Monthly Archives: May 2010

Cleaning Up the Gulf Oil Spill

By Mary on May 31, 2010

I don’t watch the news…on purpose.  I don’t need big media stirring up fear and worry where it may not be necessary.  I don’t even watch television. ” It rots your brain and is bad for your eyes.” That’s what my parents used to say.  But really, I don’t have time for television.  I have much more important things to do.  I can’t say I even seek out current events in other ways.  But the really big ones seem to find me.

You’d have to be a pretty determined hermit if you haven’t heard about the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico (and if you are, I am honored that you’re reading my blog!).    Over a month ago now, operations to drill for oil in the Gulf failed–spectacularly.  It cost 11 people their lives, and continues to kill off all levels of ocean life.

Deepwater Horizon on fire

Anchor handling tugs combat the fire on the Deepwater Horizon while the United States Coast Guard searches for missing crew.

The oil that is spewing from the hole in the ocean floor is only a part of the problem, however.  The main chemical dispersant that BP is using, Corexit, is highly toxic.  It is known to cause neurological damage to sea life.  It contains carcinogenic (cancer causing) substances, and even the humans handling it have to wear full bio-hazard suits.  The dispersant’s job is to break up large clumps of oil, making it easier for the ocean to digest. (Yes, there are naturally occurring microbes in the ocean that eat the oil.  There just isn’t a very high concentration of them.)   Corexit does break up the oil, but also sinks it deeper, so you can’t see it, meanwhile killing off everything.  And I do mean everything, including those handy little microbes.

How have I come to know so much about this disaster when I usually ignore the news?  My husband is part of a team that has access to a completely green, plant based dispersant. Specifically, it has no carcinogenic ingredients, and is completely safe to use on your own skin.  But no one with decision making power is listening. This group even has the means to clean up, not just disperse, the oil slick in an environmentally friendly way.

Call to action: If you have any connections to officials in county, state or federal goverment, please email David.  Let’s clean it up, and make it liveable again!

Blessings,

Mary

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An Invitation…

By Mary on May 24, 2010

I recently returned home from The Peaceful Woman Maui Facilitator Passage.  This is the third time I have gone, and it continues to amaze me.  Or rather, I continue to amaze myself.

How do you describe your own inner journey to someone else? How do you put deeply personal and meaningful “aha” moments into words?  The Peaceful Woman Maui Passage is a week long journey into your own truth.  And each time I return, I learn more and more about myself.  I learn how to cut through the noise in my own head, to drop into that still place inside myself where my soul resides.  I learn how to be the observer in my own life–how am I occurring in this situation?  And what does that say about how I occur in the rest of my life?

I arrive open to the teachings this time and this place have prepared for me, vulnerable in the knowledge that I have manifested the experiences that will take me to the next level.  I am here to support the other women on their journey, and I allow myself to be supported, by conscious women who become soul sisters, as well as by Mother Maui, a magical island that has much to share.  I tune in, listening to the requests of the women with me on this Passage, my body,  and Mother Nature all around me, knowing they are all reflections of my innermost Divine self.  I share my experiences and insights, and soak up the breakthrough moments like the rays of brilliant sunshine.

I dance the ancient dance, blessing the land, and walk the labyrinth to my center and back.  I am cleansed in the river of feminine energy, and purified in the ocean where the ancients landed their canoes.  I am teleported to the sacred place where the sky meets the land, from which messages are sent and received.  I walk the fields of heat and passion, sweat out the stones that block my Light, and claim my blessings.  I sway with strong bamboo, bathe in healing waterfalls, and am pampered into a state of relaxed bliss.  I unite with my sisters to carry us swiftly across the waves to sing to the turtles, and swim amidst rainbow colored fish.  I celebrate the journey with dancing, singing and feasting!

And throughout I am treated to the wisdom of the Hawai’ian culture.

Experience is a better teacher than any book, and nature is the best classroom there is.

This is my truth, and I choose to live from this place of peace and power.  I invite you to join me, to know your truth, and live your truth. I am leading Peaceful Woman Maui Passages August 15th-21st, and September 12th-18th, and there are other dates with other incredible facilitators available. For a limited time, you can get 10% off the full price of your Passage.  Please enter coupon code “MM”.  There are also limited spaces for facilitators still available.  Contact me here if that is something you are interested in.

Here’s my experience from my first Passage:

Blessings,

Mary

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Changing my reaction

By Mary on May 17, 2010

I was going to write about my recent experiences with the Peaceful Woman’s Maui Facilitator Passage, but that was before I opened the dryer and found two crayons–one red and one yellow–in with the clothes.

I was completely derailed.  Instead of catching up on email, and writing my blog post for today, I ended up spending two hours spraying the newly nulti-colored clothes with stain remover and scrubbing them with a toothbrush.  And I did not react very well.  I was cranky and grouchy.  I cried at one point from sheer frustration.  I took my anger out on my husband and my youngest son by yelling at them.  Yes, I became downright bitchy.  I’m not very proud of myself.

As my anger cooled, I reflected on my reaction.  Utilizing tools I have learned from The Peaceful Woman, and Peak Potentials, I wondered if this is how I always react to situations that disrupt my plans.  Thinking about other experiences that I have had recently, I have to admit that up until now, I have not reacted well to unpleasant surprises.  There are exceptions, of course.  There are times when I am able to go with the flow, but those are usually times when I have not created the schedule.

The first step to changing a belief, or behavior pattern, is to be aware that it is there.  I am now aware that I react with anger when my schedule goes off track.  I have observed myself in a behavior that does not serve me.

Now that I am aware of the behavior I want to change, I can catch myself earlier and earlier in the pattern, and soon I will be able to catch myself *before* the pattern kicks in. I can choose to act in a different way, one that serves my highest good, and does not hurt those that I love.  I can choose peace.  More important, I can choose!

I have also apologized to my husband and son.  I am so grateful to have such a wonderful, loving family!

Blessings,

Mary

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