Friday "Contact"

Dear Diary,

I have been working on a project with one of my close friends. We have been so busy planning and working with other people that by the time the evening comes I have been exhausted. Last night my daughter wanted to watch a movie and I was happy that I didn't have to do anything but sit there and watch. As we started the movie I noticed someone standing directly in my energy field. They flashed in and were out before I could read or make any connection. During the movie that happened again four other times.

I was so tired that I told whoever it was that I would make contact with them when I finished the movie and was going into twilight. The only trouble was that once the movie finished I fell asleep as soon as I hit the pillow and never went into twilight consciously. Later today I was finishing up invitations for an the event I am helping out with when I got an email that someone that I used to know had passed away yesterday. I knew as soon as I read the email that was who was trying to make contact with me. It was like the ringing of a bell that resonated all through my body. There was no doubt. I finished up what I was doing then took a break to talk to a friend who also knew the person who died. I told her what had happened the night before and that I knew I needed to be open for contact if that person has a message.

As I write this someone is crossing the room and even now coming up to me. She is here....... 

Wednesday " Some Answered Questions"

Dear Diary,

 I have been having interesting dreams, but I have been finding myself waking up in the middle of the night wondering about them trying to go back to sleep, however last night was different. This time when I was coming out of my dreams state into consciousnesses I was told by my guides that I could ask any question that I had been wondering about through my life, and it would be answered. Of course when I heard that what immediately came to my mind was what really happened to my little dog that disappeared on our ranch when I was ten. Not only was my question  answered, but it was sent in the form of a dream like vision. I was sad to see what had happened to my little companion that I loved so much as a child realizing that sometimes not knowing is better then knowing.

 Of course there were some other questions that I was curious about, and had to ask that came to me after I found out about my dog. They were more about some of my own relationships, and how we were all drawn together in our soul contracts in this lifetime. What I experienced when my questions were answered in those visions was that I could see details of things that I couldn't when I was going through them. I could see what everyone was thinking, understanding the actions, and why they were going the directions they were going even when I was frustrated, or even wishing I could go with them. I saw, and understood that from the bigger perspective there was no judgment only validation of learning experiences to enlighten the soul. The whole experience was amazing, and when I finally exhausted myself I fell into a deep, and very restful sleep until I was awakened by my daughter's dog nuzzling me in the morning.

Now as I write this I do wonder why I asked those questions. What comes to me is that they were the questions that were, and have been on my own heart over the years. As I recognize this I am thankful to be given the opportunity to find the answers to help me move on.  

Monday "The Weekend"

Dear Diary,

  It has been an extremely busy weekend with Mother's day, and my daughter graduating from college on Saturday. We all had a wonderful time celebrating her success, and enjoying Mother's day as a suburban family.

Yesterday my husband said he needed to buy new tennis shoes so I went with him to the DSW shoe store in Arlington, TX. As he was trying to make a decision I excused myself to go to the ladies room since we had been there for some time. On my way I passed by the water fountains, noticing a little girl in a pastel dress who was not much bigger than the fountain reaching up to get a drink of water. What was different about her is that I could see through her. She didn't seem to take any notice of me, and I was on my own mission so I didn't stop to chat.  When I came out of the ladies room she was gone.

Something else happened last night that I wanted to make note of. It happened around three in the morning when I was coming out of my dreams laying there contemplating opening my eyes. As I was aware of myself wanting to get up, and get a drink of water a huge flash of golden light lit up my head. It was so bright that I thought someone had turned on the lights in the room. Just as I was opening my eyes I saw a flash of someone in the light watching me sending me lots of love. When I did open my eyes the room was completely dark, and there was no light in the room at all. My husband, and the pets were sound asleep. As I lay there the memory of someone watching over me settled in, and my mind raced trying to analyze what had just happened.  I felt a very peaceful relaxing my mind, and let myself drift back to sleep.

This is not the first time this week that I got a flash of someone watching over me. I got a flash of someone on Saturday morning as I was waking up.  The incident happened again as I was conscious of being awake, and about to open my eyes. I saw in that moment a very vivid image of a tall slender man standing in full view reassuring me that I was being cared for by the other side. He looked different from any of my own spirit guides that I have seen, but I got a distinct feeling that I knew his energy form the spirit world. In that second that I was thinking this I got confirmation that he was one of my guides who comes in, and out of my life at different times. Since I was in a hurry because my daughter was graduating that morning, and needed to start my day I didn't think, or dwell on it to much.

Something I want to mention is that spirit guides are not really female, or male. They are spirit energy, and will often appear as an image that we are comfortable in seeing them. They may have had other lives, and will appear as one of their physical bodies, or may show up in a male, or female roll as they like that gender. Some spirit guides have never been human and only lived in the spirit form. Again it all depends on your soul contract that you made before you were born with who you are working with.

Friday "Spirit Guides"

Dear Diary,

This morning as I was coming out of Twilight with my own guides I was wanted to make a note of how to tell the difference between spirit guides, and disembodied spirits, or entities that may pose as spirit guides.. This is something that is really important when you are first learning who to trust when working with the other side.

One thing I do want to point out is that a Spirit guide will never tell you what to do or order you around. When you are in contact with them they may make suggestions, but again you have the complete freedom to choose the path you want to take. They are never negative about the events and the people around you. From their perspective they can always see the bigger picture, and offer advice if you ask. Spirit guides are there to help you if you want help and offer guidance if it is for your highest, and greatest good. Spirit guides are not there to take over your life, or make any kind of choice for you. They will never tell you to hurt yourself or others.

It has been my experience as I keep open communication during the day or in twilight that they will remind me of something that will help me but it is always a reminder. It is never in the form of a command or a demand. This is important as some of the people that I know who work with spirit guides will tell me that their guides will demand that they change or do something. In these cases without even checking that is a red flag that they are not working with their spirit guides but an entity, or even a spirit that has found it's power in trying to control them.

When first leaning to work with spirit guides it is important to be sure it is your personal spirit guides who  shows up when you call. One of the things you can do is ask right out if they are your spirit guide. You can also phrase your questions to ask them why they came and why they have showed up? Most spirits or entities will tell you their business if you ask them. If you are picking up a denser energy you will know as they will often try to dominate you or again try manipulate you. If you feel uncomfortable there is probably a good reason.

 Energy is another way of know who your spirit guide is as they have always been with you since birth. Once you ask you may want to feel into their energy if you are a feeler to see if it feels familiar to you. Again you can always check  Most of the time it is a quick and easy connection with them as you will find that they have been watching out for you since you were born. 

Wednesday

Dear Diary,

I can't believe that it is Wednesday already!

As I am working with some of my friends to organize an event I was invited Monday night by one of them to help her answer questions at a meeting that she does once a month on the subject. Another friend of ours had forwarded a copy of an outline that I helped put together awhile back to bring her up to date on the subject she was speaking about . I was told by my friend that she had all the information so not to worry to much about it. Just before I left the house I heard very clearly a suggestion from my spirit guides that I may want to make a few copies of the outline and take sometime to review it. Since I was only there for moral support I waved it off.  I did take the time to review the outline, but didn't think to much about it.

When I got to the meeting I found that my friend had the wrong information and no outline. I asked what happened and no one seemed to know how it all got mixed up. That is when I remembered that the guides had suggested that it might be a good idea to make those copies and review it. Desperate I searched my memory to remember the outline from memory jotting down notes while the leader of the group turned the meeting over to my friend. When my friend that I was helping realized that she had the wrong paperwork she stepped aside leaving me there to talk and give the outline to the group all from memory. Thank goodness I finally listened and took the extra time to review it.

Yesterday I had a few errands to do and wanted to stop by to check on another friend. Before leaving the house I decided to pull some things out of my purse to make it lighter to carry. I also pulled my reader glasses out thinking I didn't need them since I was just going to be gone for an hour. I heard again from my guides that I would need those. I didn't question or argue at all I just stuffed them back in my purse. Later after completing my mission of errands I dropped in on my friend. As it turned out she needed my help which involved reading some small print and I told her I could help her as I had my reader glasses in my purse.

LOL! Well, it is all about that Free will and sometimes learning to listen....

Sunday

Dear Diary,

So what I don't think most people know is that for the next twenty four hours after astral projecting clairvoyance seems to be at a high. I noticed it more on Friday when my husband decided to work from home, and took a few breaks during the day to do a few simple errands with me. Images, and symbols were both clear, and vivid in my minds eye as I would see things in what I would describe like a daydream. Sometimes the images were so crisp it would take my physical mind a few minutes to realize that it was not my physical reality that I was experiencing at that moment. For the record I was always able to shift my focus back to my physical reality in a few seconds, but it would take me off guard when it happened.

As we went to have a quick bite to eat for lunch I discovered that I was picking up on other peoples energy like static cling, and what they were thinking that it took every effort to concentrate on what Steve, and I were discussing at our own table. I would find myself wondering off only to land in someone's energy field where my energy would naturally settle into theirs to experience the person who's voice I heard, or saw. When this happened I would have instance flashes of the person as a child, or see vivid scenes of them in doing things in their life. Sometimes in those moments I would feel, smell, and understand what they were thinking while they were having that experience. Something else that happened was the sound of someone's voice would send me into their thought process. When I realized what I was doing I ended up having to refocus while centering myself to keep up with our conversation at our own table. Also few times during lunch I had to remind myself to pull my own energy in so not to entangle mine with others. This is what it is like to not be grounded in your own body.

Later that day while Steve was in his office at home working I decided to hang out with the dogs in the back yard to enjoy the sunshine, and water the plants. During that time I started to ground myself, and began to consciously release the excess energy to be soaked up by the garden. When I have days of not being grounded, and super sensitive I usually work in our flower garden to balance my energy. This was something I was taught in my spiritual training. The earth, and plants enjoy soaking up all the energy when we have too much for our physical bodies. They also help us bring our soul back into balance with our physical bodies. For me being a suburban housewife the flower garden is crucial as I don't get out in nature a lot.

This reminds me when I asked a shaman once why it doesn't hurt the earth when we dump all of our mental, and spiritual energy, and baggage into it. I was told that like the earth.... trees, and plants thrive on the carbon monoxide that we breath out turning it into oxygen. They also have the ability to soak up excess energy, or change negative energy into positive energy. The earth, and all nature also helps us bring ourselves back into balance when we have been spirit walking, and need to be grounded back into our physical bodies once again. I find this to be true, and often will turn to my flower garden for help when I am over done. I was truly grateful, and like always it worked! I was then able to focus my attention later on our son who return home for weekend to visit, and see his dog. I ended up enjoying the rest of the weekend being fully present in myself when I was hanging out with our family.

Just for the record.... I have been noticing a few spirit sightings around the house of white smoke moving across different parts of different rooms. They seem to be skirting by in a big hurry to get to wherever they are going. In these cases I just happened to be in the way, or walking by at the time they are moving.

Between us.... I think that I am most sensitive to spirits at home when I have my guards down with my own energy. I do however have sightings when I am out, and about. The only difference is that I usually keep my energy close to me when I am out. I am not as sensitive to them unless I open up my energy fields, or caught off guard when I forget to keep them close. Sometimes things will come in so subtle that it takes a few moments to catch it which can often be missed as it blends in with the rest of the day.  The "Ah ha" moment may come when I am about to fall asleep, and the memory rushes through my mind. 

Thursday "Event Planning"

Dear Diary,

 This week I have been really working on helping my friend Robin with the "Robin on the Roof" event. This is her fifth year to do the event, and is now moving it all to be hosted by another church. What we are finding out is that there is a lot of preliminary work which is involved as we are training new volunteers on how to host the event.

Just to catch you up in case you are unfamiliar with "Robin on the Roof" Each year Robin goes on the roof on the last weekend of May, and stays there until she has met the goal of whatever the pounds of food she sets for the year to help bring awareness to hunger in the world. This year Robin has made the decision with the blessing of her previous host church to expand her wings, and fly to another church who has offered to host the event in Arlington, TX. Her plans are to go up on the roof on Friday, May 30th at 9am, and not come down until she has met her goal to raise 85,000 pounds of food. This can be donated as food goods, or money donations which will go directly to the food pantries, and food banks. So you know... A donation of one dollar equals 5 pounds of food. The event is not limited to venue, but is world wide as she encourages people all over the world to donate, and help those in need of food.

To learn more about the event please go to her "Robin on the Roof" Facebook, or you can look up the article that I wrote on my other blog-site  "Artini Healing Arts" blog under "Robin on the Roof". (The picture above is a picture I took of Robin last year sitting on the roof.)

After spending hours working on the event planning my brain was mushy. Yesterday I woke up still dazed with all the ideas, and wonderful people that are stepping up to help make the event a success. As I was drinking my coffee, and hanging out with the dogs I realized that I was not really in my body. It was then that I began to explore, and really pay close attention to where I was that I knew consciously I wasn't in my body at all. I ended up being somewhere else in the room watching me drink the coffee that was on autopilot.

I decided then to ask myself what I was doing only to find that I had given myself a break from all the event planning, by vacating the premises, which was me. When I checked, I understood that I no longer worried about the event, or what was going on in the physical world, I was just enjoying being. I could feel, and knew there were different energy doorways I could follow which would lead me away from my own body, but chose to stick around. I decided to relax my thinking into where I was, allowing myself to come back when I was ready to merge back into myself. After sometime which I can't really tell you how long I noticed I was grounded, and well within my own body once again. One of the clues was that I could see out of my physical eyes again, and taste the coffee I was drinking. I went about the rest of the day working on the "Robin on the Roof" event, but took time out for myself. I even ended up having lunch with a dear friend to catch up on the other parts of life.