What do you dream for yourself? When you dream, do you place boundaries and limitations? Or do you allow yourself in your dreams to be whoever and do whatever you please?
This is telling of just how deep seated your beliefs really are. If you daydream and visualize, and yet keep changing the scenarios because you think "well, that wouldn't really happen" or "I could never do that in real life", then you carry with you a belief that you are not worthy of what your heart whispers to you...for daydreams, dreams during sleep, and visions are your truth. Yet, if you daydream and visualize without restrictions and allow them to go where they may, then no matter how much you limit yourself in your day to day life, there is a seed within you that knows darn well that anything can be possible and you hold the key to unlock your fullest potential.
If you fall into the first group, no worries! Take the time (and practice daily) allowing your dreams to unfold without boundaries. Dare to see yourself on that stage with a microphone in hand and thousands of people screaming below...rather than switching the dream to singing karaoke in an empty bar. Have the courage to see yourself going back to school and earning a degree, which leads to a fulfilling career even at a late stage in life (if you are in your 40s or older like me)...rather than changing the scenario to one where you just hope if you switch to another retail job that you'll be happier than the last one. Find enjoyment in the vision of dancing and having a great time with a new man or woman in your life...rather than "correcting" it and stopping the dream altogether because you feel that's never going to happen in real life anyway.
The more you see yourself living your spirit, the more you will feel the good feelings it brings. And in turn, you will want the dream for yourself more and begin to believe that you are worthy of having it. So, not all of us are going to marry Jensen Ackles or George Clooney (which my husband will be relieved to hear), and not all of us are going to be famous rock stars, but you will bring to yourself in your daily lives courage to try new things and the same level of joy of those wilder dreams to stepping into your fullest potential no matter what you do!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Paths of Your Life
Life's many paths are simply different scenarios and journeys that will ultimately lead to the same destination at the end of your time here on Earth. So why do they seem so scary and why do we humans tend to hesitate when it comes to choosing new roads in our lives?
Maybe it will become easier when you realize that you are constantly stepping onto new paths throughout the day anyway, every single day! When you make a decision between having your morning coffee or a glass of orange juice (or both if you like to be rebellious!), you are stepping on a new path that will bring you a chain of events from that point. Perhaps later you will decide not to take a lunch break and instead catch up on your work. You have again veered onto another path. When you switch the radio stations in your car, once again....you got it!...another path! You are continuously coming to a crossroads all the time, just on a smaller scale. The possibilities are unlimited!
We don't think of these things as jumping on new life roads, however, because they feel safe. If you think about it, however, had you chosen the other option or options, you would have had a different outcome during the day no matter how slight. You don't need to fear the bigger paths ahead of us or the lessons they will bring you on the journey. Should it not be a choice you liked after all, you can always return to your comfort zone path or be brave and try yet another new one. Remind yourself that you do this every day anyway and you're a pro now after all these years! And remember that no matter what each journey may bring to you, it was all meant to be as you reach your end result. Sure, it would be awesome to discover which paths are easy streets where there is no struggle and strife, but perhaps you will come to appreciate the growth you have experienced and find yourself in a state of being where you can find beauty and blessings in all of the journeys provided to you.
These have been your creations. Your choices. These are yours to own. And yours to change. So move forward fearlessly and enjoy the process no matter what the surface circumstances appear to be. Life was meant to be lived, moving forward fluidly with the flow.
Maybe it will become easier when you realize that you are constantly stepping onto new paths throughout the day anyway, every single day! When you make a decision between having your morning coffee or a glass of orange juice (or both if you like to be rebellious!), you are stepping on a new path that will bring you a chain of events from that point. Perhaps later you will decide not to take a lunch break and instead catch up on your work. You have again veered onto another path. When you switch the radio stations in your car, once again....you got it!...another path! You are continuously coming to a crossroads all the time, just on a smaller scale. The possibilities are unlimited!
We don't think of these things as jumping on new life roads, however, because they feel safe. If you think about it, however, had you chosen the other option or options, you would have had a different outcome during the day no matter how slight. You don't need to fear the bigger paths ahead of us or the lessons they will bring you on the journey. Should it not be a choice you liked after all, you can always return to your comfort zone path or be brave and try yet another new one. Remind yourself that you do this every day anyway and you're a pro now after all these years! And remember that no matter what each journey may bring to you, it was all meant to be as you reach your end result. Sure, it would be awesome to discover which paths are easy streets where there is no struggle and strife, but perhaps you will come to appreciate the growth you have experienced and find yourself in a state of being where you can find beauty and blessings in all of the journeys provided to you.
These have been your creations. Your choices. These are yours to own. And yours to change. So move forward fearlessly and enjoy the process no matter what the surface circumstances appear to be. Life was meant to be lived, moving forward fluidly with the flow.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Clients We Love: Who Can Also Be Our Biggest Challenges
A tip for those who choose to serve others in both professional and non-professional environments using intuitive and/or healing gifts: Another name for people who use the gift of their senses in any mode is "Sensitive". If you notice in your work, the people who come to you are also intuitive in their own way, which would make them "Sensitive" too, which many times translates into the normal meaning we all know of being "sensitive" (taken from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary).........highly responsive or susceptible: as a (1) : easily hurt or damaged; especially : easily hurt emotionally (2) : delicately aware of the attitudes and feelings of others.
Being sensitive is a wonderful thing in truth. You are able to use senses to feel out situations and go by gut feelings. I always say, "Show me someone who is sensitive, and I will show you someone who is highly intuitive." They are also creative, intelligent, and respond to the world in deeper ways. There is no such thing as being TOO sensitive. But. There are many people who have not yet found a way to channel that sensitivity into something beneficial for not only themselves, but others as well. When sensitivity runs amok and ego takes the reins, it can create all sorts of turmoil in the lives and minds of people.
In your work, as I have experienced throughout the years, you are going to come across such a person where their sensitivity is so heightened it is channeled into fear, rather than something more positive. I use the word "fear" only because this is what all other negative emotions boil down to. There are people who already come into a reading or a healing with so much fear within them that it's all they can see, no matter what you do or try to tell them. They will pick apart the small parts where they are told they will have to work on to bring change about and not even see or hear the wonderful things. Unfortunately, I've had clients in the past that have blown up at me in such hugely negative reactive ways that I reacted in my own ways:
1. Refuse to read for the client anymore (thankfully, I've only ever had to completely cut off two women after dealing with them multiple times in all my years of doing this work)
2. Made myself sick with worry when dealing with someone emotionally unstable because you never know what they'll do
3. Took on their highly charged emotions as my own, which lead to doubting myself as a reader and feeling my confidence slip away
4. Quit my work altogether for periods of time because I felt that it was not worth it to take that sort of venting or abuse from people, and felt that no one was being helped or listening anyway
It's a fact that you will eventually have someone come to you who is highly charged with fear (panic, desperation, emotionally unstable, hitting rock bottom and cannot see the light, etc.), and you're going to get lashed out at. No matter how many times you say "don't shoot the messenger", you're going to get shot anyway. So what do you do? No one wants to have all that negativity smacking them in the face after trying to help them. After all, they came to you, not the other way around! But yet.........you still strongly feel this is your purpose and current life path. And no matter how many times you try to shove it away, it always draws you back. So how do you help others and keep your sanity at the same time?
Here is what I've learned: DETACH. Put on your psychic or spiritual kevlar/bullet proof vest and don't take those barbs, vents, or screams to heart. Remember that when you strip away that fear they are projecting in such strong ways, there is a person who wants healing or answers just like anyone else. Tell yourself that the person is a wonderfully intuitive person who just hasn't yet figured out a way to channel all that sensitivity into more productive, beneficial, and positive ways. Not everyone is naturally born with all the perfect tools to deal with all situations they encounter, especially those that bring what are considered major disappointments in their minds. Remember that they are human, and even if their heart knows that what you say, or the healing you conduct, is meant specifically for them to help them on their paths, there are times when that ego will scream so loudly in their heads to continue to fear that they will wind up transferring that to you in the form of venting outward. It's never personal, even if it may feel like it is until you've learned to accept this as a part of this mission you've chosen.
Does that mean you have to be a doormat and let people treat you in whatever way makes them feel better as they blow off steam? Not at all! What it means is that you do not engage them in their fear or soak in their emotions as your own. Again, DETACH. Do not go tit for tat in exchanging of words. You'll most likely feel obligated to respond (you can't exactly ignore your clients, even when you wish you could at times), but just respond in a way that is detached from all drama and wish them the best...because you wouldn't be in your line of work if you didn't want the best for them and for them to see that they deserve the best in life.
Don't be afraid to set your boundaries. Some will try to engage you into further discord to validate their emotions, but simply step away from it and refuse to participate in anger. Instead, participate only as a teacher who hopes one day the student will come around and change their perspective of how they see the world and their own lives, or as the doctor who hopes one day the patient will finally start heeding the advice and be a willing participant in their own road to health. And if the person just doesn't want to help themselves, have no fear in letting them go, especially if they get upset at you for not participating in their drama. If you have to repeatedly set your personal boundaries for how far you're willing to go for a client, let them go. You have to take care of yourself too, and you don't need that sort of drain upon your energy to constantly go around and around with the same issues and the same fears all the time. You can find peace in that you tried your best and now it's up to them. Perhaps some other experience will finally click on that "AHA!" lightbulb moment for them and they'll finally discover their way. After all, there is no set time frame or race for someone to find their footing. You may not have been standing by their side when that happens, and it may come through someone else or some other circumstance, but at least you were a part of the path that eventually lead them to the road of recovery or wholeness. Find joy in that knowledge!
Let's face it. People never really come to readers or healers when everything is "right" or perfect in their lives. About 98% of the people have some sort of issue they need help with when they approach you for your services. On a whole, those people are respectful, kind, and eager to help themselves while you help bring some clarity, even if they have a lot of fear bottled up inside of them. It's just not their nature to lash out. This goes for healing work too and the people who come to be healed. The other 2%...again, detach emotionally and remember that your work isn't to cater to their fears, but as one human helping out another. Go forth fearlessly, keep your eyes on your targets, and do what you do best with no attachment to the outcome. You are needed and you are always ready and capable in truth. Much love to you all!
Being sensitive is a wonderful thing in truth. You are able to use senses to feel out situations and go by gut feelings. I always say, "Show me someone who is sensitive, and I will show you someone who is highly intuitive." They are also creative, intelligent, and respond to the world in deeper ways. There is no such thing as being TOO sensitive. But. There are many people who have not yet found a way to channel that sensitivity into something beneficial for not only themselves, but others as well. When sensitivity runs amok and ego takes the reins, it can create all sorts of turmoil in the lives and minds of people.
In your work, as I have experienced throughout the years, you are going to come across such a person where their sensitivity is so heightened it is channeled into fear, rather than something more positive. I use the word "fear" only because this is what all other negative emotions boil down to. There are people who already come into a reading or a healing with so much fear within them that it's all they can see, no matter what you do or try to tell them. They will pick apart the small parts where they are told they will have to work on to bring change about and not even see or hear the wonderful things. Unfortunately, I've had clients in the past that have blown up at me in such hugely negative reactive ways that I reacted in my own ways:
1. Refuse to read for the client anymore (thankfully, I've only ever had to completely cut off two women after dealing with them multiple times in all my years of doing this work)
2. Made myself sick with worry when dealing with someone emotionally unstable because you never know what they'll do
3. Took on their highly charged emotions as my own, which lead to doubting myself as a reader and feeling my confidence slip away
4. Quit my work altogether for periods of time because I felt that it was not worth it to take that sort of venting or abuse from people, and felt that no one was being helped or listening anyway
It's a fact that you will eventually have someone come to you who is highly charged with fear (panic, desperation, emotionally unstable, hitting rock bottom and cannot see the light, etc.), and you're going to get lashed out at. No matter how many times you say "don't shoot the messenger", you're going to get shot anyway. So what do you do? No one wants to have all that negativity smacking them in the face after trying to help them. After all, they came to you, not the other way around! But yet.........you still strongly feel this is your purpose and current life path. And no matter how many times you try to shove it away, it always draws you back. So how do you help others and keep your sanity at the same time?
Here is what I've learned: DETACH. Put on your psychic or spiritual kevlar/bullet proof vest and don't take those barbs, vents, or screams to heart. Remember that when you strip away that fear they are projecting in such strong ways, there is a person who wants healing or answers just like anyone else. Tell yourself that the person is a wonderfully intuitive person who just hasn't yet figured out a way to channel all that sensitivity into more productive, beneficial, and positive ways. Not everyone is naturally born with all the perfect tools to deal with all situations they encounter, especially those that bring what are considered major disappointments in their minds. Remember that they are human, and even if their heart knows that what you say, or the healing you conduct, is meant specifically for them to help them on their paths, there are times when that ego will scream so loudly in their heads to continue to fear that they will wind up transferring that to you in the form of venting outward. It's never personal, even if it may feel like it is until you've learned to accept this as a part of this mission you've chosen.
Does that mean you have to be a doormat and let people treat you in whatever way makes them feel better as they blow off steam? Not at all! What it means is that you do not engage them in their fear or soak in their emotions as your own. Again, DETACH. Do not go tit for tat in exchanging of words. You'll most likely feel obligated to respond (you can't exactly ignore your clients, even when you wish you could at times), but just respond in a way that is detached from all drama and wish them the best...because you wouldn't be in your line of work if you didn't want the best for them and for them to see that they deserve the best in life.
Don't be afraid to set your boundaries. Some will try to engage you into further discord to validate their emotions, but simply step away from it and refuse to participate in anger. Instead, participate only as a teacher who hopes one day the student will come around and change their perspective of how they see the world and their own lives, or as the doctor who hopes one day the patient will finally start heeding the advice and be a willing participant in their own road to health. And if the person just doesn't want to help themselves, have no fear in letting them go, especially if they get upset at you for not participating in their drama. If you have to repeatedly set your personal boundaries for how far you're willing to go for a client, let them go. You have to take care of yourself too, and you don't need that sort of drain upon your energy to constantly go around and around with the same issues and the same fears all the time. You can find peace in that you tried your best and now it's up to them. Perhaps some other experience will finally click on that "AHA!" lightbulb moment for them and they'll finally discover their way. After all, there is no set time frame or race for someone to find their footing. You may not have been standing by their side when that happens, and it may come through someone else or some other circumstance, but at least you were a part of the path that eventually lead them to the road of recovery or wholeness. Find joy in that knowledge!
Let's face it. People never really come to readers or healers when everything is "right" or perfect in their lives. About 98% of the people have some sort of issue they need help with when they approach you for your services. On a whole, those people are respectful, kind, and eager to help themselves while you help bring some clarity, even if they have a lot of fear bottled up inside of them. It's just not their nature to lash out. This goes for healing work too and the people who come to be healed. The other 2%...again, detach emotionally and remember that your work isn't to cater to their fears, but as one human helping out another. Go forth fearlessly, keep your eyes on your targets, and do what you do best with no attachment to the outcome. You are needed and you are always ready and capable in truth. Much love to you all!
Friday, October 14, 2011
A Meditation for Reconnecting to Source
During my morning meditation yesterday, I was given a most wonderful meditation to pass along:
We are really not separated from Source (you can put your own word here such as God, Universe, All that Is, or whatever you feel comfortable with), but there are plenty of times when it sure feels like there's been a disconnection. So I was given a quick and easy way to remedy this.......
Envision being in a place of sweet golden light with lighter individual rays emitting from all around you. Take your awareness all the way up to your crown (the top of your head) and imagine seeing or feeling it opening wide to receive. See a huge burst of light shooting out from your crown and then allow all the light around you from Source to flood into your crown at the same time. There is giving and receiving....a blending of light....which is actually the same.....but you're exchanging and opening for rejuvenated unfiltered light.
Then envision a giant glowing plug with cord coming out of your crown and rising high up in the air. See a hand reach down and gently take the plug pulling it straight into the most brilliant spot within the light. With it now connected, feel the love and energy flowing directly to you and watch as your entire body becomes flooded with light throughout every single cell. You are one. You are worthy. You are beautiful. You are loved. You are perfect just as you are. You are beyond your circumstances, environment, and experiences. You are timeless. You are empowered. You are capable. And you are ready to live life to the fullest because it is what you were always meant to do.
We are really not separated from Source (you can put your own word here such as God, Universe, All that Is, or whatever you feel comfortable with), but there are plenty of times when it sure feels like there's been a disconnection. So I was given a quick and easy way to remedy this.......
Envision being in a place of sweet golden light with lighter individual rays emitting from all around you. Take your awareness all the way up to your crown (the top of your head) and imagine seeing or feeling it opening wide to receive. See a huge burst of light shooting out from your crown and then allow all the light around you from Source to flood into your crown at the same time. There is giving and receiving....a blending of light....which is actually the same.....but you're exchanging and opening for rejuvenated unfiltered light.
Then envision a giant glowing plug with cord coming out of your crown and rising high up in the air. See a hand reach down and gently take the plug pulling it straight into the most brilliant spot within the light. With it now connected, feel the love and energy flowing directly to you and watch as your entire body becomes flooded with light throughout every single cell. You are one. You are worthy. You are beautiful. You are loved. You are perfect just as you are. You are beyond your circumstances, environment, and experiences. You are timeless. You are empowered. You are capable. And you are ready to live life to the fullest because it is what you were always meant to do.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
12 Oct 11: Using Own Inner Light, Independence, Colors of Love and Compassion, and The Flow (Meditation)
From yesterday's meditation:
I was first shown a scene at a beach where there was a large pile of rocks next to a cliff overlooking the ocean. There were many people sitting high up on these rocks looking up towards the sun. There were many more people down below trying to figure out how to climb up to the others. They were all looking forward to the Age of Light and wanted to be embraced fully by the light and warmth of the sun. Those on top began to extend their hands to help the others up safely. They were not worried about the possible lack of room on top when the other people joined them. They would make room no matter what because it was everyone's right to experience this oneness with the light. The people all sat on top and had smiles as they communicated to the light and enjoyed the sun's rays upon their faces. Then dark clouds moved in, completely blocking out the light. The people looked at each other wondering what to do. Should they climb back down and try again another day? How was it even possible that such a glorious light be blocked in the first place?
Then a woman looked down at her solar plexus area and gasped. She had so much light shining through. She pointed for the others to look at their own bodies and they too had brilliant light shining out. They didn't need to look to external sources. All they had to do was look to themselves! This light could never be dimmed. It was in them and all around them. They were their own perfect resource. Heaven was already present everywhere, including within them.
Then I heard a smart alecky voice (probably my own) ask, "Well what about murderers, rapists, muggers, abusers, and all the other negative people of this world? You're trying to say that they too have this brilliant light shining through them? If so, how could they possibly hurt others the way they do?" The answer came back as YES. Yes, they too have the light. But these people do not live with conscious awareness of this light even though it shines brilliantly within them. Instead, these people live completely in their heads where fear, the desire for power, pain, anger, and all the other negative emotions of the ego reside. It's as if their bodies have been split into two different apartments where the light resides down below in the core of the body, and upper apartment is dark and condemned. They have the same light as we do and the same capability of wholeness. Yet, they've been sucked into the depths of ego and haven't found a way out of that very dark place.
The next scene shown to me was very familiar because I had just seen something very similar to it for a client I read for this week. A woman stood in a cave and looked back at many eager people waiting for her to make a move. They were attracted to her light and wanted her to guide them safely out of this dark cave. She was being put into the role of a leader or way-shower. This weighed heavily upon her shoulders, even though she knew her light was shining forth brilliantly and was meant to help others. I was then told that yes, it's meant to be and fine to lead. What is not fine, however, is when you're constantly called upon to lead others (particularly the same people) over and over again. Someone in this position would find that it's most beneficial to all involved if they would also become a spiritual teacher and teach others to look to their own light so that they may learn to depend on themselves and their own resources, rather than constantly looking to sources outside of themselves. The leader-follower situation can then become a team of peers together consciously bringing more light forth to the world. It really is too much for one person among groups to always be expected to show the way. A group together, however, can create miraculous results!
The scene switched and I was shown faces of people with a most gorgeous rose colored aura around them with a blending of yellow and orange. These were the colors of love and compassion, which also brought in elements of Divinely inspired creativity, confidence, and an acceptance of self. After all, if you cannot even accept yourself, how can you truly say you have acceptance, love, and tolerance for others? You are your best friend, your greatest love, and even your greatest challenge. Should you desire to "feel" whole (which you already are in truth), just imagine these beautiful colors swirling all around you and infusing you with the gifts they bring.
The last scene to come to me was of a woman bobbing up and down with the waves of the ocean. She started to panic at first because the currents were taking her far from where she had entered the water. She tried with all her might to swim back, but it was exhausting and she wasn't getting anywhere despite her hard work and best efforts. All she did was wind up further and further away, was winded, and feeling her muscles become fatigued. When she let go and let the flow take her, she discovered something else. She suddenly felt euphoric! Pulled away from her comfort zone, she found a strange calm as she quit trying to control the situation. She felt at one with the ocean and the sky. She did not know where she was going or what she would encounter along the way, but without her mind screaming to have that comfort zone back, she actually found herself looking to a new adventure.
I was first shown a scene at a beach where there was a large pile of rocks next to a cliff overlooking the ocean. There were many people sitting high up on these rocks looking up towards the sun. There were many more people down below trying to figure out how to climb up to the others. They were all looking forward to the Age of Light and wanted to be embraced fully by the light and warmth of the sun. Those on top began to extend their hands to help the others up safely. They were not worried about the possible lack of room on top when the other people joined them. They would make room no matter what because it was everyone's right to experience this oneness with the light. The people all sat on top and had smiles as they communicated to the light and enjoyed the sun's rays upon their faces. Then dark clouds moved in, completely blocking out the light. The people looked at each other wondering what to do. Should they climb back down and try again another day? How was it even possible that such a glorious light be blocked in the first place?
Then a woman looked down at her solar plexus area and gasped. She had so much light shining through. She pointed for the others to look at their own bodies and they too had brilliant light shining out. They didn't need to look to external sources. All they had to do was look to themselves! This light could never be dimmed. It was in them and all around them. They were their own perfect resource. Heaven was already present everywhere, including within them.
Then I heard a smart alecky voice (probably my own) ask, "Well what about murderers, rapists, muggers, abusers, and all the other negative people of this world? You're trying to say that they too have this brilliant light shining through them? If so, how could they possibly hurt others the way they do?" The answer came back as YES. Yes, they too have the light. But these people do not live with conscious awareness of this light even though it shines brilliantly within them. Instead, these people live completely in their heads where fear, the desire for power, pain, anger, and all the other negative emotions of the ego reside. It's as if their bodies have been split into two different apartments where the light resides down below in the core of the body, and upper apartment is dark and condemned. They have the same light as we do and the same capability of wholeness. Yet, they've been sucked into the depths of ego and haven't found a way out of that very dark place.
The next scene shown to me was very familiar because I had just seen something very similar to it for a client I read for this week. A woman stood in a cave and looked back at many eager people waiting for her to make a move. They were attracted to her light and wanted her to guide them safely out of this dark cave. She was being put into the role of a leader or way-shower. This weighed heavily upon her shoulders, even though she knew her light was shining forth brilliantly and was meant to help others. I was then told that yes, it's meant to be and fine to lead. What is not fine, however, is when you're constantly called upon to lead others (particularly the same people) over and over again. Someone in this position would find that it's most beneficial to all involved if they would also become a spiritual teacher and teach others to look to their own light so that they may learn to depend on themselves and their own resources, rather than constantly looking to sources outside of themselves. The leader-follower situation can then become a team of peers together consciously bringing more light forth to the world. It really is too much for one person among groups to always be expected to show the way. A group together, however, can create miraculous results!
The scene switched and I was shown faces of people with a most gorgeous rose colored aura around them with a blending of yellow and orange. These were the colors of love and compassion, which also brought in elements of Divinely inspired creativity, confidence, and an acceptance of self. After all, if you cannot even accept yourself, how can you truly say you have acceptance, love, and tolerance for others? You are your best friend, your greatest love, and even your greatest challenge. Should you desire to "feel" whole (which you already are in truth), just imagine these beautiful colors swirling all around you and infusing you with the gifts they bring.
The last scene to come to me was of a woman bobbing up and down with the waves of the ocean. She started to panic at first because the currents were taking her far from where she had entered the water. She tried with all her might to swim back, but it was exhausting and she wasn't getting anywhere despite her hard work and best efforts. All she did was wind up further and further away, was winded, and feeling her muscles become fatigued. When she let go and let the flow take her, she discovered something else. She suddenly felt euphoric! Pulled away from her comfort zone, she found a strange calm as she quit trying to control the situation. She felt at one with the ocean and the sky. She did not know where she was going or what she would encounter along the way, but without her mind screaming to have that comfort zone back, she actually found herself looking to a new adventure.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Leaving the Past Where it Belongs
I used to pride myself on being a "record keeper", a keeper of memories. I was a source of tons of old photos capturing many moments throughout my life, old keepsakes, family history, and memories I could write an entire book on. Heck, I even have memories from when I was a baby before I could walk and talk! Other people seemed to love this part about me, and I soaked in all the praise whenever they would mention what great memories I was giving them. They loved taking a peek at what they had forgotten or hadn't thought about in years.
Today I was watching some Eckhart Tolle videos on YouTube and I realized that perhaps being a self-proclaimed record keeper was not necessarily a great thing. For every good memory, there is a not so good memory. I don't know how many times I've looked at a picture and remembered a terrible night. Someone who made me angry. A date that didn't behave at a school dance. That I cried my eyes out before I took a smiling picture. The boy that I had a crush on who told me I was ugly. That I had low self confidence because I thought I was fat back then.
I used to crow about how I can remember everything. When people joked that I had the memory of an elephant, I agreed with them rather than take offense to their jabs. I could rattle off something that happened 30 years ago like it was just yesterday, then laugh because now I can't even remember why I walk into a room anymore. Lately I haven't been laughing as much, however. It's been bothering me that my present day memories have been absent, and I've been trying to do crosswords and play other games to try to make my mind sharp again. Could it be that I have let the past take up so much space in my head and physical world (in the form of things from the past) that this is the reason for my trouble with short term memory loss? Have I somehow created a world to where the past rules and the NOW has no importance? Oh my goodness.
Had I been consciously aware of what I have been doing all these years, I would have put a stop to it a long time ago. After much thought (see how I'm always thinking?), I realized that so much of what I remember of the past has been responsible for my decision making now. When an opportunity comes to me, I immediately think back to when I had failed many times before. When deciding to go further with many different types of relationships with people in my life, the first thing I do is think back on how I was treated by them previously instead of making a decision on how they are today (seriously....is anyone the same person they were 20 years ago? I think not.). When noticing the scale going up a little bit, I immediately drift back to fearful memories of losing weight before and then gaining it all back in the past. If I gave every example I have, it would take more time than I'm willing to spend explaining it all. Let's just say, upon deep introspection, nearly every facet of my life in this present moment is based upon what happened in the past and has created a world that repeats my past over and over again. No wonder I feel many days that I'm not satisfied with where I am in life. That is not true living. I've been living in the shadows of something that no longer exists. When put that way, it seems ridiculous to me that I've been doing it all along. No wonder I find it hard to move forward at times. The past keeps pulling me back because I willingly recreate it and allow it.
I have told clients and anyone else who will listen, "The only moment that is real is this very moment. The past is no longer tangible. The future is only a possibility of what may or may not happen depending on the choices we make in this present moment. Most of the time, what we fear to come has no real basis....until we create it because of our beliefs in it." I must have said that and something similar hundreds of times. I thought I understood fully what I was saying, but until today, I realized I didn't quite have perfect clarity on just exactly how important it was in my own life.
Eckhart Tolle was quoted as saying that he never thinks about the past. What would that be like? What about all the things along the journey that makes me ME now? Should those things be forgotten? Aren't they to be remembered so I will always know where I came from? The answer became clear: all the things from the past are not important to who I am today. What I am in this very moment is all that matters. And when based on this very moment, I suddenly had the clarity that I have no label. I just AM. Wow. To have no labels...well, to me that is just awesome! That means I can do whatever I want and be whatever I want in the moment because I would no longer subject myself to a role. Let me tell you, there are roles I've been frustrated with and unhappy with for a while now. If I didn't look to the past to redefine those roles, however, I would just simply be ME. And there lies the secret to my motto of "moving forward fearlessly". When I no longer step back into the past on my own, the universe suddenly opens wide because I will be joining all that is happening, alive, and real in this moment! To not think of the future, well that already feels so freeing! To have freedom from fear, self-doubt, and all the other emotions that my past has attached to my future.
I know it will take time to get out of a habit that had become my life for the last nearly 41 years, but I am already celebrating the miracle of this epiphany...in this present moment.
Today I was watching some Eckhart Tolle videos on YouTube and I realized that perhaps being a self-proclaimed record keeper was not necessarily a great thing. For every good memory, there is a not so good memory. I don't know how many times I've looked at a picture and remembered a terrible night. Someone who made me angry. A date that didn't behave at a school dance. That I cried my eyes out before I took a smiling picture. The boy that I had a crush on who told me I was ugly. That I had low self confidence because I thought I was fat back then.
I used to crow about how I can remember everything. When people joked that I had the memory of an elephant, I agreed with them rather than take offense to their jabs. I could rattle off something that happened 30 years ago like it was just yesterday, then laugh because now I can't even remember why I walk into a room anymore. Lately I haven't been laughing as much, however. It's been bothering me that my present day memories have been absent, and I've been trying to do crosswords and play other games to try to make my mind sharp again. Could it be that I have let the past take up so much space in my head and physical world (in the form of things from the past) that this is the reason for my trouble with short term memory loss? Have I somehow created a world to where the past rules and the NOW has no importance? Oh my goodness.
Had I been consciously aware of what I have been doing all these years, I would have put a stop to it a long time ago. After much thought (see how I'm always thinking?), I realized that so much of what I remember of the past has been responsible for my decision making now. When an opportunity comes to me, I immediately think back to when I had failed many times before. When deciding to go further with many different types of relationships with people in my life, the first thing I do is think back on how I was treated by them previously instead of making a decision on how they are today (seriously....is anyone the same person they were 20 years ago? I think not.). When noticing the scale going up a little bit, I immediately drift back to fearful memories of losing weight before and then gaining it all back in the past. If I gave every example I have, it would take more time than I'm willing to spend explaining it all. Let's just say, upon deep introspection, nearly every facet of my life in this present moment is based upon what happened in the past and has created a world that repeats my past over and over again. No wonder I feel many days that I'm not satisfied with where I am in life. That is not true living. I've been living in the shadows of something that no longer exists. When put that way, it seems ridiculous to me that I've been doing it all along. No wonder I find it hard to move forward at times. The past keeps pulling me back because I willingly recreate it and allow it.
I have told clients and anyone else who will listen, "The only moment that is real is this very moment. The past is no longer tangible. The future is only a possibility of what may or may not happen depending on the choices we make in this present moment. Most of the time, what we fear to come has no real basis....until we create it because of our beliefs in it." I must have said that and something similar hundreds of times. I thought I understood fully what I was saying, but until today, I realized I didn't quite have perfect clarity on just exactly how important it was in my own life.
Eckhart Tolle was quoted as saying that he never thinks about the past. What would that be like? What about all the things along the journey that makes me ME now? Should those things be forgotten? Aren't they to be remembered so I will always know where I came from? The answer became clear: all the things from the past are not important to who I am today. What I am in this very moment is all that matters. And when based on this very moment, I suddenly had the clarity that I have no label. I just AM. Wow. To have no labels...well, to me that is just awesome! That means I can do whatever I want and be whatever I want in the moment because I would no longer subject myself to a role. Let me tell you, there are roles I've been frustrated with and unhappy with for a while now. If I didn't look to the past to redefine those roles, however, I would just simply be ME. And there lies the secret to my motto of "moving forward fearlessly". When I no longer step back into the past on my own, the universe suddenly opens wide because I will be joining all that is happening, alive, and real in this moment! To not think of the future, well that already feels so freeing! To have freedom from fear, self-doubt, and all the other emotions that my past has attached to my future.
I know it will take time to get out of a habit that had become my life for the last nearly 41 years, but I am already celebrating the miracle of this epiphany...in this present moment.
Monday, September 19, 2011
19 Sep 11: The Light is Always Coming Through, Tools and Lessons Through Maturity, and Celebrating the Beginning of the End (Meditation)
As I closed my eyes to begin the meditation, I was met by blackness. It was so dark that I could not see my hand in front of my face. Usually I wait to see what will appear or what I will hear, but for some reason, I felt guided to tilt my head and look upward. Within a few seconds, I noticed there were faint traces of light trying to shine down from above. This blackness was thick, however, and I thought that it was going to be futile for the light to try to reach me. I wondered where I was because I felt strangely contained as if I were in a narrow pit deep down in the Earth. Then I noticed the light began to trickle like water all the way down to me in various spots. No matter how much the blackness tried to block it out, the water-like light slid down effortlessly.
As the trickles became so numerous that they where everywhere, I began to see walls surrounding me. I called out to whoever was listening and asked where I was and why? My view was pulled back and I was shown myself. Huh? I then realized that I had been within myself, but not in an enlightened way. I was self-imprisoning myself. The blackness was a creation of mine and I was creating blocks against the light through fears, doubts, low self-confidence, anger, and all the other emotions of the ego that kept me in a self made prison and away from my true light. As I was shown, however, no matter how much we try to block out the light whether consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously, we never can truly stop what is always available and flowing to us. It will always reach us in the end.
Speaking of my inner true light...where was it? I was suddenly taken deeper within. Through more blackness, I could see a very faint glow in front of me. I stuck my hands out and felt a gauzy material. I began to pull at the black material peeling back layers and layers of it until I reached a brilliant core of light. Wow! How many layers had I been constructing around it and for how long? Just as I assume I had put up those layers, I had the power to take them down. I was so glad I did because my inner light was too amazing to put into words. I was told that I still wasn't truly seeing my inner light properly. In my mind, it was a core tube. This light, however, can never be contained nor extinguished. The light is within me, outside of me, and beyond me. I was told that the only way I will fully ever understand it is when I transition from death to the afterlife. I will see when I no longer am of the body in my mind, I will see this inner core of mine unleashed without boundaries, and I will understand how I AM the light. What will seem like myself absorbing back into the light will actually be simply revealing true form....which is no form.
The next vision to come to me was of a matador. He looked at me and my first thought was, "Seriously? A bull fight?" He smirked at me as he heard my thought and he began to twirl his red cape around while moving around in a dance. As his feet moved in a graceful way, keeping a careful eye on which direction he flowed the cape, he told me a story of how it was when he was a young, inexperienced matador apprentice. He told me it was horrible. He was hurt in ways that he would not wish upon anyone. He had been stomped on. Bitten. Bruised. He pointed to a spot around the left side of his abdomen and said he was actually gored there. That hurt the worst, he said. It made him want to quit his dreams of being a matador and he was terrified to get back into the ring with a bull.
I asked him why he didn't quit? He smiled (still watching his cape and moving his feet expertly) and said, "I learned. I learned how to be quicker. How to move my feet in ways that I would not trip and can outmaneuver the bull. I learned to trust in myself. And I practiced and practiced and practiced, improving every day."
He asked me if I knew where he was going with all this? He explained that he was inexperienced to the experience. He didn't know any better in the beginning. Every experience that comes to anyone is going to be the same. We're not always going to know how to act, react, or have all the tools we need which may only come with time and wisdom as we learn. Then he told me, "Do not blame yourself or others for things that happened long ago. You were still maturing and learning what works for you and what doesn't work, just as the others were learning."
Suddenly a beautiful flamenco dancer appeared and she approached the matador. I saw his gaze soften and he looked at her with such love. In the next instance, I saw him go through the emotions of jealousy, anger, and then sorrow when she left because he had forgotten the emotion of love and put the other emotions in front. This was a summary of their relationship. Then I watched as he soaked in what he had learned, and when he entered a new relationship, he remember this time to make sure that love stood above all else.
The last scene to appear to me was of a beautiful countryside that was lush and green, but seemed to be entering the stages of autumn. I began to hear Enya's "China Roses" and the scene filled me with such peace. I watched as three young girls in long gowns came running from between a row of trees. They each wore a wreath of flowers on top of their blond hair and they were laughing. Their parents were coming a lot slower behind them, smiling and excited. I was told they were meeting the rest of their village in a large field to celebrate the start of autumn. I realized this was back in medieval times when I saw the tents, food, heavy smoke rising from fires, etc. It was a time of family and community while celebrating the changing of the seasons.
I was told to celebrate our personal changing of the seasons, which are the beginnings of the end of the cycles. Then I heard, "When you feel the beginning of the end, do not be scared or feel sorrow. Celebrate and spend time with those you care about. Look forward to the winter of your life not with fear or anxiety, but rather as the resting period before new life begins."
As the trickles became so numerous that they where everywhere, I began to see walls surrounding me. I called out to whoever was listening and asked where I was and why? My view was pulled back and I was shown myself. Huh? I then realized that I had been within myself, but not in an enlightened way. I was self-imprisoning myself. The blackness was a creation of mine and I was creating blocks against the light through fears, doubts, low self-confidence, anger, and all the other emotions of the ego that kept me in a self made prison and away from my true light. As I was shown, however, no matter how much we try to block out the light whether consciously, subconsciously, or unconsciously, we never can truly stop what is always available and flowing to us. It will always reach us in the end.
Speaking of my inner true light...where was it? I was suddenly taken deeper within. Through more blackness, I could see a very faint glow in front of me. I stuck my hands out and felt a gauzy material. I began to pull at the black material peeling back layers and layers of it until I reached a brilliant core of light. Wow! How many layers had I been constructing around it and for how long? Just as I assume I had put up those layers, I had the power to take them down. I was so glad I did because my inner light was too amazing to put into words. I was told that I still wasn't truly seeing my inner light properly. In my mind, it was a core tube. This light, however, can never be contained nor extinguished. The light is within me, outside of me, and beyond me. I was told that the only way I will fully ever understand it is when I transition from death to the afterlife. I will see when I no longer am of the body in my mind, I will see this inner core of mine unleashed without boundaries, and I will understand how I AM the light. What will seem like myself absorbing back into the light will actually be simply revealing true form....which is no form.
The next vision to come to me was of a matador. He looked at me and my first thought was, "Seriously? A bull fight?" He smirked at me as he heard my thought and he began to twirl his red cape around while moving around in a dance. As his feet moved in a graceful way, keeping a careful eye on which direction he flowed the cape, he told me a story of how it was when he was a young, inexperienced matador apprentice. He told me it was horrible. He was hurt in ways that he would not wish upon anyone. He had been stomped on. Bitten. Bruised. He pointed to a spot around the left side of his abdomen and said he was actually gored there. That hurt the worst, he said. It made him want to quit his dreams of being a matador and he was terrified to get back into the ring with a bull.
I asked him why he didn't quit? He smiled (still watching his cape and moving his feet expertly) and said, "I learned. I learned how to be quicker. How to move my feet in ways that I would not trip and can outmaneuver the bull. I learned to trust in myself. And I practiced and practiced and practiced, improving every day."
He asked me if I knew where he was going with all this? He explained that he was inexperienced to the experience. He didn't know any better in the beginning. Every experience that comes to anyone is going to be the same. We're not always going to know how to act, react, or have all the tools we need which may only come with time and wisdom as we learn. Then he told me, "Do not blame yourself or others for things that happened long ago. You were still maturing and learning what works for you and what doesn't work, just as the others were learning."
Suddenly a beautiful flamenco dancer appeared and she approached the matador. I saw his gaze soften and he looked at her with such love. In the next instance, I saw him go through the emotions of jealousy, anger, and then sorrow when she left because he had forgotten the emotion of love and put the other emotions in front. This was a summary of their relationship. Then I watched as he soaked in what he had learned, and when he entered a new relationship, he remember this time to make sure that love stood above all else.
The last scene to appear to me was of a beautiful countryside that was lush and green, but seemed to be entering the stages of autumn. I began to hear Enya's "China Roses" and the scene filled me with such peace. I watched as three young girls in long gowns came running from between a row of trees. They each wore a wreath of flowers on top of their blond hair and they were laughing. Their parents were coming a lot slower behind them, smiling and excited. I was told they were meeting the rest of their village in a large field to celebrate the start of autumn. I realized this was back in medieval times when I saw the tents, food, heavy smoke rising from fires, etc. It was a time of family and community while celebrating the changing of the seasons.
I was told to celebrate our personal changing of the seasons, which are the beginnings of the end of the cycles. Then I heard, "When you feel the beginning of the end, do not be scared or feel sorrow. Celebrate and spend time with those you care about. Look forward to the winter of your life not with fear or anxiety, but rather as the resting period before new life begins."
Monday, September 12, 2011
A Lesson in Affirmations: What Doesn't Come Naturally Requires Practice, Practice, Practice!
Don't beat yourself up should you have doubts about things and find yourself thinking negatively. Having faith that all will be and is already well does not come naturally to everyone, especially if you have been raised to worry and be "realistic", or what has become your perspective/perception due to life's experiences. So what can you do to change that?
First, have patience with yourself. With pressure and expectations coming from everywhere else outside of yourself (friends, family, bosses, clients, neighbors, etc.), you need to be your own best friend. Take the stress off yourself and realize that there is no need to be perfect, nor are you on a time frame...even if outer appearances say otherwise. It's an ugly thing to feel the pressure of responsibilities and the worry that you won't be able to meet them. Since you don't have a solution right now anyway, however, taking steps to that feeling of faith isn't going to make you anymore stuck. What would you tell a stressed out, worried friend of yours? To breathe? Relax? Do something nice for his or herself? That's exactly what you should be telling yourself and how you can be the best friend you've ever had.
Next, every day tell yourself that the situation is well in hand. You can use any affirmation you want. One of my favorites is "Every day just gets better and better!" You can also say something along the lines of "All is well", "Everything is already working out beautifully for everyone involved", "All my needs are provided for", etc.
Now here's the nitty gritty. When you first start off, you're not going to believe a single word that is coming out of your mouth or silently said to yourself. What most of us tend to do is go through the motions, say all the right words, and then in the back of our minds our deep seated beliefs are telling us:
Yeah right!
That's all good in theory, but it doesn't take away the fact that my electric bill is 2 months past due!
I need a miracle NOW!
Positive things happen to other people...not people like me.
Life sucks.
This affirmation stuff is stupid because none of it ever comes true for me.
It's hopeless.
I've been stuck for 20 years. Nothing is ever going to change that.
Why is it so hard for me when things seem to happen easier for others?
I'm useless.
I can never be truly happy. Life has shown me that.
And so on and so on and so on. Or you may think you truly feel an affirmation you're saying, but the minute a curveball is thrown at you, those less than positive thoughts and emotions immediately flood in with more intensity than ever. The ego does a pretty good job of keeping you checked into "reality", eh?
The ego, however, can be overruled and drowned out over time when you draw your awareness down to your heart area. With daily practice, you can get those more positive affirming words to move from your head to your heart where you will begin to actually FEEL them. With time and practice you will actually begin to BELIEVE them. And with time and practice you will arrive to a point of EXPECTING them without doubt.
Hard to imagine? You do it every day! So many people, however, do it in the opposite direction of where they'd truly like to be. Think of how many negative experiences you have gone through. You felt them. You believed them. And you expected them. You're overweight. You don't make enough money. You didn't go to college so you'll never have a real career. Your neighbor hates you. People think you're stuck up. You're not going to find a parking spot up close to the mall. People are rude to you. You're not trusting of others. As a result, life continues to show you every day that you're absolutely right! Why? Because that's what you believe and expect.
When it comes to affirming the positive, it's the same thing! It's possible! You really can do or have what your heart desires! Be open to how these things come to you. Just as your belief in that people are mean to you comes true through seemingly random people and experiences, so can what becomes your positive beliefs come to you through seemingly random people and experiences. Just because things don't happen exactly the way you thought they should, you can get to a point where you will expect them to come through to you in a way that works out the best! When you give your expectations to the Universe (taking the pressure off yourself), the Universe will provide in ways that you may not have thought of.....you know, since we can be very limited in what we can imagine for ourselves. Feel. Believe. Expect. Oh. And I forgot to mention: ALLOW. When it comes to you, don't turn it away because it's not how you thought it would come to you or you suddenly become scared because it might take you out of your comfort zone (which is really "ego zone").
Don't pass up the opportunity provided because you suddenly do not want to do the physical work it requires, unless of course you decide it's something you no longer want. How many of us have been presented with an opportunity, only to suddenly become scared and push it away? Suddenly ego rears its head again and tells us we're not qualified, there's no way we can do that, we don't have the resources to see it through, etc. Again, be patient with yourself. After all, you have an entire lifetime of deep seated beliefs and fears to work through. I constantly work through this myself! Just start again with breathing, telling yourself you CAN do or have something, and practicing daily until it becomes a part of you.
I have seen this in my own life and when you truly believe and expect things in the direction that makes your heart sing, every day will seem to hold a miracle for you no matter how tiny it seems. The first time I began affirming to the point of feeling, belief, expecting, and allowing, it took about 5 months before I started seeing results in my life, and well over 8 months before things just worked out beautifully in the most miraculous and unexpected ways. Before you groan over how long that seems, what else have you got to do in the meantime? Would you rather start working on expecting the best for yourself, or would you like to continue on your current path of expecting the worst? It's all the same amount of energy. How long it will take for you depends on how set you are in your current life perspective, how consistent you are in practicing until it effortlessly becomes a way of life (just as the more negative experiences have been a way of life without any effort), and how open you truly are to allowing. For some, a more enlightened era could come within the first week! For those who are more stubborn and need to work through deep inner core issues, it may take longer. It's not a contest or a race, though. You move at your own pace and when you're ready, you'll get there just the same as everyone else.
We all have our down moments, periods of laziness, and temporary amnesia when it comes to all the life tools we've been acquiring, but the trick is whether you keep yourself down, or you let yourself out of the self-sabotaging prison cell and see what you're made of! It's an adventure to be sure and you get to decide how your story will end. Much love to you all whatever you life journey may be!
First, have patience with yourself. With pressure and expectations coming from everywhere else outside of yourself (friends, family, bosses, clients, neighbors, etc.), you need to be your own best friend. Take the stress off yourself and realize that there is no need to be perfect, nor are you on a time frame...even if outer appearances say otherwise. It's an ugly thing to feel the pressure of responsibilities and the worry that you won't be able to meet them. Since you don't have a solution right now anyway, however, taking steps to that feeling of faith isn't going to make you anymore stuck. What would you tell a stressed out, worried friend of yours? To breathe? Relax? Do something nice for his or herself? That's exactly what you should be telling yourself and how you can be the best friend you've ever had.
Next, every day tell yourself that the situation is well in hand. You can use any affirmation you want. One of my favorites is "Every day just gets better and better!" You can also say something along the lines of "All is well", "Everything is already working out beautifully for everyone involved", "All my needs are provided for", etc.
Now here's the nitty gritty. When you first start off, you're not going to believe a single word that is coming out of your mouth or silently said to yourself. What most of us tend to do is go through the motions, say all the right words, and then in the back of our minds our deep seated beliefs are telling us:
Yeah right!
That's all good in theory, but it doesn't take away the fact that my electric bill is 2 months past due!
I need a miracle NOW!
Positive things happen to other people...not people like me.
Life sucks.
This affirmation stuff is stupid because none of it ever comes true for me.
It's hopeless.
I've been stuck for 20 years. Nothing is ever going to change that.
Why is it so hard for me when things seem to happen easier for others?
I'm useless.
I can never be truly happy. Life has shown me that.
And so on and so on and so on. Or you may think you truly feel an affirmation you're saying, but the minute a curveball is thrown at you, those less than positive thoughts and emotions immediately flood in with more intensity than ever. The ego does a pretty good job of keeping you checked into "reality", eh?
The ego, however, can be overruled and drowned out over time when you draw your awareness down to your heart area. With daily practice, you can get those more positive affirming words to move from your head to your heart where you will begin to actually FEEL them. With time and practice you will actually begin to BELIEVE them. And with time and practice you will arrive to a point of EXPECTING them without doubt.
Hard to imagine? You do it every day! So many people, however, do it in the opposite direction of where they'd truly like to be. Think of how many negative experiences you have gone through. You felt them. You believed them. And you expected them. You're overweight. You don't make enough money. You didn't go to college so you'll never have a real career. Your neighbor hates you. People think you're stuck up. You're not going to find a parking spot up close to the mall. People are rude to you. You're not trusting of others. As a result, life continues to show you every day that you're absolutely right! Why? Because that's what you believe and expect.
When it comes to affirming the positive, it's the same thing! It's possible! You really can do or have what your heart desires! Be open to how these things come to you. Just as your belief in that people are mean to you comes true through seemingly random people and experiences, so can what becomes your positive beliefs come to you through seemingly random people and experiences. Just because things don't happen exactly the way you thought they should, you can get to a point where you will expect them to come through to you in a way that works out the best! When you give your expectations to the Universe (taking the pressure off yourself), the Universe will provide in ways that you may not have thought of.....you know, since we can be very limited in what we can imagine for ourselves. Feel. Believe. Expect. Oh. And I forgot to mention: ALLOW. When it comes to you, don't turn it away because it's not how you thought it would come to you or you suddenly become scared because it might take you out of your comfort zone (which is really "ego zone").
Don't pass up the opportunity provided because you suddenly do not want to do the physical work it requires, unless of course you decide it's something you no longer want. How many of us have been presented with an opportunity, only to suddenly become scared and push it away? Suddenly ego rears its head again and tells us we're not qualified, there's no way we can do that, we don't have the resources to see it through, etc. Again, be patient with yourself. After all, you have an entire lifetime of deep seated beliefs and fears to work through. I constantly work through this myself! Just start again with breathing, telling yourself you CAN do or have something, and practicing daily until it becomes a part of you.
I have seen this in my own life and when you truly believe and expect things in the direction that makes your heart sing, every day will seem to hold a miracle for you no matter how tiny it seems. The first time I began affirming to the point of feeling, belief, expecting, and allowing, it took about 5 months before I started seeing results in my life, and well over 8 months before things just worked out beautifully in the most miraculous and unexpected ways. Before you groan over how long that seems, what else have you got to do in the meantime? Would you rather start working on expecting the best for yourself, or would you like to continue on your current path of expecting the worst? It's all the same amount of energy. How long it will take for you depends on how set you are in your current life perspective, how consistent you are in practicing until it effortlessly becomes a way of life (just as the more negative experiences have been a way of life without any effort), and how open you truly are to allowing. For some, a more enlightened era could come within the first week! For those who are more stubborn and need to work through deep inner core issues, it may take longer. It's not a contest or a race, though. You move at your own pace and when you're ready, you'll get there just the same as everyone else.
We all have our down moments, periods of laziness, and temporary amnesia when it comes to all the life tools we've been acquiring, but the trick is whether you keep yourself down, or you let yourself out of the self-sabotaging prison cell and see what you're made of! It's an adventure to be sure and you get to decide how your story will end. Much love to you all whatever you life journey may be!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Discovering the Miracles in Your Life
The other day, I was asking my Team (angels, guides, etc.) to give me a big tangible miracle....something that was extremely obvious so I wouldn't miss it.
The answer that came back to me was, "And we would ask you to be the one to discover the miracle for yourself instead."
Huh? It was further explained that we are given miracles every day, but we fail to see them.
Well, that was my point to begin with. Give me a BIG one so I won't fail to see it. Duh! Ha ha!
Then they said, "By looking deeper and making these discoveries on your own, you will open your intuitive sight even more...seeing what was not previously seen...gaining a true appreciation for the miracles that are around you every day."
So today I was outside in the backyard for a while before I came in to get a drink of water. Both my daughters asked me if I had seen the huge butterfly out there with me. No, I hadn't. I was bummed because those are usually my signs from Heaven and I couldn't figure out how I missed that. Even though I had pulled the "Hello from Heaven" card this morning, somehow the sign must have been for my girls.
Later in the afternoon before I went to the gym, I was walking into the living room when I noticed a huge butterfly outside the window flying towards my front door. Excited, I immediately went to the door and opened it to see it...except it wasn't there. Where did it go? I looked up and at that moment realized there was a hummingbird sitting on one of the vines above my head. We have flowering vines that have grown up along the walls of the house and across the top ceiling to our front door entrance. He didn't fly away, nor did he seem scared of me. Very slowly, I moved outside, thinking he would definitely fly away then. He did not. He chirped at me and zinged his little wings in his super fast way, but he stayed put looking at me. As we stared at one another, I discovered in that moment, my miracle and joy.
So what if it wasn't the lotto, a new house or car, or anything else materialistic. This was a miracle in its purest, simplest form waiting for me to discover what a wonderful gift it was. It wasn't until I walked back into the house that he flew away. Had I been handed something, I would have been appreciative, but I wouldn't have seen it in the same light as I did when looking deeper at what was in front of me. You have to love these moments!
The answer that came back to me was, "And we would ask you to be the one to discover the miracle for yourself instead."
Huh? It was further explained that we are given miracles every day, but we fail to see them.
Well, that was my point to begin with. Give me a BIG one so I won't fail to see it. Duh! Ha ha!
Then they said, "By looking deeper and making these discoveries on your own, you will open your intuitive sight even more...seeing what was not previously seen...gaining a true appreciation for the miracles that are around you every day."
So today I was outside in the backyard for a while before I came in to get a drink of water. Both my daughters asked me if I had seen the huge butterfly out there with me. No, I hadn't. I was bummed because those are usually my signs from Heaven and I couldn't figure out how I missed that. Even though I had pulled the "Hello from Heaven" card this morning, somehow the sign must have been for my girls.
Later in the afternoon before I went to the gym, I was walking into the living room when I noticed a huge butterfly outside the window flying towards my front door. Excited, I immediately went to the door and opened it to see it...except it wasn't there. Where did it go? I looked up and at that moment realized there was a hummingbird sitting on one of the vines above my head. We have flowering vines that have grown up along the walls of the house and across the top ceiling to our front door entrance. He didn't fly away, nor did he seem scared of me. Very slowly, I moved outside, thinking he would definitely fly away then. He did not. He chirped at me and zinged his little wings in his super fast way, but he stayed put looking at me. As we stared at one another, I discovered in that moment, my miracle and joy.
So what if it wasn't the lotto, a new house or car, or anything else materialistic. This was a miracle in its purest, simplest form waiting for me to discover what a wonderful gift it was. It wasn't until I walked back into the house that he flew away. Had I been handed something, I would have been appreciative, but I wouldn't have seen it in the same light as I did when looking deeper at what was in front of me. You have to love these moments!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...8 Jul 11: Focus
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Steven D. Farmer's "Earth Magic Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Here we see an amethyst crystal cave bathed in the water from a river, the points of light representing the spiritual force that these crystal beings generate. Amethyst, as well as other types of quartz crystals, have been used for thousands of years in magic and healing, as well as for intensifying psychic capabilities. Since its violet color is the same as the crown chakra, it has often been referred to as a spiritual stone.
The nature of quartz crystals, the second most common element in the Earth's crust, is that they help focus the power of our life force, or Spirit. Where attention goes, power flows---and crystals magnify this power tenfold. Our intention influences where our attention goes. When we're consciously aware of our intention, it facilitates the focus of that spiritual power and supports the manifestation in material reality of that intention.
It is time to bring your complete focus to the subject of your inquiry. Eliminate all distractions, and give this your undivided attention. Whether this is a project, relationship, or simply a relaxing time spent walking in Nature, be fully present to the situation. This sharpening of focus will expand your awareness and allow your inner guidance to penetrate your consciousness, which can then be parlayed into appropriate action.
By being focused with crystal clarity, you are in the flow of your life force and, in fact, have become one with it. It is not a hypervigilant or tension-filled state, but one of relaxed attention. Keep your eyes, ears, and heart focused on that which you need to pay attention to, and miracles can be created. To paraphrase a fictional elder, "Use the Force," and use it in life-enhancing ways.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...7 Jul 11: Stay in Your Own Skin
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Sonia Choquette's "Trust Your Vibes Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
As a six-sensory person, you have a tendency to become overly empathetic at times. You not only sense others' vibrations, but you also absorb and internalize them as your own. This is not only psychically unhealthy, but it can make you physically sick if you do it often enough. The cure is to mentally and emotionally stay in your own skin, and don't operate like a psychic sponge absorbing the energy around you. It's okay to support others, but don't try to rescue them. It interrupts their growth and harms you as well. Stay in your skin by slowly breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth, while focusing on your body. The more you breathe, the more you keep to your own spirit and allow others the dignity of managing their own affairs.
Another key to disengaging is to see and name the physical objects around you. This two-minute, psychic-energy adjustment resets your balance. It's nice to care---but don't carry.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...6 Jul 11: Adriana (answer to your prayers)
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Messages from Your Angels Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Additional Message: "We have heard your prayers, and we are glad that you asked us to help you. As you may know, we can only help you if you request assistance. The way that we angels answer your prayers is by giving you guidance that will lead you to take steps toward your higher self's will.
"Notice repetitious thoughts and feelings; or vivid visions, dreams, or auditory messages. These are my loving messages, urging you to take action or make changes. I will make sure that you are safe while you follow this Divine guidance. Together, we will work to co-create your answered prayer."
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...5 Jul 11: Summer
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Magical Messages from the Fairies Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
You've received this card because you wonder when your desires will manifest. This card represents the reassurance that your wishes have been heard, and divine timing is clearing the way for your answered prayers to come to you at the perfect time. In this case, you'll fully realize your dreams in the summer.
Additional meanings for this card: You're moving to a warmer location* Spend some time outdoors in the sunshine or with a full-spectrum light* Take a vacation, especially to a warm, sunny place.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...4 Jul 11: Kiwi (do a walking meditation)
Happy Independence Day, everyone!
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Steven D. Farmer's "Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Steven D. Farmer's "Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Most of the time, walking is a way that people get from point A to point B, often in a rush and without regard for what's going on around them. Meditation is typically viewed as something people do while sitting cross-legged for several minutes; however, that's only one form of meditation. Walking with awareness and intention is another.
Find a place, preferably in Nature, such as the forest or woods, where you can simply walk for ten minutes or more each day for the next week. Experiment by walking more slowly than you usually do. Try moving at 80 percent of your usual speed. You can also try speeding up your pace, but stay present and be aware of how it feels to move so rapidly. Then slow way down for a few steps to where you can really feel each step you take. Notice how the contact with the ground starts at your heel and slowly moves up to your toes. If possible, try it barefoot. Be aware of the sights, sounds, and smells as you walk, as well as the rhythmic feeling in your body. Whatever pace you set, be sure to breathe consciously and consistently with full awareness. Doing so while walking is what makes it a meditation.
Associations: Grounded; Nocturnal; Survival; Flexibility; Fatherhood; Innocence; Earthiness; Ancient Wisdom; Inspiration; Safety; Speed; Quickness; Detection
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...3 Jul 11: Celebrate You
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Sonia Choquette's "The Answer is Simple Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
You're flowing in the grace of your Spirit, and it shows. There's light in your eyes and fire in your belly. You're a joy to be around and an inspiration to others. Stay present to your inner radiance and remain focused on your Spirit. Let it continue to lead day by day, and don't be afraid to tell others about your joy. You've been faithful to your Spirit, and the results are beginning to show.
Now is the time to celebrate. You're a delight to the heavens and those around you. Your light brightens the world and uplifts others who have lost their way. Acknowledge your efforts and feel great about what you've accomplished. This will teach your ego to be supportive of, rather than combative with, your Spirit---it can learn a new way. The more you openly celebrated your Spirit, the more your ego will relax and begin to trust it. When ego and Spirit become partners, you'll begin to live an unbelievably charmed life. You're on your way---keep it up.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...2 Jul 11: Rebirth
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Steven D. Farmer's "Earth Magic Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
The spring equinox, also called the vernal equinox, occurs on March 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere and September 20 or 21 in the Southern Hemisphere. This is the point when the sun crosses the plane of the equator, and day and night are the same length across the planet. Earth Mother is pregnant and is birthing once again. Crops can once again be planted.
This card features a rendition of Ostara, sometimes spelled Oestre or Eastre, a Germanic goddess of spring. Ostara is also a northern European name for Astarte, which means "womb"; and is another name for Venus, the goddess of love, passion, and creativity. The Christian holiday of Easter stems from this goddess, and in this card we see some archetypal symbols of the spring equinox that represent the rebirth of the world, such as rabbits, eggs, and flowers. It is indeed a time for renewal.
You thought this passage you have been through would never end. Just as certain that the light of the world fades every few months, it makes its return, and the Earth rejoices. The fresh breath of spring sweeps away the cobwebs acquired from the absence of the light. The light is now obviously increasing as Nature beings to emerge in all her many forms, shapes, and colors that remind us of the continual cycles of Earth Mother.
This cycle of rebirth you are experiencing follows a considerably challenging time. Any tears you may have shed have cleared the way for what has been gestating, which is now ripe and ready to emerge. That which no longer serves you needs to be put to rest so that a freshness and newness of spirit can make itself known to you.
Sometimes birth can be painful, particularly in that passage just before delivery, yet what emerges can be fresh and beautiful. Be with the emergence of this next cycle with faith and grace.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...1 Jul 11: Infinite Supply
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
This is an abundant universe, filled with more than enough for everyone. Yet, the energy format of this planet is about polarities. In this instance, it's about giving and receiving. The key is to balance the two. If you only give, you'll feel drained, resentful, and experience lack. If you only receive, you won't enjoy what you have. Balance comes from fearlessly giving as you're guided, and then receiving with joy and gratitude. It's exactly like breathing: Both the inhale and the exhale are identically important. Practice giving and receiving daily, and you'll never want for anything.
Various meanings of this card: Don't worry about the future* Know that you'll always have enough to eat* Your needs will always be provided for* Spend time at the ocean* Swim with the dolphins* Move to a beach or island community* Go swimming, sailing, or surfing* Give time and money to a cause that protects the ocean.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...30 Jun 11: Mother Healing
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Magical Mermaid and Dolphins Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
By receiving this card, Heaven asks you to release some remaining "mother issues." Give the entire situation to Heaven, knowing that everything is in the hands of Infinite Spirit. The situation may heal in unexpected ways. Be unconcerned with how it heals, and be vigilant in releasing any lower energies connected to your mother that could interfere with your life's mission.
By releasing any mother issues to Heaven, your heart opens further to accepting joy and blessings into your life. Your mother benefits when you're happy, whether or not she's consciously aware of it. Be willing to forgive and release old issues relating to yourself, your mother, mother figures, or anyone connected to your mother. By cleaning your inner house, you invite new love, opportunities, abundance, and healing energy to enter your life.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...29 Jun 11: The Prison Waif (self-sabotage, poverty consciousness...Ally)
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Colette Baron-Reid's "Wisdom of the Hidden Realms Oracle Cards" deck. This is my only deck where the meaning of the card depends on if it was pulled upside down or in the upright position. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Ally (upright)
When the Prison Waif arrives in his realm as your Ally, he comes to remind you of the Law of Paradoxical Intent. Your own self-sabotaging thoughts and hidden beliefs are, in fact, preventing you from your highest good. You might believe that you're doing all you can to manifest your reality, but perhaps you're giving in to thoughts such as the following:
- I can't do this.
- I'm unworthy.
- I'll fail, so why try?
- I don't deserve this.
- I'm unlovable.
In fact, you're locked in a prison of your own making. That's good news, because it means you have the key to let yourself out. This is a sign that you need to spend some time with yourself addressing those beliefs that counter your hard work to get ahead. You can change them if you want to. You don't want to stay in prison, do you?
Take inventory of your thoughts, let yourself out of jail, and spend a few minutes outdoors in gratitude. It's time to let the sunshine in.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...28 Jun 11: Take the Lead
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Sonia Choquette's "Soul Lessons and Soul Purpose Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
You're intuitively beginning to find your way. Notice what part of your life leaves you so confident that you no longer feel the need to ask for outside approval. What qualities inspire others to compliment you for your bright energy?
Your soul's purpose right now is to trust your creativity and elevate your confidence. Let your natural beauty, grace, talent, and wisdom take over. Don't wait for others; take the lead. Allow your optimism to carry you past the dreary scene of the moment, keeping you on track with your soul's path and pulling others out of the shadows and back to center as well.
Your soul's lesson: Allow your love of life to prevail over current negativity and cynicism. Be the beacon that eliminates your darkness and ignites the sleepy imaginations of those around you---not to show off or be the center of attention, but as a leader who keeps others from losing heart and spirit. So shine on and spread your wings. Don't wait to be invited; let your light speak for itself.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...27 Jun 11: Admit the Truth to Yourself, and Act Accordingly
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Archangel Michael Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
You've received this card because there's an important feeling that you've been trying to ignore. Yet try as you might to push it aside, this feeling urges you to be honest with yourself. Archangel Michael says that facing this truth will be healing, and it will give you the direction and guidance you seek.
You've tried to disregard your inner urging because you're worried about making life changes. Archangel Michael reassures you that he's guiding you and making sure that your needs are met and your relationships stay healthy.
Possible specific meanings: Heal or leave an unhealthy situation* Don't compromise* Face your fears* Hold loving thoughts about yourself and this situation
Prayer
I appreciate your support in helping me face my feelings with grace and acceptance so that I can be lovingly honest with myself and others. Thank you, Archangel Michael, for giving me courage and strength.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...26 Jun 11: Prayer Works!
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Archangel Raphael Healing Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Archangel Raphael sends this card to inspire you to increase your prayers surrounding your health question. This may mean putting requests into prayer groups, such as those associated with churches or temples. It also calls for you to pray more personally and to ask your spiritually minded loved ones to join you.
Hundreds of well-documented and carefully designed studies have supported the healing power of prayer and have ruled out the placebo effect. There's evidence that the more people who pray for a cause, the better the result...regardless of the type or denomination of the prayer. Raphael joins you in praying for the best possible outcome as well as peace for everyone involved. And remember: the answer to your prayer is usually better and different from you may expect.
Possible specific meanings: Pray about every aspect of this situation* Instead of worrying, pray!* Talk honestly with God and the angels about your fears, desires, and feelings* Ask for help and then accept assistance when it's offered* Start a prayer or support group for the issue at hand
My Prayer
Dear God and Archangel Raphael, thank you for hearing and answering my prayer of [Add the details of your prayer].
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...25 Jun 11: Water
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Magical Unicorns Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
To feel good, your body needs to have water and foods that have water in them, such as fresh fruits and vegetables. This card asks you to drink a lot more water as a way to fuel your energy. When your body doesn't have enough water, you may feel tired and not be able to think well. So, carry a water bottle with you, and drink from it a lot.
When you drink water and eat fruits and vegetables, you'll have a lot more energy and feel happier. Stay away from foods that have sugar. Even though sugar tastes good, notice how your body feels after you eat it: You'll find that your body gets tired soon after you eat sweetened foods. A better way to enjoy this taste is to eat ripe fruits.
This card can also mean that swimming or bathing in water would make you feel happy and healthy. You can also pray over your drinking water and food, and the prayers will make your meals even more healthful and tasty.
By eating and drinking fruits, vegetables, and water, your skin will look good, you'll feel good, and other people will soon ask what your secret is!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...24 Jun 11: Body Care
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Healing with the Angels Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
The angels urge you to care for your physical body. You are asked to eat healthful foods, to exercise regularly, and to avoid toxins.
This card is your angels' way of asking you to pay attention to your physical body. Perhaps you resist this guidance, and the angels have repeatedly come to you about this topic. They remind you that the body is an instrument that, when well tuned, emanates greater harmony. Your spirit is like the music of a grand piano, and the angels remind you to maintain that piano.
Your angels know that if you follow this guidance, you will feel terrific. Your increased energy and happiness is your reward for following the angels' suggestions. They will help you find the time and motivation to exercise. They will also help you lose your cravings for unhealthful substances. And, the angels will help you enjoy the newfound pleasures that come from purifying and maintaining your physical body.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...23 Jun 11: Soul's Path
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Steven D. Farmer's "Power Animal Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
It's time to stop fooling yourself and get moving on your soul's path. Pay close attention to the subtleties of your experience; and listen very, very carefully to those urgings that are begging you to honor the deepest truth of who you are---not what you think everyone else will approve of, but the path that heeds the voice of your soul that's been calling to you since before you were born.
Every experience up to this point in your life has shaped you, and even the lives that you've lived before exert their karmic influence. At this point, you can no longer live your life driven solely by ego. Instead, it's important to consciously and consistently attune to your most profound sense of self and align with Spirit's intent. It will take courage and faith to dive into these depths, but you have indeed funded the power and the strength to do so. Claim the destiny that you know is yours, and act on it now!
Additional Associations: Migration; Devotion; Communication; Soul Memory
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...21 Jun 11: Peace
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Goddess Guidance Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Various meanings of this card: Give your cares and worries to Heaven* Pray* Meditate* Engage in peace-enhancing activities such as yoga, sea-salt baths, massage, naps, music, playfulness, and the like.
Even though appearances may seem chaotic, I assure you that a higher plan is in action. This all-loving power is carrying and supporting you completely. Relax into the arms of Divine love; and breathe away all cares, concerns, and worries. Put your focus into enjoying and appreciating each blessing. Your gratitude helps you attract even more blessings into your life.
Various meanings of this card: Give your cares and worries to Heaven* Pray* Meditate* Engage in peace-enhancing activities such as yoga, sea-salt baths, massage, naps, music, playfulness, and the like.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...20 Jun 11: Creativity
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Sonia Choquette's "Ask Your Guides Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
Patience* Practice* Reevaluation* Assessment
Your Creativity Guides are advising you that there's no way to avoid risk if you wish to live a creative life. Stop worrying about making right or wrong choices, and view all of them as creative opportunities. Be glad that you have the freedom to make choices at all, and realize that no matter what you choose, you'll create something. If you don't like the result, then simply go back to the drawing board and make new and, hopefully, better choices.
Your Creativity Guides remind you not to look at life in terms of black and white, me against you, all or nothing. You're a creative spirit regardless of what else is going on in your life. Assess your creations with appreciation and respect. Whether good, bad, or indifferent, they all reflect your creativity. Celebrate everything you enjoy, and don't fret over the rest. See your less desirable creations as interesting rough drafts, and follow your Creativity Guides' advice: "Go back to the drawing board."
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...19 Jun 11: Practice, Practice, Practice
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Magical Messages from the Fairies Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
The fairies love to play musical instruments; and they know that consistent practice increases their enjoyment, confidence, and competency. In the same vein, you received this card because you've asked how to accomplish something. The answer is for you to invest time practicing and working on your goal daily. Even a few minutes will add up to big progress---for example, writing one page a day will lead to a complete book by the end of the year. Push yourself to practice, beginning today!
Additional meanings for this card: Take up a new hobby or skill* Join a class to learn something new* Open a private practice conducting healings or other one-on-one work* Take private lessons to polish your skills* It's time to showcase your talents publicly* Take active steps toward your goal in order to realize your dreams.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Daily Oracle Card...18 Jun 11: Goddess
Today's card (with book meaning) was drawn from Doreen Virtue's "Angel Therapy Oracle Cards" deck. Join me on Facebook under Christine Watts Awakening Empowerment or visit my website at: Christine Watts Intuitive Services: Awakening your inner light and empowerment
This card speaks of a need for sacred female energy, which brings gifts such as intuition, nurturing, and artistic expression. Perhaps you've been spending too much time thinking or engaging in creatively void work. If so, then this card is your signal to move your body in dance; and express your intuitive, artistic, and nurturing side.
You're also guided to call on benevolent female deities for help with the situation you're inquiring about. You can call upon Lakshmi, the beloved Hindu goddess who helps with abundance; Brigit, the Celtic goddess of healing and courage; Mother Mary, the saint who guides our children; Athena, the Grecian goddess of wisdom; the Egyptian goddess Isis, who helps women juggle home and family; or any of the thousands of other trustworthy and sacred feminine deities.
Action Steps
Within every woman are three parts of the goddess: Maiden (inner child, at times pure and at other times adventurous and bold); Mother (nurturing qualities); and Matriarch (the teacher). Men have analogous inner qualities of the Lad, the Dad, and the Patriarch. It's important to express each of these three parts daily. This helps to balance playfulness with work and relationships. Spend time each day expressing all three characteristics, and notice how much more energized and balanced you feel.
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