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A Year Each Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, February 10, 2019, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

A Year Each Day

What if?

What if we collapsed all the festivities and remembrances of a year into each and every day?

If that day were to be 12 hours long, to match the months, and each day represented by a block of two minutes, there would be potential for continuous evaluation of the things we claim to be important annually.

I have railed against Thanksgiving as a time somehow different from the rest of the year. Perhaps because I grew up in a culture which expected me to be grateful every...

More 2019

Posted by Jo Leath on Thursday, January 10, 2019, In : Numerology

More 2019

2019 is an exciting time to be part of the Human Experience. This is a time of remarkable transition after a thousand years with a One at their beginning.

The children of this century are turning 19 this year, meaning that in most jurisdictions in Western society, they can drive, vote, serve in the military, and consume restricted substances.

Young adults without any Ones at all are now integrating into a world that has been built and designed in a different millennium. As...

Yule

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, December 21, 2018, In : Mindfulness

Yule

In ancient Scandinavia the Feast of Juul was the twelve days after Winter Solstice, celebrating the rebirth of the sun. Some histories record that the word juul or jol meant festive and jolly comes from the same root. Jol also moved into Old French as jolif and became joli meaning "pretty".

Yule is claimed to originate with the ancient word for Wheel, and applies to these days in the Northern year when the turning of the sun’s path through the sky seems to pause and turn.

This is a...

Cycles

Posted by Jo Leath on Monday, December 10, 2018, In : Numerology

Cycles
As the end of 2018 nears, we are ready to turn the calendar page from December to a new January and begin again to journey through the twelve month cycle.

2019, as part of the Cycle of Years, is bringing a stimulating and creative vibration.

2+0+1+9 = 12, and 1+2 = 3.

Three is the Number of creativity and manifestation, providing the energy that I often portray as a portal into this physical realm. Three Energy opens the way for things we had only imagined: paintings and poems, fre...

Choosing

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Choosing

I am currently thinking a lot about authenticity.

I have spent much of my life engaged in introspection, having discerned early on that my abilities and interests existed outside the stated expectations of most adults. I felt incapable of accepting the path that stretched before me, designed and planned by history.

After attempting to escape reality, I made a conscious and deliberate choice to reject the visions of others. I held the intention to do my best to express my own authent...

Resting and Waiting

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Waiting and Resting

The words waiting and resting can be used to label the same lack of activity, and yet there is a difference between the two. How we perceive them depends greatly on our state of mind, and the thoughts that we are applying.

Waiting usually suggests that physical activity has paused or stopped.

Resting, on the other hand, is a time of renewal, when in the absence of physical demands, we are able to refresh our mental, emotional and spiritual selves. When we rest, our energie...

Light

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, September 21, 2018, In : Numerology

Remember to Turn on the Light

Numerology is an ancient system which remains relevant and useful today. It provides an interpretation of the intentions that the immortal soul has carried into this Human experience.

Using a person’s birthdate and name, a chart can identify the Cosmic energies and influences that are presently influencing life.

A basic chart, drawn up quickly, can reveal four major Numbers which have a vital role in shaping experiences and how they impact the individual.

Dev...

Quiet

Posted by Jo Leath on Monday, September 10, 2018, In : Mindfulness

Choosing Words

My website, at www.joleath.com is called Exploring Paths to Cosmic Wisdom, and I have written before about the genesis of that title.

There are many ways to describe the concept of Cosmic Wisdom.

I was listening recently to an online event with Colette Baron-Reid. When talking about magic, she defined Synchronicity as ‘the power of meaningful coincidence’ and then came up with a list: “Spirit, God, The Universe, The Force, The Dude: whatever you choose to call your Higher P...

Readings

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, August 10, 2018, In : Synchronicity

Why Readings?

The title of this site, and a caption on much of my work, reads “Exploring Paths to Cosmic Wisdom.”

The idea of exploring paths is easily interpreted as a reference to labyrinths, although the line and the website were created before I was called to work with those particular paths.

I originally intended to convey the idea that there are many ways to tap into Cosmic Wisdom, and no wrong way to access it.

At the time I named the website, I was working with Num...

Nature

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, July 20, 2018, In : Synchronicity

Nature Cards

Of the many card decks I use in my work, one is particularly on my mind right now, because it has disappeared from my reach.

It is hard to know whether I have misplaced it, maybe leaving it behind when I had been providing readings at a different location. I may have misfiled it when I was packing up boxes for storage, recently.

It could be in the back of a car, or under a car seat, it might even have worked its way out of my bag while I was on a city bus.

The deck is Ted Andrews...

Timing

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, In : Synchronicity

The Power of Timing

That there is a time for everything is acknowledged in the culture where I grew up.

The words from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verses 1 to 8 are familiar to many people, especially of my generation who have heard it read or sung at countless weddings. ** see below

Despite this wisdom being stated frequently, there are times when people think they can impose a schedule that suits human life ‘better’.

Bean Crop

Around the turn of the century I was livin...

Elements

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, In : Energy Fields

Elements

Wet Adaptive Tears Emerge, Refreshing

Flames Ignite Resplendent Energy

Atmospheric Inhalations Restore

Elemental Awareness: Rugged, Tangible, Honest.

Sacred Progress, Imagining Renewed, Inspired Teachings

I have been practising Numerology and supporting clients through life changes since the 1980s.
For a consultation, or to commission a chart of your name and birthdate, we can meet in person, by telephone, or by Skype Click Here

Cards

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, June 10, 2018, In : Synchronicity

Cards

I am in Nanaimo BC for a few weeks, and since I arrived I have received several decks of cards that are new to me. In reading the literature that accompanies them, I have already discovered that the Akashic Tarot by Sharon Anne Klinger and Sandra Anne Taylor has a wonderful tie to a Numerology chart.

This deck of beautiful cards has four suits that easily align with the four Planes of Expression that are found in the Numerology of a name. In Numerology, the Planes of Expres...

Pathways

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, May 20, 2018, In : Labyrinths

Pathways

"If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude." Gary Zukav

Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost. Rumi

“Movement is good for the body and stillness is good for the mind” Sakyong Mipham

The path of enlightenment is not the path to enlightenment, a way to get to this so-called awakened state. The path of enlightenment is what is underneath our feet. Douglas...

Wobbles

Posted by Jo Leath on Thursday, May 10, 2018, In : Numerology

Permission to Wobble

It is my good fortune to have been working recently with clients who were born in the 1990s.

They have particular Numerological charts, having always at least two Nines in their year, and if born in September, or on a 9th, 19th or 29th, even more Nines in the grid.

A Number Grid is like a tic-tac-toe frame, with a digit in each of the nine boxes. Beginning at the bottom lift, they move upwards, the way living things grow.

Nine Energy
As the highest of the single digits, Nine ...

I Ching

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, April 20, 2018, In : Synchronicity

I Ching

Toss a Coin

I grew up in a culture that was not averse to tossing a coin to resolve a dispute, or to settle an argument. Heads might win, tails could lose, or vice versa. By casting coins they believed that they would receive exactly the message that they need to get, the advice they need to hear, and the instructions they need to follow. Participants in the ritual would call for the outcome they favoured, and the rest was left to ‘chance’.

It was a familiar way to settle ...

Meditation

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, In : Mindfulness

Meditation

Carve Out Some Time for Yourself

The word Meditation can describe dozens of different approaches to contemplation.

When I was growing up, Meditation suggested a person, usually a Buddhist monk, sitting for hours in the Lotus position, silent and unmoving.

Today I know that meditaion can be moving, as well as still; verbal or song-filled instead of silent; and is certainly not restricted to any religion or denomination.

There is no longer any idea that it takes hours or a major life ...

Water

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Water

The Water Cycle is an elementary/primary school lesson that never loses relevance. It is notable today because World Water Day, is observed around the World on March 22, and the media are talking about it: discussions which often focus on contamination, floods, erosion and drought.

I was contemplating the Water Cycle and I realised that all physical life on Earth is organised into self-renewing cycles, and while water may not be a living entity, it is a vital part of all li...

My Favourite Multi-Tool

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, March 11, 2018, In : Numerology

My Favourite Multi-Tool

It won’t surprise any regular readers that Numerology is my favourite thing.

What I may not have written about in the past is how many different ways it can be used, and make life better in multiple arenas.

For Me

I often refer to Numerology as the ideal tool for self knowledge. To have a chart prepared and understand the talents and abilities that you have brought with you, is to permit yourself celebration for all that you have, and forgiveness for any perceived fai...

March

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, In : Numerology

March

In this year of Two Energy**, March will provide opportunities for personal growth. We will be able to ‘start over’ if we’re feeling false starts have taken us off course.

Personal Years

To calculate the Number for your Personal Year, see the examples below.***

I am currently in a Six Personal Year and March will be a splendid time to conclude some of the work I have been doing. Cosmic Energy will support completion on some fronts, while requiring cessation of activity on ...

New Beginnings

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, In : Numerology

New Beginnings

I have written and spoken many times about my introduction to Numerology.

This is a repost of Numerology. What is it?

In the early 1980s I was living in Kamloops, in the semi-arid desert area of British Columbia. One day I was driving from home into the town, listening to a noon-hour radio phone-in show. The studio guest was a Numerologist. Callers were invited to announce their full dates-of-birth, and almost instantly the Numerologist would deliver a short, pointed sen...

Three Fears, One Chart

Posted by Jo Leath on Saturday, February 10, 2018, In : Numerology

Three Fears, One Chart

According to Rabbi Michelle Missagieh, all people share three universal fears: that those we love won’t ever really understand us, that we don’t have the ability to make a difference in the world, and that we won’t succeed when we are put to the test.

The opposite of Fear is Love, and as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross says “If we're in fear, we are not in a place of love. When we're in a place of love, we cannot be in a place of fear.”

It follows, therefore, that whe...

Happy Paint

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Happy Paint

Abraham Hicks teaches that we are Spiritual Beings who have elected to come into the physical form and live a human life.

While in this physical world, we are able to explore, to use our bodies in an infinite number of ways: we can climb mountains or smell the roses or sleep until noon.

We are also able to scrutinize our limits and potentials on the mental plane, using our brains and the thoughts they can generate to reach into imagination and fantasy for new ideas and novelty.

...

Nothing Without Consent

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, December 10, 2017, In : Synchronicity

Nothing Without Consent
When I first began travelling around and offering readings, I thought I would be travelling and giving readings. I learnt a lot.

In those early days I encountered -- and sometimes I still do -- firmly held and mistaken beliefs about the nature of my work.

I have met people who claimed they were afraid of the idea.

"You might read my mind" they would say, and I was never comfortable enough to ask them what it was about their thoughts that created such a concern.

For th...

The Freedom of Spirit 2/2

Posted by Jo Leath on Monday, November 20, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

The Freedom of Spirit (continued)

Each of us is a Spiritual entity having a Human Experience, and that identity is formulated in all four of the planes of life: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual.

As a child of the last century, I was born into a population which spent a thousand years with a predominant One energy. Every birth-date included that vibration.

One carries an understanding of self, the ability to connect with a core identity and ego, it is with One that we can say "This ...

The Freedom of Spirit

Posted by Jo Leath on Friday, November 10, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

The Freedom of Spirit

When we, immortal and eternal souls, arrive in the physical world, commencing our Human Experience, we get labeled according to obvious physical attributes.

Yet we are not merely physical beings, and even before we have spoken language, we are able to access the unseen Emotional Plane. We feel when we are safe and when we aren't. We recognize the physical senses like hunger and cold, and can feel fear if nothing happens to feed and warm us. We are capable of f...

Contracts and Focus

Posted by Jo Leath on Saturday, October 21, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

The Path which Contains

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, In : Numerology

The Path which Contains

     For anyone who believes, as I do, in the immortal and eternal nature of the Soul, it is logical to think of a lifetime as a finite event.
       Each of us is living a physical experience which had a beginning and will have an end. All of our activities, relationships, learning and emotional responses will take place inside that enclosed event.
     Each individual human physical life, then, is self contained.
     When I was granted the new Numerology tool the Numb...

Mindful and Mellow

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, September 10, 2017, In : Mindfulness

Mindful and Mellow

In 2011, September 12 was designated Mindfulness Day by Wisdom Publications. Now it is an annual event, and a variety of workshops and meditation groups are held around the world. The intent is to raise awareness among the general public about the value and benefit of mindfulness.

The word "mindfulness" is a translation of the term sati, which Buddhist teachings apply to the development of self-knowledge and wisdom on the path towards enlightenment and freedom fro...

Showing Seven

Posted by Jo Leath on Monday, July 10, 2017, In : Numerology

Showing Seven

I have a great many conversations with my clients about the eternal nature of the Human Soul. I have lengthy discussions, too, about the role of challenge in life, and the instinct some people have to avoid situations they perceive as difficult. Very often this topic comes up when we are discussing the Numerology of the Number Seven, and the teaching energy that it can unlock.

[Picture shows a rider on horseback clearing a show jump]
Most people have heard the idea that we...

The Longest Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

The Longest Day

    Here on the edge of Gatineau Park in Quebec, mid June is the time of the Summer Solstice: the longest day of the year.
         In the village where I am located, the sun will rise at 5:15 Eastern time on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, and remain until a 20:55 sunset, offering 15 hours and 40 minutes of daylight.
    This will remain constant for a few days, and on the 26th the day will dawn just one minute later, beginning the inevitable shortening of the days that take us towar...

Grasping Gratitude

Posted by Jo Leath on Sunday, June 11, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Grasping Gratitude

    Learning to maintain an attitude of gratitude is at the centre of many modern teachings, and Seekers are encouraged to be mindful about every day miracles and be grateful.
    Giving thanks as an expression of faith is a familiar idea. Prayers, mantras and chants have been written to be said with meals, for the day we are starting or closing, and for other events which have kindled feelings of gratitude within us.
    In the culture where I grew up gratitude was expected, ...

Cooperative Components

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, In : Synchronicity

Cooperative Components

    I first heard the phrase Cooperative Components among the teachings of Abraham Hicks. It is a way of understanding the interconnectedness of all things.
       When we notice a particular event or circumstance we are invited to see how the universe has cooperated to provide that experience in order for us to move towards our intentions.
    One of the simplest ways to locate a 'cooperative' message is by drawing an oracle card. When I was working in Nova Scotia, the...

Exploring Again

Posted by Jo Leath on Monday, April 10, 2017, In : Numerology

Exploring Again

    I am always happy to meet people who have questions about Numerology. In conversation I get another chance to refine my definitions, and do my best to make the information accessible.
    I run into difficulties when I try to impart all the learning I have accumulated over more than three decades, and distill it into three minutes.
     It is simply impossible. It is also a motivating push to explore and explain some of the concepts that are most important. I am forever se...

March Ahead

Posted by Jo Leath on Thursday, March 2, 2017, In : Numerology

March Ahead
    In any year, March is a month of novelty and growth. For some in the northern hemisphere, this is when Spring makes its presence known, and the living layer of the planet wakes from winter.
    2017 is a time of new beginnings and we can expect the unexpected as the first quarter of the year month concludes, and the new season gets underway.
    8 March is International Women’s Day, a time when people working for equal rights for women honour the activism and successes of the ...

Breathing in Three Dimensions

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Breathing in Three Dimensions

Our breath is a constant companion, quite literally from birth to death. The automatic rhythm is very easy to forget. Breathing happens whether we think about it or not, and in fact when we think about it, we change the pattern.
We can pay attention and adjust our breathing deliberately, and when we do, we can impose (and expect) particular outcomes.
Understanding how the constant and consistent flow of breath works, and what it does, can help us to be more ...

Picture Story

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 8, 2017, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Picture Story

A family or society or country, or planet anticipates the arrival of a new individual.

and they prepare by gathering what they think they will need

All appropriate elements are assigned specific roles:

Sun will shine, and nourishment provided

Rain will fall to ensure growth and health for the individual

Then, because growth is not an end in itself, new conditions will be created by the arrival of a whole heap of something rather like this:

The result will be greater and more magnific...
Continue reading ...

Silly Hats Make Life Better

Posted by Jo Leath on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, In : Shift

Silly Hats Make Life Better

Reconnect with your Natural Creativity
Young children do not shy away from craft tables, saying they are not creative. Adults would be well served by taking a chance to make something that never existed before: something silly. A Silly Hat is certainly not a perfect creation. It has no specifications to meet, no measurements, no need for symmetry or meaning.

Presented with a table of boring hats and a collection of sequins, ribbons, flowers and assorted other ...
Continue reading ...

Intentions and Expectations

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, In : Numerology

Intentions and Expectations

Reading an article by Michelle Missagieh this week, I came upon the idea of the three greatest human fears.
While the article had nothing whatsoever to do with Numerology, I recognized that the fears Missagieh was addressing are very real, and that working with a Numerology chart is one way to overcome them.

[Image is a drawing by a child, showing a person scratching their head, a quizzical expression on their face. A confusion of lines in multicol...

Self-Healing

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, In : Energy Fields

Self-Healing

    The behaviour and responses of a human body are miraculous and mysterious and they continue to be studied. In recent decades, there has been a mass of research directed into learning about placebos.
      The Placebo Response or Effect is defined as a beneficial effect produced by a treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of that treatment, and is deemed to be due to the patient's belief that the treatment will be effective.
Placebos
   Many are familiar with th...
Continue reading ...

Finding Delight

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, In : Numerology

Finding Delight

    September, as the ninth month in a Nine year* continues resonating with strong Nine energy.
    Nine is the highest of the single digits; the final Number in the repeating cycle, and it brings the energy of completion and conclusions.
    Nine carries a deep sense of the family of the planet and the miracle of existence, which in turn enables traits such as tolerance, compassion and sympathy into the foreground of awareness.
    Thunder storms appear momentous when they rag...

Celebrating The Path

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, In : Labyrinths

Celebrating The Path

    A labyrinth is a winding path that leads, always and inevitably, to a destination.
   Labyrinths are used in many ways. They have been built into churches; incorporated into hospitals and office buildings; positioned in gardens and made small enough to sit on a table.
    There are multiple approaches to engaging with a labyrinth, and just as there is no right way, it is really not possible to find a wrong way, although when a ritual is being conducted, it would be poss...

My Friend Rebecca

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

My Friend Rebecca

“The point of love is to make us grow, not to make us immediately happy.” - Marianne Williamson

At the end of August 2013, I was granted an event which can be labeled an Energetic Download; a Peak Experience; or simply a Spiritual Shift.
As the anniversary approaches, I find myself taking an inventory of the learning that has come to me because of that day. Among the many benefits I can list, are my relationship with Rebecca, and the flow of Cosmic love that moves t...

Flowing the Knowing

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Flowing the Knowing

    Last week I attended an even where Les Brown was the keynote speaker.
    I first saw Les Brown on a television membership drive about thirty years ago, and have been a fan ever since. I was thrilled and excited when I found out about his appearance in a place I could easily access.
    Along with two friends, and a thousand other people, I sat through a parade of secondary speakers, some of whom were inspiring and motivating. One or two others were selling systems and p...

Celebrate Deepening

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, In : Labyrinths

Celebrate Deepening

     In 2012 I had the good fortune to be involved with the installation of a labyrinth in Wilmot, Nova Scotia, in Atlantic Canada.
     The schedule was tight, and the weather was not ideal, nevertheless a dedicated team arrived to do the job.
     When we arrived, we saw our raw material:

We set about planning the path with pegs and ropes.

Slowly we moved rocks from the pile into position.

and the pattern emerged.

Thanks to the hard work and loving care of Carol at Na...

Celebrate Change

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 3, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrate Change
       So called New Age thinkers, and other mystics have been naming The Shift throughout recent history, and sometimes it is framed as something novel and unimaginable.
    This is not a first time: merely the next in a progression. Past Shifts have altered how we view the Universe, ourselves, and the world around us.
      The Ancient world subscribed to a geocentric view. They believed that everything they saw in the sky was rotating around the Earth, and when Aristarchus ...

Celebrate Potential

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, In : Shift

Celebrate Potential
One of my favourite novels is Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein. Published in 1961 it tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who was born on the planet Mars, and raised by Martians, completely isolated from all human culture.
Smith arrives in America as a young adult, and must come to terms with human society. The novel deconstructs the systems that humans take for granted as people attempt to explain the reasons and rationales that th...

Celebrate Subjectivity

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrate Subjectivity

    Mystics though the ages have declared that the physical world is an illusion.
    Quantum physicists in modern times have confirmed that the world doesn't exist until we look at it.
    The human brain is the most complex and amazing system to which we have access. It is the arbiter of all things, and our reference point as we seek to interpret who and where we are. We cannot say, with any certainty, that anything exists outside the human brain.

Subjective
This mean...

Celebrating World Labyrinth Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, In : Labyrinths

Celebrating World Labyrinth Day
Saturday May 7, 2016 is the eight annual World Labyrinth Day coordinated by the Labyrinth Society.
World Labyrinth Day has a focus on Peace. People walking labyrinths at 1 o'clock local time, will send peaceful and peace-promoting energy rippling around the globe for 24 hours. I will be hosting an event in Masham QC, to which readers are welcome.

In her book Melissa Gayle West names six aspects of the human relationship with the labyrinth,...

Celebrate Earth Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrate Earth Day

     This week a client asked for a card to guide her to the Next Step that she should be taking in her life.
     When I am asked about next steps, I turn to the deck Wisdom of the Labyrinth from the brilliant Tony Christie. I have been giving readings with these cards for several years, and they have proven to be inspired and accurate.
     My client drew the card Mineral, which carries the message: You are part of the earth and the earth is part of you. Get in touch with t...

Cycles and Hindsight

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, In : Numerology

Cycles and Hindsight

A reader recently asked about hindsight, and how Numerology can be used to help us to learn from the past to improve the future.
Individual Numerology charts, although very personalized and different from each other, are always supported by a structure of repeating cycles. The challenges which we have intended into our lives will repeat until we accomplish our life plan. As Pema Chodron so concisely says, “nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need...

Celebrate Hair

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrate Hair

    The human body is a miraculous apparatus, functioning through mysteries we can sometimes describe, and rarely replicate.
    When we talk about our physical senses, hair is usually excluded. Despite how little we have compared to most mammals, hair has a role in how we perceive the world.
Mammals
    We are all familiar with the sensitivity of cats' whiskers which enable them to navigate safely, cats also can stand up the fur on their entire body in a survival ins...

Celebrating Sixty

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, In : Numerology

Celebrating Sixty
    The number Sixty is celebrated in many different cultures. It is mathematically very significant, and systems which are based on Sixty have survived the centuries to come to us intact.
    Sixty is a highly composite number: it is the smallest number with exactly 12 divisors. Sixty's factors of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60 which makes calculating fractions easier. Sixty is the product of three consecutive digits: 3 x 4 x 5.
    It is the smallest number divisib...

Empathy for Empaths

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Empathy for Empaths

This week I had a conversation in which I heard about a car accident which happened decades ago.

    The story was told by a woman who had been a child in the back seat. She was alone with the driver when the vehicle hit an immovable object.
    Thanks to surgeries and casts and braces and the wonders of modern medical science, they both survived.
    I am fortunate to have no direct experience of an ...

Celebrating Empathy

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrating Empathy
     One of the books which has had the most influence on my life in the last decade is Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink.
    According to the website,Whole New Mind “reveals the six essential aptitudes on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend”.
     Those six skills include Empathy: going beyond logic and engaging emotion and intuition.
    Psychology Today defines empathy as “the experience of understanding another person's condition from the...

March Forward

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, In : Numerology

March Forward

    The next month in the North brings the Spring Equinox on the 20th, and many other holidays: perhaps the return of longer, warmer days encourages people to celebrate.
    People interested in Human Rights will be marking International Women's Day on the 8th; science buffs will honour Pi Day on the 14th; and anyone with a claim to Irish heritage will party for St. Patrick on the 17th.
    The Hindu Festival of Colours, or Holi, begins on March 24th this year. Holi signifies the...

Celebrating Calendars

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, In : Energy Fields

Celebrating Calendars

    Today's internationally accepted civil calendar is the Gregorian Calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII who introduced it in 1582. It is based on the Julian Calendar, introduced under the authority of Julius Caesar in 46 BCE. It was designed with 365 days in a year, and 366 days every fourth year.
    2016 is the 4713th year of the Chinese Calendar, and February 4th is the new moon, and Festival of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
    The Chinese Calendar uses the names o...

Celebrating Celebrations

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrating Celebrations

Entertainment
    Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote “People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.”
     Entertainment is an industry with immense economic resources and power. It is also quite adept at creating celebrations for its members, and somehow millions of us have agreed to be spectators as they display their accomplishments and success.
    In the next six weeks or so, entertainers will carry ...

Celebrate This Year

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Celebrate This Year
Bowie
         This blog is mostly not about David Bowie.
        My current experience, online and in person, is overtaken by tributes and memories and personal stories about the impact Bowie's career had on society; on music and art; on individual expression.
          My life somehow kept me largely oblivious to the details of Bowie's work, although I never lived in a vacuum and have been aware of him. I know and recognize 'Ground Control to Major Tom' references – recen...

Winding Along the Path

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, In : Numerology

Winding Along the Path

The path of the labyrinth is a metaphor for the path through life. We move forward, believing we understand the location of our destination, and the path diverts us, turns us, sends us off on a detour. Continuing to walk, appreciating the new vistas and directions, we are enriched on our journey. Despite repeated deviations from expectation, the path always leads to the centre. Feelings of stress, worry or blame as we travel the roundabout way point to lessons we are...

Be Like a Tree

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Be Like a Tree

     The quiet of this northern winter is a time of year we often neglect when we think about the annual cycle of living things.
     We are conscious of birth and growth; we list the budding and flowering and fruiting that happens with plants through the warm months, and we register the falling of the leaves as a kind of death. We ignore the actions of trees as they enter a dormant stage that is not unlike the hibernation of some animals.
     If we think about wint...
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Breath and Presence

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, In : Mindfulness

Breath and Presence

Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th person to hold the title Dalai Lama. His reign began on November 17th, 1950, 65 years ago this coming week. The world has changed profoundly during his lifetime. Political upheaval sent him into exile in 1959, and the state of global communication we currently enjoy has made him well known and recognized here in the west.

We live with access to the thoughts and writings of innumerable people we will never meet or hear in person: some of them be...

Life is Simple, Jellyfish

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Life is Simple, Jellyfish

     According to a number of online calendars, November 3rd was Jellyfish Day.
     The origins of this day are said to rest with enthusiastic marine biologists, and taken up by people who respect and celebrate these strange and beautiful creatures.
     Several years ago, during one week, jellyfish made themselves known to me in a number of different ways. First, jellyfish drifted past me in a dream. They had no role in the story I was experiencing: they were simply t...

Gifts

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, In : Numerology

Gifts

     Empathy, as defined in Merriam Webster's online dictionary, is 'the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions.'
     Empathy is one of the six senses of the Conceptual Age, as explained in Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future **. <> Empathy is a concept consistently necessary in my life and work.
     In a Numerology chart there is a grid which is calculated from the date of birth. The nine digits are arrang...
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Proud Cry-Baby

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, In : Shift

Proud Cry-Baby

When I think about my Shift in the Emotional Plane, I have to recognize that I grew up in a culture which revered the stiff upper lip (non-expression) of the Empire building Englishman. The attitudes which surrounded my formative self taught me about bringing civilization to savage peoples, and justification was offered when their primitive nature was found in willingness to wail in the presence of death; or to shriek in the experience of pain.
In my early years, no o...

Inhale. Exhale. Shift.

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, In : Shift

Inhale. Exhale. Shift.

     The Shift. It is word that could describe a single, simple thing. The Shift, however, is not a single thing, and it is far from simple.
     Shift is not an easy concept and it is not an easy process to describe. Saying that all aspects of The Shift can be defined and described in a blog post is a little like suggesting that one can discuss Life and all of its facets.
     A complex and multidimensional notion, The Shift can be understood holistically only when we...

Fractions and the Big Picture

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, In : Shift

Fractions and the Big Picture

Author Arundhati Roy has written‎ “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” This is a concept which resonates deeply with me. As I observe and note the societal changes that constitute the ongoing Shift, I am consistently aware of the future being transformed.
I am working with my friend and colleague, Tamlyn Hedemann, on an inspiring and comprehensive book about how the ways of love are shif...

The Crate Story

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, In : Shift

The Crate Story

    To Shift is to move from one place to another: a crate can be shifted from the floor to a shelf.
     When that happens, there is a time when the crate is no longer on the floor, occupying the previous position, and it has not yet arrived at the destination point.
     In many ways, in relation to the societal Shift, we are currently living this ‘in-between’ time, and perhaps the movement of the crate can serve as a parable.
     Imagine a world where people live inside ...

Gifts of The Shift

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, In : Shift

Gifts of The Shift

When I first arrived in this human incarnation, I had come to a family where adults and a young sibling were my teachers. We lived circumstances that would predispose me to the learning I intended to accomplish. I believed that security would ease me into the physical realm. My expectation was that I would be taught the secrets of success and thus I would succeed. It wasn’t quite like that.
Years later, as I became more independent, I looked for predictability and...

Moving Towards the Tipping Point

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, In : Shift

Moving Towards the Tipping Point

Online discussions of The Shift and ongoing Shift Energy often quote an American First Nations storyteller named Choquash who is credited with this quote:
"The elders have sent me to tell you that now is like a rushing river, and this will be experienced in many different ways. There are those who would hold onto the shore... there is no shore. The shore is crumbling. Push off into the middle of the river. Keep your head above the water, look around t...
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Shifting Self to Shift the World

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, In : Shift

Shifting Self to Shift the World

A global Shift in consciousness is taking place, and it may be affecting you in a number of ways. Jim Malloy suggests that the energy of Shift can make life feel harder to enjoy than in the past. Emotional intensity and racing thoughts may fill your mind and feed a sense of anxiety. Physically you may be tense or compelled to stay busy. Impatience and urgency and obsessions might jockey for your attention, and sometimes there is a swing from optimism to pe...

The Ongoing Shift

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, In : Shift

The Ongoing Shift

Before December 2012, there was lots of hype about the supposed end of the Mayan calendar. There were all sorts of tabloid writings and broadcasts about the end of the world as we know it; and plenty of opportunities for a few people to profit from the sales of books and retreats and coping skills that could be applied to the singular moment in history which had often been called The Shift.
Once the date had passed, the hype mostly disappeared and life went on. For ...

Revealing the Path

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, In : Labyrinths

Revealing the Path

One of the phrases often quoted in labyrinth work is that what happens on the labyrinth is what happens in life.
When walking a labyrinth with other people we are given clues about our relationships. Are you impatient with the person ahead? Likely you are impatient in other places too. Do you feel pressured by someone behind? That is probably a feeling you connect with every day. The experiences we have in a labyrinth energy field contain lessons and life-teachings ...

The Intentional Path: where Numerology meets Labyrinth

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, In : Labyrinths

The Intentional Path: where Numerology meets Labyrinth

     One of my favourite Numerology tools is the Number Grid, and the uses I learnt from my teacher, Julia Line.
     The grid sets out positions for the nine single digits, and allows a clear view of how the component parts of any individual date combine to reveal the energetic profile of that day.
     Creating a Number Grid to experiment with is very simple: create a noughts-and-crosses or tic-tac-toe game frame. This is the design you a...

Walk as One

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, In : Energy Fields

Walk as One

     Numbers and Number vibrations are always with us, and there are many benefits to connecting with those frequencies which are present in our ever-shifting personal energy fields
     Energy Field is a label that can be applied to many different features, and people working in diverse areas may use the label to describe varied unseen elements of the world.
     The human body, like that of any mammal, creates heat, and that heat can be detected from a small distance, without touch...

Those April Powers

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, In : Numerology

Those April Powers

To calculate your Personal Year Number for 2015, see below.

     To make the most of monthly Number information, consider your dominant Number of the month as a fuel – fuel that permits you to drive more easily in one direction than another.
     For example, there is no ‘wrong time’ to engage in service, and yet when Six is vibrating strongly in our personal field, serving will feel easy and rewarding. At times we will not even notice the advantages we have provid...

Facts about Eight

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, In : Numerology

Facts about Eight

     This calendar year the Numerological vibration, underlying all monthly and daily changes, is Eight.
     2+0+1+5=8. Regardless of the Numbers in our names and birth-dates, and over and above the Personal Year frequencies that immerse each of us, Eight is ever-present.
     Numerology divides the human experience into four ‘planes: Physical; Mental; Emotional; and Intuitive. The Number Eight is identified on the Mental Plane, alongside the Number One.
     No other Plan...

March-ing Numbers

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, In : Numerology

March-ing Numbers

***See how to calculate your Personal Year Number

   2015 vibrates with the energy of the number Eight. This is called the Universal Year number, and it is calculated by adding together all four digits: 2+0+1+5=8.
        The many Eight attributes, including balance and symmetry, are present in all our lives throughout the entire year.
     Into this year-long vibration, March adds a focus on relationships, and depending on our individual charts and calendars, this will ...

Numerology for The Conceptual Age

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, In : Numerology

Numerology for The Conceptual Age

It is not news that I am fascinated and inspired by the Number Cycle and the elegant patterns of Numerology charts. I am also thrilled to have found the book by Daniel H. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers Will Rule the Future. I have learnt a great deal from Pink’s writing, and I have come to see how very neatly his ideas fit into my Numerology practice in this Conceptual Age.
Pink names the historical periods of Western society, and the jo...

Planes of Expression

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, In : Energy Fields

Planes of Expression

     February 14th approaches, and the Western celebration of romantic love is present, many other aspects of love are ignored.
     My teacher Alicia Power works with Spirit Mentors and tutors, and she channels Creative Beings who teach that Love is an electromagnetic force-field. They say that the Human Experience involves learning to maintain a stable wave-form of love while we are part of the Human Collective, here on the Earth.
     When we connect with the truth that ...

Numerology. What is it?

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, In : Numerology

Numerology. What is it?

Who Has Seen the Breath?

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 21, 2015, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Who Has Seen the Breath?

January is a time of new beginnings and startings over. Some conversations might feature blank slates, do-overs, and second (or third) chances. New Year may offer the option to put the past away and start anew.
For me, this is a wonderful time to go back to the very basics of being here in the world now, and I don’t need a New Year for a new beginning: every day triggers a new possible future. Each day starts with breath in our body, connecting us to the mir...

All Shall Be Well

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, In : Energy Fields

All Shall Be Well

At my home, on the edge of Gatineau Park in Western Quebec, January is winter. The daylight hours are short, and the trees seem to be asleep, moving only passively when the wind demands and imposes it.

When they emerge from this time of apparent inactivity, the trees will be ready to deliver the riotous celebration we call Spring. They will be renewed. They will have arranged their reserves into accessible resources. They will allow life to burst into physical reali...

2015, January: Incalculably Good

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, December 31, 2014, In : Numerology

2015, January: Incalculably Good

It is as well, I think, that when the numerological vibrations make the drastic change from one year to another, that we get a day to adjust. The Ones of January First provide support for new beginnings, for the resolutions that might result in behavioural changes, and for considering possible ways to enhance the lives we lead.

This year, 2015, we will have twelve months under the umbrella of the energy which is the Number Eight, because 2+0+1+5=8. No ...

Look! Luck Ahead

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, December 24, 2014, In : Numerology

Look! Luck Ahead

As we approach the end of 2014, many of us have extra time available for quiet pursuits. Whether we visit with loved ones or take alone-time this season, it is a good moment to reflect on the changes that have shaped our lives this year. We have made decisions which determined how we travelled our path. We have been either open or closed to the teachings and growth-opportunities that presented themselves to us.
With the New Year, the energy of Eight will resonate in...

Winter: Outside the Busy-Work and Rushing-ness

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Winter: Outside the Busy-Work and Rushing-ness

Living as I do, on the edge of the beautiful and vast Gatineau Park in Western Quebec, the weather is not something I can ignore. Each season reminds me of the ever-moving cycle which is present in all aspects of the Living Layer of Mother Planet.
The first serious snowfall arrived here this week: clear notice that the cycle is progressing. It is simplistic, though, to suggest that the coming months are made entirely of snow and storms. ...

The Subversive Heart

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, In : Energy Fields

      At this time of year, when the glorious-consumerism messages begin to rule the airwaves, I make the effort to step back, and observe the mass culture as it surrounds life in North America. The underlying themes being broadcast are not difficult to isolate.
     Do not be present in your life: Stay busy and active in pursuit of the goals that Culture has named. No thought is required or invited.
   Do not be real: put on the face that will get you through the day. Move through life witho...

Six Lessons Honouring Dr. Masaru Emoto

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Six Lessons Honouring Dr. Masaru Emoto

     On October 17, 2014, Dr. Masaru Emoto made his transition out of physical life.
     He has been lauded as a legendary researcher, author and an emissary for global peace. In 2012, he was listed number 18 of the world's 100 most spiritually influential people on the planet, and there is no estimate for the number of people he taught, influenced and enlightened during his 71 years in human form.
     His last word was "Arigato". ("Thank you" in Japan...

Balancing Balance

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Balancing Balance

      The search for balance is a part of life in the Millennium.
     This week Northern Hemisphere is crossing the Autumnal Equinox, and as the north enjoys the festival of Mabon, south of the equator this is Ostara. Many people acknowledge the day: memes scroll across social media, and inspirational slogans about balance show up in emails, tweets and blogs. Mine is no exception.
     Solstices have an air of the radical about them. In December and June they indicate massivel...

Mindfulness in All the Planes of Being

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 10, 2014, In : Mindfulness

Mindfulness in All the Planes of Being

September 12 is Mindfulness Day. It is a day when pausing in the rush of life can be made a priority. If you have a regular practice this is a special day; if the idea is new to you, rest assured it is simple and holds many benefits.
When learning Mindfulness, the method most easily successful is through paying attention to breathing. Finding the focus for mindful breathing may not always be obvious. The four planes of being, as illuminated in a ...

May Every Living Thing Be Full of Bliss

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

May Every Living Thing Be Full of Bliss

When I met my late partner in 1990 it took only a few moments to shift from being a regular person going about my day, to being wildly certain that I had met my soul-mate. I was plunged into overwhelming romantic love, totally unable to articulate what I was feeling.
I was blessed to be in alignment; my journey was unfolding as intended. We had almost 17 years together before my partner transitioned back to the Unseen, and left me, much changed,...

Stepping Out of Limitation

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Stepping Out of Limitation

     The dimension in which we live is one of expansion and growth and change.
     The origin of this physical universe is explained as a blossoming from the small to the large. The stories, myths and theories take various forms and flavours, and none suggests that completion has been achieved.
     We may believe that an elephant called the world into being by trumpeting the first Aum; that in the beginning God created both the heavens and the earth; that father-sky...

The Karma Days of August

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, In : Numerology

The Karma Days of August

When I first encountered Numerology on a radio program, my immediate reaction was to find a book and learn more. Reading about Numbers and chart preparation was not so much a learning process as it was a remembering. The techniques felt simple and logical, and I was very soon making charts and discoveries.
Numerology has been my natural way of being in the world since 1983, and like any natural function, remaining mindful of the Numbers is often a task fo...

My Gratitude Jar

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, In : Mindfulness

My Gratitude Jar

     In my bedroom at home, I have a designated Gratitude Jar.
    Until the end of 2013 I used an old mason jar with a crack in it, diverted from the recycle box. Last December I was given as a gift a lovely over-size coffee mug with pictures of the Buddha and lotus blossoms. It is painted in gentle soft blues and mauves.
     Beside my mug I keep a pen and a stack of small papers. When paper has been discarded with a blank side I cut the pages into eight ‘tickets’.
     E...

Five Clearing Ideas for your Four Planes

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Five Clearing Ideas for your Four Planes

     The human experience is lived in four planes, each of which has an individual vibrational signature revealed in a Numerology chart.
     Remembering that we are Spiritual Beings having a Human Experience is a mindset that helps to make everyday a day of growth and personal progress.
     When we were in Spirit, and made the decision to enter into the physical world, we agreed to spend our lives exploring and expanding the physical, mental, emotional ...

This Place Where I Am

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, In : Mindfulness

This Place Where I Am

The fourteenth century mystic and poet, Hafiz, wrote: “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.”

I have days when I resist what is happening in my life, and I believe that at one time or another we all are capable of wishing life was different. This line from Hafiz is a good reminder to pay attention.
The place, the situation and the circumstances of where we are in any given moment, is a part of the grand design of life. There is so...

Three days for learning

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, In : Numerology

Three Days for Learning.

     Whether or not we know the details of our personal Numerology chart, we are affected by the numbers of the calendar. When the number value of the day, month and year are all the same, it is time to look at where we stand on the path of life.
     This is a rare and special event, and a time when Life Intentions will present themselves if we are willing to see them.
2014 is vibrating with Seven energy (2+0+1+4=7); July always carries a Seven, and on the 7th, 16th...

July, and my Obsession with Seven Energy

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, In : Numerology

July, and my Obsession with Seven Energy

     2014 carries the vibration of Seven energy.
     July is the seventh month, multiplying that vibration. During this month, there will be three days which magnify it yet again: the 7th, 16th and 25th. There are the only three days this year when the day, month and year express the same number.
     There are a limited few calculations in a numerology chart which require the subtraction of numbers. Days like the 7th of this July are days of particular ...

Seven Everyday Sevens

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, In : Numerology

Seven Everyday Sevens

Regular readers know well that 2014 is carrying a numerological vibration of Seven. (2+0+1+4=7)
In the Number Cycle, Seven is the first of the numbers on the Spiritual Plane, arriving after the Physical and Emotional Plane numbers have completed. Seven and Nine are the two digits which help us to understand expression of Unseen energies in the world. In the flow of the cycle, they are separated by the Eight. Eight is an access point to the Mental Plane, and when...
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Sometimes There Are No Exact Words

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, In : Synchronicity

Sometimes There Are No Exact Words

       Vocabulary is one of the trickiest things about my life just now.
     Words are very culturally rooted, and the same word, when written for a broad audience, can sometimes be interpreted in different and entirely misleading ways.
      When I was a child in 1960s England, I had a distant relative, known to me as “auntie” who had been born in the 1880s and lived her whole life in a small region in England. For her, the word starving described a cold ...

Sustaining Winter Roses

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, In : Mindfulness

Sustaining Winter Roses

     Peter Pan author JM Barrie is credited with saying ‘God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.’
     Kathleen Yale wrote that our memories ‘may haunt us or sustain us, but either way, they define us: without them, we are left to wander alone in the dark.’
     This spring I have been granted an entirely wonderful memory making opportunity. I am sharing and caring with chosen family labelled ‘grandchildren’. I am very aware that we are cr...

Seven Facets on the Gem of Hope

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Seven Facets on the Gem of Hope

Earlier this week I was chatting a superficial, passing chat with a woman whose name I do not know. Springtime, fine weather and gardens, and the possibility of flowers and successful gardens. “We live in hope,” I said, thoughtlessly repeating a mantra that was ingrained in my speech pattern decades ago.
My anonymous friend grinned broadly, her whole face lighting up. “My grandmother used to say that,” she said, “Oh! We used to laugh at that.�...

Merry Numbers for May

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, In : Numerology

Merry Numbers for May

Where I am living, the April showers were often snow, and May flowers are reticent to show themselves. Even so, that amazing alchemy is underway: sunlight and rainfall are animating the vast population of plants and shrubs and trees and flowers that make up the base of the planetary Living Layer. Plants are drawing energy from the skies, and nutrients from the earth. They embody the connexion between life and creativity: a perfect example of Three energy.
We ar...

Like Reiki for Mother Gaia

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, In : Labyrinths

Like Reiki for Mother Gaia

Spring has sprung, and I am preparing to set up my Reiki table in the screened porch of my home. I hold sessions in the almost-outdoor room, high in the forest canopy. Treetops wave and lean, breezes are gentled by the screening. Ringing bells and meditative music raise the vibration of the area, and I am blessed to channel Reiki energy smoothly to my clients.
When a client is on the table, I move around, accessing all parts of their energy field. I shift ...

Universal Vibration Supports Soul Growth

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, In : Numerology

Universal Vibration Supports Soul Growth

2014: 2+0+1+4=7 this year with the numerological Seven vibration is occurring in the early days of The Shift that is so publicized and celebrated in the field of Evolving Spirituality.
Seven is the first Spiritual number in the Number Cycle, and it is leading spiritually aware people to move the focus of their lives. As the core of behaviour shifts, we rearrange ourselves away from a physical, consumer-centric way of being and towards something...

Thinking and Feeling with April’s Two vibration

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, In : Numerology

Thinking and Feeling with April’s Two vibration

One of the books that has been absorbed into my life is Daniel H Pink’s 2006 best-seller: _A Whole New Mind: Why Right-brainers Will Rule the Future_.
In it, Pink describes how the West is moving out of an information-based society, and into a time of concept and conceptualization. Pink explains Six Senses which he sees as vital and inevitable for any success in the Conceptual Age. These senses should be practiced in all avenues of ...

Gifts from Elephants

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, In : Mindfulness

Gifts from Elephants

    This week I have completed some activities which began at Yule. I have indulged in spending a gift card and the items I chose are imbued with elephant energy.
    I love elephants and I have kept only those which are most precious to me and were sufficiently meaningful to be relocated when I moved to Western Quebec from Nova Scotia.
    I have added a Nepalese hand-made cushion and a small brass figure of Ganesha.
    The Hindu deity Ganesha has an elephant head which mak...

Breath and Love and Inspiration

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Breath and Love and Inspiration

     Chi is one name for is the "Life Force" of all living things, and it is representative of all energy within the universe.
     Chi is a concept of traditional Chinese culture that has taken a foothold in Western society. Most often it is translated as “air” or “breath”.
     In this context, breath is Spiritual energy, and part of everything that exists.
     Our physical body does not function unless we are breathing. Breath and life are intertwined i...

Intricate Structure Underlies Life

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, In : Synchronicity

Intricate Structure Underlies Life

The Ocean Oracle, developed by marine biologist Michelle Hansen, is a new and different card deck which allows people to tap in to synchronicity through images of sea-shells and access messages from the Unseen.

Throughout history sea-shells have been regarded as treasure; gifts from the sea; mystical rewards from the ocean depths.
Holding a conch shell to the ear reveals the sound of the ocean humming gently within. This is a natural vibration,...

Mapping the Moments that Matter

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, In : Mindfulness

Mapping the Moments that Matter

     This week I have been working on a leisure time project in which I was required to create a map of some time in my life; identify an important place on the map, and write the details of what happened there.
     I have been spoilt for choice.
     My parents were adventurers who did not stay in any one place for any length of time. As a child I lived in several towns, attended several schools, and enjoyed visiting many places and people in the United Kingdom...

The Vibes of March

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, In : Numerology

The Vibes of March

     As February concludes a long cycle of months, we can close the door on the burdens we have been carrying, and have faith that March will open some very interesting windows.
     In this Seven year (2+0+1+4=7), March adds a creative Three to the Spiritual Seven, and we are granted a month to live in the energetic new beginnings of the One vibration (7+3+10, and 1+0=1)
     We are all beginning a phase of creative Spiritual expression!
     To understand even more about wh...

It is what it is

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

It is what it is

I have written before about the enriched experience and the ease which comes with Allowing. When we stop resisting reality and simply allow it to be what it is, then we can find comfort, ways to cope, and release the anger and angst that grow from trying to live in a world that does not exist.
I have written also about Honouring what is, which consists of finding the gifts in all that life offers us. When my partner of 17 years passed away and I worked to accept that ...

This Valentine’s Day, Let Your Love Flow

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

This Valentine’s Day, Let Your Love Flow

Courtney A. Walsh is credited with penning a wonderful open letter which reads, in part:
Dear Human: You’ve got it all wrong. You didn’t come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you’ll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity. Lived through the grace of stumbling. Demonstrated through the beauty ...

Groundhogs and Horses and All Manner of Life

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 29, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Groundhogs and Horses and All Manner of Life

     February 2 is almost here. The planet earth will cross an imaginary line in space, and we will be closer to the next equinox than we are to the last solstice.
     For those who structure their Spiritual practice around the seasons of nature, February 2nd is Imbolc in the Northern hemisphere, and Lammas (or Lughnasadh) in the South.
     In the Christian Tradition, February 2nd is Candlemas, a day which primarily focuses on Jesus’ early life, a...
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Many Miracles, Many Loves

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Many Loves, Many Miracles

     Human life is an integration of many miracles.
     The Human Experience offers sensations and encounters and understandings that cannot be derived in other ways. It is to be celebrated as a thoroughly desirable state which Spirit is eager to undergo. Our souls navigate the physical realm in order to learn and to grow.
     People live in a narrow band of energy, unable to perceive the vast continuum, we learn the knowledge that there is more, and then we stop. T...
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Telling Fortunes and Obedience

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 15, 2014, In : Synchronicity

Telling Fortunes and Obedience

     I recently met “Mildred,” a woman who was visibly upset by the idea of card readings. Sixty years ago, as a girl of twelve, Mildred and her adult sister visited a fairground Fortune Teller, excited about ‘knowing the future’.
     The reader had delighted them with visions of a handsome husband and a happy life, then delivered the information that one day ‘half of your children will die in a fire.’
      Even as a great-grandmother Mildred grew emo...
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2014: the key to the door to your future.

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, In : Numerology

2014: the key to the door to your future.

     Happy New Year. I am celebrating the new vibration that affects us all.
     2+0+1+4=7, and Seven is the first Spiritual number to appear in the Number cycle (Nine is the second, and will be present in 2016)
     The Number Cycle begins with the originating energy of One, that which has emerged from the Void, and has facilitated growth and development in the physical, emotional and mental planes. As the cycle turns to Seven, the Spiritual plane is ...
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2013, my new personal cycle

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, January 1, 2014, In : Numerology

2013, my new personal cycle

2013 was a Six universal year and my personal One year. It is the nature of my chart that my new cycles align with Six’s energies of service. As I grow older I see more and more opportunities to serve the people around me, and to align myself with the life I intended and am slowly remembering. .
Last year I was firmly in the mental plane during a year that vibrated with an emotional number. Now I will be installed on the emotional while the world is expres...
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We are part of Mother Planet’s Living Layer

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

We are part of Mother Planet’s Living Layer

I saw a picture on the internet recently: a human “fetus” carved in a rock-face.

It is variously credited as being in the Mediterranean region, and in Colombia, and often it appears without a geographical reference at all. I have no certainty to offer.
On the site where I encountered it, there were comments noting the evident maturity of the “baby” and many responses celebrating the concept that the human family is nurtured an...
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Miracles and The Body

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Eight Energy. Challenge or Delight? Both!

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, In : Numerology

Eight Energy. Challenge or Delight? Both!

      November is almost here, and Eight energy will be cycling through our lives whether or not we are paying attention to it. Naturally the benefits of Eight are greatest when we get involved and behave consciously.
      All Eight energy, including this November vibration, is connected with Symmetry, balance and the presence of all that is eternal.
      Eight energy in the environment of Service that has been with us throughout the Six year (2+0+1+3=...
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Always in the Presence of Learning

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Always in the Presence of Learning

Recognizing the omnipresence of learning can be a tool for growth, and even for happiness. Connecting daily experience with the truth of Cosmic lessons is not often named or discussed. This idea, though, is concealed in – and revealed by – many teachings.

A positive, appreciative attitude which sees the lesson contained within any given challenge or relationship is a key to conscious living. With consciousness comes an understanding of the purpose...
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Chakras: Connecting and Allowing the Flow.

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, In : Energy Fields

Chakras: Connecting and Allowing the Flow.

     The third eye, located between the two visible eyes, is the sixth chakra (energy centre) of the physical body.
     Like the muscles of our physical body, it gets stronger with use. There are practices and exercises to aid in its development, and techniques for monitoring how well it is functioning.
      The power of the Third Eye is often understood to be the ability to see the unseen – detecting auras; reading emotions; or locating people and...
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Group Souls, Soul Groups, and the contracts we are keeping

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Group Souls, Soul Groups, and the contracts we are keeping

     Some of us have had the joyous experience of love at first sight.
     For me it was 1990 and I knew within minutes that I had met someone with whom I wanted to grow old. There is no vocabulary to explain the depth and the texture and the all-embracing emotion that briefly accompanies the certainty of such a meeting.
     I was blessed with almost 17 years in that relationship, before my partner transitioned into the non-physica...
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Six Year -- Six Month -- September Six Energy

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, In : Numerology

Six Year -- Six Month -- September Six Energy

     I have written a great deal about this year, and how it is vibrating with Six energy (2+0+1+3=6). Six calls us to Service, and the betterment of life for ourselves and others.
     Mahatma Gandhi is quoted as having said that ‘The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others’ and this seems to me to be a very Six sentiment.
      Six also asks for a Big Picture approach to life: understanding that small acts of se...
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Have a Miracle Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 14, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

     Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
     The truth that I see is that everything is miracle, and if you have not yet connected to that truth, then you have found one of the intentions that you carried into Life.
     We live in a society that claims rationality and reason, and denies the existence of anything it cannot weigh and measure and dissect...

An Essay About Nothing

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, In : Numerology

An Essay About Nothing

     Yesterday, August 6, carried a Six vibration in this Six year (2+0+1+3=6). August 8 (tomorrow, and every year) carries Eight energy in a month with Eight energy.
    In Numerology, these days are called Cipher Days. They are profoundly important to the path of our lives, because we will each have chances to make choices which will change the future.
     That sounds rather grand and at the same time rather vague: we can choose behaviours and attitudes and what to do ...
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August will Change Your Life

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, In : Numerology

August will Change Your Life

     In this Six year (2+0+1+3=6) August, as the eighth month is vibrating to Five energy: (8+6=14; 1+4=5)
     Five is the midpoint of the cycle of numbers: there are four lower numbers and four higher. Five is the place of change.
     When Five is present, whether in the calendar or in our personal charts, then changes will happen. We cannot control the behaviour of the universe.
     Where we can assert ourselves is in how we respond, whether we try to resist, and...
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Books Change Lives -- when we choose

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, July 24, 2013, In : Synchronicity

Books Change Lives -- when we choose

     When people discuss books that changed their thinking, my friends often hark back to books 20 and 30 and even 40 years ago. Certainly I read some life-changers back then.
     That said, though, there are some awesome books I have found recently that have challenged my way of being in the world, and changed my life.
     A book that changed my framework for living is Daniel Pink's _A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future_. It is much mo...
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A grumpy old curmudgeon with the kindest of hearts

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, In : Mindfulness

A grumpy old curmudgeon with the kindest of hearts

    I have been fascinated by archaeology since I was a child, visiting the Roman Fort at Housesteads near my home, and learning about Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
    Archaeology is a wonderful metaphor for a lot of the work that I do: looking below the surface; synthesizing a whole from fragments and parts.
    Perhaps it is this affinity that made me a fan of the television reality program Time Team, where a ...
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Synchronicity; Inspiration; Remembering

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, In : Synchronicity

Synchronicity; Inspiration; Remembering

Although this website has my name as its domain, it is called Exploring Paths to Cosmic Wisdom. I have a Facebook page by the same name, and I don’t often talk about the nature of the title.

When I was beginning to emerge from my grief at being widowed, I connected with a Spiritual Centre near my home. I was interested in promoting my long-standing numerology practice to their clients.

The owner and I had some discussions, and I atte...

World Labyrinth Day

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, In : Labyrinths

World Labyrinth Day: First Saturday in May

     We are all on the path... exactly where we need to be in any given moment.

     May 4, 2013 is World Labyrinth Day. 2013 is the fifth annual, and the number of participants grows larger every year.
     Caroline Adams wrote "Your life is a sacred journey. And it is about change, growth, discovery, movement, transformation, continuously expanding your vision of what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see clearly and deeply, listenin...
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Time Bends

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, In : Energy Fields

Time Bends.

     April 23rd is an important date in my life. In 2007 it was a day that changed my life.
     On that day my partner of 17 years made the transition from this life to the next one, and I was faced with an unexpected and unclear future.
     I remember that day, that week, in fact several weeks leading up to that day in minute detail. Some of the memories feel only a week old they are so bright and present in my mind.
     At the same time the intervening six years have brought me ...
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What’s My Motivation?

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

What’s My Motivation?

     I am currently involved backstage of a community theatre project. Watching the cast rehearse has reminded me of something Dr. Wayne Dyer said at the Wishes Fulfilled event I attended in Boston.
     We have each inhabited many bodies since we arrived in a seven or eight pound version of ourselves. We have grown and changed. We have inhabited a toddler body and a child body. We had a teen body and multiple others en route to the body we use today.
      The actors I a...
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Six Natural Senses

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, In : The Miracle of Physical Life

Six Natural Senses

   The Six Senses for the Conceptual Age are within us. They are ways of being and ways of seeing. Most of all, they are ways of knowing that are completely natural to us.
     How is it, then, that this is new?
     Why is this not how I have lived my life until now?
     I was educated in the Age of Information.
     I was educated for the Age of Information.
     There was no reward for innate knowing: my schooling did not develop natural human wisdoms. I was expected to ...
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Personal Years Seven, Eight and Nine

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, In : Numerology

Personal Years Seven, Eight and Nine

My January blog posts are still accessible if you scroll down this page. I spent the month exploring how to make the most of the Cosmic Frequencies that moved in to our realm with the New Year.

Understanding the Six vibration of the year (2+0+1+3=6) is an important part of finding your personal alignment with the vibrations of the Universe. It is not the single magic key for everyone.

When each of us arrived in human life, we brought with...

Gratitude and Moving Forward

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, In : Numerology

Gratitude and Moving Forward

I am writing this on Day 16 of the Deepak Chopra 21 day Meditation Challenge.

http://www.chopracentermeditation.com/bestsellers/LandingPage.aspx?bookid=172

Many of the people in my life, both on-line and off, are participating in this event.

The structure of this meditative challenge is thoroughly aligned with the calendar: I am feeling the benefit already.

The Seven Energy which is vibrating during November is aligned with meditation and Spiritual connexion....

Five is the Only Constant.

Posted by Jo Leath on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, In : Numerology

2012 My Year in Numbers

Posted by Joy Leath on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, In : Numerology

     2012 has Five vibration. I have written and talked about that a lot this year.
2+0+1+2=5, and Five is the Number of growth and change and adaptation. Five carries transformation

     There is talk of The Shift. There are discussions of the end of the Mayan Calendar.

     I am fortunate that in my world, people are very consciously finding ways to move society into a new plane that honours more fully the multi-dimensional nature of the universe.

     I think everyone I know has changed this y...
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Jo Leath

Nepean, Ontario. Canada

Jo Leath has been practising Numerology since the early 1980s. During her career she has studied synchronicity and various ways of accessing Cosmic Wisdom. She is a Certified Labyrinth Facilitator with Veriditas: Worldwide Labyrinth Project. Jo meets clients in person and online, and is sometimes a featured reader at metaphysical stores in various cities.