The Shift

I am in living in Fairfield, Iowa, digging in my garden one Spring afternoon and was overwhelmingly called to jump in the car and drive to Des Moines. I’d heard vortexes were sprouting up in and around the city as well as outside the city limits. Many have received guidance and had direct experience that our very own Iowa portals have the same energetic potential as the vortexes of Sedona, AZ! My Des Moines playmate and I headed out to Sailorville Lake the next morning, where we settled at one of the picnic shelters, and sat in folding chairs out on the grass. I stayed put for all of a minute…then fell face down, bell button exposed to the bare ground....ready to receive. There was an immediate pulsing that reverberated throughout my body… a soft, familiar hum…a sense of deep peace. Ahhh…I was back home in the arms of the Earth Mother. Words began flowing through my mind as though coming from Earth Mother herself straight into my consciousness…“Portals are appearing in energy spots that can adequately anchor pure cosmic rays. Though many believe they ‘should’ be found in pristine nature spots or sacred places, but is not all of Mother Earth sacred? And so it is that they are now opening everywhere…especially in and around public places, where humans can walk across their thresholds. Each portal holds concentrated energies that can be accessed by anyone with the desire to connect. These energies are spontaneously absorbed and can then be taken with you to anchor into your personal space, whether home or garden; altar or work desk. Simply ask…believe…receive. Connect to the divine flow and feel its presence envelope your being and all those spaces and places you hold dear. Seek to experience your own true nature...a perfectly balanced life force. When you intend to open a gateway, that frequency rises up to meet your desire and manifests in physical form. Simple prayer and clear intention opens the Earth Mother’s unconditionally loving heart to you--her children. May there be portals of peace activated throughout your world. And so it shall be.”  I was deeply moved by this experience and spent months pondering the simplicity of the message. Reflecting on my life so far, I have engaged in playful ‘work’ with stones since a child, Each stone always held its unique story and vibration which always brought me back to Self, opening a portal into my very Soul. Subsequently, I continued nurturing this life-long passion with friends and small groups, which ultimately led to sizeable gatherings and significant energy shifts...all initiated by stones. I recall so many times as a child growing up, exploring every nature site we ever visited as a family during summer vacations. I was forever out and about, gathering whatever wasn't nailed down and cramming treasures in every available pocket of my pants, which always seemed to dangle precariously around my knees, overflowing with stones. As an adult, I have been continually blessed to relive those sweet, innocent experiences during thousands of hours and miles of stone collecting across the USA, Canada and New Zealand. Let me not forget the countless magical stones I have also been gifted from around the globe by friends and those I‘ve yet to meet--fellow brothers and sisters of the Earth. One late summer day, I clearly heard in my heart: “It’s time now to activate Planetary Peace Portals”. As the 9^th anniversary of Sept11^th loomed ahead, I was inspired to create a flyer to network with other like-minded groups. The words seem to just flow onto paper…Please join our Gaia Gathering Of Gods & Goddesses in sacred ceremony as we create & activate a Planetary Peace Portal Bring an open heart prayerful intention and a personal stone that reflects your life as we join in a sacred circle of Stone & Sister/Brotherhood with our Earth Mother Along with the flyer, I also received a special message to attach to the invite: “Beloved Ones be reminded that 9 years ago your history changed. It is such that 9 is deemed a completion cycle. You are now graced with an opportunity to re-create a new planetary imprint. It is time to honor ‘11’as a “master number” of Divine Inspiration. See your world as you desire it to be. Fill Earth Mother with your intention. Create miracles.”  I waited with excited anticipation, imagining the hundreds of replies I’d receive. Not one arrived. I was devastated. After much stomping around and questioning the ‘Powers That Be,’ I simply gave up…surrendered…stopped ‘trying’ to make it happen. Things immediately shifted…guess you could say I got out of my own way. Within two days, there was a group of 16 signed up and ready to play! Numerically speaking, here was yet another sign that magic was at hand… 16 equaled the sacred number of 7! That gathering quite simply changed the direction of my life.