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by Kala Ambrose

Ancient schools taught people how to observe the powerful events occurring in nature and connect them with the energy here on earth. We still have the ability to connect with nature in order to assist with our growth and development and, to cultivate balance and growth. I’m happy to present here a series of transforming activities for the three-day period of the Equinox. The Equinox ritual consists of two parts, the outward celebration and the inner rebirth.

Day One of the Equinox

It’s time for spring cleaning. Clean your house and remove all clutter. As you clean each room and the items in it, do so with reverence and appreciation for the abundance in your life. Cover your home in loving energy as you clean, picturing you and your loved ones in each room, feeling happy, content, joyful and relaxed. By this evening, you should be ready to smudge each room with white sage to purify and cleanse each room.

On the Eve of the Equinox

Reflect upon the thoughts and goals you set during the Fall Equinox and for the New Year. Consider the lessons and experiences of the past six months, and decide what is hindering progress with your goals.

Ask yourself: “What important seeds of truth need to be revealed this spring in order for me to truly know myself, so that I may blossom into my power-filled being? It’s time to awaken from my period of hibernation, inactivity and self-introspection and put these thoughts and plans into action!”

To awaken to your higher-self and activate your growth cycle, begin the spring equinox ritual by taking a shower. As the water flows over your body, imagine all negative thoughts leaving your mind, being washed away from you. As you dry off, say out loud, “All that happens, happens for good. Divine spring energy is working through me now!"

Day Two of the Equinox

This day is what people refer to as “Equinox Day.” It is the day to celebrate rebirth, renewal and abundance. It is a time to toast new plans of action and growth, as you are becoming “a garden in bloom!"

Celebrate with rituals that include creating and sharing spring equinox gift baskets with your loved ones and friends. The day culminates with dinner to celebrate renewal, rebirth and the magic of the seasons, life and all the wonder it brings, along with sharing dreams you plan to bring into fruition this year. This is a powerful day to put plans into action.

In ancient times, the spring equinox was celebrated with an outward and inward celebration:

• Outwardly: people celebrated with egg hunts, (a symbol of the earth and rebirth), by giving and decorating with bunnies, (a universal symbol of fertility for spring, the act of creation with birth and mind, and turning thoughts into fruition) and by giving baskets, (a symbol of abundance). A special dinner with family and friends is also common to celebrate the return of spring and renewal.
• Inwardly: people took action on the seeds (goals) that they planted during the fall equinox. Spring presented the time and divine opportunity to step forward and create oneself anew, with the tools of gratitude, abundance and creativity.

Day Three of the Equinox

Celebrate the renewal of spring and the divine feminine energy which is present everywhere in nature at this season. This is the time to emerge from introspection and self-observation into spring renewal, with the focus being on action, creation and celebration.
Here are some suggestions to activate your creative side and bring new perspective and balance into your life.

• Plant flowers in the garden
• Take on a new creative project (preferably something new you have not done before)
• Decorate your home in bright new colors
• Express gratitude for the abundance of opportunity in your life
• Accept new challenges in order to grow and step closer to your goals
• Embrace the future by spending time with the people in your life who will encourage your dreams and aspirations.

The spring equinox is a great time to jump start your goals, but this ritual can be done anytime in spring for wonderful and positive results. It has never made real sense with our current Julian calendar that one would create new year resolutions in the dead of winter, on January 1. Your dreams were planted as seeds of thought in the fall, and now is the time to tend to your garden and bring forth beautiful blooms of creativity. You haven’t failed at your new year resolutions, "You’ve only just begun!"

Decide what actions you will take immediately, and proceed from there. May the journey into the transformative sacred garden of spring grow with delight as you take each step!

Award-winning author, national columnist, inspirational speaker, and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, Kala Ambrose's teachings are described as discerning, empowering and inspiring. Kala is the author of four books on ghosts and spirits; she also presents workshops nationally on the mind/body/spirit connection, auras and energy fields, developing entrepreneur intuition, haunted history and wisdom teachings. To learn more about Kala and her work, visit her website, ExploreYourSpirit.com.

My grandfather died a few weeks ago. I was over at my grandmother's house last night until midnight, after which I went home and lay down to go to sleep. All of the sudden, I felt very warm in my face. This made me really hot like I wanted to kick off the covers. I didn't and it went away; I felt normal a few seconds later. I was listening to the radio in the dark and heard a psychic on the radio tell people that called in that if they felt warm, that was sometimes a spirit communicating with them. I then thought it was my grandfather communicating with me and felt really at peace for a second. Then all of a sudden, I opened my eyes and saw these green, foggy lights swirling towards me over and over again. I even closed my eyes and still saw them. It kind of freaked me out and I turned the lights on. I ended up sleeping with the lights on because my husband was out of town and I was scared. Could this have been my grandfather communicating with me?

Jen

Susyn:

When our loved ones die, their spirits will often linger near those left behind. Spirits can make their presence known in a variety of ways. Because you were at your grandfather's home for a few hours before you experienced this incident, it is likely that the hot sensations and foggy green swirls were his way of communicating with you.

Notice the synchronicity of this event and the way it made you feel. Your grandfather was on your mind, for you had just left his home. The warm energy you experienced got your attention but did not seem to frighten you. Then, almost as if to explain what was happening, you heard about this type of paranormal phenomenon on the radio. There are no accidents; the timing could not have been more perfect.

The fact that you happened to hear this explanation from a psychic at almost the exact same time it was happening, realized that it might be your grandfather communicating with you, and were then overtaken by a sense of peace all indicate that his spirit was near you. Had this been a random or negative spirit, you would not have had psychic confirmation or felt comforted by the experience.

It is interesting that your grandfather chose green lights to send you his love, for green is the color of the heart chakra. A spirit's ability to send messages like these can be fleeting. As your grandfather grows more familiar with his surroundings, I am certain you will witness more evidence that he is near. Sometimes spirits can be shy about sending these signs, which is probably the reason it happened while your husband was out of town.

There is no need for concern if you don't experience this warmth or lights in the future. Spirits tend to send their love in a variety of ways. As they get more acclimated to their new surroundings and abilities, they will come to us in new and different ways to reassure us that they love us and are doing well. Many people report contact with spirits through music, animals, and scents associated with the loved one who is trying to connect with them. You may hear your grandfather's favorite song on the radio or notice the familiar smell of tobacco if he smoked a pipe.

I think it's very important to acknowledge these messages as being from your grandfather. You may want to sit in meditation or write him a letter thanking him. It will give him great comfort to know that you realize these signs were sent by him. You should also discuss these events with your grandmother, for it's likely she has had similar experiences. As the two of you compare notes, it will be easier to validate the signals your grandfather is sending.

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Oceania:

The sequence of events you describe leads me to believe that you did indeed experience a visit from your grandfather. He chose to come when you were home alone and more likely to notice subtle sensations.

You felt warm and about the same time you heard something on the radio about how visiting spirits can make you feel warm! This is an example of synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence, which was first explored by Carl Jung. He believed that such events were not random but rather meaningful expressions of a deeper order.

A recent example of synchronicity in my own life occurred while I was researching the lives of my deceased grandmother Elizabeth and HER grandmother Elizabeth. (My middle name is Elizabeth.) I feel a deep kinship to these women, both of whom embarked on courageous solo adventures.

While working on this project, I took a break to have coffee with a neighbor friend who insisted on taking a photo of me standing in front of her new photo of a large rose. (I chose to use that photo for my Kajama headshot, as I find roses symbolic of unfolding potential.) When I returned to my ancestors, I began to wonder if they wanted me to carry forward their spirit of adventure. In hopes of getting an answer, I randomly pulled a tarot card from my Shakespeare deck. It depicted Queen Elizabeth I standing in front of a large rose.

Synchronicity often accompanies transformational events like births and deaths. It can also mark the beginning of a spiritual awakening for the person who experiences it. The peace you felt suggests that you connected with your grandfather's loving presence. He may have appreciated you spending time with his wife and visited to thank you.

The swirling lights you saw were green, which is the color associated with the heart chakra and our capacity to feel eternal love. The color green also represents new life and new growth. Your grandfather was reborn when he died and wanted to show you that he's alive and well in energy form.

Your story reminded me of a poem about death written by Canon Henry Scott-Holland. I will share an excerpt here and hope you find comfort in it.

Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name. Let it be spoken without effort, without the trace of a shadow. Life means all that it ever meant, and is the same as it ever was. There is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you somewhere very near, just around the corner. All is well.

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.