Once again we are ending a cycle, completing our trip around the sun with Winter Solstice, the darkest time of the year. The most ancient of archetypal partners, darkness and light play deep in our psyches and indeed all of nature. Yet we scarcely know what darkness even is anymore – so vast is the array of electric lights drowning out the stars in the night sky. The fear and inconvenience of darkness, like that of death, has spurned endless achievements and triumphs of light, from our oldest mythologies to modern technology.
Darkness is a deeply fertile time, a time of imagination and visioning, a time of rest and renewal, a time of going deep within yourself to commune with the depths of your own soul and that of Nature. We avoid this darkness at our own peril, exhausting our resources within and without. In the archetypal dance, darkness is the senior partner, the realm of emptiness and fertility, from which all things emerge.
Darkness represents the most feared and repressed aspect of the Goddess-the wisdom of the ancient Crone.Her repression has resulted in a linear trajectory of constant expansion, endless activity, and achievement. Without the cyclic nature of balancing light with darkness, we are unwittingly creating it – through an unsustainable society that threatens the end of over a million species and hundreds of millions of people.
As we head into the beginning of 2012, we are facing an unknown future. Business as usual cannot be assumed. We cannot bank on anything staying the same – not the economy, the environment, certainly not technology. Yet we must vision and plan anyway. What do we count on?
We can only choose to build our lives on the values that are most important to us. They become the foundation, the first chakra earth base upon which we build our future. Whether it’s a business, a relationship, or a project, set a firm foundation of integrity – and take your time creating it. Preparing the ground makes for fertile growth when the light waxes in the new year.
As we near the bottom of the wheel of the year, we are hitting the pivot point from which we bounce back up the other side. In order to make it back up from the depths, we need to let go of excess weight, in terms of old patterns and aspects of life that no longer serve us. It is interesting that the word “light” represents not only the source of illumination and growth but also the opposite of heaviness.
Letting go into emptiness and darkness is actually a way of lightening up. What we release lightens our load, makes it easier to ride up the wheel toward the returning light and new growth of the next cycle. These first few days of the new cycle can be a good time to fast – though it’s a difficult time to avoid the endless parties and delectable goodies of the season.
Just as bulbs need a good chill in the winter to make beautiful blossoms, we need to dream in the darkness to invite in the light. Linger here. Taste its sweet bitterness. Empty out and listen to spirit. Disengage the clutch of your life and allow yourself to change gears. You may find that spirit has a download just waiting for your mind to be empty enough to listen.
May you all have a blessed Holiday Season of Joy, Love, and Light,
Anodea Judith
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Dear Anodea,
What are your New Year’s intentions for your life and for our world?
And how committed are you to realizing those dreams, break free from limitations and fully give your gifts to the Shift?
Well, just in time for the New Year, I’m delighted to be offering my Manifesting through the Chrakras course through The Shift Network with master teacher Dr. Sue Morter’s Real Abundance course – available together at HALF-PRICE.
We’re calling it Your 2012 Manifestation Package – and, together, these teachings give you everything you need to create the life of your dreams while staying fully anchored in your own
divinity.
We think this package will make a great and meaningful holiday gift for you or someone you love!
In these self-paced sessions, Dr. Sue Morter and I will guide you every step of the way to help you clear the obstacles from your path and live your highest vision.
And after diving into the material, you’ll have a chance to interact live with Dr. Sue and me as we’ll each host a Q&A Call to answer your questions and further deepen your journey in manifesting real abundance.
Plus, you’ll receive weekly handouts and guided exercises to supplement each session. AND you’ll receive 3 Bonus Sessions — recordings with top transformational teachers Michael Bernard Beckwith, John Friend and Devaa Haley Mitchell.
With Manifesting through the Chakras and Real Abundance, you can take big steps in 2012 to:
- Identify, visualize and manifest your most important dreams – quickly and easily – using a step-by-step manifestation process
- Create a shift to true self-love and real abundance as the new foundation for your life
- Gain greater energy and vitality by aligning with your Divine source
- Master your own bodily energetics to begin to break free of long-held limitations
- Gracefully move through the inevitable obstacles and resistance that arises
- Attune to your soul’s calling through lifelong goal-setting skills where you know exactly how to break large projects down into manageable chunks
Here’s what previous students of ours have to say about these transformative offerings:
“I have been studying the chakras for many years, but Anodea’s approach, way of explaining each chakra, mediations, exercises, handouts and sense of humor made this experience the best one I’ve ever had. If you want to manifest your dreams, don’t hesitate to take this course!”
Mariela
“[Dr. Sue Morter’s Real Abundance course] has been a true master class from a true master… it has awoken me to a much better understanding of who I am and what I’m made of, and how our own loving energy is our greatest gift for our own healing.”
“I have had the immense pleasure of being in Dr. Sue’s magnificent presence. Both her online courses and in person courses are by far the most brilliant, the most effective, the most worthwhile and the most sustainable courses I have ever been involved with. Dr. Sue is the embodiment of Divine Love, she is truly a great Gift to all of Humanity.”
Anna Gilopidis
“The Manifesting Through the Chakras course was no less than amazing. And so is Anodea Judith. She taught me that much more is possible in this lifetime — more love, more money, more time, more fulfillment in work
— despite what your mind tells you. Invaluable course.”
Melissa Waldron
We’re so excited to offer these two courses together — and I hope you’ll take advantage of the opportunity to create what is most meaningful for you in the New Year and tap into your limitless wisdom, joy and abundance.
Again, click here to order Your 2012 Manifestation Package
Many abundant blessings to you,
Anodea
P.S. Remember, the 2012 Manifestation Package makes a unique and thoughtful gift for that special someone (could be you!)
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Petaluma, CA
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