Giggle Gifts
A “little reminder” article.
I’m sure many of you have heard of the expression “Laughter is the best medicine.” Sometimes there are legitimate explanations for such remedies and sometimes there is only the sound of laughter itself that will cure a serious heart. While attending a workshop in Seattle I came across firsthand what the stream of unexpected “tee-hees” can do. A couple from Florida with straight stoic gazes attended the same workshop I did and sat not too far from where my hotel roommate, Amy, and I had situated ourselves during an evening break-out session. A presenter and several audience participants demonstrating a specific technique stood upon a stage in front of just under 500 hundred people. The lights were lowered and the key lights for the stage were lit. And then it happened.
On the far right side of the ballroom, one woman in the front row began a small giggle, to herself mostly. It quickly spread to the ladies around her like giggle gas bubbles contaminating the air and soon these three ladies were becoming quite distracting, red faced and bouncing. It was irritating to many and a little rude to others. Their giggles began to spread to the rows behind them with just a tickle here and there to some unexpected bystander trying very hard to maintain focus on the presentation. It got to be where the giggles from the ladies in the front row on the far right side developed into out-right laughter and they chose to remove themselves chuckling right out of the ballroom and into the hall where an explosion of peals of laughter ensued that we could all hear from the now closed door.
The stoic couple I mentioned earlier looked at these women as needing to get it together, clearly they were acting out of control, which resulted in annoyance and irritation. But even though the Gigglers had left the room, their giggle germ had already spread to the people around them. Slowly, so slowly, it moved through the air to more people. Little bubbles of silliness floated around popping near me, in the center of the ballroom, and I found my own self beginning to giggle at the pure embarrassment of such an ordeal. And then it became funnier. Here I was in the middle of the ballroom, third row center and feeling the energy begin to flow in ways that at this point were becoming hard to swallow quietly. My body began to bounce and shake with slow tears escaping my eyes as I tried very hard to not repeat the experience of the Giggle ladies. I even thought to myself how annoying this must be to Amy sitting so quietly next to me; it was getting close to the bubble boiling point. It even triggered a childhood event that I never thought I would ever share in print.
I was taken back to a time where I was at church with my mom and the congregation was standing. I was bored out of my mind at age 8 or 9 and in the middle of a forest of adults a deep yawn came up and out. While I was totally engaged in this complete open mouth yawn, I burped. But since my muscles were totally occupied in the stretching of this full-bodied yawn, I could not close my mouth in time and out came a deep-from-my-gut growl – the perfect combination of a long yawn and resonating belch. I looked at my mom with wide embarrassed eyes as my mouth and gut are performing noises and stretches with what seemed to me without my consent. The people in front of us also turned around to see my mouth open spaciously, my eyes open wide and feeling out of control as my body roared on its own. I was so embarrassed and amused all at the same time that my mom and I both got the giggles so badly that it was as if we were the ladies in the front row far right side almost 25 years later at this workshop. It too closely resembled the feeling of “What can you do, now?” It is already out there.
And then it happened.
The lady from the serious couple, who a moment before was absolutely disgusted with the out of control experience of the Gigglers felt herself beginning to giggle, then deeply felt out of control in this experience. The bubbles of giddiness had settled in her lap. She decided that she would not let out the burst of laughter she felt building and tried with all her might to leave the ballroom. She stood up and looking horrified, hand to her mouth, leaning head first charged for the door as if she was about to vomit uncontrollably. She did not make it. About 12 feet from the door, she could not hold it in any longer. This disciplined woman, who the next day said she has always been so serious she did not even play as a child, was exploding with laughter so deeply that I visually saw the energy like a bucket of water being thrown – her laughter splashed all over the place and we could all hear her even once she got to the hallway hooting and cackling hysterically. That is what sent me over the edge. I then could not control my own laughter any longer. I then had to leave the ballroom, holding my own scarf over my face hoping I would at least make it to the door, unlike my “serious” friend who unleased 12 feet from the door. I left my hotel roommate and friend, Amy, alone in the ballroom as several of us aired ourselves out in the hall and around the grounds.
When I returned, the giggles in the ballroom had quieted, but not left completely. I ended up on stage with the presenter and some participants, when another participant did an action that sent my friend, Amy, into laughter she had tried to keep under wraps and out of the ballroom she went. Wave after wave, the giggles made their way across the ballroom from the far right side to front and center. I think we must have used it all up, because I heard the following day that there were a few people on the far LEFT side of the ballroom who viewed the whole thing as, you guessed it, annoying and irritating. A few even left the session, and not due to laughing. Oh, did they miss out.
Amy and I ended up with the giggles for hours, and even after that we still laid in the dark of our shared hotel room for 20-30 minutes laughing instead of sleeping. It just took one of us to breathe wrong to send us into hysterics. It was so freeing and light and life changing for the one “serious” lady as she was out of control in her laughter, her weightiness was not seen again the rest of the workshop. Not even on the way to the airport as she smiled and joked on the shuttle; I thanked her for her experience because it brought me to mine. I have not laughed that deep, that hard, that long for no apparent reason since who knows when. Whoo-wee, was that ever great.
And the presenter? I am sure some of you are asking if it was a complete disaster to the presentation. Fortunately, this particular workshop works with energy and completely understands such things. And the lady presenting has also had such experiences on stage before so she just rolled with it. At that point when a big portion of 500 people have the giggles, you can’t help but go with the flow anyway. It is contagious and liberating.
May you have the experience of complete and utter joy to the point of body-bouncing laughter, tears of unexpected heart-expanded happiness and life changing reminders how silly seriousness can be. May your heart be as blessed as mine has been in the gentle reminders of joy in unexpected ways.
And just to keep in the spirit fun, in the words of my husband, “bring home a Penguin” – whatever that means . . .
Love, love, love to you,
Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann
and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written
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Friday, June 5, 2009
May 2009 Collecting Crystals, the treasure hunt.
Collecting Crystals, the treasure hunt.
While walking along the beach, a landscape of endless grains of sand are before you. Your toes sink with each pressure change from heel to toe, from step to step, from shifting in motion to maintaining balance while still; it supports you. These grains of sand, too numerous to count are each themselves small pieces of dirt, rock, minerals, shells, bone and crystals. When an unblemished shell is found in this vast terrain of sand granules, a treasure is in the hands of the one who picked it up. And while to another, the broken shell with swirls of colors is far more interesting. The treasure is still in the heart of the observer.
Imagine if you will, Dear Observer, a cluster of perfect crystals with powerful terminations (points) and flawless color. Where we find this cluster of immense sustaining beauty is within our sense of Being and our heart. Sometimes as we go through our journey we feel compelled to share our love and light by distributing this great inner beauty by giving a piece of crystal structure to another. If we distribute enough of our crystal pieces to others, we are left with a very small piece of our self. It is in this example that we give ourselves away, trying to please those around us, trying to create connections with others in a way that we hope they will see value in us. When we return to the person and ask them, quiet innocently, “Are you taking good care of that part of me?” The person will probably say yes. If asked repeatedly it changes the meaning to, “I need you to take care of me.” If we ask enough times how well the person is taking care of us, the person may just decide that this is a) obviously something very special and may want to return it to its rightful owner to have it be in its proper location or b) decide that if they need to take that much care of it, it inhibits their own movement in life and they wish to give it back.
The one who has handed out all his special crystals pieces no longer has the solid foundation in themselves any longer – all personal power is in the hands of others. When an occasion of a returning of a piece of Self/crystal piece takes place, it can be viewed as rejection -
“You’re giving it back?!” translates to “You don’t want me?” It is the lack of person foundation that has created a sense of un-empowerment. As pieces of ourselves come back to us, the opportunity for gratitude in the recreation of inner strength presents itself. It really does not have to be about rejection, but more about reconnection. There are gifts both ways when pieces of puzzles are put into place, even if it wasn’t the piece we were looking for.
If we choose to view transformations and avenues in creating healing, even if it does not appear to look that way initially, there is great power in this choice. Whether we are handing crystals back to their owners (not being responsible for others’ wellbeing/ happiness/ sustainability) or asking for our pieces to return to us (speaking up for ourselves, choosing differently, thinking more highly of ourselves) change takes place.
I have told many of my clients and students lately that even if we don’t see an immediate change before our eyes when we are working with energy in my studio, the trajectory has still changed in their life- both of our lives actuality. Small or big in the angle of change, change is still change. And transformation can alter a life. It can heal a heart, free a spirit, give a voice to the quiet and melody to a song. What we see as change can be treasure if we choose to allow ourselves the opportunity to hold it, bringing the pieces back to the solid foundation it was meant to be.
We share ourselves in many ways; we give of our time, our food, our homes, our material goods, our shoulders and ears. We play, laugh and cry. We express emotions, share interests, point out other ways to see things; we are connected already. There is no need to give yourself AWAY. Everything – EVERYTHING – is a treasure. Even what one sees as broken will fit the perfect opening somewhere. In quantum physics, all things are possible. If all things are possible, why not you just being you, complete and whole, broken or still in the plastic factory seal – you are a treasure to someone – Yourself as an expression of Divinity.
So I challenge you – It’s time to go on a treasure hunt. It is your purpose in life to find all the crystal pieces you have hidden or given away. No one can take them from you without your consent. They are yours and it is of your power they change direction and location. All those pieces that are scattered in the hands of others bring them back in to your life. All those pieces that you are holding on to that do not belong to you, it is time for them to return home. Home to the place where joy and peace and love reside – in the hearts and inner Beings of each of us.
May your journey be blessed in the finding of your most precious treasure – yourself. It is in the finding of you that you find you are as vast as the sand beneath your feet – shifting in motion and maintaining balance when still. In finding you, you find the bigger picture and connections to all you were seeking in the first place; love.
In this space, there is no need to guard, horde, protect, or feel violated if one approaches such a treasure as yours. They simply see your beauty and find value in you being you (and wasn’t that what you were seeking in the first place?). Go, treasure hunters, it is time to collect crystals. May your gems shine brighter than you had ever known to imagine.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann
and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written
consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this
website, author's name and/or business.
While walking along the beach, a landscape of endless grains of sand are before you. Your toes sink with each pressure change from heel to toe, from step to step, from shifting in motion to maintaining balance while still; it supports you. These grains of sand, too numerous to count are each themselves small pieces of dirt, rock, minerals, shells, bone and crystals. When an unblemished shell is found in this vast terrain of sand granules, a treasure is in the hands of the one who picked it up. And while to another, the broken shell with swirls of colors is far more interesting. The treasure is still in the heart of the observer.
Imagine if you will, Dear Observer, a cluster of perfect crystals with powerful terminations (points) and flawless color. Where we find this cluster of immense sustaining beauty is within our sense of Being and our heart. Sometimes as we go through our journey we feel compelled to share our love and light by distributing this great inner beauty by giving a piece of crystal structure to another. If we distribute enough of our crystal pieces to others, we are left with a very small piece of our self. It is in this example that we give ourselves away, trying to please those around us, trying to create connections with others in a way that we hope they will see value in us. When we return to the person and ask them, quiet innocently, “Are you taking good care of that part of me?” The person will probably say yes. If asked repeatedly it changes the meaning to, “I need you to take care of me.” If we ask enough times how well the person is taking care of us, the person may just decide that this is a) obviously something very special and may want to return it to its rightful owner to have it be in its proper location or b) decide that if they need to take that much care of it, it inhibits their own movement in life and they wish to give it back.
The one who has handed out all his special crystals pieces no longer has the solid foundation in themselves any longer – all personal power is in the hands of others. When an occasion of a returning of a piece of Self/crystal piece takes place, it can be viewed as rejection -
“You’re giving it back?!” translates to “You don’t want me?” It is the lack of person foundation that has created a sense of un-empowerment. As pieces of ourselves come back to us, the opportunity for gratitude in the recreation of inner strength presents itself. It really does not have to be about rejection, but more about reconnection. There are gifts both ways when pieces of puzzles are put into place, even if it wasn’t the piece we were looking for.
If we choose to view transformations and avenues in creating healing, even if it does not appear to look that way initially, there is great power in this choice. Whether we are handing crystals back to their owners (not being responsible for others’ wellbeing/ happiness/ sustainability) or asking for our pieces to return to us (speaking up for ourselves, choosing differently, thinking more highly of ourselves) change takes place.
I have told many of my clients and students lately that even if we don’t see an immediate change before our eyes when we are working with energy in my studio, the trajectory has still changed in their life- both of our lives actuality. Small or big in the angle of change, change is still change. And transformation can alter a life. It can heal a heart, free a spirit, give a voice to the quiet and melody to a song. What we see as change can be treasure if we choose to allow ourselves the opportunity to hold it, bringing the pieces back to the solid foundation it was meant to be.
We share ourselves in many ways; we give of our time, our food, our homes, our material goods, our shoulders and ears. We play, laugh and cry. We express emotions, share interests, point out other ways to see things; we are connected already. There is no need to give yourself AWAY. Everything – EVERYTHING – is a treasure. Even what one sees as broken will fit the perfect opening somewhere. In quantum physics, all things are possible. If all things are possible, why not you just being you, complete and whole, broken or still in the plastic factory seal – you are a treasure to someone – Yourself as an expression of Divinity.
So I challenge you – It’s time to go on a treasure hunt. It is your purpose in life to find all the crystal pieces you have hidden or given away. No one can take them from you without your consent. They are yours and it is of your power they change direction and location. All those pieces that are scattered in the hands of others bring them back in to your life. All those pieces that you are holding on to that do not belong to you, it is time for them to return home. Home to the place where joy and peace and love reside – in the hearts and inner Beings of each of us.
May your journey be blessed in the finding of your most precious treasure – yourself. It is in the finding of you that you find you are as vast as the sand beneath your feet – shifting in motion and maintaining balance when still. In finding you, you find the bigger picture and connections to all you were seeking in the first place; love.
In this space, there is no need to guard, horde, protect, or feel violated if one approaches such a treasure as yours. They simply see your beauty and find value in you being you (and wasn’t that what you were seeking in the first place?). Go, treasure hunters, it is time to collect crystals. May your gems shine brighter than you had ever known to imagine.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann
and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written
consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this
website, author's name and/or business.
April 2009 Keep your Eye off the Ball.
Keep your eye off the ball.
In our society, we have been so incredibly trained to keep our eye on the ball that we begin to lose sight of all that around us. And not only that, but according to quantum physics, as long as I keep my eye on the ball I effect its ability to change by simply gazing up on. How does that work, you ask? I may not be able to explain the same way as a physicist would, but I would love to share an example or two of taking your eye off the ball.
In our efforts to figure “stuff” out, whether it is what is wrong with our physical body or why your spouse acts the way they do, or why childhood things still creep into your decision making process as an adult, or how to get out of stuck places, we search for the initial problem. I have studied many modalities where going to the source of the problem can be the key to clearing up the issue. I happen to be one of those people out there who can tap into past lives and other realities, so finding the source of the issue might mean something different to me than it does to you. However, in our infinitely creative ways of being, sometimes if our brain knows what “really” happened, it dwells on it rather than just using the information to go forward. So trained have we been to describe what is wrong. The lists of symptoms, the reasons why we can’t, won’t, don’t do what we really want to do. Ugh. We have been trained very well to find the problem.
I’d like to retrain you. Or detrain. Or rather entrain. Entrainment, not entertainment (although that is just as valuable), is that moment when two or more things come to a place of single rhythm. Like 10 people singing. At first they will be higher, lower, louder, softer; all different and easy to pick out whom is who doing what. Then after a bit, the voices will naturally begin to meld together in pace, quality and it appears they have found a place on an unseen grid to slide their sounds on with ease. Kind of like a ballerina on ice skates; effortless beauty, gliding with grace.
In a recent workshop I took, I loved the way of describing letting go. Most people don’t really understand the concept of letting go. They are afraid if they let go it might go away. Of course, many of might think, and wouldn’t that be the point? Yeah, for the other rest of us, it would be. But remember, we have been trained! Must keep our eye on the ball! If you quit watching the ball and it changed, what would you watch then? If we didn’t have our things wrong with us, who would we be?
Dr. Richard Bartlett of Matrix Energetics describes the idea using quantum physics in a wonderful way. For our purposes, and for fun, I’ll describe it with my own take on it. If we look at our list of symptoms as the problem, it is natural that we would like to find the solution. If I find the solution, which ball am I going to keep my eye on – the problem or the solution? If I keep my eye on the problem, the mere act of my gaze locks the problem into an experience of my limiting watchful eye. If I stare at the solution, it is in essence not allowing it to move forward because I’m staring at it. Finding a solution to a problem in our previous training brings two images to mind: 1) telling the issue it can go and yet holding onto the belt loop so it can’t move. And 2) Conversely, it reminds me of the old gag my dad would pull with his hand on my head keeping me at arm’s length so I couldn’t touch him no matter how I stretched my arms toward his body. Neither position allows full movement of neither the problem nor the solution to create change.
Now what if just for a moment it didn’t matter to me what the outcome was. Just for a moment. In that quick moment, an instantaneous miracle could absolutely take place. How? Because in the moment that I said I wasn’t personally invested in the outcome, it is like taking my hands out of the belt loop. In those 60 seconds, opportunity for change is present. And we all have heard the saying about liking the present, because that means gifts!
In quantum physics, it is stated that human consciousness does indeed have a force. Intention has a force. This force can be harnessed, yes. But what if when we moved our human consciousness out of the moving force and just let the intention and magic of the molecules do their stuff, just for a second, you open up to infinite possibilities. When you look at anything, you settle your eyes on only one possibility, which is sometimes called collapsing the wave into manifestation or into being. What if there was a possibility that served you, but had more than what your brain could imagine! Wouldn’t you think about maybe giving door #2 a try if it became a possibility, if you knew there was a door #2? You might have to not look at door #1 to notice . . .
If we could allow ourselves the experience of entrainment to the what if’s of incredible possibilities, the doors of opportunity blow open with a breeze of far greater potential than we have been trained to look for. You don’t have to hold that space forever if you are not ready to do that yet. You are entitled to watch that ball, and see it up close and personal when it hits you square. Or you can be willing to step into the possibility of what if at the last minute it curved? Or I can imagine Dr. Bartlett saying, “Or turned into a ball of blue slime?” Ok you might not be ready for that lesson in quantum physics, but I think you can handle relaxing for a minute.
The point I am trying to make is there are an infinite number of possibilities of any particular situation and view point. If I identify a place that I would like to see change and know there is a solution out there, the best choice I can make is to allow the solution to make the changes by moving out of the way. This is not to be confused with passive behavior, or waiting for God to handle it for you. It is an active participation in energy movement and then a softening, an allowing of transition to take place with a greater potential than I could possibly imagine.
On the scientific level, photons move in two directions. If a trauma or injury or block of some sort is moving in one direction, the inverse of that energy can be identified from the other direction. When the inverse energy comes from the opposite direction and crosses the path with the block, it cancels itself out. Homeopathy calls that like cancels like. This is how miracles happen. A change in energy changes the outcome. It changes the perspective. It changes the body.
Another great example of Dr. Bartlett is throwing a rock in a pond. You can control which rock you choose, but once it leaves your hand, the magic that happens is beyond your control; concentric circles of moving energy through the water. These changes I am speaking of here are like the moment you throw the rock, there is a relaxing, a breath you take, like taking your eyes off the ball, allowing changes to move like ripples in the body, healing occurs.
So let’s return to entraining. Imagine that you now become the water and you throw your own rock (or coin into a wishing well, if you like). Imagine when your rock or coin drops into the water, you have made your wish. Now, step back from it, disengage just for a moment from the outcome. Just observe the movement. Feel what it would feel like if the ripples moved through your body, gently, consistently, rhythmically. When you can become entrained in the motion with the waves and just BE in the energy, not forcing change, not making them bigger or smaller, just allowing – it is in that moment you have taken your eye off the ball, so to speak, and are allowing the quantum physics of changes to manifest. By not looking, change happens, by throwing the rock or coin, change has been initiated, but releasing lets it manifest.
Give it a try. Just see what happens. Dr. Bartlett says to simply “notice what you notice.” Don’t force, just be. And instead of looking for what is wrong after you give it a try, ask yourself what is different. Move forward in your thinking. If you are not sure, just keep asking, “What is different?” Even something as small as a deep breath can be significant.
Live well, love well, be well.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann
and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written
consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this
website, author's name and/or business.
In our society, we have been so incredibly trained to keep our eye on the ball that we begin to lose sight of all that around us. And not only that, but according to quantum physics, as long as I keep my eye on the ball I effect its ability to change by simply gazing up on. How does that work, you ask? I may not be able to explain the same way as a physicist would, but I would love to share an example or two of taking your eye off the ball.
In our efforts to figure “stuff” out, whether it is what is wrong with our physical body or why your spouse acts the way they do, or why childhood things still creep into your decision making process as an adult, or how to get out of stuck places, we search for the initial problem. I have studied many modalities where going to the source of the problem can be the key to clearing up the issue. I happen to be one of those people out there who can tap into past lives and other realities, so finding the source of the issue might mean something different to me than it does to you. However, in our infinitely creative ways of being, sometimes if our brain knows what “really” happened, it dwells on it rather than just using the information to go forward. So trained have we been to describe what is wrong. The lists of symptoms, the reasons why we can’t, won’t, don’t do what we really want to do. Ugh. We have been trained very well to find the problem.
I’d like to retrain you. Or detrain. Or rather entrain. Entrainment, not entertainment (although that is just as valuable), is that moment when two or more things come to a place of single rhythm. Like 10 people singing. At first they will be higher, lower, louder, softer; all different and easy to pick out whom is who doing what. Then after a bit, the voices will naturally begin to meld together in pace, quality and it appears they have found a place on an unseen grid to slide their sounds on with ease. Kind of like a ballerina on ice skates; effortless beauty, gliding with grace.
In a recent workshop I took, I loved the way of describing letting go. Most people don’t really understand the concept of letting go. They are afraid if they let go it might go away. Of course, many of might think, and wouldn’t that be the point? Yeah, for the other rest of us, it would be. But remember, we have been trained! Must keep our eye on the ball! If you quit watching the ball and it changed, what would you watch then? If we didn’t have our things wrong with us, who would we be?
Dr. Richard Bartlett of Matrix Energetics describes the idea using quantum physics in a wonderful way. For our purposes, and for fun, I’ll describe it with my own take on it. If we look at our list of symptoms as the problem, it is natural that we would like to find the solution. If I find the solution, which ball am I going to keep my eye on – the problem or the solution? If I keep my eye on the problem, the mere act of my gaze locks the problem into an experience of my limiting watchful eye. If I stare at the solution, it is in essence not allowing it to move forward because I’m staring at it. Finding a solution to a problem in our previous training brings two images to mind: 1) telling the issue it can go and yet holding onto the belt loop so it can’t move. And 2) Conversely, it reminds me of the old gag my dad would pull with his hand on my head keeping me at arm’s length so I couldn’t touch him no matter how I stretched my arms toward his body. Neither position allows full movement of neither the problem nor the solution to create change.
Now what if just for a moment it didn’t matter to me what the outcome was. Just for a moment. In that quick moment, an instantaneous miracle could absolutely take place. How? Because in the moment that I said I wasn’t personally invested in the outcome, it is like taking my hands out of the belt loop. In those 60 seconds, opportunity for change is present. And we all have heard the saying about liking the present, because that means gifts!
In quantum physics, it is stated that human consciousness does indeed have a force. Intention has a force. This force can be harnessed, yes. But what if when we moved our human consciousness out of the moving force and just let the intention and magic of the molecules do their stuff, just for a second, you open up to infinite possibilities. When you look at anything, you settle your eyes on only one possibility, which is sometimes called collapsing the wave into manifestation or into being. What if there was a possibility that served you, but had more than what your brain could imagine! Wouldn’t you think about maybe giving door #2 a try if it became a possibility, if you knew there was a door #2? You might have to not look at door #1 to notice . . .
If we could allow ourselves the experience of entrainment to the what if’s of incredible possibilities, the doors of opportunity blow open with a breeze of far greater potential than we have been trained to look for. You don’t have to hold that space forever if you are not ready to do that yet. You are entitled to watch that ball, and see it up close and personal when it hits you square. Or you can be willing to step into the possibility of what if at the last minute it curved? Or I can imagine Dr. Bartlett saying, “Or turned into a ball of blue slime?” Ok you might not be ready for that lesson in quantum physics, but I think you can handle relaxing for a minute.
The point I am trying to make is there are an infinite number of possibilities of any particular situation and view point. If I identify a place that I would like to see change and know there is a solution out there, the best choice I can make is to allow the solution to make the changes by moving out of the way. This is not to be confused with passive behavior, or waiting for God to handle it for you. It is an active participation in energy movement and then a softening, an allowing of transition to take place with a greater potential than I could possibly imagine.
On the scientific level, photons move in two directions. If a trauma or injury or block of some sort is moving in one direction, the inverse of that energy can be identified from the other direction. When the inverse energy comes from the opposite direction and crosses the path with the block, it cancels itself out. Homeopathy calls that like cancels like. This is how miracles happen. A change in energy changes the outcome. It changes the perspective. It changes the body.
Another great example of Dr. Bartlett is throwing a rock in a pond. You can control which rock you choose, but once it leaves your hand, the magic that happens is beyond your control; concentric circles of moving energy through the water. These changes I am speaking of here are like the moment you throw the rock, there is a relaxing, a breath you take, like taking your eyes off the ball, allowing changes to move like ripples in the body, healing occurs.
So let’s return to entraining. Imagine that you now become the water and you throw your own rock (or coin into a wishing well, if you like). Imagine when your rock or coin drops into the water, you have made your wish. Now, step back from it, disengage just for a moment from the outcome. Just observe the movement. Feel what it would feel like if the ripples moved through your body, gently, consistently, rhythmically. When you can become entrained in the motion with the waves and just BE in the energy, not forcing change, not making them bigger or smaller, just allowing – it is in that moment you have taken your eye off the ball, so to speak, and are allowing the quantum physics of changes to manifest. By not looking, change happens, by throwing the rock or coin, change has been initiated, but releasing lets it manifest.
Give it a try. Just see what happens. Dr. Bartlett says to simply “notice what you notice.” Don’t force, just be. And instead of looking for what is wrong after you give it a try, ask yourself what is different. Move forward in your thinking. If you are not sure, just keep asking, “What is different?” Even something as small as a deep breath can be significant.
Live well, love well, be well.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann
and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written
consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this
website, author's name and/or business.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
The Answer to No Answer.
Occasionally, I do an unexpected research journey. By this I mean I am taken from one subject to another via the vast internet that somehow mysteriously leads me to the perfect tidbit of information either for myself or another. I am sure I am not unique in this phenomenon. It is like I am lead down a serious of hallways and doors just to find treasures with each opening. And sometimes I am there just to take a peek, other times I get to take “home” a souvenir. In one such case I was led link by link to a blog authored by Fred Alan Wolf (I’m still not sure how I ended up on his blog page, but it was fun to find). He is best known as the wild and crazy quantum physicist in the movie “What the Bleep do we know?” In one of his blog spots he relayed one of the many stories of Buddha.
In this story, Buddha is approached by a follower who asks, “Is there a soul?” Buddha responds with silence. The man then rephrases and asks, “My Lord, is there no soul?” Buddha again says nothing. The man leaves with no answers. A disciple who had been watching the whole event approaches and asks Buddha why did he not answer the man’s question – either one of them. Buddha calmly responds, had he answered yes to the first question, he would be supporting the ideology and all implications that come with indeed there is a soul. Had he answered yes to the second question, Buddha would be supporting the suggestions of all those who believe there is no soul. In fact, Buddha goes on to say to his disciple, that both are correct and both are of no consequence. To explain to the student that we are both a soul and not a soul would create confusion. An attempt to explain that a soul does AND does not exist would not help the questioner. In my words, it is like saying there would be no compartment for such information and trying to it fit into any particular box would produce turmoil rather than peace.
Mr. Wolf goes on to imply that in science and those who really understand the nature of science have an understanding that there are no absolutes. That even “hard” evidence in being able to reproduce a result does not mean it is ever “the end”. Even I recall from basic science, energy is in motion and only changes shape and form, but does not disappear. And thus, those who understand the deepest levels of science, in particular the large percentage of science that is apparent but not absolutely provable by “hard” evidence such as quantum physics, also know that to explain the deepest levels of our spiritual mystical selves is just as impossible and will change and move much like “energy” changing shape and form, but never disappearing.
Thus we are left with the quandaries of conflicting information, no absolutes and an answer to one question may counter the next question. And yet it is possible for both to be correct. Our outlook in life so often gives us this experience where we wish to have an absolute, an unshakable solid ground in which we know we can stand upon. Yet, again as we delve into science, the solid ground really isn’t solid, now is it? There is a lot of space between those molecules that make up dirt and rock. Our ideas make up our world and create expectations in which our world shall appear before us. Thus we go out to prove an answer to one of our questions.
Friends and family give input to their theories and provings of their experiments of what they know and what they have read, etc. Perhaps they have found (or been told to find) a certain answer. When we begin to question and search and find that maybe, just maybe, it is more than, it can create confusion like Buddha’s curious one had Buddha answered. And when we begin to create an idea of our own truth, finding ways that do not “fit in the box” may bring feelings of being separated for some.
When I was in college, I decided that I could not decide on being an art major or a creative writing major. So I decided to conduct my own personal experiment and take an art class and a writing class (both upper levels) in a single semester and see which one was more fun when taken seriously. The winner would be my major. Silly as it sounds as a means to pick a journey of a lifetime, it was the easiest way for me to see what I would do surrounded in the energy of such an exercise. So I wrote and I created art. I chose art in the end, deciding that writing just took too much of my time. I had other things to do, like study my favorite classes of philosophy and philosophy of religion. It was not on my radar yet to have a third option as a life passion, since I asked only two questions: Is it art? Is it writing? It was not until much later did I realize that while I loved learning and doing art, what really held my attention was the philosophical perspectives people held and how these very beliefs created a day, a marriage, a life, and a death. And how these beliefs can create change or prohibit change.
Had someone suggested philosophy as a possibility it would have created confusion for me in that semester of proving my major. I was focused elsewhere – art or words, art or words, what do you mean “thoughts/beliefs?” I had no way of knowing that once I moved into the possibilities of myself that all and none of the above would be so present in my life. My very being is filled with creative expressions with writing these articles, writing books and manuals for my students, recording a CD, designing my studio space. It is both my “majors” that I thought I had to choose between. But most importantly, the assimilation of the both together, along with the third “option” of philosophy is very present in my life. I teach others to expand thinking out of the box. I show others “door number 3” (and 4 and 5 and 6, etc.). The journey does not end. There are no absolutes. There is nothing for you to prove except what you know is true for you. And that truth is an energy, moving and changing shape, but never disappearing.
As you grow, expand, have experiences, do experiments, prove findings, you will also find the further you explore any subject, there really is no “it.” The “it” factor that is so important in the beginning of many of our journeys is like telling Buddha or any other deity,” give me the yes and I’ll finally know the truth.” When the lead character in Kung Fu Panda, Po, realizes that there is no secret ingredient (sorry about the spoiler) in his Dad’s special soup, his father explains, the people believe it is special therefore it is so. “There is no secret ingredient” and yet belief is the actual secret ingredient. It may not have been a scientifically provable physical ingredient, but the metaphysical ingredient is present.
My dear ones, questions we ask ourselves are often meant to get us moving toward a direction. “Hmm, I wonder what that is about?” I ask as I click from link to link to find another groovy internet educational, philosophical or artistic expression. Whether I am lead by my own soul or by no soul at all, I only know that I am lead. I do know that deep in my own heart, I contain some kind of secret ingredient. And it is an ingredient worth sharing, regardless of physical authenticity. As are you.
Like the season of seasons, pepper of events, and the salt of experience, moving into the possibility of who you are and living it can be out of box. And yet, when one person steps forward into their possibilities, the energy changes shape all around you! Nothing disappears, nothing is left behind that you find valuable. It is interesting, though, what we find of value does change. Do not be concerned about unanswered questions nor the ideas of what you started with. It changes and so will you. The only thing I know for certain is in this moment I feel all spaces between the solid appearances. And in this moment, change happens. It is both still and moving. All and none. I type, I write, I am none of these words and yet they come from me, or rather more accurately, through me. To be confused is to mean that you know of something or you would not know to be confused. Thus we begin to ask, and then we change. Share what you know, be open to change, believe that there is always more, always more!
Take heart, you may not have answers for others when they ask you, either. Sometimes we grow when the answers that are placed before us are not to the questions we ask, but to the questions we have yet to ask. Let the Earth breathe wonders upon you and the ocean, well, the Sufi poet and theologian, Rumi says it best: ”I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean.”
Breathe deep, Light of Lights, you are the unprovable absolute.
~Bright Star
In this story, Buddha is approached by a follower who asks, “Is there a soul?” Buddha responds with silence. The man then rephrases and asks, “My Lord, is there no soul?” Buddha again says nothing. The man leaves with no answers. A disciple who had been watching the whole event approaches and asks Buddha why did he not answer the man’s question – either one of them. Buddha calmly responds, had he answered yes to the first question, he would be supporting the ideology and all implications that come with indeed there is a soul. Had he answered yes to the second question, Buddha would be supporting the suggestions of all those who believe there is no soul. In fact, Buddha goes on to say to his disciple, that both are correct and both are of no consequence. To explain to the student that we are both a soul and not a soul would create confusion. An attempt to explain that a soul does AND does not exist would not help the questioner. In my words, it is like saying there would be no compartment for such information and trying to it fit into any particular box would produce turmoil rather than peace.
Mr. Wolf goes on to imply that in science and those who really understand the nature of science have an understanding that there are no absolutes. That even “hard” evidence in being able to reproduce a result does not mean it is ever “the end”. Even I recall from basic science, energy is in motion and only changes shape and form, but does not disappear. And thus, those who understand the deepest levels of science, in particular the large percentage of science that is apparent but not absolutely provable by “hard” evidence such as quantum physics, also know that to explain the deepest levels of our spiritual mystical selves is just as impossible and will change and move much like “energy” changing shape and form, but never disappearing.
Thus we are left with the quandaries of conflicting information, no absolutes and an answer to one question may counter the next question. And yet it is possible for both to be correct. Our outlook in life so often gives us this experience where we wish to have an absolute, an unshakable solid ground in which we know we can stand upon. Yet, again as we delve into science, the solid ground really isn’t solid, now is it? There is a lot of space between those molecules that make up dirt and rock. Our ideas make up our world and create expectations in which our world shall appear before us. Thus we go out to prove an answer to one of our questions.
Friends and family give input to their theories and provings of their experiments of what they know and what they have read, etc. Perhaps they have found (or been told to find) a certain answer. When we begin to question and search and find that maybe, just maybe, it is more than, it can create confusion like Buddha’s curious one had Buddha answered. And when we begin to create an idea of our own truth, finding ways that do not “fit in the box” may bring feelings of being separated for some.
When I was in college, I decided that I could not decide on being an art major or a creative writing major. So I decided to conduct my own personal experiment and take an art class and a writing class (both upper levels) in a single semester and see which one was more fun when taken seriously. The winner would be my major. Silly as it sounds as a means to pick a journey of a lifetime, it was the easiest way for me to see what I would do surrounded in the energy of such an exercise. So I wrote and I created art. I chose art in the end, deciding that writing just took too much of my time. I had other things to do, like study my favorite classes of philosophy and philosophy of religion. It was not on my radar yet to have a third option as a life passion, since I asked only two questions: Is it art? Is it writing? It was not until much later did I realize that while I loved learning and doing art, what really held my attention was the philosophical perspectives people held and how these very beliefs created a day, a marriage, a life, and a death. And how these beliefs can create change or prohibit change.
Had someone suggested philosophy as a possibility it would have created confusion for me in that semester of proving my major. I was focused elsewhere – art or words, art or words, what do you mean “thoughts/beliefs?” I had no way of knowing that once I moved into the possibilities of myself that all and none of the above would be so present in my life. My very being is filled with creative expressions with writing these articles, writing books and manuals for my students, recording a CD, designing my studio space. It is both my “majors” that I thought I had to choose between. But most importantly, the assimilation of the both together, along with the third “option” of philosophy is very present in my life. I teach others to expand thinking out of the box. I show others “door number 3” (and 4 and 5 and 6, etc.). The journey does not end. There are no absolutes. There is nothing for you to prove except what you know is true for you. And that truth is an energy, moving and changing shape, but never disappearing.
As you grow, expand, have experiences, do experiments, prove findings, you will also find the further you explore any subject, there really is no “it.” The “it” factor that is so important in the beginning of many of our journeys is like telling Buddha or any other deity,” give me the yes and I’ll finally know the truth.” When the lead character in Kung Fu Panda, Po, realizes that there is no secret ingredient (sorry about the spoiler) in his Dad’s special soup, his father explains, the people believe it is special therefore it is so. “There is no secret ingredient” and yet belief is the actual secret ingredient. It may not have been a scientifically provable physical ingredient, but the metaphysical ingredient is present.
My dear ones, questions we ask ourselves are often meant to get us moving toward a direction. “Hmm, I wonder what that is about?” I ask as I click from link to link to find another groovy internet educational, philosophical or artistic expression. Whether I am lead by my own soul or by no soul at all, I only know that I am lead. I do know that deep in my own heart, I contain some kind of secret ingredient. And it is an ingredient worth sharing, regardless of physical authenticity. As are you.
Like the season of seasons, pepper of events, and the salt of experience, moving into the possibility of who you are and living it can be out of box. And yet, when one person steps forward into their possibilities, the energy changes shape all around you! Nothing disappears, nothing is left behind that you find valuable. It is interesting, though, what we find of value does change. Do not be concerned about unanswered questions nor the ideas of what you started with. It changes and so will you. The only thing I know for certain is in this moment I feel all spaces between the solid appearances. And in this moment, change happens. It is both still and moving. All and none. I type, I write, I am none of these words and yet they come from me, or rather more accurately, through me. To be confused is to mean that you know of something or you would not know to be confused. Thus we begin to ask, and then we change. Share what you know, be open to change, believe that there is always more, always more!
Take heart, you may not have answers for others when they ask you, either. Sometimes we grow when the answers that are placed before us are not to the questions we ask, but to the questions we have yet to ask. Let the Earth breathe wonders upon you and the ocean, well, the Sufi poet and theologian, Rumi says it best: ”I have one small drop of knowing in my soul. Let it dissolve in your ocean.”
Breathe deep, Light of Lights, you are the unprovable absolute.
~Bright Star
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Feb 09 Let your dreams fly (includes meditation)
Ah - sweet breath in, sweet breath out. Not only is February a personal favorite month of mine, and it is not "just" because it is my birthday month along with many other family members birthday's and events in this time frame, but February is one of those "mystery" months. Somehow being one day short most years and one day fuller on some years seems to make a difference to people. I wrote about that concept last year and do not plan to explore it again here, but there is a certain sweetness in good ol' Feb.
It cannot be pointed totally to all the red boxes filled with totally-not-good-for-the-body-but-my-tongue-likes-it chocolates for Valentine's Day. But I have to say, it would make for a good argument in that direction of sweetness. Nope, that's not it. I think Valentine's Day itself does seem to be part of it, though. February sits between the after-Holiday slump that some get into (although I do not understand that myself, the New Year is exciting in my opinion) and the resolution thing people do to themselves and the change into spring.
February is when gardeners begin to prepare and plant. February is when the perfect excuse to show love, when you may not normally do so, is made available. It is a time when people begin to change their energy to actual manifestation. January and the new year energy get it going, but February is when it begins to take shape.
Let's get some form and shape into your wonderful January energy, if you haven't already! January saw us move through the Presidential inauguration with global audiences watching this very important historical event. Do you realize what that means? It means that in some way any energy sent from you, here in America is being cheered on by many around the globe! They may not realize your particular goal or your individual endeavor, but there are people here in the US and on every continent who are watching the changing energy swirl into something new and strong. They want us to succeed. This is a wonderful time to use this mind consciousness to add to our already moving momentum. It is already changing lives for those I know.
So far I have seen businesses take shape and be launched, Empowerment groups form, babies be born and pregnancies confirmed, relationships shifting with both releases and connections, healings of the heart are allowing decisions to be made, garages are being swept clear to make room for new , new , new! If you have hesitated at all about making changes, now is the time to begin big or small, but we are with you! Let's go!
Take a deep breath and let yourself go into the following mediation with an open heart to change, a sense of freedom and blessings with your mind at ease and your heart at peace.
Imagine yourself atop a mountain overlooking a great valley and mountain ranges. In your outstretched hands you have all your doubts and fears, memories and thoughts that you held you back for years. A soft breeze of perfect temperature comes and gently, safely, gathers up and takes the doubts and fears. Off they go, held gingerly by the breeze, cradled by some unseen force and you know that all these troubles will be cared for and loved as if the breeze is acknowledging that no matter how these doubts and fears have been perceived, they are an essence that came from a special being - you. There is only goodness that comes from you, and in this goodness transformation takes place.
Take a deep breath in. With your out breathe, love is felt, relief is felt, joy is felt. Your shoulders drop to a comfortable position. The doubts and fears you first began with are changing to flower petals of all colors, drifting, moving away from you on this powerful and gentle breeze. They twirl and swing, happy to be free, dancing and waving goodbye to you, thanking you for the chance to feel the sensation of freedom and love. They are free, they are safe and so are you.
Now before you, see your empty hands. Place in them the ideas, desires, thoughts of all your positive intentions this year, right now, with all the support of everyone else who is doing the same thing you are. Imagine that there are many people on every continent holding the same place you are atop the highest mountains also creating their next steps and planning their thoughts into a manifestation of gratitude of being, and feeling the connection of everyone's love and support. You are supported and we are all holding our dreams in our outstretched hands.
Take a breath in. With love and a feeling of empowerment, blow out onto your hands, set these dreams free into the world to take shape, to fly to the perfect person, the perfect resource, the perfect day, time, place for all elements to align with your endeavor. Your next step is already in motion. Your thoughts are being supported by the world in great detail and synergy. The whole world is looking to align and help you be successful. You have the realms of greatness cheering you on like a runner crossing the finish line - the cheering is uplifting! Breathe in JOY, breathe out gratitude!
There is a noise behind you. You turn to see that a familiar face. They have been inspired by what they saw you do - release your worries into flower petals and set out your intentions to meet with their aligners. They, too, want to give it a try, but seem unsure. You sense their hesitation and you hold out your hand. They take it. Ah, sweet breath in, sweet breath out, you have just given them the support to do the same as you have. Guide them to the top of the mountain, without words, and simply be there supporting the space for another's dreams to take flight.
Relax into your body knowing that the perfect sunset is watching over the flight of your intentions and the intentions of your loved one. A loving breeze runs through your hair and you know that is it done. All is well and all is done.
Take three deep breaths, each time bringing yourself further back into this time line feeling renewed, refreshed and empowered. You are in alignment with all you have set before you. All will take place with perfect timing and with ease and wisdom.
In gratitude, remember to share a smile with someone you love, inspire them to step up to the mountain top be simply being willing to go there yourself anytime for any intention.You have my support from my mountain top that all for the highest good for all involved take place with the most benevolent outcomes achieved.
February is the month of snuggle bugs, heart hugs, pink kisses and I love you's.
I love you, consider yourself hugged.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
It cannot be pointed totally to all the red boxes filled with totally-not-good-for-the-body-but-my-tongue-likes-it chocolates for Valentine's Day. But I have to say, it would make for a good argument in that direction of sweetness. Nope, that's not it. I think Valentine's Day itself does seem to be part of it, though. February sits between the after-Holiday slump that some get into (although I do not understand that myself, the New Year is exciting in my opinion) and the resolution thing people do to themselves and the change into spring.
February is when gardeners begin to prepare and plant. February is when the perfect excuse to show love, when you may not normally do so, is made available. It is a time when people begin to change their energy to actual manifestation. January and the new year energy get it going, but February is when it begins to take shape.
Let's get some form and shape into your wonderful January energy, if you haven't already! January saw us move through the Presidential inauguration with global audiences watching this very important historical event. Do you realize what that means? It means that in some way any energy sent from you, here in America is being cheered on by many around the globe! They may not realize your particular goal or your individual endeavor, but there are people here in the US and on every continent who are watching the changing energy swirl into something new and strong. They want us to succeed. This is a wonderful time to use this mind consciousness to add to our already moving momentum. It is already changing lives for those I know.
So far I have seen businesses take shape and be launched, Empowerment groups form, babies be born and pregnancies confirmed, relationships shifting with both releases and connections, healings of the heart are allowing decisions to be made, garages are being swept clear to make room for new , new , new! If you have hesitated at all about making changes, now is the time to begin big or small, but we are with you! Let's go!
Take a deep breath and let yourself go into the following mediation with an open heart to change, a sense of freedom and blessings with your mind at ease and your heart at peace.
Imagine yourself atop a mountain overlooking a great valley and mountain ranges. In your outstretched hands you have all your doubts and fears, memories and thoughts that you held you back for years. A soft breeze of perfect temperature comes and gently, safely, gathers up and takes the doubts and fears. Off they go, held gingerly by the breeze, cradled by some unseen force and you know that all these troubles will be cared for and loved as if the breeze is acknowledging that no matter how these doubts and fears have been perceived, they are an essence that came from a special being - you. There is only goodness that comes from you, and in this goodness transformation takes place.
Take a deep breath in. With your out breathe, love is felt, relief is felt, joy is felt. Your shoulders drop to a comfortable position. The doubts and fears you first began with are changing to flower petals of all colors, drifting, moving away from you on this powerful and gentle breeze. They twirl and swing, happy to be free, dancing and waving goodbye to you, thanking you for the chance to feel the sensation of freedom and love. They are free, they are safe and so are you.
Now before you, see your empty hands. Place in them the ideas, desires, thoughts of all your positive intentions this year, right now, with all the support of everyone else who is doing the same thing you are. Imagine that there are many people on every continent holding the same place you are atop the highest mountains also creating their next steps and planning their thoughts into a manifestation of gratitude of being, and feeling the connection of everyone's love and support. You are supported and we are all holding our dreams in our outstretched hands.
Take a breath in. With love and a feeling of empowerment, blow out onto your hands, set these dreams free into the world to take shape, to fly to the perfect person, the perfect resource, the perfect day, time, place for all elements to align with your endeavor. Your next step is already in motion. Your thoughts are being supported by the world in great detail and synergy. The whole world is looking to align and help you be successful. You have the realms of greatness cheering you on like a runner crossing the finish line - the cheering is uplifting! Breathe in JOY, breathe out gratitude!
There is a noise behind you. You turn to see that a familiar face. They have been inspired by what they saw you do - release your worries into flower petals and set out your intentions to meet with their aligners. They, too, want to give it a try, but seem unsure. You sense their hesitation and you hold out your hand. They take it. Ah, sweet breath in, sweet breath out, you have just given them the support to do the same as you have. Guide them to the top of the mountain, without words, and simply be there supporting the space for another's dreams to take flight.
Relax into your body knowing that the perfect sunset is watching over the flight of your intentions and the intentions of your loved one. A loving breeze runs through your hair and you know that is it done. All is well and all is done.
Take three deep breaths, each time bringing yourself further back into this time line feeling renewed, refreshed and empowered. You are in alignment with all you have set before you. All will take place with perfect timing and with ease and wisdom.
In gratitude, remember to share a smile with someone you love, inspire them to step up to the mountain top be simply being willing to go there yourself anytime for any intention.You have my support from my mountain top that all for the highest good for all involved take place with the most benevolent outcomes achieved.
February is the month of snuggle bugs, heart hugs, pink kisses and I love you's.
I love you, consider yourself hugged.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
Jan 09 Out with the old, in with the new
Many of you have followed my journey of this last year in 2008 with some strange physical items like the hole in my jaw bone and the long lasting sinus infection that had me ill for over 2 months. To bring you all up to speed without having to relive and re-explain either of those events I can now say with certainty that there are reasons for all things.
Finally in December I received the answer to my question of "What IS UP with all of this?" I had at this point been telling my students, clients, family and friends for months part of what I was going through was a very deep cellular healing having to do with no one else except me (meaning that it was not a contagious thing). The other part I felt was grief; so many changes and transitions, many trips back home for funerals and while I felt strong for all of these events(7 total for the year), my body needed to release the grief. And lastly, because I was so low on energy, it shifted my vibration and yes, at this point there was most likely some type of illness involved in the mix. And then the answer came.
I was given a book which I randomly opened to a page and read a single sentence that facilitated the rest. I was reminded in the book passage about the body rejuvenating all of its entire cellular structure over a period of seven years. This means that every cell in the body at the end of any given seven year span is individually new. Voila, a whole new cellular body. Now, obviously it retains the cellular memory and function of the previous one which is why reoccurring issues continue to tag along for decades for some people repeating the patterns of not only our personal life experience, but also that of our ancestors. And yet, when one realizes there is a possibility to re-set the cellular structure with the potential to change the new cell, which will change the cell after that and so on, a shift in the physical, structural, mental, emotional, spiritual, holographic, micro and macro levels are CHANGED!
Ah, now I get it. What may have taken seven years normally was being catalyzed at warp speed in my body. So instead of taking a nice long seven years to go through the inventory cell by cell, my body was moving out old energy, which means out with the old cells physically in a matter of months, in order to make room for the new cells which have the capacity to hold higher vibrations, different frequencies, are made of more light, less dense, more clarity in purpose - the list goes on! When I intuited there was a deep cellular healing going on I had no idea how accurate that really meant. My body did a complete overhaul, including the need to sleep several times a day at one point in order to keep up with the changes. At the time it was all very confusing, creating frustration, anger, fear and brought up things I had not thought of in a long time, stuff that felt familiar but not completely mine (old OLD stuff from previous times). Items that I did not realize I pacified for so long were front and center with no time to discuss, they either stayed or went. The call was swift and shocking in some cases. In or out.
It reminded me of the organizational technique where if you are not sure if you want to keep something or give it away, you seal it in a box, putting it somewhere safe, the garage, attic, closet, etc. If you do not open the box within a year, your item obviously was not that important or else you would have needed it sometime in the year. The trick is then to get rid of the box WITHOUT opening it. If you open it, you could hold onto the box another year with the same "what if . . . ?" questions. Swift and sure, in or out. Stays or goes. No discussion, no debate. In the case of my own personal little self, I felt like my body was moving out pallets, not boxes.
Then the rest of the confirmations kept coming. I did a follow up with the endodontist (the one I went to to try to save my tooth and help my jaw bone). She originally gave me a 60% success rate on saving the tooth as it was so infected and thus the bone was suffering creating a hole, two holes actually. I had expected a rate of 85% or higher so 60% felt pretty disappointing. At the follow up, also in December, she stated "if anyone can heal bone like that without an antibiotic, then they have some pretty good healing in them!" She announced she was impressed at the rate of healing and amazed at the results of the bone structure. (She even did a mini bow with both hands up and down, up and down to emphasize the level of impressiveness). What a relief! I was having symptoms of something going on and she was able to help me determine a crack in a different tooth, that again, under "normal" circumstances may have been overlooked for a long time and resulted in a root canal, but my sensitivity to my body is so heightened right now, the time-warp speed journey has given me an opportunity to save this tooth quickly with a crown. The physical body was changing!
And to top it off, I was given another book (by the same person who gave me the cell reminder book, Sally, my Reiki Master) by Allison DuBois. Some of you may know her as the woman they based the TV series Medium after. It was so strange to read parts of her story; she was born one month, one day and one year apart from me in the same state I was born in. The part that struck me was when she was a child she talks about doing a very particular thing. It was the same thing I did as a child! We would create barricades with our stuffed animals, having them act as protectors (to what who knows except it was something different and unseen) in order to sleep at night. Obviously, now I would explain that as being energy sensitive. In my own case I remember using my "big bear" (who still lives with me and really IS big), and Fozzie Bear from the Muppets and all the animals I had, including a pillow to be on my left and right sides and above my head. I remember it being important to have the area above my head protected.
How does that tie-in you ask? It is a reminder to me of the things I have always known, always had in me and are now reawakening once again. It is a form of a Spiritual Awakening on a small level. I consider myself to be fairly intuitive. I can connect with some loved ones who have passed over and sometimes for others as well (though not to the depth as Allison DuBois, John Edwards or any other famous psychic medium). I sense Angelic Beings, guides and what I call "Helpers". I pick up past lives, current glitches, interference in energy of a room or situation. I can determine most times the emotion behind the questions or hiding in a body. It is a gift. A heightened sense of connection to gain information to help myself, others, living and passed, animals and the spaces in between.
Reiki has been attributed to Mikao Usui as he had a Spiritual Awakening and brought back the essence of healing in this particular modality. I do not know if my continued spiritual growth is going to have quite the impact that Usui did on the world, but by golly, the smallest of pebbles ripple forth a circle in the pond when dropped. There is no reason why you cannot make your own wave with your own spiritual awakening, as well. Does it mean you have to wake up one day and know how to spontaneous heal though your hands? Does it mean you need to go through a major physical detoxing? Quite frankly, I do not have that answer. Perhaps. Perhaps not.
What I do know for certain is I am here, I am a pebble just tossed into a pond and I am one who is tossing pebbles. I am making a circle by my movements, I am part of a circle, I am a circle. I am all these things and so are you. Trust in yourself even while the craziness of any situation seems to be at a loss for words, know that a part of you is casting a rope for you to be guided by. Many of us have experienced a turbulent second half of 2008, know in your heart it was on purpose. Like me, many are shedding the old ways, mentally, emotionally and physically in order for us to be ready for the magnificent energy to come in 2009. We are being readied because we are ready. And that means taking off our dirty, old grass-stained socks with the holes and being upgraded so we can walk comfortably forward (or be still for the first time) because, by golly, WE ARE the reason for all things. It is here, it is us. Divinity in its many forms is you and me.
If you could feel the presence of the Divine in every golden cell in your body, what sound would you make? &Would you sing? Would you breathe deeply? I think if you listened closely, you would hear your own name.
Live in love, rest well, be well, know joy and peace in the year 2009. It is yours. So be it and so it is.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
Finally in December I received the answer to my question of "What IS UP with all of this?" I had at this point been telling my students, clients, family and friends for months part of what I was going through was a very deep cellular healing having to do with no one else except me (meaning that it was not a contagious thing). The other part I felt was grief; so many changes and transitions, many trips back home for funerals and while I felt strong for all of these events(7 total for the year), my body needed to release the grief. And lastly, because I was so low on energy, it shifted my vibration and yes, at this point there was most likely some type of illness involved in the mix. And then the answer came.
I was given a book which I randomly opened to a page and read a single sentence that facilitated the rest. I was reminded in the book passage about the body rejuvenating all of its entire cellular structure over a period of seven years. This means that every cell in the body at the end of any given seven year span is individually new. Voila, a whole new cellular body. Now, obviously it retains the cellular memory and function of the previous one which is why reoccurring issues continue to tag along for decades for some people repeating the patterns of not only our personal life experience, but also that of our ancestors. And yet, when one realizes there is a possibility to re-set the cellular structure with the potential to change the new cell, which will change the cell after that and so on, a shift in the physical, structural, mental, emotional, spiritual, holographic, micro and macro levels are CHANGED!
Ah, now I get it. What may have taken seven years normally was being catalyzed at warp speed in my body. So instead of taking a nice long seven years to go through the inventory cell by cell, my body was moving out old energy, which means out with the old cells physically in a matter of months, in order to make room for the new cells which have the capacity to hold higher vibrations, different frequencies, are made of more light, less dense, more clarity in purpose - the list goes on! When I intuited there was a deep cellular healing going on I had no idea how accurate that really meant. My body did a complete overhaul, including the need to sleep several times a day at one point in order to keep up with the changes. At the time it was all very confusing, creating frustration, anger, fear and brought up things I had not thought of in a long time, stuff that felt familiar but not completely mine (old OLD stuff from previous times). Items that I did not realize I pacified for so long were front and center with no time to discuss, they either stayed or went. The call was swift and shocking in some cases. In or out.
It reminded me of the organizational technique where if you are not sure if you want to keep something or give it away, you seal it in a box, putting it somewhere safe, the garage, attic, closet, etc. If you do not open the box within a year, your item obviously was not that important or else you would have needed it sometime in the year. The trick is then to get rid of the box WITHOUT opening it. If you open it, you could hold onto the box another year with the same "what if . . . ?" questions. Swift and sure, in or out. Stays or goes. No discussion, no debate. In the case of my own personal little self, I felt like my body was moving out pallets, not boxes.
Then the rest of the confirmations kept coming. I did a follow up with the endodontist (the one I went to to try to save my tooth and help my jaw bone). She originally gave me a 60% success rate on saving the tooth as it was so infected and thus the bone was suffering creating a hole, two holes actually. I had expected a rate of 85% or higher so 60% felt pretty disappointing. At the follow up, also in December, she stated "if anyone can heal bone like that without an antibiotic, then they have some pretty good healing in them!" She announced she was impressed at the rate of healing and amazed at the results of the bone structure. (She even did a mini bow with both hands up and down, up and down to emphasize the level of impressiveness). What a relief! I was having symptoms of something going on and she was able to help me determine a crack in a different tooth, that again, under "normal" circumstances may have been overlooked for a long time and resulted in a root canal, but my sensitivity to my body is so heightened right now, the time-warp speed journey has given me an opportunity to save this tooth quickly with a crown. The physical body was changing!
And to top it off, I was given another book (by the same person who gave me the cell reminder book, Sally, my Reiki Master) by Allison DuBois. Some of you may know her as the woman they based the TV series Medium after. It was so strange to read parts of her story; she was born one month, one day and one year apart from me in the same state I was born in. The part that struck me was when she was a child she talks about doing a very particular thing. It was the same thing I did as a child! We would create barricades with our stuffed animals, having them act as protectors (to what who knows except it was something different and unseen) in order to sleep at night. Obviously, now I would explain that as being energy sensitive. In my own case I remember using my "big bear" (who still lives with me and really IS big), and Fozzie Bear from the Muppets and all the animals I had, including a pillow to be on my left and right sides and above my head. I remember it being important to have the area above my head protected.
How does that tie-in you ask? It is a reminder to me of the things I have always known, always had in me and are now reawakening once again. It is a form of a Spiritual Awakening on a small level. I consider myself to be fairly intuitive. I can connect with some loved ones who have passed over and sometimes for others as well (though not to the depth as Allison DuBois, John Edwards or any other famous psychic medium). I sense Angelic Beings, guides and what I call "Helpers". I pick up past lives, current glitches, interference in energy of a room or situation. I can determine most times the emotion behind the questions or hiding in a body. It is a gift. A heightened sense of connection to gain information to help myself, others, living and passed, animals and the spaces in between.
Reiki has been attributed to Mikao Usui as he had a Spiritual Awakening and brought back the essence of healing in this particular modality. I do not know if my continued spiritual growth is going to have quite the impact that Usui did on the world, but by golly, the smallest of pebbles ripple forth a circle in the pond when dropped. There is no reason why you cannot make your own wave with your own spiritual awakening, as well. Does it mean you have to wake up one day and know how to spontaneous heal though your hands? Does it mean you need to go through a major physical detoxing? Quite frankly, I do not have that answer. Perhaps. Perhaps not.
What I do know for certain is I am here, I am a pebble just tossed into a pond and I am one who is tossing pebbles. I am making a circle by my movements, I am part of a circle, I am a circle. I am all these things and so are you. Trust in yourself even while the craziness of any situation seems to be at a loss for words, know that a part of you is casting a rope for you to be guided by. Many of us have experienced a turbulent second half of 2008, know in your heart it was on purpose. Like me, many are shedding the old ways, mentally, emotionally and physically in order for us to be ready for the magnificent energy to come in 2009. We are being readied because we are ready. And that means taking off our dirty, old grass-stained socks with the holes and being upgraded so we can walk comfortably forward (or be still for the first time) because, by golly, WE ARE the reason for all things. It is here, it is us. Divinity in its many forms is you and me.
If you could feel the presence of the Divine in every golden cell in your body, what sound would you make? &Would you sing? Would you breathe deeply? I think if you listened closely, you would hear your own name.
Live in love, rest well, be well, know joy and peace in the year 2009. It is yours. So be it and so it is.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2009 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Dec 2008 Birds of change, shine bright.
The year 2008 is flying downward to rest its wings and nestle its head against a very tired downy breast. Like a dear bird who has survived seasons of sunshine and rain and snow and wind, this year has had events that will literally go into the history books for many to learn from years from now. This year has brought many things that were incredible and unpleasant. The greatest gift of this is the ability we have to create change when the unpleasant becomes unacceptable.
The year to come will have challenges as we begin to ask ourselves and others to count ourselves as part of a whole, not so much as individually separate. This is not to say that individuality will disappear - we need those persons who stand out in a crowd; they teach us what we desire to strive toward and also what we decide is not our cup of tea. And this does not mean that we will become one gigantic farm commune with one big kitchen. What it does mean, though, is there will be a greater movement toward gathering like minds/ energy toward a greater awareness, a softer kindness and a gentler heart toward those who you have always known were there, but didn't include. Like Earth, for instance.
We often times need the situation to get our attention before we choose to take action. The gas prices, the economy, the relationships sometimes have to get really challenging before we decide to make a change. The trick is when making any changes, to do it with a sense of freedom, a sense of heavy weights being lifted off ones shoulders knowing that once you begin any journey you are never at square one again. Every step is forward. Even when things have the appearance that nothing is changing or the results are not what was anticipated, you still know more on this day than yesterday. Experience alone is a teacher. Doing nothing is a choice and can still teach many valuable things.
Often when I am coaching a client to learn to listen to their intuition and they are not sure, sometimes buying time can help bring in further information. I often tell clients if they get invited to go somewhere and for some reason they are unsure, to buy some time (do nothing), tell the person inviting that they will answer them tomorrow. Then sit with their intuition and begin to ask, "Show me what it is I need to know. Why do I feel reluctant to go?" Will the answer be there every time? The short answer is yes. The long answer is it may not be what you expect. It may be that the person calls you back and cancels! Intuition may have given you a heads up that the event was not going to happen.
Intuition, gut feelings, knowing, all these will be ever expanding tools we will continue to welcome into our being like long lost friends. That sixth sense that is talked about with "other people" is right here in all of us and the more we use it, the greater awareness, a softer kindness and a gentler heart is expressed. I have often said that even the most manipulative persons are keenly using their intuition, it is just a bit misguided and ego inflated often times. It may be that they feel lost and scared and feel the only way to feel ok is through power. They tap into their intuition and benefit in ways that do not always produce lasting results or fulfilling truths.
What we do know is that Mother Earth and "we the people" have to work together to help each other. Going "green" is important, understanding your place in the big picture is important. Forgiveness is important so we can move on. Fear, doubt and worry only add weight to a backpack already full of neat stuff. No need to clutter up your shiny goods with goop.
This year, between my husband and I, there have been 7 deaths in our circle of friends and family. Grief can be one of those challenges I mentioned earlier. Sometimes things get to be where the voice is loud enough to create change. How my husband and I create change for our life may be different for others and their lives, but still a teacher is a teacher, no matter the form. I have been fortunate enough to connect on a spiritual level with several of those who have passed over. The message has been the same. "I'm OK!"is sent with smiles. Smiles! No doubt, no worry, no fear, just joy. More spiritual helpers on the other side, I say!
As we move into a brilliant new year, many of us will be dusting off the best treasure we have had hidden for a long time in the attic: our hearts. A light will begin to shine in new ways. Those who felt unworthy or unavailable to be part of a greater whole will be able to give themselves permission to do so. Imagine that. Permission to be part of change, permission to make choices, and permission to create change in their lives.
Begin to ground yourself with meditative walks, being mindful in each step. Begin to talk to your body. Listen when you get the inclination when something fits energetically or does not fit anymore.Be aware of what goes into and onto your body. Drink your tea and water with gratitude. Eat with blessings of abundance in nourishment. One of the things I tell my kids: eat because you are hungry, not just because it is in front of you. This keeps one present in the moment and connected to the body (especially in the season of goodies, knowing when enough is enough). Breathe deeply. Breath cleanses many organs, it is not just the lungs that get oxygen. And look with your eyes, feel with your heart. Do they match up? Do you see the joy and love your eyes and heart are capable of witnessing?
I had a wonderful client recently where the intuitive message was sometimes we get angry because things that are not acceptable have somehow made it into the acceptable box. And this is not ok with many of us any longer. It is not just about things, or whether you put your cans in the recycle cart. It is about living with your heart, listening to your intuition, speaking truth, staking your claim out loud when you could not do so in the past. This is not about permission to act silly because you have always wanted to in ways that are not appropriate or harmful. It is about learning discernment and how your actions encourage spiritual growth for not only yourself but for those around you. And when your Spirit begins to be strong and grow, then my dear friends, winter turns into spring once again. New flight, new wings, a new year.
May you enjoy the deepest of coziness that warms yourself and others. Rest well. Breathe deeply. Fill your spirit with the fuel of the Holidays: joy. Collect your thoughts, your energy, your inventory of strengths and passions about life. Your light will be called upon soon. Many candles can light a city and it all begins with a single flame.The birds of love and light will be ready to fly again soon and we have much to do.Shine bright,~Bright Star
Copyright 2008 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
The year to come will have challenges as we begin to ask ourselves and others to count ourselves as part of a whole, not so much as individually separate. This is not to say that individuality will disappear - we need those persons who stand out in a crowd; they teach us what we desire to strive toward and also what we decide is not our cup of tea. And this does not mean that we will become one gigantic farm commune with one big kitchen. What it does mean, though, is there will be a greater movement toward gathering like minds/ energy toward a greater awareness, a softer kindness and a gentler heart toward those who you have always known were there, but didn't include. Like Earth, for instance.
We often times need the situation to get our attention before we choose to take action. The gas prices, the economy, the relationships sometimes have to get really challenging before we decide to make a change. The trick is when making any changes, to do it with a sense of freedom, a sense of heavy weights being lifted off ones shoulders knowing that once you begin any journey you are never at square one again. Every step is forward. Even when things have the appearance that nothing is changing or the results are not what was anticipated, you still know more on this day than yesterday. Experience alone is a teacher. Doing nothing is a choice and can still teach many valuable things.
Often when I am coaching a client to learn to listen to their intuition and they are not sure, sometimes buying time can help bring in further information. I often tell clients if they get invited to go somewhere and for some reason they are unsure, to buy some time (do nothing), tell the person inviting that they will answer them tomorrow. Then sit with their intuition and begin to ask, "Show me what it is I need to know. Why do I feel reluctant to go?" Will the answer be there every time? The short answer is yes. The long answer is it may not be what you expect. It may be that the person calls you back and cancels! Intuition may have given you a heads up that the event was not going to happen.
Intuition, gut feelings, knowing, all these will be ever expanding tools we will continue to welcome into our being like long lost friends. That sixth sense that is talked about with "other people" is right here in all of us and the more we use it, the greater awareness, a softer kindness and a gentler heart is expressed. I have often said that even the most manipulative persons are keenly using their intuition, it is just a bit misguided and ego inflated often times. It may be that they feel lost and scared and feel the only way to feel ok is through power. They tap into their intuition and benefit in ways that do not always produce lasting results or fulfilling truths.
What we do know is that Mother Earth and "we the people" have to work together to help each other. Going "green" is important, understanding your place in the big picture is important. Forgiveness is important so we can move on. Fear, doubt and worry only add weight to a backpack already full of neat stuff. No need to clutter up your shiny goods with goop.
This year, between my husband and I, there have been 7 deaths in our circle of friends and family. Grief can be one of those challenges I mentioned earlier. Sometimes things get to be where the voice is loud enough to create change. How my husband and I create change for our life may be different for others and their lives, but still a teacher is a teacher, no matter the form. I have been fortunate enough to connect on a spiritual level with several of those who have passed over. The message has been the same. "I'm OK!"is sent with smiles. Smiles! No doubt, no worry, no fear, just joy. More spiritual helpers on the other side, I say!
As we move into a brilliant new year, many of us will be dusting off the best treasure we have had hidden for a long time in the attic: our hearts. A light will begin to shine in new ways. Those who felt unworthy or unavailable to be part of a greater whole will be able to give themselves permission to do so. Imagine that. Permission to be part of change, permission to make choices, and permission to create change in their lives.
Begin to ground yourself with meditative walks, being mindful in each step. Begin to talk to your body. Listen when you get the inclination when something fits energetically or does not fit anymore.Be aware of what goes into and onto your body. Drink your tea and water with gratitude. Eat with blessings of abundance in nourishment. One of the things I tell my kids: eat because you are hungry, not just because it is in front of you. This keeps one present in the moment and connected to the body (especially in the season of goodies, knowing when enough is enough). Breathe deeply. Breath cleanses many organs, it is not just the lungs that get oxygen. And look with your eyes, feel with your heart. Do they match up? Do you see the joy and love your eyes and heart are capable of witnessing?
I had a wonderful client recently where the intuitive message was sometimes we get angry because things that are not acceptable have somehow made it into the acceptable box. And this is not ok with many of us any longer. It is not just about things, or whether you put your cans in the recycle cart. It is about living with your heart, listening to your intuition, speaking truth, staking your claim out loud when you could not do so in the past. This is not about permission to act silly because you have always wanted to in ways that are not appropriate or harmful. It is about learning discernment and how your actions encourage spiritual growth for not only yourself but for those around you. And when your Spirit begins to be strong and grow, then my dear friends, winter turns into spring once again. New flight, new wings, a new year.
May you enjoy the deepest of coziness that warms yourself and others. Rest well. Breathe deeply. Fill your spirit with the fuel of the Holidays: joy. Collect your thoughts, your energy, your inventory of strengths and passions about life. Your light will be called upon soon. Many candles can light a city and it all begins with a single flame.The birds of love and light will be ready to fly again soon and we have much to do.Shine bright,~Bright Star
Copyright 2008 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's name and/or business.
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