Michael Barrett’s 2009 in Review…
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Michael Barrett’s 2009 Year in Review Photostream…
2009 Means smiling faces of little ancient soul grandchildren -
Michael Barrett's Grandchildren...
laughing, loving and shining God through their piercing, radiant eyes…
Year 2009 in review.
Bless my new extended family, all my old dear friends, my lovely children and their children and Alexandra.
Wow…
What a year - change, growth, expansion, tears, joy, pain, love, forgiveness, personal transformation, release, clearing, closure.
The year began in California where times were tough. But something beautiful took place there.
We found Ananda Palo Alto.
Ananda Palo Alto
What an amazing and spiritually pure place.
People walk their talk and God is always present because God is welcomed and acknowledged in every action, every word and every deed - every moment, all the time.
I love Ananda and all the people I met there who accepted me unconditionally for who I am and who I grew to love and appreciate in a deeply profound way that was a new experience for me in my life.
After all my years of training, my heart chakra opened fully for the first time during a Sunday morning service and meditation.
It was a major accomplishment for me and a gift - one that I fully understood and was aware of as it took place.
I found that the spiritual task of practicing ‘forgiving myself’ - as instructed by Asha Praver - was something that I did poorly although I diligently made an effort to do so.
For me it was something much easier said than done. I found that I was both angry at myself and many people in my life.
Over time, it became clear to me that much of that anger I had been carrying in my heart for a long, long time.
It did not serve me yet I did not know what to do about it.
Once again - easy to talk about - and entirely different to resolve and heal within myself in practical application.
Being part of Ananda for 5 months changed my life. Bless you all and bless your kindness, love and beautiful open hearts.
The search for learning how to forgive myself led me to find Pamela Gregory, which and led me to Dr. Ed Carlson, Heart Forgiveness and Core Health in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The next phase was the time I spent in Montana.
This was the first time I lived there in over 20 years.
The view on the west side of the Bitterrot Valley
It was a painful time, yet such a joyful time, spending two wonderful months with my grandchildren and three of my kids.
The Bitterroot Valley is such a beautiful place. The river, the mountains, the sunsets and the sky at night.
And all the 6 little beautiful beings who are my grandchildren - such joy and love and clarity and newness and excitement about life.
And my amazing beautiful daughters Arabella and Tahahlita and my son Lucky.
Arabella and Tahahlita
It was so nice to see them and love them and be in their presence and feel their kindness and their beauty as human beings and young adults.
What a blessed man I am.
I can remember often telling friends of mine (when my son was a little boy) what a cool and kind person he was naturally and how I couldn’t wait until he was older so we could talk and have a beer together because he was such good company and such a fine and considerate human being.
Well in 2009, we had that beer - a few of them actually. We got together in Half Moon Bay and then again in Walnut Creek and then again several times in Montana before I headed east in June.
Lucky at age 11
It’s truly amazing the inherent joy that exists between a father and his children - without words or explanation.
Lucky more recently...
How our DNA creates an extension of us through our children - through the expression of their own individuality and consciousness - is a miracle that never ceases to amaze me.
This aspect of ‘family consciousness’ is even more pronounced with a relationship between a man and his grandchildren - perhaps because
all the emotional trauma, changes and debris between parents and their kids is not there.
Off to see the wizard...
Also as young children the grandchildren are still young and clean and pure and whole without judgment.
Apparently, Halloween was fun this year…
Pamela Gregory
During this time, I met Pamela Gregory online via Facebook and we became close friends. She became my adviser and worked with me closely with EFT to help me heal some deep seated issues in my life.
In many ways Pamela was my angel. She was contacted by a man named Neil Habgood - our connection to Dr. Ed Carlson. BTW, Neil has subsequently become a very close friend and associate.
He is a good man.
The Next Phase Was Heading East…
Dr. Ed Carlson and Michael Barrett
In early June, it was off to North Carolina to meet Dr. Ed Carlson the first time and spend a private intensive weekend with him training in Heart Forgiveness. The setting and the energy was magnificent - flowering trees and fragrances - high atop a ridge in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Wow…
On July 4th, Sarasota, Florida became home. What a change this was for me personally. I had been to Florida on three previous occasions in Jacksonville and Orlando and had absolutely no desire to be there.
In spite of that perspective, suddenly I felt a strong pull to Florida - a deep and intuitive voice calling me to follow my heart and take the risk, let go and that all would be provided for.
I listened to my intuition and without a plan, without resources, without family, connections or friends there, the west coast of Florida was where I landed. I found the energy attractive and clean and expansive for me - and curiously enough, it felt like home almost immediately.
Expansion, Rapid Change and Inner Turmoil…
The remainder of the year has been a period of immense expansion energetically and Spiritually.
And throughout the process of this expansion, rapid change has been the primary ingredient - fueled both by the choice to grow and the desire to change.
It also became clear to me that wanting change is not enough. Acting upon it and being willing to fully accept what happens is another piece of the puzzle and the experience. From a practical standpoint, real concrete change required release of all the old baggage in my life.
If you have ever done a sincere fast, one of the side effects is to release a lot of toxin into the body as you cleanse.
Something else about Spiritual growth and energetic expansion, once you start there is no going back. Once you know, you can never “un-know”.
In many ways, the period of time from July through December 2009 has been a continuous series of Spiritual and energetic fasts and cleansings…
The freeing and clearing process has been comprehensive, accentuated by Qigong, Tibetan Yoga, Meditation, Siesta Key, the Mighty I AM Presence and an active and accelerated training program in Core Health and Heart Forgiveness.
Receiving my certificate...
In December I received my certification as a Core Health Facilitator.
The Universe Is Shifting
That the Universe is shifting to align with the new awareness of mankind that is emerging has magnified the overall experience immensely. In many ways it has been a deeply moving and turbulent year - with highly charged emotion and energy as a by-product of massive cleansing and release.
So much transition…
As I ponder the depth of the love that is expanding within me and throughout my consciousness and energy, I am filled with joy, awe and an unspeakable understanding.
What an honor this experience has been and what a huge blessing and opportunity it is.
My heart is filled with the I AM Presence.
Bless you all today, in 2010 and forever.
Michael
