 Tomorrow would have been my brother-in-law Bob’s 50th Birthday. Instead, he died three days shy of it while in the hospital awaiting a triple bypass. I think I can safely say I didn’t know Bob well, and yet I knew him as well as most people in his life did. Bob was a quiet man. While he was never officially diagnosed, Jim and I are certain he was on the spectrum. The reason we believe this to be true is because Navy doctors diagnosed Jim with what was then called Asperger’s Syndrome when he was in his 20s. Jim has many neurological differences apparent to those who know him well. Bob’s differences were even more profound and apparent. I suspect to those in Bob’s inner circle, my post-humous, unofficial diagnosis might serve as an ah-ha moment of insight into the man that he was. As I was processing the news of Bob’s death on Thursday afternoon, the first thought that unkindly came to my mind was, “What a shame…to die so young after living such a small life.” And then I really started to think about it. Bob lived with his dad, and before his mom died, he lived with both parents. I’ve heard many jokingly say over the years that he “failed to launch,” and it could certainly seem like that if you didn’t consider or were unaware of Bob’s neurological differences. Except for a brief stint living with Jim and his first wife, Bob never left his parents’ home. He worked the same job for more than three decades – cleaning hot tubs at a nearby hot tub and sauna owned by a family friend. He seldom missed work. He didn’t drive, so he didn’t go out much, but he did love to play laser tag. Jim says he was good at planting in one spot and was the king of the stealth attack because of that. Other players didn’t see Bob coming. I attended many meals and gatherings with Bob over the years. He seldom spoke. He was profoundly shy. In fact, I’d been married to Jim for several years before Bob spoke directly to me. It was Christmas, and Bob came down for the day with his folks to attend our family gathering. I sat down at the piano after dinner and played Christmas carols, and Bob stood nearby with a half-smile on his face. When I switched from Christmas music to Debussy’s Clair de Lune, he closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them, leaned forward, and said to me, “That’s nice.” Holy crap! Bob just talked to me! I was so shocked, my fingers stumbled on the keys. I looked at him sheepishly and shrugged, and he winked. Or at least I think he did. Bob and I had shared a moment. That was the year Bob won the lottery--$100K on a scratcher. With the money, he paid off his mom’s medical debt, gave his nieces and nephews each $200 gift cards for Christmas, bought himself a motorcycle, and took a trip to the Super Bowl. I never really had a full conversation with Bob, and yet I knew him in the way that most people were able to. Over the years, he said small things here and there, but mostly he sat quietly and observed, seldom speaking. When he joined Facebook years ago, he started commenting on my various posts. And knowing Bob, I understand this: it was his way of having a relationship with me, and it was the best way he was able to do so. I always appreciated that he reached out to me in that way. Jim and I were talking Thursday night as he processed the news of Bob’s death. “I feel like I should learn something from this,” he told me. “What do you mean?” I asked. “I’m not sure…something about living instead of being afraid to live.” And I understand. I do. Because my first thought was about the apparent sadness of dying at 49 after a small life. And I thought of the many people who live apparently small lives, quiet lives, lives of solitude. Lives of neurological difference. For me to dismiss their lives as small or lacking in impact is both unkind and untrue. And I don’t think Bob was afraid to live. I suspect he had extreme social anxiety, and I think he lived as he needed to feel comfortable and safe. So, I thought a little more. I thought about Bob and the things I knew about him, and I know his life, no matter how small it might appear to others, mattered. Bob’s life wasn’t small. It was, however, contained. He kept his circle small and his communications quiet. But these are the things I know to be true about my brother-in-law. He was loving and loved. Bob lived with his mom and dad his entire life. And they loved him. His continued presence brought joy to his mom, a joy she was able to experience until the end of her life. And he loved her back. He loved her so much he dedicated his life to being with her and taking care of her. And, when his mom died, Bob provided companionship to his dad, who would have felt deeply alone in the wake of his wife’s death. He was important to both his parents, and he provided support, love, joy, companionship, and comfort to them for his entire life. Bob was loyal. He worked at the same job for more than 30 years. He was loyal to his brothers, his nieces and nephews, his parents, his aunts and uncles, and all the various spouses. While he didn’t say much, he was present. When we gathered, he came. He was responsible. Bob seldom missed work; when he did, it was for a good reason. In fact, after his heart attack last week, he went to work and insisted on staying the entire day. He also used his income to help his parents with the bills. He paid the few bills he had. He wasn’t frivolous. Bob was generous. When he won the lottery, he paid off his mom’s medical bills. He gifted his nieces and nephews. He didn’t selfishly hoard his winnings or spend them on just himself. A man who didn’t have much by way of his own wealth shared his good fortune with the people he loved. I also observed him donating his limited funds to fundraisers on social media, so although he didn’t have much, he was not just content with what he had, but he shared it with others as well. He was a dreamer. A guy who never got a driver’s license and was, in fact (at least according to his older brother) impossible to teach to drive bought himself a motorcycle when he won the lottery. I see that as an optimistic and hopeful act – a bold statement of a dream he held for himself that he set about trying to make a reality. Bob cultivated joy. Maybe others wouldn't find the things Bob liked to do interesting, but nevertheless, Bob did things that made him happy. He played laser tag and was, by all accounts, extremely good at it…good to the point that he laser tagged in championships. He went to the Super Bowl because he loved football. When opportunities arose, Bob chose things that made him happy, and he didn’t hold back. He participated in those activities with 100% of his being. He was unapologetically himself. Many people with neurological differences and social anxiety feel pressured to behave in ways that make them profoundly uncomfortable but make the rest of the world comfortable. Bob saw no reason to do that. Instead, he was always 100% exactly who he was, and he brought that into every aspect of his life. Bob lived a contained life, but it wasn’t small, and it wasn’t wasted. Instead, he lived his life his way, making the most of who he was and the values he held. And while his circle was small, he made an impact. People loved him, and he loved them back. He was quiet. He was contained. He was an observer. But he made a difference, and it’s sad that so few people got to know him. He lived his life, his way. And in doing so, he had an impact on those he chose to know and those who chose to know him.  Jim (standing) and Bob (sitting) as kids
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 Hello! I want to express my gratitude to all of you who have so enthusiastically embraced my latest book, Transform Your Life with Alchemy. It has been such a pleasure hearing from those of you who are reading, doing the work, and seeing change. I celebrate your honest intention for change and send you love and healing as you do!
So - as a thanks, I've brewed you up a special batch of tasty tea, something I like to call Transformation Tea. It uses the magic of the beautiful color-changing tea made with butterfly pea flowers (you can order it on Amazon); or, for those looking for something a little...stronger...you can also use a butterfly pea flower gin such as Empress 1908 gin. Why this ingredient? Because butterfly pea flowers make a beautiful cornflower blue tea that, when it comes in contact with acidic ingredients, transforms into a beautiful violet color. Butterfly pea flower as an ingredient can also help decrease stress, induce calmness, refresh your mind, and bring positive energy into your life; so, it's the perfect beverage to consume as you work on your own personal transformation! Also in the tea is hibiscus and honey syrup (homemade), which is loaded with beneficial antioxidants to support your overall health. Ready for your recipe? Here it is. Remember, don't stir this; serve it in all its beautiful layers, and then let the person you serve it to stir with a glass straw. Transformation Tea
 From Karen (the George message is in its entirety in the image above): There are times when I know The Georges are pointedly talking to me under the auspices of a channel for everyone. This is definitely one of those times.
I received this simple and beautiful message at 2:22 AM and spent the next hour meditating on it as I drifted back to sleep. This morning I woke with a peace I haven't felt in a few weeks (last week was kind of a cluster f... -- well you know -- around here). Energy is shifting. Be patient, be grateful, and know that whatever you are experiencing, it is merely energy awaiting your shift in perspective so it can begin to move. Perceiving things as an obstacle limits possible solutions the universe can provide. Recognizing them as an opportunity broadens and opens you to solutions and experiences you may never have even imagined, allowing the universe to conspire in your favor. We are all human beings with egos, and in our most stressful or difficult times, we'll all get tangled up in the stickiness of the lies ego tells us to keep us lost in the illusion. There is no shame in this; it is part of the human experience. The trick is, even in the depths of darkness, to find a glimmer of who we truly are as souls. That tiny seed, when nourished, will quickly grow and flourish to bring about change in perspective. Dear fellow embodied souls, you are more powerful than you can even imagine. Embodiment is a challenge. The pull of ego is always strong as you travel in a human body. But you always have the power to pull yourself back from the brink the moment you recognize that what you are experiencing is a call to empowerment. The Georges, who are here as I type this, express their love and want you to know it is vast, boundless, and unconditional. Thank you, Georges. Who Is The George Collective? Message 1 - Greetings & Hope Message 2 - Value & Worth Message 3 - Individuals vs Institutions Message 4 - Systems Message 5 - Media & Misinformation Message 6 - Conditioning Message 7 - Shift & Shadows Message 8 - Waves of Humanity Message 9 - Rise Message 10 - Ego & Hierarchy Message 11 - Noise & Enlightenment Message 12 - Origin Message 13 - Self & Other Message 14 - Exposing the Shadows Message 15 - Trauma-Identification Message 16 - Q&A Message 17 - 2020 & Clear Vision Message 18 - Spiritual Activism Message 19 - Pain & Purpose Message 20 - Conditioning Part II Message 21 - Create and Collaborate Message 22 - Self-Identity  Greetings! We are excited to share a message with you today about self-identity, which is such an important aspect of being a soul having an embodied human experience. In your ultimate form, which is Source energy, you are without gender or gender identity, socioeconomic status, hierarchy, sexual preference, race, nationality, cultural identity, or religion. Rather, you are All-That-Is, which is Love. It is only in ego-identification that you attach such significance to these facets of duality. It is only in the embodied human experience where you sort through “this” or “that” and decide which to apply to self. And, in your human incarnations, you have been and will be all of these: every race, creed, color, size, socioeconomic level, appearance, political ideology, intelligence level, religion, sexual preference, nationality, gender identity, and more. Throughout the course of lifetimes of embodiment, you will have the opportunity and ability to choose everything, and you will experience every aspect of being human, including being or doing things that in other incarnations that, in this specific incarnation, you wouldn’t dream of being, choosing, or experiencing. We wish to tell you this: as you move closer to your true Soul expression while embodied in human form, these lines and differences will blur and fade until they merely become like dress-up clothes. Ultimately, they will become what they were intended to be all along: something that allows you to play with all of the potential experiences of duality while remaining anchored in the Is-ness of Source. You are not, nor have you ever been, the small I you currently identify with, which is ego. However, in humanity’s current movement back towards recognition of self, other, and Source as inseparable, in your conscious return to Oneness, your small I will exert itself in an order to preserve the illusion. It’s up to you to recognize these collective machinations of ego for what they are: conditioning that pushes back to maintain status quo. They are no more real than the actions of a character in a work of fiction. What is required is to be brave, bold, trusting, compassionate, and loving. Be courageous enough to express as the “I” you currently identify with, and be brave enough to shift that identity as your own self-perception in your current embodied experience grows. You do not have to be tomorrow as you are today, nor do you have to be today as you were yesterday. You are not required to go through every moment of every day for the rest of this embodied life in the box you have currently labeled as “Me.” Each day ask yourself, “Is this who I truly am today? Is this what I choose, or do I choose something different?” Then, adjust accordingly. At the same time, have the compassion to allow others to do the same, and make space so that they can. Lovingly address the inequities in the human experience that prevent people from feeling as if they have this choice. Do this from a place of empowerment, compassionately and without force or coercion. Let your vibration of personal power serve as an example to empower others instead of trying to control others to think and experience as you do. Allow others the space to step outside of their box labeled “Me.” Support and honor them, regardless of what that box looks like today and whether it is the same as the box they were in yesterday. It is in this allowing, both of self-expression and how others express, that humanity will begin to soften, shift, and grow into the re-membrance of self as Source, even while in the embodied state. As your awareness begins its return to re-membering with Oneness, we wish to remind you that each soul moves towards or away from Oneness in their own time along their own path. Each soul will re-member in their own time and their own way. This is the joy and the challenge of the human experience; you’re all going to the same destination, but you each will get there in your own time, space, and manner. It is not up to you to dictate what anyone else’s path looks like, nor is it up to you to direct or manipulate them into expressing in a way that you feel is “right.” It is the work of your soul to journey along your own path to re-membrance of self as Source while also creating and holding space for others to do it in their own way, in their own time, and along their own path. We urge compassion, love, and understanding rather than fear, vitriol, or prejudice when someone else’s path doesn’t immediately intersect with yours. We understand that in the embodied state, this is a challenge. But it is a worthwhile challenge that all souls incarnated in human bodies encounter, and you get to decide how adeptly you handle that. You get to decide whether your experience comes in peace or tumult. You get to decide whether you respond with compassion and understanding or anger and fear. The path is yours to walk; we will not tell you how it should be. Instead, we come to tell you how it could be if you chose the path of peace, love, compassion, allowing, and understanding as you each continue along your embodied experience. As always, we, whose awareness remains in Source, walk beside you. We hold you in your fear and sorrow, and we rejoice in your joy, love, and triumph. You are never alone, and we honor your work and play as you navigate the experience of human embodiment. You are always deeply loved. Who Is The George Collective? Message 1 - Greetings & Hope Message 2 - Value & Worth Message 3 - Individuals vs Institutions Message 4 - Systems Message 5 - Media & Misinformation Message 6 - Conditioning Message 7 - Shift & Shadows Message 8 - Waves of Humanity Message 9 - Rise Message 10 - Ego & Hierarchy Message 11 - Noise & Enlightenment Message 12 - Origin Message 13 - Self & Other Message 14 - Exposing the Shadows Message 15 - Trauma-Identification Message 16 - Q&A Message 17 - 2020 & Clear Vision Message 18 - Spiritual Activism Message 19 - Pain & Purpose Message 20 - Conditioning Part II Message 21 - Create and Collaborate Image by Larisa Koshkina from Pixabay  Image by Игорь Левченко from Pixabay
 Recently in my Facebook Reiki group, the SHARe Reiki Community (please join us), someone asked about how best to market and network for a Reiki practice. I thought I'd post my answer in my blog her so other wondering about marketing can access it, too.
Things to Consider Before You Create a Marketing Plan Any business, even an energy healing practice, needs a business and marketing plan. However, it's important to approach a business plan for a Reiki practice from a place of intention and authenticity. So the very first part of that is double checking your thinking, beliefs, self-talk, etc.as it relates to your work as an energy healer. Some things to consider:
Personal Branding Considerations As a businessperson, you also need to develop a personal brand. Some things to think about:
Developing Marketing Strategies Once you have your plan, intention, mission, and pitch in place, you need a multi-faceted strategy including friends and family, online, social media, local clientele, and B2B (business to business). Your outreach in each of these sectors will depend on your USP and business plan, but I can offer some suggestions that may spark an idea or two. B2B Strategies For a B2B strategy, you can begin building your local pipeline by partnering with local yoga studios, wellness centers, etc. (teach classes tangentially related to energy healing, etc. or even an intro to energy healing).
Local Clientele To develop local clientele, consider:
Online You'll need a good website that conveys your mission and vision as an energy healer, as well as your authority and know-how, your personal brand, and your USP.
Social Media Maintain a regular social presence.
Friends & Family With friends and family, be proud of what you do.
Being Authentic in a Helping Profession I struggled with the business aspect of my energy healing and metaphysics practice for quite a while, but I shifted how I perceived the value of my services. Once I had the knowing of how deeply affected other people are by these practices when they partner with the right practitioner, I began to recognize the true value in the work I do. While it is a business for me, it primarily a mission, and the mission is the most important thing for me. The business comes because I have created the energetic (and emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual) circumstances to draw the people to me who truly need what I do. And if you're setting up your Reiki practice as a business, it's essential you do so from a place of authenticity and a true desire to make a difference in the lives of others.  Who Is The George Collective?
Message 1 - Greetings & Hope Message 2 - Value & Worth Message 3 - Individuals vs Institutions Message 4 - Systems Message 5 - Media & Misinformation Message 6 - Conditioning Message 7 - Shift & Shadows Message 8 - Waves of Humanity Message 9 - Rise Message 10 - Ego & Hierarchy Message 11 - Noise & Enlightenment Message 12 - Origin Message 13 - Self & Other Message 14 - Exposing the Shadows Message 15 - Trauma-Identification Message 16 - Q&A Message 17 - 2020 & Clear Vision Message 18 - Spiritual Activism Message 19 - Pain & Purpose Greetings! We are overjoyed to be able to talk to you today. We who permanently dwell in the Oneness continue to watch and support all of the souls of humanity as you grapple with the conditions you have created in your world. As we have told you all along, these conditions, are created by the collective consciousness of humanity and provide each of you with an opportunity - both for the individual and for the unity of souls that inhabit the planet Earth as you experience the illusion of embodiment and separation. Recently, we have slowed our communications in order to allow you to absorb our messages and decide what they mean to you and how they relate to your current experience. Much has happened on your planet’s present trip around the Sun. To you, it likely feels like strife. We know it has been stressful and painful. We know it has often been frightening. But we are also overjoyed at the opportunity it has provided you. We are in awe of how many of you have capitalized on that opportunity and reconnected with your soul-self, which has been with you all along but often gone unnoticed in the cacophony and busyness of your day-to-day embodied life. Today, we wish to offer a short message about conditioning, as well as how you use this to reinforce your sense of separation from one another. Every embodied soul has conditioning in common. All of you are conditioned from the moment of your emergence in human bodies. However, you are not all conditioned in the same way, nor does your conditioning affect each of you identically. What is conditioning and why does it happen? Conditioning occurs from the moment of birth, as you begin to observe what pleases those around you and what doesn’t. When a soul connects with a human body in the process of birth, you lose your conscious awareness of your connection to the Oneness. And while you don’t remember your connection to Source and to all souls, which are also from Source, you still have the longing to be connected because at your core, Oneness is who you are. This lack of remembrance of the Oneness happens by design so you can immerse in the embodied human experience of duality. However, even if you don’t consciously recall your true identity as Source, the longing to connect with other souls remains. And that longing to connect is the conduit for the conditioning that occurs throughout your life. When you are infants, the conditioning is often subtle. You watch your parents for signs of approval and adjust your behaviors accordingly. As you grow older and seek to connect with others, your conditioning intensifies. You constantly adapt in order to try and connect. Because you forget that you are love, you spend your lives seeking love and approval from others, which is a manifestation of your longing to return to Source. And so, throughout an embodied lifetime, you unconsciously become conditioned in a desire to fit in, to be loved, to be accepted. At the same time, you unconsciously participate in the conditioning of others who are following the same yearnings you have. By the time you reach adulthood, you have been bombarded with conditioning in every aspect of your life, ranging from friends and family members, to your education system, to your religions, to your communities, to the items you buy and consume, and even to the activities you pursue as entertainment. Each of these sends subtle but powerful messages about how you should think, behave, speak, love, and believe. It is this conditioning that causes each of you to develop your shadow selves; those parts of self you hide away from others for fear they will deem them unacceptable, and it is this conditioning that affects those things you hold as so important to your self-concept, such as your political, social, or religious beliefs, your talents, and your appearance. What is important to understand is this: People are not their conditioning. Do not mistake what someone shows you with who they truly are. Because regardless of how different the expression of their conditioning is from yours, they are just as much of the part of the Oneness as you are. In fact, we would go so far as to remind you of this: that person you are supposed to hate because they are different from you? They ARE you, and you are them. Outside of your embodied experience, their spiritual DNA is inseparable from yours. What thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors do you have of which you aren’t proud? What hides in your shadows? Do you really think others are any different? Would you want others – even those who are violently opposed to the things you believe in or support – to try to understand you, even the parts of yourself you have disowned? They long for the same. Those parts you that hide in the shadows aren’t you. They are your conditioning filtered through ego. In fact, your self-concept--that packet of ideas you hold that allows you to define yourself as separate from others--is merely an illusion created by the conditioned experience of being human. Likewise, those things that you “hate” (or disapprove of, or fear) about another aren’t them, either. They are manifestations of conditioning that is inherent in the embodied experience. With so many souls with such different conditioning, how do you move forward? How do you resolve all of the problems humanity seems to have? The answer is love. Love is the way forward. Compassion is how you get out of this. Focus on what makes you the same while honoring what makes you different. Celebrate your shared purpose and common humanity, instead of placing blame or treating others with suspicion. Be aware of your propensity to try and condition or control others to make them more like you. In your fear, you try to control them so they will conform with the manifestations of your conditioning, and you grow angry when they try to control you in order to conform with the manifestations of theirs. This is part of the embodied ego experience if you choose for it to be, but you do not need to allow it. It does not have to be this way. You are conditioned to react when your worldview is threatened. It is these reactions that perpetrate the more difficult aspects of your collective existence, which is why we urge you when you find yourself in a negative and low-vibrational space to step back and seek a higher vibration. Breathe. Pray. Meditate. Listen to uplifting music. Move. Seek beauty. Find something that inspires you. Do these things until your negativity is replaced with positive, higher vibration emotions. These positive feelings are the language of love and Source. And these are the emotions that will reignite in you the re-membrance of the Oneness. As always, we walk beside you during your embodied existence. All of the Oneness holds you in love and light as you continue on your human adventure. We have never left you, and you have never left us. You are deeply loved. Image by Wim De graaf from Pixabay  Who Is The George Collective?
Message 1 - Greetings & Hope Message 2 - Value & Worth Message 3 - Individuals vs Institutions Message 4 - Systems Message 5 - Media & Misinformation Message 6 - Conditioning Message 7 - Shift & Shadows Message 8 - Waves of Humanity Message 9 - Rise Message 10 - Ego & Hierarchy Message 11 - Noise & Enlightenment Message 12 - Origin Message 13 - Self & Other Message 14 - Exposing the Shadows Message 15 - Trauma-Identification Message 16 - Q&A Message 17 - 2020 & Clear Vision Message 18 - Spiritual Activism Greetings! We are overjoyed to communicate with you and share messages of encouragement. Today, our message will be brief but important. We wish to talk to you about pain. What we wish you to understand is this: all pain is communication. When you experience mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual pain (or any other way you might classify your discomfort), you are receiving a signal that something you have attached to does not serve you. This is all pain is - it's a message to tell you that something you are choosing to be, do, have, think speak, or experience does not serve your greatest good. It is a signal to tell you that you are out of alignment. Issues arise, however, when you attach to that signal, apply a label, and use that label to form your self-identity. Attachment to a signal creates the experience of victim, and it is driven by the small I that keeps you within the awareness of being human. What is the small I? It is what you call ego, that which allows you to recognize yourself as a separate entity and identify as the container that you call you call me, myself, or I. Identification with that vessel is essential for the human experience, in which you must at least partially (and usually fully) perceive yourself as separate from others in order immerse in embodiment. Pain is a message from the Oneness. It is a signal from the We which is also the Big I, or that which you call Source, God, Collective Consciousness, the Zero Point Field, or by whatever name you use to identify the energy from which you arise, of which you are always a part, and with which you will fully re-member when you pass from your present form of ego-identification that you recognize as self. Pain is communication. When it arises, notice it but don't attach to it. If something triggers pain, look within to understand what it is in you that has caused that signal to sound and adjust accordingly. If the pain persists, there's more work to do, more to notice, and more to adjust. It helps to recognize that the onus for any adjustment is on you and no one else. Why? Because the pain is always associated with the perceptions of the small I. And while the triggers may feel external (that is, coming from someone or something else outside of yourself), the ultimate reality is this: pain is always an internal experience, and the only way to step outside of the pain is to heed the signal and make internal adjustments. Nobody else can make these adjustments except for you. So, the external being (other person) or experience that triggered the signal was merely the instrument of awareness and not the cause of your discomfort. How you respond to that trigger is always up to you. Your response will determine whether you become identified with the pain and therefore select the label of victim or instead, you choose to notice the signal, be grateful for the message and messenger, and then adapt in a way that better serves your highest good. Pain is a gift you give yourself. It signals misalignment and provides the opportunity for adjustment. We thank you for receiving our message. As always, we walk beside you and wrap you in the support, beauty, and love of Source energy. Our love for you is boundless, and our support for you is endless. We are always here for you because we are One. We are you, you are us, and we remain your humble and loving servants. Image by Hans Benn from Pixabay  Who Is The George Collective?
Message 1 - Greetings & Hope Message 2 - Value & Worth Message 3 - Individuals vs Institutions Message 4 - Systems Message 5 - Media & Misinformation Message 6 - Conditioning Message 7 - Shift & Shadows Message 8 - Waves of Humanity Message 9 - Rise Message 10 - Ego & Hierarchy Message 11 - Noise & Enlightenment Message 12 - Origin Message 13 - Self & Other Message 14 - Exposing the Shadows Message 15 - Trauma-Identification Message 16 - Q&A Message 17 - 2020 & Clear Vision -BEGIN CHANNELED MESSAGE- Greetings! We come to you humbly and lovingly to acknowledge these difficult times in which you live. Whether you know it or not, you are truly spiritual warriors, and your travels through the challenges of being embodied serve the highest good of the universe. For this we honor you and remind you that we in the Oneness walk beside you. You are never alone; your essence is always connected to ours, and we cradle you in unconditional love, compassion, and support during your difficult journey. We acknowledge that many of you are experiencing profound discomfort every moment of every day. The world you live in as embodied souls on the Planet Earth is as uncomfortable as it has ever been in this lifetime for many of you. We weep for your feelings of pain, uncertainty, and fear, for we understand how powerful these emotions can feel to the embodied soul. Today, we wish to discuss spiritual activism with you. Our goal is to provide you with some simple methods to manage your discomfort and turn it into the spiritual change your planet has been primed for by the events of 2020. Each of you has a key role in transforming what appears to be rampant negativity and bad news into higher frequency energy. In other words, we have some advice to help you manage vibrational shift, which is what is occurring on Planet Earth at this time. Please know that we are aware of which of you are reading this, and it is you that we are speaking to. If you read our message, our words and ideas are for you. If someone pops into your mind as you read this message, we encourage you to share it with them as well, because this message is for them, too. You have what it takes to step into spiritual activism and bring about the shift your planet so desperately needs. To start, we wish to remind you of something essential to human existence. Each of you, before you embodied, realized that walking in a human body would bring with it pain and fear, and you each eagerly accepted one of the key missions of embodiment: to energetically shift away from fear and pain in order to bring about spiritual transformation as part of the process of re-membering with the Oneness. To that end, we also wish to offer you a key reminder now: when you recognize the pain of another, and when you experience the outcomes of someone else’s pain and fear, do not let it become your pain. Do not allow the manifestation of another’s fear and pain and become the excuse you use to dive into lower frequency energies and behaviors. Instead, use it as the impetus to sow seeds of love and compassion, especially for those who appear to lack compassion and kindness for others. Don’t let someone else’s pain become your hate. Don’t allow the manifestation of someone else’s fear to serve as your excuse for unkindness, anger, and hateful words or deeds. In the spiritual text The Bible, Jesus preached a Sermon on the Mount in which he gently suggested to the gathered crowd, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.” (Matthew 5:38-40, NIV) The holy figure you call Jesus the Christ was offering a message of how to approach spiritual activism; that is, how to hold the energetic space for a shift to a higher frequency. Jesus was, like you, a soul embodied in human form, but he had more of a remembrance of his time in the Oneness, and as such he was able to offer a template for spiritual activism that, even thousands of years after he no longer walks the Earth, people resonate with. And yet, His teachings have been greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted, as have the teachings of other high vibration souls that came to share messages of spiritual activism throughout human history. However, the essence of these messages is this: regardless of what happens in the world around you, hold it in your hearts with compassion and love. Do all that you can through your thoughts, words, and deeds to transform the heavy, oppressive energy of the lower vibrational experiences of fear, anger, control, envy, greed, and hate into the higher vibrational energy of love, kindness, compassion, peace, and joy. We understand that this may seem difficult during these times. Your media bombards you with lower vibrational messages filled with anger and vitriol. These are the voices of the fearful, those in pain, and the disenfranchised. And when you encounter them, your first reaction is likely to be pain, fear, defensiveness, or anger as well. These feelings spark deep discomfort in many of you, but there are so many messages and incidents containing this vibration that many of you simply notice you feel on edge, and then you keep scrolling through more media, absorbing more messages, and ignoring or suppressing the discomfort they make you feel because you fear that if you allowed yourself to fully experience those feelings, it might destroy you. Discomfort is difficult for embodied souls, and we understand and acknowledge this truth. However, we would like to offer you a simple tool for such experiences, and this is one of the key tools in your arsenal of spiritual activism. Instead of allowing the feeling to flare briefly before you suppress it and continue scrolling, listening, or observing, sit with the feeling. Whenever discomfort flares, stop. Move into a safe space and focus on that feeling. Notice where you feel it in your body and notice how it manifests in your soul. Now, close your eyes and place your hands over your heart. Sit with the feeling of discomfort, allowing its full flower. Then, pull it into your heart and surround it with loving light. Hold it there, allowing yourself to feel it and notice its transformation that comes when it is surrounded with the energy of love. Do this each time you feel such discomfort. Feel it, experience it, and surround it with love. This is how you become a spiritual activist. Do not suppress or ignore discomfort, for what you resist persists. Allow it. Feel it. Hold space for it. And then, when you are ready, fill it with love and compassion. Project that compassion out into the world, and out into the universe. Because if not you, then who? While it may feel as if you do this alone, you do not. There are many of you and many of us. We are many and we are One. And while each of you may be but a single match in the darkness, one match can light many until even the darkest space is suffused with light. We have more to share, but for now we will stop there. We support and encourage you in your spiritual activism. Behind each of you, the legion that is the Oneness supports and amplifies your efforts to spread Light even during the times of deepest darkness. Your efforts are not futile or small; they are essential and immeasurable. We love and honor each of you on this path. You are the Light, and you are the energy driving an essential shift for humanity. You are up to the task, and we are here beside you with each breath you take in your embodied experience. You are deeply loved. -END CHANNELED MESSAGE- Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay |
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