2013 Behold the Sentience

As I contemplate the people, events, experiences and ideas of 2013 I would name this the year of Sentience. A year of recognizing something I never really believed in before, not really.

And now I know it to be true. I can feel it and that's why I use the world behold in my title.

1. “Thank you water for the bath.”

When the water drains from the bath Kate says “thank you water for the bath.”

It’s a direct result of a call from a friend and a July afternoon at the beach with a most extraordinary group of healers.

Included in this group of healers was Dr. Masaru Emoto, known best for his book "The Hidden Messages in Water."

Dr. Emoto used the Ho'oponopono blessing

Water, I am sorry.

Water, please forgive me.

Water, I love you.

Water, thank you.

And it is from this that we began to say as the water drains from the tub "Thank you water for the bath."

The blessings from the day of the Water Blessing at San Onofre stayed with us throughout the year. The teachers continued teaching and as I look back it has profoundly changed how I think about things and more importantly it has changed what I know to be true.

2. Recognizing Our Earth as a Sentient Being
At the Water Blessing was another healer named Ruben Saufkie. His message of unity was so powerful.

Following the Water Blessing I kept thinking about how disconnected many are and how people, myself included, don't think we matter in the large picture. We think we are too small. Then I found "The Blue Jewel."

You Matter.

That which you are matters.

It matters now.

It mattered before now.

It will matter more tomorrow.

3. Recognizing Our Fellow Sentient Beings
This year I attended the “Blessing of the Animals” put on by our Animal Ministries. It really moved me. The prayer Kathy Storey shared and the individual blessings of our pets by Toni Sparks were so real and true and full of love.

A most amazing example of sentience was found from another new friend from that Water Blessing. And I thank Gary Christmas for all the amazing shares of all the remarkable things going on in our world and beyond.


4. Grounding and Experiencing the Healing Properties of Our Earth
I’ve always giggled a little at the iconic treehugger but now I am ready to hug trees at will ... did you know it's great for your health?

My childhood friend Naisha Ahsian, director at Crystalis Institute, brought this amazingly interesting documentary called  "Grounded" to my attention. She always finds ultra groovy stuff and has a blend of cutting edge science and spirituality that I have come to adore.

Direct contact with the earth is a powerful healing modality. Walking barefoot at the beach is especially good for you as the salt water has conductive properties. So take off those rubber and plastic shoes and get grounded. We are going to be spending even more time outdoors and even more time playing in the dirt.

Even though the documentary is no longer posted at YouTube you can find more information here http://shiftfrequency.com/dr-mercola-documentary-grounded/.

It was truly a remarkable year and I thank all those who contributed to that remarkableness.

I thank my spiritual community for their love and support and I can't wait to see what this year brings.

Come on, get happy

What is happiness?  Do we have it?  Do we want it?  If we get it, can we keep it?

These are questions we ask ourselves when we stop to reflect on our lives.

In this time and space, a planetary shift is occurring and it's heading toward the collective, the unselfish collective.  With our connections closer than ever, thanks to the internet and social media, we have access to some incredible thought-provoking authors and speakers.  Many of these speakers are focusing on happiness and how it's more than personal.

The Hay House Summit 2013, is the first-ever Global Online World Summit for Hay House.  Its 110 hour-long conversations with world-renowned experts from the personal-growth field.  The summit started on June 1st, ends on June 10th and each talk is FREE for the first 24 hours.

Dr. Robin L. Smith spoke on the first day of the summit.  Her topic was, Hungry for yourself: the diet you cannot afford to cheat on.  She speaks of being hungry as a calling for the nourishment of Soul.  In our everyday lives, what relationship is lacking in nourishment?  The Soul to Soul connection with others in our lives is what will satisfy this craving and lead us to relationships that sustain our Self.

On day 4, Sandra Anne Taylor talks about how we can make the first conscious shift to change by living in the emotion of happiness.  She says, "Happiness is the emotional signs of the mentality of appreciation.  One of the meanings of appreciate is to increase in value.  Live in appreciation, appreciate your life, your life will appreciate in value."

Also on day 4, Lynne McTaggart spoke on, How Understanding Our True Human Bond Can Lead to a Happier You and a Healthier Planet.  As vibrational beings we have a connection to each other.  If we change the way we look at the world, learn to relate to a larger definition of self, and realize we need to be the change, we'll see a change in ourselves allowing us to see a change in the world.

All these authors speak beyond a general happiness.  They go to straight to the heart of the matter, the collective Soul connection.  It's beyond self-help; it's a responsibility to the entire planet.  If we can visualize that we are made up of numerous cells all vibrating to create our one physical body, it's easier to see that each of our physical bodies are vibrating on this planet to make one collective whole.  We are connected to each other, sometimes in more ways than we think.  So, when we do our work individually to shift into happiness, it isn't just good for ourselves it is good for the planet.