Holding Light

We are each gifted in a unique and important way.

It is our privilege and our adventure

to discover our own special light.

Evelyn Dunbar

It is my desire to not only work in the light but to be light itself.  As an energy worker, I work with light on a daily basis.  For me, light is filled with Divine Spirit and energy.  We are all made of energy so working with light is enhancing energy that already exists.

I believe in Oneness, we are all one in the same.  What I do to you, impacts my self.  What you extend to me, returns to you. I strive to respect energy found in all things living or not.  If you do not understand this theory, pick up a rock that has been sitting in the sun.  Feel the warmth and the energy spread into the palm of your hand.  The rock holds energy.  Sit in the presence of a full moon and as you gaze upon it, you will feel the moon's energy.

I hold light in my body in a meditative state.  I send light to other people, bathe them in light, and hold them in light.  Any light I send out into the world helps to create more light.  Yes, there is darkness, but light can be brought into the darkness.  

I try to be a person who walks around discovering the light in others.  We all have different energy levels and frequencies.  To experience energy in others can be very powerful.  I easily sense both positive and negative energies.  It is quite similar to knowing if someone is in a good mood or bad mood ... you sense it.  Our energy puts out a vibration that impacts everything surrounding us. 

Light or energy is a form of Spirit and extending it non-verbally to others can be compared to offering a blessing, like "Peace be with you".   I am not going to be found wandering around the grocery store muttering blessings to others, but I certainly will be sending light silently to most everyone I encounter. 

This is how I experience light, but how do you experience it?  Is it a goodness you express through acts of kindness?  Does your light take the form of prayer?  Maybe you offer services that brings light into others lives.  But you do have a light.  Some may call it 'the light of Christ' or 'a spark of the Divine' or 'a golden heart'.  Have you discovered your own personal light?

Isn't it time that you did?

"Fool me once ...

"Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on me."

Old Proverb

Living my life with compassion, loving kindness, and an open heart is not always easy.  My down fall has always been seeing people at soul level, not as they really are in human form.  Illusions generally fall away, rendering a cost to my unsuspecting heart.

Forgiveness comes easily to me as I truly believe we are all doing the very best we can do at any given moment.  When faced with choice, we don't always make the best decisions.  Believing we are here for the human experience, of course we are going to face numerous challenges and we will not always be proud of them.

So with my open heart I forgive as I am very aware that beneath all actions resides a fellow spiritual being.  We learn through our conflicted decisions and I choose to see the forgivable/unforgivable situation as an opportunity for personal and spiritual growth.  And by forgiving I do not mean condoning. 

So this is where I get stuck.  Processing brings me this far and then I falter.  First, I struggle with the genuine disappointment that the person chose not to do better. Secondly, although I have forgiven, the heaviness of my personal loss remains.  I ask myself what the lesson was for all involved, but primarily search for the application to myself.   And lastly, I find myself dwelling on the situation rather than simply letting it go.

I accept that our perspective is frequently limited leaving us incapable of seeing the big picture.  Only as time passes do we begin to truly view how all of the pieces fit together.  With a little distance, we can turn back and see how we ignored information that could have helped minimize the entire experience. 

It is easy to sit back and count the wrongs of others as it is a distraction from listing our own.  We may even find ourselves in denial saying, "Oh, but what they did was ten times worse."  Point being, we are not the ones to judge.  We must use all of our efforts to keep our own house in order.

All people carry love, energy and light within them.  There are different ways to utilize this power:

well wishes, blessings, prayer, energy work, or meditation to name a few.   Whatever method

we use to touch the hearts of others, we must be mindful to apply it to ourselves as well.  Restoring

our inner self with the love of God, Universal energy, and light of Christ/Buddha or simply the Divine will help us heal.  Letting go of what is heavy in our heart, enables us to make room for new, moving forward hopefully a little wiser. 

Asking for Prayers, Energy, and Light

Joyce Marie

College Roommate

Sister of my heart



Friends, energy workers, and all whom I have never met ~

 

On March 10th, 2011, I sent out a desperate request on behalf of my college roommate, Joyce Marie.  She was receiving large doses of chemo to kill leukemia (which was a side effect from medicine she takes for a life threatening blood disease) in preparation for a bone marrow transplant.

 

With deep gratitude I am elated to report that all of you must have responded beyond expectations as her beautiful spirit has survived the first stage of her long journey.  Now after numerous months, she will be able to enter the second stage for the bone marrow transplant. 

 

PLEASE pray, send energy, love, and light, or do whatever it is you do so that Joyce Marie's body will not reject the bone marrow transplant.  PLEASE send support so that she may have the courage and strength to walk this path of healing or to the greater beyond.

 

I am deeply grateful for any kindness you may offer to this dear sister of my heart!

 

                                       I sincerely thank you!

                                                   Virginia