11.11.11

What is the deal with November 11, 2011? Even non-spiritual people have noticed that this date seems special somehow. It’s not everyday that the month, day, and year all contain the same digits. Many people regularly make wishes when the clock reads 1:11 or 11:11. Who came up with this? Why did we think it was a good idea to make a wish at such a time? While there is a lot of speculation out there on what these numbers mean, ranging anywhere from the end of the world to everyone instantly finding enlightenment, I’m here to add my two cents to it.

Whenever I see the numbers “11” or “111” throughout my day (and I often do), I instantly think of the meaning behind it as listed in Doreen Virtue’s “Angel Numbers 101.” This wonderful book literally goes through each and every number from 0 to 999 to explain what each number’s message is from the angels. This is a great book to use whenever you see a number repeating in your life whether it be on clocks, license plates, billboards, or anything your eyes land on. What she recommends is to notice what thoughts you were just thinking, as often the number relates to these thoughts.

Virtue’s book states that when you see 11, “Stay positive! Your thoughts are materializing rapidly, so you want to ensure positive outcomes by focusing only on the good within yourself, others, and this situation.”

When you see the number 111, “This message brings you the urgent message that your thoughts are manifesting instantly, so keep your mind-set focused upon your desires. Give any fearful thoughts to heaven for transmutation.”

With the idea that your thoughts are manifesting instantly if you're seeing the number 11 or 111, it is a really great idea to "make a wish." If you're making a wish, you're most certainly focusing on the positive aspects (or at least I hope you are) and what your heart truly wants.

When you see the number 11:11 or some variation of it, it is very much like the universe just took a picture of your thoughts and they are instantly manifesting.

Numerologically, 11/11/2011 is an 8-day. This means that it’s a great day for finances, manifestations, and any form of abundance, especially in a financial or business form. In this manner, 11.11.11 really isn’t an 11 day at all (which would technically be a 2 day and for partnership).

Many lightworkers—people who believe that they are literally beacons of light to help spread love and light to the world through spiritual endeavors (if you’re reading this blog, you’re probably a lightworker)—first “wake up” to their divine mission by seeing this number repeatedly. When I was first reopening my gifts in my teenage years, I began to see this number everywhere. It was just my guides and angels saying, "Hey! Time to wake up!" 11:11 serves as a way to turn on a light bulb, so to speak, in your mind. Your higher self pre-programmed or planned for you to "wake up" to your higher consciousness in this life at a certain time or for a certain reason and this is that inner alarm clock going off and waking you up. It's your higher self, God/the Universe, your angels, and your guides trying to get you to realize that there's more than this third dimensional world available to you right now.

Even now, I literally see it every single day of my life. I see it in clocks, license plates, billboards, bar codes,  phone numbers, my router number, dollar bills, and even receipts. It’s just everywhere.  Often times I feel that for me now, this is more like a message from my guides and angels that's just them saying, “Hello!! We love you and we’re working on your prayers right now so keep the faith!! You are on the right path, just keep spreading and focusing on your love and light!!”

You can literally change and create your own life. This is the gift of free will. Once you recognize this fact, life becomes so much easier and more enjoyable. While we each have our own specific lessons and gifts to spread in this life, we can always change the specific situations that allow us to spread these gifts and learn those lessons. So long as you are pure of heart and with good intentions, only good can come of it.

Whenever you are visualizing the life that you want, picture it as though it is already so. Truly put yourself in that moment. What are you wearing? What do you feel? Who's with you? What is around you? Where are you? Do this and truly believe it has already manifested, for this will speed it up ten-fold. After doing this exercise, remember to say "This or something better" or "God's will be done." That way, no harm is done to anyone and even if that vision is not in your best interest, the best possible outcome will transpire.

As far as the specific date, November 11, 2011, I believe that it serves as a definite mark in a shift in consciousness of the world’s population. While this date won't bring sudden perfect psychic awareness, it's more like a mark in an on-going process. Many of you have already been going through changes in the last several months, or maybe even years that have to do with this shift. I like to see this date as kind of the final deadline for everyone to kind of wake up. Basically by this point, everyone will begin to feel this shift in consciousness on some level, even if they're not consciously aware of it.

This is very much a very personal and inward change that will be taking place in you. You may experience more negative people and situations in your life, especially between now and November 11. This is because everyone has to release their own negative energy in order to sort of "rise above" and become higher on a spiritual and vibrational level. Do not let this get to you, but just bless them and let it go. Do not listen to negative information that brings you down. Do not give this any power. You can either react to life or truly create the life you want with your free will. You will become more and more aware of this fact. Many of you will even get more and more messages throughout your day through thoughts, feelings, and ideas. The more you trust these thoughts and feelings from your guides and angels, the more you open up your intuition and you will be more and more able to walk in your perfect path with ease.

Do not listen to fear-based ideas or threats. Focus on what your own intuition tells you. You can recognize the difference between the two by the way they really make your mind and body feel. Often, fear-based ideas or ideas that aren't aligned with your higher truth will create a clenching feeling in your heart or stomach, or just leave you feeling angry, sad, or depressed. This is not your intuition! Your intuition is that quiet little voice that comes and goes and leads you to avoid that wreck on the freeway back taking the back route today. Its the little voice that leads you to call an old friend only to find out that she was just thinking about you. Your intuition will always leave a feeling of peace and love in its messages. You will feel totally at peace with the messages and ideas presented in your inner world from your guides, angels, and higher self.

Situations, emotions, and people in your life that you thought you had been finished with may begin to pop back up in your life. This is simply so that you can completely deal with it once and for all and then let it go fully. Do not get frustrated by this but know that you have been needlessly holding onto it and that it is harming your aura. By it surfacing and coming to the light, you will be able to totally deal with it, let it go, and never have to mess with it ever again. 

You may find that people in your life that you have been really close to or even loved have fallen away from you. Please know that this has happened only to help and to serve you. The people who fall away from us no longer serve us.What do I mean by this? Well, let me speak from personal experience to something that happened in my own life as a result of this shift and greater opening up to my own gifts.

Earlier this year I had a pretty good friend. Let’s call him John. Now John and I were never that close, but we did hang out quite a bit and generally trusted one another. Well I had always sensed that he was not necessarily in my best interest to get close to emotionally. He had problems in his own life that he wasn’t handling in the best fashion and really focused on the negative side of people and situations a little too much. But me being well… me, I looked past that and was still nice to him and tried to be a good friend when he needed me. One day he really needed a place to stay for a night, so I offered that he stay at my place. Well John decided thirty minutes before getting to my place that it would be okay to stay a week, without even asking if it was okay. This in itself was an issue, as I don’t like being taken advantage of. On top of this, he also brought in a dog without asking, proceeded to bring some bad “substances” into my home, and expected me to clean up after him and take care of his dog without even asking me to do so. Needless to say, there was quite the falling out by the end of all this. While it definitely hurt at the time (I’m sure it hurt both of us), now I am able to look back on that and recognize that it was simply time for that relationship to end. I still see him regularly even today. He gives me a death glare when we’re alone (or flat out ignores me), but sometimes he is quite pleasant to me. No matter how he treats me when I see him, I still I give him the same smile and treat him in the exact same fashion that I do with everyone else that I meet. I even send him blessings and love in my thoughts, as love is the only way to truly heal and combat anything negative coming your way.

So in a way such as this, people may have already or may begin to fall away from you. Others will  grow closer to one another. Know that whatever happens, it is always for everyone’s individual highest good. We are each on our own individual life path and we must respect that fact with everyone in our lives. Each of us have the exact same divine spark in us, no mater who we are or what we’ve done.

What else will this shift in consciousness bring? Well many of you will be enhancing your spirituality. Whether you are religious or not, you may begin to really explore a more spiritual side to life. You may need to sleep more or have jolts of energy at seemingly random times. Many of you will find your soul mates, life partner, and/or twin flame. Psychic/intuitive abilities will begin to increase more and more. You may find yourself waking up a lot more, especially between the hours of 3am and 6am, as this is when the vibrational energy of the earth is highest and many earthbound spirits, spirits on the otherside, and other entities can be sensed more easily. I still get woken up throughout the night. Sometimes this is by a noisy earthbound or even just my guides whispering something to me. Last night I woke up because I got the message that my cat needed food. I didn’t even pause to think about it and just fed him and immediately went right back to sleep. Pretty sure my kitty was sending some pretty strong hunger thoughts my way… :)

If you ever begin to feel fearful from your gifts and abilities opening up, know that you are perfectly safe!! Hundreds of angels are always with you, but they must respect the law of free will and can only help if you ask them to specifically help with something. Know that once you ask for help, it is instantly taken care of—believe this and it is assured to work smoothly and in the best way possible. Even if you can’t see what the point in a certain situation is right at this moment—know that every situation in life, and I mean every situation, is a blessing. Sometimes the blessings are disguised however, but it is always for your highest good and overall learning experience. The only reason you are on the Earth right now is because you were brave enough to come back here, seemingly away from God and spirit (though we can never separate) to learn. Sometimes learning isn’t easy. Think of it this way, however, most of the lessons we’ve learned—the really beneficial ones that made us who we are today—did you learn them while relaxing in bed or enjoying a nice ice cream sundae? No! Most likely you learned them from really dark, painful, and just plain difficult and seemingly unfortunate situations in life. Say thank you for these seemingly horrible situations—they are the greatest teachers.

I know that was a bit of a tangent, but I felt it needed to be said.

So is there anything that we should be afraid of with this new shift in conciousness on 11/11/11? Nope! In fact, I’m quite excited about it! The earth is changing, and so is every living creature on it. The vibrations are lifting as love is being more and more focused upon and sent throughout the world.

There may be more world tragedies and earthquakes and tsunamis. This is earth reacting to the damage we've done to it with pollution, hunting and killing of life, negative thoughts and emotions that we've sent out to one another that it has absorbed, wars, and just general negative energy that has been allowed to run rampant on the earth for so long.

Governments may begin to fall more and more, being completely upturned by new ideas and people. Many CEOs, government officials, and others in power who are not focused on love and are spreading fear to the world will be shown for who they really are. Do not feel fearful of this. These major changes will allow a new era to bustle in and literally help make the world a more peaceful and loving place.

Time may seem like it's speeding up. I know I've felt these energies for several months now and it seems like time is just flying by more and more these days! Whenever you feel stressed or like you can't complete something, take a moment to breathe and do something completely different and fun, then come back to it and it will get done.

Accept who you really are and really learn how to enjoy life. Some people will try to threaten you, tell you what you believe is wrong, or just plain not like you. Respect them for believing what they believe and just don't let it get to you. Others will embrace your ideas with complete agreement and excitement. We are each on our own path, so just try to focus on this and know that you are equal to everyone else and they to you. Always speak your truth and be impeccable with your word by guarding your thoughts and what you say. Focus on your own truth, centered in love, and you can do no wrong!

Whenever you feel fearful, lost, confused, hurt, or generally down, send love and light to yourself, your loved ones, the entire world, and even the entire universe. Picture everything already in a healed reality and it is done. Begin to expect miracles every single day. Say thank you for all of the blessings in your life—even if the only one you can think of the fact that you’re breathing. Say thank you. By doing this you literally help light up the world and bring more good to yourself and others.

All you have to do is trust in yourself, your higher self, God/the universe, the angels, and your guides. You are always safe, always loved, There is ALWAYS eternal love for you. I cannot stress this enough—there is ETERNAL love for you. It is unconditional and every single living thing in the entire universe has it. It is the pure spark of divine light in each of us. It is in every human, plant, animal, insect, etc. Focus on this love and know that you are already living in a healed, peaceful, and love-filled reality.

Find your own truth, based on what resonates in your heart and soul. To do this, simply recognize what brings you a sense of joy and happiness, usually in your heart center. Do not give your power to others or let others make you feel lower or take your sense of self-worth. Sometimes our own beliefs differ from others. That is perfectly okay. Simply believe what you believe, know that it is your truth, and respect others for their own beliefs.

 Enjoy this shift  in consciousness-- It is for everyone's highest good and ultimately it will bring you unimaginable happiness! :)


Focus on love and everything that is not centered in love and divine truth will naturally fall away.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” –Jimi Hendrix

Blessings of Love and Light,

Katherine

P.S. Just after I wrote this post, I wrote a check for my rent this month. I tore it off and guess what? The next check number is 111. :)

Be Kind to Yourself

One of the Reiki principles that I try to live by everyday is,

"Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing."

By doing this, even those who are so nasty, mean, angry, and just negative people deserve kindness. Every single person on the face of the planet has a spark of the divine light in them. We are all made in the image of God because we each have God in us. We are all a part of God and therefore all connected, and really we are all one.

Whenever I sense that someone around me is angry, sick, sad, depressed, and has any kind of negative energy around them, I surround them in a pink bubble of light and just send love to them. I know that this love always reaches them and always helps. Even if this person has hurt me personally, I will still do this. We are each on our own individual life path and each of our paths are to be respected, whether our paths cross in this life or not.

One of the hardest people to send unconditional love and light to is ourselves. It can be so hard to love and forgive ourselves sometimes. Sometimes we feel so guilty about something we feel we've said, done, or experienced because we just feel that it's so bad that we can't love that part of us. Guilt is the lowest vibration of energy. I still remember something BDevine once said in a youtube video, that according to Archangel Michael, guilt is the number one cause of heart attacks.

Picture it this way, if your best friend or the person you love the most did this act or said this thing, would you still be able to send love and forgiveness? Hopefully so. If not, if this person was a complete stranger and you knew that this person honestly felt so guilty for this act and that it was merely a part of his/her life path and lessons and therefore necessary to happen in this life, would you have a different perspective? Things that we've said and done all have a purpose. Even when we've lost friends over a horrible fight, there is still a lesson in this. Maybe that person was simply lowering our self-esteem and we needed to let them go. Maybe we needed to learn forgiveness and to do this, that person needed to hurt us. Or maybe it was just naturally time to end that relationship as we had completed all of the lessons it had offered and we were done with it on a soul level.

Trust that there is more than just you or me working behind the scenes, always routing for you and wanting your highest good. There are hundreds of angels all around you right now! Your guides are all around as well, nudging you to take that class or join that book club! Who knows, you may even meet your life partner by following the seemingly strange guidance. Never expect this of course, but just know that every "nudge" that we get is always meant to help us.

I would encourage you to please go through your day and your week listening to yourself. Really learn to love and forgive yourself, too. Remember to always be kind to yourself. Learn to be your own best friend.


Blessings of Love and Light,
Katherine

Positive Affirmations and Manifestations

Everyday I wake up and say thank you for the day and the many blessings in my life. I pray, surround my self in the white light of love and protection and I then say a few positive affirmations, such as:

"I am happy, healthy, wealthy, and whole"
"I expect a miracle today"
"All of my needs are met and provided for me"
"Everything is already healed in reality. I just need to catch up to it. Miracles occur everyday. Thank you!"

As a Reiki, I also say the five principles of Reiki,

"Just for today, I will let go of anger"
"Just for today, I will let go of worry"
"Just for today, I will count my many blessings"
"Just for today, I will do my work honestly"
"Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing"

I also read over The Four Agreements,

"Be Impeccable with your word"
"Don't take anything personally"
"Don't make assumptions"
"Always do your best"

So why the heck do I go through so much trouble during the morning rush? (To be honest, I often have to complete these affirmations as I go throughout my day-- I am a college student! :))  Well the manifestations that I say really help set the pace for my day. By going throughout my day and expecting good things to happen, they typically do. Even on terrible days, things go a lot smoother or at least seem a lot better.

The Reiki principles help remind me to live with a peace in my heart and to use reiki to bless others throughout my day.

The four agreements are wonderful to live by. Whenever I have an issue with my life, normally in a relationship with another person, I think of one of these agreements and I am able to step back and really recognize a bad situation for what it is-- normally a simple misunderstanding between two people.

I would strongly encourage you to begin to really notice your thoughts through your day. Notice how many times you have any kind of negative thought (or positive for that matter). Are you constantly thinking or saying,

"I can't do that!" "I can't afford that!" "Ugh why can't I lose weight?"

No matter what you say or think, the universe is listening and the universe always says, "yes!" If you say, "I can't afford that!" Guess what? You won't be able to afford that. If however you say, "I already own that" or "I can afford that" unless it is out of line with your life path or harms another in some way, the universe will always say yes to you.

So this week, I would encourage you to start to listen to your thoughts and words that you say. Anytime you think or say something positive or speak well of someone, the universe sends this back to you. Start to monitor and change your thoughts to help realign them with the light. This will also help you feel generally more happy and optimistic.

I do want to caution you about how you do this, however. Always say manifestations and positive affirmations in the positive. Say "I am healthy" rather than "I am not sick." The universe doesn't hear the negative words and only hears the keywords and always says yes. In this sense, the universe is a bit like a teenager with selective hearing. :)

Just listen to your heart and it will always lead you down the right path.


Guard you thoughts, as they have a power to them- a pure energy that manifests instantly.


Blessings of Love and Light,
Katherine

Go with the Flow

Last night I decided to go for a swim to clear my mind.

As I was floating in the water and looking up at the stars, I got the idea for this blog entry. I heard my guides say, go with the flow. You see, much like life, when you swim you must either float and ride with the waves or swim along with them. If you try to go against the current, you will undoubtedly find your task much more difficult, and perhaps near impossible (unless you're an expert swimmer of course).

Singing is also quite a bit like this. When I first began my training as a singer, I used to watch all of the big time opera stars, classical singers, Broadway singers, pop singers, and anybody else that I enjoyed listening to and I would try to incorporate their facial movements and tendencies into my own singing. The problem with this however, was that I wasn't letting myself find my own style, the one that suited me best and was the most natural. After a few years of incorrect vocal guidance, and struggling more than any other singer around me, I finally got a great teacher who had to helped me to recognize and truly break my negative habits. This process took me a good year and a half to accomplish and I  practice nearly every day. Now when I sing, I know exactly how to place the vowels I need to phonate (specific positions of the mouth, tongue, etc... gets too complicated) and I just trust myself to go to that comfy place and let the sound flow without force, gently from my body. By finally finding my own personal placement and style, I was finally able to get a great sound. The way I did this was by letting go and just going with the flow.

Are you struggling in life? Are you trying to swim against a large tidal wave of problems, gossip, hard work, money issues, and any other worldly issues? Stop fighting them! Yes, you're going to have many problems and difficult situations in your life-- some may take you years to overcome-- but you have got to accept them, and then release them. If you believe in the Universe or in God, as I do, then seek to release your problems to Heaven. Ask your angels to buoy your faith and to absorb all negative thought patterns and transmute them into love and light, so that you may be free and at peace.

Please, as you go throughout your day and your week, just take a moment to breathe and listen to yourself. Are you happy with your life the way it is right now? Is there a job or a relationship that you maintain simply because it's become a habit or you're afraid of letting it go and not having something better to replace it? Take a moment to just step back, look inside yourself and recognize when your actions are coming from a place of fear or love. You'll know because if it's out of fear, you'll feel a lot of negativity, fear, and possibly a "gripping feeling" in your heart. If it's in line with your truth and from love, you'll feel total peace within your heart.


It is only when we truly let go, that we can be truly free.


Blessings of Love and Light,
Katherine

Welcome.

Hello and welcome to Spotlight on Spirit!
 

I suppose that the best way to begin this journey together would be to introduce myself.

My name is Katherine and I am just your average person trying to express her gifts to the world through my writing, the spoken word, and my music. I am currently a college student who will be graduating in about 6 months with a BA in Music (Vocal studies) and a minor in Biology. I plan to spread intuition through my music.

I'm also a Reiki level II certified healer, and as such I can send Reiki healing energy to any living being in the entire world and in all directions of time.

My personal gifts are a bit different for society's typical taste, however. While I am a classically trained singer, I have also been given the gift of heightened intuition. What exactly do I mean by this? Well... I see things, I hear things, I feel things, and I just know things that are outside of this third dimensional world and that the average person doesn't naturally experience.

How do I know I'm not crazy? Well, believe me I've asked myself that question before. Fortunately, God/the Universe, my guides, and the angels have a way of giving us signs that we are on the right path. We just have to listen and pay attention to them. Through such experiences and by asking for validation and signs that are third-dimensional and completely obvious, indisputable, and just so in-your-face that you have no choice but to notice them... the message given becomes clear as day.

 So what exactly are my specific intuitive gifts? I have been lucky enough to be blessed with all four of the main "clairs."

I am clairvoyant-- I see visions of people, things, and situations... anything that needs to be shown for a reading or question. This clair is very much like watching a movie or looking at Google images of certain objects and people for me. Sometimes I’ll even get words written out for me that I can read. This happened once in a reading for me when I was requesting a time line for an event and saw “3 months” in bright red in my inner vision.

I am clairaudient—I hear spoken words, sentences, music, and even long paragraphs of information in my inner ear given to me by the guides and angels.

I am clairsentient—I feel the emotions of those around me that I am close to emotionally, physically, and any emotions or feelings associated with a situation that need to be noted. This is often the basis of intuition—it’s your “gut” feeling. It’s that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you know you just hurt another’s feelings, or when someone near you just lost a loved one or is sick and you just feel that something is wrong.

I am claircognizant—I often just know things without knowing always how I know them. Often this happens to me when a message needs to be downloaded into my consciousness immediately. This happens a lot in emergency situations that I have to knowledge of until I get my message. Then I just know what’s up and what to do about it. This is probably the hardest “clair” to explain or try to understand. It’s like your brain is a computer and just downloaded an update on software automatically. Even though you didn’t request this download, it happened to benefit you and you know it is nonetheless very real and true.

So why are there so many different ways to receive information? Well, that’s a good question. I believe, and from what I've been told by my guides, that we get the information in the best way for us and the specific message. For instance, sometimes it's perfect to just know something. You go about your day, and suddenly you just know not to take that exit on the highway, because it's backed up for miles. Or you may feel that something is bothering your spouse. If you need a "visual" of what the future holds if things continue as is, or if you need to stop in your tracks and pay attention (like me sometimes), it may be best to see the situation through what I like to call "streaming video," similar to watching a video clip of a situation in your minds eye. If you need to receive the message through a song that pops in your head, or a streaming thought (that often is not actually you thinking... your guides sound like your own inner voice), then that's how it will be delivered.

I also have been blessed with the gift of mediumship. I can connect with loved ones around a person who wish to deliver a message, and channel any messages that need to be heard from guides and angels. Please note that I do not work with any lower level energies in any work that I do. I make sure of this by always saying a prayer to God and asking for Archangel Michael to only allow positive energy and entities in. I also always am sure to reground myself and disconnect from a reading once it is finished. This ensures my own health and safety as well as preparing me to be a pure, cleansed vessel for any proceeding readings.

I not only can connect with loved ones, but I also can clearly receive messages from your angels and guides. Most all of my readings that I give contain messages from at least one or the other for you. If there is a message to deliver-- I deliver it. I even do this in my day-to-day life. Even when someone doesn't know that I'm a psychic medium or any of that side to me, I still get visions and messages for them. I simply present it in a way that keeps the focus on them but still delivers the message. To do this,  I'll often say, "well I could really see you doing such and such." Most people will respond happily (or at least in a "yeah, that makes sense" kind of way), as most of the time they secretly want this wish to come true, but never talk about it.

So why Spotlight on Spirit? Well there are actually a couple of reasons behind this. Eventually, I will incorporate my own music into this project of mine. I write and sing songs that are inspired through my intuition. As a singer in my every day life, normally the spotlight is directly focused on me. But it's time for the focus to be on your own inner spiritual journey. It's time for the spotlight to be on spirit.

The purpose of this blog is to validate that we are never alone and that we are always surrounded by love. This is also the reason why I choose to give readings. We always have the capability to love, if we so choose. As it always is with any form of spiritual discovery, take whatever resonates with you and leave behind, without judgment, whatever doesn't "ring true" for you. Discover your own personal truth and learn to live it to the fullest with faith in yourself and the universe to always support you in your truth.

And thus the journey begins...


Blessings of Love and Light,
Katherine