I have been using these lazy, hazy days of summer to update my website. So today I find myself writing the Page that a few months back I originally entitled, in a moment of whimsy one assumes, “Top Ten Tips for Easy Shifting”.

After a number of years reading and digesting the information being offered by various channeled sources, I have come up with the top ten things I have learned, over the last thirty years. This stuff really works, for me anyway, and here I offer you my condensed version, suitable for both novices and aficionados.

Top Ten Tips for Easy Shifting

1 - Acknowledge that you exist and have a place in the world - that you are ‘amongst those present’ as the lovely old English phrase goes. So, be present, to yourself and to the moment. [It’s not as hard as it might seem, and the rewards are, well... Whatever they are!]

2 - Accept - and appreciate wherever possible - the world as it presents itself to you. And accept the various aspects of yourself in the same way. Oppose nothing outwardly or inwardly. [Expressing opposing energy results in... experiencing opposing conditions and circumstances. That’s what physical reality is... an outer reflection and confirmation of our inner representations.]

3 - Celebrate joy, pleasure, loving feelings, communion, giving and receiving, and all of this without boundaries or limitations. Don’t just smell that rose 'sweet thang', grab it and get up close and personal with it! [Have your way with that rose, and take the rest home for rosehip tea!]

4 - Create and share ideas freely and express whatever you are moved to. [Nothing is lost and everything is gained when you express yourself in ANY circumstance!]

5 - Allow regenerative change as indicated, while honoring memory and history [You can’t go anywhere unless you’re coming from somewhere!] Learn to act with the strength of your intentions as well as your convictions. [When in doubt though, just do it!]

5b - Let’s not be so darn quick sometimes, to label these changing things and judge them and react to things, simply as they may appear in any given moment, or series of moments. [A good question to ask is how we feel about the direction of these changes.]

The Now is not always such a bad thing that we need to deny it and look elsewhere! Let's allow ourselves to change our mind sometimes - without comment! - and sometimes even open a door to compromise, allowance and cooperation! Why not expand our understanding, and reverse the probabilities around an unpromising course of action. [Freedom is not about choice, it's about choosing again!]

The tone of the game changes dramatically when we learn to be gentle with ourselves, because soon we find ourselves being more allowing and compassionate with all the whole world around us. [...and shortly after that the Whole World starts being more gentle and accommodating with us! Go figure!]

Let’s accept ourselves as we try one thing and then choose something else, and then change our minds again to something else entirely! [This is freedom! Who cares what we choose? What’s it matter anyway? We can choose again and again, and everybody else is free to make their own choices too!]

6 - Within every fleeting moment of this Now, when we pause for a moment’s reflection about something, anything... In this slightly detached and observational moment, lie extraordinarily rich and fertile opportunities, rolling out before us in all directions and times, fruitful and ripe with choices deliciously aligned with our personal preferences. We only have to take a moment to look, to see all this.

7 - And let’s be clear! We can choose to be anything in such a moment! And often do!

8 - There is always MORE than whatever the current ‘container’ for consciousness might be, be it thoughts, ideas, beliefs, choices, behavior, concepts, or whatever physical actions or perceived circumstances might be making up our present conception of ourselves and the world [that is to say, our current Worldview expressed through our current Ego Construction].

9 - Feelings are our most meaningful guide through this fantastic labyrinth of our selves as expressed in our daily adventures. Follow the feelings of spine tingling, thrilling delight, and you won’t ever be far off.

10 - All the other people in our lives are ‘comrades in arms’ who are joining us in this endeavor we call physical reality for one reason, and one reason only. They love to be with us, in any and all capacities, and we love to be with them!

Thus everyone we meet is a much loved ancestor, sibling and/or descendant to whom we owe the deepest gratitude and appreciation. We’re all in this together... for a reason!