There is so much information available about DNA activation and attunement, it is almost an impossible task to write a consise article without becoming too bogged down with details and specifics. It is my aim here to offer enough information in an easy to understand, in an easily digestible way.
DNA is the hereditary material that carries the unique information that makes up an individual. Our DNA is located in the nucleus of each one of our cells, and contains all the information of our genetic profile.
The structure of DNA was discovered by scientists in 1953, and despite the advancement of technology, 'modern science' knows very little about our DNA structure and the information it contains.
Forensic Scientists make use of their limited knowledge of the DNA structure, but they only utilise the first two strands, deeming the other strands redundant or unimportant.
DNA is referred to as the blue print for our life's purpose. With enhanced knowledge and understanding of our energetic systems and the energy that surrounds us, we are more able, for example to understand why we experience Clairvoyance, intuition and appreciate why we are able to perform spontaneous acts of healing. We more easily understand why we seem to be drawn to certain individuals through several lifetimes, and can accept why we choose to perform certain roles in life and why we seem to be drawn to right brained activities, or seem to choose left brained linear thinking persuits.
It is evident that our 12 strand DNA structure can be influenced and re-programmed in order to alter our awareness, and holistically improve our spiritual wellbeing.
Some will try to tell us that our DNA is slowley changing. I am not sure that I believe this wholeheartedly. I honestly believe that our DNA has been, and is the way it is. It is us, as individuals who have changed over time. We are far more accepting now of the development and subtle changes in our energetic systems, and are more than aware that there 'is more' to life than what we can see, touch or smell. There are many things that cannot be explained by conventional science, and we are more aware than ever that the human 'experience' is infinite. We are far more than a physical body, and our potential as holistic individuals knows no bounds. It is evident that the 12 strand DNA model can be influenced and programmed in order to alter our awareness, and holistically improve our spiritual and emotional wellbeing.
Thanks to research by Russian scientists, and information chanelled through priviledged individuals, we now know more about the information contained in our DNA system, and the functions it performs. We are now aware that by the activation and attunement of 12 of these strands, we can aid and fascilitate our holistic evolutionary journey. Some people report that we are 'changing and evolving' and that or DNA has undergone some major changes, making 12 strand DNA activation and attunement neccessary, almost as if we did not go through this process, we would render ourselves 'disabled'. I must insist that I do not subscribe to this theory at all. I believe that these days, we are more aware of our energetic systems, and more concerned with our holistic wellbeing. We are students of the 'Mind Body Spirit' college of life, and we are hungry for knowledge that will enhance our holistic existence and experience. Our body's and energy systems will continue to work whether or not we choose to experience a 12 strand DNA attunement. 12 strand DNA attunement will offer you subtle changes in your 'way of being'. The energetic vibration of the body will be subtly changed on an intra cellular level, which will allow improved movement of Chi, which in turn will help to remove and prevent energetic blockages, which can lead to dis-ease, and because your energy system will be vibrating at a faster, lighter frequency, you will find that you are more sensitive to psychic stimulae subtle energetic changes and enhanced personal wellbeing. People who have experienced such an attunement have reported that they feel more empowered, and they seem to function at higher skill levels. Others have also reported that they find it easier to release debilitating emotions like fear and guilt, find that their health in general has improved, and also find that they are better able to manifest at a more rapid rate.
12 Strand DNA Structure
In our world of Holistic Healing and well being, many have studied the functions of the 12 strands of DNA. There seem to be various schools of thought as to what the various strands are responsible for. Here are the more commonly held beliefs as to what each pair of strands is responsible for:
First Pair:
These are known as the 'Physical Pair', and govern everything involving our personal physical existence. They control our genetic pattern, how we age, determines things like the colour of our hair, eyes and skin, as well as determining our physiological functioning.
The first pair of strands are the ones understood and used by conventional science, as it contains all the information pertaining to our physical existence.
Second Pair:
These helices are said to govern our Emotional Body. When we choose to activate and attune these strands, it is possible to 'heal' any situation in this, and any previous lifetimes. This pair is responsible for our genetic and emotional patterning, our personality and our emotional intelligence.
The third pair of helices are believed to contain our mental profile, and governs our mental body (psyche). It determines whether we are drawn towards artistic expression, or towards linear thinking. It also tends to determine the type of outlook we have on life, whether we take an optimistic or pessimistic standpoint.
The fourth pair apparantly governs our genetic soul profile, which determines our souls mission. It contains a profile of the experiences we are yet to experience, the level of wisdom we are to develop, and predetermines the spiritual paths we are to follow.
The fourth pair also apparantly controls our Karmic patterning; the karmic pre conditioning that we have brought with us into this lifetime, concerning the wounds we have carried with us from previous lifetimes to our current existence, and includes the lessons we are still to learn in this and future existences.
The fifth pair are considered to govern our soul cluster, which controls the movement and timing of specific souls within our own cluster that enables us to seek out and find each other.
The sixth pair of helices are accepted as aligning our 12 strand DNA with Divine will.
I believe that the individual tasks of the strands are not infinitely important - activation and attunement is the same procedure for each strand, not matter what it's function. We are all unique human beings, and our DNA is in itself, uniquely created. It is sufficient to say that your dna does not consist of the same componants as anyone else's on the planet.
The more commonly held beliefs of the benefits of 12 strand DNA activation and attunement are more universally accepted as the following:
The immune system is strengthened
The body releases toxins more efficiently
You will feel more energised
You are able to release behaviour patterns and beliefs that are no longer appropriate
You will experience expanded awareness
You will experience increased brain capacity
Ability to stay 'focused' and in the moment
Heightened Clairvoyance and intuition
Opening of the chakras
Increased clarity and alignment with your higher purpose
Clearing Karmic patterns
There are many theories as to whether we actually have two strands of dna, which increase to 12 strands during encoding; or that we actually have 12 strands, which can only be felt to function at their full potential after a 12 strand activation or encoding.
After conducting my own research, I find that we are actually born with 12 strands, and I do not believe that the extra strands have atrophied due to lack of use; I feel that mankind in general is not altogether sure what these strands are useful for. That is the reason why many metaphysicians have gone to great lengths to 'find' ways in which these apparantly atrophied mystery body parts can be activated, attuned and 'trained' to give us mere mortals a more enhanced quality of life.
As human beings, we can train our bodies to perform in truely marvellous ways. By attuning the extra 10 strands of dna, like awakening Kundalini, we can maximise our spiritual, and physical potential.
12 strand dna enchancement enables an individual to tap into their psychic ability, almost like opening pipelines that have been blocked. We are all born with the receptivity to being psychic, but quickly lose that attitude as we learn to asses the world through 5 rather than 6 senses. By the time we reach adulthood, it is difficult to train our linear minds to reopen the intuitive channels that would enable us to maximise our psychic potential.
We might ask ourselves why it is so important to activate and attune our DNA. As I have already mentioned, our DNA structure can be found in each and every one of our cells. By attuning and 'activating' the 12 strands, we in effect are fine tuning the vibratrional activity within each cell.
Activation/encoding will heighten our psychic awareness, increasing our clairvoyance and clairaudience - almost like the channels have been cleared of debris, allowing or resulting in clear communication.
Encoding, activation allows us to do things like take back our power from those who believe have authority over us - people who we allow to 'feed off our energy'. We are more able to 'receive' information from within, and trust this information intuitively.
Healing - because we are going through an energetic overhaul, at times it will be like we are purifying ourselves of past and present life experiences, so that we can move ahead as cleansed and clear 'whole' human beings. During the activation, it is not uncommon to feel extremes in emotion - the experience is not dissimilar to a Kundalini awakening.
Before an activation, it is important to recognise and accept that you ARE ready for change. Affirm that you want to go ahead and maximise the potential for positive holistic change. It has been stated by some that before we can go ahead and attune our dna, we must 'ask permission' of ethereal 'higher' and more enlightened beings permission to do so.
Firstly, I would like to say that we are responsible for our own bodies and their delicate energy systems. If we wish to follow a holystic programme designed to enhance and offer us an improved way of 'being', then it is up to us to decide. We should never give up our power in any shape or form to anyone or anything we do not know or understand. It is very important that we take full responsibility for the choices we decide to make, especially when it comes to our personal and energetic wellbeing.
Preparing for Attunement - Holistic Realignment. (this bit needs attention - parts of it might be better off being moved to other parts of the text)
As with any energetic procedure, we must ensure that our bodies are as prepared as they can be, to effect a smooth energetic transition. Prior to attunement we will harbour emotions that will need to be purged. We can do this easily by coming to terms with past conflicts, and by cleansing our energy system. Some of our conflicts will be easier to come to terms with than others; that is only natural, and will take time. Once the attunement has been completed, you will find that it will seem as though you will not experience now 'redundant' emotions we were in the habit of experiencing in the past, because they just seem irrelevant now, for example. when we feel sorry for ourselves, and try to manipulate our emotions on to others, so we can hear comforting noises from them. After attunement, it is common to feel more self assured, and people tend to avoid self indulgent or self absorbed behaviour.
Before atunement, it will be imperative to release all anger, resolving issues wherever possible with love. Anger creates density and blockage in the physical body, which must be removed before attunement. During attunement, your energetic system will become lighter, and start vibrating at a higher level. When we harbour negativity, we vibrate at a much denser, lower level.
It is important to release al anger before an attunement, so that we can let go of the past and successfully move forward to out new vibrational level. After we have released our anger, it will be necessary to learn to manage future anger - initially this will seem like an arduous task, but as we continue with our visualisations, meditations and affirmations, we will eventually find that we become impartial to what once made us angry.
Once we have begun this cleansing we will begin to vibrate at a higher level, we will find that we are more in touch with our higher selves, our spirit Guides and our Guardian Angels. We will be more open to their advice, and be better prepared to 'take it on board' and because we are vibrating at a higher level, it is not uncommon to 'see' pictures or 'visions' while meditating. It is at tis point that we will become aware of our heightened intuition. Our third eye will begin to slowly open, making the Psychic pictures we are experiencing much clearer. As with any new régime we adopt in our lives, the more you practice, the more 'fluent' you will become. If you do find yourself backsliding, and wanting to dwell in the past, take heart, this a natural part of the process. Look at this as a purging; you are only revisiting these old wounds to find resolution, once and for all.
The clearing of subconscious patterns often ingrained at an early age, like anger, will help us to clear negative beliefs, behaviour and emotions formulated in our lives before 12 strand dna activation. It is a little like a holistic spring clean.
This type of holystic reprogramming can be a useful tool because it will help yopu to remove blockages which sometimes seem almost impossible to unblock, or blockages which return time and time again. It is almost as if, clearing these blockages as a pre requisite to 12 strand dna activation seems to remove blockages far more effectively, because our energy system will vibrate at a higher level, rendering our whole energetic system 'lighter' , it is less likely that in the future we will be operating at a vibration slow enough to experience the same kind of blockages (we 'vibrate at a slower rate because the information we are dealing with is much 'denser'.
At this time, it is not unusual to suffer from cold like symptoms. After a holystic reprogramming, drink plenty of fluids to fascilitate the flushing of toxins from the body.
One thing it is important to note, is that there s no going backwards after we have begun the 12 strand activation and attunement. As soon as we have started the cleansing process, we will have started vibrating at a higher, 'purer' kind of frequency, and it will be impossible to go back and process information in the same way as we did previously.
12 Strand DNA attunement will result in our processing energy in a more efficient manner. Blockages will be released before attunement, and afterwards are easier to eliminate and control. There are many reported and documented holistic benefits to such an attunement, including the apparent strengthening of the immune system, improved inter cellular communication, and improved cellular healing. Above all, the most apparent benefit is the fact that after attunement, our bodies will be functioning in a manner that was always meant to be. We have the extra strands of what was once thought to be redundant DNA, and after activation, they will be contributing to our holistic health and well being.
We are moving forward into the future in a totally new way, the 'rules' of our past lives are no longer applicable. We are going through a complete overhaul, and are now able to operate in a far more efficient manner. As time progresses, Western Science is increasingly accepting what they refer to as 'complimentary' approaches to health and well being. 12 strand DNA attunement is far more than a new technique to assist us in benefiting from optimum health and holistic well being; it goes much beyond that. DNA attunement will balance body, mind, soul and spirit so that we, as human beings, can function in a more holistically efficient manner, and the way we were always meant to.
©2010 L.Matthews
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The power of Negative Manifestation, or Why we keep getting what we don’t want in life…
You have all probably read the book, rented the DVD and tried every suggestion in The Secret, but when it comes to ‘manifesting’ what you think you want in life, the question remains, “why don’t I receive what I desire so badly?”
It’s amazing that almost every time you desperately tell the Universe you don’t want a particular something or other, bang, Karma kicks in and you are given bucket loads of exactly the thing you could just as well do without.
Whether you call it instant karma or just instant mis-manifestation, you have to agree that it is quite frustrating.
The object here is to explore just why manifestation doesn’t quite work for many of you, so that you can learn how to actually receive more of what you want from life.
The biggest question you should ask yourselves when wanting to successfully manifest is “Do you really believe that you deserve what you are asking for??
When you ask the Universe ever so nicely if we could possibly win the lottery, nothing seems to happen for you.
There are a few theories why this is usually the case. First, many people don’t honestly believe that it can really happen to them. When it comes to lottery winnings, most folks are talking about financial figures well beyond their usual frame of reference.
If you truly want to manifest something, you have to fully comprehend what you are asking for, and you can’t have a single doubt in your mind that you really want the thing you are requesting of the universe.
As you try to manifest something as big as a lottery win, questions begin popping up in your mind to distract you from your original goal. You may begin to wonder, should I share my good fortune? How would I divide the money? What should I buy? What should I invest in?
The amount of money most people can visualize when thinking about a lottery win is intimidating and even frightening. You may ask yourself, how on earth could I ever manage this much dough? Would I blow the whole lot in a just few wild shopping sprees?
When trying to manifest money, it may be wiser to ask for an amount you know you can handle. Keep in mind that manifestation has no rules regarding frequency or repetition. The universe is infinite, and there’s always enough to go around those who know the proper way to ask for what you want.
People who successfully manifest and affirm their financial needs on a daily basis never receive messages from the Universe saying “hold on a minute, enough is enough!” or “time to give someone else a chance now, OK?”
When our desire for the ‘big win’ gets all mixed up with the other chatter going on in our heads, it will only result in our ending up with nothing.
Imagine making a telephone call on a party line where you share the line with 10 other people talking at the same time. Your message is so confused and garbled that none of your fellow raconteurs can understand a single word you’re saying.
Another important fact about ‘communicating’ what you desire to the Universe is that it understands simple sentences better than complex discourse.
The real rule of thumb is to try to use nouns whenever possible. The Universe apparently isn’t so big on adjectives.
If you want to get the message across quickly to your guardians, keep it simple and to the point. Once you have a full understanding of what it is you are asking for, you are highly likely to succeed in communicating your wishes.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with starting our manifestation with the words “I want...”
Leave behind what you have been taught since childhood about not saying “I want, I want, I want…”! It’s not rude or insensitive to look out for your own self interest – it’s healthy and desirable.
If you still feel uncomfortable about asking directly and clearly for what you need, then ask yourself why universal materialization hasn’t worked for you up to now!
When manifesting, remember that it really is ok to say “I want”. In fact, it is the preferred means of request. Using “I want...” gets the message across that you really are serious and places your request in a context that the Universe can clearly understand.
We already know that this works successfully in reverse. How many times have you asked ever so nicely not to have something? Take for example, the statement “I don't want any more debt!”, or, “I don’t want to be sick!”
Going back to my telephone line theory, the unintentional message you are transmitting to the Universe is a negative reinforcement of “more debt” or “more illness”!
As we noted earlier, the Universe doesn’t like adjectives. When we say we “want no more” or “don’t want more” of something, the message transmitted is, “I want more.”
So much for potential language barriers. Now consider the subject of visualization. Large parts of The Secret touched on this. You can believe that when done properly, this always works!
So, when you want that diamond ring or that bright red sports car, you need to see it, touch it, experience it, own it and enjoy it in your minds eye. This adds real power to your manifestations and transmits a message to the Universe that you honestly believe that you deserve what you desire.
If you want more money in your life (and who doesn’t), picture yourself in your mind’s eye sitting at a table in front of a big pile of cash. Touch the cash, “own” the cash, feel good as you ruffle through the pile of currency with your fingers.
Next, visualize the cash expanding, multiplying and dividing, as much as you desire. Feel good with “your” money. Know that the money will keep increasing as much as you wish. It’s yours! It’s ok to feel really good about what you have in your hands.
Saying “thank you” is another very important part of manifestation. We always want to keep in the Universes “good books” in order to keep manifesting. Remember to thank the Universe for the wonderful gift you have received, even before you receive it!
This leads to yet another major element of manifestation: Belief. How many of us can honestly say that we believe we deserve what we desire?
When you are honest with yourself, you must admit that most of the time you cannot picture receiving what you desire, or that you don’t believe that what you are asking for is actually well within your reach.
Therefore, the “secret” to truly achieving and acquiring your desires is to visually picture yourself holding, touching, smelling, experiencing, and most importantly, owning them. You must truly believe that you deserve what we are asking for.
Finally, you must be ready to let something go in your life in order to make 'room' for the thing you are requesting.
As an example, imagine asking for a new shiny bright red sports car, when you already have a Honda Civic in the garage.
If you get hung up on where you’re going to park the new car, or why you need a new car when there is a perfectly good Honda already in the garage, you’re going to block yourself from receiving your request.
Once you decide to let the old car go, you transmit a message that you are ready and willing to welcome the new one. This is true of anything you ask for in life, whether it is emotional, spiritual or physical.
Imagine asking for a passionate lover to come in to your life when you are already stuck with a couch potato mate lounging on your couch. Just isn’t going to work, is it?
If you have the energy for two lovers in your life, well, more power to you. But, imagine the energy it would take to pander to the every whim of said couch potato, while also maintaining the energy and the inclination to look your best and be in the best of moods to entertain your new 'love interest'. Even the most energetic of us would have the hardest of times.
To ask and receive exactly what you want from life, it is important to carefully choose the wording and examine your motivation with regards to what you believe will make you happy.
Without truly considering the origin or consequences of your request, you can ask for great riches, but if Grandpa Jack drops dead and leaves you his fortune, this probably isn’t what you originally envisioned.
If you ask for a promotion and your best friend at work is given the sack so you can have her job, this doesn’t really benefit anyone either.
It is important to end your list of desires with “For the best to all concerned”, or “in the most harmonious and beneficial way to all”.
When asking for something material, adding “free or even better, for the best to all concerned” will usually cover all the bases. This helps to ensures that nobody goes into debt in order for you to receive what you want: nobody has to suffer hardship, or give up anything on your behalf. This goes back again to the exact language you use when manifesting.
So, to summarize our steps on the path to true manifestation:
• Keep it simple: use nouns so that you can be sure your message gets through loud and clear.
• Remember that the Universe is likely to become confused with the over use of adjectives or flowery language, and that you can end up with something you really don't want, or something that doesn't quite 'fit the bill'.
• Believe that you actually deserve what you are asking for.
• Be certain that you clearly understand and comprehend exactly what you are asking for, and be mindful to be clear about the way you want to receive what you are asking for. We would not want to receive our ‘gift’ at someone else’s expence.
• Remember that you must give up one thing to make space for another. Giving up the old to welcome the new is a cathartic gesture, and keeps us ready for new things in the future.
• Always ask that your desires be met with the minimum of disruption to anyone else.
• Visualize your desire - see what you want in your mind’s eye and believe that you deserve it.
• Finally, once you have received what you have asked for, be sure to say “Thank You”! It never hurts to keep in the Universes good graces because you never know what you might need to ask for next.
©2009 L.Matthews
It’s amazing that almost every time you desperately tell the Universe you don’t want a particular something or other, bang, Karma kicks in and you are given bucket loads of exactly the thing you could just as well do without.
Whether you call it instant karma or just instant mis-manifestation, you have to agree that it is quite frustrating.
The object here is to explore just why manifestation doesn’t quite work for many of you, so that you can learn how to actually receive more of what you want from life.
The biggest question you should ask yourselves when wanting to successfully manifest is “Do you really believe that you deserve what you are asking for??
When you ask the Universe ever so nicely if we could possibly win the lottery, nothing seems to happen for you.
There are a few theories why this is usually the case. First, many people don’t honestly believe that it can really happen to them. When it comes to lottery winnings, most folks are talking about financial figures well beyond their usual frame of reference.
If you truly want to manifest something, you have to fully comprehend what you are asking for, and you can’t have a single doubt in your mind that you really want the thing you are requesting of the universe.
As you try to manifest something as big as a lottery win, questions begin popping up in your mind to distract you from your original goal. You may begin to wonder, should I share my good fortune? How would I divide the money? What should I buy? What should I invest in?
The amount of money most people can visualize when thinking about a lottery win is intimidating and even frightening. You may ask yourself, how on earth could I ever manage this much dough? Would I blow the whole lot in a just few wild shopping sprees?
When trying to manifest money, it may be wiser to ask for an amount you know you can handle. Keep in mind that manifestation has no rules regarding frequency or repetition. The universe is infinite, and there’s always enough to go around those who know the proper way to ask for what you want.
People who successfully manifest and affirm their financial needs on a daily basis never receive messages from the Universe saying “hold on a minute, enough is enough!” or “time to give someone else a chance now, OK?”
When our desire for the ‘big win’ gets all mixed up with the other chatter going on in our heads, it will only result in our ending up with nothing.
Imagine making a telephone call on a party line where you share the line with 10 other people talking at the same time. Your message is so confused and garbled that none of your fellow raconteurs can understand a single word you’re saying.
Another important fact about ‘communicating’ what you desire to the Universe is that it understands simple sentences better than complex discourse.
The real rule of thumb is to try to use nouns whenever possible. The Universe apparently isn’t so big on adjectives.
If you want to get the message across quickly to your guardians, keep it simple and to the point. Once you have a full understanding of what it is you are asking for, you are highly likely to succeed in communicating your wishes.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with starting our manifestation with the words “I want...”
Leave behind what you have been taught since childhood about not saying “I want, I want, I want…”! It’s not rude or insensitive to look out for your own self interest – it’s healthy and desirable.
If you still feel uncomfortable about asking directly and clearly for what you need, then ask yourself why universal materialization hasn’t worked for you up to now!
When manifesting, remember that it really is ok to say “I want”. In fact, it is the preferred means of request. Using “I want...” gets the message across that you really are serious and places your request in a context that the Universe can clearly understand.
We already know that this works successfully in reverse. How many times have you asked ever so nicely not to have something? Take for example, the statement “I don't want any more debt!”, or, “I don’t want to be sick!”
Going back to my telephone line theory, the unintentional message you are transmitting to the Universe is a negative reinforcement of “more debt” or “more illness”!
As we noted earlier, the Universe doesn’t like adjectives. When we say we “want no more” or “don’t want more” of something, the message transmitted is, “I want more.”
So much for potential language barriers. Now consider the subject of visualization. Large parts of The Secret touched on this. You can believe that when done properly, this always works!
So, when you want that diamond ring or that bright red sports car, you need to see it, touch it, experience it, own it and enjoy it in your minds eye. This adds real power to your manifestations and transmits a message to the Universe that you honestly believe that you deserve what you desire.
If you want more money in your life (and who doesn’t), picture yourself in your mind’s eye sitting at a table in front of a big pile of cash. Touch the cash, “own” the cash, feel good as you ruffle through the pile of currency with your fingers.
Next, visualize the cash expanding, multiplying and dividing, as much as you desire. Feel good with “your” money. Know that the money will keep increasing as much as you wish. It’s yours! It’s ok to feel really good about what you have in your hands.
Saying “thank you” is another very important part of manifestation. We always want to keep in the Universes “good books” in order to keep manifesting. Remember to thank the Universe for the wonderful gift you have received, even before you receive it!
This leads to yet another major element of manifestation: Belief. How many of us can honestly say that we believe we deserve what we desire?
When you are honest with yourself, you must admit that most of the time you cannot picture receiving what you desire, or that you don’t believe that what you are asking for is actually well within your reach.
Therefore, the “secret” to truly achieving and acquiring your desires is to visually picture yourself holding, touching, smelling, experiencing, and most importantly, owning them. You must truly believe that you deserve what we are asking for.
Finally, you must be ready to let something go in your life in order to make 'room' for the thing you are requesting.
As an example, imagine asking for a new shiny bright red sports car, when you already have a Honda Civic in the garage.
If you get hung up on where you’re going to park the new car, or why you need a new car when there is a perfectly good Honda already in the garage, you’re going to block yourself from receiving your request.
Once you decide to let the old car go, you transmit a message that you are ready and willing to welcome the new one. This is true of anything you ask for in life, whether it is emotional, spiritual or physical.
Imagine asking for a passionate lover to come in to your life when you are already stuck with a couch potato mate lounging on your couch. Just isn’t going to work, is it?
If you have the energy for two lovers in your life, well, more power to you. But, imagine the energy it would take to pander to the every whim of said couch potato, while also maintaining the energy and the inclination to look your best and be in the best of moods to entertain your new 'love interest'. Even the most energetic of us would have the hardest of times.
To ask and receive exactly what you want from life, it is important to carefully choose the wording and examine your motivation with regards to what you believe will make you happy.
Without truly considering the origin or consequences of your request, you can ask for great riches, but if Grandpa Jack drops dead and leaves you his fortune, this probably isn’t what you originally envisioned.
If you ask for a promotion and your best friend at work is given the sack so you can have her job, this doesn’t really benefit anyone either.
It is important to end your list of desires with “For the best to all concerned”, or “in the most harmonious and beneficial way to all”.
When asking for something material, adding “free or even better, for the best to all concerned” will usually cover all the bases. This helps to ensures that nobody goes into debt in order for you to receive what you want: nobody has to suffer hardship, or give up anything on your behalf. This goes back again to the exact language you use when manifesting.
So, to summarize our steps on the path to true manifestation:
• Keep it simple: use nouns so that you can be sure your message gets through loud and clear.
• Remember that the Universe is likely to become confused with the over use of adjectives or flowery language, and that you can end up with something you really don't want, or something that doesn't quite 'fit the bill'.
• Believe that you actually deserve what you are asking for.
• Be certain that you clearly understand and comprehend exactly what you are asking for, and be mindful to be clear about the way you want to receive what you are asking for. We would not want to receive our ‘gift’ at someone else’s expence.
• Remember that you must give up one thing to make space for another. Giving up the old to welcome the new is a cathartic gesture, and keeps us ready for new things in the future.
• Always ask that your desires be met with the minimum of disruption to anyone else.
• Visualize your desire - see what you want in your mind’s eye and believe that you deserve it.
• Finally, once you have received what you have asked for, be sure to say “Thank You”! It never hurts to keep in the Universes good graces because you never know what you might need to ask for next.
©2009 L.Matthews
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Thoughts for the New Year
I actually wrote this poem for a Lughnasadh celebration, but it also seems to encompass my thoughts as the old year comes to a close, and we welcome the new year.
The Life I Have...
The life I have, the life I own
The life that's gone before,
The life that gives me day to day
New hopes, new dreams and more.
The sacrifices made gone by
are things I had to shake
tho' it's hard to give up on 'comfort acts',
new rules are hard to take.
But now I see a brand new world
each morning as I pray
and offer thanks as I stand before
each treasure laden day.
For my life, my love, and all those near
For the blessings bestowed on me this last year
For 'food' to quell my hungry mind
For the Love of my life, so gentle and kind
For my children I thought so far away
For the peace I feel at the close of day.
I embrace the new; shake off the old
and give thanks for the life yet to unfold.
The life I have, the life I own
The life that's gone before,
The life that gives me day to day
New hopes, new dreams and more.
The sacrifices made gone by
are things I had to shake
tho' it's hard to give up on 'comfort acts',
new rules are hard to take.
But now I see a brand new world
each morning as I pray
and offer thanks as I stand before
each treasure laden day.
For my life, my love, and all those near
For the blessings bestowed on me this last year
For 'food' to quell my hungry mind
For the Love of my life, so gentle and kind
For my children I thought so far away
For the peace I feel at the close of day.
I embrace the new; shake off the old
and give thanks for the life yet to unfold.
©2007 L.Matthews
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Chakra Virgin
I don’t remember when I first discovered that Chakra Balancing would help me fine-tune my psychic abilities. I know that I was merely looking for a way to ‘improve what was already there’.
With an armful of self help books and the aid of Google, I randomly browsed any and all reading matter I deemed appropriate, expecting my intuition to guide me in finding ways to tune my abilities.
While discovering all manner of meditative exercises intended to sharpen my psychic gifts, I happened across “the chakra”.
Well, not exactly the one chakra, but the seven, the twelve, the thirty-two... depending on which publication you chose to believe.
I was an immediate convert. These seven little spinning wheels (I thought I would start at seven and work my way up from there) were going to guide me down the path to becoming a , more rounded, ‘sensitive’, tuned-in individual, amongst other things.
My first chakra balancing meditation was an amazing experience, unlike some other first time life experiences. The little spinning wheels didn’t want to all spin in the right direction at first, but with practice, I thought I had cracked it. Once I felt that they were all cleansed, balanced and aligned, I came out of my meditative state feeling all floaty and wonderful.
I recall walking around the whole day with a silly grin on my face, as if on a cloud. I felt GOOD! There was no feeling of ‘will people notice a difference in me, now that I have done it?’
As with any ‘self improvement’ exercise, whether a simple effective meditation or a week long retreat, we must eventually return to ‘living in the real world’.
I admit that I didn’t think that I would really notice much of a difference physically. After all, how could seven little spinning wheels that most people couldn’t actually see make any difference to my mundane day to day activities.?
I was working part time on a cash register in a little grocery store, so my job duties didn’t require me to fall into a trance and start connecting with my spirit guides. I was only there to ‘meet and greet’ customers, not give intuitive readings…
It was a Saturday, as I recall. We were busy. Friday night had obviously been quite an event for many of the customers I had to serve. One gentleman in particular seemed to be really under the weather. He must have hit the Jack Daniels pretty hard the night before, washed down with greasy food and cigarettes.
I was feeling sorry for the guy, until the moment he lumbered up to my till. My stomach began churning, my head began aching, and my mouth suddenly tasted like I was chewing tobacco…
I couldn’t understand it. These feelings would have made sense had I indulged the night before. Despite smoking cigarettes, I rarely if ever drink, plus I’m also a vegetarian. Greasy food rarely passes my lips, and certainly nothing a carnivore would cross the road for…
My relief at the departure of Mr. ‘morning after the night before’ only lasted until the approach of Miss ‘If this queue doesn’t move any faster, I am going to miss my pilates class’.
The moment she appeared, I felt as if I had been whacked in the head with a two by four. My face reddened and the pit of my stomach began boiling. I didn’t think it was a ‘fallen chakra’, but when you’re new to the whole chakra perception experience, you never can tell…
After the morning’s emotional roller coaster, I welcomed lunchtime with open arms. Finally, 30 minutes of relief from the relentless sensory overload . I enjoyed my brief repast, and then I returned to the register and my continuing sensory slaughter.
I began to realise that for some people, the shopping experience provokes something akin to road rage. Whether behind the wheels of a shopping cart or the wheel of an automobile, they lose all sense of proportion. Their mantra seems to be ‘every man for himself; check out clerks beware!’ I felt as welcome as a trooper at a speed trap.
As an Empath, I had grown accustomed to picking up on people’s emotions, but never to such a physical degree. I had often perceived the odd bodily twinge telling me where my clients felt discomfort, and I was frequently able to ‘see’ any physical malady in the form of a ‘black mark’ across their body.
Now I became concerned that I was going to have to start keeping a supply of aspirin with me at all times, or at worst, start donning a Kevlar vest to keep out the unwelcome ‘vibes’ that were having a such dramatic physical effect on me.
A few weeks later, as I was relaying my recent experiences to a like-minded friend, she asked me if I closed my chakras after meditation. Setting the little wheels spinning in the right direction, cleansing and aligning them had been enough of an experience; I didn’t realize that once the exercises were over, they might require more ‘maintenance’.
It hadn’t occurred to me that my chakras might need to be closed in order for me to function properly in the ‘real’ world.
Once I followed her suggestion, lo and behold, any physical feelings I experienced afterwards were happily, entirely my own, unless I chose otherwise.
So, when browsing the self-improvement library, meditation virgins beware. Self-help can equally become self-destruct when dealing with the stresses and strains of an everyday existence.
Grounding is not just for electrical apparatus. As with many things in life, protection is of utmost importance. When sharpening your awareness, be careful not to cut yourself!
©2007 L.Matthews
With an armful of self help books and the aid of Google, I randomly browsed any and all reading matter I deemed appropriate, expecting my intuition to guide me in finding ways to tune my abilities.
While discovering all manner of meditative exercises intended to sharpen my psychic gifts, I happened across “the chakra”.
Well, not exactly the one chakra, but the seven, the twelve, the thirty-two... depending on which publication you chose to believe.
I was an immediate convert. These seven little spinning wheels (I thought I would start at seven and work my way up from there) were going to guide me down the path to becoming a , more rounded, ‘sensitive’, tuned-in individual, amongst other things.
My first chakra balancing meditation was an amazing experience, unlike some other first time life experiences. The little spinning wheels didn’t want to all spin in the right direction at first, but with practice, I thought I had cracked it. Once I felt that they were all cleansed, balanced and aligned, I came out of my meditative state feeling all floaty and wonderful.
I recall walking around the whole day with a silly grin on my face, as if on a cloud. I felt GOOD! There was no feeling of ‘will people notice a difference in me, now that I have done it?’
As with any ‘self improvement’ exercise, whether a simple effective meditation or a week long retreat, we must eventually return to ‘living in the real world’.
I admit that I didn’t think that I would really notice much of a difference physically. After all, how could seven little spinning wheels that most people couldn’t actually see make any difference to my mundane day to day activities.?
I was working part time on a cash register in a little grocery store, so my job duties didn’t require me to fall into a trance and start connecting with my spirit guides. I was only there to ‘meet and greet’ customers, not give intuitive readings…
It was a Saturday, as I recall. We were busy. Friday night had obviously been quite an event for many of the customers I had to serve. One gentleman in particular seemed to be really under the weather. He must have hit the Jack Daniels pretty hard the night before, washed down with greasy food and cigarettes.
I was feeling sorry for the guy, until the moment he lumbered up to my till. My stomach began churning, my head began aching, and my mouth suddenly tasted like I was chewing tobacco…
I couldn’t understand it. These feelings would have made sense had I indulged the night before. Despite smoking cigarettes, I rarely if ever drink, plus I’m also a vegetarian. Greasy food rarely passes my lips, and certainly nothing a carnivore would cross the road for…
My relief at the departure of Mr. ‘morning after the night before’ only lasted until the approach of Miss ‘If this queue doesn’t move any faster, I am going to miss my pilates class’.
The moment she appeared, I felt as if I had been whacked in the head with a two by four. My face reddened and the pit of my stomach began boiling. I didn’t think it was a ‘fallen chakra’, but when you’re new to the whole chakra perception experience, you never can tell…
After the morning’s emotional roller coaster, I welcomed lunchtime with open arms. Finally, 30 minutes of relief from the relentless sensory overload . I enjoyed my brief repast, and then I returned to the register and my continuing sensory slaughter.
I began to realise that for some people, the shopping experience provokes something akin to road rage. Whether behind the wheels of a shopping cart or the wheel of an automobile, they lose all sense of proportion. Their mantra seems to be ‘every man for himself; check out clerks beware!’ I felt as welcome as a trooper at a speed trap.
As an Empath, I had grown accustomed to picking up on people’s emotions, but never to such a physical degree. I had often perceived the odd bodily twinge telling me where my clients felt discomfort, and I was frequently able to ‘see’ any physical malady in the form of a ‘black mark’ across their body.
Now I became concerned that I was going to have to start keeping a supply of aspirin with me at all times, or at worst, start donning a Kevlar vest to keep out the unwelcome ‘vibes’ that were having a such dramatic physical effect on me.
A few weeks later, as I was relaying my recent experiences to a like-minded friend, she asked me if I closed my chakras after meditation. Setting the little wheels spinning in the right direction, cleansing and aligning them had been enough of an experience; I didn’t realize that once the exercises were over, they might require more ‘maintenance’.
It hadn’t occurred to me that my chakras might need to be closed in order for me to function properly in the ‘real’ world.
Once I followed her suggestion, lo and behold, any physical feelings I experienced afterwards were happily, entirely my own, unless I chose otherwise.
So, when browsing the self-improvement library, meditation virgins beware. Self-help can equally become self-destruct when dealing with the stresses and strains of an everyday existence.
Grounding is not just for electrical apparatus. As with many things in life, protection is of utmost importance. When sharpening your awareness, be careful not to cut yourself!
©2007 L.Matthews
Sunday, December 9, 2007
The Psychic Sceptic
I have yet to meet a true psychic who doesn't, at some time in their careers, doubt their abilities. Many psychics wonder how they receive their information, and often ask themselves whether what they are feeling is 'authentic'.
Call it psychic ability, intuition, 'gut feeling', sixth sense, but when I meet psychics who don't question their abilities, the proverbial red flag flaps itself at me so violently, it ends up wrapping itself around my neck.....
I had one such experience this weekend.
In an attempt to meet like minded people in my adopted homeland, I have signed up with many 'Meetup' groups. Some of them have been interesting, some of them informative, some I have felt as though I have wanted to run screaming from.
Last Friday, I attended such a Meetup... The organizer had advertised some sort of healing session, with a nominal charge. The idea of the healing was to banish lost souls who might have inhabited our bodies, who might be causing us to display uncharacteristic personality traits.
In my line of work, I am very aware of the need to protect myself psychically, and thought that the Meetup might be informative, if not beneficial.
As soon as I walked into the meeting, I had the feeling that I had happened across some sort of pseudo cult setting… but I assured the doubting Thomas’s amongst my spirit guides that “all was ok”, my mind was still open, and it was too early to make a judgment.
After singing a couple of songs to ‘raise the level of the proceedings’, the healers got to work on each of us in turn. I found the healings ‘interesting’ to say the least. Everyone seemed to have only two lost souls ‘inhabiting’ their bodies (convenient, as there were two healers…) and although some of what the healers had picked up on seemed to resonate with some of the ‘receivers’, it all seemed a bit ‘unspecific’ for me. I wanted to see something that was really going to convince me – many of the healer’s explanations of ‘soul invasion’ could have been explained away by many things, including unresolved past conflicts, mild depression, and day to day fall out from living in the ‘real world’. I presumed that when it came for my turn to be ‘healed’ that I would see things more clearly, and really understand what was going on... I might even benefit from the experience.
So, my turn came. I stood, I stated my name. I was asked whether I had the healers permission to ‘go into my body. The session started.
The first soul they identified was apparently a child of mine who had died in the 1940’s who was making me feel as though I should be doing more. I couldn’t honestly say that I ever feel like this – I seem to do procrastination very well. I get around to projects eventually (I must say, at work I am much more disciplined) but I never have the last minute panic attacks of the “if only’s”… I was asked whether I believed in reincarnation (but of course), at that time I was doing the maths… If I had been a mother in the 1940’s, I would have had to get death and rebirth over with pretty quickly if I was going to succeed in getting into my current body. Then again, there might be the possibility of ‘soul division’ and the prospect of inhabiting two bodies at the same time; but that seemed a bit on the far fetched side…. OK, so that didn’t resonate with me… You can’t be right all the time. I didn’t have any of the ‘light’ or ‘cleansed’ feelings that I presume would follow such a ‘cleansing’, but I had hope for the second trapped soul to deliver something I could at least identify as an unwanted behaviour pattern I could discover and banish.
I might just mention, during the first part of the healing I began to feel a light tapping on my left thigh. At first I thought I might be experiencing some sort of ‘sitting in the wrong position spasm’, so moved so as to be more comfortable. The ‘tapping’ became more insistent, and I at last recognised it to be a message I get from my spirit guides from time to time that tells me that what I am hearing is not quite kosher…
The second soul was apparently a soldier from the Civil War. This, I could sort of identify with to a degree. On a recent trip to Hollywood Cemetery with my husband and anthropologist Sandra Belanger, I received some pretty powerful images and physical sensations. If a lost soul had ‘jumped on for the ride’ I wouldn’t have been at all surprised. What would have surprised me though is his resilience to leave my mortal shell. I am in the habit of ‘cleansing’ on a daily basis. But hey, we are all human – perhaps I hadn’t done a thorough job on a few occasions… I would have thought my omnipresent spirit guides would have given me a warning by way of the usual unpleasant tingles on the back of my head. OK, so they were napping on the job – no biggy. I made a mental note to have it out with them when I got home.
So, I heard some more about this civil war dude – I forget now what inappropriate emotion he was supposed to be making me feel, but my ears did prick up at the healers mention of ‘being with them’ – “Hey, multi infestation” I thought at the prospect of having many lost souls inhabiting my lowly mortal body, and was momentarily excited. Can’t say I felt fit to burst, but then again, I wasn’t the ‘expert’ here…
Now the ‘tapping’ had changed into a rapid ‘thwack thwack thwack’ – someone was really trying to get their message across. “OK,OK – it’s almost over…” I tried to reassure ‘them’.
There the session ended. The thwacking abated. We cleansed, we parted.
Before we went our separate ways, I learnt a little more about this group. If you want to part with your cash, you are told what psychic abilities you possess. You can receive healing – you are told what inhabits you that might be causing you to behave in the way that you do, not taking into account external stimuli or learned behaviour patterns due to some past trauma. They say they have no room for Gurus in their practice, even though they are not open to any other way but theirs.
It is healthy to doubt and to question. That is the way you learn. If you feel something, research what you are feeling. Seek impartial advice. Keep an open mind. Don’t accept any dogma as being ‘the way’. And watch out for people who offer to cure you of something you are not aware of suffering from; take note of the spiritual thwack on the leg – it’s trying to tell you something.
Oh yes, and if you meet the Buddha on the road to enlightenment, hang on to your wallet…
©2007 L.Matthews
Call it psychic ability, intuition, 'gut feeling', sixth sense, but when I meet psychics who don't question their abilities, the proverbial red flag flaps itself at me so violently, it ends up wrapping itself around my neck.....
I had one such experience this weekend.
In an attempt to meet like minded people in my adopted homeland, I have signed up with many 'Meetup' groups. Some of them have been interesting, some of them informative, some I have felt as though I have wanted to run screaming from.
Last Friday, I attended such a Meetup... The organizer had advertised some sort of healing session, with a nominal charge. The idea of the healing was to banish lost souls who might have inhabited our bodies, who might be causing us to display uncharacteristic personality traits.
In my line of work, I am very aware of the need to protect myself psychically, and thought that the Meetup might be informative, if not beneficial.
As soon as I walked into the meeting, I had the feeling that I had happened across some sort of pseudo cult setting… but I assured the doubting Thomas’s amongst my spirit guides that “all was ok”, my mind was still open, and it was too early to make a judgment.
After singing a couple of songs to ‘raise the level of the proceedings’, the healers got to work on each of us in turn. I found the healings ‘interesting’ to say the least. Everyone seemed to have only two lost souls ‘inhabiting’ their bodies (convenient, as there were two healers…) and although some of what the healers had picked up on seemed to resonate with some of the ‘receivers’, it all seemed a bit ‘unspecific’ for me. I wanted to see something that was really going to convince me – many of the healer’s explanations of ‘soul invasion’ could have been explained away by many things, including unresolved past conflicts, mild depression, and day to day fall out from living in the ‘real world’. I presumed that when it came for my turn to be ‘healed’ that I would see things more clearly, and really understand what was going on... I might even benefit from the experience.
So, my turn came. I stood, I stated my name. I was asked whether I had the healers permission to ‘go into my body. The session started.
The first soul they identified was apparently a child of mine who had died in the 1940’s who was making me feel as though I should be doing more. I couldn’t honestly say that I ever feel like this – I seem to do procrastination very well. I get around to projects eventually (I must say, at work I am much more disciplined) but I never have the last minute panic attacks of the “if only’s”… I was asked whether I believed in reincarnation (but of course), at that time I was doing the maths… If I had been a mother in the 1940’s, I would have had to get death and rebirth over with pretty quickly if I was going to succeed in getting into my current body. Then again, there might be the possibility of ‘soul division’ and the prospect of inhabiting two bodies at the same time; but that seemed a bit on the far fetched side…. OK, so that didn’t resonate with me… You can’t be right all the time. I didn’t have any of the ‘light’ or ‘cleansed’ feelings that I presume would follow such a ‘cleansing’, but I had hope for the second trapped soul to deliver something I could at least identify as an unwanted behaviour pattern I could discover and banish.
I might just mention, during the first part of the healing I began to feel a light tapping on my left thigh. At first I thought I might be experiencing some sort of ‘sitting in the wrong position spasm’, so moved so as to be more comfortable. The ‘tapping’ became more insistent, and I at last recognised it to be a message I get from my spirit guides from time to time that tells me that what I am hearing is not quite kosher…
The second soul was apparently a soldier from the Civil War. This, I could sort of identify with to a degree. On a recent trip to Hollywood Cemetery with my husband and anthropologist Sandra Belanger, I received some pretty powerful images and physical sensations. If a lost soul had ‘jumped on for the ride’ I wouldn’t have been at all surprised. What would have surprised me though is his resilience to leave my mortal shell. I am in the habit of ‘cleansing’ on a daily basis. But hey, we are all human – perhaps I hadn’t done a thorough job on a few occasions… I would have thought my omnipresent spirit guides would have given me a warning by way of the usual unpleasant tingles on the back of my head. OK, so they were napping on the job – no biggy. I made a mental note to have it out with them when I got home.
So, I heard some more about this civil war dude – I forget now what inappropriate emotion he was supposed to be making me feel, but my ears did prick up at the healers mention of ‘being with them’ – “Hey, multi infestation” I thought at the prospect of having many lost souls inhabiting my lowly mortal body, and was momentarily excited. Can’t say I felt fit to burst, but then again, I wasn’t the ‘expert’ here…
Now the ‘tapping’ had changed into a rapid ‘thwack thwack thwack’ – someone was really trying to get their message across. “OK,OK – it’s almost over…” I tried to reassure ‘them’.
There the session ended. The thwacking abated. We cleansed, we parted.
Before we went our separate ways, I learnt a little more about this group. If you want to part with your cash, you are told what psychic abilities you possess. You can receive healing – you are told what inhabits you that might be causing you to behave in the way that you do, not taking into account external stimuli or learned behaviour patterns due to some past trauma. They say they have no room for Gurus in their practice, even though they are not open to any other way but theirs.
It is healthy to doubt and to question. That is the way you learn. If you feel something, research what you are feeling. Seek impartial advice. Keep an open mind. Don’t accept any dogma as being ‘the way’. And watch out for people who offer to cure you of something you are not aware of suffering from; take note of the spiritual thwack on the leg – it’s trying to tell you something.
Oh yes, and if you meet the Buddha on the road to enlightenment, hang on to your wallet…
©2007 L.Matthews
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