July, 2004

Many of you have heard me use the analogy, in the Discussion Forums, which describes what we do here as singing.........singing in a "choir."   I use this analogy because we spend so much of our time here dancing with TONES......nuance......and the beauty in each other that only becomes known when a number of people gather for the expressed purpose of merging into something powerful, something that none of us can attain when we are alone. 

 

When I was 17, the best expression of this was found in songs that were recorded by the folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary.  To some degree, I was also quite enthralled with Judy Collins, Buffy St. Marie, and Joan Baez as well.  Bob Dylan excited me, and I loved the Byrds (this was mid 1960s)..............but no one could match the sound and the soul of Peter, Paul, and Mary for me.  

 

I used to go to as many their concerts as I could, and a few friends and I imitated them in the folk songs we sang.  There was something about their sound, coupled with the expressions on their faces in the concert photos, that perfectly encapsulates the warmth and depth that I want for my own soul.   And, as the Recons have shown us........wherever there is true desire, there is also the means whereby that desire can be attained.  We just have to look for it.    

 

Not long ago, the Public Broadcasting System played a video about P,P,and M, called "Carry It On."  My friend Nina bought a copy of it, and I promptly conned her out of it for awhile!   <s>   It contains clips of the young, vibrant music group I knew (and emulated) as a younger man, and more recent shots of the way the group is now.  God bless 'em!  They still have the spirit.........a bit less hair, and some new pounds on the bod!   But the energy is still there!  God bless us all, for that matter.   As I look at them then, and now............I am also inclined to look at myself, my friends, my sister......my kids. 

 

It seems that, at every stage of our lives, each person is standing there.........manifesting something...........and his or her spirit seems to be crying out:  "What you see is real, but I am so much  more than this!"   As I look at the older P, P, and M...........I hear the younger ones calling to me, and saying:  "We're still in here, Daniel!  We're still in here!"  Then, they lean over to me and say:  "And you're still in there, too!" 

 

Only someone who has reached 40, 50, 60 and beyond will recognize what I'm saying here.  I was telling someone last night........."The older I get, the more graphic is my experience of each of the different stages of my life.  I can still remember the passion of my youth---all nervous and seeking to please (myself, the world, God, whatever)--even as I firmly grasp the deliberation of middle age.  My body slows down, my focus and goals narrow, my appreciation of little things becomes more pronounced.  And when the mood is right, and there is time and space to get into it.......I can still contact my passionate teenager, and embrace him as a reminiscent 54 year old.  I can whisper in his ear:  "I'm still here, Chief.  You're going to get through this.  You're going to prevail................"  It matters not what I am facing in that teenage moment.  Suddenly, I have become my own Spirit Guide.  Does that make sense?      

 

Anyway......back to Peter, Paul, and Mary........and singing in the choir.........

 

In one part of her video interview, Mary Travers begins talking about how she and the boys molded together that tight sound that would eventually turn the music world on its ear.  As I listened to her talk..........I couldn't help but be completely electrified by the fact that what she was describing, about their early, formative years..........applies completely to what we are doing here and now.  The instruments we use are different, and so are some of the topics we explore.......but the spiritual process is quite similar.   

 

She says: 

 

"In the early years, we were soooo different.....personality-wise.  I was not a very disciplined person.........and Peter was very disciplined.  And Noel (Paul) was disciplined, but it had a much softer edge to it.  And.....I'm the original "Don't tell me what to do."  But..........when we got onstage......and when we were singing in rehearsal.........we all sort of sang to our idealized versions of each other.  And.......if you sing to what you think COULD BE..........it has a magical quality.......and the people you are singing with........all of a sudden begin to reach for that idealized feeling that YOU'RE projecting.  And all of a sudden, YOU ARE what you thought you could be..............."

 

DJ:  And that, my friends.........is definitely something to ponder.........

 

July Crop Circles, Near Glastonbury!  

www.cropcircleconnector.com

Correspondence from a dear woman who lives near the recent Crop Circles in Wiltshire, England (near Glastonbury Tor)

> Yes, I live in the area, about 3 hours drive away. I 
> didn't see those, though. in fact I've only visited one, that I 
> shared about here last March. here it is: 
> http://www.lovely.clara.net/Barbry97.html (the 1st picture) 
> This new formation, is, in fact about 40 miles from 
> Glastonbury, about an hour's drive. Windmill hill is part of the 
> awesome complex at Avebury, where the Michael and Mary earth energy 
> lines`cross, forming nodes (making whoopee!) several times, before 
> striking out across the countryside towards Glastonbury. I was there 
> last May, when I impulsively decided to spend a day out looking for 
> early crop formations, found none, but ended up at the Avebury 
> complex. I visited West Kennet Long Barrow, Swallowhead Spring, and 
> Silbury Hill.(I uploaded a photo of myself there into the album!) I 
> didn't feel inclined to visit the stones at Avebury, the carpark was 
> full of coaches! It was a magical day, I liked most the gentle 
> energies at the spring, the long barrow was a bit full on! 
> Suprising, the visuals up there, my whole field of vision was coated 
> with a kind of a moving ripple effect, reminiscent of the wallpaper 
> Daniel uses on the reconnections website. As I walked down towards 
> the spring, the visuals changed to the more familiar (to me) falling 
> stars. Although the spring was almost dry, I managed to collect some 
> water and I took it to Glastonbury. It was then, when I was visiting 
> the Tor, and watering some of the trees, that I ended up being 
> attacked by the drunken fellow who's taken up residence under a 
> tarpaulin down in the woods just a little way along from the 
> fairfield. It's a shame, because I don't feel so safe there now, and 
> miss my occasional night vigils on and around the Tor. All in good 
> time, I'll be back there. There's something 
> very special about the energies there, but it also seems to attract 
> a lot of darkness, everything in a kind of a balance, I suppose. I 
> see, in future, that intense energy disseminating outwards, creating 
> pockets of numinosity everywhere as it goes, and I feel I'm playing 
> a part in that in my dabblings with the spring water and so forth. 
> However, I really don't know wether these pockets of numinosity I'm 
> now sensing are a result of the ongoing earthchanges, or wether it 
> is just my refining attunement.
> Oh, look at me babbling away! Not even about crop 
> circles! If I make it to visit this or any others, I will share with 
> you here all about it.
> Lots of Love, Angel. 

DJ: Also......I can't help thinking......about that guy who lives near the Tor.......

I think of some of those "dark energies" as GATEKEEPERS for Oneness. They assess how much energy a "Oneness Person" can absorb, and integrate, and they bop us on the head when we've had enough. 

In 1994, when we first toured Avebury.........Shirley was off walking around the stones, Nina was in another part of the circle, and I was asking the stones: "What is your purpose here." They said to me: 
"We are Gatekeepers for that place you know as STONEHENGE. We monitor the readiness of individuals to encounter that energy (and the intensity thereof)........and we determine how far into it you should go. We are those who hesitated, and chose not to go the GATE at first opportunity. (The Gate being expanded consciousness)....And now we are destined to stand here, and keep watch.......until the last travelers have gone through." 

Right after receiving that transmission from the stones, Nina came up to me and said: "I was talking to the stones just now. They said that we've had enough of this place." My eyebrows went up, to be sure. We headed off for Stonehenge..........which can only be accessed from a distance at this time (unless you have special permission from the Ministry of Tourism)......and circumstances arranged themselves so that we arrived there after closing time. We could clearly see the stones from the road........(at a distance)......but we didn't get any closer. Even so......we picked up loads of energies........and it formed a process for expansion that was plenty hot........and resulted in my receiving a transmission that changed my life.....once we returned to Greenwich, where we were staying. To read this transmission, go to:
http://www.reconnections.net/crystal_city2.htm

In 2002, we returned to Southern England (Dorset)......visited Glastonbury, and headed to Stonehenge. This time, we had our special permission, and got to go in among the stones......and received a wonderful blessing, which we carried in to the Conclave in Scotland. However, before we got there...........we were put through the most God-awful run-around.........of circumstances and relationship glitches.......(not with each other, but with our hostess for the visitation to Stonehenge)......some "darker energies" that TRIED THE SOUL (just like this man who lives out on the Tor........

I have found that, whenever a person enters a "hot zone" for spiritual expansion, it is not unusual to have visitations REGULATED by these "Dark Angels"......who keep the Gates and try the soul, before they are allowed to enter.

Empty Nest

I guess I'm kinda blue this weekend.  Most of the Neo-Shamans have flown the coop, and so has my younger son, Joe.   He left at the end of June for New York City.  He's 26, and in the film biz, and it was either NY or LA, if he wanted in on the big action.........and he's always had a "thing" for New Yawkers.  So he, and his girlfriend Lacey, are living in a special rate apartment near Battery Park, for about 4 months.........so they can see the Big Apple from a more deluxe angle (they knew someone who knew someone).  Then, it's off to find more affordable digs elsewhere.  

The day he left, I was so busy with the Event, and he was so busy packing.......that we only had time to meet at the Burger Master for lunch, and a quick hug.........and then he was gone.  Boo Hoo.   I was so flustered, on some level, that I had to bang my car into a railroad tie, and put a big dent in the right front bumper.  If we use the car like an analogy of a human body...........the right front bumper/wheel is analogous to the right arm.  That is heart chakra, expression-side...........which is a suitable indicator that Dad had some heart stuff that needed expressing, which he wasn't doing......... around the experience of seeing his kid drive across country and start a new life.  

It matches what happened to me, at about the same age........when I discovered that I could no longer live in Southern California anymore (where I grew up).  I had an anxious condition, for about a month, and then decided to take my new family and move into the Northwest.  I knew someone up here, and I also KNEW that I belonged here.  I have been happy ever since.  I'm a shade plant, and I require cool and damp to flourish.  Joe is not.  He requires something else--which I believe New York (or the East Coast) may give to him.   I guess I have more reasons to do New York Workshops this year!   

If any of you live around New York City, and know of cheap but decent digs that may be available in about 4 months, let me know.  And, of course, if you know of a killer job in the entertainment industry (production side of things)......let me know that, too.  He has a degree in Multi-Media, and can do just about anything.   

My best to you, Sir Joe.  Knock 'em alive out there, and my best to Lacey too.  My older son is still a loco-local, and probably always will be.  He's my developmentally "special" fellow.......my perpetual child self!  And of course.......we cannot forgot my OLDEST SON (if you count his age in cat years)........Ziggy.......also known as "The Zig".........who just turned 18.  He has the best idea of all, about this thing called life.  Get plenty of rest.....and don't sweat nuthin'. 

 

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EXTRAPOLATION

 

Someone asked me this morning what I mean when I use the term "extrapolating on Spirit."   I thot I would share it with everyone.    

 

To "Extrapolate" means...........we create MEANING about things.........based on our vibratory essence.  We reach into thin air, and pull a whole new belief system through the Veil.   You look at what's there, in physical space, and you infer meaning of what could also be there..............

 

The adage "as above, so below" is an extrapolation.  It says:  "What you can see also tells you a lot about what you can't see."  

 

It's called THE DOCTRINE OF CORRESPONDENCE.  www.reconnections.net/correspondence.htm

 

Many of us who are busy about the activity of Conscious Creation do this all the time................and we don't require "proof" in order to believe it.  We simply channel something, and we ASSUME that we are right.   That attitude is the root of the ability to Consciously Create.   

 

Hebrews 11:1, in the Bible, says:  "Faith is the substance of things hoped for.  The evidence of things not seen."  

 

It means that one of the primary proofs something exists (when it isn't visible) is the fact that there are people who already believe in it." 

 

"Blessed are they who have NOT SEEN, and yet believe" ---Jesus.

 

The Guides tell us:  "You don't create your world out of nothing.  Rather, you create it from the EVERYTHING that is already there.  You cut out a piece of it, and you filter out perception of everything else............so you can focus upon what interests you, what you need to integrate and embrace." 

 

EXTRAPOLATION.   You say it, you believe in it, it lives!

 

Daniel.  7/10/04