Cleansing is done to assist in releasing dense energy. Usually, this is dense energy that is no longer beneficial to an individual. Cleansing can be done all levels: physical, mental-emotional, and spiritual. The point of cleansing is to evolve and move an individual FORWARD- on all of these levels, if the individual so desires. The mind and body and spirit connection is a simple interconnection that we as humans tend to make complex because of stored dense energy.
Physical
First, lets address our physical vehicle: the human body. Physical cleansing can be done on the most basic level: Food! The old saying, "You are what you eat," can definitely be applied here. One example of physical cleansing is food-based cleanse diets.
Prior to participating in a food-based cleansing regimen the individual probably ate a lot of "dense energy" foods: sugars, starches, processed meats heavy with antibodies and chemicals, complex carbohydrates, and not enough vegetables.
In the food-based cleanse diet the individual is generally suggested to eliminate or modify the intake of "complex" and dense energy food items such as sugar. In turn, they are taking their bodies back to the basics: meats, vegetables, nuts, more water, and moderated carbohydrate intake.
Under proper nutritional guidance, many people I've met who have participated in food-based cleansing diets
are usually very satisfied with the results: weight loss, less fatigue,
more energy, chronic and/or acute conditions lessening or resolving
themselves, better libido, etc.
More importantly, many report a higher self-esteem and self-confidence. The saying, "Look good, feel good," could most certainly be applied.
Mental-Emotional
Although, physical changes in appearance can morph an individual's outlook on life, it is also important to address the mental-emotional aspect of ourselves. Many people wonder how they can cleanse on a mental-emotional level. Clearly, we cannot scrub our memory banks clean (although that would be much easier). We acquire much dense energy in the mental-emotional area due to bad or negative experiences in our lifetime, whether they occurred to ourselves or another.
This stored dense energy usually plays out in repetitive patterns in our lives, swinging back and forth between one extreme and another, and/ or we repress this dense energy so deeply it surfaces in the physical field causing illness, or in the spiritual field causing lack of higher purpose and direction. The benefit of releasing the dense energy will help us come back to the center and regain balance.
Myself and other practitioners have observed in practice, have been told by our respective spirit guides, and gone through the experience ourselves; that the most most effective method thus far is Forgiving. If we can forgive another person or situation, the mental-emotional residue of dense energy can be released, thus propelling a person forward to what they truly desire- better health, love, abundance, truly an endless amount of possibilities.
* Note: Forgiveness does not mean that you have to be friends with the 'offending' person, or even speak to them. To paraphrase a mentor of mine, "Jesus says to turn the other cheek, however after awhile your cheek begins to get rather sore, make it easy on yourself, you can forgive and love that person... from a distance."
So how can you forgive a person without having to make direct contact?
Forgiveness Exercise/ Meditation
Please read completely through!
-Turn off your phone, gadgets, make sure any outside distractions are taken care of: children, significant other, pets etc.
-Sit down ( or else you'll fall asleep!) in a chair with feet flat on the floor.
-Take three deep breaths.
-Use your vivid imagination to clearly visualize this person in front of you.
-Can you see or feel if there are any 'cords' attaching you to each other?
(Tip: If you cannot see or feel the cords, then if you could see or feel them where would these cords be?)
- Taking an object of your choice: scissors, an ax, chain-saw, pliers, Archangel Michael's sword of Truth, etc CUT these cords.Cut these cords as fast or as slow as you would like. If it is your first time cutting cords, take your time.
*Note: By cutting these cords, you are not "cutting" person out of your life,nor are you physically harming them, you simply are un-attaching their energy from you, so you can find forgiveness, or have a clearer perspective in a emotionally charged situation to make a better decision for YOU.
- Check and make sure all cords are removed, or any other foreign objects, beliefs, or negative words aimed your way this person may have placed onto you.
- Now, hand the cords and whatever else back to that person.
If you are feeling especially forgiving you can put everything into a box, gift wrap it really pretty, and gently hand it back to them.
-What is their reaction?
(Tip: If they attempt to attach more cords, keep cutting!)
- Say whatever you need to say to this person either to yourself or out loud These can be words of anger, words of love, and/or forgiveness.
- Finally, make a shield around you from this person. It can be any kind of shield: a wall, a plexiglass container over you, or even a transparent shield*
The Transparent Shield: The transparent shield is one I do for myself and others.
It is a truly a shield of ultimate forgiveness, it is not only protective but encouraging the other person to do their OWN healing. Unlike other shields, it is transparent because my intention is not to "block" the person out of my life completely, yet instead to assist them in healing their own wounds.
I visualize this shield as literally a wall of energy, usually it is gold. My side of the wall protects me. The other side of the wall is healing for the other person. So when a person comes up to the shield of energy and touches it they will turn away to do their own healing on their own time.
*Note: Some people in your life may try to break this wall down primarily because 1. They want to reattach and 2. They have no desire to do their own healing. I have had experiences where one individual tried to kick my shield down. He kicked and screamed and cried. I simply held my shield in place with calm. After time, he grew tired and turned away, hopefully to do his own healing on his own time.
This is a very powerful exercise. It can be done as many times as needed. Also, it can be done to anyone. That being said when breaking an energetic connection, the person you are cutting cords from WILL feel the shift of energy. ***Do not be surprised if they attempt to make contact with you shortly after***
By doing the above exercise many people find that they are less and less angry, worried, or upset. They have a more balanced perspective on a particular situation, and are better able to approach an emotionally charged situation or person with a calm outlook.
As a result, we have more time to focus on what we truly desire and take the proper proactive steps to getting what we truly desire and making
more room from what DOES benefit us.
Spiritual
The physical cleansing and mental-emotional cleansing takes us up into the point of our own divine Spirit within each of us. By physically cleansing whether it be with food, quitting smoking, losing weight, or simply becoming more aware of what we put in the body, we have honored our physical vehicle. The mental-emotional cleansing allows us to release many of the life-events, people, and decisions of others we have no control over, allowing us to have more time to focus on ourselves and our desires, thus allowing us to fully move into Spirit.
Spirit, plainly put, is our essence. It's what were are here on earth for. When we lack spirit we lack direction and purpose. To illustrate, we may see all the doors closing and not the doors that are already open for us. When we access spirit regularly and operate more from Spirit and less from Ego and worry, we have a greater amount of faith, hope, and better ability to love and forgive ourselves and other, we begin to see and walk through the open doors. Our Spirit is already "clean" so to speak. It has no flaws, prejudices, or ulterior motives- it's pure Joy and Love.
So how can an individual better access the Spirit within them?
The answer is simple Meditate. Now, when I say meditate many people have this misconception that they must sit still for hours and hours on end, "stilling there mind", not worrying, sitting in an uncomfortable position, and this just sounds incredibly hard, or impossible. Meditation is time for you to re-center and re-ground, so do it the way you please, it simply takes practice. Even if you can only do it in your car for five minutes prior to work or while sitting on the metro, some is better than none. When in meditation we can access our higher-self and spirit guides to give us direction and purpose to our lives, or simply questions such as, "What do I need to do more of?" The answers may come as explicit words, images, or even just gut-feelings to "go here" and "do this" and "talk to this person". The more and more you trust what you receive from Spirit, the more things will coincidentally "fall into place" for you in your life.
Some ideas to get you jump-started in meditation:
1. Enjoy the Sun
For 15 minutes or so, sit facing the sun, either outside or by a window. Just breathe and feel the sun's energy moving through you. Just simply throw your cares and worries to the sun. More importantly, the sun is an energetic cleanser!
2. Purchase a meditation CD.
There are many kinds of meditation CDs.
If you are auditory then one with music might be more to your liking.
If you are a feeler, then a meditation CD with breathing exercises would probably benefit you more.
If you are visual a guided visual imagery CD or a piece art or religious figure may help you focus more.
3. Find an author who writes about accessing Spirit
- Pick one who resonates with you.Generally these authors can be found in the "New Age" or religious section of the bookstore.
As an individual begins to work on these interconnected aspects of themselves, the other aspects soon desire to be in balance as well. So, these aspects can be worked on in any order and as many as you want at any given time. Eventually, they will all desire to be in balance and harmony!
Below are 2 Suggestions for "Quickie Cleansing"
These cleansing out dense energy in all 3 aspects.
1. A Hot Bath with LOTS of Epsom Salt.
2. Sage with Intention
-Stick or Spray.
Be warned it smells like marijuana when burned, so if you live in a shared living arrangements I recommend the spray.
Sage
with intent to cleanse dense energy out! Anything can bring dense
energy in: arguments with a roommate, a toxic or negative person,
anything that shifts the balance of peace and harmony in your life. Once
you sage, you will notice the difference in how you and the room/house
feel- lighter!
*Highly suggest purchasing a How-To book on Saging, which can be found at most book stores.
(If you just wave the stick around with no intention it won't help!)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
9. Mediums As Everyday Healers
I've touched upon briefly in other blog post about channelers and mediums. As many of you know, my goal is to water down the woo-woo and bring out the healing elements present in psychic work. This post is dedicated to mediums and channelers- YOU ARE AWESOME! (For time sake I will just being using the term medium throughout this posting).
To be frank a Medium is an individual whom communicates with deceased people and/or beings on other dimensional planes. Coming from a family of mediums, both self-acknowledged and not, this can cause a few raised eyebrows in our society!
I wish to focus on the positive healing aspects of medium work by sharing a personal experience. I have two stories I wish to share. Normally, I would not write an article this intimate on Spirit, however the young man gave me his permission and I was "pushed" to write it as soon as I got up this morning. I have left his name out for privacy purposes and made some details vague for that reason.
The first experience I had was of a young man who went missing. I rarely read the news, but sure enough after a week I was driving down the highway when the local radio began asking the public for any information of this young man's whereabouts. The next day, I was driving again, and the same broadcast was sent out. I felt so bad for his family, they must be worried sick. I was still hopeful for this young man. So I "tuned in". Instantly I had goosebumps all up and down my arms. I' "saw" (in my mind's eye)The young man was sitting in the backseat of my car, staring out the window. He appeared very ashamed, he wouldn't even make eye contact.
Our dialogue was as follows:
M: Why are you so sad? (The young man came in spirit, so he had crossed)
B: I'm ashamed, my parents will be so ashamed.
M: No, no they won't. You're family is worried sick about you. Where are you?
B: In a place they have searched before.
M: Are you hiding your body with spirit?
B: Yes, I'm so ashamed they can't ever know.
M: Please let them find you, they love you, they need to know for their own healing.
B: Okay. (affirming his agreement to be found)
M: I'm going to cross you now. See that light over there, do you see anyone you know?
B: Yes, my relatives ( I want to say grandmother)
M: Okay, follow that light. Go be happy there.
The next day the police found his body in a place they had previously searched.
The second experience I had was of another young man who had been badly injured in a car accident. He was unconscious, and not expected to live or make it through the night. I have never met this young man in my life. I had only heard of the accomplishments of this young man through my father, who worked briefly for a time with one of his relatives. The young man's critical situation resonated with me. I thought maybe it was because were both former college athletes, close in age, and just starting to get our careers underway, but there was to be more than that.
A few days later, I was getting ready for bed in front of my dresser, as I sent silent prayer for this young man, I suddenly had a flash of a vision in my mind's eye: A young man standing between two doors. One door representing the spirit world and the other the earth plane. He looked at me as if to say, which one do I choose? Without thinking, I explained to him that I could not choose for him, he would have to use his own free will to choose. I relayed the pros and cons of each door. The spirit world would be wonderful, however his immediate family would not be there, and from what my father had shared it sounded like he was doing some pretty cool stuff on the earth plane. The earth plane had his family and his life before him, although if he chose to stay, he may have a long road to recovery. After a few moments, he pushed through the door for the earth plane.
The next day my father was informed that the young man had regained consciousness, and eerily enough had regained consciousness around 11 pm, about the same time he chose his door. He is expected to live with a long road to recovery.
Where was the healing in each of these situations?
There was healing for the previously missing young man's family. If his remains had never been found his family would never know and been left to question, at least now they can grieve and mourn fully, and heal along the way. Probably, if the young man had not revealed his whereabouts he might have hung around on the earth plane and not grown and evolved on a soul level. This is important because soul-growth is vital a soul's current lifetime and the next.
As for the formerly unconscious young man, this was my first experience working with a soul who was "in-between" so to speak. I can only guess as to why this experience occurred, and can only suspect that he stayed because he desired to finish his soul-work.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Can everyone be a medium?
Yes. I believe everyone is able.
Can all mediums see deceased people?
Generally speaking, Yes.
There are different mediums- Some mediums can see spirit, just as they could an everyday person. Others, like myself, only see them in my mind's eye.
Is Medium work entertainment?
UH NO. Medium sessions and parties can be TONS of fun and plenty of good laughs and humor from Spirit. However, the main line of our work is HEALING, it is not just for shits and giggles.
How do I train to be a medium?
Most persons who are called down that path are already mediums. It is highly suggested if one is interested in tapping into mediumship ability that they find a teacher or mentor, or even better pray for one!
Can my deceased relatives come visit me if I ask them to?
Yes, even if you are not a Medium. You are more than free to ask your relatives to come visit you or help you in your everyday life. Most times our "dead people" have no qualms about helping us out, mine help me keep the house clean!
So, the work of a medium is done on both ends. Our job is not to just "talk to deceased" people.
Our work is to help BOTH those here on the earth plane and in spirit, to heal and evolve on the soul level.
Medium work is done with pure unconditional love and the intent to heal.
Happy All Souls Day!
Note** If you are interested in a Mediumship Session with Meredith
please contact her at meredithrosemcdonough@gmail.com.
Rate is $1.50/minute.
To be frank a Medium is an individual whom communicates with deceased people and/or beings on other dimensional planes. Coming from a family of mediums, both self-acknowledged and not, this can cause a few raised eyebrows in our society!
I wish to focus on the positive healing aspects of medium work by sharing a personal experience. I have two stories I wish to share. Normally, I would not write an article this intimate on Spirit, however the young man gave me his permission and I was "pushed" to write it as soon as I got up this morning. I have left his name out for privacy purposes and made some details vague for that reason.
The first experience I had was of a young man who went missing. I rarely read the news, but sure enough after a week I was driving down the highway when the local radio began asking the public for any information of this young man's whereabouts. The next day, I was driving again, and the same broadcast was sent out. I felt so bad for his family, they must be worried sick. I was still hopeful for this young man. So I "tuned in". Instantly I had goosebumps all up and down my arms. I' "saw" (in my mind's eye)The young man was sitting in the backseat of my car, staring out the window. He appeared very ashamed, he wouldn't even make eye contact.
Our dialogue was as follows:
M: Why are you so sad? (The young man came in spirit, so he had crossed)
B: I'm ashamed, my parents will be so ashamed.
M: No, no they won't. You're family is worried sick about you. Where are you?
B: In a place they have searched before.
M: Are you hiding your body with spirit?
B: Yes, I'm so ashamed they can't ever know.
M: Please let them find you, they love you, they need to know for their own healing.
B: Okay. (affirming his agreement to be found)
M: I'm going to cross you now. See that light over there, do you see anyone you know?
B: Yes, my relatives ( I want to say grandmother)
M: Okay, follow that light. Go be happy there.
The next day the police found his body in a place they had previously searched.
The second experience I had was of another young man who had been badly injured in a car accident. He was unconscious, and not expected to live or make it through the night. I have never met this young man in my life. I had only heard of the accomplishments of this young man through my father, who worked briefly for a time with one of his relatives. The young man's critical situation resonated with me. I thought maybe it was because were both former college athletes, close in age, and just starting to get our careers underway, but there was to be more than that.
A few days later, I was getting ready for bed in front of my dresser, as I sent silent prayer for this young man, I suddenly had a flash of a vision in my mind's eye: A young man standing between two doors. One door representing the spirit world and the other the earth plane. He looked at me as if to say, which one do I choose? Without thinking, I explained to him that I could not choose for him, he would have to use his own free will to choose. I relayed the pros and cons of each door. The spirit world would be wonderful, however his immediate family would not be there, and from what my father had shared it sounded like he was doing some pretty cool stuff on the earth plane. The earth plane had his family and his life before him, although if he chose to stay, he may have a long road to recovery. After a few moments, he pushed through the door for the earth plane.
The next day my father was informed that the young man had regained consciousness, and eerily enough had regained consciousness around 11 pm, about the same time he chose his door. He is expected to live with a long road to recovery.
Where was the healing in each of these situations?
There was healing for the previously missing young man's family. If his remains had never been found his family would never know and been left to question, at least now they can grieve and mourn fully, and heal along the way. Probably, if the young man had not revealed his whereabouts he might have hung around on the earth plane and not grown and evolved on a soul level. This is important because soul-growth is vital a soul's current lifetime and the next.
As for the formerly unconscious young man, this was my first experience working with a soul who was "in-between" so to speak. I can only guess as to why this experience occurred, and can only suspect that he stayed because he desired to finish his soul-work.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Can everyone be a medium?
Yes. I believe everyone is able.
Can all mediums see deceased people?
Generally speaking, Yes.
There are different mediums- Some mediums can see spirit, just as they could an everyday person. Others, like myself, only see them in my mind's eye.
Is Medium work entertainment?
UH NO. Medium sessions and parties can be TONS of fun and plenty of good laughs and humor from Spirit. However, the main line of our work is HEALING, it is not just for shits and giggles.
How do I train to be a medium?
Most persons who are called down that path are already mediums. It is highly suggested if one is interested in tapping into mediumship ability that they find a teacher or mentor, or even better pray for one!
Can my deceased relatives come visit me if I ask them to?
Yes, even if you are not a Medium. You are more than free to ask your relatives to come visit you or help you in your everyday life. Most times our "dead people" have no qualms about helping us out, mine help me keep the house clean!
So, the work of a medium is done on both ends. Our job is not to just "talk to deceased" people.
Our work is to help BOTH those here on the earth plane and in spirit, to heal and evolve on the soul level.
Medium work is done with pure unconditional love and the intent to heal.
Happy All Souls Day!
Note** If you are interested in a Mediumship Session with Meredith
please contact her at meredithrosemcdonough@gmail.com.
Rate is $1.50/minute.
Friday, September 7, 2012
8. What is "Energy Healing"?
In my own 'practice' my clients tend to have a lot of questions about energy healing work. Energy healing goes by many names: Reiki (Ray-kee), laying of hands, Healing Hands, Quantum Touch, Craniosacral, Bowenwork, Therapeutic Touch, etc. Again, my intention with this blog is to clear up any questions the everyday person may have regarding it.
The primary question is: Where does the "Energy" come from?
Many in the healing field trust that energy roots from the: God/Holy Spirit/Life Force/The Force/Great Spirit/Universe/ Unconditional Love Heart Space. And although there are tons of energy healing techniques out there, the general rooted intention to help create that space for a client is unconditional love with no attachment to outcome. Often times when people think of unconditional love, they think of romantic love, but unconditional love is what many describe as how a parent feels staring at their newborn- wonder, awe, and willingness to just let their newborn be.
As a result, what makes energy healing successful for both client and practitioner is the unconditional love intention behind the each party.
What about a person calling themselves a 'Healer'?
According to Richard Gordon, founder of Quantum Touch, " No person can heal another, the practitioner simply creates and holds a space for the client to self-heal."
Saying I'm a self-healing space creator is a mouthful, so the term is healer is used a generality.
How does the practitioner create the space for a client to self-heal?
The practitioner creates the space by raising their own vibration, asking Ego and Worry step aside, and simply listening, and following the flow of the clients energy. In essence, the healer is not the person "doing all the work" but together the client and practitioner are co-creating a space for both parties to self-heal.
It is of the upmost importance the practitioner step aside Ego. Because Ego involves: judgement, criticism, attachment to outcome, which in turn turns away the intention of unconditional love of self-healing. To follow, it is important for Worry to be put aside on the healer's part too. When a healer is distracted by their everyday concerns such as: laundry, dog throwing up on the floor, a loved on who is ill, their worry detracts away from the Unconditional Love. Hence why many healers may go into a semi-meditative state while working
What are some different ways healers work?
Different healers experience and "listen" to energy in different ways. Some 'see' blockages, images, and what's happening in the body in their mind's eye, others feel it or even smell it, while others can hear words about whats going on from the body Some practitioners hands may become very cool or very hot doing energy work. Some may pick up on past lives that are effecting the client negatively.
Each healer possesses their own unique tools and abilities in assisting in their and their client's self-growth journey.
Is it safe? Can it hurt?
Energy work in itself is safe and ethical if done with consent with pure intentions.
Most times people feel calm and centered after energy work. However, there have been times when clients have felt worse before feeling better after energy work, particularly clients with radiation and chemotherapy exposure. Since the practitioner may literally be clearing crap out of the aura, it sometimes needs to be physically released via nausea, vomiting, etc. Other times when people are working on emotional conflicts they may feel very run down, tired, and just "unwell", these 'clearing flus' are common and typically only last 2-3 days. Generally, clients are encouraged to take Epsom salt baths and drink plenty of water.
How much does it cost? Is it okay to charge?
Cost depends on geographic location and the healer themselves. At the moment, insurance does not cover energy work, although we hope that changes in the near future. Typically most healers do not charge more than $125 for energy working. It is acceptable for healers to charge a fee, but many do not see it as a taking from you to give to them, it is instead an energetic exchange. Often times if clients can't afford a session I ask for a barter such as an exchange of food, a skills, or task.
I hope this answers any vital questions the everyday person may have about energy work any other questions can be directed to me at meredithrosemcdonough@gmail.com
The primary question is: Where does the "Energy" come from?
Many in the healing field trust that energy roots from the: God/Holy Spirit/Life Force/The Force/Great Spirit/Universe/ Unconditional Love Heart Space. And although there are tons of energy healing techniques out there, the general rooted intention to help create that space for a client is unconditional love with no attachment to outcome. Often times when people think of unconditional love, they think of romantic love, but unconditional love is what many describe as how a parent feels staring at their newborn- wonder, awe, and willingness to just let their newborn be.
As a result, what makes energy healing successful for both client and practitioner is the unconditional love intention behind the each party.
What about a person calling themselves a 'Healer'?
According to Richard Gordon, founder of Quantum Touch, " No person can heal another, the practitioner simply creates and holds a space for the client to self-heal."
Saying I'm a self-healing space creator is a mouthful, so the term is healer is used a generality.
How does the practitioner create the space for a client to self-heal?
The practitioner creates the space by raising their own vibration, asking Ego and Worry step aside, and simply listening, and following the flow of the clients energy. In essence, the healer is not the person "doing all the work" but together the client and practitioner are co-creating a space for both parties to self-heal.
It is of the upmost importance the practitioner step aside Ego. Because Ego involves: judgement, criticism, attachment to outcome, which in turn turns away the intention of unconditional love of self-healing. To follow, it is important for Worry to be put aside on the healer's part too. When a healer is distracted by their everyday concerns such as: laundry, dog throwing up on the floor, a loved on who is ill, their worry detracts away from the Unconditional Love. Hence why many healers may go into a semi-meditative state while working
What are some different ways healers work?
Different healers experience and "listen" to energy in different ways. Some 'see' blockages, images, and what's happening in the body in their mind's eye, others feel it or even smell it, while others can hear words about whats going on from the body Some practitioners hands may become very cool or very hot doing energy work. Some may pick up on past lives that are effecting the client negatively.
Each healer possesses their own unique tools and abilities in assisting in their and their client's self-growth journey.
Is it safe? Can it hurt?
Energy work in itself is safe and ethical if done with consent with pure intentions.
Most times people feel calm and centered after energy work. However, there have been times when clients have felt worse before feeling better after energy work, particularly clients with radiation and chemotherapy exposure. Since the practitioner may literally be clearing crap out of the aura, it sometimes needs to be physically released via nausea, vomiting, etc. Other times when people are working on emotional conflicts they may feel very run down, tired, and just "unwell", these 'clearing flus' are common and typically only last 2-3 days. Generally, clients are encouraged to take Epsom salt baths and drink plenty of water.
How much does it cost? Is it okay to charge?
Cost depends on geographic location and the healer themselves. At the moment, insurance does not cover energy work, although we hope that changes in the near future. Typically most healers do not charge more than $125 for energy working. It is acceptable for healers to charge a fee, but many do not see it as a taking from you to give to them, it is instead an energetic exchange. Often times if clients can't afford a session I ask for a barter such as an exchange of food, a skills, or task.
I hope this answers any vital questions the everyday person may have about energy work any other questions can be directed to me at meredithrosemcdonough@gmail.com
Sunday, June 17, 2012
7. Intuition with Spirit Guides
Recently, many people kept asking me HOW I accessed my intuition? And I realized I didn't really have a one sentence answer for them that would just stop there, but continue to spark a deeper conversation. Knowing that there is a time and a place for everything, talking about metaphysical "stuff" isn't everyone's idea of "fun" at a happy hour, so I knew I had to write a blog on it sooner or later!
So, the well-meaning questioner asked, "Did I read tarot cards, a crystal ball, or use a Ouji board?" Looking back on my answer then, my answer kind of sucked. (I blame it on the wine).
For starters, many people assume tarot cards because it is a commonly used tool to access intuition, and it may be the only tool they are currently familiar with, and that is OKAY, because there is no "Right" method to access intuition, but only the "Right" intention: Unconditional Love and healing for the intuitive and the client.
I use my higher self and spirit guides to access my intuition.
Of course this leads a question of, Where do these spirit guides come from? Who are they?
WHERE: It is in my belief that the healing information we receive while giving a intuitive reading can come from the following spiritual guides: Angels- Archangels or guardian angels, power animals, deceased ancestors/relatives, or our higher self- it can come from a combination of the three, or maybe just one.
Where do the guides comes from?
Power animals reside in the underworld (not the Greek version of the underworld) in another dimension, generally underground.
Higher Self- is you on a higher spiritual dimensional plane, Can I pinpoint it on a map? No I can't.
Angels/Archangels: Also on a higher spiritual dimensional plane, heaven I guess.
Deceased ancestors/ relatives: Many of these guides reside on the "Other Side"/Higher Dimensional Plane
The other side is commonly called the 'veil between two worlds', (if you ever read Harry Potter, kind of like that) We reside in the 'physical reality'.
- Deceased persons may keep popping up and asking you to resolve issue, resolve them, so they can cross to the other side!
- Sometimes deceased persons come through to help out/check out what you are doing/ give advice etc.
- In some cultures it is an honor for a deceased relative to appear to a person.
What are guides used for? Protection and Guidance.
Psychic protection is a fundamental base that ALL intuitives learn and practice EVERYDAY either on their own, or even better with a mentor. Why? It keeps us grounded, protected, and probably saner.
#1: Intuitives are OPEN. Analogy: The intuitive is that shiny lamp in the middle of the night, that all the bugs are attracted to, the bugs represent all other people's emotional stuff and maybe even deceased people who need to be crossed to the other side.
#2: Most intuitives have guides to help keep those 'bugs' off, or at least have them look at the shining bright light from a healthy distance. We meet our guides through merely asking, signs, meditation, or they simply choose us whether we've asked or not. It's common for intuitives to have multiple guides through their lifetime, or just one. Our guides do protect us psychically and they can protect us physically, that being said we still have to use common sense: just because you have a spiritual guide doesn't mean you can go walking down a back alley at nighttime, or go cliff diving in shallow water, it is still human responsibility to take care of oneself.
"Okay", says the client, "But How do you know that the peeps you are talking to are giving you accurate information?" "How do you know that they aren't bad spirits?" "How do you not put your own judgement on it?"
1. Although the intuitive may receive information, its up to the client to validate us- Accurate validation comes from the clients end, the client can confirm/reject the information coming through. Example: No, I have no idea what your talking about, OR Yes, I remember that event/that person/etc.
2. MOST intuitives understand the importance of psychically protecting oneself before starting a reading, most guides are also our psychic protectors. I know for my clients I start off with a prayer and ask the Archangel Michael to watch over us as we do are reading.
3. To prevent putting my own ego on a reading before I start a reading, I clear myself out. Meaning anything that isn't 'perfectly' me, criticism, judgement, basically anything negative, gets CLEARED OUT. Basically making myself a "clean vessel" all the information that comes through is not filtered or twisted by my own judgement, ego, prejudices, etc.
Extreme Hypothetical Examples
For example a young lady might call and ask me, I don't know what to do about my boyfriend he does all these really confusing things, she goes on to tell me the mixed signals he says/does, she wants to know should they break up?
Response Me (not a clean vessel): He sounds like a total moron, read Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man book, and move on sister!
Me (Cleared out): I get the feeling he is afraid to let you down, I'm getting a feeling in my gut of anxiety, he has a lot of anxiety about the future: his career, how he will take care of you. Let me ask my guides what is the healing information for your relationship...
Girl: Should I break up with him then?
Me: That is completely up to you, you have receive the information, so its your free will to how you plan to use it. I cannot make that decision for you.
"Okay", says the client ,"But HOW do you receive this information from your guides?" Or even better, "How do our guides communicate to us?"
There are several types of tools/abilities intuitive have and use.
Clair-audience: hearing information from guides, voices in your head (I never forget telling my therapist that one, hahaha)
Clair-voyance: Seeing images in your mind's eye, that place above your eyes, it feels like your imagination but isn't. Can see images from past lives, past, present, future. Commonly used in remote viewing to find missing persons or locate places of interest by U.S. Intelligence.
Clair-sentience: Feeling: feeling aches and pains, hot/cold, anxiety/joy etc.
Clair-olfaction: Smell-o-vision. Smell perfumes, cigars, foods, etc.
Psychometry: Touching/Holding an object and seeing/hearing/feeling information on the owner. Commonly used to located missing persons.
Psychography: Automatic writing, channels messages from guides via writing/drawing.
Telepathic: picking up on other's thoughts ( Sookie Stackhouse from TrueBlood) Yes, it does exist! Twin Flames and twins commonly have this telepathic connection between each other. Persons who do animal communication have strong telepathic ability, young infants and children before they formulate words, also communicate telepathically.
Medium vs. Channeler
(I had to clarify this! People use this term interchangeably)
Medium: Individual who passes along messages from those from the other side, the medium still retains their identity while speaking to the deceased person. Some mediums see deceased persons as if they were sitting down and having coffee face-to-face, or others like myself see them in my mind's eye. Medium's also receive information from deceased persons in -audience, -sentience, -olfaction, and -voyance.To illustrate, a medium is a lot like a road median, the cars aren't allowed to drive on it, just on either side of it.
versus
Channeler: A person who channels is also known as a "trance medium". The individual takes on the spirit's identity, voice, habits, demeanor, fully, of a deceased person, deity, or entity. The whole eyes rolling in the back of the head thing, think of the Greek Oracle of Adelphi channeling the Fates. Channelers allow their bodies to be vessels for another entity. So, I think of a Channeler as a water channel, redirecting the entire flow of water through a condensed space, or the person.
For example, in Afro-Brazilian Candomble ceremonies, the participants channel the orixas/deities for particular saint feast days, taking on the demeanor, personalities, likes/dislikes of the deities. (I'm not a channeler, I don't condone it, just not a tool in the personal toolbox)
So anyway, this a brief list of 'tools' used in the intuitive tool box, that I'm aware of. Most intuitives have 2-4 of these strengths and use some more so than others predominantly in their work. However, guides/spirit/higher self communicates in how it wants to. It is very possible that a deceased relative will communicate via -olfaction, rather than a -voyance. For example, deceased Uncle Bob knows, the best way to let his niece Suzie know that he is really there at the reading is to use smell-o-vision for the medium rather than pictures.
So, the well-meaning questioner asked, "Did I read tarot cards, a crystal ball, or use a Ouji board?" Looking back on my answer then, my answer kind of sucked. (I blame it on the wine).
For starters, many people assume tarot cards because it is a commonly used tool to access intuition, and it may be the only tool they are currently familiar with, and that is OKAY, because there is no "Right" method to access intuition, but only the "Right" intention: Unconditional Love and healing for the intuitive and the client.
I use my higher self and spirit guides to access my intuition.
Of course this leads a question of, Where do these spirit guides come from? Who are they?
WHERE: It is in my belief that the healing information we receive while giving a intuitive reading can come from the following spiritual guides: Angels- Archangels or guardian angels, power animals, deceased ancestors/relatives, or our higher self- it can come from a combination of the three, or maybe just one.
Where do the guides comes from?
Power animals reside in the underworld (not the Greek version of the underworld) in another dimension, generally underground.
Higher Self- is you on a higher spiritual dimensional plane, Can I pinpoint it on a map? No I can't.
Angels/Archangels: Also on a higher spiritual dimensional plane, heaven I guess.
Deceased ancestors/ relatives: Many of these guides reside on the "Other Side"/Higher Dimensional Plane
The other side is commonly called the 'veil between two worlds', (if you ever read Harry Potter, kind of like that) We reside in the 'physical reality'.
- Deceased persons may keep popping up and asking you to resolve issue, resolve them, so they can cross to the other side!
- Sometimes deceased persons come through to help out/check out what you are doing/ give advice etc.
- In some cultures it is an honor for a deceased relative to appear to a person.
What are guides used for? Protection and Guidance.
Psychic protection is a fundamental base that ALL intuitives learn and practice EVERYDAY either on their own, or even better with a mentor. Why? It keeps us grounded, protected, and probably saner.
#1: Intuitives are OPEN. Analogy: The intuitive is that shiny lamp in the middle of the night, that all the bugs are attracted to, the bugs represent all other people's emotional stuff and maybe even deceased people who need to be crossed to the other side.
#2: Most intuitives have guides to help keep those 'bugs' off, or at least have them look at the shining bright light from a healthy distance. We meet our guides through merely asking, signs, meditation, or they simply choose us whether we've asked or not. It's common for intuitives to have multiple guides through their lifetime, or just one. Our guides do protect us psychically and they can protect us physically, that being said we still have to use common sense: just because you have a spiritual guide doesn't mean you can go walking down a back alley at nighttime, or go cliff diving in shallow water, it is still human responsibility to take care of oneself.
"Okay", says the client, "But How do you know that the peeps you are talking to are giving you accurate information?" "How do you know that they aren't bad spirits?" "How do you not put your own judgement on it?"
1. Although the intuitive may receive information, its up to the client to validate us- Accurate validation comes from the clients end, the client can confirm/reject the information coming through. Example: No, I have no idea what your talking about, OR Yes, I remember that event/that person/etc.
2. MOST intuitives understand the importance of psychically protecting oneself before starting a reading, most guides are also our psychic protectors. I know for my clients I start off with a prayer and ask the Archangel Michael to watch over us as we do are reading.
3. To prevent putting my own ego on a reading before I start a reading, I clear myself out. Meaning anything that isn't 'perfectly' me, criticism, judgement, basically anything negative, gets CLEARED OUT. Basically making myself a "clean vessel" all the information that comes through is not filtered or twisted by my own judgement, ego, prejudices, etc.
Extreme Hypothetical Examples
For example a young lady might call and ask me, I don't know what to do about my boyfriend he does all these really confusing things, she goes on to tell me the mixed signals he says/does, she wants to know should they break up?
Response Me (not a clean vessel): He sounds like a total moron, read Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man book, and move on sister!
Me (Cleared out): I get the feeling he is afraid to let you down, I'm getting a feeling in my gut of anxiety, he has a lot of anxiety about the future: his career, how he will take care of you. Let me ask my guides what is the healing information for your relationship...
Girl: Should I break up with him then?
Me: That is completely up to you, you have receive the information, so its your free will to how you plan to use it. I cannot make that decision for you.
"Okay", says the client ,"But HOW do you receive this information from your guides?" Or even better, "How do our guides communicate to us?"
There are several types of tools/abilities intuitive have and use.
Clair-audience: hearing information from guides, voices in your head (I never forget telling my therapist that one, hahaha)
Clair-voyance: Seeing images in your mind's eye, that place above your eyes, it feels like your imagination but isn't. Can see images from past lives, past, present, future. Commonly used in remote viewing to find missing persons or locate places of interest by U.S. Intelligence.
Clair-sentience: Feeling: feeling aches and pains, hot/cold, anxiety/joy etc.
Clair-olfaction: Smell-o-vision. Smell perfumes, cigars, foods, etc.
Psychometry: Touching/Holding an object and seeing/hearing/feeling information on the owner. Commonly used to located missing persons.
Psychography: Automatic writing, channels messages from guides via writing/drawing.
Telepathic: picking up on other's thoughts ( Sookie Stackhouse from TrueBlood) Yes, it does exist! Twin Flames and twins commonly have this telepathic connection between each other. Persons who do animal communication have strong telepathic ability, young infants and children before they formulate words, also communicate telepathically.
Medium vs. Channeler
(I had to clarify this! People use this term interchangeably)
Medium: Individual who passes along messages from those from the other side, the medium still retains their identity while speaking to the deceased person. Some mediums see deceased persons as if they were sitting down and having coffee face-to-face, or others like myself see them in my mind's eye. Medium's also receive information from deceased persons in -audience, -sentience, -olfaction, and -voyance.To illustrate, a medium is a lot like a road median, the cars aren't allowed to drive on it, just on either side of it.
versus
Channeler: A person who channels is also known as a "trance medium". The individual takes on the spirit's identity, voice, habits, demeanor, fully, of a deceased person, deity, or entity. The whole eyes rolling in the back of the head thing, think of the Greek Oracle of Adelphi channeling the Fates. Channelers allow their bodies to be vessels for another entity. So, I think of a Channeler as a water channel, redirecting the entire flow of water through a condensed space, or the person.
For example, in Afro-Brazilian Candomble ceremonies, the participants channel the orixas/deities for particular saint feast days, taking on the demeanor, personalities, likes/dislikes of the deities. (I'm not a channeler, I don't condone it, just not a tool in the personal toolbox)
So anyway, this a brief list of 'tools' used in the intuitive tool box, that I'm aware of. Most intuitives have 2-4 of these strengths and use some more so than others predominantly in their work. However, guides/spirit/higher self communicates in how it wants to. It is very possible that a deceased relative will communicate via -olfaction, rather than a -voyance. For example, deceased Uncle Bob knows, the best way to let his niece Suzie know that he is really there at the reading is to use smell-o-vision for the medium rather than pictures.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
6. Calling In The Angels!
The snowstorm of 2010 was great, however cabin fever sunk its way in after two days. I needed to get out! A family had called me over to come babysit their kids. I hadn't realize the entrance road was so bad coming out of my neighborhood, icy and uneven grooves, and ditches, but I felt brave enough to venture out into the world in my little Toyota Prius. As I rocked along in my little car I thought, "I'm going to get stuck in a ditch, I know it!." Sure enough my negative thinking landed me in a ditch! I tried to gas my car really fast to get out of it, but that didn't work. Silently, I asked the Archangel Michael to help me out, instantly two young women came out of nowhere, and one young woman pushed my car out of the ditch (I love kind people!). As soon as the car was out I jumped out of the car to thank her, we introduced ourselves, her name was Michelle, a variant name of the form Michael.
I love my sister but in this particular circumstance we were fighting like cats and dogs, an honestly I don't even remember what we were fighting about! She left the house in a huff after our argument and drove back to school. Like all people, fighting with the people you love the most in your life doesn't make one feel good. It sort of feels like giant rocks sitting on the bottom of our stomach, with the tight-chested feeling when you breath. I was worried about my sister to the point where I couldn't sleep. I called upon the Archangel Michael to watch over me and watch over her. He said, "Don't worry, I'm here for you, go to sleep." Right after he spoke I saw the most beautiful, brilliant, blue/purplish light glowing ball very brightly in my room. The glowing ball brought me a sense of peace, protection, and calm, I fell asleep right then and there. Waking up the next morning, I thought maybe I made it up, or had just been "seeing things" but remembering the sense of peace and protection it brought me, I knew that was the Archangel Michael.
When I first began reading the book The Miracles of the Archangel Michael by Doreen Virtue, one of the indicators that the Archangel Michael was active in your life was by having lots of purple items around. I scoffed at this, I hated the color purple! But looking around my room at that exact moment, it became clear I was an ostrich with my head in the sand. I didn't realize how much of it I had! Purple curtains, purple comforter, purple quartz crystal, and purple shirts! DUH! So, I looked back down at the book and at the Archangel Michael on the front cover, and thought OKAY Maybe there is something to this!
I wasn't always a 'believer' in Angels. I viewed them as these 'beings', that may or may not be real, and although I attended Catholic High School, and had exposure to Angels visiting people in the bible, I had a difficult time, like any person, wrapping my mind around a winged-being having an impact on my life in any way shape or form. Also, some of my lack in faith in Angels came from my own self-doubt- Why would an Angel give a crap about me? I certainly wasn't Joseph or Mary material. Didn't Angels have more important things to do? Like battling Satanic Forces or saving the earth from self-destruction? Why bother with my teenage melodrama?
I carried these opinions about Angels for many years. But like all things in this lifetime, that Changed!
I was walking in Barnes and Noble one day and I happened to be walking by the "New Age" section. A book leaped out at me, Miracles of the Archangel Michael by Doreen Virtue. The picture on the front cover was definitely NOT how I pictured Angels- sallow and thin looking beings with creepy ethereal light around them- instead this particular photo showed the Archangel Michael strong, built, brandishing a sword, and most of all emanating Brave and warm energy. The book screamed at me: pick me up! pick me up! I felt kind of dorky picking it up, I thought great now people will thinking of some sort of extremist bible thumper. But as I began reading that thought faded into the background, and what jumped off the pages to me was how active this Angel was in my life already.
One of the common signs that the Archangel Michael was watching over you:
- Favoring the color purple, or having lots of purple items.
- Walking away from car wrecks, that you shouldn't have lived through, without a scratch.
- Seeing purple/bluish dots out of the corner of your eyes.
- Having good samaritans help you with the name Michael/Michelle.
What struck me the most was not only did all of these situations/things apply to my own life, but Doreen's book even said HOW to call Angels into one's life.
I thought OKAY What the heck, Why Not? So began my work with the Archangel Michael.
At first it just began with calling him in for a safe drive during long road trips, or if my parents were gone for a long weekend, asking him to stand watch by my windows and doors.
Then, I began seeing more purple/blue dots out of the corner of my eye. I thought something was wrong with my vision, but all was well according to the eye doctor.
What really hit it home for me was another intuitive. I had never spoken to her previously, nor spoken to her about my interest in the Archangel Michael.
I was visiting a friend/mentor of mine in Ohio. I happened to be there on Halloween, and of course being with a house full of other intuitive people, the host was having a seance party. The seance party consisted of people from all ages and backgrounds, most of them were average everyday folks from Ohio, there just to have a good time, and some good woo-woo moments. The seance began, and people who had crossed over began coming through via the hostess. (I told my dead people to wait last, there are always a ton of them!).
Sure enough as everyone had a received a message from a loved one, my friend spoke up, "Hey! What about Meredith?" Our host replied, "All of her people are last!" The host ran through my loved ones for me, each having a loving message for me, but what gave me chills all up and down my body, cry, and generally just be emotional, was to hear her say last,
"There is an incredibly powerful Angel here for you, the Archangel Michael to be exact, he wants you to know he loves you so much and he is looking out for you." The experience washed away any and ALL self-doubts I had about Archangel Michael being present in my life.
Again, I write this blog post, to demonstrate that you CAN call in Angels to your life. There is no catch, you simply just have to ASK.
In summary, Angels have impacted my ways in my life that I never dreamed of!
Now, before I begin working with clients in either laying of hands healing or giving a reading, I simply ask the Archangel Michael (Angel of Protection) and the Archangel Raphael (Angel of Healing) to make their presence known and to assist in guiding me for the healing of the client.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
5. "If It Was Easy Everybody Would Be Doing It"- My Dad
One September evening a friend gave me a call. She was in some distress about her personal relationships and life path as well. Being taught that giving readings to those closest to you is the most difficult, due to human ego jumping with its own opinions and judgement, I had always been turned off the idea of giving a friend a intuitive reading. However, we had been out of communication for some time and that evening, my guides told me, "Offer to give her a reading." I was nervous to even ask since it was my first time giving a reading in a non-workshop environment and first time I'd be doing it over the phone!By the powers of the universe, she gladly accepted and we were both were blown away!
Later that evening, I was so tired, but also so happy that the reading went well. I told my boyfriend how great everything went. He said to me, " Hun, you just need start a practice, get off the fence, stop worrying, I'll help you build a website and do all the technology technical stuff for you, you have a gift, USE IT!" His words stuck with me. (This is coming from the man who doesn't "buy into" this metaphysical stuff).
As I fell asleep that night, I accepted and readily acknowledged that I loved the gifts I had been given from the Universe/God, to help others heal.
But like so many of us here on the earth plane even though I heard the message loud and clear from the universe, the Ego loves to play those funny mind games, so I resigned myself to STILL having no clue as to how I would get my practice going!
Like the average U.S. Citizen, I consulted my power animal guide to help me manifest the resources and basics of a successful practice. My guide lead me to Rabbit. Rabbit stands for fertility, of course I wasn't trying to have a baby, but as I've told many people, "My practice is my baby, I'm in no rush for it to grow overnight." And I've often viewed the beginnings of my practice as planting seeds that would soon grow, but I simply was lacking the soil to plant seeds in, Rabbit was there to step in. Following Rabbit's instructions, I "burrowed" daily in my bed, between pillows and blankets, during my "unemployment" stint. During the afternoons I would go hop in the woods by myself. ( I only did it once!)
My mother would come upstairs and ask me if I was sick , which I would reply, " No, Burrowing." My mother readily accepted my eccentricity growing up, so she realized I was just being weird, and left me to it.
A few weeks later, I stopped into my chiropractor's office to ask her receptionist, about recommendations for colonics, she referred me to Melissa at Vital Mind Body Therapies. On my second visit, Melissa and I began chit-chatting, it somehow came up that we were both interested in the metaphysical. After telling her my interest in psychic stuff and Reiki, she replied, "You know we have a room that you could sublet here." The clouds parted, it was as if she and I were meant to have that conversation, weird considering she barely knew me then! With Melissa and my Dad's help, I got the ball rolling to get an actually "practice" going.
4.How Did I (And the Universe) Get Operation Higher Vibrations Going?
Like many young people after graduation, I was on the hunt for a J-O-B, a regular 9am-5pm, with benefits, get to wear fancy clothes to work, and 'life path' meant being attached to a Blackberry Phone. And like many young people, the pressing question on my mind was, "What's the Next Step?" or "I graduated...Now What?" Like many students, I debated back and forth between graduate school, law school, job hunting, massive student loans, and took the GRE and LSAT multiple times.
Eventually, I was accepted into a law program called TAP, Trial Admission Program. I was incredibly excited and incredibly nervous. I worked my butt off. Before the week of final exams, I began seeing butterflies...everywhere. At first I thought that it was because of summer and the heat, however I then began to see them on my car, drawn on the sidewalk as I stepped out in the morning, on people's clothes, etc. I recognized the sign, or so I thought. Butterfly stands for Transformation. Hibernating in the Cocoon and when ready, bursting forth into ones full abilities. I thought Great! Butterflies! I'm passing my final exams! Regardless,I studied my butt off for final exams. I left each exam feeling like I did my best, although they were hard.
I received the news in July, that I did not receive the qualifying GPA to attend the law school in the Fall. I was pretty devastated. I thought all the signs were there, that this was the Transformation. The months of July till September, we're tough. I was out of work and basically felt like a waste of space. I was bitter and depressed. I felt like I had been cheated by my university and I also felt that I was owed a job. I went to college didn't I? Wasn't I guaranteed a job? Needless, to say Ego loves to throw pity parties! During this time also, things surfaced, "my stuff". As my mentor Kym said, "Everybody has stuff." Well, lets just say I willingly chose to take my time to clear this stuff. In the words of Kym McBride, "Cleared a lot of Crap" from July till September!
In retrospect, this was the Transformation! Preparing me for the other plans the Universe had for me....
3.Experience With St. Francis Part Two
Although the vet's dire diagnosis made us fearful of what would become of her, my father and I sensed the spark in her eyes, the will to live. As a result my family did everything we could to help her. We all took turns leaving work to feed her, so she could eat 4-5 times a day, and purchased the expensive high-calorie dog food necessary for her survival.
However, after 5-6 months of this, my mother sat me down, and simply stated, “We can’t afford this, the dog has to be put down, or given away to someone who can afford her care.” My mother's concern came from what was going on in the family: My sister's illness with chronic Lyme disease grew worse,her medications, doctor's visits, were completely out of pocket costs, due to insurance and the medical field failing to acknowledge Lyme disease as a growing problem. As a result, my parents each picked up second jobs in order to pay her medical expenses. I understood where my mother came from but I knew and felt that giving my dog away was not the right answer for us, or for her. Needless to say, I was distraught, this was my dog she belonged with my family, she was part of our pack.
That night, for the first time in a long time, I pulled my dog close to me, and I prayed to St. Francis to please help my dog live. I kept my heart open to whatever it was he had to to tell me. Suddenly, I heard words, “Take her off the medicine, she’s allergic, and let her play fetch.” The next morning, I informed my parents, no more medicine, no Prevacid or antibiotics, and she was allowed to play fetch. Basically, everything the vet told me NOT to do, I did. My parents reluctantly replied and tried to convince me that I wasn't a veterinarian and didn't know what I was doing, I told them what happened with St. Francis, and surprisingly they were open to trying it, soon trying it became a new routine and just a few months later my dog weighed a healthy 75lbs.
Misty is 8 years old now, but many a passerby take her to be 2 or 3. I firmly believe this is because St. Francis gave her back some of the years that she lost being so ill.
2. Teenage Years: Oh, It Gets Better
Teenage years are lovely: acne, hormonal changes, already being awkward and smelly, how much worse does it get?
Moving into adolescence I began to have what are known as, dejavu, daydreams and no matter how many extracurricular activities that I participated
in I always felt “different”. Being different as a teen as we all know, Sucks. period. All you really want to do is blend in.
High
School was difficult, walking through the cafeteria was a daily hell. If I could I avoided it all cost! I didn't like people staring at me or noticing me by myself because when I did I felt the negative thoughts being beamed my way. At the time I wasn't aware of all of these energy dynamics going on because I didn't know how to differentiate between my "stuff" and theirs, I figured there was something wrong with me like mental illness or social anxiety disorder. Needless to say, this made me quite moody and I don't think I really smiled most of high school. Sad, but true, I once had a classmate tell me I looked like a terrorist walking down the hallway, gee thanks. As a result, I spent many a day eating lunch it study hall doing homework. I felt safe there and I got my homework done and got better grades, Downside: Still effing MISERABLE!
The fact of the matter was, there was and isn't anything wrong with me (Hurray!) because like many
intuitive persons, I was unaware how to shield and became psychic energy sponge to other people's crap. Now for a cool story!
The stand-out moment during my adolescent years was
during the highschool senior retreat.
Flashback to junior year: In our junior year of high school,
students were required to write a letter, which would be reopened the next fall
at senior retreat. Junior year was rough. My first dog with whom I had been
very close, was slowly crossing over, I prayed to St. Francis to cross her over
more quickly. I didn't have the emotional will to say good-bye to her before getting her put down. Upon returning home from school that, my first dog had
crossed over, although I was heartbroken and cried A LOT, I knew that St. Francis had heard my intentions.
Fast forwarding, to senior retreat day, I began reading the letter I wrote a year go, completely forgetting that I had written about my dog and her passing. As I began to read, tears formed in my eyes as I read over the sentences about my first dog, I missed her so bad. I looked up to see if anyone was watching me cry, and looked up to straight in front of me was a statue of St. Francis and a dog! I was assured then that my first dog, Jolie, and St. Francis were looking out for me. However, my encounter with St. Francis was not to be my last...
Fast forwarding, to senior retreat day, I began reading the letter I wrote a year go, completely forgetting that I had written about my dog and her passing. As I began to read, tears formed in my eyes as I read over the sentences about my first dog, I missed her so bad. I looked up to see if anyone was watching me cry, and looked up to straight in front of me was a statue of St. Francis and a dog! I was assured then that my first dog, Jolie, and St. Francis were looking out for me. However, my encounter with St. Francis was not to be my last...
1.The Intuitive Childhood: There Is No Such Thing As Normal!
Unlike many psychics, my intuitive journey did not begin with any profound life changing events, angels coming to visit me in the middle of the night, or life-changing premonitions. Instead, like most of the world population, I've been intuitive for my entire life!
To begin, like so many other intuitive children, I remember my emergence from the womb. Bright, Cold, and the next thing I knew I was walking around as a toddler.
As a toddler I saw colors around people’s heads (auras), witnessed light beings in my home, often times I just “knew” things, and even saw in my mind's eye deceased relatives who I’d never met. I have several stand-out moments as a small child with woo-woo stuff.
One day I was staring out the bathroom window one evening and the thought and feeling occurred to me, “There are dead people in my backyard.” A few evenings later, sitting down at my good catholic neighbor’s house, I stated, “There are dead people in my backyard.” The neighbor’s were quite disturbed, got up immediately from the table, and called my parents, who came over to get me. (Honestly, I don't blame them I was pretty weird and they probably didn't want it to rub off on their kids). Later that evening, my father asked, “Did you see any dead people in the backyard?” I replied, “No, daddy, I just know they are there and that their buried in our backyard, that’s all.” I later learned my father saw those who crossed over as well. (Intuition is a gene, just like blue-eyes and blonde-hair!) and I also learned that the community development was built on old farm land.
However, other times in my childhood were simple feelings and gut reactions that I followed. I would be playing at a friend's house and just have this urgency that I needed to go home, it was an overwhelming feeling, it wasn't homesickness, just an overwhelming feeling that I needed to be home at the exact moment. A few times I tried to ignore this feeling, but the more I ignored it the more it nagged at me, of course intuition is just like a mother as soon as you listen to, its usually right! That being said, I'd haul my hiney back home.
The spookiest story I have as a youngin' is when our old German pre-WWII piano from the 1920s played itself one night. Some background info, I was weird kid, I was up at night and slept during the day. Looking back I believe my 'insomnia' was due to being so "open" and while other people could let their guard down and be vulnerable in sleep, I could not due to being bombarded with a mixture of dead people and others' energy. Often times I felt watched while I tried to sleep, and let's face it, it is rather creepy to sleep while someone is standing over you watching you, now add on factors such as being 3-5 years old, in the dark, with a teddy-bear, and ALONE>> scary as hell!
One night in one of these moments of "not being able to sleep" I walked down the hallway and froze... our old 1920s piano was playing... at 11pm at night. I knew it wasn't my sister because the music was too advanced, it was older piano player with experience. Neither my mother or father were night owls, nor did they ever play piano! I called down to the piano player, "Hello? Who is down there?" No response. Continued playing. I ran downstairs to the living room and slowly peeked around the corner, the piano still played, I saw the keys being pressed down by themselves, but even more disturbing was the kitchen. I ran into the kitchen and the cabinets were opening and closing frantically by themselves all at once. I sprinted upstairs and woke my dad, I shook him and told him what was happening, to go do something. My father's response was, "Sometimes houses simply move by themselves. Go back to sleep."
Many people have suggested to me, Well maybe it was an one of those automatic playing pianos. I say Nope. 1920's pre-WWII no such piano would have that capability then.
Thanks for reading- MRM
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