We are Spirit

As I was checking e-mails the other day I noticed there was a Sweat Lodge this Saturday.  I mentioned it to my partner and we had a discussion that led me to check out a website for the Institute for Cultural Awareness.  Once there I was led to an interview.  As I was reading this interview of Adam Yellowbird DeArmon, I had one of those aha! feelings.  That is what I will share with my readers.  Below are a few quotes from this interview and my thoughts to follow.

"One of the most important messages that we are receiving from the Elders at this time is about our SELF...  that it is time to reprogram, restructure, refocus the reflection back to our SELF.  It is about healing the memory.  When we do it for our self, we can then move forward and also do it in our family and our community and beyond."  


"The Elders are also speaking about the connection between the body, heart and spirit... how they are all essential in healing this memory."


"But by focusing on the body and getting it into divine alignment with the heart, that connection to spirit is instantly brought through.  It is not that we have to go anywhere to find spirit, it is already here... we are already it. "

(These few paragraphs are quotes from an article at www.ica8.org, click news updates, Dancing with the Earth through Times of Change, Ron LaPlace interviews Adam Yellow bird DeArmon)

 Right on, We are Spirit - Spirit is us!  Let Spirit Lead the Way.  When I first left my life in Minnesota I came to realize I needed to just stop doing and be.  To accept that I did not need to have it all figured out and that it was okay to just relax.  It was a way to find who I was.  Not my occupation, not my position in my family or any other label I had put on myself at that time.  Who was I?  Then came who am I in relation to others?  But first it was all me.  I found out I am an artist, a painter and a poet.  I am also a teacher, a healer... a "Spirit" in a human body.  A part of GUS(God Universe Spirit) not separate from.

"it is time to reprogram, restructure, refocus the reflection back to our SELF"  When I read this, it reminded me of the term re-learn, that friends and I have used, but re-program is much more accurate.  I have taken the time to look at my belief structure, where it came from and how it fit into the world today.  I found for me much of it did not fit.  A lot of our schools teach us through memorization "programming".  We do not teach our children how to reason, to problem solve, to think for themselves.  We do not know as a people how to identify and discuss our emotions our feelings.  We know how to communicate on an intellectual level, but not on a feeling level.  Politicians and the news media have soundbites.  Many of us do not know how to listen beyond a sound bite. 

I have looked at my education formal and cultural and decide for myself what fit with the loving being I want to be, not with the being I was.  My view of life and what is important to me is much different today then it was 10 years ago, yet all of my experiences are important.  They made me who I am, so no regrets, just changes in perspective.  I have found life to be an amazing journey.  I have had wonderful teachers, strangers, that taught me the gift of trust and encouragement.  I learned to love myself first and then share that love with others.  I continue to learn about so many things and I realize it is all of the information that surrounds me that I want to share with my readers.  Sooo...

Another website I would like to recommend is, www.shiftoftheages.com. The shift of the Ages film shares the Mayan Cosmo-Vision and prophecy through the wisdom and teachings of Grandfather Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, also known as Wandering Wolf, Grand Elder of the living Maya.

The Institute for Cultural Awareness, of which Adam Yellowbird is President, sponsored Wandering Wolf and the the film crew to Sedona a few years ago and invited the community to participate in lectures and ceremonies.  During the visit, I was able to attend most of them.  I truly felt blessed to be in the presence of this gentle yet powerful man.  The world is not coming to an end, it is changing, and rapidly, but we all know that, right?  Wandering Wolf is traveling the world to get the Mayan Prophecies out to the people.  Our world is indeed in a time of change and his message is very important.  It is our responsibility to heal ourselves and to heal the Earth.  We are the ones that have injured her it is time to take care of her.  What Adam said, in his interview I think is important, in my words, through healing ourselves we begin the process of healing our families, our neighbors, all of humanity and our lovely Mother Earth.  And so it is.

Purpose of Blog

My intention for this blog is to give insights as they arise in me.  I am writing this blog because I simply felt inspired to do so.  Sometimes I feel I have so much to share but do not know how or who to share it with.
I am a Spiritual Counselor/Teacher, Artist, and Poet in Sedona, Arizona. I have many thoughts and ideas about what is happening in the world and am excited about the possibilities of the future. Many of us are going through difficult times and I will share what I have learned and continue to learn that helps me deal with uncertainties and changes.  I am in the process of creating my own divination system, and developing a workshop about connecting to the Earth.  I hope to be sharing these experiences as well as other things that come to mind to help us through this shift of the ages.   

Let Spirit Lead the Way.  What does this mean, Let Spirit Lead the Way?  To me "Spirit" means my personal connection to Source, to G.U.S.(God Universe Spirit.)   Some may call it my Soul, Higher Self, Over Soul...  It doesn't matter what you call it, I just know that when ever I am "doing" what I am supposed to be doing, I am being led by "My Spirit" my connection to G.U.S.  When I am doing something with another human being I am being guided by both of our "Spirits." Thus, I am allowing Spirit to lead me in the creation of this blog and in all of the work that I do. 

G.U.S. God Universe Spirit.  Where did that come from you may ask? About 10 years ago I was going through a difficult time and was a bit angry at God.  Because of this anger I was uncomfortable with the term God.  I did not understand it.  I did not know if I believed God existed.  I did not want to hear about "Him".

On some level, I knew I was not alone, I knew that everything would be all right, but I wasn't sure what that meant.  I had sold my home and quit my job due to burnout and other circumstances.  I thought I would travel for a few months to see what was next.  My home at the time was surrounded by a group of people in transition from one way of living to another.  We all landed in a small RV Park in Sedona AZ, it was in 2001, the spring/summer before 9/11. A number of us had left our careers and were searching for something more important.  We read philosophy books studied other religions and belief systems.  Most of us had been raised under some form of Christianity.  We wanted to believe in something, we just were not sure what to call "It".  During a  conversations with a friend, one of us used the term GUS, labeling it God Universe Spirit.  We had used the term Universe and Spirit in our spiritual discussions, (as a label or reference to a higher power) but I think we both felt something was missing.  I was immediately comfortable with G.U.S.  I like to reference G.U.S. because it is not Catholic, or Jewish, or Lutheran, or Muslim, or Christian...  It encompasses all religions, all who believe in some higher power.

So in this blog, I will write about whatever pops into my head that I feel is Spirit Led.  I may pick a topic and talk about the different perspectives I've read or just state what I believe is important.  I imagine at times it will be GUS asking me to speak, to share some piece of wisdom.  I am not exactly sure what will come of it.  It was Spirit inspired and will be Spirit Led.