Today is the last in my CONNECTION - A KEY TO LIVING AS THE DIVINE YOU    series. I hope you now feel confident and routinely connect to your Divine Self, the All That IS, and Everything and Everyone you encounter.  Last week I wrote about an odd thing to connect to; your apparel and jewelry can radiate your energy and assist you to get your authentic truth communicated. 

Today we are really going into the woo-woo world of possibilities, so open your mind and remember, smiling and laughing are wonderful ways to uplift your vibrations.  

Here is a deep dark secret.   I believe having a relationship with your appliances, sinks, toilets and tools creates a smoother flowing, maximum efficiency, longer lasting lifespan for them and less angst for you. 
Connect with the sentient energy in all your household items and tell them regularly how grateful you are for their smooth functioning.  Send them your highest frequency energy and feel their response.   

This practice evolved because I have made it my goal to find something to enjoy in every situation. For example, I prefer many activities to housework. But by committing to find something enjoyable in every situation in order to maintain higher vibration energy, I challenge myself to find something new every time I do a chore. I have really found pleasure in seeing a clean toilet, enjoyed using my sense of smell with the cleaning products I use. When the effect of the good smell no longer did it for me I imagined myself as Cinderella, cleaning just after I'd met Prince Charming (knowing of course that he would find me and hire someone to clean for me).  

The feminist in me rebelled, so that quickly paled and I found another rather bizarre way to play while cleaning the toilet.  Now, as you know, I connect with plants and animals, so it wasn't that much of a stretch to play with the idea of connecting with the energy or the spirit of my toilet. 


I told it I was grateful it was an indoor toilet and that it flushed.  I thanked it for working so well and staying leak free. Well, that was kind of unusual and funny, and my frequency rose even more when I thought about how my family and acquaintances would respond if I told them this was my new mindfulness practice.  


Now I do this with all my appliances.  I am so grateful that my old refrigerator and freezer keep on plugging along.  I encourage my dishwasher to hang in there, when it occasionally has water remaining in the bottom after a wash.  I ask my washer to get out the stains in any clothes I launder and thank it for doing a great job.  

On the rare occasion something needs fixing, I ask the sentient energy or overlying deva of the item to tell me what to do. In many cases its simple and I have avoided hiring repair people.  Be sure to listen if it tells you to ask a friend, check out you tube or google, since the item may not give you the directions itself but point you in the right direction.   You may need to call on the advise of a higher conscious expert whose passed over.  I've asked Thomas Edison or his electrician friends  for their help in getting light fixtures to work. Steve Jobs has a group of energetic beings who can help with computer glitches.  However it's a good idea to first check if glitches are signals to stop what you are doing and take a break or move onto something else.  :)

So, let go of your dignity and step into the woo-woo. I have found being playful can lead to higher vibration, relaxation, an open mind and being available to new ideas you may not have considered.  This in turn leads to living a more consistent, higher conscious divinely joyful life.

Have you ever thought about what   your relationship is with the clothes you choose or the jewelry you select each day?  You can be putting on inspiration, excitement, an aliveness, or other energy that enhances what you are meant to do that day. 

When you go to your closet or jewelry box,  connect with the energy of the day, and the sentient energy of your apparel, ask what will  amplify your purpose and  see what calls out to be worn.

I did an interesting exercise with Dorothy West of theHappinessCompany.us  a couple of months ago that created an awareness of the inherent potential in this connection.
 We explored the energy that occurs when I do what I like and what I'm good at.  One of the things she identified is that I choose my clothes to reflect my authentic self and use them as part of my energetic work in the world.  
I realized that I connected with the sentient energy in what I adorn my body with and in some cases they selected themselves.  The latter tends to occur with jewelry which has stones or sacred shapes and symbols that radiate specific frequencies.  The clothes tend to magnify the vibration I wish to put out.  

For example, I have a ring with an infinity symbol.  I wear it when I know I will be going beyond the infinite doorway and exploring the newest energy that wants to actualize in our reality.  I wear a rose quartz ring when I want the energy of love enhanced.  That may be self love, giving or receiving love.  I have a jaguar ring when I wish to go into the night or energy of the void or underworld, where jaguar is a handy energy to co-create with. When my dad was passing, I wore it to connect with the highest vibeing energies for his transition.  

I have learned to listen to stones that tell me not to wear them, for a particular occasion. Perhaps the most dramatic example of when I ignored this occurred when I had a necklace made of crystal points which told me not to wear it when I was participating in a harmonic concordance celebration where hundreds of crystals in spiral settings were present.  I ignored its request, thinking I'd be careful in case the clasp was weak and it would fall off.  Instead the metal setting actually vibrated apart and the crystal points shot off in all directions,  The energy was too intense for a vibrational merge with my crystals.  


So this week, have fun, set your intention for the day then ask your clothes and jewellry which wants to be worn.  Feel the celebration and joy that your attire conveys when you choose to consciously connect in a relationship with it. 

This is another example of the importance and joy of the key divine living skill of connecting.   Feel the love that everything around you is giving you, and the enjoyment these energies have from giving as you connect with All Your Relations.  

Tomorrow is the Maya New Year.  
I wanted to offer you some ideas for conducting your own sacred ceremonies whenever you want to celebrate significant occasions and make respectful connection with your own divine self and significant higher conscious sentient energies in your realms. 

There was a time in my life when I travelled annually to the Yucatan where I visited Sacred Sites and studied with Miguel Angel Vergara, a wise Maya shaman.  Of course, in keeping with shamanic practice, he did not identify himself as a shaman or priest, but those of us who learned from his connection with ancient teachers and cosmic ones, recognized his sagacious status.

I still celebrate solstices, equinoxes, and key events using Maya ceremony and I routinely connect  with the sentient nature in all the energies on our holy mother earth and in the cosmos.  I resonate with the energies of the Maya pantheon, the lords and lordess's as Miguel Angel calls them.  

The traditional Maya New Year starts on different days each year 
 because the Tzolkin calendar is based on a 28 day moon cycle.  I'm looking forward to Miguel Angel's book which explains the calendars from the  indigenous  Maya perspective. This is in contrast to  José Argüelles' 13 moon calendar, which has its own special energies that bring you closer to the moon cycles.  New Years always begins July 26 in his dreamspell version of the Tzolkin.    

Designing and celebrating your own ceremony.  

As always, get into highest conscious vibration and Connect with your divine self.
You may want to use my suggestions based on Maya tradition, or spend time contemplating and creating your own special ceremony. 

• As always, get into highest conscious vibration and Connect with your divine self.  
  
• Set an intention for the ceremony  It may be to celebrate a significant day in the annual cycle, or in your life, or even just to express joy and gratitude to the energy of All Your Relations on earth and in the cosmos or to the creator of  All That IS.  Although many people do ceremony for healing, to aid in natural or human crisis, I would ask you to maintain a higher conscious perspective. When you come from the paradigm of healing and aiding, you are re-creating that as a reality.  In highest consciousness there  are no problems, no solutions, nothing needs to be healed as ultimately from a pure consciousness paradigm, everything is in its perfect form.  
• Designate a sacred space and if you wish create an altar with a beautiful cloth and special items like crystals, candles, icons or decorations.  
• Expand and become a huge field of energy
• Connect with the divine energies of the earth and cosmos. (Specific suggestions for who to call in follow.)As you call them in thank them for coming and tell them you love, honour and respect them and thank them for the gifts they give you.  You may want to have gifts to show them your gratitude and love.These could include corn, tobacco, chocolate (and liquer for the maya Aluxes, the earth spirits), crystals, flowers, whatever asks to be given.
• Call in the heart of the earth, and heart of the sky.  Feel their energy coming in.  
  
• Ask the 4 directions to join you. See hear or sense what symbols represent the directions.   The East can represent new life, springtime, new beginnings, innocence, sunrise. Sometimes baby animals will come as representatives of the east or perhaps new projects that want to be created will appear in your awareness. West can represent  wisdom, autumn, the void of creation, the mystery, wisdom.  Animals such as bear who is partaking of abundance readying to hibernate in caves may come, or the energy may be symbolized by the wise woman or crone.  The North energies may represent winter and time for contemplation, reflection, completion.  Animals might represent those who take the sun thru the underworld of darkness.  Right now the white winter hare is coming to me as a representative of north energies. When I googled his symbolism I found perhaps he came to me,on this day of the new moon, because in aztec folklore people identified the markings on the Moon as a rabbit. According to an Aztec legend, the god Quetzalcoatl,( KuKulcan in maya lands) then living on Earth as a man, started on a journey and, after walking for a long time, became hungry and tired. With no food or water around, he thought he would die. Then a rabbit grazing nearby offered herself as food to save his life. Quetzalcoatl, moved by the rabbit's noble offering, elevated her to the Moon, then lowered her back to Earth and told her, "You may be just a rabbit, but everyone will remember you; there is your image in light, for all people and for all times."  (1)     The South may represent the summer, the energy of productivity, rapid growth of projects, vitality.  Symbols might be the beings who accompany the sun across the daylight sky.  Interestingly, In Maya ceremonies I did in the Yucatan the south had the energy of the ancient wise ones, whereas this energy is usually in the North for the first nations people in Canada.  

• What ever symbols of the four directions come to you welcome them. You may notice signs, the wind increasing, quiet when it was noisy, birds starting to sing if it was quiet, a tree rustling when there is no breeze.  Be Alert and connect with the energy in those signs.
  
• Call in any higher conscious sentient energies represented by angels, ascended masters, your guides you feel guided to invite.
• You may want to inhale essential oils to increase your connection and expand your vibrations and your field. 
• Now speak from your heart to celebrate the intention you have set for your ceremony.  If it is to celebrate a special occasion in someone elses life, get into your highest vibeing bliss and share significant moments and memories and what you see as their greatest gifts and future possibilities. If it is to celebrate the new year, or cycle you may wish to write your desires for the coming year or cycle and then release the energy to the universe for manifesting, by burning it, or tearing it to tiny pieces and burying it, to germinate, grow and harvest. 
• If you have invited others to be part of your celebration, ask them to participate in the activities you have designed.  Ask them to speak from their divine wisdom.  Listen with your whole heart, expecting to hear their brilliance articulated.  When you listen in this way their divine self comes thru and the listeners are moved and shifted by their awe-inspiring communication.
• Follow your divine selfs guidance for special enhancements to the ceremony. Revel in the sacred space and ceremonial energy. Listen for any messages and information, receive any gifts.  
• When it feels complete, thank the divine higher conscious beings, the directions, heart of the earth, heart of the sky and all the energies who came to celebrate.  

I hope however you choose to celebrate the New Year, you do so with joy and have fun!


(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

One of the fun aspects of connection is to identify the sentient energy of objects and beings we might have not even realized had the awareness and ability to co-create when we align with them.  

When we are connected to higher vibration energy, we move out of third dimensional duality. We live multi-dimensionally, and we can access information and energy from a wider range of frequencies -- from our higher selves, other people, from Divine Source Energy and from All That Is.  

All That Is includes everything on the earth, in the earth and in the cosmos.  We can work with the All That Is, because Everything Is Energy.  I call many of these objects allies. 

They includes crystals, objects in nature, totems, fetishes sound vibration, aromatherapy, essential oils, flower essences and colors and beings of the highest vibration such as angels, saints and ascended masters. Just for fun, I also play with the wee folk from various mythical and magical traditions. This includes fairies, the Maya Aluxes, dragons, Pan, the water, earth and wind spirits and more. 
 I consider them allies because they agree to work collaboratively with me for the greatest good for all.  I ask Divine Source to filter any aspects of myself and the allies that would limit our effectiveness. 

"To me, Allies actually have personalities, are sentient and interact with us, supporting our intentions. Many indigenous cultures work with animal totems that represent the wisdom of the animal you are connected with.  Shamans interact with animal allies and get messages and guidance for their work. Shamans (and Shamanic practitioners who have studied with Shamans), also connect and get messages from all energy including trees; the elements of wind, fire, earth and water; rocks and crystals.  People who are waking up and realizing there is more to life sometimes do so because they are making these connections with all energy –All Our Relations as well. Whether you believe allies support us literally or symbolically with their energy, they still represent possibilities for ancient and future wisdom and current assistance with our life purposes " (i) 

In the the next two blog posts I will share information about connecting with Crystals, and Power Animals, and even how to choose your apparel to connect with specific energies.  Today though we'll get really woo-woo and have a blast, if you are ready and willing for some summer fun!

 Connecting with Nature Spirits and the Wee Folk
For Sheer pleasure and fun, open your mind to possibilities,  connect with your inner child and try playing this week with the wee folk from various mythical and magical traditions. This includes fairies, the Maya Aluxes, dragons, Pan, the water, earth and wind spirits and more. Whatever calls to you. 
I can't remember if my first encounter with these energies was in Mexico when I was studying with a shamen on a sacred journey, or when I was at seminary on a retreat in the forest.  On the seminary retreat, we were staying in a wonderful wooded area and one of my fellow students told us she'd been seeing fairies when she walked home at night.  I must admit, I didn't really believe in fairies as I was still fairly new to my spiritual/metaphysical awakening.  However I am open to possibilities, so went with the eager playful anticipation that perhaps I'd been missing something.   As we walked along, she showed us the places the wee folk liked to make their homes,  in the bases of trees, tucked in the growth along the sides of the dirt path.  I did see twinkling lights and they seemed to flicker as we sang happy songs.  I confess I went back during daylight to see if there were granite stones or rocks with sparkles in them that may have reflected although the area was very dark at night. I was happy I didn't find any rocks.  Just believing in the possibility of fairies twinkling hello lightened and expanded my heart and raised my vibrations.  

My connection with dragons, water, wind and earth spirits and the Maya Aluxes ( Ah loosh es) came on one of my sacred studies in Mexico.  The aluxes are generally happy and playful energy spirits, and can play tricks, so I learned to include gifts for them when doing ceremony or visiting sacred sites.  They like chocolate, tobacco, and liqueurs, They may hide in clay statues or take on natural forms of animals.  I actually saw evidence of their dwelling place in a cave, although I didn't see any aluxes.  


I met the dragons at Chitchen Itza near a cenote where the ancient priestesses used to gather.  It was bittersweet, knowing their magnificence and how few people realize they are available to play and create with.  


I formally encountered the water diva spirits in a sacred ceremony, although I had communed with them in the ocean, when I first came to Mexico.  The wind frequents ceremonies and often comes, caressing our faces and ruffling our clothes at the peak of the sacred connection, when it had been still and quiet.  I suggest you be alert for it when you are connecting with any energies, or creating your reality when in nature.  Earth Spirits are everywhere.  I feel them when I walk on the land, being pulled deep into their ancient wisdom.  I listen for their messages and feel their strength infusing into my bones.  


So I strongly urge you to let go of any inhibitions and connect with the magical beings from any traditions. Get into a highest vibing energy. Initiate a conversation.  Get to know them, play together, ask them to show you how to have fun.  If they are willing ask them to show you their magic.  

And be sure to share your experiences on the Divine You facebook page.



(i) From Fear to Eternity: 212 Ways to Let Go of Limiting Beliefs and Shift Your Energy into Higher Consciousness Living 
by Gina-Dianne Harding 



 
 

As an ordained minister, I believe in God. I respect everyone's beliefs from those people who believe creation was an accident to those who know there is a Source. 

To me the sacred, soul prickling poignancy that comes when I connect with the vast multiverses, the stars, the suns the moons, and the earth and all its energetic beings demands that there be a creator of All That IS. 

If you have been connecting with your Divine Self, and Everything Around you, you quite probably have felt what even many scientists, and  logical thinkers have come to experience, this sense of moreness and greater beingness.  Today I invite you to connect with God as you know it.  And perhaps, open your mind and heart to the limitless possibilities of how this energy expresses Itself.  

• As usual, begin by taking in a couple of deep breaths and feel your muscles relax and your mind become clear and carefree. 
• Notice the high vibeing energy flowing thru your body, lifting you into bliss. 
• From that high frequency place, feel your energy expand.  Become bigger than your body, your dwelling place, your country, the earth, the universe, until you are as big as the Omniverse. 
• Sense the energy of love, light, peace, joy and perhaps the hum of creation.  Connect with that sacred energy.  Feel it enfold you. Become one with Source. When I am connected with that highest God frequency, I often feel like giggling with delight, freedom and happiness.  Just be still and know.   
• You may feel like having a "conversation"  with this all knowing energy.  It may be as thoughts, pictures or just senses.  If you have a burning question, feel free to ask. If you desire an experience express that.  Be playful.  Imagine how many ways God knows to have fun!  
• Feel  intense love and gratitude for this energy  Share this with all energetic beings everywhere.  Know You Are One With All That Is, All Your Relations and Your Divine Self.  
  
• Feel the pathway of this connections deep in your cell memory and neuro connections.  Know it is present, sustained in every moment.  Luxuriate in the conscious connection frequently, as this is a key component to being the Divine You. 
  

I'd love to read about your experiences with your God Connection below, or on my facebook page