Saturday Morning – My Now Moment

Saturday morning in the Bay Area – such a delicious time of day.  I awoke to cloud cover, actually it’s called the marine layer.  Cool – crisp – the scent of fennel and eucalyptus in the air.  It is quiet with sounds of the freeway in the distance, pigeons cooing the morning in, and the sound of my little furry companion, Sammy, as we walked to his favorite spot.

It is these times that I look around me and remember from where I have come.  I am also reminded of where I am going, but most of all, I am reminded of my now.  And that is the most important remembrance – my now!

Now, I don’t know the weather statistics in August, and frankly, I don’t really care.  But this is what I love about living in the Bay Area.  These mornings of cool, crisp air and my beloved marine layer that shields me from the glaring sun.  My now this morning is understanding that life is always hanging in the balance between the quiet cool and the glaring hot.  It is in that balance that we rest.  It is that balance that allows us to charge forward in the right and perfect time – and it is always the right and perfect time.

My now moment is remembering that regardless of events and circumstances, I am at the right and perfect time of my life and my experience.  Because it is this experience that allows me to create.  It is this experience, in my now moment, that I can fully Be.  And for this I am grateful – that I can just be for a moment to remember me.

The coffee is waiting for me, and it is time to go back inside.  I will relish this now moment and share it with you, my readers.  Take a now moment for yourself and just be.

Surrender to Sophia Wisdom

Well, it has been a bit since I’ve posted.  Since the last one, I have been in the midst of really going within and asking Mother exactly what She wants from me.  I know that sounds a bit aggressive, but read on and you’ll see what I am talking about.

So much has happened in the last few months.  Although it has been a time of pain and asking why, it has also been a time of tremendous growth and moving forward.  One of the questions I have had to ask myself is one that most people ask as well.  My clients ask this same question.  I seem to always have the answer for someone else and thought that I had definitely done “my work” to make sure I didn’t go into that space again.  But . . . . .Mother always has more in store for Her daughter.  What is the question?  I thought I had been doing exactly what She and the Sophia Council had directed, but it seemed that there have been some major obstacles thrown in the way.  I know that when that happens that I am being shown that I am missing something.  But, I have been so sure of what I was “supposed” to be doing!  So, when, once again, things seemed to be moving backward, I had to ask Her.  Well, to be quite frank, I demanded in a not so quiet voice, “What the H— do you want me to do?!”  Warning here – do not ask Her in that manner because even though we are to “go to the throne in boldness,” She will answer you immediately with the proverbial 2×4 to the head!  And answer me She did.  No one showing for classes that had been on the books, no one showing for my online classes, cancellation of clients right and left, no one showing for Reiki Share or Meditation Circle.

In the beginning of this period, I felt myself moving into that fear space.  I recognized it right away and realized that when we are moving in that space, the Dark Energies – whatever you wish to call it – find that most vulnerable spot and move in right away. I refused to energize that space so I asked for guidance from Her and truly listened this time.  Her answer?  “Go to the beginning, Gaia! Go to your passion.”  Hmmm. . . . . . my passion.  I had to do more work with that because that’s what my 3D mind had thought I was doing.  So, I surrendered.  I laid in my bed purposely going into the fetal position and imagined myself in Her womb before birthing.  I made the conscious statement, “I am done.”  Here is what She said to me:

“Finally, my daughter, you are moving into that sweet surrender to Spirit.  This is where you started and this is where your greatest awakening lies.  This is where humanity’s greatest awakening lies.  When humanity ceases to push their own agendas – those that have been programmed into the DNA structures and allowed the Dark Energy forces to bring doubt and fear, surrender to Spirit comes.  That is when humanity will move into the true ascension process.  For Ascension to move forward, you must surrender.  Do not continue to look for your purpose – surrender to your purpose.  Allow your Higher Self to bring the Light Love to you.  For when you operate out of the Dark, you will continue to spiral downward and all of your efforts will be for naught.  But, and this is the important hearing for all of humanity, when you surrender to your Trueness and your authentic Self and  allow for the process to move in and through you, you will no longer fight and be encumbered with the day to day living.  This is when you truly step into Light Love and Become the Divine Purpose you have been created to Be.  We have been waiting for those that have heeded the call to surrender – say I’m done!  Now, we can get to work!  Take this message to those that have ears and can hear the True Words of the Sophia Council.”

So, now to get to work.  You will see in the next few weeks some changes to my website and what I offer.  This is the time for all of us to listen to the Sophia Wisdom and move into a space of surrender.  I will tell you from experience – it feels great!

Join me, won’t you?

The Three Levels of Speech

Greetings in Light!

I was sitting on my sofa early this morning, cup of coffee in hand, and laptop on the arm of the sofa.  As I was watching the sunrise – my front window faces east – I enjoyed the quiet silence.  This is my favorite time of the day.  All are asleep, the world is in that hush place.  I hear the soft breathing of my family and at this time of the morning, all is well!

In these early morning hours, I use this time to connect with my Soul Team and Guides and ask them to assist me in this process of living in the 3D world.   I closed my eyes and listened.  I was surprised when I was told to open the laptop and go on Facebook.  “Really?” I said.  I, frankly, was expecting some other kind of message.  But, I followed the message and opened the laptop to Facebook.  I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to find there, so I starting surfing postings by people I know, people I don’t know, and other various groups.  I saw posts of shared loved – some dear friends of mine just exchanged rings.  I saw posts of anger.  I saw posts from all kinds of people in all forms and fashions.  I was led to a page  that led me to a Sufi website.

I have not explored this spiritual path of Sufism.  I have a beautiful client and friend whose parents were Sufi and she was raised as a Sufi.  Her parents have transitioned over, but I remember the calm and peace they always carried and the love that they shared with each other.  I also remember that they seemed to have a beautiful radiant light about them that wasn’t present in others.  My friend doesn’t really practice much now, but still holds to the teachings.  I have not explored much in this belief, but recognized it as one that seems to bring peace and calm to those that practice it.  This isn’t my first exposure to Sufism.  The 7-11 down the street is owned by a beautiful family that has asked me time and again if I have heard of Sufism.  I shy away from organized religions, so I politely said yes and went on my way.  But, here this page was right in my face.  So, I started reading.

I have had challenges and patterns that crop up now and then dealing with communication – particularly in standing up for myself and speaking my truth.  And, I have been attempting to navigate this whole process since it seems that it has come up for me in a large way lately.  It’s been so painful, but yet, I feel I am in my Truth and I know that it is part of my growth and Ascension process – a lesson that has to be mastered here in this life.

Well, here is what I found.  I love Spirit – She opens my eyes to what I need to know and understand.  I will share this with my students and have included this in a chapter of my new book.   I hope it speaks to you the way it spoke to me.

“Speech is of three kinds:  The first comes from the desire of the self; the second from reason and the third from love.

Speech which arises from desire is troubling and insipid, giving neither pleasure to those who speak, nor profit to those who listen.

That which arises from reason is accepted by the wise and gives pleasure to the listener and the speaker,

and speech that arises from love enraptures those who listen and those who speak.”

Excerpt from the Menaqib al-Arifin, words of Mevlana Rumi from The Stories of the Wise of the Mevlevi Tradition, #414.

I intend to read these words often and put them in my heart and share them with those that are around me.

Always in Love and Light,

Gaia Renee