Just for Today, Love Thy Neighbour

Last week I was bummed to miss my Zohar class because the topic was "words, thoughts and how they can make you sick". The teaser email we got before the lesson even mentioned cancer and I thought - WOW - that is right up my alley. Especially as I'm putting the final touches on my Self-Healing & Cancer book. But it was a friend's birthday so I missed class for a celebratory karaoke dinner instead. This week's class was also about a healing on a different level. 

But first, what is the Zohar?  The book of light, as it is sometimes referred to, is a channeled book from the 1300's that Kabbalists study. The class is offered weekly by the Kabbalah Centre. One one level, the Zohar offers a symbolic interpretation of the Bible that I find fascinating. For example, Moses leading the slaves out of Egypt is about the human struggle to break free of the ego. Egypt is a symbol for the Ego and we are slaves to all its tricks: materialism, laziness, doubt, unhealthy competition, etc. 

I am not entirely sure how, but the Zohar also links to astrology because each week has an energy to it. As far as I can tell the energy represents a little aspect of our ego that we are provoked on, giving us a chance to "win" by doing the "right" thing. This week the energy is about reconciliation and making amends on a soul level. Yesterday we talked about relationships that have fallen victim to 'bad blood' or 'jealousy' or 'reactivity' as well as grudges and the general feeling that 'we don't like a person because...'

When we think unhappy or unfriendly thoughts about a person we send a piece of our energy there way, and that piece of energy doesn't have a nice feel to it. On an energy healing level, you could say that you're sending them bad vibes and that can have a negative impact on them as well as a karmic effect on you. From a Kabbalistic POV the idea is that a little piece of our soul/self breaks off and goes in their direction. If we do this a lot, we start to become unbalanced because we've lost too many bits of ourself. 

This week is about making amends with that person. The teacher suggested that we balance out the karma by doing an act of kindness or sharing with someone. That starts to fill us up again with friendly energy. We also need to start to recognise the consequences of sending so much bad blood out into the world and how it can wreak havoc on your own health and wellbeing. Visualise a little piece of you sticking to every person that you've had a misunderstanding with. Those pieces go far and wide, you lose some of your own energy and send it out into the world. 

The challenge this week, according to the Zohar, is to really Love Thy Neighbour. Standing by while our soul and/or our energy splinters is not a good thing for anyone to go through. From a healing point of view I also think there comes a time when we have to understand we're all in this together and a reactive, angry world isn't one where anyone wants to live. It reminds me of a post I wrote a while ago on whether its really possible to love everyone and "even the politicians? geez" as Ram Dass joked recently. 

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Note: "Just for today" is a reference to the Reiki principles that encourage us to live in the moment and do what is right, just for a day. I haven't had coffee "seven of the ten" today's these two weeks and it feels great! LOL

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The Joys of Traveling Light

This week I realised that I hang onto too much junk that I do not need or use. Books that are half-read, clothing that I haven't worn in ages. Keepsakes that could have gone to the trash long ago. Strangely enough, I also had lots of unused toiletries - courtesy of the Product of the Year Awards in 2011, 2012 and 2013 - the winners get a goody bag, and I still have a lot of the goodies! Its time to start using them  =) 

In two months I am moving out, putting my things in storage and traveling for the summer. When I am back in August I'll find a new place to live and move in again. Do I really need to take all of this excess baggage with me to my new apartment? Not really. There are things that have sentimental value and I do want to keep them. Others cost and arm and a leg and I don't want to throw them away. Then there's the gray area in between - things that I haven't used but might need in the future. What to do?

This week I went through my cupboards and my closet, pulling out clothes and books that could be donated to Oxfam. It was really hard to do. We get attached to things, at least I do, and I hesitated with a lot of them. Like a sweater dress I bought at Banana Republic four years ago. I haven't worn it in ages, and when I do, I don't like how it looks. Why keep it? For some reason I wanted to, but then decided to give it away. I also threw out two big bags full of trash.

Funny thing is today I feel so much better about my apartment. It feels lighter. I feel light. None of this was visible to begin with, it was all stashed away in cupboards and closets. Out of sight but somehow not out of mind. I think the same is true for our emotional and psychological baggage. We might think it is neatly out of the way, buried in a corner of your subconscious. It still weighs on us and if we do a little self-cleansing and purifying, we will feel much better! 

I may need to do some of that as well. Reiki helps, as do journaling and guided meditations. I might look up a few cleansing and realising techniques. If you have any please let me know what they are! 

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Healing Addictions through the Sacral Chakra

A couple months ago I wrote a post on smoking and why its sooo hard to quit (read it here). I am not a smoker but my grandfather was and he only stopped when he was in a wheelchair, too sick to buy cigarettes for himself, and no one else would buy them for him. By then he had emphysema and was on oxygen. 

In his defence, he started smoking decades before we knew it was bad for us - similar to people who put asbestos in their walls, only to find out later that it was bad for them. It is easier to take asbestos out of a building than it is to take the craving/addiction out of a human being. Some of my classmates from healing school work as addiction counselors and it is an important job they do. 

So I was very happy to notice that my post on smoking has gone viral this month!  In it I explore different reasons why a person might find it hard to quit and some of the tricks their mind-body plays on them. For example, when you crave a cigarette is is really the nicotine you are after or is it something else? How can we substitute that something else with a healthy option?

In healing school we also learned that addictions are linked to imbalances in the Sacral Chakra, which has to do with our appetites and desires in life. The sacral chakra is located just below the navel (your tummy). As well as willpower and counseling, addicts might find it helpful to try a good Sacral Chakra meditation. 

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Letters to Momo - by Alejandro Souza

I am pleased to introduce a guest post by Alejandro Souza, an inspired writer and social entrepreneur. In 2010 Alejandro's family was shaken up by a life event which was compounded by distance. He turned to the power of penmanship to bring the situation hope, resilience & light. 

I’d like to share with you a remarkable journey of personal transcendence and overcoming! Let’s start at the beginning…

In September of 2010, I received an email informing me that my cousin Momo, as I called him, had been imprisoned. His situation was deeply challenging to say the least: 23-years old and about to graduate from university abroad, his world was suddenly confined to one of the largest high-security prisons in Liverpool. His parents and sisters were all home in Mexico, an Atlantic Ocean away.

A truly compassionate, loving, and caring person only a year my junior, Momo has always been my closest friend in the family. Although we lived in different countries most of our lives, no physical distance ever kept us from communicating. Crushed by his imprisonment and the realization that he had been facing this situation alone for months, I made an unconditional commitment to live the experience as close to him as I possibly could.

My mind was made: I resolved to write him one letter each day for as long as he was in jail.

Many letters and a few months later, Momo was released from prison and flew back to Mexico City. Once home, he finally told me face-to-face how important the letters had been. He told me the letters became his lifeline, that they gave him love and strength to overcome his physical and psychological prisons, to find meaning in his experience, and to ultimately achieve personal growth and liberation.

That is why today, we’ve just launched an amazing Kickstarter campaign to crowd-source the funds needed to publish the book Letters to Momo – the collection of all daily letters I wrote to my cousin – exactly as he received them.

My daily letters were my way of walking with Momo and infusing him with strength, resilience, and above all, love. The letters were written to help him not only survive the incarceration, but to transcend it by consciously seeking the value of the experience as a platform for liberation and growth. Never brooding or negative, each letter has a positive and inspiring tone as an empowering reminder that he was not a victim of circumstance and that if he chose to, he could author the change he desired in his life. In short, the letters were intended to rouse the personal power to overcome we each are innately born with.

Today, we want to publish the book because we believe in the power of its message! We are certain the letters can inspire and empower others to confront and overcome barriers to their own liberation, regardless of situation or background. As Momo states, “it would be a blessing to share them with the world because there is no ownership to such sincere insights.”

Never written with the intention of being published, or for anyone other than Momo, the letters were written straight from the heart in genuine stream of consciousness. Today they remain intact and in their original state, as pure as originally sent to Momo. And that’s exactly how we want to publish them.

Our vision is to share, not to sell. That’s why we want to get this story out there because we firmly believe that no one should walk alone!

Today, let these letters walk with you.

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Born and raised in Mexico City, Alejandro is a 26-year-old writer, poet, traveller and social entrepreneur. A lover of the experience of life itself, he treats the world as an emblem of possibility. Each of his projects is an intensive expression of his entire person. Even though all paths of attainment are different, his goal remains the same: to help enhance quality of life by reminding us of our innate ability to own the change we desire - and to smile at the realisation communally and loudly, every step of the way. You can reach him and visit his work via http://www.letterstomomo.com 

What is Trance Mediumship? Think Whoopi in Ghost...

There are perks to attending psychic and energy healing schools. One of my favorites is swapping sessions with my classmates. We like to meet for dinner at a particular friend's house and then give each other angel readings. It is fun. Our Christmas party this year was no exception. We had a real treat when one of my classmates gave us a demonstration of trance-mediumship. I had never seen a trance reading and was expecting it to be a little bit spooky. Not exactly. Our classmate's guide is a soft-spoken elder gentleman that comes across as being Asian. His presence is reassuring and the advice is practical. That said, there was a moment at the beginning of the session where a candle started flickering - you could say it threw sparks loudly. 

So what is trance-mediumship? 

Trance is similar to the last scene in the movie Ghost, where Patrick Swayze's character talks to his wife (Demi More) with Whoopi Goldberg's as an intermediary. Essentially he speaks through her. In the movies it looks dramatic; the real life scene is calm, relaxed and quiet. The lights were off though, and we did have some mad flickering candles. Our classmate sat quietly and let's his guide speak through him. The audience asks questions and waits for the answer. Pretty accurate; though the medium's guide won't know the background so you have to explain a bit more than you would to your own guides. I'm not sure how to describe it; it was different. Though I will probably never feel comfortable doing trance myself; seeing it live was a very interesting experience. 

I'll leave you with one of the funnier, non-spooky scenes from Ghost! 

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