Message from the Grandmothers

November 2005

EXPANSION, NOT FEAR

I have been getting emails predicting up-coming catastrophes on earth. These things are often well meant, but unfortunately, they broadcast fear. Wondering what I can do in response to messages like these, how to deal with stuff like this, I journey to the Grandmothers.

“Grandmothers”, I say, “I ask you to give me a message to pass on those who will come to the Grandmothers meeting on Saturday. There are a lot of bad things happening now on earth and people are sending me predictions of more to come. Please, how do we deal with fearful predictions like these? How can we be helpful”? They nod and from the looks on their faces I can see that they like this question.

Immediately they show me wings that spread far and wide. Gigantic wings are spanning the mountains, spanning the whole world. I watch as they fold over everything in sight and the Grandmothers say, “Expand. Feel your oneness with us and with one another. Focus on your union with the Grandmothers groups in Rhode Island, Holland, Santa Cruz, San Rafael as well as Laguna Beach. You are expanding and this work is also expanding. Fear is small”, they say. “It is fear’s nature to contract into a ball of tightness. Expansion, however, has no room for fear. You are expanding,” they state, matter-of factly, “right now, feel your oneness with the winds. Feel your oneness with all the places on earth: the seas, the mountains, the deserts, the valleys, farmlands, the cities, the rivers. You can easily do this now because your wings (those were YOUR wings that you saw earlier,” (they laughingly say) “are so broad. Your wings now cover the earth, protect and touch everything.”

“Stick your chest OUT,” they say, “and expand your wings.”

“Oh”, I exclaim, as I attempt it. I can feel my wings. They are physical.

“Feel this sensation in your body, ”they say”, and smiling, add “ where is fear now? Give fear nowhere to live. This is a time of awakening and expansion. Go big,” they challenge me. “Don_t go small; go big!”

“Wherever you are, this expansion is with you. This consciousness of connection, of oneness, of all inclusion is something you now carry. Feel it. This is who you are. We call you to greatness, “they say, “S.NOW!” and I am shocked to become aware of my size. I am huge. There seems to be no end to me. “As your chest expands, your wings unfold and many of the little contractions you have carried with you crack and drop off,” the Grandmothers say. “Shedding, you are shedding the old. We are moving forward now, ”they say and I allow myself to be swept along with them. We stride forward, effortlessly, a great wind at our backs. “Our work is moving forward and expanding,” they say. “Isn’t this where you want to be”?

Pay no attention,” they say, “to those who are caught in fear. Love them, but place your attention on expanding, not contracting. Include these people in your love, include them in this touch of connection, but your work now is in expansion. We call you to this. We are moving forward now,” they repeat. “Move with us”.

Ever practical, even in the midst an expansion like this, the Grandmothers remind me to stay grounded. “Notice how your body feels,” they say. “Your body may feel different after this experience. Recognize this and honor your body. The body is a great helper, a good teacher. You may sense a touch within yourself, a color, a vibration that is new to you. Greatness. This is the feeling of greatness. We tell you, we are calling you to greatness now, and what we speak is the truth. Come forward with us.”

Now I see all the women who have become involved in spreading the Grandmothers’ message. We are moving forward en mass. Now we come to a stop and stand underneath the over-reaching wings of the Grandmothers. And the feathers! Ours and theirs. My eyes are drawn to layers and layers of feathers; these interlace with one another, creating a magnificent mantle. First it is the Grandmothers who create the mantle over us and then, with them, we create a mantle over the earth. The entire earth is enfolded.

The Grandmothers are right. We are great. “This is where we are going,” the Grandmothers say, gesturing to the mantle that covers the earth. “Experience what it’s like to be surrounded by us, covered by us and notice how your wings blend in with ours. Let the old slough off you now and fall away,” they say. “The movement now is forward into greatness. Come with us.”

Suddenly I become aware of Eagle consciousness, of the presence of Other great speckled bird of the old song. The spirits of the native peoples who inhabited this continent for so long and still live here are also present. “Honor them,” the Grandmothers say, “and honor one another. Honor the commitment that you all share to expanding into truth, to opening, opening, and opening still further. Forward motion,” they say”, and add, “dance! Dance this freedom, dance this greatness. Dance! There is great momentum now”, they say. “Together we are rolling forward into greatness. Enjoy the ride.”