Who's In Control Around Here Anyway?

When you think about your life, do you see yourself as having to be in control, or as the one who is always being controlled by others?  Do you always have all the details carefully worked and explained to everyone why it is so important to do things your way?  Or are you at the other end of the spectrum and afraid to speak up for yourself?  Of course, most of us are somewhere in between.  Sometimes you need for things to be done your way, and sometimes how it’s done just isn’t important.

Control is a major game on this planet.  If you wish to feel more in control of your life events, or to lessen your need to be so controlling, you can start by looking at how much you are able to control your personal energy and space.  Do you throw your energy around blasting people?  Is it scattered among all of your activities, which leaves you feeling drained?  Do you get angry when someone more controlling than you walks into the room?

How does your level of personal control impact the greater picture of your life?  Your activities and experiences are a direct reflection of your inner world.  How can it be otherwise?!  For example, think of someone you know who leads a very hectic life (it’s always so much easier to see these things in other people!).  This person might believe that all of these overwhelming events are happening to him or her, and therefore he or she responds by feeling frantic and overwhelmed.  But, actually, the reverse is true.  This person thinks and acts frantically, thus sending out frantic energy, which then attracts the experiences to validate his or her feelings and beliefs.  The spiritual lesson here is to first be aware of your thoughts and beliefs which affect the energy that you send out into the universe.

One of the most basic, effective psychic tools for starting to control your energy and space, which you probably have heard about, is grounding.  Sitting down in a comfortable chair with your feet flat on the floor, imagine dropping a giant anchor on a very thick rope or chain all the way down to the center of the earth.  The other end of the rope is attached very firmly to the base of your spine.  You can deliberately send any emotional energy down this grounding cord instead of throwing it around at people.  Grounding also helps to pull you in closer to your body.  It is that first step to learning how to be more spiritually aware in your body.

Your ways of being in control of your life were probably developed as coping mechanisms and have served you in that function. There is no judgment here. This isn't about making yourself change.  But you can increase your awareness of how you operate in the world.  With increased awareness you can make different decisions which will better serve you and the people around you.

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In gratitude,

Madeline

Psychic Awakenings Graduates Move On Up!

Congratulations to the five students who graduated from the Clairvoyant Awareness Program last night!  Each of them has spent a minimum of fifteen months learning how to consciously be aware that she is a spirit expressing through a body.  For the last thirteen months, they been attending classes, workshops and reading sessions two to three times a week.  They have been developing their spiritual practice and using their psychic abilities to help others.

Every one of them has learned that they create their own reality.  As one of them said tearfully last night, "I used to think that I was stuck with my life the way it is, but now I know that I can change it.  And I have."

It wasn't always easy.  Each step along the way meant that they had to release old programming and pain. In the process of releasing this energy, their energetic vibration increased.  They were then able to manifest life situations quicker.  It also meant that for the next "growth period" they would be clearing even deeper programming and pain.  Sometimes it was energy that had been stuck in their energy systems for a few lifetimes.

May they continue on their paths to find their own spiritual freedom.  The freedom to be, do and have anything and everything that they desire.  Amen!

 Elicia, Lisa, Liz, Megan and Sarah

         Posing with the graduates are head hanchas Wendy and Madeline.

Seeing Pictures In the Aura

We have all seen psychics in movies saying such things as "I see a picture of you in a boat going down a very fast river, but you've lost your oars."  Or "I see a picture of your three brothers standing in front of you and blocking your view."  These "pictures" are bits of energy that people can see using their clairvoyance (French for "clear seeing).  Your thoughts and memories are also bits of energy that can be perceived clairvoyantly. Being able to perceive these pictures is a psychic skill that we are all born with.

Before you learned how to talk, you were able to see pictures.  In addition to this, you were able to create pictures to communicate back with other people.  Dogs and cats communicate with pictures also. They may understand a few of the words you say to them, but mostly they see the pictures, and they feel the energy of how you are saying them.  Once when my cat was pestering me for some food, I said to her, "Go bother Peri (my husband)."  She promptly jumped down, went across the room and jumped up on Peri's lap.  She understood what I meant by seeing the pictures I was showing her.

When children are learning how to read, they start with picture books.  In the very first books, there is very little text and the pictures tell the story.  This is because the children already know how to “read the pictures.” Just as they know how to read the pictures in your aura.  As they make the transition to learning how to read, the books contain fewer pictures and more text.  Then they can read the text really well and don’t need the pictures.  This is about the time that many of them start closing down their ability to read pictures in the aura. 

When you are unconsciously perceiving someone's pictures, then you might react to them negatively with judgement.  You may not even be able to put your finger on exactly what is bothering you about that person.  When you are conscious of the person's pictures, then it is easier to be neutral and compassionate: "Hmmm, this is interesting.  I remind that person of his brother, that's why he's acting strangely towards me."

Here is an exercise for practicing seeing pictures.  Sit across from a friend in straight-back chairs with your feet flat on the floor.  Close your eyes and take a deep breath.  Ground your body energetically by sending a beam of energy down to the center of the earth.  Visualize a movie screen about a foot or two in front of your face.  Have your friend focus on and say the name of another person whom (s)he knows, but whom you do not know.  Just intend for information about that other person to show up as pictures on your screen.  You might see pictures of how the person looks, or pictures about that person's talents, challenges or attitudes.  Take turns with your friend, focusing different on different friends.  You might just surprise each other with what you can see.  It's cheaper than going to a movie!

Have You Read the Comics Today?

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words.  Today I am using several strips from one of my favorite comic which demonstrate people using energy to communicate effectively with those they love!

Amusedly yours,
Madeline

Telepathy:

 Energy Whack:

Telepathy:

                                       
Energy Whack:

Telepathy:

Space Invasion:

Family Programming:

Just for Fun:

Just for Fun:

What Color Is My Aura?

"What color is my aura?" is often the first question people ask when they come for a reading.  However, if you line up three psychics to look at your aura, you'll probably get three different answers!  That is because each reader "sees" you from their own perspective.  The color is not what is important, it's the communication and information that you receive that is important.  Besides, you can change the colors in your aura anytime you want!

The colors in your aura reflect the energy level where you are vibrating.  So the colors change depending on your mood, your attitudes and your beliefs.  The color of frustration is distinctly different from the color of joy.  Having judgmental beliefs will show different colors than being open-minded.  If you've just slammed your fingers in the doors, your aura will instantly erupt in a barrage of hot colors!  Everyone's colors are different.  Whereas your aura might get very red when you are angry, your friend's anger might show up as green.

You can deliberately decide to vibrate at a particular color.  You would want to do this to shift your mood, heal yourself or appear very responsible when you have a job interview.  Consciously "setting your energy" is a very useful psychic tool.  If you have a very busy day ahead of you, you can choose to vibrate at a color that is very calming for you.  Check in with yourself several times during the day to see if you are still vibrating at that color.  This is the same thing as setting your intention to stay calm, but using a color will have definite effect, especially for those who are more visually oriented.

Everyone often does set their color and vibration without being aware of it.  Women do it every time they get all dressed up to impress a date.  By the time they are dressed, have their make-up on and spritzed with perfume, their auras are all sparkly too!  But you can also make your aura sparkly without having to change your clothes (just in case you run into "him"or "her" at the supermarket!).

It is easy to practice setting the color of your aura.  Sit in a straight-backed chair, with your feet flat on the floor. Close your eyes and take make sure you are breathing.  Ground your energy by sending a strong beam of energy down into the center of the earth.  Next, see or feel your chosen color running up your legs and down the ground cord. See or feel this color running from the top of your head, down your back to your tailbone, then up the front of your body and out the top of your head. See it like a fountain out the top of your head and flowing down to fill up your aura.  At your throat, see the color flowing down your shoulders, down your arms and out your hands.  Try changing the tone or the intensity of the color and notice if it changes how your feel.  Explore running different colors, or alternating them, as they run through your body and space. See the colors as layers around your body.  Notice how each color affects your feelings and your consciousness. Then spend the rest of the day vibrating at your favorite color.

Setting your colors and energy vibration helps you to step into your personal power. You get to decide how you want to be in the world. You get to own your personal space and reality. You get to heal yourself. In addition to all that, you'll have beautiful colors in your aura too.

Let me know how it goes for you!

Madeline

Space Beings in Human Bodies

“This is Major Tom to ground con-trol,
  I'm stepping through the door  
  And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
  And the stars look very dif-fer-ent today...”   David Bowie

We are space beings. Without our physical bodies, we can quite easily move through space and time. You may have glimpsed this sometimes at night during your dreams and astral travel. Out on the astral, you get to experience the “oneness” of the universe. You are one with everything, thus being able to bring to yourself anything you want. We take human bodies to learn how to do this on the physical plane; how to create more comfort for your physical body, free expression of your emotional body, and better awareness of yourself as a Spirit in a body.  The first lessons are about learning how to be in your body in order to master life on earth.

Since we are used to being space beings, as described above, it’s quite a challenge for everyone to stay focused in their body on planet earth. Some people seem to have a strong desire to return to the peaceful calmness of space. There are many forces that seem to be in cahoots to keep us from being comfortable in our own skins. From the first days of your life, parents and family members put their intense attention points on your little body and especially in your head, pushing you out (and therefore back into space). Throughout our lives, whenever we talk to someone else, we get right in each others’ head. Anytime you forget what you were just about to say, it’s because someone else just put their attention right in the middle of your head.

A second factor that keeps us out of our bodies is that we receive a lot of validation for thinking, thinking, thinking. When you think, your attention goes out of your body and to whatever you are thinking about. Usually we are thinking about the past or the future, so you are not vibrating in the present. When you are not present in your body, it feels neglected. When you are not present, your brain and mind are quite susceptible to being programmed by other peoples’ beliefs.

The third reason for being “spaced out” is physical and emotional pain in your body. Pain really knocks you for a loop! Of course pain is always a sign that you are ignoring something that is going on. It’s a cycle: the more you ignore the issue, the more it hurts, the more you space out and ignore it, and then the more it hurts.

A fourth dynamic that keeps you out of your space is that as you get older, you receive fewer spiritual hellos and less validation for just being who you are. Instead, you get inundated with your family’s expectations and beliefs of who you are and how you should be. It takes truly enlightened parents to say to their teenager: “Hello, I see You, and I totally accept you the way you are!”

The last item I'm going to mention (but there certainly are more on your own personal list) is the dozens of items each day that attract your attention, and dis-tract you from focusing on the things you would rather be doing.  Advertisements, the internet, people intruding on your time are just a few of the things that can suck you attention and energy.  These are all good opportunities for learning how to set good boundaries for yourself.

All of the experiences described above are normal, everyday occurences.  They are the basis of how we are trained to interact with the world around us. There is nothing "wrong" or "bad" about them.  However, it is by becoming aware of these energy forces and learning how to manage them that you can develope authentic communication with, and knowledge of, yourself.  When you really know yourself, then you'll be able to integrate your spiritual "space-being"awareness and gifts into your "human-being" body. It's the best way to feel alive and enthused.

Exercise: Sit in a straight-back chair, put your feet flat on the ground, close your eyes, and take a deep breath.  Send down a wide grounding cord of energy deep into the earth.  Visualize pulling your aura, or your personal space, in close around you.  Put your attention behind your eyes, in the center of your head.  If it's easy to be there, congratulations!  You are well on your way to knowing your authentic self.  If you feel like something is pushing you out, that is foreign energy keeping you from knowing yourself.  Here are some suggestions for getting help to clear your head: 1) get a massage (have the masseuse really work the back of your neck well); (2) have an accupuncture session, and (3) jump into a cold pool.

Go Out and Have Some Fun,
Madeline

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