Still I rise

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The angels are asking me to remind you that YOU are a sweet portal of potential by which Spirit makes miracles possible. You are a powerful Creator Being who has been gifted the abilities to co-create with Spirit. Your intentions & actions are the primary way that Spirit can bring to you what you desire. If you seek transformation in your life, allow yourself to begin taking small actions imbued with big intention. Remember, you are a Divine Creator Being. Your enthusiastic participation is how creation takes place in this realm!

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Love should grow………..
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I came across this poem today by the poet, Hafiz. It touches my heart and so speaks of the experience of awakening to the presence of the Divine. As you read it, know that you are loved, appreciated and celebrated in this moment.

What Happens

What happens when your soul
Begins to awaken
Your eyes
And your heart
And the cells of your body
To the great Journey of Love?

First there is wonderful laughter
And probably precious tears

And a hundred sweet promises
And those heroic vows
No one can ever keep.

But still God is delighted and amused
You once tried to be a saint.

What happens when your soul
Begins to awake in this world

To our deep need to love
And serve the Friend?

O the Beloved
Will send you
One of His wonderful, wild companions -

Like Hafiz.

~Hafiz
Source: I heard God Laughing

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Pink among the purple
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This morning the angels say, “Seek the vibration of joy. It is a vibration and you can attune to it the same way you find a radio station.” They said this in response to my experience of the past few days of being stuck in the muck and mire of my thoughts and emotions. They said that rather than trying to navigate through the muck, focus on attuning to the vibration of joy and I would lift myself up.

There is so much energy being released and cleared during this transit, it is easy to personalize the experience. Over the past few days I’ve felt myself feeling depleted and in the doldrums. Over the years I’ve been well trained to “work my process” and explore my feelings and responses to life circumstances. When I started feeling so deeply these past few days, I thought, “Well, here’s more material to look at.”

But this morning as I awakened from my astral work I heard the angels saying, “Seek the vibration of joy.” They showed me that joy is a vibration and that I could simply attune to it. As soon as I did so, I felt so much better!

It was a very quick process. They asked me to imagine my energy as bandwidth — as with the old radio dials. Then shift to the right and the left until I felt the frequency of joy. I then stayed there for a few minutes. The vibration of joy helped release the denser energies.

If you can’t find the frequency of joy by tuning to the right or left, try scanning up. Sometimes it is out in front, above. As Josephus & the Wisdom Council say, “Point your satellite dish” in the direction of joy. There is always joy being broadcast somewhere on the planet.

I still believe in creating a sacred space for exploring feelings. However, in these times of great clearing, many of us are feeling emotions that don’t really belong to us. Rather they are universal in nature and moving through us (or we are moving through them). By purposefully attuning to the vibration of joy, we are like migrating birds seeking a helpful trade wind to ease our flight.

The angels and I are sending you love, joy, hope and optimism today as you navigate your journey~!

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This week Josephus & the Wisdom Council brought forward messages to assist us in navigating the energetic clearing and upgrade that is taking place on the planet.

For those of you new to Josephus & the Wisdom Council, they are a group of Higher Guides that channel through me. They are joyful, funny and bring forward guidance in an easy-to-understand manner. When they speak, they come through with an accent. When asked about the accent, they say that it is to differentiate between my presence as Laurel and their presence as J&TWC. The accent is not indicative of any region through which they have been incarnated.

Three clips are listed here. The first is an overview of the Energies of Mid-July 09, the second is a short segment about good self-care and the third is one of my favorites about eating Vibrant and Radiant Foods from Mother Earth.

Please feel free to share these with others you sense will benefit from these messages. For those of you sensitive to energy, you may feel the higher vibration of J&TWC when listening to the messages as each is imbued with a blessing of light, love and joy~!

The links below will lead you directly to the MP3 files of these recordings. These recordings and others are archived on the Illuminating Souls web site. If you do not wish to download the files, you can stream them on our site.

Josephus & the Wisdom Council on the Energies of mid-July 2009 (approx. 6 mins)

Josephus & the Wisdom Council with Self-Care Tips for Navigating the New Energies of July (approx 2 mins)

Josephus & the Wisdom Council on Eating Vibrant Foods (approx. 13 mins)

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Josephus & the Wisdom Council are saying that it is essential that we take good care of ourselves during this active period of transformation. They say that one of the best ways to stay balanced is to eat fresh fruits and vegetables that are “One Generation” or less away from Mother Earth. They say that an apple from a tree or from your local farmer’s market is considered “Direct” from Mother Earth. Fruits & Vegetables that have gone through a single process such as being chopped up and sauteed are “One Generation” away from Mother Earth. They remind us that our physical bodies are born of Mother Earth. We share the same physical and vibrational code. As we bring in nutrients directly from the Mother, we are bringing in vitality and aliveness that our bodies inherently know how to use. It is similar to the benefits of breast feeding an infant – the infant receives the benefit from the nutritional wisdom stored in the mother’s milk. Much in the same way we receive the nutritional wisdom stored in the foods that are One Generation or less away from Mother Earth.

In additon, J&TWC are recommending the use of Bach Rescue Remedy if you are feeling ungrounded.

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The BIG waves of energy are continuing. I first started feeling them on Saturday around 6:30 pm. I had been puttering around the house when I suddenly felt waves of anxiousness and sadness… then I felt like sobbing. It wasn’t congruent with my own experience at the time. When I asked the angels, they said that the energy wasn’t mine but was more universal in nature. I then went on Twitter and began asking other healer friends and they confirmed they were feeling the same thing. For those of you who are Facebook friends, you can see the ongoing discussion under my profile about what people are experiencing (if we’re not friends yet, you’re welcome to send me a friend request).

Saturday’s wave felt as if Mother Earth had a huge catharsis. A lot is being  released and cleared. Many of us are still feeling emotional  and many people are reporting that they feel like sleeping a lot. Others report that they are feeling increased levels of creativity and release. Some friends report that they have been feeling pressure around their heads.

Last night I felt another big wave around 3:30 pm. I felt lots of buzzing around my crown chakra and then it felt as if I was lifting out of my body. It was an amazing feeling~!

My Guides share that as the clearing is taking place, much care is being taken to carefully dissipate the energy to help mitigate disruption on the surface of Mother Earth. This morning there was a 7.8 earthquake off the coast of New Zealand. However, it was 21 miles deep in the ocean, so there was minimal disturbance on the surface.

As the week continues, please rest if you are feeling tired. If you are feeling emotionally sensitive, allow yourself to retreat from other peoples’ energy if you can. It’s a good time to curl up and read a book, sip some tea, play with your animals.

It is fascinating to witness how many of us are feeling the waves~! I sent an email out to my mailing list on Sunday about the bigness of the energy. Between my email list, Twitter and Facebook I heard back from over 40 Lightworkers who all reported some level of increased emotional sensitivity over the weekend. That’s really remarkable.

Yes, friends, change is at hand~! We are ascending as is the Planet. It is wonderful that we can share this journey together~!

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We’ve been having an interesting dialogue on Facebook about the strange energies of the past few days. It would seem that many of us are feeling the wonky energy. I’ve been having rather disturbing dreams which is not my norm. When I asked if others were experiencing the same, I was surprised by the number of people who confirmed they too were experience strange dreams.

Someone wisely asked me to ask Josephus & the Wisdom Council for insight to this (thank you, Paul!). Here’s their reply. I’ve allowed them to add to the message given that there’s more space here on the blog.

“There’s currently a huge cleansing taking place on several lines of energy. This is to benefit greater humanity. Many of you are assisting with this. If you are finding that it is carrying over to your waking life, simply ask to be taken “off-rotation” for a day or two until you feel better. We will help clear the energy, simply ask us in your consciousness and it will be our blessing to assist you.

The cleansing is ramping up now to take advantage of the Mercury Retrograde energy. It is optimal for upgrading patterns in consciousness. Because of your raised level of awareness, you may be feeling this. It is collective consciousness that is being raised, therefore the dreams may not seem congruent to your personal experiences. As you continue to adjust to higher frequencies, your reaction to these transits will minimize over time.

More and more of these upgrades will be taking place as we reach the apex of energy leading up to 2012. You’re being upgraded so that you’re wired for the newer energies that are coming online.

Some of the others sharing the physical realm have opted not to receive these upgrades, therefore the disparity between your experience of the world and theirs may vary wildly. The best way to navigate this is to honor where they are. Some are here to continue to release pockets of old energy – this is done through their experiences that some may see as “denser” in nature than the higher vibrations you are choosing.

Bless each person where they are. Remember, each of you is a gorgeous creator being. Each of you has free will to surf whichever waves you choose. It’s like selecting a vacation spot. Some people prefer deserted islands. Others want to walk the streets of Manhattan. It’s all about preference.

What will you choose? You are creating the promise of tomorrow with each breath. You are a sight to behold!

We love you. God Bless You. Namaste. Peace be with You.”

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Stoneman by the Sea on Flickr by stavelin

Long before I found Doreen Virtue’s angel cards, I used the Osho Zen Tarot deck to help bring forward messages from my angels and guides. One of the most powerful cards in the deck is the “No-Thingness” card. It is a completely black card with only the words “No-Thingness” written in white letters at the bottom. It represents the time in-between completion and rebirth. Osho writes:

“Being “in the gap” can be disorienting and even scary. Nothing to hold on to, no sense of direction, not even a hint of what choices and possibilities might lie ahead. But it was just this state of pure potential that existed before the universe was created.

All you can do now is to relax into this no-thingness…fall into this silence between the words…watch this gap between the outgoing and incoming breath. And treasure each empty moment of the experience. Something sacred is about to be born.”
-Osho Zen Tarot

This is one of the best descriptions that I’ve found that describes the energy that is present for many of us right now. It would seem as if almost everyone I speak with is in some form of transition. People are completing relationships, jobs, switching careers, releasing old patterns. People are letting go of the old and not really knowing what comes next. Many of us are “living the question” hoping that something wonderful awaits.

I’ve been experiencing this energy, too. I’ve been incubating, hibernating, feeling much like the caterpillar who has gone into the cocoon awaiting rebirth, colorful wings and all.

If you find yourself in this place, know that all is well. Your Higher Self is still navigating you towards your dreams, vibrating with remembering of your destiny.

This new energy is a good time to take good care of yourself, try new classes, explore your creativity, go for long walks in nature, make new friends and stretch beyond your comfort zone. Remember, a new you is being born. You are in the space of “becoming” and it is a potent and vibrant time in our ascension journey.

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Water Lily from SmALl CloUd on flickr

It’s been a few years since posting to this blog. I had considered starting fresh and deleting the old content, but as I read through the old posts, they came back to me like old friends. And they asked to stay… in case they can be of service to someone along their journey.

Therefore, I am picking up right here. Starting in the middle is sometimes the best possible place to begin. In the middle… without a clear destination in site.

This morning I send you love, joy and gratitude. Thank you for visiting with us today!

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There is no time for fear. This is a critical passage and all are needed to help facilitate this shift in consciousness. It matters not what you choose to do. What matters is how you choose to be with yourself and others. Your heart is a miracle of healing. It carries the most powerful vibration of loving.

Bear witness to the sacredness of this moment. Allow it to carry the sounds of joy into the world. Come with us and continue to allow your magic to flourish.

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