A Shaft of Light
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Paving the Way
Have you noticed how things seem to happen in sequence? It's almost as though we consciously or unconsciously pave the way into the future, setting ourselves up for the next life event.
I've noticed over the years how each step I take is like a stepping stone. For instance; 'Chance' meetings - not really by 'chance'? Of course you can consciously set up a meeting with someone you know or someone you would like to know. But sometimes, you meet someone by 'chance'. Although if you start walking backwards you'll be able to trace the steps right back to where that meeting began, and you'll realize it was all a set up! It's as though some unseen hand was at work making that meeting happen all along.
It can be a significant person or a life-changing event. And you won't see the sign-posts until you look behind you.
When I came to live in Virginia, once settled into our remodeled house, I began to get restless so I went to work writing a weekly column for a local newspaper. While there, I 'happened' to notice an article in one of the publications about "Developing the Sixth Sense through Meditation". Hmmmm. A couple of weeks later, my editor asked me to do an article about an Animal Communicator (You know, Dr. Doolittle) who lived at the lake. Not long after that interview, so intrigued was I, that I joined an exploration circle to find out what all this psychic, sixth sense, metaphysics stuff was all about. And stayed with them for eight years, studying every aspect of subject.
Like most people in the circle, I was intrigued, mystified and there for fun and entertainment. Then a life event happened. Then another, and I knew for sure that all of the preceding eight years were preparing me for those events. They had been carefully orchestrated to give me the tools I needed to cope with the deaths of my husband and son. By who? Certainly not me.
I also discovered that you don't have to be 'psychic' to have a sixth sense - it just is. We all have it, it's a gift to all of us, God-given, like the gift of sight, hearing, smell, taste and feeling. This one is just hidden a little. And it remains hidden until something happens (in my case) to make you want to dig it out and make it work. But making it work doesn't have to be triggered by anything drastic. It's always there for any of us to access.
And so, beginning with curiosity and a developing awareness, my road was paved for the writing and publication of "By Morning's Light."
Since then, I've discovered that the conclusion of the book is not the end of the journey. The next step was to spread the word - to let people know that we don't die, that there is nothing to be afraid of.
This blog is one of those stepping stones, it leads to the next one which is actually more of a bridge than a paver or a stepping stone. A giant stepping stone, perhaps, into a world of markers, and sign posts, twists and turns. It's a new book I've written in answer to so many questions you asked during the presentations and book signings of Morning's Light. I've called it, "Yesterday, Today and Forever".
You wanted to know; how do you do this? When did you know there was this other world out there? How old were you? How do you know you're not imagining all this? Can you talk to other spirits? What about 'evil spirits'? Aren't you scared of this stuff? What about Angels? And what are spirit guides? And Spiritual Healers? What's Reiki? How can I do this?
I'm going online with this book in the hopes that I can reach more people, so I will e-publish on Amazon (Kindle), who will also have print copies available for people like me who don't own a Kindle or a Nook or anything. That too will have to change. Very soon, I hope, I'll be able to tell you that It's Here!
Remember, always be curious, always wonder where the road is taking you. Meet your life with anticipation and excitement, even when things are going horribly wrong. Look forward to something beautiful just around the corner. And, where you can, pull out the bricks and mortar and help pave the way. Keep on going: even when the pavers don't fit just right, when the sign posts are crooked, and when you take a wrong turn. That's life, and it always goes exactly the way it's supposed to.
Be happy.
I've noticed over the years how each step I take is like a stepping stone. For instance; 'Chance' meetings - not really by 'chance'? Of course you can consciously set up a meeting with someone you know or someone you would like to know. But sometimes, you meet someone by 'chance'. Although if you start walking backwards you'll be able to trace the steps right back to where that meeting began, and you'll realize it was all a set up! It's as though some unseen hand was at work making that meeting happen all along.
It can be a significant person or a life-changing event. And you won't see the sign-posts until you look behind you.
When I came to live in Virginia, once settled into our remodeled house, I began to get restless so I went to work writing a weekly column for a local newspaper. While there, I 'happened' to notice an article in one of the publications about "Developing the Sixth Sense through Meditation". Hmmmm. A couple of weeks later, my editor asked me to do an article about an Animal Communicator (You know, Dr. Doolittle) who lived at the lake. Not long after that interview, so intrigued was I, that I joined an exploration circle to find out what all this psychic, sixth sense, metaphysics stuff was all about. And stayed with them for eight years, studying every aspect of subject.
Like most people in the circle, I was intrigued, mystified and there for fun and entertainment. Then a life event happened. Then another, and I knew for sure that all of the preceding eight years were preparing me for those events. They had been carefully orchestrated to give me the tools I needed to cope with the deaths of my husband and son. By who? Certainly not me.
I also discovered that you don't have to be 'psychic' to have a sixth sense - it just is. We all have it, it's a gift to all of us, God-given, like the gift of sight, hearing, smell, taste and feeling. This one is just hidden a little. And it remains hidden until something happens (in my case) to make you want to dig it out and make it work. But making it work doesn't have to be triggered by anything drastic. It's always there for any of us to access.
And so, beginning with curiosity and a developing awareness, my road was paved for the writing and publication of "By Morning's Light."
Since then, I've discovered that the conclusion of the book is not the end of the journey. The next step was to spread the word - to let people know that we don't die, that there is nothing to be afraid of.
This blog is one of those stepping stones, it leads to the next one which is actually more of a bridge than a paver or a stepping stone. A giant stepping stone, perhaps, into a world of markers, and sign posts, twists and turns. It's a new book I've written in answer to so many questions you asked during the presentations and book signings of Morning's Light. I've called it, "Yesterday, Today and Forever".
You wanted to know; how do you do this? When did you know there was this other world out there? How old were you? How do you know you're not imagining all this? Can you talk to other spirits? What about 'evil spirits'? Aren't you scared of this stuff? What about Angels? And what are spirit guides? And Spiritual Healers? What's Reiki? How can I do this?
I'm going online with this book in the hopes that I can reach more people, so I will e-publish on Amazon (Kindle), who will also have print copies available for people like me who don't own a Kindle or a Nook or anything. That too will have to change. Very soon, I hope, I'll be able to tell you that It's Here!
Remember, always be curious, always wonder where the road is taking you. Meet your life with anticipation and excitement, even when things are going horribly wrong. Look forward to something beautiful just around the corner. And, where you can, pull out the bricks and mortar and help pave the way. Keep on going: even when the pavers don't fit just right, when the sign posts are crooked, and when you take a wrong turn. That's life, and it always goes exactly the way it's supposed to.
Be happy.
Monday, September 9, 2013
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Changes
Nothing stays the same. Have you noticed? Change is one thing we can rely on. Even when things are going better than ever before, running on time, and just the way they should - change is on the way. You can count on it. But as disconcerting as this is, the opposite is also true. And that's a plus!
I woke up early this morning, opened my bedroom shutters, and watched the sky lighten. It went from cobalt gray, streaked with navy, and just as my eyes were getting used to that it brightened to deep blue and lavender. I'd like to keep the lavender, but even as I watch it, it's becoming a soft dove gray. Before long, this early fall morning will spring from the shadows and into the day with bright pink swathes of light and purple cloud. It looks like rain today.
And so goes life. It is the way things are meant to be. Summer has gone and autumn is creeping around the edges of the woodlands. Here in Virginia, the great eastern hardwood forests are showing flashes of yellow and red. They won't let go completely for a few weeks yet, but change is in the air. The nights are lengthening and the days getting shorter. Squirrels are gathering acorns. Spiders are thinking they can spend the winter inside my house. This too will change!
Even Miss Kitty is showing signs of her deep rooted ancestry in the Norwegian forests. Her pads have tufts of fur between her toes, Her ruff is full, and her naps are getting longer.
And because of our animal DNA, we too feel the changes coming. Some, like me, look forward to beauty of the fall. A walk through the woods, surrounded by the fire of autumn, ignites my energy, fires my imagination, and makes me look ahead to cool days, brilliant blue skies and starry nights. Yellow school buses add to the color, the kids are in school, I can go grocery shopping without worrying about being run over by a miniature cart with an unlicensed driver at the wheel. The lake is calm, the speed boats will soon be under cover, and the only sounds in my cove will be the from the wild birds that land at midnight on their way to the southlands.
But you may be one of those who dread the fall. Someone who sees the summer disappearing. The leaves dying, the grass turning brown, and, soon it will be cold. Don't despair! This too will change. In the meantime, let the fire of autumn ease the strain of letting go, look forward to an evening beside a log fire, watch some college football! Toast some marsh mallows, and, seriously ... eat a bar of chocolate!
The French have a saying: 'The more things change, the more they stay the same.' I think that means that in spite of all the changes that happen - there's a constancy in all of this. So take heart! Enjoy the changes, roll with them and always look forward.
I woke up early this morning, opened my bedroom shutters, and watched the sky lighten. It went from cobalt gray, streaked with navy, and just as my eyes were getting used to that it brightened to deep blue and lavender. I'd like to keep the lavender, but even as I watch it, it's becoming a soft dove gray. Before long, this early fall morning will spring from the shadows and into the day with bright pink swathes of light and purple cloud. It looks like rain today.
And so goes life. It is the way things are meant to be. Summer has gone and autumn is creeping around the edges of the woodlands. Here in Virginia, the great eastern hardwood forests are showing flashes of yellow and red. They won't let go completely for a few weeks yet, but change is in the air. The nights are lengthening and the days getting shorter. Squirrels are gathering acorns. Spiders are thinking they can spend the winter inside my house. This too will change!
Even Miss Kitty is showing signs of her deep rooted ancestry in the Norwegian forests. Her pads have tufts of fur between her toes, Her ruff is full, and her naps are getting longer.
And because of our animal DNA, we too feel the changes coming. Some, like me, look forward to beauty of the fall. A walk through the woods, surrounded by the fire of autumn, ignites my energy, fires my imagination, and makes me look ahead to cool days, brilliant blue skies and starry nights. Yellow school buses add to the color, the kids are in school, I can go grocery shopping without worrying about being run over by a miniature cart with an unlicensed driver at the wheel. The lake is calm, the speed boats will soon be under cover, and the only sounds in my cove will be the from the wild birds that land at midnight on their way to the southlands.
But you may be one of those who dread the fall. Someone who sees the summer disappearing. The leaves dying, the grass turning brown, and, soon it will be cold. Don't despair! This too will change. In the meantime, let the fire of autumn ease the strain of letting go, look forward to an evening beside a log fire, watch some college football! Toast some marsh mallows, and, seriously ... eat a bar of chocolate!
The French have a saying: 'The more things change, the more they stay the same.' I think that means that in spite of all the changes that happen - there's a constancy in all of this. So take heart! Enjoy the changes, roll with them and always look forward.
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