Thoth & Mistress Peony: Choices

June 24th, 2002

Choices Transcript

—Clear the space by finding your breath, and filling your body with new chi.  The chi of the beautiful air and the sun, the presence of Mother Earth through the plants and through her own being beneath us.  

So, as you breathe, find any places that are tense in your body, or where you might be holding something.  Breathe deeply into them.  And, stretch out a little bit, so that you can make space for the fresh energy that will be available to us tonight. 

Become aware of Mother Earth that we are sitting on and connected to.  And, let her move up into your first chakra, which is at your perineum. Or move up your legs into them, or any part of you that touches the ground or chair or pillow. 

 As she does this, root down with energetic roots that hold you securely to her.  Your connection to her will enhance your connection to your upper chakras, to Father Sky, to the greater universe and the mystery that it is about, and that we are connected to.  

Our grounding enhances our Divine connection.  So, be fully in your Sacred body.  Feel your limbs and your torso.  Sense as you are able, or imagine, or visualize, or hear the energy moving from Mother Earth throughout your entire body, and up each of your chakras. 

Your first chakra at its best is fiery.  And from the first to the second in your belly, your emotional core, which at its best is fluid like water.  

Then into your solar plexus, to your third chakra, in between your ribs and lower than your ribcage by just a tad, place of mind, intellect, ego. 

And up into your heart chakra, and enable that, allow that, surrender that to opening front and back.  The heart is where we can love universally, where we can love someone while knowing and seeing their faults and failings, where we can hold compassion for others even if we find them distasteful on the emotional level.  

And it is the bridge between the lower three chakras and the upper three that are within our bodies, and which are the realm of Spirit.  This life, the lower three, the bridge, and then Spirit, the upper three. 

So, from your heart to your throat, place where truth is expressed.  Your truth on this life’s level and your knowing as an oracle or visionary.  This chakra transcends time and dimension.  

Now, up to your third eye, nurturing the pineal, pituitary and hypothalamus.  And let that part of your mind, your cranium, soften and expand.  Open to receptivity in a balanced, psychic way.  Holding balance between seeing the smaller things that are truth, and the larger things, so that the small ones can be seen in perspective. 

And now, let the energy come up to your crown chakra, and flow around your auric field like a cleansing fountain.  Moving away things and energy that would hold you from fully receiving what is available to you this night, which each one of you decides and is in control of.  

So from your crown sense the chakras that are above your head.  Not that you need to see them precisely, but know that they are there.  And that here you connect to the Sacred. 

And, one of the aspects of the Sacred the most close to you is your own Higher Self.  So when you are in doubt about what to ask, go up here first and ask, “What is my question?” or, “What is my concern?  What do you wish me to have insight into?  How can I connect most deeply to you?”  You are asking for guidance from your own Higher Self. 

Breathe and integrate all of this because your energy field has shifted already.  And this is a practice that we can do everyday.  And contemplate our concerns and our sorrows from this place where we have gained access, and strengthened our connection to our own Higher Self, whose goal is our own evolution, our own well being, our own healing and our own happiness. 

I call us into Sacred Space.  I ask for the guardianship and the blessings of the Grandmothers and Grandfathers of the six Sacred directions from all ancestral traditions.  

Into this Sacred Space we gather to align ourselves with our deeper and greater purpose.  We gather to align ourselves with all that is Sacred in the universe.  We gather for our strengthening, our wholeness, and our happiness. 

Into this Sacred circle we invite our Spirit guides, that they may draw near to us and guide our experience tonight.  So that each one of us may receive all that we are capable of receiving this night.  

And that our processes unfold gently and sweetly in manageable time release process appropriate to our ability to absorb and receive the changes we wish for, the changes we seek.— 

Good Evening.  I am Thoth, and I am so pleased to have friends in the circle.

I am certain that you will be visited by more than one this evening.  We each have our areas which we wish to connect with you on, which we wish to provide you with support.

Now I’m going to look into the cauldron of energy which you have created by your thoughts and your concerns.  And I will address those which are most relevant for me to address.

Ah, the global situation, the political situation is there are forces which are in conflict with one another, which must intensify.  And we have spoken of this before.

As the negative intensifies it will appear to be gaining ascendance in this country which has been so important to so much of the world.  There has been a very sad shift in terms of its true representation of liberty and freedom, and value of the individual.

And so the ascending forces at this time are carrying that trend further.  And forces in other countries are meeting it.  They look like they are enemies, but they are of the same nature.  And so they will cause their character to be seen by more and more people.

And you, I’m sure, have frustration because sometimes it seems that you are in a minority in terms of what you see, and what you know politically.  Correct?

—Yes.—

So this will intensify for the purpose of more people seeing what you know already.

Now, political struggles can bring the end to good civilization and bad as well.  And this is a reason why your Spirit guidance is drawing closer to the Earth, and closer to those of you who are receptive to it.

Because the struggles occur in a - there is a line of events which goes back to the beginning of time.  And you cannot have this perspective possibly, because you are trained to have a perspective of your own life.

Very few people now study history, ancient history, or history of other cultures.  So that you can have a sense of the bigger picture.

So I tell you, I share with you that on the spiritual level, which is the underpinning of everything, this is a longstanding struggle, a longstanding process.  A process which has had periods of renaissance and reform, periods of blossoming, and periods of great darkness.

So what is asked of you is to become as wizards.  Wizards who hold the energy for yourselves, for your communities, and for those who will not ever know that you are holding the energy for them, for the world.

We come to you so that there can be more points of Divine connection in an enormous grid which covers the Earth, and which is connected to the heavens, to the stars, to specific ones most important.

If you gaze at the sky, and if you find the mythology of any constellation of interest to you.  Consider that that is probably a relationship to you.  Not a happenstance that you are interested in this constellation.  That you like its name.  Or that you like its shape.  Or that you tend to find it easily in the sky.

So know that you can be part of this grid which I believe we have spoken of before.  And that you can be part of strengthening Divine will.  

And in strengthening Divine will it is good to observe the political situation.  So that you know what you believe.  So that you see and observe what is happening.

So, when you hear of difficult things happening, that you hold that tragedy as being part of the tumult which is occurring on many levels.  And many people will choose to leave life.  

And some who are in struggle may be sweet souls, and look as if they are succumbing to a darkness.  Perhaps they are.  Perhaps they are not.  Perhaps they are recognizing an inclination to go from this life.

And all you can do is hold all who go with a prayer for their well being.  With a prayer that they find what they seek.  With a prayer that their life find its higher purpose.  And that their continued life be connected and blessed by the Sacred.

And we have told you before, and it is so, every prayer you make makes a difference.  And in your culture you are not trained to believe this.  You are trained to feel impotent to many significant degrees.

And then your task is to observe things as they flow, and as they change, as they occur.  To meet sorrow with prayer, and release it from you.  Watching change occur.  Releasing yourself to the flow of the mystery.  

Holding yourself close to your own Spirit self.  That you provide yourself with the highest guidance.  And your guidance will expand and change.

Now, to remember to do this.  This is why you gather here.  To be reminded.  And you can do so, and already do in many other circumstances.  And you know which things are in your life which hold you to your deepening.

And so, these are the times.  And you can bring this to your mind in the small moments of the day.  If you see beauty around you, to thank the Sacred for these incredible gifts.  To ask that those who are blind to those gifts see them.

Giving thanks empowers you.  Praying for others helps them and empowers you.

I’m holding you in an energy of strength.  I’m holding you in an energy of compassionate warrior.  I’m holding you in my love which can be very powerful.

Breathe out any energies which constrict you.  Breathe deeply.  Find solidity in your bodies.  And absorb my strength which is born of love.  For this is all that matters.

And if any of you have sorrowful experiences, may you find it coming to you.  This love, this strength born of love.  

That even in your own deaths, whenever they may occur, that you find contentment and sureness.  Because your self, your Soul, your Spirit being continues on into the greater story of which you are a part.

May those who you know who have passed out of this life.  May their fear be replaced by a strength that comes with profound love.  

I leave you now.  Good night.

Good Evening.  I’m Mistress Peony.  

So now, let me see.  I would like to see what is left in our cauldron, our soup.  

Ah, yes, boundary questions are very relevant to everyone, and coping with your own fluctuations and the fluctuations of others who come into your field.  

Some of them who wish you to take from them what they need to cope with, rather than coping themselves. 

So, strengthening your own field is primary.  Strengthening your own field with chakra meditation, with the physical practices of Qigong, yoga, Tai Chi.  

I presume anything done in a meditative manner being aware of the body, perhaps even swimming or running.  Anything which strengthens the physical body also strengthens the energetic body. 

And this is the chakra (5th) where you taste people.  And you taste all of the things that go around that come before you.  It’s supposed to taste, but it’s supposed to spit out quite quickly anything that is not for you to keep.  

This is something which takes some of us some time to learn. 

Some of us were fed so much that was not beneficial that we think it’s normal.  And so, we take it in, and we carry it around because it’s familiar, and we think it’s normal. 

And we don’t believe, because you’ve not been trained in warrior-ship.  That it’s the highest purpose of your relating to yourself and others to be able to take in and decipher, and then to release. 

 This way you can inform other people a great deal.  You can take something of their’s and say, “Oh, that’s quite putrid.  I’m sorry you’re feeling that way.  I’m not.” 

And then you can be a model for others.  In that you really can clear yourself to a point of being so comfortable in your own being.  So at ease in your own being.

You can bring up energy when you need it.  You can disperse it in a purposeful way which you choose.  And you can hold it when it’s appropriate to do so.

And probably what many of you have not learned is to hold energy.  And hold energy does not mean to be withholding.

So you can love fully.  You can love more fully, more deeply if you bring consciousness to it.  If you bring the question of, “Is that me?  Is that someone else?  What is my internal state?”  

And the more you work in your day-to-day, daily practices of knowing and feeling and being in touch with your internal state, then the easier it will be to answer those questions.  You will know so much more directly. 

Let me see, all right, physical practices, things that keep you healthy.  

Pausing in your day to be in touch with yourself.  Pausing to connect with the natural world.  Pausing to say a prayer of an intention that you wish to be connected to your Higher Self, that you wish your Higher Self to be with you more and more strongly in every minute of every day. 

Gradually you will find this grows.  You will find that you can more quickly regain yourself.  Do this through the beautiful things that you love.  I, myself, prefer greatly the natural world, and, as you know, it’s so full of beauty.  Much is offered to us. 

If you just walk out into this little garden outside you will see so much that is exquisite, offered for a gift of relationship, which so many humans walk by and don’t even see.  So they can’t receive it then. 

So, in some ways I recommend simplifying where you put your attention.  Simplifying what is in your mind on a daily basis.  

Even if you have much complexity and details to work with.  Work with those and return to a deeper connection internally. 

Know that your inner connection is to the core of you, which is where the Divine you lives.  And the more that you bring consciousness to this Divine you, the more it will pervade your life.  

And it will be a resource when you are in need.  And it will help you think through some of the questions which are for you to determine. 

Sometimes if you feel stuck, it is for you to do a deeper personal process with a healer, with someone who prays with you, with someone who helps to shine a light on your particular issue.  

So, I’m not saying to do everything alone, but you have within you a resource which is the one to cultivate.  And that resource then connects you to all that is sacred in the universe. 

Can you see the empowerment which I speak of?  This is what humans are asked to evolve to.  Bring this to your own life, and then you will be a light unto others, especially your children. 

We must be concerned for the future of all the children, and the children all over the world.  So, how we do this is to become part of a universal fellowship of light, a universal fellowship of those who practice connection to the Sacred. 

This will give you a power which those who seek to run the world with dominance will not be able to manage, not be able to comprehend, not be able to eliminate, not even with death.  

So, you wanted a little insight and now you are receiving an enormous challenge.  And we wish that each of you receives the support which you need to be able to achieve this.  

And we know that it is not easy at all times.  But we take this wish and this energy, and we throw it in your path before you.  

So that in moments you will be taken by surprise by the ease at which you do this, by the ease at which you say, “I commit to myself.  I commit to my own Divinity, my own Sacredness.”  And you find that more strongly and strongly within you. 

Do the healing work which you need to do to achieve this state, if you wish to serve the highest good you are capable.  

We long for your company.  We will support you in these efforts.  

You each have a Higher Self, and that Higher Self is connected to Sacred beings which are on multiple levels of reality and ascendance.  

You are not alone.  And each time you feel alone, and then stop yourself and say, “No, I’m not alone.  I surrender myself to the Sacred.”  

Even if you are not sure how to do it.  Say those words with all your heart and observe your energy follow them.  

And each time you do this it is a triumph.  And each time you do this we are joyful. 

No one in your life may even know you have done this but you.  But we will.  And this work we do can change us individually, and then will change the world.  This is a very high order. 

Now, receive energetically what we have brought.  Breathe and relax.  You may wish to lie down.  You wish no effort in your body right now.  You wish complete comfort.  Breathe deeply.  Breathe sweetly. 

Invite now the energy which I have spoken of into your field.  Can it come in through your breath, and disperse through your body as the oxygen does?  

Can you breathe it in through your pores?  Can you absorb it into your bones?  Your fascia?  Your organs?  The cells of your body? 

And let it vibrate to as high a frequency as your Higher Self directs.  

Do you invite your own transformation?  Answer within quietly to yourself.  Make a statement of your intention about your willingness to embrace your own transformation. 

Let the core of you shine brilliantly with Divine light.  Let that light intensify as greatly as your Higher Self defines for you.  

Know that you can return to this meditation at any time on your own.  And let the Divine light permeate from within outward and filling your auric field. 

Let yourself become expansive, able to sense what is around you.  

What is an energy or a low frequency which is not to your benefit?  And release those.  Know them.  Have compassion for them.  Do not take them in. 

Find within your self aspects of yourself that are low energy or confused energy.  And let that dissipate, and be washed away by the strength of your shining. 

Know that you can learn to change your energy field, your body, your very being by these practices, these processes.  Know that it’s only your own disbelief which limits what you can accomplish. 

So, embrace transformation in alignment with your highest good, your Highest Self, and then watch the things that come.  And know they will come and they will go.  

And they are part of a deeper process which you have embraced, and which will bring you greater wholeness, powerfulness, ability to affect and influence for the good of all, and happiness and contentment.  These are a blessing for you. 

Take us with you.  In your very being, call upon your guidance in your sleep, in your joyful moments, in your sorrowful ones.  And you need never be alone for you are beloved unto the Sacred.  And this love is the greatest power.  

Goodnight my dears.