage right back to the oldest memories.  We lost our tradition of story telling in the 1700’s with the growth of the Industrial Revolution and its need for written instructions to keep the spread of machines growing.

Back to Badger!  Badger is an underground dweller.  It reminds us to stay grounded.  She also reminds us to dig deeper into the issues that are occurring in our lives because the surface problem is not at the root – the root is generally always hidden beneath the layers – of dirt, or of stories, or of self deception.

Badger likes to be by herself because she is very strong and self confident.  Her questions are:

• Are you lacking confidence in something?
• Are you seeing only the surface of a story?  Do you need to dig deeper?
• Are you using your stories to cause harm?  Are someone else’s stories causing you harm?
• Do you need to tell a story to teach something?
• Does your story need to be told so that you can let go of it?

May Badger come to you in your dreams and give you a way to get to your roots!

Judy@angelsandancestors.com

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Spirit Animal – Mountain Goat Challenge

Yesterday, we had several experiences with Mountain Goats on the highway.  In our last episode, one female came and stood right in front of the van so that I could not go any where, and then she stared at me.

I tried to get her to speak to me; however, I was unable to connect with her immediately.  Today, I finally reached Mountain Goat.  She showed me many things.  I realized that she has flexibility that humans do not have.  She brings up questions around being supported in new ventures, about being inflexible in new ideas and stuck in old traditions, and questions around the structure in our current life situation.

There are many pictures of Mountain Goat making huge leaps down a mountain, indicating that she can teach you how to manoeuvre the ups and downs of life, and always land on your feet.  She is also telling you that it is okay to try new things, and that if one doesn’t work out, it will lead you to something new!

Goat says not to be too serious, and to take time out to play.  By standing in front of me like that, she was telling me to slow down and enjoy life – that I do not always need to be in the fast lane.  And, she was telling me to stretch my legs and climb a few mountains – level ground is no challenge.

I am grateful for Mountain Goat for showing up so many times yesterday.  May she send you a message too.

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Earth Changes – Snow in Argentina

Meanwhile, record cold temperatures south of the border in Argentina

http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Mendoza-Mar-Plata-sierras-bonaerenses_0_298770306.html

Yes, changes are in the air!

Spirit Speaks – A Call To Touch The Earth

The Global activity of Light being orchestrated by Light workers around the world to co-create the template for Unity Consciousness is being called “The Conscious Convergence...A Wave of Unity.” This event will take advantage of the influx of Divine Light that will be expanding through the Cosmos on July 17th & 18th, 2010.  from the site welcomethelight.com

Several days ago, we received the message above. And then today, our guides asked us to the mountains, to connect with the Earth.  We were guided to into the Kananaskis area, to offer honour to the land, the water, the air, and the fire. We spent the day touching the Earth – sitting on the Earth, loving the Earth, letting the Earth refresh us.

  Magic, Roger, and Sage sitting on a rock on the Earth along Highwood River.

 

 

 

 

 

Clearing all that weighs us down in the waters of the river.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tranquility, sitting on the bank of the Trout Ponds. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May you harmonize with the Earth and find healing.

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Angels Speak – Be Without Fear

There are many times in our lives that fear overcomes us.  The angels wish us to be free from fear.  Fear is a manipulation of will that causes us to do things without thinking of the highest good of our self and of others. 

This is a tale about a Buddhist Monk – a Zen Master – who displays courage.

Perhaps this story is what you need to hear today.

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Without Fear

 
During the civil wars in feudal Japan, an invading army would quickly sweep into a town and take control. In one particular village, everyone fled just before the army arrived - everyone except the Zen master. Curious about this old fellow, the general went to the temple to see for himself what kind of man this master was. When he wasn't treated with the deference and submissiveness to which he was accustomed, the general burst into anger. "You fool," he shouted as he reached for his sword, "don't you realize you are standing before a man who could run you through without blinking an eye!" But despite the threat, the master seemed unmoved. "And do you realize," the master replied calmly, "that you are standing before a man who can be run through without blinking an eye?"

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Archangel Speaks – Archangel Jeremiel

 

Picture of Archangel Jeremiel from the site holy-icons.com

One meaning of Jeremiel is “Mercy of God”

Jeremiel is often called the Archangel of Parenting, Children, and of Pets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most beloved souls – you who have braved incarnation so many times that our love knows no bounds for you – I am one of your many resources, and yet many do not call on me.  I am part of your plan.  I am there to assist you as a child, as a parent, as one who needs the support of a very special pet.  Yes, pets are angels who come in many shapes and forms.  All are much loved by the Highest Realms.  We hear the prayers for assistance in life, or to become more peaceful, and the Heavens send you a pet.

It is part of your nature, beloved souls, to love! You all find it so easy to love others.  The biggest task is to love your self as well.  We angels love you so much!  We do not see all the faults that you attribute to yourself.  It pains us that you learn this over and over from your families – parents and siblings and grandparents and extended family.  Yet, it is part of the lessons that you have written.  We can help you remember how to overcome these painful moments in your lives.  Simply ask me, Jeremiel, or any of the other angels for help, and we will be there!

A simple meditation that you can do is around releasing all those characteristics that you see as faults.

1. Call in the Angels for protection.
2. Sit or lie down, and get comfortable.
3. Breath in and out very deeply three or four times. 
4. Then ask Archangel Jeremiel to come in and take away all the memories and pain around the hurt of “being stupid”.
5. Allow your memory of this hurt to surface, and then allow for me to take it away.  This may take a minute or two.
6. Move on, and ask for other hurts to be removed.
7. See the notes below for more hurts that you may remove using this tool.
8. Here are some words that you may use to take away the pain.  “Dear God, please clear all this energy around this hurt I carry - the pain of “being stupid”.  Ask the Angels to pull out any pain that I cannot identify, and please clean it and heal my pain so that my energy and my body are healthy and happy, and that my emotional body and spiritual body is whole.”
9. If you still feel some pain, say this mantra over and over.
10. When you feel complete, give thanks.  “I am grateful to God, the I AM presence and to Archangel Jeremiel, for this healing that they have provided.  I ask that all healing be completed backwards and forwards in time, across all levels, plains, and dimensions, and that all my energies are now brought back into balance.  I am truly grateful.”
11. Let the energies work.
12. When you feel complete, take a deep breath, shrug your body, and feel for changes in it such as lightness, tightness, density, etc.  This tells you what has been cleared (lightness), and what work has yet to be done (tightness).
13. Return to the now moment.
14. Thank the angels for the sacred circle.

Some hurts that are common to most of you are:

• “being careless”,
• or “being worthless”,
• or “being useless”,
• or “being shameless”,
• or “being without thanks”,
• or “being ungrateful”, etc.

I leave you now.  Please ask me any questions that come up from this, and know that I am with you in Oneness, and in peace.

--Archangel Jeremiel through Judy

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Spirit Animals – The Power of Five Animals

Today, when the dogs and I were walking in the park, we saw a great blue heron, a marten, a coyote and her two cubs, a doe and fawn, countless mama ducks and babies, two yellow finches, and, at the end of our walk, five beautiful pelicans flew above us for about ten minutes.

Ending our walk with the pelicans seemed like a very positive blessing, to me.  I know that the number “five” is about purpose and about change.  Pelican is about “rising to the top” and about “being unselfish”.  Therefore, it seems that the blessing that I received is about being able to overcome any challenges, and the blessing of five of these delightful beings tells me that my life purpose is changing dramatically; and that this purpose is increasing my unselfishness. Hopefully this speaks to the broadening of my Buddha nature. 

I will share with you what transpires over the next several days!

          Pelican picture by Judy Hirst in August 2009

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Earth Changes – Solar Eclipse of July 11 2010

 

Picture from www.live-eclipse.org/

 

During this solar eclipse shadow of the moon will pass over the South Pacific Ocean first then it will cross cover the eastern island. It will come to an end when it will reach Patagonia of Chile and Argentina.

The Solar Eclipse – in the past – was a time to set the conditions for a shift in the evolution of the Earth.  Both at Stonehenge in England and at the Majorville Medicine Wheel in Alberta, Canada, site lines were set up by the Shaman or Medicine Men/Women to track the changes of the Sun.

What effects did you feel today?

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Spirit Animal – Magpie Cry

Magpie picture by Judy Hirst

Koreans believed that magpies delivered good news and invited good people. The most famous painting related to a magpie is the one with striped tiger (ggach'i wha horangi minhwa): the magpie is happily chirping to a tiger. The magpie represented good news and the tiger symbolized good luck, since its pronunciation in Chinese sounds similar to good luck (bok).  (Korean Symbolism of Animals & Birds)

Our yard has been filled with Magpies for the last four days.  They sit in the Rowan Tree and chatter; they sit on the back of the deck bench and chatter; and they sit on the fence and chatter.  Their noise drives our dogs crazy, and the dogs run outside and bark at the Magpies.  Soon, the neighbours’ dogs join in.  Other birds come to watch the fun.  Then we have a “symphony of nature”.

What is interesting though, is that we have had great fun with family over the last four days, and that makes me think that the Korean belief – magpies deliver good news and invite good people – is indeed true.  Tomorrow, Sunday, we have about eight people coming for our New Moon Meditation – good people, all of them.

Shaman have always believed that Magpie is connected to the gods and goddesses, and that the black and white colour of magpie shows the balance between the lightness and the darkness, as well as the duality of life.  There is a degree of ONENESS in the colouring of the bird – black and white are the two colours outside the spectrum.  Some Shaman believe that when Magpie cries outside your house, then someone close to you will die. Or, as Shaman put it, “the person is being called to the other side.”

If Magpie cries near you, take out some food and sprinkle it, and honour the bird for the work that it must do.

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Spirit Animal – Guinea Pig

Guinea Pig picture from Wikipedia

Guinea Pig came into my awareness today, carrying some grass, and chewing as it chatted.  It told me that its ancestors came from the area of the Peruvian Mountains. The Guinea Pig was bred in captivity to provide easy food for people and for use in ceremonies.

Guinea Pig is a healer.  This is one of the reasons that it has become a popular pet in the West.  Peru Shaman used the Guinea Pig as a diagnostic tool.  The Guinea Pig would crawl over the patient and then tell the Shaman what the illness was.   Incans believed that the Guinea Pig could talk easily to the Gods and could also provide prophecies. 

If Guinea Pig is demanding attention in your life, she has a message for you.  Her message:

We eat a very natural diet of raw vegetables. This diet keeps us free of any problematic additives to food.  Only when we eat man made pellets do we get disease and die.  We live close to the Earth, to feel it, feel its changes, and to be grounded.  It is time for you to be grounded.  You can live on a mountain top and still be grounded. 

All beings need exercise and it is good for you too, to exercise at the break of day or at dusk, for this is the time when the energy is balanced and it is easy for you to do what you need to do.  Guinea Pigs like to be social.  It is time for you to be more social with two or three people – good friends – for the time is coming where we will all need friends for support and for protection. 

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Angel Speaks – Archangel Uriel

   Archangel Uriel – often called “the Angel of Healing”
Legend states that Archangel Uriel is the Angel that heals the Earth, and is keeper of the knowledge of medicinal properties of all plants and trees and minerals.
Healers may call upon Archangel Uriel for guidance in their healing practices.

Dearest beings of light!  I call you that because all of you on Earth at this time are indeed beings of light – it is your wish to be here – to be part of the changes that are happening for this only happens once in a cycle of what you call “Nibiru”.  We call it “normal”.  It seems many are predicting disaster on the Earth.  Dearest Ones, I tell you that disasters happen every day on Earth, and many you remain unaware of!
A disaster is so called because it creates a large area of destruction and causes distress to people and to the Earth.  Many of the disasters that I work to heal are caused by mankind.  The Earth generated volcanoes, tsunamis, forest fires, plate shifts, and great storms, are all natural house cleaning tools that allow the planet to move and shift.  There are places that humans should not be living to avoid some of these natural phenomena. 
Are you living where you are called to be?  Check in to your heart and see if where you are living feels right to you.  If it does not feel right, do you have the courage to quit what you are doing and move to that place that does feel right?  Dearest Ones, everyday I see people doing just that – making life changing decisions and quitting jobs and communities to go and be where they are called to be.  Believe that you will be taken care of. The shifting call is helping us hold the alignment of the planet so that it may evolve and change just as each of you are evolving and changing.
Are you happy doing what you are doing?  The way to heal is to change what it is you are doing.  Call to me in mediation and I will help you to understand the need to change.
Many blessings, Dear Ones.
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New Moon Meditation – Epona and her horses

 

Epona from the site www.fine-art.com

 

 

 

 

 

NEW MOON MEDITATION

Sunday, July 11, 2010, 7–9:00pm

By Donation This will be the “Dreaming Time”. We will work with the Celtic Goddess “Epona” and her white mare.

Our meditations are guided by the Angel, Goddess, or God that says that they will come to work with us.  The guidance is about something unique to each of us that will help us grow and undo the blocks in our spiritual path.

After the meditation, there is some community time over tea and light snacks.

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Spirit Animal – Leopard Eyes

 

Early this morning, I lay back, thinking about the things I needed to do today, when it seemed, I was walking on a path. I knocked on the door to my left, because it seemed that I was to do that, and I realized that it was about 5:00am, and that I was here to pick up a friend’s little girl (about three years old), and drop her off at the Catholic School down the road.  I walked in to the house, and went and got the girl out of the crib, grabbed her clothes, and poked my head into her parent’s room to say “Hey!”.  I got the girl out to the kitchen, and wiped off her face. I pulled her out of pyjamas, and shifted her into undies, a t-shirt and pants, and a sweater.  She had a drink of milk, and was ready to go.  The whole time, she chatted away.

As we eased out the door, I realized that we were in a very tropical place and that the sun was just coming up.  The ocean was down the slope, and lapped away at the sand with such a soothing sound, I wanted to stay in that spot.  I shrugged off the feeling, and grabbing Jya’s hand, we started down the path.  We had not gone too far when I saw something move.  It was a large leopard, sitting beside the path, just to our left, in the shadow of the tree.  I felt some fear, however, it yawned, and I picked up Jya and we walked past the leopard.  We went about twenty steps when, to our right, appeared another large leopard, who snarled at us, and then sat down.  I was thinking that we were very lucky.  And then, we heard mewing sounds, and on the path, to our right, were about five leopard cubs, perhaps several weeks old.  The cubs explained the two leopards on the path, and, I wondered why the leopards were so tolerant of us. 

We were almost at the school, when the three suns came up almost in full view, and I could see, in the shadows off the path, about twelve to fifteen leopards, all lying there, staring at us.  I felt a rush of fear, and then excitement.  I was at the school.  I pulled open the door, and rushed into the room.  There were two women in there, both looking amazed at my apparent emotion.  I started to say that you will never believe…. and I could feel my heart pounding.  I woke up!

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I thought about the dream.  It felt amazing to have that many leopards in my dream.  Our Ancestors believed that the spots on the leopard’s coat represented eyes.  So, in some cultures, Leopard was called “the Watcher” – both because of the spots and because Leopard likes to lie in tree branches and watch the world go by.  The Chinese believe that Leopard represents bravery and courage in battle.  The Greeks believed that Leopard was governed by Dionysos (Greek God of wine, agriculture, communication between the living and the dead, and freer of souls), and that Leopard therefore was the Creator and Destroyer in one – godlike in its actions.

So what has that to do with me?  I truly do not know.  I believe that this dream time took me to a different planet, to experience something new, and that over the next several weeks, I will learn what Leopard is trying to tell me about “Seeing”.

See more on Leopard at  Spirit Animal – Leopard Guides;  Spirit Animal – Leopard Speaks; Spirit Animal – Snow Leopard

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Spirit Animal – Honouring the Child

             Picture from www.animals-zone.com

When baby animals appear in your life, quite often, they are representing an aspect of you – your inner child.  They show us something that needs to be healed within us.  Nature has a way of showing us, by holding up a mirror, that is handy for her, what it is we need to work on.

So, over the last three days, I have received two videos and one picture of very young fawns, two pictures showing infants that were less than a day old.  As a practicing Shaman, I need to identify that this is an interesting scenario of events, and then I need to examine what it is that is going on in my life, and has gone on, that I need to address.

As I looked at the infants, I felt compassion for the aloneness that they must feel.  Both fawns were left alone within moments of birth.  Both fawns got up when they were pestered by other animals, and bleated, loud enough to bring Mama Deer back to them. 

I sat in meditation, and moved through the images, over and over.  I realized, finally, that what I saw as abandonment was really Mama Deer acting out a safe plan to draw predators away from the new born and drop her birthing far away from baby.  Mama Deer knew, too, that Baby would have instinct to guide Baby’s actions, and keep her safe. Mama’s actions upon her return to the baby showed the deer’s great love, and the great courage that Nature instilled in Deer.

So, where did I get the idea of abandonment?  Some of my first memories are of my mother being away, and being left with strangers (neighbours that acted as baby sitters).  I now know that my mother was ill with child birth complications with the birth of my siblings over the first five years of my life.

I now am healing that, and seeing the Oneness that exists between Mother and Child, and the peace that this bond brings when it is recognized for what it is.

May you have peaceful healings of any abandonment issues.

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NEW MOON MEDITATION
Sunday, July 11, 2010, 7–9:00pm
By Donation This will be the “Dreaming Time”. We will work with the Celtic Goddess “Epona” and her white mare. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions provided upon registration. More info here.

THREE TOOLS TO USE IN SELF-HEALING
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 7-9pm
By Donation The tools consist of working with the Angels of Karma to release energy that is not for the greatest and highest good of self; a tool to release manipulations and negative energy; and a tool to balance all the energy fields. Each participant will walk away with the printed copy of each tool so they will be able to use it over and over in their journey. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions provided upon registration. More info here.

TALK TO THE TREES
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 7-9pm
By Donation Physicist Ed Wagner says that Trees communicate in what he calls W-waves. This workshop takes you out into Nature to learn three ways to talk to and to communicate with trees. Pre-registration required. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions for meeting site provided at registration. More info here.

NEW MOON MEDITATION
Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 7-9pm
By Donation This month, we will work with Kwan Yin, known as The Goddess of Mercy, Gentle Protectoress, Bodhisattva of Compassion, and even the saviour of seamen and fishermen. She holds many titles and the spelling of her name varies. However, she will teach us to hold compassion in our energy field. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions for meeting site provided at registration. More info here.

CRYSTALS’ LIGHT WORKSHOP
SAT & SUN, August 14-15, 2010
This powerful and comprehensive workshop will not only teach you how to use your crystals for healing and empowerment, it will teach you about divine light. Register with Roger, author of The Story of Light, at 403-225-2016 or email. More info here.

HEAL WITH THE TREES
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7-9pm
By Donation Meet ten specific trees, and learn their healing properties, and how to bring that healing into a self healing practice. Pre-registration required. Call Judy 403-225-2016 to register, or email judy@angelsandancestors.com. Directions for meeting site provided at registration. More info here.

Earth Changes – Community - Dealing with Dead Shopping Malls

The theme of the next thirty years is “community”.  People who used to live in ‘bedroom’ communities are now asking for a complete community that allows them to connect with other people, and to have their work included in the community.

Ellen Dunham-Jones shows us some great ideas to use to recover lost space in defunct malls and box stores.

Check it out!

Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia

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Spirit Animal – Alligator Smile

When I was thinking about animals today, Alligator popped up.  Alligator says that it feels quite unloved, and that alligator handbags, belts, and shoes are really not that attractive because the skin gets changed so much.

                   Alligator picture is from Wikipedia…

I was still feeling surprise that an alligator came in to talk to me, so I asked it to slow down, and to tell me what its biggest issue was.  Here is what she had to say.

“We alligators have been on this planet for millions of years. Yet, we are treated as though we are interlopers.  Truly, we do not get any respect!  We take up very little space on the planet since we live only in the part that you call the United States and in China.  We live in the water, which is not arable land, and make our homes in the mud. 

We serve a purpose to keep the waters clean as we eat all the dead animals near and in the water.  Yes, we get hungry and kill.  We only eat and kill when we are hungry.  We are not like Mankind who comes and kills our kind for sport.  We see too that Mankind kills their own for sport.  We wonder, who taught this to you?  Would it not be better to protect each other?  Many of us live in the same small space, and we do mostly get along.

Some of us like to live alone, and will move off into our own area of water.  This allows us more food for our young.  Some believe that Alligator is a loner.  Perhaps this is true.  What is true is that we help people learn the skill of survival.  We also help people to get to the root of emotional upset.  If you feel unsettled, call in Alligator to burrow down to the depths of that feeling.

Alligators are part of Nature’s cycle to help keep water in the ground in times of drought.  We dig deep into the shores and bottoms of rivers and lakes to keep good places to sleep when it is hot.  We  also give you a message that you must return to basics, and learn to survive with very little.  Now is not the time to have much overhead.

May all your meat be soft and move through your body slowly!”

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Spirit Animal – Turkey Spirit

                    This is a picture of a bronze turkey

I was working with a client today, when the expression came up, “you can soar like an eagle, or roost like a turkey”.  I did not think any more about it, until I sat down to write my blog.  Then I heard, “Excuse me!  Excuse me!”

I looked around.  There, sitting on the periphery of my vision was a big turkey.  He said, “ I want to take issue with your comments in your session about turkeys roosting.  All beings sleep!  And, roosting in trees, with our flock, we are safer than many beings.  We have learned how to stick together, for safety.  We were put on this land (North America) by The One (Creator) to provide good, lean food for the Peoples of the land.  We have done that. 

Back to the roosting.  Do you know how much a Turkey sees while it is roosting?  Eagles may have great vision from great heights, yet often they miss details that are crucial to the end goal.  We Turkeys are in a better position to see what details may trip up the best plans.  We know how to take care of each other and of those we care about.  Eagles are almost extinct because they do not know how to care for each other.  Turkeys were almost hunted to extinction.  We did however, by hiding and by subterfuge, find ways to regrow our numbers.

We are very honoured that turkeys have become one of the staples of diet.  We urge you to eat turkeys that can rustle up their own food as the force fed turkeys do not have the same quality of meat.  Those turkeys even smell differently from those of us in the wild, or that have the run of farms or gardens.

When you eat turkeys, you share in the turkey power.  One, you need to care for those resources that you use over and over.  Two, you have the power of balance, so use it when your life gets out of balance.  We need good balance to fly up into trees to roost, and to stay on the branch over night.  Three, we have the gift of abundance; we are able to find the best food and shelter, and the safest places to be.  This gift is also your gift.

Please do not malign turkeys!  We are a gift to you all!”

I now have a different view of turkeys, and I appreciate them much more than I did several hours ago.  How do you feel about turkeys?

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Happy Canada Day! July 1, 2010

They All Call It Canada

Side by Side and step by step

Our fathers were marching along

They were building a road to the future

With a spade and a smile and a song.

Out of the wildness and out of the sand

Grew the land that we live in today.

Though the job to be done has barely begun,

There is one thing I'm proud to say:

My country is my cathedral

The northern sky its dome

They all call it Canada

But I call it home

The mountains, the lakes and valleys

Are friends that I have known

They all call it Canada

But I call it home

From the Atlantic to the Pacific

From the pole to the U.S.A.

We're on united brotherhood

And united we will stay

The people across the border

And far across the foam

They all call it Canada

But I call it home

~ Author Unknown

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