(I want to share a message from our Scotland pilgrimage, Echoes of the Ancients, this past July 2026. When I come home, I sit with the messages and see which ones I am called to share publicly. When I do this, I know that the energy, the message, the activation, and most of all the heart are transferred to the reader with the ears to hear. I hope you feel the lovely and strong presence of dear St. Oran, just as we did when we stood in the chapel for the first time during our three-day visit to the Holy Island of the Dove, Iona.)

I began sharing with the group what I was seeing and feeling
In past years, St. Oran told us about the importance of being anchored yet bendable, like a tree in a storm. This is a tree with very, very deep roots that is completely unshakable, yet able to flow with the storms the world throws at us to try to take us off course. As we weather each storm, we become stronger.

Now St. Oran wants to share with us about being a counterbalance to the heaviness and chaos in the world. He's aware that things have changed since the last time we were in his presence three years ago. We cannot save or change the things that are falling apart in the world today. But he wants to convey that we can act as a counterbalance to all the miscreated energies in the world. This counterbalance cannot be effective or sustainable if it is rooted in judgment of the world as it is, or in superiority, ego, or force. It is done with grace, simplicity, humility, holiness, and a pure, open heart. It's an acceptance that the world is the way it is, while also knowing this is only a temporary state. There's no fight in this path. There is only pure presence.

(A short backstory about St. Oran. He is a simple, pure-hearted man who feels very windswept and earthy. As expected, he lives very simply. He explains everything through what he knows around him in nature, like the mineral kingdom, the plant kingdom, the human kingdom, and so on. He shares his energy with us and offers activations through metaphors from nature. I find this unique to St. Oran, and I find it so endearing. I'm coming to really love this man. Yet his presence also commands great respect, like a beloved teacher. It is an honor that he shares himself with us.)

Now St. Oran is adding something else for us today. He's placing a garden inside our hearts. I can literally see him lifting his hands and offering us this glorious garden, then gently placing it into our hearts. He's planting it there so that when the world pushes against us energetically, we will automatically drop seeds from our presence that become the counterbalance in the world. These are the new codes, the new seeds toward an aligned future. The garden will grow.

I've shared for the last two decades that the codes of nature will change beneath our feet, and that this would elevate the world. This process actively began in 2012. We've been talking about this throughout our journey, and that the underlying fabric of reality is beginning to change. We can feel this change. It feels shaky, yet we also feel safe and at peace with the process. This is what St. Oran is beginning to activate within us today. We are beginning to seed our own gardens, and we're dropping those seeds into the New World garden.

Remember yesterday when the stones in Kilmartin Glen asked us, "Are we ready?"
Today, St. Oran answers,
"Be a counterbalance."
And as pilgrimages do, the message begins to unfold from one sacred site to the next. All we have to do is listen.

We do not do sacred sites. The sacred sites do us!

Now he's taking what looks like a thread and stitching something into us. He is from another time, hundreds of years ago. He's stitching this garden into our hearts with wide rustic stitches. It almost feels like a surgery, although, of course, he wouldn't understand surgery in his time. He's simply sewing this garden into our chests as one would sew a coat or a shirt. We are the fabric, and the garden is a talisman of promise for renewal, regeneration, and courage to walk this path. This is being sewn into us. (only with your permission, of course.)

No one will know you've received this garden as a blessing. It is between you and St. Oran. When we return to the outer world, we will simply begin carrying this garden of balance, peace, and holiness. With every step we take, it will quietly scatter seeds of divinity. Those seeds will spread far and wide, just as gardens do. This is the feeling of what it means to be a counterbalance, and it is what stands out most in his message today. With this garden, nothing needs to be forced, fixed, or changed. It is perfect. It is a deep surrender to what is, for now. It is being filled with acceptance, knowing that all miscreations are temporary and cannot be sustained as they are. All things out of balance are like a garden without water or deep, rich soil. As we act as a living counterbalance, we naturally begin to change and elevate all things around us.

I asked about the deeper intention of what St Oran was offering us, and he simply said, "You're already doing it." Just be yourself. Be a good person. Make the best choices you can in each moment, and do not judge yourself when you fail. Care for one another as you would care for yourself. Love all things with humility and acceptance. Appreciate what has been given to you.

Walking this path is simple. It is natural. And it is not work when you do it from your heart.
It is your calling.
You are ready.

PILGRIMAGE TO EGYPT

Crossing the Threshold Into a New World
A Private Journey into the Heart of Ancient Mysteries
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the King's Chamber, The Sphinx, Goddess Sekhmet Chamber at Karnak, and Sunrise Ceremony at Philae's Isis Temple.
Private Sailing on the Nile in a Luxurious Afandina Yacht.
The new Grand Egyptian Museum - the GEM.
Old Cairo & the Ancient Churches.
Saqqara's Djoser's Step Pyramid and 28 portals of the Serapeum.
Luxor Temple - The Chakras of Mankind.
Karnak Temple.
The Valley of the Kings.
Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el-Bahari.
Dendara - Temple of Time.
Edfu - Temple of Horus.
Kom Ombo - The Temple of Healing.
February 22 - March 6, 2027

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There are things that happen only once, and then again, never exactly the same way . . . things that only we experience. There is no way to predict when magic lands where we are. We just need to follow our hearts, and feel blessed when we receive rare gifts from spirit. These are experiences that no one else will ever see in the same way again. Those moments were just for you.

Aluna Joy sharing a message in Ollantaytambo, Peru.