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Connecting with your body

Sit or lie down and relax into a comfortable position. Feel your body slowing down, and any tension you might have being released.

When you're ready, take your hand and move it to a spot that is just above your body, preferably your heart/chest area. Notice if you feel any sensation at all. Perhaps, you'll feel some light tingling, prickling or heat. If you don't feel anything, move your hand out about 2 feet. Then, slowly pull it back toward your chest. Pay attention to where you want to stop. What do you notice?

If you don't notice anything this is still okay, just keep pulling your hand back, until it rests on your chest, or you feel a sensation of some kind. At first, you might not notice anything. Be careful not to dismiss anything. Over time you, with practice, you may begin to recognize sensations or see imagery as you do this exercise.

When you do get to the point of recognizing something, you'll want to record the feelings and sensations that come up. It might be that you do feel or see something, but you don't recognize it's importance for you.

Perhaps, you'll remember something from the past. Perhaps an image of someone you miss will appear in your mind. Just be open to allowing the sensations or imagery to come. However, don't feel like you have to see or feel any particular thing. We are simply hoping to catch a glimpse of something that may be connected, at a deep level, to our heart.

You might begin the exercise by asking:

• What have I truly been yearning for?
• What would I feel inspired by doing?
• How can I better connect with my passion?

Quote ~ W Clement Stone

"To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.”

Your Unfolding Senses

Please join me on my new show "Your Unfolding Senses" at AwakenedRadio. I'll be talking about opening to your intuition. First show is 10/18 at 8PM-EST - It will be every Thursday, 8PM EST. Please join in on the conversation! You can join in via the chat room or call in with skype or your phone.

Dreams with very bright light

Have you had a personal dream with very intense light? Are you wondering what it means? Usually, I’m contacted by people who haven’t been paying attention to their dreams at all. Then, one night, they get a dream with bright bursts of color, vivid sunrises or intense spots of light. Sometimes these dreams are so intense that the dreamer wakes up thinking that someone must be flashing a floodlight right at their bedroom window. Of course, it's dark and the shades are down.

Why the intensity? Our dreams can be very valuable if you’re willing to pay attention to what the dream means for you on a personal level. These “bright flash” dreams do get your attention. But, is that all they are? Every dream has something to offer you. But, remember your dreams are really particular to you. Their meaning relates to your life and experiences.

In dream interpretation it’s vital to have compassion for yourself. I say this because when you start to look at dreams they can bring up feelings and memories related to the dream, which can help you to better understand what the dream is trying to help you overcome, heal from or change. But, if you dismiss the dream, you’re dismissing a way to step forward in your life. Dreams can be powerful. Of course, not every dream is going to completely change your life, but each dream offers a stepping stone toward leading a fulfilled life.

So, what is the intensity about? I feel that this intensity can be related to the fact that you haven’t been recording your dreams and working with them. So, the dream is like a shout, and the dream is yelling, “Hey, I’ve got good stuff here, why aren’t you looking at me?” How can you not look at bright light? The intensity is something that’s difficult to forget. It feels urgent, vital and important.

Since it is an image in your “mind’s eye,” I feel it’s also connected to intuition and insight. Your dream is waking you up, and welcoming you, to connect with your inner knowing. Of course, the dream still has something for you within it. Pay attention to the colors, numbers, words and phrases used. They are all important. But, be willing to start trusting your intuition. Find ways to connect with it on a regular basis. Trusting your intuition could mean that you start to work with the Tarot or Runes. Give readings if you have the ability. Trust in your intuition could mean that you start a regular meditation practice, or shamanic journeying routine. Whatever tools you’ve thought about trying, now is a good time to follow your heart and start working with them.

If you've heard of the chakras, you might consider connecting with your brow chakra or third eye. As it's related to intuition and knowing, the dream can be inviting you to learn more about this chakra. But, your chakra system should always be balanced, so try to work with all of them on a regular basis through meditation or some other technique. Spend time focusing on each chakra and feeling into its purpose and function. How does it serve you? How does your third eye serve you?

Interestingly, as a teen Edgar Cayce was said to have a vision where an angel appeared. Apparently, his room lit up very brightly and he thought his mother had come in to check on him, but he went to her room and she said that she had not. When he was going back to sleep, the room lit up again and an angel appeared. Her words led him to believe that he would be a healer and be able to help the sick.

Finally, I'll leave you with this quote from Marc Ian Barasch. It's from his book 'Healing Dreams,' and it speaks to the difficulty we each face when working with our dreams.

We often speak of a dream in terms of a mystery, something to be solved by sifting through clues and gathering evidence. And many dreams are artfully woven webs; puzzleboxes jam-packed with symbols and puns; tricky testimony, filled with parallel narrative twists, double-axle turns, and triple-gainer subplots. A certain amount of detective-work is required if we're to have success making sense of these marvelous constructions. But we also must remember that "success" and "making sense" are not always paramount. Healing Dreams want us to stop making sense. They ask us not just to try to crack the case, but to enter the mystery. - Healing Dreams, Chapter 2

Of course, you are the final authority on what your dream means. Take your time and be patient with it. Be willing to enter into its mystery! Have compassion and be gentle with yourself. Be willing to spend quiet time contemplating it. Ask the dream to show you a symbol of what it wants for you within your daily life. Then, wait for the symbol to show up. You’ll know when it does. It might be someone else suddenly telling you about a fantastic dream they’ve had. Or, it might be that a book falls on the floor right in front of you. Whatever it is, the answer will come.

Helping your dream to come alive

You’ve had a particular dream for a reason. They aren’t random. You could have dreamed about suntanning on the beach, but you had your dream instead. The first thing to recognize is that this dream is about you. Everything in the dream is connected with you. Of course, it’s possible to have other types of dreams, such as lucid dreams, precognitive dreams or dreams that apply to other people. But, for most people these are very rare.

No matter how complex or simple your dream appears, there is something within it that has a message for you. It doesn’t matter whether your dream is packed with detail and is about being an air traffic controller during a zombie apocalypse or you’re dreaming that you’re in an empty room. There’s always something to be found. The first step is to be curious.

Why did you have this dream? It wasn’t just because of something you ate, but it could be about your choice of food. As I’ve posted before, earlier this year I had a dream about a charred box of frozen food in the oven. That’s all the dream was about. But, the box wasn’t even opened. I could have dreamed about a turkey, roast leg of lamb or even an opened box of food being in the oven. But, I didn’t. For me, that spoke about the quality of the food. It was almost as if the dream was saying that eating the cardboard box was as good as eating the food inside.

Yes, it’s easy to get confused in the details of the dream and dismiss it as a nightmare or silly dream. But, with practice you’ll be able to make some progress. A good trick is to break the dream down into scenes and elements. For instance, in the air traffic controller dream, you might start out with the beginning scene in which you’re standing in front of a confusing radar console. You could then work with this scene.

You can begin your work with a scene, by asking yourself how you feel about it. For most people, seeing the console might make them feel confused and perhaps angry. You might wonder about the purpose of all the lights and buttons. Some good questions to ask might be:

• How does this scene relate to my life?
• Is my dream reaction appropriate?
• Do I feel like this in life?
• Is this dream about controlling?
• Where do I need more/less control?
• Is the scene suggesting that I do something?

Dreams can bring you a method to solve difficult problems in your life. This dream can be offering you advice that you might miss when you dismiss it as silly, or push it away because it seems like a nightmare. You could use the above questions to dig deeper into the meaning hidden in the dream. You can also come up with your own questions. The purpose of these initial questions is to help you to recognize the central theme of this particular dream.

The initial scene can set the tone for the entire dream. Often, the bulk of your time analyzing the dream might even be spent just working with this initial scene. Record the answers to your questions and any thoughts, feelings or ideas that arise as a result of asking them. Try not to edit anything out, as almost anything can have value and help you to come to a final conclusion.

Once you feel like you’ve found something of value, then you could move onto the next scene. Of course, when you’re first beginning dream interpretation you might think you haven’t found anything of value. That’s okay. Don’t feel as if you have to spend hours hammering on the dream. You’ll be surprised at what you can uncover in just a few minutes. Also, an idea might come to you at a later time. Be gentle on yourself, especially at the beginning. Have compassion too, as the dream may bring up connected memories and feelings. But, the dream is offering valuable guidance. Work with whatever comes to you, as it can all be important. Ask for help if you need it. You could find others who are interested in dream interpretation too.

We’ll cover more later. But, for now, be willing to be curious and ask questions about your dream.

Some helpful tips:

• Keep a journal/recorder by your bed to record your dreams
• Develop a personal list of helpful dream questions
• Break your dreams down into scenes for easier interpretation
• Be curious about your dreams
• Have compassion for yourself
• Finding life connections can be important, but don't get caught up in details

Weekend Wonder - Psychometry

This weekend in order to explore your intuition, we’re going to work with Psychometry. At first it might seem a little strange, but give it chance. You might surprise yourself. Psychometry is supposed to be the ability in which a person can sense the history of an object by touching it. But, you don’t need to worry about that. Really, we’re a lot more closely connected than most of us realize. Consider this as experiment.

All that is required is that two or more people gather together, and everybody brings something they typically come into contact with on a daily basis. For a lot of people this might be their keys. You can pick something you like. Everyone can put their object into a container. Usually, nobody would know what anyone else put into the container. When full, it will be passed around the room, and everyone will take an object out. If you grab yours, you can pick another object and continue to pass the container.

Once everyone has an object, the next step will to simply hold it and see if any words, images or sensations come into your mind. Think of this as way to connect with those words that are on the tip of your tongue. It’s okay if nothing comes. You will simply talk about whatever comes to your mind. You just might be amazed at the simple, yet powerful, insights that can come for working in this way. You might get precise "hits" about the owner of the object, or maybe your information will be more general.

After everyone has a chance to talk about the object they are working with, the owners can speak up about the object they brought. You can have a question and answer session too. Have fun with the exploration.

Weekend Wonder - The Chakras

You've probably heard about your chakras before, either from a class you've taken or perhaps from a television show or movie. But, have you taken time for a deeper understanding of them?

Perhaps, you can spend some time this weekend in personal chakra exploration. Briefly, if you don't already have a basic understanding, the chakras are power (or energy centers) within and around your body. Western medicine doesn't yet utilize an understanding of them, but other systems of medicine and healing do. Some medical intuitives, like Carolyn Myss, talk about and work with them in their trainings.

The chakras are located at various points, including the base of your spine, heart, throat and the top of your head. As an experiment you can hold your hand over these points and try to see if you can feel or sense anything. Pay attention to feelings of warmth, heat or tingling. Also, pay attention to images, colors and thoughts that arise as you move your hand over your chakras. All of these sensations can have importance, especially if you notice over time that they are associated with a particular chakra.

This weekend you can begin your exploration by simply sitting quietly and gently moving your hand over one of these points. Take your time and allow yourself to acknowledge even something small that you might try to push aside as coincidence. Just allow yourself to explore. If you're drawn to explore more deeply, you can easily find more in depth exercises across the internet.

As a bonus, especially if you and your partner are familiar with Reiki, (or similar system) you can hold each other before you go to sleep and place a hand over each other's heart. Imagine gently sending love, compassion and healing through your hand to your partner.

Weekend Wonder - Being your own intuitive guide

The next time you have a puzzling question you can use this method to find your own solution. Before going out into the world to take care of errands or whatever, bring your question to mind and ask that the answer come to you as you go about your business. Ask that you recognize the symbol when it arrives. Your solution could be almost anything.

One of my own favorite answers came in the form of simple heart shaped pin with a lion. I had asked about a course about understanding relationships from a heart based perspective. I was interested in taking it, but it involved a considerable amount of time and travel.

I struggled with whether or not I should take the class, then one Saturday I asked for my own solution as to whether I should take the class and began my day. At the movies they were selling the pins I mentioned. I had my answer.  For me, the lion symbolized courage, hope and adventure. The heart shape of the pin symbolized that it was speaking about my question. Another shaped pin, perhaps with a different animal or something else, would not have so clearly spoken to me.

Other times I have received answers through fantastic billboards or bumper stickers! You never know where you might find you answer. Just be willing to be open and curious, and your answers will come. Good luck.

Oprah.com : Learn to use your intuition

In 1986 Susan King hit her head -- hard -- in a car accident. The result was more than a concussion. Afterward, when King looked at people, she saw images of events occurring in their lives and had flashes of insight about them. With uncanny knowledge of their situations, she has been able to advise clients on everything from job searches to divorce proceedings.

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There are times when you get a feeling about something -- say, I don't want to get on this flight -- and you wonder: Is it my anxiety, or is it real? It's difficult to know what's fact or fiction. You can only judge over a period of time. You have to gain confidence in your ability to listen.

Who Are You?

Occasionally, I will hear from someone with an interest in Numerology, but thinks that an intuitive reading they received doesn't fully represent them. This may be for a variety of reasons. Some of your reasons may seem valid, but whether you’re reading for yourself or having someone else read for you, you first have to be willing to be vulnerable. Readings may bring insights that are not ego enhancing.

Some of the information that a reading can bring up may be difficult or painful. Accepting the reading for what it is, is one of the first hurdles to get over. But, accepting the reading doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person. It does mean that you’re willing to constructively work with the information that resonates or strikes a chord for you.

Something in the reading might stand out, good or bad, that you keep coming back to. When something stands out, it’s healthy to be curious and wonder why, rather than dismissing it. You might be upset that the reading seems to highlight abilities, but you don’t feel you possess them. If you don’t feel capable or interested in a certain talent or ability, then what do you feel capable of?

Numerology, provides insights in your inner most talents and abilities. Connecting with your own talents is a way to connect with your heart. It’s really about reflecting on what DOES matter to you. What is your heart calling for you to do? What does your heart want to say and express to the world?

It might be of some benefit to you to spend some in reflection, especially if you’re having trouble connecting to the deeper message. Some questions that might help your reflection are:

• How do you feel about the reading?
• Do you feel like the reading expresses the needs of your heart?
• Why do you feel this way?
• Do you feel limited by your reading in any way?
• How does the reading reflect the real you?

Take your time in answering the questions. You may want to come back to them over a period of time. As you reflect on them you may begin to get glimpses of the person within that the reading is talking about. You can be that person, or you can strive for something even better!

Try to find a way to use your insights to develop a deeper connection with your heart.