Energy Report: 2009 Overleaves

[Troy Tolley]

Though energies shift, change, and adapt all year, there is a general energy that can be said to affect the calendar year, at least in terms of your shared reality.

Our Overleaves system can be used to describe any collection of energies, ranging from the dynamics of the actual Personality to the general “mood” of a room, society, fictional character, theme of groups, or a planet’s general atmosphere of consciousness. In addition to this, when a block of time is selected, that time frame can be translated into a description of energies based on what we perceive as the momentum of events, consciousness, and choices that will POTENTIALLY contribute to that period of time. The Overleaves for a year, then, are our interpretation of those events, consciousness, and choices as we see that they are most likely to be brought to bear in your world. The more participating one is in “the world,” the more likely these energies will be of concern, though one’s inactivity does not exempt one from world or local energies, anymore than staying inside can take away the fact of a rainstorm. The rainstorm outside can have as much an effect on one inside as on one who is outside, depending on personal interpretations and experiences of that rainstorm.

The very basic energy, or basic context, of a year can be described in two Overleaves: the Role and the Center. These two basic energies are those that can contribute to your year feeling "comfortable" or "challenged" during the year unfolding, depending on your own Overleaves and your method of participation in "the world." These two energies are most obvious in the first three months of a year, but their effects will remain steady throughout the year.

It can be said that ALL of the Overleaves we use to describe the year are in effect ALL year, but the particular frames of time described below are the "seasonal" emphasis of those particular Overleaf qualities.

General “Seasonal” Energy emphasis:

The ENTIRE YEAR is based within the energies described by the ROLE and CENTERING.

January through March implements and emphasizes the GOAL.
April through June implements and emphasizes the MODE.
July through September implements and emphasizes the ATTITUDE.
October through December implements and emphasizes the CHIEF FEATURE.

With all of that being explained, we would describe the highest probable energy for the year 2009 with these Overleaves:

2009 OVERLEAVES

ROLE: Server
CENTERING: Moving
PART OF CENTER: Emotional

GOAL: Flow
MODE: Passion
ATTITUDE: Idealist
CHIEF FEATURES: Impatience/Martyrdom

While we do not, and cannot, "predict", we can share with you what these energies may mean for you in the year ahead.

NOTE FROM TROY: Most of what is quoted above is from previous years' posts, with my plugging in the new Overleaves as received from Michael. Below is the new information.

What we have observed in our students as the year has begun is a sense of loss in direction, voice, footing, or other means of feeling present in the personal and public world. A surprising withdrawal occurred that even we did not "expect," though it does make sense in terms of such a drastic shift of energy from last year to your current year. Transitioning from a year emphasizing Mastery (King) and Emotions (Emotional Center) and Evolution (Growth) into a year of Service (Server), Action (Moving Center), and Freedom (Goal of Flow) means shifting between an exalted effort to master possibilities and responsibilities into are more ordinal implementation of service and actions needed to fulfill those patterns begun.

Much of 2009 looks to us to feel as if it is a significant incline with several patches of ice in your direction; it will benefit all of you to consider the Goal of the year, which is to Flow, to allow yourself to manage your experiences, your maneuvering, and your moments of rest, but to allow for the current to carry you.

This is a year that appears to us to emphasize SURRENDER. A year that carries with it large patterns that are a collective creation on a larger and more pervasive scale than usual. It may seem important to tend to those close to you and to your self, looking closely at what is necessary for nurturing, what is absolutely NEEDED, rather than presuming that you can "do it alone," or that you are not important to another person or community. This year appears to emphasize a heightened awareness of COLLECTIVE over INDIVIDUAL. This is why it will seem important to take care of yourself and those closest to you because as the larger patterns unfold, it could be said to feel like a massive crowd exiting a stadium: there may be little room (or tolerance) for breaking the momentum, but you can stay close to your friends, loved ones, and easily go with the flow. By "going with the flow," we do not imply to betray yourself or to compromise in any painful manner, unless you choose to do so, but we speak to the possibility that this year may call on your strengths and awareness that acknowledges and allows for patterns that are not completely in your individual control. This is called "surrender."

For many of our students the year may have begun, as we said, as a feeling of loss, though we do not speak of grief here, simply loss; as if something isn't "quite right... yet." But if one considers the energy of last year to have been similar to the slow stretching back of slingshot, December and January could be said to be the release of that pull. Many of you are catapulted, so to speak, into your new year and you did not "feel quite ready" for that release of the pull, but you are "in the air now." This is an excellent start to a year emphasizing FLOW, so this is not a "bad thing." The arc of this release and direction appears to us to quickly be shifting into a gentle flight and landing (on the incline) near the end of January and into February, where a sense of footing and direction (and "land") may become clearer to you.

Another reason for the awkward start to 2009 for many of our students is in the sense of mutedness. It appears to us that, suddenly, many of our students turned inward with great sensitivity, but with very few words or means for expressing it. Very few students of ours gave voice or expression to what was/is being felt. This is most likely described by the shift from the Emotional Energy of last year and the sharp transition into the Moving Energy of your current year, a shift that could be understood as the shift between looking up and out into the sky to now looking down and around at your feet. This is probably because it is important to many of you as to "where you land" and in what direction you continue, once your feet hit the ground from last year's pull/release.

As a general context for this 2009 year, we suggest remaining aware of 3 very important factors during your year, particularly when feeling any sense of loss of control:

1. What is NEEDED: by you and those directly around you at any given time. Making the choice to actively allow for a deeper understanding of how you contribute to the lives around you, to your own, and how others contribute to yours, could do all of you well. This means asking if someone needs help, asking for help, if needed, allowing help, etc. We use the word "help," but this could be anything that could be related to being served, nurtured, and inspired intimately.

2. What is IMMEDIATE: Although we are not discouraging long-term goals and long-term vision, we do suggest a heightened awareness of concern of your next step, next decision, next choice, etc. For those who do not "watch where they step," it could bring a sense of continued stumbling and bouts with obstacles in a way that can turn into Inertia. Even if one cannot feel a sense of how the next step contributes to a larger pattern, it would be helpful to remind yourself that you can make your next choice, step, from there. A one-day-at-a-time trust in your navigation through the year can contribute greatly to your sense of flow, freedom, and well-being.

3. What is OBVIOUS: Speculation and second-guessing may find problems in the year ahead because when energy is moving en masse, navigation is limited to steering, steps, and angles, but not necessarily redirection. For the most part, this looks to be a rather tangible, physical, sensory year that will continue to call attention to what's obvious in terms of Needs and Immediacy. A good analogy would be your floating down a current on your inner tube and seeing a branch with fruit dangling; it will be obvious that if you want that fruit, reach out... now. There will be little sense of time/room for speculation and pondering.

Throughout all of this, your BODIES may have a greater, acute importance to you than usual, or "spike" in distraction as you process your experiences. For many of our students, what has been held in the bodies for a long time can now be released and healed. It would not be surprising to us if many of our students found themselves meandering between the experiences of Pain and Absolute Relief over the first few months as this process of release occurs.

Though what we describe above will find most of its emphasis in the first three months of the year, it would be helpful to keep it in mind over the course of the year, in general. The pace and feeling of flight from the pull/release of last year seems to rapidly, gently find order and flow by the end of March.

For those who find interest in observing a Nexus, it appears to us that January 20th holds the next window. This appears to be a DIVERGENCE. For those who are sensitive to Parallel Shifts (Nexus; Reality Shifts), the week/s leading up to a Divergence can feel as if your body is on autopilot to some extent as your consciousness is fragmented and "distant" in its exploration of various probable futures. This experience should pass by the 23rd and some sense of presence back in your body will be felt again as "you" focus on the reality into which "you" have chosen/created.

[Heidi Hessler]

Yay! I was patiently waiting for this! This seems to fit so well for me and hopefully others who have read it. Last year was a huge year for me (breakup with fiance', moving, trip to India, new career, new friends), and it ended in a total lull/limbo. Then on New Year's, something wildly unexpected happened to me that changed everything, for the better. I DO feel like I'm sort of at a "surrender." ...and it's helping me to stay more present in life. This has been a huge relief as opposed to all the preoccupation with the future that I was experiencing the last three months of the year. Thank you, Troy, for doing this!!! XO

[luluaussi]

......For
those who are sensitive to Parallel Shifts (Nexus; Reality Shifts), the
week/s leading up to a Divergence can feel as if your body is on autopilot
to some extent as your consciousness is fragmented and "distant" in its
exploration of various probable futures. This experience should pass by the
23rd and some sense of presence back in your body will be felt again as
"you" focus on the reality into which "you" have chosen/created......

I found this to describe much of what has been occurring in my life of late....really felt that I had been plopped at a waystation in the land of neither/nor.....dreamspace intense...(actually Troy you were in my dreams this early AM, trying to meet up in a distant city, planes, trains and automobiles all disconnecting or mis -connecting, but still nevertheless in contact....hmmmnnnn) I seem to definitely be in a place where all I can do is Surrender,
as everything I try to accomplish either evaporates immediately or gets left hanging or I feel like I am in the twilite zone...yikes.

[Leela]

Posted this elsewhere but moving it to here...
Oh, this is so interesting, Troy (and Michael). Thanks for doing this work. I get what they're saying about feeling somewhat muted and maybe a little lost as the new year begins. It's like we were all squeezed tightly into a narrow channel, and suddenly we've been released into open waters.

Fascinating that a nexus happens on the day Obama takes office. Wonder what that's all about! What are those potential choices? I happen to like the one that seems to be taking shape.

I read with interest their description of the possible feelings of being on autopilot. What's odd about that for me is that I actually feel much more deeply rooted in my body this past week or so. But, that may be because I've been doing very intense workouts that cause me to push myself harder than I was used to. Perhaps that is having the effect of grounding me where otherwise I might feel more out of it (what is more grounding than sweating, cursing, breathing through repetitions of exercises that seem impossible, but that you are committed to completing?). I do feel sort of removed in other ways. But also oddly happy. I was feeling like some sort of shift is happening, and my feeling happy was/is part of that...again, I wonder what that's about. I hope the rest of you are also feeling good, whether you can explain your reasons for it or not.

I don't know why, but for some reason, physical sensations seem to be very heightened right now. Scents, tastes, and so on. Interesting.

[Nick]

Thank you for this, Troy. I will keep thinking about "surrender" as the year progresses.