Autumn Equinox

The Magic of Autumn Equinox

The different seasons offer much wisdom for our spiritual journey. Autumn is a season of transition, reminding us that our lives are constantly moving forward in a continuous cycle of death and rebirth.

The trees start to pull in energy for the coming winter, the chlorophyll in the leaves decreases and they turn gold, red and brown before finally dropping to the ground to be drawn back into Mother Earth.  At this time we too are asked to drop the beliefs, thoughts and judgements we are holding on to that no longer serve us.

This is a time to gather in the harvest, to celebrate the fruits of the dreams we planted in the spring and in letting go we also find abundance.

The Autumn Equinox is a time when the hours of daylight are the same as the hours of darkness, perfectly in balance. We too can balance the energies within ourselves creating a feeling of equilibrium and peace.

Autumn reminds us of the impermanence of everything. We have experienced the budding of life in spring and the flowerings and profusions of summer. Now the leaves fall and bare branches remind us of the fleeting nature of all things, safe in the knowledge that death is not a permanent state and rebirth surely follows.

Pure energy cannot die and so it follows that we, as pure energy, cannot die and our spirit is eternal.

What Comes Next?

Do you believe in reincarnation or do you think we are only here this one time? Do you even believe in the afterlife or do you think that once we die there is simply nothing?

It's a hard one to get our heads around alright but the older we get the more we feel the need to understand it. 

I definitely "know" I've lived many lives before although only one or two come to me as shadowy memories, in dreams or when I'm meditating. Some people claim to remember many lives but I'm quite glad that I can't because it would really be confusing trying to decide which memory comes from which lifetime!

Over the last few years I have read many books dealing with this very subject but I still can't truthfully say I know what is going to happen when I shuffle off this mortal coil. The one thing I can say is that I am no longer afraid of death. I now have the certainty that my consciousness will live on once I "drop my robe" as the Native Americans referred to passing away.

I believe there is the One Supreme Creator and that all the messengers that were sent to teach us over the ages are now Ascended Masters who are still available for us to contact. Their wisdom is still with us as is their love for us and we just have to accept both into our hearts to feel at peace with ourselves.

Reincarnation is not a punishment because we have "bad Karma", it is the chance to learn the lessons we require for the evolution of our souls. We won't be forced to come back if we aren't ready but eventually we will want to because we still have lessons to learn while in a physical body.

The difficult bit is that we usually won't remember which lesson it is we have come back to learn! This is why we live lives that constantly present the same situations to us until we recognise that that situation is what we must deal with. For instance we may keep getting into relationships with totally unsuitable partners who abuse us and make us feel unlovable. The lesson to learn here is that we are totally lovable and that we should learn to love ourselves above all so that we never allow anyone else to hurt us. Once we love ourselves we give off a different vibration which can only attract people who will know this and will love us too.

Eventually after probably thousands of lifetimes we will have learnt our lessons, travelled our path and reached the end. Not the end of our consciousness but the end of the cycle of birth and re-birth when we can finally go back home!

Starting Out

What are we searching for in our lives? What is it we feel is lacking in our lives? We may have a happy family life, a lovely home and a job we love but still there is something missing.
Just what that missing something is can be hard to determine and can take many years to discover. This I believe is why we eventually start out on our spiritual path not knowing what we are looking for or where we are going.

It can take a lifetime to realise that there is something more we need before we eventually, even begrudgingly, start out on our search. Once we make that decision to head off down our spiritual path we soon discover that every person we meet along the way is our teacher. We discover too that every situation, good or bad, is a lesson we need to learn.

Our whole life is in fact a journey along life’s path but until you do it consciously you don’t realise you are on a spiritual path back home. The moment this happens you start to notice the teachers and lessons they are bringing to you. You realise that until you learn those lessons you will be faced with more teachers bringing you the same lessons over and over till you do!

All paths are valid ways to guide us back home and no one way is better than another. Everyone’s path is unique and doesn’t need to be the same as anyone else’s. What is right for one person may be wrong for someone else, so never compare yourself to other people.

The one thing we must do is to love ourselves above all else. Once we start to do this we can then see others as love and start to remember that we are all connected. We are all one.

Respecting The Beliefs of Others and Past Civilisations

I am deeply saddened by the sight of the so called Islamic State destroying the remains of the  ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in what is now northern Iraq. This site is believed to have been built in the 13th century BC.

The sheer disrespect and ignorance of the belief systems of these ancient civilisations is just staggering. The same can be said for the previous destruction of the Ancient Buddhas in Afghanistan by the taliban.

This along with the barbaric murders and other atrocities being carried out in the name of God is really appalling. Whatever happened to Islam the religion of love and peace? It must still be there somewhere and I only hope that any ordinary, sane Muslims out there will take back the ownership of their religion soon.

I wouldn't want to be part of a religion that is so intolerant it declares that all non-believers should be beheaded! I hope that these violent people will be overthrown soon and that no more sensless killings will take place and no more  ancient sites will be destroyed.

Let us please all listen to the God within us, that still small voice in our hearts and everyone will know that war, death  and destruction are not part of God's plan for us.

I am sending out love and light to this situation and envisioning a world of peace and love. When enough of us can do the same then we can truly find peace on earth.

Looking Forward to Spring

It's taken some time but at last I'm feeling better! Time to forget about recent ailments, pull myself together and get back to regular posting on this blog.

Winter seemed so long, even though it was relatively mild, but now I can look forward to Spring. The beautiful golden yellow daffodills are blooming in the hedgerows and gardens and that alone is enough to brighten anyone's day.

On 20th March it's a new moon so that's great for new beginnings both personally and for nature. A great time for us to improve our health and wellbeing and the beginning of Spring.

It is also a total eclipse which is a rare thing to observe here in the British Isles. The full total eclipse will only be visible in the far northern isles of Scotland but the rest of the country will see at least around an 80% eclipse. The weather may stick it's oar in by spoiling the view with lots of cloud!

I always feel a wonderful returning energy in Spring. A continuing energy of birth and re-birth that never ends. Let's all try and immerse ourselves in Mother Nature at this time and absorb the wonderful energies she gives us.

 

Believing in Myself

I haven't posted for a while as I've been in a bit of a strange place for me.

 

I haven't felt well since around July, then there was a family bereavement and then I received a diagnosis for my not feeling well! It came as a bit of a shock as I have always thought, that apart from the usual aches and pains due to ageing, I was quite healthy.

 

Turns out I was wrong, and after never having anything seriously wrong with me all my life, I now have something that could have been very serious had it not been discovered in time. It's not cancer or anything so that is a blessing in itself, but it's bad enough to be a worry.

 

I am determined to get well and not let fear take hold of me as that can only make things worse. I will concentrate on seeing myself as completely healed and not hold myself in illness.

 

I will continue to meditate and receive and feel unconditional love from the universe, my guides and guardian angels and also love myself. By raising my vibrations I can help to heal any physical ailments and pain.

 

By believing in myself and recognising that I am not this physical body I inhabit in this lifetime I can help to heal myself. We all must try to do this, though I know for some people it's not easy. We are all magnificent spiritual beings just passing through this lifetime and when our dense, physical bodies start to wear out we don't need to worry because we will all carry on home to where we came from. Life is never ending.

 

Healing Through Forgiveness

Someone I loved, and to whom I was very close for many years, is ill and is nearing the end of their life.

 

We went our separate ways years ago but the hurt remained in my heart and mind for a long time. I thought I was able to forgive them and in time and we became friends, but the pain was still there deep down for both of us and it was always an uneasy truce.

 

At the end of last year we fell out again and swore never to have anything to do with each other again. This proved very cathartic for me and I was finally able to cut the energetic cords that had bound us together for many years and I finally let them go.

 

I have since meditated a lot on our relationship and realise that I had not truly forgiven them before as I thought, because I had not forgiven myself for the way I had perceived their past actions. I allowed the hurt to fester as I didn't know then that it is how we perceive the actions of others that leads to the pain we carry inside.

 

I know now that not only have I truly forgiven them but also forgiven myself for my perception of these actions. I had allowed the hurt to remain in my heart but now it has gone and the pain is healed.

 

I am preparing to visit them in hospice today and I hope that they will have felt my forgiveness and that they can forgive themselves too and finally find inner peace and healing.

 

 

 

Living in Harmony with Mother Earth

I have been so busy recently that I've had no time to post anything new! I have been reading a lot too, mainly older books that were published before I started out on my spiritual path.

 

The subjects I've been reading about are quite diverse and I have found my self having to be very discerning about what information I am taking onboard. Some of it resonates completely but a lot of it doesn't resonate with me at all.

 

I am finding myself drawn back to Native American wisdom teachings as one of my spirit guides reveals herself to me as a Lakota woman. She is always nearby when I am giving a healing so I think of her as my healing guide.

 

I love the way the indigenous tribes lived in harmony with all of Nature and honoured Mother Earth who provided everything they needed. This harmony and abundance was of course taken away from them so cruelly by the white man who was unable to accept them as equals and had no respect for their ancient way of life.

 

Of course here in Britain we also used to live side by side with Nature and her elementals, honouring Mother Earth in much the same way as the Native Americans and others such as the Australian Aboriginal people did.

 

It seems though that many don't have the time or the desire to live in harmony with Gaia or Mother Earth on whom we depend for our existance. Consumerism rules these days, but we would all benefit from taking a look back into our own ancestry to see what we could glean from their wisdom that is still relevant in our lives today.

 

 

Rites of Spring

I love this time of year as it is the time of new growth. Blossom on trees and fresh green leaves bursting forth leading us up to the Summer Solstice in June.

This time of year is also known as Beltane to Pagans and others who love and honour Mother Earth. It is a very popular Celtic tradition and in the past in spring time, at the beginning of the farming calendar, everybody would be hoping for a fruitful year for their families and fields.

Festivities involved fire which was thought to cleanse, purify and increase fertility. Cattle were often passed between two fires and the properties of the flame and the smoke were seen to ensure the fertility of the herd.

Fire is still the most important element of most Beltane celebrations and there are many traditions associated with it. It is seen to have purifying qualities which cleanse and revitalise. People leap over the Beltane fire to bring good fortune, fertility (of mind, body and spirit) and happiness through the coming year.

 Many people think it is all to do with witchcraft and involves sex! Although there may be an element of sexuality in the background, it is mainly all to do with fertility of the land and giving thanks to Gaia.

 We probably all remember seeing or joining in with dancing around the Maypole on 1^st May at some time in our lives. This tradition is also part of the Beltane festivities.

 

This time of the year is the time to bring forth our own creativity and start to grow our own dreams and desires. It’s a time to bring our masculine and feminine energies into balance. It is thought to be the time when Goddess and Green Man came together and became one, a time of fertility.

Green Man

Goddess

Weather Matters

We have all been experiencing some pretty awful weather over the last couple of months and it often feels like it will never end. With half the country flooded and no hope of it all drying up anytime soon I’m sure the poor people whose homes have been ruined can find little to be grateful for.

 I try to look at it a little bit differently to see if I can find something good in all the misery. I myself am obviously not affected as I don’t live somewhere like the Somerset Levels or the Thames Valley so it is easy for me to do this.
 

If those flooded out of their homes could possibly find anything at all that they can be grateful for in all of this they may find some comfort and peace within. Universal law says that every action has a reaction so perhaps all the flooding can bring about a positive reaction somewhere down the line.

 

Maybe the government will have a positive reaction to this disaster and make sure that in future the rivers are dredged and better permanent flood defences are put in place. Sometimes it takes disaster to bring about a positive change in both actions and attitudes.

 

This of course will not feel like comfort now, but once everyone is back in their homes and the memories start to fade a little maybe it will. Maybe it will never happen again because someone will react positively to make sure of it.

Let’s all pray that it never happens again but Mother Nature is a powerful force and it isn’t always possible to fight her. Perhaps instead we can work with her and by taking the path of least resistance, just like the flow of a river, can ensure that she may have her way a little without so much devastation.

 

Mother Earth is having a good cleansing all over at the moment and after cleansing comes healing so for that we can all be grateful.