Springing Light

I think this is a good time to tell you a little more about me and my journey and how I came to be writing bits of spiritual wisdom from that journey here at Springing Light. After all, I didn’t start out as a channel and had to learn the process, making mistakes along the way!

At 18 I read the book “Messages From Michael” and was entranced. Not only did I find the material compelling and very familiar despite growing up in no spiritual tradition at all, but I was fascinated by the stories of those channeling the material presented in the book. It was the bits about channeling that were the most interesting to me: how did they do that? And what a wonderful gift! Could I be a channel one day?

Fast forward, then, several years and through much life experience until I began a search following experiencing debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia. One thing lead to another and I was drawn ever closer to a very different world: studying world spiritual traditions, alternative healing practices, and various elements of the New Age movement. I was drawn to Reiki, first as a way to heal my pain but soon as a way of life, and from that arose an interest and facility with shamanism.

Now understand that I had always known, even before that time, that we receive messages from our intuition. But I thought that the process of really being in touch with that inner wisdom was capricious, coming and going and difficult to really rely on. And I often felt things without knowing them. I knew the information was there but I felt blocked from receiving it.

Often, though, I’d be talking to someone and they’d relay a difficulty they were having with someone in their life, perhaps, or a work situation, and I would suddenly have wonderful advice for them about matters I knew nothing about! I felt very wise and wished to help people.

Other times I knew I was receiving messages for myself but had difficulty interpreting them. One time I was driving en route to the airport to begin a much anticipated trip to the Bahamas, and I felt extremely anxious. I wondered if perhaps the plane we were scheduled to be on was going to crash, the anxiety was that deep. As it turns out all that happened was that we were late and missed our flight (which didn’t crash, by the way, as that would have been more of a story), and after that all the anxiety was relieved.

So how did I move from a state of knowing there is information out there for me within reach, and actually being able to access that information at will? That is what I am going to teach you to do for yourself. Everyone has this ability. Everyone can access their own inner wisdom. It’s a natural thing to do and we have simply allowed ourselves as a culture to feel powerless and alone instead of empowered and connected, which is our natural state.

So let’s start at the beginning. Knowing that each of us has the ability to channel, the ability to access intuition, guides, inner wisdom, the higher self, however you wish to think of it, is key. We all have this ability. As children we are born with it, and it is not something you can lose, although you can lose your belief in the ability.

In addition it’s important to realize, at least on some level, that you are never alone. We ARE connected, we ARE one. But being separate as we are, each of us in our own bodies, does lead to a sense of isolation and disconnection. If you are more connected to your inner you-ness, your essence, your soul, then you feel less alone.

How to reach inside, then, and connect with what’s there? For many of us, this concept is very alien and feels odd. So lets think of it instead as a conversation. You have conversations with people every day and think nothing of it. It’s not much of a stretch, then, to imagine having a conversation with yourself, is it?

So let’s do this: imagine a conversation in which you are taking part. Many of us do this naturally, thinking about what we said to an actual person or what we wish we had said, going over it and over it in our minds. But this time, instead of a “real” person, you are going to converse with your inner self, your higher self, if you will.

Sit comfortably. But don’t make a big deal of this, because that can lead to blocks and a sense of trying to make it bigger than it needs to be. There’s no need to add internal pressure to perform to this process! Just think about being open to both sides of a simple conversation. Don’t try to ask “important” questions of your inner self, as that may cause you to freeze while you wonder if what you are getting is “real” or not, or you just block up entirely.

For this exercise, imagine you are speaking to a friend, someone you have known for years, someone who knows you quite well. You are comfortable with this person, this inner self of yours. There is trust between you. Introduce yourself if you wish, and state your intention to become better acquainted with your essence, your higher self. Save important questions for another session; use this first one as simply a getting-acquainted session. Allow the conversation to flow where it will; this is important. Let it flow where it will and simply take note. And realize that once you do this, you will have found the way there and will always remember how to get there again. Each time to try the exercise, then, it will seem easier and more natural.

I use the time just before sleep as a mediative time when I speak to my guides and the entities I channel. You can use this time to your advantage also, becoming quiet in body and mind to allow yourself to be really open to the messages that arise for you. Don’t worry if nothing comes up that seems earthshattering; even the smallest of conversations hold a deeper meaning than you realize, and each encounter will help prepare you for deeper and deeper connections not only to others, your guides, but especially to yourself and the deep wisdom you possess.

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