You have the ability to make a positive difference in the world. This has been a roller-coaster time of miracles and challenges. It seems as though these extreme experiences are being used to wake Humanity up at warp speed. No matter how hard people may try, their I AM Presence is not allowing them to push the snooze button in order to go back to sleep. It is time for people everywhere to remember who they are and why they are on Earth during this auspicious moment. Important changes are taking place, and in spite of outer-world appearances, we are beginning to see evidence of people in every walk of life reaching out to make a positive difference.

2009 is numerically an 11-year. Eleven is the Master Number that reflects the transformation of the physical into the Divine. The many activities of Light that have taken place this year have provided us with amazing opportunities to move into the highest level of consciousness we have experienced since our fall from Grace aeons ago.

November is the eleventh month in 2009, so we are blessed with the powerful 11:11 numerical frequency throughout this entire month. On November 11 and 29, 2009, we are blessed with 11:11:11 numerical frequency, which will be an incredibly powerful time for all of us.

Whether we consciously remember it or not, each and every one of us has been preparing for a very long time to assist during this unprecedented time. We all have unique skills and abilities that no one else on the planet possesses in exactly the same way we do. We have volunteered to assist in helping to change the old, obsolete behavior patterns that are responsible for the pain and suffering Humanity is enduring. This is being brought to our attention by our I AM Presence, our God Self, because the time for us to begin fulfilling our Divine Missions is NOW!

The only reason we have not been cocreating lives of joy, happiness, prosperity, loving relationships, financially and creatively rewarding jobs, vibrant health, fulfillment, enlightenment and every other positive experience is because we have forgotten that we can.

Not only can we create the lives we dream of, this is our purpose and reason for being. We are Children of God, and we have been invested with the gift of free will. Our thoughts and feelings are creative. Whatever we focus our thoughts, words, actions, and feelings on, we bring into physical form. It is time for us to remember this Divine Truth and for us to consciously choose to create the lives we want instead of inadvertently manifesting, through our fears, the experiences we do not want.

It is time for us to reclaim our Divine Birthrights and to fulfill our Divine Potentials. As we take charge of our lives, we will be effective examples for our loved ones and friends. We will be positive catalysts, and the results of our efforts will be exponential. We are all One, and the Universal Law is “As I Am lifted up, ALL Life is lifted up with me.” We can each make a positive difference. As we change our lives, we will change the direction for Humanity and for all Life evolving on this planet. Never underestimate your ability to be a powerful force of good on this planet.

You have been preparing for a very long time to fulfill the mission you agreed to accomplish in this lifetime. Not only do you have the skill, talent, wisdom, courage and strength to accomplish your mission, our Father-Mother God and the entire Company of Heaven are standing in readiness eagerly awaiting the opportunity to assist you. These selfless Beings of Light are with you now. From inner levels they guide and protect you, and they intervene to help you every time you ask them to. You are never alone. If you ever feel doubtful that you have the power to make a positive difference in this world, just remember the entire Company of Heaven is there to help you every time you ask for their assistance.

When you begin to create a plan to make a positive difference in your life, the first step is to take a good look at your life as it exists right now. In order to change your life, you must first be aware of what presently exists. So take some time to evaluate your life as an objective observer. This is not a time to berate, criticize, or condemn yourself for past mistakes. That only adds more negative energy to the situation. The purpose of this evaluation is to help you see what it is you like about your life, and what it is you would like to change. Usually people know their lives are not what they want them to be, and they may be aware of some major problems, such as finances or health, but they have never actually taken the time to evaluate their overall lives. This is a crucial step toward making a positive difference, so invest the time to take a thorough inventory of your life.

In order for you to succeed in transforming your life, you need to plan where you are going. You need to have objectives and goals. Most people spend so much time worrying and dwelling on the things that they do not want in their lives that they have not taken the time to figure out what they really do want. Remember, what you think about, what you hold in your mind and put your attention and energy into, you draw into your life. So it is time to stop worrying about the things that you do not want and start focusing on the things that you do want.

Patterns of thinking and emotional responses are usually habits you have allowed yourself to develop without much conscious awareness. Now that you have decided to take charge of your life, you no longer need to just muddle through the day. Instead, you can deliberately control your thoughts, words, actions, and feelings. Since it is a natural law that what you put your attention and energy into, you draw into your life. It is only logical that you take the steps necessary to let go of destructive programming and begin creating for yourself a fulfilling, happy, harmonious, abundant, and peaceful life.

Most people rarely feel that they are negative; so one of the things I have them do is keep a scratch tally for an entire week of every negative thought or feeling they experience. Notice I said EVERY negative thought or feeling. This includes the little, trivial, petty things that you allow to pop into your mind, such as the person that pulls in front of your car that you think is a jerk, or the service you received that you feel was lousy, or the lady at the supermarket that you think is a slob, or the disgust you have for yourself for overeating, or the anger you feel if the car breaks down, and on and on.

My experience has been that by the end of the week even so-called positive people have several sheets of tally marks and are astounded at how often they were negative and shocked at how oblivious they were about their negative thinking. So, the next step toward your decision to make a positive difference in the world is to observe your daily responses for an entire week. Pay very close attention to your thoughts and feelings and keep a simple scratch tally of every negative thought or feeling you have. Do not empower the negative thought by writing it down, just keep a scratch tally of it.

This is a very valuable exercise because it clearly shows how many times every single day you are misqualifying energy without even realizing it.

Many people are wallowing in the poor me syndrome. They feel that they are really good people, but all of these terrible things keep happening to them anyway. What this exercise reveals is that we may not be doing catastrophically negative things like mugging people or robbing a bank, but we are often nickel-and-dimeing ourselves to death with trivial pettiness.

Once you complete this exercise and acknowledge that you may not be controlling your thoughts or feelings, but just allowing them to happen, you can move on to the next step of changing those bad habits and begin to take control of your thoughts, words, and deeds.

Each time you put forth the effort to deliberately program yourself into constructive thinking, the stronger you will become and the more natural the positive response will be. Before you know it, your pattern of thinking will automatically be positive instead of negative, and you will have established a new constructive habit.

While you are going through this process of gaining control of your thoughts and feelings, you need to be tolerant and forgiving of yourself. If you find negative thinking or negative feelings creeping into your consciousness, you need to stop, empty your mind of the negative thought or feeling, take a deep breath, regroup, and then look for the positive side of the situation you are dealing with. Don't give any more power to the negative thought by berating or condemning yourself for the transgression. Just let it go, flood it with the Violet Flame of Forgiveness, and focus on the positive side of the situation, no matter how small.

Begin your new habit of positive thinking by looking for the positive side of every person, place, condition, or thing you encounter. The general rule is that we can easily spot the flaws in other people, but unless someone is a genius or looks like a Greek God or Goddess, we rarely notice their positive attributes. In this exercise you must go out of your way to search for something good in every single person, place, condition, and thing you come in contact with. Sometimes this is a real challenge. Some people you know may seem so objectionable that the only thing you will be able to appreciate about them is the color of their socks, but you must find something good in every instance.

After practicing this for a while, you will come to the realization that, no matter how bad things seem or how degenerate a person may appear, there is a spark of hope in every situation and a spark of Light in every person. By consciously putting your attention on that one redeeming quality, rather than giving momentum and power to the negative, you can turn that destructive situation into a positive experience, and you can often give the negative person the incentive he or she needs to find a better way of behaving. This may sound too good to be true, but I assure you that this is the natural Law of Attraction, and it is as accurate and as workable as the Laws of Mathematics, Music, Physics, or any other science.

The next exercise I want to share with you is designed to help you reprogram your thinking with positive affirmations. People who have used positive affirmations have always known that they work, but they have rarely understood exactly why. Now, with more and more research, we are learning how the process works.

Through positive affirmations, we can deliberately send forth constructive thoughtforms that will accumulate additional positive energy and return to us, bringing with them what we are affirming. The difference between a prayer and an affirmation is that in prayer we are usually humbly asking for something, and in an affirmation we are actually invoking God and our I AM Presence to command Universal Light substance to flow through us constructively to create whatever perfection it is that we are affirming.

There is another very important reason why affirmations work. When we make a positive affirmation, we begin with the words I AM. These two words invoke our I AM Presence and connect us directly to our omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent Father-Mother God, All That Is. This all encompassing Presence of God is the Universal Source of All Life.

Everything in the Universe is comprised of electronic Light substance vibrating at different frequencies with various densities. The words I AM reflect the all-encompassing Oneness of all Life. “I” represents Alpha, the beginning, “AM” represents Omega or the ending, meaning our Father-Mother God, the Universal Source of All Life, is the beginning and the ending of all that exists.

When we invoke the Light of God by using the words I AM the Light automatically responds. It flows through our thoughts, words, actions, and feelings and obeys our affirmations.

Affirmations are designed to help us begin reprogramming our negative thinking into positive thinking. The longer energy is accustomed to flowing through the brain in a particular pattern, the easier it is to just keep flowing in the same pattern. For instance, if we are used to being critical or judgmental of others, that is a pattern we have developed and the energy flows very easily into that groove of the brain. If we want to change that habit, we have to consciously begin developing a new groove through which this energy can flow. The more we withhold the energy from the negative, critical pattern and send it forth through the new constructive pattern, the sooner we will have changed the bad habit.

When we first begin observing our behavioral responses, we are usually shocked and a little overwhelmed at how ingrained our trivial, petty patterns are, and it seems as though it will be a monumental task to overcome them. However, once you begin to consciously take control of your thoughts, words, actions, and feelings, the changes will take place much more quickly than you can envision at this time. Once you really develop the habit of positive thinking, the critical, petty, trivial things that so easily pop into your mind now will not be part of your consciousness.

With positive affirmations, we form new constructive grooves in our thinking patterns. For this reason it is important to read your affirmations the first thing in the morning and the last thing before going to bed at night. The exercise in the morning will begin the constructive flow of energy through the brain and set your attitude for the new day.

The exercise at night will help by drawing the positive affirmations into your subconscious mind; so, you can reprogram yourself while you sleep, as in sleep learning. Research is proving that what we think about at night before we go to sleep is carried into the subconscious mind, so it is a good idea to put your attention on something constructive. For heaven’s sake, don't watch the news just before going to sleep.

I AM AN INSTRUMENT OF GOD

I AM weaving my gifts, talents, skills, knowledge, strength, courage, compassion and love into the tapestry of the Divine Plan for the New Earth.

I AM responding to my Heart’s Call, and I AM God in Action.

I AM Consecrating my thoughts, words, feelings and actions to be the greatest force of good I can be on this planet.

I AM making a positive difference every day.

Through the focus of my attention, I AM expressing the following Divine Truths:
I AM One with ALL Life. I AM Divine Love. I AM Infinite Abundance.
I AM the Harmony of my true Being. I AM Vibrantly Healthy and Eternally Youthful. I AM a Peace Commanding Presence.
The actions I take everyday improve my family, my job, my community, my city, my country and the world.
I have a Healing Touch. I AM communing everyday with my Father-Mother God and the Company of Heaven.
Through my thoughts, words, actions, and feelings I AM Transfiguring this planet into the New Earth.
And so it is.

Saint Germain II: Rosemary, Lavender, Bergamot, Goldenrod, Juniper, Myrtle, Sage, Helicrysum, Sandalwood, Camphor and Gold Leaf.

St Germain II embodies the forceful strength of the Violet Flame and provides for direct, immediate transformations. This blend creates powerful dimensional change on all chakras. Its effect is subtle but immediate, opening the door to ascension. The Master's presence (not his guidance) does it all, if you are ready.

It opens a window one may be afraid to walk through, but the shift will make you feel lifted up. With no more windows you ascend!

Rub 2-3 drops on the heart and crown chakra, or more drops directly to a symptom area.

“This blend feels like magic, precise and gentle. It is slow to be recognized as the smell is not forceful. It gave me a full range of choices.“ -- Svetlana

Saint Germain III: same oils plus JASMINE

St Germain III, a beautiful, simple blend that reflects all the inner strength of the Violet Flame. The addition of Jasmine, however, transmutes it, like flowers that offer you the intensity of their gentleness. The combination of subtle power and intense gentleness brings a whole new dimension to this blend. It swaps out the cobwebs from your life and soul.

Adding Jasmine removes mountains and opens a window as you enter. You may remove any obstruction from your freedom! Go forward and leave fears behind.

Rub 2-3 drops on the Chakra # 1, 2, 3 & high heart.

“This blend is even more magical than St Germain II. It allowed me to remove any obstruction from Chakra 1 level to the chakra of the heart. Long held blockages simply disappear. Amazing.“ -- Lana

On October 10, 2009, I was interviewed for BBS Radio by Lance White. My goal in doing this interview was to provide some common sense, grounded guidance for people who are on the spiritual path. This was my first radio interview and I was very nervous about doing this but I feel the interview was really good. I placed it on one of my web sites so people can listen to it.

This is Lance White’s Synopsis of the radio show:

Guest BILL AUSTIN is a spiritual healer, teacher, artist, writer and visionary. He has been on the spiritual path for over eighteen years now and has been working as a full time spiritual healer for over six years. He is the founder of the Practical Mastery™ and Angelic Mastery™ spiritual healing modalities and has helped hundreds of people around the world.

During the show, Bill spoke about his views on 2012, on healing, and on the fact that many light workers, Indigos and way-showers have incarnated at this time to assist in earth's shift to higher densities. We agreed that humanity is in those changes and shifts now, and that the old paradigms can be altered by aligning with one's soul purpose. Many are here to just "kick back", so we cannot know what anyone else is here to accomplish, or not. Best not to judge! He shared about the process of infusing his art with energetic downloads. His main thrust is that we are all Masters and he is but a conduit to assist and empower others.

My little miniature long-haired dachshund, Primrose, has visited friend Laurie in her dream state, saying she wants more play time! So I have asked of Spirit: What does Primrose mean by play? She has a big garden, her own personal Prince Charming in Schatzi, lots of visitors, lap and cuddle time. And how may I be more playful myself?

"You are playful by nature but you put restrictions on your playfulness, you do not allow the spirit of playfulness free form (and I thought of incidences long gone that others thought hilarious and which did not amuse me at all!). Structured play is not your way, nor is it playfulness. Playfulness is staying in the moment, taking advantage of each joy note. Life is comprised of joy notes, the majority of which go unnoticed - watch for them. Delight in a keynote of playfulness. Dancing and singing (unofficial and freeform) are appropriate forms of playfulness for some. It is not complicated!

Time by the ocean is delightful play. The ocean offers interactive play, hiking is a more passive nurturing of the soul. As for Primrose, new places and things to explore is play. New smells, new insects, new experiences, sensations and feelings are what she thinks of as play. Interactive play. Balls and toys and chew ropes are artificial play. She is not of that caliber. She needs the interaction of Life itself."

The etheric body is part of our 3-D physical plane. The physical body is made up of chemicals, calcium, oxygen and hydrogen (constituting the water) indeed everything that is listed on the side of a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement. The amazing design and structure of these chemicals creates the wonder that is the physical form. This design, each organ, bone and system are held in that particular form by the etheric body. The etheric body is a fine electromagnetic web, as photographed through Kirlian photography, that totally interpenetrates the physical body and around it. It is the matrix of energy which holds the physical elements inform. It can be seen if one places the thumb and first finger about 3 cm apart and softly gaze at the space between. It can also been easily see around trees and plants.

This is not its only function. It is our web of life. It connects us to the earth and solar prana flooding the constituents of the physical body with life energy and consciousness. Our etheric body takes in life energy as pranic light and this is "fed" into the physical body through the Nardis and spleen. All physical life has an etheric counterpart.

Before the vibrational changes on the planet most people left the incarnation at the activation of the six lightbody. (As described by Tashira Tachi-ren in "What is Lightbody) Many light workers on the planet may remember a time when either through illness, accident or a dark night of the soul felt a draw to leave the incarnation. If you are still here either consciously or unconsciously you made a decision to stay. This choice was not always available but having made this choice it is important to understand the physical mechanics of this choice.

What we are doing now is anchoring a higher level of consciousness here on the earth. This is what we came to do in our own way, but we cannot do it fully without a healthy etheric body. It is the etheric body that is allowing us to hold more light and animate and live in a body that is radiating more light. If this is not healthy and strong then we can experience fatigue, inability to concentrate, difficulty in grounding and a lessening of our ability to manifest.

It is our etheric body operating at a new level that is allowing us to stay in the incarnation after the six level lightbody activation. It is only with a healthy etheric body that we can fulfil our purpose to the full. A new level of consciousness is here on earth and it is the etheric body that is facilitating this being grounded.

The etheric body is damaged by emotional and physical trauma, drugs, coffee, microwaves and pollution generally.

To my knowledge there are three main ways of keeping the etheric body healthy, healing, exercise and pranayama (breath work). We have had some amazing feedback from etheric body healings during recent workshops. One does not have to done Angelic Reiki to work with the etheric body. It is simply about the healer feeling the etheric field of the recipient and placing their hands just inside this with the intention of bringing healing energy to it. The healer may be guided to "weave and stitch up holes" or work with the Agnichaitans, the Devas of the physical realm, or healings on an unexpected levels may take place. Be prepared to be surprised.

Any kind of exercise strengthens the etheric body but of course movement working with Chi or Ki are the most potent.

Pranayama has long been used as a spiritual practice and in our experience is the most effective strengthening of the etheric body. If anyone would like a copy of the practice that we use I would be very happy to send it to you.

“The sky is falling… the sky is falling, said Chicken Little.” Do you remember reading that fairy tale? Boy, I do. Do you remember Saturday afternoons, being mesmerized by the old black and white scary movies that played when we were growing up? I had nightmares about giant spiders taking over the world for years. What were our parents thinking letting us read and watch such things!

Oh . . . and do you remember those atom bomb drills in school? You know . . . the ones where the alarm would make you jump out of your skin, while you were being asked to slip under your desk. How dumb I felt crouched under my flimsy, school desk. I knew that if a bomb where to go off any where near my school, I was going to be toast. That school desk was no comfort to me. It didn’t stop me from wishing that my parents would build a bomb shelter in the back yard like everyone else. Hey, I was a little kid back then . . . and the adults should be keeping us safe, right?

Now Hollywood is making new films to scare the livin’ daylights out of us! I think it is about time that we all realize that we have inherited a bum, fear-based agenda. We have been programmed from birth to believe in the apocalypse, catastrophe, judgment day, devastation, all over mayhem, and the end of the world. If we are not buying it anymore, what are we going to do about it?

Recently, we created this Y2K thing, so we could remember something really important. The fear around Y2K had tons of folks running around like powerless victims. They were running up their credit cards to buy survival supplies. They thought the world was ending, so they would not have to pay for their bills. They tricked themselves into believing that they didn’t have to be responsible for their actions! The ET’s were going to save them anyway, right?!

Just prior to Y2K, I wrote an article called “Fear is our enemy, and Chaos is our Friend”. Ok, the title is a bit cheesy, but it got published all over the world. Then came the hate mail. Some called me a dumb, New Age blonde, and I was going to be responsible for people not being prepared for this horrible event. It didn’t bother me. I just sat back, because I knew what was coming. Well we know what happened don’t we? Y2K came and went without the sky falling or the computers crashing. A bunch of survival companies retired in luxury after this one, but many individuals were left with huge financial and karmic debts to pay.

Where was I for Y2K? I decided to run the other direction away from Y2K. I was up in the Chiapas Highlands in Mexico having a once in a life time experience in a little church called San Juan Chamula. The Maya people were out in full force to celebrate the millennium. We were the only gringos there. I have never experienced anything like this since. It was powerful. Then, at the stroke of midnight, we danced in the main square to salsa band wearing pink satin suits. It was a priceless and surreal moment. The really ironic thing was that my fairly conscious house sitter back home in Sedona felt like he had hit the jack pot. He was on my roof at midnight ready to watch the crash of the century. Yep . . . he had a year’s worth of food stored in my house . . . a house that he thought I would not return to. Boy, was he embarrassed when I came home. Oh yeah . . . I had a few apologies in my in-box when I got home too. That was nice.

Now we have the looming presence of a simple, but ominous, date on the calendar. December 21, 2012. There is huge and unnecessary commotion about who is right about this date by the way. Many are calling this time “The end of days”, or “The end of time”. The Mayas call this 2012 frenzy a fabrication of the Gringos. They themselves know that the earth has always changed, and civilizations rise and fall over and over. The planet warms up and cools down with or without humanity and technology. It is a natural cycle that has always existed on the earth. Yes, it is true. We are coming to a reboot of a huge cycle of time, but this is not to be feared. This time is to be respected and celebrated. It is time for us to grow up, and let go of the catastro-phobia and become the truth of who we are . . . and that is the co-creators of this reality! It is time to have a little respect for the resources on Earth, not because we want to save our skins, but because it is the right thing to do!

OK, let’s have a serious intellectual moment here. I am not the only one who feels this way. Joseph Robert Jochmans wrote . . . "The Hopi and Mayan Elders DO NOT prophesize that everything will come to an end. Rather, this is a time of transition from one World Age into another. The message they give concerns our making a choice of how we enter the future ahead. Our moving through with either resistance or acceptance will determine whether the transition will happen with cataclysmic changes or gradual peace and tranquility. The same theme can be found reflected in the prophecies of many other Native American visionaries from Black Elk to Sun Bear."

P.S. I put this last bit in here just in case you were beginning to think I am just a brainless, idealistic New Ager. Ok, I admit it . . . I am an idealist. But I would rather shoot for the stars, and have paradise here and now, rather than dodge earthquakes, burning hot lava flows and rising oceans. Aren’t we here to live in bliss and create heaven on Earth? Isn’t one of the functions of the Maya Calendar to bring about harmony in all life?

Hey, don’t let me stop you. If drama and scaring yourself silly is entertaining for you, go ahead and knock yourself out. But don’t think for one second that December 22nd, 23rd or the 24th isn’t coming, or that you won’t have to pay your bills and uphold your obligations. You are the cause of your own effect!

The sad thing here is that humanity didn’t learn from the Y2K scare, and 2012 is taking its place. Fear is becoming big business, and I am scrambling to get out of they way of this roller coaster ride. It doesn’t sound like any fun to me. If you think people made money off of theY2K fear tactics, then watch out, 2012 is the mother of all scary prophesies, and it has just begun! Fear is very good for the economy. Watch out for the expanding number of local, corner, survival stores and the mass exodus from the rising water. I think it might be a good time to move back to the beach. No one will be there.

Many metaphysical and intellectual teachers out there are clamoring to align themselves to be the authority on 2012. Everyone wants a piece of the action. It is the old, snake oil sellers reincarnated. Even Nostradamus is rolling over in his grave wanting a piece of this action! There are the books on 2012 and the survival workshops. There are DVDs and CDs and YouTube videos telling you the sky is falling, and if you watch this, maybe you will feel safe. There are astrologers, numerologists, meteorologists, geologists, and a whole horde of “experts” telling you why you should buy their stuff, go to their workshops, and how you too need to high tail it for high country. Haven’t we learned by now that when we go into fear that it blocks us from hearing our own inner truth? Do you want to feel SAFE? It is simple . . . stay in your heart and listen to the truth within.

The fact of the matter is that no one could, or can be, an authority on 2012. The closest we can get to an authority on 2012 and our possible future is the Maya Elders themselves. After all, it is their culture that the date 2012 came from . . . or did it? It does not matter who is right, and who is wrong. We all have a right to our unique perspectives. But our differences in beliefs do not change the fact that this shift is happening no matter what, and if we like it or not. Jesus said "Keep your lamps lit". In other words, keep your hearts open, and be in a state of readiness, because no one will know the day or the hour. Our attraction to the 2012 phenomena is giving our overly active minds some comfort by thinking that we know what is happening. The fact is that no one knows what the future holds for us. The future does not exist. We create our future as we go . . . Step by step.

This, my friends, is the beauty of this incredible time! 2012 will become a great harmonizer, equalizer and unifier of humanity. Egos that are tied up in being the leading authority with find themselves so far out on the preverbal limb that they will discover themselves in a huge and very real recession . . . the post Maya 2012 recession that is. They will have cried “wolf” one too many times, and this little red riding hood doesn’t buy it any more!

I am over the fairy tails and the camp fire scary stories. In fact, it is time that we ALL get over it, and get on with it. It is time that we grow up and come to terms with who we are as a human race. The fact is that we are living masters, but somehow along the way, we got caught up with running away from the boogie man. It is time for us to come back together as a team, of equals and soul family, with a common goal that supports peace and harmony on Earth. It is time to quit following the few self-elected leaders like lost sheep, and begin to follow our hearts. We have grown past the need for Gurus. We are becoming living masters, so we better start acting like it. Don’t you feel it is time?

We have a great opportunity RIGHT NOW, and you don’t want to miss it. We can come together, and begin to create a new and better world . . . together. We can do this without self righteousness, spiritual arrogance, competition or making one another right or wrong. We can also create Heaven on Earth without playing follow the leader or even trashing the leader. Maybe this time we can get down to the real reason why we are ALL here . . . and that is to create paradise together. After all, the World is what WE make of it . . . isn’t it? Hey, you didn’t really think the world got this way all by itself did you?

Come December 21, 2012, I am going to be in my favorite spot in the whole world: Palenque, Mexico. I will be celebrating the end of it all . . . the tall tale about 2012 that is. I won’t be sitting at home armed to protect my 10 year supply of food stored in the basement. I won’t be in a bomb shelter waiting out the end of an age. I am going to be celebrating the new age and creating paradise, because I CAN . . . and You can too. Will you join me?

Have you been feeling a little claustrophobic lately? Breathing feels like a chore and yet you do not have health issues in this area? Feeling as if you are being pushed to the edge—but not sure why? Could this be attributed to growing pains? This might be an awkward term for expanding one’s Light.

As we grow our capacity to embody more Light, the Light expands and beckons us to change. When we do not make the changes needed to move forward and embrace the Light, we begin to feel stuck and claustrophobic. Our Light is becoming too big for the box and conditions that we have created. Our path and practices are aligning us with the increased Light vibrations that are perpetually blessing the planet and expanding our fields. Cramped, confused, and irritated, we seek to understand and to know how to make the necessary changes yet be at peace with the changes we make. Some people on the spiritual path just seem to know what they need to do next in order to step out of the old box and into the fullness of the radiance that is given to support them. Others just seem to feel lost in search of direction or flounder in resistance as they seek a sense of balance and peace?

As we improve our lives and become more aligned with truth, we become more Light-filled. Our beingness expands. Light begins to embrace parts of us that have forgotten about our Light-ness. Changes begin to occur on all levels as this Light embraces us. We may begin to notice how things seem different or uncomfortable. As if our skin is not big enough to contain who we are becoming. In other ways we may notice how we yearn to know ourselves in a deeper spiritual way and to bring that out and into our everyday lives. We might even experience our capacity to be more loving or our ability to see beyond the illusions expand.

In the process of embodying higher levels of Light we have the opportunity to make different choices. We might find that we are no longer drawn to friends that we have known for a long time or that we feel out of place wearing the clothes that we once loved. We might experience feeling like we are “no longer home” in our own home. Another example is that we might be more forgiving than usual or no longer look at life through the eyes of a problem but through the eyes of possibilities. Or we no longer find comfort in the conditions that we set for how our life should be.

If we shared these feelings with some folks they might think wow have you got a problem! She has really fallen off the deep end. But, no, on this path of rising in consciousness, these are all effects of raising your vibration. These are indicators that you are growing and expanding and have the opportunity to see life with a developed consciousness and enjoy deeper understanding. It is a doorway to aligning and living with our Truth.

These discomforts are the result of our expanding Light putting pressure on our mental, emotional, and physical box where we reside. The Light is opening us up to new directions. We might not be called to change our lives completely, but we are called to change the way that we react and respond to all areas of our lives. We are called to act in ways that create harmony and balance in our lives as well as in those around us. The call to rise up and express ourselves in new ways beckons us to be different.

One thing to note is that any practice that we choose to help incorporate the Light and take a direction will also raise our vibrations even more. Yes, that really is a good thing. By not making a choice we will continue to feel discomfort and disoriented. The discomfort is a gift and catalyst to make us do something to move out of the misery.

One approach to find balance and direction is to find time to sit in the quiet. When you take the time to sit and be quiet focus on your heart center, visualizing a beautiful violet flame in the center of your heart. Just be with this flame, seeing it expand and bring peace. Expand and be peace. Breathe in this peace, feeling it move throughout your body, mind and emotions. See the violet flame encompassing your whole being. Soothing, warming, and bringing Light into all areas of your life.

This flame has always been here holding the Light in your heart center for you to discover your infinite abilities to love, be powerful, heal, to embody abundance and embody wisdom. These are the gifts that are awakening in this new era of your life.

Focus on the flame, feeling its warmth and seeing its beauty. Feel yourself quieting. Ask all the parts of you that feel irritated, lost, or out of balance to move into the flame. Feel and see these aspects move into the flame as you pause and allow them to be transmuted by the violet fire.

Now feel the warmth of love and compassion expanding into your field. Focus on any area in your life that requires change and breathe this violet flame into that area. See the flame expanding ; supporting energy and Light into the area. Feel yourself stepping out of the old box of conditions and moving into a new life with infinite energetic resources to support your journey. Feel yourself welcoming where you stand and where you are going. Feel the flame blazing in your heart center bringing clarity and peace throughout your whole being.

Work with this exercise daily and you will begin to experience positive shifts and changes. You will help move out the old energy that is blocking up your system and keeping you in limbo and assisting the Light that is expanding to integrate into your whole Being.

You truly are a Light being, here to experience much, much more. Allow your Light to shine and the world will be a better place.
Many Blessings as you step out!

Mount Shasta! The name tugs something deep inside. What is the energy radiating from this mountain, so strongly it can be felt 80 miles away? What are all these legends about, that there are Lemurians or masters inside the mountain? How could such things be true?

Mount Shasta exerts a pull, a magnetic force that draws people when they are ready. I live on the mountain now, and have heard amazing stories about how people find their way here. One woman was sitting at her desk in the Midwest, and heard a voice saying "Time to go to your new home, Mt. Shasta." She had never heard of Mt. Shasta, and had to find out where it was. A man was driving north with his family, planning to move to Oregon or Washington, and exactly at the exit to Mt. Shasta City their car broke down. By the time it got fixed, two or three days later, they realized they were home. I have heard that exact story from no less than ten others. One of spirit’s favorite methods!

I myself was inexorably drawn to the mountain. I had been living in San Francisco for ten years, expecting to stay there. Since 1983 I had been traveling to Mt. Shasta to teach principles of ascension and human possibilities. In 1988, a friend invited me to co-lead a week-long workshop in Squaw Meadow, 8,000 feet up. After this week I was so changed that I could no longer live in San Francisco. A month later I was here.

In esoteric tradition, Mt. Shasta is known as a home of ascended masters, who have formed a retreat on a dimension invisible to physical eyes. These masters began ordinarily, as you and I, being taught that they were limited humans who have a short span of life, whose bodies must age and die. But in each case some deep integrity, some nagging thought that truth may be a different weave, lead them on an adventure of the spirit. Their path was often arduous, in the teeth of their culture’s accepted beliefs. But finally, they realized deep truths about themselves.

They remembered that they were the image of God. They remembered they were unlimited beings and free to choose their destiny. Their minds embraced unlimited thought, their feelings love and joy, their activity service, and their bodies began to quicken in frequency. The cells and atoms began to speed up, to become lighter and lighter. They realized that their bodies, rather than being "gross physical matter" to be laid aside at the end of a life's term, were made of God-substance, light, slowed down to become physical, and now beginning to return to their original light substance. In certain documented cases, notably the famous master St. Germain, the aging process stopped completely.

When these people became ready to leave their lives on Earth, they were able, usually with the help of other masters who had gone before them, to quicken the frequencies of their bodies all the way into light, and ascend--disappear from the earth plane and step into a lighter dimension, a heavenly realm. Thus they became "ascended masters". (I should add that some people actually lay the body down in death, and it is raised up at that time.)

People-become-masters, experiencing infinitely greater joy and freedom, love and abundance and power, desired to help their beloved human brothers and sisters to do the same. They formed a society, the Great White Brotherhood, to serve this purpose. It has female as well as male members, and "white" refers not to race, but to the light that emanates from them. These masters now number in the thousands.

There are many ascended master retreats, most of them on lighter levels but a few on the physical, scattered throughout the world. There is another major one in the United States, in Mt. Moran of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. There is one in the Middle East, and others in every continent.

A number of books have good information on the ascended master retreats. The first two "green books" of the St. Germain Press, The Unveiled Mysteries and The Magic Presence, are available at the I Am Reading Room right here in Mt. Shasta. These record the experiences of Guy Ballard, which begin back in the '20's with his meeting St. Germain upon the mountain. St. Germain (not the Catholic saint, but a man whose title in his last incarnation was Count of St. Germain because the land he owned had that name) is one of the oldest of the ascended masters and a great worker for humanity. He is often associated with Mt. Shasta. Another book, The Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta, by Eugene Thomas, gives a different account of the masters and how they live. A third, Sons of God by Christine Mercie, tells of her being teleported into an ascended retreat and of her experiences there. Annalee Skarin, in her series of books beginning with Ye Are Gods, also talks about the retreats. The magnificent series The Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East mentions many retreats on the physical level.

The ascended master retreat of Mt. Shasta is the main reason why the mountain emanates such power, exerts such a draw to people who are spiritually inclined. Anyone who wishes may communicate inwardly with the masters, whether physically here or not. In meditation one may visit the ascended retreat and experience wonderful gifts and blessings there.

It is also possible to travel into the retreat in a more substantial light body. Some who do this wind up joining the masters and serving earth from there. This has happened to me. I have experienced the retreat almost as clearly as if my physical body were there. There is a great golden hall where the masters meet, for service or to celebrate in some way. There are many smaller meeting rooms as well, and private rooms. Beautiful music often comes from both visible and invisible sources. There is a "cleansing pool", as I call it, a beautiful round pool filled with a sparkling golden liquid. When you jump in, it cleanses not only your body, but your emotions, your thoughts, your past--everything! And you don't even have to get wet.

One of the experiences I loved best is to breathe the air of the ascended retreat. It is entirely different from the air of this dimension, even air as pure Mt. Shasta’s. The retreat air is incredibly alive, and somehow loving, so that you know this air is absolutely all you need to sustain you!

Terraced gardens and fountains have a sky like ours (don’t ask me how!). There is a great forest, too (no cutting!). There is a hall of records where histories are kept, and records of ascended masters. There is a section where inventions are created: when people are ready for a new beneficial invention, masters loose the way to create it into the thought stream of humanity. (Personally I believe this is the reason so many Nobel prizes are awarded to two different scientists for exactly the same discovery at exactly the same time.)

One of the most amazing things in the retreat (there is one in the Tetons as well) is the acceleration chair. The green books tell of one old man who sits in this chair and youths completely in minutes. It speeds up the frequencies of the body so rapidly that it is transformed.

Another thing I have experienced quite powerfully is a great crystalline pyramid, pulsing in transcendent colors of gold, silver, rose, blue, aqua, and lavender. It is hollow; a person may be invited inside for an initiation, a healing, or to have healing uplifting crystals placed in their light body. Usually at least four masters participate in a ceremony of this kind.

Service to humanity and Earth is the over-arching purpose in the retreat. The masters feel their absolute equality with the rest of humanity, and long for everyone to know what they know. People are assisted not only as a whole, but also individually. If you are there, you choose where and how you wish to serve. You may join a committee—or more than one—to end hunger, promote peace in the Middle East, encourage freedom. Much communication is done telepathically, but there are also frequent meetings to share what's been done and contemplate the next steps of that project.

Since my experience I have taught this process to others, and many have now bi-located in my workshops. But you may already be living and serving on this level--I've met a number who are, whose earth selves may not know it. We are multi-dimensional to the highest levels of the Godhead; this is simply one possibility and choice of our existence. The only requirements are desire and readiness to serve humanity, and desire to be on the ascended realm. If you desire this, ask for it.

The masters live lives of service, love, and joy, surrounded by beauty. As needed or desired, they manifest anything from the ethers for their loving use. Many may travel by thought, within moments, anywhere on Earth or in the universe. Their bodies are eternally youthful and beautiful. They desire that what they do and how they live benefit everyone, and they are available to assist anyone at any time. Simply call.