I hope that all of you readers out there are finding some peace and joy ...and experiencing some calm and tranquility in your own sanctuaries, whether those 'safe havens' are places of the heart, mind or actual physical structures. At risk of sounding more 'New Agey' than I would like, I feel the the world at large is "experiencing some very intense energies" at this time. Maybe even more than usual. Follow your heart and try to keep it 'light'.
Thanks for reading...and looking...and listening.
Christine Marie
What qualifies me for this AWARD...even though I am such an unreliable Blogger...escapes me. Although, my friend Laura at My Little Orange Kitchen, who honored me with this award.... DID mention that this just might pressure me into...oops, I mean....... entice me to posting more often. :-) Thanks Laura. And let me just say again...your friendly, honest, eclectic Blog makes my day smilier, every time I read it. You are my hero.
As per award-like instructions:
Here's my list of 5 things I want to do WITHIN a year.
1. Finish my first Book and start on the second!
2. Upload some of my own original music to this Blog.
3. Shower the masses with baked goods. :-)
4. Start making high quality prints for purchase...of my original artwork.
5. Enjoy an uninterrupted... congruent, healthy, simple, loving, abundant, joyous, creative life.
SO BE IT...and all that jazz.
So yes, I have been inspired to POST. Go figure.
(BTW...please check out some of my friend's BLOGS, listed in the right hand column on this page.)
Reading, wRiting & Renovating
I have read, from beginning to end.... 8 entire books in the last three weeks.
That might not seem so incredibly Blog-worthy to most of you. But for me...it is cause for celebration.
Let me explain.
Starting at the end...(as I often do...)
I have been OBSESSED this summer with de-cluttering, cleaning, throwing away, giving away, rearranging and clearing space. This is not the first time I have done this...but it is the first time I have been absolutely PASSIONATE about it. Simplifying, I have come to realize, can be a very complicated effort.
Anyway...during this process, I had decided that no matter how well I have learned in the past to detach and separate emotion from my possessions...that THIS TIME I was going to out-do myself. I've done well. Although, I have not 'perfected' it, yet.
I've had to have long talks with myself about why I did not really need 7 Italian glass vases on my kitchen shelf. Two or three would be sufficient enough to collect the perfect amount of dust...when not in practical use. There are just SO many large serving platters anyone needs at a time,regardless of how many dinner parties you have, so perhaps...I could get rid of one or two. Even if one IS Hand painted English porcelain, circa 1899. And...just because I am blessed with an enormous walk- in closet...it does not necessarily mean that I need to keep all those skirts...dresses, bags, scarves and SHOES...especially those I have not worn in over two years.
Like I Said...this is NOT the first time I have de-cluttered. I do it about twice a year! And still..I have ALL THIS STUFF. Here's the thing....
Stuff finds me. It is gifted to me. It follows me home. It lands on my doorstep with no note. It is dropped onto my back deck in large bags by the Secret Stuff Agents in black helicopters. Honestly...I do not BUY that much stuff. I don't HAVE to....because apparently, I am a stuff magnet. And...I always LOVE the STUFF that finds me. It is always..."so me".
Revelation: I do not define myself by the amount of STUFF I have collected. But...I realize that I DO define myself...by the look, the beauty, the aesthetic quality of my stuff. So...that thought has helped me to let go of more. Which one or two :-) of those Italian vases do I reeeeely LOVE? Which of the thirteen hippie skirts really is the most me...comfort wise, color wise...will I actually wear it this Fall? With what will I wear it?
So back to the subject at hand..I yet again...went through books with a fine tooth comb. I have released hundreds of books in the last few years...since in 1998 my guides told me to "LET GO GO OF THE BOOKS" and to stop reading. It was devastating...but understandable. They explained that since I was going through a bona fide "LIGHTBODY" transition...they did not want me to be affected by anybody's personal rendition of what that meant. I was not to be influenced by any other 'human details'...other than what I witnessed on my own. It was to be a "pure experience". As always..I listened and stopped reading Spiritual/new Age books.
As time passed..I felt unable to read anything....books, newspapers, articles in magazines. My focus was not in tune...could not keep more that a few sentences in my head at a time. So I literally (no pun intended) stopped reading.
When I moved from Green Bay...I gave away 1/3 of my books...Most of them New Age..spiritual, etc. When I moved to Bloomington... I began my personal relationship with the INTERNET. When on the first night of connecting I said out loud.."THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS OPENED UP TO ME!!!" Apparently it was OK for me to read short articles on the LightScreen...and that was all I could handle anyway. Since 2000, I have gone through my books at least 5 times...giving away more and more. Keeping some classics (my opinion of what 'classics' are for ME...anyway)...reference books and favorite Artsy books that I just "wanted" to see on my shelves.
This summer...during my rigorous excavation...it was time to do it again....I have released 90% of my books..from all genres. I gave them away...had them delivered to the recycling center and packed up a LARGE box for my daughter. I now have just the books that are close to my heart...for very specific reasons. My shelves are sparse compared to what they used to look like BL (Before Lightbody)
One day recently, while I was feverishly creating piles of books...separating them into...Give away, Recycle, Daughter piles...I came across "The Power of the Holy Spirit". I read it so long ago...and for some reason it has survived all the cleansing. I skimmed through it and thought..."I would like to read this again before I get rid of it". I put it back on the shelf. I then reached up to another shelve to get another stack and hit a small treasure with my hand. A lovely little porcelain Dove that a student/friend gave to me several years ago. (She gave it to me because... my energetic nick-name during my channeling years was MARYDOVE for obvious reasons...I hosted, or you might understand the word "channeled"...the energy of Mother Mary until about a year and a half ago. "Mission Accomplished", my guides informed me. And I was more than ready and willing to 'retire' from that form of service.)
It was a sweet delicate little dove with wings out stretched perched with a pink rose. I have always been very careful when dusting or reorganizing those shelves...because that is where the DOVE lived. Well, she came down with bang. Hit books stacked beneath then hit the carpeted floor..and somehow.....a small piece of her hit my foot. The part that hit my foot MUST have been the sharpest little point from breakage just nicking the top of my foot..but hitting it hard & fast enough to put a little tiny gash in my skin...I began to bleed big drops. ( ...some of you readers already can see what's coming.... You might be thinking..." this kind of thing often happens to her... it always means SOMETHING... I wonder what it is this time).
I did not care that much about my foot at first and started looking frantically for the pieces of the Dove...gathering all of them in a little dish. When I realized I was bleeding on my carpet... I stuck some tissue on my foot and started to put the dove back together. Then..in my own...'this stuff happens a lot and it always means something way'...I reviewed the event as I handled the little shards of wing, head, little rose that she rested on...
The HOLY SPIRIT BOOK..........
WANT TO READ IT, before I let it go.........
Dove in pieces..
MARYDOVE
Reading
de cluttering....
Retired from HOSTING...
Blah, blah, blah........
Laughing at myself I went on....
I was:
Hit by a falling bird?
Bit by the Holy Spirit?
Kissed/Attacked by a dove?
Dove tailed?
The DOVE is a'foot.
I find myself SO entertaining sometimes.
I then decided...no, I did not 'decide'..I felt....'maybe I am not supposed to even try to put HER back together again. Maybe it is time to let her go completely.'
I put her little pieces aside...tended to the bloody foot...and I continued to de-clutter.
I began to think about about reading that book..."I have not read a book in so long..."and remembered other authors that I have discovered on the Internet recently....or have seen being interviewed that perked up my attention. I thought how I missed reading. And even though I have wanted to read before this...I could feel that my brain was not quite right yet...making it difficult to read. My brain had not yet been re-circuited completely since my channeling days were over.. was just not clicking enough..not focused enough..not lefting and righting congruently enough for me to read. How I missed holding a book in my hands...smelling the pages...hearing the words in my head....being inspired by a sister or brother's thoughts that they had the desire and discipline to actually record on paper and then...had the blessing of someone else thinking their words were important enough, well written enough to actually publish in the form of a BOOK. Sigh.
REVELATION:
MAYBE I CAN READ NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could.
I did.
The next day..I went to the library..............The day after that I got a fresh new inspiration to continue wRiting my book.
I am not sure EXACTLY what this means but: I AM BACK.
I am Reading.
I am wRiting.
I...not just my soon to be completely de-cluttered and simplified home...
but I, Christine am... Renovating.
Hahaha, as I re- read what I have written here...this sounds like some specific form and updated version of being BORN AGAIN? :-) I just do not think that being cut by a falling porcelain Dove would be on any list of "signs that you are Born Again"....but then again... as I have learned...being touched by the HOLY SPIRIT is about Renewal, Rebirth and Renovation. In my case perhaps...RE circuiting, as well.
So...whatever fits.
I am very grateful for this door (book?) that has opened before me. And who knows?
Maybe you will be hearing from me more often. ANYthing can happen now.
Thanks for reading. And take a look at some new ART that I have uploaded along with some of my newest favorite pieces of music....at PARALLEL VISIONS
What qualifies me for this AWARD...even though I am such an unreliable Blogger...escapes me. Although, my friend Laura at My Little Orange Kitchen, who honored me with this award.... DID mention that this just might pressure me into...oops, I mean....... entice me to posting more often. :-) Thanks Laura. And let me just say again...your friendly, honest, eclectic Blog makes my day smilier, every time I read it. You are my hero.
As per award-like instructions:
Here's my list of 5 things I want to do WITHIN a year.
1. Finish my first Book and start on the second!
2. Upload some of my own original music to this Blog.
3. Shower the masses with baked goods. :-)
4. Start making high quality prints for purchase...of my original artwork.
5. Enjoy an uninterrupted... congruent, healthy, simple, loving, abundant, joyous, creative life.
SO BE IT...and all that jazz.
So yes, I have been inspired to POST. Go figure.
(BTW...please check out some of my friend's BLOGS, listed in the right hand column on this page.)
Reading, wRiting & Renovating
I have read, from beginning to end.... 8 entire books in the last three weeks.
That might not seem so incredibly Blog-worthy to most of you. But for me...it is cause for celebration.
Let me explain.
Starting at the end...(as I often do...)
I have been OBSESSED this summer with de-cluttering, cleaning, throwing away, giving away, rearranging and clearing space. This is not the first time I have done this...but it is the first time I have been absolutely PASSIONATE about it. Simplifying, I have come to realize, can be a very complicated effort.
Anyway...during this process, I had decided that no matter how well I have learned in the past to detach and separate emotion from my possessions...that THIS TIME I was going to out-do myself. I've done well. Although, I have not 'perfected' it, yet.
I've had to have long talks with myself about why I did not really need 7 Italian glass vases on my kitchen shelf. Two or three would be sufficient enough to collect the perfect amount of dust...when not in practical use. There are just SO many large serving platters anyone needs at a time,regardless of how many dinner parties you have, so perhaps...I could get rid of one or two. Even if one IS Hand painted English porcelain, circa 1899. And...just because I am blessed with an enormous walk- in closet...it does not necessarily mean that I need to keep all those skirts...dresses, bags, scarves and SHOES...especially those I have not worn in over two years.
Like I Said...this is NOT the first time I have de-cluttered. I do it about twice a year! And still..I have ALL THIS STUFF. Here's the thing....
Stuff finds me. It is gifted to me. It follows me home. It lands on my doorstep with no note. It is dropped onto my back deck in large bags by the Secret Stuff Agents in black helicopters. Honestly...I do not BUY that much stuff. I don't HAVE to....because apparently, I am a stuff magnet. And...I always LOVE the STUFF that finds me. It is always..."so me".
Revelation: I do not define myself by the amount of STUFF I have collected. But...I realize that I DO define myself...by the look, the beauty, the aesthetic quality of my stuff. So...that thought has helped me to let go of more. Which one or two :-) of those Italian vases do I reeeeely LOVE? Which of the thirteen hippie skirts really is the most me...comfort wise, color wise...will I actually wear it this Fall? With what will I wear it?
So back to the subject at hand..I yet again...went through books with a fine tooth comb. I have released hundreds of books in the last few years...since in 1998 my guides told me to "LET GO GO OF THE BOOKS" and to stop reading. It was devastating...but understandable. They explained that since I was going through a bona fide "LIGHTBODY" transition...they did not want me to be affected by anybody's personal rendition of what that meant. I was not to be influenced by any other 'human details'...other than what I witnessed on my own. It was to be a "pure experience". As always..I listened and stopped reading Spiritual/new Age books.
As time passed..I felt unable to read anything....books, newspapers, articles in magazines. My focus was not in tune...could not keep more that a few sentences in my head at a time. So I literally (no pun intended) stopped reading.
When I moved from Green Bay...I gave away 1/3 of my books...Most of them New Age..spiritual, etc. When I moved to Bloomington... I began my personal relationship with the INTERNET. When on the first night of connecting I said out loud.."THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS OPENED UP TO ME!!!" Apparently it was OK for me to read short articles on the LightScreen...and that was all I could handle anyway. Since 2000, I have gone through my books at least 5 times...giving away more and more. Keeping some classics (my opinion of what 'classics' are for ME...anyway)...reference books and favorite Artsy books that I just "wanted" to see on my shelves.
This summer...during my rigorous excavation...it was time to do it again....I have released 90% of my books..from all genres. I gave them away...had them delivered to the recycling center and packed up a LARGE box for my daughter. I now have just the books that are close to my heart...for very specific reasons. My shelves are sparse compared to what they used to look like BL (Before Lightbody)
One day recently, while I was feverishly creating piles of books...separating them into...Give away, Recycle, Daughter piles...I came across "The Power of the Holy Spirit". I read it so long ago...and for some reason it has survived all the cleansing. I skimmed through it and thought..."I would like to read this again before I get rid of it". I put it back on the shelf. I then reached up to another shelve to get another stack and hit a small treasure with my hand. A lovely little porcelain Dove that a student/friend gave to me several years ago. (She gave it to me because... my energetic nick-name during my channeling years was MARYDOVE for obvious reasons...I hosted, or you might understand the word "channeled"...the energy of Mother Mary until about a year and a half ago. "Mission Accomplished", my guides informed me. And I was more than ready and willing to 'retire' from that form of service.)
It was a sweet delicate little dove with wings out stretched perched with a pink rose. I have always been very careful when dusting or reorganizing those shelves...because that is where the DOVE lived. Well, she came down with bang. Hit books stacked beneath then hit the carpeted floor..and somehow.....a small piece of her hit my foot. The part that hit my foot MUST have been the sharpest little point from breakage just nicking the top of my foot..but hitting it hard & fast enough to put a little tiny gash in my skin...I began to bleed big drops. ( ...some of you readers already can see what's coming.... You might be thinking..." this kind of thing often happens to her... it always means SOMETHING... I wonder what it is this time).
I did not care that much about my foot at first and started looking frantically for the pieces of the Dove...gathering all of them in a little dish. When I realized I was bleeding on my carpet... I stuck some tissue on my foot and started to put the dove back together. Then..in my own...'this stuff happens a lot and it always means something way'...I reviewed the event as I handled the little shards of wing, head, little rose that she rested on...
The HOLY SPIRIT BOOK..........
WANT TO READ IT, before I let it go.........
Dove in pieces..
MARYDOVE
Reading
de cluttering....
Retired from HOSTING...
Blah, blah, blah........
Laughing at myself I went on....
I was:
Hit by a falling bird?
Bit by the Holy Spirit?
Kissed/Attacked by a dove?
Dove tailed?
The DOVE is a'foot.
I find myself SO entertaining sometimes.
I then decided...no, I did not 'decide'..I felt....'maybe I am not supposed to even try to put HER back together again. Maybe it is time to let her go completely.'
I put her little pieces aside...tended to the bloody foot...and I continued to de-clutter.
I began to think about about reading that book..."I have not read a book in so long..."and remembered other authors that I have discovered on the Internet recently....or have seen being interviewed that perked up my attention. I thought how I missed reading. And even though I have wanted to read before this...I could feel that my brain was not quite right yet...making it difficult to read. My brain had not yet been re-circuited completely since my channeling days were over.. was just not clicking enough..not focused enough..not lefting and righting congruently enough for me to read. How I missed holding a book in my hands...smelling the pages...hearing the words in my head....being inspired by a sister or brother's thoughts that they had the desire and discipline to actually record on paper and then...had the blessing of someone else thinking their words were important enough, well written enough to actually publish in the form of a BOOK. Sigh.
REVELATION:
MAYBE I CAN READ NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could.
I did.
The next day..I went to the library..............The day after that I got a fresh new inspiration to continue wRiting my book.
I am not sure EXACTLY what this means but: I AM BACK.
I am Reading.
I am wRiting.
I...not just my soon to be completely de-cluttered and simplified home...
but I, Christine am... Renovating.
Hahaha, as I re- read what I have written here...this sounds like some specific form and updated version of being BORN AGAIN? :-) I just do not think that being cut by a falling porcelain Dove would be on any list of "signs that you are Born Again"....but then again... as I have learned...being touched by the HOLY SPIRIT is about Renewal, Rebirth and Renovation. In my case perhaps...RE circuiting, as well.
So...whatever fits.
I am very grateful for this door (book?) that has opened before me. And who knows?
Maybe you will be hearing from me more often. ANYthing can happen now.
Thanks for reading. And take a look at some new ART that I have uploaded along with some of my newest favorite pieces of music....at PARALLEL VISIONS
