Planting the Seeds of Conscious Personal & Social Change

Each year, moment by moment we have it within our power to begin our world all over again. Yet, stubborn in our patterns, we move through the parallels of time, with little cultivation of our interior self. We let years fly by; experience the Earth’s shifts above and below; watch the government become more fascist; bear community construction of asphalt & concrete landscapes; watch our children grow up and loved ones die, and partnerships unite, while some dissolve and others renew; and yet throughout such change, our attitudes stay the same. What seeds will you plant into your garden of the New Year? What ideas will grow into deep rooted changes? What will you create on purpose? Who will you let into your heart? How will you foster your emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth?

It is my belief that most people are emotionally intelligent enough and have the ability to solve their problems and those which face their communities. Too often, they are held back by the self-serving interests and fear packages of powerful economic, socio-political, religious, and cultural institutions. However, if we continue to feed into these institutions we may end up living in an ecologically irreversible bio-engineered garden most likley not to our desire.

Despite the engineered hands that seek to mold humanity and Earth's ecology, we are fully capable with collective effort to cultivate large gardens which feeds community in body, mind and Soul from both the local to the global level. The thoughtful nurturance of such a progressive garden of wisdom is that it is cultivated through community interests and intentional efforts. There is no need for big business or government for that matter.

Imagine! Together we can shape and celebrate new kinds of partnership in cooperation and collaboration governed through right action (attention, intention, and the refinement of perception) that is inspiring and life supporting. This enables a shift in consciousness to occur.

“Collectively, we can yield a synergistic harvest if we thoughtfully plant our seeds, cross-fertilize with our wisdom, and lay the ground with mutuality and collective vision. I invite you to plant your seeds, adding to the garden in your own way, for the sake of the garden’s abundance and mutual harvest for future generations.”

Merry Christmas! and Blessings this Holiday Season for all the World's Religions!

Garden Tips

Ponder On This... Giving From Your Heart Most of us probably have our basic needs met if not substantially more. This season help others meet their primary needs. This beautiful child lives in shambles and yet she smiles in her innocence of not knowing anything more than she has. Giving a Dolly helps to develop care giving skills, lends hope and thus, removes a sense of isolation. Give a refugee child a handmade doll Save the Children Gift Donation The Gift of Sustainability Choose a meaningful gift to help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant. Heifer International Ending Hunger Caring for the Earth Watch this Kool Music Video There is another way you can help America's Homeless Animals this Holiday Season IT'S COLD OUT THERE!!!!   Support your Homeless Animals Watch Video

The Imperative

The Vastness of Interconnectedness

The world pulse is at a heightened altitude. The social sphere of human living is ever-changing with the trends of fashion, food, art and political scandals, technological advancements and all things speedy, yet inside ourselves we are fixed with little malleability, are apathetic, and essentially unhappy with the way things are going about us. We easily recognize the injustices of the world that always evoke some form of loss. We imagine a better world, but when called to action we fail to respond. We refuse to move out of our self-imposed isolation, of complacency and habituation. Instead, we make excuses to justify non-action while slowly, very slowly our rights are usurped while millions of minds interface with the make-believe world of Television entertainment night after night and then talk intimately about make believe characters as if they are real. Reality is increasingly lost to living in the habit of non-reality. There is no wonder that so many get discombobulated during the tides of change.

The biggest mistake of our times is that we are out of rhythm with the whole and thus, ourselves. In our oblivion, we fail to see the close connection between how we individually respond-the collective human activity and the natural environment in which we witness the occurrence of these activities. It is imperative that we begin to look beyond our bubble of reality to more inclusive values, to understand the effects of our choices upon the greater whole.

The electoral process is a perfect example of an individual’s right and response-ability to assert positive change through a pattern of effective action that moves from “I, We, to Us.” Casting an individual vote becomes the collective desire that guides a leader to serve the needs of a nation. Whether the leaders of America serve in favor of the whole or the interests of the Sycophant is another matter, altogether. The point is that no matter ones view, when a nation’s collective is given the opportunity to participate freely in the movement of a nation’s focus, it becomes vital that every single person who seeks to govern the law of their own being chooses to participate with the nation whose laws govern their lives. And, if nothing else to prevent the folly of unilateral action. Alarmingly, less than half the population of registered voters (only 47%) cast their ballot on November 7, 2006.

I believe that collective apathy has its roots in the ecological crisis that coincides with the collapse of human social values and of the uncertainties in the dawn of our technological era of disconnection, which has an extreme effect upon individual and collective experience of living. What we see as the world’s chaos, greed, dis-ease, friction, illusion and so on mirrors humanities strained relationship to the environment which produces a barrage of climatic conditions and myriad emotional responses that are variances of disconnection from the whole. However, if we look long enough to notice what is going on around us and take it within for observation, we might see that the human condition is amidst chaos, in servitude to greed, filled with emotional and mental friction, under the spell of illusion and glamour, and generally weighted with dis-ease.

Imagine something altogether new, where every unit of human energy in a nation consciously participates in shaping the direction of their country and in doing so shapes the collective consciousness that in turn positively affects the lives of every individual. Under the Law of Unity everyone counts and therefore, has value to add to the collective stew. This participatory effort conveys feelings of connectivity as a vital part of the whole where the "I" is bridged to the "We/Us."

The various efforts to create new perspective on our human experiences as Wholeness is one of stewardship. As stewards, the thread of consciousness is engaged with the world of many disciplines. The study of complex systems, processes and the human condition in all its varieties that accompany change is the bridge to perceiving ourselves, others and the world as an interrelated whole. The natural love imbued within the mind of Unity is the answer to all things divisive.

As Within, So Without; AS Above, So Below!

A Series of Life Relations

October is my favorite month and fall my favorite time of year. This is not because I celebrate the entire month for my Birthday-turning the big 40 on the 10th, or enjoy the breeze of cooler weather. Rather, there seems to be a deeper feeling associated with October’s energies that causes me to ponder deeply into the context of relationships a little more than usual.

Relationships, we can’t live without them and sometimes we have a hard time relating in them. It is this very relating dynamic that fascinates me because it concerns how we live in the world-the human experience of inter-relationships. Life is a series of relationships: first, of the personality in relation with the Self that is the distance between the ego personality and the Soul; the gender body and how it expresses through it creative masculine and feminine spiritual energies; the intimacy level with a lover, family, friends and co-workers; and of course the roles we play in the outer world. These relationships comprise our horizontal life- that of the material realm and act as perfect mirrors for refining the personality.

Still, there are other vital connections that keep us sane and centered in authenticity. For instance, the primal relationship between the authentic Self and Earth Mother is determinant upon our level of sensory connection with her. As the feminine healer of all things we can re-build our energy from an energy depleting technosphere as long as we consciously connect with her vital body. Terra is the link that grounds the Human Being into source and her rhythmic heartbeat has the ability through conscious connection to affect both mental and emotional health. Through entrainment there is an altering of rhythms just enough to act in unison with her rhythmic heartbeat. Swimming in the healing waters of her womb revitalizes our Spirit to overcome obstacles such as fear. Overcoming fear and victimization lends clarity to creatively solve sophisticated life patterns that will ultimately lead us into feelings of peace and harmony. This sheathing of all things misaligned with Love, like the dropping of Fall leaves, is an essential process in our evolution and provides the basis for developing our spiritual nature.

A complimentary spiritual nature requires that we also acknowledge the feminine face of God- to help us integrate the masculine mind of God to the feminine heart of the Goddess. The development and relating of the mind and heart are said to be the subjective purpose of manifestation, which proposes great significance in our relationships. If we want healthy authentic relationships we must balance the power of the mind with the light to lend wisdom and understanding. Without it love is blind. Equally, if we are not under the influence of love our minds cannot truly be enlightened and become the medium of revelation.

Living in unified rhythm with nature and in alignment with the mind of God and the heart of the Goddess creates balance on a physio-psycho-spiritual level enabling the maximization of life versus the minimization of it. Without this dynamic interrelationship we cannot think from our authentic source, or be willing, intelligent co-operators with the forces of evolution.

Global Unity

"I believe without a shadow of doubt that science and peace will finally triumph over ignorance and war, and that the nations of the earth will ultimately agree not to destroy, but to build up." ~Louis Pasteur

The celebration of creating a sustainable future starts with the eleven days of Global Peace that runs from September 11th to the 21st. These eleven days of Global Unity is a taste of the collective potential to Creating a Culture of Peace. The last day, September 21, 2006 marks the 25 Year Anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Peace!

Let us move beyond recriminations of both past and present and focus on what we need to do as a human family to arrive at Peace. In the profound words of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. who said, “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” The ultimate expression of our lives is what we are capable of and it is well overtime to make the necessary adaptations in order to transition into a culture of peace and unity.

There is an inherent unity in the hearts of humanity that is to love and be loved and to be free from pain. To be free from our self manufactured pain is to let go of our selfishness, what we think we want and where we think we are going. This letting go of illusory trappings enables us to be at ease with the rapid changes in life. To be in harmony requires embracing life in all its glory and misery-to not to be against anything because this creates resistance to acheiving our Soul's desire and instead, draws to us the abyss of ill will by nature of magnetic attraction. Like attracts like. Just as those who agree and live with the good are empowered by the good, those who agree with the bad are led by the bad and those who identify with the ONE LIFE are in accordance with the Spirit of the One Life. This moving, creating, seeing life and death as an ongoing process, ever unfolding and reaching a little further is to trust and be in accord with in the Spirit of Unity. This Trusteeship where everything belongs to God leads us into deeper harmony. As our trust grows we can relax and expand into the greater flow of the moment. Life is flow and to flow is to abide in the wellspring of Spirit, of unity consciousness aware of the interconnecting and interdependent fabric of life that nourishes and provides for all. Knowing this, how then can we disassociate ourselves from the problems of Society and the ecosystem and not bother about finding solutions?

Unity does not mean just getting along culturally, it means living symbiotically with all of life's kingdoms and engaging only in work that is beneficial to Society and is without harm. It is about being committed to spiritual principles that govern the Universe and to live simple lives where everyone is busy working for others, creating, growing and sharing what is beneficial. Living in the rhythm of unity automatically produces less energy consumption especially of unwanted and undesirable goods and therefore less pollution, and so on.

When we truly perceive the unity in all things we realize that everything belongs to God, the Source of creation. Under this moral socialism everyone governs the law of ther own being by adjusting in a spiritual way. This self governace through higher law and principle can be idealized through sheer economic planning, access to education, health care, guaranteed employment, housing and creative expression. Providing these basics to all could abolish poverty and uplift life despite the stratification in Society. However, one simple act is required. All persons must decide to be uniformly unselfish! This is the heart of unity consciousness.

Following the ways of nature as example we see that Gaia has never failed to support us as it lives and moves and has its being in the unconditional spirit of unity. If we unconditionally do our part individually and collectively and abide with nature we could heal the chasms of divisions and restore nature to a life sustaining balance.

To embrace the true spirit of unity is to live, create, evolve and always move and change with the rhythmic heart path of the Kosmos. To realize this living template is to ground spirit into matter where the creative human spirit can finally arrive at peace, harmony and unity. As within , so without; As above, so below!

Fire by Friction

There is no mistake that the energy this month is fiery action. Not only is Mother Earth experiencing inflammation in particular regions we call the U.S. with a rising heat index well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit and blazing fires, but there is also an immense amount of inflammation in the hearts of humankind warring across many lands. This type of inflammation or fire by friction is created at the interface of crisis and emergence, control and redemption-when tensions have reached a threshold where change or transmutation is inevitable. A turning point always insists upon creating another response or new energy- one that supports change through cooperation or one that exacerbates or resists it.

Such crises power the evolutionary process. They are compulsory opportunities of growth individually and collectively. Their potencies release in our consciousness a series of choices and direction. If we can align ourselves with the progression of good, these energy surges spiritually empower us. We realize that the whole universe is on our side, calling and lifting us to greater heights via the spiraling motion of solar fire.

Tips to utilize natures fire element in healing...

A World Day of Prayer, Invocation and Meditation

June 11, 2006
Moon in Gemini

World Invocation Day is a world day of prayer and meditation when men and women of every spiritual path join in a universal appeal to divinity and use the Great Invocation. Together they focus the invocative demand of humanity for the light, the love and the spiritual direction needed to build a world of justice, unity and peace.
As we begin the new millennium, we face the fact that materialistic values have led humanity to a state of profound crisis. Our very survival is threatened, not only by militarism, but by our lack of wisdom and will to feed the hungry, to share our plentiful resources, and to solve the many other critical problems which confront the human family.

Yet the solution exists. One of the greatest insights of our time is that of the interdependence and interrelatedness of all life. Today millions of people share the conviction of an inner spiritual unity within humanity which transcends any outer differences of race, nation and creed. As men and women of goodwill the world over give expression to this conviction in their lives, a process of planetary transformation is taking place. A new civilization is emerging which embraces all peoples and is founded upon the recognition of our common humanity and right human relations.

The world's problems are of humanity's making and they are for humanity to solve. But the essence of the spiritual life lies in knowing that we are not alone. The energies of divinity are abundantly available and, on World Invocation Day, an appeal is made for the release of the energies which will enable humanity to create the new civilization.

To use the Great Invocation is world service for it speaks directly to world need today. We need light to illumine the way ahead and reveal the vision of a new civilisation; we need love to govern the relationships between people and bring to an end the reign of hatred and separatism; we need the power of the will-to-good to direct human choice and decision making. The universal use of the Great Invocation on World Invocation Day charges this day with deep spiritual significance, for it builds a channel through which light, love and power can reach and irradiate the hearts and minds of people everywhere. joining in the affirmation of the oneness of humanity, the livingness of our relationship to God and the responsibility of humanity for the working out of the divine Plan on earth.

Will you join me in observing World Invocation Day through the united use of the Great Invocation?

THE GREAT INVOCATION*

From the point of Light within the mind of God
Let light stream forth into human minds
Let Light descend on Earth.
From the point of Love within the Heart of God
Let love stream forth into human hearts
May the Coming One return to Earth.
From the centre where the Will of God is known
Let purpose guide all little human wills
The purpose which the Masters know and serve.
From the centre which we call the human race
Let the Plan of Love and Light work out
And may it seal the door where evil dwells.
Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.

*In accordance with the changing conciousness and language of humanity as we enter into the Aquarian Age, this "adapted" wording for the Great Invocation is offered in the hope that it will encourage wider distribution of this world prayer.

Ponder on This....

Acquiring What We Do Not Need

In light of all the earthly disasters and the loss that comes with devastation I began to ponder what I find ultimately valuable. Perhaps for some it is a material life, aspirations, beliefs or living with a sense of purpose. What is valuable is strictly personal. My thoughts immediately turned towards the books I have filled for decades with my souls channellings. They then skipped to the social experiment of the New World Order that usurps creative expression through distraction. My solar plexus-the center of will and personal power immediately filled with strong tension. I felt that I would wither away if I could not express and fulfill my souls urging. So many people are imprisoned, both physically and mentally.

With further inquiry into these feelings inside my gut that came from a place of fear, I felt an internal grasping over which I had no control. I wished to let these feeling go and not pervade me. So, I went deeper within to discover what was authentic and aligned in love. Finally, I came to the conclusion that in the hour of death, what I hold in my hands in the end is what really matters! For instance, in life we grasp, yearn and crave while in death our only challenge is in letting go. Somewhere in the middle between these polarities lies the balance point. We must at some point in our life experiences come to know what is enough-to discern between satisfaction and disatisfaction; between need and want; between what serves the highest source within us and that which distracts us from living in joyful purpose.

Contemplate what you will hold in your hands in the hour of your death and you will discover what really matters to you. In my journey I have discovered that it is not the job, my beliefs or aspirations that define me rather than how I weild and balance my energies. In all transitions, catharisis, death or ascension the balance of energies is all we need. This brings us to equilibrium. So, then what is the use of acquiring what we do not need? Let go!!

Alisa :)

Spring Has Sprung Us into Action

Mastering our lives is about finding the balance point between our need to control and the call to entirely surrender unto the wisdom of our Essential Self, as Soul or Spirit. For some this may be about trusting in the movement of spirit and putting "knowing,"-the Spirit of Truth into action, while for others there may be a need to confront deeply buried fear of the power that is their Essence. Still, some may be a need to cultivate the character to be less critical and more accepting, or a relationship may demand new ways of relating. The inner call, too, may be to implement new ideas into a project, such as writing a book or changing an avocation into a vocation, in order to serve in joy. Whatever the need, the true wisdom of our experience is showing us the power of choice, that we can choose love and trust over fear and doubt.

Too often, when the clarion call comes we ignore our internal signals of closing and opening doors to change. We resist that which seeks new direction and in our many attachments we grasp onto ways of thinking and doing in fear of what a life of meaning and purpose may demand of us. Sometimes we may need to say "No" to a potential door opener, which is a valid choice when the timing is not ripe-what may be required of us is more discipline, more patience and a deeper trust that the Universe is essentially supportive. However, when we refuse all signals to align our lives in rhythm with Source and let fear override a deeper connection with our Essence we become divided against ourselves and begin to carry more consequences. This is when the Universe, through the magnetic Law of Attraction and the greater wisdom of our Soul intercedes thus, designing the forms of loss we encounter that is meant to pull us onto a path of illumination. Hence, the greater our attachments the more painfully we experience loss.

The cyclic energy of Earth through Springtime calls us to take hold of the Universe's positive energy to guide us into action, to make choices-to reset our goals, clear space to embrace the new and to honor the expression of our inner calling with courage and commitment. This enlivening energy asks us to accept responsibility, to leave our comfortable past and abandon our imagined futures, reconcile and transcend, as Truth arises from within. When we say "Yes," to life we feel a quickening within our hearts, we breathe deeply, embrace everything and are flexible to the changes life presents to us through synchronicity and golden opportunity. Rich rewards are reaped when we believe enough in our selves to pursue our inner call and invite the dialog of love into everything. Fostering a support system helps to ground our creative energies and acts to lend clear vision of what we want and where we are going and then makes us accountable in fulfilling our goals.

If nothing else, remember this. "The Master of Divine sovereignty is inside each and every one of you. Let choice allow its presence to occupy the place of authority in your experiences. Surrender unto its guide your every thought, word and action to produce a sense of security, a strong foundation far beyond anything you have previously known. Let the powerful ram warrior energies of April help you stave off your attachments to your stories, your experiences and your fears. Let it be now that you embrace your Soul's authority and step into the lineage of Light that You are. This is my wish for you!"

In Sovereignty,

Rev. Alisa Battaglia

In Honor of the Sacred Feminine

The month of March honors women whose lives have been dedicated to making the world a better place and to remind us to preserve the hard won victories in history made by the lineage of women before us. The sacrifice, fervor and passion that gave these women the courage to speak their truth for all of us and to take action to manifest them are admirable. Rememeber that women did not have the right to vote until 1920. Our world is rapidly changing under a new ray of influence and with the re-emergence of the Kosmic Feminine, the liberation principle, we are called forth to bring balance unto our planet and yet, many women today are still sitting on the sidelines when they are indeed called to action. Defending the feminine is even greater now as we are seeing a half a century of hard won victories for women absolved in an instant. Many twenty-first century women from around the globe are still fighting for their right to be free. These women are physically imprisoned-domestic slaves that are brutally beaten, raped, abused and drugged to perform humiliating sexual acts. This is closer to home than we may realize as rights over our own body are taken away and the reauthorization of voting rights (VRA) has yet to be renewed. Equally, as this physical imprisonment occurs there are women whose minds are enslaved and they too, live in bondage. They have not yet liberated themselves from the shackles of the mind and psychically they beat themselves up mercilessly reinforcing the climate of fear, doubt, rage and vengeance that supports dysfunction and the great divide between the genders. Sadly, these fear brackets override their feminine essence, value and sense of purpose in life with extreme masculine force. Within these two powerful extremes of limitation, one enforced and one self-created, arises the misuse of the Masculine Principle. Under the direction of an imbalanced Patriarchal structure that imprisons women by exploiting her sexuality, controls her body through law and her mind through social reinforcements to believe that she indeed has no power, has caused women worldwide to surrender her innate power both within and outside herself. It is time for the Sisterhood to reclaim her power hard one and so easily lost!

Tradition teaches us that the Feminine is the Divine Healer. Her uterine chalice spills blood in cycle with the greater flow, gives and nurtures life bringing forth her wisdom in sensitivity, love, patience, compassion, receptivity and connectivity to liberate the shackles of the mind and heart. The Feminine is extended to Mother Earth whose nature gives to us her body from which to nurture, build a foundation to live, and to eat and thrive. On the unseen levels, the interceding of Kosmic Feminine force is focused to bring balance and harmony into the world of male thought, which concerns healing core issues that perpetuates the continuous and unnecessary bleeding for profit and manufacture of endless war. Women are breeding life and sustaining life only for it to be taken to slaughter or degenerated through a siege of chemicals in air, food and water. With two female Presidents and one Female Chancellor leading their countries perhaps they will lead a better way.

The Liberation Principle offers a softer more feelingful and synergistic, cooperative and inclusive energy that are Divine Feminine characteristics. The Liberation Principle is necessary to restore right human relations and basic human values that the Patriarchal paradigm has long trodden and forgotten in its exploitation to use earth and the female gender to it means. The extremes of war and vengeance, sexual depravity, rape and plunder of the feminine essence so prevalent in today's distorted orientation and values, echo its crisis within the homes of family's throughout the world. As women it is our rightful place to claim and stand tall in our power, peace and love so that we may mend the chasms of divide, both within and without and to restore fertility to Earth's body.

When we consummate the Sacred Feminine with Spirit (Divine Father), the convergence between Heaven and Earth begins integrating Humanity with Soul in the Greater Plan of Love and Light!

In Service,

Rev. Alisa Battaglia

For a Balanced Healthy Lifestyle

By Paul Le Baron

"In order for us to use our power well, we must become a hollow bone. We must prepare ourselves to become a channel. Our channel must be clean before we can use our power well. We must be free of resentments, guilt, shame, anger, self pity and fear. If these things are in us, we cannot be hollow bones. These things block us from our power. The cleaner we are, the more power we move. We must become a hollow bone so the Creator can use us to do what he wants us to do."~ Fools Crow, LAKOTA Chief

The key to a balanced healthy lifestyle is recognition that we are each an extension of Creative Spirit and that our 'soul' purpose is to unite with all other humans in co-creating Heaven here on Earth. We are each blessed from birth with a gift of Intuition, which is the heart channel referred to above that is a direct connection to the Source of our Divine Power. We are gifted as well with two tools for helping us live in a balanced healthy manner. They are the gifts of 'intellect' and 'free -choice', which are intended to assist Intuition in reminding us of our purpose and the will to fulfill it. However they both ambitiously yearn to take charge of our living, always on the watch for an opportunity to assume control. Their method when this occurs is to entrench themselves in an extreme position. Unless held in check by Intuition, free-choice will anchor itself in a fanciful mix of allurements such as fame, power, addictions, mental posturing and belief systems, while choosing to let intellect dominate our ongoing experience as a sly ally, using analysis, conjecture, structure and fear, with its host of unruly offspring. When intellect attains this stage of control it is sometime called the ego, and it devotes itself to eliminating all memory of Intuitive Connection to Divinity. But since Intuition is an extension of Primal Love, with no intent or ability to dominate or impose, this leaves the rational aspect of the mind attempting to keep inflowing events in a creative state of balance. However without Intuitive direction it has no power and our pattern of living becomes chaotic. This is a thumbnail sketch of how present day society has come to be.

With that in mind let's explore the possibilities of bringing creative balance (robust health) back into our individual living as a means of bringing it about collectively. The first step is full acceptance of the key realization mentioned above. If your 'hollow bone' Intuitive channel is too blocked for resonant knowing right now, acceptance on faith is sufficient to begin clearing it. The second step is recognition that God by whatever name you choose sees you always as being the perfect blend with it, of physical and mental substance. Its main concern is offering whatever help you might need to see yourself in that light, thus achieving it consciously. This leaves each of us faced with the third and final step, which is that we assume full responsibility for any healing we think we need. The most effective way to achieve this is in letting the 'hollow bone channel' become unblocked by full surrender to the guidance of our sacred gift of Intuition.

Our Spirit aspect is our life source and is always in a state of perfection. Illnesses of body and mind always result from our mostly unconscious choices to experience living in separation from our spirit guidance.

Happy Mothering!

Whether the woman you honor in your life is your mother, your sister, your friend or any other important woman~ your gift of Mothering will honor feminine strength by passing it on to women in need; to support women's issues; and the greater transformation of feminine overlight upon this planet.

As a woman in rhythm with the greater flow, I continually observe a growing political movement on two important issues. The first movement seeks to deface the empowering strength of the feminine across the globe. Closer to home in the United States birth control, family planning, and basic health care are under attack. These decisions made by politicians limit women's reproductive rights and common-sense solutions to health issues. You would think that becoming a mother would be a personal decision made by families and not by politicians. As women we need to rethink about who should have control over our bodies and when we decide, act to support the cause!!

The second movement is the Alternative to anything that does not presently work in the Patriarchy. This alternative movement was spurred by spiritual progressives and cultural creatives to preserve the integrity of Mother Earth. Together these visionaries sought to bring Truth to the public sphere about her being under extreme duress. This is mainstream news now and so are Earth documentaries, which have set the creative force in motion for positive utility in the deliverance of energy. For example, alternative fuel sources such as ethanol help to eliminate dangerous emissions that contribute to global warming. Countries are already using this alternative to crude oil. France has long been using nuclear energy to power their country. Yet, in the hands of Iran there is great fear of its power being used for annihilation instead of conscious use of energy. In Florida, coastal drilling is a threat, as is the drilling in Alaska. This holding on to the vestiges of another reality, that of unconscious consumption, has no place upon this constantly evolving planet. This old way of perceiving, acting and thinking must move way to harmonic alliance with other nations and symbiosis with Mother Earth.

In essence, these revolutionary transformations are the Divine feminine at work, the Great Mother, the preserver, the connecter, the nurturer of Life. In celebration of Mother's Day we must not forget that Earth is our first Mother. Any effort to empower ourselves restores her. Alternative fuel sources and conscious living practices are both a positive step forward in Mothering Earth back to wellness. Afterall, this large bodied Mother is the foundation that houses our very lives and gives us sustenance. Let us be Wise to connect the dots, to do our part to nurture life and to love wholey and openly.

Happy Mothering to us All!

Ponder on This.... In contemplation upon the feminine principle of Mothers Day, I began to wonder about the quality of this celebrated day beyond the glamour of gift giving. Is it solely for females who have procreated or does it also include women and men who have raised and nurtured a child not their own, or alone? With so many separated families and the reality of working while raising children it is not uncommon to find other people not bonded in the family circle to raise our children. While this does not always hold true, a large percentage of Asian and Latin families raise children via their extended family unit, while Anglo families who are not as closely knit often leave their children to day care as no other option. With the family tree expanding beyond the parameters of mothers raising children, I came to conclude that Mothers day would be more aptly named Happy Mothering day. After all, just because someone has birthed a child does not make them a mother per se, rather than a donor of genetics and womb space. Listening to the news of mother's gone psycho is a testament to this notion. Traditionally, the context of motherhood concerns the constant caring for an infant, discipline, education and patience given until adulthood is reached and still, often times it does not end there. How many mothers can attest to nurturing their adult children well past the allotted years? However, mothering is the gentleness given to a frightened child who has awakened from a bad dream; lending kind words of confidence to the inflated ego of a teenager; words of love to an adult reminding them that they matter just by the very presence of their being; mothering ourselves; taking under our care an injured or lost animal; sending money abroad to children or families in distress so that they too, are given a chance in life; nature nurturing nature, like the hippo and the turtle; honoring the Earth-our First Mother through ritual and lightness upon her being, and so on. It is this very source of mothering that moves beyond family ties, gender and specie lines. I concede that the true source of mothering is an offering from the heart that moves beyond all traditional boundaries of what we call our immediate blood family. We are all One family, the human family, offspring from the One Life connected to one another! Mothering is the source of nurturing the Universal Soul in the body of life. Let our mothering qualities shine forth as we connect our hearts more authentically to ourselves and to all life on this special day! Alisa Battaglia In Service

The Wise Woman

A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met a traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But, a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. 'I've been thinking,' he said. 'I know how valuable this stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone.'
Sometimes it's not the wealth you have but what's inside you that others need.

~Author Unknown

Happy St. Valentines Day!

'We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

~Winston Churchill

I received this message from Divine Mother during meditation for this months message. "It's time to start functioning from the higher laws instead of the lower realm of the ego. Learn the body's network and ego structure to lend understanding on how to machinate your vehicle under the light of your soul. Addiction and dis-ease are a product of the lower self-they negate life because they do not build. They are not builders of a clear reality-they steal the joy, the life force and bleed the soul.

The way to enter the sacred feminine must take a different course. The portals of change are everywhere. They lie deep within the cells of every being. They live within the ranging tides of emotions that must be calmed in order to access the sacred space within, otherwise it's like trying to pick up a tumbling shell overturning from forceful tide. You can not quite grasp it, although you may see glimpses of it as it continues to elude you under the rolling waves. The tides, like energy and the nucleus of ones being is always strongest at its center point. On February 14th, the monthly energies and waters of the emotions crest to fill the vector of the impassioned heart. What quality of emotional energy fills you? Is your heart open to Love, passion, joy, serenity, health, goodwill, and creative desire OR is it welled up in sadness, grief, jealousy, anger, dissatisfacation and blame? Is your heart receptive so that what is less than love is melted away by warmth and radiance?"

St. Febronia (from Febris, the fever of love), the patroness of the passion of love reminds us that St. Valentine's Day is a celebration of compassion and an opening heart with self, a loved one or friends. It is a day for everyone to let action be motivated by the currency of love that invites and embraces as it is shared intimatley and yet, outwaredly with the world. So Be it and So It Is!

In Service,
Rev. Alisa Battaglia

When you are joyous,
look deep into your heart and you shall find
it is only that which has given you sorrow
that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful
look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.

~Khalil Gibran

Tidings for new beginnings! The moment is all we have to cultivate our character...so, let us make the best use of our effort, time and love this New Year! Don't forget to slow down within as the energy accelerates you into action. The best approach to life is to honor yourself first and then, extend that love to others in support of their beingness despite that many wear masks and pretend to be other than who they really are. Remember to speak kind words even when you feel mean spirited or have had a bad day. To live your authenticity in an increasingly plastic world. To respect life in all its forms. And finally, to help those less fortunate than yourself without judgement.

When we put our interests outside our selves and onto others, create solutions for change or lend our support to those who need our help we find that we have more energy and more love for ourselves, others and life!

In Service,
Rev. Alisa Battaglia

"Adopting an attitude of universal responsibility is essentially a personal matter. The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life."

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Imagine All the People"