A few blogs ago I talked about the difficulty of living in this time of transition; being a 5th dimensional person living in a 3rd dimensional economy. The world (and economy) runs on clocks and timetables which the universe is not so aware of. The rent is due on the 1st day of the month period, so how does a 5th dimensional person not panic on the 25th of the month? It is not that we can wave the magic manifestation wand and just in time we trip over a bag of money or win a lottery. That is a skill I would totally love to have LOL. It is trust. Trust in the love (energy) that is source. Trust that whatever happens will be for our highest and best good.
          O.k. 5th dimensional people don’t worry about rent day and believe that when they have a need the universe will create a way of providing. Does that mean 5th dimensional people do not work? Are we all, just sitting around in the lotus position just waiting for the universe to drop money into our lap? Not at all… actually we work very hard, but we do what gives us joy. We use our innate gifts to bring good into the world and it is a great way to live. Artists and musician have been applauded for doing this for all of history. But anyone who loves the work they do and is good at it should be celebrated also. Doing any job with honesty and a spirit of service to others is honourable. I have a friend who is in mortgages…she works hard to find the best fit for the bank’s clients. With the best fit the client doesn’t default and the bank ultimately gets more money, less expense, client referrals and a strong reputation; which brings in more clients. 
          My own gift is less obvious than art or music… I can see the HEART… a person’s heart or the heart of an issue. It is very clear to me what is at the root of a problem and how it can be fixed. Some people are good with the “Big Picture” some people are "Detail Oriented"… my brain just happens to be wired to do both. Whether it is productivity in one’s job or problems in relationships, every situation is unique and needs to be addressed individually.  So, I can only really help when I have met with them, either by phone or email or in person. Basically, you could say my job is “personal consultant”.  People consult with me and I find the root of their problem and give them a strategy to fix it. Since most of my clients come through word of mouth, it has taken a while to start a practice here in Victoria… which is what has me pondering the meshing of 3-D and 5-D business practices.
         How exactly does 5th dimensional commerce work? I guess the most striking difference, is that payment comes in the form of energy (most often that is expressed as money). But an artist might need my help developing a marketing strategy (I am working with one now). He will initially pay me with his work then when the marketing increases his income, he will pay me a percentage of that. I do not set a value on what I do; my clients know what I have given them and what it is worth to them. If it is a business I may only be given a few hundred dollars for the initial strategy but once the quarterly reports come in, they may send another cheque for the unfolding value, which they can now quantify.  Someone may chose to hire me hourly to assist with some transitional phase in their life or business. In getting to THE HEART OF THE MATTER, every situation is as special as the individual, so every transaction depends on the individual situation.
The only guarantee I give is that… if I can help,  I will help. 
          If I were going to describe 5th dimensional commerce in a word… the word would be trust. Trust in your own talents to be of real service in the world. Trust that people will pay you what you are worth. Trust in the balance of energy (karma), knowing every good you put into the world returns to you blessed and multiplied. Trust that god/source is love and you will always have what you need to be the best you that you can be. 

Have a joyous day

                    Honesty in facing a situation is to be brave. Always be
                    honest in word and action. Be honest first with yourself,
                    and you will more easily be able to be honest with others. 
     In the Anishinaabe language, this word  can   also mean “righteousness.”


           The first statement doesn’t seem relevant to a discussion of honesty so much as it speaks to the interconnectedness of all of the Grandfathers’ Teachings. I will address this subject at the end of these blogs. I have clustered the blogs on the Grandfathers’ Teachings on a sub- subpage of Native Perspectives. For today we will discuss the subject of honesty. 
          Our society has mixed emotions about honesty “honesty is the best policy” is countered by the concept of “white lies”… kind of an end result justification for dishonesty. White lies are actually not necessary, your granny might have said, “If you can't say something nice don’t say anything at all.”  You don’t have to lie…you just have to seek the good. Compliment the colour not the fit of your friend’s new dress or comment on the homely child’s beautiful eyes or sweet disposition; these are not lies, you are honestly focusing on what is good.   
          Too often people use, “I am just being honest” as an excuse to bully or abuse others. If you are using your honesty as a weapon to beat down other people; then it is time to be honest with yourself. What inadequacy are you feeling that has you seeing the world, so darkly? People, who are happy and fulfilled in their own lives, seek to share that joy with the rest of the world.
          So what does it mean to live honestly? Walk your talk…first and foremost. Don Miguel Ruiz would say, “Be impeccable with your words.” Words have power; the words you use should reflect who you truly are… your value and your values. Maybe more important than being honest about who you are… is to be honest about the person you want to be. Then your talk can guide your walk into your TRUE self. As the Grandfathers have taught, being honest with you makes it easier to be honest with others. 
           You probably already know several good reasons to be honest on the 3-D level. If you cheat a person out of $10 your reputation suffers and soon no one will do business with you. If you are caught in a lie you damage the relationship you have with that person. Lies are harder to remember then the truth. If you don’t respect yourself enough to value your word (commitments) then how can you expect anyone else to respect you. 
          On a 5-D level this is even deeper.  A policeman once asked me, “If I would lie for my friend”. I had to explain to him that lying is not something you do for someone; it is something you do to someone.  Once we understand the interconnectedness of all things, we understand that every action (word or deed) has a ripple effect influencing everything else. Our path through this life allows us to encounter the experiences and people who serve our highest and best good. When we lie or act dishonestly we manipulate outcomes which may delay or completely misdirect us from our spiritual path. The life-path which results in achieving the abundance of Joy, Peace, Love, Wealth and Health that is our right as divine beings.

Have a joyous day.


 

          Today I want to share a bit about and my journey…potholes, pitfalls and the bumps in between. I do this not to discourage you from your journey but hopefully to inspire you on your journey. I was never inspired by Jesus the god, Jesus the man however is amazing to me and worthy of my following. He left the comfort of home and family to help us all learn how to manifest miraculous lives filled with abundance. Sadly at that time, he and the other great teachers were talking to species that was still operating from their monkey brains. Fortunately in this time of awakening consciousness, human-beings have evolved enough to understand the words of the great prophets and the value those truths have in our lives. We are all seekers on the road to enlightenment and empowerment. Like Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales we travelers share our stories to ease the journey. Today I will share mine.   
          I have been non-religious for most of my life; I always believed
there was something more than human-kind and this existence. I suppose I find the idea that we are as good as it gets, really scary. When my son was 10 he asked me what I thought god is; my answer was, “to me god is the space between the molecules”.  Even then I was onto the idea of an energetic force of creation and cohesion. I was what I called a Deist Taoist, I believed everything was energy and that energy was in flux; always trying to re-establish balance (that’s the Taoist part) and I did not believe this energy interacted with specific individual for a specific purpose (that’s the Deist part). 
           The idea that we could interact with and even use this divine energy is fairly new to me. A couple of years ago I met a young man who healed
himself of a bipolar disorder. This made me curious about the power of energetic healing. So I attended a spiritualist church in my neighbourhood, there I discovered that much of what I took to be a crazy person’s rantings were being taught as metaphysical truth. After that I spent much time evolving my own spiritual awareness and energetic gifts (we all have them). Now I can live 5th dimensionally… trusting my intuition as divine guidance from higher knowing (consciousness). My friend argues that when we add, thinking and feeling to our physical forms (3-D) we are 5th dimensional. So this awakening of consciousness is actually 6th dimensional. For the sake continuity with popular vernacular, I am going to continue calling physical world 3-D and spiritual acknowledgement 4-D and awakening consciousness 5-D.
          Back in November 2012 my intuition told me to move to Victoria B.C. This choice had no basis in logic so I asked the universe, “why?” the  response was, “to teach and heal”. As a 5th dimensional being I just said, ‘OK” and by January 7th I was in Victoria, looking for work and a place to live.  One would think that when God/Source/ Universe tells you to do something and you do it … that everything should come together easily. That is not always the case… more than 4 months later I am still looking for work and 4 weeks away from finding my butt and suitcases on the curb. As little as 3 years ago I would have been worried and frightened,
but optimistic (that has kind of always been my nature). I could best describe  myself as realistic…aware that the glass is half empty, while appreciating that it is still have full.    
          I have received several clear messages about what things I need to do, one of them is to write… but my brain can’t focus on writing with  these mundane things like food and shelter distracting me. This is where our 5-D living runs into problems fitting into our 3-D world, in 100 years everyone (including landlords) will trust the universe to balance itself and that over time generosity will be met with multiplied abundance.  For
now you and I have to find a way to live in 5th dimensional awareness
while accommodating the 3rd dimensional world which is still evolving. 
          Was god just messing with me when he decided to send me to Victoria? Hellzzz NO… that universal energy has no purpose but to create the highest and best good for all; individually and collectively. Highest good also involves timing. Example: If I find a job I may not be alert when the best job for my good comes along. Conversely, if I found a job right away, I may not be desperate enough to take a day labour position clearing out a warehouse. A warehouse which may turn out to be the home for a Spirit of the 8th Fire healing centre.
          We need to trust that even if we don’t understand the why and when...  that everything will work out in our best interests. It has always been  that way for me. The most important thing we can do is keep our hearts open to the opportunities the universe sends us. Feeling right is a far more accurate, an assessment of any situation then thinking it through. Not that the two can’t work together, especially when there are other people involved.  
         I am way past my 600 word preference, so I need to wrap this up for
today. I will leave you with this little abundance invocation I was given. It
just reminds you to keep your heart open to your higher consciousness and the universal consciousness.

                         I am light … I am love …. I am one with the  universe
            
                             I am deserving … I am receiving … I am accepting   

                             NOW HURRY-UP DAMN IT    (optional last sentence)

Have a joyous day. 

          Last evening I was able to spend time in conversation with some very interesting people. We were discussing the question, “What is reality?”  You may feel this question is more philosophical than spiritual, but there is a connection and that is no surprise since as spiritualist we believe that all existences are connected. 
          We addressed temporal reality…the table is a real table in this moment. With a few swings of an axe it becomes real kindling. Toss a match on it and it becomes real ash. So reality that is subject to change with changes in circumstances over time.     
         Then there is subjective reality. A great example of this was when I was trying to explain to my Christian friend how I have trouble communicating with my higher knowing (consciousness). I said that it is like I live in Canada and I have this really smart twin living in Belarus…I send messages to her and she gets them easily but when she sends messages to me they are lost in the mail. Thankfully that situation is slowly improving. My friend said at least Belarus is real. I don’t
know anyone who has visited Belarus but as a member of a spiritual church I know more people who have visited other dimensions. We can also have collective subjective reality; that which groups or even entire cultures accept as real. Still it is their reality even if it does not resonate as real for others.
          The one thing we could come up with that exists universally regardless or time or perspective is LOVE. To paraphrase Judge Scalia, “I can’t describe it but I know it when I feel it.”  There is no mistaking it, whether you are giving, receiving or just witnessing LOVE in action you can feel it vibrating through you. So the highest, most immutable thing in existence is LOVE.           
         I added, what I have said many time on the website that, “God (however you perceive it) IS love”. When I got home I asked myself (and now I ask you) what if we switch that around? What if we assert that, “LOVE is god”?  Would we be better people if we worshipped LOVE, were ruled by LOVE, and trusted in LOVE?                  
        As spiritualist we appreciate that it is not our place to define another
person’s reality. Whatever brings them peace and joy and allows them to be the best person they came possibly be, is good for all of us. That “love is god” may be up for debate… but I don’t think anyone can deny that LOVE is good.
Have a joyous day