INSIGHTS
DECEMBER 2012

Dear Friend: 

This is the first time that I recall writing a newsletter mid-month, but it seems very important to me that I do so now. As I mentioned in my first of the month newsletter, we are in a time of extremely erratic and intensified energy. However, I now realize that I failed to discuss with you some of the most important things that could help you better understand what is happening and how to best deal with the extremity of this time.

If you look at my November and December calendars (December is now posted), you will see that the entire month of November is powerfully intensified, and that the most amazing thing I’ve ever witnessed is happening in this time and that is from the 20th of November through the 13th of December, there are only three days that are not intensified null cycles. I strongly urge you to go to read the explanations for internalization, externalization and null cycles (found on this website) because it’s really important that you understand the significance of this never before seen event.

This energy is coming in waves, and when one of those waves hits us, it’s like being slammed by a force that throws us out of balance emotionally so that we then suddenly feel overwhelmed, frustrated, easily angered or irritated, and we find ourselves grieving sometimes deeply about events or losses that hurt us sometimes many years ago. We have to be very careful because we are easily thrown out of balance and in this energy we may be experiencing high stress and a feeling of being fogged out a lot of times.

The most important thing for us to remember in this time is that it is all a natural happening. All that is happening is intended and it will eventually work to the benefit of all mankind. Before we come to that place where we feel we are benefitted, though, we will experience some really outrageous things – we already are experiencing the earth changes, the violent storms, etc., and we are experiencing the reactions in human beings. In this time, we need to realize that extreme responses and reactions are the way the world is. 

In this energy, we should never allow ourselves to be mistreated or victimized and we must speak our truth in the moment (for instance, saying to a person, “What have I done to cause you to feel so angry with me?”, or to say to a person, “I don’t think I can have this conversation with you until after we’ve both calmed down, and then I would like to sit down and discuss this with you so we can work our way past this.”) In most cases, we’re better off not to try to stay in a situation and resolve it while the wave of chaotic energy is slamming us. Just agree to come back to it later. By doing that, you have not agreed to be a victim to the situation, and also by doing that, you will be much less likely to carry around a pool of toxic energy in you that is the result of feeling hurt or angered by whatever the other person said or did.

So many people are ending relationships in this time because they are unable to communicate clearly. Many people are wanting to pack their bags and take the first ship to Bora Bora or Kalamazoo or wherever the heck they could go where nobody else would ever find them. They just want to get out of “it”, whatever “it” is, their job, their marriage, their location... but what they are really trying to escape is their sense of powerlessness. I have been for the past year begging you to not let go of your securities because in this time, you will need them more than you ever have needed them in your life. Doing so can cause you to end up alone, jobless, and without the support of those who have wanted to love you.

I’ve spent the past several years striving to teach my students that this time (in fact, the past two thousand years) has been a time in which the purpose of life in this world has been for us to learn to love, to learn compassion, to learn to respect and value others and ourselves. And we accomplish this learning most easily when we strive to live in unity and in harmony with Spirit. These months that we have entered into now are taking us into a time when we’ll be tested more than we’ve ever been tested before in our lives. They can be wonderful or they can be terrible, and they will likely be both. But most of the time whether or not they are wonderful or terrible depends upon the attitude that we decide to bring to the situation. For instance, when the cashier whose feet are hurting and who is holding back tears because she fears her marriage is falling apart treats you in an abrupt and discourteous manner, I can’t urge you strongly enough to please remember to respond to her with compassion. Instead of saying, “Wow, you’re really being bitchy today,” how about saying something kind.

The lesson of this time is to learn to be loving and compassionate. Every time we offer compassion, a loving word, a bit of understanding or caring to another person, our cup becomes a little bit fuller. And if we live our lives offering love and compassion, our cups can overflow. We will be in the midst of turmoil, of chaos, of war, of storms, of all kinds of unforseen events, and we can choose in those times to be resentful and hate-filled, blaming others, God or fate, or we can reach out our hand to another who is experiencing distress.

Which of those actions do you think is going to make you feel better, and which of those actions do you think is going to add to the quality of your Soul, of your being, and is going to help to create you as a person who merits respect and care from others?

Yes, these are difficult times, but in the midst of these difficult times, we see acts of kindness that are just amazing. I saw a beautiful story on television where a little three year old boy who was in a shelter during a storm heard another child crying, and he asked his mother, “Why is he crying?” And his mother said, “He lost his doggie.” And the little boy went over and put his stuffed dog in the crying child’s arms and sat with him. The crying child felt loved and understood and within minutes, they were laughing together as the storm raged outside.

There will be many opportunities for us to make offerings of such kindness, it’s all about our attitude. We can either view these coming times as horrendous trials, or we can view them as opportunities for more rapid growth of our souls. I like to think of these times as wonderful opportunities for growth, and I hope you will, too, because if you do, you can actually find yourself laughing in the middle of the storm!

Stay focused on the Light, and Happy Holidays to you and your loved
ones….       

Dixie Yeterian