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Wisdom from the Medicine Cards (from Jamie Sans and David Carson)

Blue Heron
Thank you Sacred Waterbird,
For sending reflections to me;
The mirrors of the quest for life,
The Worlds that live inside of me.

Show me how relationships work,
With my path woven within the whole.
The lessons of kinship with all life,
Reflecting my spirit's eternal goal.

The most important relationships are those you create with yourself.  You know how you do it, you make a deal with yourself to do (or not to do) something ... "never again" or "next time, I'll" are some of the catch phrases you will find yourself saying when you are trying to come into relationship with a deeper part of you.

Listen to your thoughts and words because they will reveal to you the type of relationship you are building and when you compromise it, reflect on your choice to NOT respect the confines of your most intimate relationship.

"Never again is what you swore the time before" . . . that's why impasses come into our lives, and its time to keep moving so that when a choice becomes available, you can honor the relationship with your self on a higher level.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

Working through an impasse can be a challenge. There's nothing new to excite you, there seems to be no movement, restlessness starts agitating your need to feel change ... always remember, to everything there is a season. Let's consider how to "work" this season.

"You can get so confused that you'll start into race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place . . . "

-- from Dr. Suess' "Oh the Places You'll Go!"


My show on 10 November is on the subject of the "impasse."  An impasse is a "position from which there is no escape" or a "deadlock."  An impasse happens when there is no resolution and you are left with a "take it" option only.  "Leave it" is not even an option.  Impasses quite frequently happen with authority figures in one's life.

How do you identify when you are at an impasse?
Why are they there?
Why do we create impasses?

You will recognize an impasse when you realize you have to "deal with" an otherwise unacceptable situation.  You believe one thing, the other person believes another thing.  You cannot reach a resolution or mediation of those two things to find something mutually acceptable; one of you have an arbitrary authority over the other.  Arbitrary authority is not actual authority, but authority that is based on something external (e.g., a position, a rank, a law, a standing).  Hence, because "the regulations say I'm the decider, my way is THE way."

I believe impasses are created in your life to build-up energy and to help you make a choice only you can make.  The time of the impasse is best used sourcing the energy that is building up within you.  Individuals create many things, and impasses in life build up what you need to be doing most.  The deeper your connection to the source of the energy -- which can be evidenced in feelings of frustration, anger, aggressiveness, misery, depression, helplessness -- the more effectively you can use the energy that is built-up during an impasse.

Why we create impasses is probably as individual as each of are, but in general, I believe we are given impasses to really focus our intention and life AND to make a choice to either do it or not.  After all, when you are sitting at a dead end, no resolution can be found, and your choices to this point cannot be furthered, you are forced to face the question, "can I accept what is?" 

There is only two answers to that question, both of which will lead you out of the impasse.  And, sure, you can choose not to answer that question, but that choice would be a choice to stay in "The Waiting Place" and locked in the impasse.

"Yes, I can accept what is."  This requires a release and deep acceptance to what is as being the highest for your life.  I accept that this is my path and now I will continue down it.  You may find that which you were "fighting for" wasn't really that important to you.  So, the question, "why was I fighting?" is the question to contemplate as you step from the impasse to find a deeper understanding of your motivation and intentions in life.

"No, this is not acceptable."  This requires an evolution of perception of the situation, and requires a plan of action to supplant the arbitrary authority with a true authority.  Often, impasses that are found to be unacceptable, reveal that you were not dealing with the problem on the proper level.  This is often when "up the chain of command" action is required, until you are able to find resolution.  This is also when you will often have to go it alone. 

Mars turns retrograde on 15 November 2K7 and will be retrograde until the end of January 2K8.  Mars is the planet that represents action and only goes retrograde approximately once every 2.5 years (compared to Mercury that goes retrograde 3 times a year), so when Mars goes retrograde, impasses abound in many areas of life, especially the areas affected by Mars' natal house placement and the houses Mars happens to be transiting through its retrograde cycle.

During Mars retrograde you can expect to be a time when people come to a place where they are no longer willing to "budge" and resolution may be hard to find, often relying on arbitrary authority to bring about a "winner" in conflicts.  Be reflective during this time, ask yourself the question, "is this acceptable?"  Really contemplate the issue looking at it from as many levels as you can see the situation.  Next, contemplate the question "why?" to your answer to the first question.  If you spend the time to go through this process, you will come out of the Mars retrograde with such clarity and a whole lot of energy to imprint your "I am" on our universe.

Join me to discuss this in great depth in the context of the energy of our collective and our personal lives next Saturday 10 November 2K7, at 6:00 p.m. in THE sideREAL world on Blog Talk Radio.

peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'