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Transmutation News – March 2007

As we begin to move into spring, it seems like this winter has passed very quickly.

This winter has seemed to be very intense for people. I do not believe that I have heard so many people going through difficult times as I have been in touch with these last few months.

It seems to me that as we are all growing and changing there is a lot of transformation happening on very deep levels. And this has not been an easy time for many.

Some of you who have been writing to me are going through the opposite. You have been through tough growing pains and are now getting the rewards of all the healing work you have been doing.

The one thing we can always be sure of in life is that everything changes. There is a natural ebb and flow that we are part of.

Last year Isis told me that I needed to teach people how to surf. And I feel that is what I have been doing. There have been intense winter storms in many parts of the world. But as I am in touch with so many students there are also intense internal storms that have been touching many also.

These storms are creating giant waves of energy to ride. I have found myself challenged by new energies that I have had to ride these last few months. And I have had to work harder than usual to stay centered and focused. I have been so grateful to have the spiritual practice I work with and the love of the spirits around me. For I truly trust that I am being held always in the loving arms of the universe.

Those of you reading this website have tools to work with. And if you are facing challenges in your life right now it is important to work with the spiritual practices you have learned.

I know during challenging times it is hard to stay focused. But it is so important to remember that the only way out is through. Even if you can only do one small thing each day to keep your energy moving that is great.

I find myself doing more physical exercise as this helps to keep my nervous system in balance as I work through the intense energies I feel are present in my life.

And I also think it is so important to remember that you not only being held in the loving arms of the universe but also being held in the collective love and divine light we have created as a community.

I have found over the last few months that the power of my long distance healings have grown stronger. So I do believe that we can create a lot of healing as we focus our energies together as we work outside of time and space.

On this note I have decided to add a practice for us to do on the full moon. We will continue to weave a web of light within and throughout the planet. And to that I would like to add doing a monthly healing circle for those reading the Transmutation News who would like some support during these changing times.

And here is how I envision such a circle. I suggest that on the full moon, at some point during the day or evening, everyone who feels that they need some healing help to imagine yourself lying down in the midst of a loving circle of our community. Remember we are an international community with people reading the Transmutation News in many different languages.

And I will call upon those of you who feel that you can do some work in behalf of our community asking for help. At some point during the day or evening you want to imagine that you are standing together in an outer circle of helpers. As we are working outside of time and space the time you do this does not matter.

Do your transfiguration practice where you go inside and experience that you are source and divine light and perfection. You can experience yourself as a being of light with your hands facing towards those lying in the middle.

In doing this work we acknowledge the divine perfection of all lying in the inner circle. On one level they might be experiencing suffering. But it is important to remember that on a spiritual level we are all divine light with the ability to transform whatever energies are effecting us in our lives. And by doing our transfiguration work we lift all asking for help to a higher frequency.

I would suggest we do this every full moon. As the full moon is early this month and is March 3 some of you might not have read this page yet. So I suggest we do the healing circle again on the spring equinox which is March 20.

We are moving once again into a cycle of rebirth and spring. And it is important to tend our gardens and plant our seeds. It is so important that we truly believe in every cell of our body that we are creating a good and healthy garden. The seeds we plant are our intentions.

Spend some time this month getting clear on your intention for your life and for all of life on the planet. Really meditate and journey on the intentions you want to see grow. Look at the beliefs you are holding that might block the growth of what you want to experience manifest in your life.

Do some work on letting these beliefs go. You can put your blocking beliefs into the fire asking fire to transform the energy into light and love. You can blow the beliefs into the air through blowing bubbles asking for the energy behind your negative beliefs to be transformed into light and love. You can bury them in the earth knowing the earth will compost the energy and turn the energy into light and love. You can ask water to wash and purify your beliefs into energies of love and light.

Use your imagination – the key point is to do the work of purification so you are ready to plant your intentions that you want to see manifested in spring and summer.

Remember in the January Transmutation News I wrote about how the earth expresses beauty. All the energies we are experiencing right now whether they are joyful or painful can be transformed into great beauty.

As we are moving into a new cycle this is a good time to merge with earth where you live. Learn about the changes the earth is going through by becoming earth. Experience how the earth births new energy into great beauty.

And as a world community let’s plant our intention on the spring equinox knowing that we are tending a garden of great beauty.

A friend and student sent me a quote that I wrote in 2004 that I think is timely for some of you. With all the news that can be so distracting and disturbing right now, we must focus on not getting lost in the chaos of our times and continue to tend the garden. New life will be born out of the chaos. Our role is to stay focused on the tending.

The full moon is March 3 and there will be a total eclipse of the moon on this day. So let’s continue our work of weaving a beautiful tapestry of light within and throughout the earth.

Transmutation News – February 2007

As the month of January began and the New Year celebrations started settling down I received emails from different people stating predictions that 2007 would be a great year.

From a spiritual perspective all years are good years as we grow and change from the energies we continue working with and what life brings to us.

There does seem like there are more and more people becoming interested in some kind of spiritual work. This means that more and more people are awakening to a different way of living and to new perceptions.

And we know that as we continue to wake up to a new way of life, we must leave a lot of our old life behind. And this of course is not always easy. We start to feel as we cannot control everything as we used to think we could and we must surrender to a higher power.

In my journeys I have seen that now more than ever we must link together as a collective spiritual force as more and more people begin to wake up to a spiritual way of being. For there will be great change and transition and we must hold the space during this crucial time.

I have been leading teacher trainings over the last few years. And one of the hardest concepts for me to get through to others is this concept of holding space. This is one of the greatest roles of a teacher and a healer. As it all happens on an invisible level it is hard to describe the process of how to do this.

I do believe that so much of it has to do with setting an intention to do so. And then we must hold our attention and awareness to holding a collective space filled with light.

It is similar to what we have been doing with creating a human web of light. But in this case we keep that light shining throughout the day as we are setting a container for the collective. And the more we can link together on psychic spiritual realms collectively the stronger this container will be.

This creating a container and holding the space stays steady as storms on all levels move through creating change. Whether the storm occurs in our physical world or in the collective unconscious we must keep a strong container of light holding the space allowing changes to keep flowing. In this way consciousness can change and transform with fluidity. The river of life takes us through many changes. Some times the river is turbulent and the ride is very rocky and sometimes we go through those very smooth currents. We must learn how to stay centered and move through whatever current we are in as well as help the collective ride through the currents of life and changes in consciousness.

In my book Welcome Home I wrote about a message I had received from Isis. I wrote that book during the first war in Iraq. Isis shared with me the importance of needing people who were willing to keep tending the garden.

This was a very clear and important message for me to get out into the world then and it remains an important message for now. One way to keep tending the garden is to keep up our personal spiritual work of shining our light in the world and creating a container of love, honor, and respect for all of life. And we must continue looking at how we can live our lives in a state of harmony with nature.

Another way we can continue tending the garden is to keep holding the space as others on the planet move through different shifts and changes.

We must also continue to take care of ourselves. Continue your practice of absorbing light from the air you breathe, the water you drink and bathe in, the food you eat, and the sun that provides the energy for life.

And we are spirits in human bodies. As we keep raising our frequency through our spiritual work we must keep strengthening our bodies. For your body is the container for your spirit.

It is crucial to keep transmuting the energy behind our problematic thoughts, attitudes, and belief systems. Watch the words you are using which also effects the collective web of life. Remember abraq ad habra – I will create as I speak.

Keep using your imagination to see, hear, feel, smell, and taste a world filled with peace, harmony, love, unity, and equality.

Review the formula for transmutation and creation: intention + love +unity + harmony + concentration + focus + imagination. See what elements of the formula you need to deepen your work with.

Let’s set our intention to link together as a world community and create a container of love and hold the space for all in the world today during these times of transition. For we are transitioning into new levels of consciousness and a new way of life.

And of course let’s continue to weave a brilliant web of light throughout the earth on the full moon which is February 2.

Keep up your practice of transfiguration and keep shining your spiritual light with each breath and step you take.

Transmutation News – January 2007

There is always a sense of excitement as we begin a New Year. For a New Year brings hope of new opportunities and unlimited possibilities.

In December I had time to reflect a bit on the cycle I have been in and what is ending in my life. For life is filled with many little deaths and transitions.

Since I was a child I had many out of body experiences where I went to ethereal realms and experienced the love and light of the creator and a state of oneness. These experiences came through three near death experiences and also through experimentation with psychotropic drugs.

In the 1980’s I took a shamanic journey and went to the being I called God. I asked God why I could only experience him (God was a “him” to me at that time) through Near Death experiences and drugs. I wasn’t sure if I would get an answer to my question but I did.

The answer that I received is that as long as I have a body the only way to experience God was to journey as deep within myself as I had been journeying outside myself during my near death experiences and my ego death experiences that drugs facilitated.

Since the 1980’s I have been exploring for myself how to do that. I understood the message as soon as I received it and knew the truth of it, but didn’t really know how to do this.

The transfiguration work has been a very powerful way for me to do this work. For with transfiguration there is no place to go. We just drop the body and the mental states that keep us separate from our own spiritual light and a state of oneness.

As 2006 ended I had announced to all my students that after over twenty years of teaching and traveling it was time for me to take a mini sabbatical in 2007 (I am still doing some teaching). All my teacher trainings are over and there are about 200 wonderful beings I have shared everything I know about teaching shamanic journeying and healing.

It just feels like an end to a cycle for me. So I started to journey on this. I was immediately taken to become one with the earth. I felt as if I had become a leaf that had fallen from a tree in autumn and was now dissolving back into the earth and adding food to the soil so that a new expression of beauty could burst forth.

I also felt as a flower that had dropped all its seeds so that new plants could grow and that the blossom and petals of the old flower went back to feed the earth. Again the petals would create food for the earth that would create new life.

Over the years I have done many journeys to merge with earth. But somehow this felt a bit different. For this time I was seeing how by letting go of what I have been provides food for the earth for a new expression of beauty.

And this new cycle of looking at how beauty is expressed through the earth is a shift in direction than it has been for over 50 years of my life. For I have always experienced the beauty of God or the creator has created.

And although I have taught endlessly how the earth creates beauty it feels like a time to learn really “how” the earth expresses beauty. For just as I am a divine being one with the creator or power of the universe so am I one with the earth. And all express beauty in many forms.

I have always taught that I feel the reason we chose a body and to be born on this planet was to learn how to manifest spirit into form. And I have always looked at this from the viewpoint of how the creator manifested form and looked at the void outside of me as the place of unpotentiated energy where all is created from.

Now I am experiencing the void of the earth and the deep rich place where beauty is naturally expressed from. I am reminded of writing all my books where what I wrote emerged from a deep inner landscape within myself.

Our creation was inspired by the heavens. And our bodies are born of the earth. We are earth. I have used the metaphor many times that it is obvious our fingers are not separate from our body. If one finger drops from our hand it cannot survive on its own. In the same way we are an expression of the earth and one with the earth. We move together as one.

A couple of years ago during a ceremony I met a spirit who shared with me why we were having so much violence expressed through the weather. And I wrote this on a previous Transmutation News.

He said that humankind was always meant to be a bridge between the heavens and the earth. And as we are not being that bridge the earth is trying to reach to the heavens through events like earthquakes and volcanoes and the heavens are trying to reach to the earth through hurricanes and flooding rains.

He said that if we would remember and again be a bridge between the earth and the heavens the intensity of the weather would end and harmony would return.

I wrote about being a bridge in the December Transmutation News. And being a bridge means to have strong connections. So in the sense as I am writing here having strong connections with both the earth and sky.

We go through many different cycles in life as we are beings of nature. And everything on this earth goes through cycles.

As you look at earth, earth is always expressing beauty that comes from deep within. We are earth and we must remember that part of being earth is to express our own inner beauty. We spend so much time looking outside of ourselves and forget the pure power that comes from within.

In beginning the New Year take some time to look where you are in your cycle. For we are all at different points in our cycle. For me I have dropped my seeds and now it is time for me to gestate a bit.

Some of you have been gestating and it might be time for you to burst forth in this year.

How balanced are you in bridging the heavens and the earth? Have you been balancing your work of transfiguring into spiritual light with being fully in your body and expressing that beauty and light in the world?

We have so much potential in our lifetime. There is so much for us to create and experience. And we sell ourselves short by not believing in our potential. We continue to buy into the trance state of the ordinary world that everything we need lies outside of us and that we must depend on authority figures who know more than we do.

In truth everything lies within. But there are cycles we must honor. If we keep birthing the new without taking the time for regeneration we burn out. If we keep waiting for others to birth the new and don’t honor the beauty, power, and strength that lies within us then illness on emotional and physical levels occur as we do not honor the need to move and express our energy.

As we know energy does not die it is always moving. Energy regenerates itself and then expresses itself.

Look at where your energy is at and honor the cycle you are in right now. This is an exploration that will give you a great start to the New Year.

The weather changes around the world are caused externally by global warming. The weather is getting very extreme in many places. Some places are much warmer than usual. In some places the winds are coming through as they never have before. Rains and storms are more extreme.

All of these changes also reflect back to us the work we must all do to re-center, rebalance, and return to a state of peace and harmony. It is a time for us to teach and share the importance of honoring all of life and the power of love. And it is important for all beings to understand that we are not separate from each other. As I said earlier we must all learn how to be a bridge between the earth and skies.

We can learn a lot about the coming times and changes by merging with the elements where you live. I know I have encouraged you to do this before but it is very important to keep up these journeys or meditations. As you merge with earth, water, air, and fire you will learn about the changes being asked for in bringing harmony back within and without.

The full moon is January 3. Let’s continue the graceful energetic spinning work of weaving a web of light within and through the earth. And as a spiritual community let’s set an intention and commit to expressing beauty and light in the world with each breath and step we take on this great earth.

As we begin the New Year I want to give many thanks of appreciation to all who help to make the information on the Transmutation News available to a worldwide community.

I want to thank Bob Edgar the webmaster of this page. We have been working together since the inception of this website and I am in deep appreciation for his continued help.

I wish to thank Eva Ruprechtsberger who manages the team that translates The Transmutation News into different languages so that we can really join together as a world community. Thank you Eva!

And here are the translators who volunteer their time to bring the Transmutation News to a global community. Many thanks to you for your support and the work you do. I know it is a lot of work and I give thanks for your dedication:

Linde Stecker translates the Transmutation News into German.

Nello Ceccon translates it into the Italian.

Malou Thein translates it into French.

Catharina Delmarcel translates it into Dutch.

Katharina Workmany translates it into Portuguese.

Ines Fermosa translates it into Spanish.

Zora Fresova translates it into Slovakian.

I know we are all grateful for the great gift to transcend the obstacle of language and have a way we can join together in our spiritual work. And this is made possible with the help of our generous translators.

Let me remind you that it is so important to keep up our creation work. For we are the dreamers and creators of our world. Use your senses of sight, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting to experience fully the world we want to live in as if it is all here now. That is how our world is dreamt into being.

Transmutation News – December 2006

In the last few months I met hundreds of people through all the workshops that I led. In my time with so many students I was able to get a sense of where people are still getting stuck with some of the spiritual work we are doing together as a community.

In working with the Medicine for the Earth material we are working in an esoteric way. This means getting comfortable with different paradoxes in life. On one level we are separate beings who experience pain and suffering. On another level we are divine and beings of perfect spiritual light.

Most of us dance back and forth between the two levels of duality and non-duality. It depends on how clear we are at different times of doing our spiritual work. This is normal as we fall prey to the denser states of consciousness of our collective world.

When we perceive life from a place of non-duality, a place of oneness there is no illness only divine perfection. When we perceive people in their divine perfection we allow them to lift up into their own spiritual light and out of a dense state. In this way of working we are not doing anything to them or sending any energy or healing to them. We are just changing our perception of how we view them knowing that this makes a difference.

The nature of being human is that we project onto others. The truth is that you are going to project on to every living being. You have a choice. Do you want to project suffering onto others sending them deeper into their hole? Or do you want to see them as divine beings who have the strength to rise above their situation? You are going to see people one way or another. Why not make the choice to see people as spiritual light who have the capacity of healing and changing their situation?

In this way of working we are creating change by essentially doing nothing. You are not performing a healing on the person you are just working with your perception.

The confusion I find with some of my students is that when we see people in their divine perfection we are doing something to them or taking them to another realm. We are just looking at them through another set of eyes. And from the spiritual teachings from around the world this is enough to help a person rise up out of a dense state of consciousness into a lighter state. Validating the inner power, strength, and radiance of another does this. If we continue to label people as ill we help to lock in the diagnosis.

I hope this makes sense.

Of course the biggest challenge with this work is when we look at some political leaders, terrorists, police who abuse prisoners, etc. Our human reactions bring us to a place of anger. And this anger actually feeds the problematic behavior.

Thomas Merton was a great philosopher and wrote many books and still has many students of his teachings. He said that any work carried out by a peace activist or humanitarian, can actually perpetrate a kind of violence against whoever the activist is tending if he/she is not coming from a place of love and peace.

When we constantly react with anger towards the behavior we observe in others we are feeding the heart of hate and not love.

For most of us this is a very difficult teaching. For we might understand that if we are angry we feed the heart of hate. But how do we change our feelings in the midst of so much injustice.

The Dalai Lama who tries to educate people about the plight of Tibetans under Chinese Communist rule does not incite anger and hate. He inspires people to have compassion toward those who take abusive roles.

Michelle Bachelet is now the president of Chile. She was once imprisoned by the former government and tortured. In her inaugural speech she talked about the need for love. Being a victim of hatred she has made a commitment to reverse hatred and turn it into tolerance, understanding and love.

Gandhi worked on many levels. He was an activist who created great change in his country through education. But he also was an activist who understood that to see peace one must find peace inside oneself.

Our task right now can seem impossible to some of us who are reacting so strongly to the violence and injustice toward all of life.

I do believe that we must continue to educate people in whatever way we can to the preciousness of life and the importance of honoring and respecting all living beings.

And at the same time we must find spiritual practices that bring us to a place of compassion.

There are meditative practices that you can explore. The way I have shared to work with this is going back to the principal of projection. For everything we are seeing in our outer world is a projection of some inner state of consciousness.

When working with projection if I get angry at an abusive police officer I need to look within and find that part of myself that I am hiding that might have wanted to be abusive at some time of my life. This is working with the shadow states that dwell within. The shadow states are the parts of ourselves that we keep hidden. But when we see these states in others we become inflamed by looking into a mirror that another person is holding up to us.

For me this is the most difficult work. For I have no tolerance for abuse of not just humans but of any form of life. As I struggle with this issue of finding compassion I feel I have no choice but to walk this path. For now I know too much of how the energy I send from my anger ends up feeding the states of consciousness in the world that I cannot tolerate.

This does not mean that I now say that abusive behavior is okay. No that is not true. But it does mean that I work with my energy so that I am not feeding more abusive and violent behavior in the world. I do this by finding compassion for what creates violent and disrespectful behavior. I do this by projecting divinity onto people I do not like with the knowledge that this creates a collective change on the planet. I do this by recognizing the state of oneness that all spiritual teachers for thousands of years have been speaking about. We are all part of one web of life and we are all connected to this web.

As we move into the winter months reflect on what you are projecting onto others. Take some time to consider whether you are feeding the heart of love and unity or the heart of hate and separation. Start to explore practices that can help you heal these states of separation.

You can work with the material in Medicine for the Earth. I hope what I wrote inspires you in some way. And of course you can explore other traditions that teach about compassion practice.

If we want to see an end to abuse and violence we must look at the places inside of ourselves that hold these states. And we must release them. And we must look at how we can be a positive force with our children and within our communities to create change. This means finding ways to educate people and raise their state of consciousness.

Recently I merged with Isis and brought her through to speak to one of my groups. She talked about when we say we are willing to be a bridge between the spiritual realms and our communities we have to work on creating stronger connections.

She asked us to think about a physical bridge. If the bridge is missing the material it is made of at any part of the bridge people, cars, trains, etc. will fall through. She said all the connections must be strong.

If we think of ourselves of being a bridge to different levels we must look at how strong our connections are with the spiritual realm. I know many of us move back and forth in trusting our spirits and not trusting the information we are getting in the spiritual realms. We move back and forth between trusting ourselves and not trusting ourselves.

Everytime we move into a place of doubt our bridge collapses.

I started to think about this and also the word connection. Personally I think we start to lose the strength of our connection as we begin to feel alone in the world. I think the feelings of being alone are a common state we all experience. When we feel alone we are no longer connected.

I am not talking about being physically alone. When I use the word “alone” I am speaking of the feelings of loneliness.

As we continue to learn how to become stronger with our spiritual practice we must learn how to recognize when we start feeling alone, isolated, insecure, left out and work through this state. The truth is none of us are alone and we are always connected to the divine and to a state of oneness.

At this time on the planet we need to stop questioning our connections to the web of life, to others, and to ourselves. When we stop questioning our connection to the spiritual realms we grow stronger in our spiritual work and can truly be a bridge and bring through spiritual energies into our world.

And as we do this the separation between the spiritual and ordinary realms collapses and we go back to how in ancient times these worlds were one. As we allow the spiritual to dance through our ordinary lives healing happens for ourselves and for the planet.

So do the work you need to do during this time of winter to really strengthen your connections. This takes intention, concentration, focus, staying in a place of love for ourselves as we work through our feelings of being separate. We must remember in reality there is a web of life we are in union with, and use our imaginations to help us to stretch into remembering our connection with the spiritual world is more real than we imagine to be possible. This will all bring about the harmony in the world we are seeking.

I received a letter from a friend of mine letting me know that I quoted the Scriptures backward in the November Transmutation News. So I wanted to give you the true quote:

“Scriptures teaches the importance of being of the world but not in the world.” What Jesus taught was to be IN the world but not OF the world. Thank you Karen for correcting me on this!

A few months ago I had the honor to read and endorse the book Grandmothers Council the World written by Carol Schaefer and published by Shambhala.

Thirteen remarkable indigenous Grandmothers from around the world, keepers of their tribes’ teachings from original times gathered together in mid-October 2004.

The wise women, curanderos, shamans, and healers of their tribe brought to the council new visions and prophecies for humanity as well as their tribes’ rich and varied sources of wisdom, and each tribe’s unique and secret teachings for living within the Divine Order of things.

I was very moved by reading the personal stories of these women. And I was inspired by the information they shared. And of course I felt they provide a wonderful example for all of us as these women from different spiritual traditions gathered together as a community in behalf of the planet.

The book can be found or ordered through your local bookstore and you can order it on Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com.

For the winter solstice, a time of deepening into the truth of who we are, reflect on the strength of your connection to the spiritual work you are involved with. If you work with others in a group share with each other your fears, your insecurities about your work knowing that the support and love of others is a great way to honor where you are at and keep you moving on your path.

If you work alone use this day to reflect on your spiritual work and do some writing or painting to express where you are.

Whether you work alone or in a group none of us is isolated. Allow yourself to feel your connection with a world community who is working with you. And honor all who are working in this way.

Take some time to honor the earth and all of life and how precious life is. Be in a place of deep love and appreciation for all you do have and for your experiences even if they have been challenging as all life experiences stimulate growth and movement.

The full moon is December 4. Let’s continue to connect with each other and from a state of oneness and divinity let’s continue to weave a beautiful web of light within and throughout our great earth.

Happy Winter Solstice!!!

To begin the New Year in January we will look at expressing beauty.

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 – June 2006

As I travel around and have conversations with people in different spiritual communities I find that there are differing opinions about the times we live in.

There are those who truly believe that the end of the world is coming and that the imbalances are too far along to be remedied. Then there are those who truly believe that all can be changed as we imagine the world we want to create.

I find myself living in the middle of these two beliefs. I do believe that the world as we know it is dying. I do not see this death as an end but as a transition from one way of life to another.

In spiritual traditions death is not an end, but a rite of passage and a transition. During our lifetime we go through many little deaths before making our final transition out of our body.

We can look to nature for metaphors and see the transition as a snake shedding her skin, a butterfly coming out of his cocoon, the seed of a new plant bursting forth from the ground. All of these are transitions that take a letting go of the old and bursting forth into new life.

I do believe that we are entering a time where we must continue to use our imaginations to create the world and the state of consciousness we want to live in. And we must also realize that there will be a transitional state between where we are now and where we are going.

How long and stressful this transition might be is directly proportioned to how asleep people are and how loud “the alarm clock” must get to wake people up.

The more we do our spiritual practice and raise our frequency we can all keep weaving a new fabric of reality with beautiful colors and textures which include a great deal of joy and grace during these changing times.

In the outer world this is an incredibly busy time of traveling and teaching for me. But when I go inside myself right now there is a deep quiet and a need to remain quiet. It feels to me like there are different frequencies we can choose to ride right now. We can choose to raise our frequency and ride a different wave of energy. It takes going within to change our choices and to shift our energy.

One way to do this is to take some time for reflection.

This month please continue to connect with the heartbeat of the earth as I suggested last month. Keep working on merging with the new frequencies that are associated with the change in consciousness being birthed into our world.

Re look at your work with the formula for transmutation and creation: love + union + intention + harmony + focus + concentration + imagination.

How strong is your ability to set an intention, concentrate, and stay focused on your work right now? Reflect on this question and meditate on any daily spiritual work you need to do to strengthen these spiritual muscles.

Do you really experience yourself being in a state of union with the divine and the web of life? Reflect on this. How can you bring more light through in your daily life?

Can you hold the energies of love and harmony within while we live in these times of transition? Reflect on whether you are really creating a foundation of love and harmony in the collective right now.

Are you staying strong in your powers of imagining and visioning a good dream for the earth and all of life? Reflect on this. How can you deepen your visioning work?

It is so important to keep reflecting on the spiritual work you are doing. For this work does make a difference. But it is important to keep deepening the spiritual states of consciousness you hold throughout the day. This is what continues to raise our frequency and create the changes we all long for in our lives.

I wanted to let you know that I am scheduled to lecture at the United Nations the end of July on Medicine for the Earth. My goal is to bring through the importance of bridging spiritual work into all the work that is being done to help the environment and human rights as well as the rights of all of living beings.

I hope you will keep a good thought. I will let you know more information as I have it and will give you more details on the July Transmutation News.

And again I wanted to remind everyone of the conference I will be part of in July put on by the Society of Shamanic Practitioners. I wrote about this last month, so you can look at the write up on the Transmutation News May 2006.

The full moon is June 11. Let us keep weaving a brilliant web of light within and throughout the earth.

Remember that we are birthing into being a beautiful world for all of life with every thought and every breath we take. Hold this precious web of life in your heart in every one of your waking moments.