December 2009

The following article is the second part to that published in the Soul Quisine magazine. To those in the midst of challenging emotional and mental transformations, there is a way through these. There is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’.

I wish you well on your journey.

Craig

A  Journey Out of Depression – part 2

This article continues the journey.

Let me share an experience I have not talked about previously. As part of developing my ability to unblock my energy stream and be able to more comfortably hold the increased flow, I was having regular cranio sacral sessions. In this one session a major block appeared and I was asked by the practitioner if I wanted to shift it, which I was keen to do. I was then aware of being  in a prison cell with only a small window.  And then the walls changed to bars. I could look out on people quietly going about their business. They were aware of me but I got the clear sense that they had no judgement of me – if I chose to be in prison, so be it. At this point the cranio sacral practitioner asked who I wanted to support me in making a shift. So I asked for a team of non-physical beings I was aware of to come and support me (my father and brother being part of this). They were there in an instant. And then the most stunning thing occurred – the prison bars turned to beams of light. It occurred me that none of them were solid, so I could simply walk out if I chose, which I did to the celebration of my support team. 

This prison was simply a reflection of my thoughts. Repeated restricted thought had created this self-imposed prison. And so I could choose to change my thoughts or beliefs (a pattern of thoughts) and the walls disappeared. I had the power and choice as to whether I imprisoned myself or I was free and it all came down to thought. The significance of this was huge. It meant I had the choice over any situation I found myself in, including being depressed.

As I stepped out of my prison to be with my support team I became aware of the most amazing energy. It was flowing in from the far horizon and made up of every colour you could imagine, but mainly pinks, yellow, gold and violet colours. It flowed into and out of everyone, connecting everyone and yet I could distinctly see everyone. And then it flowed out to the other horizon and was one continuous flowing movement of colour. It was the most stunning sight to behold.

It was some time later when reading some of AA Michael’s messages that I realised I had seen the energy stream he was talking about – ‘The River of Life’. It is truly stunning. And so we are all connected to this pure positive creative energy source or stream. And each of us is a unique individual expression. As Neale Donald Walsch put it in ‘Conversations with God’, we are a –

Singular

Outflow, of

Universal

Life-force

We are an S.O.U.L. In a workshop session I drew a diagram of what this energy looked like as it shone on us. You can find it in the Concepts section – slide 13

This energy stream is increasing in strength as we are in the midst of the most amazing process called the Ascension. This is a promise that has been talked about in most religions and ancient teachings and it brings great opportunities plus responsibilities for all of us. It is also having a huge physical, mental and emotional effect on each of us and this planet called earth.

As this stream is pure positive creative energy, if we are holding energy that is unlike it (negative energy in the form of ideas, beliefs and thoughts), then the negative stuff is going to be flushed up for us to deal with. Some people are going to deal with this better than others and some are going to have more to deal with than others. Nevertheless, the opportunity to become self-empowered and transform the negative beliefs, developing the ability to consciously use this energy to create positive results faster and more easily is available. There will be those that choose not to awaken to this opportunity and that is okay. They will get the chance to do this elsewhere.

Many men are seriously struggling to cope with this change, especially the mental and emotional aspects. Just have a look at the statistics around men with depression. I know what this feels like. I also know that it is a major opportunity for men to awaken to their true potential. This takes the ability to reawaken their ability to feel and allow this energy to flow in their life. It is energy- in-motion or e-motion. 

The issue for many of us men is we got shut down early in our lives. For me, I watched a working dog get pitched off a 100 foot cliff for making my father very angry. For a 4 year old this was pretty traumatic and exacerbated by being left to run home from the back of the farm and not talked about. The impacted energy imprint was ‘anger is dangerous’ and to be avoided at all costs as someone will get hurt or worse. This was to have a debilitating effect in my adult life until sorted out.

Until we are able to comfortably manage any emotion we get stuck, imprison ourselves and our energy stream remains ‘depressed’ or shut down. One person who gave the greatest example of the ability to transform any emotion was Jesus Christ. He anchored this energy here for all of us so we could develop the same abilities as he gained. This was his gift and allowed the miracles to come through. Whether you believe it or not, we each have the same ability but most of us have not developed this.

Men are being challenged to develop their ability to manage emotion. This is not often welcomed by many nor is it well understood. As yet we have not developed many programmes to assist men to do this. In contrast women have needed to develop the ability to set goals and go after what they want. This is well understood, with plenty of written material and programmes to assist this. And so we need to understand more around this process of re-activating and positively using our emotional guidance system.

One of the best explanations of this process is given by Esther and Jerry Hicks with Abraham in their book called ‘The Astonishing Power of Emotions’. It is all about the emotional scale of vibration we hold as thought or beliefs. As I was retraining as a life coach I was putting together diagrams to help me express what I had come to understand. At the same time we were receiving tapes from Abraham’s weekly workshops. I found that Abraham started talking about the same stuff I was drawing diagrams of. I have blended this with AA Michael’s teachings (with the blessing of Ronna Herman).

I believe we will come to understand that many of the mental illnesses are about developing our ability to successfully manage the emotional scale, transforming negative emotion into the positive in manageable steps.

For example, a couple of clients I have worked with disclosed they suffered from bipolar as we progressed through the programme. I came to appreciate they needed to understand how to step through the emotional scale in manageable steps, as against flicking from depression to euphoria and back. They learnt to do this and take control back over their life and then slowly eliminate the need for drugs. It was important to do the emotional or energy work first and then make the physical changes as the body was ready and able to change. The physical changes are always the slowest.

Depression for me was the same. I needed to find the anger I had turned inwards and learn how to allow it to safely flow in my life. Without this ability I avoided anger and hence stayed stuck underneath it. The positive energy of anger is a wonderful thing – it allows you to say ‘Stuff this. I am going to do something about this’ and allow positive solutions to flow on through. Once I had this sorted, nothing was a major problem as I could always find a way through a problem. It might take me a while, but I would get there and the outcome was always much better, so worth waiting for.

We men are being asked to find this ability to consciously use the energy (energy in motion) and focus it in positive ways that are in our greatest individual interest and best for others. We must make it work for ourselves first and then use it for the benefit of all. The quality of this energy demands integrity and positive use for all. Many corporates and large organisations are going to need to understand this if they want good outcomes. The old ways of power, control and dominance will not work well from here on. There is a better way.

Of interest is the need for our younger generation to factor in others. They have been brought up to think of themselves to the exclusion of others and this won’t work either. Their learning is based around being integral and inclusive of others.

For us older generations we were brought up to put others first and leave ourselves second. Once again, unless you align with your unique energy stream first, you will be an ineffective creator. This requires each of us to be able to sense how our stream is flowing and then use this positively.

If you want to understand this better, then read the other articles in this section and consider some of the ideas in the Concepts section.

And so, we stand at the cusp of the greatest change this earth has known. We are part of an amazing process called the Ascension. It is time to awaken to our true power and abilities. We are creators and we were meant to remember this. We were meant to become Conscious Co-Creators with this amazingly powerful , intelligent, pure positive energy stream.

Quantum physics has proven its existence. The algorithms have been written. We just need to become conscious of how it feels and operates in our daily lives. It is real, tangible and available to each and every one of us.

May you find your way out of any dark and lonely space you may find yourself stuck in and come back into your personal power, well-being, joy and ease.

I wish you well my fellow travellers.

Craig Galloway