Holiday Transitions

This time of year…..since I was ordained in 1997, it is my experience that many souls transition home to God once the holiday vibe is ramped up. Yesterday I was told of three souls who had gone home. From my perspective, it is an extraordinary experience to witness, one I find comfort in, when I seek the highest most unconditional perspective.

Perhaps the joy and excitement people feel about the holidays opens up a higher vibration of being, creating portals for those who are suffering with long term illness to let go, and let God, to cross over and through the veil. To experience relief.

Perhaps it is the love people begin to feel around the holidays, gathering with family and friends, taking time away from work to break bread, gift to one another….perhaps, this raises our own vibrations and frequencies to allow for unconditional love to be more present, and fear to no longer exist – and the journey home is a grace-filled process, no longer a struggle surrounded in fear.

Perhaps this holiday vibe allows for the Christ energy to be stronger, more vibrant, more present, which allows the veil to be thin, for those on the other side to assist more, to show themselves with more clarity, to reach through the veil and help us along our journey. 

At any other time of year when I see a Xmas tree on the roof of a car, I get this joyful feeling…oh, they are celebrating love, before they feel they cannot. They are sharing with a loved one a most beautiful gift!

Perhaps it is so an eight year old boy from Central MA could have Christmas in July – and all others who joined in, shared in the love. Maybe so a Harley Biker club could form a parade and lead Santa Clause to this child in his wheelchair. 

Maybe it is so a family purchases a Christmas tree and decorates with lights everywhere…… so their loved one does not miss and they do not miss their Christmas together, so no matter what time of year, we feel the Spirit of Love. 

I once dated a man whose father died on Christmas day. He never wanted to celebrate the holidays again – until he realized, that was not celebrating his father. If anything, as parents and as children, do we not want for another to be happy?  

Think about it. Right now, if your time has come to leave this physical realm and journey home to Light – do you want your loved ones to mourn? Do you want them to put their joy on hold? Do you want them to be sad every time they think of you, or do you want them to remember and celebrate the love, the humor, the memories, the joy, the moments. Do you want people to say I am so sorry for your loss – or I am so happy you had one another. 

This time of year, magic does happen. It happens and reminds us love never dies. Our cords of love are eternal, they are forever. 

Deborah Evans Hogan

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One Way Streets

Have you ever considered what would happen if the ocean waves only went towards the land? How could it work if the ocean waters only blessed the land and never retreated back into the main body of water? And at that stage, it is no longer a blessing, but a tsunami. There would never be the lovely sounds, the in and out, the giving and receiving, the renewing and sharing of. A one way ocean would not be working by the natural rhythms of nature, it would flood the lands and run dry.

If one only drove on one way streets, could you get anywhere? Would you be able to get back home again? Is there a start and finish, or only a start? 

The universal rhythms of balance require a giving and taking, a releasing and receiving, a loud and a quiet, an active and inactive. Without life and its naturally designed rhythms being honored and reflected in all things; wells run dry, we never cry or let go, we are stuffed with food, we live for ever, there would only be birthing, there would only be daylight or only be darkness, or only accumulation and never any giving or sharing or tossing.  We would have nothing at all or be a hoarder. Think about this. The law of yin & yang, balance in all things, extremes meeting in the middle, is necessary for health, life & existence in all areas of our lives, for evolution, continuation,  process and progression.

Only loving others is empty if one does not love themselves first.

What happens if you only work and never take a vacation? What happens when you go, go, go all day; pretty soon you collapse – a forced built in stopping mechanism brought to your innate inner guidance.  

Have you ever known anyone who only did for others? Since childhood, their innateness told them and somehow they were shown; only take care of everyone else – pretty much, your needs & dreams do not exist, what you want is unimportant, put everyone else first. If one is taught this at a very young age, this expresses as a one way street and will one day down the road of life show up as the body’s wisdom, through one’s physical instrument, crying out for attention through exhaustion and illness. STOP.  God says, I WILL make you pay attention to yourself. Here, deal with this. 

Through the spiritual energy medicine perspective, these people will emotionally harbor, be uncomfortable with others doing for them, not be able to receive; keep going, keep going, keep going. Perhaps not even being able to take a full breath – for they are so energetically congested with everyone else’s stories who they have cared for, there is no room for themselves, no space for their own life force. They never took time for themselves, at first they never even considered their own dream. And then, each day was filled with someone else needing something from them.  The habit of being and expressing they developed was; here I am, use me. A one way street.

Be aware of your own balance in life, of how you are showing your children about play & work, of giving, sharing and receiving, of refusing to take vacations, of not working at all, of not seeking your purpose, of only being on purpose for others. 

You know the folks who never take a vacation and have to be sick to stop and take time off – think about it. Or not, and as the years go by, your body’s wisdom will get louder and louder until denying your own natural needs to receive, to rest and to allow others to give to you is all you can do.

One way streets. Two way is much healthier !

with love, Deborah

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a flowing foundation

I live in New England, bordering central Massachusetts on the New Hampshire border – and our falls are exquisite. I was born and raised here in Massachusetts – and the four seasons certainly are an important part of my natural cycle. Presently, we are hinting at winter, with only a few trees left with color, quite a bit of browns, and cold nights. Many days the sun still shines, giving more time for yard tasks and the cutting back of the gardens. The exterior process is gradual, at least my husband and I make it that way – a bit more here and there, until all is put away from rain barrels to summer umbrellas to make way for snow. This year we have bravely chosen to leave the leaves! All we read advice’s it, and why would God have them fall if not good for the grasses?  We will know more in the spring……….for now, we are a golden carpet of a yard.

As one who loves to tweak our home, fall brings much interior joy also. Candles lit in the early morning before the sun rises. Quilts and warm blankets for comfort scattered about the rooms. Even something as simple as a quilt for the summer bare dining room table brings me joy. And then, there is orange! This glorious shade makes my heart sing.

And fires, outside in the fire pit and inside to keep us warm and just because. 

I do more cleaning and organizing in the fall than any other season – like preparing the scene to go within. Creating a space that will give me the peaceful foundation to meditate more, write more and spend more time inside on all levels, than out. I love order, sacred order. I love order in my day, in my home, in my life, in communing with others, in how I work. I believe there is a sacred order which exists in all nature. A foundation must be set for success of anything. I have discovered the effects of order can be joy, as well as creating more time for spontaneity. Funny how that works. When one has a strong foundation, one no longer spins – stability is the gift…..it can open to unexpected good. 

A strong foundation is necessary in every aspect of life; work, relationship, marriage, friendship, keeping a house, creating a home, family, nurturing a yard, garden, cooking; everything.  A strong foundation is not about controlling any thing or anyone or any situation. A strong foundation is created through authenticity, respect of all involved, clear listening, and observing universal law. One cannot make a rock soft. One will not see harmony created through blame. One cannot cook a specific meal without the appropriate ingredients. The right tools make all the difference – no matter the subject. 

To give myself a strong foundation in my new day – tea, quiet journaling in front of the wee morning hour fire, reaching out as a teacher, healer, counselor and minister by writing a blog post, reading spiritual writings which inspire my heart, and meditation. All part of my time of devotion to God, the Universal Creator. After this I consider what does my day look like? Do I have clients, what time? Are there emails to reply to? Letters to write? Texts from clients that need my attention? Groups I want to plan? Do I have errands to run? Does anything in the house or yard need my attention? Are there any tv shows that were on last night that I want to catch on demand? 

All part of the foundation of a new day in this body on planet earth. How do I want to show up today? 

How do you want to show up today? Intention as an intricate facet of a flowing foundation. 

Shared with love, Deborah

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Doing for YOURSELF

When we are not pleased with our immediate outer world, we need only shift our interior awareness. We cannot change what another person is doing or saying, but we do have control over how we show up in the experience. We are always drawing to us from where our vibration is. Always. This is universal law. Change you vibration, change your experiences. Truly, this has been truth since the beginning of time – and still, we need to be reminded; as within, so without; as above, so below. 

Many people will say, but this is my job. Or but this is my boss. Or this is family.  Or, but this requires professionalism. Blah, blah, blah….(with love)…blah, blah, blah.

Nothing is outside the effect of Universal Law. Nothing.

Deeply rooted, divinely helpful, awesome, easy things YOU can do to help change your life right now: 

First thing in the morning is important. It sets the foundation for your day.

1. Meditate each morning. This is THE number one experience YOU can do to help shift your interior resonance and improve your life. A few minutes at first. (Yes, you can work up to 15 minutes or so…) Sit and listen to a fan, or a repetitive white sound noise. Just listen to your breathing. This does not get any simpler. This is about giving your mind something you are not interested in, have no clinging to, to pay attention to, so your interior energy field can have a break! – And, allow for Spirit to get your attention.
2. Read a daily word publication each morning. Here are two choices:   (I like books, but there are plenty of app’s too.) Always read out loud. 

https://www.amazon.com/365-Science-Mind-Wisdom-Ernest-ebook/dp/B0025VO4HW  

    http://www.dailyword.com/

      3. JOURNAL:  Write down everything you appreciated about your day. I appreciated this…I appreciated that. Write down things you want to give gratitude for.  I give gratitude for this person, for this experience, for that. 

       4. LISTEN to ABRAHAM-HICKS: I know of no other more grounded, truthful, awake teaching. And generous! Hundreds of Youtube offerings for any time of day or night! And you can buy cd’s for your car. Check out the website: https://www.abraham-hicks.com/

      5. Stop Talking About What You Do Not Want. PLEASE.   No more complaining. No more whining. No more repeating the story. STOP. 

6. MOOJI Beautiful, generous spiritual teacher. https://mooji.org/   go to VIDEOS…..

     7. Practice the Path of Least Resistance. Each day we have hundreds of crossroads; which way? Can you practice the one which has the least resistance? You may find yourself saying more; ‘okay’, ‘if you want’, ‘alright’, ‘oh – no thank you’, or my favorite; ‘if you think so’. Is it worth your peace to enter into that conversation? 

The point is to relieve you of your gerbil wheel mentality, and enjoy this life, have a freedom of your emotions and dwell in a space of deep appreciation and love. As you spend more time in the quiet, focusing on your Higher Self, your head un-clings from the external which is causing you (the clinging, not the thing) – to feel fear, despondency and other. There are many beautiful items you can read and dwell on, either in book form or on the internet – so many beautiful teachers available. Seek to go from the intellect to the feeling; all the juice is in the feeling, shifting your radar to attract more joy. These are each very, very simple things you can do on your won which if consistent, will change you forever. The more you look outside yourself for answers, the faster the gerbil wheel goes. 

People who are frustrated or unhappy or angry, etc; all are looking outside themselves to see how they feel. They check how they feel based on another person, an outcome, an expectation – what happens when you decide how you feel first? Hence, the morning foundation ritual for your day.

Shared with love,

Deborah

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Are you afraid to love God?

I believe it takes courage to love God – to love anything beyond our own selfishness, for what if it lets us down? What if it does not show up for us? What if I vocally declare I believe in this power & presence which is called God and a thousand other names…and what if all I desire does not come into manifestation? What if I look like a kook in my family? – a stand out in the crowd? – a weird one in the world? What if I say prayers at every meal? What happens when all I have to offer is prayer and no ‘real’ input? What happens if I go only by my instincts, intuition and intuitive guidance and others want linear facts to back it all up? What happens when I make outrageous statements of faith and strangers argue at every pulse of my voice? 

Basically the same thing that happens when anyone goes against whatever the other persons beliefs are; they doubt you, relationships may fall apart, people may gossip about you, call you wacky, insane and other names. What is that movie & Bonnie Rait song????……’Let’s give them something to talk about …let’s talk about love’ ?

When you think about it, the world loves to argue against love. If God IS love, then its a game changer – or game ‘understander-er’…………………. I love this so much, so deeply, with every fiber of my being, I am going for it, despite what you think. 

The first day of my sons freshman year at college all parents and new students had lunch together. Sixteen years ago, and I still can see this woman, a mother, bow her head and clasp her hands over her simple hot dog on a bare plate, to pray before she ate. I remember thinking, I want that. That which motivates her to be so grateful, so untouched by a college cafeteria of freshman students and parents as well as a family who did not join her; to give thanks to God for this food before I partake in it.

Loving takes such courage. Perhaps because we innately know that when we truly love, we give our everything. Giving ones everything is quite threatening to those who have not yet discovered such a passionate submission. How can you let go of so much? How can you allow such openness? How can you take such a chance? 

For me personally, I cannot imagine living in this world without my commitment, love for and faith in a Higher Power – for me, living here without my God awareness is  much more frightening. I understand peoples fears, depressions, and anxieties – I no doubt would have them too, without my faith in God, my personal relationship with Jesus and oh so many others beyond the veils of this 3d reality. I am set up in a family order where I am different, always have been – and it has certainly been good training to stand outside any box of any common ‘regular-ness’.  This certainly does not mean it is easy.

Standing in faith as a woman of God is a challenge each day – and a huge blessing. For me, I even stand outside the traditional training, church boards and religious teachings. And still, my faith and love of God carries me – each day, moment & breath. To need time alone, to sit in quiet, to not be socially active, to love to talk about my favorite subject, to have faith when everyone else is crying out in anger, in fears or actively going against something on this earth plane which pushes their buttons. To live as one who believes we create our own experiences……well, that is not popular dinner conversation. 

Years and years ago Oprah was allowed in a convent to film. (I was mesmerized!) She had film of the novices taking their final vows, the families were in the audience who had attended their daughters final vows of chastity, poverty and obedience as well as nuns sharing their stories. One mother was quite  honest in sharing her personal disappointment in never seeing her daughter married and having a family.  Other families spoke of how hard this choice had been for them to embrace. Being a bride of Christ was not what they had in mind for their little girls. And then there was the spokesperson – this incredible young nun who was absolutely, beyond any doubt, the most joyful soul I have ever seen. Her eloquence in displaying and speaking of her happiness was palpable. She moved me – to this day. A quote from one of the sisters; “If you never believe in something greater than yourself, you will never become something greater than yourself.”  

Shared with my love & joy as a woman of God –

Deborah

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Fall-Winter & Winter-Spring

I love supporting my body to be in its innate God given full alignment with health. I teach that we are perfectly created in Gods hands and illness is simply an empty bowl awaiting God realization. I believe in health, I believe energy work and prayer can heal us – I also believe in feeding and treating my body with respect & love. Here are a few items for consideration as the seasons change. 

I take extra care of my body during the change of seasons – from  fall to winter (f-w) and winter to spring (w-s). 

• Believing more in health than illness.
• Do not think of germs as an enemy out to get you. Whatever lack there is, cannot touch you when you are in perfect alignment.
• A not feeling well can be seen as something is moving through and leaving my system, I will rest. 
• Always fresh air.
• Always water.
• Change your toothbrush often, like every 2 months and always after an illness. NEW toothbrush.
• I put apple in everything I can – from oatmeal to salads.
• Resting when called, not fighting tired as if it is wrong or bad.
• Eat out less and make home cooked meals f-w and fresh foods w-s.
• Green soup f -w. This is mine – and how I love it!!! And the nurturance of it is palpable. 

In a soup pot, two boxes of organic chicken bone broth. (I always buy no or low sodium products.)

Add chopped washed and rinsed kale, parsley, spinach, celery, four large sweet onions, two or three chopped garlic cloves. (Vegis; a large bunch, a large bag, a full head, the entire package….always organic preference.) Low bubble for couple of hours. 

In other pot, boil small organic chicken with herbs you love. When done, soft, falling apart…..remove chicken onto plate, and pour through colander the stock, into vegi pot. 

Add chopped carrots and chopped butternut squash. More time till carrots and squash are soft.

(Add any other vegis you love; keep it mostly green. I like adding organic frozen corn to our soups. Yesterday I had left over corn on the cob and took it off the cobs and added. 

After chicken has cooled enough hand pick it and tear it part and shred it into the soup pot! I like hand shredding, feeling it completely to prevent any bone or other. Add cracked pepper, paprika, if you like spicy hot, white pepper. (More spicy for any congestion release.)  Your body will thank you! Breakfast and all day!!! SO good for you, easy to digest. 

• We also love beets. I place them as is in pot, fill to top of largest beet. On slow boil for an hour or more, till soft inside when poked with fork. Run under cold water and skins will peel off easily. You can then use them hot, chopped with a bit of butter, s & p……or cold with chopped with balsamic, goat or feta cheese, walnuts….YUMMY!!!
• We LOVE Brussell sprouts – so diverse and you can shred raw cold in salads or use cooked one left over in salads too.
• I love a few drops of eucalyptus in the shower. If your head, sinus or other feels the least bit challenged – and good for headaches too.
• I take vitamins when Spirit moves me; a good daily from my acupuncturist, extra D and magnesium. And some days a Vitamin C packet too. 

Hope this may support you!

Deborah

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Roots, Space & Growth

I am a New Englander, for sure – this fall time of year touches my roots, makes me feel warm, secure, nurtured, alive and loved. Oranges sparkle and shine. Me happy. Deeper reasons resonate with me as well this time year  – i like the deep end of the pool. I live from within out, going in, coming from our roots; my happy place. 

 Nature teaches us. I have been busy transplanting trees and bushes which have outgrown their present space. I find it a spiritual experience. How incredible to dig up a living thing, get at its roots, dig a new home for it, pour in some food, water, cover it with soil, make it feel safe and watch it shine. Watch it blossom after a season of  rooting. Being in the cave – magical.

With our recently transplanted dogwood tree, it took a couple of days for the leaves to have life again, but this morning, they do. Such a feeling – praying over it each morning, talking to it, letting it know it is okay…and then the effect of its roots having made a holy connection with its new home……..and it has begun singing. 

Yesterday I moved two hydrangeas – immediately they were happy! In four years they had grown SO large and were touching the house, they needed more room, more space – and this morning, wow! Happiness is pouring forth, they look and feel healthy, happy and grateful. I feel their relief. 

I realized as I walked around our yard this morning, checking in on my plant beloveds….how recently I too, have been giving myself more space, (ah-ha moment!) – more air, more openness. A palpable realization. Divine perfection. 

One facet of self care is giving ourselves enough space to grow. Have you outgrown your room, your home, your relationship,  your thinking, your job? Are your own thoughts too tight for you? Is your dream big enough? Do you feel claustrophobic   in our own skin? No one is comfortable in clothes too tight – and plants do not like pots that are too small and shrubs are not happy being blocked by the house – and we do not thrive in rigidness, or tight thinking, or fearful surroundings. Our roots; they require attention, space and loving respect.

Nature teaches, every time. Give yourself some space, allow your roots to expand. It is the perfect time of year to go within and grow. 

with love,

Deborah

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change so i will feel better, please.

Byron Katie has been in my head lately. If you do not know of her, look her up, buy her books, ‘do the work’. Do the work is a phrase from her – one of truly seeking truth of a situation. In her early years of fame and teaching I did sit with her, maybe 2 or 3 times and did the work. Many years later, her teachings are resonate each day. 

In our lives, one of our emotional diseases is; believing another person has to change so we are more comfortable. It is a disease of victim-hood, manipulation and many times, spiritual by-pass. (old language: self – righteousness) We each know how it feels when we endure some form of embarrassment due to another persons actions, or how in public a stranger does something and we are appalled and feel sorry for them and talk about it all day long, or how a person we love is in so much pain we feel it is our ‘responsibility’ to tell them how to fix it – when in truth, it is because it make us so uncomfortable and we find it so wrong, we have to make them change because we know better, or more, or it will help them. (The other disease is, I know how your journey should look, so let me fix it for you.)

Because I am a minister, healer, counselor, i am often invited in to do this, a door is open for me to make suggestions and help others see a situation differently. And, there are many times when I am just being a friend, or a relative or wife or mother; and no door has been opened for me to state what is making me SO uncomfortable or what I see could change – and in this moment the only option i have; is to change myself, my own thinking, take the silent high road and self talk myself into loving what is. (Or pray, or journal, or write a blog post.)

The Byron Katie exercise in her very first book changed my life. I came to the profound truth that if anything pushes my buttons, it is for me to look at. There is a palpable internal difference and with practice can grown into an awareness, between observing a less than kind, loving, intolerant behavior and having it become your story, mission, task or highlight of your day and sometimes even life. The difference is not your business or getting your buttons pushed. The difference is this is yours – and oh my, this is mine!

The exercise (as I remember it and have used it – read the book to be sure!) ) is to take an episode of someone who bugs you, who makes you upset, who you are mad at; and write it all out on paper. They do this, they do that, they say this, they are this, they are that. Do not hold back! Do not over spiritualize it for you to feel good about yourself. Be raw, be honest. After all, you are the only person who is going to read or see it, right?

Read it out loud. Then, cross out their name and put your own name. Re-read it out loud. Sit with each line. Sit with it. 

Okay now, now we are in the work! Now, this gets to the good, deep, juicy stuff. The deep end of the pool, as I call it. And, it is amazing! Truth sets you free baby! 

Some of the contemplation’s for me are – have I ever done this? If I am disturbed by another person not having been honest with me, and I hear my name in the read out loud statement – i am asking myself, have I ever lied to them or another? (Oh, I HAVE done that!) If another persons illness, or manipulation or fears are bugging you, when you sit with this exercise, there is the opportunity to see where you once felt the same way. (Oh!!! I did that to so and so!!!)   

The experience, story or outcomes may be very different, but when we are honest with ourselves, we CAN see where; oh, yes, I HAVE been that frightened, that cranky, that ill tolerant before. (I get it!!!)

Oh….. i did break up with someone that way once…..

Oh….i was afraid to speak up once too…….

Oh…..i  did feel like so and so was too fragile once…..

Oh….i did that in the meeting last week!!!!!!

Oh…i hid such and such from that so and so….I get it.

Oh…….i understand being uncomfortable about that, i remember when…………

Well, i do have money fears also, i get it……………….

Through this softer awareness comes an understanding, an empathy – the compassionate heart is ignited – and everything changes. Why? Because we did the work to own our part of the story and the palpable internal energetic shifts take place and we show up differently – more loving, accepting, tolerant, kind, patient.

Through this self awareness the mirror effect is cleaned up!

As we continually own our part of our story, we will get our buttons pushed less and less……our little child will no longer be driving the bus….until one day, our internal energy field is so filled with love, we no longer see through our wounds – and only have love to offer. 

What more is there, but to show up as love?

May the blessings and good fortune in your day be all you see,

Deborah

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gazing meditation

This morning i did the most beautiful practice – and I want to share it with you. I am awake many hours these days. In the dark of the very early morning, I played some truly beautiful mystical music, had a fire in the fireplace, and sat in my living room. I had no plans. I gazed,  gazing at the space. I simply gazed at the energy of the room. Not listening to music, yet absorbing, not starring at fire, yet aware. I simply gazed. Our room is open, it is easy to do. 

I sat and  ‘felt’ the room.

I did not even observe – for then judgments may come….I gazed, I felt the room. I was aware of the universal life force, the Presence, that which connects all. There was no intention, or purpose. There were no emotions; simply feeling the space and allowing my interior to merge with all that is.

I hope I sit in the entire day this way! A lovely way to practice non attachment with in ones vibration. 

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Whining or Praying?

 – and may the men remember whose son they are! We are each a child of the Divine!

There are times and moments in each of our lives when we find ourselves speechless (or whining really, really loudly) at what is before us. Now is one of those times.

From ignorant false white male privilege which too many believed for far too long in our history, to what I simply call, ‘bad behavior’.  (Like the guy in the truck last week who entered the main road too quickly and gave me the middle salute as I passed him. ) And as we know, way too many other options in between, horrendous actions against humanity as well as deep sadness and exhaustion at our emotional human roller coasters. 

Every now and then I feel my own-self reach a peak of such times – the heaviness of intuitive awareness of the stories, the conflicts,  as well as the nature of life when in one week far too many beloveds have died – and one more God cry pours out when I think i am running on empty.   

What I have learned is:  I am, we are, never actually running on empty. There is always more – there is always another moment, another sensation, another cry, another laugh, another connection, another way – there is always another way to see beyond / through what is before us. 

Perhaps this is the eternal promise of love. (God is Love.) Our beautiful abilities to seek beyond what is at hand. For me, this means seeking within. Byron Katie’s work is all about loving what is. I really, really like her, and in her early years of teaching I sat with her a few times; life changing. Her question is always; ‘sweetheart, is that the truth’? (Still after many years, i can hear her voice clearly.) – Yes, I love what is – i love the feeling of what is, even if it is pain due to yet another beloved making their transition – the pain is from loving, it is critical, sharp and a magnificent expression of our connection. How can I not love that? – Did you feel the shift from loss to being aware of connection? Connection heals.  

When I am emoting on the concept of the ignorant illness called bad behavior, i sit and remind myself of my inner connection with Spirit. I remind myself, I must only pay attention to my own behavior, to how I am showing up. I see my brother Jesus and ask myself, how can I show up this day? Am I being kind? Am I being judgmental? Am I sharing freely? Am I harboring ill feels? Did I tell anyone I care about them today? Did I pray yet??!!! 

Yes, what others do may push a button in us – turn within, reconnect in your awareness of your innate Divinity – love that. Recognizing love always releases anything unlike it. Recognizing love is the holy connection, the sacred cord of unity.

Loving what is – loving your Divinity, practicing loving behavior, remembering who we are. 

with great love, Deborah

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