”There is an endless net of threads throughout the universe. The horizontal threads are in space. The vertical threads are in time. At every crossing of the threads, there is an individual, and every individual is a crystal bead. And every crystal bead reflects not only the light from every other crystal in the net, but also every other reflection throughout the entire universe.”  — Indra's Net, from the Rig Veda, 1500 BC —the oldest know Vedic Sanskrit text, or song

These Chaotic Times

     My guides frequently tell me that we must step up and meet the challenges and chaos of our times with every ounce of love we can muster. 

     They say we need to be peace. To be present, witnessing with compassion. To maintain our equanimity, deep connection, and rootedness, andto engage the spiritual and meditation practices we have learned into our daily lives—in every moment.

      “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change,” said none other than Charles Darwin.

     To shift your perceptions of what’s happening from fear to calm, or from anxiety to equanimity, it’s necessary to change the way you think. The way you see yourself. The way you see the world. It’s necessary change the way you live your life. We know that’s not easy. And every time I manage to put my worry aside, or stop creating dramas before they happen, I’m grateful I have the tools and am willing to use them!

Using Your Medicine Bag of Tools

     Most of us have lots of tools—we’re just lazy or forgetful. And if you have experienced a bunch of big pressures at once—being a sandwich generation caretaker, or experiencing cancer and job loss at the same time, or having a family member who is mentally unstable—know from experience that when you did get it together to meditate, you calmed down. When you carved an hour for exercise, you felt less stress.

     It’s my own experience of multiple life stressors at once that brought me to this passion: I would not have survived without my energy and shamanic and meditation practices. I’ve seen the same with hundreds of clients over the years: when they do the work as they know how, they thrive. When they fail to follow through, they suffer.        

Conscious Interconnection

     Imagining yourself connected to everyone and everything isn’t easy in our atomized world. Yet our isolation from each other drags us down. It is possible, with practice, to learn to experience interconnection.

     The next major behavioral shift of our species will lead us away from isolating individualism and towards living consciously and connected in the quantum, morphic fields that surround us. Here are two practices to do just that:

Practice: Rooting Yourself Into  Interconnection

Lie comfortably on the floor or your bed. 
Breathe deeply, filling your lungs and belly with fresh air, and blowing all the stale air out. Do this three times.
Send roots through your feet into the earth. Let these roots be like mushroom mycelium, spreading filaments in all directions. 
Let your roots touch minerals, soil, tree roots, and creatures underground—the whole kingdom of nature.
Feel the energy of all of nature coming into your body through your roots, filling you. Sense the nanoparticles of intelligence communicating with and flowing into you. Enjoy whatever sensations arise.

When you feel refreshed and filled, take another conscious breath, breathing out gratitude for the beautiful connections available to you.

Practice: Imagining Yourself In the Great Web

Imagine yourself as a crystal bead in Indra’s Net. 
See yourself shine. 
Notice the threads that extend from you to the next bead, and the next; and from those beads to the others, endlessly. 
Feel how you are in connection and communication with all other crystal beads, all other beings. 
Let your heart sing into this beautiful vision. 

It is not only possible, it is calming, enlightening, and peaceful to imagine yourself thus aligned.  The vast universe beyond supports you and awaits you!