Mary Flanagan Gleason's Blog, page 11

It���s Labor Day! Throw yourself a Parade!

Labor Day originated in the labor union movement, which advocated for better working conditions, fair wages, and improved labor laws during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The holiday demands that hard work be recognized as the asset that it is. It reminds me to reflect on my contributions and the hard work of others like my parents, grandparents, caring friends, coworkers, and clients.

So how is your work contributing to the betterment of yourself and others? Are you demanding to be recognized? If not, why not? You���re worth it!

At this, the unofficial end of summer, take a moment to look up from the grindstone and be recognized!

Sending you gratitude for your contributions.

Mary

P.S. Today is a good time to sign up for one or more of my upcoming workshops!

It���s easier to hold yourself down that it is to make progress.������������������ – Ally Love

When you are frightened by a challenge, your ego is your best friend. It encourages you to stay stuck.

It sends out all kinds of warning flares such as ���better not. You might fail.��� Or ���You���ve got it good right where you are. Why stir things up?��� Or ���People aren���t going to like you if you do that.��� ���Better the devil you know.���

Ego is really good at advising you to walk away from the hard work that makes you uncomfortable. And the clinker is how often it uses your own rational-sounding voice to deliver the message.

While ego���s job is to keep you safe, your job is to make progress. Get messy. Become more, better, stronger. Progress means leaving things behind, shedding what holds you back, accepting that some people won���t understand, and knowing that new people who support you will emerge.

The ego resides in the solar plexus chakra, the gut, the energetic center of personal power. When you surrender your power, you will experience stomach ailments. Your ability to digest life is compromised.

Physical ailments can easily find their way to your heart health as you remain misaligned with your passions or stay in unhealthy relationships. The throat can also experience trouble because you are not communicating your truth. See where I���m going with this?

It is often difficult to pinpoint exactly why you are stuck; that is where I can help. Messages from Spirit can come through psychic readings or hypnotherapy sessions. One is quicker, while the latter is deeper. If you are unsure what is right for you, you can schedule a no-cost discovery call.

Ego is our biggest challenge, but it is not invincible.

Mary

It’s easier to hold yourself down that it is to make progress. – Ally Love

When you are frightened by a challenge, your ego is your best friend. It encourages you to stay stuck.

It sends out all kinds of warning flares such as “better not. You might fail.” Or “You’ve got it good right where you are. Why stir things up?” Or “People aren’t going to like you if you do that.” “Better the devil you know.”

Ego is really good at advising you to walk away from the hard work that makes you uncomfortable. And the clinker is how often it uses your own rational-sounding voice to deliver the message.

While ego’s job is to keep you safe, your job is to make progress. Get messy. Become more, better, stronger. Progress means leaving things behind, shedding what holds you back, accepting that some people won’t understand, and knowing that new people who support you will emerge.

The ego resides in the solar plexus chakra, the gut, the energetic center of personal power. When you surrender your power, you will experience stomach ailments. Your ability to digest life is compromised.

Physical ailments can easily find their way to your heart health as you remain misaligned with your passions or stay in unhealthy relationships. The throat can also experience trouble because you are not communicating your truth. See where I’m going with this?

It is often difficult to pinpoint exactly why you are stuck; that is where I can help. Messages from Spirit can come through psychic readings or hypnotherapy sessions. One is quicker, while the latter is deeper. If you are unsure what is right for you, you can schedule a no-cost discovery call.

Ego is our biggest challenge, but it is not invincible.

Mary

SILENCE!

Been noticing lately that everywhere I go, there is music playing, often loudly.

My husband noted that on the golf course, more and more personal carts are tricked out with Wi-Fi sound bars. The golf course! Are we going the way of Rodney Dangerfield?

It is especilly frustrating when dining out with friends. I want to hear what you wish to share.

I could spend my time shushing the world, but that feels like an exercise in futility. I could walk around with noise-canceling headphones, but that detracts from my presence in the moment. I may miss important information like a siren approaching on my left or someone saying hello.

Most importantly, Silence is critical to hearing Spirit, sensing our intuition, and instinctively responding to the world. It has come down to intentionally creating a quiet space and time to allow information to flow to me. So much information in the silence will serve you better than whatever is coming through your headset.

It is hard to resist being lulled to complacency by the constant onslaught of music in every venue. Try turning off your car radio, eschewing the podcast or audiobook for just 20 minutes. I surprised myself with how quickly I went to turn the radio back on. (Just two minutes!) Twenty minutes can seem like forever, but if you give it at least five minutes, you will find that your thoughts become more productive, the answer to a situation begins to reveal itself, or you realize that your breathing and heartbeat are in sync.

As always, twenty minutes of silence in the morning and twenty in the evening when you are at home are critical to receiving Spirit���s guidance. In a world that offers 24/7 background noise, create a space for Spirit and benefit from greater clarity.

Silence is truly golden.

Mary

An Emerging Chakra: The Oversoul

Ever heard of The Oversoul?

I discovered it when studying the transpersonal chakras. I had heard of it before but only recently delved into it.

Last week, I discussed the Akashic Library, a Spiritual collection of all past, present, and future thoughts, words, and actions of our souls and those of others on our collective journeys. When you connect with the Akashic records, you can glean a great deal of information about your soul���s path, purpose, and possibilities.

The Oversoul has a slightly different purpose. With each new enlightenment, The Oversoul collects that energy of knowledge and informs all your lifetimes allowing you to continue to ascend. It���s important to note that ascension isn���t necessarily upward. It���s more outward, radiating even more brightly to support us on our journey. Think of it as expansive energy helping you to grow into your powerful self, far beyond what we can physically accommodate.

The Oversoul supports and reminds the soul of all the soul contracts we have entered into either prior to coming into this lifetime or during. It notes our ability to discern the lessons and allow our souls to move more freely through life.

In my practice, I came to appreciate that so many others shared my experience of turning 50. Turning 50 is a point when many of us say we want the next 50 years to be different. We examine friendships, marriages, career choices, habits, etc., and decide what must go, what can stay, and under what conditions. We have far fewer friends opting for quality over quantity. We assess which relationships give and receive in equal measure. The Oversoul absorbs that discernment, and with it, you grow stronger, brighter, lighter, more powerful.

The Oversoul requires more exploration than can be covered here. It is a vast concept to think that with each dawning and new ���aha,��� we lighten our souls, relieve our burdens, and expand our positive energy.

I recently read Michael Pollen���s book, How to Change Your Mind, in part about his experience with LSD and a psilocybin (mushroom) experience he had that he could only describe as meeting with The Oversoul. He only wished he, as a writer had words to describe this incredible energy that exists for us all. (I am planning my own psilocybin experience for later this month. I will report back on my experience as best I can. If Michael Pollen can���t find the words, I, too, may struggle.)

The Oversoul is located between the heart and throat chakras and is symbolized by a gold infinity loop. It connects our highest chakra, The Divine Chakra, with the Heart, offering insights and pure love sans judgment.

In her book, The Complete Guide to Chakras: Activating the 12-Chakra Energy System for Balance and Healing (p. 168), April Pfender offers this meditation to connect with The Oversoul. Here is a synopsis for you to consider.

Begin by doing your deep breath work and bring your attention to the place between your Heart and Throat chakras, known as your High Heart or Oversoul. Next, state your intention aloud: ���Spirit help me to connect to my oversoul today. Help me reach self-realization to my highest capacity beyond the understanding of my mind. Allow me to surrender to the truest essence of myself, now.���
Next, think of a few small requests you want to investigate. Then just listen and observe. Do not try to force an answer. You may hear a random song lyric or see a movie scene or notice a scent or any other seemingly random thing that enters your consciousness. Just let it happen. Stay present in the meditation for 20-30 minutes.

You should then journal your experience or otherwise process the information you received to take form in your mind.

This sounds easy, and, in many ways, it is, but it can take much practice, so do not give up. Continue to relax and avoid telling yourself, ���It doesn���t work.���

I hope you are enjoying learning more about the chakras along with me. The chakras are a powerful system for navigating life and engaging your intuition for the greatest success. It reminds me that everything is energy, and energy is manipulated with whatever intention we set.

So, what are your intentions?

Mary

Permanent Records and the Akashic

I always thought that the permanent record idea was made up by the nuns, designed to keep us all in line by reminding us that God is always watching and knows what we���re up to. A Big Brother state invented by nuns. It had a lot of connotations of guilt and shame attached and for a while (maybe until second or third grade) it worked.

Turns out, there really is a permanent record but not for the same threatening purposes. It���s called the Akashic record, and it is maintained in the Akashic Library of all our lifetimes, lessons, and enlightenment. The Library also contains a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms, not just human.

There are ways to visit your Akashic record and find information you may have forgotten, to give new perspective to current events, and to explore the possibilities that are hard to see at the conscious level. However, it is not for beginners. Visiting the Akashic with low vibrations, such as guilt and shame, can sometimes only intensify the negativity of witnessing an event. The record is not there for judgment but rather further enlightenment. To glean information you are not ready for can be overwhelming and misused.

When accessing the records, which I���ll get to in a moment, you���ll want to remember a few things.

First, you can only access information about your own soul. You might learn about how another���s soul interacts with your life, but that is not the same as accessing their records. It is all about you.

Second, focus. Get specific about what you most want to know. You can use this access for understanding relationships, furthering business, stimulating creativity, etc. As with my hypnotherapy clients, some of whom have ventured to the Akashic, you will be shown the only most relevant information.

Third, applying the information requires very careful consideration. It is important to remember that there are no victims, only lessons to be learned. There is no right or wrong, only your path. There is no righteousness, only some validation for a moment.

If you think you are ready, then you can begin your meditation to visit this library. First, write down your question and be as specific as possible. You���ll want to find a safe, comfortable space to relax and begin your breathwork into an altered state. Ask permission to be shown to the Akashic Library. Permission may be denied if Spirit thinks you are not ready. This is not a failure, only an indication that you need more work to appreciate the information contained here.

Let me know if I can help.

Mary

When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Will Appear

Truer words were never spoken.

I have had a crash course in the transpersonal chakras, which I have shared in my last five posts. In short, they take us from engaging with the deepest and most profound Earth energies all the way to the Divine.

As if to further my understanding, my book club decided to read “The Afterlife of Billy Fingers” by Annie Kagan. In this book, her brother Billy, who seemingly led a horrible life fueled by addictions, comes to her after his death and says he needs her to write a book about his afterlife.

Most importantly to his sister, the first message was that he lived the life he was supposed to.

The book club’s decision to read the book had nothing to do with my explorations, yet they complimented each other in very clear and dramatic ways. If you have not read the book, treat yourself. It is short, fun, and reassuring about the afterlife. (I have not seen the movie, so I cannot comment.) It is also a crash course in the transpersonal chakras, which Billy did not achieve in this lifetime on earth, but still defines them beautifully from his soul’s next adventure.

I have always told my clients that we take our beliefs with us when we die. That was definitely true for Billy Fingers.

Billy’s quest was to know God, to truly know the Divine. Hence, although given the opportunity, he chose to forgo reuniting with past loved ones and went straight through to the Soul Star, Stellar Gateway, Universal Gateway, and Universal Gateway.

Billy succinctly notes:��You are the oyster and the pearl.

You cannot make pearls of your life without the irritation of sand. And the more you take the lessons from your irritations, the more beautiful and lustrous the pearl. The goal is not to avoid the sand. That is an oyster more likely to be someone’s dinner. Nor do you need to seek great amounts of sand. But it helps to understand that the sand that does get in has something to teach us and to make us even grander.

The best route for your soul’s journey is to take the lesson, leave the baggage. I am always happy to discuss how these teachings might help you live your best life. They are definitely helping mine.��

Mary

Beyond the Seven Main Chakras: The Divine Gateway

The exact number of chakras varies depending on who you talk to. They are along our spines, in our hands and feet, between our heart and throat chakras, along various meridians. The most commonly discussed are the seven main chakras. For the past four weeks, I have focused on the transpersonal chakras: the Earth Star, the Soul Star, the Stellar Gateway, and the Universal Gateway. The last one I want to talk about in this series is the eleventh chakra, the Divine Gateway.

The 11th chakra is the top of the chakras and, as you can tell by its name, is our ultimate connection to the Divine — the highest level of enlightenment. Each chakra below is activated as we clear away thoughts and beliefs that no longer serve. Things like karma, shame, and guilt which represent the human experience and focus instead on the lessons.

When you enter each stage of enlightenment while still in physical form, it is important that the information flows freely from the Divine to Mother Earth and back again. Unimpeded enlightenment. It is not something we all get to in one lifetime, but the information is there whenever you are ready.

The Divine Mind encompasses all realities, current, past, and still to come.

It is so massive that our physical minds must suspend disbelief and accept what information flows from this connection. This plane has no hierarchy since everything is created from the Divine Source. It requires us to live from our heart centers. Be compassionate, nonjudgmental, and neutral. That does not mean to be devoid of emotions. It is more about getting rid of judgment and going through the emotions so they cannot keep us stuck.

I cannot tell you that I ���get��� all of what I have presented in the past month. I know there is so much more than what has been, is, or could be. Whatever I do to improve my understanding of my soul���s journey is worth it. There is always more to come.

The color of the Divine Gateway is a very pale blue. The frequency vibrates so high that it cannot be seen, felt, or heard. Yet it exists. It is a plane where time and matter are easily manipulated. In my hypnotherapy sessions, I have had clients go to primordial states and to planets they have never heard of but somehow felt familiar. There they found answers to whatever question they had posed for the session. Not always with a great ���aha!��� but always worthy of further consideration. When they ask, ���Was that real��� I can never tell them definitively yes because only they can answer it. What ultimately matters is if the information they gathered was helpful.

Here, one can access such expansive information if and when they are ready. When you���re ready, I���m here.

Mary
mary@marygleasonconsulting.com

Beyond the Seven Main Chakras: The Universal Gateway

The more enlightened I feel, the more I find the wisdom deep from within. Lifting my third eye to the heavens brings me back to some mysterious place inside and, on occasion, familiar. That is the Universal Gateway.

I have struggled to fully appreciate this chakra because its role requires me to expand my understanding of the light energy in ways that I might be able to recite but only truly understand once I sit with it for a long, long time.

This tenth, silver chakra is also known as the “collective chakra”. It lies above the Soul Chakra, which lies above the Star Chakra, which lies above the seventh or crown chakra. Each opens as we are prepared to receive its gifts and wisdom; we must prepare to accept without asking that our minds truly understand it ��� because they can’t. This highlights the difference between belief and knowing. 

For example, I’ve no need to believe in God because I know God. A belief is hoping that God is real. Knowing God means you have experienced grace and compassion that comes from beyond all human measure. We are asked to know things without tangible evidence as we enter these last two chakras (next week is the eleventh chakra or Divine Gateway). 

More than belief. More than understand. Know.

Think of the Universal Gateway as a library where all experience is cataloged and available to you. It is the Library of the Collective Conscious. Here we can see how the energy we emit impacts the greater whole. It also acts as a mirror that reflects our impact ��� the one we make and the one we wish to make.

To activate your tenth chakra, you must do the work of unlearning and clearing through blockages built from your upbringing and experiences. Everyone judges what has happened and determines how those experiences will control or not control their future. A bad experience in childhood may lead us to believe that we’re not loveable or are worth more or less than others. But none of that has power without our permission.

Take the lesson, leave the baggage.

When you have done the work of relieving false beliefs and feelings of being damaged, you awaken your abilities that are so powerful you may find you can command states of matter at will. Manifesting your deepest desires becomes easier and more quickly. It is essential to call in the heart and its many layers, which are revealed as you deepen your understanding.

Maya Angelou told us that when we know better, we must do better. April Pfender says, “When we learn, we evolve.”*

Ms. Pfender also says, “���heart coherence and universal understanding must begin to be part of every interaction to maintain a higher frequency of a singular being. Heart consciousness and the understanding of oneness and the mind are integral to our human operating system. It is always reaching out and assessing where our frequencies must be neutralized ��� we know that to transcend anything, neutrality is key. Neutrality doesn’t mean you don’t care; it means we discern wisely.”

It is the difference between reacting versus responding. Someone at a lower vibration may cause a reaction inside you, but with a little time, sometimes a single deep breath’s worth, consideration of the heart and mind can lead you to respond more neutrally and with greater compassion for another’s views. Agreement isn’t necessary for kindness and harmony to exist. Higher vibrations cannot be achieved or retained with lower vibration energy.

And the kicker is that this “higher” vibration is really deeper within. You vibrate outward with greater light once you unlock it from your inner self. It is all just sitting there waiting for you.

If you want to vibrate at a higher level, you must be ready to do the work, letting go of baggage and reexamining beliefs that hold you back. I would be happy to act as your guide. I am only a click away.

Mary

*Pfender, April,��The Complete Guide to Chakras: Activating the 12 Chakra Energy System for Balance and Healing

Beyond the Seven Main Chakras: The Stellar Gateway

All the recent revelations about aliens in the news seem funny to me. Aliens on Earth are nothing new.

Ask any pilot, astronaut, or nighttime truck driver. They have seen them and been unable to talk about it���the few who do often receive ridicule. Beyond witnessing UFOs and aliens, we have a long history and relationship with them. Aliens from beyond our limited understanding of form consist of light of varying intensity and vibration.

Among the most interesting interactions I have had as a hypnotherapist include five particular clients. None of them know each other, yet all five reported this being their first time on Earth and having come from the Pleiades, a giant star cluster visible in the night sky near Orion. Each client mentioned that their planet in this enormous star cluster blew up, greatly damaging the other stars and planets. They are here involved in the environmental and peace movements to help us on Earth from making the same mistakes.

The Stellar Gateway is our link to others, those ahead of our development, and those who understand us better than we do. The Stellar Gateway, the ninth chakra, opens us to that collective wisdom. 

This ninth chakra, the Stellar Gateway, provides access to this kind of wisdom and so much more. It represents the collective wisdom of so many other lifetimes and ways of life beyond the human experience. It can also reveal our soul���s journey throughout time. Think of it as learning from your ancestors as well as recent experiences.

Access to the Stellar Gateway occurs after the Soul Star is activated. That means after you have reconciled any thoughts of karma or past life debt. You must be willing and able to move on from things like shame and doubt in yourself. Once you open this portal, a whole world of possibilities presents itself. Most of us will be able to reach this in this lifetime, but only with constant work to reach a higher vibration. (My personal goal is to be able to levitate. This is the chakra where that can occur after significant dedication to growing in the light. One cannot float when weighed down with emotional baggage.)

When you are ready to activate this chakra, you will appreciate that you must begin to ���integrate these energies (that is, slow down) in order to wake up.���* This is more than a checklist of skills and actions. You must allow time for deeper concepts to permeate every facet of your being. Not easy when you are in the middle of learning through Earth���s resistance. But it is possible.

What I have been sharing with you for the past few weeks (and the next few weeks) are not easy concepts. I continue to read and reread the importance of each transpersonal chakra to deepen my understanding. If you would like to ask a question or discuss, please schedule a discovery call with me. I would enjoy the dialogue.

Mary

*Pfender, April,��The Complete Guide to Chakras: Activating the 12 Chakra Energy System for Balance and Healing