The Journal of a Spiritual Seeker, Navigating Big Energetic Shifts
Hello Seekers,
Today I was guided to find a photo to go with the post before writing the note. This picture of a plant going to seed was the one I was drawn to, and now I’m being guided to write about death and rebirth. As a plant dies it goes to seed, so that even as it experiences the last stages before dormancy, it is preparing to be born again in the spring.
We don’t know, as we complete one cycle, what life is going to look like as we move into the next. It’s somewhat a matter of trust or faith or whatever other word you have for the intuitive sense that you’re always moving into what is next, and that whatever that is will be what is meant to be. As we shift out of our old ways of being, we really are like the plants going to seed. We’re shedding the old energies that no longer serve us, letting go of what we can’t take with us, and giving birth to whatever will be next.
At the beginning of the summer, I knew a big shift was coming, but I wasn’t aware of what it would bring. As it turned out, my dear Little Dog was preparing to shed the body that had carried her through the 18 and a half years she spent in this life. As she did this, my entire energetic structure responded to her needs, and as I let go of her in the physical, we both experienced a certain rebirth — she into what was next for her, and me into what was next for me. Part of what she has shown me since she passed is that, in order to stay consciously connected with her now, I need to let go of my sadness and stop trying to hold onto what was when she was physically alive. This is really hard because I miss her terribly. But the incentive — to stay in conscious connection and communication with her — is strong enough to help me let go of my emotional concerns and move with her into these new frequencies of Light through which we can communicate. Had I been unwilling to move beyond my feelings around the experience of her as a physical being, I wouldn’t be able to know her the way I do now, as the being of Light she has transitioned into. She was always going to die — everything does. But I saw that she was also being reborn. And I was, too.
We all go through a hundred million versions of death and rebirth along our spiritual paths. It’s like, every time you think you’ve shifted and can settle into that new way of being, another shift comes along. They’re like waves, these shifts, carrying us to the shore and then back out to sea over and over again in an endless cycle of evolution and growth. The only thing it requires of us is a true intention to learn what we can and a willingness to trust that whatever we are born into next will be a vital manifestation of our journey up to this point.
As we get close to the end of 2020, a year that has witnessed so much loss for so many of us, what are you ready to let go of and what can you intuitively sense yourself moving into?
Sending Love and Light,
Jodie
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Q and A with The Light, Dec. 18, 2017
Me: I’m feeling overwhelmed and anxious about everything here. I ask the Light to please help me understand: what are these energies and how can I move through, above and beyond them? Why am I experiencing fear? And feeling so sick?
This is a massive shift you are getting ready for and one that you need to shore up for energetically. These physical sensations are your body’s way of responding to the energetic shift. Allow them to flow through and dissipate. Expand through these sensations and allow your energy to rise above the physical.
You are ready — or almost ready — to move beyond this and into the next level of your training.
Me: Where is my resistance rooted?
In your heart, you don’t believe in yourself still, and this is very harmful to you and the process. You must drop this self-doubt, which is still rooted in your belief that you might do something “wrong” with the power you possess. The negative implications of how power can be abused are an electromagnetic groove that can — and needs to be — neutralized and resolved. It’s time to do so.
Me: I ask the Light, how do I do so?
Allow yourself to move beyond these energies. Allow a new groove to be formed by Light and move into this groove. Allow Light to become your default setting. Trust this. Trust yourself and the lessons you’ve learned about ethical use of power. You have learned them, and can be trusted in this. Believe us, hear us, and know this.
You’ve punished yourself enough, now any further self-flagellation is just masochistic and self-indulgent.
Don’t ask how, just do it.
Me: Ok, I see how I can simply allow the energy to expand.
Good, continue to do this.
Continue. Continue. Continue.
Expand. Expand. Expand.
Don’t get pulled away from this by other distractions. Watch your energy and where you spend it. Allow things to drop away once they are past. Replaying interactions has no value for you right now. Live in the present and in the expansion.
You’re beginning to see and feel your field more — with more awareness. Notice how the energy moves, how frequencies resonate. Notice where attachments are formed and released and resolved. Notice how all of this changes the energy frequency.
Me: Regarding an interruption in 3-D to my energy exercises:
You gave in to lower frequencies. You must become unshakable. Your focus in these things should not be able to be pulled off by outside influences. You need to be able to retain the Light. Other people are giving you the opportunity to learn that. Now go back to it and focus. Let go of your negative feelings.
Your focus is your responsibility. Your lack of focus is no one’s fault but your own.
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Exercise: Begin each exercise by grounding and protecting. For more information on how, see this post.
What are you ready to let go of and what are you ready to welcome in? Write down the first things that come into your mind and heart. Then, once you do that, ask within: What is holding me back from letting go and accepting? Don’t overthink it, just write down what comes. Then ask yourself: Am I truly ready to let this go? Allow the answer to be yes or no. Don’t judge. If the answer is no, ask: Why not? If the answer is yes, visualize yourself holding onto the string of a balloon and then simply letting the string go and watching the balloon float away and eventually dissolve into bright white light. (It’s safe for birds even in our visualizations!)
Whether you answered yes or no, continue to check in with yourself around this issue over the next week or so, repeatedly asking again: Am I truly ready to let this go? Allow the answer to be yes or no each time, even if it’s been yes in the past and now feels like no. Each time, repeat the sequence, asking yourself why not if it’s no and visualizing the balloon if it’s yes.
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A brief note: This journal and its exercises are simply a means to help you find your own flow. There is no pressure to follow them exactly or read each and every one. It does not need to be read in order either, so if you miss one, don’t feel like you’ve failed or fallen behind. These messages are here to hold space for you as you discover and evolve within your spiritual practice.
This is the first volume of The Journal of the Spiritual Seeker, and I’m presenting it here on The Devic Connection website, serialized over the last 10 weeks of 2020, with weekly roundups via email (you can sign up in the box at the bottom of this page if you’d like to receive these.) If you’ve just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning, here’s the link to the first post.
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We all need help with clarity …
Sometimes, things come up in the healing journey that we can’t quite manage by ourselves. I’m fortunate to have people I can call on to help me gain that clarity. And I’m also in therapy, which helps immensely with processing the psychological and mental health issues. If you find yourself getting stuck on this journey or having something come up that you need some guidance on, please do seek help. An internet search can help you find a qualified mental health practitioner for those psychological issues. And if you’re looking for help from the Light on the spiritual questions, I have some availability for readings. (Read more about that here.)