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Divine
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For several years, we lived with our lovely, joyous dog, Elton. He was a Bichon, which means he was small and white and fluffy; a fancy dog living in a rustic environment, and he needed constant protection from the eagles and coyote that live out here in the woods. Elton saw us through many life events, from my youngest daughter’s scoliosis surgery, to the passing of my husband’s mother, to many other trying times in our lives: we were much comforted by the generous spirit of this loving little dog. And then one day, he started walking funny, and the next day he couldn’t walk, and we discovered Elton had spinal degeneration, a problem so far advanced, surgery wasn’t an option. For a month he got better, and then he got worse. He lost the ability to walk, his pain started to increase, and we knew the end needed to come. And so it was that at 2:00 a.m., on a black stormy night in October, Elton’s pain crescendo’ed to a point where it was no longer bearable. The trees waved in the wind, thunder rolled and lightening flashed practically on top of us as I drove across town to the emergency vet. as if the Universe was showing me my pain. The vet was kind, and things went quickly. Elton was wrapped in a warm towel, and I held him close, my mind in sync with his. Thank you, my friend, I said. Thank you. And then, at the moment of his passing, something happened. His soul leapt out at me. I don’t know how to explain it better. His eyes were locked on me, and in the moment of his transition a light leapt out of him, and it was pure love. I don’t have more words for this, I can’t explain it better. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Much love, SARA P.S. NEW DailyOM course: Open Yourself to Your Guides & Angels. When I am working with people in person, I will often start our session by holding their two hands in mine.
We’ll sit that way, sometimes for a while. What I find is that the whole person comes forward, when you touch them. For me, in that moment of touch, the whole Soul is understood. This happens in other ways too: I also find it happens in the voice, in the vision, and simply by holding that person in meditation. But there is something about touch that is so immediate, such a clear read. When you hold someone’s hand, and by this I mean anyone’s hand, not just someone you love… you feel what the other person feels. You connect not just in the warm, fuzzy, human way that we love, but you also connect at a Soul level. What happens is that there is this rush of comfort, of relaxation, of fondness, of safety, of love… and this heals us. It heals the person who is holding the hand. It heals the person whose hand is being held. Upgrade from a handhold into a bona fide hug, and you have some serious healing going on! Consider as you’re going around your day, how much you touch people, and how much you allow touch. In western culture, we’re often pretty reserved, and we only allow affection for lovers, or children. But the simple shoulder pat, the side hug, the arm reaching out to pat the forearm? All of these heal. Not just the person getting the affection, but also the person giving it. Much love, SARA P.S. NEW! DailyOM course: Open Yourself to Your Guides & Angels. There are two kinds of people out there: those who walk around with no skin on, feeling everything. And those who do whatever they possibly can to never feel anything.
Sometimes, we’re both people in the same day. This idea that we have to be afraid of our feelings, whether we are an “over feeler” or an “under feeler”, just isn’t true. Feelings come on like a wave: if you really start to pay attention to how they show up, you will start to see that they are not unannounced. They build in the body, slowly and with small amounts of tension or emotion, and after a while they build enough, just like a wave building, so that we are able to identify them as feelings. If you’re a person who feels “too much”, you sense the wave and you notice it building, and then you have an emotional response to the feeling. You feel it all. If you’re a person who blocks feeling, you sense the wave and they you very quickly distract or attempt to distract yourself from this feeling. There are lots of ways to do this: getting busy, getting angry, running away, various addictions. They all work to block the building wave of feeling. The thing is, just like a wave, feelings dissipate pretty quickly. If you’re a person who feels everything, all you need to do is breathe, hang on, and wait for the wave to build, crash and recede. If you’re a person who tends to block feelings, all you need to do is resist the urge to distract yourself, and know that this will all be over soon. We don’t have to be overwhelmed, or run away from our feelings. Like a wave, they crash and recede. They are transitory, and not something to be afraid of. Much love, SARA |
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Sara Wiseman is an intuitive, channel and spiritual teacher. The founder of Intuition University, she's taught hundreds of thousands of students via her books, courses and training. |