Month: October 2019

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Lao Tzu

As we approach Samhain and the end of the Wheel of the Year, think about this quote.

1^st November is, in fact, the new year, and this means it is the perfect opportunity for you to become all you can possibly be, to leave all your old, limiting ways of thinking and behaving behind and start coming into a real alignment with your Authentic Self in a deep and meaningful way.

1^st November is the start of another wheel and it is also the start of the annual cycle of deep inner growth. It is the time to be still and contemplate all the things you want to germinate over the dark times of the winter, so it can start to grow and blossom when the next outward cycle of growth begins in the spring.

What seeds do you need to plant now to create something new and wonderful when the light returns at Winter Solstice and gets brighter and brighter as we move towards springtime?

What things do you need to let go of to ensure you can achieve all you want to achieve in this next outward cycle of growth?

After all, it’s no good getting to spring and wondering why nothing has changed, why there are no new green shoots in your life, no possibilities of new and exciting things. If you don’t do anything to create that change and encourage those green shoots over the winter and plant those seeds so they can germinate, it will be your fault! No one can do it except you. It’s your life and your responsibility – no one else’s!

Seriously, nothing changes if nothing changes and you have to show up and actually do some work during the inward cycle of growth over the winter, so you are ready to go in the spring!

Change doesn’t just happen. It would be really nice if it did, but it doesn’t, so do spend some time thinking what you want to become and take at least one step towards it. It doesn’t have to be a big one. A small one will do. Seeds, after all, are rarely enormous, but huge things can grow from them if they are nurtured correctly. Think of the size of an acorn and then compare it to the size of an oak tree!

Small does not mean insignificant! It just has to be the right small thing to trigger the growth you want.

So – what do you want?

Think about it and start turning that might be in the quote above into a certainty!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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As Samhain approaches, thoughts always turn to the ancestors. 31^st October is the day when the veil between the worlds thins, so it is the perfect time to connect with them and working with Bloodstone will enhance anything you want to do… at any time because you don’t have to do it on 31^st October! The ancestors are always there and always with you.

Bloodstone: Using Bloodstone is one of the best ways to tap into your bloodline. This is because the stone resonates with the heart and is used to treat cardiovascular problems. So, it is specifically related to blood, and through this it has a powerful link to your ancestral lineage. At a cellular level, there are things running through the blood your veins that was also in the blood that ran through their veins, so it is a direct physical connection to them.

Bloodstone also has a tremendous ability to ground you fully in the physical body, making sure you are really in the here and now, and this is the very best way to work with any ancestors that come while you are meditating with the stone. You have to be fully present while you are working to connect with them in any meaningful way.

Also, since Bloodstone is an excellent stone for healing emotional wounds and stabilizing emotional energy, you can use it on yourself with the intention of clearing this kind of energy from you and, through you, your entire ancestral line.

Lastly, Bloodstone can also help bring ancient memories to the surface of your mind and initiate a connection to your ancestors that way. The ancestors often speak through dreams and visions, but to fully appreciate and understand this form of communication, it will always be beneficial to use a crystal to clear your brow chakra first. I would recommend either Amethyst or Labradorite. Then the work you do with Bloodstone will be far more useful, not to mention effective.

Petrified Wood: This is another good stone to use to connect with your ancestors and their wisdom, and if you place it on an ancestor altar, it can be used to represent a family line. Also, if you hold it while you meditate, using it this way will strengthen your connection to your lineage.

Chrysanthemum Stone:  This connects you with your family tree, accessing all the knowledge held within it, and it also awakens your spiritual abilities, especially if they are abilities anyone else in your family line has also manifested. Also, working with this stone during an ancestral healing session will, if used with the correct intention, clear any negative ancestral patterns that need removing from your Four Body System

Another way of using stones to initiate a connection to your ancestors if you have people from different countries in your lineage, is to get a stone that is from the place they come from and using it will immediately connect you with that place and time and, of course, them.

Also, since most people have worn crystals over the years, if you have jewelry that has been handed down in your family which contains a gemstone, you can use that to form a connection. It will have a strong affinity to the person who used to wear it. It can easily become your link to them during your meditations.

Have fun with your ancestors!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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One of the best ways to start your day is to make sure that your mind and your heart are:

1. Connected
2. Connected in the right way for the day ahead of you.

Here is a way to make sure your head is always connected to your heart. This will allow you to think with love, in all sorts of new and exciting ways.

Before you start working, you tune into the flow of energy between your heart and your head, asking to be made aware of the way it is flowing, and, more importantly, to see where the flow originates. This will give you a strong indication of the way you are currently functioning – thinking in the head or feeling and knowing in the heart.

Feel around this before you move on to work with the chakras and see if the direction of the flow is appropriate for the day you have ahead – after all, some days you do need to think rather than feel, so you would need the flow to start in your head and go down to the heart.

On other days, you may need to reverse the flow and work from your heart, infusing your mind with the love you always have there.

You will always know what is right for you! And, always remember that the mind is not a bad thing! It is, after all, good to be mind-based if you are doing your tax return, or something else that needs a logical, rational brain in control of what you are doing. But, sometimes, you also need to be able to function with your intuition, not to mention your deep inner knowing and your innate wisdom. You can’t do this if your mind is running the show and is the only thing creating your reality. This is why joining these two parts of you so they work together is so important.

You need to increase the connectivity between the heart and the head and allow them to come into resonance with each other. You also need to increase coherence – and, if you look this word up, its definition is: to create a unified whole. This is the best thing you can do at the start of your day. You seriously need your heart and mind to be creating the same reality for you to inhabit! Not two completely different ones!! And, initiating the energy flow described below will help you do this.

You can activate the chakras mentioned in the exercises several different ways.

• Set the intention to breathe the energy of your choice into them.
• Place a crystal on them.
• Tone with the intention of resonating them with your sound to get the result you want.

You can also use each of the above to form the figure of eight mentioned in the exercise. If you use energy, visualize it moving in this shape. You can also visualize the vibrations of your sound moving in the shape. You can physically trace the outline of the shape if you are using a crystal.

So, what do you need to do:

After deciding what sort of day you have ahead of you and whether it would be best to be working from your head or your heart, set a very clear intention to connect your heart to your head in the very best way for you. This will allow you to achieve all your goals for the day, and it will also mean you can infuse all your thoughts with love while you are doing it. It’s perfect and it is also the way you should be functioning most of the time now anyway. You need to be learning to think with your heart, not only your mind, so the thoughts you have during the day to be heart based, not always head based. Working with the energy of the mind on its own can take you into a space you really don’t want to be in very, very quickly! The heart works differently and, be aware that the heart also contains neural tissue, so it is already thinking all on its own.

• Before you start, check your chakras and, if they are not properly aligned, make sure you do this. The quickest and easiest way is to hold a piece of kyanite (vertically) in front of your body at the heart chakra and ask the crystal to do this. You can also ask it to align your subtle bodies as well, if this feels appropriate. If you do not have any kyanite, just align the chakra system on your own. Everyone usually has a preferred technique for doing this.
• Now focus on your brow chakra with the intention of using the energy you have chosen to work with to remove any blockages. When you feel they have gone, re-set your intention so the energy can activate the chakra at the most appropriate level for you for the day ahead of you.
• Now move your attention to the heart chakra with the intention of using the energy you are working with to open the chakra so you are fully able to give and receive love appropriately on all levels, including the mental level with your nice new connection to your mind.
• When this is done, focus on the energy flow between your heart and your head and visualize or draw a figure of eight with the intention of increasing connectivity and coherence between these two energy centres.
• Ground firmly and go ahead with your day!

Bright Blessings!

Gailx

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