PREFACE

I decided to revisit each of my blog posts many years after I originally posted them to update and revise as needed. I’m finding two things, I wish I had an editor and I want to soften the tone of the information I’m sharing. To be honest, the last thing I want to sound is preachy or righteous because I am forever learning the depths of my soul. I think when I first wrote the posts, I was excited to share a practice that worked for me so it may have come across that way. I want to revise a few things so it’s more about sharing my personal experience and what I’ve learned on my journey.

I’m a firm believer in experiencing all aspects of self, even the darkness, and the darkest part of self. I’m learning that experiencing this darkness, which I like to refer to as the ebb in the soul’s current, does take strength and lots of compassion as you care for your soul wounds. The soul healing practices are skills and practices I’ve developed during my journey that helped in navigating through the darkness, and assisted in shifting from ebb to flow with rest and integration in between. 

The practices are psychospiritual in nature, and are a mix of my personal experience and prior professional mental health background (as a licensed clinical social worker). All of my practices involve connecting with the elevated mind and sacred heart through awareness, imagination, visualization, and meditation. These soul healing practices continue to evolve and change just as my soul is growing and expanding.

There is of course no guarantee that the practices will work for you, but if you do try any of the practices, I encourage you to experiment in order to make it your own. Listen to your inner wisdom and change or refine the practice as needed so it completely resonates with your soul. Also, all of my practices need to be at your pace, so again listen to your inner knowing and honor it.

My sacred journey is not less or more significant than anyone else’s, my only motivation for sharing is to inspire self-transformation and to offer support for your unique and sacred journey. Please forgive any editorial mistakes for this is as good as it will get without an editor ;). This is what I’ve learned along the way. 

SOUL HEALING PRACTICE BACKGROUND  

Regret, guilt, and shame are difficult feelings to contend with and at times completely debilitating. They often feel the heaviest as far as feelings go because in my opinion they can be the most burdensome. I know these feelings well. They seem to have woven themselves in the fabric of my mind and heart for many years. 

From my experience, the three (both individually and together) become problematic or debilitating when they are rooted in a distorted recollection of the past and grow into the present like invasive weeds in the soul’s garden. Although the feeling may occur in the moment, the way it is filed in the mind and heart matters because it creates a certain quality of memory. Simply, they become invasive weeds when the memory reemerges as being distorted (not 100% true), which then taints our current perception and experience.

I have found in my work that memories prone to distortion commonly contain themes of being victimized, abuse of power, someone or something hurting or manipulating us, making mistakes, doing something wrong, hurting someone’s feelings, causing someone pain, not doing enough, not being enough, and more (which are specific to you). The vines of these themes often grow into distorted, self-limiting, and self-defeating thoughts and beliefs intertwined with the burdensome trio. 

The invasiveness of these weeds seem to correspond with the progression of the trio from regret to guilt to shame, although at times there is no particular order and we may default to one or the other pending the state of our garden. These feelings in themselves are not harmful or debilitating. In fact, they are quite useful as they function as a signal of an imbalance with one’s internal and external experience needing to be addressed, acknowledged, healed, and released. They are signaling an opportunity for change. Again, they only become the invasive weeds in the soul’s garden when they are continually being watered and fertilized by a self-sabotaging, self-punishing, or disempowering source which leads to blooms of depression, rage, excessive anxiety, misery, suffering, and so on.

I’ve learned over the years that the past serves a powerful purpose, but only if reflected upon with compassion and understanding. The past contains pathways to help us learn vital lessons so we may grow and expand in the present. By reflecting upon the past, there are opportunities to heal the wounds of the subconscious mind. This reflection provides an opening to retrieve any distorted thoughts and beliefs that cause suffering to include maladaptive behaviors so that their frequency and intensity can be reduced. Once seen and acknowledged there’s another opportunity to transmute and transcend them.

Obviously there is truth to the memories we hold. We may have indeed caused harm to ourselves and others or someone has caused harm to us. I’ve learned taking responsibility and accountability for such pain is critical for overall healing and growth. It is also important to bring awareness of a tendency to over-exaggerate past mistakes, weaknesses, and failures. It’s helpful to remember most likely at the time of the memory we behaved from a perspective of what we knew to be true then. Our perspective at the time may have very well been limited in self-awareness, wounded, or clouded and confused.

We also tend to discount positive aspects of our memories and mainly focus on the negative. Even in the most traumatic events, there is some positive aspects such as soul lessons to be learned from the event. Although these positive aspects are not as apparent at first, they do become more visible and known through healing.  As much as you may have heard this before and it may even make you cringe or become angry, based on my own experience I do believe it to be true that traumatic events can offer numerous opportunities for spiritual, mental, and emotional growth and expansion. It can offer opportunities for gaining a sense of accountability of our energetic presence, for establishing appropriate and healthy boundaries, for learning what we don’t deserve hence to align with our self-worth, and/or for learning how to unconditionally love ourselves and others.

When we continually focus on the negative aspects of the memory, the past becomes binding like dragging around our own energetic shackles and chains keeping us imprisoned in suffering, and thwarting any type of happiness or satisfaction. The burden becomes so great we disregard or bypass the lesson and punish ourselves endlessly with regret, guilt, and/or shame along with all the other feelings and pain of suffering that the trio attracts. This excessive self-deprecating and disempowering reaction to our memories keeps us bound to the past and distorts the present. We then may operate from this distorted space of pain and suffering, even when we aren’t conscious of it, until something in the present triggers the memory. The trigger is actually offering an opportunity for healing, growth, and expansion.

I may have just talked in a giant circle and repeated myself, but actually that is similar to the energy and pathway for the chronic presence of the burdensome trio. It can be quite cyclical until it is interrupted. Leading to the question: how do we interrupt this cycle, or take advantage of when a trigger in the present summons a distorted memory in order to liberate ourselves from its bondage? The following soul healing practice is one way that can help to free yourself from this type of oppression and suffering.

SOUL HEALING PRACTICE

The soul healing practice involves transmuting and transcending the memory. You energetically alter or change the memory to how you would want it to unfold with the wisdom you have now or as the elevated person you desire to be, which includes the knowledge and insight gained from the lesson learned from the past event. The practice can also be applied to your past self by changing or altering the memory to comfort and support your past self as a nurturing, supportive, and wise parent, mentor, or friend. This is especially effective if the memory is a time when you were young, at which you will support and comfort your younger self (a form of  inner child work), but this practice can be applied to any age of your past self. The goal of the soul healing practice is to help reduce the triggering effects of the memory when it is recalled, as well as reduce the suffering that goes along with it.       

If the idea of altering or changing a memory brings resistance, then it is absolutely understandable and a common, valid reaction. This resistance is an experience that is worthy of your attention and understanding. I suggest listening to your inner knowing and to only try the practice if it feels right for you.

I also recommend that you try this soul healing practice after you’ve done some internal work on identifying self-defeating or disempowering thoughts, emotional regulation, shadow and integration work, and any of your own sacred internal work. This practice involves recalling memories that may be very distressing so it is important that you have the tools to help you through it. If you need any guidance or suggestions, please visit my previous posts for other soul healing practices that are helpful for internal work, especially “The Art of Empowering Your Mind” (15 March 2016) and “Cutting the Cords to Suffering” (19 July 2016).

I have to admit that altering or changing a memory may feel a bit contentious (it did for me when I started), but please bear with me as I explain my reasoning for doing so. I’ll start with why there may be resistance to this practice, and of course you may have your own reasons. It may be due to the memory involving someone or a situation that caused you significant harm and pain. It may feel as though altering, changing, transmuting, and transcending the memory takes away any justice for the other’s wrong doing, especially if amends haven’t been made or consequences haven’t been enforced.  

However, in my opinion it is much greater injustice for you to carry the burden of these restricting and oppressive feelings causing you to be punished endlessly. Why are you being punished for another’s wrong doing? Their wrong doing certainly may have caused you to feel significantly disempowered and unsafe, which is a normal response for a challenging or traumatic experience. Sometimes you have to allow the disempowerment and fear to be present long enough for you to be ready to move it, transform it, and transcend it. You may feel powerless now, but just know your innate strength is there waiting to be accessed. The soul healing practice is a way to realign with your soul’s power. 

Just to be clear, the soul healing practice is not denying that a wrong doing was done, it’s about helping to energetically release you from it. By transmuting and transcending the memory, you are dissolving their energetic power over you, the memory’s power over you, and releasing the negative energetic cord/attachment you have with the person or situation who harmed you. This frees you from being held captive to the memory allowing you to implement healthy boundaries and/or pursue appropriate consequences for the injustice done to you, from a space of clarity rather than confusion. Thus releasing you from this energetic trap of continually feeling powerless or shameful. In my opinion, this is forgiveness and empowerment. 

On the other hand, if you caused harm, then regret, guilt, and shame are reminders of your wrong doing and are offering an opportunity for your growth and expansion. It is important for you to honestly acknowledged the pain and hurt you’ve caused and/or contributed to before you can authentically release and transform the energy. Once you’ve been able to authentically empathize with the person or situation that was hurt by you, then this soul healing practice can be effective in helping you release captivity to the past and to the burdensome trio. It can be a catalyst of growth and expansion so you become more aligned with the person you desire to be. A person who is self-aware and takes responsibility and accountability for their actions and behaviors. A person who offers an authentic apology and amends for their wrong doings.

I’ve learned through a lot of internal work that memories are meant to teach us, not to imprison us. Let the memory do its job of teaching so it may be transmuted and transcended into light, and so you can get back to the present without the burden of a distorted past.

If you are still not convinced in this soul healing practice, absolutely understandable and valid. May you be embraced by your sacred divine self, and find a practice that helps you to release your burdens and find peace in your soul.

As alluded to earlier, the soul healing practice involves visualization and meditation. Before implementing this practice, the first step is to address any excessive anxiety or distress that may have surfaced from the memory being recalled or triggered. Effective means to reduce distress and to regulate emotions may include: grounding/mindfulness, diaphragmatic or deep belly breathing, objective/rational thinking, empowered self-talk, meditation, exercise or whatever is your personal practice or technique that helps to clear your mind and make you feel calm and centered.  

I like to do a four-count breath technique, where I count to four as I inhale expanding the lower belly (1, 2, 3, 4) and count four backwards as I exhale slowly (4, 3, 2, 1), repeating as needed. I then follow with intentional breathing: as I slowly inhale I say to myself I am and on the exhale I say calm, continuing the practice on the inhale saying I am and on the exhale saying safe, breathing in I am and breathing out empowered, breathing in I am and breathing out love, breathing in I am and breathing out light, and finally breathing in I am and breathing out free. You can end this practice with the following statement or intention: I trust myself, I believe in myself. Remember with this practice to bring the breath all the way down to your lower belly and not just to your chest. The breath not only gives life to the intention, but also helps to anchor it into your soul’s vibration. If you like this technique, I also suggest experimenting with the intentions so it totally resonates with you and gives you a sense of calm, and a feeling of being centered, nurtured, and empowered. In my experience, I’ve discovered practicing from this internal space assisted me in increasing openness to healing and expansion, while decreasing any resistance to it.

Now begin the meditation by visualizing a column of pure white light, sparkling with flecks of color like a diamond that is above you, and is descending down towards you. The column of light may appear different for you or have different colors within it such as golden threads so just allow whatever to come through during the visualization. The intent of the column of light is to feel the light as purifying, loving, nurturing, and empowering. Also, the origin of the light will be unique and sacred to you and to your beliefs, for example it may originate from sacred divine source or creator energy, your sacred divine self, your spirit team, God, specific deities, angels, and so on. As the column of light reaches the crown of your head, it widens and completely encases you in it like a cocoon so you are surrounded by a sphere of healing light. The column then continues to move beyond your feet, and anchors deeply into the earth’s core. The column of light and sphere now offers protection and support during implementation of the soul healing practice and for your healing.

Begin recalling the memory as if you are seeing it on a movie screen. Flood the memory with white and golden light or diamond light so the light fills the entire space of your mind’s eye simultaneously as you are observing the memory. Imagine the light to be as dramatic as a bright light that is turned on in a very dark room. The light has extreme purifying and healing power and can soften, transmute, and transcend any darkness.

Next visualize rays of white and golden light or diamond light extending from your heart to the memory scene. The light and heart connection to the memory helps to transmute and transcend any heavy, restricting energies attached to the original memory such as the burdensome trio, destructive anger, resentment, sadness, excessive fear, and so on. If the practice at this point brings some relief, less pain, or a sense of empowerment, then you can close the memory as will be described below or you can continue to replay the memory in this space of healing light.

If you choose to continue with the practice, you will keep flooding the memory with the same light while you begin to replay it. However, you replay the memory not as the person you were then, but as the elevated person you are now or desire to be, the wiser person, and the more empowered person who learned the lessons from the past and desires to respond to the memory’s events from a compassionate and loving perspective. As you replay the memory from this more empowered and compassionate perspective, you may notice the memory scenes actually begin to change or perhaps its sharp edges begin to soften from the continual projection of light.

If you replay the memory to comfort and nurture your past-self, then you will still flood or fill the memory with the healing light as you interact with your past-self. You may hug or hold your past-self, reassure them that they are safe because you are with them now, provide them with guidance or encouraging words, and so on. A more detailed description of how I’ve used the soul healing practice to heal childhood trauma is provided in the section below, “My Experience with the Soul Healing Practice”. 

Once the memory is complete, it is my hope the suffering has lessened and a sense of empowerment is restored. I like to offer gratitude for the opportunity to heal the memory, which subsequently heals the present moment because energy doesn’t know the concept of linear time. Close the memory with another burst of light and see the memory dissipate into the expansive space around you, turning into golden dust, and eventually disappearing. Visualize the column of light from the beginning of the meditation seals off and concentrates its power in the sphere of light that still surrounds you. The sphere of light may change colors to any color of your choosing. The purpose of the sphere is to act as an energetic shield or boundary that protects you, and repels any lower, denser energies that may want to hurt you, manipulate or control you, take advantage of you, or just holds you back from your highest potential (which could be from your own mind). The energetic shield/boundary also compassionately reflects any denser energies back to its source for them to heal or to be transmuted and transcended into the sacred whole. The sphere, in addition to being protective, is also fluid so it allows you to give and receive unconditional and supportive love. 

Sometimes I add fire to the sphere pending how strong I need the boundary to be. This addition helps me to feel even more safe and empowered. I then like to add the following intention: no one can manipulate or guilt me, control or have power over me, hurt me, or take from me including myself, or you will be burned, I am fully empowered and protected. Keep in mind the addition of fire is not to inflict substantial pain or violence, but just gives a minor ouch to who or whatever is trying to cross your boundary as a clear message you are fully protected and safe. Also, note that the boundary may apply to yourself. Your thoughts and beliefs can be just as damaging and destructive as anyone or any situation from your external reality. In this case, I imagine the fire burns any self-limiting or disempowering thoughts into golden ash which then disappears into the void which I like to think of as the sacred whole to include my soul’s oneness or harmony. As always, feel free to change or refine the imagery or intentions as needed, for example you may not resonate with fire, but another type of powerful energy like electricity, lightning, wind, or even water. 

In addition to the act of protection, the sphere also reminds you of the elevated soul you are now or working towards to be, especially if the memory involves you hurting someone or making a mistake. The sphere may help to make you feel safe and protected as you make amends or take responsibility for your wrong doing, no matter the outcome or the receptivity of the person who was hurt.

Again, the sphere is fluid so you may give and receive unconditional and supportive love. I’ve learned until you feel safe within, can you have genuine love and compassion for anyone, including yourself. This simple imagery helps plant the seeds so you may begin to believe you are deserving of love.

The soul healing practice may need to be implemented several times especially if the memory continues to have its claws in your mind and heart, and you are still carrying the burden. Its grip should lessen with each use of the practice. You may also utilize this practice in written form. You can literally rewrite the memory while still using the same aspects of the meditation/visualization. I prefer handwriting than typing because I’ve found some sort of magic between handwritten work and the soul. But of course, if you prefer to type then please type, this practice needs to resonate with you and your preferences.  

SOUL HEALING PRACTICE CLOSING

I like to close each soul healing practice with another visualization, especially if the practice doesn’t include an energetic shield/boundary. If the practice does include a protective sphere of light, then adjust this closing visualization to complement the practice. The closing visualization may also be a stand alone practice. The intent is to further cleanse any residual blocks or burdens, calm the soul, restore optimal functioning, and realign the soul as above, so below.  

Visualize a disk of purifying, white light that is above you and is large enough to fit both your body and energetic field. The purpose of the disk is to scan your body and energetic field while it simultaneously moves any residual mental, emotional, physical, and energetic blocks or burdens. The energy will be moved out and drained like an energetic faucet as it disappears into the void. The intention of the energy as it disappears is to be transmuted and transcended into the sacred whole which includes your soul’s oneness or harmony. 

As you continue the visualization, imagine the purifying disk of light descending down towards you and begins to scan your upper energetic field and extends outward to capture your entire energetic field as it moves down your body, starting with your head, down your shoulders, down each arm, and out each hand. Visualize any blocks or burdens draining out of your hands (like a faucet). You can imagine the energy as darker energy flowing out. Once you feel it is complete or see the energy begin to trickle stop the flow from your hands. Bring your attention back to your shoulders and continue the scan down your chest, your abdomen to the pelvic area, down each leg, and out each foot. Again visualize any blocks or burdens draining out from your feet, once you feel it is complete or see the energy begin to trickle then stop the flow. Now take a moment to visualize your entire body and energetic field are now cleansed and cleaned.  

Next say to yourself, CALM, and visualize and feel every cell of your body and particle of your energetic field is calming like a pristine, quiet mountain lake with no movement. Just calm and quiet. Take a few deep belly breaths to savor this feeling of calmness. Next, say to yourself, HEAL, followed by optimal health and functioning, and golden light are restored, visualize every cell of your body and particle of your energetic field is now filled with sparkling golden light as you are glowing and vibrating with this golden energy. Visualize the golden energy extends outward to form a sphere of light that now surrounds you. The sphere of light may change colors, any color of your choosing. Again, take a few deep belly breaths to savor this energy of renewal, strength, and empowerment. 

Lastly, visualize a column of golden threads above you descending down through you and exiting out your feet, continuing down into the earth to be deeply anchored into the earth’s core so you feel secured, stable, and grounded (you can add imagery of golden roots or similar extending from your feet to be anchored into the earth’s core). Next see a violet light doing the same, and finally a pure white light doing the same. The intent of the columns are to align you above and below, so you feel both grounded and elevated. You may close the visualization by saying to yourself three intentions, for example I say: I am powerful, I am magical, I am healing, and as I say each intention I visualize myself growing taller, stronger, and feeling more empowered.

As a last note and most likely suggested in the description of the soul healing practice, do experiment with, change, refine the practice as needed so it truly resonates with your soul, becomes your personal practice, and evolves and changes with you. By making the practice your own, you are listening to your inner guidance, are connecting with your sacred divine self, and aligning with your unique wisdom and soul’s vibration.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOUL HEALING PRACTICE

EXPERIENCE 1

My beloved dog of 13.5 years passed in February 2017. Guinness was a chocolate labrador full of anxiety, but a most beautiful soul that was completely devoted to us and yearned to always take care of us. Initially, when we first adopted her which was a few years after the death of my husband, I disliked her, in fact I thought I hated her. She was needy and constantly intruding into my space. It took me a bit of time and patience to begin to like her and eventually to love her before I could understand her purpose in our lives. She taught me so many valuable lessons, mainly unconditional love even for the anger and rage I suppressed following the death of my husband.

Five months after Guinness’s passing, we were ready to bring a new dog into our home. We adopted a handsome, young golden retriever mix male from the shelter. My daughter named him, Apollo, because he’s a golden color and has the energy of the sun, as well as, a healer. The picture included in this post is Apollo.

As I began to care for him such as buying his food and accessories, feelings of regret, guilt, and even shame were seeping in from my subconscious mind into my conscious awareness. My mind was being plagued with negative thoughts such as: I didn’t buy Guinness the top brand dog food at a specialty pet store like I do for Apollo, I didn’t give Guinness filtered tap water, and I definitely wasn’t as tolerate with Guinness’ puppyish behaviors, her shedding, and her misbehavior, like I am with Apollo.

I could feel the pull of regret and guilt wanting to anchor me into a cycle of shameful suffering, my mind beginning to spin in self-punishing thoughts, but I resisted. I was certainly being tempted to only focus on the negative times with Guinness, but I persisted with an objective and more compassionate recalling of the past. I began reminding myself, I did my best caring for Guinness at the time. I was in a dark time in my grief when we first brought Guinness into our home and I was exhausted, angry, and devastated. I reminded myself I loved her deeply through the years and became a better pet owner over time. I recalled how she helped me to heal my anger, helped to make the house feel safe, and with this realization I offered her so much gratitude and unconditional love.   

After I felt more elevated by recalling the memories with compassion and objectivity, it opened a space for me to accept and to not resist this opportunity for healing and expansion. I settled into my sacred self by doing the four-count breath technique followed by the intentional breathing before I began the meditation/visualization.

I visualized a column of white, diamond light with golden threads descending down from sacred source creator when upon meeting my crown the light expanded around me to encase me into a sphere of healing light. The column of light then continued down beyond my feet and anchored into sacred mother goddess’s crystalline core (mother earth). I flooded ALL memories of Guinness (good and bad) with purifying white and golden light. I opened my heart, extending rays of diamond, golden light and unconditional love to her spirit and to the memories. I saw and felt past feelings of irritation, anger, and annoyance were dissolving, transmuting, and then transcending into the light. 

I then continued the soul healing practice by replaying memories of caring for Guinness while still flooding the scene with healing light. I replayed it not as the person I was then, but as the person I am now who has done significant healing and acquired sacred wisdom, as well as my desire to be a better pet owner. I noticed the memory kind of naturally began to change. I saw myself providing her with the best food, filtered water, and I was much more tolerant of her jumpiness in her youth, her shedding, and all the other behaviors that irritated and annoyed me from the past. I was consumed with extreme happiness, peace, and love with a deep inner knowing that I healed and released this past burden. I also had a knowing that I now have access to this elevated energy and can bring it into the present moment for myself and for Apollo.

I closed the memory, released it with a burst of white light and unconditional love, and saw it dissipate into golden dust and then disappear. I saw the column of light seal off so a sphere of white, golden light remained and still surrounded me. I felt it was complete. I also had a solid confirmation that Guinness’s spirit always knew and loved the true essence of my soul and paid no mind to my human mistakes and blunders. With this new knowledge, I was filled with absolute gratitude once again for my beautiful earth angel.

EXPERIENCE 2

The soul healing practice has also been quite effective in healing, transmuting, and transcending my memories of childhood trauma. I used the practice on several occasions over a period of time as these memories tended to surface during my soul’s journey, especially when I was healing shadow aspects of myself that were keeping me stuck in suffering.

Before I began the meditation/visualization I did the four-count breath and intentional breathing to calm my nervous system because shadow work is often quite triggering as distressing feelings and thoughts emerge. After I visualized the column of healing light and the sacred sphere of light surrounding me, I flooded the memory with purifying white and golden light to help soften the pain, confusion, and disgust of the memories.

I then replayed the memories, but primarily focused on my child-self. When I saw her in the memory, I opened my heart and extended rays of diamond and golden light from me to her. I then visualized picking her up and holding her tightly and securely. I provided her with an abundance of love and nurturing, reassuring her that none of what was happening to her is suppose to be happening and is very, very wrong, that none of it is her fault, and she is now safe and forever protected by me, her adult self. As I set her back down, I surrounded her with a sphere of white, golden light that sparkled with flecks of diamond light as her protection. I also added a blazing ring of fire for extra protection so no one can harm her, manipulate her, take from her, or control her for they will be burned. I then closed the memory as described above.  

Each time I used the practice, the feelings of deep pain, disgust, betrayal, and helplessness continued to lessen, as well as my own self-punishment, guilt, and shame. I began to feel more empowered in the present, worthy of happiness and abundance.

POEM

Below is one of my poems, it may not completely fit the post, but I think it has elements that certainly resonate. The poem describes one of my dreams, and my experience with receiving a divine gift of light, only for it to help me clearly see my darkness, which presented itself in a terrifying form. This diamond light gave me the strength, both in a dream state and in waking state, to relate to my darkness with less fear by offering an opportunity for transmutation and transcendence.

DIAMOND LIGHT

A diamond was given to me in a dream,
not any old diamond,
but one of mammoth proportions
suspended in an esoteric dimension
of another world.

Rotating slowly with precision and harmony
magical, mystical,
twinkling with laser specks of light,
hues of pinks, blues, golds.

Each speck exploding with its own glory
like fireworks in a black, moonless sky.
The grand finale,
the diamond bursts with an awe inspiring
white and gold light,
beams of divine light, radiating far and wide.
A star of its own.

But to my horror,
the rays push back a dense, black darkness
to expose a demonic wolf-like creature
with metal claws and fangs, 
stiff, brown leather-like fur, red devilish eyes, 
lurking in the shadows.
A shrill of terror charges through my veins
as the creature comes clearer into my vision.

The diamond light offers protection,
strength in my core, fortitude in my spine.
I offer an intention to this creature of the night—
may the diamond light transmute your energy
into holy light and unconditional love, 
if you so wish.

To my astonishment, the activation worked;
the horrifying metaphoric symbol of raw fear,
fades and dissipates
into the bright luminous light,
dissolving the nightmare into nothingness
and its power over me.

My response, what a gift!
A weapon of transmutation, even transcendence,
is now nestled in my heart.
A diamond’s majestic presence
and explosive power, crystalline strength,
emanating intuitive rays of love and compassion,
all for me.

A gift invoking a spear of empowerment,
a cognitive sword of clarity and divine simplicity:
nothing else matters.

All troubles, confusion from the mental,
material dimension flutter away
and my focus is transfixed
upon the sparkling, rotating gem of clarity,
chiseled with expert craftsmanship
of sacred geometry,
vibrating a cosmic hum
beyond detection of the human ear.

Always at the ready, my diamond light,
to expand its energy of pure divinity,
protection, star potential,
upon my call. 
— Stacy L. Pintor © 

Thank you for visiting my blog, I truly hope some or all of the soul healing practices do help you along your sacred journey and provide you some relief and ease.  

Visit my website if you want to learn more about me and to check out my poetry, especially if you liked the poem above which is included in my poetry book, Alchemy of the Soul.

https://www.baresoulworks.com

Thanks again for visiting and for your support. Stacy 💚 

PLEASE BE ADVISED

The soul healing practices provided in this blog are meant as a tool to aid in healing, for improving mental and emotional health, and for inspiring self-transformation. The practices are not meant to be a form of psychotherapy or social work practice requiring a contractual, professional relationship. If you need consistent therapeutic care and/or crisis intervention due to being at risk of harming yourself or others, then seek professional and/or emergency services immediately.

The purpose of this blog is to share with you how I integrate my personal experience, spiritual growth and expansion, and past professional mental health experience in the form of soul healing practices. By sharing my experience, it is my hope it will provide a practical example of how to interrupt and lessen the cyclical energy of suffering and to elevate your soul.   

These practices work best when you are ready to heal and expand. It is okay if you are not quite ready. Please be gentle and patient with yourself, seek outside help both professionally and personally as needed. You will heal and expand when you are ready. Sending you so much love, warmth, and compassion. Stacy 💚

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Revised and updated in 2025 by Stacy L. Pintor ©.

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