What does “follow your path” mean to you?

Have you ever been on a huge highway during a traffic jam? The kind that has 5 lanes side by side at a standstill? Do you find that any fun?

That’s how I imagine a life in which everyone wanted to be the same, do the same, in the same place and at the same time.

Oh what a waste of time, what pollution, what boredom, what frustration, what stagnancy and likely with a bit of road rage in the mix.

Your soul didn’t come to Earth to live a wearisome life on the imitative highway.

You came here to follow Your Path, whatever that may be for you. 

Emerging more fully as your True Self on that Path is your purpose.

This requires:

• discerning your way there despite all the pressure to take the onramp to the highway
• choosing your travel buddies
• learning the skills you need to navigate & drive it
• gathering the necessary resources for the journey
• dealing with unexpected challenges
• delighting in the scenery
• discovering the options and finding your way back after occasional side trips
• researching healthy rest stops
• and so much more.

This week’s Love Oracle invites you to follow Your Path.

Your Team of Divine Helpers are hooked in to your inner GPS. That’s your intuition. Call upon them and ask “What’s the next best step on my Path”.

Then look at the paintings above. Which one calls most to you right now. Scroll down to read your Directions.

Dear Beloved,

As you look ahead, you won’t see the whole Path. You don’t need to. All you need to see is the next step, one inspired step at a time. 

It’s also likely that your Path requires you to veer off the beaten path to explore your way into unique ways of being and doing that only your soul can guide you to. 

Your answers are within you. Ask your Team of Divine Helpers for Guidance and tune in to your intuition.

Imagine them higher above the scenery and better able to see what’s ahead. It’s their job to show you the way, but only if you ask.

Ask for the love, the strength, the courage, the curiosity, the playfulness, the resources, and all else you need to enjoy the twists and turns.

This is your life.

It’s as unique as you are.

Co-create your life by design. By following your inspiration, your truth, you’ll live a fulfilling life beyond your imagination.

You don’t need to know the details right now. You just need to know what the next best step is. So Ask, Access, Analyze if the messages aren’t clear, Act and Allow the path to unfold.

Those are the 5 Steps to a Happy Healthy Life. That’s the Intuition into Action Treasure Map.

Follow your path and enjoy the journey!

Painting: Life By Design  (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

Life is filled with joys, challenges, and expected & unexpected experiences of all kinds.

It’s OK not to have all the answers, not to know everything. Embrace the unknown, knowing that you won’t always understand the deeper meaning to what your life offers you.

Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wisely said, “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.”

Living an intuitive life means being fully present and fully responsive to what unfolds.

It means embracing the mystery with a child-like sense of curiosity and wonder.

If you’ve learned to trust your intuition, first by taking inspired baby-steps, you’ll then have the courage to take those inspired leaps of faith.

The intuitive life isn’t a straightforward path. It reveals itself one inspired step at a time.

You’ll even encounter contradictions along the way – success & failure / joys & sorrow. Don’t be too quick to judge those.

Life can be a paradox. The trick is to see what is, accept what is, and love what is as part of that unfolding mystery.

There’s so much to explore and express in your life, Dear One. If you knew everything that was coming, you’d be bored.

Pray for Guidance, take those inspired actions, and have fun. Remember that you’re a spirit in human form for the fun of it. Some aspects of life may not seem like fun from a human perspective, but are oh so rich from a spirit perspective.

So remember what it was like to be a child exploring new places, new games, new days with completely openness. Follow your Path and life will be a lot more interesting and infinitely more beautiful.

Painting: Walking the Moon Path (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

Are you only fixated on how to survive day by day until the day you die?

If you picked this painting, likely not.

Your Path started a long time ago, way before you were born in this incarnation. And it continues once you die.

Depending on your beliefs, you might imagine several incarnations walking this Path one after the other or even some side by side in parallel universes.

You might explore the idea of your lifetimes as other than being human here on Earth.

Perhaps visions of the afterlife wander through your thoughts, reunited with loved one from this lifetime and with God.

Take a moment to visualize or even draw what this Path might look like according to your beliefs.

When did it start? When does it end? What’s at the end if there is an end?

When you look at Your Path from this viewpoint, how does your Here and Now appear to you?

Does it put things in perspective?

Does it help you prioritize how you spend your time each day?

May this exercise help you to focus more on what propells you upwards and forward instead of looping back so many times to repeat the same lessons?

If you picked this painting, you’re invited to find inspiration and motivation to live your best life by putting it into perspective.

Now imagine looking not only at your Path but at your Self on your Path from the eye level of your Team of Divine Helpers. What advice would you give yourself?

Then heed that advice. Take inspired action and follow Your Path.

And make sure to enjoy the ride on this section of your much longer avenue back home to Divine Oneness.

Painting: Cosmic Gateway (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Oh Blessed Be! Welcome to this New Season!

Happy Spring Equinox to those on my side of the celestial equator and Happy Fall Equinox to those on the other!

But did you know that tomorrow, March 20th, is also International Happiness Day?

The day recognizes that happiness is a fundamental human goal, and calls upon countries to approach public policies in ways that improve the well-being of all peoples. …The initiative to declare a day of happiness came from Bhutan – a country whose citizens are considered to be some of the happiest people in the world. The Himalayan Kingdom has championed an alternative measure of national and societal prosperity, called the Gross National Happiness Index (GNH). The GNH rejects the sole use of economic and material wealth as an indicator of development, and instead adopts a more holistic outlook, where spiritual well-being of citizens and communities is given as much importance as their material well-being.

So may this not only be a new season in our calendar year, but a new era on the planet.  Happiness is indeed a priority! And it starts with you.

Happiness comes from the inside out.

Although it’s important that governments jump on board the happiness wagon, let’s play our part.

Call in your Team of Divine Helpers and ask them “How can I be happier this week?”.  Pick the painting that speaks most to your heart. Then, scroll down to read its Oracle Message.

Each of the messages includes quotes by Paramhansa Yogananda, the author of “Autobiography of a Yogi” and the guru of the Ananda Village in California, where I’m currently doing karma yoga for 2 months.

Dear Beloved,

Stand tall and open yourself to the Divine within you.

Your Light is so bright, reflecting the Light of All that Is. Take the time to nurture and connect to it. Feel the exaltation of living as a unique expression of the Divine.

It’s true. Your life is not without challenges. How you experience them depends on you. Don’t wallow. Seek the Light. Where attention goes, energy flows.

As Paramhansa Yoganada said:

“The best way to be unendingly happy is to be conscious of the Divine.”

“Whatever comes of itself, let it come.”

“There are no obstacles: There are only opportunities!”

“Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! Forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! Control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.”

Focus on what you love and let all else to fall into its rightful place. Attract what you want. Align with the Universe, raise your vibration and shine!

Allow your wellspring of unconditional love, gratitude, purpose, and passion to overflow.  You are radiant. You are a lightworker.

If you’ve picked this painting, you’re invited to get up and dance to Bobby McFerrin’s song “Don’t Worry Be Happy“. And if dancing doesn’t do it for you, find what does and be happy now.

Painting: Exaltation (SOLD). Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

How are you growing and nourishing deep roots in your life so that you may bear the rich fruit of happiness? 

This is not an outward journey. It’s an inward one.

Are you dedicating enough time and energy to your spiritual practice? How can you invest more? or make what you have more quality time? 

When times get busy or moods get low, it’s easy to let your happiness practice aside. But that’s like depriving your roots of nourishment, only to result in the withering of your Life Force.

If you’ve picked this painting, you’re invited to make wise investments on what has the most returns – in the here and now and every here and now that comes after it.

As Paramhansa Yogananda said:

“Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.”

“Accept change as life’s only constant. Life is change.”

“Never lose hope. Your soul, being a reflection of the ever joyous spirit, is, in essence, happiness itself.”

“Open the portals of calmness and you will find the bright sun of joy within yourself.”

So go ahead. Make your happiness a priority. It’s your birthright. It’s your magic. It’s the fruit that you will then share with others.

You all deserve your taking the time to find that peace, that calm, that happiness that’s already inside you.

Painting: Happy (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

The happier you are, the easier it will be for those around you to be happy too.

There’s nothing selfish about doing what you need and being who you truly are in order to connect to that happiness at your core.

So what makes you truly happy? Is it really that new pair of shoes, chocolate sundae, compliments from your partner, achievement, or award?

Or is it the joy that bubbles up from being simply and completely in the present moment, loving what is, recognizing and feeling the Divine within yourself and all around you?

As Paramhansa Yogananda said:

“Even if life gave you at one time everything you wanted – wealth, power, friends — after awhile you would again become dissatisfied and need something more.  But there is one thing that can never become stale to you – joy itself.”

“In all your seeking among different things, directly or indirectly, you are in reality seeking happiness through the fulfillment of your desires. Why not seek joy directly? Why seek it through the intermediary of pleasures and objects?”

“Happiness comes, not by helplessly wishing for it, but by dreaming, thinking and living it in all circumstances.”

“A good rule to live by, and one that will take you sailing through many tests in life, is, under all circumstances, to remain even-minded and cheerful.”

“The self-improving man is the increasingly happy man. The happier you become, the happier will be the people around you.”

The key to happiness is that your soul and your life are in sync. Are you living as your True Self? Do you even remember who that is?

Pause for moment to take an inventory of what you prioritize in life. How can you raise your personal Happiness Index to contribute to the National Happiness Index and the International one too?

Take the time to reconnect – through meditation, Right Living, spiritual practices, loving service, and being content with life as it is.

Be happy now!

Painting: Divine Union (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Everyone counts. Seems obvious, doesn’t it?

But do those words float at the conceptual level or do they really live deep into your belief system?

Do you feel you count? And everyone else you encounter in a day? How about in some obscure place around the world?

March 1st is Zero Discrimination Day.

Organizations like the United Nations (UN) actively promote the day with various activities to celebrate everyone’s right to live a full life with dignity regardless of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, skin color, height, weight, profession, education, and beliefs.

Many countries have laws against discrimination but it’s still a problem in all layers of society in every country in the world. Many countries have and still use discrimination as a way of governing.

The symbol for Zero Discrimination Day is the butterfly, widely used by people to share their stories and photos as a way to end discrimination and work towards positive transformation.

So this week, let’s see how we can positively transform our truth to better reflect Truth – that everyone counts!

Ask your Team of Divine Helpers “How can I be more loving?” Then pick the painting that speaks to you the most. Scroll down to read its Oracle Message.

May it help you love yourself and others at a much deeper level. 

Dear Beloved,

Once upon a time, I went for a walk with a woman who told me something like “I make it a point to meet people who think differently than I do. That’s how I grow.”

She likely had no idea how her words would impact me. Of course I’ve met many kinds of people living and working on 3 continents and 5 provinces. But I definitely gravitate to spending all my free time with like-minded folks.

If you picked this painting, you’re invited to observe and reflect on how your thoughts, your words, your perceptions change when you’re in different environments and with different kinds of people. This includes those you see in the news, or on the Internet.

Make it a point to test yourself by going somewhere different to practice mindfulness, self-awareness.

Do you judge others for being different than you? for believing in a different deity or having a different way of living?  Or are you curious and open to learning and expanding?

Are you a “my way is the right way” kind of person? Do you suffer from black & white thinking? Or do you relish different perspectives to stretch your horizons?

This week, use the affirmation “I am curious about my earthly brothers and sisters. I delight in differences.” to ask questions and discover the multiple facets to our human family.

Love yourself compassionately if you notice you’ve been negatively influenced by cultural or popular prejudices when it comes to appearances, ways of speaking, ways of dressing, socio-economic classes, habits and mannerisms, etc.

See if you can let go of a layer of delusion that you are either inferior or superior. 

Discover the differences and delight in them.

Remember, to someone else, you’re the one who’s different. Wouldn’t you like to be seen, accepted, and loved for who you are? Consciously try it with another.

Painting: MindShift (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

What is your vision of a loving, harmonious world with zero discrimination?

Close your eyes and dream this vision into reality, first in your heart & mind. Take at least 5 minutes and explore the various details of that ideal world. If that doesn’t work for you, try journaling instead.

Really feel it as you imagine it – first in your family, then in your immediate circle, community, city, country, continent and all around the planet.

Transformation starts with you. How would you travel in your day and in your world differently if there were zero discrimination?

How would you perceive others’ acceptance of you? How would you imagine your acceptance of others?

How would being truly seen and seeing change the love in your heart and the love in the world?

What would be the ripple effect of everyone living this way? What would happen on a social, economic, political, etc. level in the world?

Stay focused on the positive transformation.

Just like with the butterfly effect, your small seemingly trivial imagination play can ultimately result in something much greater.

The power of your visioning is being added to that of all those who picked this painting on this day and for years to come. 

So as you flap your love-wings here and now, it could ultimately change the world into one of zero discrimination.

So go ahead. Flap away in your imagination and in your life.

Positive transformation starts with you. Thank you.

Painting: Visionary (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

Dear Beloved,

If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being asked to burn away whatever negative judgments you may have adopted, cultivated, and perpetuated about physical appearances – yours and that of others.

It’s often subconscious.

First, let’s start with you.

Can you honestly say that you love your body fully and totally for all it is, has ever been and will become?

If yes, bravo! You’ve picked this painting to celebrate this miracle. For it is a miracle in this day and age if you’re able to do that.

Next, can you honestly say that you love everyone else’s bodies no matter the shapes, sizes, colours, unique characteristics, states of health, etc.?

If yes, consider teaching this to others. Our world greatly needs it.

Beauty standards and expectations often vary depending on ethnic backgrounds. This results from tradition, deeply held beliefs, social pressure, and media influences.

In some cultures, being full-figured is a sign of health and prosperity. In others, it’s a sign of ill-health and low body image.

In some cultures, being tanned is a sign of health. In others, the paler the better.

In some cultures, short women are considered feminine yet short men are seen as weak.

How different life would be if we all simply honoured all bodies, no matter how they were born and what has happened to them since.

Every body is a vessel for the spirit.

These spirits have chosen to come into this world in all shapes, sizes & colours for a reason.

If we were all the same, it would be so boring, not to mention complicated in terms of knowing who is who.

Embracing everyone’s spirit vessel is part of burning away the layers of discrimination. 

How would total body acceptance manifest in your life?

Would you love yourself more unconditionally? Would you have more friends? Would you find your right partner? Would you accept your children more unconditionally? Would you be friendlier to all you meet? Would you welcome aging and death?

How would your life positively change if you truly accepted and even celebrated the differences in the costumes souls chose to dress-up in for this lifetime?

Reflect on this as you go through your days. You may better appreciate your own reflection in the mirror the more you appreciate the variety of shapes, sizes & colours of everyone’s unique expression of the Divine.

That would be first step towards becoming more unconditionally loving to who they truly are on the inside too.

Painting: Bridie’s Flame (SOLD). More on it here….  Order prints here.   

As we approach Valentine’s Day, let’s look at unconditional love.

What is unconditional love? A definition I’ve long contemplated is that to love someone unconditionally is to see them for who they truly are, accept them as they currently are, and wish for their happiness without expecting anything in return.

There are a few challenges here.

First, to see someone for who they truly are – at both a soul and human level –  we need to be able to see past the words, behaviours and many masks that so many have become used to wearing – sometimes different masks for different occasions or environments.

Next, to accept someone as they are in the moment – with all their quirks, behaviours, beliefs, drama, judgments, etc. is … tough. Their being-ness often splashes on us or our space. It may even go against everything we believe in, value, or want around us. Fear for ourselves and for their future brings in elements of control, manipulation, and all sorts of getting into their business.

And lastly, the most exacting of all – to not expect anything in return. Now that requires a level of selflessness that’s rare in this world. The closer they are in our inner circle, the harder this one becomes. The more their decisions seemingly affect us, the more we may feel our own happiness is at risk. Therein lies the spiritual practice and a discussion far beyond the scope of 1 blog post.

Rare are those who grew up unconditionally loved. Most children know at a deep level that when they are “good”, they are “loved” and when they are “bad”, they are not. They can see it in the look on people’s faces or hear it in the tone of people’s voices. They can feel it too. They shape their behaviour to please the conditions of parents, teachers, peer groups, society, etc. This is conditional love.

I also believe that everyone is doing the very best they can at any moment  – and that can vary with time. So there’s no one to blame in this world of conditional love. How can someone who has never been unconditionally loved then turn around and unconditionally love another?

The lack of love in the world dates back from the beginning of time on this planet. But the more aware we become of our lack to focus on learning to love ourselves and others, the more we can change the tides of time. The more we can ascend as individuals and as a planet.

That’s this week’s theme.

So take a good look at the 3 paintings above. Choose the one that calls you the most and scroll down to read its Love Oracle message. Does it inspire a shift in how you live your day – in how you see, accept and love those you’re with … you included?

* Note: Original Paintings will continue to be on sale through my online shop while I’m out of the country for a few months. If you’re interested in a payment plan, please contact me before Valentine’s Day. 

Dear Beloved,

Take a moment to look at yourself in the mirror before reading on. Listen to your inner voice – is it the voice of someone from your past, of your ego, or of your Higher Self?

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Now look again. Fake it til you make it if you have to. Talk to yourself as if you were truly seeing yourself through the eyes of your soul, of your Higher Self, of your Guardian angel. Use whatever works for you.

What would pure unconditional love say to you as you look deeply into your eyes?

How did that feel? Did you say it or hear it only at an intellectual level?

Try it again. Now this time, let the words absorb into every cell of your body.

Let them open your throat chakra, the chimney between your heart and third-eye chakra (intuition).

Let them penetrate through the walls of your heart.

Basically, feel the words as you speak them out loud.

Then repeat them in your mind, continuing silently. Allow love to imbue your thoughts.

How does it feel? Familiar? Strange?

With years of unconscious negative self-talk, self-criticism, and judgment, you may have carved grooves in your thought-patterns.

This exercise will help fill those gutters with love and create new pathways to self-love. 

If you feel you need to, schedule this exercise daily or weekly to transform your inner landscape.

Or simply pause before every mirror you encounter in a day, smile, and love yourself. Rinse past conditioning and repeat. You deserve it.

Dear Beloved,

Have you ever closed your eyes while standing in the sunshine? Have you truly basked in the warm glow of the light. Have you noticed how bright the world seems, even through closed eyelids?

The Love of the Divine is always shining upon you.

You are seen for who you truly are.

You are accepted at your current stage of growth, whatever that happens to be on any day.

You are loved unconditionally.

But as the walls of a windowless basement cannot let the light in, a busy stressed-out life of fear can block your sight to what is always present. 

So take a moment to pause & pray. That’s like moving up one floor to a room with large windows. Use whatever words feel good to you. Here is a suggestion.

“Dear Mother/Father God, Guiding Spirits, Archangels, Angels of Light & Love, to all beings of all dimensions who wish for my Highest Good, help me to feel your Love. Help me to let the Light in. I welcome the warmth of your Love within and all around me. Shine your Light brightly in my life that I may see beyond my conditioning, that I may emerge more fully as the individualized expression of the Divine that I am. Thank you for fuelling the divine spark within me. Amen. So Be It.”

Now, when you’re ready, step out of the house, into the great outdoors, and start looking for the love & beauty in the world. Seek and you shall find. Your sight will penetrate others’ walls. Your scenery will appear brighter, more abundant, more vibrant.

I see you, says your Team of Divine Helpers, says the Great Creator. Feel how unconditionally loved you truly are.

Feel the warmth of that shine penetrate your very being and reflect it back.

Shine your love and the world will also reflect it back to you.

Oh bliss! The Chakra Drum was inspired by a week of leading my Holiday Spirit Circle through the 7 main chakras.

The main chakras are the 7 energy centres of the body located along the spine, starting at the root (tailbone) all the way up to the crown.  They’re part of our astral body within the physical body.

Every day for 7 days, I taught about one of the chakras then channeled a guided visioning meditation to help participants open and balance their chakras. These meditations will soon be available to download from my online shop.

Then, I was guided to co-create this drum with spirit, starting with the 6 lower energy wheels around the frame on a violet background: red (root chakra), orange (sacral chakra), yellow (solar plexus chakra), green (heart chakra), blue (throat chakra), indigo (third eye chakra).

The drum head represents the crown chakra, in violet & gold. The symbol for the crown chakra is a thousand petalled lotus with an OM symbol at its centre.

Full crown chakra opening is enlightenment! It takes lifetimes of opening and balancing the other 6 chakras for the crown chakra to blossom.

Notice in the video above how the centre of the lotus and OM symbol appear and disappear AND changes colours from violet to gold.  I used special professional paints create this effect, but I’ll admit that I didn’t know that superimposing 2 of these would have quite that effect on the OM symbol. Love it!!!!

The couple in tree pose represent the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine within each one of us. They’re grounded on Gaia and connected to the Cosmic Energy of Source.

I’m vibing high after painting it and I’m sure that its new owner will feel the same.

SOLD but the Labyrinth Drum is still available.

With my workload before leaving for Ananda Village for 2 months of karma yoga and 3 weeks of family visits on the way there and back, I only have time to paint 2 more drums before I leave Newfoundland on Valentine’s Day.

If you’re interested in commissioning a drum, please let me know soon. They’re $1111 and channeled based on our conversation and the visions I receive for you.

If I don’t receive a commission request soon, I’ll follow inspiration and present you with a few more drums before I leave.

The commission in this photo is called the Lotus Tree Drum, created for Meranda Squires of the Lotus Centre and Tree of Life Retreat Centre in Salmonier, where I spent 5 days filming over the holidays. It incorporates the essence of both their logos within a tree whose trunk is also their magic waterfall.

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