Shamans around the world say we, the people of this time, are dreaming the wrong dream. We need to set an intent and hold the vision. Be the change we want to see manifest. Sandra Ingerman in the book- Medicine for the Earth uses the following formula for healing and transmutation:
What dream are you weaving?
In the early 90's I began seeking answers for myself. I was very disillusioned with what I had been taught about God and life. As a seeker I attended a meeting of a metaphysical group. I sat in circle and listened as the various group members channeled saying there was a space ship waiting to beam us off the planet for the ascension process was about to begin. Those in the room were “so spiritual”. Something wasn't right with that statement and I left the group.
Later turning on my television, I'd witness religious teachers telling the viewers that the Rapture is coming and the “saved people will be lifted off the planet . . . follow this way and you too will have a ticket Home.” Something felt wrong with the statement, too. I began to seriously ask what it is my truth- where is God in all this fear? What dream do I want to dream? What is my intention for living on this glorious planet with divine grace? Am I in a place of fear or am I in a place of love- for myself, my family and the community I serve?
It came down to my re-membering my Self and the divinity within, that childlike nature I had as a small child that was willing trust and love. We are all one; I am my brother and sister's keeper. I can't leave until we are all ready to leave. Then we will want to stay because there is heaven on earth. We dream, and set out Intention with the alchemical formula. . .
Know if you are alive you are healing- something related to your physical, mental, spiritual and/or emotional body. Physical manifestations (illness) are the last threshold the energy reaches when it crystallizes into illness and develops in the body. Illness is a sacred call. Healing is an ongoing process . . . cyclical in nature (that is what nature is about). We may get lost in the deep healing process, stop at a juncture, fight the transition and repeat patterns that no longer serve us, because of conditioning or karmic constraints. We might have had a huge awakening, peeled back several layers and declare we are through. That happens to people who have worked on themselves- spiritually and psychologically and then declare they are healed. Are they really?
Psycho-spiritual integration process runs in cycles. All the Universe asks is that you wake up to these cycles in your own life. When we first enter these sacred waters with awareness there is a huge release of the pent-up energies. The ocean is rough and fierce, the waves knock us about and we feel like we are drowning in the current. Chaos rules as the things that no longer serve us are taken away, washed out to sea. We may be flooded and feel like we are drowning.
This crisis is known as a spiritual emergency. It is not fun, it is not pleasant. Many times it occurs when we are faced with life and death choices. It's energy runs in cycles. After the storm there are calm seas, the waves gently roll lapping at the shore. Many reach this point and state “I am healed.” Then try to stop the water as the cycle begins again. Each time we are asked to move into a new consciousness, a new awakening, the water is stirred up, the cycle begins again. The more we resist, the higher the waves, the lower the valleys- much like the boat being tossed about in the movie the Perfect Storm.
Living life we are constantly being asked to become real and that is calling for learning and growing, that is also calling for healing. Each time we reach out and connect; have an interaction with another is an opportunity to see the mirror of our own nature. We are all in this process of learning and growing, constantly, together. There is no free ride off this planet, there is no space ship waiting to beam me or you home. Home and the “God of our understanding” is the Christ within that is waiting to be discovered within the cave of the heart- my heart and your heart. So if I say “I am healed” that is an error in my judgment. I might make this request. . .
Please hold a loving intention for me until I can restore my dream. I need your help, though I might not know it. I have come to a resting place for a reason. I think I am safe but I am not. I need your good wishes, not your judgments. I am sitting on the shore, watching the water and not participating fully in my life. At some point I might need your words as a strong arm to support me as I enter the water; the words may be kind . . . they may be challenging. Either way they are expressed lovingly without an agenda. I see the light in you and I am attracted to the joy you are able to hold. So I ask you to reach down, hold my hand and steady me while the waves wash over. Catch me if I fall, tell me it will be over soon, and I am alright in the moment. Soon I will stand on my own again, and we can jump the waves like two little kids having fun at the beach. Thank you for loving me.
Deep healing is the ability to hold a loving intention for another person; serving as a sacred witness to our shared journeys through life. Healing is not a cut and dry process; it deepens and even gets richer with new understandings as time goes by. So if your healer tells you that they are healed, excuse yourself and find a new healer. If a spiritual or a religious teacher tells you they are healed they have gone into spiritual bypass-excuse yourself and find a new teacher. Trust your gut.
Now in celebration for all that you are dream now your deepest longing with these forces. . .
What do you want to have happen?
State the intention with love. Clearly visualize, draw, paint and sculpt the energy. Concretizing the energy into this reality through the creative arts brings harmony to your dream. It is a force. Imagine the outcome in the highest order. Follow your fears as well; fear is blocked power- hidden energy available for living your passion. Transmute the fear by setting your intention with love, imagine something different, merge with fear (yes I said merge) and surrender into the fear, a new insight will be forthcoming and you will enter the water.
I dream a new dream of peace, hope, beauty and joy with all my relations with love and understanding. I dream this for you, your family and community too. I share my dream with you as I heal . . . you heal . . . with peace andcompassionate understanding. Now we are lighter in spirit and energy because we trust the internal and external processes at work in our life. We are spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically joyful. I see the radiance in your face, you see it in mine. I dream this dream for you and it becomes real.
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