We find ourselves in turbulent times. The world as we know it is undergoing a fiery transformation. Much of what we see in the news does not align with our internal moral compass.

We may feel out of control, demoralized, or paralyzed in our ability to act in ways that reflect our truth of showing love, compassion, and respect for others.

We come from a lineage of ancestors who faced immense challenges. These old ones live in us, offering us counsel, resources, and guidance as we, too, face challenges. They remind us of our resilience, strength, and determination to hold a vision for a heart-centered world in thought and action.

The eye of the storm is the place within our hearts that guides us as we chop wood and carry water through right action, remembering that the hurricane is swirling around the perimeter, yet we can still see clearly using the quiet reflection within to guide us.

As these shadowy parts surface, each a piece of the whole, tyrant and victim in their expression, we experience deep polarity within us, and between us. 

If our unconscious aspects rise to the surface without our processing the feelings, we witness more destruction, alienation, devastation, suffering, and war being acted out. War only creates more wounding and trauma, perpetuating a system of injustice. 

We must bring love to the disparity, separation, incongruencies, and differences in opinions. Only through love can we heal, have hope, and evolve. We must love all the pieces to bring ourselves back to wholeness, incorporating all we are. 

Here in the Midwest of the USA, we enter the winter months, the dark incubation period of our cycles with nature. We are learning to feel the subtle energies of our animal nature, our intuition. We grew up learning about the five senses of our physical bodies: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. However, our intuitive body and non-physical senses have been dormant, waiting patiently for us to remember. In reality, we have way more senses than we can imagine.

Our Ancestors can assist us if we choose to connect and ask them for guidance. With their assistance, we can work to bring to consciousness the trauma and shame from the secrets of our past, which led our lineage to go askew.

First and foremost, we can thank our Ancestors for giving us life! Then, we can ask our Ancestors for guidance as we tap into our inner knowing. With this adjustment in our field, we can more easily navigate our lives and live from a place of truth, love, and light. We also help our Ancestors, as when we heal, we heal seven generations before and after us. We heal the world.

I am keenly aware of how the cold creeps in with each challenge we face. Are we not metaphorically dying of the frigidity in our detachment from the pain of it all? Our feelings, stifled, held back in the “it’s too much.” When we have had enough, what can we do? 

We can compassionately lean into the warmth, support each other, allow the tears to fall, and the anger to dissipate, and transform into compassionate service. 

We can bear witness to the pain. We can listen, love, reach out a hand, embrace, text, call, or write, without judgment or advice. We can be present. We can be warm. 

On the Spiral Path, we are continuously dying metaphorically and being reborn, deepening our understanding of our lives and how everything and everyone is intricately connected through an energy field of complexity. We are both an independent system and a cog in the wheel of humanity, interdependent!