T'is The Season To Be Jolly.

T'is the season to be jolly. Right. With ALL of the shopping, ALL of the expected and unexpected social obligations, balancing time, versus money, making appearances, where the inner mantra is about having patience, remembering to forgive, all the while our stress levels are increased ten-fold. Don't forget about traffic jams, items going out of stock while trying fulfill someone's Christmas wish-list.. wrapping, preparing extra meals / airports, travel, weather, accommodations on so on. We are whipped into a highly charged emotional frenzy of pleasing others, doing the extra-ordinary while primed for feeling and being satisfied all hinging on a specific date, the historical sacred climax of Spiritual Purity. WHERE-DID-WE-GO-WRONG?!

Whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or just non-specific Spiritual, we somehow are incorporated with the commercialization of Christmas. The lights, the decorations, the retail hurricane of material goods being bought, sold and then returned with the Fellini-like warped Christmas back-drop music extending our sensibilities into a twilight-zone'ish irony in pleasing others. Jesus Christ! For crying out loud, how did we get SO lost?

Ironically, this is what we as a collective mind agree to each year.There are those of us who manage to erect and then uphold energy boundaries around this hectic pulse, such as being direct and conscious of how we distribute our time and energy. Those of us who see this time of year as the opportunity work to define their Spiritual Identity more succinctly, we are then enabled to make choices that keep life in balance and level. As my favorite dog trainer, Caesar Milan says, "We must have Rules, Boundaries & Limitations if we are going to be able to function as a healthy pack together with our animals."   The same can be adapted to how we related to one another as humans. When there are established and agreed upon 'Rules, Boundaries, and Limitations' this allows us to balance this extra push on how our times is distributed and influenced.

Rules define where we are in agreement about sharing, where we can have respect and tolerance for each other, boundaries so that the past remains the past, and gives breadth to being present with one another, as well to recognize limitations that enables love to transcend beyond our habitual tendencies to be dismissive or even neglectful. Seeing and recognizing limitations invokes humility, allows compassion to rise within ourselves so as to see where we can extend Love instead of buying yet one more thing on someone's gift-list in an attempt to please another.

This time is meant to be a spiritual climax of realization through going within and to honor yourself as spirit so that you are able to see and recognize others as spirits in unity towards a greater good shared with the world on a heart-felt collective awareness. The Day of Christmas or through celebrating Kwanzaa, Hanukka, Ashura, Bodhi Day.. all point towards a specific intention to go within, reflect and orient oneself towards a higher vision of humanity and our relationship to all things LIVING.

At the time where the spiritual epiphany comes forth through revelation by recognizing Gods gift to Humanity, we chose the darkest time of the year to go within so that we can see the Light as it shines through us. We connect with the self that is truly Spirit. Through this intimate reconnection, we are then able to see all that we are and our blessings.  Through parable, through contemplation, through metaphor we expand our sense of self to a greater sense of wholeness or perhaps, holiness. For an instant we are able to feel the energy of our God-connection as it is so sacred.

My theory about Christmas, the many versions of Christ's birth, life and rise and fall are stories designed to invoke higher spiritual values. It is a story about when 'the energy of forgiveness' descended to humanity on earth. The story of Christ, the story of how Christ was born under less than hospitable conditions tells us about the will of the human soul and how we can endure and then commandeer when one upholds their commitment towards a greater good, wherein the vision of humanity is redressed and realigned to a Higher Purpose. Thus, we are dignified with a collective agreement about Higher Meaning while living life while surrounded by the mundane.

How are you going to celebrate your Sacred Connection to the God of your heart? How are you going to heal and release the past unto the past so that more of you can 'be here now?' To be present is to be one, to consciously choose to be at one with your 'Self' is the deeper meaning of an authentic relationship with the Love of God. The Love of God is your gift meant for you to give to your 'self,' That is to orient your sensibilities so as to transcend the limitations of the ego-self that would trap you in material bondage.

Breathe, call a time out from all of the hectic demands on your time. Meditate, relax, pray, do the things that are self-affirming to you as spirit, so that you as Spirit can enjoy that intimate connection with the God of your heart and then experience the glory of transcendence. 

May your holidays be filled with mirth, joy, peace and accordance.

Love & Light, 

Jackie

Mercury Retrograde Plus Upcoming Lunar Eclipse Exacting Winter Solstice

WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN??? There are tons of articles about the detailed astrology, how           

the comets, the asteroids and other astral influences are imposing themselves on our fragile collective psychies. Really the question is "What Do YOU NEED?" What are you craving but ignoring because of the hubbub of usual the Holiday drill? Many yearn ago, we humans used to be in a more natural form of communication with the seasons. With the lessening of daylight, we instinctively go within, and even hibernate allowing for more sleep, less social contact, going deeper within for spiritual reflection,  where this was NORMAL. Now we are suffering from some technological chronic fatigue from gadget-itis, where our phones keep us on-call 24/7 even when we don't want to be. Our various assortment of smart phones and activation technologies remove us from our natural navigation through simply engaging common sense and listening to our bodies.

This mercury retrograde originating in Capricorn and back into in the fire sign of Sagittarius gives us relief by means of contrasting perspective. Relaxing from the conservative restraints of Saturn-ruled Capricorn into the easy-going Jupiterain temperament of of simple-abundance, we are empowered to see where energy is being wasted and time lost to things that simply 'don't matter'.

In the middle of of this philosophical whiplash we celebrate the Winter Solstice that is also a Lunar Eclipse. Traditionally, eclipse speak to the back-drop of our collective UNconscious, where be means of shocking news or unexpected changes, we are called into new awarenesses that we otherwise would have been happy to ignore. Eclipses help us to orient emerging consciousness into a larger tapestry of 'shared agreement' about what we need to do about a collective concerns, although not always verbally. Rather, a compelling feeling held within. This Lunar Eclipse is the end-cap to the Lunar Eclipse from last June with the Sun in Cancer. This end-cap is the part where we collectively can say "I Get it." But what? Take a break From It All and allow your 'self' some quality time for internal reflection. TURN OFF THE PHONE, THE COMPUTER, THE TV, anything that requires a password, and just be with your 'Self' and let this be 'okay again'.

A timeout that is planned, where a hot bath, or indulgence in an afternoon nap, or off on a special trail... (leave your GPS on for the latter) but to GET-A-WAY and allow your sensibilities a break from INPUT. This is so you can HEAR your own inner guidance about what is next for you, what your heart needs you to hear, what your life means in the next year. What is GOOD for YOU?!

Breathe, relax, live and let live, let go of needing to control others,or life circumstances long enough to get a renewed perspective on this new moon/ a time where you start new with new ideas that represent your original intention for your life. Mercury goes direct on the 30th and OH! how perfect! When mercury stops to go direct, this is the perfect time to start anything new! So let the Lunar eclipse on the 21st be a time to plan, gain clarity of your New Years Vision, go on a vision quest and launch as the New Year takes hold!

NO RESOLUTIONS-- they more often than not, create defeat. Resolve to be kind to yourself, pamper YOU as an empty vessel cannot fill anyone's cup. Let December become a time to renew your communication with your soul, as you as spirit in a body, and be kind to yourself. (As I say this to you, I say it to my 'self' too.)

Peace & Light,

Jackie

What is 'Aura Hygiene'?

"Aura Hygiene" is a term that was coined when I was looking for a 'catch-phrase' that adequately conveyed the value of the tools learned in the meditation series that I teach through Portland Adult Ed. It sums up the (unconscious) 'residue' that we accrue as a consequence of coming into contact with other people all day long.  As a spiritual teacher & trainer of meditation, divination, clairvoyance, medical intuitive / healer, the terms to describe how our energies intermingle and absorb other peoples trauma are few and far between, let alone esoteric in their descriptions.


Anyone who interfaces with the public for a living such as a massage therapist, a cashier, a Mom / parent, a nurse, customer service, bank teller, a practitioner of any sort, encounter people all day long as a consequence of their profession, life-work, or vocation and consequently engage and take on other peoples energy. We can take home this energy and in some instances this energy can influence and even corrupt how we shape our reality, our self-perceptions, and possibilities for how we create our future.


This is why becoming 'energy-self-aware' can be a powerful means to identify and then release unwanted influences that may be influencing your emotional states, life perceptions, even your ability to feel empowered in directing your own life. How to release, clear and return to your own original essence can feel like a far away concept. We can lose ourselves when we forget to 'return to our self' in a way that specifically identifies giving our 'self' personalized attention that is intended to honor our worth, and reorient our sensibilities towards a deeper feeling of purpose and meaning. We forget so easily.


We have gadgets of all sorts that pull our attention outside of ourselves that further removes us from being the center of our life, wherein we spend more time texting, being on Facebook, tracking other peoples whereabouts that all of this time is lost until we realize we are empty, unfulfilled and seeking some form of nourishment. 


THERE ARE TOOLS that can bring you back to center, that re-establishes your connection to 'self' and not the ego-self, but the deeper transcendent self that reinvigorates an alignment with life and purpose. A sense that is cleared of other peoples energy, fragmented expectations, ideals that are embedded in past-time that have no bearing on who you are today. You CAN clear this energy and with the right tools, easily and without creating or forwarding negativity onto to others.


There is an energetic anatomy that (most) western religion has denied our natural ability to access let alone believe it is there. When we are in communication with information about how our energy works, we are empowered to trust our own intuition and use it in a way that promotes health, well being and a deepening confidence with our God-self, our most intimate connection to the 'God of our heart'. This connection has been warped into deferring our innate ability to hear our own guidance towards external sources that at best, can only project their ideals usually rooted in mortal fear and doubt.


AURA HYGIENE speaks to being able to clear your energy field of influences that can interfere with your own self-communication, that also is body-being connection, that allows you to locate love that is within instead from external sources that can take power away. Aura hygiene is a form of meditation that is taught through guided meditation so that the tools to self regeneration are put into your hands, that empower you to claim this AMAZING SELF that is truly  who you are.


How would it feel to be clear all of the conversations, all of the stress and anxiety unconsciously deposited into your space that could unconsciously corrupt your sense of balance and well being? There are ways to do this, and in a way that aligns you with your inner communication that frees and uplifts you instead of leaving you burdened and stressed.


This is why I teach the method of meditation that I do. It is a series of guided meditations that instructs you to claim and own the tools- to specifically understand and clear and restore energy. With practice, you can remove unwanted influences before they encounter your energy. You learn to employ your already existing energetic anatomy to heal and clear energy that may be influencing your beliefs about your sense of personal power and how you create your life that is out of affinity with your heart-felt desires.


People think that they cannot meditate because it is too hard and have preconceived notions that they can't clear their heads or do it long enough to gain any value from meditation. Society DOES NOT encourage us to be still, to tap into our resource of personal power that would guide us towards choices and decisions that would bring peace and calm. I encourage you to reconsider and explore. There is a lot out there to consider. My class teaches you specific tools that give your busy mind something to do while you get centered. These tools  can cross over to many other spiritual disciplines. These methods enable you to be centered, grounded and aware of where your energy is in a way that frees you from doubt and helps you deliberately set your energy based on what you want to create in your life, not by default of other peoples influences.


You can register by clicking onto this link: http://www.portlandadulted.org/pae2/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=2510&category_id=86&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

For inquiries about Professional Readings & Healings, please contact me through my email: jackie_major@hotmail.com


~Peace,
Jackie