Title: The Soul & Inner Cleansing

 

When you tell the truth, your energy increases and when you don’t tell the truth, you become depleted. Many people are exhausted and depleted because they are not being starkly honest with themselves. When you are authentic, your soul thrives.

I had the intention of writing about Soul Mates but it occurred to me to write more about a Soul on its own beforehand. I believe we need to address what we mean by a Soul before we get into anything else.

A Soul is a Divine entity that keeps moving from body to body for centuries increasing its personal growth and enlightenment by understanding different human issues that are important to that Soul. From learning about religions, ethnics, skin color, labeling, prejudice, hate, anger, betrayal, love, kindness, helping others, etc… A Soul keeps coming back to the same situation until it acquires all the necessary understanding required for it to move to a higher level of awareness and closer to its perfection. I’ve asked that question to my guides before.
 

How does a Soul enter a body? What comes first? This has always fascinated me. Is the Soul in the womb of the mother during pregnancy or after? According to my guides, two Souls cannot be in one body at the same time, otherwise it is against the free will of the mother. The new body in the womb is still under work or construction and is nourished through the body of the mother. It has been built with all the genetic effects of the parents.

 

The body is still an empty shell being prepared for the new Soul to be born. The way that Soul enters into that body is at the moment of delivery. The head always comes out first; on the top of the head you have the Crown Chakra that will be opened for that Soul to enter his or her Temple. It will take a split second before a cry comes out from that new born. When that Soul leaves this plane to get back into Spirit it will leave from the Root or Base Chakra at the base of the spine.

I thought about it for a while and had to analyze it too. That makes it more interesting to me and finally the process did make lots of sense to me. Here I am not trying to force my belief on you. You can believe in whatever you feel is truth for that matter, which may also be possible.

The higher the Soul becomes, the wiser it becomes. Such as, to be more open minded to different religions, ethnic groups, or skin colors, without any judgment, without any hate, without any prejudice. An old Soul does not judge another Soul because they drink, or use drugs, or even why they would be begging on the street. It is when we are ignorant in our understanding that we label people for the way they are. We are thinking we are better off than them, but in reality we are not. Just think about it!

 

Instead of facing it and seeing why such a Soul is using drugs, or getting drunk, or whatever happen to that Soul that made him/ her to change course in their life we judge without having the facts. This is what will determine or distinguish an old Soul from a younger Soul. It is that wisdom and understanding of a higher outlook to life that allows you to see the bigger picture rather than looking at it from a smaller point of view or with a narrow mind.

Now a Soul inhibits, through centuries in lifecycles, one after another for its growth in the body, the temple of the Soul. Once a human being understands and looks at another human being as a Soul, and that it is here for its growth and enlightenment, then prejudice will fade, as well as hate, and abuse. Remember the body or temple that our soul chose for this lifetime. If being black, Jewish, Protestant, Catholic, or even handicapped, it is a lesson where a Soul wants to get into the bigger picture of a particular situation. Probably in their next life that same Soul will chose the same or different circumstances for its growth.

I remember a good friend of mine, Laurie ( a yoga teacher), told me a while back when I started on my path that I was a very old Soul. At that time it sounded big and great. I did not understand what she meant by it. The terminology sounded good but it was all new territory for me that I had not embarked on at that point. I was always aware of one thing ever since I was a kid - that I always felt old, or older than my age, and that nothing mattered to me. I always felt I did not need much to be happy.

 

Some of you can probably relate to what I am talking about here. Now, I believe I understand what she meant by it. I am getting the bigger picture. Actual numeric age bears no relevance on the age of the Soul, and wisdom should never be measured by age. It is always better to listen and pay close attention to someone in our surrounding who is younger than us. We should never disregard them just because of their age.

I mentioned labeling before and maybe some of you did not understand what I meant by that. I have had the opportunity to travel to many third world countries and learn about those people who live there while we are taking our life for granted. One of my experiences occurred while I was living and working in a country where people are labeled according to where they come from. I do not treat people differently whether they are a doctor or someone who washes dishes for a living. But when we label a worker or a dishwasher and treat them like they don’t exist we degrade this human being while calling ourselves civilized. Affluent people or a person living on the street, are all the same.

 

They are all Souls who are here to acquire certain experiences and knowledge. There is nothing wrong with either. It is not who you are, or what you do, that makes you a human being. Think about it carefully, because one day your own Soul might go for the experience of being a person who washes dishes. You will then come to really learn what it is to be humiliated by another human being. What can create Karma between people is the way we treat each other in one lifetime.

When soul-dominated, we never expect ourselves or another to be perfect; we understand that we're all spiritual beings learning how to be human and feel compassion for the ambiguities of life we all must face. We all make terrible mistakes, and as we learn to live in forgiveness, we don't have to carry all this polluted emotional garbage around in our consciousness. We stay open-hearted and clear.
Just as plants reach toward the sun, we human beings forever strive toward "the light," intent upon blossoming our unique individuality. Since this compulsion to evolve is so natural to us, why, then, is this journey so fraught with so much darkness and unclarity? Having been blessed with this beautiful gift of incarnation, why are we such irresponsible stewards here? Perhaps the answer to this paradoxical struggle lies within the very human psyche which creates it. This is why it is necessary to cleans your soul every day!


The Soul - The Importance of Inner Cleansing

True inner cleansing, which is so often overlooked by today’s lightworkers, is a discipline which I consider to be the number one step on any spiritual path. Symbolically, of course, cleansing has been used in all religions since the beginning of time. In Christianity, the rite of baptism represents a purging of our sins. The smudging ceremony in Native American circles uses smoke to remove any negative energies. For healers, a real or symbolic washing of the hands allows the practitioner to rid him or herself of the patient’s disease.

All too often, these cleansing rituals are performed solely on the physical level, while their true meaning is completely ignored. When we take the time to truly examine these rituals, however, we discover that in fact, their meaning is quite clear. However, today we understand that we are made up of much more than just the physical body. In fact, we possess seven bodies (actually, we possess many more; however, in our current evolution, we can access these seven bodies).
 

Cleansing concerns the first four bodies: physical, etheric, astral and mental. Every event in our experience is stored as memory in each of these four bodies. The physical body interprets and remembers each event as sensations in the body. The etheric body, which is our "blueprint" or body double, interprets and remembers each event as impressions and as psychic triggers which can block the functioning of our chakras. The astral body interprets and remembers each event as a series of emotional responses. The mental body interprets and remembers each event as thoughts and images.

So: each event that happens to us affects us at a rate of four times the impact of the original event, resulting in trauma to the four bodies, imbalance, disharmony, and a whole lot of what I call "psychic debris." This disharmony feeds on itself and is also nourished by our karmic residue, by our subconscious, by any disincarnate entities which attach themselves to us during our moments of extreme vulnerability and by physical excesses of any kind. The impact of the original event can now be seen as affecting us seven times the rate at which it should.

It must be understood that this gross imbalance actually prevents us from achieving the spiritual development we all strive for. The solution? Deep cleansing!

 

In order to truly be able to reach the point at which we can interpret our life from the point of view of our Higher Self, or God Self, we must bring all four of our lower bodies into balance. This can only be achieved through a multiple cleansing ritual. Dealing with anger, for example, may heal the emotional body, but the other bodies are still imbalanced. Repeating affirmations may quiet the mind, but does nothing for the other bodies. It may now be easier to understand why so many of us follow certain spiritual disciplines which work for a while, then cease to be effective.

I would suggest a multiple spiritual cleansing method which may take more time than any one discipline, but which will certainly produce long-lasting results. For the physical body, you may want to try hot baths, herbal teas, yoga or some other form of exercise, massage, recreation and simple relaxation.

For the etheric body, choose from a multitude of available options: acupuncture, Reiki, chakra balancing, therapeutic touch, Shamballa multidimensional healing, auric cleansing, Shiatsu, and others. If money is an issue, simply spend five minutes a day massaging your feet, while visualizing energy flowing freely from your feet to each of your chakras, aligning and balancing them.

The most precious gift you can give to your astral or emotional body is forgiveness. Take the time to forgive every person on your path who has hurt you, past and present, and don’t forget to include yourself. Learn to see forgiveness not as a justification of the other’s behavior, but as a personal release which opens up your blockages and brings your energies into balance. Also for your emotional body, true progress comes when you are vigilant enough to catch yourself feeling negative emotions, and when you then take the time to choose a higher emotion. Realize that all emotions are a matter of choice: it is only the memory stored in your astral body which triggers the first automatic response, but it takes time and work to create more positive emotional memories. You may also want to try deep breathing and journal writing to help you work through some of your emotions. And don’t forget prayer. For prayer to be effective, it’s got to come from the heart, i.e., from your deepest emotions. A prayer spoken from the heart can literally move mountains.

For the mental body, try affirmations, journal writing, creative visualization, and mantras, chanted aloud. These disciplines allow you to quiet your thoughts and to choose only those thoughts which lead you in a more positive direction. Here again, you must be vigilant about your thoughts. Affirmations can work only if they outweigh your negative thinking. Therefore, the first step is to be aware of just how often you think negatively. Keep a small notepad with you and make a notation every time you catch yourself complaining, judging, whining, and criticizing.

 

Many of us can easily score a hundred points a day! At that rate, it becomes easy to see why affirmations can be pointless; it is useless to repeat affirmations three or ten or twenty-one times a day when we are thinking negatively ten times that amount. Once you are aware of your thoughts, the second step is to replace every negative thought with a positive one, and then do your affirmations.

Spiritual cleansing is much like a healthy diet. We are told to choose foods from each of the four food groups in order to have a balanced diet. In the same way, we must choose a discipline from the four body groups in order to achieve the deep cleansing we really need. It doesn’t matter which disciplines we try, as long as all four body groups are represented.
 

Then, every evening before retiring, review your day and through prayer and meditation finish off anything still unresolved. Then, call for a "big dream" to give you messages that put you squarely back on your path. Record each dream and date it. In this way, your inner and outer life will become one.

Try this daily for twenty-one days, or until it becomes a habit for you. Once deep cleansing is a habit, feel free to add whatever spiritual practices you feel comfortable with, and watch your progress accelerate. Happy cleansing!

If you wholeheartedly invest in this daily practice, you'll enter the conscious circle of humanity, knowing you're here to purify the DNA and thereby cleanse our world. In our wholeness, the soul shines through with effervescent joy, illuminating our every action, feeling and thought. We become responsible citizens in this sacred human experience we call 'life on planet Earth.'


Some definition or understandings:

Guides are evangelic beings that work with us throughout our lifetime to help us and assist us to stay in tune and on our path. They are around us regardless if you believe in them or not.

Chakra – the human body contains seven major centres of energy which we call Chakras. Each Chakra holds a centre of energy located within our etheric body through which we receive, transmit and process life energies.

The Crown Chakra – located on the head. Its quality is unification of the higher self with
the human personality and with the infinite spiritual progress, unity divine.

The Root or Base Chakra – located at the base of the spine (Coccy). Its quality is grounding the physical body, and stability.