Winds of Change

New vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full Moon

January 2006 Full Moon Newsletter

Contents

moon phases

Full Moon in Cancer
Jan 14 (4:48 AM Eastern Standard Time)

Step out of conflict
The small mind loves a good fight
But peace is waiting

Gathering the Light
In the basket of my heart
Radiance abounds

What's Happening?

During the full moon in Cancer we can use water to help us heal and stay balanced with the flood of feelings that engulfs us. We always have choices and this is a time to make the choice to stay centered rather than go into overwhelm. Water rituals, baths and, of course, lots of water to drink will help us hold the center rather than being washed away.

Here in the East, the darkness has been profound over the last month, creating sleepiness and tiredness that just doesn't seem to go away. This darkness, combined with the intensity of the energy shift that catapulted us up a vibrational level or so, has been challenging. But challenge is only there to hone our skills and keep us practiced at being centered in the moment. Each day I practice coming back to that center place when I my mind wants to create a story about what is happening. The amazing shift that we are in has little tolerance for a mind that is still telling scary stories and a lot of grace for remaining in a heart-centered space. Let your heart lead the way!

Thinking with my heart
Is not a thought at all but
Feeling awareness

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS

Emotional Education for Parents and Children
Facilitated by Linda Heron Wind

You probably never went to school to learn about the purpose of your emotions, how they can be effectively expressed, and what they can teach you. If you are like most people you learned about your emotions from your parents who didn't know any more than you did. This usually results in a variety of ineffective ways of responding to your emotions that go all the way from stuffing them to projecting them onto others. Wouldn't it be nice if you and your children could learn together how to work with emotions in a way that enhances family relationships and promotes good emotional skills in everyday life? That is exactly what this series of classes is about. In 4 sessions of 2 hours each you will acquire the knowledge and practical skills that will provide a solid foundation for your family to work effectively with the emotions that surface in everyday living.

Using stories, role playing, self control techniques, and problem solving skills, parents and their children will learn to identify, express, learn from, and resolve their emotions as well as how to respond in helpful ways to the emotions of others.

Outline

Recognizing emotions in ourselves and in others
Techniques for working with emotions in the family
Tools for self-control
Distinguishing between emotions and behaviors
Expressing emotions
What we can learn from our emotions
What to do with the energy of emotion
Identifying and handling emotional triggers
When to hide your feelings
Using problem solving and thinking aloud to address emotions

WHEN: New group forming in late January.
WHERE: in the Victor-Pittsford area
COST: $180 per family for all 4 sessions or $50 per individual session
Email LHWind@aol.com or call 585-924-5620 if you are interested in being part of that group.

Ritual

Water Blessings - Take some time on this full moon, or the days before and after it, to nurture yourself with water. Consciously drinking water to hydrate and flush your body is one way to do this. Get the purest water you can and bless it before you drink it. Feel your oneness with it. You can charge it with a crystal in the light of the full moon if you like. Be a conscious water drinker for at least one full day. Then bathe in water that you have blessed. You may want to put essential oils in it or flower petals. Light a candle and play uplifting music. Focus on nurturing your body, both physical and energetic, with the water.

Water nurtures me
I am one with its nature
Dissolved in its flow

Meditation Exercise

Staying Centered - Take a deep breath or two and drop a root down into the Earth from your tailbone. Then breathe out the top of your head up to the sky and stars. Feel yourself centered within your heart, where Earth and sky are joined. You might imagine yourself standing in a circle in your heart. A beam of light goes through the center of this circle right where you are standing. As you face each direction, forward, each side, and behind, there are four qualities that appear as symbols. It is as if you are surrounded by these guardians and embraced by them as well. First, in front of you is compassion. Notice how compassion presents itself to you and what it feels like. Explore it for as long as you like and then look to your right. There you see grace. Notice how it presents itself and how it feels. Then in back of you is love. Notice its symbol and how it feels. Finally to your left is joy. How does it show itself to you and how does it feel? Now just stand in the center and feel them all at the same time. Stay in that place of centeredness as long as you like and then come back to your body bringing the circle and the feeling with you.

Step into Center
Embraced there by compassion
By grace, love, and joy

Inspiration

Now available on the website, poems by Heron:
What the Trees Know

This Month's Article

Operating System Version 11 (OS11)

Linda Heron Wind

I have been upgrading my computer lately and pondering the ways in which our human operating systems are being upgraded as well. As I go through the process of seeing what programs work with the new operating system and what ones don't, I am struck by the parallels between upgrading a computer and the shifts in consciousness that are presently taking place. So I thought it might be good to comment on what I believe to be the characteristics of the new human operating system - OS11.

Why eleven? Well eleven is a number that represents a gateway. Over the past several years there have been energy accelerations around the 11:11 or November 11th. A gateway symbolizes passing from one place to another, or in this case from one level of consciousness to another. It also represents the passing from duality to unity and, in the present shift, from the consciousness of the mind to the consciousness of the heart.
So here is what's new about the OS11:

There are numerous old mind-based programs that simply won't work. Examples include: fear, worrying, fighting, deception (self or other), separation, wanting, ego, blame, and addiction.
Programs that do work much better now are heart-centered and based on connection, presence, openness, love, centeredness, peace, compassion, grace, gratitude, and joy.
Heart-centered programs now have added features and work much faster under OS11. For example, manifestation is much quicker now with thought forms showing up in physical form with little delay. The added features include a sense of inner peacefulness in the midst of outer chaos, a decoder that allows symbols to translate to a feeling level faster, and instant messaging as a way of communicating with other humans without words.
The conscious interface with OS11 has been simplified, making use of the system much easier. Fewer buttons and commands are available and one program will address a multitude of situations. For example, the LOVE button now works well in any situation. It is no longer dependent on discerning the correct person or story and no judgment or decision is needed at all. Likewise PRESENCE will work 24/7 with no other choices to make.
The programming language is no longer story-based. This eliminates untold dramas and emotional upheavals. Instead the language is reality-based. Unlike reality TV (which is really story-based programming), reality-based programming language is based on the understanding that there is really only one of us here. That simplifies a lot!
Programs that are not sustainable for Earth and all her inhabitants actually self-destruct when you try to operate them. This is actually a good thing since we have been trying to rid ourselves of those programs for a long time.
Keeping your operating system up and running with OS11 is also different. It requires regular maintenance in the form of meditation, exercise, whole foods and connections with other systems. It is much less tolerant of stress, sugar, and isolation than previous versions have been. Because of its simplicity of operation, however, there will be plenty of time for these maintenance procedures.

The upgrade of your present system has probably already been completed. Hopefully these helpful hints on the use of your system will make your transition to OS11 easier. As we all know, upgrades rarely come with a manual these days!

OS Eleven
Gateway to Heart Consciousness
No turning back now!

Step through the gateway
It's easy if you don't think
Just feel your way through

If you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

Check out the article about CIRCLE in the D&C
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/02042S35QT0_news.shtml

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