Category: 2023

Trust Your Intuition

24.11.2023

2023, Journey

Journeys #28

We all come to times in our life when we don’t know which way to go forward. Sometimes, when these difficult choices happen, there’s not been a lot of time for preparation. You are left feeling as if you are disconnected from everything you know and love, that you are just spinning around and around, unable to accept any of the choices on offer.

Other times, the choices are clear: this way, or that way. Sometimes these choices are thrust upon you, and sometimes you are the one who instigates the possible changes in your life.

There are many reasons that difficult choices come into your life, but when they do, it’s very rare that life will remain the same regardless of which direction you choose. Often it comes down to moving forward into lands unknown, or staying where you are and where you feel safe and secure.

These are choices that you are able to make. These are choices that only you should make. You are responsible for you, and it is never good to take a path driven by someone else’s dream and then find that it wasn’t the right path for you.

When you’ve gathered all the practical physical information you need to help you choose, and that path is very clearly in front of you, and yet you still are unsure which way to go, intuition – gut-feeling – is usually the best direction to follow. Sit down and relax, go into meditation, and consider your choices. Take note of what you feel in your body. Where do you feel it in your body? Does one choice feel heavier than the other? Does one choice make you feel energised or relaxed? Get to know how your body reacts in certain circumstances. I know that for me, a wrong choice feels as if I have horrible gas building up in my stomach, pushing up towards my throat; however, I have to be careful, because I also know that this is the reaction when I don’t want to do something the rest of my body and mind tells me is the right choice.

Another way is to ask your Higher Self for guidance – and again, it is often in your body that you feel the response.

Choices are hard, and if you get it wrong, there is only you to blame, so it makes sense to use every tool at your disposal to help you get it right.

And if all else fails – go flip a coin!! Honestly though? That’s not the best idea, but if you are really stuck – at least there’s a 50% chance it will give you the answer that feels right!

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Seahorse

21.11.2023

2023, Animal Medicine

Animal Medicine #20

Have you heard the Japanese story of how a dragon accidentally lost an ear? It fell off and landed in the sea – and that is how seahorses came into being. Because of this, the seahorse is the symbol used in Japan for people who are deaf.

They do look a bit like baby dragons, and I certainly prefer that picture to the one of fierce, giant seahorses in Greek mythology who pull the chariot that is ridden by Poseidon. Whatever the story is that we tell ourselves about seahorses, there is no doubt that they are beautiful, fascinating, and mystical creatures.

Seahorse is, perhaps surprisingly for a fish, a poor swimmer! He can move forward, backwards, up, and down, but it’s not easy. He prefers to float with the current. They also need to eat frequently – up to 50 times a day in order to replenish energy.

When we are in ‘drift’ mode, we still need to replenish our self with good food, exercise, and rest. We can allow ourselves to go with the flow, but also need to be consciously aware of the current and be able to recognise the right time, and place, to anchor yourself and focus on your goal. To do this you need to be persistent yet flexible.

The seahorse is the only creature where it is the male who gets pregnant. In every other species it is the female. He carries the eggs in a pouch on his tail that is the equivalent of the female uterus complete with placenta. It is the male that goes through the pains of labour and gives birth to up to 1,000 baby seahorses! With this he reminds us that it is OK when things seem out of whack – sometimes, that is exactly the way it is meant to be.

For us humans, this message shows that whilst there are definitely times when we need to work hard to maintain our place or goals in life, there are also times when it is OK to relax and see where life takes us. We need to understand when to stop procrastinating too long in a place that makes you feel safe, and when to let go and continue the work needed to make dreams into reality.

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Receiving from Angels

17.11.2023

2023, Journey

Journeys #27

Today I have been talking with an angel.

Not all angels are heavenly creatures with wings. There are quite a few – more than we imagine – that are Earth Angels: people who, despite their own sometimes dire situation, still go out of their way to help others. People who just energetically GLEAM!

I know of people who make sure that the elderly have a warm, nutritious meal – when they are sometimes even older than the people they feed! I know people who give up their time to nurture animals that have been hurt or lost. I know of many such people who are unable to give financially, but who give so very generously of their time, and their skills. I know of people who have busy lives with work and family, but who will still stop and help someone who needs assistance. My home town is filled with such wonderful people. It’s what keeps this small community alive.

We are so often told only of the horrors of modern life – the hardships, the injustices. News media tell us of the difficulties people face, and all the while it is easy to see that the news reader’s concern is a mask, worn for the camera.

The angel I spoke with today is a lady who is doing it very tough, about as tough as it gets, yet she is concerned about other people. She has a beautiful smile in her care-worn face, and even though she lives a million miles from me, I can feel the love she holds for the humans of this planet. Even as she reaches towards the end of her life here on Earth, she is asking, “What can I do in the time I have left?”

It’s easy to watch the news on TV and see the horrors, and feel bad – and then just get back to our normal life, thankful that these hardships are not ours. But, for as long as we keep doing that, these hardships will continue. We each need to become one of the Earth Angels who help, and if we cannot, physically, for whatever reason, offer help ourselves, then let us make sure that those who do, know that they are so very appreciated.

Today, I ask that you reach out to an Earth Angel near you and just say, “Thank you. You are appreciated.”

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Camel

14.11.2023

2023, Animal Medicine

Animal Medicine #19

I once rode a camel in Tunisia, and I know why they are called “Ships of the Desert.” I was definitely sea-sick during that ride and absolutely sure I was going to pitch completely over-board when this wonderful lady first stood up. The back end went up first and just as I was squealing and thinking that I was going to do a face-plant in the sand, the front end also, majestically, rose up. Me, sitting on her back, was far less majestic especially as she turned her head and blew me a raspberry! This camel was laughing at me!

I have carefully kept my distance ever since.

The Ship of the Desert represents the illusion of life. The beliefs we hold that we project into our world as mirage. Is the mirage truth, something nebulous we are aiming for, or something that is hidden over the horizon and only brought into our field by the sorcery of science or magick?

Whatever the illusion is, when camel pays us a call we need to recognise that we are on, or about to start, a long journey. That journey is more than likely not going to be in the physical world, but in the emotional and/or spiritual realms. You are at a point where you really need to focus, because the illusion is showing us that your focus is wavering or even lost.

You may be wondering where this journey is going to take you. It is an internal journey that leads to empowerment, and the recognition that you are the leader in your life. You make the choices, and you take the responsibility for the actions you choose. This journey is to help you to understand yourself, and gain clarity for the direction you want to travel through life.

With camel as a companion, you know that you are well-equipped for that journey you are about to undertake, however harsh it may become, and preparation is going to be very beneficial. Camel thrives in difficult terrains and can give us many tips for our survival, and the biggest one is to preserve your energy. Some beliefs state that we come into this world with a finite amount of life energy, and when we have used it all up, we die. But we can preserve that energy, maintain it, and enrich it. To do that we need to look to the health our of bodies from the physical, emotional, and spiritual standpoints. This journey requires that you provide good nutrition, appropriate exercise, and rest in meditation and in sleep. To discover whether or not you are using your energy wisely – a good place to look into, is how much your ego is involved in your every day activities. Do you even recognise when ego is involved?

The reason for this journey is to look deep within at the burdens you carry. What fears do you hold, and is it now time to release them? What is your Truth? Do you have people around to you support you, and what do you need from them in that support? Seek within for times of independence, of when you stood in your strength, and when you persevered in your beliefs even when your focus was challenged.

This journey, if you are willing to undertake it, can be difficult, but can provide a huge growth opportunity.

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Great Adventure

10.11.2023

2023, Journey

Journeys #26

When you think of setting off on a Great Adventure, what comes to mind? I’d like to bet it involves travelling somewhere. I know that one of my Great Adventure dreams is to travel from Australia to somewhere in the Arctic Circle and to lie on the ground and look up to the Aurora Borealis.

Realistically, that is never going to happen. Often we never get to go on those Great Adventures simply because of the cost, the time involved and many other factors and, because we are focused on such big dreams we often miss the great adventures that we have in our everyday lives.

This morning I pulled an Oracle card for myself. Yes the card was named Great Adventure. Then, talking to a friend, she told me her guides had a message for me… and a short time later another friend told me of an idea… This was Spirit pointing me in a direction where I could be of great use within my local community. It’s not something wild and new, it’s unlikely to involve travel, it’s a role that I am very capable of doing – I already hold all the skills needed, so it could be thought of as another volunteer job, or an opportunity. BUT it could also be a Great Adventure!!

Seeing something as a Great Adventure is more a matter of intention than actuality. Doing the laundry could be a Great Adventure if you let your playful side loose as you do the task.

Let me know what Great Adventures you went on today!

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Peahen

07.11.2023

2023, Animal Medicine

Animal Medicine #18

We cannot deny that the peacock is a magnificent bird. He patrols his home territory, making a fine display of that wonderful and amazing tail. He is king of his realm and takes pride in displaying his crown of eye-filled feathers.

The ‘eyes’ on his tail represent, for us, our Third Eye psychic abilities and our connection to our inner self, but it is the peahen – the female – that is symbolic of the sacred qualities of our Soul.

We humans, have a habit of focusing on the obvious. The stuff that can’t be missed once we have seen it. Sometimes this is good, sometimes not so good. Especially when Ego gets involved. Like the peacock’s tailfeathers, Ego has an important role to play in our survival, but sometimes it gets just too pushy. It wants to fluff itself out and strut its stuff for all the world to see.

The peahen, in comparison, can appear drab. She doesn’t have the wonderful flashy tail, she doesn’t shout quite so loudly, but that doesn’t mean that she can be overlooked. She is still regal, and very definitely knows that she is important in her world. She is inquisitive, docile, and will not instigate an attack, yet she is also very confident that if threatened, her scream will alert others of danger.

Peahen tells us that it is the internal work that is the most important. The work we do within our Self towards gaining understanding of who we are. She tells us that working towards a deeper understanding of Self, of working consciously towards understanding which of our quirks are holding us back or enabling misunderstandings, is essential internal work for all who want to continue to grow on their spiritual journey.

She tells us to love your Self – quirks and all – and don’t let insecurity stop you achieving your dreams.

You are not your tail feathers. It is the inner you that makes you worthy, not that which you show to the world.

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Cultivating Prosperity

03.11.2023

2023, Journey

Journey #25

In Journey #12, I talked about “Cultivating Riches”. I talked about how rich our personal lives can be when we fill them with dreams, and knowledge, and hugs. You could say it was about the emotional riches of our individual lives.

Cultivating prosperity is, a different kettle of fish! This is about doing the work we need, not just for building our personal richness-filled lives, but in building the prosperity of our species. And I do not mean financially. I mean as a successful, flourishing, thriving race of homo sapiens who can interact together for the well-being of all.

Over three years ago we all were hit with a time of hardship. A pandemic that affected every human on this planet to some degree or other. We pulled in our heads, retreated into either enforced or self-chosen hermit-hood and rode it out.

We have come out of the other end of that time and we are slowly building our lives back together. The temptation is to go back to old habits, to what we know and are comfortable with. But is this time not absolutely perfect for making the changes that will bring our species together?

We have, collectively, for three years, stepped away from what we have considered ‘normal daily life’ in a way that is a bit like taking a holiday. A break from everything that is hard in our collective lives. (Yes, before anyone says that this is a really bad analogy – I agree… but not every holiday is rainbows and lollipops!) Now it’s time to focus on what we need to do to achieve this unity.

There is not a Starseed on this planet that doesn’t know that we can fix this if we really, truly, make that decision to do so. We have the intelligence, we have the technology, we have the ability. It is time to stop talking about it and actually work on pulling together into that ‘Oneness’ we are always talking about.

It’s time to ask ourselves not ‘what brings riches and prosperity to me’ but “What can I do, what can I give that will assist in breaking down the barriers that stop us from recognising that we are all humans from planet Earth”.

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Caribou

31.10.2023

2023, Animal Medicine

Animal Medicine #17

Is there a difference between caribou and reindeer? No, not really. They are the same species, but it is generally considered that reindeer are domesticated, whilst caribou is the wild cousin.

When you think of reindeer, what comes first to mind? Rudolph! And what a wonderful, mystical creature he is, pulling Santa’s sleigh all around the world by flying high in the sky. I don’t think it was by chance that reindeer are the animals given such a huge task. In their wild aspect, as caribou, they are the most nomadic terrestrial animal, covering around 3,000 miles every year.

Rudolph gives us some hints, but it is the wildness of the untamed caribou that holds important information for us today. To access that information, ask yourself this question: “Which path do you follow? The contained journey or the wild journey?”

Reindeer and caribou are strong aspects of the karma that we all carry. Karma is an essential element for the manifestation of human life here on Earth. It is karma that gives cause for the things we chose to experience in this lifetime, but humans have this tendency to think that karma is only about righting past wrongs. It’s not. Karma is not just negative – it is also a positive energy. In one way, building good karma could be described as raising your ‘energy credit’ for your next incarnation.

In many ways reindeer represents our lesser self, and our attachment to our belongings and even our physical body, in what we consider to be the reality of this lifetime.

Reindeer – contained, domesticated – holds an energy that many of us seek. We look for stability, for assurance that everything will continue as it always has. We hold an attachment for a level of permanence in our lives. We may aim to fly high every now and then, but generally we hold tight to our belongings, to our attachment to this planet we call home and even to what we consider as our consciousness – our Self.

Caribou – wild, and free, represents our Higher Self, and, as such, holds no attachment to belongings or to the human body, because it knows that this lifetime reality is just one of many; that continuity extends beyond a single lifetime and a single human body. Caribou is not afraid to leave behind the ‘things’ that belong to this ‘now’. When humans come into this lifetime reality, they forget that there is no separation between our lesser self and our Higher Self. These things are simply layers of our connection to the One Mind. When this is understood and accepted, we can more easily understand that freedom of moving unfettered, wild, through the cosmos.

Caribou. The Great Cosmos Traveller.

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Choosing Your Path…

27.10.2023

2023, Journey

Journey #24

We are human, and even though we are important to other people, as they are to us, our daily lives are really only of super-importance to us! After all, we are the ones that are most invested in how our life progresses. Or doesn’t!

Every single day we are faced with a multitude of opportunities – choices that affect who we are and where we travel. And every now and then we are faced with a major decision about which direction to take.

Only you can make those choices.

For today’s Journey, I can’t really go past the wise words that were spoken by Ghandi.

“Whatever you do in life will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it because you can’t know. You can’t ever really know the meaning of your life. And you don’t need to. Every life has a meaning, whether it lasts one hundred years or one hundred seconds. Every life, and every death, changes the world in its own way. You can’t know. So don’t take it for granted. But don’t take it too seriously. Don’t postpone what you want. Don’t leave anything misunderstood. Make sure the people you care about know. Make sure they know how you really feel. Because just like that…It could end.”

― Ghandi

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Baboon

24.10.2023

2023, Animal Medicine

Animal Medicine #12

There’s a 94% genetic similarity between human and baboon, and as I began my research for this article I had the rather humorous thought that the other 6% is probably related to the amount of hair that one or the other of these species carries! Certainly it was a common joke in my family that my dad was descended from apes!

It is very possible to see our humanity in this magnificent animal. He is a social creature who takes family – and especially parenting and defending against danger – very seriously. He is filled with curiosity; and enjoys the challenge of learning and exploring new things.

When baboon comes into your field, you need to have a good look at what is happening within your personal life and in the world around you. There could be something that is pulling you beyond your comfort zone. Take care not to be carried away. Stay grounded and take time to seek your place of sanctuary within meditation. That place of peace and security is exactly the right place to be within as you look at what is happening in your life that need to be resolved.

Baboon will help you. He is comfortable in any situation and is not afraid to show his emotions. Baboon will cry loudly when needed and doesn’t care who is watching. Sometimes that can be the most courageous thing you can do.

Baboon is considered as the being who holds the greatest wisdom in the animal kingdom, and his message is for us to always be responsible for our choices in life. Our choices and the actions we take are the very things that shape our lives. Be aware of how much you share with others and remember that you might be judged by these things. Don’t be afraid to let your personality and love of family shine out, and remember that there is strength in allowing others to see your emotions.

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