As you know, Celeste, for those already within time and space, their lives are usually all about finding love and making money.
Yet not so long ago, while awaiting their first turn, breathing would have been enough.
Hey, Celeste, I vote for breathing, finding love, and making money, in that order.
So much air, so little time -
The Universe

“Synchronicity” is the first one of my  “8 Awesome Ways to Know If You’ve Opened Your Channel” to your Higher Self and my Higher Self (HS) has certainly been communicating with me this week. I’ve been licking my wounds over the lack of success of my launch of “How to Be A Conscious Evolutionary – Awakened Seeker’s Journey.”  Not only was it not successful, but the stress of the production and promotion of this product negatively impacted my relationships and my health.

It wasn’t until this past Wednesday when a flurry of synchronicities all came together did I notice my HS was trying to get my attention.  It began with a powerful and deep meditation Wednesday morning that was chock full of contrasts . . . .  that didn’t feel like contrasts.  That is, I was fully present to my emotional pain that felt very heavy while at the same time noticing lightness within me.  This turned into a definite energy field of darkness next to pure white; I listened to the loud noises surrounding me and to the total quietness inside of me;  I felt the moist cool air on my face and the spaciousness of infinity; I lost all sensation of my physical body from the waist down and observed a sharp pain in my back.  In every instance I was aware of the contrasts, yet they felt only like distinctions of experiencing the same thing, a place where “preferences” seemed like a mute point because it didn’t matter, it was all the same. Wow!

Later that afternoon I listened to the message by Steve Rother (below) that centers on stepping fully into this harmonious world, including the harmony and joy (!) of pain.  His message in words contained the essence of my morning experience.  And then Mike Dooley’s wonderful note from The Universe (above) put it all into perspective when I read it late Wednesday evening.

In my coaching practice I often help people feel “the perfection of their situation even when their intellect doesn’t get it.”  As a Conscious Evolutionary I practice the meme of “Crisis is an evolutionary driver that stimulates innovative and creative solutions.”  And in my spiritual practice I forgive people and situations using the meditation, “You owe me nothing.  I owe you every thing.”

No matter what the words are, when you can grow to experience pain

• as joy
• as an evolutionary course corrector
• as the Universe synchronistically and lovingly supporting you
• as an experience to deepen your sense of oneness with All That Is
• then you won’t get stuck, you will always be evolving!

Practices to see the silver lining while experiencing emotional/mental pain:

• In your journal, write down every potential ripple effect that your situation might stimulate including those inside of you and those on your environments around you now or in the future.  Dig deep!

• Think outside the box and brainstorm new solutions to your situation if money (or relationships, location, etc) were not an issue.  Don’t stop until you’ve uncovered at least three (3) ideas or thoughts you’ve never even had before.

• Center your energy with long slow deep breaths.  In your mind’s eye, see the person or situation that is causing you pain and look at it directly and say, “You owe me nothing.  I owe you everything.”  Notice the insights that move you forward. (See below for an audio experience of this.)

• The Awakened Seeker’s Journey includes journaling exercises about how crises evolve your path and a recorded meditation about forgiveness that includes the phrase above.  I’m happy to gift you half off your purchase using the discount code “pain.”

conceive [kənˈsiːv]  vb

1. (when intr, foll by of) to have an idea (of); imagine; think
2. (tr; takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to hold as an opinion; believe
3. (tr) to develop or form, esp in the mind
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) to become pregnant with (young)
5. (tr) Rare to express in words
from thefreedictionary.com

We are nine (9) months out from celebrating BIRTH 2012, 12/22/12, a day to honor the threshold of our emergence towards a more loving, more collaborative, more unified humanity.  But, that’s getting ahead of ourselves.

We must first be able to “conceive” this humanity before we can birth it.  Let your imagination play with these questions to see what shows up for you.

• What is YOUR conception of a new humanity?
• What’s possible for our humanity if our transformation flows from fully awakened humans?
• What would a quantum leap for our humanity look like in evolutionary terms?
• What characteristics, attributes, or ways of being would epitomize a new humanity?
• What is your memory of our human future?

If we can “see” it, we can “be” it.  We can begin to live as though it is already so, which becomes a “calling forth” for the kinds of humans that can create such a new humanity.

I recently listened to an interview with Shifra Hendrie as she talked about the “coming era.”

“What is the Divine vision?  That Divinity and Infinity should be expressed everywhere.  … an Infinite being shinning his/her infinite light out in to the Infinite No End.  But, that’s no big deal for an Infinite Being.  What is a Big Deal is for that Infinite Being to be able to shine that Divinity and Infinity through a human heart.”

[What is your vision of the coming era?]

“A sustainable society for every human being where there is no fear, no competition, no struggles, no death, no separation, but an ever expanding experience of Love, joy, oneness, and Divinity within ourselves.”

Watch this inspiring video as Barbara Marx Hubbard talks about  our Humanity Ascending.  “We’re going to go where humans have never gone before.”

Conception Day, March 22, Austin & Global Events!

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In Austin, join me at 6:30 pm upstairs outdoor mezzanine of Whole Foods at 6th and Lamar to conceive a new humanity through an interactive hour of meditation, global heart-to-heart coherence hook-up, culminating in a collaborative group creative project. (Bring $5 supply fee and a flower.)

RSVP/info for Austin event:   http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Conscious-Evolutionaries/events/55255882/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/267948749946568/

Global webcast event features Barbara Marx Hubbard, Neale Donald Walsch, Jean Houston, Michael Beckwith, Jack Canfield, Lynne McTaggart and other top leaders as they share their insights about this all-important year and give you tools that empower you to create a new story for humanity.

Registration is free. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/32212ch

Then I flew to Los Angeles where The Shift Network and Barbara Marx Hubbard hosted a free (!) day and half conference for any of the more than 2000 people who have participated in the Agents of Conscious Evolution (ACE) Training.  Around 150 people showed up for the weekend.

And “show up” they did.  Participants were fully present to each other, connected to Essence, and eager to give as well as receive from one another.  Each person inspirational in her/his own right.

Barbara herself was lovely.  Accessible, humble, witty, charitable, Barbara is a model for BEING in this world, fully incarnating as Essence in her moment-to-moment presence.  I reveled in her ability to embody the concepts of the “third wave of empowerment,” [Steve Rother] the ability to hold authentic power without diminishing the power of those around her, nor diluting her own power.  It is this harmonizing effect of the third wave that will support the true collaborative nature of Universal Humanity, the evolving transformation potential of our future.

Kudos to Stephen Dinan and Devaa Haley Mitchell of The Shift Network for continuing to model an Enlightened business.  They are generous with their time, talents and passions as they weave a beautiful abundance tapestry of giving and receiving monetary flow through their organization.

A Conscious Evolutionary will always ask, “What is emerging?”

Could it be this heart centered, authentic embodiment of Essence is actually going to be “The New Norm?”

Listen to a small sampling from a few of the ACE participants as they share the projects and talents they are gifting to support the transformation of our humanity into the New Norm.  Notice the unique activation point that each of these people will create in the world.  Consider what your own activation point is.

Reconciliation with Native Americans – Maya Shaw Gale

Earth in Concert – Werner John

Peace Planet Project – Laura Merrell

Singing in the Shift – (The Peace Room), Sharon Abreu

Do You Embody the New Norm?

• There are many who believe the next quantum leap for our human species is to evolve to the “Universal Human,” one whose foundational field of energy is Love.  Listen to the words you choose to use in your own life.  Are you speaking from a foundation of Love or Fear?

• The vision for “Universal Humanity” includes a society that flows from unity consciousness and also honors the unique gifts of each individual. Harmonious daily life happens through a synergistic sharing of those gifts.  Do you collaborate with others from your authentic power, neither dominating others nor diminishing yourself?

This photo of White Rock Lake Park is courtesy of TripAdvisor

While running at White Rock Lake on Dec. 31, a man newly arrived from Mexico asked me this question.  As he shared his “proposal” for his new year in a new country I delighted in his energies of potential and possibility that presented itself.  He came from Matamoros where the drug lords are terrorizing every day life and the expansiveness of the freedom we enjoy here was pouring from him.  When we parted, I was left feeling euphoric with positive possibilities of what it might mean to “propose” to the New Year.

“Propose” feels so collaborative; “resolve” feels individuated.
“Propose” is full of possibilities; “resolve” seems inflexible.
“Propose” carries future potential; “resolve” holds shame of the past.

For Conscious Evolutionaries, the year of 2012 holds much potential for the Birth and first breath of a new humanity, our next evolutionary state.  Referred to as “Universal Humanity,” this conscious collective is characterized by collaboration, cooperation, peace, sustainability, regenerative economics, co-creativity and unity consciousness.  It is our world movement as a species to a balance of the higher vibrating states of both masculine and feminine energies combined.  We won’t magically arrive at this state all at once, but this is the year of the tipping point, the 100^th monkey effect that moves us in that direction.

“What’s your proposal for the New Year?”

I propose for myself in 2012 to be in synergistic collaboration with the energies flowing around me throughout the year; to step fully into the syntony of being an Agent of Conscious Evolution, aware of synchronicities guiding me toward others who are also resonating with this calling. Our co-creation occurs (supra-sex!) through inspired action based on the spontaneous knowing that flows from our Higher Selves.  In living from this place of our Essential Selves we support our world’s natural syntropy (vs. entropy) to occur and evolution toward the Universal Humanity happens.

My proposal is based on the “Seven S’s of Social Synergy” that I recently taught in our Conscious Evolution Circle in Austin.  Join our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ConscEvolutionary) to learn more about what we are doing in the Circle.  In the next few months our focus is around the “Winter of Wellness.”

But, you don’t have to live in Austin to participate!  You can hear inspirational wellness talks in the Wellness Summit, a FREE telesummit beginning January 9- March12 chock full of world-class pioneers such as Joan Borysenko, Dan Millman, John Gray and more!  For more info visit http://bit.ly/wowch.

“What’s your proposal for the New Year?”

• Sit quietly and let your awareness move inwardly.  Ask yourself, “What brings me joy?”  Make your proposal based on your deepest joy.

• Or, ask your quiet and poised mind, “What is most wanting to emerge from me in 2012?”

• Want to get better at hearing your own inner wisdom?  Try the exercises from How to Channel Your Higher Self to build your skills at receiving deep and personalized guidance.

An ice skater works on so many levels for me.  I’m in the midst of developing a new product I want to release in January (I’m totally excited about it!), yet there is still quite a bit of work to do.  My new product needs to look pretty, become accessible through new web pages, entered into a software program so it can be purchased, and marketed, of course.  There’s a lot of behind the scenes stuff that must happen to launch a new product.

In figure skating the “long program” is all about demonstrating the skater’s skills, grace and athleticism.  There are changes in rhythm, jumps, spins, long graceful movements and short bursts of fancy footwork, all of this while maintaining a look of grace, ease, effortlessness and balance.  It takes practice to create this sense of flow.

My practice for the past ten years has revolved around how to work in ways that don’t feel stressful, overwhelming and out of balance.  I’ve learned, and utilize, a number of tools to do this, sometimes successfully, other times not so much.  So, with this new product development I am once again focused on my “long program.”  I intend to demonstrate not only my skills for writing and coaching, but also, at working within a state of grace as I change rhythms, jump, spin and glide my way through the myriad of tasks associated with this new product while also participating in holiday cheer.

Which way is the dancer turning when you look at her?  It’s said that in whatever direction she’s turning is the side of the brain you’re using to see her.  Turning clockwise? You’re in your right brain.  Turning counter clockwise? That’s the left brain.  Can you shift your perspective and see her turning in the opposite direction? Can you change the speed of her turn?  Can you do this at will? All of these are possible!

I use her to remind myself that I can shift my perspective at any time I want to if I’m “skating” in a way that doesn’t feel good to me.  It’s my practice for creating grace, ease, effortlessness and balance.  What’s your practice?

Want to Create Your Own Metaphor?

• Sit quietly, close your eyes and take a few deep, centering breaths.

1. Now pose the question to your Higher Self, “What image will best serve to remind me of my deepest desires for how I want to ‘be’ as I move through these next few months?”
2. Allow the answer to float up from your depths, without forcing or trying to make it happen.
3. Be open to it showing up as an image, phrase, specific color(s), metaphor, story, archetype, or any number of ways your Higher Self can communicate with you.
4. Journal about the image you received; why is it perfect?
5. Draw the image or find a facsimile that you can post to remind yourself of your deepest desires.
6. Most of all, have FUN with this!!

• Here’s a resource from my friend, Renee Trudeau, about intentional living during the holidays. http://www.reneetrudeau.com/htmlemail/LifeBalanceNewsNovember2011.html

I’ve had a lot of inspiration in the area of consciousness cross my path and though I do my best to share on Facebook I’m feeling guided to put it all in one place today.  So, here’s my latest resource favorites, the things I turn to frequently to spark my own enthusiasm for expanding and growing in higher vibration/consciousness.

The Shift Network (http://bit.ly/tsnch):

Talk about leading edge consciousness for outstanding value!  Many of the programs are free and include the top names in the field of spirituality.  From personal growth to relationships to business to conscious evolution, there is so much to choose from.  Currently you can find:

Agents of Conscious Evolution (http://bit.ly/ace11ch) – 12 week training program (I attended the ACE 1 & ACE 2 classes, both outstanding, transformational inspiration to give your gifts to the metamorphosis of our world.)  This is the LAST class that Barbara Marx Hubbard will present materials in a live format!  After this, this program will be packaged as recordings.

The Enlightened Business Summit – a free 5 day telesummit with top names such as T Harv Eker & Marci Shimoff and more.  Begins 11/7.

The Shift Men’s Initiation, Soulful Women’s Certification, Peace Ambassadors Training, Wisdom of the Grandmothers, Manifesting through Chakras, even a course in Healing Through Laughter.  See the main website for more information.

I’ve found this organization delivers access to top names, high quality programming, and supports your learning through a variety of tools such as community building, meditation, additional handouts, and resource libraries.

The Consciousness Playground with Wendy Down (http://bit.ly/chcpg):

I first met Wendy when I purchased my WaveMaker in 2003 and began this journey of consciousness expansion.  She’s been my mentor ever since. Wendy always pushes the boundaries for the next potential to explore of knowing ourselves as Pure Consciousness playing with physical form.  Though she dances on the edge of what’s “believable,” the tools and practices she shares are easily applied in your everyday life, even as the results can feel quite magical!  How does she do that?

Additionally, her playground includes a robust, communicative, international membership group that generously shares resources and experiences.  Continuous expansion happens here!

Up next – Beyond Needing Healing: Let the Era of Quantum Health Care be born in YOU!

TUT’s Adventure Club with Mike Dooley (http://bit.ly/chtut)

My all time favorite free resource, “Notes from the Universe,” are humorous bits of new thought wisdom that invariably carry the absolute PERFECT reminder for my day.  Here’s one I recently received:

Every fortune, gold medal, and trophy…

Every comeback, triumph, and celebration…

And every kiss, hug, and hand held, Celeste…

Were first a thought, a whisper, or a dream.

Go, Celeste, go!

    The Universe

Powerful, humorous & transformative workshops; books, video’s, CD’s; African adventures, you can not go wrong with anything you choose to do with Mike.

Voice for Love with DavidPaul and Candace Doyle (http://bit.ly/vfl1ch):

Clicking on the link above takes you to a series of 4 free videos that teach you the process of receiving God’s guidance in your life.  From watching these videos you can shift out of fear and anxiety into a state of peace and joy, not only from what DavidPaul teaches, but also in the way he models this state for you.

I read DavidPaul & Candace’s book, The Voice for Love, many years ago when the word “God” carried uncomfortable baggage for me. This book was one of the ways I moved beyond my childhood version of “God” to the more expansive version of One energy, Source, Love, Higher Consciousness, that I hold now and feel grateful for this intervention in my life.

And for those who want “Edgy:”

Alchemy Wisdom (http://bit.ly/chalwis):  I met Jaden Rose at a Matrix Energetics workshop.  She was a facilitator, but still relatively shy about her metaphysical skills.  Since that time she has “come out of the closet” and shares her “downloads” of “Holographic Healing” with 1000’s at a time in teleconferences.  Be prepared to have a definite experience of energy and expansion when you participate!

Crimson Circle (http://bit.ly/chcrmcl):  These are the channeled works of Geoffrey Hopper speaking as Tobias and Adamus St. Germain. The “channels” are frequently delivered with humor and in a way that makes the metaphysical understandable.  The energy of these works is characterized in this statement pulled from their website.

“[People who listen to these channels] are humans who have realized their own divinity and strive to embody it in their lives by being conscious creators and integrating all aspects of themselves.”

In full transparency, I am an affiliate for each of these resources.  Being an affiliate is one way that supports my ability to be a resource-connector, have the time to write these articles and follow the inspiration of my heart’s vocational arousal.  I also am an avid and frequent consumer of each of these resources and they have each had a significant impact on my life.  May you gain from them as well.

Be Still.

I received this in a meditation last week when I asked, “What is most wanting to emerge from me?”

Be Still and you will Know.

And now I Know.

I just returned from sitting with a group (always so powerful to synchronize energies with others) whose intention is to sit in the middle of the city for 40 minutes of silence and then to share about that experience.  The first thing I experienced was a deep appreciation for the luxury of having 40 minutes of stillness ahead of me.  It felt very expansive, so much so that the loud noises of traffic, trains, horns, and people moving around us became part of that expansiveness, included and welcomed in that expansiveness.  That was cool.

But the coolest thing was as my inner stillness deepened even as it juxtaposed to the loud hum of the city, I felt the story of “cosmogenesis” become me or, I guess, I became it, I AM it.

In the Conscious Evolution Circles we teach the “Three C’s of Conscious Evolution” based on the works of Barbara Marx Hubbard.  The first “C” is “cosmogenesis,” the story of evolution over the past 13+ billion years.  This is the story that out of nothingness consciousness (God, Source Energy, Nature, Universal Love) occurred.  From that moment forward, the natural process of consciousness was to evolve by quantum leaps, always to higher consciousness, more complexity, greater freedom.  From no-thing, to a the universe, to an earth, to life, to animal life and then human life, the inner impulse of consciousness is to continuously seek higher consciousness, more complexity, greater freedom.

In this moment of sitting, I felt the non-dual state of being formless and the timelessness of the beginning of consciousness TOGETHER WITH the impulse to evolve to higher consciousness that is encoded into our DNA.  I felt myself TO BE the successful evolution of these 13+ billion years of evolution still excited and motivated to seek higher consciousness, more complexity and greater freedom.  The vast awakening that is occurring throughout our world is the turning on of this DNA encoded switch that NOW is the time for our next evolutionary leap.

What are the possibilities for that leap?  Saturday, October 15, you have an extraordinary opportunity to hear 14 leading Conscious Evolutionaries talk about their vision of what’s possible in this unique time of planetary transformation.

BIRTH 2012 Convergence Day!

and others form the “Welcoming Committee” to our Birthing of Universal Humanity

Live Virtual Event, 12:00 – 2:00 Pacific Time

Register Here

Even if you can’t attend live, register anyway to receive the recording of this extraordinary gathering of visionaries creating intentionality around global change.  Most important of all is that YOU are invited to give your own unique gifts to this co-creative planetary shift.  Are you game?

How to Feel the Story of Cosmogenesis within Yourself:

1. Begin by connecting deeply with your Essence, who you really are.  (Listen to a guided way to do this on my Higher Consciousness Coaching page.)
2. Observe first the field of energy that is you that is timeless, formless, peaceful and infinite, yourself as pure awareness.  Soak in this state for as long as you wish, it is delicious.
3. When you are ready, allow this request to sit in your heart space, “Show me what the evolutionary impulse feels, looks, sounds like in me.”
4. Observe any thoughts, feelings, images, colors, sounds, “downloads,” or impressions that surface within you.  Notice the sensations in your body as you do this.  You are in touch with the DNA of cosmogenesis!
5. Write about your experience in your journal to anchor this awareness.

• Conscious Evolution enables us to use our creative power to envision and create images of possibilities, and then bring those images to life by design.

Most readers of this blog are well aware of the Law of Attraction, the belief that we co-create our lives through the vibrational alignment of our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and ideas.  (See Abraham-Hicks’ books for more information.)

Conscious Evolutionaries recognize the exponential effects of group co-creation and seek out collaborative opportunities to stimulate evolutionary visions.

I’ve played a lot with group synergies, but usually in the context of personal growth.  However, I feel a distinct pull to grow beyond my own spiritual inner aspirations and begin to live more consciously as a global citizen.  I don’t really know yet all of the ways that I can contribute to the transformation of our world – that thought can even feel overwhelming – but I do know its important for me to follow this urge of deep resonance.

Are you also feeling the call to play a role in our world’s transformation, but have no idea what or how to do that?  See some ideas below.

• At its core, Conscious Evolution is a spiritually motivated endeavor affirming that humans are co-creators with Spirit, nature and universal design.

Through the 13+ billion years since the “big bang”, the natural process of evolution is actually non-linear and occurred through quantum leaps, each time to a state of more complex and higher consciousness.  This transitional period we are now in is a natural phase change from self, separated-consciousness to a universal whole system-consciousness.

Conscious Evolutionaries recognize a primary foundation of embodying “oneness” is to fully allow their Essence to incarnate in the physical body, taking dominion over the many faces of Ego (read more) thus working in synchronous partnership with higher states of consciousness (Spirit, nature, universal design).

Living from Essence is to know the difference between your Higher Mind (Higher Self) and the many voices of your Ego. The primary way I distinguish is by how the guidance feels.   Feels good, beautiful and/or true?  Must be Essence.  Feels bad, judgmental or confusingly false? More likely Ego, which is all about holding me in a separated state.

You can listen to a free recording of exercise developed to help you Feel Your Essence on my Coaching page.  The more often you connect with your Essence, the more you recognize when you are living from Essence and when you are not.

• Conscious Evolution is the emergence of a universal humanity capable of guiding its own evolution into a future of unimaginable co-creativity.

We are a product of 13+ billion years of successful evolution and we carry this history of evolutionary success in our very DNA. Millions of people at this specific time in our planet’s life are awakening to a deeper truth about who they really are and their purpose for being here at this time.

Conscious Evolutionaries feel this deeper truth as the very impulse of evolution giving rise to an “ecstatic urgency” (Andrew Cohen) to form social systems that are cooperative, collaborative, creative, synergistic and peaceful.  These are the attributes of a “universal humanity.”

I am practicing a meditation that is focused on feeling this impulse of evolution rising in me.  It is this very “ecstatic urge”  that is compelling me to reach out to others to form community around these ideas of Conscious Evolution.

Are you resonating with the beliefs of a Conscious Evolutionary?  Join a Conscious Evolutionary Circle! I can help you locate one if you contact me.

In Austin, the Conscious Evolutionary Circle meets the 1^st and 3^rd Wednesdays of the month, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, by donation, at World Spirit Books, 1006 South Lamar.

FREE Introductory Circle this Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 pm.

Practicing Conscious Evolution in Your Own Life:

• Develop your “evolutionary eyes” by noticing challenges in your life as evolutionary drivers.  When something is coming up differently than you want ask yourself, “What is wanting to evolve in me and emerge as new and innovative?

• Develop your “evolutionary voice” by initiating evolutionary conversations about your dreams and visions for the planet for the shifts you want to see.  Find others who are willing to create a field of hope and possibility for our planet.

• Develop your “evolutionary ears” by listening for opportunities to work collaboratively and creatively with others who inspire you with positive solutions to local challenges.

• Develop your “evolutionary impulse” by becoming a social Agent of Conscious Evolution either by joining the Barbara Marx Hubbard program, joining a Conscious Evolutionary Circle, or by starting one of your own!

1. Conscious Evolution takes place when we intend to grow in consciousness and use our increasing awareness to guide our actions and achieve a positive future.

In my 40’s I began to seek spiritual awareness, discovered “energy” in 2004 with the purchase of a WaveMaker, which then precipitated a consciousness awakening.  I’ve continued on this path of conscious expansion (a great resource is the Consciousness Playground), even writing a book on how to use this awareness as a guide.  My next growth phase is to move from individual evolution to planetary evolution.

What are your intentions for Conscious Evolution?

2. Conscious Evolution is a process by which we can individually and collectively take responsibility for our future by taking purposeful action.

“The outward movement into form does not express itself with equal intensity in all people.” (Eckhart Tolle)

Your “purposeful action” may look like dedicated recycling, causal philanthropy, or even a daily focus on maintaining a state of inner peace.  Frequency-holders “are here to generate consciousness through the activities of daily life, through their interactions with others as well as through ‘just being.’  They affect the world much more deeply than is visible on the surface of their lives. “ Eckhart Tolle is saying you still affect the “collective consciousness” even as you focus as an individual and that you play a critical role in conscious evolution.

Still others “feel a strong urge to build, create, become involved, achieve, make an impact upon the world.” (Eckhart Tolle)  If this is you, then your time is NOW to become involved with the evolution of our planet.  We are in the midst of a shift that is still undecided.  Yet, as self-aware species, we have the opportunity, for the first time in evolution, to change by choice rather than by chance, to break through rather than to break down.  Be-causal be-cause you can! The world is ripe for your investment of time and energy.

These are the first two of five definitions from our handout.  For now, contemplate for yourself where you stand in your own conscious evolution and your relationship to the conscious evolution of our planet.

What are your personal definitions of conscious evolution?

What purposeful actions are you feeling called to take?

All over the globe, Agents of Conscious Evolution are creating Evolutionary Circles.  Look for one in your community!  Here is one for Austin, Texas residents.

Central Austin Conscious Evolutionary Circle – Introductory Circles (no charge)

Wednesday, September 21 and/or 28, 7:00 – 8:30 pm

Whole Spirit Books, 1006 South Lamar Blvd.

Are You a Conscious Evolutionary?

Here are some beliefs that Conscious Evolutionaries hold and live by.

• Our world crises are the evolutionary drivers to quantum leaps in creative & innovative solutions.

• As self-aware species we can choose to change by choice rather than chance, to break through rather than breakdown.

• Large-scale potentials exist for wide-scale global cooperation, innovation, sustainability and peace.

• There are many paths to planetary transformation, each of us with a unique gift to support the evolutionary shift that is in the making.

Do these match your beliefs?  Would you like to know more? Find an Evolutionary Circle near you!

Then I was eye level with 1000’s of ants scurrying all around. “This is like the world, lots of minutia, lots of activity. Learn how to observe it, but not be of it. There is going to be more of this than ever before. Stand up and look from this vantage point and observe the hectic movement. Feel the difference of standing peacefully amongst all of that activity. When you observe from here you can see where to step outside the path of the ants. Learn to step around the ant beds [just as you do in your world now].”

This meditation dovetails with a primary practice we are playing with in the summer session of the ACE Training. Through the teachings of Barbara Marx Hubbard and the meditations of her sister, Patricia Ellsberg, we are completely focused on moving from Ego to Essence in our daily lives.

One of the deepening practices is to ask Essence, while in meditative communion with her, to take dominion over all “local selves,” the term used to describe the many faces of Ego. This step is about incarnating Essence, creating a union of my body/mind with my Higher Self to live as one, a non-dual being, a Universal being. Essence feels expansive and has a broad observation vantage point, much like standing up among the ants. When Essence has dominion, local selves/ego actually relax, letting go of the need to have to be in control, in a hurry to get things done. This state allows Essence/Higher Self and Ego to work together as one, to take action from a higher vibratory state leading to syntony, or attunement, with your deeper life purpose.

Conscious Evolutionary Circles to begin in Austin on Wednesday, September 21, 7:00 pm at World Spirit Books, 1006 South Lamar Blvd.  Watch Channel Your Higher Self facebook page for more details or visit the event page.

Practices to Allow Your Essence to Take Dominion:

• Learn first how to be in communion with your Essence/Higher Self. Use the coupon code PRINT for 50% discount for the print version of How To Channel Your Higher Self.

• While fully aligned with your Higher Self, ask that your local selves allow your Essence to have complete dominion of your body/mind. Allow any local selves to “discuss” their fears with Essence about what it means to give up control. Your Essence lovingly assuages any fears.

• Once in dominion, allow Essence/Higher Self to guide, nurture and collaborate with local selves, taking inspired actions that flow from the connection to the Higher Mind/Noosphere.