Tree of Light

Tree of light with the 6 new chakras

I express gratitude for the guidance received this morning to further simplify the illuminated energy centers. There are 6 energy centers. The 7th being you/we in the center.

Energy center illumination with the 6 new chakras

The tree of light illustrates how we are one with nature. 6 new chakras centered. The 7th chakra being the tree with roots reaching down into the earth. Branches reaching out to all.

Tree of light with the 6 new chakras

Illumination Meditation for the 6 new energy centers:  

⁃    Stand with your feet hip-distance apart or with them touching or seated with both feet on the ground.
⁃    Close your eyes. Roll your shoulders back.
⁃    Balance the right and left hemispheres of your brain. The masculine and feminine energies. Place your hands in prayer position in front of your heart. Press your thumbs into your sternum at the center of your chest.
⁃    Bend your knees slightly. Come up on the balls of your feet and then place your heels lightly on the floor.
⁃    Imagine a string pulling the top of your head up to the sky. Your spine aligning gently like a strand of beautiful pearls.
⁃    Take 3 deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
⁃    Connect with your highest source, your divine source within, your guides and spirits of light that wish to help you today.
⁃    Open your eyes. If you feel dizzy, please sit down.
⁃    Starting from the top of your head, tap lightly from the top of your head all the way down your face, neck, arms, body, legs and down to your feet.
⁃    Pause at your feet.
⁃    Visualize a warm red light. That warm red light extends like roots from the bottom of your feet into the earth. The earth light gives us a connection to our past and the stability to move forward. Feel safe with the earth, it is always with you.
⁃    Bring that warm red light up the roots through your feet and up your legs. Pat your feet and your legs all the way up to your belly button.
⁃    Rest both of your hands on your belly button. Visualize an orange light. Here at the belly button, where you were once connected to your mother. Receiving nourishment and love. You intuitively know everything you need to create for yourself and the group.
⁃    Move your hands from your belly button. Bring your hands in front of you with your palms facing up. Feel a yellow light. The yellow light helps you give and receive. It helps you manifest for a healthy sense of self. Bring your hands together, give gratitude for all that is. Receive that yellow light and give thanks for the strength and purpose. Pause. Breathe
⁃    Bring your hands now to your heart. Visualize the color green.  Pause with your hands at your heart center at the center of your chest. Feel the green color within you. It fills your lungs with each breath. And with each breath it then radiates out like wings. Visualize the green light extending out as far as you can imagine and further. You are spreading unconditional love, peace and compassion for yourself and others.
⁃    Move your hands out and up as if they are giant wings or the branches of a beautiful tree. The green leaves giving life. Sway and fly.
⁃    Now bring your hands up each arm, wrap your arms around yourself and give yourself a hug. Receive that green light full of unconditional love and compassion. Breathe it all in.
⁃    Move your hands up to your face. Place a hand on each cheek. Visualize a silver blue light. This silver blue light radiates out from your 3rd eye. Visualize  the silver blue light that helps you communicate with your spiritual guides, your soul and the souls of others. The silver blue light is much like the silver blue clouds of the sky. Pause and know you are connected to spirit and your soul, receiving crystal-clear guidance every moment. Breathe.
⁃    Gently trace your nose, cheeks, ears and the back of your head. Up and around your forehead.
⁃    Be with the blue light. Breathe it in. Exhale it out.
⁃    We’re now at the top of your head. Bring both hands up, way up above your head. As far as you can comfortably reach. Feel a violet light filling the space between your hands. Visualize a white light with gold flecks extending as far up above your head as you can imagine. The light takes you places you have never been before. Here you have a divine connection and release hidden truths.
⁃    Wiggle your fingers and sprinkle that white light over your body.
⁃    With your hands extended up above your head, reach up and then bring them out to either side as if in a bubble. See the white light extending out and protecting you. Bring your hands down toward the earth where the earth protects you. Breathe and know you are safe.
⁃    Close with both hands together at your heart center. Rub them together briskly. Place one on each side of your face and open your eyes.
⁃    Welcome back to the present moment.
⁃    Thank you!

 

 

 

Energy Center Illumination. Tree of Light within Aligned with Life.
Energy Center Illumination. Tree of Light within Aligned with Life.

Illumination Process

Tree of light with the 6 new chakras

Are you on an illuminated spiritual journey? Do you ever feel a bit confused and alone? I urge you to reach out, to find others going through a similar experience. We are here to help one another.

This past week, I attended a group discussion at the studio of Jill Sand Consulting. Jill shared some very interesting information that helps to explain a lot of what has gone on with me over the past few years. Thank you Jill, for following your guidance. And many thanks to Karen Downing who explains  the Chakra Ascension process in her blog at yoursoulmission.com

During the discussion, we were given a lot of information about Chakra Ascension. I like to call it spiritual illumination. I could feel others were a bit confused at first, with our protective egos popping up, saying, “Hey, where is this information coming from? How can I trust it?” I asked the questions of Jill who explained it very kindly to us.

Like many new concepts, the information flows in front of us through our spiritual guides, our intuition and from earthly guides, mentors and teachers. With my protective ego at ease, my observational/nonjudgmental ego to surfaced.  My soul recognized the information as truth.  I relaxed and the information came through much more clearly.

Like I said, there was A LOT of information. It rattled and tumbled around a bit. I woke up the next day ready to simplify, communicate and share! Woohoo! Cuz that’s what I do. I like to simplify with graphics to help communication. The greatest graphic design dream.

Following is a short meditation to get started. This meditation came about in 2015 around the time of Molly Friedenfeld’s spring retreat after I noticed a lot of people needed to feel safe to move forward. You’ll notice later how there is a direct tie-in with the topic for today.
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Illumination Meditation

(I recommend you record yourself reading the meditation and then play it back for maximum effects)

⁃    Stand with your feet hip-distance apart or with them touching or seated with both feet on the ground.
⁃    Close your eyes. Roll your shoulders back.
⁃    Balance the right and left hemispheres of your brain. The masculine and feminine energies. Place your hands in prayer position in front of your heart. Press your thumbs into your sternum at the center of your chest.
⁃    Bend your knees slightly. Come up on the balls of your feet and then place your heels lightly on the floor.
⁃    Imagine a string pulling the top of your head up to the sky. Your spine aligning gently like a strand of beautiful pearls on the side of a strong, majestic tree.
⁃    Connect with your light within. With each breath go deeper and deeper within yourself. Feel the warm light.
⁃    Take 3 deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
⁃    Open your eyes. If you feel dizzy, please sit down.
⁃    Starting from the top of your head, tap or pat lightly from the top of your head all the way down your face, neck, arms, body, legs and down to your feet.
⁃    Pause at your feet. Breathe. Visualize a warm red light.
⁃    That warm red light extends like roots from the bottom of your feet into the earth. Your roots give stability to the earth. Feel safe and secure.
⁃    Repeat. “I AM SAFE. I AM MOVING FORWARD”. three times.
⁃    Bring that warm red light up the roots through your feet and up your legs. Pat your feet and legs all the way up to your belly button. Pat. Pat. Pat.
⁃    Rest both of your hands on your belly button. Visualize an orange light. Pause. Breathe.
⁃    Here at the belly button, know you are nourished and intuitively know what you need every moment.
⁃    Repeat “I AM INSPIRED AND I AM NOURISHED.” three times.
⁃    Bring your hands out in front of you with your palms facing up. Feel a yellow light. Pause. breathe
⁃    With the yellow light, manifest all you need and know you are worthy. Accept it into every part of your being. Bring your hands together in gratitude.
⁃    Repeat “I AM WORTHY AND I AM STRONG.” three times. Pause. Breathe
⁃    Bring your hands now to your heart. Visualize the color green. Pause with your hands at your heart center at the center of your chest. Breathe.
⁃    Feel the green color within you. It fills your lungs with each breath. And with each breath it radiates out like the branches of a magnificent tree. Visualize the green light extending out as far as you can imagine and further. You are receiving unconditional love, peace and compassion.
⁃    Move your hands out and up as if they are the branches of a beautiful tree. The green leaves giving life. Sway and soar with the air currents.
⁃    Repeat three times “I AM LOVED. I AM ACCEPTED.”
⁃    Bring your hands up each arm, wrap your arms around yourself and give yourself a hug. Receive that green light full of unconditional love and compassion. Pause. Breathe it all in.
⁃    Move your hands up to your face. Place a hand on each cheek. Visualize a silver blue light. Pause. Breathe.
⁃    This silver blue light radiates out from your 3rd eye. Visualize  the silver blue light that helps you communicate with your your soul and the souls of others. The silver blue light is much like the silver blue clouds of the sky. Pause and know you are connected to spirit and your soul, receiving crystal-clear guidance every moment. Breathe.
⁃    Gently trace or tap your nose, cheeks, ears and the back of your head. Up and around your forehead. Your ears. your chin, your jaw.
⁃    Breathe it in the silver blue light. Exhale it out. Pause with your fingers at your 3rd eye.
⁃    Repeat three times, “I AM CONNECTED WITH MY SOUL AND I AM KNOWING.”
⁃    We’re now at the top of your head. Bring both hands up, way up above your head. As far as you can comfortably reach. Feel a violet light filling the space between your hands. Pause. Breathe.
⁃    Visualize a white light with gold flecks extending as far up above your hands as you can imagine. The light takes you places you have never been before. Here you have a divine connection, recall all that your soul knows as truth. Know you are free to release those hidden truths.
⁃    Wiggle your fingers and sprinkle that white light over your body.
⁃    Repeat three times, “I AM PEACEFUL AND I AM TRUTHFUL.”
⁃    With your hands extended up above your head, reach up and then bring them out to either side as if in a bubble. See the white light extending out and protecting you. Bring your hands down toward the earth bring them back together in prayer position at your heart center. Rub them together briskly. Place one on each side of your face and open your eyes.
⁃    Repeat your name 3 times. “I AM ____________________.”
⁃    Welcome to the present moment. Be with this moment and know you are and always have been and always will be illuminated from within.

⁃    Thank you!

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Knowing we are safe and connected with the earth is a very important part of the illumination process.

To me, feeling safe has been an important part of my journey. During the spring of 2015, I too found myself needing to know I am safe to move forward. I used LilyTiger Guidance Cards every day or so. And guess what kept coming up? A root chakra card! “I AM SAFE”

Why did I need to feel safe? So much stuff has happened in my life that put me in constant fight or flight mode. A constant adrenaline rush of go – go – go – escape. I had to find a way to feel safe for survival. So, after the root chakra cards popped up I practiced self Reiki, acupressure, attended a wonderful retreat, participated in healing circles, wore a healing medallion and practiced meditation much like the one here in this blog. It worked, I know I am safe. I feel stable and am moving forward in a state of joy and gratitude.

I know I am connected to the earth. It will always be here for me.

The second thing I did this past year that helped me to feel more peaceful was to feel worthy and accepted. To know I am worthy of joy and love and forgiveness. Forgiveness of myself and others. Creating and wearing a sacred name healing medallion daily has helped me reach a state of self acceptance and worthiness. I won’t go over any activity in this blog entry. But I urge you, if you haven’t done it already, to find someone or something that can guide you through an exercise of self acceptance and worthiness. Late last year I experienced a very helpful tapping sequence led by Julie Jacky.

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So . . . now we get back to the main topic: Energy Center Illumination.

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Energy Center and Chakra Illumination illustration and symbols created by Wendy Hurd of LilyTiger Creative

You see here that the chakras have been, for many of us, a core group of 7 energy wheels. All lined up, each developing throughout our lives. And carrying on as they should. Life has been good for the most part.

But now . . . change is occurring and has occurred. Exciting! Confusing! Mixed emotions.  Everyone is different. There is no right or wrong. There is no hierarchy. It happens differently for everyone.

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In the Pre-illumination Stage you see the 7 old chakras lined up and encased in a container.

Are you familiar with glow sticks? The kind you might get for kids at Halloween? Well, the old chakras in the pre-illumination stage are like a glow stick still in the package. In order to light up, an external source snaps the stick with just enough force to release the chemical reaction. And then after that it glows and leads the way!

The illumination process is much like that. In the beginning. We are a fuel cell filled with energy and light. And then something comes along with enough force to ignite us.

That brings us to the 2nd stage. The Ignition Stage. A force strong enough at our heart center needs to happen in order for ignition to take place. One thing or a combination of events. Something with a strong emotional charge. A deep depression or illness or a loved one’s transition.  Something happens that triggers our soul to open our heart and set our heart free. Ultimately it is our decision. We need to move forward and seek out the change.

In my personal experience, it was a combination of events that ignited my heart opening. My son enlisting in the military catapulted me into knowing I needed more than a physical connection. My soul told me something needed to change. That change was the start of my personal illumination process. It has taken me 7 years. I can confidently share with you that I am well on my way to opening up my Ultimate Being Chakra.

I found a key that unlocks the door. Many of you have also. And if you haven’t, you will in your own time.

And when that happens. That ignition. Our heart light energy glows brighter. This is the Attraction Stage. The heart chakra  becomes a magnet and attracts the new chakras. The changes happen over the course of moments, days, weeks, months or years.

Let’s review what just happened.  The glow stick contains the the 7 old chakras. A positive force comes along and snaps the container. The force releases our heart chakra. The heart chakra attracts new chakras like a magnet.

In the Attraction Stage, the heart chakra attracts new chakras that waited for us at a soul level.

A few old chakras fade and go away, some change. The new chakras come into alignment. This is the Alignment Stage which happens over time and is different for everyone. There are stops and starts. One by one, the new chakras align and work together to create a state of illumination.

Here are the new chakras in the Illumination Stage. I’ll explain their roles starting with the Earth Root Chakra at the feet and move to the top of your head for the new Ultimate Being Chakra.

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•    Earth Root Chakra (red) radiates red light below our feet and into the earth.  Focus on connection with the past and moving forward and connecting us with the earth.
•    Belly Button Chakra (tangerine orange). Focuses on nourishment, group need, energy, creativity and intuition.
•    Hand Chakra (yellow). Focuses on giving and receiving, manifestation, sense of self and gratitude
•    Universal Love Chakra (green) and radiates a green light as far as you can imagine and further. Focuses on unconditional love, peace and compassion
•    Soul Star Chakra (silver blue) radiates  silver blue light as far as you can imagine on all planes and dimensions. The Soul Star Chakra focuses on spiritual truth, connecting with spirit, communication, perception, clarity and telepathy.
•    Ultimate Being Chakra (violet) radiates a white light with gold flecks. Focuses on divine connection, releasing hidden truths and much more.  Let your imagination go with this one! Remote viewing, bi-location, connecting with multiple dimensions of the universe as well as the grid of time and space.
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And the super cool thing about all of this is how the energy centers radiate way beyond us!

To help simplify even more, close your eyes and see a butterfly or a dragon fly or a beautiful tree. Anything, you pick. The tail or tip or root system red; the body or trunk orange, yellow and magenta; the lower wings or leaves are green; the upper wings or sky are silver blue and the antennae are a shimmering white with gold flecks.

Energy center illumination with the 6 new chakras

Tree of light with the 6 new chakras
The illumination process happens in cycles. The process of encapsulated energy cell to breaking free to attracting change to illumination can happen again and again. But as we go along, the stages shorten and become a bit easier to get through. Eventually the illuminated stage lengthens and becomes brighter and brighter.

This explains how and why there are many more teachers of light out there today. They are able to sustain this illumination. Their wings are larger and brighter. They fly further and higher.  Branches are bigger, stronger, longer.

It’s very simple. Visualize a butterfly or dragonfly or a tree.

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The symbols you see on the illustrations are each created from the words representing the chakra names and duties. Geometric symbols are key to utilizing the energy of the chakras.

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Thank you to Jill Sand Consulting for sharing the Chakra Ascension process with me. Thank you to Karen Downing of Your Soul Mission for the details about Chakra Ascension.

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If you would like more information or would like to contact me for graphic design, a sacred name healing medallion or guidance cards please send me an email at wendyhurdcreative@gmail.com

Healing light for those who grieve

Patricia Sheveland of Positive Aspects Today

Dealing with grief over the transition of a loved one can be challenging. I’d like to recommend Patricia Sheveland. Patricia, Founder of Positive Aspects Today and Registered Nurse and Certified Mentor Coach. She is a professional who can help you find the light and joy.

http://patsheveland.com/about-2/

http://patsheveland.com/who-we-work-with/

As a person who has experienced the death of loved ones in my life, I know it helps to have a professional who can help move through some of the obstacles blocking the way of joy. Patricia is a gifted and caring individual.

Patricia Sheveland Certified Mentor Coach

Transforming life

Guidance Card I am relaxed for Sacral Chakra

I’ve learned throughout the years that sharing a vulnerable state of being with others gives permission to others to share or at least feel less lonely. So, here is my latest state of being.

Recently, I was guided to a wonderful life coach and mentor, Kelly Olson, a DreamBuilder Program coach. I signed up for the 12-week program. It’s time to get serious about transforming my life. Two years of study and practicing energy medicine has been wonderful. I know now, that I absolutely love this field of work and feel it is my calling in life. Now it’s time for me to work with someone who will encourage and kick me in the butt!

Week 2. Got the materials last night which consisted of an audio recording, a script for the audio and workbook exercises. All of which emphasized a vision for myself.

Wow! Mind-altering work. What have I always wanted to do? What steps am I taking this week to make it happen? Well, hmmmm. Let me see. The things I wanted to do as a child are way different from what I want to do now. Or are they? Thinking back, as a child, I pretty much just wanted to be happy and loved. I didn’t want a big house or a long vacation to the south of France. I just wanted to play, spend time with my family, eat when I was hungry and sleep when I was tired. That’s it. Simple. I want that now.

I didn’t want that 2 or 5 or 10 years ago. I was much too focused on what media and social culture was telling me to want. A big source of frustration. That realization tumbled around in my brain all night long. Which then led to me waking up in a fury this morning. I spent two hours in tears over the most ridiculous things.

Or were they ridiculous things? My vision for myself is to live in love, joy and peace. Some things need to go in order to manifest love, joy and peace. Right?

An indication of something shifting were the tears. Letting go. A surge of energy got me to change some simple things. And then the calm set in. The peace. Still waiting for the joy. I know it’s there.

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Gotta tell you about the energy medicine part of the day. In the past, if I had felt this uncomfortable after starting a program, I would flee and run as fast as I could in the opposite direction. Today is different. Today I have more tools ready for me. The Guidance Cards! Yes. The Guidance Cards I developed a couple of years ago.  Emotional states of being correlated to the chakras.  Typically a nice way to start the day. If nothing else, it helps me pick the color of clothing to wear. But today was different. Today the card would help me get through a very difficult time and encourage me to keep going with a life-changing program.

Got out of bed. Mind churning.

Grounded myself. Stand with feet on the ground. Bring my hands to my heart. Close my eyes. Take in a deep breathe and exhale slowly. Repeat. Light a candle. Smudge with holy wood. Shuffle the Guidance cards. Pick one. The card is “I AM RELAXED” which is a Sacral Chakra card. Perfect. I need this to help me with creating my new self concept and creating close personal relationships.

Guidance Card I am relaxed for Sacral Chakra

Still feeling the intensity of the work, I decided a healing medallion would also be in order. Went to my workshop and created a symbol and medallion for “I am relaxed.” On the back side I engraved the symbol for Alignment with Life. The Alignment with Life symbol is the sacred geometry symbol for flower of life plus a vertical and horizontal line to bring everything into alignment.

Healing medallion Sacral Chakra I am relaxed

Infused the medallion with the healing sound vibrations of Tibetan Singing Bowls. I placed it around my neck. The medallion helped so me much! I went from a state of fury to a calm state of mind within minutes. The day went very well.

Feeling grateful and looking forward to next week’s workbook exercises.

The future of Reiki. Informative video.

I’d like to share with you an informative video created by William Rand.

William Rand shares his idea about the trend Reiki will take in the future by first describing an evidenced based history of Reiki. This will include a synopsis of how Usui Sensei, Hayashi Sensei, and Takata Sensei practiced and taught Reiki. He will also be talking about the essence of Reiki and how Reiki can be a spiritual practice. He will then explain the direction he thinks the practice of Reiki will take in the future. This is a content rich talk that includes many important details and concepts. Recorded via Skype from Michigan for the 2015 Australian Reiki Connection Conference.

William Lee Rand, founder and president of The International Center for Reiki Training (ICRT), The Center for Reiki Research and The Reiki Membership Association. He has many credentials. I am grateful to him and his organization for their professional work ethic and attention to the advancement of Reiki to help others.

Speechless confirmation of light and love

Gratitude Medallions. Hand made art by Wendy Hurd

Many amazing things happened this week. Here is one that left me speechless: While volunteering time as a Reiki practitioner at the hospital, I stopped by one of the nursing stations. I introduced myself and asked if anyone could direct me to a patient that might be interested in energy therapy to help them relax. One nurse listed three names. I thanked her. And then the unexpected happened. An M.D. looked up from her computer and said in a very quiet voice, “I would like to request energy therapy for a patient as well.” I was speechless. What a wonderful confirmation of light and love!
Not that I am always looking for confirmation. But it sure is nice to get an unexpected boost. As the first Reiki volunteer at the hospital, I’ve spent the past year quietly introducing myself to nurses and patients. Learning so much from every interaction, every individual.
As a reflection, I look back and remember how I felt terrified walking down the halls, into the rooms. Wondering if what I was doing was something that would be embraced. Washing my hands over and over. As an extreme empath, I felt drained. But I found the way. After each session, I feel grateful to walk down to the meditation sanctuary of the hospital and walk the labyrinth for each patient. Breathing for them. Sending them light.
It has been an amazing and surprising journey. I now feel energized with every moment I am there. And feel incredibly grateful for every guiding moment. For every individual.
Every individual has the power within them. All they need is the reminder to relax and recall the power. All I do is show up.

Thank you from Wendy Hurd Creative.

Gratitude Medallions. Hand made art by Wendy Hurd

Original goodness. Each and every being is.

A friend of mine shared an inspirational and peaceful passage from Richard Rohr.

My favorites:

Beginning with the positive instead of a problem is the healthiest and most hopeful way to find wholeness.
We must now rebuild on a foundation of original goodness.  You must begin with yes.

The one thing I’d like to revise is: “The Earth itself is Christos, is Buddha, is Allah, is Gaia.” Revise it to: each and every being is.

About 6 years ago I went to Chicago thinking that I would find something better for my career, life, etc. I was on a tour with my husband and as we waiting in line for the tour to start, I took a photo of him sitting in the sun. I pulled the photo up later to share on social media and said something like, “sometimes happiness is right in front of you.” My husband is usually very content and happy. He falls asleep instantly and has an easy smile. I felt angry with his ease at times and would try my hardest to make him feel as miserable as I felt. It was one of my talents to spread misery to those around me.

I was always looking for harmony outward.  And if is wasn’t found, I would spread disharmony. Where can I escape to? What can I buy? More. More. More. What I really needed to do was look within. For less, less, less. This summer has been a continuation of my unplanned journey. The past year I had goals for relaxation, education, relationship, work and financial. One of the goals was to make a certain amount of money, an amount I thought I needed to survive. Well, life has brought me a greater gift. The gift of less. What it has done and what I am able to accept is less of everything. I used to travel here and there, plan dozens of trips. Take class after class after class. Take on project after project and get them finished in record time without pause. But now, I have fewer projects, less money coming in but I am fine. Just fine. Instead of rushing off to Lake Superior or registering for the next retreat or class, I borrow a book from the library and spend time on my back porch reading in peace. Feed my pets the most wonderful food. Play. Take long walks. And find ways to heal relationships.

Thank you so very, very much!

Enjoy the moment of original goodness.

Filling your karma bucket

Think about it. It’s fun, isn’t it? I heard the phrase, “I’m filling my karma bucket.” at an event in Omaha in February 2015 called, Startup Weekend. It stuck with me. And today recall with a smile as I read the book “How to uncover your past lives.” by Ted Andrews.

Evolving as a human reveals much. Books like this one are a joy. Filled with exercises and wisdom. Here are a few of my favorite passages:

The chakra system is adjusted and attuned to the physical glands and nervous system, as well as to levels of consciousness. The chakras mediate all energy coming into and going out of the body. They tie the subtle bodies to the physical so that integration of the true spiritual essence can occur.

Love it! Elegant and helps paint a beautiful portrait in my mind.

Here is another passage about parenting and birth:

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, “Speak to us of children.”

And he said:

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.

“They come through you but not from you, and they are with you yet they belong not to you.

“You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts.

“You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dremas.

“You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you, for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.”

This is from The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, copyright 1923 by Kahlil Gibran and renewed 1951 by Administrator C.T.A. of Kahlil Gibran estate and Mary G. Gibran.

Being a parent myself, I looked to books and media and other forms for guidance on how to best help my children grow into successful adults. On one extremely frustrating day, my son said to me, “stop reading the books.” He was in Junior High school then. Very wise advice.

Here is another good passage from the book “How to uncover your past lives.” by Ted Andrews:

The angelic hierarchy is just as real as we are, only without physical bodies. They have bodies of lighter substance that are mostly invisible to our self-limiting perceptions. We exist in a living universe, and most of the good we know–be it the beauty of nature, the gift of birth, or the wonders and blessings of life–we owe to these beings.

Humanity is smug. We like to believe that we are the highest form of life. We do have a divine spark but so do countless other life forms. And there are many more that express that divine spark much more radiantly and consistently than we do.

This year, I’ve been learning about earthly angels. The beings here on earth that bring light and love consistently. I wonder if earthly angels are simply “wannabees.” 🙂

Throughout the book, as mentioned above, are exercises. Each one helps to reveal truths originating in past lives. Relationship struggles and joys. Situations. Life path blocks. According to the author, some tie back to past lives. I did a few exercises this week and discovered a very comforting scenario that explains a lot about struggles in a current relationship.

“How to uncover your past lives.” by Ted Andrews. A wonderful book. Thank you, Ted, for sharing your gifts.

 

Slow down and be safe in the embrace.

LilyTiger Holistic Wellness and Graphic Design

Today my thoughts go to the topic of holistic wellness/integrative therapies/energy medicine and what the studies have revealed in my life. At first, the old self kicked in and thought, “Oh! This new knowledge is a wonderful business opportunity! This is something everyone needs!” But then as time goes on, the reality and un-reality has shifted. It’s not a business, it’s a way of being. It’s about helping one another.
It’s not about being the best. It’s about showing up every moment. Discovering. Recalling. Sharing.
The best part so far has been the amazing guides here on earth and elsewhere. Every moment notice the beauty. Feel it. See it. Sense it. Slow down and be safe in the embrace.
Look up and notice the sky painted. Look to the left and feel the bark of the tree. Look down and wait for the creature to move along. Pause.
Thank you.