Welcome to Planet Earth – yikes!
This isn’t at all what I planned when out in the Universe. By the time I arrived on the scene my mom was depressed with all kinds of medical issues and my dad was buried in his sales work except for frequent angry outbursts. There is a picture of me in diapers scaling the fence to escape! My refuge was nature and my imaginary friend who was not at all imaginary to me. Much later I learned he was one of my team of spiritual helpers.
As an only child, he would play with me, teach me things and hold my hand in elevators which terrified me. I set a place for him at the table. I also drew people in colors – I was using the colors I saw in their aura – something I also learned later. As I got older all this spiritual stuff was discouraged and gradually, I shut the door on my sensitivity. How could it be real if everyone said it wasn’t. Despite this whenever I got in serious trouble, I always felt a presence around me, guiding me to a solution. I didn’t know what it was but I hoped someday to be able to communicate with it so I could stay out of messes.
I also truly believed I could fly. I kept jumping off things only to get hurt. I had no one to explain about living in two worlds at once – one of energy (spiritual) and one physical (material). Spiritually I could fly in the sense that I am a free agent in the Universe, my true home. Unfortunately, physically I could not.
My parents, both college graduates, put huge pressure on me to excel in school – straight As were required. I rebelled against the pressure with either angry outbursts or fits of depression – I was sick a lot (wonder where I learned that). Being a tomboy, I got in fights at school with boys.
To find my true feelings I escaped to nature – climbing trees, walking for miles by the ocean or interacting with animals, especially horses and cats.
On the plus side, my dad was an excellent salesman and communicator. He was highly organized, goal-oriented and hard working. He had a knack for helping people see how what he was selling was a solution for their business problems. He was very traditional so Sunday school was a must for me. I did not fit in because they couldn’t answer my questions like if Jesus loves all the children of the world, then why are my Jewish friends going to hell?
My mom was very creative and leading edge. She organized and taught home economics classes for boys and was very active in getting women registered to vote. She was also very spiritual and had many psychic experiences like me. We didn’t have a big picture, but we could communicate with souls that had passed on, sometimes ones we had known before they died. She became a Buddhist and a path of meditation and self-improvement seemed like a better way.
The times I let my creativity and enthusiasm emerge, my efforts were rejected. When I wanted to exercise my entrepreneurial spirit, I was told no because it would make it look like my dad couldn’t provide for us. I learned to do without and not want anything because I couldn’t have it anyway. There were a few exceptions like when my girlfriend and I, without permission, went to see the Beatles via train organized by a local radio station. I did call my parents from the venue hundreds of miles away so they would know I was all right.
Surprisingly they let me spend the summer after high school graduation at a Mexican University studying Spanish, archaeology and Mexican history. Besides having to deal with everything in Spanish, I had to learn a whole set of rules for what proper young ladies can and cannot do – my first immersion into another culture. We got to go on a field trip to learn about the Olmec culture on the Gulf coast which I really enjoyed.
In college I majored in Anthropology and minored in Geology. One summer I attended an archaeological field school in Missouri. It is truly fascinating how threads of energy cross in our lives. In one location there was a fast-food drive-in we would cruise after we quit working for the day. Years later I learned that the man I married was stationed at a nearby air base and cruised the same drive-in about the same timing. Another summer I went to a field school in the Florida Everglades – love those snakes, panthers and gators!
In my teens and early 20s, people were attracted to me and wanted me to wash and/or cut their hair or give them a massage – I had no training. Later I learned that I innately can channel a lot of healing energy through my hands and my aura so people feel calm in my presence. Also, I wanted to support people so I would listen to their problems. They would leave feeling great and I was left feeling like crap. It took a while before I learned about detachment and being clear about what was me and what was not.
Attending graduate school in Arizona, I was able to experience not only Mexican American culture but several Native American cultures. I was selected to be a member of an archaeological dig in Israel – luckily at a time between two Israeli-Arab wars but terrorist bombings continued. We lived on a kibbutz started by families from Poland. The first morning my roommate and I awoke to machine gun fire – fortunately it was a training exercise. We got to go on lots of field trips: into the Negev and climb to the top of Masada, float in the Dead Sea, swim in the Sea of Galilee and visit Jerusalem. I was able to go into the Dome of the Rock to see Mohammed’s footprint from the night journey, touch the Wailing Wall and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. On the Golan Heights we drove past deserted Arab villages. It could get intense driving through wadis looking at the machine gun nests of opposing forces on either side or going on roads last swept for mines days ago. It was like the wild west going into a bar with all the weapons checked. My cultural explorations continued after the field season as I visited Greece, Italy, France, Netherlands and UK.
I was able to join an archaeological survey in the Maya lowlands, the jungles of the Peten in Guatemala. Along with some other graduate students we drove through Mexico, noting the culinary and cultural changes on our journey south. Later we took a bus on a dirt road with Maya Indians, pigs and chickens into the jungle. Initially we stayed in a hotel complete with dirt floors at a crossroads. It was considered inappropriate, so I and the other female were boarded with a family in a wooden hut on stilts with a thatch roof.
I got really good with a machete and navigating the rain forest which is challenging because you can’t see the sky. Even though it was the dry season, it was still really wet and my shoes turned green. My clothes were pounded clean on rocks and hung on bushes to dry. They gradually turned the color of the local soil. I had to check for thorns before dressing or ouch! I sat with the local ladies, trying my hand at the art of making corn tortillas.
On the arduous journey home, our bus was stopped by armed bandits. As a graduate student I had very little, but I had an inspiration on how to salvage the small amount of money I possessed. I got off the bus rather than be dragged off and walked right up to the man I thought was the leader. I asked him (in Spanish) if he had a girlfriend. He was taken back by my boldness and said, “Yes.” I offered him a bottle of perfume I had. It worked and they left me and my possessions alone.
Despite all the incredible experiences I had in my travels, I knew I was not track with my life purpose whatever it was. I did what I considered an insane thing – I answered an ad in the newspaper for a date. It turned out this guy was the vehicle to get me to the Wayshowers College orientation and workshop programs. The big picture that was shared helped me understand my psychic perceptions and experiences, my parents and the presence I had felt around me all those years. I immediately signed up for the consultation on how to communicate with my spiritual helpers. The workshop was amazing, learning techniques I could use to direct my energy in a positive way and being with other people who had had the same experiences.
Since then, Wayshowers has been part of my journey, helping me unfold and fulfill my purpose. Now when I channel souls, I know how to free them and help the people to whom they were attracted. I took training to be an instructor and consultant to give other people a bigger picture like I received. I am certified in four levels of trance healing and am ordained as a Minister in Peace Community Church so I can provide services such as baptism, marriage and funeral/memorial. In doing so I have learned so much more and continued healing myself. I work hand and hand with my spiritual helpers (guidance) so I can be at the right place at the right time.
I apply what I have learned in my life even in areas that don’t seem spiritual. With advanced degrees in Anthropology and Engineering, I have worked in administration, computer systems, financial. project and contract management. In all areas my spiritual training and techniques have allowed me to make my life richer and more fulfilling and be of service to others in ways that sometimes surprise me. When I am in my own energy, I can be a channel for spirit, healing and shifting energy.
Remember that air force guy in Missouri? Working with my guidance put me on his doorstep one evening and the rest is history – we’ve been married over 40 years. I had a dream job in financial management that included travel, an awesome manager, and being a supervisor to a great team. One day my manager indicated we’d be making a trip. I immediately had a feeling not to go. I checked with my guidance, and they indicated I needed to stay home at that timing, but I could lose my job over not going. I told my boss I could not go and sure enough she threatened to fire me. I was ready. I said I loved the job, but it was really important for me not to go this time. She finally gave me a pass on the trip. The plane that she and a co-worker were on crashed and everyone was killed. I am here today because I trusted my inner communication and rechecked with my spiritual helpers.
Now when I have an inspiration to go somewhere or do an activity, I know there is an underlying spiritual reason. I may be regrouping my past lives, healing souls in confusion, building bridges in the present and moving beyond my fears. Besides traveling extensively in the continental US, I visited a number of Caribbean Islands, most of the Hawaiian Islands, Ireland, Peru and the Silk Road in Central Asia. We have been lucky to stay in people’s homes during some of the trips.
I have ridden horseback extensively, including across three counties in Ireland. I learned to fly a plane and have done white-water rafting in several states. I got into ziplining in Peru and include it in our trips where possible. I even zipped upside down – that was a real shift in perspective and a blast! I did a couple of levels of an elevated challenge course – my fix for American Ninja Warrior. I love hiking, soaking in the healing power of Nature, meeting people and seeing amazing things.
My adventure continues as I expand my ballpark, unfold more of the real me and share my healing light with others. Inspiring belief with action is crystal clear!