The Facebook/Great Spirit Metaphor

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After all these new Facebook changes occuring, funnily enough around the time of the Spring Equinox (a time of change and new beginnings), I am astounded by the amount of people who dislike the new Facebook layout and options. I have seen people rebelling, swearing, cursing, annoyed and joining pages and groups dedicated to making a stand against the "Facebook Higher Powers" in hopes of them noticing their resistance. This got me thinking....

Why is there such a resistance to change? And from a higher perspective in general, are we as a human race really this resistant to change?

Millions and millions of people use Facebook every single day, it has become a part of everyday life, we sometimes even depend on Facebook for our daily social interactions. We have no say over what Facbook decides to do, the changes it makes, the pages it deletes etc. Facbook has majority control over what we see, how we use it, and what we can add and change to our profiles and pages.

So why is it that so many are battling and complaining about a service that is free, connects millions of people from all over the planet, has improved the lives of many, and only midly inconveniences us when it makes some changes? Are we that resistant to change as a human race that something so small like a new facbook layout causes us to rage war on the creators of this service? 

I now ask that you think of all this from a different perspective. Lets be creative for a moment and pretent that Facebook is indeed Great Spirit and we the users, are the human beings who connect with this higher power and speak to it daily. We rely on our connection with Great Spirit to fill our lives with light, help us achieve inner peace, encompass love and compassion, and to touch the lives of those around us.

I am using this as an example and metaphor for all the energy shifting and earthly changes happening around the globe right this minute. Great Spirit has complete control over all universal life energies. There are Universal Laws that as an entity, it has total power over and we as tiny human beings really dont have much say as to how this all works. Yet when this Great Spirit decides that it is time we move forward as a human race, lifts our vibrations, and encourage us to grow and change as a large mass of people, there are always those who will resist this change. There are people and groups out there who are resisting all the wonderful changes and shifting that is happening, people who are going backwards energetically, and people who are turning towards the darkness (gangs, hate crimes, wars rioting). They do not wish to go through any changes, they wish things would stay as they are, and probably wonder "if it aint broke, why fix it?" (just like all these Facebook changes).

Well, it may not be broken but if we are to keep moving forwards as human beings, changes must be made on many many levels. Changes that will affect us on an individual level, global level, environmental level etc. And each change really does have a Higher Purpose. Even the recent Facebook changes will eventually have a Higher Purpose, things may come out of it that will only strengthen our communication with eachother and benefit millions of people. Even other topics such as the new Carbon Tax happening in Australia. Yes we may be paying more money for utilities, but that money is being spent on ways to improve and implement new environmentally safe energy systems. In the end, we are really helping to save our planet and make a wonderful and clean future for generations to come, something we should have been doing 50 years ago. All these changes may seem drastic and harsh right now, but soon enough it will be a part of everyday life and we will begin seeing and reaping all the benefits from it.

(I am in no way saying that those who are resisting Facebook changes are turning to the darkness, please do not confuse my words with that).

We are yet to see the extend of all these changes, from Facebook and the Universe. And already people are putting up a resistant energy. We do not know for sure what is happening with the big energy shift of 2012 and yet so much fuss and emphasis is being placed on it. For some people, the Fear of it all is just so overwhelming. And as for the Carbon Tax, many people are resisting the change as they are worried about the financial implications instead of focusing on having a healthy and habitable planet for their children and so on. Sometimes we all need to make sacrifices for the higher good. I could go on with many more examples.

All I am asking is that you as an individual start looking at all these changes from a higher perspective, and know that each and every little and large change is here for a reason. End the resistance to change in general, after all, change is inevitable. We are here on Earth to go through changes, and we are here to learn to "just be". Life is all about change and some of those changes we cannot control. Embrace the new and make the most of what life (and Facebook) has to offer, it is inevitable. Allow all these new and exciting times to envelop your entire being and end the fight against the flow. Life becomes easier and Universal Laws will work in magnificent ways if you just allow positive changes to happen. Learn to accept and just be, resistance to change is always nearly a wasted effort....

Blessings to you all

I do apologise if anyone takes offense that I have used a comparison between Facebook and Great Spirit. That was in no way my intention. It was just an easy and hopefully effective way to get your minds to open and think about change in general :)

Spiritual Weight Loss

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After going through some upheaval in life recently, I decided to make some well needed changes. One of those changes was to start a healthier lifestyle and to lose the baby weight I had been carrying around for nearly 2 years. A week after giving birth I looked at the scales to see that I was still 15kg heavier than what I was before pregnancy! I really could not believe it, I was offically overweight. It is not that I am superficial about that sort of thing. I am only 5ft 3inch tall and having all that extra weight on my body really did feel straining, I had joint pain etc from it. And for some reason that I did not understand until now, that weight continued to stay with me for the next 2 years. 

I really think that the weight was actually "emotional weight" that I had been carrying around. I had a difficult pregnancy, a difficult and long labour (38hours), post natal depression, and then lost a pregnancy last year. I felt very overwhelmed, stressed and tired for a long period of time. I had no family near by and my husband worked long hours, I felt very alone. I can remember there were many weeks where all I did was cry with my gorgeous new baby in my arms. In hindsight I wished I had reached out to someone. 

After life had settled down and I had got used to being a new mum, I really did try and lose weight but with only small success. I would lose a few kilos and then gain them back again. I could not work out why.

But a few months ago I had an "awakening" of sorts. I realised that I will still carrying around not only the trauma of pregnancy, birthing and the loss of a baby, but also other situations I had been through from childhood. The issue of my eating disorder from my teenage years, a sexual assault that occured whilst walking to school at age 13, and a few other things from years ago were still like fresh memories in my head. I often cried and became emotional when thinking about them, meaning I had still not let them go. I had given my power away to these situations and people that had caused me pain. It was time to take that power back and let go of the emotions that I carried from them. Yes I had been through tough times and experienced things I would never wish upon anyone, but it was time to move on and let them go.

Once I consciously realised what I was doing, and that the physical weight I was carrying was just a manifestation of emotional trauma, an immense feeling of relief and inner peace came over me. I was no longer struggling against my past and I was ready to let all that go. I was ready to embrace change and move with the flow again. I changed the way I thought about my body and stopped feeding my emotions with food.

Since that moment I have now lost 9 kilos and counting. I still have a bit to go but the weight is coming off gradually as I slowly shed the layers of trauma, negavitity and emotions that I no longer need. I have taken back my power and the feeling is truly amazing. I am not on any special diet or excercise plan and yes, I still do eat chocolate, just not the mountain loads I used to eat. I now feel that food is to be enjoyed and not abused. My goddess within is a part of my everyday life and I now have a love of self that Ive never experienced before.

I really do urge any of you who are struggling with your weight to take a look at what that weight represents. Is there something you are not emotionally letting go of from your past? It may be worth having a think about.

Love, light and spirit to you all...

The Light and the Darkness

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I recently had a conversation with my Mum about Universal energies and the balance between the Light and the Darkness.

I have come to believe that there must be balance on earth and within the universe, just like the Yin and Yang symbol. Everything in life has its light and dark energy, we each have our own light side and dark side. And there must be a balance of Karma at the same time. To me, the energies and life itself is all about balance. I believe that this is how our Earth and universe works, it is simply "programmed" that way. We cannot have one without the other.

My Mum on the other hand disagreed, her argument being that she does not believe in the darkness at all. And that there is only light energy, that the dark energies do not exist.

I once heard someone make the comment "those who only choose to focus on the light, are in turn casting their own dark shadow". I found this very intriguing. I have also been hearing other comments about how these people do not believe that there is an energy shift happening at all, as all they seem to see in the world is more death, destruction and crime.

I do respect my Mothers opinions and beliefs, but on this occasion I had to disagree with her. And that is fine as we both have our own views on life and we both respect that.

I do have one question about the Light and the Darkness. We are moving forwards into a new era of consciousness, our vibrations are lifting and we are becoming more and more aware of universal energies. We are moving into the time of the Goddess, the Golden Age, we are shifting and moving at light speed into a place where our heart and brain centres are opening, we are becoming more aware of something that is bigger and higher than ourselves. So my question is "if we are shifting into a time of Light, where the Light is increasing in us all, AND there must be a balance in the Universe. Does this mean that the Darkness is also increasing, that the places and people where Darkness resides is also coming to the forefront?". Will there always be this balance where the Darkness will always be an oposing energy to the Light, and will this energy always be as strong? As we move forwards into the Golden Age, I wonder if there will be parts of this planet and its people that will move forwards into a Dark Age also.

I look around and see many people lifting their vibrations and consciousness. I see an abundance of love and joy all around me, more people are awakening now than ever before. BUT I also see planetary earth shifts, wars between countries, death, rioting, crime etc. With just as many people who are awakening to a time of light and love, I also see people embracing their inner darkness and choosing to follow the darker path.

I have no answer to my questions. And I wonder if others are also asking it? But who would be there to answer? I could ask Great Spirit or my own Spirit Guides, but would my human brain be able to comprehend the answer? Maybe we will just have to wait and see...

Love, Light and Spirit to you all...

My very first Awakening to Spirit (part 2)...

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Cont...

I was in a very dark and scary place. I felt alone and distant from everyone, and spent most of my time locked away in my room. I even had a boyfriend at the time who didnt seem to notice too much that I was changing.

Then one day after listening to the dark ramblings of this demonic presence, I finally put two and two together. I realised what had happened with the Ouija Board, myself and my friend. Two entities had obviously came through the portal that we opened and although they didnt make themselves known straight away, they had attached himself to the both of us. I had never believed in dark entities before, but I certainly did now. Even though I was spiritual back then, my awareness, self confidence and vibrations were a lot lower at that time. I was a prime target for any type of negative energies.

I explained to my friend what I thought had happened and she agreed. We worked on smudging her room and made a protection amulate for the doorway of our housing unit. Her entity slowly pulled away from our home, but mine had remained clung to me.

Then one night after laying in bed and not being able to sleep, the entity came to me again. I closed my eyes even tighter thinking that this would block it from my mind, but it didnt. Its face appeared in my minds eye and told me that I would never be rid of it. With tears in my eyes I flung off the covers and walked out to the kitchen. It was pitch black and after midnight. I walked over to the kitchen drawer and pulled out the biggest knife I could find.

I took the knife and walked over to the kitchen window. I held the cold blade to my wrist and cried out loud. I was finally sick of the constant taunting and the dark suggestions the entity was making. He had pushed me to my breaking point, my strength to fight back was finally over. The entity waited quietly as it probably thought I was about to end my life. I had isolated myself from everyone and everything, just what it had wanted.

But instead I said out loud "if there is any reason why I should live, make it known to me NOW". I waited for a response of some kind but nothing happened, so I repeated it two more times. I closed my eyes and listened intently, I actually thought that if there really was a God that he/she was about to speak to me. And it did. After closing my eyes a huge white light appeared to me (in my minds eye). The light was so very bright that I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Then something else happened, I heard a voice, and it was not the entity. This time it was a female's voice and it said "hello my dear, you are finally able to listen. We are here to help you". I found myself surrounded by bright white angel like beings, it was honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. The beings moved in closer and as I looked to my left I could see that they were detaching the entity from me. They took it to the centre of the room and the beings rose up into the air and vanished.

I opened my eyes and the room was still dark. But something was different, the heaviness was gone. I now felt lighter and brighter and I could feel the old me inside again. I was still stunned by what had happened but realised that the white beings must have been my Spirit Guides and Angels. I had felt the oneness of creation that was Great Spirit/God. From that moment onwards my life was going to be different. My perceptions of everything had changed and I no longer felt the feeling of separation. I had started my conscious spiritual journey.

That was my story of the very first time I felt the presence of Great Spirit. It was a time in my life that I really dont think or talk about much, but looking back on it now, it really was a pivital point to my spiritual development.

Love, light and spirit to you all...

My very first Awakening to Spirit (part 1)...

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I can remember it like it was yesterday. We can probably all remember the very first time we felt the presence of Spirit/God in our lives. For me it was when I was 18 years old and had only just started University. I had always been a spiritual child. I had seen and heard many things that would probably scare the heck out of most people. But I have always been "open" to seeing, hearing and sensing the spirit world. Despite this, I had never really sensed or felt or could even grasp the idea of having a connection with Great Spirit. At that time I was still very disconnected and struggling through life. I just assumed that I was a freak of nature. I wish my first awakening was a happier story, but this was how it happened for me:

** Please if you are frightened easily, or do not wish to hear or read about the dark side of spirituality, then you may not want to read any further **

It all began a few months after moving into the University housing complex. I became friendly with the girl who lived next door to me, who also had an interest in all things psychic and spiritual. We were quite good friends and both dabbled with Tarot Cards and the like, but neither of us had much experience or knowledge about anything of that nature.

One day my friend asked me if I was interested in using a Ouija Board. I was very hesitant at first as I had heard so many horror stories about people using one and things going wrong. Images of The Exorcist movie ran through my head and fears of what may come of it all. I was scared to say the least but looking back on it now, it was a pivital point in my spiritual journey. I eventually caved in and agreed to it.

The next night my friend drew up the Ouija Board on a piece of paper. She had me convinced that she knew what she was doing. By drawing it up on paper she thought that she could burn it at the end and be rid of any energies that may come through. We sat in our hallway with candles and our fingers on the shot glass. There were no forms of psychic protection used, just a few words to invite in a spirit of any kind.

Well after quite a while of trying, nothing happened. We had a good laugh at it all, packed everything up, burnt the paper and went to bed. A few uneventful days had passed before some very strange things began to happen. My friend complained of having terrible nighmares about a tall and melevolent spirit that visited her room every night. I would often wake at night to her screaming and shouting at the spirit to leave her alone. It then started following her during the daytime, and her boyfriend commented that he had started seeing it too. Some kind of entity was certainly attached to her. I on the other hand was experiencing something very different.

I  began hearing a voice and seeing some kind of demonic figure in my minds eye. The voice was male and dark, and the face I kept seeing was dark red and very twisted. It started telling me things that would eventually take away my self confidence and joy. It started with things like "no one likes you" and "you dont have any friends or anyone that cares about you" and "you are a hopeless waste of space". This went on for months and months, and I honestly had no idea what was going on. I knew that if I told someone they would think I was going crazy. So I kept it to myself. Soon the voice got darker and started telling me that "my life was not worth living", and "that I would be better off dead". The voice persisted and its presence overwhelmed me. I soon believed what it was telling me. I started thinking about suicide and fell into a deep and dark depression.

Ok, this story is quite long. So the rest will have to wait for another time....

Don't judge a book...

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Don't judge a book by its cover, we've all heard that saying before. But I have noticed some judgement around myself lately that has brought up a few feelings of insecurity. I am a very "natural" woman, meaning I only wear make up on the rare occasion, wear my long fluffy dark hair in a ponytail and spend most of my days wearing track pants and a singlet. I dont wear a lot of jewellery, never wear shoes around home, and only pluck my eyebrows when I can remember. I am certainly not what you would call glamorous :)

In saying all that, I do take some pride in my appearance and try to look my best whenever I can. Its just not a high priority for me at the moment.

Since starting my jewellery business and making pretty things for a living, Ive noticed a recurring theme in my life. I often get a look of astonishment when I tell people I am a jewellery maker. Amongst the different reactions, there has been the "blank stare", the "looking me up and down" and the look of "oh my, she can't be for real". The looks also come with wide eyes and little or no comments afterwards. I think most people expect me to be a gorgeous looking glamazon of a woman, with perfect hair and makeup, wearing a long flowing dress and dripping with jewellery from head to toe. But that just isnt me.

I honestly have a little giggle at myself sometimes. In no way do I ever pretend make a fashion statement or look like the women in magazines. And I dont really even make my jewellery with fashion in mind, I just make things that I think are beautiful, and that are full of healing energies for other women to wear. To most people I probably look like a bogan gypsy woman with no fashion sense what so ever.

Sometimes I tell myself that I should try and come across as a little more.... polished. But in the end I dont particularly care what other people think of me. And I guess we all probably feel a little judged sometimes in regards to our appearance.

I dress for comfort, so I do apologise to anyone who sees me in real life and what you see doesn't match up with what you have expected. The simple beauty that arrises from my creativity comes from the depths of my heart and soul. From a place where I connect with spirit, a sacred place.....

Love, light and spirit to you all....

Awakenings...

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So over the past week I've had plenty of time to think and reflect. As they say "everything always happens at once". And this week it has been the health of our family. My husband is currently in hospital hopefully having his gall bladder removed, my toddler son has an ear infection and the flu, and I have also had a nasty cold. With all this happening I have been trying to run a business, keep the house maintained, and hold our little family together. Thank goodness my parents are staying with us for a few days until life returns to normal.


But with us all being unwell, (this is the first time we have all been sick at once) it has certainly given me time to think and reflect about life. It has been a kind of awakening for us all, especially myself and my husband. Looking back on life, I now realise that I have had many many of these "awakenings" or times in my life where things have gone awry and have needed to change. In fact within the last year I seem to have had a lot in comparison to the rest of my life, which I think may have something to do with all the energy shifting occurring at the moment.


This particular awakening obviously has more to do with our lifestyle and health matters. It has been a sort of kick in the bum from the universe I think, telling us that things really need to change at home to improve our state of health as a family. There are lessons with all that has happened this week.One being the obvious, that our lifestyle needs adjusting. Another being that more care and attention needs to be put back into our family life. As a family unit, the family "machine" needs all parts to run effectively. When one cog has broken it effects all other components, and the machine stops working. We certainly need to work more as a team and less as  individual components.

Hindsight is a funny thing. Looking back, there were obvious signs from the universe that our situation needed changing. But they were too easily ignored or not seen at all. But things really needed to happen this way. Our eyes needed opening widely to see the truth of what has been happening and now we can go about making the many changes we need to function better as individuals and as a family. The first change will be going on a health kick and bettering our way of eating. I know my husband is not looking forward to this. He rolled his eyes at me as I told him about the Weight Watchers treats I purchased for him. He will get a big suprise when he comes home hehehe.....

Love, light and spirit to you all....