Hello Intuitive Friends,

soulightenment: ask yourself, "do i feel lighter?"

the only intuitive awareness you really need

Of all the many ways to strengthen intuition and live aligned with your spirit, there is one practice that is so effective that it can be all you need. I call it Soulightenment.

Simply check in with your intuition and notice:
Do I feel lighter?

Lighter— expansive, bright, open, relaxed...
Heavier— contracted, dark, closed, tense...

Your intuition gives guidance on what is best for your soul. What is best for your soul leaves you feeling lighter because your soul is freer. Thoughts that are true are lighter, too. This awareness will bring up everything that is not true and awaken you to the innermost presence of your true self. Simply consider any topic and ask your intuition about it. Do I feel lighter?

One client felt she should keep doing volunteer work. It was rewarding. But when she checked in with her intuition, she sensed tightness, a heavy vibe.

When checking in on another choice—leaving the volunteer work and starting a writing project—the vibe was lighter, more open and expansive.

Hmm. The thought scared her. She felt selfish quitting and was nervous about writing...but the vibe was definitely lighter. She followed her intuition, quit the volunteer work and used the time for writing, which stretched her in many ways.

With her energy refocused, her body started healing. Just what she needed. She found a better fit volunteering with a different organization once she felt better.

Her vibes knew what would serve her heart, even when she was unsure and it wasn’t easy. Your intuition knows, too.

shifting expectations so soulightenment works

All the wisest truths are simple—love others, love yourself—though not necessarily easy. I found myself confused about what was loving in some situations. But my vibes were clear about what action was light and expansive. Soulightenment guides me; my awareness of what is light for me makes things easier, even if not easy.

Are any of these ways you can refocus your intuitive expectations toward simply noticing what feels light for you:

waiting for something ‘grander’
Drop the need for intuition to be a burning bush or great visions. Seriously. It’s unnecessary and distracting for most people. If it’s an intricate feeling, fine. If it’s a simple vibe, fine. All you really need to know is whether you feel lighter and expansive. Keep doing this and you will awareness itself.
Expect simple.

wanting to get intuitions!
The purpose of intuition is NOT to get intuitions!!! The purpose of intuition is to live authentically to your true essence...to be fully you. It is soul guidance, not commands. Focus on lightness of your intuitive awareness, lightness of intuitive insights, and most importantly, lightness of your being.
Expect to live the experience, not just know about it.

desiring a particular answer
If you desire or fear a particular outcome, you restrict your perception. Notice the grasping and open to not knowing. Be neutral in your awareness, this opens you to possibilities.
Expect to be open-minded.

wishing for a quick fix
Moving toward lightness does not mean everything is all perfect and tidy. You can have cancer and be light. You can lose your job and be light. Your mind will be reinformed about what is love, peace, compassion, wisdom, and you. You will notice beyond your mind, beyond your thoughts, to awareness itself.
Expect a journey.

looking outside rather than in
Are you looking for an experience or external event that will bring lightness? Or are you bringing lightness to your experiences? Soulightenment allows opportunities and insights you need to arise (sometimes comfortable, sometimes not). The more you look within, the lighter and freer you will be.
Expect insights within.

mistaking difficult for heavy or excitement for lightness
There is a vibrational difference between something that scares you and is good for you (e.g., giving a speech), and something that scares you and is not good for you (e.g., walking down a dark alley at night). You'll notice that something good for you is still light to your soul, even if your feelings or thoughts are heavy, contracted, worried or rigid. Feel the fear and do it anyway. Similarly, you may mistake excitement for lightness. Intoxication, for example, may bring relief but only temporarily. Ask your intuitive awareness, not just your feelings and thoughts. This is awareness beyond thoughts.
Expect the soul to know best.

taking yourself too seriously
Many spiritual people try really hard, and care a lot. Notice that when you're all intense, you are tense. When you're tense, you restrict the flow of your intuitive awareness and self-expression. Awareness is not once you are perfect or fixed, awareness Is. Now. So lighten up a bit.
Expect to treat yourself lightly.

lightness is the way of being, not just a signal

Checking for a light vibe, rather than a heavy vibe, can be used for simple decisions or for deep contemplation and healing. Sometimes my whole body will be so heavy about something (a food, a relationship, not buying a certain car, a job, a behavior) that I just know my intuition is signaling me to explore other options.

Gently, keep bringing your attention back to Soulightenment, awareness of what is light and free for you. You have concsiousness in all the cells of your body. Notice your state of being when your soul feels light. Your eyes probably brighten and sparkle. Your voice may be clearer. Your body may feel stronger or more relaxed. Your heart may feel open, full, vast. All of these have an absence of tension, a lightness. Notice. Gently keep bringing your attention back to this state.

There comes a point when overall you are not doing or looking for things that make you feel light—you are simply light. You maintain this norm with more ease, regardless of circumstances. You stabilize your awareness. Any heaviness just gets explored or transcended so you come back to your lightness of being.

Soulightenment doesn't work by reading about it, though. It isn’t conceptual. Soulightenment works by experience. My deep wish for you is the lightness of your true essence—and all the love, joy, vitality and peace that arises from simply being you.

Upcoming opportunities to lighten up

	Healing Session, TONIGHT Tues Sep 8, 7:15 - 9:45pm, Fairfax VA; $75 Finding your way, integrating & aligning parts of yourself, embracing reality, clearing your energy, next steps. Join us in dissolving limits and lightening your being. more info "I feel more self-accepting, more motivated, more clear, more loved." -P.N.
	Pathway to Soul Wisdom Retreat Sep 18-20, Lake Anna VA; $475 Intensive retreat to clear the way for fuller expression of your deepest essence. Deeply healing and divinely humorous, we journey into the soul. Activities include parts integration, soul retrieval, intuitive journeying and personalized guidance for each person. Small group. Fee is all inclusive of tuition, lodging & food. more info "There's more ME in me!" -J.B.
	Intuitive Development Program Sep 26, Oct 17, Nov 7; 10am-5pm; DC; $300 Small group, interactive, practical class with personalized guidance to strengthen your intuition both in and between the three classes. Have you ever taken a class, been all jazzed and then tried living it and got stuck with questions or lost motivation? Mentoring is provided between classes as part of fee, and individual invitations are provided for you to help you focus on what you need specifically at this time. more info "I am now living sooooo much more intuitively than before (this time around and probably many incarnations in a row)." -L.R.

What's one small way you can lighten up today? What's a bigger way you can lighten up this fall?

All my love,

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Meredith Self is a spirited intuitive consultant, teacher, healer and author committed to joyful and practical intuitive living accessing highest states of awareness.

Meredith is a Certified Six Sensory™ Leader and Teacher trained by Sonia Choquette Ph.D., and a Reiki Master, with more than 20 years of consulting and teaching experience with gifted-and-talented teaching, business management consulting, and private intuitive consulting. She is the creator of a Guided Visualizations for Intuitive Clarity CD, co-author of the joyful children's book Bob-Winging It, and is creating a Parenting Oracle Deck-Spark Intuition to be published in 2009.