The Mystical Tree of Life, and why you may want to consider taking a deeper look into studying this mystical tool!
Many of us have probably heard of the Tree of Life, seen the various symbolic ways in which it is represented, heard that it has something to do with mystical studies and the Kabbalah, but we may not know a whole lot more about the Tree than that.
The Tree of Life has become an invaluable tool to me, both as an instructor and practitioner of spiritual, mystical and healing arts, but also a tool for my own ongoing spiritual growth. It truly is a Tree that never stops “bearing fruit”.
I first became acquainted with the Tree of Life as a student of mystical students at the Eastern offices of the School of Etheric Healing. I started with an introductory course to learn about the 10 Sephira of the Tree and other basic qualities and proceeded from there to study many aspects of the Tree including Archangels, Planets, Numerology, Tarot, Mystical pathworking, and Soul Purpose work.
How could one simple looking structure offer so much?
The Tree of Life at its most basic form, shows us how the Divine forces/Universal Forces/God, manifests out of the Void into the Universe from the most subtle and refined levels of existence to the most dense and physical of levels that we find in our manifest world. The 10 Sephira that make up the Tree represent the qualities of the Divine forces as they manifest into creation. The Tree provides us with a map as to how God become Man and how Man journeys over lifetimes to find a way back to union with God/The All. The Tree also shows us how important balance is between the physical world and the subtle realms, and that we are meant to live in a physical body, enjoying our earthly presence, but knowing we are so much more than just a physical existence. It shows us the need for balance between masculine and feminine qualities and the need for both to work together in harmony. It helps us see that we are much more than we imagined and are a composite of lifetimes of experience with connection to all that surrounds us.
The beautiful thing about the Tree is that it applies to all levels of creations from the micro level such as creations of atoms and cells and also to the Macro level of for creation of solar systems, galaxies and universes. When we begin to explore the Tree at its deeper levels and meanings we see that the cycle of life, maintenance and destruction are a cycle in all levels of creation binding us together in one fluid movement of cycle into the next. We see our connection to all things, micro and macro, and know that we all flow from one creative source and it is to that same source that we all seek to return. When you begin to study the Tree it is like opening a part of yourself that you never knew existed, and which can take you on an unending journey of self discovery.
If you’re ready for your next adventure in spiritual studies or if you’re ready to take a deeper look into your own inner world and what you are comprised of, this an excellent course for you! Those interested in Tarot will also find this course interesting as many elements of Tree map back to archetypal references in the Tarot.
No time is ever wasted exploring your own inner world, seeing where you have been and seeing the potentials of where you might go.
Develop your Intuitive Insight and learn to tune in to yourself or another for balancing and healing!
Have you ever thought that you might have intuitive abilities? We all have them to some degree, but for most of us, no one has shown us how to tune in to them, bring them to the forefront and develop them for our own benefit.
As we clear and balance our own energetic body, it is easier for us to tune in to our extra sensory perception. As we clear away layers of “energetic static” we are able to see, hear, feel, smell, and know what is going on beyond what the eye can see and the physical hands can touch.
As we learn to tune in to the energetic body, we can become aware of those things that may lay beneath physical, mental and emotional imbalances. Beneath every imbalance, illness or disease there is an energetic cause. The cause may come from one thing, but usually it comes from a combination factors, many of which exist at levels we are not consciously aware of.
Once we can learn to develop an awareness to tune in to the energetic body, we can then use this for our own self discovery, or use it to help another person understand why something may be manifesting in their physical world. Working at the energetic layers, we can receive guidance about the causes of a dysfunction and open ourselves to be a channel for balancing and healing where appropriate, for a person in need.
So how do we learn to do this?
There are many types of energetic work available to us in today’s world. The Intuitive Healing Course of studies is a foundational program that will help a student develop their intuitive awareness, whether their goal is for their own interest or whether they have a desire to work with others.
The Courses materials are designed to create a foundation for a student in energetic awareness and assessment. The student will spend time tuning into themselves and will take part in the balancing and clearing of their own energetic body. The student will then learn to tune in to another person in a variety of ways to perform energetic assessment and to open themselves as a facilitator of guidance, balancing and healing. The student will receive several energetic initiations or attunements that will help them to have greater awareness and connection with the inner world. More serious students can complete case studies to receive their certification as an Etheric Practitioner.
Many students attend this course for their own spiritual awareness and development or in order to have the tools to work on themselves and family energetically. Other students want to pursue intuitive and energetic assessments in order to work with others, or to blend into other work they may already be doing.
Many students come to this course not knowing they have intuitive abilities at all, and are surprised at how well they can tune in to themselves or another person when provided the tools, environment and guidance to be able to take this step. Whether you already perform some type of energetic work or if you have never done anything like this before, this course will take you on a journey into yourself where you may discover parts of yourself you never knew existed.
Journey into your Akashic Records…..gain Healing and Wisdom!
What do you think of when you hear the term Akashic Records? We think of past lives, we think of knowing who we were and where we have lived, we think of mystery and spirituality. The Akashic Records are all this and more.
We have all had those experiences where we have said…”I’ve been here before” or “I know that person” or some skill or activity seems be to completely natural to us even though we don’t remember ever having done it before. In these cases, it is highly likely that the place or person or skill sits in the Akash, and that you have “remembrance” of it.
The Records are a Sacred Storehouse of significant information about lifetimes we’ve lived, including the challenges or tests we have faced in each incarnation, the skills and wisdom that we acquired, the spiritual growth attained, our contracts, our vows, our Soul Purpose, a glimpse at the future and more.
Our Akashic records sit in multi-dimensional form within our Energetic Body. They do not exist in a linear form and therefore when we receive information from the Akashic Records, it comes more in the form of pieces, such as images, emotions and snippits of a story.
The information in the Akashic records can be best used when we are looking to solve an issue in our current lifetime. We can find the root cause of many physical, emotional and spiritual challenges, within the experiences of lifetimes past, including those of our ancestral lineage. We can also use the information in the Akash to “mine” the Records for skills and Wisdom that we once had so that we can put it to use in the present lifetime. We can also use the Records to peer into the future, because in multi-dimensional form, past and present do not exist separately.
Can anyone learn to read the records? It is my belief that with Pure Intent, we can all learn to tune in to our own inner world to learn about who we are as a Soul, what we have accomplished and what our Soul still needs to work on.
Can anyone learn to read another’s Records? As with any skillset, some people will be better at this then others based on the role they have come to play. What I have found is that the more we move along our own Spiritual Journey, raising our own consciousness, and working on our own inner world, the easier it gets to tune in to another person. Why is this so? The information in the Records is Sacred and is meant to be understood in the context of a Soul that evolves over lifetimes. Therefore, as our own consciousness and awareness rises, and the more that we cultivate unconditional love for self and others, then the more that the information of the Inner Worlds can be revealed to us in the form in which it was meant to be used.
Does this mean we shouldn’t read the records for fun? We would all like to know whether we’ve been famous or royal or wealthy or gifted. This is fine, but in the big scheme of things, it is of limited value to our growth. The big wins are found when we can heal a relationship, heal a physical issue, gain self love and self worth. This is the real reason to explore the Records.
If you are interested in journeying into your own Akashic Records, check out the Akashic Records training course or private study.
Expand your Connection with the Higher Sacred Self!
When you think about what it would be like to have a strong connection with the Higher Sacred Self….what do you imagine that might be like? It probably includes things like receiving intuitive guidance, the presence of synchronistic events in your life, never feeling alone. All these things are part of that deepening connection and many souls on the spiritual path may have some of these or all of these or more.
The deeper this connection goes, the more “fruit’ it will bear. This connection can also bring gifts such as Divine Intelligence, Wisdom, Courage, Health, Wealth, Relationships set right, Fulfillment, Self Expansion and most importantly Causeless Love and Causeless Joy …and more. These are quite significant gifts and some of them we may not necessarily associate with a spiritual journey.
In the teachings of Oneness that I facilitate and have been associated with since 2009, it is taught that in order for a person to truly expand, one needs to have their needs fulfilled. This includes having adequate financial means, good health, feeling significance and worth in life and having supportive relationships. When these needs are met, one can then focus more on what they can share with others and how they can be of service to others, because their own physical, mental and emotional needs are fulfilled and they are coming from that state of inner fullness each day.
So how do we deepen this connection to the Higher Sacred Self and start to receive more of the gifts that are available to us so that we find this kind of fulfillment and ultimately open ourselves up to the Higher Gifts of the Soul.
Part of the Journey is coming to know what we might call the ego self, and seeing what is inside that ego self…with all its wants and fears and shortcomings and desires and hurts and pains. We look to become aware, not with the intent to change. Who we are is an accumulation of many factors and we cannot simply undo who we are. So we look to have awareness at a deeper level as to what has brought us to this point in this lifetime. This is step 1…having Inner Integrity and being really honest about what is going on inside our Inner World. When we are open to see and accept and love what is there, that opens the door for Grace to change what needs to be changed. It allows the Divine forces to help peel away those layers that keep us from knowing more of our True Divine Nature.
Another very important step is to cultivate an ongoing relationship with your Higher Sacred Self or the God of Your Heart. It is similar to the way you would cultivate a relationship with a loved one or best friend. This relationship needs attention, communication, honesty, and give and take, just as any relationship does. The difference with this relationship is that it will fill you from the inside out, it will never judge you, it will never leave you, it always knows what is best and it wants to give you all the gifts of the Soul. But we must make an effort to connect and to surrender ourselves to the Journey that the Soul wants to take us on, not the journey we demand. This is step 2 and this is the hard part, but also the best part, because from this journey we learn to turn things over to the Soul, and when we can do that, the Gifts of the Soul come forward in much more abundance.
Open your Extra Sensory Perception
We are blessed with being able to experience life through our senses. We can see the beauty of lakes or mountains or a loved one’s face. We can smell the first blooms of spring that usher in new life. We taste our favourite sweet or salty snack, letting our taste buds respond in enjoyment. We hear a song that brings back memories of a special time in our life or touch the soft skin of a new born child.
If our minds could be still, the senses could experience more instead of being clouded with the dialogue always going on in the background. While it will most definitely bring great joy to life to experience more fully through the senses, we can also seek to go beyond the physical senses into the more subtle realms.
All of us have access to senses that go beyond physical perception…those of inner seeing, inner hearing, smells, tastes and touches of things not in our physical presence, and an inner knowing that can provide guidance and direction in our lives.
Even when our physical senses are congested or impaired in some way, we can still tune in to our Extra Sensory perception. Some people are born with their extra sensory perception fully turned on in one or more ways. This can happen for many reasons including the lifetime they have come to experience. Some people that have been born with these senses turned on find this a difficult and overwhelming experience. I work with many people in my private session and coaching work that struggle with how best to manage the constant bombardment of the senses. Over time, some of these people shut their gifts down because there is no one there to instruct them how to use and manage their gifts or because it leads to depression and anxiety to be continually taking on the emotions and thought forms of others.
If you have not been born with your subtle senses open, or at least not to the degree that you would like, is it possible to open these senses more and learn to use them? Most definitely!!
People that are not born with their extra sensory perception fully open may have openings that happen in one or more ways. Some people have a particular experience that acts as a trigger for them and after that trigger, they find the senses much more open. This happens to some people that have gone through a traumatic accident, a spiritual awakening of some sort or other powerful or dramatic life event. Most others that have a passion to awaken the subtle senses have a more gradual opening through one or more forms of energetic or spiritual work.
We all have these senses of the subtle realm that work beyond physical perception and experience, however, when the energetic body is “clogged” with emotions, thought forms and karmic imprints, it is hard to tune in to those senses and sensations until we clear some of the energetic debris out of the way. As we work on our inner state, the inner senses begin to open more and more and we find a whole new world opening up before us.
Our extra sensory perception is like a muscle…the more we use it and exercise it, the stronger it gets and the quicker it responds. Everyone usually has at least one extra sensory perception that is stronger than the others and most find the sense of “feeling” stronger than the rest. Other subtle senses can be opened, but in my experience, we cannot force our way through that door. The openings happen at the right time for each person.
We are coming into a time where tuning into our extra sensory perception is becoming more important. The world is changing swiftly and we are bombarded with technology and a world of instant and un-ending connection that can overwhelm and stress all the senses. In a chaotic world, we need to develop our inner connection and inner awareness to help us through those times of anxiety and stress and to assist us through those outer events we may not always understand. As parents of children in this busy technological world, we need to help our youth learn to do the same as well.
When you take a step toward connecting with your inner world, you will find rewards beyond what you ever imagined possible. Do something good for yourself and explore the inner world, get to know it and see what lays in store for you.
If you are interested to explore your inner world and open or deepen your extra sensory perception, consider starting with the Chakra Foundations Course, the Tree of Life Course or some Private Coaching to see where that exploration might take you.
Opening your Spiritual Gifts
I am often asked by people how to open their spiritual or intuitive gifts. We all have gifts and intuitive abilities, although we may not be aware of them and we may not be tuned in to what they are or how to use them.
All information can be accessed through our own energetic bodies and through our connection with our own Higher Self (Spirit, Source whichever term you resonate most with).
The issue for most people is that the energetic body is clouded with other “noise” which may include thought forms, patterns, emotional residues, karmic imprints, and more. All of this creates a lot of distraction and cloudiness within the energetic system, which keeps the Chakras from spinning at a higher rate and keeps us from receiving a lot of the Spiritual Guidance that is available to us. I like to use the analogy of tuning in to a radio station, and for most people the station is not well tuned, and therefore, the reception is fuzzy and full of static.
So how do we begin to tune in to this guidance, clear the energetic body from some of the distraction and open our intuitive and spiritual gifts?
There are a number of ways this can be accomplished but let me share one of the ways that I teach through a variety of my courses. First and foremost, set your intention to clear the old debris, strengthen your connection with your Higher Self and open your Gifts. If you don’t express your desire for this to occur, it is likely it could just pass you by. Spiritual power is very potent and so it waits until we express the desire to change, to move, and to know more. So as a starting point, express your intent and say it out loud and with full emotion so that your cellular system and the DNA of your body hears you. Our spiritual essence resides within the layers of our DNA. The intention can be expressed in a statement as simple as this: “ Spirit, I desire a full connection with my Higher Self, I seek to know and use my spiritual gifts for the purpose for which they were bestowed upon me. Tell me what I need to know this Day. “ You can modify this to fit your own words and spiritual beliefs.
As a second and ongoing step, you can actively work on clearing and balancing your Chakras, and actively seek within your own energetic body to open and use your gifts. There are many spiritual systems, courses, philosophies, practices out there today to help us evolve in this way. One of the best places to start within the work that I offer is with the Chakra Foundations Course. In this course we take a walk through your energetic system, assessing, clearing and balancing each Chakra as we go. We practice tapping in to the different levels of information that reside within our energetic body and we explore the gifts and Soul Purpose we have come to know. If you’re looking for a more intensive format that will help you open your gifts further and learn to work with yourself and others as an energetic practitioner, then you may be interested in the Intuitive Healing Program which is a course that will take you further into body systems and energetic work.
If you would like to know more about your Intuitive Gifts, your Soul Purpose, consider one of my course options or private coaching sessions.