What can we do as individuals during these times when so many are struggling and fearful. What can we do when everyday we are bombarded by the media by sensational stories meant to inflict fear, panic, and insight anger? Everyday people are fed this negative toxic information from more and more sources. You may have noticed that it is hard to escape even in general conversations it seems to be all that anyone can talk about. This in and of itself is not a bad thing it would be foolish to not stay some what informed but it is the way that it is presented. There is little to no balance of the positive with the negative. When all you do is talk about the negative aspects and do not look to find the positive (no matter how tiny) you are building up the negative energy in your system and spreading the fear, anger, and in some cases hatred to others.

I know that most of the people that read this article are already pretty mindful of the effects of their words on others and they choose not to add to the negative processes in the world. But I am seeing more and more people unable to escape the effects of this energy. So what can we do? How can we change any of this.

The first things to do is to practice mindfulness of  what we say,what we ingest( take into our minds and bodies),and what we think about. Mindfulness will guide us back to a healthy non-judgmental state. Mindfulness will help us limit our Media ingestion, and help us from spreading this toxic thinking and words to others.

The second thing and this is why I am writing this is to start telling positive stories. Start finding something positive or even neutral to talk about. Talk about the food drive that you helped with, Talk about your neighbor who has such a beautiful yard, talk about the anything and everything that you like,love, and are inspired by. When someone  Starts talking about the “problems of our country” remain silent. Silence is powerful it says that I will not join you in this. Write blogs about tiny inspiring events that are about love and compassion  not fear and hatred.

If you are so inclined write to your local media and tell the that you would enjoy some more positive stories instead of stories about war, poverty, crime, and politics. They may not change but atleast you put it out there that you want something different. Do not settle for this state of negative influence and negative energy. Fight to keep some lights burning. It is sometimes difficult to not wallow in the rest of it with everyone else but if you strive for the best and highest influence you can reach from where you are you can help change the world.

Well I am at a strange place with the Ascension Research for the classes I was planning. I doing the research I have come to the conclusion that I can not in all good conscience teach Ascension as it is written about in the books on the topic. I have come to a split where I can not resolve what I believe and what is being presented as a spiritual path. There is a message that I was given when I started on this path, The Dream Path, the message said that The dream Path will be known because it is “Simple,Organic, and Grounded in the Present Moment.” This is where Ascension teachings do not align with what I teach.

Let me begin with Simple. The Ascension Process is anything but simple. It is Full of overly cerebral teachings about the nature of the soul and the universe. Also even though I resonate strongly with Ascended Masters as spiritual teachers the hierarchy that is used for them has little or know use as a spiritual tool. There is little if any value to everyday living of knowing who works for who in which way, and which ascended amster replaced which. Then we have the extremely complex system of meditations with the vibrational frequencies that one must achieve to ascend to an even more complex map of dimensions and there various Vibrations. All of which you nearly need a PHD to follow to any benefit. Not very simple.

Then we move on to organic. First let me explan what is meant by organic. A spiritual teaching is organic when it is able to envelope whatever is happening in the present moment. A teaching is organic when it teaches you everyday and helps you everymoment to move closer to inner calm and connection with the Divine or Universal Mind. Ascension practices are all based on meditations that have little to do with the life that is actually being lived. Now I do have to say that there is a great deal of taking about and borrowing from the many traditions, practices,religions,and phylosopies of the word. But for the most part very little real practices that are put to use in everyday life, and this is the present situation.

This brings me to “grounded in the present moment”. I have read in some of the books about being present but… the bulk of the teachings are future oriented. The practices are to prepare yourself for a different time and place. They are studies that are about escaping this world and moving into the fifth dimension. What is said is along the lines of this world being a testing ground so that we may move on to better places and dimensions.

The other place that ascension teachings lose me is there idea of good versus evil and an up coming or on going battle between the two. This is very out dated christian theology that has been the basis of most of the Theosophy Societies writings. Alice Bailey started as a theosophist and then left later but the pseudo christian teachings and prophecies colored her work as she worked with ascended masters who channeled material that explained the mysteries of Christian teachings into what is now known as the Ascension Process.

So With that I have moved away from teaching this Process. and will continue to develop Dream Pathing as a path towards our ascension and enlightenment. and all though it may only ever be my own personal path I will no longer have to seek else where for answers.

I was in the garden today looking at some zucchini when I came across this little green tree frog hiding in the leaves. I ran in and grabbed my camera to take a picture. While I was out there I decided to take a few more and do a quick little post. Elige and I have been truly blessed. This time last year we were living in a terrible little place. This year we have a Nice little house that we are working on buying. We have a yard with the start of a beautiful garden. It wasn`t until I was looking at these few photographs that I realized just how much our life has changed. It`s amazing the difference that a year can make.

We were looking around at the garden today because we had just got back from a farmers market around the State Capitol Building in Lansing. It was a nice collection of fruits and veggies, as well as fresh honey and Maple Syrup. There were some mushroom growers as we as plenty of nuts and baked goods. We stopped at this little booth and bought some Lavender to add to our garden. It was a nice little outing. It`s funny how something like this can remind you just how fortunate you are.

Here are some pictures from my garden. Hope you enjoy.

Well Today was a beautiful day. It could not have been any better for my friend Craig`s Art show in the Cooley Gardens. The Sun was Shining and the People were out to see not only a beautiful garden but Beautiful Glass sculptures against the back drop of summer color. any of you that are familiar with Craigs work will not be surprised by the organic forms and those of you who have never seen Craigs work will hopefully admire how his work blends with the natural surrounding gardens.Craig made the day fun by numbering the Pieces and then passing out pages with the names and no numbers encouraging people to guess the names of the pieces. The show was a one day show 9-5 and was part of a series of grants For artists to do one day shows in various locations around town. If you are interested in any of the work you can Contact Craig Mitchell Smith By Visiting his web site here.

Oneness

There are a lot of people and things out there. Some of them we find enjoyable and others we wish to avoid.
So how is it that we are one with all of these things how is it that we are one with people such as murders,
and sex offenders. You might say that it is impossible that you share any similarities with any of these people.
You would be mistaken if  you truly believed that.

How can I make such claims? Well first of all it is a matter of science and the Law of Conservation.
The Law of Conservation states that you cannot create or destroy matter. Matter can only be changed
from one form to another. As it is changed, matter releases energy as it releases bits of the more
complex form becoming simpler in form ; or it requires energy to add bits as it goes from simple to
complex. This Law of the natural world shows that there is a finite amount of the stuff called matter.
Matter is what makes up our physical forms. It is also what the foods we eat, the water we drink, the air
we breathe, the planet we live on, and the stars in the sky are all built from.

So we are all built from the same stuff called matter; Matter that has been recycled through every physical
form that can be found on this planet. You are air, water, fire, earth, dog, cat, bird, and people.
On the physical level we are the same. You might say, but that is not the same as being one with something else.
Just because our bodies might have the same bits making them work does not mean that I Am the same as they are.
That is on a physical level, I don`t think like they do, I have too much compassion to harm another, I have a
different soul than they do. You are correct this is not the same as being one with something or someone else.
I think differently than other people. I feel differently than other people. My perspective is unique because
of my experiences. These are arguments that many will make meaning that because of our thoughts and experiences
we are separate beings with no connection. For all of our similarities in our atomic and molecular make up, each
of us is unique in our specific physical design.

There is another level we are seldom aware of. It is the level of Universal Consciousness.
This Level of being has been talked about in every major belief system that exists on the Earth at this
Time. This is the realm of Mystery. The realm Where we as humans lose the ability to understand with our
human minds. This is the Tao that Taoist say can Not be known. This is the Chi that Flows in Chinese
medicine. In Hermetic teachings this is the Mind of the Unknowable all. The essence of these thoughts when they
are boiled down is that we are all part of and inseparable from the Universal Consciousness. It can be
said that Creator and Creation are one and the same.

The ALL could be viewed as an ocean and we are the waves. We are water, Inseparable from the ocean until
suddenly we find that we have form,we have consciousness,we have physical characteristics. We soon learn to
Identify with our form and differentiate between our form and others. We begin to say” I am taller than
that wave.” or “I am faster than The other Wave.” We become so engrossed in the world of form that we
forget that we all started as water. We are all still water. and as we rush towards the shore and we see
the other waves disappearing we begin to worry about what will happen to us when we get to the shore.
Being so Identified with forms that we now have forgot our origins as water and part of the ALL. Finally
we hit the beach and our form dissolves and we return back to the water and settle into the peace of being
simply the ocean, the ALL once more.

It is this Identification with the world of forms that causes us to forget our origins as part of the
Universal Consciousness. This Identification brings us so much suffering as we attach ourselves to the
world of forms all the while forgetting that we Will eventually return to the peace of the source.

We are truly One we are the waves on the ocean who have forgotten that we do not exist separate form the
ocean. When we are still and our minds are quiet we begin to sense our true being as part of the Divine
Whole.

The mind emphasizes these differences. In fact the Mind creates all of these differences.

Tumbled Malachite

Malachite is one of my favorite stones. This stone is one of the most powerful healing stones that I know of. When working at Coyote Wisdom I am often asked about stones for Helping with the healing of various conditions. The first stone that my Intuition usually pulls to the surface is Malachite.

Malachite Works in many ways and on many levels.  The Healing process begins with the clearing of energies that may be causing problems and blockages in the Energy body which manifest as physical problems. This Stone cleanses “Negative” Energies from the chakras, as well as electromagnetic pollution, radiation and other energies that can throw the energy system out of balance.

Malachite is a powerful physical healer. As stones for physical healing go in my opinion it is one of the most powerful. Malachite works to reduce  inflammation, promotes cellular regeneration, strengthens the immune system, and detoxifies the body. Because it works on the cellular level malachite can help after traumatic injuries and surgeries.Malachite works on the physical body by helping to speed detoxification. As a result malachite is one of the best stones to remove negative energies and pollutants from the body, subtle energy system, and the environment as a result malachite needs to be cleansed often.

Malachite works on a Psychological and mental level by illuminating the core beliefs and psychosomatic roots of our disease. It helps to break old patterns that are holding us back. Malachite goes to the core of a problem enhancing Intuition and insight about the causes of our problems physical and otherwise. Malachite helps bring suppressed feeling to the surface and release emotional trauma.

Malachite is a very protective stone. It can protect you from the Negative thoughts and energies from others. Malachite by many sources is a stone of transformation that points to the blocks on our spiritual path. It can also help with Psychic and intuitive development by opening up the third eye and stimulating psychic visions. Malachite is also connected strongly with the heart chakra and helps empathic development and bringing an awareness of our personal power and will, as well as our own personal worth allowing us to to effectively change our lives to our benefit.

As you can see I could go on and on about the benefits of malachite. I have barely scratched the surface of the uses for this stone. These are some of the best uses for malachite but not all by any means. I would like to add in here that malachite should be used with some caution. It has some toxic properties but can be safely handled. Do not make elixirs or waters to take internally. If using unpolished malachite be careful not to inhale any of  the powder that may come off of this soft stone. Take a reasonable precaution to protect the stone as it will easily break and scratch.

Here is some more information from wikipedia

Malachite is a carbonate mineral normally known as “copper carbonate” with the formula CuCO3.Cu(OH)2. This green-colored mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses. Individual crystals are rare but do occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur.

And From Crystal-Links

Uses: pancreas, spleen, heart, circulation, pineal and pituitary glands, balance, harmony, mental illness, detoxifying,
tissue regeneration, self expression, vision, reduce stress, get rid of nightmares. Solar Plexus and Heart Chakra.
Malachite is believed to be a strong protector of children. It is said to protect the wearer from accidents and protects travelers.
Malachite has been used to aid success in business and protect against undesirable business associations. It is a stone of balance in relationships.
Malachite is always green, usually in banded tones varying from very dark green to a mellow green.
Most malachite comes from Zaire, Chile and Australia. Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used malachite for jewelry and ground it to use as eye shadow.
It is used in amulets to protect against the evil eye. In the Middle Ages it was used to protect children from witches and other dangers.
Malachite has been called the Mirror of the Soul. It reaches the inner feelings of the person and reflects what is there, negative or positive.
Malachite will always reflect how you feel, if you feel negative don’t normally wear it.

As you can see malachite is truly a stone of spiritual transformation as well as energetic transformation. Malachite transmutes negative energies within and without helping along our spiritual paths and mending our broken bodies and minds.

I took these Pictures the other day as Elige and I were walking down the river walk. I thought they turned out nice and wanted to share a little bit of the place we call home with you.
This first Picture is of the Brinkey Fish Ladder on the Grand River This Fish Ladder allows Salmon and other fish that Migrate to breeding grounds navigate past the dam in the River. It is a series of Graduated steps that the water flows down. The fish move against stream and literally climb the ladder.

The river walk has many Walk ways that extend over the water where it crosses under the Roads.

This is a View of the dam and fish ladder from up river. the water was extremely high this day.

I had thought about writing a piece on the problem with the idea of opposites. I was reading in The light Shall set You Free in Chapter 8- Energy: The Foundation for the Universal Laws ;trying to get as many Perspectives on Ascension as I can; when I came to The phrase “In the battle of Armageddon…. ” . I closed the book in frustration and irritation. Now I know that this book has many overtones about the forces of Light and the Forces of Dark  as well

as outright statements such as this one; But it hit me suddenly as absurd inflammatory, sensational.

These Ideas of some battle of  The forces of Light and Dark are some of the mental constructs that cause further feelings of separation from source.  They are Ideas based in Ego. To believe that you and a few others are all that stand between the “Sons and Daughters of Dark” Preventing our personal and planetary Ascension is a separating thought form. Identification with this Thought forms cause further Ego Building forms. Forms such as “Us” and “Them”, “Good” and “Bad”, “Light” and “Dark”. These thoughts further the illusion of separateness.  Separateness from Source and Separateness From Creation.

Now it was about this time as my mind has latched on to these ideas that I was beginning to rail against the Opposites of Light and Dark. I will give you a taste of the process.

“They talk about light as being the thing that we aspire towards, and Dark as the Negative or Opposite of that but Dark is only the literary opposite of Light. Light Has know true opposite. What is the Opposite of Light? Light is a Wave and a Particle. So it is matter and energy at different times. The true opposite of matter is anti-matter.  When matter and anti-matter come into contact they Annihilate one another and both cease to exist( at least as far as we know). This is a True opposite. They bring complete balance and disappear.  So what would be the opposite of light (with a slight tone of frustration in my thought)? Darkness is not an opposite it is an absence of light. Light is not the inclusion of light( it is in one usage but not as a Noun as it is used in many Writings on spirituality and especially ascension)It is Light. So this idea of opposing forces would mean that there has to be something that when it comes into contact with light that the two can not exist in the same space and would nullify one another. “

This thought process although logical began to go in circles that were very unforthcoming with any resolution. I was not so much Obsessed as Possessed By the question.  It was about then that I decided to write an article about the fallacy opposites in Spirituality and Light Work  in particular. Well as you can Guess I have since come to the conclusion that I was not completely understanding something.

What I did not understanding completely is that it is not Opposite but the word Opposite used erroneously to refer to Polarity.

Coming Next- What is Polarity?

The Formless

Well I have been Thinking  a lot lately about Mystery. I have always considered myself a bit of a mystic or student of the mystery school. In the process of researching Ascension for my up coming class I came across a lot of material that reinforced that feeling.

Mystery is the unknown formless aspect of the Universe. In many of the major Spiritual belief systems in the world Mystery is accepted as part of the way that the Divine works within our lives.  I like to take this a step further (as does Eckhart Tolle ) and say that not only is this part of the way the divine works in our lives but is truly the purpose of our lives moving to reconnect with the formless or the mysterious.

Many people believe that a mystery is something that needs to be solved, analyzed, and explained away. It is through this process of Intelectualization that we move not closer to understanding but further from experiencing the true mystery.

The Tao De ching says the Tao that can be Spoken about is not the Tao. This means that it is not the formlessness that lies behind all of creation. The formless conscience that is the creative force that is the true essence of form.

How is it that understanding a mystery moves further from the true understanding? It is that the formless can not be understood by our mind and put into words. When we begin to try and say that the formless or mystery is this or that; or that it behaves this way or that way in our lives we are no longer speaking about the formless we are speaking about mental forms that are created by our mind. For example when we say that god is a jealous god we are speaking about the mental construct that we have created about god. In it`s very essence God is beyond the comprehesion of our human minds and our ability to descibe it.

When we build mental Contructs and forms and try to intelectualize the mysterious we actual begin to limit the ways that we allow the formless to act in our lives. we begin to believe that the formless is seperate from us and be haves only in predetermined ways. This Idea of seperateness is another form created by the mind. It says that we are seperate from creation and creator. The formless is the Creator and is a part of all. It is truly our purpose in this life to return to the consciousness of the formless. To disolve the The identification with forms(Physical, mental, social, emotional) and live our live in the present moment.

Now this probably is leaving many of you saying to yourselves…”Um what?” Thats alright this little article is not meant to tell you exactly how to go about doing that it is just meant to bring you to a state of mindfulness about our beliefs and the Systems that we incorporate in our spirituality. Are our beliefs moving us closer to our purpose or further away?

As I have been developing the Dream Path I recieved a message about what it should be. The mesage was that it needs to be “Simple, Organic, and Grounded in the present Moment” .  This means that if the system is to complicated it is a mental construct and does not truly bring you closer to the Divine. It should be Organic Meaning that it can change and grow as our present situation changes. And finaly it needs to be grounded in the present moment meaning that it can not be overly concerned about the past or what will happen when. We can truly only act in the present moment. this is where we are and where we connect with the formless. Not in some future where we have evolved past our need for Bodies or have Moved to another Dimension of existance.

Four Psychic Senses Development

Meditation

This Meditation Is designed to help you develop your interaction with your four primary psychic senses. As you are guided through this meditation you will experience various aspects of Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Clairsentience, and claircognizance. As you work with this meditation over time allow your mind to begin to wander in a free form manner. This will develop your ability to receive psychic information in richer, more in-depth and detailed forms.

• You will need a quiet space where you will not be disturbed for about 30 minutes. You can do this meditation in any comfortable position (Lying down, sitting on the ground or in a chair, standing or moving). You will need to keep your eyes closed so you may want a blind fold. Try to avoid music or incense or any thins that is going to overwhelm any of your senses.

• When you are ready find your comfortable position. Begin by doing a quick grounding visualization as well psychically protecting yourself. When you feel protected and grounded begin to breath. As you breathe become aware of your breath as it moves in and out of your body. Spend A few Breaths just you and your breath.

• Bring your attention to your inner Movie Screen Visualized Just on the back of your eyelids. This screen is Black with nothing showing on it. Stare with your inner eye at the blank black screen for the space of four complete breaths.

• As you continue to watch the screen with your third eye you notice a fuzzy red light red starts to form on the black screen. At first this Light is faint and it begins to grow brighter and to become more solid and intense as it slowly forms into a sphere of red light floating in black space. Watch as this sphere floats in space for the span of four complete breaths.

• Now as you watch Begin to hear music coming from the sphere as floats in the blackness. As you listen to the music you realize that the music sounds like the color red. You sit and listen surrounded by red for four breaths.

• You cannot put your finger on exactly why or how it sounds red but you feel that the music is red. As watch and listen you feel red in all the ways that you can understand red. You feel it moving over and through you as waves of energy. Sit and Allow yourself to become immersed in the feeling for four complete breaths.

• The waves of energy, the red color and the sound of red become one feeling, one thought all these thoughts coming to an understanding of how they are related.

• As you watch, listen, and feel all of your senses engaged you suddenly know how the music is red and the music feels red all at once you understand. You know what red is. Sit with this realization for four complete breaths.

• As you finish the last breath watch as the red sphere begins to fade and become fuzzy and the music and the feeling of red grow fainter. The sphere becomes a red light on the inner movie screen on the back of your eyelids. As you watch the red light starts to turn yellow. The yellow light is fuzzy and starts to grow in intensity as it becomes more solid. As you watch the light becomes a sphere floating in the black space in front of you. Sit watching the sphere floating in the black space for four complete breaths.

• Continue This exercise as we did for the color red with yellow and blue. End the meditation on the blank screen.Spend a few minutes with your breath as you come back to consciousness this will give you the opportunity to receive any psychic impressions. Take some time and record any notes or impressions in your journal. Try doing this with three different colors green, orange, and purple for example.

• If you like, after doing this meditation a few times do only one color, any color you like and then end on the blank screen and allow this to lead you into your psychic space.

Written by James Wortz

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