Settling In

The Spirit Lamp for our new House

Once we understand that humanity is not the only intelligent life on the planet it is easier to intuit  the life in other forms around us. All forms have life and all manifest an Idea - a thought form - which lies at the back of their material structure.
Gardeners are used to relating to plants in this way. They see a tree living its life through the wheel of the year from a dormant winter frame to a form resplendent with fruit in late summer. They also see that same tree supporting other life while it lives - birds, insects, animals and people.  A house is very much like a tree. It too has a life, supports life, and so adds its particular quality to the activity carried on within and around it.

This week I am settling in to my new home and establishing a framework for the activity of the household. While sorting out belongings and getting to know the space better is an important part of the process, there are other things going on. I am establishing a relationship with the place.

This house, and the land it sits on, is new to me. Like any new acquaintance, it will reveal its personality to me if I pay attention. In order to understand I am required to listen as I explore the possibilities here. By merging my own life with this house, in an attitude of respect and commitment, I am asking to establish an intimate connection with the spirit of the place. Together with other occupants, seen and unseen, I am creating a Home in which all who cross the threshold will feel they Belong.

This opportunity is open to everyone and all of us instinctively seek that sense of belonging we call Home. The problem for many is the way our lifestyle and upbringing has served to disconnect us from the very means of finding that sense of place.
If we rush our attention is scattered and we cannot relate to any one. So the first step is to Slow Down.

Our second step on the Path Home is to take the opportunity to be in a park, or to notice street trees and urban birds - the creatures who live around us. Seek out these other lives and appreciate their presence. If we have no access to growing things, no place for a potted plant even, we lose our connection to the cycles of the seasons, to the source of the life force which sustains our bodies. We also disconnect ourselves from the spirit of Life itself.

The third step Home is to establish a rhythmic pattern to our day. When our world is filled with light and sound, both day and night, we miss the opportunity to pace our lives in tune with the rest of Life. We are unsettled then, and rootless.
No two people have the same requirements, so this too requires us to stop and to listen within. What meal times and waking hours support your life best?
What foods and activities enhance a sense of health and pleasure in life? What balance of work, play and rest meets your needs best?

The fourth and final step is to keep the mind as quiet as possible. Constant inner dialogue and noise drowns out the inner voice and closes down intuition.
No relationship can survive without clear communication. To develop a sound relationship with your Self, with the Soul and with all life we must learn to be still and to listen. In that stillness we get our sense of Home.
There a lantern shines at the window and we feel the warmth of the Hearth.
From the place of that peace we relate easily and effortlessly, knowing we are alive - that we Belong.

Exploring new localities

I have been out walking. My new neighbourhood is small residential oasis in a light industrial area.
The district is not so very new to me. As a child I went to intermediate school here. I have even lived here before - a long time ago when my eldest daughter was an infant- only the place was different then. I see the changes made here as a very healthy sign.
Like my neighbourhood, we all grow with change.  We see things differently. Just like any part of town does, we have our quirks and our issues. Getting on with doing the best we can with what we have is the flavour of most adult days, as it is with most districts.
Only things change fast sometimes and we feel differently about ourselves. That is just as well. Those unsettled feelings that float to the surface and drive change are keeping us healthy and on track.
A major part of our life purpose is to come to know ourselves well. A second major part of our  purpose is to connect with others meaningfully.
All we really have to do is take the risk of engaging with life around us - right where we are - at home, at uni', at work. Also, I discovered its OK to be  your Self while you do it.
Both neighbourhoods and the people in them are more interesting when they show their character.

Here's some of what I saw on my walk:

The Homestead Project

Today is Monday and the day of New Moon- the start of a new lunar cycle, a new week.
It's the perfect time to learn some fresh moves in the dance of our days.

Life has wrought some phenomenal changes over the last six months. Now I find I have fetched up in a wondrous place of light, love and warmth. From this place I express my gratitude to all lives who have contributed to its creation. From this place too, a new project and way of life begins.

Several years ago I began to look into the history of a district. By means of conventional research and channelling I began to uncover a story concerning a property there which I refer to as Homestead. Employing the old ways, I connected directly with the personalities involved in the events which took place during the 1870’s. Through them I unearthed their connection with my own life.

With the assistance of other guides and teachers I was introduced to the healing potential of collaboration across the boundary of form life. The goal of this combined effort is to create a new co-operative centre where a different process for living can be explored. By combining old ways with new, practical skills with intuitive ones, the Homestead Project will establish another centre to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all.

Commitment to this project has produced some significant upheavals for me, and a raft of astonishing new experiences. The most noticeable are the external changes: a profound love connection; a shift to more authentic, creative work and a reorganisation of my living arrangements. None of these changes could be lightly undertaken. All of them affected my closest relationships with family and friends, whose continued support and acceptance has encouraged me to carry on. Their love has provided the medium of exchange, allowing the dissolution of established, known ways of operating and the coagulation of new experiences into a recognisable pattern for my days. That loving support is still the greatest blessing in life and one for which I am ever grateful.

At its most fundamental level the Homestead Project is about treating all life as loving, close family and friends. This attitude acknowledges the scientific and occult truth: All Life is interconnected Energy.

Try the approach in your own life and see how it feels to you- and Please do comment or email me about your experiences.

Love mwb