Eyes on the Target

Hazel Mason in her Egyptian costume. (c 1910-1920)

Today is a research day at Homestead. I am researching colonial dress for an article. The every day aspects of our ancestor’s lives are fascinating aren't they?

Essentially I am intuiting creative ways to let my passion for history and my ideals fire me in my work. Once again it is the Lunar calendar which has set the pace here.

If this new moon cycle is about being intuitively inspired – and it is- we need to harness that growing creative energy.  It culminates with an eclipse on the Full Moon. The potential here is for clear seeing and foresight. This month has the momentum to push more of our vision out into form in our daily lives.

The Homestead ideal is there in the vision picture- living lovingly, intuitively connected to all life, manifesting the abundance and beauty such connectedness brings. Our challenge is to use our talents and skills to best effect in support of that vision. It is time for Action.

Positive outgoing activity comes naturally from two opposite poles:

-          Acting to remove limitation

-          Tapping into our passion with creative activity to move ideas into form.

Well – some limitations are easy to spot. We have made some lifestyle choices under this heading already. It is our goal to be breathing freely by the end of this month.

Other limitations are less obvious.

Now is the time to let go of habits of speech which are self effacing rather than self supporting.

Speech is sound and sound creates by setting up vibratory patterns, so speaking positively to ourselves and others is vitally important.

Old memory stories are symptomatic of old ways of thinking, ways of reliving old pain, or some historical success.  Letting our mind rest constantly on past experience keeps us stuck there.

Who we were has no relevance here in the present, where we are Now.

This is the best time to be alert for the way those old stories creep into our thoughts and conversation. They are best starved out by letting them go, refusing to speak about them and deliberately bringing our thoughts into the here and now.

Thinking about our vision is hugely valuable but at some point we must Act to make it happen.

Scattered activity won’t get us very far either. This is the step that is best supported by planning.

The base ground for a plan is the purposeful pursuit of the vision. Holding that picture shows us it is our passion, used creatively, which provides the steps to success.

At Homestead we plan intuitively too. This means listening, within and without, and watching for flow.

Today the message is clear: when you are engaged with what inspires you, your activity matches life’s purpose. Throw your heart into it.