Clairvoyant Psychic and Reiki Healer Ailene Light's Blog

How does self-evaluation on Saturday mornings sound?  Like too much work on the weekend?

Well, I woke up this morning to a conversation that led to intense  confusion and self-evaluation.  Yes, I did say confusion.  You see, just because I am on a spiritual path does not mean that I do not have doubts and confusion that pop on my path.  A lot of them come up as a reflection of all that I should have learned.  A sort of double-check by the universe that it is okay to progress with more learning, sort of what mid-terms and finals are for school kids.  That there isn’t the need to go back and re-evaluate and re-learn. 

Religion is always a topic that stirs up passions.  But I have had my meandering path with and around religion.  I have always considered myself a spiritualist.  As a young adult though, curiosity set upon me.  Some may say I was lost, but I wasn’t.  I knew God existed.  I knew there were different paths to God.  I just didn’t know which one to associate with.  So I learned as much as I could at that time.  My learning at that time was that fundamentally one path was no different than another.  That practices differed; but the core message of each religion was the same.  It was, and will be God’s World.  So I practice the religion I grew up with, but I also bow to all others.

The conversation this morning was a member of my family sharing what a member of the extended family had shared with them.  We’ll call my family member Mr. L, and this extended family member Ms. L.  Ms. L had shared with humility and concern that I ought not to practice my religion the way I do; that other religions should be kept out of it.  She did not ask that I stop bowing to the other religions.  Just that I do that ’separately’.  Well, this morning, Mr. L and I got into a discussion around why we couldn’t do that, and why we were doing that in the first place.

It hit me about 20 minutes into the conversation that I needed to apply all, every single one of the ACIM (A Course in Miracles)  lessons I had learned till today to this experience.  All 13 of them.  Before I go on, here are the first 13 ACIM lessons, more for my reference than yours:

1. Nothing I see (anywhere) means anything.
2. I have given everything I see (anywhere)all the meaning it has for me.
3. I do not understand anything I see (anywhere).
4. These thoughts do not mean anything.  They are like the things I see (anywhere).
5. I am never upset for the reason I think.
6. I am upset because I see something that is not there.
7. I see only the past.
8. My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.
9. I see nothing as it is now.
10. My thoughts do not mean anything.
11. My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
12. I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
13. A meaningless world engenders fear.

I was a bit upset that someone had suggested I practice my spirituality and religion another way.  I felt like I had to defend it a bit even to Mr. L.  I even brought up an example where Ms. L had practiced it my way for some period of time.  And then, we went on to discuss why we were practicing it this way as if we needed to justify it to ourselves.  The question I asked myself at the end of 20 minutes was – Why am I having this conversation?

And it struck me that this situation had come up as a test to see if I could keep the ACIM (A Course in Miracles) lessons at heart and apply them.  If I could live them.  Obviously I had not done that as first instinct.  Old habits are in-grained.  It will take time to wear off.  But, I am grateful that I was able to think of it another way and think of ACIM.  Thank you, God and guides, for that.  I don’t think I would have been ready for today’s lesson if I had not done that.  Lesson 14 – God did not create a meaningless world.  God did not create this meaningless self-doubt and self-justification.  My Ego did.  I could have heard the comment and let go.  I let that comment become a pebble and create rippling waves in me.  Ego steps in so silently and quickly.  It is hard to even recognize it sometimes.  The World is a Mirror.  And it is important to be looking in the mirror, and be able to separate Ego. 

Perhaps this is a rambling entry.  But it is an important one.  And I want to capture it more for me, so I can come back and re-read and re-evaluate myself based on where I found myself today.

Hello Friends.

A Course in Miracles continues.  ACIM is profound.  I have skipped days where I stayed at a lesson for more than one day.  (The format is 365 lessons – with guidance to do no more than one lesson per day – but permission to stay at a lesson for as many as it takes to let it soak in and learn).  I am beginning to see that the world truly is a reflected self, even if it is subconsciously reflected.  This idea is a profound one because of it’s simplicity.

No, everything in the world is not wrong because you are wrong.  Think of it more as challenges your Higher Self may have created for you to learn something.  Reflect positivity; reflect the faith in a Divine and Higher presence guiding you and leading you.  Turn it over to God.  Leave ego by the side and walk away from it.  Reflect upon each thought to practice catching where ego steps in, and show it the door out right away.  This is much harder to do than it seems.  It is for me, because we are so used to thinking about ‘me’, what things mean to ‘me’, how things affect ‘me’, is it good or bad for ‘me’ etc.  But really, it isn’t all about ‘me’.  It takes patience to catch ego as soon as it enters, but it can be done.

Aim to see the Divine in everything.  You will then, without effort, with subtlety, and without arrogance, also start seeing His or Her Presence in everything you do, your path, and you.

This is ACIM’s (A Course in Miracles) Lesson 1 in the workbook.  I am starting with it again.  I have had ACIM probably over a year now.  As soon as I knew about it and was able to do a bit of research, I knew I had to have it.  That it was part of my path.  That it was a path I was being guided to follow and act upon.  Seeing the path and the ability to follow it are two different things, however. 

The workbook has 365 lessons, and only one lesson can be completed per day.  The commitment to follow it is personal and must be enduring.  Endurance comes from perserverance which comes from belief.  I wasn’t ready with all the belief structures at that time to absorb everything that ACIM had to offer.  I believe I am now.

I hope you will allow me to share my journey and learnings from ACIM with you.

Think about the lesson.  It is profound.  All meaning to any object, thing, or person is given by you in the context of your own life, relationships and Ego.  This is ‘mine’.  Is it really?  Sikhism specifically talks about returning to the Lord in the same state you came – at a bodily level, naked; at a soul level, as pure and whole as you always were.  If you can not take something with you on your soul’s journey, how and why should it be classified as ‘mine’ or ‘yours’.  There is no special meaning to these words other than to create or sustain the Ego – a false perception of Self.  We are all Divine at our core.  Any other sub-relationship is superficial.

I am off to practice the first lesson.  I am open to all miracles.  I hope all of you encounter them along your path today and always.  Believe and Love.  Because as the lesson preaches, nothing, not even this post, means anything.  Only Love does.

My dear teacher, Spencer, taught me or helped me see one of the  most magical truths.  “We don’t have to take out an hour or two away from everyone to meditate,” she said.  “A few minutes at a time work just fine too.”  She encouraged that I find the time, whether I was writing or in a restroom, to develop the habit of going within myself.  It is something I am still trying to inculcate but I can completely see how it grows into a spontaneous habit.

The key is not even in trying to focus to get into a zone.  The key is in first just REMEMBERING that you can and should take a few minutes, even a couple of minutes.  Close your eyes.  Breathe in.  Breathe out all energy that is not in your highest and best interest.  There are a few things you can concentrate on in your ‘Power Meditation’ sessions (my take on Power Naps).

1. Take in what you are doing, or were doing right before, or have to return to right after.  Ask that you be guided in your actions and thoughts.  Let go of emotions guiding your actions.  I would say, ask yourself the question, what would you say and do if God was there right with you in flesh and person?  Don’t always let emotions guide you.  Let your spirit and soul lead you.
2. You can ask for guidance.  Breathe in and out a few times letting go of all immediate thoughts and focusing on your ‘Third Eye’ chakra.  This is the area on your forehead between your eyes.  Let your consciousness concentrate there and receive whatever images or guidances are shown to you.  If you have never tried this, then a few seconds at a time is just fine.  If you are not clear on the message, keep your eyes closed and ASK what you are being shown and why.  Trust the answers that seem to ‘just come’ to you in your mind.  This is your Higher Self guiding you.  Evaluate them to see if they make sense, then act.
3. Clear your mind and energy with some deep breathing.  There are so very many breathing techniques out there on the web and Youtube.  Find one that you like, and can practice safely.  Remember to visualize breathing out any negative energy out of your life.  Just the act of being conscious of and with your breathing elevates your vibrational energy. 

Good luck!  And Happy Meditating.

By Divine Grace, the  new website  is up and so is the new blog.  It was time for a change.  We are all changing, this planet is changing, my own energy and life has certainly changed and it was time for the website to change as well.

The transfer went really smooth.  I hope all of you like the energy of the new website and blog.  I would love to hear from you on it.

I hope to share the course of my own life with you through this blog.  I am being guided back to Reiki again.  Stronger than ever.  It is my own personal belief, and many other Reiki healers whose works I have read or from whom I have had the privilege to learn, that the pull to Reiki increases when it is time for healing.  In one’s own life for manifestation.  I need to cleanse, to reconnect, to heal.   For Reiki 1, it is a 21 day cycle for the cleansing to happen and for attunement and alignment of one’s own self and chakras.  I will ask for guidance from the universe and the highest dimensional Reiki guides to start at that level again, so the connection and cleansing is pure and as it should be.

The cleansing that accompanies Reiki 1 is as much physical as it is spiritual and energy.  Most will commonly see a need to frequent the bathroom as the body releases toxins, a recurrence of toxic thoughts or patterns so they can be acknowledged and marked for healing if they are not healed during the 21 day cycle itself (which is also often the case).  We also break toxic habits during this cycle e.g. overeating.

Why does this happen as part of Reiki 1?  Because after receiving Reiki 1 attunements, the task for the next 21 days is to practice Reiki healing on one’s own self.  As part of this practicing, we start healing many realms of our own existence that we did not even think about, may not even consciously know exist, and yet we are healed at all levels.

I will also be starting on my path of A Course in Miracles.  I have a feeling it will tie in well.  For those that are not familar with it, please do check it out at http://www.acim.org/.  To be honest, I have started it many times.  I have just never had the discipline, or my Higher Self has had a purpose in determining that I was not ready for all of the lessons.  The Course in Miracles is a 1 year course.  There are 365 lessons.  You read one every day.  And you practice it.  There are sample exercises and recommended frequencies of how many times those exercises must be repeated each day.  You can get all of the lessons free at the above site.  The course is not religion based.  I highly recommend that you read more about it on the site.  More about it here:  http://www.acim.org/AboutACIM/index.html.

As I read on a site recently (Nalin and Renoo Nirula’s), we all need to repeat – I am getting better and better in every aspect of my existence – and this manifests easily as part of Reiki 1.

If you are also on the path of Reiki 1 attunement, healing and cleansing, or on the path of Course of Miracles, please drop me a line.  It is always an inspiration to hear of progress.

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