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My logo and the twelve-

chakra system

As many of you will have noticed, much of what is written about the chakra system of the individual makes reference to the 7 chakras of the body, and many people heal via a wide variety of therapies on the basis of this.

Much as there are 12 dimensions of existence, there are, in fact, 12 chakras associated with the human soul, 7 of which are more familiarly those related to the body. As you will have heard said, though, we are more than just our bodies, and after a certain period of learning, probably taking many lifetimes to acquire, we start to open up to the higher chakras. This can be a disconcerting time for people, particularly if they don't understand what is happening. A different sort of work, and a different sort of healing, becomes necessary.

Over the coming weeks, I will post articles to my blog to explain about the various chakras, what they mean, and what they govern in terms of our bodies and souls.

The story of my logo

Several people have already asked me what my logo means and how it came about. The labyrinth, the symbol of pilgrimage and the soul pathway is generally represented as having 7 rings, such as in the case of the Cretan labyrinth, or as having 11, such as in the beautiful medieval labyrinth, a famous example of which features on the floor of Chartres Cathedral.

I knew I wanted to incorporate a labyrinth somewhere in my logo, and for a while mistakenly thought it would be the lovely Cretan symbol. It was then, however, as is so often the way, made very clear to me by my guides that the labyrinth I needed, and my clients needed, did not yet exist. I was told in no uncertain terms that I would have to channel it, despite my blocks around drawing (I haven't yet progressed beyond infant school on that front!). So I took inspiration from the beautiful work of my creative friend, Lisa, and sat down with pen and paper and waited to see what St.Michael would say!

Immediately he reminded me of the wonderful energy formation that is produced when two ley lines cross - at a point called a node. If you find one, the healing available there is fantastic! (More of this at a later date, too.) That energy takes the form of three concentric twelve-pointed stars and St. Michael said I must turn that into a labyrinth. It wasn't until a friend phoned and said that, for some reason, her guide, David was telling her that I needed a compass to do what I was doing, that I finally found a satisfactory way of managing this. Perfect, but then David also said that I needed to incorporate the light of a 5-pointed star into the design! Maths and geometry not being my strong point (either!), I briefly wondered 'why me?' but managed to finalise the design.

It wasn't until later that day that I came upon a passage in a book I was reading which said that another name for the Minotaur, who lived at the centre of the original labyrinth of mythology in Crete, was Asterion, which means 'star'. I then did some research and found that a key meaning of the 5-pointed star, as I have drawn it, is 'universal healing'.

So, it seems, we walk our soul pathway, we walk the labyrinth, ever inwards, advancing in learning, opening up to, and healing, our twelve dimensions, our twelve chakras, until we reach the centre, which is universal healing. And then we are asked to walk back outwards again to take this light to the world.

Spirituality has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and interact with others.

Eckhart Tolle

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson

Life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, "This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!"

Thomas à Kempis

On Self-knowledge

XVII

And a man said, "Speak to us of self-knowledge."

And he answered, saying:

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.

You would know in words what you have always known in thought.

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.

And it is well you should.

The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;

And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.

But let there be no scales to measure your unknown treasure;

And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.

For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."

Say not, "I have found the path of the soul. Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."

For the soul walks upon all paths.

The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.

The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countless petals.

Khalil Gibran

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