And this is getting some of us in trouble!

You see, with this “always-on” high-speed connection to our intuitive resources, our thoughts will generate intuitive impulses incessantly.

In other words, you’re always setting intentions.  And you’re always asking for guidance.

So … how are you communicating with yourself?  Most importantly … what questions are you asking yourself in your own mind?

Sometimes we ask ourselves questions – just amidst the mind chatter of our thoughts – that are less than productive from an intuitive perspective.  And sometimes we ask ourselves questions that are downright damaging!  (This is one of the great things about the Soul Realignment modality … you learn how to ask only productive questions that actually yield meaningful information.)

Let’s say you’re asking yourself something like: “Why can’t I make more money / find that ideal romantic partner / drop twenty pounds?”

You’ll get an answer.  You’ll receive intuitive nudges and insights as to the problem at hand.  You’ll get glimpses of Soul-level memories from your Akashic Records as well as current-life memories from your subconscious memory files.  You’ll probably also attract a few obvious road blocks to show you exactly why you CAN’T.

In other words, this kind of question makes your own perceived obstacles BIGGER.

If you ask something like: “What are my self-limiting beliefs?” they are going to show up for you in a nice, pronounced way all over the place.  If you ask: “How am I holding myself back?” this is going to show up for you, too.  You’ll get a full dose of exactly how you’re holding yourself back!

Let’s say you’re asking exactly how you’re limiting yourself from creating a certain income.  Not only will you end up becoming aware of every bit of childhood programming of your financial life, your lack of ability to receive, any past-life situations where money has been a negative experience …you’ll also manifest your perceived limitation in a bigger way and your income may actually go DOWN.

Hey … you asked!  You wanted to be shown … and the Universe delivers!  And since you’re now at a high level of consciousness, it means you manifest everything bigger and faster than before.

Of course, there’s value in having a full-blown experience of your own self-imposed limitations.  If you prefer to learn through a hard slap with the Universal two by four … this is a great way to do it!

Whatever you focus on expands.  The more expanded our consciousness, the more true and immediate this becomes.  Focus on understanding issues, problems, and limitation … and that’s what you’ll get.  Persist on focusing on your “problems,” and you may end up with the perception that you are, in fact, a hot mess in spite of all your spiritual development work.

It’s much better to ask for solutions, for the roadmap to your desired outcomes.  Which means that you have to know what you want to create, to know where you are going.

Intentionality is EVERYTHING right now.  Language is resonating at a more and more literal level as the fifth dimension opens up to us.  How you phrase your intentions, how you ask for guidance, how you speak with yourself within your own thoughts … it matters more than ever.

Listen more closely to your own internal thoughts and questions today.  You may find that you are receiving exactly what you’re asking for – once you realize what you’ve been asking!

To your infinite inner wisdom,
Andrea Hess

Isn’t it odd, though, that we don’t regard our positive experiences the same way?  What if we flawlessly manifest an event, a dollar amount, a new relationship?  We don’t tend to sit back and say: “What’s my lesson in this?  What is my growth opportunity?”  Instead, we celebrate our little miracle with gratitude and move on.

It seems that we insist on learning the hard way.

Somewhere in our consciousness, we may have decided that the “school” of life comes with some tough exams and long study sessions.

The problem is that we get what we expect.

In the end, life is just a series of choices, followed by consequences.  The consequence we create informs us of the energetic quality of our choice, so that we can then use this information to make subsequent choices.

There are no “lessons” that we have to learn … unless we choose them for ourselves.  There are no struggles that we have to overcome … unless we choose them for ourselves.

What choices are we really here to make?  The answer is simple.

We are here to make choices that express our Divinity.  Each one of us is a unique, individuated expression of the Divine, and so the choices that express our Divinity are uniquely different for each one of us.

Express your Divinity, and you manifest flawlessly.  Choose the expression of your Soul Purpose, choose to act in alignment with your Divine Gifts … and the results can only be Divinely abundant.

Make choices outside of your Divinity, and you are in your negative self-expression.  You are being who you are NOT, rather than the Divine Being that you are.  What else could the result be but negative?

Sometimes free will sucks.

But free will can also liberate us from the lessons, the tests, the hurdles that we’ve somehow decided are a part of our spiritual path.

Just choose to be, and act, and think in your Divinity.

I was talking to one of my Soul Realignment students just yesterday about creating an intimate relationship with our Soul …. about being as familiar, as connected, and as identified with our Soul as we are with our physical body.  It’s entirely possible.  All we do within Soul Realignment is study the nature of our client’s Souls, and our own Soul, and how we create our experience through choice and consequences.

How well do you know your Soul?  How well do you know the Soul and it’s self-expression overall?  What is the individuated expression of the Divine that is YOU?

Your Soul is not a mystery.  Your Divine self-expression – or lack thereof – is written all over the consequences of your choices.

Whatever you focus on expands.  Focus on learning through struggle, through tough lessons … and this will inevitably be what expands.  But focus on the flow of your most Divine self-expression, and you’re suddenly not “in school” anymore!

It’s 2012. It’s time that we upgrade our perspective on spiritual development.  It’s up to us to choose!

To your Divinity,
Andrea Hess

The learning never ends.  With each reading, we constantly deepen our understanding of our Divine Gifts and Soul Purpose.  With each reading, we become more conscious and self-aware.

Knowing our Divine Gifts and Purpose means we can use these attributes, apply them to our manifesting efforts, to create more of what we want. And of course, knowing the Gifts and Purpose of our loved ones means that we can also be more effective in co-creating our experience with others.

Is there a down-side to consciousness?  Consciousness expands our ability to CHOOSE, and thus gives us more power to create our human experience.  And with power also comes … responsibility.

Is responsibility a down-side? Is it a burden?  Or is it a gift?

After all, as spiritual seekers, we are choosing greater consciousness, right?  We meditate, we develop our intuition, we choose greater awareness of ourselves and others.

It stands to reason that we’re going to USE our expanded awareness to make new choices, right?

Here’s where it gets interesting.  It’s easy to let ourselves off the hook for making negative choices when we didn’t know better.  After all, we learn through making mistakes, right?

But with expanded consciousness and self-awareness is … you do know better.  If you learn to read the Akashic Records, you learn how impeccably we create our experience through choice.  You learn how choice creates consequence – positive and negative.  And you DO know when you are making choices that do not align to your Divine nature, choices that are “negative,” i.e. not an expression of your Divinity.

Oops.

It’s tough having to admit to knowing that a choice is negative – and we made that choice, anyway.

It’s tough when undesired results manifest – and we know exactly which of our choices created them.

I will admit that, occasionally, I wonder if life isn’t easier when we can pretend that we are hapless victims of circumstance, when we can make unconscious choices and pretend that life is something that just “happens.”

It’s tough knowing exactly how responsible we are.

This spiritual pity-party usually lasts all of thirty seconds.

Responsibility is empowering!  I, for one, would rather know how I personally screwed up and created what I did not want.  I’d rather know … so that I don’t have to do it again.  I’d rather step into responsibility than pretend that something “happened to me.”

Consciousness, power, and responsibility.  They go hand-in-hand, and I, for one, am grateful for all three.

What about you?  Have you claimed all three?  Because sometimes we want the power – but not the responsibility.  Sometimes we want the consciousness – but not the power.

But all three allow us to express our Divinity into our human experience … and that is, after all, why we are here.

In gratitude,
Andrea Hess

That’s why we sometimes instantly like or dislike each other.  Or perhaps we get an instant sense of distrust when we meet someone, or even fall in love at first sight!

Still, just because our energy bodies are “public,” that doesn’t give someone permission to rummage about IN them.

Sometimes intuition becomes intrusion.

Think about your energy bodies like the clothes you wear.  They are a public expression of you and your choices.  Everyone can see them.  They may cover up a lot of you, or put certain parts of you on display.  People may be able to discern your basic body shape by looking at you, but they don’t know the details of what you look like naked.

Tuning in to someone’s energy with respect and discernment is like admiring (or not, I suppose) what they are wearing.  We look.  We notice what stands out – a flattering piece of jewelry, an unflattering pair of pants.  Obviously, we’re human, and we have opinions about what we see.

That’s all fine and good.

It’s a totally different matter if we were to attempt to go INTO someone’s energy field.  Believe me, it happens.

It’s the energetic equivalent of not just looking at how someone is dressed, but running your hands over the fabric of their shirt, and reaching into their pockets to see what’s in there!

I’m pretty darn aware when someone tries to intrude past the very “public” aspect of my energy bodies and attempts to rifle through my energetic pockets, so to speak.

Needless to say, it doesn’t feel good.  There’s a profound “ick” factor to this sort of intrusion.  And I usually speak up about it and tell them to knock it off!

I would never work with anyone who does not uphold excellent intuitive boundaries.

Why do I bring his up?

Chances are that you may have run into energetic intrusion yourself.

You may feel, in mid-conversation, that you want to take a few steps back.  You may feel squirmy.  The subject matter of the conversation suddenly feels entirely too personal.  And perhaps you’re suddenly on the receiving end of intuitive advice that you never asked for – perhaps even have no interest in whatsoever!

A few things to remember.  Intuitives cannot access your Guide team OR your Akashic Record without your express permission.  So if someone is giving you unsolicited advice in a social situation and claims it’s coming from YOUR Guide team … ignore it.

As we are collectively becoming more conscious and aware, as we are more and more willing to step out of the psychic closet … the overstepping of energetic boundaries seems to be happening more frequently, also.

When you feel uncomfortable talking to someone who is an intuitive, or an energy healer, or a psychic … listen to your instincts.  Don’t for a second “should” yourself into being “more open” or judge your own reaction as “negative.”

You know when intuition has become intrusion.  Honor your own boundaries – and speak up!  If you feel uncomfortable, there’s a reason.

Looking at energy is one thing.  That’s like noticing someone’s nifty shoes.  But going INTO our energy is inappropriate, unless we’ve given permission.

Blessings,
Andrea

P.S. Are you ready to learn more about accessing your own intuitive information about your future … so that you can create the future you want?  Click here to watch the new free training videos I’ve created on Predictive Intuition!

Whenever I looked at possible destinations, though, that small, inner knowingness that helps me make my choices remained completely absent.

Of course, I asked my Spirit Guides and Higher Self for guidance.  I knew that I wanted to be somewhere beautiful, that I wanted time to write … but I also didn’t want to go somewhere I’d be all by myself.

Guidance did not show up.

It was really, really annoying.  I was very close not once, but twice, to finalizing a retreat to Kripalu … mainly because I wanted the decision made and my plans firmly in place.

Luckily, I held off.  I didn’t know why nothing was really “clicking.”  And as much as my ego wanted to know where I was going … I decided to wait.

Everything changed when a friend of mine called with a business idea – one that I might be somewhat involved with.

And wouldn’t you know it … what arose out of that conversation is a trip to beautiful Sonoma, where he lives.  I finally go the intuitive “click” I was waiting for.  I’m renting a car and staying at a hotel so that I can write and drive to the coast as I please.  And not only do I get to spend time with one friend … as it turns out, another good friend of mine is going to be in the area that same week.  And to top it all off, I’ll be completing my trip by attending the Spiritual Marketing Quest in San Francisco, to which my friend Suzanne Falter-Barns was kind enough to invite me.

So … I get to go somewhere beautiful, I’ll have lots of time to write, AND I’ll be surrounded by good friends a large part of the time.

Does it get more perfect than that?  I don’t think so.

Would I have thought of this myself?  Definitely not.

Sometimes waiting for guidance really, really pays off.  And if we remain detached from what that guidance may be … we’re far more likely to recognize it when it shows up.  If I’d been inwardly insistent on an overseas trip, I would have missed a beautiful experience that is right under my nose.

So ask for guidance … and wait.  Act as soon as it shows up … but not sooner!

Blessings,
Andrea

This was a question brought up by a student during one of our bi-monthly support calls just a few weeks ago.

This phenomenon is really common amongst Soul Realignment™ students and Practitioners.  Even though it doesn’t “feel” like we’re doing anything extraordinary when we are accessing the Akashic Records, overall EVERYTHING about our intuitive perception changes when we begin working with this modality.

Here’s what’s going on. (Whether you study SR or not, these are intuitive development principles you must keep in mind!)

There’s two components to this new intuitive sensitivity.  The first is that we very specifically work with a single point of access – we are accessing the Akashic Records.  Our entire modality is built around accessing Akashic Records, from the initial attainment process to the access protocol we use every time we do reading work.

See, a lot of times I run across intuitives who just … open up.  When I ask them exactly what they are reading, they really aren’t sure.  There are a LOT of sources for intuitive information – Spirit Guide teams, the Records, the mental and emotional energy bodies, just to name a few.  They are all valuable in their own way.

But what we must learn to do is not only to intentionally choose where our information is coming from.  We also have to learn, through practice, how to focus our attention and intention on our chosen access point.
Once we’ve learned how to do that … well, our intuition sharpens overall!

Intuitive focus is something that doesn’t just happen – it’s practiced, and like a habit becomes more and more natural over time.

The other aspect of intuitive development through Soul Realignment™has to do with specificity as well.

We use highly structured dowsing protocols to navigate the vast field of information that is the Akashic Records.  What we ask – in the Records, and with any other kind of intuitive practice – matters.  Ask an unproductive or non-specific question, and you get unproductive and non-specific information.

Using a dowsing pendulum is just a convenient method for getting out of our own way when receiving the answers.  What makes dowsing such a great tool is that you need to really think about how you structure your questions.  It’s this need for structured questions that truly serves our intuitive development. (And eventually, we really don’t really need to use a pendulum anymore … )

When we ask specific, highly structured questions that want to pull just one thread of energetic information from the Records … well, we once again develop the habit of highly focused intention.

Just the practice of accessing any specific intuitive access point with a series of very structured and specific questions serves to make our intuitive focus laser-sharp.

When developing your intuition – through Soul Realignment™ or any other practice – keep in mind that accuracy is developed over time, through practice.  And one of the most important aspects of accuracy is specificity.  Whether you are accessing Akashic Records, or any other intuitive access point – know which one you are using.

Know where you are going for your information.  Know exactly what threads of information you want to draw from there.  Ask for what you want with carefully worded questions.

Practice this process so that it becomes habit, and you will find that you develop a habit of highly targeted intuition … which is how your perceptions sharpen overall.

Language, like our very Being, is multi-dimensional in nature.  At the physical level, it takes form through our body’s breath and movement and becomes waves of sound that travel through the air.  Language carries both thought and emotion.  And at the fifth-dimensional level, language shapes our intention.

Language truly is the powerful bridge that allows us to act as powerful, multi-dimensional Creators of our experience.

Unless we use it against ourselves.  Unfortunately, we do this all the time.

Here’s one use of language that drives me crazy. It’s when I hear people talk about intuition coming from “Spirit.”  Phrases such as “Spirit was telling me …” or “I felt guided by Spirit …”

Here’s why: As long as we use language that distinctly separates “us” from “Spirit,” we are affirming, over and over again, that WE are not Spirit.

Which is not true.

We ARE Spirit.  Spirit IS us.  There is no separation.  In other words, when we’re talking to Spirit, we’re talking to ourselves.  When Spirit guides us, WE are guiding ourselves.  But as long as we use language that upholds Spirit as a separate entity or authority … we’re creating limitation.  We’re also abdicating our inner spiritual authority.

And THAT really messes with our intuitive development.

Instead of “asking Spirit,” are you willing to inquire within yourself for your own answers?

Instead of saying “I felt guided by Spirit …” why not use the words “I KNOW that …”

Better yet, be specific as to where, exactly, your intuitive information is coming from!

One of my favorite things about Soul Realignment is our highly specific language.  When we use our intuition – on our own behalf or on behalf of others -  clarity of intention is everything.  And what shapes that clarity is our language.

In Soul Realignment, we have specific lines of questioning that we apply to our client’s Akashic Records to ensure that we get exactly the information we want.  We name everything, and define our terminology to a very high level.

There is immense power in the “naming” of a thing … especially when it comes to energetic circumstances.  Thus, we give every energetic restriction within our client’s Records names and definitions … because this gives us the consciousness that allows us to clear and redefine that energetic circumstance.

Whether you use a highly structured system such as Soul Realignment or channel your Guides or practice any other kind of intuitive development, it is essential to harness the power of language.

Be specific – what is your intention for your intuitive inquiry?
Word your questions with care – when we use our intuition, the question in every way determines the quality of the insight we receive.
Know where you are going – what is your intuitive access point?  Too many people just randomly “open up” without any clue as to where their intuitive information is coming from.
Name the information you receive.  Put words around your intuitive insight, even if you are a visual or kinesthetic intuitive.

Your words shape your reality!  Use them wisely …

Blessings,
Andrea Hess

When you’re considering how to access Akashic Records, the first question you need to ask yourself is what information you desire. What is it regarding your Soul’s story that you’d like to discover? What will it be regarding your Soul Purpose that you would like to discover when you access your Akashic Records? What probable futures, that large and shifting field of information, do you want to investigate?

For most people today, the issue really isn’t how to access Akashic Records. It’s that people don’t identify what information we want that is contained inside the vastness of this specific source of knowledge!

The initial step to accurately study your Soul’s Record is to have purity of intention. What problem is going on in your life at the moment? And what do you desire to create in its place? Normally we have no clue what intuitive insight would assist us – we’re so busy with how to access Akashic Records that we don’t notice that our fuzziness of intent makes the experience vague and dissatisfying.

Once you’ve crafted crystal clear intention, give the mechanics of how to access Akashic Records to your Higher Self. Make your assertion of intention, and tell your Higher Self to access your Akashic Record. Leave the intuitive method alone when you’ve made your intention clear. Continue your day.

Likely, knowledge will happen to you when you are zeroed in on a mindless, relaxed task – you’ll be doing the dishes, traveling home, or vacuuming your home. Suddenly a Soul recollection will come through your Record, or a possible future will clarify itself before you.

Let your Higher Self do its function. It already knows how to access Akashic Records!!

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This may be a surprising statement, coming from a professional psychic.  But it’s vitally important to understand that sometimes guidance is NOT what we need.

If you have big intentions that will change the course of your life significantly, you are going to receive guidance based on those intentions.  And once guidance has been received, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and take action.  And if your life is going to change significantly, significant new action and effort is going to be required!

The guidance that comes to us so swiftly and easily in mere seconds may take weeks if not months to implement.  That’s the (annoying!) discrepancy between the spiritual and physical world.  In the spiritual realm, everything is effortless and instantaneous.  In the physical, we may have to do pesky and annoying things, like (as in my case!) create and edit hours of online video content, watch technical tutorial videos, update or even publish brand-new websites, take some training programs, create new classes… all of which takes time.  And, of course, effort.

Downloading guidance is often way sexier than actually taking action on that guidance!  But if we HAVE the guidance we need for our next steps … what are we doing, asking for more?

I sometimes talk to people who spend as much as an hour channeling their Guide teams, practically every day.  Which makes me wonder.  In my experience, our Spirit Guides are pretty darn concise.  They give us the information we need, right now, in order to take action.  Then it’s our job to get on with things.

It’s tempting to continue to use our intuition to try and find some sort of convenient shortcut or loophole around action and third-dimensional effort.  There is none.  Neither will our intuition give us a guarantee that our efforts will create the results we want.  At the end of the day, after all, we are here for the human experience … not the experience of a foregone conclusion.

So ask yourself if you are a spending a disproportionate amount of time asking for guidance, versus ACTING on guidance.  Without disciplined action, our intuitive development practice can easily descend into spiritual escapism and self-indulgent ether-surfing (I speak from experience!) that has nothing to do with our Soul’s desire to express itself into this human experience.

Sometimes, the most sacred work we can do on our spiritual path is to take practical, even mundane, action.  If that is the case, then the LAST thing we need is more intuitive guidance.

What do you think?  Leave your comment and let me know below!

Blessings,
Andrea