What Shines: the inspirational newsletter of LiveYourLight.com

January 2025, Issue #280

"Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice."

~ Maya Angelou

The Tao of Now: Tripping the Light Fantastic

Over the holidays I was housesitting in a coastal town, caring for a sweet elderly cat and looking forward to a relaxing farewell to 2024 and peaceful welcome to the new year.

But my third night here, my foot got tangled in the bedroom lamp cord and I went down hard. Felt my elbow crack.

An emergency room visit later, my arm was in a sling and the bruises blossoming on my knees and thighs announced all was (s)well. My funny bone didn't get the joke.

While I'm supremely aware that we're clearing out huge amounts of debris to make way for the Age of Aquarius, Age of Light, this was my not-so-nimble version of tripping the light fantastic.

Year of the Snake

The Lunar New Year ushers in the Year of the Snake on January 29th, an invitation to shed our old skin. The Snake symbolizes wisdom and transformation, offering us immense opportunity for personal growth and change. This year is a Wood Snake, enabling us to quickly shed the past and creatively express what's been in the shadows. It's a time for gathering with others - and a herald for artists and artisans.

Snake energy is calm, intuitive, and aligns with what Gillian Macbeth Louthan asserts is the essence of our lifework, especially in light of divisive outer world appearances: "Each kindness that you do travels through space and time touching everything like a fairy-wand. This year give to those who do not expect it. Give namelessly and with zest. Give of your silent prayers, give without thinking; become the person who lives in your Heart.

"Embrace the 'higher Resolution of You'. Spend your time and energy wisely. Become the Light you were born to Be, shine your light like it's your full-time job (with great benefits!)."

What's Your Story?

Her wisdom is particularly resonant given our tendency to indulge in habitual story, especially those designed to invoke a pity party. Example: on the way to my orthopedic appointment a few days after the ER visit, the Uber driver launched into a terrifying carjacking tale that happened to him - 18 years ago! He shared it with all the passion and pathos of a recent event.

I was shocked and did my best to listen supportively, realizing how often I relate my signature story of awakening - which took place 30 years ago. Yes, it was a spiritual journey that changed my life and set me on my path of purpose and service, but...perhaps it's time to retire the retelling.

Gillian adds, "The Blue Galactic Storm frequency between now and July 25, 2025 asks one to resiliently ride the unknown, no matter how much it bucks you. Cultivate equilibrium in your own body, deepen your willingness to grow, flow, shift, and recalibrate, then ladies and gentlemen, 'restart your engines!'

"It is time to re-activate your badge of courage; wield your alchemical powers for good, be a conscious catalyst for positive molecular change and regeneration. Honor the essential role of earth maintenance in all its forms. Care but do not over-care. Show up for your life in a healthy way. Shift the world by circulating your high Heart light."

The Dance of All Lightimes

"Tripping the light fantastic" means to dance nimbly, with grace. I sustained a "stable fracture", which sounds like an oxymoron. It means the bone was not dislocated and will heal on its own, given time.

Fractured light is kaleidoscopic, beaming in many colors and directions, but/and we don't need to access it through damage to our 3D Earthsuits! That's unstable. The key to recalibrating our frequency is resilience: telling ourselves a new/ancient story.

Aluna Joy affirms, "You are divine beings connected to the infinite Universe, and Stardust is coursing through your veins. You are on this Earth as it is, and you can live in harmony even with all the falling systems around you, knowing this is only a means to an end. Your awakened, unified, harmonious presence on Earth will help elevate the world.

"You are so very close to the tipping point, and you can feel this in your heart and soul. All it will take is a small group of humble, heart-centered human unified beings who, unexpectedly and without biased intentions or mind-based anticipation, will finally burst humanity's illusionary bubble with a simple act from pure heart. Once the bubble bursts, the complete transformation will be nearly instantaneous for humanity. The future time will bring all life back to its center point and will return to the soul of the creation."

It's fantastic. The Light trip of All lifetimes. And it's ours to claim now. Welcome Home.

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Thank you! MWAH

Shine On

Raise your battery! Biofield tuning creator Eileen McKusick shares a talk and tuning on Resilience as we enter 2025, and how it can be a more useful way of considering our health as opposed to "immunity". She speaks about "the tensile integrity of the structure of your being." Eileen is one of the most authentic and impactful healers I've been blessed to discover in recent years. 51 minutes.

Lee Harris Energy Update January 2025: Lee's spot on energy updates are an enlivening way to start any month, especially at the start of the year. January themes include bewilderment and grief turn into transformation, cosmic and spiritual messages on overdrive, and transforming the victim/perpetrator dance on Earth.

40Hz: Ethereal soundscape to help release trauma and reprogram your brain. Backed by scientific studies.

I AM/WE ARE: Being The Love And Peace As 2025 Approaches. Archangel Michael through Celia Fenn counsels, "Be fully present in the NOW and aligned with your 'Vertical Axis', the alignment between Earth and Heaven that includes all 12 chakras. It is necessary to be grounded and focused to keep your balance at all times. Grounding practices include being in nature or at the ocean, walking in a forest or a meadow, space clearing and de-cluttering."

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