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In this Meditation, Leo, the Cycle of Creativity, you will learn to tap in to your unique gifts and talents. You may use this Meditation at any time, but for the best results, I suggest using it while the Sun is in the sign of Leo. The most powerful benefits will come from using it as a ritual during the New Moon Phase when both the Moon and Sun are in the sign of Leo. "Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate through you and out into the world." ~ A Course in Miracles "The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both." ~ James A. Michener Now you are going to align yourself with your unique gifts and talents as you prepare to connect to your creativity which comes from your Higher Self or Divine Self. Your Higher Self is the part of you that interacts with Universal Consciousness. Because so much of our mental energy is focused in physical reality, we've conditioned ourselves to screen out the messages our Higher Self offers us. But the channels to receive those messages are open to us whenever we choose to tune into them. 2
"What we are today comes from thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our own mind." ~ The Buddha Affirmations are an effective technique for connecting to your Higher Self. They can help quiet those "chattering voices" within you so that you are able to articulate and concentrate on your vision that which you most want to create during this cycle. You can actually program your mind to act in a particular way by using affirmations. An affirmation is a statement of your belief which, through the act of repetition, becomes implanted in your subconscious mind and influences external forces to manifest a change in your life. By working with affirmations, you begin the process of changing negative and unproductive beliefs into positive life-supporting beliefs that remove the barriers to creating your world just the way you want it. Here are a few affirmations to help you get started. I am willing to experience my creative energy. I am willing to use my creative talents. I am confident and competent in my creative work. I deserve a rewarding creative life. I have a constant flow of new and interesting ideas. I trust my feelings and unconscious thoughts. My creativity always leads me to truth and love. 3
Affirmations Help You Create Your Dreams Many top athletes, entrepreneurs and other successful people use affirmations and visualization to help achieve their dreams and goals. Affirmations are statements of your belief that you can have, do, or be whatever you are willing to take responsibility for creating in your life. You "affirm" every day, but like many people, perhaps you affirm in the negative. For example, "I don't have enough time," or "I'm not good enough," are two phrases many people tell themselves or "affirm" every day. Nevertheless you can displace these negative thoughts and beliefs with positive thoughts and beliefs. You can also take affirmations a step further to help imprint them in your unconsciousness by: Writing down your goals and dreams. Always stating or writing your affirmations in the present tense and making sure they are positive. "I will not eat fattening foods." anymore," is a negative affirmation and will not work. "I am slim, fit and healthy," is a positive affirmation and is much more effective. Affirming your beliefs every day, using the words "I am." Visualizing your success. See yourself living your dreams and achieving your goals. "By words the mind is winged." ~ Aristophanes The Astrological ruler of the sign of Leo is the Sun. In your birthchart the Sun symbolizes your process of becoming. During the Leo Cycle of Creativity it's quite natural for you to become more aware of your creative potential. 4
Leo is a fire sign, so it brings with it a lot of spontaneity, enthusiasm, and originality. This is the time to take a cup of each of those ingredients and whip up a whole new recipe for making your life deliciously fulfilling. Leo rules love affairs, children, and having fun including gambling. It s time to step out and take a risk. Think about it: don t you do that when you fall in love, have children, or gamble? It s time to take responsibility for re-creating your life the way you want it to be. If you don t complete the job during this Leo cycle there ll be another one coming around in a year. Just as beginning a new love affair, having a new baby or gambling on the stock market add an element of excitement to our lives, the same is true of our other creative outlets such as painting a picture, playing music or writing a story. Common to each of these activities is our need to trust in our ability to succeed at what we are undertaking. We begin each new venture trusting that it will turn out well, and based on that trust, we see it through to the end. Every year we have the opportunity during the Leo Cycle of Creativity to experience a wonderful re-awakening to our own magnificence. As we repeat the process of learning to trust our individuality, we naturally spiral upward in our journey toward evolution, and we do it on a higher level each year. 5
Invocation to Creativity I bubble with Divine Expression. The spark of creativity Is the spark of Life. I sculpt realities like fine clay. I AM the Master artisan of my life, I create Visions of the planet in light And, behold, the Light is there. I paint portraits of kind persons And, behold, more Love is in the world. I sing of the movement of Spirit And, behold, I AM soaring. We often speak of the "Higher Self". But what is it? Your Higher Self is the guide within, your intuitive mentor, your spark of Divinity. By beginning to focus your awareness on your Higher Self, you will gain admittance to its treasure trove of wisdom about your inner truth. You will discover why you've created your life the way you have, where you're headed if you stay on your present path, but most important, you'll learn about the alternative possibilities available to you. The following visualization process is designed to help you tune into the wisdom of your Higher Self. Arrive at a deeply relaxed, meditative state by whatever means are most comfortable to you. Visualize a brilliant white light enveloping you, washing through you, feel your inner light expanding, nourished by the outer light, glowing more brightly, merging with the outer light until they are one. This light will stay with you throughout the process, guiding and soothing you, opening your awareness, and protecting you. Focus your attention on the brilliant white light emanating from within and without. Expand it to include your entire 6
setting within its protective field. Then focus on an area of the white light that most draws your attention and ask your Higher self to come to you through the area of light that holds your attention and make its presence felt. Ask your Higher Self to become visible. The form it chooses to take may be human, animal or plant, ethereal (such as cloudlike or a field of bright colors). It could even appear in the form of a trusted advisor, fictional or historic figure. Once your Higher Self's form is apparent within the white light, ask it to come closer. Ask your Higher Self to assist you in making your connection to it stronger. Feel the radiance of its love surrounding you and embracing you. Feel lines of light coming to you from your Higher Self, and from you to your Higher Self. Visualize yourself merging with your Higher Self's energy pattern. Remind yourself that your Higher Self is part of you, and you are part of it. As the sense of oneness grows stronger, begin exploring the expanded realms open to you. You now have access to all that your Higher Self has access to. Imagine the realms of knowledge you have access to as fields of different colored light. 1. Golden light for knowledge of your future. 2. Pale green light for knowledge of your past. 3. Bright green light for knowledge of abundance. 4. Bright blue light for knowledge of your gifts. 5. Pale blue light for knowledge of your potential. Choose one area to enter first. See that field brighten and expand. Feel your entire awareness enter the field and become one with it. From within the field, begin a dialogue with the essence of the field. Think of a situation within that field you want guidance 7
about. The essence of the field (which is part of your higher self, which is part of you) can advise and guide you. When the dialogue is complete, move onto the next field you want to access and repeat the process of total immersion and dialoguing with the field's essence. Before you leave your visualization, ask your Higher Self to help you become more receptive to its messages in the course of everyday life. When you are ready to emerge from your visualization, let your higher self know you are returning your focus to physical reality. Thank it for its generosity, for being part of you. Ask it to continue to be with you, to help you keep the connection open and clear. As you emerge, ask the brilliant white light to stay with you, to protect and heal you as you go about your day-today living. And finally, tell yourself that you will remember the dialogues you had within the colored fields. After you emerge, write them down, it'll be helpful later to be able to refer to the insights and advice you received. "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." ~ Goethe I tend to think of the Leo Cycle of Creation as Play Time or recreation time, first of all because creating is my favorite thing to do, and secondly, because play is re-creation, right? You can imagine my delight when I came across an interesting process offered by Esther and Jerry Hicks, who channel the wisdom of Abraham. It seems to reflect perfectly what we're exploring during the Leo Cycle. I want to share the process with you, channeled by Esther Hicks from Abraham: Abraham: "We want to give you a new game we call it the Creation Box Process it will serve you in two very powerful 8
ways. One, It causes you to use your power of observation more constructively and be a better visualizer. The other thing it does is help you to be aware of how many things you're bringing to your Creation Box that you really don't mean to bring there. "Imagine that you are sitting in a chair, and next to your chair is a fairly good sized box and you accept that this box is your creative arena. You are like a giant and you have the ability to reach out anywhere in the Universe and anything you see that you like, you can just pluck it and bring it back to your box -- and as you do so, it will vibrate there, and then the Universe will match it with a physical vibrational equivalent. "What this Creation Box Process will do for you is cause you to purify your vibration. Now, what do we mean by "purify your vibration?" Well think about it. The Law of Attraction is responding to your vibration. So if you're thinking, "I would like to have lots of dollars," you are vibrating in that desire, and the Universe is responding to that desire. But when you say, "I don't have any dollars," that's in the Box, too. So your vibration in the Box is not pure. You're offering a contradictory vibration, and the Law of Attraction, which always responds to everything, is responding to both of those vibrations. It is responding to more money and to no money, and that leaves you standing pretty much where you were. "Start purifying your vibration so that you are consistently visualizing... Now, friends, the thing that you've got to do even though it's very hard and you don't want to, you've got to stop facing reality. In other words, you have to begin to say, "It doesn't matter what-is, I'm working in my Box." Have you ever awakened from a dream that was so magnificent that when you woke up you were disappointed to be awake and you wanted to go back to sleep and dream that dream some more? That's the way we want you to feel about this Creation Box. 9
It's a place you go for fun, a place that soothes you, a place that you go to often, a place that you go to with the singular intent of purifying your vibration. As you begin to play in your Box, you will be knocked over by the speed and efficiency with which the Universe responds to your purer vibration in the Box. These are the rules: Your vibration does not have to be strong. It just has to be pure. You just have to think about it purely. You just have to not contradict it with your own vibration." That's the process. Esther and Jerry say you can speed up the process by actually finding pictures of what you want to create in your life and tossing them into your Creation Box. Don't you love it? Try it! In the Cancer Cycle preceding this one, you returned to home and family, seeking security. Having assured yourself that you are safe in the world based on a strong foundation, you are now ready in the Leo Cycle to send forth your creative gifts and make your presence felt in the world. It just feels good, for one thing, and for another, as Pablo Picasso has pointed out: "The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all." ~ Pablo Picasso 10
I cannot urge you strongly enough to discover what it is that you most love to do, and to do it to the best of your ability, finding the reward in the process of simply doing it. Eastern philosophies teach us this, and I think we must trust in their ancient wisdom. Before God manifested Himself, When all things were still hidden in Him... He began by forming an imperceptible point; That was His own thought. With this thought He then began to construct a mysterious and holy form...the Universe. ~ Zohar Let s consider the Tarot Card that corresponds with the Sign of Leo Strength. Affirmation to the Tarot Card Strength My natural energies are gently held, clearly focused, and wisely applied. Therefore, my actions bring no harm to me or to others. My effectiveness is assured. I am accurate and reliable. Although I channel strong energies (physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual), I do not need to fear that they will overpower me or 11
burn me out. I know how to measure out what is needed for any given purpose. All my energies come into alignment, directed by Spirit. To familiarize yourself with the Tarot archetype of Strength, and how its essence resonates within you at every step of your journey through the Leo Cycle, why not take a few moments to explore these questions and write down any feelings or thoughts they may provoke: Do you recall a time when you made the effort to reign in a beast within your own nature? How did that make you feel? Could you profit from exercising such discipline in a similar way again? In her book, "The Complete Book of Tarot", Juliet Sharman-Burke has this to say about the Tarot card Strength: "The lion stands for instinctive desires and wishes, which, although they should not be denied or repressed, sometimes need to be controlled." The Leo Cycle of Creativity reminds me of the wonderfully exuberant and undisciplined energy of a young child. A child, as Ms. Sharman-Burke points out, "does not have this sense of self control from birth; it is something which is acquired during the development of personality." We, childlike and ebullient in our creative enthusiasms, must learn to control these energies and channel them into productive, harmonious outlets. Discipline constitutes our strength, ultimately. 12
Invocation to Awakening I call the child that I AM To take my hand and teach me Joy. I call the child that I AM To show me the delight of discovery In all the worlds that I AM I take my hand and dance With the patterns of the Galaxies. I open my heart and sing With the patterns of Mastery. I AM the child that I AM And I awaken all that I can be. I awaken I AM. 13
"The source of all creation is pure consciousness... pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in the universe." ~ Deepak Chopra Now it is my prayer that Creativity -as you envision it, as you direct it, and as you manifest it will continue to enrich your life from this day forward. Namaste, Beverlee 14