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As always, I pray you are well.

What a compelling year this is proving to be. On the morning of January 1, 2012, I awakened to the feeling of peace and calm. I was deeply appreciative as the previous couple of months had been abrupt, though revealing. On this day it was a beautiful feeling to begin the New Year in peace, knowing it would be the last of its kind in this long cycle of time. I also knew that this year required my full attention. I had stated my intention and commitment to the God of my Being several months earlier.

Quietly I moved into meditation on January 1st, preparing, in just hours, for "The World Puja Network's" second annual live 2-hour World Meditation and Planetary Transmission where thousands of people from around the globe were about to join us.

(The MP3 and transcript are available to all that were unable to join us, at http://www.maureenmoss.com and http://www.worldpuja.org)

The moment all of the hosts gathered, speaking our love and gratitude for each other and all that we were about to embark upon, I felt a blanket of grace around each of us, around the planet, and around humanity. I felt the Angels gathering. I knew what we were about to put forth was important. This is the year, I sensed, where there will be a profound number of awakenings, and we would be of some assistance for each. It may not be a year of comfort, I had long been informed, but it will be one of necessity and ultimately great blessings.

And so it began, our two hour World Meditation and Transmission. As it built momentum, dozens and dozens of birds of all sizes and colors gathered in my front yard, on every hedge, bush and tree. I'd never seen that many birds, gathered. Later I found out it was so in my neighbors yard, and then in one of the other speaker's yards in Sedona, Arizona.

The birds, in all of their glory were singing, like I had never heard, as though they were bringing forth their Divine Symphony in harmony with ours, carrying the song of Oneness and love out into the world in their glorious way. Tears streamed down my face. I wondered how many other birds were doing the same throughout the world. What a beautiful way to begin the year.

Ten days later I received three Emails in one day that took me out of my reverie and into deep, deep stillness for days of contemplation and interaction with the Divine, prompting this article.

One of my students for many years who had become a friend, almost made her transition after one round of chemotherapy that caused a thrombosis that nearly strangled her.

Another student of years gone by, who also became a friend, suddenly made her transition after a very challenging year with bone cancer. She was a profound, joyous and brilliant being of Light.

On the same day one of the most important men in my life was swiftly diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and life threatening tumors running up and down his spine.

Robert has been a profound mentor to me, at times when he didn't know it, at times when he made a point of it. If not for his tutelage many beautiful things in my life that has also touched the world would have had a much more challenging time coming to pass. He has made me laugh harder than most and has taught me (and teaches the world) everything one needs to know about Presence, letting your Life come to you, and authenticity.

I felt myself almost stop breathing. What in the world was going on here? I stopped everything that I was doing, because I was unable to do anything, and went deep into the caverns of my inners, where the flame of the Divine waits for me, waits for all of us. I approached, as always, with reverence and with my one main question.

"What do I need to know about this?"

"Your soul is asking you to experience greater depths of love and acceptance, and of being present only to the moment at hand. Your personal journey into a more stabilized rendezvous with the Divine is well underway, as you begin to further dignify the miracle of Life. Your next step is at hand, prompted by the past several months of experience. You are unable to be distracted.

Your attention has been gotten making you able to be fully present with what is, just as you were with the birds, the planet and all of humanity just last week. Please bring the same momentum of gratitude with you now. Gratitude is not mutually exclusive to pain. Separation of any sort is no longer acceptable in the bandwidths of energy you choose to abide in.

Last week while riding the high waves, you felt love, you felt peace, you felt Oneness. You felt God. This moment calls for the same and reaches further into you for acceptance for what is. Your call for deepening is upon you. Seek nothing else. Apart from nature, the world external has been losing its sparkle for you for some time; let it be, for now. Walk further and further away from the illusion that lines the walls of a world that bears no illusion.

Everything you will ever need is contained in the moment you are in.
Did you know you can see the entire Universe in the present moment? Look carefully. Feel fully. Be present. Become a stranger to yourself.

Take note of the silence of your mind, and the peace in your heart now that you are resting in Me and the present moment we share together. All is well. Answers to your quietly asked questions are arising in you, without effort, each time you go deeper into the stillness that lives in the Presence of the moment.

Many of you are ready for a deepening of yourself in order that more of the Divine Descent may occur and the Presence and Acceptance of each Divine moment may impact you with all of its Life contained within it, as the past and the future melt into nothingness, for indeed neither contains Life.

Your future, all of humanity's future is predicated on the present moment, and the Presence, love and acceptance each brings to it. Your authentic world will be filled with the wisdom of the moments, not the ages, but the moments. Receive each deeply; contemplate only with your heart and then in Divine consciousness move into the next moment. Should you feel impatient at the slowing speed of your life, be grateful, as you begin to realize what you have left unfinished. Mastery is no small feat.

This year will ask nothing less of you than your full Presence, your Love and your Acceptance. Through each, you will make your journey home. You shall bring Heaven to Earth and attain enlightenment. There is no other way Beloveds, nor a year in which you will be more strongly supported.

You will see opportunities appear at your every turn. Open your Divine eyes, and your Divine hearts. Lay down your resistances and interpretations. Be present. Let your mind rest. Enter a new game of existence. In this game, there is no loss. In this game there is a treasure; an exalted state of being that is intoxicating.

Now you know the answer to your many 'why's.'

Know you are being blessed, and know you are indeed a blessing."

Copyright Maureen Moss 2012
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      Over the past 5 years I have done what I could to attempt to celebrate the holiday, feeding the homeless one Christmas, watching a movie with a couple friends, walking in the snow, meditating, and I value those different experiences.  I appreciate how this loss and aloneness has led me to go deeper into solstice and Christmas and find that spark of light within myself and my life, however it is at the moment.  And I realize there are others all over the world who are alone this day...and certainly plenty of people surrounded by family and cursing it!  

      There is a delicate balance in learning to accept what "is", find the gift in it all, allow change, and yet also allow and acknowledge the loss, the empty places, and to do it with grace.  Without my sense of God, Christ and other beings of light supporting me through these times, I'm not sure how I would survive...but this light and love that I feel inside and surrounding me keeps me going, keeps me imagining a new life, a new way.  It keeps me holding and nurturing this immaculate concept, this seed of hope that I maintain in myself for the world and for me.

      So my wish for Christmas 2011, is to feel joy, feel peace, no matter what else I am feeling today, to be able to swim the turbulence of grief and loss, and still express the love and sweetness that I am, and feel comforted.  My wish is for a magical opening that returns family to me, but a family of honesty, honor, respect, continuity, commitment, forgiveness and deep love.  These are values I base my life on, and have worked to expand in all areas of my life.  No matter what has happened or what happens in the future, I know that love is the only truth and this is what I extend to my son, to the world, to myself.

     I wish for a world where everyone is respected, differences are embraced and celebrated, as we learn and grow and expand by creating a bigger opening to allow in others and their different ways.  I wish for a world where everyone has a warm, comfortable home; clean and hot water; plenty of food to eat; meaningful work; a loving family, community, country and world where they feel welcomed, appreciated, safe and supported; a strong sense of their own divinity, self-worth and power to create the life and world of their dreams; a deep connection with Spirit in whatever form is comfortable for them; confidence to live their truth; peace within them and all around them; and much joy, magic and fun to lift them up.

      And so, I extend these wishes to all of you, and to myself!  May we all find joy within no matter our circumstances and be able to extend that joy out to others.  May we all find that peace within and send it out to each other, extending the olive branch to create peace everywhere.

Love to you,

 As you read this, the US is still mired in wars in the Middle East and the question still remains for me, Peace?  What are you giving and receiving?  It has long been a belief, and a point of inquiry of mine, that what goes on within us is a microcosm of the greater reality reflected out into the world.  And so, along with activism, I continue to look within to discover, embrace and heal those places within myself that are at war.  It is my intention, inside and out, to do what I can to embody, give and receive peace in the world. In the ancient text, The Essence Gospel of Peace, it states “ Peace is the key to all knowledge, all mystery, all life.”

21 years ago I was living in a small Northern California coastal town.  My neighborhood reminded me of the powerful novel SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION, by Ken Kesey.  As I’d take my daily walks through the fogged in neighborhood, I ‘d pass sign after sign impaled in the yards stating, “We support the timber industry”.  The small communities lining the coast embodied the timber/environmental clash so vividly described in that novel.

 Months before, I had been asked to be interviewed on a local women’s radio show.  The topic I chose was “Inner Healing and how it relates to Global Healing”.  At the time, I was working as a massage therapist in a chiropractor’s office.  One of my clients was a young man who had moved out from the south to make peace buttons for a local company.  Although his job and his political activism spoke of peace, the extreme tension I felt in his body spoke of an ongoing inner war.  I began to observe this dichotomy in myself and other clients, along with the already divided community.  The day we declared war on Iraq ended up being the day of my interview. 

 As war broke out in that country, war broke out in my town as the local mayor and city council declared the town a draft free zone.  Opponents stormed the town hall, an enormous American flag was erected upon the approach to town, and all the yard signs were replaced with new ones stating “We support America”…and…. we’re on the air, welcome Katelon to discuss “Inner Healing and how it relates to Global Healing.”

 I felt like I was in the twilight zone and all the mayhem further underscored this study of mine.  There I was witnessing war in the body of this young man, opposing views and near riots in our town hall, SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION in my neighborhood and bombs dropping across the seas as a TV reporter stood next to a board drawing little x’s and o’s like a football play to explain the loss of life many countries away.

Over the years I have continued to explore this theme as I work to release old limiting patterns of lack, illnesses, and aloneness in myself.  Sometimes I am able to love what is here, or what I perceive to be lacking, embrace the lessons and provide the gift of peace to myself, as I open the space for healing to happen.  Other times I am in the ring, working on my left hook, ready to punch out the offending lack of fruition, career struggle or another Saturday night spent alone.  A few years ago this occasional fighting position was literally put in my face as I took a detour to work.  I ended up driving past a 7^th grade fistfight in the middle of the road. Because I haven’t seen a fist fight since my 7^th grade year, I was left to ponder again Where am I at war in my own being, what am I fighting?  Peace?  What am I giving and receiving?  As I examine this wrestling with my psyche I am seeing it on the outside again, too, as my neighbors, fellow countrymen/women and world members draw the lines and continue wars.

One of the therapies I do is called, Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT).  In this therapy, I work with a person’s high self to research and clear negative programs, conditioning, beliefs, etc. that are limiting the person and restricting the flow of good through their bodies, relationships and lives.  This work is done using a pendulum, dowsing various charts and connecting with the person’s high self to research the soul’s records.  Whatever needs to be cleared is then identified and with the assistance of the high self and spirit, it is cleared.  The limiting energies are then replaced with positive ones, moving a person out of self-punishment and self-limitation.  Relationships can be researched as well, clearing destructive patterns that can be limiting the relationship and the individuals.  Christ referred to this high self as “the father within”.  Hawaiian Huna refers to it as Aumakua or higher consciousness.  What is seen so often in this work is how much people limit themselves through their thoughts and judgments brought forth from (depending upon your belief system), past lives, genetic codes, world energies, childhood experiences and the entire creative process in itself. 

 A few years ago, a man called to ask me to use SRT to “GET RID” of a woman he is in business with.  He explained how this woman was attempting to take over his business and he wanted her gone.  I explained that I’m not a hit man but that I could work with his high self and spirit to clear them and their relationship, allowing for a new resolution.  The work succeeded and the woman called him, with positive news and wanted to get together to find a healthy resolution they could both be comfortable with.  Instead of rejoicing in this turn of events, he was so attached to his anger that he chided me for not getting rid of her.  I felt saddened by his response, yet I was led to look at what I was just wanting to get rid of in my life, rather than be willing to negotiate with, forgive, and create a space for something new to appear?  I had to look at where was I limiting myself? I inquired again, “Peace?  What am I giving and receiving?”

I watch in childlike awe each year as the days get shorter and shorter and darkness descends, leaving sunshine, that I so love, a memory.  And yet, I attune to the surrender of the trees as they gently release their leaves, plants die and seeds are deposited deep in the soil to wait and rest until the light comes again.  Most of the world religions celebrate this return of the light.  I think of Mary, in the Christian tradition, as she gestated a child within, holding that immaculate concept for him as she faced many outer challenges. Certainly, she must have felt the urge to fight, the call to struggle or defend.  I certainly did as I carried my son, and then went on to raise him alone through all the challenges we faced. Don’t we all, whether we are carrying a child, a dream or concept? And, yet, each of us can carry this immaculate concept for our children, our dreams and desires.  Each of us can carry that seed of peace and continue to hold it in our hearts for the world and ourselves.

The days may be dark, the world may talk of war and torture and try to keep us focused on fear and our desires/dreams/challenges may threaten to pull us into an inner or outer war and yet there are methods and therapies that we can use to release this inner negativity and replace it with harmony.  I do believe that we have the power within us to return to love, just as yearly the days grow longer and the light returns.  I do feel that each step we take toward negotiation, dialogue, healing and bridge building within ourselves, our families, our communities, does reach out and effect global change.  So, I encourage you to ask yourselves, “Peace?  What are you giving and receiving?”

Katelon T. Jeffereys 

Seattle Life Coach

      I grew up as an activist, always fighting to protect those I felt were being treated unfairly, fighting unjust political wars, racism, unjust rules and authority.  I'm glad that I was awake and aware enough to take this path, although, I am ready to adjust this fighting nature.

      I once dated a man who considered himself a Marxist. He often talked of revolution as the solution, and I talked of spiritual revolution because along with my long time activist path, I have always walked a spiritual path, inquiring deeper and deeper to find the truth.  I argued that in order to truly change our world, and provide a lasting change, change would need to take place within each person or else it would just be changing who ruled over whom. He didn't talk to me for three days as he said my politics stank.

     But did they?

     Right now, there are revolutions seeming to take place all over the world, as people rise up to end the reign of vicious dictators and end oppressive governments.  I celebrate these revolutions but mostly because I feel it is the spiritual revolution within each person that is rising up to say "no more" to being ruled by power over, greed and unjust policies.

      I recently attended a socialist meeting, a first for me. The people there were kind, dedicated, intelligent people.  It was an interesting experience, because although I have worked with Central American refugees during the US's oppressive covert wars in Central America, in order to provide them shelter, help with jumping through all the legal loopholes to get documented, education and care; picketed against wars and the School of Americas, I seem to now be led to a more inner path of spiritual revolution.  So although I admired these people there, I knew it wasn't my path anymore.

      I also support all the Occupy movements going on now around the world, as people come together in peaceful protest to wake up the world to the need to end this long reign of power over, greed and exploitation that has brought so much poverty, violence and destruction to the people, creatures, water, land and air around the world.  I believe that each person needs to listen within and decide how best he or she can contribute to this transformation that is taking place.

      For some, it may be taking part in a protest, for others it may be quietly meditating and focusing on a healthy, peaceful planet, and heart.  Each time we face that unjust nature within ourselves, that desire to condemn, to judge, and replace it instead with self-love, peace and love directed to others, that ripples out and effects the entire planet.

      I think about the words to describe this movement...revolution, reconciliation, reformation, rebirth and transformation.  I believe we are in the process of truly re-claiming that which we truly are, which is One.... one with all that is, one with the divine, one within and all around us.

      I recently read the wonderful book THE SHACK.  Many fundamentalist Christians denounced it as going against the bible, as not being dogmatic enough.  I loved the book for those very reasons as it rose above dogma and pictured a very human, loving and transformational experience for the main character through his interaction with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.  The author created these very tender scenes of God, Jesus and the Holy spirit being in relationship with each other with love, gentleness, honor and respect and invited the main character to participate with them and his life this way as well.  Ok, so God was personified as a sassy big African American woman, Jesus as a plain looking carpenter and the Holy Spirit as a rather ethereal woman, but for me, it made these interactions more real and understandable. I feel this is what spirituality is really all about; transformation is really all about… loving ourselves, interacting with our world in this loving, honoring manner.

     So this is my path now as an activist, to occupy my heart and body with love, respect, and honor and to carry this into every interaction I may have in the world.  I may or may not pick up a protest sign again, but I'd like to have the biggest “sign” I carry to be my love for the world shining out brightly, to light my way and the way for others. This is what I strive to do in the healing work, coaching and workshops I offer for others, too. 

      Each person has to find their own path, their own way to contribute to their own transformation and that of the world around them.  I have found my way now.  If I can help you in any way, please let me know.

    I am sending out much love and healing energy through these words.  Thank you for taking the time to read them.

Blessings, Katelon

      To do this meditation, I would suggest you first write up a list of all the challenges you are facing now and have in the past year, your issues, disappointments.  Then I recommend you sit with this list, fill yourself up with love by focusing on your heart and it's power and loyalty, think of someone or something that you truly love, feel that gratitude and then flow that love and gratitude out to your list.  Yes, those challenges are hard, and yet there are gifts in them, you have grown because of them....and now it is time to honor them, bless them and let them go!  You can either burn your list or tear it up in small pieces and flush it!

      Next, I invite you to write a list of what you'd like to now experience in your body, your life, your world, for you and the world.  This list you will hold during the meditation.  After the meditation you can do what feels best for you to do with the list...plant it like you would seeds for a flower, burn it to release it to the ether for manifestation...whatever feels right for you.  And now, trust that these will blossom in your life for harvesting!

      Let me know how you like the meditation and what changes within you and your life!  Thanks for taking the time to listen.  Anything you do to change yourself in a positive way, adds to the healing and transformation of the planet!

       To access this meditation, click on this link, then click on the "next" button a few times and you will come to the place where you can download or just listen to the meditation.  Enjoy!

http://www.oronjo.com/live/next/?fi=78232

            I recently watched the movie "Get Low" and enjoyed it very much.  It is set in the 1930's in a small southern town.  Bill Murray, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black are all wonderful.  It is touching, sad, sweet, and thoughtful.  It is about a hermit who has placed himself alone for many, many years out of grief, guilt and remorse. He decides to hold a funeral party for himself before he dies so that he and others can tell their stories about him. The movie touches on themes of redemption, unrequited love and reconciliation.

The movie led me to think about how we punish ourselves for so many years, and often many lifetimes, over things we feel badly about or think we should have done differently.  Sometimes it is truly situations and events that we could have/should have handled differently, but at times it is just our miss-perceived guilt.  Some religions teach there is a God that inflicts judgments upon us, but it seems to me that we inflict far worse judgments on ourselves. The truth is that usually, if we could have done things differently we would have, but depending upon our circumstances, our limited skills and or abilities at the time, we made the best choice we could have at the time.

In my life and my work as a alternative therapist, I have seen how this guilt, grief and judgment gets held in our bodies and often leads to accidents and illnesses.  The energy it takes to hold such thoughts of others, and ourselves can become a prison just as this hermit chose his isolation as his prison. We experience wounding from another or ourselves and then spend the rest of our lives creating energetic "Band-Aids" to hold this memory inside. Pretty soon, all of our energy can be used up just to hold all of this down so we don't have to face it or express it. No wonder so many people in our society end up on anti-depressants and chronic fatigue.  Scientists have shown that we hold memories in the cells of our bodies, and it takes great energy to keep these memories contained.

Often we even forget about this stockpile of old memories and reactions but our bodies don't forget.  They create our present and future based on the past.  Or if we do remember them, they gain so much power over us that they become the boogieman in the closet.  So in my work and in my life, my strategy is to bring light and love to these old feelings and memories, to heal them, release them, set them and myself free.

Life is really meant for joy, giving and receiving love. We are truly meant to be free.  Yet we have allowed ourselves to live in bondage for so long, and we keep others in bondage as well.  All the great spiritual teachers have demonstrated that love and forgiveness is the answer.

So whether you have me assist you, use some of the meditations and techniques on my website, seek out other healers or techniques, I encourage you to take this journey of reconciliation and redemption.  It certainly makes life more gentle and joyous!