There
is sharpness in the energy of the month. There is much potential for
things to seem quite stark. If you are living your truth, you will
find there is a beauty in stark clarity; if there is something that you
are avoiding or denying, you will find discomfort when things are
presented starkly. It is similar to when a person says something very
bluntly. Sometimes just speaking the truth without excuse or
explanation can be a great relief to a situation. At other times it
can make people feel very awkward.
During
the month of February, consider what is coming into stark relief in
your lives and assume that whatever comes to your attention is vitally
important. Give yourselves permission to engage it with all the
passion that you have or can find in yourselves. Let your life force
and your passion guide you to what needs to be more clear and more
truthful in your lives. When we say, “There will be blood,” we invite
you to recognize again your vitality and your passion. Let it draw you
closer to those around you.
Again,
this is not a threat of violence – it is an invitation to passion and
social connection. When someone is socially active, they are involved
in movements -- they are involved in trying to change the world or move
the world in directions that they think it should be moving. Whether
they are right or wrong or they agree or not, all social activity
begins with passion, or with life force energy. Social activity, will
become more important to many of you who may not have felt drawn to it
before. This is a reflection of the call to service that defines the
year 2008. The primary energy of this year is to call all of you into
your life’s work – your calling. If you find yourself interested in a
collective endeavor, do not hesitate to get involved.
February
of 2008 is an excellent time to pool your collective energies. Do not
try to find something simply for the sake of doing something. Instead
wait until you feel interested, wait until you feel called. It is fine
if you do not, each of you has a unique path and some of you will find
your calling elsewhere. While it will not be true for everyone, there
is an intense gathering energy around February 2008 that you may find
inspiring. Within that, given the passion, the starkness and the
bluntness of the month, do not be surprised if you find conflict --
conflict with others and conflict within yourselves. Do not shy away
from this, just look for the clarity. Look for what is coming into
contrast, what is becoming visible to you. Understanding and mending
the places in which you were blind or in denial is all you need to
concern yourself with for now.
How can we work with this energy in ways other than what you have described so far?
The
best thing you can do for yourselves and for your collective endeavors
is to take ownership for what is yours. It is time to see yourselves
as stewards of your own lives. You have learned about taking
accountability for your experience and the life you have chosen at a
soul level, including taking accountability for the choices you make
and the outcomes they lead to. Now it is time to take ownership.
There is a new level at which you go beyond simply reacting to the
choices you have made and trying to deal with them. There is a more
proactive approach in taking ownership for your life and developing a
sense of stewardship for the lives of those around you. It is time to
take accountability for the fact that your soul has choreographed your
life to lead you to meet people for a reason. You invited yourself
into the lives of others in order to be a light bearer.
Do
not confuse this with taking accountability for another’s choices. It
is taking accountability for what you do in regard to that person that
matters. For instance, imagine you have a neighbor who is in an
abusive relationship and having a very difficult time. From across the
street you are watching his situation unfold. You do not need to take
accountability for his choices or for the life that he is living based
on his choices. But you are learning to take accountability for what
it means to be his neighbor. Consider that you are there, witnessing
this, for a reason. You will find it becomes more comfortable for you
to take ownership for your role in his life as his neighbor. It makes
a difference if you smile at him from across the street. You do not
become responsible for what occurs in his life, but you are responsible
for how you engage with him. You cannot change the course of his life,
but you must take ownership for the impact your choices have in his
life and the lives of everyone around you. Choosing to smile or frown
at someone can no longer be something you take lightly. Everything you
do has profound effects in the world around you. Assume that anything
and anyone in your life is there to be stewarded by you.
You
do not have power over all of the people in your surroundings, but
because you have chosen a connection with them, because of the
intensity in this year and because of the intensity of collective
service at this point on planet earth, it becomes useful to consider
yourselves stewards of one another. This is entirely a new level of
the old phrase from the old bibles to be your brother’s keeper. You
are not responsible for one another, but you are responsible for how
you choose to steward the people in the communities in your lives. For
those of you listening or reading, you have moved into the
enlightenment process enough that it becomes necessary for you to take
this extended sense of ownership for your reality.
The
difference between taking accountability for another person and taking
on a sense of stewardship for them may not seem obvious at first. When
it is unclear to you, in practice turn your attention to your heart.
Every time there is a person in your life with whom you are not sure
how to engage, or whenever you have a question about a person in your
life, always assume that they are in your life because you, at a soul
level, made a contract with them. You promised to witness or help, or
at the very least to open your heart to them. This may mean smiling
gently at them from the cash register line at the store, or it may mean
dropping everything and to drive them home when their car has a flat
tire.
Experiment
with this a little bit. Experiment with how the moment might change
for you if you choose to open your heart a bit more, to look someone in
the eye a bit longer, or to simply soften the judgments you have about
them just as much as you can in that moment. This is something that
will develop for you over the course of the year. February makes it
obvious -- it almost makes it necessary. Your survival as a human
collective relies on your physical connections to one another. We
return your attention to our phrase, “There will be blood.”
Metaphorically it is your blood coursing through you that makes you
human. It moves more quickly when you have an adrenaline rush or when
you meet someone that you are excited about -- you feel things speed
up; you get hot. This is what we mean. You have journeyed into new
spiritual dimensions of yourselves, and will continue to do so, but for
now you are returning inward to your bodies and your hearts. You are
living in your bloodstreams a little bit more than you ever could
before. This month, continually find ways to soften yourselves and
steward the people around you.
What days are important during February 2008 and what should we pay attention to?
February
5th through 7th is the time for your hearts to open. You have a
holiday, Valentine’s Day, in February. This year, the 5th through the
7th are more like Valentine’s Day than the 14th will be. This is like
the bright red spot in the month. It is as if you have drawn a big
heart with vivid crimson paint around these days. Metaphorically,
watch for where blood is spilt in your lives. Look for where conflict
arises, look for where you cut yourselves, or where your hearts have
broken. Look for the judgments or the harsh things you think or say
about yourselves. Look for any sign that someone is hurting in the
world around you. Look for where blood has been spilled. Pay
attention.
These
are the places that are too sharp for the loving, sweet, gentle souls
that you have become and that you were born to be. February will not
give you a way to soften those sharp edges -- February will show you
where they are. Metaphorically look for where blood has been spilled
and ask yourself, “How is this related to my life. Is this a pattern
of mine? Am I used to seeing this kind of behavior, or is it new?” It
may be your own behavior; it may the behavior of those around you.
Look for where blood has been spilled and consider how you contribute
either by allowing harsh words or by thinking them yourselves. Notice
where you allow conflict to go on when you could step away. Just
look.
Gather
information during the 5th through the 7th. The equivalent of this is
to look for where your Love resides. The places where you are hurting
or the place where you are purposefully or inadvertently hurting
others, these places are where your Love is. You never hurt one
another, you never judge one another except where you feel strongly.
Beneath any hard feelings, there is always Love. Over the course of
the year you will reclaim your Love for yourselves and for everything
around you. For now, just notice where the wounds are. Notice how
they got there and assume that this is where your Love is. That is the
pathway for you to reclaim your Love. The 5th through the 7th, may be
an intense time, but remember they are there for your Love.
You
will find that February 21st is like a cool, clear breath of fresh
air. It has an energy of water, like a babbling brook or like cool,
clean water that you can use for refreshment. Around February 21st you
will find an opportunity for clearing. For clearing the air, for
cleaning things up, for putting right what may feel wrong or what may
feel out of alignment. Give yourselves some time on February 21st to
pay attention to yourselves and give yourselves a clearing. Say what
needs to be said or spend some time writing so that you can iron your
thoughts out and see things more clearly than you did before. It is
like splashing your face with cold water.
February
29th looks like a big rock or stone. It is as if you were hiking on a
trail and you find a boulder in the path. You will not easily see what
is coming around the corner until you get to the boulder and peek
around it. It is the same with February 29th. You may find, through
the month, some situations arise and you cannot see how they are going
to come to closure or be solved or dealt with. Do not worry too much
about that which you cannot predict. March is going to open up a whole
new world for you. Trying to see it and trying to predict it or plan
will not be easy during February because the 29th provides a veil. You
can guess what is on the other side of the veil, but you cannot really
know until you get there and walk through it.
Do
not predict too much and do your best not to plan anything that you
will not be able to easily change after February. The energy of the
29th is not there to hurt you or get in your way; it is actually very
beneficial. You will find the 29th is energetically holding energy in
place for you. It holds opportunities that you will not understand
until you arrive there. If you try to plan ahead or to predict your
lives after February, you may find that the 29th is like running face
forward into a boulder. Even if you are uncomfortable with the future,
just let it be. Assume that March is going to give you what you need
that will enable you to just gracefully skirt around the boulder once
you get there. If it is possible, you will find it useful to have a
relatively empty schedule on February 29th. If you can, be like a
ghost. Just fly under the radar and take it easy that day. If you are
working or if you have things you need to do, do them as gently as
possible. Imagine that you are wearing an invisibility cloak. There
is no danger, it is just a way to give yourselves the flexibility to
get around the energy of the 29th and move into March.
Remember
that the primary energy of the month is Love. Always go back to that.
This is the best way to work with the month. Ask yourselves what is
hurting and why you are hurting and assume that underneath that is Love
or space for more Love.
