Day 285 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Person Who Dies in Grief...

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Lesson 285: The Person Who Dies in Grief...

“The person who dies in grief will be welcomed again, in such joy! During reincarnation. Pain into bliss. The continual cycle.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what happens to us when we die. It’s that unknown that we don’t really have the real answer to, isn’t it?

I was raised Catholic and was totally in the belief that there was a heaven and a hell. I used to think that heaven was above us and hell was below us. Good people went to heaven and bad people went to hell. How that differentiation was determined, I wasn’t sure. I was under the belief that I would go to heaven – you’d have to do something really bad to go to hell right? I believed in one God and the Devil. The Devil punished and God would allow you through the gates of heaven if you didn’t do anything too evil.

Then came a time when I didn’t believe in my religion at all. I relinquished my belief towards whatever I was taught in that religion. I don’t know when this started, but I developed a fear of what would happen to me when I died. I wasn’t afraid of dying itself, though I was afraid of the other side. Thoughts that cycled through my head included would I be alone when I died? Would I just go into an infinite black space? Do we cease to exist? Is the other side filled with ghosts and ghouls? I just didn’t know what to believe because I had lost the faith I used to have in my religion. There wasn’t a definite answer and therefore I didn’t know what to believe. Because no one really knows what happens to us, I just didn’t know what to think.

Now is a different story. I believe in the other side based on my own spiritual awakening. I communicate with loved ones crossed over, I have guides that talk to me when I want to connect and I’ve been shown that I’m not of this world. I know the Universe is vast and holds multiple dimensions and planes. These other realms are not separate from us – it’s all interconnected. It’s just that we are here on Earth and when we are ready, move onto the next life. What that next life is, I can’t say for sure because there are so many dimensions that exist, that our energy or essence will go forth into the next one. That’s what I believe. I have so much faith that there is more to us than just this life. It’s definitely a faith in the unknown and I embrace that more than ever. And if people welcome my beliefs on it, I’m willing to share. That’s the beauty of us humans, there is so much learning to gain from others and build your own outlook.

So that’s my journey through my belief of what happens to us when we die, what’s your belief?

Day 284 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Entities, Including the Departed...

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Lesson 284: Entities, Including the Departed...

…are easily accessible as they are able to pass in and out of the “veil” of this world and the other. There is no separation between all beings of the Universe as everything is interconnected. Today we are to think about whether or not loved ones crossed over trying to communicate with us would bother you. If they did, would it change how you view death? If you don’t want to be contacted, then why not?

I personally see my father’s parents from the other side. I cross pass the veil to see them. Not only them but an ancestor who is teaching me about my people from another time. I don’t know why I was interested in witchcraft, but I have more blood rooted in paganism than I know! I communicate with other people’s loved ones crossed over too. The other day I did a reading for a lady who wanted to connect with her grandma. It was really touching to be able to feed information that I wouldn’t have known and be a bridge for others.

I used to have a fear of what happened to us when we died. Didn’t have a fear of dying but had a fear of what happens to us. I used to think – did we cease to exist? Would I go to heaven or hell? What if I’m all alone in a blank space? Since I’ve been on my spiritual path, I now know that there is another side and a lot of other sides if I’m going to be honest. If I can speak to my family on the other side, then it means there is another place. If I can speak to other people’s loved ones on the other side, then it has to exist. I don’t fear death and what happens to us anymore and that is so profound. It’s about having this faith and trust beyond measure.

How do you feel about death and what happens to us?

Day 284 - A Year to Clear - Let. It. Go.

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Lesson 284: Let. It. Go.

Today we are to breathe in the words “Let. It. Go” and how this can have so much impact to our day and clearing practise. Think about something you can let go right now. It can be an item or thought. Just “Let. It. Go”.

As I breathed into these words, I realised that I was holding anger for my building manager. I have some water damage that isn’t going to fix itself. It was a week ago when I asked to have an inspection, the building manager said she would get it organised and I had heard nothing since. I rang the building maintenance company to confirm if they had received a request and there was nothing. I rang the body corporate to speak with her and left a message. I sent an email to follow up also. It’s a constant follow up and I don’t know when I’m going to get a response. Considering I want to eventually move out, I would love to get this rolling so I can sell and move to a place I feel more comfortable in.

I released my anger towards this situation. I told myself it will get fixed. I told myself that it will work out. And, if it takes time, all I’ve got to do is continually follow up. I have put it out into the world, so all that can happen is for it to move forward.

What is one thing you let go of today? I realise that my issue is such first world problems, but it was the immediate angry thought I had just before this post and there’s no need for it! It is such a first world problem!

Day 283 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - We Are Continually Guided...

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Lesson 283: We Are Continually Guided...

… spiritual beings, guides, loved ones crossed over or even your higher self. What’s important is what you believe it is. It is all the Divine. Today we are to think about how we are guided. Do you believe it is an angel? Do you believe it is your higher self? Whatever you believe, do you think either theory is right? And does it matter?

I have said before that I believe in beings on another plane, dimension or other side that communicate with me. Who they are sometimes powerful beings like angels. Other times it’s my deceased grandparents. How do I know they are real? I can’t prove it in physical terms, but there is a knowing within me that confirms that they are real. When I ask for guidance or ask questions, I’m not the one answering those questions, so what or who else can it be? As I don’t believe in one almighty God, I feel with all the knowledge I have gained in the past year, it is a Universal power that guides as and it is the Divine. I don’t necessary believe we need to place labels on this, even though we try to humanise everything.

I just think there is a power greater than us that speaks to us all the time. Sometimes it comes in forms of angels, spirit animals, loved ones crossed over… but they are all from the same source. Are they just manifestations from my higher self? Possibly. Are they just humanised versions of answers I already know? Yeah, maybe. I guess we don’t really know until we aren’t bound by our physical bodies and our soul travels elsewhere. I mean we could try astral projection but how can we confirm that’s real too? I think we only know for sure where these beings are from when we cross over ourselves.

Day 283 - A Year to Clear - No Fixing Necessary

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Lesson 283: No Fixing Necessary

“We do not need fixing. The core of our being is not broken. We humans are simply out of touch with our selves and out of balance. And, by extension, our homes and world are out of balance because we are. Not the other way around.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Don’t you just love being reminded of these impactful statements? WE DO NOT NEED FIXING. How powerful is that to absorb?

We don’t need to do things for ourselves that fix aspects of ourselves. We just need to get back in touch with our inner self to confirm what is out of balance. When we can meditate on it and then act upon it, then we can restore balance within ourselves and then our environment.

We also don’t need to do a thing to change and fix people. I think we need to consider who we let in our lives that may spin our world out of balance. I think it’s important to surround yourself with like-minded people so that it builds your environment.

I think this lesson is so much more about reflection and really allowing it to sink in.