Category: Medicine for the Earth

Transmutation News – June 2007

The process of birth and manifestation of anything starts from within and then is created as an outer manifestation.

Some spiritual traditions teach that everything lies within. Jesus taught how the key to life is within all of us.

When we look at our world today we are still focused on the outer world. When we look at the problem of violence the solutions that are sought are making outer changes. When we look at the focus on global warming solutions are being explored of how to change our outer behavior. When we seek out help in our own lives we typically call on outer healers and also our outer community.

Obviously looking at how to change our outer behavior in the world and how to call on our outer community is important and essential.

All outer structures have a core structure. Healthy trees and plants have strong and healthy root systems. Well- built homes and buildings have a strong foundation. As we continue to look at how to change our outer behavior to create change on the planet we must also look at how to heal the inner and core structure of own consciousness as well as the collective conscious. Our roots and foundation is the consciousness underlying our behavior and actions.

Transfiguration is a direct means to shift our internal and external world. How you can you beat moving into a state of divine light and oneness for creating change?

And with all states of consciousness there are intermediary states to a state of oneness that we can explore. When I had my near death experiences I went to a being I call God. The God I experienced had no experience of me as an individual. This being was just undifferentiated and unconditional love. When I practice shamanic journeying I experience and meet intermediary spirits of the divine or power of the universe. These spirits can help me as an individual looking for healing and guidance in my life.

So there has been an outer cosmology that I was presented with at an early age where I could explore different states that led me to where I am now.

I have been thinking about and meditating on the inner states that are a reflection of the outer world. And what is the inner process that strengthens our core structure that can support the outer changes we make in the world.

For example when one looks at the Internet and the World Wide Web it is an extraordinary way of connecting people around the world. But the web has an inner structure that makes those outer connections possible.

As we look at new fuels that can help our environment and all the new ways that are being presented to “go green” we need to look at shifts we must make in our own inner worlds to go along with going green.

Transfiguration is the ultimate inner state of oneness. What are some of the intermediary levels on our inner spiritual journey?

One intermediary state is honoring every living being in nature for its contribution to all of life. We talk about a web of life where the damage caused to one species ends up creating problems for the rest of the web.

In the United States bees are being discussed in the media. For in many areas the bees are disappearing. Bees are responsible for most of the pollination that allows for crops growing, which create our food.

Although I am deeply saddened to hear about the bees disappearing what an amazing wakeup call for humans that they are not the only important species on the planet. How many people in the U.S. who never really consider the source of our food will start to wake up to the importance of another species? How many children growing up are taught that bees make it possible for humans to live?

I do believe the bee population can become healthy again as more and more people wake up to the need of establishing good relations with the other beings we share this earth with.

As we have been living in a world where humans have been so self-absorbed it is great to see people looking at “going green” and how to make life style changes that help the environment. But we must also add to that a new state of consciousness where we honor and respect every life form on the planet for their place in the web of life. And the consciousness that creates honor and respect is born from within us.

As we move into a consciousness of honor and respect for nature we begin to understand and honor the cycles of nature including the cycle of birth and death. We then become a part of nature. Separation from nature is one cause for much disease of the body and mind.

Another intermediary level of changing consciousness is working with transmuting and transforming the energy behind our thoughts and emotions as we have been doing for years now. From creating an inner state of harmony we can change what our outer world is reflecting back to us. And this is the theme of my new book How to Heal Toxic Thoughts.

Of course continuing the work of using our imagination to experience with all our senses the world we want to live in is such important work. For we are constantly dreaming the world we are living in into being. This is an inner process that manifests in our outer world. And it is a way of changing our inner landscape which will be reflected back to us in the outer world. It is also a way of dismembering limiting thought forms which keep us from making positive changes on the planet.

And if life is truly pulsations of light how do we heal the web of light that has nicks and breaks in it? Just like the worldwide web there is a web of light that connects us all. And how do we strengthen that inner web of light so that our outer web ends up being strong? This is another intermediary place in the inner world where we have the power to create change.

Journey within to the web and heal those connections. You can also do this through meditation. The key is to set your intention to travel to the inner worlds where there are light beings, helping spirits, and spiritual practitioners like yourself who are working together to heal the inner fabric of reality.

If you are not used to traveling within it can take awhile to reverse directions from the outer to the inner. Have patience and do not give up. You will eventually find yourself in a world where the fibers of the web of the light are being repaired and renewed.

Join in on this work. Find your place here. It is not a place where you will get outer recognition for the work you are doing. But it is important place to be working. For here we are working on crucial invisible levels that heal the foundation of our reality.

Adding this to your work of changing consciousness is important work right now. Recognize yourself for the contribution to healing the planet you are making. As I have repeated many times where we all have great power to create change is with the spiritual practices we are engaged with.

The full moon is June 30. Let’s continue to weave and repair the web of light within the earth. And let’s experience with all of our senses a strong and healthy web of light connecting all living beings.

This is also a time to continue the full moon healing work we began a few months ago. If you need a description of this work please visit Creating A Human Web of Light which is on the homepage.

The summer solstice is June 21. It is amazing how fast the seasons seem to be changing. I feel like I was just wishing everyone a good New Year.

A quote from Emmet Fox that I have been working with is: “It is impossible to think one thing and produce another”.

Thought forms and words are seeds. We plant them into our garden and sometimes we expect something different to grow. The laws of nature will produce the same plant as the seeds you plant.

As we move into the bountiful time of summer please create a daily practice of truly working with and reflecting on what is being planted in our earth garden and what is being produced. We keep looking for new methods to change what is happening. And some of the most powerful methods are truly the simplest. It is just that they take discipline.

Transmutation News – May 2007

As we continue to follow what is happening in the outer world it is clear that to use a phrase from indigenous shamans “we are dreaming the wrong dream”.

The incredible violence coming from anger, frustration, and despair keeps growing. The tragedies prominent in the media in Iraq and the new tragedy at Virginia Tech are just two examples. And I don’t think I have to list all the troubled places around the globe. We are aware of what is happening.

The psychic violence that I write about in How to Heal Toxic Thoughts cannot be discounted. And I do believe the weather is mirroring back to us our violent states of consciousness.

Some spiritual traditions teach that the outer world is a dream. I think we can safely say that much of mass consciousness is lost in a bad dream.

I am sure that if people knew how to wake up from this dream they would choose to do so. But so much of mass consciousness is lost in the dream that they don’t even know they are dreaming.

Those of you reading The Transmutation News who engage in spiritual practices and in the Medicine for the Earth work do have the knowledge that the outer world is a dream and the keys to begin waking up from this dream as well as changing the dream.

To continue to get caught up in what is happening in the outer world is actually feeding the bad dream of mass consciousness and is also a way to get lost in that dream.

In March there was the yearly Medicine for the Earth reunion in Santa Fe. I was able to attend for a little while. Isis had brought through a message for the group that I think is relevant for all of us.

She said:

“It is the inner journey that is important. You are still getting caught up in the outer reflection.

The magic happens in the inner worlds and this is where the true light workers and alchemists work. This is where one develops telepathy. This is where magical healings and earth healings occur.

You are still lost in the outcome versus the process. Of course focusing and having vision on outcomes is good. But your outcomes come by your process. Focus more on the process versus the outcome.”

When you travel within, you can meet up with the helping light workers of the earth that come in so many forms. It is a place where we can all work in partnership to truly manifest a new dream.

Through my own journeys and also a key that came from an outside source I seem to be being guided to work with the sense of feeling in working with what I am dreaming into being.

I have been encouraging you to see, feel, hear, smell, and taste the world you want to live in as if it is happening right now.

For this month try focusing on exploring what you want to feel like. Feel the joy and passion that you want to create for the world and for yourself. Really try and get a full body experience of all the feelings you would like to experience. I have found that this is a powerful way to work. As you do this you get a real sense of the energies of creation being birthed.

And it is important to remember that we are working together with a global community. It is not for one person to change the world. We are all in this together and need to support each other and experience ourselves working together. We must continue to hold the space together as mass consciousness searches for a way to wake up from the trance state. We must continue to share the work so that we do not become over burdened or burned out.

Last month we merged with earth during this fertile time of spring. If we truly want to be in service to the earth we must be in full alignment with her. We must move in the world connected to her heartbeat at all times. The more we can be alignment the more information we will receive on what being in service to the earth looks like.

As with our own lives we can see perceive the earth on different levels. We can perceive the earth changes and all that is happening through global warming and overpopulation.

We can also perceive the earth in her divine perfection and evolving and moving into new frequencies.

In merging with the earth you want to shift to the level of earth in her divine perfection and merge with the new frequencies as we did together in 2006. This is the alignment you want to attune with.

And as you continue to merge with earth and her heartbeat and the new frequency she is moving into you want to see how you can stay connected throughout the day.

As is obvious to us all events on the planet show the need to really stay focused on our spiritual work. It is no longer enough to do spiritual practices at certain times of the day. We cannot separate our spiritual life from our ordinary life. They must be merged together so that we are practicing our spiritual work throughout the day. This is key to really creating the changes that are needed to bring us back into harmony. It is the disharmony and how we are not moving in alignment with nature that is causing major problems right now.

I know this is not the first time I am writing this but it is good to be reminded of the need to stay concentrated and focused on our spiritual work.

And of course the best way to stay connected with the earth and nature is to spend more time out in nature. So use whatever opportunities you can to get outside and connect. Communicate with the spirit that lives in all things and give thanks for all you receive from the natural world.

A few weeks ago I had a dream where I was given the message that illness is caused by loneliness.

When I awoke from the dream I thought about this. For I use the words that illness comes from separation and disharmony. I have never actually used the word loneliness as a cause of illness. But it makes perfect sense to me. For we are lonely when we are disconnected from our true nature which is one of unity and divine perfection. It is the ego that gets lonely as we separate from unity and the web of life.

Our transfiguration practice is one way to keep that connection to the divine, which continues to move us to a state of good health on all levels.

The full moon is May 2. We will continue to perform the global transfiguration healing ceremony that I wrote about on the April Transmutation News. We continue our work of creating a human web of light within and throughout the earth. This is such a lovely and important meditation to continue.

If you need instructions for both of these practices please go to the link on the homepage titled “Creating A Human Web of Light”.

In reading the esoteric literature on healing a common theme is the importance of finding practices and affirmations that can be done throughout the day. But it is important not to do any practice from a place of just habit – meaning doing it without adding life and passion to the practice.

So as we continue our monthly full moon practices reflect on how much new energy you keep adding to the work you are doing. Make sure you are not just thinking – oh yes I have to participate in creating a human web of light today. Keep bringing newness, light, and life into the work. We want to make sure we do not participate in any of our spiritual practices from an energy of being half hearted. We want to engage from a place of being whole hearted in everything we do.

Caroline Casey is a brilliant astrologer who wrote the book Making the Gods Work for You. I have had some wonderful astrological readings with her and she has put out some great material to help during these changing times. You can visit her website at:
www.visionaryactivism.com to get more information about her work.

Here is something to think about this month:

“What you think grows.” Emmet Fox

Transmutation News – April 2007

Over the years I have written about a message I received from a descendant far into the future. She had shared with me how in this time on the planet we are acting like fingers that have dropped from a hand thinking they have a life of their own.

And I know through our spiritual work that we have all been working with this message on some level. We have been experiencing how we are all divine light and connected to the web of life. We have experienced how we are not separate from each other or the divine.

We have also been looking at our connection to nature. As we experience our connection to our own physical bodies we must also experience our connection to the organism we call earth. For we are part of her body.

It is our disconnection from our physical bodies, our divinity, also that of the earth that create emotional and physical illness. Our spirit knows we are connected. And our bodies hold the memories of our connection. What creates a feeling of disconnection is a mental construct that is totally based in illusion.

Our work involves the principle of being a bridge. We are divine light, heavenly light that chose to take a physical body here on this great body earth.

So our connection on all levels must be acknowledged. And the more we can be a bridge manifesting divinity through our earth body the more healing we will see for ourselves and for the planet. For we can no longer operate as separate beings.

You have been doing your transfiguration practice of experiencing oneness and your light. This month continue to do that work. But also transfigure into earth. You are earth and not separate from it. As you become earth you will heal any disconnection you might have.

Remember that the word “transfiguration” is defined as shapeshifting. And through intention we can transfigure into anything. So you hold the intention to become the earth and experience it. So we learn about our true connection to the earth by dropping what keeps us separate from earth.

As you transfigure into spiritual light and the earth you become a bridge between the two. And from your connection you will move with a different sense of power, harmony, light, and love.

Allow yourself to sink into earth dissolving your identity that creates separation. Allow yourself to surrender to the love of the earth. The earth knows how to heal herself. And as earth you know how to heal yourself also.

This is such a great time of the year to do this work as beauty bursts through the earth showing how creation manifests from deep within.

Continue to hold the space of the collective as I wrote about on the February Transmutation News. This is such a time of transition and so much that does not support the process of connection, unity, and love is falling away from people’s lives. We must continue to hold the collective during this time of change.

On that note we started a global healing circle in March using the practice of transfiguration. You can look at what I wrote on the March Transmutation News.

This healing circle will continue every full moon and also anytime you wish to be part of it. For the circle is working outside of time.

After being part of the healing circle I realized the need to write up some clearer directions. The directions that I have included here are now permanently as Part 2 of the instructions for Creating A Human Web of Light on my homepage. You can click on Creating A Human Web of Light at anytime to read the instructions. And you can send others you meet who might interested to this link on the homepage.

Instructions for Monthly Healing

It does seem like consciousness is changing faster and faster. There are of course many rewards for this as we learn how to live in harmony. All change requires a death to occur in our lives. For as we transition into new states of awareness and consciousness we need to let go of what is not supportive.

I have never seen so many people going through hard times as I have seen recently.

As I often write on the Transmutation News we must learn how to dance different paradoxes of states of consciousness and awareness. For there are many levels operating simultaneously.

On one level we are all connected and we are spirits. From a spiritual state we are divine and perfect all the time. At the same time part of the human condition is having an ego. And the ego does see itself as separate from the rest of life. And the state of separation creates fear, anger, and a variety of other emotions. It is also the state of separation that causes physical illness.

As we continue to do our transfiguration practice we begin to heal those states of separation. We move into a higher state of consciousness and we need to learn to surrender to the perfection of the universe. And sometimes it is hard to do that and we need help in remembering our own divine light.

To help our worldwide community reading the Transmutation News I have decided to add a monthly healing circle to go along with creating a human web of light. We will continue our weaving a web of light within and throughout the earth on the full moon. And we will also create a circle that allows our radiance to shine through for those asking for help.

Here is what I suggest. If you would like to volunteer as a practitioner imagine yourself standing or sitting in a circle with other practitioners. Remember the Transmutation News is written in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Slovakian.

Our intention is to experience our divine light and radiate it out to the inner circle.

We do not see suffering in our circle. We acknowledge the divine perfection in each person. So we do not lock people into a diagnosis of suffering rather we lift them up into their divinity.

Author and lecturer, Eric Pearlman teaches, “In quantum physics if you change the behavior of one particle, another particle in a different location will instantaneously react whether inches or universes away.” Lower frequencies entrain or attune to higher frequencies not the other way around.

So back to the core principle of the Medicine for the Earth work, we change the world and heal others by who we become – by our presence and by the love and light we radiate.

We are not sending energy or trying to heal anyone. We are only allowing our divine light and love to spark the divine light of those asking for help.

Imagine yourself standing or sitting in a circle of practitioners. Do your transfiguration work and with your hands facing the inner circle radiate your divine light and love.

If you feel you need some help imagine yourself lying in a circle with people from around the world.

Your role is to absorb the light being shared by our practitioners. Think of a metaphor that might help you with absorbing divine light and love into every cell of your being. I will give you a few examples with the hope that you will find a metaphor that works for you. You can think of a dry sponge that has been placed in water and soaks up moisture. You can think of flower that has been in rain for days or weeks and the sun shines and the flower soaks up the rays of the sun. Or maybe you can think of a flower that has been getting too much sun and it begins to rain and the flower soaks up the water nourishing it and giving it life. Or think about a room where the curtains are closed and the curtains are opened flooding the room with the light of the sun.

Allow the light of the outer circle to jumpstart your own radiance to flow through every cell of your body. This reconnects us to our divine perfection and our connection to the web of light. This heals those states of separation that create emotional and physical illness. And it reminds us that we all have the power and strength to rise to the challenges and opportunities that life brings to us.

And you can be in both roles at different points of the day or evening. You can be practitioner at one time and then lie in the middle of our circle at another.

And as we are working outside of time it does not matter when you do this work. It is not necessary to coordinate the times in which we all work.

As with creating a human web of light we are not limited to only working on the full moon. I nurture the web of light whenever my heart calls me to. And we can certainly keep shining our light into our global circle on a daily basis. For truly our work is to learn how to shine our light into the world with each breath and step we take.

The full moon is April 2. Let’s continue to weave a radiant web of light within and throughout the earth. Let’s remember that we are not separate from earth and the web of light is also being woven throughout us.

And let’s also incorporate our healing circle. We have great power of as collective to support each other right now. And with this work the results of our healing ripple throughout the entire web of life.

Transmutation News – November 2006

This fall has been a teaching whirlwind for me. I tend to book back to back trainings each fall as fall is the season in which I feel the strongest. In some way I almost feel as if the seeds I plant in the fall can go through the gestation process of winter and be given the heat and power needed to burst forth in spring.

So I write this Transmutation News in between workshops. I might be brief but there are not a lot of words needed to keep the power of inspiration going.

For months now I have been encouraging you to merge with the new frequencies of the earth. And I have shared with you how this has brought me more into an energy of joy and peace.

That is not the only effect it might have on people. For some of you as you move into a higher frequency the parts of your life that need to be let go to support this new space might start to dissolve. You cannot shift into a higher and lighter frequency carrying a dense and heavy burden. So one of the effects of this work is to truly let go of the heavy leaded consciousness that might be burdening your journey into a lighter realm of existence.

And of course this could be hard for some of you. As human beings we tend to hold on to the known even if it is not always good for us.

For some people as you shift into the new earth frequencies you might also find yourself disconnecting a bit to what is happening in the world. A devoted student to this work reminds me that the Scriptures teaches the importance of being of the world but not in the world. So we might find ourselves detaching from dense states of consciousness around us for we are moving into a new way of being in the world. If you find yourself doing this make sure you hold the energy of compassion for the world around you.

Arrogance does not match the new way of being we are being led to. Compassion for what is and moving forward to a lighter way of life simultaneously is what is called for.

There is no way to keep in your life the burdens that keep you from a lighter higher frequency. That would be like trying to set sail on a boat but refusing to lift up the anchor. You either lift up what anchors you to shore or you don’t move no matter how much you are seeking the adventure of sailing through new waters.

If you have been working with the intention of merging with the new frequencies of the earth there is a certain amount of surrender to change that you will be required to do. And this also takes a lot of trust of knowing that the universe is partnering with you to move you into a life that creates a new evolution of consciousness rippling through the entire web of life creating opportunities for others to do the same.

This is powerful work we do on behalf of ourselves but for all of life. If we continue to get lost in the density of consciousness right now we cannot be of true service and create new change for the planet. As we work spiritually to move to a different level of consciousness we hold a light and create a space of opportunity on the planet for others to make positive shifts.

Remember the crucial teaching from all spiritual traditions that all change on the physical realms begins in the spiritual realms.

The full moon is November 5. Let’s continue to move into the light that resides within us and connect with others doing the same. From this place of light, love, and oneness let’s continue to weave a brilliant web of light within and throughout the earth.

Keep making the energetic shifts that create new states of consciousness for you. Continue to allow this powerful time of autumn to support your work in letting go of what keeps you from making the shift into a new evolution of consciousness. We are moving from a consciousness of separation to oneness. We are moving into a consciousness of honoring all of life and nature. We are moving into a consciousness of cooperation with each other and the spirit that lives in all things. As we shift into a new consciousness new understandings of how we can heal the planet and all of life will be shown to us. And we will feel the joy and preciousness of life.

Transmutation News – October 2006

When we observe the current state in the world whether looking at political situations, environmental changes, economic inequalities, or social injustice our minds can loop through different questions. Questions that might arise are:

What is the karma and destiny of those who go through tragedy and injustice?

Where do I take a stand and do my creative work?

Do I just surrender to all that is happening?

Is everything just perfect as it is unfolding right now?

Where do I have the power to create change?

Our minds will constantly loop around to different states and thought forms as this is what minds do. And on a mental level we often feel as if it we must understand everything that is happening.

This month I would like to bring us back to focusing on the basic principle of Medicine for the Earth that it is who we become that changes the world and not what we do.

There is an article that has been circulating the Internet. The article is about the work of Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len in Hawaii. His work is a powerful example of putting “It is who we become that changes the world” into action.

The article that I read on Dr. Hew Len which is circulating the Internet was written by Joe Vitale. I was inspired after reading the article to do a web search on Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. The search revealed a number of interesting sites that provided more information.

Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len is a therapist who in Hawaii cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients without ever seeing them. He would study the inmate’s chart and then look within himself to see how he created the person’s illness. He did his own inner work and then that was reflected by an actual healing of the person.

Dr. Hew Len worked at Hawaii State Hospital for four years. He worked with the ward that was filled by what was labeled the criminally insane. The staff and psychologists quit on a regular basis as the work there was so difficult and dangerous.

Dr. Hew Len actually healed the part of himself that created them. He believes that the total responsibility for your life means that everything in your life – simply because it is in your life – is your responsibility. He believes that the entire world is your creation.

We know this belief from different spiritual teachings and I speak about this in the Medicine for the Earth work.

Dr. Hew Len works with the Hawaiian tradition of ho’oponopono which means loving yourself. He works with the tradition that to heal others you must heal yourself.

When Dr. Hew Len would read the files of the patients he would just keep saying, “I’m sorry” and “I love you” over and over again.

The end result was after a few months of working in this way patients that were shackled began to walk freely, some patients got off their heavy medications, and some patients were actually released.

The staff had a turn around and began to enjoy showing up the work. There was more staff than was needed as patients kept being released.

And to add to this remarkable story today the ward is closed.

Dr. Hew Len is now 70 years old and is somewhat a reclusive. But what a powerful teaching he has shared with us.

It takes us back to the work in Medicine for the Earth where we look at what we are projecting onto the others and in the world. In order to change the world we must change ourselves first.

In the words of Gandhi we must be the change we want to see.

I hope this story provides you with inspiration to really look at how you are continuing the practices we have been working with together over the years on our outer world is a reflection of our own inner state.

Keep doing the work – it really does make a difference.

One of my friends did do a search on Dr. Hew Len and found this prayer in an article on him and the practice of ho’oponopono:

“Divine creator, father, mother, son as one…. If I, my family, relatives and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives and ancestors in thoughts, words, deeds and actions from the beginning of our creation to the present, we ask your forgiveness…Let this cleanse, purify, release, cut all the negative memories, blocks, energies and vibrations and transmute these unwanted energies to pure light…And it is done.”

And of course you can work with his shorter version of:

“I’m sorry, and I love you.”

The full moon is October 6. Let’s continue to spin and weave a beautiful web of light filled with love within and throughout this great earth touching the hearts of all.

Transmutation News – September 2006

Last month I wrote about my talk at the United Nations. I really felt that much of the purpose of my being there is that the United Nations needed a burst of spiritual energy. Thousands of you focused divine perfection on the UN on July 27 while I was there. And if you have been following the news the energy is starting to move for the UN.

People at the UN were thrilled to know that thousands of people reading the Transmutation News were focusing light on the UN that day. I do believe that there was no mistake on the timing of the talk and the need to focus our energies there.

At my talk I connected with a wonderful woman named Kathleen and I am trying to help with her organization’s mission.

Kathleen is a UN NGO ECOSOC representative for Information Habitat. Kathleen works to develop the global environmental economy and environmental industry as instruments of peace within and between countries.

Kathleen herself and her organization are extremely focused on the human rights issues in China. In April 22, 2005 she gave a UN press conference speech televised to support human rights in China.

She was very struck when I had shared in the meeting that thousands of people around the world were focusing light and divinity on the UN during my talk. And she asked if our community could focus our light on China.

There are so many issues going on in the world right now that touch our hearts. And many of us feel pulled in different directions.

I believe that we can focus our energies on sending light to the dark places in the world and the situations that need some light.

The Communist Party systematically terrorizes, tortures, and murders its own people to try to maintain control. The majority of people in China want freedom including the Chinese military who do not receive good care. In numbers and spirit the Chinese who want freedom vastly outnumber Chinese communist torturers.

The above I paraphrased from Kathleen’s speech. Now I would like to quote the next part:

“Einstein said that the imagination encircles the globe. Envision the world as a powerful circle around China. Many members of the global civilized community are lovingly present with the Chinese people and are horrified that your own countrymen would inflict atrocities on their own people. You, the Chinese people, are our global brothers and sisters- we are one in partnership with you for peace and freedom on your land. Together, with you, we will imagine China’s communist catastrophe disintegrating into dust. We call on your wise and loving ancestors to correct the communists, reverse their damage and restore human dignity to all Chinese people. Until communism fully dismantles, reach from your hearts into the earth’s heart to draw loving-strength and compassion from the global heart.”

If you find yourself feeling called to help with doing transfiguration work yourself or in your groups I know this will help.

I suggest starting this work on Sept. 7 on the full moon and keeping it up when you can.

As we watch the state of the world it continues to be clear that an old paradigm is falling apart. And as the old paradigm falls it is so important to have people dreaming new possibilities into being and willing to hold that dream through the time of chaos.

Set your intention and commit to being a visionary and hold the light during this time on the planet.

Set your intention to do the inner work on the path towards unconditional love. You might find yourself meeting “the demons at the gate” and being confronted with the energies of jealousy, envy, ambition, judgement, etc. You must be willing to do the work of alchemy of working within and through these inner states. The end result will be being filled with a light and loving consciousness.

You must be willing to admit that you have creative brilliance to add to the work and that you are willing to own your power and “step up to the plate” right now.

And you must not feed into feelings of hopelessness that can come if we do not see immediate results in our physical world. There is a lot that goes on in the invisible realms that will manifest when the gestation process is complete.

It is so important to learn to stay centered during these times and not lose hope. For as you lose hope you fall into the dense state that mass consciousness is in. As you hold the light you move into a higher frequency where you are fed with hope and unlimited possibilities.

The issue of dealing with a crisis of faith came up on one of my Two Year Teacher Training yahoo groups. It is easy to fall into questioning the power of our spiritual work and whether we are sticking our heads in the sand.

Elise, a brilliant teacher in New Jersey. wrote a response to this question which I found very helpful. I asked her permission to share it with you.

First she starts off by quoting Eric Pearlman. “In quantum physics if you change the behavior of one particle, another particle in a different location will instantaneously react whether inches or universes away.”

Elise goes on to share that lower frequencies entrain or attune to higher vibrations and not the other way around. She says it makes sense not to hook in to the trauma/ drama of situations but to work with the ideal. She says: “The less I hook in to the specifics of the here and now the better. Then the Divine Harmony and the Uncorruptable Love has more room to create the miracle. The spirits taught me about HOPE. It needs to be open ended or it limits what can manifest.”

She goes on to say:

“Creation is a dynamic changing thing. It makes up new thought forms that support Peace, outside of the box of anything that has happened before this. That is why History may not be useful in this endeavor. To be Visionary is to have a vision of the future. To Decree is to intend it to happen in the present and not wait for History to resolve itself. We do not have time for that now.”

“Is there a Universal Intelligence that I can Co-create with? Do I believe in the biggest miracles I can imagine? Can I rally others to believe with me and raise up the frequency? Why not? Why not now? Why not easily?”

These are questions we must answer yes to now. For to be able to truly live our lives with the understanding of the true power of raising our frequency is to put us in complete harmony with the new frequencies of the earth. I have been writing about this for the last few months.

We cannot say we want to merge with the new frequencies of the earth and at the same time question the miracles that come from doing this.

Over the years we have been doing journeys and meditations to merge with the elements earth, air, water, and fire. When we talk about the elements they are interrelated. We don’t talk about a body as arms, legs, a head, etc. We see an interconnected body.

The earth is making a statement right now with all the dramatic environmental challenges many countries are experiencing. For many water is showing us how out of balance we have become as the extremes of drought and flooding continues.

This month I would ask you to merge with water as part of the earth. In a merged state experience the interrelatedness with the earth, air, and the sun.

During your journey or meditation feel yourself coming back to a place of harmony within yourself knowing it will create balance in our outer world.

I suggest you do this on the Autumn equinox Sept. 23 as part of our world community experiencing harmony within which manifests as harmony without.

There might be other ceremonies you have performed before to honor this powerful transition time as summer moves into fall. I have found that repeating ceremonies that you have felt powerful to you is key. There is a power that continues to build in the repetition. Ceremonies that are only performed once don’t have the same impact as those that are continued over time.

I have also personally found something that all spiritual traditions have always known. If you engage the helping compassionate ancestors in your work they are a real force in helping manifest change in your life, community, and the planet.

Here are a couple of poems that people shared with me last month.

Julie wrote this at the time that I was at United Nations:

Earth you are my spirit, every mountain strong,
Every summer daydream, every sparrow’s song,
Every flower’s sweet perfume,
Every wave on the sea
Lives within my spirit.
You’re part of me.

And Eva sent in an English translation of poem written by a German poet:

All is possible,
is mysterious.
The cycle of love and pain
never ending.

Often the unweaponed heart
is standing alone
in front of important change.

The full moon is September 7 let’s add to the light we are sending to China and continue to fully embrace the planet and all of life with the web of light we have been weaving as one heart beating together.

Fall is such a powerful time of deep change on the planet. It is a time of great beauty. Change comes in many forms. Learn to stay completely centered and move with the energy of the earth. In this way we can be of true service to the earth and the spirit that lives in all things.

Transmutation News – August 2006

I just returned from New York very late last night so I am a bit spacey. But I wanted to let everyone know about my time at the United Nations.

First of all I want to thank everyone who sent prayers that people would be touched by the Medicine for the Earth work. For indeed that did happen. The lecture went very well and it was well received by everyone who attended.

I thought I would give you some of the history of just organizing the talk over the last year. For I think you will get some idea of how the spirits were working behind the scenes.

In October of 2005 I was a keynote presenter at a Health Fair that was sponsored by a college in New York. I presented the Medicine for the Earth material during my lecture. At the end of the lecture Tom, someone I had met in a workshop in the 1980’s, came up to me and asked me if I wanted to present this lecture at the UN.

I told him I would be happy to and I would contact him after I got home from teaching in Europe. So then began the journey of setting a date, which proved to be most difficult, as I have had such a full teaching year.

Originally we talked about the end of April. And it just felt like things were not working out. The only time I had free besides April was in July. So I just tuned in and asked if July 27 was free.

Once the date was set and everything was in place for me to come, I got the news that a lot of the people I would be trying to reach would be on vacation in July. I immediately started to question my judgement in committing to this date. But I really had no choice but to move forward at this point. I had to trust that the right people would show and that at least a door would open that would create the opportunity for further dialogue.

The meeting at the United Nations was sponsored by The Values Caucus at the United Nations in association with The NGO Committee on the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

The Millennium Declaration at the UN speaks to the issues of equality, freedom from hunger and violence, freedom from oppression and injustice, solidarity, tolerance, respect for nature, and shared responsibility. These are just some main headings of the declaration.

The night before my talk I met with some people for dinner. One of the women whom I met was on the Indigenous Committee and was key in helping to put on the lecture. Her name is Pam and she has been working at the UN for 12 years. She said she received many phone calls from people apologizing that they could not come to the talk as they were either on vacation or could not get off work from other jobs. But she reminded me that the United Nations had a spirit and it was alive. And that the UN was in deep trouble at the moment so that a lot of healing needed to take place. Pam felt that the timing for my visit could not have been timed more perfectly.

And this was so true. Everytime I talked with Tom he kept saying how crazy things were at the UN. Think about the timing of the talk. Everyone at the UN is busy dealing with the situation between Israel and Lebanon.

I have one student from Slovakia who is now working at the UN representing his country. He is sitting on the Security Council. And he kept telling me how chaotic the energy was at the UN.

And now Pam was reminding me of how the UN as a life force and spiritual entity needed healing. I realized the absolute perfection of the date. For it did not matter how many people attended the meeting. I had put out a request for support to all of you. That meant that thousands of people around the world were focusing divinity and perfection on the UN that day. For the Transmutation News is in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Slovakian, and Dutch.

So there was what was happening on a visible and tangible level of sharing the information verbally with those who could take the work out into the communities they worked with. And then there was the invisible work of infusing the UN, which is a living entity with the spirit of divine perfection at a time when great healing is needed.

There was a good turn out for the talk. I started by sharing how we were gathering as a community who cares about the welfare of all of life at this crucial time on the planet.

For thousands of years shamans and spiritual teachers from around the globe have offered us spiritual teachings and solutions to the challenges of life.

As our environment and the violence of war challenge us to the depths of our being it is now time for us to listen to those ancient teachings with new ears.

I began by honoring the ancestors and the descendants as well as the helping spirits.

I spoke some about soul loss/soul retrieval as I feel with all the trauma caused by violence and environmental changes it is important that the power of this work be known.

And then I spoke about the key points of the Medicine for the Earth work.

Everything manifests on a spiritual level before manifesting on the physical. This means that the spiritual work we do does make a difference and it is where we have all have power right now to create change.

I described the web of life and the work of shamans. I also talked about how shamans weave the fabric of reality and work on the invisible levels.

The toxicity we are seeing on all levels today is the reflection of our inner toxic nature. And I shared the principle of it is who we become that changes the world and not what we do.

I talked about how to transmute and transform the energy behind our negative thoughts and emotions. And I gave the examples of phrases we use everyday of how we might feel shot down, back stabbed, kicked, held hostage, feeling as if we are in explosive energy. These are terrorist terms and from a shamanic point of view this is actually happening. So how can we say we want peace and a clean environment when our behavior does not reflect a harmonious way of living?

You could tell people were moved by what I was sharing on this level.

And then I talked about working with the power of words.

I shared how we can project divinity and light and perfection on people around the world who are being challenged instead of pitying them. I have been writing quite a bit about this topic over the year on the Transmutation News.

And of course I talked about reconnecting with nature and the web of life.

Then I talked about how we can work in community and also the ceremonies we can perform. I described the formula for transmutation and creation. And then talked about the ceremonies we have performed in Medicine for the Earth gatherings and the pilot research study I did in collaboration with the University of Michigan. I shared the results we have been getting.

I talked about the paradox we are all living with as we are egoic beings who see ourselves as separate but on an esoteric level everything is perfect and everyone is divine. And it is truly our perception that creates our reality. And that part of the key to our work together is moving into a place of love and appreciation.

People were very touched and I saw heads shaking in affirmation when I talked about the division I saw in the spiritual community and how we do not know how to focus together as well as some of the more fundamentalist groups. There seemed to be great agreement in this point by watching the expression on the faces of the group present. So we have our work to do in learning how to support each other in focusing our spiritual energies to move forward and create positive change instead of judging whose work is more powerful.

I then let people ask questions or bring up issues for discussion. By the questions I could really see that people were effected by what I shared and were thinking deeply about things.

And then we ended with a short transfiguration ceremony with water in the middle of the room and ending with drinking some of the water while we shared words of power for the world and the time we live in.

Within twenty four hours of my talk I started getting messages on my voice mail from some who were present and I have agreed to consult with them on how to put some of this work into action.

After the meeting friends who came to support me along with some of the organizers went to the UN cafeteria for some snacks and to talk. Carl is the head of the Values Caucus at the United Nations and it was interesting to talk more with him and get some feedback. He also has been working at the UN for a long time. I think if I remember what he said he has been there since the 1980’s.

He commented that he could see my work being implemented if it was done in the right way meaning woven into things without spiritual terminology.

He talked about how when he has met the ambassadors one on one in social situations they are just wonderful people. But he said the UN has a very old and very rule oriented way of working with things. So they have documents that they read in which certain principles are read for certain situations.

So he said the same ambassadors that are quite open in social situations become very closed and rigid in meetings and only speak “the party line” when they talk in behalf of their countries.

But of course as we know the old rules and party lines are no longer offering solutions to the challenges we are all facing on all levels right now. Carl talked about the UN being on a treadmill now.

So we will see what happens. I felt very good about the talk and I felt participants really got what I was sharing. And I really shared basic human principles of how we can all work to change what is happening in the world right now. And I know I will keep in touch with some of the people who were at the meeting and continue to bring in the work on whatever level is possible.

So I again thank you for the personal support. And I feel we must all trust in the spiritual energy that was infused into the UN on the day from of all of you. I do believe that there was a reason that my presentation was given at such a challenging time at the UN. And we all have to trust that our work provided positive input.

I flew home from New York and I had to change planes in Dallas. As we were flying in to Dallas I could see how parched the land was. There were hundreds and hundreds of homes lined up in rows in the middle of parched land with no trees.

Seeing this scene led me to some thinking. I just wondered if all people woke up everyday and gave appreciation for their lives and honored earth, air, water, and the energy from the sun for all that was given how the landscape all around the world would change.

The spiritual work we need to do is so basic. But it takes a commitment and deep focus during these times to remember the truths.

We cannot say we want peace and a good environment to live in if we are not willing to do the work to create the inner landscape that supports that change on the planet.

Over the last few months I have been sharing with you about finding ways to fully merge and become the new, higher, and more refined frequencies of the earth.

I want to give you a report on how this work has been going for me. I have been doing all the exercises I have been suggesting to you over the last few months. What I am finding is that I feel more joy. I am laughing more. I feel lighter inside of myself. This feels so healing for me and also what I am feeding the collective energies with.

When I was a child I was filled with joy and was also in deep wonder and awe of the beauty of nature. Although I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and surrounded by buildings and concrete I could not believe the incredible beauty of the trees, plants, animals, and the sky above.

Although this appreciation of the beauty of the earth has stayed with me a lot of the joy of being alive and being part of this great earth left me. And that incredible joy has returned. My feelings of gratefulness for the gift of life are at an all time high. And I know this healing I have received effects all of life.

And it all came through journeys and meditations to merge with the higher and more refined frequencies of the earth. So I urge you and encourage you to keep up this practice which becomes a way of life no different than breathing.

One night in July I was kept up from the most amazing thunderstorm. I could barely believe the intensity of lightening in the sky. It was after midnight and there was no way to sleep in the middle of this lightening, thunder, and pounding rains. As Santa Fe has been in such drought I was so happy for all the trees, plants, and animals who were receiving the gift of nourishing water.

In my twilight state I received a glimpse into the future. I truly experienced with sight and feeling where we are moving to in the evolution of consciousness. I saw as we continue to raise our frequency we will move into becoming lighter and less dense beings. Communication through the psychic realms will be instantaneous as well as our ability to manifest light into form. Physical and emotional healing will be easier as our level of density lessens. Movement and change will be facilitated in a faster, easier, and more graceful way.

The final message I was left with was where we are moving to is so wonderful. Don’t hold on to your current way of life which feeds into denser energies. We are moving into a joyful light time. Do not be afraid of the coming changes.

The full moon is August 9. Let’s continue to weave a brilliant web of light vibrating with joy within and throughout the earth. We must remember that our spiritual work is working with invisible energies knowing that what we do in the spiritual does manifest in the physical. Let’s keep joining our hearts and spirit together in behalf of the spirit that lives in all things.

Transmutation News – July 2006

I am back from Europe and I had a wonderful trip. I hope you had a wonderful summer solstice. I completely lost track of time and forgot to acknowledge the summer solstice on the June Transmutation News. Time is moving so rapidly it is hard to keep up.

Last month I said that I would write a bit about my trip to Iceland. I really loved it there. It is a very unique part of the world and the land is quite beautiful. The land is relatively new compared to other locations in the world. What I found in this newness was a very clear psychic field. As I traveled around I could just close my eyes and have access to all non-ordinary information I was searching for. I really liked being in such a field. I felt like I could really sink my feet into connecting deep within the earth.

Fifty four percent of the residents of Iceland believe in the hidden folk. Out of the 44% who question their existence 37% are unwilling to completely discount their existence. Many of the people grew up on stories about the hidden folk so they are not willing to completely say they do not believe in them as the old myths and beliefs still exist.

I did have an opportunity to go to Elf School, which is run by Magnus Skarphedinsson. Magnus is a historian, researcher, and also a psychic. He is an incredible wealth of information when it comes to talking about the hidden folk.

We spent about four hours with him and he told one story after another. And I also had the opportunity to talk about shamanism.

Although Magnus does talk about 13 different types of elves, the existence of gnomes, dwarves, and fairies he mostly talked about the hidden people. There are three races of the hidden people and they are human like us, but the best way I can describe them is that they live in another dimension.

Magnus has a huge resource of stories that he has collected from around the world where the hidden people came through to make contact with humans of our time. He also has worked with mediums to make contact with these people.

The hidden people live a simple life and are in deep connection with the earth and honor nature. They have decided to remain hidden because they say humans of our world lie and cannot be trusted. I found that to be interesting.

There are many stories where the hidden people came through to help someone who needed help while hiking in nature and also people who needed some healing help. They seem quite sophisticated in their knowledge of healing. Many children have also had hidden people children as friends.

I asked Magnus if the hidden people had any messages for us. He said that they have stressed that we must protect nature. We must protect our karma and destiny by having good behavior towards others and ourselves. We must stop lying. We must learn how to love ourselves.

These are all things that we are all working on right now.

Iceland is a great place to visit. If you are interested in going you need to know it is very expensive so you must be prepared for that.

We stayed at a wonderful hotel in Reykjavik called the Hotel Phoenix (http://www.randburg.com/is/hotelfonix/). The hotel was the only part of our trip that was not too expensive. The owners really put themselves out to help make our trip wonderful. We have never experienced such care and service in our travels. Although they did not share our spiritual beliefs they had great fun humoring us.

Magnus Skarphedinsson runs Elf School on Friday afternoons. If you are interested in finding out more information here is the contact info for the school:

The Elfschool
Sidumuli 31
108 Reykjavik
Iceland

phone 354 (country code) 894-4014.

The current email address I have is: salo@salo.is

But please be aware that they do not answer correspondence in a timely fashion.

Although Icelandic is spoken in the country most people speak English. And our hotel owners and Magnus also speak German. There are probably more languages that they speak, but these two I know they do.

Over the last couple of months I have written about working to raise your frequency. This is such important work for the times we live in. The dream of mass consciousness is so entrenched in our psyches we must work harder to wake up. As we wake up and move into a different frequency we have a different experience of life.

As I have already written you can raise your frequency by connecting with the true vibration of the earth. So when I work with this I ask to experience the true resonance beyond the concrete and beyond the illusions mass consciousness has projected onto the earth. I ask to go beyond illusion and be connected with the true vibration and just to experience that.

I know some of my students want to connect with these new frequencies and just do not know how to do so. I think the first step is to set your intention to do so and to ask for your own personal guidance in your journeys and meditations.

Personally I find that the setting of intention is key for me. Once I set my intention my prayers are answered and I can tap into the higher frequencies when I take the time to do so.

As with everything we are working with it is all about practice.

And please remember that you are already connected to the earth and you are earth. You are connected to new frequencies and you are the new frequencies. Drop the veils of illusion and delusion that separate you from that which you are. Experience and radiate the new frequencies now.

I wanted to let everyone know that my talk at the United Nations on Medicine for the Earth is still scheduled for July 27. I do not have more information than that right now.

My hope is that spiritual work is seen as an important element to blend with the political and environmental work being done today. I also want to bring through a message of hope. I hope you will keep a good thought that the message gets through to those who attend.

I will also talk some on soul retrieval as I think that this is such an important issue that so many people are dealing with today.

I could use some support too. I feel the lecture is important and I am happy to do it. But I must admit I am nervous about it. And I trust the spirits I work with will come through to help guide me with the words needed to touch the hearts of all who are present. I know I will not be alone during my talk. I trust in my spirits and I trust in the power of love and light.

Also the new edition of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self with an added Afterword and new cover should be in bookstores around July 20. The cover is really quite beautiful and definitely holds a different frequency than the previous cover.

The full moon is July 10. Let’s continue to weave a vibrant web of light within and around the planet touching all of life with love and new frequencies to lift us into harmony and peace.

Transmutation News – May 2006

Even if I did not watch the news, just listening to the predictions of the times ahead that my friends and students talk about in conversation I can find myself moving in a state of fear and hopelessness. I listen to people predicting the demise of civilization through the bird flu, the potential of terrorist attacks, and climate changes.

I think that people are sensing a great deal of tension in the air. And also changes are speeding up. But personally I do not believe that any of us are privy to exactly how the great changes will occur. Climate changes of course are obvious – they are happening right before our eyes.

The fabric of reality as we know it is breaking down. And I keep repeating that everything manifests in the spiritual realms before it manifests in the physical.

True shamans have always worked on the fabric of the invisible worlds by weaving new patterns of harmony through the use of art, song, dance and ceremonies.

In this great time of change we must continue to do our work. I have been outlining key practices the last few months and I hope you will continue to do them.

This month spend time merging with the earth or transfiguring into earth- whichever practice you know how to do or prefer to do. If you are new to this work review the section on merging with the elements in Medicine for the Earth.

The soil is very active during this time of year as new growth is bursting forth. As you become one with earth connect your heartbeat so your heartbeats are one.

Start all of your shamanic journeys or meditation practices from this place of one heartbeat and deep connection. Once you are in this connective state embrace the earth energies with the understanding that you and the earth are one – one organism, one heartbeat.

From this place of connection ask your questions, do your healing work, and/or meditate.

If you are connected the information you need abut coming changes will be given to you. From this place of deep connection and oneness with the earth you will weather the changes of the coming changes.

And remember thoughts and words create action and form. Keep looking at the energetic pattern behind your words and thoughts. Look at how you can help to change the pattern so new forms are created.

And as I keep writing it is so important to:

Stay positive

Stay focused

Stay centered

Do your work and stay focused no matter what changes are manifesting around you. You came here this time around to be part of and to help birth a new evolution of consciousness.

The full moon is May 13. From a place of being one with the earth and heartbeat spread your light into the web of life embracing all of life with love.

Transmutation News – April 2006

When one watches the news there is so much hate and fear being reported. And we can all see for ourselves the rapid climate changes creating challenges we all have to face. The world situation can feel very overwhelming.

As I said last month it is the simple practices we do incorporate into our lives that have an impact. Last fall I took part in a ceremony at a workshop I was leading. I met a spirit who gave me an important message. He said that the purpose of humankind was to be a bridge between the heavens and the earth. He said that because we have forgotten this the earth is trying to reach to the heavens and the heavens are reaching down to the earth. Earthquakes, flooding rains, hurricanes etc, are the heavens and earth making contact with each other. If we would remember to be this bridge the heavens and earth would not have to work so hard to “touch hands” and reach each other.

Bringing attention and love to what you do as I suggested last month is definitely a powerful way to be a bridge between the earth and heaven. And we should continue living our lives in an intentional way.

Also by grounding the light of our transfigured state into our body is a way of bridging these energies.

Life on this planet is so precious and such a gift. But we forget the joy of life as we get caught up in survival. The pace of life has quickened so we forget how to appreciate the simple joys of touch, the beauty of nature, the fragrances, the incredible sounds, and tastes. We distract ourselves with gathering more and more information and forget to stop to just experience life in the moment.

To experience the simple joys shows honor and respect to nature and the natural forces. Balance is the result of acts of honor, respect, and appreciation.

Every day take a few minutes to be grateful for the simple pleasures of life. Listen to the sounds in nature, taste your food, feel and see the beauty of the earth, and smell the wonderful fragrances from a place of joy and gratefulness.

Performing ceremonies of celebration are also a potent way to create change. Ceremonies open the veils between the realms where miracles can happen especially when we keep our concentration and focus.

When we work in ceremony and with attention in our daily lives we work in partnership with the invisible worlds and helping spirits in behalf of all of life.

This month lie down and breathe and harmonize with the heartbeat of the earth. Hold a larger earth energy in your body than you are used to and bridge into that energy light, oneness, and divinity.

Let’s do the greatest ceremony we can do for the earth and earth our appreciation and prayers by planting a seed or a stone of love on the full moon.

The power of group mind is great. Let’s create a group mind that is focused on the honor and respect for the earth and all of life.

Continue to do the work of coming home to yourself and learning to center so you can ride out the storms ahead.

The work we are doing this month is the work of a gardener. Tend your garden with joy and love and reap the rewards of a beautiful harvest.

It’s the simple acts of love, honor, respect, and appreciation that create the biggest magic.

The full moon is April 13. Let’s continue to weave a web of light throughout the planet. And let’s plant our seeds of joy and love into the earth. Let’s connect our minds and hearts together to create a collective of love.