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What's Love Got To Do With It?

1/31/2021

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         The art of love... is largely the art of persistence. ~Albert Ellis

     With Valentine’s Day upon us, thoughts of love are in the air.   Let’s take a moment and ask, what is love besides hearts, flowers, and chocolates?

    Love is the foundation of our being.  I am not talking about romantic “hearts and flowers” love, or familial love, but a deeper much broader love.  This “Love” informs every type of love we can think of, sustaining and transforming it, lining the path to our spiritual transformation.

    When do we first meet love?  The moment we look into our mother’s eyes.  This is the moment we begin our journey.  In the reflective pools of that first encounter, we begin to meet ourselves in translation.  We learn to love ourselves in accordance with an interpretation of ourselves through another.  It is the beginning of the exhaustive search for true love, the love we imagine we will find in another’s eyes. In that moment, the journey to our Self begins.

    Over a lifetime, we experience love in many more forms.  We love our families and develop an identity based on what we are exposed to - traditions, religion, role-models, and our environment.  As we extend out into the world, we experience love for friends, eventually  experiencing romantic love.  All of these facets of love are incomplete.  They are informed by what we have been told, taught, or experienced through our early encounters.  We are still defining love by how well we satisfy our expectations through another.  Sometimes, we suspend any expectations as we try to fulfill someone else’s expectations.  The search may lead us through multiple relationships, marriages, outgrown friendships, and loneliness.  It is a long road.  And, for some of us, it is even longer as we are fixed in a material world of driving emotion.  It becomes a painful experience, as what was once hopeful and promising, becomes a perceived dead-end.


    As sad as these realizations are, they are actually harbingers of our potential.  In each seemingly failed experience, is a seed of possibility.  Those seeds contain the lessons that propel us to the truth.  Eventually, the very process of searching for love, leads us back home to finding our Self.  At the center of our being lies true Love; the foundation of everything that exists as nothing.  As our hearts mature and we realize that 1) Love is not measurable by the desires and dislikes that form our image of love, and 2) it cannot live in the same space as fear and anxiety, we begin to allow true Love into our lives.  We begin to suspend the illusion of reality that we have tenaciously held onto that is rooted in our history.  Once we are able to remove the filter through which we have judged all of our experiences, we make room for Love.  We stop “shoulding” on ourselves and others.  We stop trying to control and define everyone and everything with labels based in pre-conceived historically limiting notions.  We observe.  We listen.  We reconcile.  We forgive.  We leave our baggage at cliff’s edge and choose a different road home.

    Namaste is a beautiful Sanskrit word that is used as a greeting in India.  The breakdown Namah + te literally means “I bow to you”.  But this word has a deep spiritual significance that holds Love as its seed.  In its deeper meaning, it reveals that the life force, divinity, or light in me recognizes the light in you.  That simple word honors the undifferentiated force of divine light that resides within us, the “oneness” of spirit.  Eachof us is part of a bigger presence.  We each carry the light of Love, the Self that connects to God or universal energy.  When we look into another’s eyes and see this light, we see Love.  When what we do is generous in spirit, honoring ourselves and others, we feel Love.  When what we say is kind and considerate toward ourself and others, we hear Love.   When we make compassionate choices, we touch Love.  When all of our choices are rooted in a spirit of non-harming, we are Love.

    Naturally, discovering true Love is a process which by its very nature may involve three steps forward and one step back until it is fully revealed.  The key to this journey toward Love is paying attention and making conscious choices.  Love is limitless, unconditional, conscious, has no boundaries, and comes from awareness.

    So, how do we hasten the journey of love in our relationship with the world?  Start by seeing love in everything.  Take the time to find the good in the people you meet despite their perceived flaws.  Sense the spirit within them.  Take a moment to look at an animal, the sky, the trees, a rock, or any other object, and recognize its divine energy, bowing before it in your mind’s eye.  Choose your words wisely, asking yourself “is this kind, truthful, and necessary” before you speak.  And when you fall off the path, start again in that moment.  When we start to see the holiness of life around us, we become the love that we have been seeking.

Published in Creations Magazine Winter 2016

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Keep peace, love, and joy in the holidays!

10/29/2017

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“The holidays are only holy if we make them so.”  
                                                                     ~Marianne Williamson


      Peace, love, joy!  The mantra of the holiday season rings in our ears yet how many of us dread the stress of the holiday season?  Our relationships with family, friends, and lovers are often tested as we come together to celebrate.  These can be anything but peaceful days, as we deal with relationships that can be trying at best, traumatic at worst.  
          At the root of our relationships with the people we hold dear is trust; the feeling of being emotionally safe with those we love and that love us.  We want a level of predictability and safety, exposing vulnerability to another and expecting it to be protected.  That same trust informs our faith and goodwill.
    How do we develop trust? It grows on a foundation of compassion, non-judgment, caring-honesty, reciprocity, and self-reflection. This is the soil in which trust can deeply root. If every attempt at relating to another is based in 1) compassion, not judgments founded on our own prejudices, 2) honesty, with caring concern versus veiled attacks, 3) giving, without conditions, but with boundaries, and 4) reflecting on our inner dialogue as a tool for self-understanding, we have a pretty good chance at developing positive relationships, good-will, and faith in others and the world around us. 
       Taking this further, let’s ask, “Who am I?”.  Do I have the qualities that build trust- those same qualities that I want to attract?  Before any relationship can truly deepen, these answers have to be built into our relationship with ourselves. If we have a compassionate, non-judgmental, caring, open, honest, reciprocal, and self-reflective relationship with ourselves, it becomes easier to attract those types of relationships into our lives. We would treat others the way we treat ourselves. We would be anchored, enabling us to give what we want to attract.
         In our relationship with ourselves or another, we forge a soul connection which begins a shift in consciousness.  That shift in consciousness is an evolutionary process where we discover that our “self” is actually our “Self”.  It is our “Self” that leads with compassion, non-judgment, honesty, reciprocity, and introspection.  It is the inner wisdom that whispers through the noise of being.  When “Self” led, we go beyond the physical into the metaphysical, which manifests for everyone in different ways.  Perhaps it is God, the Universe, Higher Consciousness, “Center”, or whatever "Higher" connection resonates with us. That connection tells us that life is a series of "present moments" which reveal opportunities to observe our choices and make changes that create sustainable relationships.  Ultimately, trust is rooted in a foundation of the qualities (compassion, non-judgment, truth, reciprocity, self-inquiry) and practices of unfolding consciousness.  It is a self-perpetuating process.  As awareness of higher consciousness unfolds, the foundational practices deepen.  As the foundational practices deepen, so does our soul consciousness.
        In chatting about this with my friend Lori, she described trust as a glass that holds our relationships with friends, family, and lovers.  When trust is broken, that glass shatters into a million pieces, creating a mess to be cleaned up, with no return to its former state.  She likened its fragility to that of a symmetrical yet complex snowflake descending from the frigid sky only to melt into oblivion upon its landing.  These are beautiful descriptions that reflect great vulnerability.  I propose, though, that when navigating life from our center as described above, the glass remains a receptive vessel that does not have to shatter, and the snowflake is a beautiful and complex frozen work of art that miraculously transforms into a glistening drop of water upon its landing. It is a shift in consciousness from “cleaning up messes” to “transformative moments”.  Kahlil Gibran once said, “The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?” So, even in our least favorite moments with family, friends, lovers, and our self, space is being created for something amazing like trust, love, and faith in something greater than ourselves. 
     Now, how do we translate all this into peaceful family celebrations where all sorts of uncomfortable shenanigans can potentially ruin the holiday?  Here are some suggestions: 1) Attempt to meet people where they are versus expecting them to be who you want them to be.  Take a deep breath and stand in graceful centeredness as you realize that they too are on their own spiritual path and this may be their best with what they know in this moment, 2) Ask yourself what your “button” is in this moment?  What are you telling yourself?  Examine your inner dialogue.  You own the buttons that others press,  3) Pause and choose your response.  Be proactive versus reactive.  Ask yourself, “how important is this?”, 4) Trust yourself to reframe the moment.  Find the positives versus perseverating on the negatives. These basic steps will help keep you centered and on the path of creating trusting relationships, encouraging peace, love, and joy, instead of chaos this holiday season!
 
(Published in Creations Magazine Dec/Jan 2015)

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Be Present...Change Is Inevitable!

8/18/2016

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"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize....Smile, breathe and go slowly.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh


The transformative signs of autumn are almost upon us.  The falling leaves, cool breeze, and early setting sun are close.  But, how many of us are waiting for the cool breezes of fall while suffering summer's humidity, or have dreamed of the warmth of spring as we shoveled the last bit of snow from our walks last winter?  

Just like the seasons come and go, we have transformative moments in our lives that bring change.  During these times, our thoughts take many twists and turns.  Sometimes, we are stuck ruminating in the past.  We think about what might have been, what we should have said or done, and ask “why is this happening to me?”.    We have no power over what was, yet we spend so much time there, going over the possibilities that no longer exist.   We give up our power and waste our energy.  Other times, we worry about the future.  We are stuck in our heads exploring a long list of worries as anxiety fills our body-mind.  We perseverate over the “what ifs” until we are exhausted and drained of our vitality.  In these moments, we dream the future and contemplate the past, losing ourselves in the process.    

Life is fluid.   Historically, we lived by the rising and setting sun.  We were connected in a deeper way to each moment and we experienced life in real time.  Change was natural as we transitioned from moment to moment.  Today, we live within the artificial structure of time.  Our thoughts bounce back and forth from today to tomorrow in the blink of an eye. Each thought carries energy and gives rise to emotion that are often fear-based.  Worry, dread, and anxiety abound.  When our thoughts are undirected, our energy and emotions are undirected.  There is a “disconnect” within us and we become ungrounded.  We can’t focus, lose sleep and are not present.  Change becomes a bumpy ride.  

So, how do we release fear and racing thoughts?  How do we become grounded? How do we accept change gracefully and allow personal transformation into our lives?  We do so by being in the present moment.  The present moment is the most under-rated, least appreciated place, yet it is the most valuable.  The present moment is where awareness lives and our journey lies.  Living in the present moment helps us to develop the awareness that brings us peace and healing.   It allows us to accept “what is” by bringing focus to the experience.  It’s all we have.  When we live in the present, experiencing each moment, we become part of the life we are living.  We slow down. We participate fully.  We learn gratitude.  We become mindful.  We accept change.  This grounds us.   

The Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, teaches being present through mindfulness.  He explores being in the present moment through this poem: Breathing in, I calm my body.  Breathing out, I smile.  Dwelling in the present moment  I know this is a wonderful moment. He reminds us that the simple act of focusing on the “in and out” of our breath brings our awareness to the present.  The simple act of smiling brings us into the present as well, bringing peace and equanimity to our body-mind.  He teaches us that contemplating the future or lamenting the past will not enhance this moment but rather make our lives a hodgepodge of anxious transitions. If we can’t find peace in the present moment, it will always be fleeting and unattainable.

So, in the spirit of being present, practice being in every moment whether it is washing dishes, driving to work, brushing your teeth, cooking dinner, or playing with your kids.  Breathe into the moment, focus on what you are doing, and gently bring your attention back if distracted.  Take time each day to sit and breathe mindfully.  This will set the foundation of calm that we need when change comes into our lives. Try this exercise for five minutes: Sit comfortably in a quiet place.  Turn off your phone.  Eliminate distractions.  Close your eyes.  Notice your breath entering and leaving your body.  Pay attention to the quality of your breath.  Is it smooth or choppy?  Deep or shallow?  Allow your breath to become calm, drawing it in slowly as you relax your face and shoulders, allowing your belly to expand naturally.  Exhale and relax your belly.  Focus on your breath and imagine your belly is a balloon, filling and emptying as you inhale and exhale.  Choose a point of focus.  Perhaps, the sound of your breath or the sensation and movement of your belly as the breath enters and leaves your body.  Re-direct your attention back to the breath if you become distracted by your thoughts or environment.  When ready, bring your attention back to your surroundings.  Open your eyes.   This is the practice of “being”.   As Deepak Chopra says, “You are a human being, not a human doing”.  That is something to be mindful of every day.  So, develop the practice and watch yourself transform.
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(Published in Creations Magazine 2015)

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What Is Your Guiding Light?

8/2/2015

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“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.” 

~Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968

      In the summer, I have a habit of staying up late.  Perhaps it is a bit of nostalgic youthful defiance, nudging my older wisdom out of the way.  Whatever the reason, I enjoy staying up to read, write, or watch an old movie in my quiet house on my own terms.  As I head to bed after one such late night, I turned off the kitchen light and navigated through the darkness toward the stairs.  I could have turned on the light near the stairs but my decision to be efficient and not waste steps back and forth, motivated me to move in darkness.  Of course, I bumped into a chair here and piano bench there until I noticed a ray of moonlight creeping in through the skylight which gave me just enough light to find my way with no further disruption.  Believe it or not, those few moments propelled me in retrospect, to contemplate life, obstacles, and guiding lights.  

I started thinking about how so often in our busy lives we come to a place of darkness.  Those insurmountable moments when we feel overwhelmed by life’s circumstances and we are not sure how to navigate.  Blindly, we bump into, over, and around obstacles that present themselves when we least expect it.  Then, we bemoan our predicament, not seeming to be able to find a way out.  We complain, vent, and explain our situation to anyone that will listen yet we resist moving forward.  The darkness feels familiar.  

So, why does this darkness feel familiar?  Even though it presents us with such unhappiness and disappointment, we linger, making the same choices over and over again.  I believe it was Einstein that said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.  So, it would seem that staying in the darkness is a product of our self-limiting thoughts and choices.  That night in the dark, I could have made the effort to turn on a light and return to close the other but my decision to be “efficient” deterred me from action.  Was I really efficiently moving in the intended direction as I bumped into objects in my path? I would say not.  But I still chose this way, even though, having done it on many other nights, I experienced the same result.  A better idea might have been to re-evaluate my view of the situation and make a different choice.  If we all tried that in our most trying moments, we could actually make a difficult situation more manageable.  So, recognizing that sometimes we are our own worst enemy is the first step toward establishing sanity.  

As we make leaps and bounds into letting go of faulty thinking and embrace choices that support us, we need to pay attention to the moonlight.  Despite our selves, that ray of moonlight shows up, that delicate clarity that graces our existence as it invites us to move in a better direction.  I couldn’t help but notice the moonlight that night.  It had a guiding force as it lit the way.  When we are open to receive guidance and blessing, we will find it.  It’s there when we are lost, confused, doubtful, and resistant.  We only need to open to the possibility in order to experience that guiding light in our lives.  Just as we can become empowered by changing our thoughts and behaviors, we can become transformed by surrendering to our guiding light, the light of a higher power.  When we find that force and embrace it, it embraces us back.  So, here is something to contemplate- what is your guiding light?






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It's All About The Journey, Isn't it?

6/29/2015

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What is life but a journey into the un-known.  We start out oblivious to this notion and then at some point we realize there must be a purpose to our lives.  The questions raise themselves from some undiscovered space, as the mystery of it all intensifies.  What is my destination?  What is my purpose?  What am I supposed to be doing in my lifetime?  How can I leave this world a better place for having been here?  At first, we may feel the need to figure out the destination, as we stress about what we are supposed to be doing.  Sometimes, this pondering can be down-right terrifying as the weeks turn into months and the months, into years.  Wide-eyed wonder can turn into existential angst in the flip of an hourglass.  Besides the inevitable death and taxes, what is there?

Imagine that each step on the journey is a piece of an enormous puzzle.  Every experience, positive, negative, or neutral, contributes to our understanding of it.  At some point, this becomes clear.  Eventually, the destination becomes the least important part, transferring the glory to every step along the way.  Each step is a complete experience, a developing pattern of imprints on our psyche.  The puzzle may require some imagination, patience, and perseverance to put together, but it is worth the work.  It is a fascinating accomplishment to grow into our bigger picture because our enormous finished puzzle is actually a piece in an even bigger puzzle.  We are enriched by so many others that the whole just keeps inter-connecting and evolving outward.

So, coming back to our piece of the puzzle, how do we figure it out?  A good place to start is to discover our Dharma.  Dharma?  Yes, rhymes with Karma.  While Karma is the sum of the effects of our actions, Dharma is our purpose.  Whereas Karma is “actions” or “deeds” which play into the entire cycle of cause and effect, Dharma is essentially that which raises us to our highest purpose.  The word "dharma" comes from the Sanskrit root dhri, meaning to "uphold" or to "sustain."   What we do in our lifetime to serve ourselves and others in the best possible way is our Dharma.  It upholds and sustains right action.  Self-realization is the highest Dharma.  In  21st century terms, Dharma is accessing one’s spiritual purpose as a way of identifying the career/life path that best expresses one’s creativity and service to others. 

In our quest, we can ask ourselves the following question: “ If I had no financial worries in the world and had unlimited time on my hands, what talents and abilities would I use to enrich myself and serve others?”  Other questions might be, “What unique abilities do I have?  What activities bring me into a state of “flow”, where I lose all sense of time?  What do I do that brings comfort and healing to others?”  Finding our Dharma, helps the journey to unfold effortlessly.  It brings clarity and focus to each step and alignment to the bigger picture.  And, the bigger picture?  Well, that is a topic for another  Inner-Soul contemplation… 


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Let's Talk Yoga

7/19/2014

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What is yoga?  
I have had students come to class and ask me if yoga is a religion.  I have had some approach yoga as an exercise program.  Others have expressed concern that yoga is for skinny people that can bend their bodies into pretzel shapes.  There are so many misconceptions about yoga, some very limiting and others very exaggerated, so let's clear up some of the misinformation.

Yoga is a lot of things with a deep history but in the interest of keeping it simple, yoga is a practice and philosophy.  Its essence is to unite body, mind, and spirit and initiate the practitioner into a state of unity consciousness.  Yoga is 5,000 years old and there are many systems of yoga.  Just as there are many roads to Rome, there are many paths to unity consciousness.  

The four main paths are Raja (Royal Yoga), Bhakti (Devotional), Jnana (Self-inquiry), and Karma (Skillful action).  The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root "yuj-" which means "to yoke" or "join".  The essence of the practice of yoga is to unite individual consciousness to the bigger unity consciousness.  For some this would translate as the soul connecting back to the spirit or God.  

Everything is energy, even apparently solid objects, so with this realization comes the understanding that everything is one.  There is no separation. Yoga addresses all aspects of energy and connection.  It addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual and integrates it into one whole.  

How does this happen?  Isn't yoga a bunch of poses?  Well, yes and no.  The practice of yoga is much deeper than that.  Raja Yoga, which is known as the Royal Yoga because of its inclusive nature of all yogas,  is based on the Eight-limbs or Eight-fold path of Pantanjali, the father of yoga. He codified his knowledge of yoga in a body of work called the sutras, which are short concise guidelines on how to live your yoga.  To be authentic, yoga is a practice on and off the mat. 

The Eight-limbs of yoga are as follows:

1. Yamas (Ethical guidelines):  Ahimsa (nonviolence), 
                                Satya (truth),  Asetya (non-stealing), 
                                Brahmacharya (self- restraint),  Apragraha (non-
                                greed)
2. Niyamas (Moral Observations): Susha (purity), 
                                 Santosha (contentment), Tapas (austerity),  
                                 Svadhaya (study of the scriptures), Ishvara 
                                 Pranidhana (surrender to God)
3. Asana: Steady pose, posture 
4. Pranayama: Control of vital energy through breathwork 
5. Pratyahara: Withdrawal of the senses 
6. Dharana: Concentration of the mind 
7. Dhyana: Meditation 
8. Samadhi: Enlightenment, union with the Divine


There is a Zen saying "Don't confuse the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself".  If we are busy focusing on one aspect of yoga, we miss that all the parts are the fingers pointing to unity consciousness.  When taking up the practice of yoga, every part is as important as the next.  The postures, breathing exercises, meditations, and development of witness consciousness, where we see ourselves as a witness to our own thoughts and actions, are yoga.   When we view yoga as a multi-faceted vehicle for direct experience of unity consciousness, and subtle energy as the ground of existence, we are on the path.  Yoga helps us find the balance that creates body-mind health and wellness.  So, that's yoga.

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What's your number?

3/31/2014

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Do you have a favorite number?  Have you noticed that the same numbers come up repeatedly in the course of your day, week, or year?  What do numbers mean and why do they appear?

Sometimes, the number you see is connected to something or someone.  For example, the birth date of a departed relative may appear randomly on a digital clock, license plate, or address.  This gives the reassurance that their energy is around you.  A common number combination is 11/11 which is a master energy number representing angelic presence or guidance.

You may have a lucky number with which you feel a particular resonance.  You may feel that it brings you luck or some kind of positive energy.  Numbers carry energy, each one having its own meaning.  So, when you see certain numbers, you can discern a meaning or message that you were meant to receive.  For example, if you started seeing “5”s everywhere, then maybe change is around the corner.  If your dad passed and his birthday is in May, the “5”s could be a message that he is around you. 

A friend of mine went for a cup of coffee one day and while walking back to the car saw a $2 bill land at his feet.  Within a few seconds, another and another landed at his feet.  He called me and asked what the possible meaning of this could be.  What I saw was “2” for relationship, plus “2” equaling “4” for father energy, and “2” more totaling “6” for family responsibility and love.  I explained it was a message from his father.  He said that he sensed it was his father but wanted a second opinion.  Numbers work in mysterious ways. 

Below, is a brief snapshot of the meaning of each number up to “9”.  Numbers flow in cycles of nine:

1= New beginnings, opportunities, creative
     spark, leadership

2= Partnership, relationship, cooperation, 
      attention to detail, giving/receiving, 
      mother energy

3= Friendships, self-expression, luck,
      communication, 
     

4= Stability, structure, home, tradition,
      service, “salt of the earth”, father energy

5= Change, freedom, travel, public 
      dealings, curiosity

6= Family, love, marriage, pregnancy,
       divorce, responsibility, creating beauty

7= Spirit, trust, open heart, expertise,
      teaching, secrets, wisdom

8=Authority, power, balance in all pursuits
     money  in/out,  real estate,
     expansion/growth, karma

9=Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness, 
     humanitarian pursuits, spiritual
     growth, legal matters, endings


If you want to take these meanings a step further, add up the numbers you see and find the deeper meanings.  For example, when my friend saw the 2+2+2, we looked at the “2”, “4”, and “6” meanings.  Follow your intuition.  Remember that numbers are not only symbols that carry an energetic meaning but also intuitive triggers that tap into our soul knowledge.  Open your heart and interpret what you see by letting your mind and heart work together, using the left and right sides of your brain.  Trust your gut and let the images and information flow.  Relax and enjoy the experience!



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Mercury Retrograde February 6-28

2/15/2014

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Get Ready!

In 2014, Mercury will be retrograde from
  • February 6–28
  • June 7–July 2
  • October 4–25

We have just entered a period of time where Mercury is retrograde.  What does that mean?  It's an illusion that the planets, currently Mercury, appear to be traveling backward through the zodiac.  With Mercury in retrograde, we experience  a period of high intuition.  We become more sensitive to signs and sychronistic happenings.  It is a time to reflect on our experiences and history, being open to understanding and seeing the past in a new light.

This is a time of flexibility and patience.  It is definitely not a great time to make final decisions or sign contracts of any kind.  Partnerships should move slowly as well.  Plans and travel may be delayed.  Break-downs of all kinds occur during mercury retrograde, like electrical devices and even communication.  So, back up your files, put those serious conversations on hold, or at very least be patient and open minded when things don't quite go as planned. 

Use this time to slow down, reflect, plan, and tie up loose ends.  Frustration can be managed by being prepared and understanding that this too shall pass...by the end of the month! 


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Past Lives....Really?

5/26/2013

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When I first started my work as a numerologist, a client asked me if I could hypnotize them into a past life.  It was a reasonable request as that experience complements an Inner-Soul numerology reading.   I did the session and my client had a positive experience.  Since that time, I have had many more clients ask the same question, as well as other questions like, “Are past lives real?”, “Can I get stuck in a past life?”, “Will I regress to a scary place or feel pain?”, “Will I experience my death?”, “Could I have been Cleopatra?”,  and so on.  These are great questions.  There is a lot of curiosity around the topic, so I will make my best attempt to answer these questions in this blog.

Past-life Regression (PLR), Past-life Exploration (PLE), and my preference, Inner-Soul Exploration  (ISE), are just some of the names given to the experience of past lives  during hypnosis.  In a session, a client is brought into a deep state of relaxation and then regressed further into a past life experience.  Sometimes, clients may choose to be regressed in a general way using the imagination to follow a path to the past, and other times, the client may be regressed through an emotion, pain, phobia, or other experience that is chronic in their current life.  Often clients seek an ISE as an opportunity to explore a current problem by identifying its potential roots in a past life.  An ISE can also simply be done out of curiosity as to what may have been experienced in a past life.  Either way, the experience is brought into the present to effect healing and positive change. 

To answer some of the concerns that clients have expressed, let’s start with whether or not past lives are real.  That depends on personal belief systems.  If one believes in reincarnation, the experience will be very real.  Those that do not believe in reincarnation may experience the ISE as the subconscious revealing symbolic information to help the client grow and realize positive change.  This can be viewed in the manner that a dream may be experienced.  Certain dreams are symbolic and help us to understand what is happening in our conscious state.  The answer to the second question, “Can you get stuck in a past life?”,  is no.  When in hypnosis, the client is in a relaxed to deeply relaxed state, yet aware.  The client can be brought out of the state of hypnosis with simple suggestions.  As far as the third question goes, if a client is finding an experience to be scary or painful in any way, the suggestion to withdraw from the scene and view it as if it were a movie is made to create space between the client and the experience.  The question about experiencing death is a common one.  A client is brought to the moment of their death and beyond into a space between lives.  This experience is a transition that allows for growth and understanding not fear.  The question about Cleopatra is entertaining.  While it is possible to have had a famous or even infamous past life, it is not likely.  Most regressions are more ordinary.  In fact, sometimes a client doesn’t experience anything.  Why?   Possibly, the client is too nervous or self-conscious to release into the experience and that is okay.  When the client is ready, the experience will happen.

So, for example, if a client has a persistent fear of water, they may find out that in a past life they drowned.  Many times, phobias that have no explanation in this life will have their roots in a past life.  The same goes for chronic pain or discomfort.  A client may find out that they had an injury in a past life to a part of their body in which they currently experience chronic pain.  Another common experience for clients is their recognition of friends and/or family members in past lives.  Often, soul groups reincarnate together to achieve their contracted learning experience; a soul reincarnates to learn different lessons that will enhance their soul growth to another level.   A good way to investigate an ISE is to take notes afterward on the place, year, environment, clothing, shoes, experiences, and whatever other information you recall and Google it.  You may find nothing or you may be surprised at what you find. 

Overall, ISE’s are positive for the client.  It is an experience that is fascinating and life enhancing.  I would encourage a client to follow their curiosity.  The information that comes up can truly inform this lifetime in a way that can effect positive change and healing that would, under ordinary circumstances, take a lifetime!

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