It was a beautiful day out on the water. I was snorkeling off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where I live. The water was quite clear that day, and I’d caught a few lobster for my dinner (I love catching my own food!)

I was about 1/3 of a mile offshore, towing my red and white dive flag about 50 feet behind me, when all of a sudden, I saw a wall of brown water coming towards me…

When the tide drops out here, all the water from the 100 miles of canals empties into the ocean… sometimes its pretty yucky stuff… but I’d never seen it this brown (think ‘shit-brown’). Gross…

And I had to swim in it!

I headed back for shore, my reverie ended. Once the tide turns, it stays dirty, the whole swim back…

I felt my energy contract, like someone running for the car in the rain, as if by pulling our aura in, we won’t get as affected… ha! Felt myself fearing getting funky bacteria in my mouth… yeow.

After a few minutes I felt like crap… I love my ocean! And then I had an epiphany (an ‘aha!’)… The ocean doesn’t see herself as dirty or bad or wrong. Clear, blue or brown, she just is… its only me, in my judgment, that sees this water as bad…

In Ho’oponopono, the Hawaiian art of healing, whenever we perceive something as out of balance, we take full responsibility for it. If I’m seeing it, its mine to be fixed. Maybe on a quantum level, the ocean is appearing dirty because of me and my beliefs, maybe its just mirroring the shit in me.

I started repeating the Ho’oponopono mantra; (I love you, I’m sorry, forgive me, thank you) and within a minute I relaxed…

A few minutes later, I noticed something quite amazing…

The water was practically clear again.

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Her water and waves, her vibrational essence, heals and uplifts…

Listen for yourself!

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Flow…

Flow is fun!!! We all want to flow more with life!

And there’s plenty of places to remember how…

Love is arguably the most powerful energy in the Universe (who would want to argue that?).

And Water is the Lifeblood of our planet…

What happens when you bring these two together in a state of Joy? (science now says water has memory!)

I did another water ceremony on the beach last Sunday, this photo says it all!

Planetary Partners Water Ceremony on Hollywood Beach, FL 11/1/09

Imagine all the love and joy of this moment, going into the air and oceans of our world, radiating joy and upliftment and blessings…

Keep imagining!

Spraying Sacred Water at NEIU's Peace Conference in Chicago

I did another water ceremony today, at the ‘Gathering for Peace’ here in Ft. Lauderdale.

I brought my secret weapon – the spray bottle.

When I started using a spray bottle in my water ceremonies, it was to reach people in the outer circles. I did an Equinox ceremony with over 500 people, my spray bottle reached every single one of them!

I bought it at the dollar store. (Guess how much I paid for it?) I’m on my third. They don’t last long, but they sure got reach!

I used to set it for the long thin squirt; its powerful and gets the job done. But now, I mostly set it to mist; it has a totally magnetic effect and people move close, wanting to get wet.

At the Wisdom of the Elders retreat, I was in the speaker’s line saying goodbyes. Most people are giving hugs; I’m giving hugs and a squeeze (of the bottle). Squirting holy water in people’s faces revealed a pattern.

On the first squirt, everyone jumps. The next squirt, they all smile. Nice transition! So I learned to give them another squirt, and another. Some people just keep smiling, so I keep squirting.

At first, it was hard to know when to stop. I didn’t want to overdue it, nor did I want to stop spraying someone who was having a good time. And a lot of these folks were going deep into bliss!

Sometimes I got entranced with them, until the hugging line backed up and jostled us out of our reverie. I was ecstatic, jumping into such a playful samadhi with so many people!

I got braver, and for the people who kept smiling, I kept squirting. For some, the more I squirted, the bigger they smiled. And as long as their smile kept getting bigger, I kept squirting!

With a couple people, (the real fun-lovers), the ecstasy kept rising until we started laughing and roaring! The joy got the best of us, we definitely got ‘out of hand’ a few times.

We got a few stern looks, (which temped me to squirt them), but realized they were reflecting my own discomfort for being so ‘out there!’ Fortunately my solution was readily at hand - another squirt!

There’s nothing like a squirt bottle to find the fun-lovers!

(Only $1 at the dollar store, I dare you!)

Ready for a squirt?