In response to a friend’s request that I smudge her to “seal any auric openings,” I responded thusly: I would be glad to, however it is my belief and experience that any such clearing by another may only be temporary.
We “take things in” to learn about ourselves and ultimately to come to a profound acceptance of self. Only with that profound acceptance of self does the “sealing” take place permanently. And it isn’t really a “sealing” of the field, rather our acceptance allows the full measure of the Transcendent’s Loving Light to move through us and dispel any shadow in our wake. At this point we cease learning through struggle; we learn through awareness.
Why? Because any opening in the auric field is an unconscious gap, a shadow, that attracts “that which will bring it to light.” If we choose to become conscious of this gap and embrace it with the loving kindness of our acceptance (often an “aha” moment), its struggle for acknowledgment ceases.
We cannot reach the tipping point of a sage-like change in our consciousness until enough of our unconscious is brought to light and lovingly accepted.*
When you hear of gurus and the like awakening kundalini (light) in someone, certainly major changes take place, yet that person may or may not be at the tipping point of their consciousness – it depends on the personal work they did before the awakening. In my own case, when I had a spontaneous awakening of light (SAL), I hadn’t ignored my unconscious and profound change occurred; nevertheless neither was I at the point where I fully accepted myself with loving kindness. So the work was there for me. For each of us, there is no escaping personal responsibility.
* Acceptance means we accept the “reality of what is” in any given moment. It doesn’t mean we don’t intend to change something if that’s our desire.
