It's Time to Go Beyond Time and Space, Reya

In a couple of weeks, I'll be going to Vail, Colorado to spend a week with my guru, Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi. In the states, people often have a knee jerk reaction to the word "guru." They assume you belong to a cult and are quite suspect. But "guru" simply means teacher. If I wanted to learn to dance, I would go to the best dance instructor I could find. If I wanted to paint, I would seek out a skilled painter. So it is with spiritual studies.

And if I am considered to belong to a cult, then I want it known that I belong to a cult that believes in total and unconditional love. That is the driving principle of our work and study and I don't see how that could ever possibly do any harm. A guru will never turn their back on you, even if you do so to them. Gurus also have a guru. I don't want to come across as an expert...because I am not. I have only been studying this path for a couple of years. I am just relating what I have learned.

A guru is a Master, as are we all. A Master is one who has broken the bonds of slavery to low frequency actions, thoughts, energy, vibration and emotions. They no longer resist the idea of a limitless existence. A guru does not control or brainwash you. They have just worked hard and are further up the karmic spiral than most of us. Jesus is an example of an Ascended Master (one who is so evolved, he can choose to move to other realms).

A Master helps students get through work that is often advanced, confusing and difficult--just like any other educational system. They can do this from any place on, or in the case of an Ascended Master, off the planet. So it was that I was awakened Wednesday morning by a sharp, psychic rap on the ol' noggin serving notice that school was already in session. As Reya so astutely noted, school is always in session so what is the difference?

Well the difference is that a guru works with your energetic field preparing your mind and body for the work you are to do. Because a Master is constantly in touch with the subtle realms, they can quickly open and clear gateways for you. When they come to you, you know it. There is no mistaking that they are working with you. Maa usually comes to me in my sleep...but not always. Even though Vail is a couple of weeks away, we are already working further into the 5th Dimension than we have gone before. The 5th Dimension is:

*The unlimited possibilities happening now within parallel universes.
*The door to the Source of the Universe as ourselves.
*The exquisite dimension of Spirit

It is here right now, vibrating at a higher vibratory frequency. We will be continuing our awareness and experience of living in this creative, subtle, graceful, gentle realm of unlimited freedom.

Many people are experiencing chaos and travails right now. There are reasons for this that I will explore in later posts but, for now, just know that Mother Earth is changing and there are new energies evolving due to her changes. The poles are shifting, Ley Lines are changing, the Earth's chakras (energy centers) and electromagnetic fields are different and therefore exerting different life forces on the planet. It is hard for us to keep up and, whether we consciously realize this or not, our bodies and minds do at unconscious and subconscious levels. And unless we have someone, like a Master, help and explain things to us, it can be very overwhelming.

Apparently, my mystical journey beyond the fabric of space and time, as most of us know it, has already begun. Talk about more bang for your buck!

Lithia

Lithia is one of the "power days" of the year. It is also known as the Summer Solstice or Midsummer's Night. The solstice occurred on Sunday, June 21 at 1:45 a.m., eastern daylight time (June 21, 05:45 UT*). Those of us in the Western Hemisphere, are celebrating the Summer Solstice while our friends living in the Eastern Hemisphere, are marking the Winter Solstice. Which ever cycle we are observing, it is always worth a look across the year to see where we are going and from where we've come. Until this point, the year has been waxing. We have reached a point of maximum light. From now on, the dark time of the year grows as we enter the waning cycle.

In the Eastern Hemisphere, the year is born anew, full of promise but needing care. In the west, the year has grown into a fully mature woman. Fulfillment is the focused power of this time. The Divine Mother is wielding her strength, sexuality and fertility with mighty strokes. The crops are planted, they are blooming or have bloomed, and the buds give way to ripening fruit. The promise of harvest sits in the balance at this midpoint of the growing season. The harvest, not yet taken, is dependent on the Divine Mother to provide the right amount of rain and ideal conditions so the plants can mature.

Passion. Passion is the hallmark of this time. The merging of all the right aspects will produce the highest yield. The Divine Mother and Mother Earth are most abundant right now. They are ready to give maximum payoffs fed by the highest life force. It is time to turn the wheel of the year, the wheel of life, again. During the rites, celebrants are keenly aware that this fullness comes at the expense of descent into the darkness of the year. A bittersweet duality.

Some say the time of power lasts for three days, some say four, others believe a week from the time the solstice occurred. Regardless, it is a time to dance with great exuberance and abandon, no holding back. This is not a quiet, introspective time. Drum, dance, chant, move with abandon and willingness. Wield the power of the days and of the Mother Divine with confidence. Be sure to ask for what you wish to bring into reality until the next time of power. Be thoughtful in what you ask for as Mother Earth is at her most giving. Be one with all levels of nature. Be joy. Be sunshine. Be laughter. But most of all, be your true self. To both of the Mothers and all the the Devas, nature spirits, who are acting together to bring all things in this season into form, I humbly give great, great gratitude. Namaste.

*Universal Time