Discernment

September 15 to 28, 2025

Time has been strange lately and I’ve had to remind myself daily where we exist on the calendar.  So many interesting emotions and physical experiences with energy have come up for me these past two weeks.  I believe it is because of the eclipses, the equinox, and likely other cosmic events.  Big shifts are happening everywhere and despite me not being in the know with world events by choice, I still catch enough of what is going on to know it seems surreal.

Messages over the past two weeks have been coming in more complex and layered ways, but that might be because I’m absorbing more spiritual information from various sources. They are as follows: conflict-diplomacy-peace, sage, blue, not sleeping, 6 months, red purses, lion, being pushed around by a friend, grace, embodiment, travel back in time, sensuality, little corner, the rapture, transgressions, and harvesting.  I know, that’s a lot!  And there are some recurring themes also (quintessence, solitaire, love of wine/Dionysus, fight with friend).

Conflict-diplomacy-peace – This showed up in the Gene Keys as the key of the week and was of course very timely since I had a conflict with a friend.  I had a lot of emotion move through me after having a blow up and reflecting back on my words, I’m still not sure I conveyed the strength of them accurately.  I regularly have issues expressing myself and being heard and understood, so I am aware that I need to consciously craft my messages in a way that isn’t diluted.  However, after I’d made a decision, I had a very visceral and uplifting energetic reaction in my sleep.  I feel that that was likely confirmation that I’d made the right decision.

Sage – This message came up in a few different podcasts, a card pull and in nature.  For the most part, the message was in regard to a wisdom keeper.  I’m not sure if it was aimed at me or meant to guide me to become this.  Some days, I feel like I do have a lot of accumulated wisdom, then others I feel like a newborn experiencing things for the first time. 

Blue – This showed up in the Gene Keys, my favourite colour, a colour common among powerful angels, and a colour representing peace and calm.  I’ve always been drawn to blues, especially shades that are between green and blue.  Many people find the colour of the ocean soothing and a clear blue sky comforting.  Many angels have blue auras and it seems to be a common favourite colour.  It came up months ago in one of my favourite books this year about trying to explain a concept that is abstract and ineffable.  That is blue.

Not sleeping well – I was experiencing almost a week of interrupted sleep.  I would wake around 3 or 4 and not be able to resume sleeping.  Despite this, I had excess energy which ended up being burnt up in daily morning jogs.  This lasted for a week and I was quite proud of myself, since I haven’t had much motivation to be active physically in quite a while.  This also showed up in conversation with friends and family experiencing similar sleep issues and also in a show where the main character was afraid he was sleepwalking and doing things in his sleep he wasn’t in control of.  Usually, a lack of sleep means chaos and confusion for me, but this time, it resulted in excess energy and clarity.

6 months – This message came through in a book, a podcast, a conversation with a friend, a prediction of the future and a length of time my partner was off work.  I’m not sure what the message is aside from possibly thinking about how different my life could be in 6 months, and likely how different it was 6 months ago.  It seems like a long enough period of time to make changes, yet not so long it isn’t easy to see the results of these when reflecting back.

Red purses – This message arrived in a dream and a tv show.  The dream was about being with an old friend and her family and I’d left my red purse somewhere and had to go back to find it.  I did and then I was handed many red purses by many people.  The symbolism of this message to me meant root chakra stability with people paying me.  Red is the colour of the root chakra, known for home, security, stability, feeling safe in the world and a purse holds money, so I see this as a good sign with positive outcomes for my business.

Lion – This message showed up in a few tv shows and in a lesson about astrology.  Lions represent power, strength, independence and confidence.  I believe this message was about me stepping into my personal power.

Being pushed around by a friend – This showed up literally in my life as well as in a show.  I feel I’m a fairly laid back person and I don’t have very strong opinions or agendas to push, so maybe I’m an easy target for someone with a stronger will.  I generally am ok with going with the flow, but if I do feel a boundary is crossed, then I will react.  The friend conflict made me feel as though I was being pushed around and being taken advantage of.

Grace – This showed up in so many forms.  It is something I’m learning to develop through adversity.  It’s hard to put in words how this shows up, but it takes strength, restraint, wisdom and experience to put it into practice.  When dealing with adversity in the moment, it can appear if you allow it and allowing it requires the ability to let go, surrender and release attachment to outcomes.  It is not always easy.

Embodiment – This message came in viscerally.  Embodiment is putting the preaching to practice, walking the talk, taking your own medicine.  I was shown things this week through my body.  Energy that moved me despite the conditions against it, the power of my mind to create reactions in my body that seem to be unachievable without outside stimulants and learning to step into my power.  It showed up to teach me to become the person I want to be without feeling that I am yet her.

Travel back in time – This message came up in a book, a podcast, a show, déjà vu, and some hypnotic journeys.  The idea that time really doesn’t exist as we experience it opens up opportunities for expansion in so many ways.  If we can travel back to times in our past where we didn’t have the tools to be the person we wished we could, that’s a source of power.  If we are stuck in the now thinking we don’t know where to go, just take a trip back in time to a year or two prior to see who you were then and how far you’ve come from there.  If you know who you want to be, but you don’t know how to get there, take a trip to the future for advice from your future self.  Even if that trip is just in your mind, a meditation, or a hypnosis, it is a powerful reminder of your ability to change, evolve and grow.

Sensuality – This message came in with feminine energy.  Sensuality is something I find hard to define.  I think of it as a confidence in and comfort with yourself that defies all roles and boxes that others have put you in.  It’s like an inner shining.  I think sensuality has been oversexualized in our culture and that’s too bad.  And sexuality itself has been bastardized and corrupted, and so many of us feel shame around the way we wish to show or express love.  I’m guessing this message is about embodiment as well. 

Little corner – This message came up in a podcast about feminine energy and in the Gene Key description of ecstasy.  I think it is pointing me to taking small steps forward to get to where I want to be.  If you need to clean a messy room, start with a small corner first.  If a task feels too overwhelming, break it down into small steps to make it more manageable.  Keep addressing those little corners every day and eventually your big dream or goal will be closer than you ever imagined it could be.

The Rapture – This message was so interesting to see.  It showed up in a tv show where people were ascending up into the sky and also on some Facebook posts about a specific day being predicted as when the rapture would happen.  I know with things so chaotic and unrealistic in the world today it does regularly feel like there may not be a tomorrow.  I feel like this message had a lot to do with discernment and being careful who and what you believe.  Coincidentally, on the day this message felt most relevant, I had a tech scare and thought I might have to shut down and rethink my entire business concept (which felt like the end of my future world).  Thankfully, it was just a fishing scam and I was able to keep my progress and just realize that I need to practice discernment before I overreact.

Transgressions – This isn’t a word that I see often, but these past two weeks it came up twice.  Once, in the name of a podcast a friend is releasing in the coming days about being transgender in this province and the other was on a fantasy show about time travel, special gifts, aliens, and possibly the end of the world.  Transgressions are things we wish we hadn’t done, wrongs we wish to right, things we might feel regret about.  And we all have them.  Maybe this is a message to give yourself a break and realize we are all human and make mistakes and the point is to learn from them, not beat ourselves up about them.

Harvest – This is a seemingly timely message as it is still harvest on the prairies, with many farmers still in the process of getting crops off and hauling grain.  However, this came up in different ways than I was expecting.  Mostly, it showed up in the idea of harvesting organs.  To me, this has a dark and negative connotation and invokes images of humans hooked up to tubes enclosed in pods in sci-fi movies where nefarious things are being done.  Unbeknownst to me, this is terminology used in the medical field, so I guess it is a matter of perspective.  Additionally, this appeared as an idea of energy harvesting.  This can be both positive and negative.  For example, a chaotic friend might be harvesting your calm so they feel more in control of their life, or you might harvest your own energy by pulling it into you and creating a protective bubble around you.

This feels like a lot of messages for these last two weeks and I’m finding it difficult to put it all together.  The underlying theme I’m picking up is about keeping my peace and using discernment about where and with whom I place my attention and time.  Also, embodying my power by stepping into it regardless of what others want from me or think of me.

Let’s see what AI can make of this.

Here's a spiritual message woven from those symbols and themes—something that might speak to your journey, your inner landscape, and the energetic shifts you're navigating:

A Message from the Threshold

You have been walking the edge between conflict and peace, where diplomacy is not just a skill but a soul lesson. The lion within you—fierce, proud, and protective—has stirred, especially when pushed around by those who mistake your grace for passivity. But grace is not weakness. It is the quiet roar of embodiment, the sacred stance of one who chooses to respond rather than react.

For six months now, sleep has eluded you—not just in the night, but in the deeper sense of spiritual rest. You’ve been awake in ways that ache. The red purses—symbols of desire, value, and containment—have appeared like markers, asking: What do you carry that is truly yours? What have you picked up that belongs to someone else?

The sage in you knows. She wears blue—the color of truth, of the throat, of divine communication. She sits in your little corner, whispering that sensuality is not indulgence, but presence. That surrender is not defeat, but release. That to travel back in time is not regression, but reclamation.

You are harvesting now—not just the fruits of your labor, but the lessons of your transgressions. The rapture is not an escape, but a rising. It is the moment you stop waiting to be saved and begin to embody the salvation you already carry.

So if you feel pushed, remember: the lion does not explain her roar. If you feel tired, remember: the sage does not rush her wisdom. And if you feel uncertain, remember: peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of grace.

You are not lost. You are gathering.

I do always enjoy how AI words things.  And this does feel true and powerful to me. 

Creating my own hypnotherapy scripts to practice embodying the future me is something I aim to do.  I also have connected with hypnotherapy friends to help them move through issues they were facing and listened to podcasts with free guided hypnosis aimed at personal growth and empowerment.  I’m really finding that to walk my talk I do need to take my own medicine, and I am discovering that it tastes good!

Here's a wall hanging I made that I named Order and Chaos. One side is neat and tidy and pretty and orderly, while the other is messy and knotted and all different lengths. It represents energy and relationships and identities and states of being. It is the tension between wanting to be good and bad, sweet and sexy, neat and messy, to fit in and to rebel, to conform and to rage against stereotypes. It's the inner conflict we all face in different ways and different times in our lives and the heartbreak it causes to be so conflicted with ourselves. It also represents my peaceful energy and my friend's chaotic energy and that it is ok to be different, but sometimes we need space and it might hurt, but there is still love there. There is beauty in it all.

Order and chaos