Tina Frisco

What is love?  Not romantic love, but the essence of love, pure and unadulterated.  We know it’s an emotion – one that bears great joy, opens and expands our heart, nourishes compassion and tolerance, and unlocks the door to wisdom.  Pure love lightens – and enlightens – us.  But how does one define love?  In truth, it cannot be defined.  In attempting to de-fine it, we con-fine it and, thus, lose it.  Love simply is.

What is the opposite of love?  Many people would answer, hate.  But this is an inaccurate inference.  The opposite of love is fear.  When we sit in fear, we constrict – our heart closes, our muscles tighten, our thoughts ricochet, and our spirit loses its freedom..

Close your eyes and think of something you fear.  Now notice how your mid-section constricts.  Notice how confined you feel.  Notice how heavy your body has become.  When we’re in a state of fear, it’s difficult to move.  Our body, mind, emotions, and spirit stagnate.  And when we do move, we’re like a little gerbil running aimlessly on its little wheel inside its little cage, going nowhere, running fast to stand still.

If we’re not in love, we’re in fear.

So how do we get off this wheel of self-inflicted, vegetative angst?  By moving into gratitude.  Once in gratitude, we can go anywhere.  Gratitude is the element of love that maintains an open heart, expands our capacity for tolerance, and sustains compassion.  Love propels us forward in life and in our spiritual growth.

I speak of this in my novel, Plateau: Beyond the Trees, Beyond 2012.  W’Hyani, a 15-year-old tribal female, discovers her strengths and destiny by overcoming adversity.  Her will, fortitude, and ingenuity are tested relentlessly.  She must learn to trust blindly and overcome fear exhaustively, without fully knowing why she was born the Keeper of the Crystal Heart, the requisite key to the Great Mosaic of Life.  Born strong and willful, will she remain undaunted?  Will love prevail over fear?

During this time of great change, millions across the globe are asking this question.  Plateau proffers a dash of insight and a bounty of hope.  The underlying message is that if we keep our hearts open and act from love instead of react from fear – if we practice gratitude and compassion within every moment and with every breath – we’ll raise our vibratory rate and help elevate the human species to a higher consciousness, facilitating both personal and global peace.

I invite you to live in love, harm none, and walk in beauty…

My friend, Jim Murray, “tagged” me for a “chain blog” called The Next Big Thing. Here’s how it works:  I answer a specific set of questions about my current work-in-progress, post them on my blog, and then invite several other authors to do the same thing.  Next, I post the names and blog links of the authors I’ve invited, and they do the same for me.  The concept is to generate interest in our work and share a little more about ourselves with our blog readers.

Here are my answers to the questions. After reading them, please take a moment to click on Jim’s name and visit his blog.

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What is the working title of your next book?

The City.

Where did the idea for your book come from?

It’s a sequel to my novel, Plateau: Beyond the Trees, Beyond 2012.

What genre does your book fall under?

Fiction.

What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?

I don’t have specific actors in mind, but I would want them to be indigenous, because Plateau is about a tribe of native people.

What is a one-sentence synopsis of your book?

A formidable 15-year-old tribal female – the predestined Keeper of the Crystal Heart  – travels to the city in search of her male companion who went missing  several months ago, finds herself relentlessly challenged by urban iniquities, and encounters a mysterious force that may prove to be her undoing.

Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

Self-published.

How long did it take you to write the first draft of the manuscript?

It’s a work-in-progress that I began about 2 months ago.

What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

None that I know of.

Who or what inspired you to write this book?

I ended Plateau with a bit of a cliff-hanger, intending to eventually write a sequel.

What else about the book might pique the reader’s interest?

Since it’s a sequel, those who read Plateau might be interested in following the ongoing adventures of the protagonist, whose sequestered and spiritually oriented tribal upbringing is indomitably challenged by both the oppressive pace of urban life and a mysterious force that stalks her.

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I’ve “tagged” the following authors to post their answers to these questions on their blog sites in the near future: James D. Roumeliotis, Chip DePew, Verity Marshall.  Please click their links to learn more about them and their writing projects.

A new Mayan Long Count Calendar has begun. It’s time to identify that which no longer serves, give thanks for what it provided, then send it on its way.

The new era we have just entered is endowing us with heightened energy. It commands our presence and attention. It beckons us to raise our consciousness and insists that we focus our intention.

Where does your passion lie? What moves you to create, to give birth to something new, something beneficial, something powerful? Following our passion elevates us to higher consciousness. It makes our spirit soar. And from this vantage, our hearts begin to open and we easily move into gratitude. Once in gratitude, we can move anywhere.

It’s time for all of us to stand in our power – our inner power – and make a positive difference in the world, no matter the depth and breath of its reach. All forms of creating are significant on any scale. Mother Earth is a great web, and any action we take is felt by all. Let’s gather our inner resources and move in sync with our passion.

My niece gave birth to quadruplets in November 2012. What an exquisite gift! This has prompted me to begin writing a series of children’s books. My passion is writing. What’s yours?

Today - the final day in the 13th 144,000-day cycle of the ancient Mayan Long Count Calendar – marks the beginning of a new era. Don Alejandro – Mayan Elder and former President of The National Mayan Council of Guatemala up until 2011 – speaks of a Mayan Prophecy:

“Every 5,200 years we come to this point when the planet Earth becomes dark for a period of 60-70 hours. We cannot see the Sun. Why? Because the science of the Mayan Astronomers learned that the Earth is always going around the Sun, but now we are getting closer, until we enter the central magnetic axis. There is a great axis above the planet Earth that makes all the stars and the planets move. And so while the Earth passes through that axis, we cannot see the rays of the Sun. We are Inside. Once the Earth re-emerges from the axis, we will then be able to see the New Sun. But what i cannot tell you is if it is actually the same Sun or if it is a different Sun.” (The National Mayan Council consists of 440 elders representing 440 tribes)

For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle. As the Earth aligns with the center of our galaxy, we humans transition into a Golden Age of Enlightenment. This is evidenced in the global call for peace we are now experiencing. The old patriarchal world order is dying. And as with any entity facing imminent death, it is rearing its head and digging in its claws for a last stand. We must not align ourselves with its push for continued existence. Its time is finished. We must align ourselves with the quickening vibration of our Mother Earth. It is time to let go old habits and beliefs, open our hearts and minds to immanent and eternal possibility, and accept the miracle of life that lay before us. Energy follows thought. It is time to think, feel, live, and be LOVE…

“New Life on a New Earth” is the message given to us in this beautiful video. I hope you’ll be as inspired as I was…

2012 is nearing its end, and December 21st is quickly closing in. What have we done to prepare ourselves for the new age we are about to enter – the Golden Age of Enlightenment? Our planet is undergoing a significant transformation. Her vibration is accelerating as she approaches a higher dimension of existence. Are we prepared for this quickening?

Purification of body, mind, emotions, and spirit is essential if we are to match the frequency to which Mother Earth is ascending. It is imperative that we resonate in harmony with her and the cosmos if we are to continue. We must fully develop compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, gratitude.

Whenever I find myself having difficulty or in a troubled state, I become still, close my eyes, and begin thinking of and feeling all the things for which I am grateful. I have discovered that once I immerse myself in gratitude, my heart opens, my spirits begin to lift, and I am able to function again with clarity. Once we move into gratitude, we can go anywhere! Our consciousness is raised and our heart expands. Compassion, tolerance, and forgiveness become readily accessible. In this illumined state of being, we emanate – and become – LOVE.

Enjoy the video of our beautiful planet Earth…

Indigenous elders across the globe speak of 2012 as the dawning of a new age – an age of enlightenment.  They say that life on earth – and Mother Earth herself – will not end but rather will transform, and humanity will continue but in a different way.  December 21, 2012 will be a rebirth – the start of a new era.  For the first time in 26,000 years, the earth will align with the center of our galaxy and the sun will rise to conjunct the intersection of the Milky Way, with its solar meridian crossing the galactic equator and forming a cosmic cross, raising all to a higher level of vibration.

We must prepare our bodies, minds, and spirits to accommodate the energy that will flood our galaxy and raise its vibrational field.  This involves cleansing ourselves of toxins on all levels.  Clearing our bodies, purifying our minds, and lightening our spirits is imperative over the next 3 months.  Suggestions:  Eat organic food when possible.  Walk in nature.  Meditate for at least 20 minutes, preferably morning and evening.  Practice generosity, compassion, forgiveness, and tolerance.  In short, live in love – love for others and love for ourselves.

NOW is the time.  And WE are the ones we’ve been waiting for…

This is a gathering place where those of us concerned about humanity in these changing times can come together and share our thoughts about and visions of our evolving species and planet.  It is a place that models respect, tolerance, and love.

So much televised of late about the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012 has left many of us wondering if we’ll be alive when the sun rises on December 22nd!  A large percentage of these programs has focused on a possible impending apocalypse, which I, for one, find disheartening.  I firmly believe that if we keep our hearts open and act within love instead of react out of fear – if we practice gratitude and compassion within every moment and with every breath – we’ll raise our vibratory rate and help elevate the human species to a higher consciousness, facilitating personal and global peace.  And within this vision – this practice – the human species will continue into the Golden Age of Enlightenment.

Having seen one too many programs embracing doomsday prophecies, I felt compelled to write a novel of hope.  Plateau: Beyond the Trees, Beyond 2012 was published in July of this year, and I invite you to preview it on the FriesenPress website at http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore/title/119734000004251564/Tina-Frisco-Plateau.  It’s also available on Amazon in hardback and trade paper at http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Plateau+Beyond+the+Trees+by+Tina+Frisco, e-book for Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/Plateau-Beyond-Trees-2012-ebook/dp/B008K7Y8XK, Barnes & Noble at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Plateau-by-Tina-Frisco?keyword=Plateau+by+Tina+Frisco&store=book, and Chapters Indigo at http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Plateau-Tina-Frisco/9781770976023-item.html?ikwid=plateau+by+tina+frisco&ikwsec=Books&cookieCheck=1.  Novel reading can stimulate empathy and increase our understanding of who we are and our tolerance for diversity.

I invite you to share your thoughts, feelings, and appropriate links with our community.  My hope is that we affirmatively broaden our perspective of what lies ahead for our species and our planet.  I look forward to meeting, sharing, and dialoguing with kindred spirits.  One of my favorite sayings is “Harm none and do what you will.”  I ask that all posts be aligned with this philosophy.

May we all walk in beauty…