The Human Solution

I woke this morning with a distinct image from my dream. Written on a cardboard sign were the words, Are you part of the human solution?

As I was moving from dream-state to awake-state many images flashed in my consciousness about what this could mean. I immediately thought of the planet, global warming and my recent activity with creating sustainable neighborhood communities. Then I wondered if it was a message about the inner work that I teach in the spiritual scientist course - bridging the human and divine natures with compassion, acceptance and loving.

Solution, as defined by the dictionary means, the answer to a problem; an action or process of solving a problem. So, if I were to take the question at face value I would consider what in life I view as a problem and then, perhaps, how I am bringing forward answers or not. In other words, am I having difficulty solving the problems in my life? Do I feel overwhelmed with the problems of the world? And the solutions seem to be about my humanness, my humanity.

Knowing that my humanity is part of the solution of my life is a concept that I had to learn. I was taught and modeled, as a child, that my humanity was the culprit, the evil doer, the part of me that 'got me into trouble'. In contrast, the 'good' part of me had to be ever watchful for the 'bad' part. So the solution to the problem of my badness was to banish it, deny it, suppress it, or ask God to take it away.

Today, I no longer view my humanity through the eyes of good/bad or right/wrong. Instead, my humanity is my teacher about where I can love, how I can open my heart, and who I can forgive. And the where, how and who are all me.

So my humanity is not something that needs to be fixed because it's not broken. My humanness isn't bad, it's just human. And in accepting it's agenda, I am free to make a different choice.

In aura balancing, I balance the 'block' not the person. The person is whole, perfect, divine - the 'block' in the aura is a mis-identification, or mis-perception because that's what our human senses can do. They mis-represent and mis-interpret all the time. Or put another way, the mind/emotions/ego-personality sees the world and orders its reality according to its belief structure- but those belief structures are usually created from illusion, fear, delusion and limited awareness.

My divine-ness, holiness, soul, God-self sees the world in a wholly different way. It looks at the experiences of my life and declares it's all perfect. It's all for the learning. It's all about accepting and loving - not judging and fixing.

When I can accept my humanness, then I can accept the humanness of others. Acceptance creates an energy of inclusion and connection. Connection fosters mutual support and respect. Then the answers to the problems come from the collective 'we' and serve all concerned.

Does that mean that I never feel overwhelmed by my life? or that I never become fearful about the current world situations? No. I just remember, more quickly, that I have a different choice than fear, overwhelm or judgment. And when I make that choice my actions, words, thoughts and feelings come from a deep well-spring of peace, compassion, far-seeing vision, acceptance and expansive possibilities.

That's the human solution for me.

Aura Balancing

Recently I ran across my certificate of completion for Noetic Field Energy Therapy Training dated June 1997. Well, that feels about right, I thought. Nine years ago I spontaneously heard myself saying Yes inside to study aura balancing. Today I am aware of how much the training, the work, and the inner guidance has enriched and expanded my practice as a spiritual counselor, facilitator, author and minister.

When I first graduated from completing the aura balancing training I wasn’t quite sure what to do with this new technique. At the time I had been in private practice as a spiritual counselor for 7 years. How was I going to interface aura balancing and my talk therapy practice?

Like getting a new toy, I was intrigued and excited to ‘play’ in the realm of energy work, healing, clearing and balancing. I decided to suggest to clients, when I felt it appropriate, that we do an aura balancing. In those early years, I followed the protocol religiously and found the results to be interesting and well, balancing. But like most new toys, the shininess faded after a year or so and I forgot all about suggesting aura balancing as a therapeutic tool.

Well, as they say, Spirit had other plans.

The first year Robert led his advanced aura balancing class in Alamogordo and we spent the weekend with Ella Vivian I felt an inner prompting to tune inside and re-ignite my early passion for working in the subtle energy fields. So, once again, I heard myself saying Yes inside and felt plugged back into the energy. I also discovered that my absence from actually doing aura balancing had not diminished my abilities. On the contrary, I found myself oddly more in tune, more aware, more refined in my abilities to do the work. Hmmm… aura balancing seemed to have a life of its own.

Each year thereafter my enthusiasm grew. I felt guided to explore outside the original protocol and follow the lead of the client’s soul. During those three years of advanced aura balancing retreats in Alamogordo I received some kind of transmission of new awareness, insight and permission to “take the ball and run with it.” Something seemed to be happening in the collected consciousness around energy work. My sense was that the Spiritual Hierarchy, or whoever was over aura balancing on the inner planes, wanted this technique more widely available.

Today, my counseling practice has shifted dramatically. I use less and less talk therapy and more and more aura balancing and subtle energy healing work. And look what is happening in the fields of Noetic science, quantum physics, energy medicine and humanistic psychology? Subtle energy healing is everywhere. With movies demonstrating how our minds create our reality aka What the Bleep? we are poised, as practitioners, to offer those that are ready an incredible opportunity for growth, expansion, upliftment and cocreation.

Two things that I did that made all the difference? Focusing on my own personal spiritual work. I realized that my ability to perceive and my clarity to be guided were directly dependent on my connection to Source.

And I let go of any concerns about not measuring up. I choose to focus on that if I was drawn to do the work – then I was qualified to do the work…and I would be guided, supported, instructed, uplifted and blessed.

And that has been my experience for the last 9 years. Learning to turn inside and trust rather than look for validation or the 'road map' in the world is probably the bigger reason I do aura balancings. For it has taught me over and over about the nature of spirit, the fulfillment of the soul, and the truth of who we are as spiritual beings.