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NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO BE PRESENT

10/6/2017

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'SONATA', oil on canvas, 48"x36" by Katherine Treffinger 2009 (sold)

Let's pretend for a moment that before we are born to this manifest reality we have to stand in a very long line to get the chance to incarnate here on the playground called Planet Earth. I mean, after all the Divine is infinite so there are most likely a lot of souls, if not an infinite amount, wanting to get here. As we are standing in line we are so excited and we are talking about what we want. Some of us are saying they want love, peace and of course money. However, others who have been around the Earth block a time or two laugh at the naivete' of this. How the heck are you going to experience the infinite diversity of experience incarnation has to offer if you live in a safe little bubble? Everybody gets excited then, they want it ALL!!

So here we are, we have it all. What are we doing with it? What can we do with it?

Lately in my work with others there has been a few times where my 'clients' have been addressing the 'problem' of being too busy, too distracted or too upset by all that is going on to be present. The truth is there is no such thing. This life we are leading is made up of an infinite number of Nows. Those Nows are what make up our life. If being present for this very moment is put off it is another in a long line of postponed moments that eventually make up a life.  Believe me, before we know it we can have postponed being present for our entire life and we find death stalking us (and there you go, back to the end of the line!). Everything that is messed up that is happening right now is caused by reactions, greed, fear and negativity. What if we all became present with our feelings, our reactions, our greed and our tendency to point the finger?

What the heck am I talking about anyhow? Be present?

Being present entails calling ourselves back into the present moment. Many of our thoughts and feelings are oriented toward the future or the past. Get back to Now. Be aware of what is extremely current. Go there through the door  of awareness, become aware of textures, smells, sounds, sights, emotions, busyness and, yes, thoughts. When being present with emotions, I find it helpful to ask where it is in my body and to become aware of what the emotions feel like, aware of the energy of the emotion. This is important. Feelings rule us and they are simply sensations. I know, fear has been a big issue in my life, certain feelings can be quite overwhelming, but being present with whatever feeling comes up one eventually discovers that it is quite freeing to hang out with the very sensations that want to rule us.(Remember there are souls standing in line wondering what a moment of sadness, laughter, anger,  beauty, depression, joy, and yes, fear, feels like).

Just be a witnessing presence, because that, in fact, is what you are. In doing this we embrace the richness and diversity of this human experience. All of it. Experience it all!

Now, once you practice this for a while and get the drift of it and you want to get really yummy with life, step one more step back and become the awareness that is aware of this human who is aware. This takes one to a sense of Oneness, Peace, Stillness, Love and Happiness. You see, we have been going about it all wrong. We think our happiness is around the corner, up ahead, when in fact it is in dropping back into ourselves as we abide the present moment that we attain the very things that drive us.


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TIME AND ETERNITY INTERSECT IN THE NOW

10/1/2017

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A beautiful video with Non-Duality teacher Rupert Spira.
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A DREAM OF A WORLD OUT OF CONTROL

9/21/2017

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Total Eclipse of the sun, Madras, OR NASA image

This has been a very powerful time. The manifestations with the environment alone is enough to unnerve people. Forests have been burning out of control all over the world, the biggest hurricanes ever experienced are hitting one after another and very large earthquakes have happened in Mexico catalyzing a volcanic eruption.  Cities and towns are flooding, smoke has been so bad it is difficult to breathe, toxic chemicals are being released from refineries in the Gulf, buildings are falling, droughts persist and people are dying. There are scientific explanations for all of this and as a result we are pointing the finger at corporations, politicians, the 1% and a 15 year old boy with a firecracker. In the midst of this a stunning total eclipse happened, a death and rebirth of the light. Huge solar flares happened a week later resulting in amazing auroras.

The scientific, economic and political reasons are something I am well aware of, however, is not my area of expertise, nor is it my gift to you. If my personal life was barreling out of control I would be doing some serious soul searching, as I have many times in the years I have been working on coming to a sense of peace within myself. In fact, I would be down on my knees praying that my participation in this nightmare be revealed to me.  My intention in life is to be free to be happy and peaceful. What is yours? No, this is not a self absorbed question, it is an essential way for each one of us to participate in the healing of our planet, our manifest experience.

This is a living dream of major proportion. The collective psyche is calling for healing, freedom, happiness, love and ease. How do I know that?  Because, in the dream the situations are physically cornering people and making them aware of extreme discomfort, imbalance, pain and loss. And what is deeply touching people is how others are showing up for their fellow humans. It just might be time for us to show up for ourselves and others on a whole new level.

If you are not feeling peace in the midst of this you might want to ask that it be revealed to you how this is your dream and how your psyche is participating in creating it. Don't judge it, just let the question exist. What in all that is going on is bothering me the most? Where are my fingers pointing and what are they saying? (When one finger is pointing three are pointing back). Where in me have I resolved myself to the pain I experience and, maybe, try to ignore it or fix it with drugs or alcohol? No judgement, that just compounds the pain. Is there a hurricane brewing or an earthquake wanting to shake things loose in my emotional being? Is the volcano of emotions wanting to erupt so I can feel it all, heal it and love myself? Is there a burning desire for something deeply satisfying? Is there a drought of self love, creativity, peace, introspection...? And finally is my world, my own personal little bubble out of control?

Let's just start here. Sit down, get clear on what you would like revealed to you and then close your eyes and listen. Not to the mind, at first it will just do the usual dialog. Listen to God, the Divine, your higher Self or your inner Self. Watch the mind do its trip but don't give it any credence. This is about creating the space for your inner Knowing to speak. This Power that you will be listening to knows exactly what needs to be revealed and how to deliver the message. In the past I have asked that it be delivered gently, but if you do that be certain you are willing to listen. Otherwise you might need to get hit over the head with it and God knows we have enough of that going on. And whatever you do in this process hold yourself in your heart. You didn't knowingly create this, it evolved out of a life of experiences. If pain arises hang out with it, feel it, ask where it is in your body and be present for it right at that location.

My wish is for us all to be free and experience Peace, Love and Happiness. 


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September 13th, 2017

9/13/2017

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THREAD OF TRUTH

9/4/2017

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'Flowers Grow in the Crack', 24"x24", Oil on Panel
I have been getting ready for a showing of my art work. Part of the readiness is the dreaded Artist Statement. I decided to be different with it this time. It feels perfect to start my blog with it. This is what I wrote:


A THREAD OF TRUTH
I have painted and drawn threads,
The story of a life following threads,
And weaving tapestries of love.
A story of knotting up
And unraveling
Threads having been dropped, and
Tapestries torn.
Having quilted all of the parts of my life together
I have let go of the quilt.
I now follow a thread of truth and have set the spool down.

Katherine
9/3/17

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