~Using Your Inner Vision To Manifest Your Highest Future~

If you are anything like me, then you have lots of thoughts running through your mind simultaneously most of the time. This is how my brain functions and I have had many times throughout my life that I have literally felt as if my thoughts were spinning out of control. I have spent so much mental and emotional energy on worrying and trying to think through every possible scenario for every situation, relationship, and project that I have been encountered with. It has been truly exhausting at times and left me stressed out, on edge, and just plain frazzled. I have learned that allowing my anxiety to take me over puts me in the unfortunate position of creating struggle instead of peace, and happiness. With all those worries and frustrations running rampant inside of me, my energy was stagnant and blocking me from creating joyful experiences in my life. I couldn’t draw the high vibration energy of my desires, because my vibrational frequency did not match them.

Finally with the help of my Angels and Spirit Guides I learned how to quiet my mind with the practice of meditation, and visualization. This is a very powerful technique that has helped me to understand how powerful having the ability to harness my active mind, and my passionate feelings can be.

Let me be clear on what I mean by quieting my mind. I am not talking about fighting with my thoughts or trying to block them. What I am talking about is adding light to them and lifting them. By using my breath,  I focus on the intention of breathing Divine light into my thoughts. This technique lightens them and makes them as though they are clouds drifting across a bright blue sky in my mind.  Then I am able to gain clarity and allow my Higher Self , and Spirit to have a stronger voice within me. From this space, I am able to draw my thoughts and emotions in, harnessing their power and directing them towards my desires. I allow my imagination to run free, without limits, visualizing the most joyful and highest outcomes in every area that comes to the forefront of my mind. I imagine myself as a magnet pulling in the most beautiful, high vibration experiences possible. I allow myself to completely submerge in the wonderful, blissful feelings that my visions bring forth. This process brings my vibration into a matching frequency with my desires and opens me up to receive.

The most wonderful part of playing with this technique, that I have found, is that by practicing it I connect with the essence, and feel of what I am manifesting rather than getting caught up in the details of how to bring my desires about. I couldn’t get stuck on the how’s and why’s of everything when I was just allowing myself to feel the happiness of the outcome. This process has worked beautifully for me and I encourage you all to try it out for yourselves. Let your inner vision soar without limits and see what blessings you can manifest for your highest future!

Blessings,

Karen~

Forgiveness.

We have all been deeply hurt at one time or another through the words or actions of another. We have also, all done some damage of own towards others. I know for myself that I have hurt and offended others without even being fully aware that I had done so.

When someone hurts us or vice-versa… what do we, as humans beings, normally do? Do we hang onto our anger and resentment, bringing forth thoughts of revenge and rage , or do we decide to embrace forgiveness and move forward? Truly moving forward includes moving on without holding onto grudges or bitterness. This can be a very daunting task that sometimes takes us years to accomplish. I am still learning how to truly forgive. It’s really difficult to allow all your wounds to heal. Especially if the people who have caused those wounds have never given you an apology. Sometimes, even if the other person does apologize, we are wound up so tightly with our anger and our unforgiveness, that we simply refuse to accept an olive branch when offered to us. These pent-up negative feelings can cause horrible damage to our relationships, careers, families and to our own bodies. I believe that many devastating illnesses and conditions that manifest within the body at times stem from harboring bitterness and unforgiveness towards others and for ourselves.

When I have had times of really feeling hurt and angry towards someone for transgressions against me, my angels/guides have said to me “Remember that you are all doing what you can with the knowledge, awareness and energy that you have to work with… and as you change and evolve, through experiences with one another, you grow in your ability to maintain grace and peace together.” They also remind me that I am the true creator of every relationship and situation that I draw to me and am not ever a victim. This divine guidance has helped me to take some of the emotion out of hurtful exchanges and release my judgment of others who have offended me. I still feel the initial sting when someone wounds me, but I have a much easier time letting go of it when I remember these messages from spirit.  With these gifts of knowledge I am able to release my resentment and hurt, allowing me to put things into perspective and have understanding, compassion, and even empathy for those who have offended me. The wounds may remain in my memory, or may have caused permanent changes in my life, but I am free of the grip of bitterness or grudges which can truly hurt me in the long run.

Forgiveness, however, doesn’t mean that you deny the other person’s responsibility or erase the act. What it does is help you to lift yourself out of the negative energy of the wrongful act. When you forgive you set yourself free from being imprisoned by negativity. Being a person who has the ability to forgive allows you to move away from the role of victim. You take back your power and release the offending person’s or the situation’s power it has had in your life. In having this awareness and truly owning your power, you will no longer define yourself or your life by how hurt you have been. You then have the power to define yourself as a being of grace and serenity within.

“He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.”  ~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Blessings to all!

Karen~

Looking Closer At Karma And Reincarnation.

Recently I have had many people asking questions about karma and reincarnation. This isn’t surprising since these words have made it into our mainstream, on television shows and in everyday conversations. My boys were even toying around with using the word karma for part of their future rock band name. Even with these words being used everywhere, not everyone knows what they really mean or how they are effecting them in their current circumstances. Truly the answers aren’t that easy to explain or to understand. So settle in and read with an open heart and open mind.

The definition of karma as given by Websters Dictionary is: (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person’s actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.

In Western culture we use such colloquialisms as ‘ What goes around comes around’ and ‘ You reap what you sow.’ This is connected to cause and effect and how action has an equal and opposite reaction. Karma is known as a universal law where the energy you send out, from your thoughts, feelings, choices and actions returns to you whether it is beneficial or harmful. Holding on to negative patterns mentally and emotionally results in a ripple effect on everyone and everything in our environment. The law of attraction, which has also become a very popular concept in our modern culture, then draws to us our matching energy. Again this can be good, bad or ugly depending on what we are sending out.

There are ways to break out of negativity and free ourselves from a negative or unpleasant karmic cycle. The most used methods are meditation, prayer or receiving some form of counseling. Incorporating meditation into our life, for example, allows us to enhance our emotional self-awareness and supports us in avoiding negative karma. In having that inner awareness, we are then able to move forward from the perspective of being in charge of our own destiny instead of a victim of circumstance. Choosing to come from a positive place within, we, through our higher vibrational energy, make choices and take action void of negativity. This acts to balance our karma and begins a shift that allows a flow of positive karmic energy to ripple out, negating any negative energy and drawing back to us bliss. Again, going back to the age-old ‘What you reap you will sow’ and ‘What goes around comes around.’

This is a lot to think about. I will continue more about karma and it’s relationship to reincarnation in my next few blogs. Until then…ponder your own karma and what experiences it has brought to your life.

Blessings to all!

Karen~

The Blessings Of Being A Tree.

Sometimes we can become overwhelmed with feelings of anger, sadness, depression and fear. When we see negative situations going on in our environment or are having our own personal struggles; It can feel like trying to tread water in the midst of a powerful storm. Those waves of negative emotions washing over us, and at times with such force as to really feel as if they are dragging us down.

We all go through these times in our lives and these episodes can seem to go on far too long, or repeat themselves over and over again. While we, in our pursuit to be peaceful and happy, try fighting our way out into the sunshine again. This can become a vicious cycle. As we come up against challenging aspects and go down the path of feeling tumultuous emotions over them and then on top of that we compound the issue by feeling guilty or angry over having the problems in the first place. All of this can leave us worn out on every level. Barely having enough strength to try sort out how to begin to find any answers or solutions.

Well..I am here to tell you that I have been there and I know how hard it can be when you are so caught up in negative emotions, that you feel stuck, frustrated and powerless to really do anything about it. Dragging your vibration down and causing actual physical pain. So here are a few gifts that spirit has given to me, that have made a tremendous difference in my life.

First – You must stop and think about the fact the everything is energy..even your thoughts and emotions. It is very important to realize how very powerful the energy is that is generated by your own thoughts and emotions for you. This energy is yours! You made it and it is YOURS TO COMMAND!! Once you think about it in this way and are able to put it into it’s true perspective, you realize that you are not helpless or a victim. This is a profound moment! When you experience this clarity and then are able to look at any situation knowing fully that you have the power to command your own energy. No one can take this from you! You are in control and if  you feel out of control, somewhere in some way you are giving your power away. So think about that for a moment…

Step two – Now that you have put things into perspective and have that wonderful feeling of hope, from regaining your personal power, you can move on to an amazing exercise. This exercise will allow you to ground and cleanse yourself of all the negative energy in your system; thus putting you solidly back on your own two feet, standing fully in your power. Here is how it goes… First sit comfortably and take some nice, full, deep breaths. Imagine with each breath that your body and mind is becoming more relaxed and ready for a healing experience. Then imagine, either from the bottoms of your feet or tail bone, that there is a root growing down into the Earth. That root keeps on traveling down deep, till it connects at the core of Mother Earth. You will have a nice, warm and nurtured sensation once there, and then with your intention, allow Mother Earth to pull all the negative energy down and out of your body. You will feel a pulling or draining sensation as this takes place and just allow yourself to flow with it, letting Mother take that energy, cleansing it for you and returning it back to a neutral state. Now that your energy is clean and perfectly balanced out, use your intention to allow it to come back up your root and flow beautifully back into your body. This is an amazing and wonderful feeling. You will feel instantly renewed as your vibration rises. As you feel this energy rising up inside of you, you are ready to branch out with it, connecting now upwards to Spirit. Allow these powerful energies to combine within you, filling you with pure, unlimited Source Energy.

Step three – Now that you are full of unlimited  source energy, you can focus this energy in any direction that you desire. It will also fill you with a sense of peace and serenity, knowing that you can always use this gift to help propel you towards your highest good. Remember that where your focus goes, your energy flows. So…focus on your blessings and you’ll be drawing more positive energy into your life!

I guarantee, that when you are feeling anxiety and pain; if you do this exercise, it will empower you, helping to bring you put of negative cycles. Do this exercise daily and reap all the benefits of this powerful Spiritual practice.

Always remember to give thanks to Mother Earth for her Love and support. Care for her as she has always cared for you!

Blessings to you!
Karen~

Revealing Our True Selves.

Most everyone has masks that they wear or certain roles they play in their daily lives. When we are born, we all start out these wonderful authentic little beings. We function for years in our childhood being very pure in our true essence. Then slowly we are conditioned through our environment and society to alter or conform to what pleases others around us. Makings them more comfortable by mirroring their behavior.

Underneath all of that, our true selves still exist, whether we acknowledge this or not. Buried under learned behavior and sometimes fear.

When we allow ourselves to look within, we recognize our divinity, our true power. When we reach the core of our true essence, we then cannot help but live our lives with authenticity. That is when we are fulfilled, grateful, full of potential and grace.

There are many ways to liberate ourselves from the bonds that have compelled us to downplay our uniqueness. Meditation, prayer and communing with nature are all very powerful tools for self-realization and healing. Allow yourself to go within and embrace your true self. Let your light shine, free from the fear of perceived consequences. This is the path to true freedom, inner peace and greatest happiness.

Blessings to all,

Karen~

Love yourself as the infinite being that you are.

Far too many of us go through our daily lives struggling. Stuck in destructive habits and punishing ourselves with feelings of guilt and worrying about our worthiness to everyone around us.

A while ago Mother Mary said to me, “If you knew yourself as I know you, you could not help but to love yourself completely.” Hearing those beautiful words coming from Mother Mary’s lips, I knew that she was speaking divine truth to my very soul. I was moved and encouraged to look deeper within myself. Coming to a place of clarity about my true self and finding that place within helped me to remember the loving and beautiful person I am.

This advice has helped me to let go of negativity and connect to my own inner guidance, which is allowing me to move in the direction of happiness and abundance on every level. I know that we are all infinite beings, learning how to navigate through this world. We deserve to experience our dreams and desires. We all deserve to find our happiness in life.

Mother Mary gave this gift to me when she spoke those words. Now it is my purpose to help others who are searching to find the beauty within themselves as infinite beings.

Blessings to you,
Karen ~