Nature and time

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You divide what you call “time” into even increments. You measure the immeasurable with clocks and watches, shiny addictive devices. You live by the schedule imposed from outside yourself. You order your lives according to the numbers and commands of the little gadget in your pocket or on your wall.

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Waxing moon and sycamore

You allow your ideas, beliefs, bodily needs for food and drink, rest and sleep to be ruled by a pale and ineffective substitute for the real thing. Do these ideas and concepts and gadgets run your lives instead of the sun that bathes our planet in life giving light? – instead of the cycles of nature?

The more “civilized’ you are, the farther you are from the seasons, rhythms of nature, of sun and moon, and dawn, noon, evening, dusk, planting, reaping, nesting, fledging, aging, death, and rebirth..

You have been created to order your days and nights according to the nuances of sunlight and moonlight, and the needs of your body. This is the wise way of all nature.

Your bodies – all living things are minutely attuned to this light – the angle of the sun, the length of days, the quality of brightness, the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky…

There is no match for the wisdom of your bodies in concert with the natural world. Work within the wise ways of nature. Become a student of her cycles, her life giving energy.

All time is now, dear ones. There is only the infinite now. It is where you must attend your focus. Pull your mind from past and future, from the pull of your devices, and live in the light, for you will only be balanced, focused and centered in your power in the here and now.

It is the eternal present where the true richness of life unfolds.

Shape your future!

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My dear ones, this is a time of choice.

Do you choose to live in fear? Do you choose to do what is healthy for mother earth and all life? Do you choose to make those minute adjustments to your life that will result in better health, happier relationships, feelings of peace and well-being?

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Crow in late winter

Set your intention each day. Start small and build on that.

You are the master of your life. Own it!

You choose and command the energies that move through you.

Get comfortable with that!

Your intentions and words have power beyond your ability to fathom. They interact with the web of all things, weaving and creating your future. Every thought, word, decision, choice and belief emanates from you and helps to shape the web of all things.

Align them with your dreams to shape your amazing future.

You have more power than you have been led to believe!

Your power supply

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You are meant to be conduits for heavenly energy, allowing it to pass through your body mind and spirit to transform you. It is a partnership between you and all that is. You tap into amazing wisdom, passion, insight, healing power, confidence, knowing, and creativity.

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Red winged blackbird

Source is your infinite renewable power supply! Align yourself with the flow. Practice allowing yourself to open more and more to the amazing power supply available to all humans.

Do not doubt. Ask for the connection. Practice opening yourself little by little as you attune yourself to the current and higher vibrations you will be capable of holding.

Whatever work you do, whatever your passion, you will find it transformed and enlightened by a close partnership with the source of all creation.

Stand in your light

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You are meant to shine! Have you allowed your light to shine at its fullest power? Do you feel threatened by punishment or suppression when you allow the fullness of your being to be expressed?

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Grandmother Cottonwood and sunlight

Do you obscure your light due to bad habits left over from childhood? Fear? Unwillingness to outshine others? Is your light dimmed by clutter and stuck emotions?

Once and for all, the world and all living creatures need everyone of us shining and radiating our brightest light at full power! The earth and web of all things will be transformed and strengthened.

Stand tall! Stand in the spotlight of your true purpose here. Resolve to move toward clarity, grace and full expression of your light.

As a child of earth, you are also a child of light.

You can feel better!

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Dear ones, you do not need to spend your life feeling bad, guilty, less than, sick at heart, depressed…

I, Grandmother Cottonwood can feel your vibrations as you walk past. I feel the dancing, lively, fun, sweet energy of those who feel good, and the heavy muddy, swampy energy of those that feel bad.

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Robin in winter

My dears, with patience, practice, perseverance, and self compassion you may shift your daily emotional tone to one that lifts you up out of the muddy feelings, gives you hope and clarity, allows you to know your inner strength.

This is your true nature. You no longer need to hold yourself back, keep yourself repressed, dim your light to make others feel better, to fit in with the family or group of friends. Take heart, loved ones, for you and only you are in charge of the emotional climate of your life.

Take easy steps, stay with it, notice and replace thoughts that hurt with something that feels a little better, make this a habit, then replace that with a new more uplifting thought. Take the time you need.

Make these new thoughts a habit. As you do this, your vibrations will rise. Toxins will be released from body, mind and spirit. You will feel better in all ways, and you will see a shift in the world around you.

Make feeling good your highest priority and you will bless yourself and this world.

Take care of yourself!

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I mean, really! Give yourself exactly what you need, what makes your soul sing and your heart soar! Don’t wait for others to do this for you, for that will never happen!

I say that giving to yourself is vital to your health and the health of this planet and the web of all that is.

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Tiny bird nest

Listen to yourself, listen to your body, become aware of what your body is communicating to you. Give it love and attention, loving touch, kind regard, acceptance.

Give yourself compassion, understanding, kindness, time and space to breathe, time to be.

Give yourself soothing when you need it, true friends; surround yourself with beauty, the colors your heart desires, time in nature, the music that moves you, a comfortable and peaceful home, good nourishing food.

Give yourself a healthy fit body, lifelong learning and growth, new exciting ideas, stimulating challenges to solve.

Give yourself deep rich soil, earth energy, sunlight, moonlight, starlight, strong deep roots, a magnificent crown of sweet green leaves, glimmering in the breeze.

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Grandmother Cottonwood in summer

Allow yourself to know your strong unbreakable connection to source.

Please know that you do not need to spend a penny  or go into debt to take care of yourself.  Begin at your center to give yourself the love and kind regard of which you are worthy. 

Allow and grant yourself what you need to be happy, healthy, to be a shimmering light in the web of all creation.  No matter what your history, you can move toward the light by caring for yourself, knowing you belong, knowing you deserve to thrive!

The true heart of nature

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Open your eyes and hearts to the myriad creatures who dwell here in perfect harmony with you here on our sweet green planet. Yes, I’ve mentioned this before, but…. have you done it yet?  Then I must repeat myself…

Do you see your fellow earth dwellers as you rush here and there in your cars as if you were on a racetrack? Do you live in your head, ignoring the magnificence of nature as you drive on autopilot? Are you trapped in thoughts of the past or future…shoulda… coulda… woulda…?

Do you see the soaring hawk, the amazing cloud formations, the sparkling creek, the interwoven tree branches like writing on the sky? Do you see the doe and her fawn at dusk, the bright red cardinal sitting like a king at the tree top and singing his heart out?

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Winter clouds

You can see and know this beauty and more besides, because you are made of the same stuff.  You belong here.

Can you park your car and walk along the forest path? Can you take some time to sit at the base of a gorgeous tree as you breath in and out and attune yourself to her energy? Can you feel the gentle loving aura, the healing and soothing energy of the natural world that is your gift as a child of this planet?

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Geese swimming in creek

Do not squander your precious birthright by living in your head and rushing here and there, never slowing or stopping to connect with the true heart of nature. When you connect with the true heart of nature, you will find yourself.

We’re in this life together!

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We are in this life on earth together! All life forms are inseparable – from the mosses under your feet to to the magnificent trees that encircle this earth with their roots and branches, to the winged creatures, the scaly and furry ones.

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Winter moss

No matter how you try to weed, separate, segregate, put distance between, incarcerate, deport, wall off, ignore, eradicate; we are all one in the web of creation and cannot ever be separated.

Do you feel that you stand alone? Perhaps it feels safer to be on one side of a wall or border while “they” are on the other side. Perhaps you with the weed killer spray bottle in your hand feel that certain life forms are not acceptable and must be eliminated.

Do you not know and feel your energies overlap and intermingle with all other living beings, interweaving and creating new patterns? This is the essence of the web of all things, the energy of which we are made expanding from our physical centers becoming finer and finer the further from the body, beyond our capacity to see and sense.

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Worm eaten log

You choose! You can create thoughts and take actions which strengthen this magnificent web every living creature participates in, every atom of soil, every blade of grass, every tree, every insect, every drop of water, every reptile, every human being. In strengthening the web, you strengthen yourself!

You can also choose actions and thoughts and ideas that weaken the web of all things with doubt, fear, the illusion of powerlessness, the illusion of separateness. But remember this: In weakening our shared existence you weaken yourself, for all things are one in this universe.

Separation from others, from nature is not possible. You have never been, nor will ever be separate from any other thing.

I ask you to choose life and know your connection to all creation.

Effective action

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Dear one, Attune your heart, mind and spirit with all that is. Ask for what you desire, receive inspiration, then act on your inspiration with focus, courage, and trust.

Dreaming must in turn give way to doing for that is what you are made for!

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Tiny feather

Don’t act on your inspirations when fatigued, angry, distraught, depressed, or disheartened, for the results you achieve will mirror your state of feeling. Your state of feeling is your state of being.

Know this: when you feel low and act from that place, your results will not satisfy you. When you feel happy, clear, and aligned with source and act from your alignment, you will be amazed at the soul level satisfaction your accomplishments provide.

When you line up with your source, become a column of light, receive inspiration and act, you tap into the powerful energy current of inspiration that will set you on the path of right and effective action.

This, my dear, will satisfy your soul and in so doing your actions will bless this earth.

Have you been called?

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So many are called now on this earth to hold sacred space, to be channels of light, to see, know and feel the immense beauty, goodness and peace that is the ground and foundation of all being.

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Bird nest over sunlit stream

So many are needed now to root deeply to the sacred soil of mother earth, to grow into the light and know their belonging on this planet, and to communicate this to others.

If you have been called, you may get started now!

What you focus on grows, my dears. Have you not realized this yet?

Try this experiment in your daily life. Clear your thoughts and think of those things you love, your joyful memories, your most heartfelt plans. Resolve to be happy! See how you feel, see how more thoughts of joy come in. Keep this up. The more joyful you are, the more light you shine. You are worth it! You do not have to feel bad!

Now try an hour of watching the news where people scream and argue, interrupt, where they are rude and unpleasant to each other… Try this, but not for too long, for it breeds fear, worry, doubt and anxiety.

After this pay attention. Do your thoughts spiral downward and attract more negativity? Is this the legacy you wish to leave the web of all creation? For your thoughts and feelings become your creation.

Have you been called to be the light for yourself and others? Focus on that, move toward that, and your clarity will reweave and repair the web of creation. You will help rebuild the dark and weakened fibers of fear and doubt.

Do not underestimate your power to create the world you wish to see before you.