Loving You Loving Me!

My husband, an avid poet, read me Love After Love, by Derek Walcott. It’s thought provoking words compelled me to share it with you.

Love After Love
The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf, the photographs, the desperate notes, peel your own image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life.

It reminded me to look back on my life at all the joys and pleasures as well as the sadness and loss. Of course in nature there is no loss, change just makes way for new growth. I thought of how my body had changed over those years and how little I had appreciated this vehicle of expression. It was my choice to come to earth and this particular body was chosen for the mission I set for myself.

I wondered how many people negated their beauty. Berated their hips for being too large or too small, focused on supposed imperfections of the face – the soul’s sundial – or chastised their hair for not being straight instead of curly or curly when straight. How would you feel if someone close to you said the same things to you that you say to yourself? Just imagine for a moment that you are standing next to yourself as a child. Now tell that child everything negative that you have told yourself this past month. How do you think that child feels as it is subjected to the negative chatter that you apply to yourself? Do you think the child would grow up with poor self esteem, lack of confidence, inability to access talent, feelings of being unloved or unlovable, problems in relationships, poor self image, etc.? I doubt you would treat your best friend or an animal you loved in the same way. So why treat your body in this way?

Your body is part of who you are. If you are developing spiritually, expanding your awareness, and increasing your consciousness, then a large part of this is the body you chose to express yourself through. It does what you want it to do. It is the temple of the spirit. So, be kind to it. Love it as you would your own child. Because this is exactly what it is.

The poem says to feast on your life. Look back on all the wonderful things you have done, cherish the experiences you have had, and the people you have touched. In my workshops whenever we work with healing energy I often read a quote from trance medium Maurice Barbanell’s spirit guide, Silver Birch. “If you can help only one soul to find itself, if you comfort only one mourner, if you heal only one sick person, then the whole of your earthly life is justified. How privileged you are to be aware of the tremendous power that is around and about you, that enfolds you, guards you, directs you and ensures that you will continue to unfold your latent divinity and the gifts which are your cherished possession.” How many people has your spirit touched?

We all have guides, often referred to as guardian angels. Some of them escort you on your journey through life, some work with you on chosen interests, and all assist you on your path of growth. They help you find the right people who will expand your horizons in whatever direction you have planned for this lifetime. Guides cannot interfere with your life, but they can assist you. Imagine being a football player, your guides are the coaches encouraging you to go left, go right, go back, etc. They don’t take you by the hand and drag you there. It is up to you to listen and to go by the instructions given to you.

I remember asking my guide Alim what happens when someone is on the brink of danger when they appear to have been plucked from peril by an unseen hand. He told me that guides are directed by the energy you put out. So when you want a parking space for instance there isn’t a parking Angel as such, the guides use the energy you create by your intention and manipulate it so that it creates what you want. It makes it easier when you have no doubt in your mind that the space will be there, so the pure form of your intention can immediately create the parking space. But sometimes, when their charge is in danger they are not allowed to interfere, they can only stand by, and so they call upon the Angels. Angels are the only entities, other than the divine, that can interfere with the path of growth. Angels are beings that have never incarnated so being closer to the divine light they have a purer intention. This information made sense and helped me understand the heirachy of order, but if this does not feel right to you then it doesn’t have to be your truth. There are many truths.

This month be conscious of the thoughts you have about yourself, your body, your life, who you are, and how you live. Be aware that you are never alone. You are always being coached toward a successful touchdown by unseen teammates. Marianne Williamson said, “Your playing small does not serve the world.” It does not serve you either. Be aware of how your consciousness, your thoughts, and your intention affects everything around you. You are energy you are light. As you let your light shine you unconsciously give others permission to do the same.

Take time to connect with your guides. Thank them for guiding you and for agreeing to travel on this journey through life with you. A little appreciation goes a long way. They often go un-thanked and yet they work tirelessly on your behalf. As you change the way you think about yourself you will discover that your connection with your guides grows stronger. Between now and the next newsletter I will ask Alim about the guide’s work. It has been impressed on me that this is an important step toward understanding the dynamics of your life.

A few people who attended last year’s Advanced InTuition class at Omega have asked if they can attend again. Of course you can! As those of you who have taken this class before know it is the next step toward opening your psychic skills and as many can attest it can give you greater confidence in your abilities. Being in a class or workshop with others on the same path can help expand this energy much faster than development alone. As many of you know my classes are experiential, psychic development means the expansion of your skills not my experience of how I have advanced. We all work in different ways, so my intention for each class or workshop is to create the space for each individual to explore new horizons and to discover which areas of psychic energy they are most in tune with. As you now know my guide works with my intention and creates the space for this to happen. There is not an ounce of doubt in my mind that each and every person who attends my classes finds their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow of their intention.