Sharon's Take for March 2010

As we move into a month of Truth, Trust and Passion, we are entering the month that carries the energy of this year.

Are you living your truth - are you being your authentic self? If not, you may not be enjoying the energy that has been around for the past few months. I know this isn't always the easiest path take, however when you begin to integrate who you truly are with your everyday life, you find the balance and energy that seem to be lacking. Start with small steps. Oftentimes we take on too much or too big of steps and we become discouraged when we are almost where we want to be. Or, we take on all the problems and responsibility of others in our eagerness to make the world a better place. It is time to release and let go of that which belongs to others and focus on our own journey. This is the time for purposeful action, getting-on-with-it-style antics. No procrastinating, thinking it over and over, wondering how to do it - activities otherwise known as staling. Action is what will count to get things moving. And, with that action comes the desired outcome you should expect. Take good care of your health, while there is definitely meaning in good work well done, there is also the desire for something more spiritual. Start reading, take a course, take time out for yourself, and turn your face to the sun. Take a walk in the woods, enjoy your loved ones, your food and care for your health. Life is complex and yet simple. Go on a spirit quest - you are worth it.

Take the time to look at how far you have come, release any unfulfilled expectations or disappointments from the past, for these do not serve in your growth, take the lessons and the love that you have learned from these experiences and leave the rest where they belong, in the past. Focus on the future and where you are now. Trust that you deserve the love, peace and harmony that you are longing to create in the world and know that creating it in your immediate surroundings is what does change the world.  If you are not already in your passion, you are likely feeling a disappointment in your relationships and/or job - although you may have had high hopes, you find yourself stuck in a familiar pattern. You may feel that the world isn't on your side. It is time to shake off those thoughts, take a break and go somewhere completely new. You need a fresh outlook, and there is no better time than now. Start a new beginning of teamwork with your guides, angels and your loved ones. Trust that you deserve to have loving unions, peace and harmony in all of your relationships.

If you have been longing for change, this is the time to move forward and bring that change into your life. Trust your intuition and inner guidance. Trust in the choices that you are making when you tap into that guidance and move forward. We all have the opportunity to bring about good fortune, celebration and bounty as we emerge and merge with our higher or authentic self. Live each day with truth, trust and passion.

As a way to thank you, I am offering a contest to my readers for a 30 minute reading session. If you would like to have your name entered in the draw, send an email with contest in the subject line and include the email address you would like me to contact you through if you are the winner.


Love and blessings, Sharon

Healing for Chile

SANTIAGO,Chile - A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday,killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a
tsunami.

Let us send our light and love and healing to the people of Chile who are affected by this and assist those who have crossed over and especially those who are left here on the earth plane without their loved ones....

Munay-Ki THE FOUNDATION RITES Workshop

MUNAY-KI ~ THE FOUNDATION RITES Workshop

Williams Lake, B.C.
May 29 & 30. Pre-registation necessary to secure a place in the class.
"The Shaman assumes full responsibility for who we are becoming and influences destiny by envisioning the possible."
~ Alberto Villoldo

The Munay Ki consists of nine rites of initiation. This ‘initiation’ will, in effect ‘raise your vibration’.These nine rites, that exist in every shamanic tradition though in different forms, evolved from the great rites of initiation of the Earthkeepers of old. These courageous medicine men and women crossed the frozen Baring Straits from Siberia to the Americas during the glacial period around 30,000 years ago.

Upon receiving the rites:

~ You may establish a deeper soul contact.
~ You may more easily be able to see the ‘bigger picture,’ and view life from a higher perspective.
~ You may become more of who you truly are: your soul-self, higher self, your Divinity.
~ Your ‘life purpose’ may become clearer.
~ You may find that you are following what brings you joy.
~ You also may begin to come more readily from a place of greater wisdom, love, peace, harmony and clarity.

The First Four FOUNDATION RITES:
Each rite brings new awareness to one's being, clearing and erasing all that does not align with your highest self.

1. Healer's Rite – Connects you to a lineage of luminous beings. Opens up your chi pathways.

2. Bands of Power – Five "Elemental - Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Spirit" luminous belts that are woven into the luminous energy field.
3. Harmony Rites - Seven archetypes are transmitted into your seven chakras. In the first chakra you receive serpent, in the second jaguar, in the third hummingbird, in the fourth eagle. Next you receive into your upper chakras three “archangels”: Huascar, the Keeper of the lower world (the unconscious); Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent God of the Americas, Keeper of the middle world (our waking world); and Pachakuti, Protector of the upper world (our super-conscious) and keeper of the time to come. This rite helps you to develop a ‘rainbow body’ and to shed your past the way serpent sheds her skin.
4. Seers Rite - This rite installs pathways of light that connect the visual cortex with the third eye and heart chakra. This rite awakens the ‘inner seer’ and your ability to perceive the invisible world of energy and Spirit.
Included in the training:

HUCHCA CLEARING ~ Andean Shamanic methods to release "huchca - heavy energy" from your body and the environment around you. (manual included)

Your Investment: $275.00 which includes a manual, Pi stone and three cds.

Facilitators/Earth Keepers: Sharon Taphorn & Sue Peters

Sharon's Take for February 2010

Greetings and welcome to a wonderful month of balance!

February should prove to be an interesting month. Already many of you have emailed me to share how things have been shifting over the past month as we entered into the year of truth, trust and passion. Be brave and embrace the energy of the year, you won't regret it.

The photon levels are in the 7's most of the month, 8 on the 18th, which means to expect a bit of temper flairs and people to be fed up with things that are happening around them, perhaps responding with more ego than they normally would. This also should create some heighten paranoia to go along with Vancouver's 2010 Games. Take extra care to strengthen your energy field, bring it close to yourself and do lots of clearing when having to deal with the muggle world. Especially if you are living in a densely populated area, Vancouver or in areas where there is already volatile energy ignited. Put yourself in a bubble of 5 energy and you should feel much more balanced.

Expect more change to happen as we expand to taking our own power. There is plenty of opportunity for change in every opportunity decision we make, in the attitude in which face our tests in life. Divine forces are always at work, and change is inevitable. Best to welcome it, as well as the liberation it can represent. It is a good time to let of go of many things, and for some, this can be a difficult process. Trust that the old needs to be released to make room for the new and these current changes will let the new you begin to thrive in the place of your old self. It will soon be time for you to shine, and this process of change will help to create the energy and strength for new projects, new loves, new friends, and a balanced life.

Enjoy the outcome of the new you. Celebrate, enjoy and expand yourself. Take a spiritual retreat by joining a class, starting a new meditation or movement class such as yoga or tai-chi. There is much good fortune and help around you, seek it out and embrace it. Tune into your intuition and let it be a part of all your activities and try to keep up with yourself.

For those of you who aren't in the flow with the energy, feeling out of balance and experiencing a bit more chaos than you would like. This is the perfect time to begin to shift. You are worthy and you are worth it. If you feel there is an area that you absolutely cannot change at this time, accept it and look for the gift in it. Once that shift comes into your acceptance, you realize how many opportunities and how much freedom you have within that restriction. Take that time to pause and reflect the circumstances you find yourself in.

Spend time out in nature and connect with Mother Earth. There is much creative and healing energy available to us by regular connections with balancing energy. Enjoy the moments that you have with each other, and feel the peace the she has to offer us.

I have started Spiritual Growth Workshops here in Williams Lake on Mondays. Each week will explore and Each week will explore working with our Energy fields and developing our 6th Senses. Email me for the topic of the week, it is not necessarily to attend every week, as each week will be its own workshop. Investment $25 - $45 Sliding Scale it starts at 10am at Sharon's Sanctuary. Full Moon and New Meditations, Saturday February 13 and 27th at 4pm, suggested donation $11. I am offering a Ra~Sheeba Workshop in Williams Lake as well March 20th and 21st.

The Crystal Path to Spiritual Growth

RA~SHEEBA * Level I - Indigo Light
Williams Lake, BC. ~March 20 & 21 (Investment: $225.00)
Your Investment: $225.00 ~ includes a manual

For more information on Ra~Sheeba:sharon@playingwiththeuniverse.com

Ra-Sheeba is a very powerful facet of the Universal Healing Energy. It combines the intense and powerful masculine energies of the Great Central Sun (Ra) with the sensual, joyful and creative feminine aspects (Isis) and results in an exciting "dance" of energies. Many experience it as very intense but very subtle and sensual at the same time.

The first level of Ra~Sheeba ~ the Indigo Vibration:
This course will not only teach how to work with Ra-Sheeba and the Indigo Vibration, it will also be a very powerful personal healing experience.

And Sue Peters and I are presenting this wonderful workshop here in May!

MUNAY-KI ~ THE FOUNDATION RITES Workshop

Williams Lake, B.C.

May 29 & 30. Pre-registation necessary to secure a place in the class.

"The Shaman assumes full responsibility for who we are becoming and influences destiny by envisioning the possible."
~ Alberto Villoldo

The Munay Ki consists of nine rites of initiation. This ‘initiation’ will, in effect ‘raise your vibration’.These nine rites, that exist in every shamanic tradition though in different forms, evolved from the great rites of initiation of the Earthkeepers of old. These courageous medicine men and women crossed the frozen Baring Straits from Siberia to the Americas during the glacial period around 30,000 years ago.

Facilitators/Earth Keepers: Sharon Taphorn & Sue Peters

Your Investment: $275.00 which includes a manual, Pi stone and three cds.

Again, you can email me for information on any of these wonderful events and workshops, as well I am open to offering these and other workshops in your area. See my website (www.playingwiththeuniverse.com) or email me for more information.

Don't forget to tune into my radio programs on The Shift Radio. They are excellent opportunities for growth and expansion. There are archives going back over a year, so there is tons of wonderful information, meditations and resources for inquiring minds.

love and blessings, Always, Sharon

Sharon's Take - January 2010

Greetings and welcome to a year of Truth, Trust and Passion!

As we enter into a 3 year, most of us will find that things are starting to change and move. Knowing that we must approach from the perspective of Truth, Trust and Passion tells us that it is important to honour our true selves this year. To trust in the path, things, people, jobs, finances etc, that we want to create in our lives.What does that mean? It means that people will feel the need to be true to their basic nature inside. If they are following some else’s dream for them, they will find themselves increasingly uncomfortable in that role. Those who decide to follow their dreams will find more doors opened. The challenge for most of us is not the truth or the passion as much as is it the trust. As we release the past, the results and the situations that didn’t work out, and release the expectation of how things will turn out, putting all of our energy into moving forward with what we are doing now. Start the year by looking at your life, what you want, where you are headed – What is your Truth? Then ask yourself if you trust that you can create those things now? Ask yourself, “Do you have the passion to make it happen, no matter what?” And be with the flow of the year.

Many people will find that their personal relationships will shift and change. Finding that long awaited relationship or elevate the existing one to a whole new level. Some people will want to march headstrong into new ideas and next steps...the message is to do this next few months on a steady and even process...the tortuous and the hair...be the turtle.... be sure that you have done the journey to its completion, releasing the past, completely, so that you can begin the next stages in your journey. Open your eyes, see where you are going...is it in the direction you want to be going at this time...if not, now is the time to change it. As the year progresses, we will be seeing the results of this work... what do you want to see then, for that is what you are creating right now.

This year will bring a lightening in many of our personal journeys, as where else can you go but up hill for here. Spend the first few months looking at the your life review, seeing the different options that are available to you, as there is more than one way to get from here to where you want to be. Look at what makes you happy, what do you love to do and how can you make your passions become your life everyday. When things are on, you love being in that energy. This is the year to figure out what makes your heart sing and how you can bring that song into all aspects of your life, the things you wish to change and the things that you feel aren't going to change until you change how you look at them. "When you change the way you see things, the things you see change!" This will become more a part of your experience as you transition through the year. Those of you working on creating and deepening relationships will indeed find this in the coming year, many of you who have been working on creating a healthy and balanced relationship with yourself, will find that balance reflected in your relationships with others. Keep loving yourself and loving the world more as you go.

Lots of changes and decisions regarding emotions, heart issues and relationships in general. Dreams of change are happening for many who have been working towards creating more peace, love and joy in their lives. Some are challenged with keeping their focus in what it is that they truly want. In order to avoid this confusion, ensure that you start off with the clarity of the truth of what you want in the coming year. If you find that you are continually thrown off course, then perhaps stepping back and looking at whether you are still working on the same goal. Take the time to re-evaluate along the way. There will be plenty of distractions put along the journey to make sure that you are indeed doing what makes your heart sing. Keep you blinders on and don't listen to those who think they are have your best interest at heart, however may wish to hold you back out of fear of losing you. Avoid negative people, programs, and situations. Go on a negativity diet at this time, watch for over-indulgences in any realm at this time,as these are the shifts you been working towards.

There are most changes that are coming our way in 2010, those of us who have been activiely participating in creating for ourselves will find that the pace of change will be a bit slower in 2010, or is it that it will feel smoother because we have learned how to consciously work more with all these changes and opportunities as we have sought the balance, temperance and harmony around ourselves. There is a nervous excitement in the air that many of are feeling with anticipation as we head into the year. Will this finally be it? Yes, yes, yes for many of you it will feel like the pot of gold at the end of rainbow as you honour your truth, trust in yourself and follow your passion.

Action is the key to enjoying this pot of gold. See your journey from love, from the observation point of the guides and the angels. Know that you are changing and that all change is good, it is but a matter of how you look at what is changing and what you are releasing, to make room for this new energy you have worked so hard for. Make sure you get out of the way of yourself. It is simple to get distracted and discouraged. Instead sty focused on your dreams and get inspired - then move determinedly toward those goals. Be a resolute and gentle warrior and be a hero and welcome the quest!

I am offering a six week course both online and here in Williams Lake at my sanctuary to assist in assimilating the energy and our journey, Walking the Path with Spirit. This workshop is about being more of your spirit self as you walk the earth plane in your physical body. Merging the two and being more of who you truly are. If you would like to join us and feel the calling to take this workshop please send me an email at sharon@playingwiththeuniverse.com

Enjoy the shifts and the changes that are before you, and as Scarlett O'Hara said... Tomorrow is another day... and a grand day indeed!

love and blessings, Sharon

St Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi thru Sharon Taphorn, December 17, 2009

When you are ready to follow your heart, to truly follow your heart, call upon me for assistance.

Taping into a stream of thought with me takes the ability to slow yourself down, connect with the plant and animal kingdom , for these realms allow for a fast connection to the now moment. When commune with nature and the animals, you begin to understand unconditional love, how connected we are to each other and that now is the moment. So much time is spent on your plane, wondering and worrying, instead of doing and being. So many questions are asked as to how to achieve more, and as we share with you how simple it is, and yet you continue to ask and struggle. Life is not meant to be a constant struggle. When you planned to come for an earth journey, you saw all of the potential for growth and for learning, the beauty of the experience and you are aware how each step that you take affects the whole of creation. We are part of an ever expanding Universe, each being is a part of that Universe, the trees, and plant weave, the oceans and the many weaves that exists within it, the animal kingdom, and of course the human realm in all its dimensions.

Call upon me to assist you in being true to who you are. No more closet lightworkers, for these shifting times call for us each to be true to who we are. I can assist you in finding that love within you that will allow you to be the lighthouse for others who are still in the dark or dimly lite. Working with me assists in bringing grace back into your journey. You must become quiet, relax your mind, and release any thoughts that are around you. It is most beneficial to be in nature or near your beloved pets, I don’t recommend you do this in the wild until you have better practice with holding your energy still, perhaps work on holding that connection with animals in a zoo, or unknown contained animals first would be wise. As a side note, connecting with animals in a well run zoo or aquarium can be an astounding experience, and if you come across a poorly run facility, I encourage you with all of the love and grace you can muster, to bring about change in the mindsets of the people. They truly mean no harm, they are just confused and misguided and the most in need of assistance.

When you are connecting with me, you are connecting very much to the plant and animal realms. These are great teachers of wisdom, teachers of love, and the history of your world, talk to a tree or a rock or a mountain, talk to the waters, the oceans, the lakes and streams, there is much history in the land that is wanting to be shared. And when you get these messages, share them. When you share from your heart, you touch the heart of another and even if they think you are a bit looloo, they will feel your love, your passion and in that see your truth... and the light within begins. I stand before you in the unconditional love of the guidance realm and ask that you call us in to assist your journey at any time. We can be your messengers to the heart of another in love, to smooth out your human relationships as you shift and change into your true self.

We are here in love and service. St.Francis

Reincarnation and Past Lives

Reincarnation is the philosophy of living many lifetimes on earth and other planet systems. During these lifetimes you learn different lessons. In my study of Reincarnation I have learned some basic beliefs and Past Life Regression Techniques which aids in clearing the accumulated Karma and belief structures, allowing you to be more in alignment with the inner, peaceful you.

Exploring past lives allows us the opportunity to process deep seeded 'truths' we are carrying within our cellular memory. These 'truths' often were created as a defense mechanism to protect ourselves from the harsh reality of something we experienced. This can also be said about issues that we may have stored from childhood. As we evolve and change, these 'truths' become outdated and unnecessary, yet continue to block us from achieving the goals and attributes we are working on at this moment in time.

Through observing issues, situations and relationships through a past life regression, we often seem them from the bigger picture, without the emotion that they bring up in this lifetime, and therefore we have the opportunity to observe them from a different perspective, gaining clarity and understanding as to why some things feel the way they do in relationships, financial dealings, fears and phobias. They can be transformed and processed in a place where no time exists, stepping out of the dimension of time and space; we can explore many realms and dimensions.

The purpose of exploring past lives is a transforming, fun and inspirational way to process issues that no longer serve our current vibrational status.

Have you lived before? Most certainly if you are reading this, you are not a first timer on the earth plane. A first time soul in physical form is not likely to be drawn to metaphysical work, as they are spending most of their time just trying to figure out how being human works to question that there has to be more to it than just being born and then dying. I have heard of star seeds who have no past earth lives, and therefore 'borrow' memories from other human adventurers, they do however recall past lives on other planets. Most of us who are here now and reading this have had many earth incarnations. When I first started to explore my past lives, I assumed that I had been here 5 or 6 times before. I had strong memories of past lives from childhood. As I delved into the mysteries of the Universe, I now know that I have had many, many lives on planet earth, as we know her today as well as past civilizations such as Atlantis and Lemuria, and back even further. I am truly older than dirt as my son would like to say.

I understand that Earth is an emotional planet. We chose to come to this planet to experience and learn about emotions. Throughout our many lifetimes we have made decisions based on emotions. We keep coming back and make the same decisions when encountering the same emotion, unless you become conscious enough to change our reactions and decisions when that emotion is experienced again. This is what self growth is, becoming conscious. It is when we can recognize and respond differently to life situations that we change how we feel about that emotion and get of the cycle of repeating the pattern over and over again.

Past Life Regression is one way in which you can open up your memories and see what decision/s have been made in other lifetimes. From this, you will get more insights and more understandings of why you respond the way you do. It is often easier to see what is behind your responses in a past life than try to see into the complexities of your present one.

Why experience past lives?

You may learn something from a past life that can explain how you feel about yourself in this lifetime.

You may learn something from a past life that will help explain a relationship with someone in this lifetime.

You may discover a hidden talent or ability in a past life.

You may gain insights into a medical condition by visiting a past life.

You may discover how to resolve old karma.

You may find an answer to why you have a fear or phobia in this lifetime from a past lifetime.

You may discover the answer to certain dreams you have had or are currently having.

You may us past life information for writing and research.

You may be able to trace someone of the actual lifetimes that your soul has had.

You may go back for fun, without any other specific reason except to have an interesting and positive experience.

Insights from the past can assist you in creating your future.