Where you place your energy matters…
HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE TO YOU!
I was reading an astrology report the other day and it mentioned “since we are now living in the decade of post-truth.” It made me wonder: Will the “decade of post-truth” become the century of post-truth?
The thing is: We ARE in the throes of a great awakening, although it feels like the last vestiges of complete destruction. Dismantling means something new MUST BEGIN.
But…most of us are asking questions like this: Will we have a democracy next year at this time, or will we join a host of other countries in this world that are ruled by a Machiavellian authoritarian?
What, exactly, will we tell our grandkids about what we tried to stop, what we fought for (but lost), what we changed, if anything?
I’m not generally a doom-n-gloom kind of gal. Anyone who has read this newsletter in the past couple of years knows I believe strongly in the adage “Where your focus lies, therein goes your energy” [and this, then, becomes your reality]. I’m a strong believer in “Mind Is The Builder” [Edgar Cacey], and that what we think about, we manifest.
I also believe that our actions must line up with our values. For me, it is the only way to truly live in integrity.
And so, it’s time to review WHERE you are putting your energy. This doesn’t mean we turn away from “what’s happening in the world” –how could we? But I am inviting you to be cautious about how much doom-scrolling you might be doing. Nothing thrives when it is out of balance. Are you balancing your doom-scrolling with long walks in the woods, helping out your ailing mom with her flower bed, writing even a wee little check to MOFGA, so we can ensure quality organic produce here in the state of Maine continues? Align with YOUR values…
I am bringing this up because I was in a meeting the other day with a father of a trans-teen;being the step-mom to a child who identifies as gender non-binary, this father and I always check in to see how everyone is doing, what we’ve recently learned, and new resources we want to share. When he mentioned getting a visa for Canada so he’d know that his child would be safe come election day, I was a bit shocked. Shocked but not surprised…as an alternative healer who could easily identify as a ‘white witch,’ who is married to a Jewish man and has a gender non-binary step child, it’s crossed my mind to worry come election day as well. Because we were in mixed company, I chose not to pursue any follow-up questions. To be completely honest, I didn’t want his fear to infect me. I could feel the vibe of excessive adrenaline, a sure sign of fear-based thinking and “building.” [Mind is the Builder].
Being hyper-vigilant about ensuring the safety of his child was, clearly, a priority. Every parent has that priority. On my ride back to Hollis that evening, I started wondering if Charlie needs to go to Canada. Do they think about running, if the protections the LGBTQ community has worked so hard for evaporate? Would I leave, if I could, to live in a country where these freedoms (among others) might be better protected? Charlie has already told me they aren’t going to vote, seeing that neither candidate is worthy of their vote. (That’s another newsletter-).
Back to my short, shocking conversation with my work colleague: It IS MY PRIORITY to not let people who are operating out of hypervigilance to “infect” me, just as it is HIS PRIORITY to make sure that his kid gets out of the country, somewhere safe. Everyone has their own agenda, their need to make life go a certain way. I’m not interested in putting my head in the sand but I’m also not building a bunker, making my “get-away” backpack full of freezer-dried ravioli and peach roll-ups.
So how do we maintain vigilance for what we think is right and just AND keep the sacred humming in a HEALTHY balance, pursuing in full throttle the things that bring us to wholeness?
To me, for me, the things that “bring us to wholeness” is the only way–what could be superior to WHOLENESS? Democracy, as Cornel West put it so eloquently many years ago, was always an experiment. Countries crumble, and so do governments. Is it sad? Hell yes. I’m sadder for the planet…but I don’t let that suffering debilitate me. I can’t.
I suppose what I really want to say is: Where we put our energy MATTERS. It matters so much for a greater project to take hold. That is why, after 10 years of only showing this download to a select few people, I’m sharing it with a wider audience. It’s called “The Wave” and I’ll set it up for you:
In October of 2013, I was participating in my last session of Shamanic Initiations. Our 4-day closing work and ceremony was being held at my beloved Borestone. I’m forever grateful to my teachers, Dory Cote and Barbara Bloecher, for the opportunity to participate in such deep work and to have the experience of their tutelage these many years.
One of our journeys was to travel through the Void and find a Master Teacher. I don’t know exactly what the journey question was, probably something like “What can you tell us about the nature of the universe?” We were to take a trusted guide with us; my guide at the time was a Japanese samurai named Hoshi.
Below is the information that the Master Teacher shared, and that I’d like to share with you. It has been edited for clarity and conciseness:
THE WAVE
Journey with my upper world teacher, Hoshi, to a Master Teacher, Saturday 10/05/13
We were dropped into the Void, which was both black and full of little light particles. We floated down onto a man working at a big stone desk. He was an old man–long white hair, a long white/gray beard. Although he was sitting, you could tell he was very tall. He also had really long fingers, and was sketching. On closer observation, it was clear it was sacred geometry.
Finally, he began to speak:
‘Circles, rhythms, cycles, orbs. Everything is a circle. All is in a cycle. The sacred walk is walking itself.’ [This is what I recall verbatim; the rest is summary]. He said that Earth was at the end of a long cycle, and that the apex of that cycle was at its breaking point. He then went into the wave analogy:
The Earth’s present cycle was like a wave. The light workers were at the top of the wave; those choosing a dark path at the bottom of the wave. The dark path people were necessary to create the tension that builds the wave up, in a way of pushing the light workers to get focused. There are a bunch of people in the middle however which he called ‘yet decided,’ and they are suffering the most now. He implied that this great cycle would be able to come to full fruition once everyone decided which part of the wave they truly wanted to be part of, and that one end was not ‘better’ than the other. He then said again, ‘The Sacred Walk is walking itself.’ He said that when the Earth community has filled the capacities for these ratios, that is the BREAKING POINT of the wave, and a new Earth can be born.
I asked if other realities can see this happening, and if they were helping. He said there were several other beings watching and sending light to the process in order for the wave-crashing to be more loving to the planet. Then he made this analogy: ‘Like how you people christen a newborn baby? They are sending light to wash the new born Earth.’ He then added that every time anyone drums anywhere on Earth, we are sending a vibrational hello to the other dimensions/realities/beings. [end journey]
I’ll resist trying to interpret too much of this, or add in my 2-cents for how this information hits me now, in 2024.
I hope you find some solace in these sentiments. Afterall, the sacred walk is walking itself.
Shine On, my flames.
Mary Katherine
Embodying the Divine Feminine 