Awakening

Everyone is talking about 2012, the Mayan calendar and the Earth shifting into the Fifth Dimension. Fascinating talk. I do believe in spiritual evolution, but I draw my own conclusions as to how this will manifest. One very significant, personal encounter with the higher dimensions, however, convinced me that man is not merely acting independently, but collectively.

In November 2006, I was involved in deep spiritual study, meditating daily over books and web sites on such topics as Buddhism, the Aquarian Age and kundalini yoga. One afternoon, as I was reading online, I read the word “lotus” and was instantly struck by spiritual lightening. I have had a few mystical experiences in my life that I consider major milestones, and this was one of them. My heart was pierced by an outside force that sent tremors of emotion throughout my entire being. It was an eruption. I burst into tears upon seeing that word and had to get up from my seat to bear the force, crying uncontrollably, while waves of healing emotion and telepathic messages flooded my spirit. This wave of spiritual activity continued for at least 20 minutes, probably longer. It was life changing. In fact, for weeks afterward—and I mean weeks and weeks—I walked around in a kind of dizzying bliss with great love for my fellow man.

What I received during that momentous opening of my heart chakra—which allowed the free flow of God’s healing energy to flow up and down through my crown chakra—was an act of evolution, not just within my own soul, but one in harmony with the oneness of the human soul. I heard the telepathic voice of what I believe was an Ascended Master. The ability to discern spiritual voices is one of my developing gifts. I was given the words “The Great Perfection.” (I had never heard this expression before.) And I was warned not to interfere with “another’s journey.” That directive is still rooted in my heart, and I am not quite sure exactly what was meant, but I am careful with my new awareness.

As a result of that afternoon’s opening of my heart and crown chakras, I gained an increased ability to receive telepathic messages from other dimensions; improved communication and recognition of my spirit guides and guardian angels; lucid dreaming; a deeper connection to the collective and a deeper love for all of mankind; an increased ability to manifest into the material world that which is given to me in spirit; and a growing awareness of my soul’s past lives and it’s unfolding mission in the present one.

Two years after that mind-blowing event, something led me to an old Google video featuring UFO watcher and Ascended Master communicator, James Gilliland. During the video, he announced the coming of a major outpouring of God’s spirit on November 23, 2006. My heart raced. That time period certainly rang a bell. I grabbed my journal and found the entry for that date in it. That was the date of my transformation! What he describes in that video of what can happen during such an outpouring is exactly what I experienced. My body began downloading information from a higher frequency. He describes numbers and graphs. Physics, mathematics...creation. I soon began exploring sacred geometry. I began drawing geometric symbols and cutting them out of magazines, pasting them on my wall. I was having my "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Richard Dreyfuss and the mound of dirt moment. I didn't just stumble upon this video. It was confirmation on so many levels.

Last year, I came across the videos of channeler Rysa5 on youtube. His Goldring videos speak to me and take me back to that transformative experience. I don’t know what to make of it all, but I learned long ago never to discount the revelations of others out of hand. Each of us must learn to trust our own intuition and choose our own paths.

We are all taking a soul’s journey, in this lifetime and over many lifetimes, individually and collectively. Our souls have layers just as there are layers within the universe. I hope you feel the oneness with God’s spirit and the love that binds us all. Keep your heart open. Develop compassion and ask for guidance at every turn, and you will find your own unique way.

Visualization

Many people talk about visualization as though it is something they must learn how to do. The truth is we all perform visualization every day of our lives. Every piece of art you choose to put up on your wall, every photo you display, every color you choose to wear, is a form of visualization. The images we choose to surround ourselves with and the colors we choose all transmit thoughts and emotions to us that shape how we view the world and where we want to go. This self-directed work is all done subconsciously, for the most part, and often, with the help of our spirit guides.

My desktop wallpaper has become one of the most powerful forms of visualization in my experience. Because, as a freelance writer, I spend so much of my time at my home computer, it is vitally important that I choose wisely. This awareness of my desktop wallpaper as a key player in visualizing my life has only recently become evident.

From my last post, you'll notice that I was visualizing coming around Cape Horn--the waves crashing against my vessel, storm clouds overhead--and yet there was the hope and belief that the great Pacific lay just beyond, if I could just hang on. This intuitive visualization came up through my spirit, a kind of knowing that helped guide me through some very difficult times. It was a natural visualization for me--a beautiful metaphor--drawing upon my past life experiences on the high seas as an explorer and navy sailor. In these lives, I learned perseverance and faith. But mind you, I didn't consciously choose this image. I came with the flow of my spirit. I have always pictured myself on the high seas in a great ship. How do you see yourself?

There came a day as I sat down to my computer when the urge to change my desktop image was very strong in me. I was displaying a beautiful, fertile scene featuring a waterfall and stream in vibrant greens, the picture of healing and abundance...I was indeed believing for abundance. I searched for an image that held the message I needed to see that morning, and I found it in a beautiful photo showing the sun breaking through the clouds, its rays casting golden light on everything it touches. Still rounding the Cape, this image brought forth the next phase of my journey...the release, the goal is just ahead, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

It was only after a couple of weeks that I saw the truth of the image. This is how I am. It may have seemed obvious to anyone at the time, but not to me. I choose on instinct and intuition and later I see how the decision made perfect sense....why I kept going back to this image, instead of another. After all, the sky is still rather gray in the image I chose...and yet, it was ideal for what I was feeling...I was still surrounded by obstacles...but I had faith and the image was a reminder.

I lived with this image for weeks, believing that the sun was truly about to break through the clouds of my financial storm. It had been weeks since I'd had any work at all. During my journey around the Cape, the economy worsened, more jobs were lost and the level of despair across the nation increased. But I held on. I would not be tossed upon the rocky shores, I told myself. My emotions ebbed and flowed. Sometimes I was ready to give up and salvage what I could from my ship and go home, but the image of the sun breaking through the clouds was so real to me, I just couldn't give up. And I had my word from God: Wait Upon the Lord. It was posted for me to see.

Then one day, I awoke and I could not look at that image any longer...I was tired of being on the verge of something, breaking, breaking...I needed to land! So I searched for a new image and found one of a beautiful tropical beach, a grass shack on its shores, so peaceful, so landed...it reminded me so much of my soul's longing, my beloved Hawaii...and I continued to work that morning, hoping for a financial breakthrough, but nothing changed. All morning, it was the same.

Then, in the afternoon, the phone rang. It was work and a lot of it....a seed I had planted weeks earlier finally sprouted. And another source opened up, as well, out of the blue. All of it came pouring in like a rising tide, so much so, that now I have more work than I can handle. So it's been awhile since my last post.

I believe I received a prompting from my primary spirit guide to change that image on that dismal Friday morning. They see what's coming, of course. I had been feeling particularly low and defeated that day. Our spirit guides love to be in relationship with us here, in this dimension. They are very playful, watching over us at all times. My hope and my prayer for you is that you will open yourselves up to the unseen world around you. All of the love and guidance of the universe is at your disposal. It only takes a willing heart.