My mother is very intuitive.  She discovered her gifts when she was in her twenties, shortly after she got married to my dad.  She just “knows” things - thoughts will pop into her head, and instinctively she will know that’s her intuition.  What’s really interesting is how her intuition impulses her - she receives different kinds of sensations for different things, and they’re consistent!  Back in the days before cell phone technology was introduced to mankind, her upper arm would always twitch whenever there’s an emergency at home (she hates that), and she would rush home from wherever she was, only to discover that she was right.  When her palm itches, she’ll know that a big expense is coming up and she’ll have to spend money.  She really trusted her intuition, and as the trust grew, so did her intuitive abilities.  My mom later learnt palmistry and face reading from my grandfather (who was also extremely intuitive) and she was able to read for friends with uncanny accuracy.

Then something happened that made her lose that trust in her intuition, and for years she lost that magic touch.  My mom was visiting a Chinese temple with a friend and they passed by a Chinese medium who was performing a ritual on a “possessed” person.  My mom was accidentally scratched by the whip that the medium was using for the exorcism (yes you read it correctly, it was a WHIP - the ones normally used on horses!).  To the horror of everyone present, coupled with the exaggerated, animated apology of the medium, she was made to believe that this accident had brought her great misfortune.  It did not matter that NO misfortune befell my mom nor anyone in the family … my mom’s faith was badly shaken and since that day, the magic was gone.  For years my mom would lament about the loss of her abilities and she blamed the incident as well as her own bad luck.  Fortunately her beliefs have now shifted and she’s allowed herself to start tuning in again, which is great!

A friend of mine recently shared his own experience with me that was similar to my mom’s.  When he was a teenager, he used to trust in his intuition and was able to manifest things rather easily.  Things were going well and he was happy.  Until a close friend told him that his abundance came from the devil, and that if he had any sense, he should stop.  His intuitive and manifesting abilities died that day.

When we are tuned in to our intuition (and our Spirit Guides) and believe in it, we allow its magic to work in our lives.  You will notice that our intuition is always right, and that life is actually smoother, more abundant than if you had believed otherwise.  Call it the “Law of Attraction”, or wisdom from the “Kung Fu Panda” movie, or mom’s experience - all that matters is that our beliefs and our intuition work hand in hand to boost each other.

The next time you receive a little nudge from your Guides or if your pinky finger is telling you that you’re going to strike that lottery - I suggest you suspend your disbelief and just go with it.  As long as it’s not going to cost you an arm and leg, why not allow yourself some fun and see what happens?  Of course if you DO strike that lottery, then you’ll know I’m right and you can buy me a fancy dinner.  Or an Audi.

Blessings,
Irene

What was your spiritual awakening like?  Mine was nothing short of a brilliant love affair.

It started very subtly, but I knew the attraction was there.  It was beautiful, mysterious and loving.  I started to think more and more about it each day … I just couldn’t shake it off.  Everywhere I looked, it was there, in one form or another.  I tried to talk myself out of it, telling myself I had gone completely nuts and there was no way anyone around me would be able to accept this.  Yet the harder I fought it, the more irresistable it became.

By the time I’d received my first attunement, I had become completely infuatuated with it.  My energies shifted BIG time.  I couldn’t eat nor sleep well and my body felt like it got hit by a truck - yet something inside me was glowing and pulsating with love and joy.  I dreaded going to work as my job had become totally meaningless.  People around me didn’t seem to talk sense.  I became worried about what’s happening to me and started to confide in friends.  Supportive friends would nod with understanding and say “listen to your heart” while the not-so-supportive ones would frown and say “wake up, you’re losing yourself”.  I became emotional and erratic, crying at the drop of a hat at one moment, then feeling elated the next moment, and then feeling a sense of peace all of a sudden.  It was horrible and terrific at the same time.

My love affair with spirituality a.k.a. awakening a.k.a. massive energetic shifts lasted about a month.  It subsided Just as mysteriously as it came.  I am now able to work, eat, sleep and be at peace with myself without having to bawl my eyes out.  The infatuation is gone, but in its place there’s a new feeling that’s deeper, fuller and so much more stable.  I feel a sense of commitment, support, awareness and purpose.  The brilliant blinding flashes have subsided, but there’s a permanent warm glowy light that remains within.

I can never be the same person I was before my love affair with spirituality, and it feels wonderful.

Blessings,
Irene

I have been living in slow motion for the past week, deliberately, and it feels wonderful.  Life continues to whizz by nevertheless - yes, time waits for no man - but I felt I had to pause for a moment and ask myself, “what’s with all that huffing and puffing … just what or for whom exactly am I rushing for?”, and blank was my immediate answer.  So I lifted my foot off the accelerator of my life and just let it glide for a while without stepping on the brakes.  I am seeing details of the beautiful sceneries on my path again, and it feels great!

There’s an excellent article posted just a couple of days back by Andrea Hess on Setting Short-Term Intentions.  This came in very timely for me and it’s a great reminder that small steps are important contributors to our journey.  In our quest for awareness and growth, we make grand plans and set big milestones to measure our achievements.  Everyone tells you to “think big” and “stay positive”, and so we embrace these mantras and stare at the big picture, willing our dreams to come true.  We take actions - lots of them - but sometimes end up feeling tired, discouraged and frustrated.  We wonder why the big picture remains elusive.  Perhaps we’ve been trying too hard, moving too fast and missed out important details?

My Guides have been working very hard to show me the way that leads to my highest path and purpose, but while my body was moving along with them, my eyes were still looking elsewhere.  They are now telling me “look HERE Irene, not beyond the clouds”.  It’s like working on a big puzzle … we usually start looking for pieces that fit the corners and sides, then work on clusters based on colors and patterns before we are finally able to complete the big picture.  Every little piece of the puzzle is important.

Slowing down my pace and shifting my awareness to the present has been eye-opening for me.  For the past week, I noticed so many interesting things that I’d never really paid attention to before.  I observed objects, people, situations, emotions … all the good and bad sides of things, and tried to find my equilibrium in almost every instance.  I realized I can’t just pretend that the bad sides don’t exist, and that the more I tried to ignore them or push them away, the fiercer they came back to me, in another form.  Just like the saying “courage is not the absence of fear”, there’s no denying that negativity exists no matter how hard we try to stay positive.  Eventually, I had to face them all - good and bad - and allow myself to let go of the past, stop worrying about the future, and just be present in the now without judgment.  All of a sudden, there’s meaning to things that seemed insignificant before, and daunting situations took on new friendlier faces.  Finding my equilibrium has allowed me to look at things at a brand new perspective, and be more appreciative of what I already have.

Sometimes, all we really need to do is just slow down, take a deep breath, and be thankful that Divine guidance is already there in our lives … whether we are aware of it or not.

Blessings,
Irene

Admit it.  All of us, at some point in time, had been mean or unreasonable to someone else with our thoughts, words or actions.  It could be due to bad experiences, or just simply a lack of awareness that caused that negative reaction.  We were angry, upset, jealous, egoistic, afraid … and we used emotions to justify judgment.  When we allow negative emotions to take control of our thoughts, words and actions, we blind ourselves from the truth, and results can be devastating.  Judgment that is not based on truth is actually “misjudgment”.  Often the hurt we impose on others through misjudgment goes deep.

We mirror our inner selves with the things we say or do - all that is good and not-so-good.  MisJudgment is often related to a lack of openness and awareness within ourselves.  How many times have you accused someone of something, only to realize later that you’ve misjudged him or her when you were given the opportunity to see things from their perspective?

I learn a great deal from every client whom I do readings for.  I was given the opportunity and honor to delve deeper at Soul level to see what truly makes them who they are, why they are prone to certain ways of thinking or acting.  These are very humbling experiences that encourage me to look at things beyond the surface.  Do not judge what you do not know.

Take a few moments to watch this video.  It will tell you more than I am able to.

Blessings,
Irene