And the winds shall rise

"Fear is the mind-killer" Frank Herbert (Dune)
More & more spirit has been reminding me that there are only two emotions or forces that influence humanity: Love & Fear. They cannot occupy the same space.

When I think back to where I was 13 years ago, I can see evidence of that truth for fear was my primary emotion and my reality reflected that power back to me many times over. More than a decade of subsistence living taught me a great deal about the power of fear as a catalyst. Living below the poverty level, I remained embedded in the "poverty consciousness" that holds people captured in a worn-out paradigm. However, by the grace of the Goddess, I was able to step out of that place of fear and into the space of Love that had been held for me. Now I see a world enslaved by artificial values and I know that our world stands at the threshold of change. Moreover, I see the desire for change manifested in so many hearts.... more and more I witness people opening up to the idea that they hold the power to shift this beautiful world from greed and power-over to a space of Love and power from within.
Fear is the patriarchal weapon of choice.... It is the tool of those who would enslave others; it is the weapon being used by the media every day. It's a far swing of the pendulum from the matriarchal rule of our humble beginnings as field dwellers who looked to the cycles of the seasons for our sustenance. Now the cycles we follow are the swings of the stock market, the real estate market and the price of crude oil. And the cycle within that cycle is about to come full circle as we face a rapidly collapsing economy and a failed experiment in government. And in the face of this current and pending adversity, we cannot allow fear to influence any part of our lives... nor can we allow blissful ignorance to chart the course to our future. It is time, my friends, to step into the power we have held within our hearts for so long. We are, indeed, the ones we've been waiting for. This time is why we were born, why we agreed to touch, to meet and to align ourselves with each other. And now is the time to organize.
Many of you may have already read the articles about the new military brigade scheduled to begin a tour of duty within the US borders on October 1. For those of you who have not read about this links to Army Times and an article by Salon.com are listed here:
Army Times: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ Salon.com http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/24/army/index.html
Additionally, there is an article from 2006 that suggests that this door was opened by fine print legislation that altered the Insurrection Act, a 200 year old Congressional act which limited the President's power to use armed forces within the borders of the US; this now allows for the use of martial law.
CQ.com: http://public.cq.com/public/20061201_homeland.html
Now don't get me wrong... I am not writing this from a place of fear, I am writing from a place of complete outrage!!!!!!!! Anger has been an emotion I have long been acquainted with but it is no longer one I will turn on myself. It is now an ally that provides fuel for action.
It has further come to me, by means of the "six degrees of separation" that the current cost of economic recovery is damn near "incalculable" and at best, we may only be 3 months away from a complete collapse. What better reason to clear the way for martial law? Wamu was just the beginning! The "new world order" needs a new world bank and JP Morgan/Chase is the bully on the block. Wamu's $300 billion in assets were seized and subsequently purchased by JP Morgan for a mere $1.9 billion. The CEO of Wamu, who had been in that position for only 17 days, may receive a severance package of $60 million. Sign me up!!!!

So what can we do??
Spirit has put it in my head to "learn to teach".... by this, my guides mean that we are to each learn something about survival at a very basic level and then teach it to others. Community building is of paramount importance.
Today, as I sat writing an agenda for the next Powerful Human meeting, an agenda that speaks to this very idea... a new client sat at my table for a reading. She's a software engineer, a woman in her 40's who eats only meat that she hunts and fishes for herself. How's that for spirit sending someone to affirm my ideas? We spoke about the current state of affairs and my PH agenda; I gave her my card... I asked if she would teach me about fishing the lakes around here and she said she'd be more than happy to do that.
The agenda is going to address the establishment of a small co-op to buy bulk beans, rice and Quinoa. We'll talk about how to grow and preserve food.... not out of some sense of fear, but out of a desire to forge a new future built on love and mutual respect. I will teach people how to make cordage from plant fibers. Leslie will share what she knows about growing and canning food. Both of us will teach what we have learned about making healing salves, lotions and soaps. The possibilities are endless.
And all along we will pray that the circumstances of this change will be gentle, that as more and more people wake to their own power, we may not need the dramatic shift that many fear.
For now, let me leave you with some word play I love so much...
We currently live in a "society" and for me, that breaks down to a Sniveling Organism Creating Inferior Ethics That Yoke
Let's build a new "culture" which I define as Communities Utilizing Love Trust Understanding Respect & Enlightenment
Until next time... may the breath of Oya blow gently in your life!
Be Blissed for you are Love!
PH Joyce MySpace
"Where Visions Become Reality" www.powerfulhuman8.com

Oya, Mother of the Wind

This was the general horoscope for today from tarot.com...

The cautious Virgo Moon gives us a heightened ability to discriminate between which information is useful and which is not. The Moon joins restrictive Saturn and opposes progressive Uranus, foreshadowing a long-term alignment between these two conflicting giants that's exact on Election Day. We may personally feel the tension between the status quo (Saturn) and the future (Uranus). Which one prevails now or in November remains to be seen.

How's that for a co-inky-dink?

When I was going through my shaman's transformation, I was gifted with a song from one of the silly shaman I was learning from. It was a song to Oya, Mother of the Wind and one of the primary Goddesses I serve. I think the time to share it with others has arrived. I will offer the same admonishment I received when I was given the song: Please, please, please never sing/recite this while you are angry or in a place of fear. Oya's presence can be as gentle as the brush of a butterfly's wing on your cheek or She can rip your life apart on a whim. That being said, Oya is a Goddess of transformation and that is exactly what is needed at this point in time. Our economy sucks, our leaders are liars who are owned by business and ideologies have divided us. It is time to bring about a shift and this song is a wonderful tool.

Song to Oya channeled by Earil to Joyce January 1999

Oya, Mother, gentle breeze, screaming whirlwind, all of these
Bring your winds of change to me
Mercifully, gently sweep me free
From the folly surrounding me
Cut the cords where I have bound me
With your healing breath set down me
On the ground where I need to be
On the ground where I need to be
On the ground where I need to be

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Our passion for Nature, our love of Life and our commitment to Self has the power to lift us out of this mess which is about to get messier.
More to come....
Sing my friends... don't worry about the quality of your voice, just sing from the heart. Let's call the wind for it is all that will blow away the bullshit.
PH Joyce

So here's the thing....

It's been about a month since I became consistent in using Essiac tea on a daily basis, moving from 1 ounce at the start to where I am now taking 6 ounces every morning. The 6 ounce regime began about a week ago when I replaced my morning Chai or Green Tea with cold Essiac, followed by 2 ounces of mineral salt water (I am chronically dehydrated and contrary to what one might have been led to believe, mineral salt is an excellent remedy as it encourages the cells to retain fluid). About 45 minutes later, I have a smoothie that contains fruits, almond milk, Kefir and Young Living Ningxa Red (made from the wolfberry).
The effects of the all this is clearly evident to me on a cellular level... I feel so much clearer and full of life energy.... the body I once dragged, reluctantly, out of bed every morning is now teeming with energy. The herbs in the Essiac are cleaning my blood, my organs and my whole system. I'm constantly losing the interest in the old foods that contributed to my out-of-shape self. Now I want fruit, veggies and lean protein. I know that this change in my daily habits are a major factor to my new-found energy, and on a much deeper level I know it has a lot to do with all the emotional clearing I've been doing. It has been an interesting journey and one I am very glad I made.

I often find myself counseling clients on the benefits of caring for oneself and I figure if I'm going to talk the talk, I better damn well walk the talk! That's my philosophy and I'm sticking to it just as I have been sticking with my new regime of self-nourishment. For in truth, the re-action that comes as the reward for instituting new behaviors is manifold. In taking the time to feed myself well... committing to the shopping, the preparation, the loving appreciation for what I eat... all these things are being felt and acknowledged on the cellular level of my consciousness. My body finally believes it is loved for I am loving it in the simplest way I know how.
So to all of us who are taking back our power to live... I salute us! We are Powerful Humans.
And to any of you who are still sitting on the fence about conquering old habits... be they food, money, cigarettes, sex, whatever.... jump down off that fence and let's fill the world with people committed to self-awareness!!!
Be Blissed for you are Love!
PH SkyMySpace
If you have any questions about Essiac, feel free to email me.

It comes up repeatedly... the whole issue surfaces over and over. Ancient and worn, it is carried in the cells of my marrow... deep in the bones. It begs the same question over and over... plaguing me with pains, physical and otherwise. Not tremendous physical pain, just gnawing aches born of carrying something for so long. An antiquity in itself, kept alive in history books and novels and now available on dvd.... the emotional pain burns deep and strong.
With its cellular awareness nagging me.... I am given to wonder what it is that could turn the heart's of humanity to the place where they could burn another alive. What fear, what loss of love could turn a heart to such a thing?
Alien to me, this thought is burned in my memory banks... replaying a program that cannot be over-written... it has to be dumped.
As I watch the flames grow, the heat on my skin is nothing compared to the loss of air around me. What little air there is is hot and dry, burning me from the inside out... There are no tears for the heat has sucked them out of me. But now, the tears flow... compassion mingled with pain begs forgiveness for self and others.
There is alot more I will do to heal this ancient ache, and I do it with the faith that once led an army. Each breath in will no longer burn with the collective fears of humanity... we have risen and shall continue our spiral outward.... dumping old patterns into the void.
I love you all!
PH Sky