Keys To Change

For your consideration……..

I continue to be amazed. As I meditated for today’s message, I was reminded of one image from my dream last night. I am amazed for a couple of reasons. First I can not remember any of the rest of the dream. And second that it would be used for the message today.

All I remember from the dream is that I found my set of lost keys behind my bed. I should mention that I have not lost a set of keys and my key ring does not have an American flag on it, although maybe it should. So this dream and the fact that it was brought forward in meditation is a message.

We can look in Betty Bethard’s The Dream Book to help us sort out why we are given these images.

1.Bed…Bridge between conscious and unconscious; a return to the universal womb or power source. Beds play important roles in our lives: rest, relaxation, rejuvenation, nurturing, sexual intimacy. Desire for safety, awareness of Divine protection. Special relationship with many levels of self; expression of individuality: you make your own bed or life experiences.

2. Flag….Celebration of new changes taking place.

3.Key….Inner awareness that opens door to all truth; wisdom, knowledge.

I am told that there is a lot of concern…angst in the world. Some conscious and some subconscious. The world is changing and change can be frightening when you feel you have no control and face the unknown.

Here is one of the keys…..we do have control of our authentic self. In reality it is all we ever have control of. No matter what is going on around us or to us this does not change. We own our authentic self and no one can take it unless we let them. No one can impact it unless we let them. We can indeed celebrate in this truth.

Here is another key. We have access to the “inner awareness” of our authentic self. It is using this access that opens the door to all truth; wisdom and knowledge. We can indeed celebrate in this truth.

And finally we have a third key today. Everyday in HOPEs Rising we are reminded to meditate and/or pray. Today we are reminded of the why. We know that God and his kingdom of helpers are always listening. We know that we can just throw up a prayer anytime and it is heard. We can just be on our way never missing a step or beat. So why meditate?

Because in meditation….in the silence….we see, hear or feel the answers….the guidance. In meditation we converse with our God and the enormous staff he has put in place for our Guidance. It is not a one-way communication. It is a two-way communication….sometimes even more. In meditation we return to the source of our power. We feel our Divine protection. We can indeed celebrate this truth.

That is the HOPE. And so it is.

Bit by bit, piece by piece, HOPE by HOPE action steps anyone can take……

-Meditate….you know why.

-Drink lots of water. Water keeps your body moving. It helps with your clarity and connectivity.

-Get outdoors and take in at least 10 deep breaths. Notice the exchange between you and Mother Earth.

-Make a commitment to meditating for a few minutes each day. It does not have to be for a long time. Start with 5 minutes. And DO NOT judge yourself on the quality of it. NO JUDGEMENT.

What made me smile yesterday…..

-Being with Shannon, Will and AJ at Peanut’s swim meet.

-My Peanut was a swimming rock star. She is just beautiful in the water. I am still laughing out loud whenever I think about her telling the photo finish story.

-Hotdogs from Bill’s hotdog stand for lunch.

-It is fresh produce time in Michigan. We had an all vegetable dinner. Delissssscious.

-My Babycakes…..

Love, Blessings and Gratitude,

Chris