Have you befriended time?  In this week’s Love Oracle series, let your heart guide you to the message you need to hear about being in harmonious relationship with time. 

Which of these paintings speaks to you the most right now? Scroll down to read its guidance.

Dear Beloved,

How you start your day will set the pace for all the hours that follow until bedtime.

Massage your mornings to make room to nourish your body, mind, and spirit before jumping into work, whatever that is for you.

This may mean waking up an hour earlier to do some yoga and meditation before breakfast.

It may mean going to bed earlier so you can take advantage of those precious morning hours to listen to an inspirational podcast during a nature walk.

It may even mean driving out to the perfect spot to drink a healthy smoothie while witnessing a beautiful sunrise, a powerful reminder of the miracle of life.

How are you lining or aligning with this personal power time?

More than a sunrise, the intuitive visionary energy-infused painting “Sunlight Rising” celebrates the radiance that grows and glows as you stand tall within your Truth. Remember what that is in your waking hours and reinforce it with your choices.

You are of the Light which grows and glows thanks to the spotlight of Love & Light from Source, your Teams of Divine Helpers and all earth angels who can recognize your divine essence.

Use your mornings well to help you shine all day long.

Dear beloved,

Do you cherish your sleep?

How would you treat your bedtime differently if you believed that as you slept, your spirit reconnected to Source, allowing you to let go of all the resistance that causes you suffering while you’re awake?

What would you do differently if you believed that the vibration you were in right before falling asleep is the vibration you will then return to when you awake?

Do you go to bed ruminating over all of your day’s problems or watching action & horror films?

Try an evening meditation or gratitude practice instead that will help you raise your vibration to give the next day a better start.

After years of listening to channeled recordings of Abraham Hicks, this is what I’ve come to believe and am moved to share with you.

Sleep can be a wonderful time of healing, of connecting, of rejuvenating your body, mind & spirit. It can also be a great time of inspiration.

Allow sleep to be your reset button on life.

Start by noticing this week what you allow into your space right before you fall asleep and immediately after you awake. Then ask your Team of Divine Helpers to help you shift into a more life-affirming gear.

Set your sleep up with some good feeling vibes.

Next, give your subconscious a chance to let go of your Earthly stresses to reconnect to Source by embracing sleep.

Then, first thing in the morning, reinforce that by spending the very first seconds and minutes reclaiming that high vibration as a passage into a day with greater ease & grace.

Use your sleep and dreamtime to your advantage, one inspired step at a time.

There are plenty of Abraham Hicks sleep time explanations and meditation videos on YouTube to choose from if you feel so moved.

Dear Beloved,

It’s so easy in our busy light-filled cities or media-filled evenings to lose track of the cycles of the moon.

Do you know in which 8 key moon phases of the lunar month we are right now? 

Take the time to go outside after dark to notice the moon.

Each phase is like a checkpoint through your self-growth journey that can keep you on track.

Your awareness and harmony with the cycles can help give you a new perspective on your daily challenges. This can soften your anxiety and heighten your inner peace.

Do a bit of online research on how to navigate these 8 time passages, reconnecting you to ancient wisdom.

Perhaps you’ll be moved to add simple rituals you can find online or join a local group that discusses or has ceremony honouring the moon cycles. You may be intuitively guided to creating your own.

Start with looking up to the evening sky to acknowledge the moon’s presence and influence on your personality, outlook and life.

Befriend the moon cycles and you’ll befriend life.

Painting: Moonlight Rising (12″ x  12″) Professional acrylics, granular gel & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD

 

When we act on an inspiration, it opens our hearts and intuitive channels for further inspiration.

My 2022 Community Spirit Treasure Hunt (for which these were painted) in collaboration with The Guide to the Good and 11 local businesses was a result of several inspirations. First, I booked the April exhibition. Then, I asked Spirit how else I could contribute to the energy flow in my community after spending a few years mostly working online.

When the Treasure Hunt all came together, I was further inspired to create a whole series of new smaller pieces (value up to $500) for folks to enjoy picking their top 3, a question on their Treasure Hunt form.

Who knows what other beneficial ripple effects will emerge from my saying Yes! to intuitive guidance. All I know is that I’m feeling much more alive and on purpose because of it. May the message you receive here help you do the same.

Today’s theme for this Love Oracle Series plays with 2 expressions:

1. in the air: If something is in the air, you feel that it is happening or about to happen.
2. up in the air: If you say that a decision or a situation is up in the air, you mean that it has not yet been completely settled or planned.

One little word changes the whole meaning. Similarly, one little thought changes your whole reality.

Pick the painting that speaks most to your heart right now and scroll down to read its transformational message.

Dear Beloved,

Fluking is when a whale lifts its tail in the air as it begins a deep dive. This helps it thrust its body into a more steeply angled descent so it can reach deeper waters.

It’s now time for you to create momentum in a specific area in your life by diving deeper into it. Which one comes to mind/heart when you read this:

1. Physical Environment
2. Fun / Recreation
3. Business / Career
4. Personal / Spiritual Development
5. Wellness & Health
6. Romance / Family
7. Finances / Life Planning
8. Society / Community

What is the next best step – an inspired step –  you can take to start that momentum?

If you’re not sure, sit quietly and ask your Team of Divine Helpers. Then listen with all your senses. You may get an idea, a visual, a clue in your environment, a memory, a call, etc.

Know that as you ask, you shall receive. Know also that if you say Yes! to that inspired step, the next will arise in your awareness so that you too can dive deeper into your purpose, your sense of fulfillment in all areas of your life.

From intuition to inspired action – you need both.

And it’s OK if the final destination is still up in the air. There will be sacred intentions and a feeling of being even more alive in the air once you startbbuilding up that momentum.

Dear Beloved,

It’s time to break free of your limiting thoughts and beliefs to expand your reality above & beyond your wildest dreams & expectations.

Break out of the box that you or others have placed you in.

The world is filled with limitless possibilities. Have fun exploring them. It starts with your thoughts.

Have you heard this before?

Watch your thoughts,
For they become words.

Watch your words,
For they become actions.

Watch your actions,
For they become habits.

Watch your habits,
For they become your character.

Watch your character,
For it becomes your destiny.

What we think,
WE BECOME

What’s in the air in your life bubble? What are you becoming? It’s OK if that’s up in the air right now – start one thought at a time and you’ll become a truer version of your Higher Self than you ever imagined possible.

Dear Beloved,

Have you heard these expressions:

“What you appreciate appreciates.”

“What you focus on expands.”

“Where attention goes, energy flows.”

Your magic is in your ability to make that special effort to appreciate all the good things in your life.

When others might complain about the rain, you’re turning your attention to how it nourishes Mother Earth, how it’s washing your car, and how it feels ticklish on your skin.

When it could be so easy to wallow and complain about your challenges, you’re moved to reflect on how they’re serving you.

When you may be tempted to negatively judge a person or situation, you’re reminded of the Divine Essence in each, looking for the opportunities for growth, gratitude and appreciation.

If you find yourself physically closing in on yourself and looking down, straighten up, look high up in the air and count your blessings.

Then watch as life and love open up in you and for you.

 

The energy work and symbolism in this week’s 3 Love Oracle paintings were all instrumental in my own healing, growing, thriving & gratitude journey.

Pick the one that speaks most to you today and scroll down to read the message your heart would like you to hear in support for your unique journey.

Dear Beloved,

Your life is fertile right now for a rebirthing into the next best version of who you have always been at a soul level.

This is how you’ll help with the ascension of the planet.

What you do for yourself, you do for the world. 

No more inner conflicts! Unite in Self-Love for the love of All that Is.

Encourage both your inner divine feminine and divine masculine to work together in harmony to shine bright in your life and community.

As you drink from the holy well of imagination, inspiration and intuition, you’ll be guided to take the necessary action steps to help yourself and others thrive.

The birthing process isn’t necessarily easy. But mothers everywhere will tell you it’s worth it.

Celebrate the birthing of each new day, each new expression of You, each manifestation of humanity and Mother Earth’s radiance.

Together we are becoming the world we want to see and want to be.

How can you start by seeing, accepting, and unconditionally loving yourself?

Then extend that courtesy to those around you as they too go from the stages of being innocent babes, budding pre-teens, awkward teenagers, responsible adults or masterful mature seniors in various areas in their lives.

Take a moment to express to Source and your Team of Divine Helpers what kind of re-birthing you’re ready for.

 

Dear Beloved,

You are not broken! Any pain or suffering on any level is the result of the belief that you are separate from Source.

Take a deep breath and see that void – no matter how it was created – as a space to service the separation.

What do you need right now to feel whole again? What can you invite or be right now to re-member that you are connected to All That Is? Which of your chakras is out of balance and needs attention?

Turn that space into an altar and place there the resources, messages, opportunities to re-connect to the Truth.

Repeat after me:

More than I want to fix, change, heal, control, or manipulate anyone or anything, I want to know the truth that makes me free.

You are rooted in God / Spirit/ Source/ The Universe. Your branches extend into the Heavens.

As you dance to the rhythms of your seasons, remember to journey deep within your Self, where all your answers live.

Move through your life in ways that allows the sacred sap at your Core to transport the love, peace, joy, health, wealth, happiness & freedom that already dwell within you to the areas which need it most right now.

Remember also that you are never alone. You have a whole team of Divine Helpers to walk with you as you journey all the way home to your Self.

Ask for help and guidance to live in alignment with your Highest Good. Then trust that what you may have imagined as a break or separation will fill-up with the Divine Essence of You as an individualized expression of Source.

It’s time to re-connect!

 

Dear Beloved,

You are a SuperSoul!

Your life has been a perfect recipe for sacred success in the making.

The unique ingredients of that life have been blended together to offer the world the tasty treat that is You!

You’ve been seasoned by your family make-up, spiritual upbringing, schooling, physical environment, travels, relationships, culture, experiences, etc.

The sweetness, saltiness, bitterness, sourness, umami, heat and coolness of each have all contributed to the unique balance of flavours on your journey.

That’s what makes you a superhero in your own life.

Had any of the elements been missing or mixed differently, you wouldn’t be who you are today. And who you are today is exactly who you were meant to be so that you may continue to emerge more fully as your True Self.

Trust in this perfect recipe for sacred success that your soul may have chosen before incarnation.

Trust also that others around you have been part of the plan so that you would bake or cook at the perfect temperature and in the perfect pot with the help of the perfect food growers, providers, cooks and diners.

Can you acknowledge that all that has happened in your life happened for you, not to you? If you can, you’ll be much happier in the kitchen.

What are you making with it all?

As you continue your journey as the Master Chef of your life, what help can you ask for or what can you do to ensure your perfect recipe turns out to be a delicious delight for humanity?

 

The 3 paintings in this week’s Love Oracle series were all contestants in the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letters Awards competition in recent years.

The one on the left, “Every Dot a Prayer” was a 1st Prize winner in 2019 and hung in the prestigious The Rooms cultural facility.

After 4 months of keeping them a secret during the jurying process of their respective year, however, the other 2 didn’t win nor were they a part of the finalists exhibition. But that’s OK. They were still winners on many levels.

That’s what inspired this week’s Love Oracle Messages below.

Pick the painting that speaks most to you today, revealing which of the messages below speaks most to your life right now. May it confirm for you that you’re always a winner.

Dear Beloved,

Life is a learning process. Whether you’re learning something new, diving deeper into the layers of learning, or being reminded of previous lessons you need to re-connect to, know that your journey can serve more than just you.

The best way to integrate something is to repeat it – sharing what you’ve learned until it becomes even more ingrained in your way of being.

You may stumble and have to re-learn something. That’s OK. The stumble doesn’t make you a loser. The willingness to learn again or on a deeper level makes you a winner.

What part of your learning process can help those around you? 

The best way to learn something is to teach it. 

When I was guided to create the Re-Connecting Collection of 11 paintings exploring my spiritual journey, I had no idea what I would discover or recover from the depths of my soul and the steps of my life.

This painting, the first in the series, launched an intense year of co-creation.

The best way for me to integrate the lessons from Spirit and the intuitive painting process was to share them.

Once the whole collection was finished, I created a series of 11 Re-Connect to your True Self video lessons to help others benefit from the inner & outer work I’d done. My journey was now of service to others.

What about you? 

Has a “mistake” led you to an opportunity to emerge more fully as your True Self?

You may be moved to share a humbling or inspiring story or a life-enhancing skill.

What now comes naturally to you may be exactly what someone else needs to learn.

Whether it be a skill or learning from a “mistake”, share of yourself.

Your life makes a difference.

You make a difference through all of your being & doing. Thank you!

Dear Beloved,

When an artist submits to the Arts & Letters competition, they only submit images of the artwork without explanations.

One of the jury notes for this one stated that there was no obvious reason for my choice of using 2 canvases instead of one.

I could easily see why they would say that. Art is extremely personal and although the reasons were obvious to me, I couldn’t expect someone else to get it … unless they did.

I reflected on the comment and knew that if I could do it over again, I would still choose to do this painting on 2 canvases.

The space between the seen reality in “Sunset in the Dreamtime” is the gateway, the portal to the unseen, with the support of the crystals to help enter otherworld journeys – awake or asleep.

Although it wasn’t a winner in the competition, it was still a winner in my life.

First, as it hung on my wall during the 4 months when it couldn’t be revealed to the public in any way, it acted as a constant reminder of my magical sunset kayak journey on the Mobile Canal with friends.

Second, every time I walked by it, it reminded me of the importance to take time to get out in nature to enjoy the types of activities that elevate my vibration and nourish my soul. 

The kayak, the stones, the energy-work, the texture and colours – and the space in between – all nudged me to co-create days & nights in a way to connect to the power of awe and gratitude.

Over and over, this painting worked its magic on me. And when I followed up on its intuitive nudges, I felt like a winner.

The fact it wasn’t a winner in others’ eyes didn’t make it a loser. It didn’t make me a loser either. I didn’t take it personally at all.

So be a winner in your own heart, mind and eyes. Do what you love for the reasons you love it. No explanations needed. No one else’s judgments need apply. 

Your life is perfectly evolving layer by layer, building on all your past & present experiences, values, lessons, etc.

What you may consider mistakes, losses, or challenges are all opportunities to learn, grow, and know yourself better.

By recognizing and not harping on what doesn’t work or feel good in your life, you get to co-create what does.

Your job is to notice when your body, mind and spirit are getting out of alignment with your Higher Self and to be & do what it takes to get back on track – your track.

This doesn’t mean rejecting the past and all that’s in it. It also doesn’t mean hanging on to it so tightly that it can’t expand from there.

Take this painting, for example. I just found out it isn’t a finalist in this year’s Arts & Letters Awards. But every time I look it, it reminds me that I’ve already won.

What did I win? I won a huge lesson in non-attachment.

You see, beneath it, is the painting “The Universe is My Creative Playground” – # 6 in the Re-Connecting Collection. It was an important piece with many valuable lessons to share.

Painting people, and especially faces, however, has never been my forte. So although it was part of a few exhibitions and I still offer prints, I didn’t enjoy having it on my own walls and couldn’t imagine anyone buying it. So, one day, after weeks of being intuitively guided to, I finally decided to paint over it. And now I absolutely love it!!!

That was a huge step in non-attachment as it was part of a collection. But how absolutely freeing!

Elements of that original painting can still be seen, infusing the final piece with previous colour, symbolism, texture and energy blended into the newness that now makes “Divine Essence” what it is. Can you see the eye next to the wrist in the white light ray?

The whole intuitive painting process means having to let go of what is to open to what it’s becoming. In this case, even when the painting had been publicly declared “finished”.

You too are a work in progress. That in itself makes you a winner!

Enjoy the daily wins that come through your choices in being & doing, letting go of what keeps you stuck and stagnant. 

Have fun being grateful for what was because it’s led you to what is and opens you up to what’s becoming. Bravo!

And when you notice that you’re out of alignment, time and time again, make the necessary adjustments to feel and be your best on all levels. Be true to Your Self and shine, beloved. You’re a radiant winning star … just as you are… for now!

 

 

Which of these 8″ x 10″ layered intuitive paintings speaks to you most today as you contemplate the questions and issues in your heart and in your life? 

They were all painted with layer upon layer of mark-making in warm & cool colours before harmonizing the background with a tinted glaze and applying the main subject with the use of a home-drawn & cut stencil.

Pick one and scroll down to read its love oracle guidance. May it help you emerge more fully into joy.

Dear Beloved,

Do you know how a nautilus grows?

When it gets too large for its existing space, the (ultimately) volleyball-size nautilus adds on to the open end of its shell, expanding the diameter in a spiral configuration. … Every 150 days or so, a nautilus forms a membrane at its tail end that separates almost all of its body from the older portion of the shell.The one exception is a tube-shaped appendage called a siphuncle that extends back through the previously constructed chambers.

When first formed, a chamber is filled with fluid. But over time, as the growing nautilus adds bulk, the siphuncle sucks the fluid from the chamber. As a result, the shell becomes more buoyant, counterbalancing the added weight of the living animals to maintain neutral buoyancy (a condition of neither sinking nor rising).

Over the course of its life, a nautilus might add up to 30 chambers. In addition to gradually adjusting for its own increasing weight, it also can add or remove fluid from the old chambers more quickly to compensate for sudden changes such as a hefty meal or a sudden loss of part of its shell. (source)

Basically, when it gets too big for its space, it expands that space instead of trying to fit where it no longer belongs.

And instead of totally ignoring or throwing away its old comfort zones, it makes good use of them.

So what message is your heart translating here for your life?

How can you repurpose the rich experiences of your past (no matter how you perceive them) to to help you create new meaning and joy today?

Which area of your life needs more space to breathe and grow?

What old points of view, ways of being and doing no longer serve you?

Are you still trying to fit yourself or your life in a box that is now way too small for who you’re becoming?

What mindset needs to shift for you to move forwards?

The only constant in life is change itself. Embrace that need for change and grow into a more expansive container for joy.

Painting: Essence of the Universe (8″ x 10″)  Professional acrylics & glass beads on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD

Dear Beloved,

It’s time to emerge from the goop to spread your wings and fly. 

There’s a good reason caterpillars stuff themselves before hanging upside down and spinning themselves into a chrysalis (for butterflies) or cocoon (for moths). That’s where they digest themselves until they’re basically goop – a very necessary process in the life cycle.

They need that time to regenerate into a new and different form. From that enzyme & protein rich goop comes a complete transformation, a beautiful metamorphosis.

For most caterpillars, it takes 5-21 days. For others in really harsh conditions, it can take up to 3 years.

The pandemic qualifies as harsh conditions and we’ve been in it for a few years. It’s OK if you felt the need to cocoon and stuff yourself….

But if you stay in that state, you may suffocate in your own goop and not grow into who you were meant to become.

It’s time to satisfy a new thirst for life: to do what it takes to break out of your shell (whether that be your home, your shrunken comfort zones, or limiting beliefs).

It’s time to spread your wings – discover who you are today.

You are no longer meant to be a caterpillar and to measure your goals, dreams, etc. by caterpillar standards. 

It’s time to get to know the Butterfly-You! What delights does this newly-emerged version of you want to explore? 

Your cocoon / chrysalis may have served you. But is it time to break out now?

Enjoy the freedom to be Truly You no matter what stage of your life cycle you’re in!

Dear Beloved,

May the spirit of the hummingbird inspire your journey this week and for years to come.

This amazing tiny creature can move like no other bird – up, down, backwards, forwards and even hovering in one place. Its movement possibilities seem endless.

So are yours! You have so many choices in every moment of where to place your attention with an environment rich with blessings to take part in. 

Also, hummingbirds travels 2000 km twice a year between South and North America- another amazing feat!

One way they can do this is that they spend their time searching for the sweetest nectar to drink from. They trust that the nectar will be there. When they finally discover those juicy flowers, they don’t just drink from them, but fully experience and taste the sweetness of their nectar.

That’s your Love Oracle message for this week. Drink deeply from the sweet nectar of life, searching for the sweet moments and trusting that there is sweetness all around you if you have the eyes to see it and the heart to feel it.

So rise up, settle down, go forward, backwards or hover – know you have the power to choose what you focus on and what you drink from to nourish your vision of the world you want to see and the experiences you want to live.

Be in the moment. Choose your joy and really taste it!