Illuminating My Own Path

This is something that excites me!--that is, deepening my connection to the sixth chakra, the third eye chakra.  This is the place where our intuition and imagination reside and it is associated with light.  This excites me because I have already been focusing much of my energy in this place for a little while now.

Thanks to one of my newest spiritual guru's Mike Dooley, author of "Leveraging the Universe" and "Infinite Possibilities" I learned about the concept of "thoughts become things."  In other words, whatever you focus on has a way of increasing.  Whatever you think comes into being.  If your focus is on positive thoughts, you will naturally attract positivity.  If you concentrate on what's negative, you will bring more negativity towards you.  This is SO true!  Don't believe me?  Try it!  I have found this to be true.

I also learned from Mike Dooley the art of harnessing the power of my own thoughts in order to leverage the power of the Universe and effect positive change in my life.  For each day of the week I have a different visualization practice dedicated to a different area of my life.  For instance Mondays my visualizations are around romantic love and Tuesdays are for visualizing my future home.  Wednesdays are for how I envision my professional life evolving and so on and so forth.  This is tough though.  I find myself getting easily distracted when I begin to visualize and my imagination often feels stifled.  Perhaps this is a manifestation of fear.  Could there be some doubt about this really working?  Am I afraid that I will waste my time visualizing things that will not come true and then in the end be really disappointed?

I counter those fears by at least focusing on the thought and feeling that I am happy (which is not difficult for me to conjure up because it is sincerely how I am feeling right now!)  Focusing on being happy is all that really matters because whatever we are trying to accomplish in life is so we can have the end result of experiencing happiness, right?  

I see evidence of this fear/doubt in my artwork for today.  The artwork is a reflection of how I experience my chamber of seeing.  The source does not feel as wide and open as perhaps it could be.  Also, within my visual field of the third eye, the colors are somewhat muted and blurred, which I think is indicative of the challenges I face in really harnessing my imagination and intuition.

I look forward to continuing this practice and engaging in the actions I listed below for strengthening my connection to the third eye chakra. I hope you will too!

YOUR TURN!

Envision your own chamber of seeing and knowing.  What colors emerge?  Is your field of vision open wide or narrow?  Is the light that passes through bright and almost blinding?  Is the light dark and muted?  Or is the light just the right amount to clearly illuminate your path?

A balanced third eye chakra has the following characteristics:
*  strong intuition
*  creative imagination
*  ability to visualize
*  ability to recall dreams and memories

ACTIONS:  * Focus your mental energy on what you appreciate about your
                            life and therefore what you would like more of.
                      * Take time for formally sitting with your future visualizations
                            everyday.
                      * Become attuned to your thought patterns and be willing
                            to change those which do not serve you.
                      *  Surround yourself with beauty.

MANTRAS:  I see the good in each person and each situation.
                        I make the choice to be as loving and positive as I know how to be.
                        I am wise, intuitive, and aligned with my highest good.

SONG:  "A Beautiful Day" by India Arie  (LOVE LOVE LOVE this song)

Tell me about what you envision for yourself!!!
Namaste and much love,
Brooke