Posts Tagged ‘intuitive’

Owning Change: This Too Shall Pass

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

butterflyHold on to your hats, Pinkies – our Lovemuffin Extraordinaire, Megan Monique is back for yet another round of helping us embrace our unpleasant emotions and transition them into a healthy expression of progression and acceptance. Enjoy indulging in the wisdom of a Lovemuffin.

Embracing Uncertainty

I sat down this evening to get some writing done. Uncertain about what would spill out onto my blank canvas, I decided to look through some old pictures on my computer and reorganize them. As I went through each folder of old boyfriends, friends and familiar but distant places, it became clear to me that the transition stage I am in right now is no different than where I was at just a couple of years ago.

Yes I am in a new city, have new friends, a different boyfriend, and my outlook on life and its events has been tweaked and matured a bit. But the emotions I am experiencing – the uncertainty, and being scared to move forward into the unknown – are just the same. This really got me thinking.

Moving out of the space I am in, detaching myself from what is comfortable and familiar, is difficult. Questions arise in my mind: am I leaving something that I will never find again? Am I making the wrong choice? Will I be happy in the new circumstances? And of course the familiar phrase, “the grass isn’t always greener on the other side” is stuck in my head as well, swirling around me like a black hole waiting to suck me in.

On the other hand, what will it cost me to stay where I am cozy and push aside this strong inner craving for more than I have right now? Am I selfish for wanting more, when I already have it so good? When I am old and grey, will I look back on this moment and wish that I had just taken the chance to discover a new world of adventure?

To Each Our Own

Every step we take – every thought, every action, every word – is a new beginning for us. There is no wrong choice, just different ones. We have but one chance to live in this space and in this time, how selfish would we be if we didn’t make the most of it and push ourselves to our limits, if only to find out what they are?

I can remember leaving my previous situations. Trying to explain why I was leaving and endeavoring to make other people understand was perhaps the worst part of the experience. This is a battle I refuse to fight again. The truth is that we each walk our own paths and live in our own shoes. Only we can comprehend what it is that we are going through, and where our own hearts are leading us.

Gratefully accept support from those who offer it, and for those who don’t, well, just remember that while it may hurt not have the support of our loved ones, it is not necessary to move forward. You might consider asking why it is so important that you have their approval, how is it serving you (it might not be at all).

So What Now?

What matters most is that you are comfortable with you choices, with your path and with your actions. There are no other Pinkies that are in your body on a daily, moment-to-moment basis. Our inner Pink Gods/Goddesses whisper into our ears for only us to hear. We just have to listen and choose to act.

As I embark on this next journey, I will remember that I am following my heart each step of the way. The adventure is worth the physical and emotional challenges. I will come out stronger on the other side, and this too shall pass.

What Action Will You Take?

Embracing change and uncertainty can be a scary, uncomfortable process. It is important that we move forward with our goals and desires before they fade away and move out of our reach. The Universe does indeed conspire in our favor, but it can only send us the life raft – we must be the ones to reach for it. Moving forward does not mean that you have to justify your actions to anyone or yourself – in fact, I discourage it. Often when we are explaining to others and ourselves we end up belittling our current stage of life. This is unnecessary. There is nothing wrong with where you are – in fact, it is key in moving you toward to where you are going. Love where you are, and focus on where you want to go.

Where are you stuck Pinkies? Is there something your inner God or Goddess has been whispering in your ear, luring you to dive in and explore the unknown? Why have you not taken that leap? What is stopping you? Are you conditioning your goals and dreams to the critics around you? Embrace the life you love and go with it- in reality, this is just a game.

Ever-changing, ever-loving,
Megan

Owning Voice and Intuition: Saying What You Know To Be True

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

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Hello Pinkies,

Joy here, in the midst of one of those epiphanies Alice wrote about last weekend. I couldn’t think of anyone better to share it with than you Pinkies.

An Intention

Not long ago, I asked the Universe to allow me to speak. Speak my mind, speak my truth, speak at all. You see, I’ve never been a talker. I’ve always been quiet – soft-spoken, not contributing much. When I did venture to open my maw, I’d stumble over words and struggle through whatever it was I needed to say. If I had a question or a need, or if there was a mix-up or mistake, I wouldn’t dare voice my curiosity or confusion. Interrupting anyone was out of the question. Opinions were never expressed (probably because I didn’t have any). For three decades, the world has spun without much input from me.

Then, through learning and guidance and the stuff of life, I came to realize not long ago that I have a right to be here on this spinning earth. That I was born, and as such there was a place for me. That the world wants – no, NEEDS – my presence, my ideas, and my gifts. Granted, I had been writing them into the world for years. My pen had always been powerful; my typing fingers compensating for what my larynx could not produce. But writing is not the most user-friendly option when, say, you stop at a gas station for directions, or need to tell the hairdresser that she cut your bangs too short last time. You can’t very well go around cocktail parties with a pad of Post-Its and a UniBall (can you?). No, I needed to speak – for minutes at a time, without stumbling, without anyone asking me to speak up. I needed to maintain eye contact, let silences exist without being awkward, march right up and say “excuse me.” It was time.

And, as with most intentions sent out into the Universe with total surrender and trust, the imperceptible shifts began to happen. One day, seemingly out of nowhere, I began to notice that I have conversations: whole, coherent, satisfying conversations. I have thoughts about things and I, like, share them — and sometimes even (gasp!) argue for them. I say things like, “can I stop you right there?” Granted, there is work to be done. There’s still a great deal of stumblage and my eyes will stray from those of the person to whom I am speaking more than I’d like. But as with everything, it’s an unfolding. There’s no “there” there. I’m just grateful for the progress.

It Gets Better

But that’s not the half of it. Over time, I’ve become comfortable enough with the talking that I’m able to step back slightly and observe what I hear myself saying. And it’s seriously fascinating, Pinkies! I know stuff. And the really cool part is that I don’t know how I know it. I share truths about the Universe with clients, my boyfriend, anyone who will listen – or, rather, who wishes to hear. The thing is, I can’t remember learning any of this, really. Sure, I’ve read my share of Neale Donald Walsh and Esther and Jerry Hicks; I’ve done some psychic training and am engaged in a profound personal development program of my own. However, what I have to say comes from somewhere else. I know it does. I tell people what I see in them – progress they’ve made; questions they may wish to ask; perceived shifts in energy.

I have been working to develop my intuition – learning what it was and how to keep the voices of judgment from dog piling onto the glimmers of truth from my highest self. Last week, at the Love Fest, I met Rose, a wonderful intuitive woman who confirmed for me that my own brand of intuition comes through feeling rather than seeing. Unlike Lissa, I’ve never been able to conjure images easily. I’ve been under the impression that I needed to train for this … like an athlete for a marathon. Focus and try and keep at it. I assumed I was still in training. But in one instant, in the middle of the dance floor against a backdrop of beating drums, Rose confirmed for me that it’s been here all along. I just haven’t recognized it. I haven’t trusted it. In a few short sentences, she set me free.

So now not only do I speak, I speak my truth. And my truth isn’t stuff like, “Actually, I’d prefer Italian tonight instead of Chinese,” (though there’s plenty of that) … the truth is actually The Truth. Indisputable information from realms unknown is being communicated to me through channels unseen. Suddenly and quite unexpectedly, I find it difficult NOT to express it.

Gratitude and Continuance

I know who I have to thank. Well, certainly, I must thank the Universe for its undying loyalty in answering all my intentions with scenarios far more miraculous than I ever could have pictured. But the universe is all around us – the things we touch and the people we meet. The Universe has come through for me via you Pinkies. You healers who have kept affirming that I too have a healing gift. You sages who have treated me as one of you, who have recognized my hugeness even as I vehemently doubted it. You intuitives who told me what you saw when I didn’t ask because I didn’t know to. You Pinkies who have sent your love to plug in the holes where old, stale energy had once resided. I thank you.

And I ask you – are you fully expressed in the world? Are you not only owning what is true for you, but getting it out there? Are you dancing it, painting it, drumming it? Are you playing it, teaching it, cooking it? What might be holding your truth at bay, and how can we help YOU birth it into the world that – trust me – desperately needs what you have to give?

Finally saying it,

Joy

Owning Surrender/Spirituality/Healing: Our Pink Healing Circle

Friday, September 25th, 2009

three handsHello Pinkies! Joy here. Yesterday, Lissa and I had the blessing of participating in a virtual group healing/prayer circle with Mojo Mentor and Pink Goddess of Intuition Caroline Diana Bobart.

Who knew a healing circle was possible over Skype? From Berkeley and Marin County to Wales, we connected our voices over the Internet (will miracles of technology never cease?).  I can tell you that the moment Caroline invited us into a sacred space, I wasn’t sitting in front of my laptop anymore, but in a warm, comfy room with my two goddess friends.

Calling in the Healing Energies

Caroline opened with a prayer (by the way, Pinkies, for our purposes, the words “prayer” and “intention” are interchangeable), asking that our egos step aside to allow us to be clear conduits for the purest, highest and most sacred energy to come through us. If we wished, we could also invoke a healing being whose energy resonated with us, like Jesus, Buddha, Mary, Kwan Yin, etc. I called in a personal healing master to whom I had been introduced earlier this year.

Caroline then introduced us to our hand charkas – imaginary apertures in the centers of our palms (everyone has them) capable of transmitting healing energy. We practiced opening and closing them, like flowers blossoming and then closing into buds, in order to understand how each “setting” felt. Then we were invited to imagine a large globe of sparkling gold healing energy above our heads. We tore a hole in the bubble and allowed the energy to flow in through our crown chakras, through our heads, throats, down to our hearts, where it branched off and flowed down each of our arms and out our hands. We filled the center of our circle with this healing light, inside which each of us would bask during our healings.HealingHands

Intending, Giving, Receiving

Caroline invited us to each think of an intention for the healing… something for which we sought help from the Universe and each other. When our intentions were set, we were invited to sit in the center of the circle, one by one. Lissa went first. Caroline asked her to imagine a rose that represented her intention for healing. She described the rose for us, and then, upon Caroline’s invitation, verbalized her intention to receive a healing around balance in her life. We acknowledged the intention, and Lissa was invited to place her rose in a basket that was also inside the circle (yes, we’re still in our imaginations – but I’m telling you, it was vivid!), representing her release of the intention from her own hands and out into the Universe.

Now it was time to imbue our dear friend with golden healing energy. After Caroline repeated the prayer asking that our egos take five and that we be clear channels for sacred healing energy, we held up our hands, opened our chakras, and invited the sparkling gold energy to flow through us. The backs of my hands tingled and my palms were warm. After a couple of minutes, the sensation died down, indicating that the necessary energy had been transmitted into Lissa’s space.

A prayer of gratitude followed, after which Lissa gave us feedback on her physical sensations and emotions during the healing. We held space and listened to her words, acknowledging the sacredness of her own experience, and not trying to analyze or yank meaning from something that was ultimately her own.

blue-roseThe process was repeated for me, and then for Caroline. General feelings reported from the group about their healings were of release, easing of tension, relaxation, love, contentment and peace. And remember – neither Lissa nor I are Reiki practitioners or trained clairvoyants. And yet, the two of us were able to perform a healing for very intuitive Caroline that was as powerful for her as our own experiences were for us.

Being Clear

Having taken some clairvoyant classes in the past, I had been told that such rituals were not to be done without the oversight of an experienced intuitive such as Caroline; however, she assured me that when our intentions are clear, pure, and focused on healing, groups of Pinkies can do this and heal each other – both virtually and in person.

So what do you think, Pinksters? Ready to try it? We’re likely going to be giving this a whirl in person at next week’s Pink Posse meeting – the theme of which is Owning Surrender. What better way to do this than to send our wishes for ourselves out into the Universe with the blessings and support of a loving circle of Pinkies? Also in the cards is a virtual healing session much like this one open to the entire Posse – stay tuned!

Pink healers and healees all,

Joy, Lissa, and Caroline

My Pink Intuitive Reading With Caroline Bobart

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

blue auraHiya Pinkies. Almost three weeks have elapsed since I experienced my Pink intuitive reading from Mojo Mentor Caroline Bobart. Usually, when things happen, I write about them instantly.  It’s almost as if writing something makes it real for me. But this time, I needed time to process what I experienced. I’m honestly not sure words will do it justice, but I wanted to take a stab and sharing with you how my first real intuitive reading went.

First off, there were no gypsy scarves or crystal balls, and never once did we use the word “psychic.”  Instead, we connected voice-over-internet via Skype from Wales to California, as if we were talking over the telephone. Caroline asked me to repeat my name three times, and then I listened. I didn’t record her so don’t quote me on this, but from the notes I took right after we finished, Caroline communicated something like this.

Your aura is dark blue at your crown and fades in a graded fashion to white at your feet. The dark blue at the top represents your creative self, traveling between the astral plains and earth.  You spend a lot of time in the astral planes, then bring back information that you communicate via your art and your writing. This allows you to have a wide perspective on quirky things. You scan landscapes and energy and bring into this reality things that are relevant to where you are right now, channeling that awareness of what goes on in the astral planes.

In your second chakra, within your womb, lies the white energy of your mother. You hold her in your space to keep her safe, just above your grounding.  It’s safe and warm, so she hangs out there.

When I look at your grounding, where you connect with the earth, I see white light going to the center of the planet. But I see that you are uncertain about how much to release.  Your creativity takes away from your ability to stay grounded.  If you are not well grounded, you topple more easily because you’re not physically anchored. Because you struggle with staying grounded, you hold a lot of energy within you, because it cannot flow through you into the center of the earth.  Because you function in higher levels of awareness, your grounding and lower chakras get neglected.

When I look at your spirit, I see that you have a huge capacity above your 7th chakra to take in spiritual energy. You connect easily to your higher self, and that’s what others sense about you. They see a lot of spinning, lovely energy which is nurturing, healing, and validating to others.  The growth for you lies in coming to terms with the effect you have on others. There’s a shyness you have about this. Part of you recognizes the effect you have on others, while another part of you thinks, “Holy shit.” You feel some trepidation about the role you are playing in the lives of others and your ability to affect their lives. You ask yourself, “What do I do with this power? Who am I?” You struggle to label it and aren’t sure what to do with this.  Your growth comes in realizing that labels are being exploded- you’re not just a doctor or artist or writer. But the dust hasn’t settled yet, leaving you in this in-between place.  You’re still exploring where you belong.

Your aura holds the energy of many other people within your space. Your aura should be mostly your own energy, but because you feel responsible for many others who hang out in your aura, it makes it hard for you to feel yourself.  You’re not conscious of the boundaries of your aura, so the boundaries are blurry. Your aura is a playground, which makes you less certain of yourself. Because your aura gets so crowded with the energy of other people, you tend to get out of your body, which makes your body feel a little foreign to you.

Other people tend to seek their own grounding through your space, and you’ve unconsciously tried to organize it in your own space. You want others to feel safe in your space, yet it’s hard to manage energy that is not your own.  If you become more aware of this, you can create, within Owning Pink, an energetic space that is well grounded. Then you can encourage people’s energy to move out of your space and ground into Owning Pink’s energetic space, outside of your personal aura, which can provide much more room for others to ground, grow, and blossom.

Why do others crowd your aura?  It’s an exchange you’ve agreed upon.  “I’ll give you warmth and safety if you’ll validate me. From early on, I’ll love you, but you need to see me.” I can see this fear on top of your aura, above your crown. There’s this orange vibration- this fear of not being seen. It’s based upon your past life energy. 300 years ago, I see that you were an old spinster dressed in black. You were a time-traveler, a shaman. You could navigate different realms, enabling you to have a huge, expansive perspective. But in this past life, your gifts went unrecognized. You were alone and never validated. No one could see you.  You had no opportunity to be of service. Those gifts stayed locked away. You still hold pain that remains from that past life, when you were persecuted because of your gifts. You’ve made a commitment in this lifetime to spew forth creative energy, without holding anything back. You run full force and are unapologetic about the amount of creative energy you can channel. But you still fear not being seen. So you invite others to enter your aura, because they make you feel seen, validated.  Because of this, your personal space has become community space. You need to reclaim your personal space, so you can continue to create and channel this energy from the astral realms. Reclaiming your personal space will help you better serve others, because you will become more grounded. And you will invite others to ground their own energy in something more expansive, an energetic space big and free enough to allow the energy of others to flourish.

For your next purposeful steps, I see a body detoxification, which will help you cleanse your aura and make it your own. I also see you meditating and learning to inhabit your body, which will help ground you and let some of the spiritual energy that enters your crown course through you and ground you into the planet.  Finally, trust your community and empower them to create the energetic space where we all can ground together, without crowding your aura.

Then, Caroline opened up the rest of the time for questions, we processed a bit, and the reading was over.

wings smallHow did it feel? Let’s just say that the 300 year old spinster from my past life had a heyday. I felt completely seen, not in some creepy, invasive way. More like “Wow, someone actually gets me.”  Because I don’t really want anyone to spoil the surprise of what my future might hold, I was a little worried that Caroline’s clairvoyance might wind up divulging something I might not wish to know about my future.  When will I die? Will I get rich and famous one day?  Will my child get ill one day? What number will win the lotto? These are questions I don’t want answered. But Caroline said nothing surprising, nothing I was unwilling to hear.

In fact, she had told me beforehand that I would be “seeing” myself along side of her, and truth is, she was right. I found myself nodding, expanding, and seeing my crowded blue and white aura and my mother in my womb.  I see that I am always spinning in my head and that I struggle to stay grounded. I went dancing with a girlfriend a week ago, and she said, “Even when you dance, you raise your arms over your head and dance on tippy-toe. What would it feel like if you bent your knees and rooted yourself closer to the ground?” At first, I resisted. Why bent lower? Why not reach for the stars? But when Caroline was speaking, I saw myself bending my knees, sprouting roots, and bringing all that astral energy through me. Perhaps I would be less spinny, less in my head, more grounded.

I could write about this for hours (and certainly will). But mostly, I wanted you Pinkies to vicariously experience what a Pink intuitive reading would be like.  I found it profoundly enlightening. Already, my life is shifting. I can feel it, as the tectonic plates of my energetic presence on this earth move just a notch.

It brings to mind the words of the former Cat Stevens. “To be what you must, you must give up what you are.”  I guess I feel like I am in that state of flux, trying to straddle two different lives, knowing, deep down, that to fully inhabit my power, I must stand, firmly rooted with two feet, in the life I’m meant to live.

Thank you Caroline, for this profoundly moving, earth-shifting, consciousness-raising, insightful, intuition-revving, loving experience. Words fail to do it any sort of justice. Trust me on this one, Pinkies…

Would you Pinkies be interested in geting a Pink intuitive reading of your own from Caroline? Are you curious how your life and your aura appear in the Unseen realms? Would you be willing to explore the spiritual lessons you might learn in this lifetime? Would you appreciate guidance as you reach for your full PINK potential? Let us know. We at Owning Pink are considering setting up the opportunity for phone or voice-over-internet sessions with very special Mojo Mentors like Caroline to help facilitate your journey as you take the next step on the Pink path. We’d love your honest feedback. Read more about Pink Intuitive Readings with Caroline Bobart.

With gratitude to you all for helping me heal past wounds and feel seen,

Lissa

Owning Your Intuition: Getting In Touch With Your Inner Voice of Truth

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

pink magic 8 ballI wrote this post a few months back and completely forgot about it! Since I’ve been writing about my first real intuitive reading with Mojo Mentor intuitive Caroline Bobart, I thought of this old post and dug it out. Caroline have chatted about my thoughts, and I have a whole new feeling about what it means to be intuitive. But I thought I’d lead into my story about my Pink intuitive reading by sharing with you a few thoughts about intuition.

Recently, I met with a group to discuss the topic of intuition, and we all brought something to share related to intuition. Looking for something to bring to our gathering, I walked around my house, waiting for my intuition to guide me. What did I pick up? The Magic 8 Ball I bought my husband as a joke for his 40th birthday.  Who needs intuition when you have a Magic 8 Ball?

Laughing at my goofy choice, I decided to ask my Magic 8 Ball a question.  “Will I get a publisher for my next book?”  Spinning the 8 ball around, I flipped it over and looked for the answer. Would I get “You may rely on it” or “Outlook not so good?” What I discovered, to my chagrin, was an unreadable Magic 8 Ball. Somehow, my 8 ball was broken and the answer was muddy, as if the blue liquid inside had darkened, making the answers indecipherable. Was it a sign? Did that mean NO, that my next book wouldn’t be published?

I had to giggle at myself. Here I was, having this whole conversation with a plastic object filled with murky blue liquid, when I could simply ask my own intuition.  Made me think back to a free 15 minute session I had a while back with a business intuitive (a psychic who claims to help your business). She asked me to pose a few questions about my business ventures, so I posed three questions:

1)    Should I launch Owning Pink?

2)    Should I move to Marin County?

3)    Should I join Clear Center of Health?

I had been muddling through all three decisions, feeling indecisive, uncertain, and fearful, so the idea of having a psychic tell me what to do appealed me, in spite of the skeptic within me.  When we spoke, she told me, in no uncertain terms, that the spirit guides said I should not move to Marin, I should not join Clear Center, and that Owning Pink was merely a pet project not worthy of my energy right now.

I laughed, because in the moment she said those words, my own intuition screamed at me loud and clear. “NO! She’s WRONG! Don’t listen to her!”

What did I do? I launched Owning Pink, moved to Marin, and joined Clear Center of Health.  So why did I even ask for her psychic guidance? Because I didn’t trust my own intuition until my intuition felt threatened and became crystal clear, shining the light on the path I knew I was meant to take.

Not to diss psychics…

I don’t mean to diminish intuitives or psychics. I believe many of them are extremely gifted, not only because they pick up on subtle energies, vibrations, and signals, but because they know how to turn the mirror on us, so we can better hear the voice of our own intuition.  But I think, ultimately, you can’t look too far outside yourself for the answers.  Nobody’s intuition will ever be better than your own.

Looking back at my object, I smiled. Who needs a functioning Magic 8 Ball?  I put down the 8 ball and asked my question again.  Will a publisher buy my book? My intuition says, “Yes, definitely.”  And that’s good enough for me.

Someone told me recently that the best way to get in touch with your intuition when you’re trying to make a difficult decision is to flip a coin.  Ask your question- “Should I go to Hawaii to take this workshop or not?” Then pick- yes is heads, no is tails. Call it. As the coin is up in the air, before it lands, you will know your answer. You will find yourself wishing for a heads or a tail. And then you will know. That’s your authentic self, your deep intuition speaking up. So listen hard.  YOU always know the answer, deep within you.

Trying to make a tough decision? How do you find your answers, Pinkies? Do tell…

Living life intuitively,

Lissa

Follow up: Since I wrote this post, I’ve somehow attracted intuitives to Owning Pink like bees to honey.  I’m still learning what that means, as I learn more and more how intuitive I really am.  In the past, I admit to being skeptical of intuitives- and my one and only experience interacting with someone claiming to be psychic merely affirmed my skepticism. But I’m becoming a big believer. Every day, I’m interacting with incredible people with amazing gifts. I’ll be posting about my amazingly life-changing reading with Caroline soon, so stay tuned.

Have you experienced magical insights with clairvoyants, intuitives, or psychics?  Please share your experiences…