The Shift is Hitting the Fan: Tuning in to 11-11-11

© Vikki Hanchin, October 28,  2011

www.WholePersonWholePlanet.com

 

Well, dear co-journeyer on this great human adventure, I am pleased to report that, as a comic (and cosmic!) visionary has aptly declared, “the Shift is hitting the fan!” (from “Swami Beyondananda,” aka Steve Bhaerman, www.wakeuplaughing.com ). Even though global events appear mostly grim and chaotic at the surface, something awesome is happening below the radar. Millions of humans are becoming aware of our interconnection and Oneness. Consciousness is shifting. And I have gathered persuasive evidence of that to share with you.

This Indigenous- predicted 2012 great “Shift of the Ages” is truly about humanity realizing that we are wired with divine essence, and that we have a choice: to wake up and recognize our capacity to collectively co-create a world of unity and joy that works for all, or to stay asleep following the current unsustainable path of separation and greed and succumb to fears and the media-promoted version of 2012 destruction and doom.

This choice is ours; we simply need to commit to which world we want to inhabit. Then we must correlate our personal actions to that vision, and collaborate with others of like heart and mind. Our collective choices create the tipping point—in one direction or the other: separation/destruction or unity/greater good.

Finally more of humanity is choosing unity and we are close to that tipping point. And it appears that all of this is right on schedule, according to the evolution-tracking wisdom of the ancient 2012 Mayan Calendar. (You can read a moving astrological analysis of this “uprising of unity consciousness” as it correlates with author Carl Calleman’s understanding of the Mayan Calendar, from astrologer Carol Ciocco (For the ancient tradition of the Mayan Calendar, see Miguel Sague’s website, www.mayatainoprophecy.webs.com ).

Evidence of the “Shift of the Ages” Hitting the Tipping Point

To see evidence of the massive global movement towards the choice for the greater good, it is necessary to look beneath the blaring news-feeds of the mainstream media. They focus on fear, divisive melodrama and violence… because “it sells.” In fact, it is helpful not to overly identify with that version of the superficial parade of “reality,” and to shift focus to below the radar.

Below the radar you will notice evidence such as what Paul Hawken documented on his YouTube video from his Bioneers environmental conference talk. He reports that the largest grassroots movement in all of history is happening right now. It is occurring worldwide, in every nation city and town, and it is not led by any central figure. It is a spontaneous, unstoppable uprising of non-profits, NGO’s and groups focused on serving the greater good, inspired by the Environmental, Social Justice and Indigenous movements….This is a great portrayal of that prophesized “uprising of 2012 unity consciousness.”  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1fiubmOqH4 )

Hawken forgot to mention the enormous contribution of the Women’s Movement’s to this global transformation, but I independently discovered that parallel process and documented it myself. It fits exactly with Hawken’s report. (see “Awakening Women Igniting Global Transformation,”  at http://www.wholepersonwholeplanet.com/store.htm.

Hawken shows that it would take days of continuous viewing, just to watch an online streaming list of the names of these transformational organizations. He says that the word ”movement” is too small to describe what is happening: “It is a world view…it is the coming world!” But our mainstream media isn’t noticing this mega-phenomenon at all.

What Does “Occupy Wall Street” Have to Do  With It?

 A sampling from the month of October, 2011, shows detectable evidence of “The Shift.” The “Occupy Wall Street” movement gained momentum in 100’s of U.S cities, with the “99%” standing up to confront the greed and corrupt actions of the “1%” that controls 98% of the global wealth—and whose decisions do not serve the greater good. By October 15, the movement had the support of thousands (millions?) more people in almost 900 cities worldwide, who on that same date, stood in solidarity with America’s “99%.” That movement continues. Here in Pittsburgh, PA, we have our own Occupy Pittsburgh contingent that is quite impressive, articulate and peaceful.

This is an important mass awakening, but something is missing. It is a well-known spiritual and energetic truth that what you focus on you energize with your attention, so that is what magnifies and grows. We are waking up to what we don’t want — and it is imperative that next we quickly get clear and focused on what we want instead. Our attention is powerful….in fact, it is creative. As in creating a new reality.

 So, what do we want? Perhaps it is best summarized as letting go of our limiting consciousness of separation, and instead realizing our Oneness.

What Is Oneness?

 Oneness is the now scientifically confirmed spiritual truth of the interconnection of all life. It is recognition that there is only One Life expressing…and we are each unique interdependent facets of that vast, interconnected Universal Life.

 In service to “Oneness,” on that same October 15, Barbra Marx Hubbard held a free global teleconference call, followed by over 43,000 online listeners. Marx Hubbard is an “evolutionary visionary” in her 80’s ( ! ), and her event was called “Birth 2012: The Day of Convergence.” Her vision is to gather humanity’s actions to converge them into “a larger evolutionary movement, each giving our greatest gifts to co-create a Shift for our world.”  In that call, she and other internationally known planetary transformers discussed humanity’s accelerating momentum into oneness, higher consciousness and commitment to bring forth a world that works for all. (www.Evolve.org). October 15 was a HAPPENING day!

Still in October, on the 24th, another online offering was held by “The Shift Network,” (www.theshiftnetwork.com )collaborating with “Humanity’s Team” (described as “a civil rights movement for the soul”). This was a day-long series of free conference calls for Global Oneness Day (synchronized with UN Day), with dozens of planetary visionaries and transformers offering wisdom, inspiration and practices in support of humanity’s choice for unity. Their online Oneness activities were joined by many other local ground-level events globally.

The Shift Network and “Humanity’s Team” of over 60,000 global collaborators also offer a  “Declaration of Oneness” that begins with the statement:

“I declare that the message, “We Are All One, inter-related, inter-connected and inter-dependent, with God/Life/One-another,” is the one spiritual message that the world has been waiting for to bring about loving and sustainable answers to humanity’s challenges.”     (you can read and sign this declaration at http://humanitysteam.org/sai/oneness-petition/what-is-it

This “Declaration of Oneness” pledge will be delivered to the United Nations with 100,000 signatures. This is yet another grassroots, people-to-people movement. The Shift IS hitting the fan!!

Also occurring on this Global Oneness Day was a noteworthy space event. NASA reported the October 24, 2011, 2pm EDT, Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) or Solar Flare that unleashed an intense geomagnetic storm on Earth (www.spaceweather.com ). Twenty-seven states in the US, and parts of Canada witnessed rare all-red aurora borealis night skies. Many  Indigenous tribes pay deep attention to such “sky language.” The Maya understand that humanity is sent impulses of guidance from our “Great Central Sun.” We might wonder what the Heavens are contributing to our “Shift?”

What is this “11-11-11” thing?

Many more thousands are preparing for the imminent 11-11-11 unity events that are occurring locally, globally and online on November 11, 2011, for 11 minutes at 11:11 am.  The number 11 is seen as a “Master Number” representing the transformation of the physical into Divine consciousness– the bridging of duality and Oneness. Planetary visionaries see this date and its numerical energetic frequencies as opening a powerful portal into the “core Heart of Creation,” consciously anchoring the grid of Divine Love into the planet. (see Patricia Cota-Robles www.eraofpeace.org )

These 11-11-11 events are similar to those of the August 16^th’ 1987 “Harmonic Convergence” global events that were inspired by the new awareness of the Mayan Calendar, and seen as a heart-activating, transforming influx of Divine Feminine energy anchoring into the planet. Both events share the theme of humanity’s attunement to our divine essence and higher consciousness. These 11-11-11 global events will again harness the focused attention and vision of humanity towards imagining and feeling the reality of a New Earth of unity, joy and peace. I recommend this online 11-11-11 http://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/ Evolutionary Leaders” event. The Full Moon occurring simultaneously will amplify our intentions!

For Pittsburghers reading this, our local “Peaceburgh”  11-11-11 event information can be accessed  at http://www.2012pittsburgh.com/emailfriends.htm  (Please come!) If you cannot access a  local or online 11-11 event, you can simply meditate on your own (for 11 minutes at 11:11 am), feeling your awareness connecting with millions worldwide who are joining you in feeling the emergence of humanity claiming our divine essence and choosing to co-create a  world of unity, love, peace, sharing and joy. Just FEEL the change you want to see in the world, to paraphrase Gandhi!

The 13 Moon Walk 4 Peace group, completing their year-long walk for peace, is hosting an 11-11-11 celebration in Atlanta, GA. They are honoring several peacemakers who inspired them on their walk—and five of us Peaceburghers are among them! (www.13moonwalk4peace.com )

Message from the Sacred White Buffalo:

 The amazing thing for me as I witness and participate in this Shift process, is that it is not simply a human-generated consciousness-shift. I have personally experienced that the animals, Nature Spirits, and Gaia Mother Earth herself are all co-creating this Shift with us, plus much help from the unseen dimensions  (Ascended Masters and Angelic Beings). We are truly One with all of Creation.

In my last newsletter, “Got Joy?”,  I shared with you the song-message given to me from the Nature Spirits showing their involvement with us: “Come weave a web with me/A rainbow web of harmony…”. ( Find the lyrics to their song-message here ). I have also received a song-message from the Sacred White Buffalo, “Lightning,” born here in Western PA. Lightning is recognized by Indigenous peoples as a prophetic sign to choose unity–now.

Those of you who know me know that I am not a songwriter, poet or singer. These messages are arriving as fully downloaded song-messages. Go figure! I am moved and honored!

Below is Lightning’s song-message that I received in meditation, as I asked for guidance for what my next focus should be in the service of bringing forth this New Earth of unity and joy….Lightning’s message answers with what it FEELS like to live in this New Earth!

My brother, Ron Hanchin was so moved by the message that he went to his Indigenous Bonsuri Indian flute, tuned in to Lightning’s words, and an inspired melody poured through! This video shares the story and includes footage of Lightning and his message with the flute melody (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp2dHSi7_SY) As I leave you with Lightning’s song-message, remember the truth that “We Are the Ones We Have been Waiting For”….Every person holds a unique piece of the puzzle for contributing to this transformed world of greater good. So… keep choosing unity! Why not create Heaven on Earth?

Message from the Sacred White Buffalo, “Lightning”

© Victoria Hanchin 11-2010

 

Indigenous Soul: Original, Whole

Seeing with Sacred Eyes

Life’s interconnection, speaking as Blessing

Divinity realized.

In a Sacred way, creative as play

Offering our self-expressions

As gifts freely given, joyously living

Abundance the lesson.

A new way to listen: Oneness the mission

Listening to Creation:

Animals, stones, trees, rivers and bones

Honoring All Our Relations.

Releasing the lies of shallow eyes,

Beholding each other’s beauty.

Freed from the chatter, speaking what matters:

Heart, Soul, Community.

No more separation, now co-creation.

Relating essence-to-essence.

Original Blessing: joy, peace and sharing.

A New Earth expressing Love’s presence.

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In Unity and Joy of the New Earth,

Victoria Hanchin,

www.WholePersonWholePlanet.com

Got Joy?

2011 will be a pivotal year: do we stay stuck in polarization and fear, or breakthrough into love and joy?

As our nation soberly takes a moment of silence to grieve the hate-fueled Arizona shootings, and other such destructive scenarios, we ponder how to bridge our polarized differences. “Reality,” at the surface, feels grim and perhaps hopeless to many. Yet under the surface is another force…the unstoppable current of joy. It is up to each one of us where we place our most passionate focus.  What we focus on is what we energize and bring forth.

So make it GOOD, honey! Got joy?

There’s a New Story Wanting to Be Told

There’s a new story wanting to be told on Earth beyond the story of greed, domination, and polarization that we hear continuously on our news. It’s a story of joy, interconnection and unity for Earth. You can feel its subtle presence, if you tune in, just under the surface of the loud blaring news-feeds of TV. It is growing more and more noticeable, like soft humming, like a song trying to be remembered, and the melody is easier to recall than the words.

More and more people are remembering the melody of this new song of joy.

The words are becoming more clear too…words like compassion, sharing, understanding, stewardship, respect, peace….

Listening for the Song of Joy

Some people have dedicated themselves to listening, to peeling away the obscuring layers of distraction so that all can hear the joy song of the new story for Earth that wants to be remembered, to be told, to be lived.

The Indigenous peoples have been devoted Keepers of this song of joy and harmony for the Earth, have kept the humming audible over centuries… Indigenous peoples like the Native Americans, the Tibetans, the Vedic tradition keepers of India, the Maya, the Aboriginal Australians.
The Maya have been keeping this joy melody of Creation alive in their Mayan Calendar “Long Count” of 5,125 years. Their prophecies sing about a great human rebirth, occurring on December 21, 2012.

Tuning in to the Joy Station on the Cosmic Radio

Meanwhile, more and more modern Listeners are doing their best to tune into the frequencies of the Joy Station on the Cosmic Radio also.

Here in Pittsburgh, PA, for example, we have a non-profit group called “Dream of the Earth.”(www.dreamoftheearth.org <http://www.dreamoftheearth.org/

>  ). They trace the cosmic trail of evolution forward  from the Big Bang of the Universe, tracking how that original stardust has evolved perfectly, steadily, magnificently, over billions of years, into… “US.” They share stories from the inspired cosmological science of Brian Swimme, and from the moving “geo-theology” teachings of Thomas Berry. 

In their collaboration with First United Methodist Church’s “Planetary Ball,” those gathered danced and sang this joy chant by Gail Ransom:

      “We are, we are, we are STARDUST! We are, we are, we are FIRE!
       We are, we are, we are STARDUST, we are LOVE!!”

Does this song help you remember who you more deeply are, and what you were created for? Does it remind you of the miracle that you are?

The 26,000-Year Due Date for the New Human is Arriving

Here in Pittsburgh we also have the rich work of Indigenous teachers Miguel Sague and Antonio Aj IK (www.mayatainoprophecy.webs.com <http://www.mayatainoprophecy.webs.com/

> ), each of whom has grown up with deep knowledge of the Mayan Calendar and its message for our times. On their web site, they have made this inspiring and hopeful information accessible and simple. Through their work, they are helping us remember the ancient melody of joy, this steadily unfolding miracle, counting our due date for the December 21, 2012 birth into the consciousness shift of the New Humanity and the New Earth. This birth date is the culmination of a gestational period for birthing a new paradigm of human consciousness: of our unity with divinity, our recognition of the oneness of all life, our capacity for joy and intentional co-creation.

This amazing gestational period for the New Human is not the usual pregnancy period of 260 Earth days, but is the Cosmic pregnancy period of 260 centuries, or 26,000 years. This birth into the collective awakening of our co-creative participation with Life has taken 26,000 years to grow and ripen. As we emerge into this leap of higher consciousness, it will allow humans to feel at home in the New Earth of Joy…to remember the words to the joy songs, to create together a world of unity and joy that experiences all Life as interconnected.

And in the Yucatan of Mexico, another Indigenous Mayan teacher and spiritual leader, Ac Tah, is beginning to emerge with a U.S. Tour. We are hoping to bring Ac Tah to Peaceburgh in March. Joy is the focus of his tour– to show us how we can recalibrate to receive joy, through teachings and practices revealed to Ac Tah by his Mayan spirit ancestors. His work helps each individual connect with their personal frequency of joy.(http://www.actah2012.com/

)

Does joy seem to be the theme for 2011?

These frequencies of joy are surfacing in many places, many ways, through many Listeners, to assist the emergence of the new story of the New Earth…because it is time. 

What is the New Earth?

My understanding of The New Earth is that it represents humanity’s shift from the love of power to the power of love…. Shifting from a consciousness of separation to a consciousness of unity… Living from a balance of the masculine and feminine within us and among us…. Seeing our individuality as unique expressions of one great Life Force with which we are in co-creative partnership… Contributing our gifts, talents and dreams for the joy, fulfillment and flourishing of all life…Co-creating through this deep listening and receptivity, aligned with “what Life wants to have happen,”  to bring forth abundance for all as we care for Mother Earth.

What is your sense of the New Earth? What humming are you present to, as the strains of the joy songs subtly arise from beneath the blaring of the loud news-feeds of terror codes and divisive politics? Keep listening….

Grandmother Flordemayo’s Crystal Skull Teachings

Mayan Grandmother Flordemayo (flordemayo.us <http://flordemayo.us/> ), of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (www.grandmotherscouncil.org <http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org/>  ), was here in “Peaceburgh” recently to share about her wisdom lineage of the ancient Crystal Skull teachings. She shared that the ancient skulls “are coded with the frequencies of unconditional love and unity, to bring forth all we need to make this shift” into the New Earth of joy. She taught us one of her assistant’s– Ms. Imani’s– songs of joy called, “We Have a New Way to Walk on the Earth.” This song described humanity’s accelerating collaborations, walking together joyfully, on behalf of love, respect, peace, freedom, harmony, abundance, kindness, understanding. (mzimani@gmail.com <mailto:mzimani@gmail.com>  and http://www.mzimani.com/ <http://www.mzimani.com/

>  )

Then Grandmother Flordemayo taught us the “Dance of Unity” that she saw in a vision related to Peaceburgh. She said, “I saw the 13 Grandmothers doing this “Dance of Unity” in the Heavens. Dancing behind us were the masses of humanity. This Unity has been done in the Heavens. Now each of you must continue this dance on Earth, to anchor this Unity here.” And then Grandmother Flordemayo left me with a Skull– a Peaceburgh Community Skull– to anchor into
our community these frequencies of unity and love, so that we might send them forth from here. And Flordemayo reminded us that Peaceburgh’s  3(4) Rivers are a portal that magnify these intentions and frequencies of joy, unity and love. (see archived articles at www.wholepersonwholeplanet.com <http://www.wholepersonwholeplanet.com/

>   about the Mayan Elders’ 2007 visit here)

Songs to remember the story of joy…ancient teachings of the power of love… heavenly dances to anchor Unity on Earth. Are you Listening?

Communities of Unity 

In Pittsburgh we also have an inspiring “community of unity,” devoted to bringing forth this New Earth of unity and joy. This group, “The Peaceburgh Transformational Leaders,” was recently identified and honored by a ceremony I created as a community tribute.  This tribute showcased the “10 Pathways of Unity in Action” represented by these leaders’ visions, missions, and work. It is the intention of these Transformational Leaders to grow our Peaceburgh Community of Unity by continuing to identify others we know who are doing the work of unity, and to honor them as our “Transformational Partners”

(learn more at www.peaceburgh.net <http://www.peaceburgh.net/

> )

What would it be like if every community began to notice, honor and collaborate with those who can hear the songs of joy, who are in action telling the story of the New Earth? (contact me to learn how, vikki@wholepersonwholeplanet.com <mailto:vikki@wholepersonwholeplanet.com

> )

Ceremonies of Joy 

Very recently I had a dream where I was walking the Earth with a male soul-friend , and we were doing a ceremonial walk to plant the seeds of joy everywhere. I was shown that it was necessary that this be done by a female and a male together, so that the sacred partnership of the divine feminine and the divine masculine would be a foundational part of this story of joy of the New Earth.

I invited my soul-friend to join me, to actually do what this dream showed. And so we have begun doing these ceremonies of joy, in the spirit of sacred partnership, following our respective guidance received from deep listening. We are discovering a shared feeling that “it is done.”  We are present to the power of intention and choice as the laser beams, for co-creating with Spirit, the story of joy that wants to be told, to be heard, to be lived on the New Earth.

Come Weave a Web With Me

Another of my visions for 2011 is to create a June 11/12 Ceremony of Unity here in Peaceburgh, celebrating a reunion of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and honoring  the Indigenous wisdom ways as “portals to a transformed world”…which was chosen as the theme for a national  ACEP Energy Healing conference, integrating Indigenous wisdom and modern healing practices (www.energypsych.org <http://www.energypsych.org/

> ) . More news about that later.

What can you do to bring forth the songs of joy for this story of the New Earth in 2011? Whatever it is, large or small, make it GOOD, honey!! Whatever we do, on whatever scale, we will be assisted. This was shown to me in a dramatic way.

In one of my recent collaborations with a Mohawk Grandmother, Grandmother Dona, we were following our deep listening in partnership with Spirit and Nature at the Serpent Mound in Ohio. I was gifted with a joyous song from the Nature

Spirits there. I wish that I could sing it to you, the tune is so joy-filled. But I will have to be content with leaving you with their words, which confirm that we are not bringing forth this New Earth alone, and that Joy is definitely the theme of the New Earth story. Here is their song to us:

 “Come weave a web with me,
  a rainbow web of harmony,
  Come weave a web with me.

  Come weave a web with me,
  beauty for all to see,
  Come weave a web with me.

  Weaving, weaving, weaving a New Earth Dream
  Weaving, weaving, weaving a New Earth Dream.

   Come weave a web with me,
   fulfillment, joy and ecstasy,
   Come weave a web with me.

   Come weave a web with me,
   Life expressing unity,
   Come weave a web with me.

   Weaving, weaving, weaving a New Earth Dream,
   Weaving, weaving, weaving a New Earth Dream.”

So I invite you to keep tuning in to the Joy Station, no matter how loud those toxic news-feeds blare! 2011 is THE time to breakthrough to joy and strongly establish its presence within the new story of the New Earth. Our 2012 rebirth is around the corner. So make it GOOD, honey!

Much Love and Joy to you,
Victoria (Vikki) Hanchin

www.wholepersonwholeplanet.com <http://www.wholepersonwholeplanet.com/

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The transformative power of Returning to “Conversations that Matter”

Did you know that a group that listens deeply to one another uncovers their “collective wisdom”? How would the world be different if we had more of THAT going on in our communities?

 Well, I am excited to share with you that this amazing phenomenon is occurring here in Pittsburgh, PA, starting with the women. Over 70 Pittsburgh women, racially diverse, from their teens to their seventies, have been experiencing the transformative power of “conversations that matter” at the first two Awakening Women Cafés, launched this winter and spring.

 These conversation-based Cafés are named to reflect their topic, “What Happens When Women Wake Up?” (by the book of that title by Patricia Fero). The process of facilitated conversations, which are structured according to the “World Café” guidelines (from the book of that name), serve to reveal and gather a group’s “collective wisdom” on the chosen theme.

 I am here to tell you, the wisdom that emerged from the Pittsburgh women participating in these two Awakening Women Cafés was extraordinary. Here are some of the highlights:

 Awakening Women Café: Gathering Women’s Collective Wisdom

 To awaken women’s authentic power, have stillness and deep inner listening—often.

• Find out what really matters to you and align your life to that.
• Heart-based authentic conversations create new possibilities.
• Have compassion, learn from your mistakes.
• Teach children to love themselves. To teach this, love yourself first.
• Taking time for “me” is not selfish; it means that “I matter.” From this grounding we help others know they are important too. 
• Show up fully present and connected to your moment by moment experience—with honesty.
• Powerfully live female values (compassion, relatedness, intuition, receptivity, cooperation, nurturing) and advocate for them. Feminine qualities have the power to heal.
• Align with purpose that is heart and soul based. To make a difference, begin where you are—your own family, work, community.
• Remember and be nourished by the ancient ways of women and the Indigenous cultures.
• Get strength and support from other women who are open, growing, risking, and real.
• We are all leaders because we all carry our own truth and wisdom. Lead by sharing: “Each one touch one.”

 ….I invite you to sit a moment now, with these deep words of wisdom gathered from the women of Pittsburgh. Allow a moment to see which of them resonate with you. Then take another moment to see what wisdom you find within, that you might share if you came to one of our Cafés, or in your own authentic, heart-based “conversation that matters.”

The Café participants reveled in the fact that “women are relational beings.” We witnessed first-hand that there is power in gathering and sharing in authentic ways, about creating a better world from the inside out. And that we simply start right where we are.

One of the participants summed up her experience this way: “Hearing of another woman’s awakening helped me know that this is also possible for me, and for learning my purpose on the planet.”

 And THAT’S What Happens When Women Wake Up!

 Women want to use their own transformation to contribute to a world that works for all…and when women all over the world become involved in this process, it accelerates planetary transformation.

 The inspiration for me to offer these Cafés with my Pittsburgh collaborators, Sheila Collins and LaVerne Baker Hotep, was to find a way to create local awareness of the world-wide phenomenon of women transforming the world through their awakened connection to Feminine power. We hoped to link local women’s voices to global women’s voices and stories, in order to accelerate this global movement of awakening women. (see my complete booklet, “Awakened Women Igniting Global Transformation”  that documents this phenomenon, under <articles> at www.WholePersonWholePlanet.com . This booklet is currently being circulated around the country, hand-to-heart. A magnificent additional resource I am involved with is www.WomenWakingtheWorld.com , where we plan to train women to create these Awakening Women Cafés in their communities across the country. )

 A Global Movement of Awakening Women

 What happened here in Pittsburgh is a mirror of what is happening globally with women. Women are waking up to their power to transform our world, through a deep connection to their feminine essence and values. Women are realizing that this imbalanced world needs what women have: relatedness, receptivity, compassion, intuition, collaboration, inclusion, nurturing, and commitment to serve life. Women are gaining support and inspiration from their connections with each other, to contribute their voices, visions and gifts.

 Now, What About the Men?

Men have much to gain by integrating the right-brain qualities traditionally associated with the feminine, and connecting their hearts with their heads. Matthew Fox, author and theologian lectures widely about the need to reclaim a healthy masculinity. This would mean allowing men to have a full range of emotional expression that doesn’t suppress vulnerability or feelings of grief and joy. It means men cultivating deep listening, receptivity and nurturing. Integrating these qualities enhances self-expression, relationships, intimacy and fathering.

Fox goes on to describe such integration as the basis for a fully enlivened sacred partnership that can then arise between the genders, of the sacred masculine and the sacred feminine. Now THAT’s a worthy topic for future exploration! Other male authors note that it is an important new role for men to support women who are doing the work of repairing the world.

In a culture where ”most of our conversation is a mutual conspiracy to keep us on the surface” (to quote David Rome, originator of the “Deep Listening” practice), and where we suffer from “Attention Deficit Disorder” in our daily interactions with one another, these Cafés may be just the revolutionary approach we need to return to What Matters.

For future Awakening Women Cafés, and related events, please check at www.WholePersonWholePlanet.com . You may respond to this newsletter at vikki@wholepersonwholeplanet.com .

2010 Blessings from a Blue Moon

A Blue Moon—a second Full Moon in the same month—occurs as we transition out of 2009 on New Year’s Eve, and launch into 2010. What is the significance of that link-up for us humans? What might this occurrence portend for 2010? I asked my dear friend, SisterGoddess and astrologer, Lilan Laishley, PhD, (www.laishley.com) to illuminate my understanding. Lilan likes to work with the cosmic influences of the relationship between the Sun and Moon, because their connection mirrors the dance of the Masculine and the Feminine within us and on the planet. She explains that mythically and psychologically speaking, the Sun is a person’s King, the part that uses clarity of consciousness to take empowered action. And the Moon is a person’s Queen, the part that uses deepened inner awareness and intuition to take compassionate action. At the time of a Full Moon, the Sun and Moon “stand across from each other in the sky, aligned in perfect balance.” So each monthly Full Moon offers a different opportunity to create a balance between our inner Kingly Sun and Queenly Moon, to “develop a marriage of harmony” between these two great creative forces that are within each human being and every living thing. Only in this final month of 2009, do we get two chances to do so. Well then, it makes perfect sense to me that December’s second Full Moon on New Year’s Eve—the Blue Moon—is heralding our attention as we transition into 2010. It is amplifying, doubling the message to attend to the need for balance between the Masculine and the Feminine within all humanity, and in behalf of the future of all life, as a focus for this New Year. Synchronistically, this message of restoring balance to the planet through restoring right-relationship between the Masculine and Feminine is a personal passion of mine, and the mission of a group I am involved with, called “Women Waking the World.” It turns out that we are launching our website (www.womenwakingtheworld.com) in time for the Full Moon of January 30, 2010. Be sure to check out our web-portal to connect with the world-wide goings-on, as women wake up, connect to their essence, their passion, and mobilize in behalf of the planet, and as men of heart do the same. Then, on that same January Full Moon, come to the first Pittsburgh “Awakening Women Café,” where we will inquire into the topic, “What Happens When Women Wake Up?” (See web announcement for details. A summary of this conversation café will be posted on this website). And have a Happy and balanced 2010.

In Peace, Vkki Hanchin.

Falcons, Bats and the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh

What do Peregrine falcons and bats have to do with the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh PA, USA, September 24-25, 2009? Well, amazingly, a personal encounter with a Peregrine falcon and seven bats succeeded in providing the answer.

I was doing my walking meditation. As I walked, I was focusing on an intention—one that is coordinated globally by a local group of Pittsburghers –  for a peaceful G-20 Economic Summit here in Pittsburgh, and for the G-20 to be the catalyst for humanity’s oneness, serving the greater good of all (read more) That’s when I heard the distinct call of a Peregrine falcon close by. These nearly extinct birds have a protected nest at the local University of Pittsburgh.

I was surprised when the falcon landed in the tree right where I had stopped to look for it. We gazed silently, intently at each other for 15 minutes. Then inwardly, I set the intention to understand why it had come to connect with me this way. I looked back up at it and asked from my heart, “what do you want me to understand?”

At that exact moment this Peregrine falcon began its eerie, alarm-sounding screech. It did not stop for another 15 minutes, as we continued our mutual gaze. In my heart, I felt the compelling understanding of its message: Humanity’s imbalanced industrial development pushed these Peregrine falcons to near extinction. Through humanity’s concerted protection, they are making a comeback. This falcon’s unrelenting screeching seemed a reminder that we are all in this One Life together—including the animals and Mother Earth. “Please,” it seemed to plead, “include us in your worldwide economic plans. We are here too. We are affected by all you do. All life is One.”

I was reminded that this G-20 Summit is a significant choice point for humanity—and for the planet. As the G-20 world leaders and the world’s attention converge in Pittsburgh, we have a unique collective opportunity: to choose to direct that attention with intention, to support humanity’s interconnection and the greater good of all life; or to support continued separation and divisiveness.

A few days later, during my next walking meditation, I was surprised with a visit by seven bats, dancing and darting overhead. I stood in stillness looking up at them. Once again, this prolonged connection seemed intentional, since I could not see any of the expected swarming bugs overhead for them to feast on. From my heart, I asked the bats the same question, “why are you connecting with me now—what is it you want me to understand?”

Immediately an answer came.  I realized that the Indigenous Seneca see animals as “creature teachers.” In their world view, the bat represents “rebirth.” This understanding is also held by Indigenous Central Americans such as the Aztec, Toltec and Maya.

Then I was able to “connect the dots.” The Mayan Calendar addresses 2012 as the predicted time of the rebirth of humanity—into a transformed consciousness of Oneness. I got chills. The bats were a reminder of this time of rebirth.

May humanity choose the highest path of transformation—of rebirth– in behalf of the One Life that we all are, as the G-20 mobilizes our attention globally. After all, 2012 isn’t that far away.