The Art of Forgiveness

We recently came together for a Full Moon in Aquarius Women & Men's Forgiveness Gathering. The circle began with heart songs led by Leo then flowed into the question,

"what does forgiveness mean for you?" The answers varied from freedom, release, love, openness, and more. As you read this blog I invite you to ponder the same question.

Our brother Marcus led a deep 9 layer meditation. We ventured into forgiving our ancestors, great grandparents, grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, friends, past lovers, co-workers, and ourselves. Then made a list of all the persons in each category. The women were instructed to pick a man on their list that they had the strongest negative reaction. The men did the same but with a woman.

The big take away I had was, those that had cause me suffering did not do it out malice but rather how they were raised or out of fear. I felt a huge sense of relief, as if

I was a bridge for my ancestors to release what they weren't able to do.

This exercise also reminded me of generational trauma. The memories we may not be aware of but hold inside of our DNA. When we do forgiveness work we not only free up energy within ourselves but also release what our ancestors could not or weren't able too. The only way we can transmute this trauma is to accept and acknowledge that it is there.

A practice that many know is the Hoʻoponopono. It's a series of phrases that originates from Hawaii. The phrases are:

I'm so sorry

Please forgive me

Thank you

I love you

Orin offered a song of the Hoʻoponopono. I invite you to play with repeating them out loud or play with singing, perhaps begin with forgiving yourself. Explore the melodies that resonate to you.

The men and women separated and we journeyed further into forgiveness. Both groups had the opportunity to write out all the suffering the person that caused us a strong negative reaction in detail. Then women were guided by Sophia and the men were guided by Marcus reinvent this person and our relationship with them. Giving us the opportunity to fully forgive them for all the pain they caused and receive what we may have been yearning from them for many years.

The importance of our words was emphasized. Many of speak as though our words hold no power. We make empty promises, talk against ourselves and to others.

Our word is a vehicle for manifestation. To quote the Bible:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1

"How can a young person stay on the path of purity?

By living according to your word" Psalm 119:9

We gave our word that we would honor the holiness of our word. Later we did this by the men and women coming together at a sacred fire and burning the words of suffering so we could embody our reinvented relationships and intention around what we had written.

The heart medicine of Cacao was facilitated by Ita from Cacao Magic after the fire.

Mark & Sherrie shared their deeply healing Kirtan music with ancient mantras infused with Cacao. Making for a sweetly potent journey back to ancient vibrations calling and receiving the presence of the ancients ones.

Together we created a masterpiece of forgiveness. When we acknowledge, and accept our traumas we gain our power. When we release suffering we gain the ability to heal ourselves and collective. This opens us up to receive clearer guidance, inspiration, energy, and deeper levels of love. May we all be impeccable with our word, fully release what no longer serves, and embody the joy and divinity that we are.

Growing into your Abundance

The second New Moon in Cancer of 2020 on July 20th highlighted the nurturing energy of Cancer relating to the mother, caring, feelings, and sacred space. However the Sun and Moon being in Cancer have been in opposition to planets in Capricorn. This has been causing us to feel tension between what we feel and our responsibilities and commitments.

What to do with this tension? This New Moon encouraged slowing down to take a step back from our responsibilities. Don't worry they aren't going anywhere. We can pick them up after we've rested. Now we are invited to step into our hearts, listen, take a break, and detach from all things, people, and all situations that are draining us. Taking a break will support us to have the clarity, energy, and alignment to birth and create what feels nourishing, exciting, loving, and has the essence of growth and development.

There has been SO MUCH novelty around 2020 and it has required a lot of us energetically and emotionally. Give yourself the space to acknowledge how this year had impacted you. Welcome in a tenderness with yourself and others because this is a time of monumental permanent change. We rapidly changing and need to remember we are ripe for this evolution.

Every time you change some part of yourself will be sacrificed. We must be willing to let go of the aspects of ourselves that aren't being utilizing, or are no longer supporting what we are becoming. Think of your favorite fruit. Where did this fruit come from? It came from a flower. This flower knew that there was a fruit coming so it gracefully released its petals and opened itself to transform into a gorgeous fruit.

Many of us are in this flower stage. We have grown so much from seedling, to bud, and now have blossomed into beautiful fragrant flowers. Some of us may feel like we want to stay flowers, or maybe we just don't know that a fruit is coming so we want to hold onto our petals. Our petals being our comforts. But if we knew for certain, like flowers know that bountiful fruit is coming would, we still be gripping onto what we've outgrown?

The difference between grace and fear is trust. The natural world trusts and honors in the cycle of the life and death, and reciprocity. Humans have become detached from these natural cycles and ways of being and have started functioning from a place of fear, and disconnection.

To build trust we must commit to letting go of control. We must grow a kinship with the unknown, being adaptable, and flexible. Learning from our the plant and animal kingdoms. Listening to our heart beats, which drums to the universal rhythm we are inseparable from. Trusting in the divine intelligence like the flower who release its' petals to bare the fruit that we have the privilege of enjoying.

I'll leave you with some questions to ponder. What is the fruit that you are becoming? How can you give more time to yourself to listen to what you require and honor that? What do you need to release so you can bare your fruit?

P.S- My fruit is Chapa-Jack and I'm delicioso!! 🥰

Integration & Completion

From New Moon in Cancer with a Solar Eclipse to Full Moon in Capricorn with a Lunar Eclipse we've been on a roller coaster of integration to completion. The Summer Solstice brought opening of a new chapter, honoring and empowering our divine feminine aspects. It birthed an energy of harmony between our polarities. Giving us an invitation to look within and be honest with where we feel strong and what parts of ourselves are neglected and under developed. The emphasis of the divine feminine is not meant to push away or shame our masculine. Instead it is to strike equanimity between the gross imbalance of feminine power in our collective.

After the New Moon we had an opportunity to use this energy of balance and clarity to receive our heart's desire. At EcoMaste we made a point of envisioning what we'd like to create this year in regards to projects, events, ourselves, and the land. The potent energy of beginnings inspired us to move forward with planting trees, herbs, sowing seeds, and painting our living/ event space to create a blessed up sacred space!

We felt a sense of urgency to get things done but remembered the gems of the previous event. The energy of balance can be applied to so many things. Cancer is about getting in touch with your heart, and really understanding your feelings so you can make decisions that support what is important to you. For us planting, painting, setting the energetic vibration, and listening to our hearts, and the land was of our highest priority.

The building momentum took us into our Women's Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn.

The days leading up to it felt tense, like a pressure cooker about to release. The land seemed to vibrate, it was challenging to rest, eventually leading to a deep surrender.

Surrender not compliance, listening to the discomfort, understanding emotions and then expressing them with transparency.

Integration of the Masculine & Feminine

We called upon sisters who wanted to dive into the themes of acceptance, forgiveness, and embrace. Those who felt the call joined us and we decided that we had the spaciousness to open the space to the men who had offered much love and effort into preparing EcoMaste for the event. It was in alignment with other sisters and so we held a beautiful exchange. There was a sense of completion with having a gender blended circle. It felt like we were able to fully digest and enjoy the medicine of the masculine and feminine energy from the previous our Divine Feminine & Masculine Gathering. The night flowed into embracing ourselves and each other and we enjoyed the gift dancing and singing. This has inspired to consider hosting Latin Dance and Song & Dance Circles in the future.

*If you have interest in collaborating or know someone who would be interested reach out to: info@ecomaste.com*

Completion

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn was the final eclipse in a series that has been happening over the last 5 years. The themes around these eclipses were, transformation around fear, new choices and commitments, growth and learning. This eclipse encouraged us to create a sense of completion around the lessons we learned in these various areas. We can now use those insights to illuminate clarity and confidence around the new power and sense of life direction, the path to mastery.

Internal Inquiry

Saturn is the ruler of Capricorn and will help us tie up loose ends related to our commitments and responsibilities until December 2020. Capricorn's ambition and drive is softened by the Sun and the Mercury being in Cancer. This helps us navigate our feelings, listening your needs, and creating an experience around what your feelings are requesting of you.

This is about creating space for you to be with yourself to process without any other agenda. The theme of surrender is with us as well, having several planets in retrograde, Saturn, Jupiter, Pluto, and Mercury. Feeding the internal progress is very much supported here.

The South Node is approaching the Galactic Center. This is bringing in global clarity, release of systems that are not aligned with this new chapter for you related to, belief systems, education and opinions. This is an energy of replacing, removing, and refreshing as we move throughout July. Amigos may you enjoy this ride and remember, Pura Vida!!