Archive for October, 2009

by Claudia McNeely

I am sure that everyone has heard by now about the sweat lodge tragedy in Sedona which took three lives during a James Ray retreat. It is a horrible incident which has brought much attention to the New Age, Self Help movement.

The current energies are bringing much that has been hidden into the Light. We are seeing this in our government, financial system, religion, health and other areas. All areas which are not aligned with the higher vibrations are being brought into the Light.

James Ray is one of my favorite motivational author’s. I have enjoyed his teachings and put them to work in my own life. He has a way of explaining things that I thought I already knew in a way which has brought a much deeper understanding. He has given me many ‘aha’ moments.

Everything which happens to us is created by our own belief system and the energies we send out. We create our reality with out thoughts, words and actions. One has to wonder what energy James Ray was putting out which attracted this negative attention to him.

As a child, James Ray was the fat kid in school that no one wanted to be friends with. Even though he has grown beyond this emotion and become one of the most revered motivational speakers of our time, inside he obviously still carries this energy of the kid who gets picked on. This hidden energy is what I feel attracted this unwelcome attention to him.

We can think we have healed an issue when in reality it is only hiding within us waiting for the opportunity to rise to the surface at the most unwelcome time. I feel this is part of the reason this event took place as it did.

I also feel that there is a lesson in this event about always being in integrity. For those of us who are Lightworkers, it is important that we always be aligned with the Light, with Truth and the Heart.

The self help industry has grown very quickly over the last few years. More and more people are opening up to spirituality and this has created many Self Help Gurus. When one becomes known as a guru, with millions of people following them throughout the world, it is easy to allow the ego to take over, to see themselves as more important than they really are. These gurus begin to charge more and more for their events, they churn out book after book, dvd after dvd, earning millions in the process. Their work becomes ego based instead of heart based.

I have seen this happen to many of the cast of the movie ‘The Secret’. These people went overnight from almost totally unknowns to stars. Some of them have managed to stay in integrity and changed very little, while others have allowed their ego to inflate instead of their hearts.

This is what I feel has happened to James Ray and why this tragedy occurred. Because he is still that fat kid inside who was picked on in school, he attracted this incident to him to bring him into the public eye for ridicule once again. Though many other gurus could have drawn in this experience, James had the perfect energies hidden within him that attracted it to him.

I hope those of us in the Self Help movement will learn the lesson that we are being shown at this time in always being in integrity. We teach living from the heart, and this is how we must live each and every moment of every day. We cannot allow our ego to take over and lead us away from Love and Truth

by Claudia McNeely

Have you felt like your life was in utter chaos lately? If so, then I hope you are enjoying the latest Ascension Symptoms!

Everyone I have talked to lately has complained of chaos in their lives. Every area of our lives seem to be affected – work, finances, relationships, health. There is not a single area that I have not heard about being affected.

Our Ascension has speeded up considerably over the last few months. Vibrational energies have increased tremendously causing nervousness, anxiety, stress and more stress. Even healthy relationships have been strained almost to the breaking point. Many unhealthy relationships have been brought to an abrupt end.

We are being led to where we are supposed to be physically, emotionally and financially. Due to our economic downturn, people have been forced to change homes and jobs. We are not being allowed to hold onto things which no longer serve us, they are being ripped from our grip almost against our will.

If we can see these losses as an opportunity to move into a better place, then the changes we are experiencing will be less traumatic. If we can embrace the changes we are experiencing, we can progress into the new world much easier.

And what a new world it is! The vibrations of this new world are intense. Many of us can feel this as muscle twitching – we can actually feel the vibrations sweep through our muscles. As our head adjusts to the new energies, we experience headaches and neck pains.

Leg and foot pain is still occurring as we learn to ground ourselves in these new energies. Back pains are still occurring, but not as bad as in the previous months.

Sleep is difficult, many of us waking in the early morning hours unable to return to sleep. During the day, we are so tired we can barely stay awake. We are all experiencing a deep exhaustion that no amount of rest improves.

We are now living in the New Earth, totally and completely. The Old Earth has passed away, never to return.

What can we do to survive these energies?

Be sure to keep yourself grounded. Ground your energies deep into the New Earth, not the Old Earth. This can be done simply by intending that you be grounded into the New Earth. Eating more protein will also help to ground you and help our bodies to adjust to the new energies.

Make sure you are getting enough Minerals in your diet or increase your supplementation of them. You need lots of healthy foods to give your body the energy to make this transition.

Use the healing techniques available on my website to keep your emotions balanced and heal any issues that come up immediately instead of allowing them to take over. Using the ‘Feelings Prayer’ will help you to cope with the massive changes we are all experiencing.

If you are having problems coping, have a Healing Session with someone who can help you to adjust to the new energies. Remember that not all Energy Workers are skilled in these areas, so check out the Healers you are considering to make sure they can actually help you.

Most of all, remember to be kind to yourself. Take the time necessary to rest and heal. Spend time daily meditating. Spend time in nature, touching the earth. Remember to breathe.

Even though it may not feel like it at times, we will survive these changes. We will survive the move to the New World and adjust to the higher vibrations. We just have to remember to be patient and self loving.

See you on the other side!

Sometimes we don’t understand why things work out as they do. We have things planned out, life is going as we think it should, then something happens to change everything.

We get upset, we feel that our life is ruined, we rant and we rave.

But, many times, things happen to bring us to a better place.

We may have an important appointment, but our car breaks down on the way. Later we learn that there was a terrible accident just up the road which we would have been involved in.

We may have a trip planned but we are late arriving at the airport and miss our plane, only later to learn that the plane crashed.

How many times in our lives has something happened that it turns out is Divinely guided to bring us to the place we most need to be at that moment?

It is very important for us to trust that our lives are being Divinely guided, that things are working in a way to lead us to the best possible future.

Instead of ranting and raving, we would do better to learn to go with the flow, to joyfully go in the direction that Spirit is leading us, trusting that we will always be in the right place at the right time doing the right thing.

(After I wrote this article, I checked the word count and it was 222. I looked up the meaning of this number, which was – “This is a sign of confirmation that you are on the right path, doing the right thing and going in the right direction. Continue with this train of thought.”)