When I began posting online in 2008, with the blog Opalescent Words (now the book Remembrance), I eventually realized it would be a good idea to also create a blog chronicling my experience and the development of the work I had entered into with the Pleiadian Renegades of the League of Light.
Thus was born Bends of Light. Looking back, it seems like it was a good idea, as my life soon took dramatic turns I never could have expected. Bends of Light became the lens through which I could step back and reflect on what I was encountering, as their liaison. Travel with me through the experience of being the hands, eyes, and voice of the League of Light, and witness the transformation for yourself.

Nining the Knot
Let's take a look at the Gordian knot through the lens of Nine. There's a picture going around the Internet lately, of a hopeless-looking tangle of a knot. I've seen it in a couple of places, in various settings of tone and philosophical bent. Seeing it triggered some thought for what we are collectively dealing with, what we have been dealing with for longer than we can remember. We have the ability, as extensions of creative beingness, to fashion reality as we like using the numbers of creation (these are outlined on the Nine's Path site, in "Science of Nine", and more extensively in Opalescence: The Pleiadian Renegade Guide to Divinity). Nine exists within all, among all, and through all of the numbers One through Eight, each of them relative to some particular aspect of reality's weave. We weave with these numbers, while Nine silently moves as divinity and grace. An excerpt from the Science of Nine regarding the numbers of creation: OM does not rely on a pocket calculator to determine the nature of Nature, but creates according to the knowingness of I AM. All that is is because I AM exists in everything and is in the essence

On the Pyre
I was invited to enter through a wheel of fire and leave some part of myself there. Here's what happened. Last night, I got a message: "Cremation of your failed aspects of self happens during sleep. Decide what you want to release and send them to the cremation grounds." Something like that. I was kind of sleepy, but the message was clear when I received it. So, I thought, being quite honest with myself, there are definitely some echoes of past self that I've been seeing lately. The selfish, mean, arrogant person I used to be when I was young and in fear of being seen as inadequate. I think you might understand what I mean... we all have those outfits lurking in the closet, hidden from daylight, that we can stand to recycle. Open the door and take a look, and toss the outmoded persona into the bag for burning. INSISTENT INVITATIONS This little invitation came the night after I had received another short message upon going to sleep. They are related. Think someone's trying to tell me—and us—something? "When you feel you are losing your sense of self, allow it. You cannot lose yourself. Recognize your pride for

Release Chakra Programs
Ready to spin the wheel of program release again? Let's look at the chakras. As releasing the program goes, this may be the most powerful yet. That might be more of a function of the time we're in than what it is... as timing is everything, and we are in a volatile period of change. Powerful. While you read this and the other articles on this site about this technique, remember: releasing the program is about releasing everything that keeps you limited within a certain concept about who and what you are. It's not about releasing the thing itself, just the limiting beliefs associated with it, most of which remain largely invisible until we call them out. The last article was about releasing programs related to astrology. This one's about the chakras, those energy centers that spin at the crossroads of core internal energy pathways. Let's dive in. PREPARATION AND BREATH Sit comfortably, quiet and still, relaxed. Let your awareness drift downward toward the earth beneath you. Let the connection establish. Sink from your central axis/spinal column into the planet, in a two-way relinquishing into and receiving from. Once you feel that, with your breath regular and steady, begin. With

A Moment of Note
Lately, I have been very absorbed in the transformation that I am undergoing with the League of Light. The transmissions over the past couple of years changed to accommodate what has been needed in the collective. Now the League of Light has asked me to take a pause altogether and be present for the transformation of my role with them. They’ve asked that Pleiadian Renegades group on Facebook be the focal point for now of the study and deeper understanding of their communications as contained on the Nine’s Path website. They’ve asked that I recede into being less active and more restful so the process I am undergoing can take me to the place I need to be to continue my service on a higher level. So while I remain, I am also absent. Yet, there is much to do and the world demands a precision in walking on the path of Nine, and living the life that opens the way to becoming galactic humans. I ask that you consider Bill Houston to be my surrogate as presenter of material for contemplation and discussion, and to be present as I am still watching and interacting as much as I can.

Planetary Release
More thoughts on shifting reality by releasing the program. Let's tackle program release on a key concept that's probably close to most of us: astrology. After all, if this earth is going to become new (whatever that means in practical terms), what has been as a timekeeping element will also become updated. Good to release from the tentacles of time. There's something to the planetary imprint at the moment of birth, a.k.a. astrology, I won't deny. I find it a useful tool for understanding. Recently, I ran all that through the "Release the program" machine, and find myself experiencing all I observe and read (a lot of astro stuff on my newsfeed) in a more empowered, more effortless way. I'm focusing here on the tropical zodiac system, which in the west is more in the mainstream understanding. So let's begin: Release "astrology" program. Release "horoscope" program. Release "sun sign" program. Release "moon sign" program. Release "rising sign program. … all good, these are the big ones. Whether you follow astrology or not, you're likely to find some truth in both the popular and esoteric observations of these. But to dig down and find both understanding and release, you can go

Release the Program
Some thoughts regarding letting go, releasing patterns and pain, moving into new reality. In dealing with some pain issues, I've been talking to my body, telling various muscles, joints, headaches to release and relax. Your body listens to you, you know? Targeting a spot of tension with the word "Release" can send the signal that unwinds it all. One day as I was doing this with some deep, old pain, the words came: "Release the program." Oh wow, what a game changer! Then I added to that: Release Maryann program. Release pain program. Release doubt program. Release the this and the that, this place and that role program. It went on for a long time, as so many things came up for releasing. This isn't expunging or erasing, not deleting, just releasing programming received over a lifetime. Picture lifting a snare from your mind. Mindful deprogramming, allowing for authenticity, freedom. No special requirements, and it can be done on the fly. When you face an allergy, "release allergy program." When you feel anger at some familiar trigger, "release anger program." Get it? Go for it! GETTING DEEPER This goes deeper than simple self-talk. As soon as you peel the lid

Tygers, Nine, and Love
The latest DM from the League of Light has elicited many questions regarding the spelling of "tyger"… indeed, the concept of it in the message altogether is enigmatic. I thought a short look into it would be of benefit not only to individual understanding, but looking further, into the field of consciousness in a world at the precipice of change. This, too, is often commented upon: the sense that something big is looming. It's been for a while, but with the elections coming and unrest rising (almost) as fast as is the undercurrent of joy, we're looking at a clash of oppositional forces. I'm not talking about politics. I'm talking about duality in general, and our human propensity to divide and conquer. As it is with nations, classrooms, and markets, so it is with awareness of a thing, no matter what that thing is. Actually, just to "thingify" something divides it from the self, and from its core nature. It skirts around the base projection that is at the heart of the matter. Of course, I'm talking about love. THE MESSAGE First, I'll post the text of the message, exactly as it came through, in the message "To the End,