| Phew, the energy out there has been intense lately! It | | | | like a soul, love is eternal and that he has more of it to |
| seems that everyone I know is going through a time of | | | | give. |
| profound questioning. Much has been written about | | | | Another time, a woman who felt stuck in a relationship |
| Earth Changes and 2012. But what does that mean | | | | that was pulling her down contacted me. In |
| for you on an emotional and spiritual level now? I offer | | | | hypnotherapy, "Emma" was able to connect with her |
| some points of contemplation as well as real world | | | | own inner core of strength - like an old tree that was |
| examples of psycho-spiritual preparation in action! | | | | very stable and deeply rooted despite any of the |
| What if more people expressed more Divine Love? | | | | elements or changes going on around it. She grieved |
| What if more people had humility? What if more | | | | and took that strength with her, making changes in her |
| people could see a glimmer of Light in everyone else? | | | | outer world as needed. Not long after that, she |
| What if more people had greater compassion? What | | | | contacted me and told me she felt like she was |
| if more people had a greater percentage of their | | | | glowing! By connecting with her own inner Light and |
| identity coming from the knowledge that they're a | | | | doing a piece of emotional healing, she was able to |
| Beacon of Light from Source and a lesser percentage | | | | shine more brilliantly in many areas of her outer world. |
| of their identity tied to the material world? What if | | | | "Diane" and I worked together for two years. Through |
| more people knew that each soul has the full range of | | | | a combination of psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and |
| human experiences from one lifetime to the next | | | | past life regression, she was able to exit a long time |
| before completing it's evolutionary cycles on earth (i.e. | | | | co-dependent relationship, grieve hardships and losses |
| What comes around goes around)? What if more | | | | from her childhood and early adulthood, understand |
| people felt closer to Source-God-Spirit? What if more | | | | feelings of isolation and sadness that began thousands |
| people knew that all things happen for a reason and | | | | of years ago in her very first human incarnation when |
| that the only movement we make is forward - even | | | | she felt separated from Source - and healed them! |
| when we feel stuck or when it appears that we're | | | | Though there were many waves of profound |
| going backwards? What if more people knew that we | | | | sadness that arose for Diane during our years of work |
| all have a Soul and that only our Soul and the love we | | | | together, she developed a new level of comfort in |
| choose to channel through it is infinite? What if more | | | | dealing with these feelings as they arose. She realized |
| people held some of these attributes and could | | | | that the waves of pain simply were not going to |
| integrate them into their daily lives with greater depth? I | | | | drown her. Each wave only made her stronger. |
| believe it's possible - inevitable - as we move through | | | | Throughout our work, Diane also established healthier |
| the energy shifts that precede 2012. | | | | patterns of eating and exercise, went on several |
| Clients occasionally ask me, "Matthew, how do you | | | | spiritual retreats, and began to delve into new |
| hold the beliefs that you do and survive in the world?" | | | | meditation practices. She recently updated me, |
| The truth is that sometimes it's difficult - even painful - | | | | indicating that she's continued to expand these |
| when I feel a discrepancy between my beliefs and the | | | | body-mind-spirit rituals since completing our work |
| circumstances around me. I have regular fantasies of | | | | together. |
| a brighter world - a more connected world that's freer | | | | So what perspectives and tools might you consider |
| of judgments, bureaucracy, human created separatism, | | | | when visiting "purgatory" - doing your own preparation |
| and cynicism. In other words, I hold a vision of 2012 and | | | | for 2012? |
| beyond! But I think that most of you - my readers - | | | | 1. Find the place of compassion in your own heart that |
| can connect to this vision at least on some level. Yes, | | | | allows you to be good to yourself. Doing so will not |
| the structures of our society are crumbling to allow us | | | | only help you heal. Accessing compassion for yourself |
| to pave the way for something new. So what does all | | | | will eventually extend to others and you'll share more |
| of this mean for us on a real world emotional level as | | | | love with the world. |
| we prepare for 2012? | | | | 2. Keep in mind the Laws of Karma: Everyone who's |
| It means that compassion, humility, and connectedness | | | | impacted by your decisions has signed on for that |
| (to each other and to Source) are at the gateway to | | | | journey. Release your obligations to make it all okay |
| 2012. However, in the path toward enlightenment and | | | | for everyone else. Through hardship, they'll grow - just |
| grace, we're now dealing with the following emotional | | | | as you will. I'm not suggesting that you shut down |
| experiences: | | | | emotionally or tell the people you love to keep a stiff |
| Grief, loss, shame, guilt, regret, isolation, self-judgments, | | | | upper lip. While remaining sensitive to the struggles for |
| could haves, should haves, a perception of | | | | everyone involved, do the best you can with what you |
| powerlessness, fear, and disillusionment. Sound | | | | have in the present - expecting nothing more and |
| familiar? | | | | nothing less of yourself. Through that journey, you'll |
| As a therapist and spiritual teacher, I humbly | | | | develop more realistic (and compassionate) |
| acknowledge that each of these feelings have come | | | | expectations of yourself and others. |
| across my own state of consciousness in recent | | | | 3. Try not to "future trip" and micro-analyze. Energy is |
| months. Many of them took me by surprise. Darn, I | | | | shifting and you're changing - whether it feels that way |
| thought I healed that years ago! But I also know that | | | | or not. Details that you micro-analyze and plan for may |
| each time we grow, we move forward for a while - | | | | have little to no relevance in a couple of years. |
| until we encounter a more complicated situation. Then | | | | Sometimes when we let go of intellectual analysis and |
| we feel stuck and old feelings and reactions arise. | | | | planning, we open ourselves up to new opportunities |
| We're prompted to step up to the challenge of | | | | that we never imagined possible. The universe wants |
| applying what we know to something new and we | | | | to support you in manifesting new experiences that |
| may flounder for a while until we figure out how. An | | | | are beyond your imagination. That's part of the shift! |
| old teacher of mine refers to that phase of healing as | | | | 4. If you've been feeling stuck for years, perhaps it's |
| "purgatory." But sometimes real healing has little to do | | | | time to get help from a qualified professional. If you've |
| with figuring out anything. The issues we're dealing with | | | | been feeling stuck for a shorter period of time, know |
| individually and collectively aren't intellectual. They're | | | | that people don't remain stuck forever unless they |
| emotional and energetic. We have to feel them fully in | | | | choose to. If you're determined to grow from this |
| order to move through them. The only way out is | | | | experience, you will! |
| through! But how do we achieve that goal? Some | | | | 5. Ask your Higher Guidance for support. Ask to |
| case examples follow: | | | | receive information that you need intuitively or to be |
| Not long ago, I was contacted by a gentleman who | | | | led to teachers and resources that can support you. |
| had lost his father in the months prior. I'll call him | | | | Release questions about how and when. Instead, trust |
| "Joseph." A busy professional, he hadn't had time to | | | | that you'll tap into the right resources shortly after |
| grieve. With great insight, Joseph knew that the only | | | | asking. |
| way to move on was to allow time for his tears. In the | | | | 6. Trust that now is the time to do your own emotional |
| relaxed state of hypnosis in our session, he was able | | | | work. Spiritual and emotional growth, expansion, and |
| to release a great deal of grief. Joseph then became | | | | positive manifestation all go together. You cannot |
| particularly saddened by the notion of living in a world | | | | achieve one without the other. As you align your own |
| without the divine love that a father has for his son. He | | | | energy, you open yourself up to new opportunities. |
| felt that the world needs more of this love. We did | | | | That's part of the Law of Attraction. |
| some transformational work and by the end of his | | | | 7. Remember: Imagination comes from Source. If you |
| session, Joseph began to contemplate the possibility of | | | | can imagine something wonderful, it must be possible! |
| keeping his father's love alive by looking for ways to | | | | Sending you Love & Light in your transformational |
| share it with the world - in his own way. He knew that | | | | journey. |