Our hair is not only our crowning glory, but it is also informs us about the world around us. It triggers our nervous system in ways that are beyond our ordinary levels of perception. Please enjoy this short video about the added benefits we can derive from allowing our hair to grow.
© Josephine Laing, 2015
Peace Pilgrim said that if we smile at the world, it smiles back at us. When we connect with the grace and innocence of our pure love, for both the animate and the inanimate world around us, then our connection with Nature's voice is awakened.
In modern times it has become progressively easy for us to connect with other humans, but what we have forgotten is how to connect with the Natural world around us. However, we don't have to re-invent the wheel here, we humans have been listening to the subtle communications coming to us from Nature since time began. We've gone on vision quests and written in pictographs. We've seen the forest as our brother and the river as our sister. Reclaiming this part of ourselves is as easy as stepping outside.
Of course our dutiful beloved subconscious minds are always going to protect us from something we have been taught to fear. And make no mistake about it, all of our fears have been taught to us. We learn them from our families, our religious groups, our friends and even our government. Unless our subconscious programming along these lines is intentionally changed, it can sabotage our attempts to open our hearts to hear Nature's voice. Beliefs like "People will think I'm crazy," or "I may loose my grip on reality," or "This is against my family belief system," are all scary enough to stop you in your tracks.
This is where self love steps in. We need to love ourselves enough to give ourselves what we need and really want in the world. Many of us yearn for this connection with Nature and when we get whispers and glimpses of it, it brings us so much joy.
I feel that joy is the basis of our spirituality an that it is our job as humans to nourish the Universe with our joy. So, if we'd really love to have that beautiful connection with our mother, Nature, we need to free ourselves from the tyranny of our own minds.
Identifying our fears, so we can move through and past them, is how we do so. Once we have become aware of them, we can use our intention plus our attention to change those old thought habit patterns and manifest new thoughts instead.
Our spiritual practices can also help us to listen to the voice of Nature. Self love, meditation, dream interpretation and prayer all help us to calm our minds, activate our inner vision centers and connect with the Divinity in everything, including Ourselves. When we do this, we open our hearts and let the love flow. We free ourselves to smile at the Natural word. And then it smiles back at us. We step into our joy with open hearts and Hear From Our Source How We Can All Serve The One.
© Josephine Laing, 2015
Sometimes I get asked how we can tell which thoughts are our own and which are thoughts, images, or feelings from others. And it's true, we do pick up on other people's thoughts and ideas. The trick is how to clear all that static out.
Written in stone over the ancient city gates of Delphi were the words, "Know thyself." When we know who we are, we can better recognize our own thoughts. We are naturally influenced by lots of early subconscious programming. This is how we become socialized into our culture. Unless we change them, these thought patterns will be with us throughout our lives.
Years ago I saw a film where a newly married couple was in bed wearing their pajamas. As the camera panned further back you could see that beside the husband was his mother and then his father, and beside the wife was her father and then her mother. This was a wonderful graphic image showing how we all have other people's ideas present with us even in the most intimate of times.
There's a simple exercise that I like which children instinctively do several times a day. For this exercise you just sit by yourself, and simply be who you are. This has a very unique, signature feeling to it. It is the, "I am." This exercise helps us recognize who we are and identify our own thoughts as distinct from the thoughts of others.
At 4 am there are very few thoughts in the air because most people are asleep. This feels different from a busy street corner in the middle of the afternoon. Perhaps you would like to practice seeing what it's like to observe the thoughts of others whizzing around and compare that to the quiet night air.
Another exercise that I like to do is to imagine a clear, bright, white light right in the center of my head. I let that bright white light begin to expand until it fills my entire cranium, moving just a little bit beyond. As it does, I let it push out all the thoughts of others, leaving only room for my own thoughts inside my head.
One of my mentors, Jana Massy, taught me a lovely sound healing exercise for eliminating other people's thoughts from our aura. We do this by clearing the psychic collar. This is the space below the jaw and above the third rib. Make the sound of a bee. Part your lips and place your teeth lightly together and BZZZZZZZZ. This light vibration dusts off any thoughts that may be lingering. And so does a nice hot shower. That's part of why they feel so good.
One more thing you can do is to imagine a golden disk or a golden halo over the top of your head. Let this halo be a filter. Your thoughts can come and go, but all the thoughts of others are naturally sifted away. This lets us really focus on being who we are in accordance with our original blueprint, our natural self.
I'll leave you with these few exercises to enjoy this week. They have
served me well in learning how to distinguish which thoughts in my head are my own and which thoughts belong to others.
I wish you all insight,
wisdom, and magic as you pursue the journey of inner knowing.
Love,
Josephine
© Josephine Laing, 2014
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