Enlightenment & Wisdom
I now understand that I can be the BRIDGE. I can work a very three dimensional job, and still hear my Soul’s Voice. I can meet the financial obligations I created for myself, AND do so with a loving and grateful heart. I can have a small percentage of what I thought I SHOULD HAVE by now in my life, and be beyond grateful for the very next breath I have, because truly, that is all any of us have.
The vision fades and my Spirit Guides remind me of my “Job”. I'm here to light the way. Period. How you, the reader, decide to practice in this lifetime is entirely up to you - the message, the modality, the words, the symbols, and the tools that you choose are not of my concern.
This is YOUR ship to drive. Just stay in the light, and you too will find your way.
And me? Once again I am reminded why I don’t quit. Why I don’t just throw in the towel and choose an easier more single-focused way.
I know my job. Just keep the light on Laurie. Burn Bright. Don’t Dim your light, no matter what. Don’t shroud your light out of fear of being judged, singled out, told that you are TOO MUCH or NOT ENOUGH. No, none of that matters. Just keep the light burning brightly so others will find their way to the path.
The Sacral is our energy center where our personal passion for life is stored. In this center, all of our relationships, external to ourselves, are expressed. It's in this Chakra that all the passion a person has for life originates; passion for their career, their interests, the roles they play in life (mother, daughter, sister, friend, lover, employee, etc..), and the interpretation of love they receive from others - platonic or romantic.
This is the center where we experience balance or imbalance in sexual relationships, in how we express and receive love for our children or others, or in how we experience and express ourselves in our hobbies, interests, and career.
The third chakra known as the Solar Plexus or in Sanskrit, Manipura (jeweled city, shining gem), projects your will and drive. It can sometimes show up as the spark that pushes you to reach the next level of something. It can also manifest as the sinking feeling in your gut when you make a “mistake”, tell a lie, or give away your right to choose or decide something for yourself..
The Solar Plexus is the home to your inner fire, your personal power, it represents your alignment with what your inner self knows is for your highest good. It is also where your ego lives.
How well do you know yourself?
How bad do you want something?
Can you discern between standing in your power and giving in to the EGO’s agenda?
The Solar Plexus is a vital source of power for all humans. It’s in this energy center that you will find your get up and go and drive to keep going or depending on the health of this power center, you may well be left with little or no incentive to do anything. You can feel on fire with and experience endless energy or be exhausted with digestion problems.
At the temple of Delphi, the ancient Greeks proclaimed, “Know thyself and nothing in excess,” two very wise statements that can help us all today. As we move forward into 2011 and on to 2012, the key theme is BALANCE — balancing work and play, saving and spending, moving forward or staying put, staying flexible while maintaining stability. Yes, we all have choices to make constantly. We are all in a state of flux, growing and changing as we become more of who we inherently are. We are all in this together, and we have to learn to balance the “opposites” with our significant others.
Just about everyone is aware of the heart chakra at the center of your chest or has heard the term “heart center.” If you put your hands together, as if in prayer, and bring them to your chest that is just about where your heart chakra is located. The color of this chakra is green, and it houses much more than love. Your sense of empathy, compassion, nurturing, connection, and forgiveness is tied to this Chakra.
Oftentimes, what keeps us from breaking out into the world is our fear and false and limiting beliefs. I know that firsthand because I struggled with this for years, and I finally realized who I am as a spiritual practitioner and how I can be help people, but it wasn't always clear for me. I moved through many different iterations of my own spiritual path awakening. I've worked with more teachers than I can count on my hands and toes. And I've worked on myself, breaking down each wounded part of me into tiny little pieces. I've analyzed them. I've spent time and money healing. I've lingered long, and languished in suffering. I've repeated patterns over and over again, just to make sure I'm “really clear or really healed”. I've been on top of the mountain and I've been buried under piles of dirt, again and again, each time learning something new, remembering my truths, then forgetting it again, feeling painful memories, thoughts of dejection, rejection, and failure, but also feeling incredibly powerful and purposeful - having a strong vision to give back to humanity in a huge way.
