MY VIRTUAL Standing Rock REALITY

THIS POST WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP COMMITTED TO WATER, JUSTICE & PEACE
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

I am not christian but I could not overlook what appeared to me both inside and outside of the heart.

"The truth & irony is, I'm not sure how I came to be there, as a moderator, on the Standing Rock Protectors PP facebook page but I was in the wolfpack from Aug to Jan. I knew how to listen. How to hold space for a deep well in pain of loss & injustice."

       

Do you see what I saw revealed to me?
Intuitive Painting: paint, randomly. Let dry. Draw out what you see.

Painting is Prayerful. It clears me of emotional clutter so if this is our training then it is the awakening of not only our spirit, but the planets.

Without peace or know how to find it then we're left to spin with whatever chaos has been started. Without knowing it, we open ourselves to becoming a pawn to be used against the minds of others. When we begin pouring out our beautiful & caring hearts, our emotions are being played and drained so I am saying to all who don't know to be aware and to please remember that stress is connected to our central nervous systems, directly influences our immune systems, our moods, our health and the well being of us all. Every energy adds to the whole so don't feed the troll energies. How? Simply by not engaging. I'm not saying disconnect, I am saying detach from noise and find peace. Distract thyself. 

Now that the bloody media light is finally shining a light on broadcasting I can't believe any of it and neither should you. Back in September the rumours began of "provocateurs coming into camp and we saw the e-troll numbers growing among us. It is implied they are pushing ideas, dropping hints, underpinning darkness & creating an atmosphere of ill intent. What this does is plants tiny seeds of doubt in our minds. Then begin the manipulating of truths, distracting attention and worst of all in my opinion, pretending to be allies. Everything gets turned upside down until we begin judging our friends and loved ones. Pitting people against each other is a well known tactic to divide camps from uniting.

The truth is that only the Creator will ever know the truth and we're not to judge. I think the only way through this is to not fully trust our own mind. We have to spend prayerful time getting to know our sacred heartspeak which has been here the whole time and is our partner in this life. Like many people here our Souls are also fighting to be freed from a lifetime of oppression.

Stay Tuned ~ Shine ON! #synergyetc 

WISDOM

My story begins with my very first memory, when I was just a baby. I remember being coddled in peoples’ arms, being passed around and I noticed that each time this happened, a new set of eyes were upon me and I could feel it in my belly. I remember realizing that each had their different smell, different feel and different sound. I remember the feeling of safety with some and with others, a feeling that welled up from my belly and resulted in me crying out, getting passed to another and either being comfortable again, or not. I also remember being acutely aware that each person had a unique pattern that I now recognize as knitting. I see now that I had been looking at a close up view of the fabric on their arms.

Fig 1 - (left) Superman’s shirt fiber

Fig 2 - (right) Denim / blue jeans

So what does any of this have to do with how I became an entrepreneur? 

It all began with my child-like sense of wonder and a fascination with the wisdom of my thoughts. Even as a baby as described above, I knew that I was thinking complicated thoughts and had an exquisite awareness of things that I could not fathom. I remember knowing that one day I would understand the words. I remember my inner self-soothing “talk” which eased me when I was stressed. I remember catching complex dialogue and having moments of lucidity and understanding. AS that baby, I knew at the time that I was thinking things that I did not understand. I also remember feeling moments of utter confinement and cognitive ignorance and knowing that this would be temporary. As I grew older, I always knew that I would teach but I never knew what. I knew that I would paint although I couldn't draw and I would catch visions of myself as an adult, speaking to audiences of doctors and scientists who were experiencing “aha” moments right before my eyes. Whenever I tried to focus on the words I was speaking, the vision faded. I became an entrepreneur because I have been called to it, by my inner self and my purpose in life.

It has not been easy, following my heart's desire. For years I felt like I came from a different world. My community was not set-up to nurture and develop my inner voice, and if it wasn't for my Uncle I might have lost the intuition all together. He was the one who taught me when I was 6, that I should not be afraid but I should keep my innermost feelings and thoughts, to myself. He encouraged me to recognize that what I was experiencing was unique, special and highly unusual and that nobody else would understand. While this scared me, I trusted him and to this day give him credit for my sense of openness. 

So, while there is much more to this, the bottom line is that I am an entrepreneur because I am following my inner guidance. All my life, I have without “forcing” become an artist, an adult educator, a public speaker, a writer and poet and am very involved with the study of neuroplasticity and the science of wisdom. I was inspired to begin a disciplined study of meditation and energy healing when I was 19 (that was 1980) which continues to present time. While the rest of my family and friends grappled with the external world and academia, I was focused on the inner, developing a relationship with what I now know to be the spirit of who I am.

My passion is driven to inspire others to embrace the whole of who they are.

~Barbara

CHEERFULNESS

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~ as written by Linda Kavelin Popov
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MY TWO SENSE:

Recently I spent time with some wonderful women from the First Nations community and I heard that "women hold the emotional centre" in the family. I have considered this concept in relation to my own family and wonder, how long can I be the emotional barometer? How do I reflect the conditions of this dynamic? If I am the only one who sees a problem, where does that leave me? Well, it's not cheerfulness that I am reflecting that much I know, and I feel like I've been in a holding pattern. So, when this card picked me this morning, I even felt cheerful.

"What a great way to start my day", I thought. I relate and respond well to cheerfulness. Through-out my adult life I was chronically optimistic and cheerful which became a character trait that people admired in me. Now, at the turn of the half-century, I feel I am more at the opposite end of the spectrum. And now facing this page and the virtue of cheerfulness, I am truly haunted by the shadows and all of the barriers to cheerfulness that life has thrown my way. So, in considering the wisdom of the card, I ask myself, "What is on the bright side of my life?", "what does cheerfulness look like from my vantage point?" Reading what Cheerfulness means generates a mindfulness: to call upon the strength I need to look beyond the shadows; and it calls me to trust the process. 

This is a perfect pick for me today because as you may sense I am wrestling with my past, present and future. So what happened to switch my optimistic cheerfulness off? And more importantly, how do I turn it back on? The question, "How can I just get on with being cheerful?" makes me suddenly aware of how difficult it is to 'put on a brave face' in the company of cheerful people. I am truly grateful for this understanding as it serves as a mirror that reflects to me how un-cheerful I can be. That's a tough nugget to swallow in a modern world where the majority of folks face "unhappiness" issues with a prescription that perhaps helps them deal with the symptoms. For me, that solution is not an option. I just want to shine the light on what's lurking in the shadows and then either clear-up the path or create a new one. I look forward to expressing more cheerfulness in my life and in this blog. So for today, I begin a promise to bring cheerfulness into my life by doing something just for me; I will mindfully move around those shadows and honour my commitments; I will give service to do a simple task to make life easier for someone else and I will pray for joy!

PERSEVERANCE

~ as written by Linda Kavelin Popov
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