Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst
At 18, and continuing for more than a decade, I was hungry for information Despite vacillating between the shore of believing in the unseen world, and running from it with all my might. I wanted someone to tell me “Yes these things are real”! I wanted guidance in using these energies, I wanted information on how to protect myself energetically.
I wanted information on how to shield myself from picking up everything around me and more. In the ’80s there was not much written on these subjects. I never found teachers in the flesh that I felt that I could trust. So, I kept opening myself wider looking for answers. And that was my biggest mistake because the answers I was looking for were literally only to be found inside of me.
And it’s not like you find the answers like gems tossed by the side of the road (fully cut and polished). Our bodies are the conduit through which we develop the awareness to discover our answers.
Our bodies contain our built-in vibe barometer (to read more, get my book Connecting the Dots Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science and check out “Trust Your Gut?” to get a good understanding of what I’m talking about, at:
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Sunday Series: These Shores, Part One
Memoirs Of A Spiritual Catalyst Forever I have run to these shores … Forever I have run from these shores …Lia Russ That is the beginning of a poem I wrote a long time ago. I wrote that when I was 18 and it is about my relationship to energy, and spiritual dimensions. I had…
Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Two
Memoirs of a Spiritual Catalyst I regularly went through periods of swearing off exploring energetic realms in hopes of accomplishing the coveted goal of being like other kids. But no matter how hard I tried to shut off my awareness of energy or my clairvoyance, I could not. It got to the point where I…
Sunday Series : These Shores, Part Three
Memoirs Of A Spiritual Catalyst I had to learn everything myself, by trial and error. And aside from being very lonely, exploring the world we cannot see without any community guidance, can be scary if not dangerous, (however please note that I did survive!). Although I did not understand it at the time, everything that…
Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Four
Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst I had studied about shamans in college, but I did not associate myself as one until fairly recently. It wasn’t until I was in my 40’s that I heard someone say that shamanism was a path to direct revelation. There have been shamans in every culture since the earliest of…
Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Five
Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst If you see visions, it can be very hard to tell the difference between several important factors. Is what I’m seeing for me? (Or for someone else?) Is what I’m seeing a warning of things to come? (Or is it something from the past?) These are very important questions to…
Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Six
Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst At 18, and continuing for more than a decade, I was hungry for information Despite vacillating between the shore of believing in the unseen world, and running from it with all my might. I wanted someone to tell me “Yes these things are real”! I wanted guidance in using these…
Sunday Series: These Shores, Part Seven
Memoirs of A Spiritual Catalyst It was almost too much for me, this solitary journey without any guidance from people around me, but the very connections that my sensitivity to reality allowed me to find in nature, were the things that kept me “fed” and able to survive – despite my extreme pain and isolation.…
Connecting The Dots 