THE GOAL OF LEVEL 2
Level 2 is identified by the EMOTIONS. People who get caught up in emotions, people who try to understand the emotions. The problem with this level is that you have to get triggered to understand what is YOU and what is not YOU. That means in order to elevate out of this level you have to be willing to get triggered and do you work in this world while in connection to other people’s crap! That means you trust yourself enough and your purpose that you become vulnerable in front of other people and don’t have to defend or run away from what you feel, instead you use the TRIGGERS of the emotions to go inward and figure out what is happening in connection to all of the life experiences you accumulated during LEVEL 1.
Third Eye Chakra (step 6)
I have come to realize that life is a big mirror, and what you see and how you interpret what you re is all of your mind's own creation. Although my physical age development cycle is currently focused on the throat chakra, I feel my biggest current challenge is becoming detached from what my perception of reality is and becoming one with the reality happening around me. My third eye has always been one of my biggest life struggles. This is the chakra from which my most physical manifestations of disease have come from. I use to try and control this area of my life because I thought with control and narrowed focus came wisdom, truth and my greatest potential outcome for life, but I found that controlling this area of my life with my limited perspective only hindered my full potential to achieve these qualities.
I hear my inner ego voice screaming for recognition and attention for its achievements after every little step I take and milestone I achieve. Not recently did I realize what an amazing shift this was. It had been my objective to try and detach the ego voice from my higher intuitive voice. Let’s just say the voices inside my head used to be so loud and intermixed I had no clue what voice was my true guidance. I was taken by surprise one day to hear this voice inside my head that sounded so sad. I recall driving by my work property's horse pasture. There was an internal dialog in my mind that was very ego driven. This conversation was looking for approval and recognition for recent achievements I had made at work. Even thought my ego brain was on a roll I remember physically stopping the voices and almost zooming out from the dialog. I said to myself, this is not me, and I don’t need outside recognition for the achievements I have made. The voices stopped instantly and a sense of peace came over my body. That was the day I started turning up the volume on my higher self's intuitive voice and turning down the volume on my ego or lower self's voice. I started to turn down that volume by using breath work and consciously focusing my mind. Anytime I felt wild thoughts running around I would talk to my mind and ask for this to stop. This process allowed more space for intuition and voices of guidance to come through on a more regular basis.
I remember a time when I thought the more I controlled my thoughts, the more I would get done in a day and the greater chance I would have at success. I look back on that now and think about how stressful and depressed that person was. There was no need to create so much fuss in my own mind over details when my true inspirational guidance could do the same workload in half the time. The ego or lower self voice needs to feel important and it does this by constantly analyzing past concerns and future worries. We know we are dealing with ego when our mind creates situational problems or circumstances pertaining to the past or future. True inspiration comes and goes in a flash and does not require meticulous planning.
As soon as I let go of the ego mind that seemed to want to judge everything and needed so much approval, I began to see the world in a much different light. I became more present, which is not possible to do without a fully grounded and healthy root chakra. Without letting go of the fear in the root chakra we cannot trust our internal guidance; therefore, the two must be in harmony to fully open and work properly together. With full presence and a loss of lower self ego I started observing the very fine details in life from a different perspective. This is going to sound somewhat cheeky, but there was a night after I had started attuning my third eye chakra and letting go of the ego mind that I sat at our spa front desk helping check out guests. There was a regular guest of ours who had just had her hair done in our salon. When she came up to check out I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. She had this glow about her. I felt almost overwhelmed by her beauty. The best part was that I was so presently aware of what was happening I actually told her how stunningly beautiful she looked that night. A little weird to hear I am sure, but her reaction was one of warm acceptance and I could see a wave of reception take hold of her. I had no motives that evening for saying those words, and there was no reason I felt like I needed to express them. I had simply been blown away by her radiance in that moment and felt the need to express how her light had touched me. This was my first experience of truly seeing someone in that kind of auric glow. I feel that because I had established a strong root chakra connection my presence was very aware that evening, and having been able to let go of my ego and judgment I was able to fully acknowledge another human being on her own journey. That night opened not only my seeing eyes, but my non-seeing eye. I was blessed to be able to witness the essence and light of another human being. I feel when we are able to recognize others as the pure loving light forms they are, it helps them also recognize their own light. We are all here to help others by first working on our own energetic bodies and then contributing to the overall consciousness. I have no doubt in my mind that during that night my pure loving acknowledgment of another human being allowed that person to progress further along her own spiritual journey. We have all witnessed or experienced acts of pure unconditional no-strings-attached love and when this happens it helps us to acknowledge our own paths with a clear and uplifted spirit.
The third eye chakra portion of this book was prefaced by talking about looking into a mirror and gauging the reality in which you chose to see. While I was personally focused on developing a better connection with my third eye chakra I found probably my most exquisite jewel of knowledge yet. This jewel has come across my path many times in life, but I was never truly aware of its teachings until I was ready to reclaim that jewel for myself and retain that wisdom. Your perception of reality is exactly what you have made it out to be. Simple enough, right? This is wisdom that has been around for eons, but do we really grasp it intended meaning? With an unblocked third eye I can now understand how crucial this is to our soul's experience in this life. I now see that we all are creating our own paths day in and day out. The thoughts, actions, feelings, and perceptions we have today create our tomorrows. Some of us are trying to move our mountains very quickly in life. This is not going to be possible if we don’t adapt our minds to see what we want to see and feel what we want to feel. We have to first adapt to our body's energetic needs and understand our intake and output of energy so that we can sustain ourselves for the long roads ahead of us. If we want to experience love in life, we must love others without attachment. If we want wisdom in life we must share our experiences and search for wisdom in others. If we want happiness we must constantly look for and surround ourselves with happiness. All we have to do in life is flip the coin and start seeing the good, beauty, wisdom and happiness in everything around us. Life can be so easy once you learn to look in the mirror and see and create what you really want.
On my second journey admittedly I was seeking spiritual enlightenment. I asked God to take hold of my life and bring me experiences that would bring me closer to my reason for reincarnation in this lifetime. I believe God has given me the chance to capture and recognize this enlightenment in such experiences as sickness, pain, heartbreak, ego and judgment. Without seeing the truth of my own negative creations in this world I would not be able to release my control on life and redirect the energy I was creating into a more positive light. This divine universe has pushed me past my limits so that I may gain trust in the world I am creating alongside our divine creator. I have been hurt emotionally so that I could understand love and unconditional love. I had been blind to the beauty of the world until I decided I wanted to see. My third eye exploration has been a long and learned path. Every day presents a new challenge and it takes remembering to be present on a daily basis. Without a strong connection to the root chakra, your life lessons will soar by you with mere physical meanings and interpretations. Once your root chakra and your crown charka can connect and create a fluid line of connected energy, your life will open up to all of the understanding the universe holds. I suggest flipping the mirror of life back on yourself to see what you truly want and if it is aligning with what you are creating. Start labeling how you see the world, and understand those labels are only a reflection of yourself and what you are putting out there intentionally or unintentionally. What mode are you operating from? Without changing your perspective you will never accept the majesty the world has to offer. My perception of the world is a purely magical one. With every tree lies a thousand stories, every cloud is a porthole to a new world, birds sing songs from the angels, and humankind represents the light and love the universe has to offer. Make life your friend, use your vision to see, and don’t allow past fears or future worries to cloud the beauty presently awaiting you.