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I was amazed when a friend sent me this picture. I have been watching this intense connection in the sky for some time. It hits me symbolically, just as the 11:11 configuration hit me back in 1991. It is as if both heavenly bodies are saying to me: "Pay attention, Daniel. Something powerful is going on." And so........attention I pay........ok, okay.........and Sam, I am, I am!

If you've been pondering the Timelines for Transformation series, this whole dance the world is in now is about Shadows. We're seeing them everywhere.......in politics, in religion, in commerce. Shadow, shadow, shadow. Whereas Hamlet once said: "To be, or not to be......." there are those among us who are feeling stuck at "to admit, or not to admit."

One of my personal symbols is a Castle. And I consider myself a fortress of sorts. A sacred space. I have bridges I can drop down (beautiful bridges!), to welcome people in........ and I have moats I can fill up with alligators and other beasties (nasty beasties!), if my ego feels we need protection. The question is: Who is it that needs protecting? Me or My World? And who are "they" anyway, except so many reflections of me? Ah yes.....and that brings us back to those shadows.......

Oneness isn't about taking in everything. Nor does it require that I be taken in by everything. I can own a piece of property, even though I choose not to live there year round. Oneness, to my experience, means resonating clearly with those aspects who clearly desire to be One and letting the rest go their way. Oneness is the core element of all things........our CENTRAL SUN, if you will.

There are many energies which thrive on the updraft created by Oneness Energy, the warmth and the light (awareness), even though they might loathe what it would take to create it on their own. Those parts of us tend to "orbit" the Sun at varying distances---occasionally dancing in close enough and long enough to deliver a "tidbit" of energy, or receive some, and then dance back out to a distant comfort zone. There is nothing wrong in this, unless the Sun gets used to having us there.......and then has watch us orbit out again.

The Reconnections tell me that our yearly cycle, which originally began at the Venus Transit, in June 2004, is dedicated to processing Shadows of Love and Emotional Connection. This is why they have led us as a collective into our studies of Sensory Awareness and Inner Activation.

To let someone in, and consider him or her to be ONE with SELF creates an immediate flow of blissful, beautiful energy. It produces something which heart healers call "limerance." And the updraft of that limerance can light a whole village! And it can also darken that same village when the shadow of (apparent) separateness rears its dark head. Sometimes we're speaking death, sometimes sudden enmity, or betrayal.........and sometimes we are simply talking about falling out of love. And it's happening now, big time. Both sides of it.........falling in, falling out. Rising in love, rising out.........like a phoenix from the ashes.

I've posted this before, but here it comes again. The movie "Shadowlands," starring Anthony Hopkins and Deborah Winger, tells such a deep and compelling story. A brilliant man, who didn't realize how lonely he was meets and marries an amazing woman who doesn't know how sick she is. It's a match made in heaven......and hell! Love, followed by sudden separation. It's that "silver dagger" which is oft spoken of in folksongs and blues ballads. In the movie, it is clearly addressed by Joy, speaking candidly to Jack (C.S. Lewis).......describing what it will mean when illness physically takes away what they have discovered in each other. Her key message to him is:

And this, I sense, is also the message of Venus in love with the Moon. May we drink deeply from that cup. As Meredith Grey is oft overheard to say: "We take what we can get, wherever we find it......and we keep it as long as we can."

Yessireee........Science and Seance are, once again, intersecting. My thanks to an alert reader who sent this article on to me. It isn't a new observation, except for the Danielverse. It feels akin to recent studies in physics, regarding Multiple Universes, where scientists began describing alternative universes as "bubble realities".......just as the Recons had done in their transmission "How Universes Are Formed," several years earlier. But whose counting, eh? Time is illusion, and so is separation. So, as various members of our planetary "choir" begin singing together, in harmony.....it only seems right that the Danimal would turn up the speakers so everyone who is interested can hear!

Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? The Danimal knows what you mean! (I took the above snapshot of myself on the way home from work the other day). Seems like no sooner do we re-ground from one infusion of Cosmic Juice and another one comes our way. It can get a person down, I tell ya........

The Recons teach: "Each wave of New Energy is like an orphan, looking for a place to live in a new and unfamiliar city. When we encounter it (or it encounters us), it can feel like nothing we've known before. And so.....as the vibrations move through our body.....our psyche tries to find an explanation or source for these strange sensations. Energy Activation can be like a "flu" when first it comes upon us. It will look for any open doorway, any break in the Veil it can find. Some of these weak points are physical in nature (sites of former injuries, congenital health challenges, immune disorders), some can be financial or business-oriented, and some can even gain entry through a treasured relationship. In each instance, the source of the pain does NOT rest in that weak point---although we may want to provide support there, just for good measure. Rather, it dwells in the Energy, Itself.

Sometimes, a person will suffer anything.......even if it's painful...... if it means he doesn't have to acknowledge that an entire paradigm is collapsing, before his very eyes. I expressed this in the "War or Anti-War" article, written in the Spring of 2003. If need be, we'll make something up, just to have some drama to shake us up, so we can deal with the rising tides of TRANSFORMATION that are multiplying at geometric rates, all around us.

A friend asked me the other day: "Am I dying?" I told her: "No, we're not dying. But we ARE facing Death."

Imagine what would happen if the Meet Joe Black scenario ended in a different way. You remember that one, the upgraded version of "Death Takes a Holiday?" The Darkest Archetype of them All decides, as he arrives to take a "client" to the hereafter, that he will extend his client's time on Earth if he (played by Anthony Hopkins) gives the Old Guy a tour of life in physical form. Oh yes, sir........agreed. So Death takes a body (Brad Pitt's body, to be exact), and hangs out in LIFE for awhile, just to see what it's like here. He falls in love, rises in wisdom, and the ending of the movie is beautiful, normal, even predictable.

What if the story changed a bit? What if Joe Black actually decided to give up "divinity" in order to become human? Jesus did it, Seth (the Angel) did it in "City of Angels," Arwen Evenstar did it in "Lord of the Rings." Why not? What if the whole lot of them finally came to a decision that HUMAN is actually DIVINE? What is "above" REALLY wanted to come "below?"

That, my friends, is exactly what's happening. The Guides have described it, plainly, in the "Trans-Portals" series. Rather than edging our way towards oblivion........oblivion has managed to edge its way towards us. And "What would that feel like?"........you might ask. It would feel like swallowing a hurricane, that's what. Like Magdalene's wedding night with Jesus? And what about Lois Lane and Superman? Omigod..........

Nostradamus predicted cataclysms and calamities because he was viewing future events from the context of his own day. He had the "sight," but not the vibrations and energy to interpret it from an expanded perspective. How, indeed, could a planet survive if it received such an influx of fiery tones? To the ancient mind, it couldn't. And so.......we have predictions, prophecies, bible verses.......all waving good-bye to us, at the very moment our Oneself Wedding March is about to play.

We ARE facing Death. Just like Susan did, in Meet Joe Black. Pucker up. I think He wants a kiss........

There is an old saying about putting "new wine into old wine skins." This is a perfect picture of what it's like for my 57-year-old bod to be dancing through my day with frigging INFINITY running through my veins! One lady said to me in e-mail this morning: "So what if the new me doesn't fit into my old skin bag? I'll just make me a new one."

I love it when people write me their inner thoughts and honest feelings. At that moment, I let e-mail become "me-mail." I know they're perfectly reflecting me, whether they are singing and laughing or weeping and chafing. It all goes on, here in Daniel Land.

In my movie life, I am in in the middle of a Ryan Gosling Exploration. Ever since I saw his work in "Fracture," with Sir Anthony, I have wanted to study the depths of his work. Last night, my senses whirled a bit at his performance in "Stay," a DEEP psychological thriller which blends Multidimensionality and Teen Angst.

Basically, this young man announces to his shrink (played by Ewan McGregor) that he is going to kill himself at midnight in 3 days (on his 21st birthday). This kind of scenario is more common than one might think! The shrink goes nuts trying to figure out all the co-inky-dinkies that go on in those three days, and he marvels even more at the young man's determination about this thing. Of course, his angst is also aggravated by the fact that his own girlfriend tried to kill herself not too long ago, and still has the cut marks on her wrist.

In one discussion with the Doc's girlfriend about this disturbed teen, she tells him: "He keeps coming back to you because he knows you just might help him. But your problem is: You've never been where he is." Then she offers a bit some sage advice.

She says: "Next time you talk to Henry, tell him that there's just too much beauty here to quit." As it turns out, she's an artist, as is Henry. This advice has power to cut through dark intention like a hot knife. Because it's true, you know. There may be loads of shit here on Planet Earth, but man, o man..........there certainly is some BEAUTY here to match it.

When I heard it, I immediately thought about Wes Bentley's characterization of that young man in "American Beauty".......you know.......the one who was always taking movies and pictures of everything in his life? He kept saying to his girlfriend........"There's just so much beauty".............(click here, turn on speakers).......

This is what I keep hearing when folks cry out "I want to leave! I want to go home."

Uh boy. More of that? Isn't that what Christianity has been teaching for ages? "Pie in the Sky by and by." Oh, I don't think so. I think that Pie is actually PI, and it's going to be here far sooner than "by and by." In fact, I think it's here NOW. This is kind of a joke we keep telling on the Recon Discussion Board. Calling out to our Cosmic Waitress for another piece of PI.

Metaphysical Thanksgiving

By the way........Beauty? Do you want to see a bit more beauty? Here's beauty: (Turn on Speakers)

Well.......I'm going to stop writing now. The Polar(ity) Bear in me is getting tired again. Think I'll catch a few.......... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........

Personal irritability has recently been on the rise. I know I am feeling more of it these days. The Danielverse has become filled with vocalizations about what pisses us off: rising prices, social inequity, the Iraqi War, time constraints, traffic, personal foibles of friends and loved ones, machines that break, pants that rip, car tires that need replacing, and a million other irritants that can crowd into busy days.

Those who aren't used to expressing anger, often find ourselves bogged down in depression and internal sludge. Many body aches and pains are a direct result of repressed anger. I have rarely seen a Chronic Fibromyalgia Patient who didn't have some kind of internal turbulence swirling around inside.......unexpressed.

Though it is crucial to ultimately find the roots of our anger, and sort them out, I sometimes wonder if Westerners are not becoming so focused on "staying positive" that we forget that we're also human. Granted.........it's unwise and cruel to purposely spray negativity on others. But if it happens, it isn't the end of the world. We just pay attention to what we're feeling, apologize and move on.

As time appears to speed up, internal consciousness needs to slow down. We need to pick and choose, in regards to priorities. And we also need to realize the many levels of our Beingness. The Reconnections told us this, early on:

"Now is the timing to "CHANGE GEARS", to use automotive jargon, into the Multidimensional mode. The events and occurrences of the Physical Focus will shortly reach a pitch of velocity that, if running to keep up with the world is the only way of life you know--IT WILL BE TERRIFYING!!"

One sure way to sidestep anger is to continually refocus attention into the NOW. One of the main triggers that can get me into anger is the feeling that I am being manipulated or pushed to make a commitment to something before I know all the facts, or feel ready to do so. In most instances, anger is actually a "warning light" to tell us that some part of us has stepped outside of NOW and is trying to handle things that aren't ready to be handled yet. Or, it's a feeling that our boundaries have been or are being violated.

My first teacher of Metaphysics made an interesting point about anger. Yes.....we do need to eventually discern WHY we're boiling over. But before we can do that, we sometimes need to blow off the charge of the initial response. This can be done in many ways. I love to use "hand screams"...........which are muffled yells, directed into my hand.......so the energy doesn't "spray" all over others. You might think of them as emotional sneezes. When doing hand screams, I find that volume of expression isn't nearly as important as intensity. It IS possible to screech like a banshee and barely be heard. This saves the vocal cords, even as it continues to allow us to clear ourselves of energetic debris.

If I can swing it, it's nice to jump in my car and head for a patch of open road (preferably where the traffic isn't too heavy). I roll up the windows and scream to high heaven........saying everything and anything I need to say to rid my system of built-up energy surges. Beating pillows is also effective. Poor little guys! All day long they cushion our behinds, and then they end up taking it on the nose when we need someone or something to work out volatile feelings. C'est la vie. Things that don't get expressed outwardly can become "introjects".......emotions turned inward. In such cases, the PHYSICAL BODY becomes that "pillow," absorbing the blows of our repressed rage. I think I prefer to beat on my outward pillows, don't you?

Anger can also be used as a diagnostic tool, to determine exactly where our repressed inner "stuff" is being stored. Some therapists actually learn to provoke their clients, in order to find out what "goodies" there are down inside. Though I don't consciously like to do this in sessions, my subconscious will frequently discern a "trigger" and go right for it! Then, my conscious self stands there with egg (and rotten fruit) all over its face.

Even if I'm practicing good emotional "health," during troubled times, it's still necessary for me to eventually realize who I'm actually mad at. It's ME. Me.........in all my various forms, with all my various faces. It's me who put me here, and me who will ultimately gets m out of these dilemmas. Have you ever heard of taking a "dil-enema?" Oh yes......it's necessarily, sometimes. Here's a little ditty that has often brought me joy:

Love people and use things

Don't love things and use people!

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

by Portia Nelson