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Ahoy! Soul Mates and Twin Flames on the Horizon

October 11th, 2011

I’m finally going to get married. I’ve been waiting a very long time for this. Longer than I thought I would have to wait. My plan was to be married with children ten years ago. But, I was not ready (even though I thought I was) and I just didn’t meet guys who propelled me to be ready. Although it has been a long journey of getting to know myself through many unsuccessful relationships, I don’t regret anything. I’ve had the opportunity to meet many interesting characters and special people who have taught me so much about who I am.

I remember feeling grief over not having met the mate of my soul. It felt as though no matter what I did or focused on, I still felt incomplete in some inexplicable way. That was grievous for me. After enough dejection, I finally came to the reality. The reality was that my life was my own and would not be jump started once I met Mr. Right. I had to do my life by myself. I realized that I had been waiting for my so called prince in order for my life to begin. I had a wide awakening when I realized that doing this was a big mistake. While it was hard to let go of my illusions of the prince on the white horse, I was guided to understand that this was something I had to do if I was going to be the person I aspired to be.

I decided to focus on me, myself and I, to focus on further stabilizing my life. I let go of wondering whether I was ever going to meet my Soul Mate. I decided that I would just let life happen. I determined that if I never met my Soul Mate then there would be some good reason for it. I tried instead to trust God.

From that time to now, things have come full circle, until the next part.  For now, I thought I’d share my findings.

Painting by Cheri Reichers, available at CheriArt.com

Keep in mind that there are different views on this and always go with what feels right within.

We all want to meet our “Soul Mate”, but maybe we already have and just don’t know it. See, a Soul Mate is not necessarily by definition a romantic love partner. A Soul Mate might just be a cat or a dog … or your best friend. Soul Mate might not be the Knight in Shining Armor, but a steady companion. A Soul Mate may or may not cause sensations in the loins, but will certainly lighten the heart and brighten the eyes. Soul Mates tend to travel meandering paths alongside of each other until the day those paths actually cross. From the beginning, their bond is united and strong. It’s a fortress kind of strong; not easily defeated. The dynamo-of-a-union by definition withstands the test of time. It’s as forever as forever can be. No matter where or when in the universe, if it’s in the books to be with our Soul Mate, we will be, over and over and over again.

Most of the time, when we talk about meeting our Soul Mate, we actually mean our Twin Flame. A Twin Flame is a romantic partner and is your One. So as you seek that special someone, meant only for you, that one that you wait so long to meet, that one whom you’ve undergone lots to be with, or that one that fits you like a glove, you’re most likely referring to your Twin Flame (aka twin soul).

With our Twin Flames there is definitely magnetism and the dynamics run high. The attraction may not be so easily explained. With Twin Flame partnerships, the strength of the bond really depends on the soul agreements we made before being born, our past lives and whatever lessons we have yet to learn. Relationships are one of the most important ways to learn about ourselves, about life, and about our purpose. So, it’s quite possible to feel as though we have met our twin flame (or flames) but we haven’t actually or perhaps we actually have, but the partnership is not eternal.

When we are ready we meet the One that truly holds the key that opens our heart. When we are ready, the “forever-ness” of this relationship depends on our continual willingness to open our hearts, keep growing, and learning tolerance.

Now following some gist check points to consider:

We don’t find love. Love finds us.

It doesn’t always look the way we think it’s supposed to. If it does, be curious enough to question it.

We really do get what we need.

Vulnerability allows for the heart to continue to open; don’t be afraid to take some risks.

Let humility be your friend, if you do, your cup will always have room for more …

Recognize the possibility that you could not meet your Soul Mate / Twin Flame here on Earth, this time around. This can be a sad thought at first, however, each one of us has a unique life path and purpose that we are meant to discover. That path comes with many life lessons, opportunities to learn and to grow. It doesn’t always go the way we want it to, though, sincerely believe that if God has placed the desire of finding your twin flame in your heart, trust that it will come to pass.

More to be added as time passes. Got more to add?

 

 

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Bazaar of Thoughts and a Rare Form of Cancer

September 12th, 2011

As per my last post, I’ve been undergoing life changes. All good, but not without challenges. I’ve been asking a lot from Grace. I’ve been very active, more so than usual, doing things that are important —–(Questionable). What I mean is that lately, I haven’t been able to do as much of what makes my heart sing. Instead, I’ve been busy with the dizzying bizzying of life. I’ll survive, so long as I don’t go too overboard. And let me be honest here, I can definitely go overboard.

I attempt at striking balance every single day. Though lately it’s been very challenging for me to maintain balance, it’s still a core intention of my life. Each day that I rise it’s another chance for me to find equilibrium in a world that often feels upside down. Lord knows it can be overwhelming.

When the overwhelm takes over, it helps very much to be open to anything that may lend some perspective. Case in point:

The other day I was watching a program on cable’s Discovery Health called Mystery Diagnosis. In the episode I saw, a lady who was very active, very energetic, and an overall do-er type was featured. With the onset of her mystery illness she would feel very low in energy to the point that she needed help even walking. To add more to the mystery, this would happen seemingly out of the blue with no regularity. The first physical sign of illness she had was a bruise on her leg that came out of nowhere and didn’t ever fully go away. All the usual tests didn’t reveal anything was wrong. Yet, knowing that something was not right, she kept pursuing medical advice despite hitting so many walls. Finally, one doctor figured it out. It turned out that she had a very rare auto-immune disease. The doctor administered medication that the lady responded well to. For the last 4 years she has been in remission. If it weren’t for her thinking out of the box and the one doctor that diagnosed her thinking out of the box ….

So what’s my point? Well, it’s tri-fold, really. First of all, I saw myself in this lady. I’m a do-er type and I’ve got a bruise on my leg that hasn’t completely gone away for some time. Second of all, her story caused me to pause and think about how fragile life is. How one day I am dizzy with the bizzy-ness of life and all it’s so called important things and then next day I could be struggling to walk. From one day to the next, I could be trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. That could be me. That could be a part of my life. In fact, two very near and influential people in my life have already had such events happen to them. Indirectly, I’ve gone through this with them. Quickly, this puts me in perspective.

Perspective is: Slow Down. You’re Moving Too Fast. (My angels decided to download a little Simon and Garfunkel to help me out).

Life, no matter what happens, is ultimately for feelin’ groovy. Which brings me to the tri-fold, and that is that, there are always Angels among us. Divinity is always trying to help us. Sometimes in not very obvious ways, yet there is always a reason for our Divine Plan and when we don’t know the reason, there is always hope. Hope travels all the way down to the wire. Our job is to prepare ourselves to receive. Our job is to ready ourselves to receive help, answers, or information. We must stay strong enough to help ourselves through things like maintaining a positive mind set, mustering courage, doing research, following intuition, and suiting up in spiritual warrior gear. With God all things are possible and great things can be accomplished one day at a time.

Before I go:

Earlier I talked briefly about a rare autoimmune disease. Before I go, I want to raise some awareness around a rare form of cancer. It is called Mesothelioma. Please take some time to acquaint yourself with this information. It may be helpful to you or someone you know. This particular blog post is about Alternative Therapies (Reiki & Massage & Acupuncture) and Cancer. Take a look at the wonderful infographic.
Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance

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High Tide, Low Tide, Tides of Change

August 12th, 2011

My last post was mid last month (and it was a very short one). Whoo! Have I been on a roller coaster ride. I apologize that I have not posted anything sooner than this, but it’s been as if I’ve been in the eye of a storm and am just now able to come to and begin to process what hit me and what is left now.

I need to be transparent here. I am undergoing pretty major architectural changes both in my work as a healing artist as well as in my personal life. As changes are taking place in my outer life, my inner life is being shook up, too.

Change is never easy. I don’t think I’ve ever written that; I hope I’ve never written that. No matter how much I think “I got this” about change, I never really do. I’ve heard of “mastering change” and maybe you have, too. But for the record, let me say this: No one really masters change. What we master is ourselves during a time of change. This here is the one thing I am looking forward to – mastering another aspect of myself that is showing herself during these particular changes in my life.

Even though the storm of change hit, I’m dealing with what’s happening now as a result of the storm of change. Presently, I’m doing lots of contemplating over what this change is asking of me. I’m contemplating questions like: what am I being asked to let go of now? can my attitude be better? what behavioral pattern can I shake up? what is it that’s moving inside of me? is something hurting me? what is that something? what is not happening within? what is not moving inside of me? what feels right about this change? what doesn’t? what am I afraid of? And more questions still!

As I go through the contemplation, I must be vigilant about filtering out judgmental and self-critical thoughts. That is not always easy. I have a tendency towards perfectionism, which, by the way, note to self, doesn’t actually exist. So, in other words, I can be dillusional. :-) That’s what I mean about being vigilant at filtering out the illusory thoughts/perceptions.

Change can be a lot of work, and I need to remember that is is also a God-given opportunity for deep transformation. I want the transformation, so I tinker, explore, and discover how I may improve my own inner and outer workings.

Yes, I am thirsty for transformation, yet the changes themselves can be rough, unpaved roads to traverse. The mastery part comes (often at some later point in time) through contemplating, praying, asking for help, observing, speaking and listening to these shadow parts of the self, then fine tuning or bringing light to these darker/rougher parts.

My hands get dirty and I get muddied up. It happens always during change. Like having on a white dress and then the chocolate ice cream scoop your enjoying plops right onto it. One minute I’m so fresh and so clean and the next I’ve stained myself. Oy?

This is where I am at the moment. This is how I find myself right now. I must recall repeatedly that this will pass and work to keep hope in my heart. With hope, I can go on. With hope, I can trust something I cannot presently see. With hope, I can continue to dream what is in my heart. With hope, I keep motivated to draw out plans. I can see now that the Angel of Hope wants to be with me. I step aside to let her in and she confirms that this is just part of the shedding of old skin. What is Next, holds the promise of not only something better, but something unexpected.

Peace and blessings to each one of you and also to me.

P.s. I was thinking of this song by Tracy Chapman called Change. Here’s a you tube vid of the song that I liked

http://youtu.be/kkCxkgDde88

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