July Introspection's

One of our great customers was relating a story to me the other day that while
helping a friend with their "energy leaks" she realized the correlation to the
greater "energy leak" going on in Mother Earth in the Gulf of Mexico.
What an astute observation! I would like to share my thoughts with you on
this very poignant topic just in time for the New Moon on Saturday.
(See following article)

Our Mother Earth is leaking out Her precious black blood through a hole that we, as
the collective energy users, have drilled into Her. We can not put all the blame on BP.
We are all responsible for this tragedy. Every time we drive our cars, throw out those
plastic bags, use our indispensable body products or even the act of eating, we our
supporting the energy leakages in our Earth Mother. Now I am not advocating going
back to living in the caves here. Plugging all the holes in the Earth is not going to
be feasible for some time. What I would propose, at this time, is that we look deep
into the places we each leak energy and begin to plug these holes up as a way to
work towards plugging Mother Earth's leaks.

I know you're looking incredulous at the moment and asking how in the world will
that work? With Love. Love, as always, is the answer.
As we begin to love ourselves on a deeper level, we begin to love others on that
deep level also and then we deepen our love for all beings upon the Earth and by
doing so we begin to protect ourselves and the Earth Herself. When we look at
ways to help each other we look at ways to keep the environment we live in healthy.

The next question to ask yourself is where am I leaking energy? Where in your
life are you feeling drained? This is not the feeling of being drained after doing
something that brought you joy. Like having a baby. The hardest work you will
probably ever do and you definitely feel drained! Then you look into that baby's
face and love blooms. No energy leaks there!

Then look at what you do or who you are hanging out with that leaves you
feeling unhappy, frustrated, even angry. These feelings arise once in awhile
though when this is a constant complaint in your life it's a major energy leak.
You are out of balance by giving so much of yourself, not setting boundaries
with yourself or others that you are literally drained of your precious life energy.
When this happens your unhappiness spreads out through the world as the
proverbial ripples on the pond, affecting everyone on the planet. Our emotions
affect everyone on the planet as we are all connected. Let that sink in a moment.
We are all responsible for each other and every being here.

So here are some suggestions on how to plug our personal leaks and by doing
so plug up the larger energy leaks on the planet. As above, so below!
See yourself in love with yourself.
Surround yourself with inner light, love, hugs and kisses. Do positive things for
yourself. If you can not do good things for you how do you expect to be able to
sustain doing good for others?
First we must address our feelings of not being worthy to be loved like
"who could love me I'm such a mess?" Or feeling that we are not "good" enough
to have the life we desire or the pressure that we have to be like everyone else
or do what everyone else tells us to do to be loved.

It begins somewhere in childhood when these emotions took hold of us. We must
follow that path back to the times we heard negative emotions directed at us and plug
the emotional tear in our psyche with a large sphere of love energy. Each person will
have a vision of what love looks like to them. On an energy level you can imagine a
glowing, vibrant pink light that you see molding itself to fit the leaking energy hole in
your heart when words or actions wounded you. Or use the "violet flame" to bring
healing to the tear. There are many ways to envision love and healing energies.
Forgiveness is going to be a necessary ingredient to stir into the mix. Forgiveness of
yourself for anything you perceive you have "done wrong" and forgiveness of the people
who you feel "wronged you". This is the first step to truly finding the immense capacity
you have within to love.

Once you have gone through and filled the holes you know you have you will want to fill
in the little cracks that might linger as you are unaware of anything specific to relate them
too. Surround your entire being in the loving light of Divine Grace. It is there for all to partake
of using whatever form is appropriate for you .
Prayer, meditation, chakra clearing, soul retrieval are some of the techniques you will need
to continue the process of letting go the old wounds and closing the leaks that drain you.
Know that help is always available when we ask for it and are open to receive it.

When we open our hearts to love ourselves we can then extend that love to our family, friends,
community and the world at large. Loving ourselves is not a selfish act, it is a necessary act
to bring peace onto the entire planet. When we love ourselves we will do what is right for
all. When each of us takes on the responsibility to love without hesitation, without restrictions,
with compassion, then fear will not have a hold on us and we will not feel drained and joyless.

So be good to yourself and do good for the world by loving yourself. It will spread through
all, like those ripples on the pond, and heal ourselves and Mother Earth.

In Love and Light,
Sharon Freewoman