The Harvest

I can not help but notice how many lives of those around me are in a process of emptying out. The old ways of being that are no longer serving the Highest Path and Purpose of each individual are being cleansed away, perhaps on a deeper level than ever before in their history- old habits, jobs, friendships, etc. Some of these changes have been made consciously, some have not. Whatever it is that is holding one back from their path of Soul Evolution. This year, for example, I had a Soul Realignment, "lost" my job of the last 11 years and answered a strong calling to enter the course to become a Soul Realignment practitioner myself (a deeply, enendingly transformative process of Becoming in and of itself!). And that's just one portion of it.
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Letting Go. Harvesting and preserving what (teachings, experiences, ways of perceiving/being, etc.) has grown into truly nourishing sustinence for the Life Journey, and deciding what had once been a source of nourishment but now belongs in the compost heap, or in the burn pile. "Taking Stock" we have called this process, amongst other things.
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There is another component to this process of transformation of great importance to us as Creators of our Experience here in the Physical- that is Intent. Learning to clarify our wants so that our helpers in the unseen (our Spirit or Soul's Guides) can then guide us evermore clearly towards the life we want to be living, always in alignment with our Highest Path and Purpose. Our Intention is a powerful tool that we all have here within the context of this free will-human experience and is the tool by which we write the story of our Lives, unconsciously or not.
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I have found myself wondering if James Cameron (Avatar) or George Lucas (Star Wars) were fully, consciously in touch with these concepts when they wrote their movies, for the energetic experiences of the characters in these movies are strikingly accurate to the real possibilities that exist and are available to us here, as Eternal Beings in our Human/Physical experience. When I saw Avatar for the first time, I was so heartened by the scene in which the entire Navi gathered, placing a hand on their neighbor's shoulder to join energy fields to do healing work on the doctor's behalf. It was a scene that I'd felt finally could explain my concept of this Church of the Sacred Earth in a way that is (fairly) accessable to the masses. If you have not yet seen this film, I highly recommend it.
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We are all born with this power- employ our Intention to manifest anything that we wish to experience here (yes, that also includes illness and death, as well as healings and being in a state of wellness). For this potential amongst like-Beings to use our Collective Intent to heal the Earth, I felt prompted to begin this Church, although it had taken many years since the first Intuitive prompting in 2000, to push past, or through, my doubts. And I am now being asked, in my state of Renewal, to renew my Commitment to this Movement, which I have understood may not have anything at all to do with whomever may be reading these lines today or tomorrow- but for My Self, for my deeply engaged love and passion for this planet and all of the awe striking beauty that She is, in All of Her forms- that inspires me to feel Ecasty and Joy all the way through to Sadness and Grief- everything I have come here to experience as a Human being. She that has provided the Physical Substance and Sustinence, so that my Soul could take form in this Body and Live all of this. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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That said, with so many astrological influences supporting this process (so I hear), the meditation/theme for this brief period of:

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October 21st to November 20th, 2010

the Harvest

Clearing Away/"Via Combusta"

Death/Renewal

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Sonnets to Orpheus,

Part Two, XII

by Rainer Maria Rilke

(translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy)

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Want the change. Be inspired by the flame

Where everything shines as it disappears.

The artist, when sketching, loves nothing so

much

as the curve of the body as it turns away.

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What locks itself in sameness has congealed,

Is it safer to be gray and numb?

What turns hard becomes rigid

and is easily shattered.

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Pour yourself like a fountain.

Flow into the knowledge that what you are

seeking

finishes often at the start, and, with ending,

begins.

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Every happiness is the child of a separation

it did not think it could survive. And Daphne,

becoming a laurel,

dares you to become the wind.

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In this time of Harvest, of Deep Change, of the Planet, of our Selves,

Give to Yourself some quiet moments each day

to take stock of your experiences so far-

What were your Dreams that were called forth

during the season of Candlemas (February 1st)?

Which seeds took root?

Which ones grew?

What florished?

What died?

What new dreams have started to grow inside

of you in the compost of the old?

Are you wanting to find new soil to plant them in?

Which did you find that you had outgrown?

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Soon we shall enter the Time of Deep Dreaming (Nov-Feb), when in many parts of our world, the plants and animals enter into the Great Sleep. Together we shall journey deep within the Earth and within our Selves into the next phase of our lives as Creative and Powerful manifestors of our Experience here on Earth.

Thank You Mother for Blessing us with the Nourishment that sustains us throughout our entire Earthly lives.

See You soon.

Blessings,

Rev. Ursula Carrie