Transmutation News July 2009

Father Thomas Berry died in June at the age of 94. He was considered a leading ecological thinker and wrote a wonderful book titled The Dream of the Earth.
Throughout his life he conducted an ongoing study of the ecological nature of Earth, the way everything affects everything else. He realized then that human beings are part of a larger natural order.
"The catastrophe of our time is the loss of any real human connection to the natural world," he told a reporter in 2005.
"Trees, birds - all living things - have rights", he wrote. They require that people treat the natural world not as an object, but as a living being. "If nothing has rights but humans, then everything else becomes a victim," Berry said.


As a global community we have been working together to honor "the spirit that lives in all things". And we have been honoring our connection to nature and recognize everything in nature as alive.
It is so important to continue practices to maintain our connection and to honor nature. And we must get to a point where this goes beyond performing practices to just being a way of our minute to minute life.

This month let's incorporate into our daily practice sending love to the natural world.
Find a spot on the earth where you can send loving thoughts that spread throughout the entire earth. Blow your love into the air which circulates throughout all the airwaves. When you drink some water give thanks to all the waters of the world. And when you go outside give thanks to the sun for all the life it gives. These living beings help us to thrive and not just survive. As we continue to thank the elements which are alive we bring harmony and balance back into the environment.

Continue this work by honoring the trees, plants, the birds, animals, reptiles, fish, insects, rocks, etc. These beings are part of our global community and when we give them respect we honor the web of life.
Each day I take a short walk in nature. And I know all the trees where I walk. I am a real tree lover and spend time relating to the trees I meet along the way.
There is one tree I visit with each day. As I touch the trunk of the tree I ask the tree to send a message of love to all the trees on the planet.

All beings are connected and when you send love to one you send love to all. As we connect to nature with love on a daily basis we receive the gift of love in return. This should not feel like work but rather a way of being in the world. Just as you breathe in and out air you can also send loving thoughts to the spirit that lives in all things.

The changes that keep happening on the planet are intensifying all over the world. These changes are happening on all levels - the weather we are experiencing, economical changes, political and religious unrest. We are seeing increasing health challenges that are impacting all of life.
As we are being asked to wake up and evolve there are different reactions to wanting to keep the old versus moving forward to the new. And this is being reflected in many different planetary events.

It is important to keep observing how we are reacting to situations in our local communities and in our world community. We must continue to do the inner work to transmute our negative states of consciousness so that we are beings of light and we are being conscious changemakers.

As we approach 2012 there are a variety of predictions that we can be exposed to. I know when I celebrated my 40th birthday I was shown a vision for the future. I am 56 years old now and keep being shown the same vision.
There is a part of me that would love to write about this vision. But everytime I start to do this a voice inside of me says "no". For my own guiding spirits keep telling me the future is created by what we are doing in the present.

And as we read or hear about prophecies for the future this can actually be a distraction from our present. It is so important to stay in the present and keep up your transfiguration work and also your creation work as I wrote about in Medicine for the Earth. We must use all of our senses of seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, and tasting to create the world we want to live in now. We must bring all our work into the present and that is how we impact our future.

It is easy to get distracted by all that is going on personally and globally. It is important to contain your energy and not scatter it. Last year I suggested doing a meditation or a journey to merge with a star in the night sky. The purpose of this was to really experience how solid a star is and how it shines from within. It does not shine from the surface but rather from its depths. And by doing this the light of a star reaches many millions of miles in sharing its light.

We also want to make sure that the light we share emanates from a solid core from within. Take some time to repeat this meditation or journey to merge with a star. If you have not done this before it is a wonderful and powerful experience. Just set your intention to merge with a star in the night sky.

This experience will bring us back to a center of strength and light that cannot be damaged or depleted and that has the power to light up the world.
During this wonderful month of July go outside and find a park or place in nature where you can lie on the earth. Connect with the earth and feel yourself becoming one with the heartbeat of the earth. And dream the world you want to live in creating a world of balance, harmony, peace, love, light, and abundance for all of life.

The full moon is July 7. Let's together share our light and breathe love into the web of light that we continue to weave. And let's share our light with all in the global community who need some healing help. For those of you new to our monthly ceremonies please read the instructions in Creating a Human Web of Light on the Transmutation News page of this site.

Together we can create a healthy and loving environment for all of life. Our earth garden needs some work. Let's commit to gardening our earth garden together. We all have gifts we bring to the work. Allow yourself to feel empowered by the knowledge that you do have skills that you came here to share at this time. Do your work and as each of us works in the way we are guided we do become master gardeners of our great earth garden.

Announcements:

I was recently sent a fascinating book titled Who Stole My Soul: A Dialogue with the Devil on the Meaning of Life.

As you can tell from the title this is a book that is full of humor. It is engaging, enlightening, and beautifully written.
The book is written by Vishwa Prakash and is published by Synergy Books.
Although I don't have much time for reading these days I was joyfully surprised by receiving this book and I just loved reading it. It is really well done!

Go with the flow

Het thema van de maand Augustus is "Go with the Flow" of te wel: laat je meevoeren op de stroom. We vragen ons vaak af of we wel goed bezig zijn. Zijn we niet te introvert en moeten we meer naar de wereld toe. Zijn we niet te extrovert en moeten we ons meer in ons zelf verdiepen. En uiteindelijk zijn we altijd op een plaats waar we denken niet te mogen zijn.
De boodschap is duidelijk: laat je intuitie spreken. Voel je de behoefte om de wereld in te gaan, doe dat. Wil je juist even pas op de plaats maken, doe dat dan. Maar blijf niet hangen in het alleen maar er over denken. Op het moment dat je denken omzet indoen, stap je in de flow mee, waar die je op dat moment ook naar toebrengt.

Een vriendin van mij zei me eens, dat de rotsblokken in de rivier als obstakels worden ervaren. "Maar" zei ze, "Ga er eens op staan. Dan zul je zien dat je vandaar af verder de rivier in kunt springen..."

Zwem ze!

Transmutation News August 2009

In practicing the Medicine for the Earth principles it is important for us to keep following where the flow of the river of life is taking us.

I continue to receive correspondence from practitioners from all spiritual traditions. So many of us are experiencing different life circumstances that are drawing us within and away from focusing on the outer world.
And at the same time I continue to get correspondence from people who have been withdrawn from the outer world for years and are ready to come out and do some type of service whether it be teaching, volunteer work, healing work with clients, etc.
We are all being asked to follow the flow that life is guiding us to. Where I find the problems occurring is when people refuse to listen to the signs that are being given. For those who need to go within for awhile and don't heed the signs around them a disaster can force one to withdraw from the outer world.

And I have also seen people forced to find a way to work more in the outer world when they have gotten too attached to "being a hermit".
There is so much we must attend to in our spiritual evolution during such a time of great change. I am sure you can see that changes keep increasing and getting more dramatic. And it is so important to follow your inner wisdom and guidance right now. It is essential in order to thrive to watch omens, trust your deep inner feelings, keep listening to the inner messages you are getting.
And if you are guided to go within, go within before you are forced to follow the deep calling of your soul. And if you are being guided to do more in the outer world then do that. We each need to align ourselves with the flow of where life is bringing us. Basically we each need to respond to where our soul is guiding us to.

Working with the elements in nature is a great way to move into what indigenous people call "deep listening". Nature can move us into a trance state where our rational mind quiets down and we can listen to the deep guidance rising from within.
Sitting by running water such as a river, stream, waterfall can help you be transported away from the ordinary allowing your inner wisdom to rise up. Watching the waves in the ocean creates a state of opening so you can listen to the messages of your soul.
Finding a place on the earth where you can look out into the distance can take you away from daily thoughts and allow inner guidance to be heard.
Sitting in the breezes or winds of summer - just listening - allowing your ordinary thoughts to fly away and be replaced by your inner voice can provide guidance for you right now.
Building a campfire in a campground and gazing into the fire is an old way of moving into a deep trance where your own spirit can fill you with guidance needed to create your next steps in life. Or watching the flame of a candle can do the same.
This month use the elements of nature to move you into a place of "deep listening" where you can receive the inner guidance containing the messages of what you need to do and how you need to take care of yourself during these times.


As you know I love to write. I am on the final edits of two new books which will be published in January and March of 2010. And I have already published 6 other books. Writing is a way for me to tap into my inner guidance and deep inner wisdom. And it is a way for me to follow my passion by sharing with a global community what I learn from my own intuition as well as from the guidance of my helping spirits.

Many writers talk about having writer's block. And there were times in my life where I felt plagued by writer's block. Early on in my writing career I started to realize that there is no such thing as writer's block.
For when there are no words coming that is when there is a deep inner process of gestation happening. And I have come to realize that this is the most important part of writing. The gestation process, the deep silence, when nothing seems to be happening is when the most important ideas are being prepared to be birthed.

So over the years I learned to trust the place where it seemed like nothing was happening and there was nothing to say. For I knew that some deep process was going on inside me that would eventually be birthed. And so I stopped suffering when no words were coming. Rather I just gave in and realized that as soon as the process would be complete I would feel the rising of an energy that would bring me to my computer and then the flow into the outer would begin.

I think this is true not just for writing but all we birth into the world. For there is a process to all birthing that requires a gestation process. And I meet and hear from so many people who get frustrated when they feel that they are blocked from their creativity or from moving forward in life.
I think it is important to set your intention of wanting to receive guidance on the next steps to take in your life. And then to trust the inner gestation process that occurs where new ideas will be born from. You cannot rush the process.
For some the timing is such that a flow of wisdom and information will flow. And for some of you the process is slower and it simply has to do with timing.

Over the years I have seen many clients who were given a life threatening diagnosis by their doctor. Often a client would come to me asking if I do shamanic healing work on their behalf will they live or die?
My response to this question is that our egoic and rational mind does not always know what the next step in our healing journey is. For some it is life and for some it is death. Only our own soul knows what the next step is.
I share with clients that the shamanic work will strengthen their soul to make the decision for the next step of their process. This is also true in all transitions that life presents us with. It is really our own soul that knows what the next step is.

We are all being guided right now as we are being asked to change within and also in how we live our lives so that balance and harmony can return to the planet.
In the past I have written that the earth is giving us a wake up call. Well our own souls are asking for us to wake up now too.

Find ways to practice "deep listening". Learn to trust your own spirit that what you need to know will be revealed to you in the right timing as long as you follow the flow of where you life is taking you.

The full moon is August 6. Let's continue to gather our divine light together and weave a brilliant web of light within and throughout the earth.
And let's continue our transfiguration work to support our global community.
If you are a new reader of The Transmutation News we welcome you. And the instructions for Creating a Human Web of Light and for our monthly healing work are on the Transmutation News page of this site.

Woorden: zegening of vervloeking

De wetenschap dat woorden ons kunnen zegenen of vervloeken is al heel oud. Het staat al geschreven in de Bijbel, maar deze kennis gaat veel verder terug.
In onze cultuur gebruiken we enorm veel woorden en vele zinnen zijn als het ware voorgeprogrammeerd in onze brein: radio, televisie, boeken, liederen, politiek: de wereld draait erop.
Het wordt tijd dat we leren stil te staan bij wat we zeggen en te luisteren naar het effect, dat woorden op ons hebben.
Woorden bewegen ons innerlijk, woorden bevestigen of ondermijnen overtuigingen, woorden kunnen ons omarmen en gelukkig maken.

Probeer de komende maand eens extra aandacht te besteden aan luisteren en voelen wat woorden doen. En leer je woorden zorgvuldig te kiezen. Misschien moet je er zelfs een paar uit je woordenboek schrappen.
Ga ook eens naar die plaats waar woorden niet nodig zijn: de schoonheid van de natuur, de warmte van de zon, de geur van het bos. Stilte zegt vaak meer dan woorden. Durf weer stil te Zijn.

Transmutation News February 2009 van Sandra Ingerman

The teaching that words can either bless us or curse us is very ancient. I know many writers take this teaching from the bible. But in truth this teaching dates back further than the writing of the bible.
In our culture we tend to use a lot of words and we are entrained with different idiomatic phrases that we grew up with or heard through songs, the news, TV shows, etc.

When you begin to embrace the teaching that words can be used as a blessing or a curse it is important to stop and take time to reflect on sayings, phrases, and words that you use throughout the day.

As I continue to work with this teaching I find my listening skills becoming more acute and feeling a need to slow down and carefully consider the words I am using.
I was watching a special on TV one night where an actor was being acknowledged. I loved a phrase that he used and found his words going deep within myself. As he was growing up and watching other actors he began to see that “the great ones were lit from within”. As you have been reading the Transmutation News I keep writing about the importance of being a light in the world. And this actor’s words really hit a chord in me about the power of people who are “lit from within”.

I encourage you during this month to listen to phrases and words that seem to strike a chord in you. Try and bring more awareness and listen to the words that come out of your mouth. Notice if the words and phrases you use come from a true place of blessing within. Or do you speak phrases and words that come from habit and don’t truly reflect what you would you like to communicate and create for yourself and others.

I know so many people who are afraid to tell friends or loved ones about a new idea they have or a new project they are thinking about undertaking. For often when we share something that is considered “edgy” by others their immediate response is, “You are crazy” or “That will never work”. When we respond in this way we usually really don’t consider the excitement of the other person in following their passion. And we end up taking power from their dream instead of feeding the energy with adding our support and enthusiasm.

It is a very interesting exercise as we begin to let go of the old ways of operating in the world as I began to write about in January. Part of finding new solutions and ways of operating in the world has to do with truly looking at how we communicate. And the truth of the matter is that people in the modern world use too many words and also speak faster than they think. The result of this is creating energies that we didn’t intentionally want to manifest for ourselves, friends, loved ones, and in the world.

This month slow down and listen to your words and the words of others. Reflect on words and phrases you want to begin to delete from your thinking and your vocabulary. Reflect on phrases that will lead to your desired outcome.
We use the term “train of thought” on a regular basis. Take a minute to reflect on what this term even means. We must watch the track our thoughts and words are running on and learn to change the track by creating new tracks. With all building projects it takes a lot of energy to break new ground. But the rewards are great in learning how to focus your thoughts toward your desired outcomes. And this goes back to the words you use in your own thinking process as well as the words you state out loud.

I think one reason I like Celtic prayers and decrees as I wrote about in “How to Heal the Earth” is that the statements made empower us and fill us with hope and the feeling that we are unlimited in what we can create.
Some examples of this might look like:

May the power of the sun remind you of the creative light within.

May the beauty of the night sky fill you with wonder.

May the deep still waters fill you with peace.

May the breezes of the wind bring you messages of joy.

Blessings to you as you begin new projects.

Blessings to all of us in our global circle as we work together in support and love in behalf of the planet and all of life.

As we look at creating a new world that embraces a higher consciousness we are looking at a new building project. We do have to put energy into breaking new ground. And this begins with creating visions that are supported by a strong foundation of thoughts and words that are solid.

Unhappiness, dissatisfaction, a lack of freedom comes when we compare ourselves and our lives to others. And many of you wrote me after reading the Transmutation News in January that comparing yourself to others is a great challenge in your life. We all must acknowledge our own light and when we are lit from within our life unfolds with grace and beauty helping us to fulfill our personal dreams and destiny.

We live in a fog when we compare ourselves to others and take on the collective definition of fame, success, and happiness. When you lift out of this fog you will probably discover that it is really the simple things in life that actually create those deep inner smiles. It is something that happens in the moment that creates a feeling of joy versus trying to review your past or thinking about the future.

When the fog of the collective beliefs lift you can really get that momentary pleasures create joy such as waking to the birds singing, or feeling the warmth of the sun after the weather has been cold, watching the beauty of snow flakes falling, hearing the sounds of children laughing, or seeing a beautiful tree or flowering plant on one of your walks in nature.

As you discover this and keep your awareness on the present you will stop comparing yourself or your life to others and settle into living in the present. And this is how healing and spiritual visions come – from that peaceful, still, and quiet place.

We really need to include children into all the work we are doing together. If you have children, grandchildren, or spend time with children start to compose stories with them of what the world would be like if we all lived from a place of light, light, peace, and harmony. Teach children how to engage all their senses (as I wrote about in Medicine for the Earth) in imagining the world they would like to live in. Let’s help our children keep the light of hope burning strong.

The full moon is February 9. Let’s create some blessings to include all of those who continue to weave and create a web of light. And let’s continue to deepen our work with experiencing the web of light going deeper and growing stronger during these changing times. For the web of light supports our growth into a life filled with love, light, joy, peace, harmony, abundance, and equality for all.

And for those of you who are experiencing pain and suffering during these transitions see yourself in a global circle of light as is described on the link on the homepage Creating A Human of Light which also includes the instructions for our monthly healing ceremony.

Announcements:

Ruth Aber did receive an overwhelming response to those of you interested in the new workshop I wrote about in the January Transmutation News. My intention was to find out if I should go ahead and make plans for the training. And I did get a strong “Yes!”.

As I am in the middle of editing two books and writing the script for a Shamanic Meditation audio CD all planning takes me a bit of time. On top of these projects I am passionately engaged in my 94 year old parents who I adore are having some challenges. So I am planning the course and I hope to have an actual date and more information that I can share with on the March Transmutation News. Right now my helping spirits have been encouraging me to start in November 2009 where the winter months will support the deep inner work required.

We all give thanks and appreciation to Katharina Workmany who has been translating the Transmutation News into Portuguese for many years now. As her life is moving in new directions she can no longer keep up the translating work. And we wish her many blessings in her new life adventures.

If you are willing to volunteer your time to take over the translation into Portuguese please email Ruth Aber at: aruthabelle@aol.com. She will forward me your email and I will contact you.

There are two books I have just read that I would like to share with you.

Julie Lange is a brilliant shamanic practitioner and shamanic teacher who is listed on www.shamanicteachers.com. She lives in New Jersey.
She had the unfortunate tragedy of losing one of her son’s. She wrote a beautiful book titled Life Between Falls: A Travelogue Through Grief and the Unexpected. This book will be a help to those of you grieving the death of a loved one and will bring you hope, inspiration, and healing. You can order this book through your local bookstore. It is also available on Amazon.

Mike Young wrote a book John’s Remarkable Journey. This book is the fictional story of one man’s out-of-the-ordinary adventures discovering the ultimate meaning of his life, before his time is up. Mike has his character utilizing shamanic journeying and the powerful process of dismemberment to meet up with his ancestral connections to the Old Ones to help him achieve his final objective. This book can be ordered at your local bookstore or through Amazon.

Through the bi-monthly (publishing every two months) Workstation, Bryan Flournoy presents interviews from a pre-selected group of visionaries with a similar planetary focus, while emphasizing the importance of 'collective effort' through their articles and a virtual panel discussion. The Workstation launches February 15, 2009. Look for Bryan's interview with Sandra Ingerman along with others in the March-Spring issue bearing this theme, Transform the Outer World Through the Feminine's Inner Divine. Learn More... Visit: Bryan@the-metatelepathic-clinic.com.

Okay that is it for now. Have a great month and allow yourself to experience the love of our circle that embraces you throughout each day.

De eerste nieuwsbrief.

Vandaag is het dan zover. Ik heb de eerste nieuwsbrief van Sandra Ingerman op de blog gepubliceerd. Het zijn zeer uitgebreide stukken en ik heb er voor gekozen ze niet te vertalen, maar slechts een kleine inleiding bij iedere brief te schrijven. De reden is, dat ik vond dat de manier waarop Sandra zich uitdrukt zeer specifiek is, en zeer duidelijk. En ik denk dat wij nederlanders dat geweldige vermogen hebben om engels goed te lezen.

Het Medicine for the Earth werk is een prachtig concept. Een concept waarin positief denken en het ontgiften van onze gedachten en handelingen als medicijn voor de Aarde wordt. Want wij vervuilen niet alleen door de giffen die vrijkomen met alle industrie, maar veel belangrijker is hoe wij onze eigen omgeving ofwel ons eigen lichaam en onze eigen gedachten vergiftigen, en daarmee die van anderen.
"Verbeter de wereld, begin bij jezelf" is geen loze kreet.
Het vinden van balans, harmonie, vrede en vrijheid in onszelf is de basis voor vrede en vrijheid in de wereld.
Moeder Aarde heeft ons nodig, wij hebben ons nodig.
Sluit je aan bij het Web of Light. Verbeter de wereld, begin bij je eigen Licht.

	Transmutation News January 2009 by Sandra Ingerman Let us take a minute to wish our global community a glorious New Year! Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let’s connect together from a place of love. And after you have wished our circle blessings for a New Year extend your blessings to include all of life! All human beings have a variety of core needs. One need we all have is to feel loved. And the desire for love actually drives us in all areas of our lives. Not feeling love is what drives all misbehavior. We all seek love. And many people have forgotten how much love went into our creation. We did reflect on how we were created from true love in 2008. Another basic need humans strive toward is freedom. And freedom is what I would like to talk to you about this month. This is a deep rich topic that I can only begin to speak about. For there are so many different levels of freedom that we seek. On one level we seek the freedom from different emotional painful states of consciousness. We look for freedom from fear, and humans have all kinds of strate- gies to feel safe. The tricky side of this is that the part of us that experiences our- selves as separate from the divine will never feel safe. And all means to find safety usually create more pain and suffering. In Medicine for the Earth I wrote about Jack Schwarz who was able to heal his wounds while being tortured by the Nazis. He was able to achieve a state oneness with the universe in which there was no way to hurt him. While Jack Schwarz was in this state he could not be in an egoic state feeling fear. The state of oneness had to be complete for such a miraculous act to occur. For many of us on a spiritual path we go back and forth between separate states of consciousness and divine states. The mind comes in and tells us all the things we should fear. And then divinity comes in and says fear is an illusion for as a spirit we cannot die or be hurt. We waver back and forth. And true freedom comes when we can be released from this wavering back and forth. One key is for us to choose spiritual practices that we feel passionate about committing to that will lead us to a deeper state of experiencing a state of oneness in every cell of our being. This of course is a work in progress. Our egoic thinking mind is great at listing all the things we should fear as well as listing all the reasons that living a life filled with love, joy, light, unity, peace, health, wealth, and success are impossible. It is amazing the beliefs that we hold that regularly sabotage us. The collective has done a magnificent job in brainwashing us to believe that we do have not our full power to be a creative genius in the world. At the same time society has also told us what we should desire. So we spend quite a bit of time attempting to acquire physical possessions that don’t bring us to a place of feeling true wealth or to a place of freedom. For we become a slave to our egoic desires, the need to acquire, and then to keep our acquisitions. And when we believe that others have what we perceive to be more than we do jealousy and envy start to invade our daily thoughts bringing another level of suffering. So where do we go with all of this? The key is finding balance. For we do have egos that experience ourselves as separate. And yet we are divine and in a place of divine light all things are possible, what we need looks different than when we are in a separate state, and the destiny we are evolving toward takes on a different meaning. To continue our journey toward freedom we must keep surrendering our egoic desires to the divine within. I use the words “to continue our journey” for we have been on this journey whether we have been conscious of it or not. To be walking on a spiritual path means walking toward freedom. We don’t always know what our soul’s journey has in store for us. But there are so many opportunities we are not exploring as we try to control our destiny. To surrender our destiny to our divine light brings us to truly manifesting what will bring to us true joy, wealth, and health on all levels. We are all going through an initiation. The planet is going through an initiation and we cannot separate ourselves from the whole. An initiation is an experience that takes us from the past and brings us to a new place in life that we have never experienced before. Initiations demand from us to discover new ways of thinking and moving through the world that we have never tried before. What we have used in the past will no longer work. For years we have been watching organizations whether they are business, religious, or spiritual starting to be challenged in maintaining power and their hold over us. On one level organizations give us “manuals” of how to live our lives and also how to solve different problems. I believe that one reason organizations are so challenged today is because “the manuals” for how to operate in life are outdated. We have the download of the true “manual” and “operating instructions” inside of us. I will use the practice of shamanism as an example since this is a path I have been practicing for many years now. The definition of shamanism is that it is a path of direct revelation. That means all the answers are between you and your helping spirits. So to go out and search to learn methods of healing from others versus from your own direct revelation is the opposite of the teaching of shamanism. Yes many of us want to be a circle of like-minded people and experience the power of community. And this is great. The question that remains is do you show up to circles owning your own power of direct revelation or do you look to others to “show you the way”? The work of others inspires us all and inspiration is a wonderful thing. We need to be careful to remember that we are being inspired to work from our creativegenius as others do instead of giving our power away. In my Teacher Trainings I encourage teachers to develop their workshops to help participants learn from their own helping spirits how to perform different healing methods. And I also encourage teachers to teach their workshops from their own inspiration and not to teach as I do. This is where the real power of the work is – to learn from our own spiritual source. The key is in empowering others. The same is true for being on any spiritual path. For the goal of spiritual paths is to bring us in touch with our own divinity and creative genius. All of us have the same creative potential. To believe that only some people have the answers will not move us into creating a healthy planet. Of course we all bring through different answers on different levels as we all express our unique gifts and talents. We all bring through aspects of divinity like a diamond has different facets that come together to shine brilliant and dazzling light. When we begin to surrender our destiny to the divine within we begin to manifest a new path in our lives. When we truly honor the unique gifts, talents, and strengths that we came into the world with we truly add strength to our global community. And when we all realize that inner wealth is what creates true joy then we stop being envious and jealous of others for we all are pure divine light and love. As we continue forward on working with spiritual tools we move toward a greater sense of freedom. For being tied to the external world for a sense of freedom does not bring freedom. What is needed right now is for us to start to act with spontaneity. For if we watch what life is bringing to us the energy that is manifesting in our lives is unexpected. The ego of course fears the unexpected. It is our spirit that meets the energy of the unexpected with a sense of wonder and spontaneity. Here are a couple of ways to work as we begin to welcome in the new of the New Year. In 2008 I asked you to experience how much love went into your creation. This month I would like to ask you to list qualities of the creator or creative forces of the universe you would like to emulate. And commit to yourself and to our global circle to pick at least one quality and to find different ways to manifest this quality into your life and into the world. And I want you to come up with your own unique way of problem solving. If you work with clients go within and ask for a way of working that you have never tried before. If you are dealing with a challenge in your own life I want you to go within and ask for a completely new way to meet the challenge that life has brought to you as an opportunity for growth. Throw away “old life manuals” and “operating instructions”. They have been incredibly useful and have provided you with a solid foundation that has brought you to where you are right now. Reach within for new instructions. You will be in complete awe of what you are shown. The new that is revealed to you holds the promise of new life, joy, wealth, and health beyond anything your egoic mind can come up with. As a global circle let us hold the excitement for each and every one of us as we discover the new gifts we have available to us. For the universe will meet the energy of our excitement. The universe will give us what we call in the world of business “a challenge grant”. It will meet and excitement and give us more opportunity to expand from where we are. Imagine the match from the universe coming from the excitement of our global circle versus just from one of us. We really need “to get” the power that we have as a community to support each other on a personal level and also to manifest true health and harmony for the planet and all of life. I have been very happy with the results I have seen from teaching Medicine for the Earth. I love teaching the gathering myself and continue to hear wonderful results of the work from my own students as well as from people who have trained with other teachers. And we continue a Medicine for the Earth reunion each year where there is core group who regularly show up and we welcome others who would like to join us in deepening the work. I have been feeling I want to try to go even deeper. And I have been thinking about this for a year now. I finally am coming up with a way I would like to proceed. The work I have been writing about in my books and The Transmutation News was profoundly influenced by my journeys with Isis and Osiris. My Medicine for the Earth work was directly born out of my Egyptian connections in the spirit world. And then I found that what I had written was also work that was written about by a variety of writers in the 1930s – 1950’s. I know the unlimited potential that can come from working within on the inner landscaping that is needed to give birth to the fruits of the world we wish to live in. And I also know how much practice went in to what the ancient civilizations were able to accomplish. We all are doing the practices we feel passionate about to change ourselves, which changes the world we live in. And at the same time our lives are filled with distractions. It is part of living in a modern culture. I often wonder about the results that I could accomplish if I had no contact with the outside world. And that is not my destiny. I would like to work with a group who really is willing to commit to a circle to work with creating the inner landscape needed to give solid results in the outer world. The goal would be to learn the difference between the desires of the ego and replace those with our guidance from divine will. To really look at how we can concentrate our thoughts and words so that we can produce our desired goal. And to work together in full support of each other so that each person’s goals are exponentially met by the group’s energy. This means that we all need to work through together issues about how we compare ourselves to others and move into states of jealousy and envy. Simply the group would commit to work with creation and manifestation practices as well as practices to truly use the power of concentration and focus where our thoughts are words are in alignment with what we want to produce. We will work with personal goals as well as healing for the planet. And I know we have been doing this work together as a global community. But I would like to bring a group together to meet and to really devote themselves to the work and commit to a circle. The group would meet in Santa Fe for four days and then we would continue our work together through teleconferencing. But we would stay committed as an ongoing group. I am trying to get a sense of how many people would be interested in being part of this course. If you are interested please email aruthabelle@aol.com and just say you are interested. I will of course post the workshop and open it up to all of you. I am just trying to get a reading on the interest level. The full moon is January 11. Let’s add excitement and passion to our monthly ceremony of creating a human web of light that we continue to weave together as a global community. And let’s continue to support our global community with using spiritual light to help those in our circle who need healing. Instructions for both ceremonies are on the homepage under Creating A Human Web of Light. I have deep hope and hold a lot of excitement for all we can accomplish this year!