Sensory overwhelm

Sensory overwhelm. Those are just two of the many words I could use to describe the past few weeks. You may have found yourself consciously, or subconsciously, unplugging from as much of the world as possible (I definitely have been!) with less time on social media, more time at home or wanting to be at home while elsewhere, and a general feeling of being in hibernation/inner retreat mode. So many people have been sick with colds and flu’s, enforcing rest time where perhaps you wouldn’t have otherwise taken the opportunity.            

            The world is so loud right now, and is getting louder in every possible way. You might feel as if one minute we were sitting in a dimly lit room with candles and mood music, and the next someone came along, switched on all the lights to high beam, threw on some hardcore heavy metal music and ramped it to full volume.

Everyone has an opinion on everything, and is emotionally invested in those opinions. This isn’t a bad thing – it’s better than everyone being in apathy – and lord knows everyone has been told for years “speak your truth!”, and  “find your voice!” but the current manifestation of it is akin to having a room full of television sets all playing different channels at volume.  

Whether as the one expressing or receiving a message, it is usually the case that we are expressing in that moment, or seeing in that moment, only one side of what is always a four sided box.  Yet many of us lately are boxing others, or being boxed, based on that one expression.  It feels like no-one can say or do anything without someone taking offence.  It’s as if someone has sprinkled ‘judgement’ dust in the air!

Mention being centred, and someone will jump on you saying it’s not good to repress your feelings. Talk about feeling your frustration, and you’ll receive a lecture on rising above your feelings.  Voice support for a particular plight, and there’ll be someone saying but what about this plight and that one? I caught myself having some ‘seeing only one side of the box’ moments, and it was unpleasantly uncomfortable emotionally when I realised how in that moment I was so focused on one aspect of an issue that it blinded me temporarily to the many other sides.

I was shocked because I’ve always been all about seeing all the sides (which has made for a lifetime of taking forever to make a decision!). I have not liked being judged or boxed, or to have someone being so committed to their stance that they refuse to see where someone else is coming from. That moment of being temporarily blinded to the other sides of the box, allowed me to see in a clearer way than ever how easy it is to be blinded, and to be Judgy McJudgy Pants. If you have found yourself going into judgement or being triggered by things, try to take a moment to ask yourself: okay, what sides of the box may I not be seeing here?

As the light intensifies on this planet, everything intensifies. Love and gratitude take on a whole new level, yet anything still in our shadow along with any emotions we feel or are holding, are also amplified.  So even these judgy moments, whether we’re expressing them or are being the recipients of them, are serving a purpose in the sense that they are shining a light onto other sides of the box – ultimately helping us own more of our wholeness as individuals and as a collective.  However, it takes awareness to see these moments this way. What we are instead seeing a lot of is people responding to this energy with anger, hurt, violence, depression or such overwhelm that they feel like checking out.  

The light that is here, and within you, is facilitating a massive transformation for everyone and everything on this planet, and that is a good thing but not an easy thing.  Be discerning with how you choose to participate in the current demolition site/renovation process that is our current personal and global reality. There is no right or wrong, better or worse way. Everyone has a different role to play, and your role may change from one day to the next. A burst of motivated action may give way to weeks spent hiding out from the world, only to re-emerge revitalized and refreshed. Try not to judge yourself, or others, during this process.  Everyone is at a different stage, and even that is too ‘linear’ a way to look at things suggesting some are ‘ahead’ while others are ‘behind’.  The truth is, almost all of us are ‘ahead’ in some ways yet still awakening when it comes to certain aspects within us or certain aspects of reality.

Take good care of yourself right now.  Eat, drink and do nourishing things for yourself. If the external is too noisy, take time out. For the sake of our emotional and mental health, many of us are needing right now to unplug from the old reality group consciousness, and that can leave you feeling like you are hanging out in a void, connected to nothing and no-one.  You are not in a void, but yes it feels like one because we are not used to not being attached to what was a very dense reality. 

Freedom can feel strange. It can bring up grief, and feelings of betrayal: like you are betraying those still in the old reality if you ‘unplug’. ‘Unplugging’ doesn’t mean total disconnection from global goings on. Quite to the contrary, from a clear, centred ‘unplugged from the drama/plugged into your centre/source energy’ space, you will naturally feel into things you can do be it sending a prayer of love and peace, making certain shopping or lifestyle decisions that support a healthy global community or any one of a million other ways you can use your energy for good.

You may feel you have been betrayed as the world around you doesn’t match what you thought it would look like by now. I have moments of feeling like that too, but at the end of the day when you go into your heart, and you ask your own soul: “Why are we all here? Where is all this leading?” you will receive words, guidance, a feeling or visuals to help you understand, and encourage you to keep moving forward. Don’t take my word for it, or anyone else’s, otherwise you will have nothing to hold onto in those moments when you feel disillusioned. It is so important for you to connect with your own heart, your own centre, and your own inner voice of wisdom and guidance.

All this can be summarised in just a few words really:

Love. Be in it. Give it to yourself and others. Receive it. 

That’s all.

© Dana Mrkich 2014

www.danamrkich.com

 

Sun's Mojo re-ignites our mojo

If you've felt like you've been losing it over the last few days (losing your temper/patience/marbles), or flip-flopping from inner crisis to outer explosion to inner calm to outer excitement you're not alone. 

The Sun has found his mojo again with a series of M-class flares since last Thurs/Fri with the most powerful of those recorded today. I've caught myself thinking 'I can't have another coffee I'm still buzzing from the one this morning" only to realise I didn't have one in the morning! That's how solar energy can feel - like adrenalin rushing through you. 

We've come to a time where push has turned to shove when it comes to being/doing that which is truly in alignment with our truth, our heart, and our most authentic feelings. This isn't necessarily about having grand epiphanies about why you're here - rather it is the day to day way you go about living life that is being pulled into sharp focus. When the day to day is clear, it tends to naturally lead you to whatever your 'big picture' path is. 

I've found that I can no longer ignore those little (big) inner nudges that have been saying: close your eyes and have a few minutes at least of meditation time every day, drink more water, get to bed earlier, get into the appreciation/gratitude zone when you need to feel centred, and read things that you feel inspired by not agitated by. Those are all little things but accumulated over many weeks and months, they create the 'big picture' landscape of my health/clarity/energy flow/receptivity to higher guidance and so on. 

What have your inner nudges been telling you lately? You might be feeling called to make some changes in your routine or diet, to add, change or delete some things off your schedule or daily menu. Write a list today of those things that have been tapping you on the shoulder, and commit to doing at least a few. 

How are you feeling, and what is on your list?

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014
 

Tools for clearing your energy

The more sensitive we become, the more open we are to receiving thoughts and emotions that aren't ours. The more light we hold, the greater beacons we are for attracting energy that is fuelled by that light - until we learn how to no longer attract it. 

We are currently needing to discriminate between thoughts and emotions belonging to us that are rising up from our subconscious for the purpose of being transformed vs thoughts and emotions not belonging to us. The former feels like truth even if it is uncomfortable to acknowledge, while the latter feels like a much heavier influence, or a message that feels foreboding or doom and gloomish. 

Here are some handy tools to have in your daily backpack: 

1) You can say: if this is not mine, please leave. Say it three times for good measure. 

2) Imagine a line of light going up out the top of your head connecting you to the highest source of truth, love and light (whatever name you use to call that is up to you), and going down through you, down to the core of Mother Earth. 

3) Say I am filled with love, I am surrounded by love, I am protected by love and I am guided by love. 

4) Say I am aligned to my best possible self, best possible reality and best possible movement forward on all levels. 

These are all quick and easy things you can do each day, just like having a shower!

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

 

Venus/Jupiter: Love balm

The Venus/Jupiter conjunction today feels like a much needed gentle balm, spreading some love around.

What is becoming more noticeable these days is that for every individual who does something unjust or contradictory to a loving, respectful society, there are hundreds of thousands standing up, from a heart space, saying no we don't want that. 

The two polarities are working together...our increased desire for positive change is triggering the release of all that is not in alignment with that (the release is preceded by realisation and confrontation which looks and feels chaotic but is part of the release process) while the release and any resistance is acting as a further catalyst to increase our desire. It can be tempting to get caught up in the dust, to feel we are in an inescapable mess, but demolition is always part of any renovation process.

A momentum is building now. Something big shifted at the Solstice June 21, and then something really, really huge shifted from August 3/4. It feels like the light is everywhere, dimensions are inter-lapping, time is morphing, and reality has become like a transparent bowl of jello. 

Light intensifies everything, bring all into sharp clarity and focus. Our hearts are opening, so we are feeling more of it all. Consciousness and awareness is rising. It can be taxing on our adrenals and nervous system which is why days like today are so welcomed by our energy bodies. If possible, do something soothing or nurturing for yourself. If nothing else spend a few minutes with your eyes closed breathing Love in and out. 

How are you feeling?


(C) Dana Mrkich 2014

Receiving guidance from within yourself

We are all now moving into our next level of expansion and with that comes an increased connection to our own inner knowing, and a more natural, easeful release of any energies that are no longer in harmony with who we really are. 

My passion has always been to remind people how to find their own answers from within themselves, while also continuing to provide personal sessions for those times when you need a bit of help seeing something clearly - as we all do at times! 

If you need some clarity I encourage you to reach for your journal or close your eyes and meditate, ask to receive what you most need to know, open up to the healing or support you need to receive, and trust what comes. 

If you keep repeating a pattern or issue that you can't get to the bottom of, that's where something like a Soul Session is helpful. I am continuing to offer a small number per month, alongside the courses and writings. In the session, insights, guidance and wisdom pour through from your own energy field via a written download followed up by a reply and response portion.

"Your sessions are like a hot cup of tea, chat with the divine and kick up the butt at the same time. Love them!" Patrice, Australia. 

Spaces available for September, book here: http://www.danamrkich.com/sessions/index.html

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

Ferguson and all it is revealing

My thoughts tonight are with the people of Ferguson. As disturbing as it has been to see the speed with which the police transformed from the role of protectors to militarized aggressors, dressed and armed ready for war, as sad as it has been to realize how deep racism and discrimination still is, it is simultaneously crucial that these things are being revealed to the rest of the country, and world, albeit under tragic circumstances. 

The shooting didn't create these issues....it highlighted them for all to see. Many had no idea that the police are capable of responding as they are now, sending tear gas and army tanks into crowds of innocent people, but they have been trained all over the country to respond in exactly this way. The people have a right to know that, and have a right to say "This is not how we want to run our society." 

My inner mama dragon feels furious right now. I am beyond angered by people who condone or perpetrate aggressive, abusive, authoritarian tactics over innocents, be they members of government, controllers in the shadows, rebels chasing families out of their home in war zones all around the world, traffickers buying and selling women and children, what makes them think they have the right to do that? There is no quick answer or overnight solution but I pray that we are moving toward a world where all of the above belongs in ancient history books. 

Awareness can lead to despair but ultimately it awakens us out of apathy and into action. Whether that action is to pray for a better future, visualise the kind of world we want, keep our vibration high, spread news or inspiration via social media or contribute to change in small or large tangible ways, each and every one of us can make a positive, powerful difference no matter how powerless we are made to feel. Now is the time to remember our power, and use it in a good way.

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

www.danamrkich.com
 

 

Strange Daze

It has been fascinating reading everyone's comments on Facebook and on Spirit Library regarding Monday's energy, as well as in emails I've received. 

So many people had similar experiences including: phones calling people on their own, radio's turning off then turning on again, an earthquake in South Africa that some people in a room felt while others felt nothing, people almost driving into things as if they momentarily forgot how to drive (I'm included in that lot!), people walking into glass doors, lots of heart flutters, palpitations and adrenalin rushes as if something big is happening or about to happen, major releases of old karmic energy and unexpected healing moments/experiences as if everyone got a huge 'flush', heightened synchronicities, sudden clarity about possibilities or paths forward, and a feeling of being re-booted. 

This was not just about an astrological alignment or solar flare - this is an energy quite unlike I've ever felt before. It felt like a collective experience of something we have all been talking about for a long time - or at the least, more of the collective experienced it together than has ever happened before. 

A shift into a higher frequency, a vibrational upgrade, a flash of light re-booting us: all of these things are part of it yet I sense there is even more going on here that our minds can't even compute right now. It feels good, it feels exciting, and I have to say: the crazier things get, the more validating it is that things are indeed shifting at a rapid rate. 

So good to have everyone holding on to the boat rails together! x

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

A bizarre day!

What a bizarre day! 

I was on the phone to my sister Krisi when her phone on its own accord hung up and starting dialling our other sister Jel. 

Then we started receiving texts from her, which she thought she was sending to someone else. Earlier, someone replied to an email of mine, only they were supposed to be forwarding it. 

I nearly crashed the car twice in 30 seconds in what can only be described as a moment where I either left my body or just totally forgot how to drive a car on the road! 

On top of all that, in the last 24 hours I've had a series of amazing synchronicities happen that are off-the-richter-scale, and am hearing of lots of people having major meltdowns/breakthroughs of one kind or other in that same time. 

Have we just had some massive blast of light flood the planet? Are we about to have a ginormous solar flare? I really don't know but I'm interested to know: how was your day?

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

 

Finally an M Flare - thank you Sun!

The very heavy energy of the past days (weeks?) is finding release today as the Sun finally unleashes an M Class solar flare after weeks of quiet. 

We are so attuned to solar energies these days, and I've found that this period of quiet created a build-up of emotional energy within us that rose to an uncomfortable crescendo in the past few days. Physically the body can only take so much, so many of you may have found yourselves wiped out with fatigue, the flu or physical soreness. As the sun flared this morning, the release of that energy is palpable.

It is like a big exhale after having to hold your breath for too long. I get an image of strings and strings and strings of old energy being gathered together until it turned into a huge ball with all of us contributing. 

This gathering process that July revolved around has felt intense and exhausting to say the least, but then today this ball was given a huge throw into the universal recycling bin on behalf of us all. No longer do we need to process things with a hundred therapy sessions. Thank you Sun for sweeping so much old stuff away with a big flare wooshka! I for one appreciate it.

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014

Heart love can transcend so much

Heart love can transcend opposing beliefs whether it's with a partner or family or friends. Sometimes two people are stretched far apart and the cord breaks as it is time, other times it can stretch into totally separate universes and still the love keeps you connected. The heart is a mysterious thing.

(c) Dana Mrkich 2014