"humans have a lot of scary pictures about death. know that those are just pictures. what you call death is just a transition, a way of moving between levels."
I couldn't exactly translate what millie sent me about what we move between. dimensions isn't right, levels isn't exactly right either, it's more like 'beingnesses' which I decided was too unwieldy, not to mention made up.
she shows me a river of light, and human forms getting into boats and traveling down the river of light until they disappear into a blinding white light that the river is flowing toward.
"life and death are both part of the flow. the flow is endless and circular. when you incarnate, you leave friends and loved ones behind in order to live in a body, to experience and learn the things that you can only learn while in body. when you leave each lifetime, you leave friends and loved ones behind so that you can transition out of your body.
the lessons you learn during each lifetime, each in-body experience, help to move you along on your path as a spirit. each lifetime changes us, helps us grow, and then we graduate to the next topic, phase, place on our path."
millie uses 'us' to mean all of us, animals and humans. she also says not every lifetime is for learning and growing. sometimes we just live. we don't have to have goals. there is no one keeping score.
"spend your time savoring life. squeeze every drop of juice from the fruit. stay present in the moment, do not worry about the future. the future does not exist. wild animals do not worry about 'not dying' they concentrate on 'staying alive.' focus on now. now is real.
children and animals understand that there is no end, only change. you learn your death pictures as you grow up in human society, and you agree to pick them up and carry them forward with you. children and animals generally do not come into the world with death pictures. they come in with the understanding that the you that is your spirit will never end, cannot be killed, will cycle through many lifetimes as the flow continues to move us all in the dance of life and death and life again.
we are all immortal, and each lifetime is a gift, a choice. enjoy your time here, learn your lessons or not, know that you will be back. set down your death pictures and enjoy the flow."
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
regression
"infants and toddlers throw a tantrum when things don't go their way. this frustration and anger and helplessness that lead to violence - let's call it ogre energy - this ogre energy is an early attempt at getting your needs met. it worked ok then. it doesn't work too well now.
sometimes you regress when you experience a feeling that reminds you of ogre energy, particularly frustration. when you feel frustrated, especially when there is some self-blame going on, it is easy to slide into ogre energy. only now, when you feel ogre energy, you generally don't direct it outward, you direct it inward. you yell and scream at yourself, you are impatient and intolerant and not nice. you hit and kick and behave badly. you beat yourself up. and then you beat yourself up even more for allowing the internal tantrum, for being an ogre to yourself. it's a no-win.
it is not easy being human. you have so many habits - personal, social, as a species - that lead you to self-violence. I invite you to practice love, practice understanding, practice forgiveness. practice on *you.*
give yourself permission to learn and grow and make mistakes. permission to be human. permission to *be.*
when you feel frustrated, allow it. when you are angry, allow it. feel your feelings and then move on, don't punish yourself for them. be an ogre if you need to be. and then lighten up!"
sometimes you regress when you experience a feeling that reminds you of ogre energy, particularly frustration. when you feel frustrated, especially when there is some self-blame going on, it is easy to slide into ogre energy. only now, when you feel ogre energy, you generally don't direct it outward, you direct it inward. you yell and scream at yourself, you are impatient and intolerant and not nice. you hit and kick and behave badly. you beat yourself up. and then you beat yourself up even more for allowing the internal tantrum, for being an ogre to yourself. it's a no-win.
it is not easy being human. you have so many habits - personal, social, as a species - that lead you to self-violence. I invite you to practice love, practice understanding, practice forgiveness. practice on *you.*
give yourself permission to learn and grow and make mistakes. permission to be human. permission to *be.*
when you feel frustrated, allow it. when you are angry, allow it. feel your feelings and then move on, don't punish yourself for them. be an ogre if you need to be. and then lighten up!"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
walls
"the walls that keep you safe keep you trapped. what keeps others out also keeps you in. humor at your own or others' expense is a wall. sarcasm is a wall. you have other tools to establish your boundaries.
live from your heart. let your love melt the walls. don't be afraid to reach out, don't be afraid to let others reach in. your common sense will not desert you. you will still be safe from harm, your space will be filled with love, and you will be free."
I am having a hard time thinking of what might remain funny if I can't laugh at myself and others.
"it's the quality of laughter that matters. don't be mean about it, don't invite others to ridicule you, don't ridicule yourself. laugh at everything, life is not serious, humans just tend to make it so. you will do things that make you laugh. you will make mistakes. laugh at them, enjoy your learning process. laugh with joy. laugh with love. laugh with, not at."
I'm getting sort of a naked feeling when I think about moving through life with no protective walls.
"that way of thinking is a habit. instead of viewing the walls as protective, think of them as restrictive, heavy, burdensome. because that is what they are, that is how they function. they keep you from connection, they impede flow. it's hard to float when you are wearing a heavy wall."
true. I can see that.
"you don't have to go cold turkey. experiment by dropping the walls with people you feel safe with. or just one person. find out for yourself that the world won't come rushing in to attack. your boundaries are secure, they are light and flexible and filled with love. they float with you in the flow."
thank you, millie.
live from your heart. let your love melt the walls. don't be afraid to reach out, don't be afraid to let others reach in. your common sense will not desert you. you will still be safe from harm, your space will be filled with love, and you will be free."
I am having a hard time thinking of what might remain funny if I can't laugh at myself and others.
"it's the quality of laughter that matters. don't be mean about it, don't invite others to ridicule you, don't ridicule yourself. laugh at everything, life is not serious, humans just tend to make it so. you will do things that make you laugh. you will make mistakes. laugh at them, enjoy your learning process. laugh with joy. laugh with love. laugh with, not at."
I'm getting sort of a naked feeling when I think about moving through life with no protective walls.
"that way of thinking is a habit. instead of viewing the walls as protective, think of them as restrictive, heavy, burdensome. because that is what they are, that is how they function. they keep you from connection, they impede flow. it's hard to float when you are wearing a heavy wall."
true. I can see that.
"you don't have to go cold turkey. experiment by dropping the walls with people you feel safe with. or just one person. find out for yourself that the world won't come rushing in to attack. your boundaries are secure, they are light and flexible and filled with love. they float with you in the flow."
thank you, millie.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
celery song
so, millie, what's the topic today?
"celery."
celery?
"yes."
the vegetable? (truly, I couldn't make this stuff up.)
"yes."
what about it?
"it grows in a nice, compact group. every stalk fits together. humans are like that. you grow best when surrounded by others who fit. you nurture and support one another, you aren't all the same, but you complement one another."
so we need to look for our bunch of celery?
"yes."
and then?
"grow, support each other, be synergistic, vibrate in harmony. your individual vibrations will combine to make a song. the music of the universe is made up of individual vibrations and groups of vibrations. the more you walk your path, the clearer your vibration becomes. sing your song. make your music."
thank you, millie.
"celery."
celery?
"yes."
the vegetable? (truly, I couldn't make this stuff up.)
"yes."
what about it?
"it grows in a nice, compact group. every stalk fits together. humans are like that. you grow best when surrounded by others who fit. you nurture and support one another, you aren't all the same, but you complement one another."
so we need to look for our bunch of celery?
"yes."
and then?
"grow, support each other, be synergistic, vibrate in harmony. your individual vibrations will combine to make a song. the music of the universe is made up of individual vibrations and groups of vibrations. the more you walk your path, the clearer your vibration becomes. sing your song. make your music."
thank you, millie.
Monday, February 15, 2010
lions & tigers & bears, oh my
"lions and tigers and bears are real fears that you use as a shield, to keep you from looking into dark corners. but fear is a sign-post, a neon arrow, pointing you to the places that need the light the most.
your own lions and tigers and bears could be anything. they could be about anything. it doesn't matter what they are about. you can dig them up and examine them and possibly even understand them, and yet still feel them, still let them affect you.
get rid of your fears by ceasing to acknowledge them, remove your focus, remove your energy.
intend, as you are creating your world with each forward step into what-is-yet-to-be, that your world is without fear. do it, not by thinking of them, but by *not* thinking of them. you are complete and whole, and totally without fear. there is no room for lions and tigers and bears in your world. create them out of existence by ceasing to think about them.
sometimes it is not a weakness you fear, sometimes it is a strength. you are powerful, there is no need for you to fear yourself. embrace your strength. step into your power. don't judge yourself for having lions and tigers and bears, they served a purpose.
have fun, be light, be easy on yourself. always interact through love, with yourself, with everyone."
thank you, millie.
your own lions and tigers and bears could be anything. they could be about anything. it doesn't matter what they are about. you can dig them up and examine them and possibly even understand them, and yet still feel them, still let them affect you.
get rid of your fears by ceasing to acknowledge them, remove your focus, remove your energy.
intend, as you are creating your world with each forward step into what-is-yet-to-be, that your world is without fear. do it, not by thinking of them, but by *not* thinking of them. you are complete and whole, and totally without fear. there is no room for lions and tigers and bears in your world. create them out of existence by ceasing to think about them.
sometimes it is not a weakness you fear, sometimes it is a strength. you are powerful, there is no need for you to fear yourself. embrace your strength. step into your power. don't judge yourself for having lions and tigers and bears, they served a purpose.
have fun, be light, be easy on yourself. always interact through love, with yourself, with everyone."
thank you, millie.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
co-creating
"as powerful as you are alone, you are infinitely more powerful as a group. when you co-create, you can change the world."
millie shows me a scene similar to the one on the beach, only this time there is a line of people walking hand-in-hand, along parallel paths, and each step brings them to the edge of creation -- the boundary between this moment and infinity -- each step is creation itself. they are co-creating their world.
"this is very powerful. when you walk together in love, intending to manifest together, incredible things happen."
I've seen 'the secret' and 'what the bleep,' and I have been thinking about the law of attraction as a sort of abstract and future-oriented idea. by that I mean I believe I am creating my world, but it has always seemed to me that I was creating my future. millie says we are creating our *now.*
"find your group, your community, your tribe. walk together in love, intending healing for yourselves and for the planet. create beauty and wonder and magic everywhere you look. be in bliss. be in ease. be in love."
thank you, millie.
millie shows me a scene similar to the one on the beach, only this time there is a line of people walking hand-in-hand, along parallel paths, and each step brings them to the edge of creation -- the boundary between this moment and infinity -- each step is creation itself. they are co-creating their world.
"this is very powerful. when you walk together in love, intending to manifest together, incredible things happen."
I've seen 'the secret' and 'what the bleep,' and I have been thinking about the law of attraction as a sort of abstract and future-oriented idea. by that I mean I believe I am creating my world, but it has always seemed to me that I was creating my future. millie says we are creating our *now.*
"find your group, your community, your tribe. walk together in love, intending healing for yourselves and for the planet. create beauty and wonder and magic everywhere you look. be in bliss. be in ease. be in love."
thank you, millie.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
believe in yourself
"you can create for yourself anything you need. you are capable of climbing to unimaginable heights and pulling the answers to your needs from thin air. the only thing missing is your belief in yourself. anything is possible! there are NO LIMITS.
self-doubt is heavy, limiting, stifling -- it is like a cage and you are trapped inside. self-doubt keeps you prisoner. it keeps you from flying, it keeps you from being the truly magical person you are. self-doubt is a very heavy, dark energy. it is crushing you, keeping you down.
the thing about self-doubt is *you* are the key to getting out of your cage. you can unlock it and walk free at any time. the only thing keeping you in the cage is you. in fact, the cage doesn't really exist. you made it up. but its effect on you is very real. don't mistake the real-ness of the effects of self-doubt as proof of the reality for the doubt itself. just because the non-existent cage keeps you from flying, from doing anything and everything you have ever dreamed -- just because the cage *acts* like a cage -- doesn't make it real. it is not real. it is imaginary.
give up your imaginary prison of self-doubt. walk away. fly away. be free to be who you really are."
I am tracking you, mil, but *how* exactly do we unlock our cages? if it were easy, I'm guessing everyone would have done it already.
"as with most things that are created in your mind, this requires a shift in perspective. you must slide your mind slightly to the side and look at this with new eyes."
that is the literal translation of what she sent me. but I need more help, so I asked her
how do we shift our perspective?
"go to the fountain inside of you that is your mind's eye, your godhead, the source of your magic. ask your inner oracle what is possible. everything is possible. your inner oracle knows. and you must believe."
and that will help us shift our perspective?
"you cannot meet your true essence and not be changed. the act of journeying inward and seeing the magic and beauty that is you will shift you."
I did as millie suggested. I have no idea what effect it had on my level of self-doubt, but I can say it was amazing and I do feel different, lighter somehow.
thank you, millie.
"you are welcome."
did we get it all?
"ride the wave."
she sends me an amazing, peaceful vision of floating on the crest of a blue wave. when I ask her what the wave is, she says
"that is your flow. relax. enjoy."
the wave carries me gently along and sets me down on a beautiful beach.
"you are outside of the cages of your own making. you are on the shore of endless possibility. move forward and create your world."
as I step forward onto the beach, the hazy, swirly light in front of me becomes solid ground, each step solidifies another part of the ground. I walk forward and realize that I am *creating* this as I go. I visualize things and they appear. it is effortless and instant. it feels like a daydream or a meditation. I am always walking at the very edge of what's real (behind me, underneath me, beside me) and what is yet-to-be. I really enjoyed this daydream, so I walked along creating things for a while, and then I wondered
what is this a metaphor for?
"this is your life. this is how it works. you have unlimited creative potential, and you *create* your life. it isn't a metaphor. this is it."
holy shit.
she hops off my lap. we are done. I have got it.
self-doubt is heavy, limiting, stifling -- it is like a cage and you are trapped inside. self-doubt keeps you prisoner. it keeps you from flying, it keeps you from being the truly magical person you are. self-doubt is a very heavy, dark energy. it is crushing you, keeping you down.
the thing about self-doubt is *you* are the key to getting out of your cage. you can unlock it and walk free at any time. the only thing keeping you in the cage is you. in fact, the cage doesn't really exist. you made it up. but its effect on you is very real. don't mistake the real-ness of the effects of self-doubt as proof of the reality for the doubt itself. just because the non-existent cage keeps you from flying, from doing anything and everything you have ever dreamed -- just because the cage *acts* like a cage -- doesn't make it real. it is not real. it is imaginary.
give up your imaginary prison of self-doubt. walk away. fly away. be free to be who you really are."
I am tracking you, mil, but *how* exactly do we unlock our cages? if it were easy, I'm guessing everyone would have done it already.
"as with most things that are created in your mind, this requires a shift in perspective. you must slide your mind slightly to the side and look at this with new eyes."
that is the literal translation of what she sent me. but I need more help, so I asked her
how do we shift our perspective?
"go to the fountain inside of you that is your mind's eye, your godhead, the source of your magic. ask your inner oracle what is possible. everything is possible. your inner oracle knows. and you must believe."
and that will help us shift our perspective?
"you cannot meet your true essence and not be changed. the act of journeying inward and seeing the magic and beauty that is you will shift you."
I did as millie suggested. I have no idea what effect it had on my level of self-doubt, but I can say it was amazing and I do feel different, lighter somehow.
thank you, millie.
"you are welcome."
did we get it all?
"ride the wave."
she sends me an amazing, peaceful vision of floating on the crest of a blue wave. when I ask her what the wave is, she says
"that is your flow. relax. enjoy."
the wave carries me gently along and sets me down on a beautiful beach.
"you are outside of the cages of your own making. you are on the shore of endless possibility. move forward and create your world."
as I step forward onto the beach, the hazy, swirly light in front of me becomes solid ground, each step solidifies another part of the ground. I walk forward and realize that I am *creating* this as I go. I visualize things and they appear. it is effortless and instant. it feels like a daydream or a meditation. I am always walking at the very edge of what's real (behind me, underneath me, beside me) and what is yet-to-be. I really enjoyed this daydream, so I walked along creating things for a while, and then I wondered
what is this a metaphor for?
"this is your life. this is how it works. you have unlimited creative potential, and you *create* your life. it isn't a metaphor. this is it."
holy shit.
she hops off my lap. we are done. I have got it.
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