Jeez this took forever...

I finally just got on here... It's been a busy September to say the least and October will probably be just as. I just returned from a new festival called Earth Warriors: Return of the Guardians. It was small, in Ohio (7 hours away) but very worth going to. I met so many people from Wendy Rule to Dorothy Morrison and MR Sellars and the Dragon Ritual Drummers. We actually all hung out around a portable camp fire ring I brought both Friday and Saturday night. Wendy is really awesome and she and myself as well as another friend really connected. Talked alot, laughed, shared deep thought and danced around the fire. I needed this...just one more time around a fire to dance and release and to just be. Now I can go into the colder months with memories sitting in my head of all the wonderful people I have met so far this year. It's been pretty amazing really. So many new facets added to the joys in my life. Alot of folks are on here and some are not but I am almost overwhelmed byt the new steps I have been taking.

I booked my flights to go to Austin in December. Just need some family time I guess. :)

Heading to sleep...I may or may not be on here depending on how tribe acts....we all know that I guess...

Hugs and miss you all!

Getting creative...

I did that yesterday. I have this giant cupcake cake pan and have been thinking about doing this and had the right occasion for it. I now have so many ideas rolling in my head now and so many edible faerie houses I see... I even topped it with edible glitter. You can't see it but it's there. I'll just bring them to parties I go to or parties I have. It was fun to do. :) Only problem no one wanted to cut into it. They didn't want to ruin it. Um it's cake guys...just a dessert....;) Luckily my kiddo had friends over and they cut into it. Enjoyed cake and commetned - I got a window or I got a door... It made me laugh cause most say I got a rose or I got the edge. I sent the rest home with her boyfriend who has more people in their household than we do. Thank goodness for that! I knew we wouldn't be able to eat it all. ;)

Sending out Peace

Last night was fun, random, spur of the moment....etc etc etc. Yesterday was World Hoop Day and also 08-08-08. My friend Kristina and I spontaneously decided that we wanted to spend the evening hooping but also wanted to connect to whatever positive energies we had together and then raise that up and send it out to the World in whatever ways we wanted to.

I pulled together my hoops after work, grabbed my singing bowl, camera, a cd of some tones that link up with 2012 that are seriously just wild to experience and headed to West Virgina. I got to her house at about 6:30 pm and pulled my hoops out. Micah and his friend Lee were up on their roof busy working on reshingling it. I turned toward their fire pit and saw my long lost tripod camp fire grill and that made me happy - it had been missing since ohhhh 2003! Went into the house and found Kristina and Keller coming down the stairs. We got so excited about hooping that we were almost out the door when Keller in his infinite wisdom of being very close to 3 said, "Shoes!! " We ran back toward the stairs where they were dropped and quickly put them on him. As we got outside he saw all the hoops and literally gasped in excitement and ran toward them laughing. We pulled them out onto the yard and started playing for a while. Keller and I played catch me if you can - he ran - I chased with the hoop and captured him! He wore me out - Run run!!! :)

It got closer to 8 and we knew we wanted to meditate so we set Keller up with his Grammie and went upstairs. We relaxed and played the tones - she has surround sound so it was even more intense than what I felt it already had been from my little boom box. Back ache sprung up in K and so I kicked in working with reiki and the tones playing around us. We worked until the aches went away for her and the sounds stopped - about 20 minutes. We chatted in the dark about experiences and more during that time - feedback, releasing, etc. - and then headed into Keller's room to get his Big Boy bed ready for him. We chatted more through it creating railings and setting up a secure space for Keller to sleep in this full sized bed for the night. He was having bath time with Grammie as we did this and just as we finished getting the bedding on the bed along with various stuffed animals he was done. Brought in cradeled in a towel he looked up and saw the Big Boy Bed all ready for him and gasped again in excitement. Jammies were quickly put on and hair quickly combed and he jumped into his bed hopping around like a little frog laughing and excited.

We took him downstairs for good nights and then he headed back up tucked in and fell asleep very quickly. K and I were still jazzed by all the raising of energy and grabbed some food. We got the idea to tape glow sticks on our hoops and so we had to run out to the store and get some. We got back and started setting up the votives to create our peace sign. We filled up glass baby food jars and put them in a little red wagon. K had always wanted to do this in her front yard and I was totally game. Our objective was to keep the energies positive, raised up, focused on the world and on manifesting this night into whatever it needed to be - but with the theme of light, fun and positive - letting any cares go. We had about 50 - 75 votives. We broke some glow sticks and mapped out our circle and then went from there. It was about midnight byt the time we were finished just setting them up in the yard. We ran inside and with all the glow sticks, broke them and taped them to our hoops. We ran back outside and began to light the votives and slowly our huge peace sign was glowing. We hoped that the airplanes abov or whatever above us saw this huge symbol coming from the two of us, like little kids hoping that waving to the truck driver would entice him to honk the horn. If the planes had horns we hoped they would honk! :)

We shut out the porch light and grabbed our hoops and hooped right in the peace sign. I was hooping and taking pictures and some of them turned out with crazy looking lights, like mini messages written in glowing colors in the dark of the night. We saw shooting stars fly above us and played and played. At one point we stopped and I grabbed our singing bowls. We stood at opposite ends of the big line outside of the peace sign and began to tone them. Encircling the symbol sounding the bowls and sending more energy out to whomever was receptive. Once full circle we stood back in the same place as we begun and struck the bowls 3 times spontaneously sending a prayer a signal or whatever out into the Universe with an energetic message from the two of us. K began talking after the tones died down as we stood across from one another. We stood there like that for minutes and then moved into the peace symbol and sat and talked for hours about all different kinds of things but just enjoyed that space. By the time we were finished it was 3:30am. I headed for home still on the buzzing from our night.

I love spontaenous things like this! The fact that I have friends like this who will play in this way with me...just going with the flow and moving with whatever we wanted to create. We both needed this personal time together to do this. Just the two of us moving like we did in that flow and allowing each other to play off of it. I feel so grateful for this. Being Peace, Being in the moment and Sending Peace....

See I remembered for real!

I am going to the dentist now...seriously this is a milestone after this month...;)

See you all with bright shinies in a bit!

Love!

PS - oh and yes I am totally making fun of myself....;)

Just a little reminder to myself...

Am I creating from and through Unconditional Love fo myself and others?

Will my creation bring the highest good fo myself and others and the planet?

Am I reacting to others and their creations from individual and personal, emotional or mental patterns, or am I responding as a channel for the Love of Source?

Am I ready to surrender to the flow of Love from Spirit and to Trust that my creation will manifest in perfection at the right time?

Am I creating from my heart in a balanced and loving way?

I will lovingly connect with Source daly to co-create my daily life with the Highest and most Loving Intentions fo myself, others and the planet.

Transformus

I am not sure I can put all the experiences into a blog...I am still swirling around from it. Here's what I love the most:

Everyone saying "hi" and welcoming me home as I drove into Deerfields
Friends meeting back up again
Seeing those who I have met here and actually making them a part of my growing family
Meeting new friends and encircling them with love
Costumes
Scratch bead hooping
Jenny's quick witted humor and supporting her "conquests"
Runways
Tarpology
BACON
Starry ceilings
Songs and conversation from Area 51
Amira and Scott's smiling warm faces and sparkling eyes
Colorful Bubble Camp
Wafting spice from Indian food
People playing with the Giant Penis at Pornyata
Fire Spinning across the way
Hearing "Ring of Fire" about 20 times over the weekend and thinking of Silent Hill
Camping Shower's
The World's Largest Underpants
Hula Hoops
Knowing Junebug the moment I saw him at PLF
PLF! Yeaaa!
The MAN!
The Art!
BACON!
The beautiful Armadillo
The beautiful Full moons and starry nights!
Piling up blankets and sleeping int he tent
Jenny's Yummy camping foood! Thank you!
Costumes and the amazing donations to the cause!
Delicioso Wine from the lovely Wineman at the main stage
Filling & Cleaning Lamps
Being warned about a possible whupping - Run Sprye RUN!!!!
Walking around in The World's Largest Underpants and experiencing the reactions - hee hee!
You Are Beautiful!
Hooping with Scratch to Mambo #5 and having others stop to dance
Cool Art Cars and tractors and bikes, Oh My!
Glow sticks in the porto-potty's when I forgot my flashlight - love you people for doing that!!
Rocky Horror!
Progress Darrell and crew at PLF doing synchronized grass dancing!
Did I say BACON??!?
Lucas spinning with the flow! Go little brother!
The Loooooove Boat and show tunes!
C-eh-N-eh-D-eh!
Lucy the puppy with the cast on her little leg romping around and puppy happy anyway!
Starry lights in the trees
Mid-night snacks at 4am
Human Habitrail
Jenny's Unicorn Hair
Scratch bead hooping!! You really h ave to see this!
The Conclave and the beauty of the fire they brought to us and the synchronicity & unity of their dance!
Amira shouting to me about being there next year!
The Burn and how fast it went!
The crowd letting loose, yelling and cheering and running, running, running around the fire!
Willy Wonka
Matthew McConauhey/Woody Harrelson dude and the Big Bird Yellow Boa
Smiley Face guy!
Popscicles - Love you guys!
Chatting about kiddos and seeing the bigger picture
Big Blue Beaver
Gifting Tree
The Lake
Day Glo Jenny
PEX - w00t!
Chocolate!
Having one small rack of clothes on Sunday!
Packing Up
Meeting more people
Saying good-byes
Riding to the lot with nice people being pulled by a tractor
Packing almost everything into my car - damn bag is still in NC...:\
Taking a kid to Asheville on the way home
Singing in the car and smiling at the memories of all that touched my spirit at Transformus and hoping we all get together again very soon!!
Decompresssssssssssssion.........


That's not all cause there is so much more but it's all for now....;) I'll have pictures hopefully once I get my bag back....
XOXO

From Daily Om - Under The Hood

Importance Of Looking Deeper

It’s easy to get caught up in examining our actions instead of really deeply examining ourselves. This can be deceiving because our actions may be very spiritual—we meditate, are nice to people, take care of ourselves and others—and yet, we may not be penetrating to the issues below the surface. It’s as if we’ve washed and shined the surface of our car without taking the time to check under the hood. We may appear to be in great shape, but if we aren’t engaging in the deep, inner work of self-examination, the chances are good that we are not deeply aware of the real substance of our lives.

We live in a very appearance-oriented, externally focused world, so it makes sense that we place a lot of value on how our lives look, sometimes to the detriment of noticing how our lives really feel. When we get too caught up in what we are doing and lose track of our core, we sometimes begin to feel dissociated, as if we are not fully awake, alive, and grounded. This is a sure sign that it’s time to engage in the hard work of going deep within to rediscover the foundation of our lives. Without the substance that comes from looking at ourselves deeply, and working through the difficult things we find, our spiritual lives can start to feel hollow or shallow, as if there’s nothing at the center holding it all together.

Of course, the peace that comes with meditation and spiritual practice is an essential part of the whole picture of our development, but it serves us best in conjunction with the less settling, more chaotic work of digging around below the surface to see what needs to be healed, owned, or released. Then our actions are more than just an attempt to keep everything in control, looking pretty and nice. Fueled by the energy of a life in transformation, they become powerful expressions of courage and faith, further inspiring our own inner work and that of those around us.

Hmmmnnn now isn't this interesting???

The blog before this I talk about foundations....then I check into this site (www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/latest.htm) that I like to check into and found this interesting. I defintely feel like I need to rest, rest, rest...yet there is so much to do this week with visiting family and then preparing for T-fus. I am finding I have to make ample room for this resting thing I know I truly need to do so I am allowing that space to happen.

Oh and I have a new keyboard so bow I am happy cause it makes life easier computer wise..wheeee!

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July 9 , 2008

LAYING THE NEW FOUNDATION AND THE MEANING OF OUR STORE-FRONTS

Greetings!
(Several of you have written wanting more clarification on the meaning of store-fronts. I have written a brief section at the end of this energy alert for those of you who may be interested in what I frequently refer to as “our store-fronts.”)

Like aftershocks following a massive earthquake, we have experienced several minor shifts in the weeks following the solstice and full moon, and even since the last energy alert of July 1. As more and more souls catch up and find themselves in very new energetic spaces, this creates another shift of unity and cohesion, and thus, another awesome shift of a positive feeling nature occurs as we suddenly begin to feel as though more is settling in.

Yes, we are settling in now, if even in small and continuous steps. Re-connecting is the theme and purpose now, and until we find ourselves re-connecting to a fair degree, the road can seem rocky, unpredictable, scary, out of sync, strange, confusing and nonsensical, and perhaps even grossly uncomfortable as we do not seem to know where we are or what is going on around us and within us.

This last energy upheaval of the June 21st time frame reminds me of the Big Bang theory of evolution. I really know nothing of physics and these types of things, so please bear with me. What is occurring now is something similar to the Big Bang if one were to read the current energies of late. These energies of June blew just about everything out of the water or out of its old groove so that much could begin again. This is what is causing the stress, insecurity, confusion, and nonsensical feelings many of us are experiencing. After we have separated and spread out as far as we can go (and some are still spreading out), we can then connect once again.

In this way, we may find that our loved ones and those near and dear to us are leaving and going somewhere else. It may seem that we are being permanently separated from those with whom we have shared the closest connections. It may seem like much of everything is “going away” and that our lives have completely broken down and fallen apart (along with ourselves!). The separation needs to occur, as we need to find out who we really are, we need to re-connect to our true and authentic selves, we need to connect to Source more fully, and thus, establish a new and stronger re-connection with our foundations. (Some may not need to re-connect at all, but are simply waiting and respecting the re-connection experience of others, if even at a soul or subconscious level.)

This separation phase involves a journey which we can only undertake on our own. It is a very private one, distinctive to whom each and every one of us truly is, and needs to be undertaken before we come together once again. It is a rare gift and very sacred process between our souls and our creator. It involves stepping into our soul shoes if we have not yet done this already.

After this has been accomplished, we then begin the re-connection to our brothers and sisters once again, and when this occurs, we feel a joy and completion I can barely begin to describe. The time-line for this process can be different for all of us. Some are quite done and others are just beginning. It can greatly depend upon our willingness to let go, surrender to Source, get out of the way, and trust that all is in divine and perfect order.

When the re-connection occurs, the masks are removed. For those of us who have been able to see behind the masks for a very long time, it can be quite emotional to now connect more deeply to another who has just now removed his/her mask. It is like coming home! And it is glorious to finally have company!

As we near the boundary before we cross over to acceptance and connection into our very new spaces, we can feel a tightness, much stress, like the walls are squeezing in on us, and a fear and panic that we do not know how we will now survive or where we need to go. It is then that we know that we have hit the wall and can go no further within the old reality.

Similar to the dying process in the old 3D reality, if we can trust and let go, our journey will be much simpler and filled with much more grace and love.

The old reality is indeed gone, and staying within it is what causes these very uncomfortable feelings. As much is beginning to now collapse like a snowball rolling down a massive hill, capturing everything in its path, we really have no choice but to surrender to a higher way of living and being in order to experience a peace, contentment, and unity which can only exist on the other side.

The beating down of our old walls within and without which occurred over the past several weeks had a very distinctive purpose. When this phase was occurring, we may have felt that we had been traumatized, beaten up, banged around, and simply worn down. Our ego states needed to be worn away. We needed to arrive at a place where we realized what is was that really and truly mattered. Specific desires and detailed manifestations we may have held for a very long time, could now be replaced by knowing that perhaps what we really and truly wanted all along was the love of another, the simplest things in life, and a unity with our brothers and sisters.

Watching our loved ones and animal companions suffering with their own specific dilemmas, struggles, and traumas was difficult indeed, but if we can know that we need only honor and respect the paths they have chosen to get to the other side (without saving them), we can then trust that all is indeed in perfect and divine order.

Each and every human being, animal, plant, and the earth are going through this process now. So then, it may have felt as though so much suffering was occurring as the earth and all her inhabitants are adjusting to the new and higher vibrations which are arriving at rapid speed.

We may have reached states of being where we greatly cherished the simplest things in life, a small act of kindness, the beauty of a small flower blooming, the sound of a bird singing, and a great gratitude for anything vibrating as goodness, light, and beauty. And it is then that we finally know what really and truly matters. In these times, the contrast can be profound, but it creates within us states of gratitude, clarity of what truly matters, and a deeper connection to those around us….thus assisting in the creation of the unity which we could not seem to embody and embrace any other way.

(We decided as a group of souls who came together to create a very new world and reality that this is how we would accomplish the next phase. Things were not moving fast enough…not enough of the inhabitants of the earth were awakening…so we decided to go with the crash course which creates the states of being which were necessary for the evolution of the planet.)

Old desires were perhaps initiated from more of our ego states, and as these connections to our ego selves being to dissipate more and more, our desires may change as well. We may not know who we are anymore, as so much of who we thought we were has now left. In this way, we can wonder how to behave now, or perhaps what our real and true power is, or where we are indeed headed as so much of our old selves have now departed.

How to cross over that wall and begin experiencing the other side of miracles, unity, immense love and wonder, and living the life of our true and authentic dreams?

Let go. Just let go of what you thought was real or important. Allow what is truly real now to enter your space and your reality. Take time for yourself…make it all be about yourself now and what you need to do to rest, self-nurture, exhale, be in the moment, let go of responsibilities, and just stay in your own sanctuary and bask. Find a way to re-charge your battery, rejuvenate, and allow time for you. Say no to commitments, gatherings, appointments and have-to’s as much as you can.

Allow yourself time for you, have a willingness to no longer make anything happen, and you will find that everything will simply happen on its own without you needing to be at the helm. Letting go of what no longer feels good or right will allow the new to arrive and place you in a very new space at the same time. TRUST.

When we arrive in a higher vibrating space, we usually do not feel like doing a thing. This is usually because we are now filled with much more light, vibrating higher, and in this reality we do not make things happen on our own. Much like the feelings we might have when newly in love with another, we can find it difficult to concentrate, get serious, have any kind of discipline, or go to a job and be present. In the company of love energy, we can get giddy, feel spacey and lost, ungrounded, and just plain lazy while seemingly only wanting to do things pleasurable, joyful, and fun. We are re-booting as well as we ready for the next phase.

And after we have our period to exhale, bask, self-nurture and remove ourselves from the outside world, we will again be ready to serve along with experiencing the life of our wildest dreams. Weaving in and out of this process we may also find that much is manifesting for us….much that we could only begin to dream about.

When we arrive in Heaven, it is different for each and every one of us. We can choose what we believe Heaven should look like or what we want to experience. We then create our own specific Heaven on Earth and this is happening now. There are many, many versions of Heaven and no one version is right or wrong. Each version represents who we are, what we value and enjoy, and what we are about.

In the old 3D reality, after we “died,” we were allowed to experience whatever we chose while we rejuvenated and rested from the 3D experience. After we had our fill, we would usually be ready to move on and many times move on into a position of service to a lower vibrating reality. And this is what is happening now.

So then, when we are not residing in our Heaven on Earth, we will be providing service through our store-fronts. Our store-fronts will comprise about 25% of our time while the remaining 75% will be spent residing in and creating the very new communities of another reality here on Earth after we are done basking and having our fill of rejuvenation energy.

Our Store-Fronts

Until we no longer have the need for money, we will need a portal for money to arrive through. We will need a space on the dimensional border where we can be found. And this will be our store-fronts. As much continues to collapse, our store-fronts will exist to provide service to those on various rungs of the evolutionary ladder.

Our store-fronts will be varied and will reflect what our own specific gifts and talents are about. They can be artistic creations, healing practices (healing will still be needed for those who are at certain levels of their evolutionary process, but after individuals reach a certain threshold, healing can be detrimental), teaching services for the creation of the New World, and the like. The store-fronts will completely reflect who our true and authentic selves really are, and this is our gift to the world as we continue to serve and assist our brothers and sisters on varying rungs of their ascension process.

And again, store-fronts can also be about our contributions to the creation of the New World. You will know what your store-front is about, as it will reflect something that is really you. And as so much of who we thought we were is leaving so rapidly now, what is left is then the pure gold nugget of our true and authentic selves.

It was planned that we would be taken care of during these times. It was planned that we would experience much abundance during this time of new beginnings. We will all be fine. It has been pre-ordained. We have waited until enough of us were ready. It is now time indeed.

More and more miracles will manifest for us in the very near future. Yes, it is finally time for our very new beginnings, and new beginnings they are indeed. I could never have imagined that mine would involve the new connections with old and familiar souls that I have recently re-connected with. Oh, how I love the surprises that Source delivers!

www.whatsuponplanetearth.com

Wishing you heaven in your heart, starlight in your soul, and miracles in your life in these miraculous times...

Until next time,

Karen