It’s good to be back in green and moist Michigan after my sojourn out west, much of it spent in the desert! San Jose and the UCM 100 Yr. Conference was a joyful experience. And the raw desert environment, both exquisite and harsh taught me some things.

After 30+ years working with the Universal Church of the Master to legally certify Healer Practitioners through my classes, it was a blessing to finally meet these folks in person.  What I love about UCM and what we celebrated during this conference is its unique umbrella which accepts all spiritual paths when walked by people of good character and intent.  It not only accepts them, but allows those who walk those paths to legally serve in the way the Higher Power within them dictates.  I am honored to have been asked to be the keynote speaker and workshop leader for this event to welcome in the next 100 years of service.  I loved the people I met, their diversity, intelligence, accepting hearts and minds and good will.

From there my husband Dave and I joined his brother and wife from Hawaii to visit canyons in Utah and Arizona.  We experienced Zion, Bryce, Antelope and the Grand Canyon all within 6 days. It was an amazing and beautiful journey!  Though the pace and crowds prevented the depth of interaction I would have benefited from, I will continue to visit these places in spirit to learn more as I am guided to do so.  Nevertheless, the impact of this experience was powerful for me.

Each of these places has its’ own unique and splendid personality.  Zion is quiet and holds a deep stillness and peace which is hard to miss, despite the crowds.  Bryce – not really a canyon at all, but a vast lake which was lifted by tectonic shifts so the water flowed out is spectacular.  Over thousands of years the land was sculpted by rain penetrating its layers and then freezing 200 days a year and thawing often enough to break off parts and create the most amazing “hoodoos”, or forms that look like people and other things we are familiar with.  Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon accessed through a crack in the ground.  Water running through it sculpts the most beautiful, curving forms, like fabric and ribbons swirling and turned to rock.  I have the most amazing pictures. Upper and lower Antelope Canyons are on Navajo land and it was a pleasure meeting the young Navajo guides, a hoop dancer and an elder during our visit.  I appreciated what I perceived as their quiet, joyful, sweet and open hearted intelligence.  The Grand Canyon hardly needs a description, being known to all.  Some day I hope to raft it to receive a deeper experience of this place, away from the crowds on the rim.  I found  myself wanting to become one of the hawks and fly down into the canyon myself.  It was magnificent, especially at dawn, the earliest rays pouring into the canyon would be hard to describe.

What came to me after days in the desert and canyons was this metaphor for our lives:  The desert is symbolic of challenges and opportunities that life offers us.  In the “dry” places of life we are changed, both by the lack and also the abundance of water, which is the most essential element of all life on Earth and symbolic of love, forceful change and unity.  A river – or force of change – flowing through the desert soil of our humanness  washes away weakness and leaves us with a sculpted strength, beauty and depth unknown before.  Rain – symbolic of love and truth, penetrates our souls and through the process of freezing and thawing breaks us, leaving our inner depth and strength of character exposed.  The process of freezing reminds me of the energies of pain and hatred that we experience which become hard places within us.  Then when life warms us, we have to thaw – or forgive, if we are to experience the deeper joy and beauty life offers us.

These metaphors help explain the old world experience that we have known since the dawn of time.  When visiting these canyons, I could see many layers of time exposed by water and tectonic plates.  Each layer holds memories from different ages in the history of life on Earth.  My sister-in-law and I found ourselves speculating on what humans might have been like and might have experienced during each of those ages.  It was a humbling and awe inspiring thought.

I found myself welcoming the One Source to embrace all those ages of life on Earth and to bring forgiveness and healing to all those experiences, so that everything can ascend more easily into unity and wholeness.  This led into forgiveness work for the leaders of our country now and for people who are being drawn into feelings of hatred and fear because of the experiences they are bringing to us.  Like freezing and thawing – the process of hating and forgiving changes and deepens us, revealing our true character, uniqueness and beauty within.

Yesterday I received the link to a cable TV show I was a guest on recently, talking about my book Riding the Wave of Change and also about my healing and teaching work.  Here is a link to watch it.  Please feel free to share it with your friends, family or social networks.  It is a about 30 minutes and very easy to listen to:

Watch Exploring ESP #10 on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/271687341

There are still a few openings for the next series of 6 Monthly Ascension Support Classes where our meditations are potently healing, empowering, joyful and relaxing. They also contribute to creating a better world for all.  Perhaps one of the spots is for you!  Use the link to my website above to find out more about this course and to email me to enroll if you are interested.

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Blessings and Love, Eve