Getting closer all the time

In order for human beings to discern the nature of their power and use it well, they must become empty. What does this mean? You may be invited to prepare to become a channel. Energy must flow smoothly before you can use this power effectively.

More specifically, human beings must be free of resentments, guilt, shame, anger, self pity and fear. If you harbour such feelings, you will not be a receptive channel. Stagnant feelings block humans from recognizing and tapping into deep, inner power.

The cleaner your soul is, the more power you sense and the more energy you will channel.  Only as you dissolve your negative energy and illusions can you raise vibration and connect to others in ways that are otherwise out of reach.

You may ask, 'why would I want to do this?' or, 'doesn't this seem a bit bizarre?' A sense of inner logic guides self-acceptance in ways that aren't always aligned with external views. Do what feels right, what feels good.  You already know where you're headed.  Just go.

Do you dare embrace the truth?

Human existence means different things to different people.  Souls acknowledge different levels of perception.  That you are aware of certain things about yourself serves your agenda.  That explains why you choose to be as aware as you are (or not) right now.

Any connection you feel to the supernatural is what you are currently willing to sense and accept. Paranormal suggests "different" than normal.  What is your view of 'normal?' If you tap into your dormant, heightened sensitivites, your overall experiences expands.   

Believe it or not, most everyone can expand their senses. Some humans shy away or fear their own potential.  Other humans just don't choose to use it.  Yet, all people who consciously experience their own hidden truth experience it in very personalized forms.

Many ways of being, sensing and discerning mean many kinds of existence are themselves constantly expanding, changing and transforming. Those human beings who choose to transform evolve to sense they feel a bit like a kaleidoscope in motion. 

Imagine yourself like a perpetually-growing, underwater reef with ever-changing colors and textures and components.  Do you dare embrace the truth beyond? Do you choose to read about magical creatures or stretch your perception to interact with them directly?

Before you start to awaken the sceptic within, you might consider a different approach.  From the moment you take responsibility for your perception, you begin to step outside the confines created by everyone else.  Choose to discover the universe's playground.

Discern blessings in disguise

Imagine you start to realize that how you are thinking and behaving no longer reflects who you really are. Maybe something just doesn't feel right anymore. Maybe you simply think differently. Whether or not you realize it, this is a blessing in disguise.

Its easy to recognize you are constantly growing and changing physically. At the same time, your mental awareness is stretching at its own pace. As you become more discerning, your impulses and intuition seem to point you in new directions because you're becoming more attuned to them.  How do you know if your instinct is right on?

Rather than focus energy on thoughts about what isn't working, spend energy on what is. For instance, if it feels right to practice some sport or skill, do that. If you notice you're improving in some area of your life, then focus more on that.  If your appetite is growing or shrinking due to  activity, listen to the messages and eat accordingly.

If your gut tells you to seek advice, do it. If newly-discovered talent is getting you attention and work opportunities, then concentrate on that. Whatever generates positive developments in your life is a meaningful direction to take.

Similarly, if you sense you no longer relate to the behavior of people you have known, gradually create distance. If spending time in a particuar setting evokes negaive feelings, stop going or at least minimize the period you spend there.

If you no longer feel good about some of your eating habits or leisure activities, then its your prerogative to make different decisions. To stop doing those things that evoke negative feelings is a step toward shifting focus to transform your mindset and action.

Choosing to view everything as a blessing in disguise means you realize you have a choice about how to live your life.  You can decide everything that happens is sending you positive, subliminal messages. After all, what motivated you to get out of bed every day?

Thunderbird Magic

The following article was originally written as guest post June 23 on Our Evolution Blog: http://amzuri.wordpress.com/

The Thunderbird legend is timeless. Some people believe it began as a myth of Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes. Yet, the legend spread much wider. This great creature has been sighted by non-native people on many different continents.

Native American myths suggest this enormous Thunderbird is a guardian Spirit with innate power to influence changes in the elements and energy shifts in everything. It has penetrating vision and changes form to help regenerate and stabilize the energy grids of the Earth.

Legend says the magical creature flew with a whole whale in its claws and saved a Chilkat tribe from starvation. As lightning shoots out from its eyes and thunder clangs from its wings, you might imagine everyone would hear it coming. Wisdom reveals the depth of your faith and nature of your beliefs determine all you will sense and experience.

As it happens, the Lakota and other tribes believe that if you have repeated dreams of birds, the medicine or alternative healing way is part of your destiny. Yet, if you envision a Thunderbird, you are destined to be a ‘Heyoka,’ that is, to learn to channel and heal with electromagnetic energy. According to Laughing Deer in the

Encylopedia Mythica, Heyoka is “one who does things backwards or opposite...Spirit chooses who is Heyoka; it is a very difficult path to follow.”

Of course, difficulty is relative. Conditioning may have also taught you choose your own destiny. This in mind, you’re never alone. Discerning that the Thunderbird serves the Great Spirit beyond enables you to realize you are also guided you in ways you hadn’t foreseen by forces you have yet to understand.

Some people believe a Heyoka is a trickster to be feared, ridiculed and revered. Negative perception does not recognize illusion is part of the teaching medicine of Heyoka. Human beings won’t grasp life in the same way. Heyoka practices are sacred and have magical meanings that carry over into your life. Will you be empowered to shift your consciousness?

Heyokas are said to embody divine strength. They are trusted interpreters of dreams and heal with innate insights that even they themselves underestimate. They may unexpectedly enter your dreams or your apparent reality. Why? To remind you not to get too serious about your current mental state, physical form, thoughts and beliefs. Human beings are encouraged to be humble, to detach from conditions and to recognize Spirit wields all power. You only determine how you will react to a given set of impermanent circumstances.

Thunderbird magic itself relates back to the mythical bird’s role as a catalyst in the lives of human beings. It triggers revelation, transformation and energy shifts beyond superficial perception. Heyoka behavior, awakened by the Thunderbird, defies the status quo to awaken your senses to change your own behavior. The magic you hold within yourself enables you to initiate changes at the cellular level of your being. Thunderbird magic leads you back to rediscover the dormant magic within yourself.

After all, from birth, you master the art of producing your own illusions. Your perception is full of them. By extraordinary or mystical influence, you produce desired effects or results in every area of your life. How much of this do you realize? Supernatural elements are forces of your own nature. Thunderbird magic opens a doorway into another dimension of your soul. As you raise your awareness, you prepare to explore infinity.

What if your thoughts are just the tip of the iceberg?

As you open your eyes each morning, you are consciously aware of time and space.  You sense where you are, in comparison to where you're not.  You sense the familiar and duality, and proceed with your day.  How often do you consciously think differently?

For example, when you sit up in bed, you're aware of a spatial orientation you have conditioned in your mind.  You detect a difference between sitting up and laying back down, getting up or staying put.  Your brain distinguishes left from right too.  How many people ask themselves who designated, named and highly-limited these directions?

You can tell the difference between walking forward or retracing your steps backward.  You sense the distance from floor to ceiling,  up and down.  This is basic spatial orientation.  From birth, your brain creates reference points. Yet, do you realize that your references are not restricted to those outlined by your five traditional senses?

Conscious awareness blocks out perspectives.  Why?  Ask yourself why you choose to limit your sourcecs of information.  What about those which would expand your senses or stretch you further? What if you could travel circumferentially? What if parts of you travel without the awareness of other parts? What if you already do with much success?

What would you say if parts of your body send and receive information and communicate constantly in ways you don't consciously control? What if you deny the complexity of your being and create the illusion of fear to prevent learning? How would you change if you abruptly transformed the ways you read energy and its fluctuations?

As you evolve, you may come to understand that time and space are not what they seem, not what you understand, not what you have been taught to believe.  When your visions become myths, you begin to discern options are infinite, immeasurable and very inviting.  Where will you go? How will your life change as the result of shifting your beliefs? The sky isn't the limit as none exist. Discipline, courage and self-directedness are indispensible.