Om Shack Therapies

26/08/2019

We Were Made For These Times

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what matters most to civilized, visionary people.

You are right in your assessments. The lustre and hubris some have aspired to while endorsing acts so heinous against children, elders, everyday people, the poor, the unguarded, the helpless, is breathtaking. Yet, I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry by bewailing these difficult times. Especially do not lose hope. Most particularly because, the fact is that we were made for these times. Yes. For years, we have been learning, practicing, been in training for and just waiting to meet on this exact plain of engagement.

I grew up on the Great Lakes and recognize a seaworthy vessel when I see one. Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able vessels in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind.

Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the waters with you. Even though your veneers may shiver from every wave in this stormy roil, I assure you that the long timbers composing your prow and rudder come from a greater forest. That long-grained lumber is known to withstand storms, to hold together, to hold its own, and to advance, regardless.

In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency, too, to fall into being weakened by dwelling on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind without raising the sails.

We are needed, that is all we can know. And though we meet resistance, we more so will meet great souls who will hail us, love us and guide us, and we will know them when they appear. Didn't you say you were a believer? Didn't you say you pledged to listen to a voice greater? Didn't you ask for grace? Don't you remember that to be in grace means to submit to the voice greater?

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely. It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom, will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.

What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts, adding, adding to, adding more, continuing. We know that it does not take everyone on Earth to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale.

One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times. The light of the soul throws sparks, can send up flares, builds signal fires, causes proper matters to catch fire. To display the lantern of soul in shadowy times like these - to be fierce and to show mercy toward others; both are acts of immense bravery and greatest necessity.

Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it. If you would help to calm the tumult, this is one of the strongest things you can do.

There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it. I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate.

The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here. The good words we say and the good deeds we do are not ours. They are the words and deeds of the One who brought us here. In that spirit, I hope you will write this on your wall: When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.

By Clarissa Pinkola Estes

American poet, post-trauma specialist and Jungian psychoanalyst, author of Women Who Run With the Wolves.

20/08/2019

Trigger warning....Grief and mental illness

Sometimes its hard,when you are a healer,as I am,to talk about struggles I am going through....its as if someone who helps to heal others of their physical,mental and emotional issues should be able to ‘fix themselves’ and sort out all the stuff that troubles them with ease. After all,we all know the saying “Physician,heal thyself”. However,encouraged by my wise friend Emily and her reconnected life support group,I am going to be real and authentic and accept my vulnerability as a part of me and not something to be ashamed of.

I have borderline personality disorder. I have undergone several years of intense group therapy which has given me a ‘toolkit’ of wise choices and to an extent my life is stable and not ruled so much by the bpd intense up and downs and impulsive behaviors which caused such chaos in the lives of both myself and those around me,especially my children. The guilt I carry about what i put them through is a burden I am trying to set down and accept that I did the best I could. My bpd gets worse whenever my physical health is particularly bad. Having M.E. as well as Fibromyalgia and EDS does mean I am literally incapacitated at times with nothing but my critical self-talk for company....my friends and I call them brain weasels for they are sneaky and fast,not easy to get hold off...I have always kept busy as a distraction from them but sometimes I literally am unable to do anything but rest...and out come my weasely companions, running hither and yon with gay abandon. I have an emergency toolkit for such occasions which I made with the help of Freda Minton of Yateley hypnotherapy. I was also helped by Emily Jacob and DK Green and can highly recommend them all if you are in need of guidance.

Recently my health has not been good.A vicious bout of shingles followed by having a big operation has left me extremely depleted. I am doing my best to look after myself,thinking about what I eat and resting.I have also committed to at least a fortnightly massage or healing,as often as my limited budget allows. I use youtube for guided meditations to help me relax and have a supply of books on my kindle to keep my brain occupied and less weaselly.

Grief has been kicking my butt too.I lost my first child in 1986 to cot death. Wendy would have been a grown woman now,I would likely have had the grandchildren I so long for. I feel her loss keenly, its soon coming up to the anniversary of her death. Then in 2016 my beautiful,vibrant,kind daughter Tamsyn died suddenly. The shock will stay with me always. Tamsyn almost died when she was 8 days old,she had a form of meningitis and she had to be revived by the hospital...I almost lost her and this made her so precious to me. She was the best daughter,the one who always made a fuss at mothers day,birthdays etc. She was my ‘person’ the one i knew i could always rely on. When she died, i simply wanted to die too. I have never felt so stricken. Twice I have had to kiss my child goodbye in a cold mortuary....somehow hoping the mothers kiss would wake them like a fairy tale. My heart literally broke...broken heart syndrome...yet another illness to add to my already long list.
Lately I am facing the issue of having to part with some of her belongings...I have held on to almost everything she touched,some things long past the time they should have been put in the bin. It came to a head when the metal compost caddy she bought me should be replaced as it has gone rusty...I couldn’t get rid of it. It felt like i would be throwing her in the bin. My loft is crammed with her clothes and other possessions. I open the storage bag and her personal smell hits me and I cry like I will never stop. I KNOW she would want them to go to charity,she would love the thought of her hoodies keeping a homeless person warm. Yet I cant part with them. It has become an issue and I need to deal with it because I have become stuck. Grief is weighing me down. I need help.

I really do believe in being a wounded healer.My life experiences, sexual abuse,parental neglect,bullying to the point of attempting suicide,an abusive marriage...all these have given me a surfeit of empathy for the struggles of others. My wounds make me a better healer..loving people and helping them is my gift...as the wonderful Brene Brown says,vulnerability is strength. So this is me,being vulnerable.

16/08/2019

Physician,heal thyself!

Why is it so much easier to look after others than it is ourselves? In my role as a healer and counselor i find myself repeatedly admonishing my clients to prioritize self care,that they cant pour from an empty cup. This does seem to be more of an issue for women...our roles tend to be more of the nurturing kind,putting ourselves and our needs at the back of the queue is almost built into our DNA...anyway after a long-lasting spell of poor health I have been told,firmly,by many of my loving friends,that I need to put self-care at the top of my priority list...the angels and other guides who work with me have also been nudging me.

So,I have listened.I am juicing celery every morning ( google The Medical Medium ),cutting right down on processed carbs and sugar and resting when I am tired.I also took myself off for a Reiki healing and massage this morning. I plan to have a massage or healing at least every fortnight.
Taking care of myself doesn’t come naturally...I was brought up to see anything I did simply for me as selfish...but I choose to rewrite that script. Loving myself means I am better able to love others but even if it didn’t I am still worthy. As are we all.

10/08/2019

A real lesson from spirit!
9/8/2019 by Marina Kaplais

I count myself very fortunate to be part of Amanda Ellis’ Team Metatron and one of my jobs is to deliver an oracle card reading for those undertaking Amanda’s level 1 Metatron healing course. So...this afternoon I was preparing to do the last one of this months uptake. As I always do,I read the email from the client, spent some time looking at her photo to ‘tune in’ to her energy. As always I then asked AA Metatron to guide me to choose the correct sprays from Amanda’s colour system to use in the reading. As I stood in front of the sprays I heard “Mary Magdeline”....yes, that made sense...the client could do with the wisdom of the Divine Feminine...then I got a voice in my head...”take Christ as well”...that didn’t make sense to my ‘logical’ mind so I didn’t listen. I picked another couple then went to leave the room. Suddenly I got a very strong ‘knowing’ that AA Uriel wanted to be used. Again, my logic, what I knew of the questions asked by the client, didn’t see that Uriel ‘fitted’....so once again I ignored my inner voice and left AA Uriel on the shelf.

Fast forward to the reading itself. I always use two packs of cards, using a ‘past, present and future’ format. Each card I pulled had direct connection to Mary Magdeline, Christ or Uriel!! Every one! I knew without a shadow of doubt that spirit had been guiding me earlier and only my ‘logic’ had prevented me listening. The inner ‘knowing’ that was ignored was shown, once again, to be right. To say I was chastened is to put it politely. I offered heartfelt apologies to Christ, AA Uriel and spirit in general for not listening. I am determined to take the lesson and take heed to my ‘inner knowing’ in future. AA Metatron is very keen on us believing in ourselves and trusting we already know the way. We always knew, we just have forgotten.

Thank you Spirit, for todays lesson. Consider it learned.

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04/09/2018

**FULLY BOOKED**
Thank you all for such an amazing response. The Colour Your Life workshop is now fully booked. Due to the demand, I will arrange another workshop very soon so if you are interested in coming along to the next one then please contact me for further details. X

01/09/2018