Magic in the making

Greetings everyone,

I hope you had a great week, and a nice Valentine's Day.  I know it is not everyone's favorite holiday.  Still for some people it is a blissful day with the one they love and I can hardly fault that.  This week saw me on the road.  Once a month I have a craft day with my good friend Jenny the Bear (grr).  I go south to her farm and we visit and make things.  Currently we're working in wood making staffs and prayer sticks.

I remember from a very young age being fascinated with talismans and objects of power.  They appear in just about every mythology and folklore around the world.  Special items that hold their own power, a power that can be used to change and shape the world around them.  Examples range from the sword Excalibur to the Ring of Power.

When I first started a magical path I was obsessed  with  acquiring amulets and wands.  Terry Pratchett in his discworld novels has a very wry attitude about the magical supply trade.  One character in particular named Granny Weatherwax says it best, "She's one of them that thinks you become a witch by shoppin."

Over the years I have used fewer props and the ones I do make use of have been acquired in special ways:  a stone from a teacher, a cloth brought to me from a sacred site, a singing bowl bought in celebration of graduation.  The emotion was as important as the item.  In the past few months I started entertaining the idea of making my own tools for myself and others.  It started with a charm I made for a friend going through a rough time.  Having been involved in the arts for over a decade I'd finally felt confident enough in my craft skills to make something with focused intent.

There are two ways an item becomes enchanted.  The first is taking a chosen object and imbuing it with intent and some of either your power or an invoked spiritual archetypal power.  The second is to make something and put the intent into it during the creation process.  This is something favored by those who are creative with their hands because all the decisions in the process of making something can contribute to the overall meaning and energy of a talisman.  There is of course a third approach which is  a combination of the two.  You make your object with intent and then also ceremonially imbue it with energy.

So what does this have to do with you?  Well a lot really.  Talismans aren't the only act of making that create change.  Have you ever gotten so involved in a creative project that the energy of that alters your world in some way?  Maybe during the making your reevaluate a relationship.  Maybe you make a life altering decision.  Maybe you start to experience increased synchronicity.  I've had the experience when working on a highly personal piece of feeling like the universe itself was speaking.  So whether you are making an amulet or painting a space put your creative spark into it.  When we use our intent and create consciously we not only transform the material we are working on, we transform ourselves.

Happy making,
Thomas Mooneagle

Activation 2013

Greetings everyone,

I want to start this post by thanking everyone who wished me a happy birthday last week.  I also want to apologize to all the people who have left comments or questions in the past for this blog, I only now discovered how to to check the comments section.  Rest assured I was not purposely ignoring you.  I'm doing my best really.

This past few weeks I've been manic with activity.   Most of the changes I've been making I've thought about for months (if not years), but for some reason since 2013 began I've been on a mission.  I've had an overhaul in my relationships, my business, and my art.  The question that's been running around my head is why now?

The new year often brings a focus on making changes in our lives.  I usually start off with grand plans and think of how productive I'll be once spring hits.  I generally fall quite short of the season's promise. This year I've taken steps that far outpace what I would accomplish in six months of efforts.  Reworking the Year of Transformation  in the first week of the year, would usually be enough for me to sit on my laurels for a few weeks, but then I went through and updated my whole shopping car, reorganized this blog and youtube channel, hosted a teleconference with a very intense energetic download (that is still integrating for me and the others), put up a new shifting video, started more networking opportunities and been making new artwork.  That's not half bad for not being quite 6 weeks into the year.

What's odd is most of these changes I've had the skills or knowledge to accomplish ages ago.  However it is only now that I've gone out and done them.  I was always waiting for the time to be right or for some sign, and that sign or circumstance was something I always looked for outside of myself.  The sign if that is what it is didn't look anything like that.  It was a deep calling from within, like something just turned itself on.  So the basic reason of why now was I realized that I could do these things.  The first rule of manifestation, "It must first exist within you."  I had to be able to conceive of myself moving forward not just have the raw skills, but I had to believe in those skills.  Some things continue to be a challenge, but I intend to keep this momentum going as far I am able.

How about yourself?  Is there something you've thought of doing, but never began?  Are you putting your plans into the future instead of today?  Is there some step you can take today that will move you even the slightest bit closer to your dreams?  You are here today in 2013 a new age what if you turned on that switch inside of you?  Turn on the switch that says you can and you can do it now.  Believe in yourself, take that next step, I'll be there taking my own with you.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

Body Barometer

Greetings everyone,

I've been in the midst of a big shift the past 9 months (no I am not having a baby).  I've traveled, expanded my business to a physical office space, taught new workshops, and seen relationships come and go.  What has been particularly interesting is how my body has been tracking all of this.

Earlier in the month I did a group download live, and immediately after I became ill.  Except this wasn't a virus or bacterial infection, my body went into a spontaneous detox reaction.  (I've done detoxes before and it matched up with all the symptoms).  I just recently ordered a download from an energy practitioner that aids in letting go.  (Check out Jaden Rose Phoenix on her website alchemywisdom.com)  I had immediate releases oddly enough in my muscular and fascia around the sacrum and sternum.  The muscles are attempting to let go, at this moment I still have a stubborn knot under my shoulder blades, but that will loosen in a bit.  It's rather fascinating how literal my body can be with things "letting go" and sure enough long held tensions start releasing.

Being empathic, I have to be careful about taking care of myself and giving myself enough quiet restorative time.  It can be easy to mimic or absorb conditions that people around me exhibit.  I also notice a habit of processing something on a physical level which is really an emotional issue.  Luckily I don't tend to let this go to extremes as I have in the past.  By tuning into my body I can easily tell what I am dealing with beneath the surface.  How am I really handling something is quite apparent.  The body doesn't lie.  Right now my heart is trying to open more than it has been in the past, and that's a good thing.  An open heart is more able to receive love and blessings, as well as to give those in return.  While it would be easy to speculate on the opening in the sacral area, I'll just say perhaps I should dance more.  ;-)

So do you let your body do the processing?  Ever get a headache so you couldn't go to that event that you really didn't want to attend? Take an inventory of aches and pains and see if they get you any emotional breathing space.  Do they serve you in any way?  Perhaps if we checked in with how we're feeling more often we wouldn't need to use our bodies as barometers.  Maybe if we could be honest about not wanting to attend (insert annoying person's name here) party we might not get that migraine, or fall down and sprain something.

So remember to check in with yourself often, and let your body do the walking not the talking.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

The Silent Treatment

Greetings everyone,

So I am doing my best to blog more often.  This means that my posts will probably be more brief, but I think it is important to get my ideas out there when they are fresh and not hoard my musings so I can update with a long post every other month.

I wanted to talk about something I have noticed happening with my healing practice in the past 6 months.  I've been doing both live events, and teleconferences for a few years now.  Recently the feedback I've gotten has changed.  People used to be bursting to talk about an event right afterwards sometimes to the point where a the questions and comments part of a teleconference call would be longer than the shifting portion of the call.  Now when I ask for responses after a live event all I hear is silence.

Apparently I knock people out of consciousness when I am doing some of these more intense group sessions.  I've worked with other healers where I simply couldn't follow their event consciously.  It was like being asleep, but still physically awake.  My mind just went somewhere else.  A few of my friends have said it is because I've taken everyone into a very deep state.  While I am grateful we are accessing these profound states my ego still wants to know the event was a success.  I'm always hungry for feedback.  This comes from being a people pleaser, something I've had to tone down a lot to be more effective working with people.  I do my best to give people what they need (which isn't always what they want).  When I do these events I myself also get shifted, and this most recent event to Remove Religious Programming from the Deep Mind hit me hard.  I had several days of physical detoxing which started less than an hour after the call.  I was really worried that with the silence from the participants that everyone was having a similarly intense detox.

So one of my friends suggested I make a Facebook group for people to share their experiences with me after they've returned from LaLa Land and had time to process.  It was easy to do, and yet I was still telling everybody I knew, "I just made a Facebook group!"  Like it was a major triumph of the human spirit.  Maybe it is (even though it was easy to set up), it made me consider that things must be going well if I think I need a group to track the responses to my work.  So if you're on a call with me or attending a workshop and your tongue is off in another dimension you can tell me all about it later on my new group.  Oh the name is the best part, "Mooneagle's Holy Shift."  I thought a little pun never hurts.  Join in the discussion and be the remedy to the silence.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

R E S P E C T

Respect we praise it, crave it and sometimes demand it, but what is it? I've often said you can respect without love, but you can't have love without respect.  It is vital in any relationship, whether it is in business, social or love life.

I think there is often a misconception on what respect is.  Often times it gets confused with titles and ranks.  Some people  think that if you are respected you have license to do what others are not permitted to do.  I rather think it is the reverse the more respected you are the more careful you must be in your actions.

I'm fortunate to have many people in my life that I respect.  I've had excellent role modes of what respect is, and how to behave in a respectful way.  What I have gleaned from them is that respect is the compassionate acceptance for a beings' individual thoughts, feelings,  and experiences.  This doesn't mean you agree with everyone at all, just that you allow everyone to have their own experiences and make their own choices.

Respect has a vibration (just like love has a vibration) that is necessary when working with spirit helpers (or human beings for that matter).  It is working with rather than dictating.  With respect a being's value is not held to be more than the value of anyone else.   Personal boundaries are honored.

So that sounds simple right?  Well here is where it gets a little more complicated.  Besides respecting others we must simultaneously respect ourselves.  It is this balance of learning to honor our own heart while treating with others equally that is the trick.  A saying I read a long time ago sums it up nicely, "I am no more than anyone, and I am no less."

Developing the vibration of respect along with gratitude is probably one of the most spiritually powerful things anyone can do to transform their relationships.  So think before you speak, make sure you are honoring all parties (remember that includes you), and look for those around you that make respect into an art.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

Habituation of magic

Greetings blog readers,

I don't even know how long it has been since I have written.  It once more has been a whirlwind of activity.  I've been on the road through Ohio the past month for my first Universal Light Expo.  It was a great show and I always love working for my friends at the Tomstones booth.  I got to teach a class Gateway to Transformation and left the students speechless.  That seems to be a running theme when I teach these days, people are unable to speak at the end.  It's a wonder I don't teach preschool, that would be a handy talent to have there.

Travel took its toll and I ended up getting sick right before Halloween.  I missed out on all the parties.  I am still shaking off the last bit of this nasty bug, but it is on its way out.  The gift in this has been the extra time to rest and reflect on things.  I've been looking at other practitioners' websites and videos to see where my work is going and where it fits in.

I've noticed a trend.  People tend to use big words (not necessarily long ones but big and shiny) to describe their work and experiences.  It is sometimes very hard for me to self promote.  It goes against a lot of "humility" teachings I absorbed as a child in a religious family. However it isn't just that, I tend to describe things very simply without a lot of flourish and glitz.  It isn't that I haven't had profound and very mystical experiences because I have.  It's not that I take them for granted so much either.  The difference is in what I call the habituation of magic.  Habituation is something I learned about in one of my psychology classes in college.  Basically when we have a sensation that persists we don't tend to notice it after a while. It's like when you put your hand in your lap.  You feel it at first but unless you shift positions a lot you won't feel it after a moment or two.  So the habituation of magic basically is when you are constantly surrounded by magic it becomes part of your everyday background.

I noticed this first with readings (something I've done for 20 years).  The first few years I did them they seemed so magical and "out there."  Now they are pretty ordinary to me (not that they aren't valuable it is just the process I've become habituated to).  The same happened after my Reiki attunements.  Here I thought was high magic and now I fall asleep channeling Reiki to myself and others.  Do I appreciate these things still, yes of course.  However I don't tend to talk about them in a wide eyed blow your mind (or your aura) lexicon.  They are natural, communing with helping spirits, deities, angels, power animals I find very valuable, but also very everyday.

I think this is why I don't blog as much as some other people do and why my product descriptions are somewhat reserved.  In a perfect world I'd have someone else write them.  So here I am surrounded by magic all the time and trying to connect with people who have a need for it.  I just don't know how to dress it up sometimes for everyone.

So this past month I've been reconnecting with my magical roots and the wonder of discovery.  Doing my best to experience the the thrill of the mystery while being familiar with various energies that surround me.  It's a balancing act to become proficient yet stay in the wonder of it.  I think it is worth the effort though not just because it allows me to effectively communicate the power of what I do, but it helps keep my heart fed with joy of a magical life.

Peace and Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle

The Frequency of Gratitude

The talk of gratitude is all over the metaphysical and new thought logo sphere these days.  It seems teachers are always talking about gratitude.  Many of us have a lot of associations that come along with gratitude.  I'd like to talk about the energetic aspect of it, and remove the moral trappings it is often dressed in when spoken about.

The Divine surrounds us and interpenetrates us at all times.  It is constantly stretching out its hands to us in this three dimensional state of being.  It wants to help us.  The Divine consciousness wants us to be happy, but even more so it wants us to be joyful.  To me happiness is a surface emotion, an amusement with the pleasant circumstances we find ourselves in, and that is not to discount the value of happiness, fleeting though it may be.  Those moments carry us through life as bright touchstones and beacons on our soul's journey.  Joy is a deeper feeling it goes all the way down to our core, it's a state of being in the world with a heart on fire with the passion for all the shades of color that life brings to us.  Part of the joyful path is gratitude, and finding fulfillment in the present moment.  Everyday there are many "perfect" moments if we stop to notice and honor them.  It can be the quiet of the twilight on a summer eve, the sound of the wind and snow in the heart of winter, or just the soft pull of music late at night.  All these moments have a gift within them, and they can lead us to that deeper state of joy.

So why don't we feel this way all the time?  Why can't the Universe just set us down into our heart's desire?  Well that pure Divine awareness operates at one end of the spectrum of vibrational frequencies and we operate on another end.  If we want to be reachable we need to be grateful.  I don't mean we need to say thank you (although it is always a good idea and shows good manners) we need to be in the  energetic frequency of gratitude.  That is more than a thank you, it is a feeling of truly valuing and appreciating where you find yourself.  That energy moves our vibration into a band of frequencies that is reachable for that Divine consciousness to embrace and help us.

It doesn't matter how much or how little you have in a particular moment in time.  If you can hold that energy of appreciation you can reach out and touch the infinite "I AM" presence.  When I was at my lowest point in my life and very ill I came to a point where I was able to feel gratitude for every person who had ever been in my life no matter what they had done.  I am still amazed that I reached this state during that time of great suffering.  However after I finished mentally thanking everyone (and feeling it deeply as well) I had a direct experience with the Creator.  The presence was so vast but also within myself and it conveyed love and concern about me.  I was told I was loved and that I was made for a specific purpose (no I wasn't told what that purpose was...spoilers) and that was a huge turning point in my life.

I've been very aware of the help I have received since that time.  The help was always there, but it couldn't reach me because I wasn't in an energetic state that was reachable.  Gratitude is about energy not about manners or obligations.  We cannot recognize the wonders around us unless we carry that energy through our lives.  The frequency of gratitude works miracles because it brings us into contact with the infinite.  Does it bring us everything we want...no, but it will often bring us what we need to grow more fully into our joy.  May it grow more fully with you every day.

Peace & Blessings,
Thomas Mooneagle