Helpful Tools 3: Chakra Meditation

One of the things we all have to practice repeatedly while being human is proper alignment. Think about it!

The moment we lose our alignment, we lose our balance and stumble or fall.

This is true for the physical as well as the emotional, mental and energetic body.

If you look at great martial artists, you will see, they have mastered alignment and therefore can move graciously and powerfully through time and space.

I have found Chakra meditation to be a powerful tool and ally in my practice to maintain my alignment. As a structure, it provides specific assistance to strengthen weaker areas within self, as well as, keeping the energy body cleansed and well maintained.

If you are familiar with this form of meditation, dive right in.

Otherwise, I suggest doing some research.

One book I like is:

The Book Of Chakras by Ambika Wauters

There is plenty of good material out there on this topic. Trust your instincts and see what calls to you

Protection Manual: Useful Tips and Troubleshooting

One of the repeat items we all have to deal with is protection. This post is dedicated to energetic protection.

Let's start by getting a visual idea. The physical body has an immune system to protect it from disease. We can either, support and strengthen the immune system through supplements, a balanced lifestyle, dietary choices etc., or we can weaken it through neglect of our physical bodies, stress and toxic exposure.

  Similarly, we have a system that protects our energy bodies. Imagine yourself watching a cartoon and you can virtually see the energy in vivid color. If the energetic immune system is strong, the person is surrounded by a bubble of bright light possibly tinted in light shades of gold, white, pink, violet or green. This bubble allows light to filter through and purifies/transforms shadows and slimy green energies heading its way. Like a trampoline, unfit energetic clusters bounce off, so that the soul within the protection bubble can maintain its truthful self-expression. As you know from experience, there are times when we happily cruise through life, well protected, capable of holding our alignment even in the midst of challenging energetic circumstances, while at other times the slimy green and black specks make it through and we get sick. When that happens we want to apply some tools to strengthen our protection and to learn valuable lessons, as to why our energetic immune system was compromised in the first place.

1. First of all a couple of 101 reminders:

a) Darkness is the absence of light.

b) The Divine Forces (i.e. Guardian Angles) are not allowed to help unless you ask for it.

So the first thing you want to do when you feel like your protection has been undermined or you need a boost, ask for help!

c) Ask the divine beings to put a protective bubble of white light around your whole being in all time and all space (Visualization of a space-suit like white bubble where negative energies bounce off, Chakra-Meditation (see post), Flower Essences i.e. Golden Armor by Green Hope Farm (see post on Flower Essences) are useful additions to this step).

2. Get in the habit of regular energy clearings. The same way you need to take a shower to maintain your physical cleanliness, it is important to cleanse your aura, home and work space regularly in order to keep your energetic immune system strong. If we go back to our cartoon image you can see that if there are grey smudges in our light bubble, they would appear like cracks and these cracks can undermine our protection (If you are not familiar with clearing procedures yet, I will dedicate a future post just on clearing, in the meantime you might wish to already read the post: The importance of art and objects).

3. If you are dealing with a continuous collapse of your energy protection it is important to start troubleshooting since there are many possible reasons why a soul creates energy cracks due to internal, karmic patterns (read posts on Psychic Sponges, Energy Vampires, Enchantments and Curses).

a) The first step is always to have the awareness and ask the right questions.

Observe the situation and notice if a pattern has been established: "Every time I meet with so-and-so I feel drained. I wonder why?" "Whenever I go to crowded places, I start to feel heavy and tired. What is the reason that I can't stay in my frequency yet?"

b) Scan your system for negative/unresolved emotions like guilt, fear and empathy. We all have moments where we don't feel like we deserve to be in the light and

well-protected while we see other souls suffer. That is one of the things we all have to learn on our path to enlightenment. Can you enjoy your own good karma while others are still battling in hell? Do you allow yourself to have full divine support, even though you have made mistakes? How scared are you of other people's jealousy towards you if things start going too well? Are you addicted to drama because you are getting love and attention from your environment when you suffer? Is your soul committed to suffering because you feel that is the only way you are going to learn and evolve?

These are just a few examples that can lead you to potential internal saboteurs.

When you find an internal aspect that undermines your protection find ways to transmute that aspect. Often times, it is as simple as to make a different choice.

I.e. I am choosing to lead by example and stay in the light, because I can. That way I'll inspire the souls around me to do the same. Other people's jealousy is not my problem; my job is to stand in my truth, not to be a slave to other's dysfunctions. I am here as a student, not a master of this reality; therefore I do deserve a second chance and forgive myself for any wrong doings.

Going back to the cartoon example, the negative emotions have the power to create cracks from the inside. When you fill the cracks with light by transforming the negativity your bubble once more will be intact.

4. As always, this is by no means a complete guide on protection. Add any other tool and method that works for you and stay open and curious, Awareness is the key and all the answers needed will be provided, just stay open and curious!

The Difference Between Judgment And Truthful Observation

Many wonderful people I work with block their intuitive gifts because they are afraid to see something "bad". To them "bad" equals anything that is broke, hurt, shady or energetically compromised in some way. In order to avoid what seems like a negative judgment, they'd rather keep the third eye closed tightly and stay stuck in the mode of light projections (read post on light-and shadow projections).

If this is you, let me reframe your view!

When you break your arm, the x-ray at the doctor's office will show the fracture.

This is a fact, not a judgment. If the doctor told you that you are a horrible, ugly person because your arm is broken that would be a judgment.

The same is true for emotional or energetic circumstances. We are currently in a reality where few souls have realized their full divine potential. Many of us carry ancient battle scars, are trapped in old trauma loops and show behavior patterns motivated by ego and not the heart. The first step to heal is to come up with a truthful diagnosis. Most certainly a truthful read on something that hurts is not a clean bill of health, but rather an item that requires work and healing.

 As the saying goes: The truth will set you free.

So be brave and face what is and rest assured that no matter what you encounter, everything serves an educational purpose for the soul and can be healed, fixed and brought back into alignment.

And of course, we want to refrain from judgment, for no one is bad, horrible or less than because of their injuries.

How Do You Love?

Love is such an over used word and concept. At the same time, it's probably the most important ingredient in our spiritual journey towards enlightenment.

I have seen a lot of issues that arise from misunderstood concepts of love.

First of all, lets look at different qualities within love.

Our enlightened goal of love is the ability to love unconditionally without attachments, yet with an open heart. Needless to say, most of us aren't there yet.

Love can be laced with neediness, light-projections, codependence, abandonment issues and past trauma etc… In that moment, we don't purely love the people around us for their sake, but from a selfish place; i.e. you think your life will be better/more fulfilled if you find the perfect partner. When you fall in love, these expectations will be projected onto your partner and conflict will arise when the person falls short in providing you with what you want.

The codependent approach makes you believe that if you just support the person enough, they will grow into the potential that you desire.

Light-projection (also read post on light and shadow projections) will tempt you to edit out any red flags and focus on what you want to see. Often times, these associations end up as train wrecks, where you might feel betrayed and utterly disappointed.

The needy prince/princess archetype makes you expect constant attention from your relationships. When they fall short or are too wrapped up in themselves, you will get angry and punitive. However, if someone asked you, you might say, "no I really love them!".

As you can see, it is important to examine the quality of love we feel and be honest if it is conditional or if it is laced with other emotions.

Some questions to ask yourself:

1. How punitive am I within my relationships?

2. Do you love the person for who they are today, or the potential you see once you have fixed them?

3. Do you feel the world owes you due to a prior heartbreak?

If  your answer is yes, do you feel like your current or future partner should make up for it?

4. Do you keep a part of your heart closed/unavailable because you are afraid to get too close?

5. How possessive and jealous are you?

Be honest with yourself and see if you can purify your love toward yourself and others.

 The other part is how do you express your love?!

Many popular love songs are based on a common mistake:

"I left my heart in Paris…!"

"I lost my heart to Rita, John, Susan, my country, the orphans…"

So, if you love from the place of giving part or all of you away, you will end up without that part when the person leaves or dies on you, oops. You will feel incomplete until next time you run into them, which could be lifetimes from now.

That is part of the reason why people don't recover well after certain break-ups.

The more evolved way of loving works as follows:

Look at your heart as a vessel. The love flows through it towards whom ever. There is no limit as to how much love flows through. The more you love the more you gain because the frequency of love is like energetic vitamins flowing through you. If the person moves away, you can still love them without losing any aspects of self. You keep your freedom and energetic independence, whether you are in a relationship or not.

If we give pieces of ourselves away we are limited to how many times we can love. The heart is like a pie, when you have given your last piece away, you are done.

If you approach your heart as a vessel, you are always able to channel an infinite amount of love for yourself and others (that includes puppies, plants locations, jobs etc).

 A good approach to practice the proper energetic love flow is chakra meditation.

In case you already gave your heart away, here is the good news:

You can get it back!!!

How?

Ask God/Divine Source/ your Angels and any other divinely aligned beings you work with to return all aspects of yourself from all time transformed and purified and reintegrate them into your being. Ask for all energies within yourself that had taken their space to be cleared from you in all time and all space to be transformed and purified with everything they have caused and created. Then send them back to their proper place in the Universe. And then give thanks!

As always, awareness is the first and most important step to take in order to improve any situation and condition.