Been Gone Too Long

21 Nov 2011 2 Comments

by Camille in My Thoughts Exactly Tags: , , , ,

I can’t believe that it’s really been since August since my last blog post.  One thing that can be said about my life is that it is always changing.  In writing that, I know that I need to change that experience if I want my life to chill for a while.  But, I’m good with change, for it is through change that we grow the most and become our true selves.

It seems that days, weeks, and months fly by, and before I realize it, several months have gone by.  My past experience has been that things are always busy.  And they have been.  Busy is not necessarily bad – it’s now we react to that busy-ness.  It is how we believe that busy-ness.  Perhaps we see it as overwhelming, but one thing for sure is that we are living!

Life just is – to be experienced, lived, participated in, and shared.  I have learned many insights and grown exponentially.  I am living life as a fully active participant – not standing by and watching.  My intention is to share with my readers my experiences in the coming year so that we may walk this path together.  It is important to share my new quest path.  Why?  I know that many of you out there experience challenges and what could be perceived as setbacks.  I will share mine with you.  One thing about setbacks – they are not!  We may think that losing that job, losing that client, having to experience something that you thought was long gone are setbacks.  But, they are merely events that have occurred so that you can master a lesson.  These are amazing opportunities to grow and provide challenges to be what we desire to be.  So, the next time you feel slapped in the face with yet another “setback,” give it a smile.  Write it down.  Record your emotions surrounding this event.  Embrace those emotions.  Ask yourself one important question – what does the solution to this event look like?  Journal about it!  And this is important!  Allow for your process – don’t be self-critical and do NOT play the blame game.  Just process and allow yourself to grow with it.  That doesn’t mean you have to like it!  Grow with it!

So, where have I been the past few months?  Working at my new work, seeing clients at Earth Touch that I desire to see, preparing for 11:11:11, and being me being wife, mother, grandmother, and sister.  And to top that all off – I made the decision to go back to college to get that degree.  College is a life long dream of mine, and now I am living that dream.  I will say that it is a challenge to integrate my study time with work, family, and play time.  I am finding that I a lot smarter than I thought I was and I can write!  Fancy that!

I am living my life.  Sometimes, it’s not so pretty, but it’s my life.  I have had people say to me that there is always something going on in my life, and they are right.  Funny, though, I don’t think they are meaning that as a compliment.  Frankly, I have learned not to care about that.  There will be those naysayers that try to undermine growth and learning.  So, I let them have their say and smile to myself inside.  I am good with that.  I know where I desire to go.  I have created a map to get there.  And I have embarked on this journey with my eyes wide open.  I am ready to take that next step.  Are you ready to join me?  Fasten your seat belts – you are stepping onto my ride now!

The Three Levels of Speech

22 Jan 2011 2 Comments

by Camille in All About Me, Growth and Ascension Tags: , , , , ,

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