Insight | Bonnie Barnard - Part 14

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Hello friends, It is November 11 at 11:11 am. I have not studied numerology, but there is evidence today has some significance as I have received the following: two spiritual concert invitations a forgiveness event two gong ceremonies five meditation events – – local and virtual I Googled the significance of the number and this is what I learned: www.spiritvoyage.com claims today is “one of the most powerful shifts in human awareness that we will experience in our lifetime.” Today is the day to release karmic scripting and ancestral crap. www.tokenrock.com says eleven is a “master number” as it is a double digit number. It is the most intuitive of all numbers representing illumination. It is the number of the dreamer. www.huffingtonpost.com claims today is a big day for weddings. Many nuptials are taking place right now at 11:11 am. This is what I know for sure — today is a day I am alive. I will invest part of my day in pure, unadulterated silence, grateful for this...

Transformation is Sexy

“Nothing is sexier than watching active transformation” came sliding out of my mouth suspended 90 feet above the ground. I went zip lining with my friend Brandy last week. She was terrified. Okay, terrified is a generous understatement. She was silent in the car ride to the zip location. She robotically geared up with the assistance of our guide. Trembling she wanted to run. A few times she said ” no I can’t” and those around her would remind her she could. Her skin was a cross between ghost and paste and her energy was somewhere outside of her body. She had a good reason to be frightened. Several months prior she had been in a plane circling over LAX when the plane caught on fire, smoke filling the cabin. She associated the experience of height with potential death and she wanted to move beyond and through this fear. It was, however, active within her and running her body. We were given safety instructions and then we ascended via...

Praying for Another

In the midst of writing a chapter today on “befriending loss” my phone rang. A dear friend/colleague of mine was on the other end. Between sobs of roaring tears she eeeeked out “I need help. Please pray for me.” Hearing traffic as background noise, I told her to pull over to the side of the road, get out of the car with her feet on the green grass and call me back. She did. I typically don’t get authoritative with those calling for help. I knew, however, she was not grounded and rattled. Standing on firm ground and breathing was a large part of what she needed. Her story spilled forth. She was financially afraid. She had undertaken a large endeavor with a huge financial payoff down the way. Until then, she was afraid she’d run out of resources. We prayed together on the phone and I reminded her she is made in the image of the Most High God and within her and around her is everything she...

Waimea Wisdom

Alooooooooha. I am in Kauai celebrating a significant milestone birthday. My desire for myself? To see, know, recognize, give, and receive love in all of its magnificent forms. It has become a practice for me. I can sit in any situation and say “I spy with my own little eye, love ….” The Course in Miracles says everything is love or a cry for love. If this is indeed true, then I ought to see/experience if I give it attention. Kauai is an Hawaiian island where I have visited: as a child to play with my family, as a young adult to heal from heartbreak, with my daughter to bond and learn, to write my first book captive on a balcony overlooking the roaring Pacific, to explore deepening relationships with others, and now to celebrate who I’ve been and who I’m becoming in the next phase of unfolding. Yesterday I stood atop Waimea Canyon, the mini-Grand Canyon, reading this passage from mystic-teacher Joel Goldsmith: “Flow, God; flow! Flow into...

Where Has the Divine Shown Itself To You Today?

Photo of Sophy Burnham from her website sophyburnhamdotcom In the midst of writing a chapter on the benefits of being fluent in the language of emotions, I took a short break to contemplate. On this day, contemplation meant cleaning out my e-mail box. I discovered a message from Science of Mind Publications with their new online magazine complete with audio links. I entered. Curious with an interview on intuition, I placed my mouse over the link and began listening to Sophy Burnham, author and mystic speak on the topic. I was pulled in when she said emotions are the gateway to intuition, or something to that effect. I knew this was true, intuitively, however I didn’t know why and I wanted to know “the why”. I found her contact information on the web and e-mailed her. “Could we speak so I could have a greater understanding as to developing intuition through connection with the emotional body?” Graciously, her answer was yes. I purchased and studied her book The Art of...

The Impact of Trauma on the Emotions with Kim Lipsman

“Trauma, I would define, is the inability to stay in the present.” Kim Lipsman Emotions are wonderful nuggets of energy which rise up in response to an idea, thought, perception, or reaction. If, however, you are traumatized, these nuggets may proceed thought and/or direct it. Even more likely, is the chance you are separated from thought. During my two years of solitude I worked with Kim, above, to restore my emotional self to a place of balance and trustworthiness. I relearned the nuances of emotion and came to fall in love, once again, with the miracle of self expression through emoting. I allowed myself to write poetry, paint and wallow in emotional states not from a place of judgment, but from a place of gratitude. When is the last time you gave thanks for your ability to become angry, disgruntled, happy, frustrated or giddy? It is a wonderful practice. Catch an emotion rising up from within, name it and then with delight say “I love this feeling.” This freedom...