" What is the purpose of life?"
"To create Beauty."
This is the answer I always receive when I ask my guides this question.
To Create Beauty - in life
- in our art
- in our relationships
- with our children
- in our work
What is Beauty?
- Love. Love for life
Love for others
Love for nature
Creating Joy and understanding every day, with gratitude for this job we have been given.
Lucky us. If we can have the grace to open to this work. Namaste.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
For my mother, Memoir from a Daughter
The storm was present in my consciousness all night. Ebbing and flowing, the wind blowing throughout my sleep.
I was dreaming of snow- a snowstorm to be exact. The wind whistling through the cracks in the window, the sound of the snow drifting up against the house, and the knowledge that the world would look different when we woke up.
I was cozy in my bed, warm and snug, knowing my parents would keep me that way- safe and comfortable while they slept across the hallway.
I woke up- not in the snow, but to the rain. And I achingly missed my parents as I hadn't in years.
To explain, I have always felt pulled in two directions - between the life I have here in California and the one I could have lead in Wisconsin, with my parents and siblings.
We were in our twenties and blithley got in our little car and drove to California, breaking my parents' hearts.
We saw them once or twice a year, but it wasn't the same as living in the same town or even the same state.
I remember once I called my mom. She said, " It's snowing. The first snowfall of the year."
"Is it sticking? " I asked.
"Oh yes. It's so pretty."
"Oh," I said. She knew by the tone in my voice how I missed seeing that layer of soft white muffling the sound and turning everything into beauty.
The last time I talked to her, there was no snow. I said, " You have to eat." She said, " I ate a strawberry. When are you coming?"
"July fifteenth."
" That's not soon enough."
"Well, that's when we have our reservations."
And she was right, as she was so many times when I only half listened.
Upon landing, the pilot said, " It is four o'clock in Wisconsin."
When we got to the house, my Dad said, "She died at four o'clock.
Indeed, it wasn't soon enough.
In a dream quite a few years ago, my grandmother and I were standing in the back garden, the one my mother had created, with lilac bushes, snapdragons, phlox and lilies of the valley. We were looking at the full moon.
My grandmother said, "Look at the moons."
And then there were many moons, one above the other in its own strip of sky, each a different shade of color. Silver, pink, orange, blue and more.
I looked and thought, " Parallel moons, parallel lives, each one a possible life, a constellation of a turning point, I could have chosen."
And now I am about the age my mother was when I last spoke to her. And I look at the "Grandmother Moon" dream a little differently. The moons seem to me to be the stages in a woman's life. Infant, child, maiden, mother, and grandmother.
And so, I say to my mother," Thank you for bearing me, even though I caused you pain. Thank you for giving me this remembrance full of joy and pain."
I know you experienced happiness, for I have a memory and a picture of you as a young mother, doing a cartwheel on our grass, laughing and full of joy.
I know you showed me the for-get-me-nots that were your mother's favorite flower, so I would remember her and you.
And I do remember.
I was looking for you after dinner. You were lying on your bed, tired after feeding and looking after a family of five. You moved over to let me lie next to you. And we listened to the crickets through the screen in the summer night.
Namaste, Lia
I was dreaming of snow- a snowstorm to be exact. The wind whistling through the cracks in the window, the sound of the snow drifting up against the house, and the knowledge that the world would look different when we woke up.
I was cozy in my bed, warm and snug, knowing my parents would keep me that way- safe and comfortable while they slept across the hallway.
I woke up- not in the snow, but to the rain. And I achingly missed my parents as I hadn't in years.
To explain, I have always felt pulled in two directions - between the life I have here in California and the one I could have lead in Wisconsin, with my parents and siblings.
We were in our twenties and blithley got in our little car and drove to California, breaking my parents' hearts.
We saw them once or twice a year, but it wasn't the same as living in the same town or even the same state.
I remember once I called my mom. She said, " It's snowing. The first snowfall of the year."
"Is it sticking? " I asked.
"Oh yes. It's so pretty."
"Oh," I said. She knew by the tone in my voice how I missed seeing that layer of soft white muffling the sound and turning everything into beauty.
The last time I talked to her, there was no snow. I said, " You have to eat." She said, " I ate a strawberry. When are you coming?"
"July fifteenth."
" That's not soon enough."
"Well, that's when we have our reservations."
And she was right, as she was so many times when I only half listened.
Upon landing, the pilot said, " It is four o'clock in Wisconsin."
When we got to the house, my Dad said, "She died at four o'clock.
Indeed, it wasn't soon enough.
In a dream quite a few years ago, my grandmother and I were standing in the back garden, the one my mother had created, with lilac bushes, snapdragons, phlox and lilies of the valley. We were looking at the full moon.
My grandmother said, "Look at the moons."
And then there were many moons, one above the other in its own strip of sky, each a different shade of color. Silver, pink, orange, blue and more.
I looked and thought, " Parallel moons, parallel lives, each one a possible life, a constellation of a turning point, I could have chosen."
And now I am about the age my mother was when I last spoke to her. And I look at the "Grandmother Moon" dream a little differently. The moons seem to me to be the stages in a woman's life. Infant, child, maiden, mother, and grandmother.
And so, I say to my mother," Thank you for bearing me, even though I caused you pain. Thank you for giving me this remembrance full of joy and pain."
I know you experienced happiness, for I have a memory and a picture of you as a young mother, doing a cartwheel on our grass, laughing and full of joy.
I know you showed me the for-get-me-nots that were your mother's favorite flower, so I would remember her and you.
And I do remember.
I was looking for you after dinner. You were lying on your bed, tired after feeding and looking after a family of five. You moved over to let me lie next to you. And we listened to the crickets through the screen in the summer night.
Namaste, Lia
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
The Chakra System
Greetings! The next meditation I would like to offer you on meditatewithfriends.com is called The Chakra System. Chakras are energy centers that run up and down your spine from above your head to below your feet.
Your body is giving your mind all kinds of information all the time and knowledge of the chakra system is very helpful in interpreting what is happening in your whole energy system.
I clear my chakras almost every day with various methods, usually before I go to sleep. Sometimes just a gentle rotation, letting go of energy you gathered during the day that you don't need anymore and filling up again with your own light is all you need. Other times you might want to go deeper, as in this meditation. Getting a tune up like this makes you feel great and helps you become more balanced.
There are no music or sounds on this one, just my voice, so hang in - the rewards will be there and mostly, have fun with The Chakra System. Namaste
Your body is giving your mind all kinds of information all the time and knowledge of the chakra system is very helpful in interpreting what is happening in your whole energy system.
I clear my chakras almost every day with various methods, usually before I go to sleep. Sometimes just a gentle rotation, letting go of energy you gathered during the day that you don't need anymore and filling up again with your own light is all you need. Other times you might want to go deeper, as in this meditation. Getting a tune up like this makes you feel great and helps you become more balanced.
There are no music or sounds on this one, just my voice, so hang in - the rewards will be there and mostly, have fun with The Chakra System. Namaste
Monday, July 23, 2018
July 2018 new post leading to "Mountain Lake."
Hello! I have been enjoying partial retirement for a few months. It's an interesting place to be. I now understand that these kinds of changes involve leaving behind part of the identity you have been in the world and it causes some head trips.
But mainly, you come to know it is time to let go of that part of your life, there is kind of a natural ending. You can keep it going for awhile but ultimately, it was a good ride and you are done with that section of your life purpose.
And yay! then, on to other things that can be given more attention to. Kind of like fine tuning what you want to do with the rest of your life. So I will be discovering that along the way.
Meanwhile, I am putting up one of my very favorite meditations for you on meditatewithfriends.com. under the free to stream page. It really is free to download, I have to change the heading.It is the last selection down the row.
In "Mountain Lake" you will go to the most beautiful place and receive very deep healing in all your cells. You will experience the presence of some unseen helpers, and perhaps meet a special guide or the advice of a special guide to help you with whatever you need at this time in your life.
These meditations are given over a long period of time and so build up to a power simply because we have been sitting together for months or years. They are still effective, I think, for one-time listening. Write and let me know how you have experienced this one and perhaps I can judge which one would be helpful to you to put up next time. I would love to hear from you.
Namaste, Lia
But mainly, you come to know it is time to let go of that part of your life, there is kind of a natural ending. You can keep it going for awhile but ultimately, it was a good ride and you are done with that section of your life purpose.
And yay! then, on to other things that can be given more attention to. Kind of like fine tuning what you want to do with the rest of your life. So I will be discovering that along the way.
Meanwhile, I am putting up one of my very favorite meditations for you on meditatewithfriends.com. under the free to stream page. It really is free to download, I have to change the heading.It is the last selection down the row.
In "Mountain Lake" you will go to the most beautiful place and receive very deep healing in all your cells. You will experience the presence of some unseen helpers, and perhaps meet a special guide or the advice of a special guide to help you with whatever you need at this time in your life.
These meditations are given over a long period of time and so build up to a power simply because we have been sitting together for months or years. They are still effective, I think, for one-time listening. Write and let me know how you have experienced this one and perhaps I can judge which one would be helpful to you to put up next time. I would love to hear from you.
Namaste, Lia
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Greetings! I have been off the grid here for awhile. On a quest to discover what my health problem was.
I was reluctant to change doctors for a year or more, I don't know why. The new doctor sent me to a specialist who diagnosed me in about eight minutes. I kept asking my old doctor if I had PD but she said no, I think because it was presenting in a slightly non-typical way. However , my mother got it at the same age I am, so I believe heredity is a factor.
So, please change doctors and get a second or third opinion instead of suffering with someone who is not listening!
I am getting balanced, doing very well and am almost back to normal( as normal as I ever was, Lol).
So, I decided I would offer all the meditations free on my website. There is quite a variety in depth, length, some for children, mostly women and all adults.
I plan on releasing one every few weeks until I am caught up with what we have recorded and then offer new ones.
Beginning with " The Rainforest." This is fairly heavy, will take you deep, with body healing, meeting guides, and onto some global healing.
You may do this alone or with a group. Either way you will enter a kind of "no time". It's length is 8:28 but can seem like 20 minutes.
So, Sending you all healing.
The website is meditatewithfriends.com. Go to the page that says "Free meditations to download."
It's been awhile since I worked on the website, still a few things to correct and hoping the angels help me to glide on this path!
Namaste, Lia
I was reluctant to change doctors for a year or more, I don't know why. The new doctor sent me to a specialist who diagnosed me in about eight minutes. I kept asking my old doctor if I had PD but she said no, I think because it was presenting in a slightly non-typical way. However , my mother got it at the same age I am, so I believe heredity is a factor.
So, please change doctors and get a second or third opinion instead of suffering with someone who is not listening!
I am getting balanced, doing very well and am almost back to normal( as normal as I ever was, Lol).
So, I decided I would offer all the meditations free on my website. There is quite a variety in depth, length, some for children, mostly women and all adults.
I plan on releasing one every few weeks until I am caught up with what we have recorded and then offer new ones.
Beginning with " The Rainforest." This is fairly heavy, will take you deep, with body healing, meeting guides, and onto some global healing.
You may do this alone or with a group. Either way you will enter a kind of "no time". It's length is 8:28 but can seem like 20 minutes.
So, Sending you all healing.
The website is meditatewithfriends.com. Go to the page that says "Free meditations to download."
It's been awhile since I worked on the website, still a few things to correct and hoping the angels help me to glide on this path!
Namaste, Lia
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Happy Holidays!
Greetings to all!
I sit here waiting for the plumber to come. Of course right before I am hosting a big dinner, something goes wrong! Thank goodness for him, though , as he is honest and knows what he is doing.
For those of you, like me, who need some sustenance during the holidays, please go to December of 2013 in the blog list. You will find, "Honoring Christmas's Past", " A Winter Meditation", and
"The Holidays" to help you through. I just read them and they helped me out tremendously. Remembering what the holidays are really about and offering healing to the world with these.
So, May your holidays be blessed with love,
Namaste, Lia
I sit here waiting for the plumber to come. Of course right before I am hosting a big dinner, something goes wrong! Thank goodness for him, though , as he is honest and knows what he is doing.
For those of you, like me, who need some sustenance during the holidays, please go to December of 2013 in the blog list. You will find, "Honoring Christmas's Past", " A Winter Meditation", and
"The Holidays" to help you through. I just read them and they helped me out tremendously. Remembering what the holidays are really about and offering healing to the world with these.
So, May your holidays be blessed with love,
Namaste, Lia
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The Healing
Greetings, it's been a long time. Hope everyone is doing well.
I have been in and out of a less than perfect state since the last post.
Recently, I was given this process to help me out and maybe it will help someone else, too.
So, Ground and center, taking a deep breath. Beginning with your feet chakras, unspool everything in those chakras. Thoughts, actions, occurrences, anything from past or recent past that could be clogging up your energy.
It literally is like a spool of thread- pull all the thread off the spools and discard in a pile.
Now your knee chakras, then your first chakra(base of your spine),
your second chakra in the belly, your third chakra( solar plexus) and up to your heart chakra, chest area, throat, middle of forehead, and seventh chakra at the top of your head and above your head.
Don't forget your shoulder chakras, elbows and hands.
Unspool everything until the chakra is empty, empty, empty, just the spool there with nothing wound around it.
If you like, take a look at all the gunk you unspooled in the huge pile over there. Light it up, burning it all.
See the cool fire burning all the way out of the earth's atmosphere and dissipating into space, to nothing.
Take a deep breath, and let clean, new air swirl into these energy centers in a further cleansing sweep.
Now go outside and lie down on the earth.
Start to bring earth energy into your feet, then knees, up to your first chakra, belly, solar plexus, heart area, throat and down your arms to your hands, then up into your head, ears, all the way to the top of your head.
Fill up all your chakras and everything in-between with lush, green, forest energy. See the forest, violets growing under the towering trees filled with many leaves,the sunlight streaming through.
Smell the fragrance, the earth and new growth- potent, mysterious, and full of life.
Open your body and your mind to life, to God's love.
And you are safe, safe on this Earth, in this body, in this mind, created by love.
You will live on into the near future.
You will trust the universe again. And love will find you, life will find you again, now.
Breathe, breathe in this gift, and feel a part of the earth beneath you.
Namaste, and healing to all-
I have been in and out of a less than perfect state since the last post.
Recently, I was given this process to help me out and maybe it will help someone else, too.
So, Ground and center, taking a deep breath. Beginning with your feet chakras, unspool everything in those chakras. Thoughts, actions, occurrences, anything from past or recent past that could be clogging up your energy.
It literally is like a spool of thread- pull all the thread off the spools and discard in a pile.
Now your knee chakras, then your first chakra(base of your spine),
your second chakra in the belly, your third chakra( solar plexus) and up to your heart chakra, chest area, throat, middle of forehead, and seventh chakra at the top of your head and above your head.
Don't forget your shoulder chakras, elbows and hands.
Unspool everything until the chakra is empty, empty, empty, just the spool there with nothing wound around it.
If you like, take a look at all the gunk you unspooled in the huge pile over there. Light it up, burning it all.
See the cool fire burning all the way out of the earth's atmosphere and dissipating into space, to nothing.
Take a deep breath, and let clean, new air swirl into these energy centers in a further cleansing sweep.
Now go outside and lie down on the earth.
Start to bring earth energy into your feet, then knees, up to your first chakra, belly, solar plexus, heart area, throat and down your arms to your hands, then up into your head, ears, all the way to the top of your head.
Fill up all your chakras and everything in-between with lush, green, forest energy. See the forest, violets growing under the towering trees filled with many leaves,the sunlight streaming through.
Smell the fragrance, the earth and new growth- potent, mysterious, and full of life.
Open your body and your mind to life, to God's love.
And you are safe, safe on this Earth, in this body, in this mind, created by love.
You will live on into the near future.
You will trust the universe again. And love will find you, life will find you again, now.
Breathe, breathe in this gift, and feel a part of the earth beneath you.
Namaste, and healing to all-
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