It has been difficult to connect with the intensity and increase of energies in all of your lives. This process started around the holidays (third week in November), and will continue until the next holiday (Easter). It is fitting that this incredible energy surge will coincide with the celebration of the bodily death and resurrection of one of our greatest healers and beings in the whole Universe, Jesus the Christ. We would like you all to take this opportunity to see the similarities between what is unfolding at this time, and the holidays that are cushioning and defining it. We first start with Thanksgiving. We are asked to give thanks for all that is in our lives: for our friends, for our health, for our houses, clothes, food. For everything that we are given, we are encouraged to express thanks. That is a very good thing to do at this time ­ focus on that which is beautiful, that which is good, and whole, and give thanks. All else is falling away from your life, so it is not even helpful to look over the edge at what is leaving and feel sad about it. What is true remains, and that is the separating time that is marking the present reality for most people.

Now we move into the Christmas season, which is marked by abundance and generosity, of gratitude for the birth of the new Spirit, again, the Lord Christ. There are bright colors, much singing, laughter, food, gatherings and connections with other people. A very warm time of connection. This, also, is very important for you to do at this time of transition ­ gather together, sing, laugh, eat ­ connect. This will help sustain you in the rocky waters of change, this will help you feel not so isolated (for many of you are feeling totally isolated and cut off from the rest of humanity ­ isn't that interesting? That everyone is feeling cut off from everyone else? Who, then, IS connected?). So physically connect with others. Make the effort to get together in person and look each other in the eyes and tell each other how it is in your life, and ask how it is in their life. It is very very important at this time. It will help you feel more stable under the shifting sands of reality and illusion that are rearranging.

Then we move in to the New Year, twice! Everything is new, wiped clean, we are free to start fresh, make new plans and goals, walk in a new way. Is that not exciting? So what is keeping you from doing that every single moment of your life? You would somehow think that you have limits, limitations, that certain options are not available to you in your present state, and we say to you that is positively NOT TRUE. In every moment dwells all the possibilities in the whole Universe, you have only to believe it. So, what would you ask for, dear ones, to come in to your life at this time? Dwell on those possibilities, breathe them into your days, keeping your eyes on that which is becoming, not that which will be-going. For what IS coming to you at this time? Nothing less than your whole Self returned to you, in your physical state. Is that not precious? Is that not beautiful and perfect? We tell you it is, and we tell you ­ it's about time. It's about the old man standing with the hourglass, handing it off to the baby in the diaper. The old becomes new ­ the cycle starts over again, but it is not a calendar year we are speaking of, but our old way of thinking, perceiving, and being. That is the tired old man with the long white beard. Our old ways of doing things are the pieces of sand that have run down into our earthly receptacle and run out.

Our new ways are the freshness of the baby with all the time in the Spirit center of the hourglass ­ it has not been experienced or written yet, in your Soul Hourglass ­ what will you fill your sand moments with? You get to decide. Decide right now and move into that new way of being. Isn't that more comfortable?

So, now we move through the still white of winter into the newness of Spring, and the celebration of Easter, the Spring Equinox, when the hourglass of daylight and nightlight are equally balanced. We think about the thawing, of the new greening, of the eggs and the bunnies, of crosses and candles. These are all important symbols for you to ponder, as well. The thawing is our old physical bodies that are only able to grasp certain principles and not move beyond ­ "no, that is not possible. This I know for sure." But how do you know for sure? That is what you need to think about at this time ­ what do you know for sure? You may surprise yourself with your short list, indeed, there is probably only one word on the list ­ yes. The new greening speaks of the cycles of our learning and unfolding. The tree looks as if it has died in the wintertime because you cannot see any green leaves, but then the spring comes and you see the growth start from the point it stopped at the last winter. You see? Everything moves toward expansion, even when it looks as if it has stopped, or has died. Nothing ever dies ­ it simply transforms into something else. What in your life is transforming at this time? Are you able to accept, understand and release it, understanding that what is true remains, what is essential and basic to your Soul will remain on your journey, but nothing else?

The eggs and the bunnies speak of prolific beginnings ­ there is always more more more!!! And everything is contained within that single egg, or seed. There is nothing else to understand, but to trust with your Heart that your own Sacred Soul Seed has been lovingly planted in your Heart, and is beginning to grow. Do not hasten its growth ­ it has a perfect rhythm. Do not wish for a different seed, for yours is YOU, specifically picked as yours alone ­ there is no other seed like it in the entire Universe, for there is nobody like you to be found anywhere in the farthest reaches of the Universe. Are you not happy to have that which is yours returned to you? So rejoice at what is blossoming in your lives, though the soil be churned up, and though the light hurt your eyes, though the cracking the shell hurt your skin.

The crosses speak of the direction that energy flows ­ it flows from top to bottom, connecting us with Spirit and Earth, and it flows across from heart to heart, connecting us with each other. This is an important symbol to ponder ­ how am I connected to God, to Spirit, to my Self? How am I connected to others, and what, then, does my own personal cross look like? You might want to draw, or sculpt, or create, your own cross ­ decorate it with golden sparkles and blue crayons ­ whatever it is you are led to do. Let this symbol be uniquely yours, not what someone else has said it is meant to be ­ you are empowered to create the symbols for your life ­ what are they? Create them, discover them, ponder them, work with them, embrace them. The candles speak of our ability to shine into the darkness, even when we feel darkness all around us. The light that burns in our hearts lights our way, and is always available to us, if we just take that sacred match and light our lives.

So, this time is intense, we may feel cut off from others, with no firm foundation or base, but again, we tell you ­ look deeply within your lives and find the good, find the true things, find the real things, and hold to those, releasing all else. You will find more and more of the good things appearing in your lives as the rest is sifted away. It is junk, things you did not want anyway ­ be thankful we are helping with this process ­ it would've taken you far too many lifetimes to accomplish what we are helping you with these last few months. And your lives will never be the same ­ they will continue to feel richer, more colorful, more beautiful, loving, peaceful and whole. So continue amidst the storm, the wind and the buffets ­ we are here, holding your hand, holding your candle, welcoming you, welcoming you. We are here, as we have always been, and will always remain ­ ever-faithfully yours ­ thank you.