Permission to Know

This post might be a little different. I'm going to open up about some of my religious beliefs as I share with you an important tool in my toolbox. Permission to know is a powerful tool that allows me to get some clarity about truth. Be sure to read to the end for an important warning concerning this tool.

In my line of work, it is quite common for people to leave religious beliefs. The concept of being spiritual without religion is quite common, and many choose to leave religion. Just like a person can go to church every week and not actually be spiritual. For me, this means sometimes I question what I believe. I want to have a solid foundation in whatever I believe. I choose to be religious and spiritual.

A few years ago, I started questioning my beliefs in God. Was I making it all up? Is there really a separate all-knowing being or what? The thing I noticed was this desperate fear of letting go of everything I believed in. I knew in order to really know, I would have to be willing to let it go. I actually said, “I give myself permission for all of this God stuff to be a lie.” Energy moves and clears when we declare such things. Unlike many who give themselves this permission, I knew it wasn't enough.

It's too easy to give ourselves permission in one direction. Especially when some part of us thinks it could be easier. Think of all the rules I wouldn't have to follow if there was no God. After a couple of minutes, I made another declaration. “I give myself permission to know God is real.” Immediately my mind was reminded of miracles in my life, times when I could not deny God's hand in my life. My body was filled with lightness and love and I knew. I know God is real.

As time has passed, I have had other things to question. Things about church. Things about myself. I find that the experiences are similar. When I give myself permission in both directions, I allow myself to receive my truth. One side of the coin will come with light feelings and a sense of expansion. Sometimes you will have mixed energies on a subject. As you give yourself permission to know the truth, the false ideas will begin to dissipate. You will be left with the absolute truth when you are truly willing to know.

One way we can use this is with beliefs about ourselves. Say you feel unworthy. Declare, “I give myself permission to know I am unworthy.” Notice how that feels in your body. Does it bring you joy and expansive feelings or sorrow and contractive feelings? Now declare, “I give myself permission to know I am worthy.” Notice how this feels. You might even cry in joy and relief as your being begins to feel worthy. If you don't have clear answers, repeat the process until you actually know. 

Lies make energy contract. The lies we tell to ourselves. The lies we tell others. The lies they tell us. The lies that we have been raised with because no one knew better. Truth makes energy expand. Our truth. God's truth. Their truth. Expansive energy always leads to love, joy, and bliss. 

The reason this tool works is because of how we often either hold on so tight or push ideas so far away that we don't allow the truth in. When you hold on so tight to one idea, you don't allow any light to come in. Likewise, when you refuse to even entertain an idea, you can't let light in. Even the light you are trying to hold onto cannot fully come in when you hold so tight. When you give permission for both sides to be true, you let go of all the barriers and allow the truth to come in with all its glory.

WARNING! Sometimes when you give yourself permission on the first side of the coin, you will feel such a sense of relief as you let go of the tight controls. Do not mistake this for lightness and expansion. You must give yourself permission for both sides in order to really be able to compare both sides and receive the full truth. When you give permission to both sides, you get to a neutral place that allows all the truth to manifest. There may be bits of truth on both sides that can now be known.

Please let me know what happens when you try this. Did you resist trying this? Why or why not? I love to hear your feedback.

With love from my heart to yours,

Michele

Life Facilitator

I'm inviting you to wake up and live!

Where is the Peace?

I guess I missed a week. I thought I had more posts in the queue. I am interrupting the Love Language series to write this post about the current circumstances of life.

It feels sad in my heart to see what is happening in the world. Judgments and mocking abound, fear and panic, and more. The world is heavy right now. The planet is responding to the heavy energy of the masses and there are earthquakes all over the place.

It almost seems pointless to write this. How will my one little voice make a difference? I believe in the ripple effect. Maybe only two or three of you will read this. Maybe you will be inspired. Then you will share any nugget of truth you receive, even if you don't feel inspired to share the post. Those nuggets will get your added insights. The next person will share nuggets and it continues to grow.

We must spread hope and light. We must ask ourselves, what can I do to lighten the energy of the world? Maybe your answer is just what you can do for yourself. Maybe it is what you can do for your family. Maybe you will be inspired to bigger actions. Follow those promptings and continue to ask what you can do to help lighten the energy of the world.

For me, this has been a time to really get clear. Do I really believe Christ will come again? Do I really believe God loves me? Do I believe he watches out for me, even though I couldn't get prepared as I was taught in church? So many questions for me to check in and see where I really am in this whole thing.

I consider this time a time of cleansing and uniting. As fears come up, I get to ask, “Are they mine?” Sometimes they are clearly not mine and I return to sender with God's light. If some remains, I get to ask myself, “What am I really afraid of?” Then I get to ask that those fears be healed. One time, nothing was clearing it. I followed an Access Consciousness tool. “That's an interesting point of view, I have that point of view.” As I said it, not knowing what my point of view even was, I had a thought about how I “needed a man” in this scary time. That was an interesting point of view that I didn't even know I had.

It's important when the fear is released to do things to invite the peace in. For me, much of this has come with music. I have also been listening to messages from my church. I have even read or listened to the scriptures more. Multiple times yesterday, I was reminded to breathe deep. What can you do to raise your vibration and keep it up?

With all this fear, it has been a challenge to keep hope. Each time one of my fears is triggered, it is easier to get swallowed up in the fears of the world. I have to be careful what I read on fb and believe me that isn't easy with all the talk of the things that cause me fear. I would get off altogether but I crave that connection and unity, so I'm just being as careful as I can. I'm also asking if there is anything I can do to lighten the load and inspire.

I think this is good. It's really getting me to look at not only being able to get to peace when I need to but how to get to sustained peace. How to keep my vibrations up in the hardest of times. We live in a world of polarities. You can give in to the pull to fear if you wish, or you can look for the opposite side of the coin. Where is the light in this situation? Where is the peace? Where is the joy? What am I grateful for? What are the opportunities here?

What amazing things are happening? Right now for me, there are blue skies with some white fluffy clouds. I love blue skies. We have enough computers for all five of my kids to get their school work done. My mom is alive and I choose to believe that all the energy work, essential oils, and prayers are helping her to improve. My kids will come home from their dad's today, I'm so excited. I have a grandson on the way and I get to crochet him a little blanket. My son and his wife are sending me cute pics and videos of my granddaughter. Life truly is what we make of it. I'm choosing to remind myself of how good life is. What about you? What are you grateful for?


With love from my heart to yours,

Michele

Intuitive Healer