A familiar face, we are warned to be careful what we are imbibing and how that is effecting what we are putting out into the world. There is toxic material in our waters, and it is coming from every direction. We must be careful and vigilant about it. That starts with surrendering to stillness and silence. Waiting for when the time is right and accepting that active inaction is an acceptable place to be, despite so many calls to action surrounding us. We are not just standing, we are building. Like steam in an engine we bring things to boil and prepare them to give us energy to move, to reshape things. Water and fire mixing together to make productivity and difference. While we wait, we gather our community together and celebrate the things we have. Even though they may be small we are here to build together. Action will come, but now is the time to praise each other and raise each other up. Then like sand dunes, our whispers will begin to reshape the world around us. A million voices become a gale force wind that cannot be denied.

What we say is effected by what we know, what we believe. Our core principles, our first idea and the metaphors that we live by. What we believe and know intuitively is mediated by what we can say. To speak it is to know it. To say it is to believe it. We are truth tellers by our very actions. And we stand on a precipice looking out over a grand vista, feeling the wind buffeting our wings as we prepare to leap into space. It’s challenging to remain at peace when fear and fascination fill your body and your mind. Inspiration is there for you, but it requires you to jump and lose your connection to the earth, but just for a time. And the true sense of security is within you. When you are sure and certain, when your knowledge is true, you can be secure in what you say, while still being open to inspiration and change. Just because what you know it true, doesn’t mean that there aren’t other truths to be gained as well. One truth does not have to deny another. We are the primal, the magician, the one who shapes. To truly be alive is to be ready to shape ourselves. Let our brain remain mutable to change. From a place of peace, from a place of connection, you will be able to see the rainbow of truths there are to grasp. You will be made better for it.

What happens when you start by joining the crown and the throat, what are you spreading out into the world, even without others realizing it’s you. What vibrations are you producing and sending that will resonate with others. How do you bring the good news, the joy and the truth to yourself. No matter what you think, you are the ever burning flame and you have the power within you to shine and emanate outward. You can overcome the shame that dulls your light, and you can resonate from a place of power. As you are sending things out, other things are coming in to you. But you don’t have to drink them. You don’t have let them set off resonances within you. Examine them. Why do they make you feel the way they do? What are they touching on that you may need to examine. Because you can trust your dreams that rise up from your deep emotions. They are nuggets of truth. You don’t have to follow them, but you can believe them. They will tell you core things, memories, ideas, reverberations. Finally you need to balance all this out by reminding yourself that you are heartwood growing in sacred ground. It is only with a community that you can grow and expand and resist erosion and solitude that breaks down your connection with your people. But don’t forget to be human. It’s the simple acts of kindness and togetherness that we need the most.