Paula Gil

An important announcement!

Friends, I will be leading a workshop on Medical Intuition on the evenings of January 26 & 28. This is a 2 part workshop that will introduce you to the art of medical intuition and focus on its practical application through virtual hands-on readings together. And, because I can't help it, I'll be blending astrology into this process. I'll cast a chart for each class and allow the planets to guide us. To register contact [email protected]... Now, I wanna talk about some energy. If you thought last week was a bolt of lightning up the spine, next week is going to be an even bigger doozy. The energy for the upcoming week feels like a freight train firing on all cylinders barrelling downhill determined to blast through a wall. An unstoppable force about to collide with an immovable object. What could be more awesome? Embrace this intensity. It's nothing to be feared. The Universe is asking us to push past, through, or go around a barrier that has been in our way for some time. It could be a fear, a person, a job, belief, or relationship. Don't go at this mindlessly. Be calculated and practical. The goal is to progress, promote our independence, and create something that is new and original for us. If someone or something shows up in your life, make sure it's going to lift you into something new or different. No more same-same. If a train breaks through a wall in your life (metaphorically), trust that the wall needed to come down for you to progress. What's the best way to handle this upcoming week? Breath. Like seriously, stop and breathe before you react or respond to anything. This month and year are all about the energy of Air. We need to oxygenate in order to be lucid and clear. Live strategically.

Well my friends, what a whacky week eh? This pattern of forces will continue to categorize the rest of the month (and year). Stability vs disruption. Change vs status quo. All magnified at strategic points in time (as determined by Universe). What we're seeing in the outer world is also taking place in a part of our individual world. If you reflect back, you'll see these themes manifesting in your life. You're either experiencing it or observing. Both are equally valuable in...puts so pay attention. This weekend the tensions amp up so buyer beware. Keep your head down, stay focused, but keep your eyes open and scanning the periphery. If what appears to be an opportunity lands in your lap, don't jump at it just yet. This is what you may have done in the past, but you're wiser after 2020. Shit isn't always what it seems. It may be the same stuff of the past repackaged in a cooler way. Be savvy. Before you leap, think about everything you've been through, everything you've learned, and take a step back to reflect. Two steps back, one step forward. It's gotta work for the new you (we're not who we were a year ago). If a bull comes at you, don't engage. Stand your ground and look it in the eye. People are nutso right now and the posturing will land them in a pokey of their own design. However, do listen very closely because there is real pain behind the behaviour. Don't stick your head in the sand. Ugly pain, angst, stress, and strain need to be heard and acknowledged. New and better bridges need to be built. Be an engineer, don't just demolish. Live strategically (and be disruptive, constructive, creative, and flexible). Photo by Alex Azabache on Unsplash. A bridge can be built across the widest divide.

Friends, the moon is full today in the sign of Cancer. If you're feeling vulnerable and withdrawn, now you know why. It's a day to stop and pause. Reflect on your home and everything that it means home to you. Our home, however, we each define that, is a metaphor for the core of our being. It's where we aspire to seek respite, peace, and safety. When it can't deliver this to us, we need to be radical in our drive for self-care. The energy for the rest of the week is sensiti...ve, thoughtful, pensive, and vulnerable. It's both a blanket that warms us and salt on the wound. It's reflective, mirroring to us what we need and what we lack. We wrap up this week by landing squarely in 2021. A turning point in every sense. We shift from the heaviness of the material to one that brings us a lift, makes us airborne with hope and visions for the future. 2021 will be disruptive, innovative, and structured. We'll be pushed deep into a change in a new aspect of life, whether we want to or not. When we want to, it's easier. Think about that. To prepare for this, imagine the unimaginable in a part of your life that needs to change. Visualize and map out the effort and work that need to happen to manifest the disruption. Innovation happens when we 'see' it and then work to it, taking our lumps along the way without giving up or settling for second best. Live strategically. Photo by Ava Sol on Unsplash. It's not easy, doesn't always work out exactly how we planned, but the right result is what it's all about.

We have entered a new 20 year cycle that will be characterized by unimaginable innovation, the principle of community, ground breaking technology and idealism. Hope is the theme, but we have to carry it. How we get there is by going about our aspirations and goals humbly amd quietly. Just gettin’er done. Orient your altruistic contributions through social (society) networking (physical and virtual). The virtual isn’t going away, but it will result in the physical being more... appreciated. Personal human contact will be more valued and taste sweeter. Sit with the energy of this vision. Add your flavour to it and keep it in your heart. Live strategically. Here’s one of my goats, Simon, to help set the mood.

We’re LIVE now on the spirit essence page. See my previous post!!

A reminder that Tara, myself, and Lazina Sahib are on Facebook LIVE for The Spirit Essence show tonight at 7pm. View and post your questions by joining us on this page: https://www.facebook.com/spiritessenceshow See you all tonight!!... Remember...we're *NOT* on Zoom.

Tara and I are LIVE ON FACEBOOK LIVE this Thursday at 7pm. No need to join via Zoom! Just show up at The Spirit Essence Show with Tara Diana and Paula (click this link) page to watch and post your questions/comments in the feed!

Friends, the energies this week ask us to probe deeply within and contemplate these questions: Do I believe in what I’m doing right now? Does it still need to change to be in alignment with my soul? Because we’re all special snowflakes these two questions must be contemplated according to the part of your life where you have experienced *the most* change, disruption, or discomfort this year, whether it’s at home, work, relationships, finances, etc. If you’re still feeling th...e angst, something is not finished. The energy is conducive to a deep dive this week. We’re moving into Scorpio season on October 22, a time of year when the veil is the thinnest between this reality and the multi-verse of others. Connect and awaken your intuition by sitting in silence, engaging in a ritual (candles are awesome), and simply asking our Divine partners to show you the way. Hold back the anger this week. It simply won’t help. It’ll distract you from the grander mission described above. The Spiritual journey never happens on the outside of our lives. It happens within. The outside provides input for us to process. The outcome is what we decide to make of it. Lemons or lemonade. There is a great deal of raw, primal energy circulating within us and outside of us right now. As a result, it’s easy to either lose your shit or go head first into something without thinking. We have to brute force set up our own inner boundaries so we can direct our karma and dharma in this lifetime. Rituals this week that promote and harness the power of this energy: Fire (i.e. candles). The flame lights the way for the two worlds to meet. Prayer. Cultivate the vibration you wish to cast into time and space. Herbs. Cook with them, smudge with them. They are a metaphor for the concentrated healing power of the Universe. Place near you the pictures of those you have loved and lost to the other side. Remember them. Talk to them. Invite them into your life as an everyday fixture to help you walk the path. Live strategically. Photo by Emily Bauman on Unsplash. Invite and welcome the sacred into your life.

Friends, we have a New Moon on Friday, October 16th. I encourage everyone to spend some time this week in quiet reflection, contemplation, and find some dedicated moments to rest your mind, body, and spirit. When you start to feel more tired than usual, that's the perfect time to go inward. This New Moon asks us to look at the parts of our life where we lack balance, equilibrium, and fairness. This week is not the time to take action. Just reflect. Action will come later. N...otice the imbalances in power in your life. Who is bullying you? Where are you being taken advantage of? Where in your life are the rules too stringent, or where are they lacking? Where is too much being asked of you? As we come out of this New Moon cycle, it's time for the rubber to hit the road. Push back. Talkback. Stand up. Use your hammer and chisel to dismantle what's not working so you can co-create something new with the Universe. That time is coming... As I mentioned in last week's forecast, shits going to hit the fan this month. I know for some of you, it already has. Information will come out of the blue that will seismically shift your life, the life of someone around you, and/or our collective. This New Moon is an opportunity for us to co-create with this process and be an instigator of change, one shocking but loving word at a time. Live strategically. Photo by Jamie Haughton on Unsplash. Step out of the monkey brain. Fear has no place in this process.

We’re LIVE at 7pm! Chow down and join us! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86433964218

Tara and I are LIVE tonight at 7pm! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86433964218

Join Tara and I this Thursday night! Bring a friend!

This month expect some random, sudden, and crazy information to show up out of nowhere. Expect at least two rounds of the profoundly unexpected. In some way you’ll be affected, whether directly or indirectly. Either way, expect this to shift you seismically. Round one will show up somewhere between October 10 - 18, give or take. Expect this one to result in a volatile and dramatic emotional response. WTF may feel like an understatement. It’ll feel like an episode of Jerry ...Springer. Round two will take the cake though. Jerry Springer will have nothing on this one. This manifests towards the end of the month as we move towards a super wacky full moon on Halloween night. Brace yourself. The seismic surprises in store will be different for all of us since we’re all special snowflakes with unique energetic patterns and relationships to the Universe. However, the one towards the end of the month feels more like a collective experience. I know that we’re all feeling like we’ve had enough seismic surprises this year. Just remember that the intention of the Universe is always to elevate us. Focus on making lemonade out of the lemons. Cultivate resilience this month. Take action on the situation no matter how small the step. Avoid personalizing. It may feel that it’s all about you, but it never is. Cultivate perseverance. Shit happens. Dust off and keep going. Take a risk with the situation and try something different. Keep an eye out for opportunities. If you choose to find a silver lining, you will. Work with Spirit on this. Ask for help and guidance. Plan rituals around the New Moon on October 16 (balance) and the Full Moon on October 31 (stability) to cultivate the higher octave of the energy coming forward. October is the month where the veil is thinnest. Call the ancestors in. Embrace the mystery of what resides in the liminal. Live strategically. Photo by Julius Drost on Unsplash. At the end of the day, it comes down to how you choose to play the cards you’re dealt.

It's time to get your spook on!! Check out the upcoming events below, including a Samhain ritual Tara and I will be leading on October 29th (zoom) and a rain or shine LIVE Haunted Tour in Burnaby on October 30 (social distancing & masks required)!!!

This week the pressure continues to build. We’re torn between what we want versus what the world seems to want from us. Observe this tension. Plan for what you want. Don't react. This is the prescription for the coming week. This energy peaks on Tuesday, but will be felt throughout the week. Keep the frustration in check. Be wise and calculating about what you want to accomplish. For now, restrain yourself and focus on setting a plan, defining the steps, and picking your bat...tles. This tension will visit us again in mid-January 2021. At that time whatever you have set in motion, will come to fruition. Really, please be wise about this. You’ll feel the urge right now to give authority figures, institutions, and the structures that govern us (personal and impersonal) the finger. If you must, do so as a means to release energy, but don’t allow this to be the platform from which you define your future. Want, planning, or doing things from a place of anger results in a solution birthed in negativity. That never ends well. To temper this energy, let's get physical. Burn the intensity out of your body so that you can think and observe yourself and the world outside of yourself more clearly. Walk, run, lift heavy things, whatever it takes to remove the energetic poison of frustration from your body. Once you hit that point of satisfied fatigue, sit, and contemplate what you want for yourself in the aspect of your life that feels incomplete, dissatisfied, or underdeveloped. Where is your potential being wasted, under-utilized, or unrecognized? Plot a solution that you can begin executing against once the intensity dissipates (~early next week). In a couple of weeks, around October 9, you’ll be reminded to focus on the big picture. Think ahead and keep this in mind now so that when the impulse to burn things to the ground hits, you can keep your wits about you and do it as a controlled burn . Live strategically. Stay in the light. Photo by Fauzan Saari on Unsplash. Keep your eye on the prize.

Check out all the classes and events! I’ll be teaching a development circle on October 14, and teaching a 3 part class on Medical Intuition December 8, 10 and 12th.

Tara and I are live at 7pm tonight on Zoom!! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86433964218