We join together on December 21 to celebrate the solstice.
I have been receiving so many communications from people all over the world. We all knew the planet was going through a huge initiation. And initiations are designed to be perilous to wear down the ego, mind, and body so that we awaken our inner spiritual fire that already knows how to create the necessary changes for all of life to survive. But what so many spiritual practitioners are realizing is that no matter how much spiritual work we are all doing we will be riding turbulent waves and going through the initiation together.
In my January 2018 Transmutation News on www.sandraingerman.com I wrote (not yet posted) about the issue of many of us in the spiritual community wanting to see a “win” on moving through the current challenges we all face everywhere in the world. The true nature of initiations is more like preparing a slow cooked meal.
We cannot use the power of our mind or physical body to muscle through to the next evolution of consciousness.
Depending on where you live you are flowing into winter or summer. And nature is such a great teacher about how to flow with change. For everything in nature is in constant movement. Storms, seasons, lunar cycles, and growth impact our life on a daily basis. And once we connect with nature’s flow we connect with our own internal flow and walk moving gracefully with the flow of life.
This solstice spend time in nature, and see if you can awaken your own inner flow. Spending time in nature is so healing to you and all of life as you feed the web of life with your dreams, love, and light.
You can drum, rattle, chant, and dance. But most of all be present to the gift that nature brings to you every minute of your waking life.
Feel the sun shining on your face. If the sun is not out and shining brightly imagine the warmth of the sun bringing a glow to your face. Share your gratitude with the living being we call Sun. Reach down and feel the texture of the earth you are standing on. Stand for awhile on the earth swaying or gently rocking back and forth as you find your inner flow connecting with earth where you live. Give thanks for all Earth provides for you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Bless the wind as it caresses you. Thank Air for bringing you life and being an ongoing companion with each breath in and out. If you can visit a body of water please do so. If not work with water in your home. Radiate your inner light to any water you can be with. You can radiate light focusing on a bowl of water and then feed it to a local body of water or to the earth. Planet Earth is a water planet, and you are a being of water too. Water flows within and without effortlessly always in the flow of movement of returning to Source – the great sea. You would not be alive without water. Please give Water your heartfelt thanks.
As you do this notice how your body connects to the change in season. The change impacts our inner and outer world.
We will all continue to experience the dissolving of so many layers of old unhealthy patterns and ways of behaving in the world. But you will always be able to trust your inner spirit to hold you and propel into a new and healthy state.
The key is to keep diving deeper into your own inherent strength. As you continue your ceremonial work and your spiritual practices you will notice organic changes over time. The organic next stage of our process will happen over time. We must be willing to understand what we planted in our inner and outer garden that have come to fruition. It is time for us to return to our destiny of being great gardeners within and without on this great Earth. Take the time to examine your inner garden and explore what you seeds you need plant to nurture and love yourself. And then explore what seeds you need to plant to nurture all of life and the Earth. Watching gardens grow through both storms and beautiful weather is inspiring. Gardens grow organically.
The only changes we will see in our inner and outer world are due to the seeds that you plant and nurture. And all gardeners know that growth happens in an organic process in the right time for the plant to germinate and blossom into great beauty.
Whether you are in entering into winter or summer there are always ways to nurture your inner garden. Disconnect from the toxic energies being spewed into the collective. Listen to some soothing music and travel within. That is where you will find peace, rich soil to plant in, and the fire of spirit will light your way. This is such an important practice for all of us to do right now. For spirit will guide us if you let it lead. But most of us are trying to think our ways out of the challenges we are facing. And for tens of thousands of years those who have come before us have taught that by awakening your inner fire you can walk through any challenge.
May you find inner peace by resting in your spirit as we welcome in the solstice. And may we greet each day with curiosity and wonder of all the beauty we can plant into our collective while what no longer serves us dissolves away just like waves dissolve away all the old images, feelings, debris left in the sand. Nothing is permanent. Remember that. Trust yourself. Your spirit knows. Go deeper and you will find all you are searching for lies within.
Sending solstice blessings!
Sandra Ingerman
