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Energy Guide 10/20/11

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Topic: the endless circle of getting even

Long time no post!  Let me begin by apologizing for the long delay.  To be truthful I have always tried to maintain integrity with these posts- trying to follow wisdom from a higher source and taking care to not use this as a means to deal with my own stuff.  I have had, like so many others a tough couple of months.  Lots of ups and downs,  joys and disappointment- its been quite a ride.  Due to all of that, its been very hard for me to tell the difference between the message of the Universe and my own inner struggles to deal with all the ups and downs.  For that reason I held off on posting for a while.  I have still seen patterns and gotten messages but was somehow stopped from getting anything clear enough to post.  The past few weeks I finally received a message and had it confirmed over and over again to the point I knew it was a post that needed to be done.  Then when my own laziness kicked in a friend who reads the posts helped remind me that these posts are important and that I need to get off my butt and start again- she was much nicer about it but that was the message I took from the Universe through her kind words inquiring about the big gap in posts :)  So here we go again!

I have been noticing this pattern since last year.  I work part time at a school and last school year I was at a school with wonderful kids-  it was a higher poverty school with very urban students.  This theme kept coming up over and over and I found myself saying the same thing to student after student, and then to clients in my private practice, and to friends, sometimes even to strangers I did not know at all and also to myself.  I found myself observing this pattern of revenge.  Seeing this way of thinking where everyone seemed to be trying to get even with someone for something.  Not only was it a single act of revenge but then the person who the revenge was targeted on would then feel a need to also get even back…and so the cycle was created.

What I have seen is that for the most part the initial act was something that was done inadvertently.  I have come to believe that people are not usually initially trying to hurt eachother for no reason- there is usually a misunderstanding behind the actions that cause hurt.  At the school a child gives another child a look, or a rumor is spread that one student said something about another.  Then instead of going and asking the “perpetrator” about the incident, instead of making sure there was ill intent, the “victim” just assumed the guilt and malicious intent of the “perpetrator” and began plotting their revenge.  The “perpetrator” often times being unaware of what they did, or even that they actually had done anything at all to incite anger then is caught off guard and feels the revenge attack was unprovoked, then they begin seeking their own revenge.  Sometimes both sides then lobby others to take their side until large groups are caught in an “us” versus “them” mentality that is hard to break…I mean both sides believe they were in the right and the otherside started it all.

From outside this whole thing seems so silly and so easy to fix.  Its just  a matter of stepping back and seeing things clearly. seeing it all stemmed from a big misunderstanding.  But from the inside, the urge is so strong to not back down.  It becomes besides the point that it all started from a misunderstanding or miscommunication…all that matters is that “we” are right and the “others” must pay for the wrongs they have done.

When I explain it like this it is so easy for all of us to sit back and say ” that is so silly, people need to just let go of their ego or see the bigger picture” but when we are honest with ourselves we have all been in this same scenerio many times.  Heck some of us may be in the middle of it right now.  This is not something limited to urban youth, although sometimes they are the group we find it easiest to see the silly nature of this cycle in, especially gang related violence- that is this cycle taken to an extreme.  This same cycle spans across age, across race, across gender, across economic status..it is a human condition and frankly a human flaw…and we have all had or still have it to varying degrees.

The saddest part about this whole cycle, the thing that is truly only apparent to the people outside the cycle is that basically by engaging in it we are truly only hurting ourselves.  The energy, the negative thoughts, the planning, the self limiting it takes to plan revenge, to get even ends up often making us feel more drained and does not bring the happiness and satisfaction we think it will.  Many times those revenge plans boom-a-rang and smack us back in our own faces.  The best part is to watch that happen and then see the revenge seeker get even more mad at the “perpetrator”.  They say things like ” now look at what he did, now I am really going to get him” and begin planning even more ways to get even, seeing the self inflicted fallout of their backfired revenge as something the ‘perpetrator” did instead of seeing it was their own anger and revenge seeking that caused them pain.

When we step back from this cycle and try to disconnect from the emotional fuel that keeps the need for revenge burning we can see how unhappy all this revenge seeking truly makes us.  Masters who have learned non violence and can forgive people for their wrongs,  have done so by making a choice to disengage in this cycle.  They have seen how being a part of the cycle of revenge only can bring more pain and suffering.   By disengaging they find peace and inner satisfaction.  It is that cycle that keeps us in bondage.  The way to break free is to make a choice to not participate in it anymore.  When we begin to get sucked in, to remind ourselves to take a moment to see what is going on and to seek peace and reconnection instead of thinking happiness will come through getting even or ” letting that person know how it feels”.

Happiness comes from within, unhappiness comes from being so stuck in our own perceptions that we think they are the only way to see the world.  Opening up to another’s view allows for understanding and forgiveness.  It may mean you still disagree, but you now disagree with understanding and that allows space for compromise or to simply agree to disagree, without needing to force our will on another or get even with them.

As I talked to one little girl I worked with as she was telling me about her plan to get even, I asked her what the person she sought revenge on would think and what they would do..she said “well she will probably do it back to me” and I said ” what will you do?” and she said ” I will get her twice as bad then”  and I asked again ” what will she do?” and she said “she will probably do something to me”.  I then asked ” when will it end?” and she replied ” I don’t know”.  I then asked ” what if you just decide to move on and let it go, focusing on people who are kind to you and on other things besides this person you do not get along with?”.  She replied ” I can’t do that”.  I asked “why?”.  She replied ” because then she would win”.  I asked what that means and she could not answer.  I then asked ” what are you getting from this, is it making you happy?”  and she said “no, but it will when I get even”.  I said ” you have gotten even, but you still do not seem happy”.  She just sat and looked at me and I said ” Can you be the person who breaks this cycle?”  and she said “no, that’s just how things are in the world”  and I replied ” I do not want to be a part of THAT world I hope you can join me in my world its much happier here”.

This is not just a message for that little girl.  It is for couples who are stuck in trying to make their partner feel their pain, for parents and children trying to assert their will, for friends, co workers, rivals, classmates anyone who finds themselves stuck in the cycle.  Its our choice as to the world we want to live in, its our creation-ALWAYS.

As always this is a continual work in progress.  We find we are able to do it in some situations with some people and then months later we find a new situation that draws us unwittingly back into that old cycle again.  The point to these messages is to bring awareness to a pattern, to shed light on to practices and ideas that help to create happiness and freedom for all of us.  I write these things not as an expert at them but as a student who is also learning how to work with these ideas just as all of you are.  Awareness is the first step towards deeper long lasting changes.  So whether you find yourself in this cycle right now, or find you are being drawn in sometime from now..try to take that step back to create awareness of what is going on…try to see the big picture and see were the cycle began and look for ways to stop the cycle.  This message is not about letting people have their way all the time. .. its not about always giving in but it is about trying to create understanding.  It is ok to confront people when you feel they are doing things that hurt you or are not right, but be open to their true intentions and do not always assume they are trying to hurt you or others, or trying to create problems.  I find we are all just doing our best with what we have and what we know- sometimes giving knowledge is all it takes to break the cycle.  In the end it only takes one side to stop the whole never ending cycle of revenge and create peace.

Here is wishing you all a month of peace and understanding in your relationships and your lives.

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Energy Guide 4/27/11

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Topic Riding the waves

When I first began thinking about writing this I told a friend I thought it was going to be about suffering.  With the theme of Easter and with my own personal struggles there was a lot of thought about suffering and the purpose of suffering.  I recently had my tonsils and adnoids removed, not an easy gig for an adult.  As I have been recovering I have been thinking about the pain and the purpose of that pain, the purpose of any pain we experience for that matter.  I thought about Jesus’ pain on the cross and what purpose that may have served.

A few times in the past week I literally tried to force myself to write (not usually how it goes- usually I have a huge urge to write even when I do not know what I will write about and it just flows).  This time I had all these understandings about pain and wanted to share them but was not able to- not yet.  Mainly because I had not gotten the full story yet and it would have been an incomplete message.

The past few weeks I have gained insight about pain and suffering.  We all are searching for ways to avoid pain.  Still it exists.  Even great masters  and spiritual leaders have pain in their lives.  Although great master do not experience suffering , generally.  The difference is that pain is an experience- it is a part of nature.  It is a part of what we came to experience.  Pain is brief, and once it is gone we scarcely remember it.  We for sure do not remember it vividly.  Generally pain comes with a lesson either about our emotions, or our physical bodies.  Do not over do a work out.  Do not push yourself past your physical limits or you will break something and have pain.  We learn about attachment to things and people and how those attachments without space, or without solid inner love and fulfillment leads to pain.  Mostly if we are really aware we learn that if we hold on to the pain and do not surrender to it as being a part of nature that we then suffer.  Suffering is pain that we are unable or unwilling to let go of.  Even in physical pain we can resist and struggle against what we feel or we can experience a surrender and an opening up to finding a spot of comfort within our pain.  When we do that we free ourselves from suffering.

When I think about Jesus on the cross I get this feeling like as he was in agony saying ” God why have you forsaken me”  that suddenly there was a surrender.  That had we been there to witness it would have been palpable.  It would have had an energy of it own that was felt all around and seen on his face.  A surrender to the pain and solace in God’s care the moment that surrender occurred.  When that transformation happened and surrender to God was chosen, suffering stopped.  Jesus was free to love all of humanity and beg forgiveness for those who persecuted him- not an act a man in suffering can do.

This leads to today’s ideas- that part I had been missing.  So often we try to end our suffering or even our pain by trying to find answers or by doing something through our own will alone.  People give all kinds of advice on what you should or should not do when you are in pain.  Pain has its purpose to wake us up, to honor our natural selves, to work with nature.  Pain is a reminder.  We can not outrun it, or out smart it.  We can shorten the amount and intensity of our pain however.  The only way is through the surrender to it.  To accept that at that moment we are feeling pain and to accept it as it is to work with it an not fight against it.  The moment we can do that, we then are open to the universal push that will allow us to rise above the pain. We open a space for nature to take action- for God to care for us.  It is not done through force of will it is done through partnership with the Universe.

I have been in pain for 11 days now.  I have known enough to know that when I was ready to heal I would feel it and know it was time to push myself.  I finally got that signal today.  If I had ego involved I would have said I needed to push myself five days ago- I sure was ready to but it was not in alignment with Divine time then.  If I had listened to people around me I would have been pushing myself after 3 days, and according to others I should not push myself now.  But to live in partnership with the Universe, with God one has to listen to that stillness for the signal- no one outside us can tell us, logic can not figure it out, and ego can not force it to happen on our clock.

The image I received today when I realized it was time for me to begin pushing myself was that of a wave.  Actually it was the idea of body surfing or boogie boarding.  When I was a kid I used to travel a lot (I had a flight attendant mom).  I went to the ocean a lot and loved to ride the waves.  I seemed to have a natural gift for the timing of those waves.  Other kids would struggle to catch it at the right time but somehow this little feeling in my stomach would say “now!” and I would start paddling and hit the wave perfect.  If you begin paddling too soon you tire out and can not keep up with  the wave to ride it right.  If you wait to long you miss the wave and do not have that added momentum to really make you sail across the water.  There is a balance between effort and the added push the wave gives to make for the perfect ride.  This is the same idea for anything we seek to do.  It is especially true for overcoming pain.  I have found in life whether is over coming hard situations, knowing when to talk about a subject, knowing when to pursue a dream or idea that if I listen to that still place it will give me the same “now” as I heard when riding the waves.

As we experience pain people around us will say “you need to to this or that now”, our egos will say “I am tired of this do something to make it better now”.  If we listen to that we end up expending energy for nothing.  We work twice as hard and never get the assistance of the Universe.  We are paddling before the wave and will tire out before we can catch it and ride it.  If we allow fear to keep us from moving forward or think that the Universe will do all the work for us we end up missing the wave entirely.  There is a balance to the effort we put in and the timing we chose to allow the Universe to help us get through all the experiences of life with grace.  When we stay out of other peoples  lives by refraining from telling them they need to do this or that right now, we allow them to experience their own flow and they can then experience the grace of the Universe.  I find shutting out the worries of other’s to be the hardest part to following that Divine timing.   I want to create a t shirt to wear with a wave on it that says ” allow other’s to follow their own flow”.  For some it may be their own inner voice  that  keeps them from following that timing.  Either the voice screaming “you need to do something now or all hell is going to break lose” (ego voice) or the self doubting voice that says “I am not sure if this is right, I am not sure if its time” (when the signs are everywhere saying “ACT!, DO SOMETHING NOW”)

I have been in pain the past 11 days but I have not suffered because I knew Divine timing would come and that wave would gather energy and that at just the right moment I could begin my work of paddling and work with the Universe to feel better.  I surrendered to my pain and listened to the things it had to tell me.   I would have suffered if I had thought I was in total control and could will myself better sooner than nature had intended.  I could stand to suffer more if I ignore the push to push myself to take action towards my healing now.  I have been feeling the wave gather its energy around me and I took comfort in knowing that it was coming without trying to force it.

Take time to sit in the stillness and to know that part of you.  That is the internal timeclock- that part of you that flows with nature.  You will find your timing to be perfect in anything you do if you get to know that place within you.  It is not made of logic and does not listen to what other people say about when you should or shouldn’t do things.  Its not a place where you figure things out with numbers, charts or formulas, its a feeling and it is always there to guide us.  When ego says ” I need it my way now” we can know that it is not in alignment with nature.  When fear says ” I am not sure if I am ready or if I can, or if I deserve this” we can know that it is not part of the flow of nature.  Nature does not give us signals to go if we are not ready.  Nature always flows and there is always a gradual build up of energy before the action.  When we are still we are in tune with this and can flow with it.  This is how pain is over come.  This is how we find fulfillment, by knowing that place.

When you are feeling the urge to do things now, or feeling like even though everything around you is saying its time to act that maybe you can not do it, take a moment to listen to what that silent place in you says.  Of course this doe not apply when you are in immenent danger that is what primal brain was made for, but when you are living day to day.  Check to see what that need for urgency or that self doubt is about and then try to see if you can find the Divine timing and flow instead of forcing you will or staying stuck in fear.  You will find life is much more pleasant  and the pain is much less intense when it occurs.

Take some time this month to find the space where you can catch the wave and work with the Universe in partnership.   The ride is exhilarating.  Enjoy!

With Love and Truth

Eve

innerguidance @evetoomey.com

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Energy Guide 2/28/10

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Topic: The moment

It seems as though messages are coming slowly for me these days.  I am having the experiences but then am not led to this page to write.  I trust and follow what I am led to do (for the most part, I still fight with that tendency to follow my mind as well with ” I shoulds” taking over)  so I will trust and only write when led to.

This message began a few weeks ago during a group that I am a part of.  A very wise friend was talking in that group and he was talking about the word momentum.  Following the natural push and flow of things around us.  Using that natural momentum within our lives.  As he spoke my mind began to wander and it was brought to my attention in a very strong way how that word momentum contains and is rooted in the word moment.  As I thought about that it seemed clear to me that it is no coincidence.  I have known people who seem in the flow, they seem like everything flows in and around them with little effort.  Opportunities arise just in time, they are generally supported in all ways.  Their lives continue in an evolving motion, as these opportunities are seized and used as chances for unending growth and potential.

Then there are other people that I have known who seem endlessly stuck.  Either opportunities do not seem to appear for them, or when they do something blocks these people from taking advantage.  For these people life seems stuck like a tangle mass that keeps them spinning in the same place over and over, sometimes for months, sometimes for years.  Getting stuck in the tangle of their lives.  It seems to me that part of the human experience is to experience this state of being stuck.  We all can relate to the experience of being stuck but,  why do some people get past it while others do not?

Lately I have been questioning why this  is.  What is the key to unlocking why this happens, so that I can not only understand for myself but also offer something to others who are in this cycling state.  My wise friend’s words began the process of understanding a few important pieces.  A huge piece of getting “unstuck” lies in knowing where one truly gets momentum.  The answer lies in that fleeting insight I received while my friend spoke.  We draw momentum from the moment.  A key piece that I have noticed, in my interactions with others and personal experiences being in the “stuck” state as apposed to being in the “flowing state”, is the ability to stay present.  There is a power in the present for several reasons.  First when one is present all of their attention is focused on what is happening in that moment.  All of our energy is focused on what is currently going on.  When we drift to the past or future we have now divided the energy we have to be put into the present.  Dividing this energy to a small degree is ok and does not necessarily impact our overall momentum, however doing this to a large degree can leave us with no force to be present and it is then that we lose our momentum becuase we lost our ability to be in the moment. That inner force that moves us into actions for personal growth is gone.

Secondly, when we are not in the moment we do not see the opportunities and signs that are around us.  A mind that is consumed with worries for the future, or even dreams of a better future, as well as a mind that is holding on the to past with regrets, unresolved feelings, or hopes for the past to return is too preoccupied to see what is happening in the present.  As a result opportunites are not only not taken due to our energies being scattered but, they are not even recognized.  For people who are stuck it is not that the opportunities are not being presented, it’s that they are not recognized. Keeping our minds centered on the present moment and not allowing too much drifting to the past or future allows us to see opportunities, ways to keep ourselves growing and evolving.

Lastly (and there are many more reasons the present moment is important but I am focusing on these three for now) the present allows us the best vantage point to see things clearly and to respond to those things.  It is said that hind sight is 20/20 and that may be true however, knowing what should have been done after the fact does not allow for true growth.  If we lives ourlives percieving that we can only see the truth of things after they have occurred than we will continue to make the same mistakes over and over.  Reviewing the past and noticing the truth of past events is only helpful when that information is applied to the moment.  We have all known people  (or most likely we have ourselves experinced) who continually making the same “mistakes” over and over.  In our minds we know from previous experinces that we should not do something and yet habitually we do it over and over.  Again the key here is that our experiences are not being drawn into the present.  We see the “mistake” as something from the past and think to ourselves ” this time will be different”  We do not connect with the moment.  We do not recognize that inner voice saying ” this is not a great idea” instead we get caught up in the past and think ” this time is going to be different” and we set out to prove to ourselves why things will be different, losing the moment in order to try to “right” the past.  It’s an alluring draw to “correct” the past, to prove something to ourselves and others.  It’s so alluring we lose the moment and engage in that endless cycle- givng away momentum to learn and grow in new ways.  If we had been in the moment and not trying to prove or correct, we may have noticed a different way of doing things.  We may have noticed opportunity for change and truly escaped our pattern.

The second part of this message came while doing a healing for another friend.  When I put my hands on this friends head I immediately saw a mass of tangled string.  Immediately I got the feeling of being so confused and filled with anxiety- like my friend was looking at this big picture of some situation in his life and seeing the mass of tangled string.  If you have ever tried to untangle such a mass of string it can be daunting.  I felt tired looking at it- like as a healer there was no way I could untangle it.  It was massive and would take days.  I chose to send healing and ask what to do with that big mass of string.  Immediately I was shown the ball of tangled string and then a long single piece of string streched out straight.  The feeling was that these two images where exactly the same.  To my relief  (and I am sure my friends) there was no difference.  The message was the string did not need to be untangled at all.  It was all in perception.  Seeing the chaos of the tangle had me feeling anxious, like I had to untangle it and I knew that was a massive project that I was not sure I had the energy for.  Seeing the straight string made me feel calm.  Knowing that they were both the same and there was no difference besides my perception of them made me feel at ease.  In my own life, in everyone’s lives we have a choice on how we will percieve our lives.  We can buy into the anxiety of the tangle that we choose to percieve by looking at the whole thing at once.  Or we can choose to recongnize that the tanlged string is still the string.  Again the key to shifting our perception of this lies in our ability to stay in the moment.  If we follow the tangled string moment by moment- without trying to view the whole thing at once it leads to the same place as if the string were straight.

It occurred to me how many people including myself get preoccupied in trying to untangle the strings of our lives instead of simply staying present and following where those strings lead.  It is in this trying to untangle that we often get “stuck”.  We lose our momentum because we feel we have to have a staight path, when actually the tangled path is exactly the same, the same length and leads to the same point.  We stop progressing and focus our energy on untangling things, when actually we could just stay present, not worry about the knots and just follow each moment, each segment of the string.

This weeks message is one of finding strength and that inner force that propels us on, within the present.  I am being led to really try to gently redirect my mind to what is happening each moment in stead of indulging in thoughts of the past or future.  The challenge this month is to notice when our minds wander to the past or future, to notice when we are busying ourselves trying to untangle the strings and to gently redirect ourselves to just being in our experiences fully.  To let the moment create our momentum.

With love and truth

Eve

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January 28th, 2010

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Topic: Solitary confinement

Wow, when I wrote almost a month ago about January being a time of isolation I had no idea of the extent to which I would experience it.  I was actually unable to write new posts due to the overwhelming sense to withdraw.  When I did venture out into the world (an event that happened way more than I wanted it to) I found that I felt incredible discomfort and desire to just withdraw and be alone.  It seems that the universe was serious when it sent the message that January was for introspection.  I know from talking to others that I was not alone in my feeling and experiences this month.  As I interacted with others the interactions seemed strained  and slightly edgy or uncomfortable.  There was an incredible feeling of disconnection during this whole month.  It was like we could be in the middle of a crowded room and feel like there was no one there.

At first I thought it was just me- being an Aquarius I am used to feeling aloof and disconnected as a part of who I am.  But this month those feelings were intense and they seemed to be impacting more than just me.   In previous months I had felt more connected to people around me than I had ever felt before.  This month threw me for a loop and had me fearing that I had returned to my old ways.  Well, there is good news, the message that I am getting now will put those minds that are wondering if this disconnected feeling will last forever, at rest finally.  We are headed out of this phase and are now going to be experiencing the opposite.  The energy is shifting like the swing of a giant pendulum, from isolation and disconnection to partnership and connection.

February is about connections, connections, connections!  Every time I tune into this month the feeling is that it will be busy, it will be fast, and it will be filled with social fun.  There will be connections made in this month that will assist us in all areas of our lives.  New doors will be opened in business and personal life by the people we know or meet.  As we emerge from our January cocoons we suddenly find that people around us are bringing us opportunities.  These opportunities may not be apparent at first.  An old friend may pop back into  our lives without warning, a person we have never met or barely know may move into a more prominent role, or we may learn something new about the friends we have had for years.  Whatever form  the connection takes, the message is that our connections to eachother will be of great assistance to us in whatever we are pursuing.  This assistance may be immediate or may make itself known in the months to come.  Whatever the case, we will look back and remember that the seed of what developed in our lives began with a connections we made  in February.

I am excited for this coming month and a bit nervous.  After feeling the isolation of January and then having the experience be so much more intense than I had imagined it would be, I get a little nervous about what these connections and partnership will feel like, how intense they will be.  At worst case it feels like there could be some anxiety brought about this month due to the intensity of the connections we will be making.  So if you begin to feel anxiety just know that it is temporary and it is only a side effect of something that will prove to be a wonderful help to you during the coming months.

Get ready for social time and have fun meeting the people who will bring you opportunities for the months to come.

With love and truth

Eve

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January 1st

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Topic: Energetic snapshot the upcoming year

The end of December brought about some interesting energy.  Many of us felt like for the first time in a while the fog lifted and we were able to see thing clearly.  Our perspective on situations that we thought we knew, completely change as this truth came into focus.

This was all in preparation for what is coming into form for 2010.  This next month is about introspection.  In November I began feeling a tug, a strong urge to just hide.  I was not able to do that at  but was told that January would be the time to hide and think about myself and what I wanted for 2010.  This message again was not just for me but for others as well.  Take time in January to think about your life, the changes that took place at the end part of this past year, the desires you have for the future, and what you have in the present.  Appreciate what needs appreciation, change what is not working to help you become your best, and manifest that which will help you.  This is a time to reconnect with the divine.  Take that time and hold it sacred. There will be plenty of time for connecting with others and putting thought into action in February and March.  January is about getting grounded in ourselves and our own truths before pushing forward into what is to come.

February is about connections and relationships.  With our intentions set we begin to make connections of all kinds.  There is a fun busy feel to this month.  The connections could be romantic in nature but do not have to necessarily be.  They can be fun friendships- new or old, business connections, chance encounters that lead you to what we are looking for.  Its all about community and helping eachother.  Relying on others for support and help in manifesting what we discovered in January.

March feels a little turbulent.  Is almost like we planned what we wanted in January, had fun connection and synchronicities in February that helped us get started and then March comes along to challenge us about being sure we really want what we think we want.  Its like all the things we must give up to move forward will be shown to us this month.  It feels scary, but necessary.  Its important to see all sides of growth both the positive outcomes and what needs to be shed.  Everything has both light and shadow to it and this month is about showing us both parts.   Its a temporary state, meant to make sure we see the whole truth of what we are calling into our lives.  So if you find things difficult take heart because the difficulties are only temporary.  The clouds will clear and the sun will shine brightly again.

April is about action.  February brought connections and opportunities, March allowed us to see the full truth and now we are ready to act.  This month feels like a lot of tangible things will take place in the material world.  Some people will make those moves they were trying to make, some will finally start on a new project or venture, some will delve into  new relationships.  Its all about action and movement.  This energy continues into May as well.  There is this feeling of almost boundless energy.  Like we will be given the push we need to accomplish all of the things that we did not have the motivation or energy to accomplish before this point.  We will look at everything we are doing and be amazed at how much we are able to get done.  We will wonder where we are getting this energy from.  Ride this wave, accomplish all you can before its time to rest and allow our new creations to settle and integrate.

June feels like its a time to reconnect.  After all the time we were spending the previous months getting things done, it is time to reconnect with family and friends.  It feels like a light and playful month, but one that will fly by in the blink of an eye.  So the theme is fun, fun , fun.  We need to allow ourselves a much needed break during this month to travel, to go to gatherings, to just go and play with people we like to be around.  Allowing ourselves the time to have fun will save us  from emotional and spiritual anguish in the months to come.  We all need a break sometimes and this month is providing that much needed break.  There is a strong urge here to reiterate the importance of letting ourselves play and have fun this month, doing so will make a huge difference in our general mood  and ability to deal with our lives.

The month of July feels unsettled.  There is a feeling of anticipation to this month.  Like we are taking a collective deep breathe and holding it in anticipation of some big change or shift.  There is this sense that July is about preparing for things to change rapidly in the following months.  We need to get ourselves centered and grounded.  We need to build up our own inner strength and identify with our own truths this month.  The feeling is like preparing for a storm, wanting to make sure everything we care dearly for is anchored down and secured. I get this image of myself with deep roots growing down from my feet with the focus on strengthening those roots.  Taking the time to develop this individual strength will make a huge difference in how we see the coming months.  Some will see them as difficult because things will change rapidly and be ripped away.  Others will see the coming month as wonderful opportunities.  This is all based on how well each person grounded themselves or did not ground themselves.  Be very clear this month about your intentions and motives.

This same feeling continues into August.  Especially at the beginning of the month.  Opportunities will begin to present themselves and choices will appear towards the end of the month.  The chances to make choices and to call into existence new experiences will begin to become evident during the second half of August.  These will be minor opportunities.  We will begin to see that we have choices and chances to change what is happening in our lives.  It may not be time to make these changes but we will become aware of them at this point.  This could include changes in living situation, changes in career, changes in relationships, changes in how we lives our lives.  August basically presents us with a menu of options, various opportunities that we have to choose from.  So this month is about noticing those opportunities and considering them.  There is a message to wait on action and just look over the menu for the time being, there is a danger in acting too rashly.  Everything in its own divine timing.  for now enjoy seeing what is out there.

In September the opportunities continue to be presented to us.  This month has a feel that we can now feel free to begin putting a little action into moving in the direction of some of the options that we are drawn toward.  There is a warning to not force things however.  The feeling is that we should merely be taking advantage of opportunities to act, not creating or forcing actions.  We also need to be mindful to not let ourselves become scattered, by following to many possible paths.  Many opportunities will be presented and we need to take time to step back and decide where our best interest lies.  We can not follow all the paths.  The path of greatest wisdom is the one we are guided to follow from a deeper place. Be mindful of fear and ego as they can often lead us to grasp at any and all opportunities- leaving us running around like chickens with our heads cut off.

October feels a bit damp and cold.  It feels unusually dark.  There is this feeling of dampness and discomfort.  This could be based on purely physical manifestations- such as it being a very rainy and cold October or it could have to do with an internal feeling.  My intuition tells me it’s both.  The weather will be dreary and damp but there will also be a growing internal discomfort within many of us.  Things we were able to tolerate for years will begin to become to much to put up with.  After seeing so many opportunities to change things that are not working in our lives suddenly that which is not working feels very pronounced.  With the awareness of so many other possibilities comes a discomfort with continuing to function under a “business as usual” frame of mind.  This is a month of soul searching, of solitary searching.  We need to go deep within and feel the root of what is causing the discomfort and then open up to possibility.  October is about feeling the pain so that we are willing to move forward and make changes if they need to be made.

November feels lighter.  Many people will have decided to confront that discomfort and to make changes, small or large to address the discomfort.  These could be major external changes like moving or changing  jobs or they could be internal shifts.  Shifts involving how we perceive the world around us.  There is a feeling that many people will find that they have everything they need, that their relationships, their jobs, their living spaces are just fine- that they just needed to break an internal pattern of how they perceived all of these things.  October may have shown some people that how they choose to think of their world is the key to being happy.  We many times do not have to change the things around us as much as we need to change our appreciation of those things.  Whether we have made material, physical changes our internal shifts, this month is about taking a fresh look at our lives.  The feeling is that of a rebirth, renewed energy.

December is always a special month.  It’s such a busy time of year.  This December will be no different.  However as time continues to feel like it speeds up more and more, it is important to try to take a new view of these especially busy months.  I am being urged to relay the message to do things different this December.  If you are one who bites off more than you can chew during December rethink what is important.  We all need to rethink the traditions and activities we engage in during this time of year and decide what is really important.  Rethinking December and prioritizing what is most important is key to the consciousness shift we are undergoing.  Things can not continue, the busy pace can not continue.  More and more of us are feeling a strong internal push to slow down and get back to the basics of life.  This December is a great training ground for that.  By rethinking what we have to do this month we are setting an intention to finally begin to take steps towards following that internal push to slow down and focus on what is important.  In doing so we will find that this December will be the most enjoyable one we have had in years.

As we continue to move towards a shift in our consciousness we face many changes.  It is important to remember the power of our thoughts.  Thought is creation and as we move towards the consciousness shift this becomes more and more evident.  Be mindful of what kind of thoughts you are having about your life, yourself, and others.  The shift happens as we all learn to move away from fear and ego based thought into more loving and hopeful thoughts.  We are in control of our worlds, our lives, we create everyday.  Lets focus on creating from positive thoughts during the upcoming year.  We as always have infinite opportunity for growth.

Have a happy  new year!

With Love and Truth

Eve

email: innerguidance@evetoomey.com

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