Some people can see auras instantly and others have to work at it.
Seeing the aura is a matter of taking your eyes slightly out of focus.
If you’ve ever been able to see those holographic picture-in-a-picture things then you shouldn’t have any trouble seeing auras as you do exactly the same thing with your eyes.
The first time I was at a seminar and this topic came up I had no luck whatsoever with seeing the auras of the other folks there.
That night I went over to the bookstore and grabbed a bunch of the holograph picture books and sat there until I could relax my eyes and see them.
The next day when I went back for the rest of the seminar I didn’t have any trouble seeing the auras of the other attendees.
Have your training partner stand in front of a light-colored wall in a dimly lit room.
Have your partner hold one finger in front of their face, about 6 inches out from their chin.
Now focus your eyes on their finger, not their face.
Have them remove their fingers but keep looking at the same spot.
You’ll have to relax your eyes a bit to do this.
Now, using that same relaxed vision, if you look at them you should be able to see what looks like a little line that runs all around them a couple of centimetres out from their body.
The next layer out is even more faint and may have colors associated with it. The different meanings of the colors vary widely depending on who you’re talking to.
My advice in this area is to open up your awareness and see for yourself which colors seem to be associated most often with which types of people and their behaviors. Play with this a bit.
Does their aura change when they think happy thoughts? Sad thoughts? Angry thoughts? Some people can see auras instantly and others have to work at it.
Don’t be too put out if it takes a while.
As you work with this you’ll gradually become aware of even more subtle layers of energy that surround people.
You may also find that you can actually feel another person’s chakras and even discern which is their dominant chakra, which tells you instantly how that person is likely to react to any given stimuli.
So I hope this helps you on your journey of seeing and then feeling auras.
It is a wonderful way to become aware or your own and others spiritual development.
Below is a description of the meanings different colours hold.
When reading auras be sure to always trust your intuition.
Black:
This is a confusing color.
There is nothing wrong with black in one’s aura.
Black generally means one is shielding oneself from outside energies.
This can also mean being unbalanced; one is hiding something or keeping secrets.
A black ring usually indicates some form of abuse, adults who have not dealt with early abuse will carry this black ring till they are healed. Blue:
This comes in different shades.
Gifted people have shades of blue in their aura.
Intuitive people will show pale blue coloration within the purple bursting out like rays of sunshine, emanating from the heart outwards.
A deeper blue can indicate loneliness.
A very deep blue shows devotion, honesty and good judgment whereas muddier shades of blue indicates a domineering person or a tendency towards depression.
Brown:
This color can indicate growth in a person.
Seen around the head and with other colors emanating in combination, it indicates a person who is developing mentally, intuitively and organizing within.
Brown by itself can indicate lack of energy, or one who has become “stagnant”. Gold:
Indicates lots of spiritual energy, in tune with oneself.
Muddy gold means one has not really come to terms with one’s higher levels. Yellow:
Usually seen around a thinker, an analytical person.
Could indicate a “balanced” person.
Intelligent people show this color around their heads. Green:
Sympathetic to others, dependable and has healing abilities.
Muddier shade could indicate jealousy- like “green with envy”. Gray:
Can indicate intuition and creativity.
Silvery gray shows femininity while darker gray can mean secretiveness or physical imbalance.
Orange: Bright orange means one is growing emotionally and paranormally.
A dull shade means a person is unsure how to accept this growth.
Muddy orange shows in a person with too much pride. Pink: The color of love, and honesty.
It also depicts the quieter side of an artistic and creative person.
Dark pink may indicate immaturity or changes with one’s love life.
Dull pink, however, watch out; Someone is lying. Purple: The color of intuition, a deeper purple hue shows a strong- willed and passionate person.
It can also mean intense erotic imagination and being over-bearing. Red: A color of love or hate, strong emotions and a lot of energy. An intense red color, however, may indicate a person ready to go off the handle.
We often use phrases like, “Oh, she’s such a pain in the neck” or “My ex-boyfriend makes me sick in the stomach” or “My co-worker gives me a headache”! Well, they aren’t just phrases.
They have a connection to how negative emotions are stored in our body! Interesting, isn’t it? Do you want to leave your emotional “baggage” behind? It’s hard, yes? That’s why most of us carry our emotional baggage with us from year to year, allowing it to weigh us down and keep us mired in old memories, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs.
The brain dwells on the negative.
We don’t focus on positive memories and emotions. That means we bring fewer positive memories and emotions into our life and carry an ever larger and heavier suitcase of negativity with us. You might change where you live, your relationships, jobs, health and fitness, or amount of wealth, but you don’t change.
You are still focused on your old experiences and emotions.
As a result, you brought along the old emotional baggage, opened the suitcase, unpacked, and surrounded yourself with all those thoughts and feelings as before. To create change, you start by not carrying around all that old emotional baggage.
Negative feelings connected to a certain circumstance can manifest as pain.
A lot of you must have gone through painful and difficult things in your lives.
These experiences tend to stay in your mind for a very long time.
This is referred to as emotional baggage, and it means that you are still struggling with unresolved emotions and holding onto pain, sadness, regret, and rage.
This “Baggage” doesn’t go away.
It can affect the way you think, how you react to stress, and your relationship with others, your physical and mental well-being.The Time Is NOW, For ALL Our Sakes. Releasing Symbolically. Every week, I symbolically release what I don’t want to bring into the new week. Some only do this every New Year! I make a list, which might include things like: • anger (at [name] and in general) • Resentment toward [name or situation] • lack consciousness • my fear of [something] • all the memories and thought related to the incidents covered in the news from the past year • Back pain • Thyroid issues • Etc. Then I perform a Fire Ceremony with a stick or piece of paper and release that to the fire. (See my other Blog on this).
I intentionally and energetically release these things I don’t want any longer.
I pray, bless and do this ceremony with a power greater than myself to leave them in the past.
The symbolic and energetic release is powerful, and I know setting that intention is a powerful act.
That’s what the Fire Ceremony represents. The intention is to leave these things in the past. And I know Source (God, Spirit or Creator) responds to that intention. However, after mentally focusing on the items on that list for weeks, months, or years, and doing so with a lot of emotion, it often takes more than one intentional action to see or feel a difference. Do Something Different.
For that reason, you often need to actively, consciously, intentionally commit to releasing the old baggage regularly. You must consistently do something different.
Specifically, you must stop focusing on the past and feeding the emotions that correspond with those events and experiences.
That’s the challenging part of leaving your emotional baggage at the curb. You’ve trained your brain to think about past events and experiences.
Those thoughts trigger emotions in your body.
To change that, you must retrain your mind to focus on the positive aspects of your past, the present moment, and the future you desire.
Each time you move your thoughts from the past to the present—or even the future, you demonstrate your commitment to intentionally leave your baggage behind.
If you do this often enough, the old memories and emotions become less pronounced and prevalent in your experience.
Eventually, you won’t think about the incident or feel the emotion unless you choose to do so.
This process is about choice.
You choose where to focus your attention and decide what thoughts to think.
And that makes it possible to choose what you feel. When you do this, you begin eliminating past events or emotions from that suitcase you’ve been carrying around. You might even drop them in the rubbish bin. Ways to Empty Your Emotional Baggage
As I said, it can feel challenging to drop emotional baggage.
That’s why so many people take their suitcases filled with memories and emotions with them…no matter where they go.
They get used to lugging those heavy bags through life.
Keeping those events and emotions close at hand feels safe and comfortable.
Letting them go, like getting rid of a faded and loved pair of jeans, feels like a loss.
Even if those jeans no longer fit, it’s hard to get rid of them.
They are uncomfortable to wear, but you try to fit into them anyway because you’ve been wearing them for years.
But you don’t have to fit into those uncomfortable past events and emotions any longer.
You don’t have to keep the mementos of painful events around as reminders any longer.
There are ways to empty your emotional baggage, so the load gets lighter and the bags smaller.
You might, for instance, try one of the following strategies:
1. Hire a therapist. Today the best form of therapy is Shamanic Energy Medicine.
It requires working with a trained professional to understand and release your past.
2. Find a support group. Depending upon the baggage you are carrying, you might find a support group run by therapist works well for lightening the load.
These groups tend to revolve around one issue, like anger or grief. You could also try a “women’s or men’s group.”
3. Hypnotherapy. Go to a trained Clinical Hypnotherapist.
Hypnosis is a fabulous way to reprogram your subconscious mind, which can help you let go of and change old memories or associated emotional triggers and reactions. 4. Releasing Emotional Baggage
We often use phrases like, “Oh, she’s such a pain in the neck” or “My ex-boyfriend makes me sick in the stomach” or “My co-worker gives me a headache”! Well, they aren’t just phrases. They have a connection to how negative emotions are stored in our body! Interesting, isn’t it? Do you want to leave your emotional “baggage” behind? It’s hard, yes? That’s why most of us carry our emotional baggage with us from year to year, allowing it to weigh us down and keep us mired in old memories, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. The brain dwells on the negative. We don’t focus on positive memories and emotions. That means we bring fewer positive memories and emotions into our life and carry an ever larger and heavier suitcase of negativity with us. You might change where you live, your relationships, jobs, health and fitness, or amount of wealth, but you don’t change. You are still focused on your old experiences and emotions. As a result, you brought along the old emotional baggage, opened the suitcase, unpacked, and surrounded yourself with all those thoughts and feelings as before. To create change, you start by not carrying around all that old emotional baggage. Negative feelings connected to a certain circumstance can manifest as pain. A lot of you must have gone through painful and difficult things in your lives. These experiences tend to stay in your mind for a very long time. This is referred to as emotional baggage, and it means that you are still struggling with unresolved emotions and holding onto pain, sadness, regret, and rage. This “Baggage” doesn’t go away. It can affect the way you think, how you react to stress, and your relationship with others, your physical and mental well-being. The Time Is NOW, For ALL Our Sakes. Releasing Symbolically Every year on New Year’s Eve, I symbolically release what I don’t want to bring into the new year. I make a list, which might include things like: • Anger (at [name] and in general) • Resentment toward [name or situation] • Lack consciousness • My fear of [something] • All the memories and thought related to the incidents covered in the news from the past year • Back pain • Thyroid issues • Etc. Then I perform a Fire Ceremony with a stick or piece of paper and release that to the fire. I intentionally and energetically release these things I don’t want any longer. I pray to a power greater than myself to leave them in the past. The symbolic and energetic release is powerful, and I know setting that intention is a powerful act. That’s what the Fire Ceremony represents. The intention is to leave these things in the past. And I know Source (God, Spirit or Creator) responds to that intention. However, after mentally focusing on the items on that list for weeks, months, or years, and doing so with a lot of emotion, it often takes more than one intentional action to see or feel a difference. Do Something Different For that reason, you often need to actively, consciously, intentionally commit to releasing the old baggage regularly. You must consistently do something different. Specifically, you must stop focusing on the past and feeding the emotions that correspond with those events and experiences. That’s the challenging part of leaving your emotional baggage at the curb. You’ve trained your brain to think about past events and experiences. Those thoughts trigger emotions in your body. To change that, you must retrain your mind to focus on the positive aspects of your past, the present moment, or the future you desire. Each time you move your thoughts from the past to the present—or even the future, you demonstrate your commitment to intentionally leave your baggage behind. If you do this often enough, the old memories and emotions become less pronounced and prevalent in your experience. Eventually, you won’t think about the incident or feel the emotion unless you choose to do so. This process is about choice. You choose where to focus your attention and decide what thoughts to think. And that makes it possible to choose what you feel. When you do this, you begin eliminating past events or emotions from that suitcase you’ve been carrying around. You might even drop them in the rubbish bin. 5 Ways to Empty Your Emotional Baggage As I said, it can feel challenging to drop emotional baggage. That’s why so many people take their suitcases filled with memories and emotions with them…no matter where they go. They get used to lugging those heavy bags through life. Keeping those events and emotions close at hand feels safe and comfortable. Letting them go, like getting rid of a faded and loved pair of jeans, feels like a loss. Even if those jeans no longer fit, it’s hard to get rid of them. They are uncomfortable to wear, but you try to fit into them anyway because you’ve been wearing them for years. But you don’t have to fit into those uncomfortable past events and emotions any longer. You don’t have to keep the mementos of painful events around as reminders any longer. There are ways to empty your emotional baggage, so the load gets lighter and the bags smaller. You might, for instance, try one of the following strategies: 1. Hire a therapist. Today the best form of therapy is Energy Medicine. It requires working with a trained professional to understand and release your past. 2. Find a support group. Depending upon the baggage you are carrying, you might find a support group run by therapist works well for lightening the load. These groups tend to revolve around one issue, like anger or grief. You could also try a “women’s or men’s group.” 3. Try hypnosis. Go to a trained Clinical Hypnotherapist. Hypnosis is a fabulous way to reprogram your subconscious mind, which can help you let go of and change old memories or associated emotional triggers and reactions.
4. Visualize yourself living without emotional baggage.
Visualization does a great job of reprogramming the mind as well.
Imagine what you and your life will be like when you no longer have the emotional baggage. 5. Act as if you are a person with no emotional baggage. Be that person who has already emptied out the suitcase and thrown away its contents. If you had no emotional baggage, how would you behave? How would you act? Do that now.
6. Perform a Fire Ceremony. This works for rapid transformation. It has been used to rid negativity and enhance our lives for hundreds of years. Imagine that you pack up your negative thoughts, experiences, and emotions and put them in black garbage bags. See yourself putting them by the curb and driving away unencumbered by any of that in your future.
Of course, you can keep those large suitcases that you used to carry your past forward with you.
Now that they are empty, fill them with all the positive memories and emotions of your life.
A bag like that will never feel heavy and is well worth carrying into the future.
It is time.
Time to rid yourself of any and all negative emotional baggage.
Routines provide a framework for a more spiritual enlightened life.
Spiritual Benefits of Routines In Our Day
Routines provide a framework for a more spiritual enlightened life. Even though some daily practices may not appear to be spiritual on the surface, they provide the structure you need to find Spirit and God in the chaos of everyday living.
Mornings are my favorite time of day to dedicate myself to my spiritual development.
When I am focused on connecting to a higher power and healing, a consistent morning routine is essential.
Every morning we have an opportunity to align ourselves again spiritually for the day ahead.
A spiritual morning routine includes intentionally choosing spiritual practices.
When we choose to do this, it brings major improvements in our perspective and the way we experience life.
The first moments and hours after waking from a night of resting and regenerating sleep is a period of heightened energetic sensitivity and openness.
We can make the best use of this time by practicing a spiritual morning routine that can allow you to set and maintain a higher vibration for the day. Choosing to implement a spiritual morning routine allows you to make sure that your perspective is aligned before you do anything else.
All spiritual practices are powerful at any time of the day, but it is an effective choice to align with these practices when you are most rested and clear.
A spiritual morning routine also includes other benefits including but not limited to: improved general health, vitality, focus, less stress, better mood, flow states, improving the relationship you have with yourself and others.
The first things we need to do in creating a spiritual morning routine is setting the intention to dedicate our mornings to our chosen practices.
Ideas For Your Spiritual Morning Routines
# 1 Cacao Ceremony.
I like to start the day with a cup of organic Cacao.
With all the proven health benefits, I know it will keep me going for many hours. It also starts my day to share from my heart space, from a place of authenticity and love. It supports opening the heart! 1. Prepare the Cacao. Once you’ve taken a few minutes to make your space nice and tidy, it’s time to head over to the kitchen and prepare the cacao. … 2. State What You’re Grateful For. … 3. Set an Intention for the Day. … 4. Drink your Cacao! … 5. Close the Ceremony. If you are interested in buying Ceremonial Grade Cacao contact me.
# 2 Meditation. Meditation is a staple practice within any spiritual morning routine. You can include any type of meditation that feels right for you. Traditional silent meditation, breath awareness meditation, or guided meditations. You can find many meditations on my You Tube Channel.
Meditation allows you to slow down and become present to the deeper eternal aspects of who you are.
# 3 Yoga. Yoga is also an ancient holistic practice that can be an entire morning routine itself. Yogic practice includes activating your body and energy through a variety of powerful practices.
Yoga is perfect to include within your morning practice as it will help you to focus and actively embody spirituality in your mind and body in preparation for your day ahead.
# 4 Grounding and Immersing Yourself In Nature. Spending time in nature will add to your spiritual morning routine. You can choose to do this by itself or with some other morning practice. Meditating in nature or eating your breakfast mindfully in your garden can naturally connect you energetically to mother earth.
This will naturally raise your vibration and connect you with the energy field and consciousness of Pachamama, Mother Earth.
# 5 Journaling. Journaling is a wonderful practice to include in your spiritual morning routine, or at any time.
You can dedicate a journal to any and all of your thoughts and feelings as well as journaling about all we are grateful for in life. #6 Prayers and Blessings. Prayer is a great addition to your spiritual morning routine; you can use the power of prayer to acknowledge and welcome divine assistance for your day ahead. You can use prayer to express gratitude or appreciation. It can also be your safe space to speak about your needs and dreams.
To get the most out of your Prayers and Blessings, see my articles on these at www.jamievida.com #7 Reading. Reading will add spiritual inspiration and knowledge to your morning routine. Include time for the reading of sacred texts, spiritual books and books to help you improve yourself on all levels; Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually.
It also improves focus and presence.
Routines In Our Day
Combine any number of these practices to design a morning routine that is fitting for you.
To gain the benefits of these practices you need to dedicate yourself to seeing through your morning routine for 66 days.
This allows the aligned energy and benefits that you gain from your practices to integrate into your daily life.
This has been proven by the University College Campus in London as being the optimal time to make this into a real-life changing life-style.
Robin Sharma splits that up into 3 lots of 22 days.
The first 22 are a bit hard, the second 22 get a bit messy, and the third 22 are becoming easier.
He also splits the first hour into 3 parts.
The first 20 minutes for exercise, the second for Meditation and the third for self-development, like reading books or listening to Podcasts.
Be kind to yourself and disciplined in practicing your spiritual morning routine.
Over time, your morning routine becomes a Ritual and will be a cherished start to your day and a major upgrade to your life experience.
Maintaining your morning routine will create ripples that benefit you, and all those around you.
So, start today and begin preparing yourself for your Routines and a brand-new enlightened life.
The most immediate benefit spiritually from journaling is that it helps us think more clearly and keeps our mind sharp.
The most immediate benefit spiritually from journaling is that it helps us think more clearly and keeps our mind sharp.
Writing is an act of forming thoughts into something suitable that will be understood and interpreted as we partake in our Spiritual Journey of enlightenment.
You don’t need to be religious to benefit from keeping a spiritual journal, in fact anyone can reflect on their own personal belief system, regardless of whether it includes a higher power or not.
For some, a spiritual journal is a place to document daily prayers, meditations, and dreams.
It is often an overlooked tool in the self-care kit.
It can be a great way to express our thoughts and emotions, as well as explore who we are.
Journaling helps with stress management and mental health.
To also find meaning in the events of our lives that occur and inspiration when we need it most.
It encourages self-love, acceptance, and gratitude.
When writing use narrative form, poetry, pictures, or symbols.
Some people find it useful to start the day with 10 minutes of stream-of-conscious writing.
Do not stop even if you repeat the same thing over and over. Include your dreams in your journal. Allow dream memory to bubble up.
Journaling is an inexpensive way to get in tune with your inner self while simultaneously learning about yourself!
Keeping a journal has been a strategy that has helped many brilliant, powerful and wise people become better at what they do.
To get started, begin by simply writing down keywords or phrases from your meditation or prayer sessions that have meaning for you. Here are the basics of how to start journaling: • Pick your tools for journaling: notebook/paper and pen/pencil. • Pick a topic to write about, like your daily routine, what you’re thankful for, what came up in Meditation etc • Set a timer for 15 minutes • Write without stopping to edit or fix punctuation
• When the timer goes off read over what you’ve written and review your thoughts.
Sounds simple right?
Well, that’s really all there is to it. Try these Tips: Don’t think too much, just write. Invest in a notebook or pen you love. Embrace the connection between your hand, the pen and the paper. Do not worry about the need for perfection. Find a quiet place away from distractions. Find the right time of day and make it a routine.
Define your purpose.
Think of the things in your life Mentally, Emotionally, Physically and Spiritually you want to write about. Take time to reflect on your thoughts at the end.
It also helps to sift truths from errors.
It slows our pace and helps build our faith in ourselves and our beliefs.
One of the benefits of journaling is that you can track your spiritual progress over time.
So, make sure to review your journal regularly – at least once a month, if not more often.
This will help you see how far you’ve come and celebrate your successes.
You may write something in your journal, look at it later, and see things that you didn’t see before.
Our perspectives often change as we gain more knowledge and experience, so keep that in mind when reading old journal entries.
There you have it – everything you need to know about starting a spiritual journal.
Now it’s time for you to grab a journal and get started on your own journey!
Remember, there are no rules when it comes to journaling.
Just enjoy the process and let it take you wherever it may.
It shouldn’t feel like a task on your to-do list or an assignment you need to get done asap.
There is no right or wrong way to do it!
If it feels like a burden to do it every day, consider doing it once a week, so it never gets old.
Approach it as a tool that can bring you joy and peace!
It is also not just about writing.
As you review your thoughts you can draw images and diagrams that add extra emphasise to your journaling.
It is my sincere hope that some of these spiritual benefits of journaling will spark the desire in you to begin keeping a journal or encourage you to persist in the habit.
It provides the avenue to honor your lessons and old belief structures by turning them over to Spirit, thus enabling you to heal deeply at the level of the soul without having to experience them.
Fire ceremony, one of the core rituals in many medicine traditions, is typically held around the full or new moon of each month, when the veils between the worlds are the thinnest.
In the past, it was done in the presence of a teacher for many years before the student was encouraged to do it alone.
Now, shamans say the earth and our civilization are in such great peril that fire ceremony can be held by anyone who is willing to step in.
The fire itself will become your teacher and will let you know immediately if your intention is pure.
Before entering the fire circle, create an offering out of burnable materials, typically a small stick.
This “spirit arrow” can represent something that needs to be honored in order for you to let go of it.
The offering serves to focus one’s attention in active meditation.
The object can be decorated or left as is.
If twigs are not readily available, some people use wooden craft sticks which can be purchased by the bundle.
A word or phrase identifying the issue to be honored or released can be written on the stick.
Connect with what you are honoring, the gifts you have received, or what you are envisioning into being.
Using your breath, blow this intention or prayer into the offering several times.
Ideally, it’s preferable to do your fire out-of-doors, where you can connect deeply to the earth, the star energies and the timelessness of the location.
Initially, it is recommended to hold fires at night, so you can notice subtle changes and learn from the fire. We can also perform a micro-fire ceremony indoors with a candle. This is perfectly acceptable as well.
Fire ceremony allows us to source from our soul and to re-remember how we have sat around sacred fires throughout time.
Whenever you feel blocked, or are working on what you want to dream into your life, fire is an incredible tool to help you change and shift.
My family love to participate in fire ceremony with me.
They often bring their personal stick offerings for what is going on in their lives.
We encourage you to invite family and friends to your fire ceremony.
We can we hold monthly fire ceremonies in our own communities.
While the steps are simple, always bear in mind that you are creating ceremony.
At this time of tremendous change, our souls long for ceremony.
As you work with fire as ceremony, you will develop your own unique rituals.
Watch my video on You Tube for a better understanding of a micro-fire ceremony.
Credits – Alberto Villoldo, The Four Winds & their Teachers, all My Teachers and Guides, Great Spirit, Pachamama.
To break this curse, we must first honor our ancestors.
We can dump our historical baggage, the narrative we inherited over the course of thousands of years and many lifetimes – the story that drew us to our current family; the saga of our parents; the wounds they were unable to heal, and which were passed on to us, and through us to our children.
In the Amazon, they call these “ancestral curses.”
To break this curse, we must first honor our ancestors.
By respecting and celebrating them, no matter how awful their legacy, we can move on … and so can they.
Otherwise, they’ll continue living through us and haunting every endeavor and relationship in our lives.
Most anthropologists still believe that the ancestral altars found in every traditional culture are used for “worship.” Their true use is somewhat different.
These traditional societies understand that when you celebrate your ancestors, no matter how terribly they might have behaved, you find forgiveness and compassion and can break free of their karma and stories.
The Laika, for example, believe that if you don’t honor your ancestors with an altar, they will run amok in your house.
That is, it’s better to know where they are than to ignore their legacy.
I like to keep a close eye on them 🙂 .
The following exercise can spare you many years of psychotherapy by working through your mother and father issues:
Find a spot in your home (such as a shelf, windowsill, or fireplace mantel) where you can make a small altar, and place a cloth on it.
Next, arrange photographs or symbols of your ancestors on top.
If you don’t have a picture of your great-grandfather, you might put his ring or some other object he owned on the altar.
Or, you can use photographs of homes where your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents were raised.
If nothing else, use slips of paper with their names.
Make a habit of stopping at the altar to reflect upon the gifts of your ancestors. Honor them with incense or fresh flowers in a vase.
You may also want to bring your family members offerings from nature as the seasons change, such as shells or stones you pick up from the beach in summer, pinecones and dried leaves in the fall, and so on.
Every time you change the offerings, thank your ancestors for the gifts they gave you, no matter how harsh it was for you to experience receiving them, or how difficult it was to perceive them as gifts at all.
Remember that history is not what actually happened but how you choose to remember it – that is, how it lives within you.
Working with this ancestral altar, you can change your family story at the mythic level, where tales are epic journeys, not the same old tired sagas of emotional or material success or failure.
Keep in mind that this altar must be a representation of the one you build inside of yourself: What you create in your home should serve as a sort of spiritual Post-it note, reminding you to feel gratitude for the legacy you’ve been given and the lessons your ancestors taught you.
When we drop our dreary stories of victim, rescuer, and perpetrator, we become storytellers and mythmakers and are provided for in every way.
We no longer have to live in fear because we have stopped being the victim of our ancestral or cultural stories about scarcity, intimacy, aging, or creativity.
Regardless of what we own, we go from scarcity to abundance.
We see what everyone else sees but think something different about it.
We become like the lilies of the field, who neither toil nor spin but have all that they need.
We may still have to punch a time card, but we can live the life of the artist or poet, with many creative resources available to us.
Jamie
Credits – Alberto Villoldo, The Four Winds & their Teachers, all My Teachers and Guides, Great Spirit, Pachamama.
Many circles are specifically for those impacted by cancer, chronic illness, or grief; but not only. They provide a safe space in which people who have suffered similar trauma can come together and Pray Healing. Either for themselves and or for family and friends to share and show their love and support. They are a huge part of longstanding traditions in all indigenous tribes and cultures around the world. There is no limit to the good that can be accomplished with Healing Circles. It is a Safe Space to send love, light, and healing wishes to our friends and family. It helps to shift from feelings of helplessness and terrified to ones of empowerment, trust and being hopeful. When the intention of the circle is clear, eg: healing or prayers or meditating, then they cannot fail to be of service and have an impact at a quantum energy level. The concept of coming together in “Circles of Light” where groups of people consciously activate loving and healing energy for our world during this pivotal time. To make a positive impact while simultaneously providing much-needed rejuvenation and hope during this exhausting marathon of fear, loss, and uncertainty. It is when we wake up to the essential truth that we are all one interconnected human family. No matter what skeptics say, prayer works if it is informed by loving intention and wisdom. There’s no question about it. Prayer also offers renewal, and renewal is essential, especially right now. Prayer, Meditation and working with Spirit / God, is one of the great modalities of love.
It is an opening to the Divine.
When you channel all the streams of love you have into prayer, it doesn’t matter where you aim it.
The energies of prayer take on their own autonomous life and they know what to do. Praying, meditating, or visualising in groups helps the focus and magnifies the results. It is empowering and relaxing to experience, helping shift out of anxiety and separation into a state of deep peace and connection. It feels like being plugged into a powerful source of energy that recharges and reawakens you for the first time, suddenly discovering your true function.
As many of us are searching for ways to stay healthy, resilient and optimistic while we work to heal this troubled world, we can come together as energetic activists, which is both pioneering and an ancient act of honouring a glorious, timeless part of being human.
In reverence for the Divinity within that links us all. A healing circle is to provide positive social support to anyone who asks for it. These circles build on a framework that brings out the best in people. It encourages participants to treat one another with kindness and respect, hold one another’s stories in confidence, withhold judgment, and honour one another’s unique path to healing without advising, fixing, or rescuing. Circle participants work together to explore the best ways to remove obstacles to healing, alleviate suffering, and deepen their capacity to heal. They also access their own inner guidance to determine where the greatest healing—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—can occur. Healing circles began 100,000 years ago, when our ancestors started to gather around campfires. We’re grateful that indigenous peoples continued to carry the pattern of circle forward.
Circles started around the cook-fires of humanity’s ancestors and has accompanied us ever since.
We remember this space.
When we listen, we speak more thoughtfully.
We lean into shared purpose.
Everything was done around the fire, and I mean everything. Healing Circles help us step out of ordinary time into a safe and accepting environment in which to explore our and others healing.
Healing Circles with Jamie and other Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioners, Energy Healers and Light Workers from around the world will be held twice a month.
On the 1st and the 15th.
All we require is the Full Name of those in need of healing and their Age.
We do not need their diagnosis.
To learn to true way to Pray and Heal look at these videos.
The True Power of Praying – https://bit.ly/3q0lJug Blessings and How You Heal – https://bit.ly/3CGsPvh
For more information contact me.
Jamie
Credits: Many sources, thank you and Thank You Pachamama.
Most people only know about astrology from the horoscope columns . . .
Astrology Common Myths.
Most people only know about astrology from the horoscope columns they read in newspapers and magazines.
But, those forecasts are for entertainment purposes only and should never be
taken seriously.
If they seem even remotely accurate, rest assured it is only by coincidence,
because those columns have almost no bearing on the legitimate practice of astrology.
Here are a few other myths about astrology that should also be dispelled:
1. Astrology is not a religion, nor is it affiliated or associated with any religion or with satanism or with any specific belief system.
You can believe in and participate in any religion you choose and still practice astrology.
2. Astrology is about symbolism and has nothing to do with any purported physical energy
emanating from a planet, moon, or star.
3. Astrology cannot be used to predict an event, only the possibility of an event occurring, or a good time for a particular type of event to take place.
4. Astrology is only a guide, a map of the potential in your life.
However, no two people born at the exact same time and place will have the exact same life.
The very nature of astrology speaks to your exercise of “free will” and the many choices and options you have for how you live your life.
