Return of the Light

Above is a photo I took of my daughter sledding. Whenever she is laughing, spirit orbs come and delight in her laughter. An abundance of orbs showed up, so much so that you can see some of them bright and clear without sizing up the picture!

Today the sun was showing off in a bright blue sky as if to say "Here comes the light!" On the darkest night of the year here in Toronto Canada, I wish you a Joyful Solstice and beautiful new beginnings for 2009!

As I sent greetings to my myspace friends, it struck me that this will be a Winter Solstice not to be forgotten and I was compelled to write what came to me. This time of year is about the return of the light... the sunlight plus a plethora of meaningful sparks of light depending on your traditions. But tomorrow is a signpost of more light to come, as well as a landmark to say just how far we have already come.

Amazing things are happening. Terrible things are happening. But most importantly, we are truly beginning again as a people. We as a human race - and as individuals - have reached many milestones along the way and have many more to come, but I want to take a moment to recognize how far we all have come, no matter who you are.

We may have had - and still be having - seemingly insurmountable challenges. Some of us have gone through very dark moments or might still be living a dark moment right now. This is all part of the return of the light.

Not only is Mother Earth at the end of a season and beginning of another but we are also at the end of a very long season and entering a new way of living.

Change is uncomfortable for most of us. We feel our foundations crumbling underneath our feet. Nothing seems to work any more. People we love have walked away, or we have walked away from them. The economy - especially courtesy of media hype - seems to point to disaster, while strange climate aberrations abound. But there is so much hope now.

Light truly is coming, and becoming more and more powerful.

I invite you to take a Meditation Moment, a 5 minute stress-melting gift of relaxation and healing from me to you and your friends. Just listen in the audio player on this page.

I am posting a new one for each week in December, so if you have more time, scroll down in the audio player to see the others I've posted. It's FREE for everyone.
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For the light to return to us, we need to keep the inner fire burning. I'm talking about our connection to our own spirit - to who we truly are. It is more important than ever to be true to who you are. As we are becoming more and more en-light-ened, letting go of what holds us down is a natural part of this process. If you feel like you're in a tailspin, just let go. It is time to allow your highest good to come to be. The more you can let go of the need to control your outcomes, the easier and more beautiful your transformation will be.

I'm speaking from experience here. In my reality, things are far from where I want them to be... but I have learned that when I am able to pause long enough to step outside of my stressed out ego, I can then let go more easily. And when I let go more easily of old behaviours, beliefs and thoughts, I experience miracles. Take last night for example.

I sang at a benefit just as our worst blizzard this year was dying down. We were under a foot of snow by then, with dangerous driving conditions and delays everywhere. And yet... the organization raised the most they've ever raised for Anduhyaun Native women's and children's shelter.

The turnout was just wonderful and a sense of openness, love and compassion filled the room as people came in and started dancing. Even after huffing and puffing through the snowstorm with sore muscles and a migraine leftover, waiting several minutes for the bus, and forgetting my water, when I sang, my voice was crystal clear and people's grateful comments let me know they experienced healing and spirit connection through the sharing of my gifts.

Any time things seem to be going horribly, we have an opportunity to do or say something that makes us feel joy, lightness and gratitude. We all have choice.

We can choose to transform anything in our lives into light. We can choose to pause for a moment before we say or do something hurtful. We can choose to pay deep attention and respect to our loved ones and really connect on a deep level, from spirit to spirit.

We can choose to be light and in so choosing, we feel physically lighter. We can choose to open our hearts and minds in any situation. And we can choose to be in the company of those whose shining light ignites our own.

My hope for you at this time is that you feel your inner light shining so brightly that you burst into the widest smile, you feel the warmth growing from within you and that suddenly all that is good turns its attention to you, flooding you with even more love and joy that you then radiate outward.

Miigwech, Thank You and Blessings of Abundance, Joy and Harmony to you,
Brenda, Medicine Song Woman
http://brendamacintyre.com/moment

Synchronicity & Healing

I just love synchronicities. This one just stopped me in my tracks with my jaw dropped, literally. Check this out...

I'm surfing on myspace and I just opened a second page in a different window to see someone's profile. I'm also listening to my favorite positive reggae radio station using winamp.

All of a sudden the second profile's music player starts up - but I thought it was some ambient singing from the reggae radio station. What are the odds that the two songs would completely mesh???

The David Bowie song on the myspace profile was in exactly the same tempo as the reggae song. That in itself is amazing! Well, that's not all. The songs stayed in the exact same KEY as well! The chords were all working together and it sounded like this amazing reggae song with David Bowie wailing over it. Even Bowie's vocals were coming in at appropriate musical moments for the reggae song!

I only write in this blog when I feel inspired and passionate about doing it, and it's always moments like these that get me inspired.

Now, I don't want you to miss out on this...
I've put my Spirit Connection CD on sale for only $11.11 for the whole month of December. You can also choose to download the whole album for only $4.99! Check it out at http://brendamacintyre.com/moment and take a Meditation Moment while you're there.

How are you handling all the immense changes?

The past few weeks have been about re-integration, not just for me but globally. A lot is happening worldwide and if we can go above the physical appearances of things, we can begin to notice what else is going on and get through things much more easily.

How I've experienced re-integration is in a few waves. I had a wave of uncertainty and a sort of displaced sense of unfounded fear for about a week. I had to focus carefully on positive thoughts to feel okay. Everything felt like it was falling apart for me once more - not a pretty feeling.

After that, I spent some time for about a week doing much less than usual, to allow an energy healing to take place for me. I could feel a sweet, gentle presence and cool breeze, definitely female and very caring, working on a certain area of my energy system several times a day. This spirit helper continued working on me for that week, especially whenever I felt overwhelmed or sore or anxious. Thankfully I was already in a state of allowing, so I relaxed into it every time.

One morning as I sat here working, I realized I hadn't felt her presence, and I missed it. She did come to help me two more times, and then she left. I don't think she's really gone though - it feels like she's still watching over me. I am so grateful for her presence and her assistance. While she was working on me, I would feel that cool breeze, a sense of inner warmth and caring, and the area she was working on would tingle until she was done. It was like I could feel her smiling.

A few days later, I began to notice my knees and feet were cracking as I walked, which I now know from experience is about "moving forward". But this time it is different.

What I have noticed more and more is that my whole body has been creaking and cracking, but not necessarily hurting... ever since that energy healing happened. I realized just about a week ago that my body is simply adjusting to the energy work done on me, as well as to the new energies brought in to Mother Earth.

An amazing gift that has come to me during the same time, is that I can suddenly heal my own headaches within minutes or sometimes even seconds of them appearing. I've had headaches and migraines all my life and now I seem to be able to just make them go away with my mind! I really didn't think it would be possible, because usually the pain is so severe or longlasting that I can't even focus on anything. But it is. It's happening!

It's difficult to explain how I do it but it has to do with focusing on the actual pain and getting my consciousness inside the pain, pinpointing it with my 3rd eye. I promise when I figure out how to teach it, I will share that with you. It's been life-changing for me, because now when I get a headache, instead of losing a whole day or week over it, I feel fantastic!

Back in March 2008 when I "gave up" and asked Source what the heck I was supposed to be doing, I learned an important lesson.

When faced with adversity, get into a mode of observing things, just noticing them without judgment. And when you get into a space of not knowing what to do or where to turn, connect with your spirit and ASK Source for help! And... accept that you are where you are and know that even if things seem awful, you still have control over how you choose to respond. In the response of acceptance, calm observation, spirit connection and openness, amazing things can happen! And you will feel better even just trying.

I've also received a lot of inspirations and will be offering new services for 2009. I'll share more about these as I develop them. My album is coming along beautifully and I hope to have that officially released by June 2009.

I'll be sharing more here for the Winter Solstice coming up very shortly but for now, have a joyous day!

Love, Light & Gratitude,
Brenda