Love Capacity

My last post has had me thinking about the other favorite things I’ve seen in the Akashic Records, and I think my very favorite is this – that most of us have only reached ten percent of our capacity to love and be loved. That’s pretty exciting.

Even better? That our capacity to love others is about ten times greater than our need to be loved by others.

Yes, that’s right – ten times greater.

What if we all start striving to finally release our immense capacity for love? You want to talk about abundance? There it is. If we all give ten times more than we need, abundance is the only thing that is possible. And according to the Records, the giving actually fulfills us.

When I first saw this in the Akashic Records, the way it was shown was in the image of a young child. When love is withheld, such as from an abusive parent, the child’s capacity to love that parent far exceeds the fear of abuse. A child will often fight to stay with an abusive parent, not because they think that parent will change. Children fight to stay close to the people they love. We were all born with an enormous need to feel love for others. It is an energy that is meant to pour out of us and into the world in every moment.

My grandmother always said, “Never suppress a generous thought.” I realize now that this advice wasn’t given so I could help others. It was given for my own good. I need to have love pouring out of me in order to be happy and healthy. I was born with this capacity, and so were you.

So open the flow of love in your life. Say the kind word that comes to your mind, take an extra moment to smile, or write a note to someone who is on your mind. If you are rejected, just remember – the love you have for the world is bigger than your need to be accepted. Try again!

Hard-Wired for Love

One of my favorite channelings from the Akashic Records is the Healing the Human Family Series. I channeled this about two years ago, and I just love listening to it. The title alone, Healing the Human Family, gives me a smile. The way I choose topics for channelings from the Akashic Records is by asking the Records directly what needs to be channeled in the coming months. Then I plan a channeling event to access that topic and answer questions brought by participants. 

When I first saw this topic in the Records, I sort of got a crush on it. It’s just the sweetest idea to me to think of all of us in one, big family together. Just like lots of smaller family groups, the Human Family is messy, but it’s filled with love.

I listen to the Healing the Human Family Series because it gives me hope for things that otherwise break my heart and overwhelm me – subjects like racism, sexism, homophobia, and religious intolerance.

The Akashic Records continually repeat the idea that our core nature is to be compassionate and kind. In fact, we’re made for it. Our minds and bodies are actually built to experience love and compassion. In Healing the Human Family, the Records outline how we lose access to our inherent compassion because we forget our true nature when we’ve been hurt. This series specifically explains how we are hurt in ways that teach us to compete with others based on race, gender, socioeconomic class, and religion.

The Healing the Human Family channelings are unique because they give us a perspective on how things like racism and classism fit in the spiritual evolution of humanity. What I love most about these channelings is the way they outline the big picture of human evolution all the way down to the everyday details of how we can heal this in our lives. 

Like so many truths, this is being discovered and discussed in many ways across the world. Because I’m a scientist at heart, I especially love this example:   

RSA Animate: The Empathic Civilisation

(you can also find the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g&feature=share)

(OK, I also love the snarky cartoon animation.)

Healing oppression in our everyday lives is the tricky part, isn’t it? It’s easy enough to love the idea of the Human Family, but when we try to conceive of seven billion family members, with all the layers of pain and bad behavior that includes…… well, it’s overwhelming, to say the least!

I love the Healing the Human Family Series because it tells us exactly how our everyday actions can help dismantle oppression and pain. The Akashic Records help me see the big picture, which can be reassuring. And they help me see that my small part is meaningful, which is empowering. It is such a relief for me to consider that, just like any family, the Human Family is filled with mistakes and pain, and in even greater part filled with love and compassion. In fact, we’re wired for it!  

Grounding Food

Because I spend a lot of time channeling the Akashic Records, I can become pretty ungrounded if I’m not careful.  Sometimes, after doing a few consultations, I think I’m fine until I need to remember my phone number and realize I can’t. Or I find myself emptying dirty dishes from the dishwasher without realizing until I’m halfway through. If I’m not careful, it starts to feel normal to be a little spaced out. And I’ve learned the hard way that walking through life like a space cadet means I miss out on a lot of important stuff. (Here's a web page that does a great job explaining what it means to be grounded.)

Luckily I’ve developed some tools to keep me grounded on the days I’m doing channeling work. Some of the healthier ones include deep breathing exercises, walking barefoot in the grass when it’s warm outside, and quick yoga sessions between appointments. And always drinking lots of water.

But sometimes I’m not quite organized enough to do those healthy routines. So I take a shortcut. My favorite shortcut? Food. Salty, greasy food.


Don’t get me wrong – I do eat my share of solid meals that are organic and healthy. But in the moments following a channeling, when I just don’t have it in me to cook or lay out my yoga mat, I go for the not-so-good stuff.

If I can spare more than five minutes, I boil edamame with lots of salt.  Not bad for a five minute fix.

But sometimes I feel like I can't wait longer than 25 seconds, so I go for Lay’s potato chips. Not the organic kind, not even the baked kind – I head straight for the original, saltiest-greasiest things I’ve ever found. And they work like a charm.





And, yes, I realize this is my second food confession in the last couple of weeks. (See Girl Scout Cookies, below.) What can I say? I’m only human.

Over the years I’ve asked people what they do to get their energy grounded after doing spiritual work. It’s amazing how many ways there are to get grounded. I’ve heard about headstands, touching houseplants, and imagining a cable connecting you with the core of the Earth. Some people use crystals, talismans, leather, stones, and other materials to help anchor their energy.

I’ve heard from some lucky people in warm climates that jump into the salty ocean. The nearest I can come to that in Seattle is an Epsom salt bath, which is great when I have the time, or when really deep grounding is needed.

I’ve met one person who rubs his feet with garlic. I've also heard from someone who walks in mud then keeps the mud under her socks all day. I trust that there is a perfect way for each of us, and it’s up us to listen to our bodies and follow our instincts to determine what works best. Sometimes I see a tendency in the New Age movement to get ungrounded and stay ungrounded. It might feel great to float through life, but I think we miss out on the magic of being human which includes really feeling our bodies and our emotions. We incarnated here for a reason, right?

So take some deep breaths, eat something healthy, and notice what you’re feeling. Or, if you're in a pinch, try something salty. Being grounded in our bodies is a beautiful thing!

Fevered State of Mind

After my last two posts, many people have asked how illness influences my ability to do Channelings. Does illness make me more open to the Akashic Records, or does it cause a blockage?

I have paid careful attention to this over the years. The first time I tried channeling with an illness, I was apprehensive and took special care to make sure I was really channeling despite my foggy mind and sniffly nose.

To my great relief, I’ve found that illness doesn’t interfere with the clarity of channeling at all. The only problem an illness can cause is simply that I feel more tired and uncomfortable as I work, which really isn’t different from any other activities. This is especially true when I have a cold, because channeling involves lots and lots of talking!

When I’m sick, information from the Akashic Records comes through just fine, and even better in some cases. That’s right, even better.

You might wonder, How can that be? 

There is one special symptom that improves my channeling abilities -- a fever.

While any other form of illness seems to have no effect, when I have a fever the information actually appears more clearly. I think the slightly altered state of fever leads my mind to relax and allow the information to come through more easily. The filters that I might usually impose on the information get thinner, and the nonlinear nature of Akashic information becomes more available. It’s almost like I’m having a psychedelic vision!

I’ve thought about how I might try to access this fevered state more in my channeling work. I think perhaps this what people are seeking when they use psychedelic drugs. So far, I’m not willing to use drugs or other artificial ways to access that state of mind. But I do strive to be as open and clear as possible in my life in order to make space for my mind to truly open to the Records when I’m channeling. I trust that our bodies and minds are made for this, so I try to work with what I’ve got.

I’m curious about how illness, and particularly fever, might affect people who are clairvoyant or psychic. Are you one of those people? And for the rest of us, How does illness affect your intuition?

I Wish I Had a Map

When I was young, no one ever told me that I would grow up to be an Akashic Records channeler.  As I've built my career (is it really a career to be a channeler?!  I still wonder....) I search far and wide for someone to tell me how to do this.  The business folks provide some help, the New Age folks offer insight, but there just is not a map for what I'm doing.  And maybe that is as it should be, yet I still long for a map.


The reason I’ve decided to write a blog is to make a space for Lightworkers to learn about what Lightwork looks like from the inside out.  I can't write your map for you, but I can show you mine as it comes along.

I know many of you read the channelings on my website, and you wonder how it is that I do what I do.

How exactly does channeling and other Lightwork, work?

How in heaven’s name does one run a successful business doing something like channeling?

And how on Earth does one straddle the “woo woo” world and the everyday world at the same time?

There really isn’t a map out there to tell us how to run a New Age business.  So we write the map as we go along.  

I can tell you what it’s been like for me so that maybe you can avoid some of the mistakes I’ve made over the years.  And maybe you can share some of your experiences, too.  (There is a comment section on this blog, and I hope you use it!)

If we all share our experience, then together we can write the maps for how work gets done in an enlightened world.

In the weeks to come, you’ll see me explaining some of the nuts and bolts of working in the New Age movement.  You’ll see me explain more about the Akashic Records and how they relate to other spiritual tools and models.  You’ll see me go through the ups and downs of trying to be a real person with a real life – even as I work to be a clear channel for the Akashic Records.  And you will get to explore many resources that I find useful along the way.

My hope is that you will find a friendly voice who can help you navigate your own path – bridging the high ideals of New Age spirituality with the everyday challenges of human life.  I don’t have all the answers, and I don’t think any teacher does.  The new way of being in this world means that no one person has the map for all of us.  We create the map as we go, and if we share what we learn, we’ll all move forward together with grace.  Plus, everything can be so much more fun if we do it together!