Emergence

Emergence. This was the title that kept appearing in my mind as I was creating this mandala. "What is it that is emerging?", I asked while I continued drawing and putting in the colours that made me feel good. In fact, the whole process of creating this mandala made me feel strong and vibrant.

Then, halfway through the mandala, I knew. I knew what was emerging.

Emergence - The Violet Flame.

For years, I've known about the violet flame but had never taken any special interest in it. Nor had it played any major role in my life. Now, it appears to me easily. The mandala has initiated me to the violet flame. I easily see it when I close my eyes; I see it surrounding me when I call upon it; and I see it shape-shifting into different forms and colours when I am working with clients.Watching the violet flame in action in myself and clients, is like watching alchemy in action. No wonder it is described as a flame of transmutation and alchemy.

What is the violet flame?

The violet flame is a spiritual ray associated with Saint Germain. In the early 1930s, Saint Germain appeared to Guy Ballard, and gave Ballard the first teachings of the violet flame. It is a spiritual ray that transmutes negative energy to positive energy.

"The violet flame goes after the schisms which cause psychological problems that go back to early childhood and previous incarnations and that have established such deep grooves within the consciousness that in fact they have been difficult to shake lifetime after lifetime"
- Saint Germain

To help you get started with the violet flame, here is a decree given by Saint Germain which you can recite daily. You can recite this 3 times, 9 times or any multiple of 3.

I AM a being of violet fire!
I AM the purity God desires!

(You can insert names of people or places. For example:
Alex is a being of violet fire! Alex is the purity God desires.
Kuala Lumpur is a city of violet fire! Kuala Lumpur is the purity God desires!)

I invite you to call upon the violet flame daily. Because, as we call and invoke the violet flame into our life, we are talking and engaging with the cells in our body. Kyron (as channeled by Lee Carroll) has said that the violet flame is the esoteric Layer Nine of our DNA - a multi-dimensional aspect of our DNA that heals the body. Can you see the significance of this? The violet flame is inside our DNA - a healing flame inside us that waits for us to jump start it into action.

I AM the violet flame.

What Do You Want To Delete From Earth?

I saw the image above in my facebook newsfeed, not long after the Ariana Grande's concert terrorist attack. It was such a striking image, and I shared and posed this question to my facebook friends. Interestingly, only one friend responded. Perhaps my friends did not realise the importance of this question.

Before I continue with my writing, I am going repeat the question: if you could "delete" anything from Earth, what would it be? Let your answer be instantaneous.

When I first saw this image, an answer came up immediately.

HATRED.

"There's just too much hatred in the world; too many killings, bombings, bullying, etc", I said. "I want to delete HATRED!"

Then I remembered this Hermetic saying, "As is the great, so is the small; as is above, so it is below." And, the wise words of Dr Hew Len, " Everything you seek and everything you experience - everything- is inside you. If you want to change anything, you do it inside, not outside." In other words, what I wanted to delete outside, I delete inside. And then, my energetic contribution of hatred on Earth gets deleted.

So, I turned the question to: what's inside me that perceives so much hatred on Earth? What am I hating? What, and who am I resenting? What kind of "hatred programmes" am I holding on in my cellular memories?

I brought my awareness back to what was happening inside me. And I said these magical Ho'oponopono prayers:

I'm Sorry.
Please Forgive Me,
I Love You,
Thank You.

I let go, and release the hatred, the resentment, and the anger inside me. And, until today, I continue to clean, and delete the HATRED inside my inner Earth.

So, please allow me to ask you the question again, "If you could delete anything from Earth, what would it be?"

Peace begins with me.

(I thank the unknown creator of the image above. Thank you.)

Being A Buddha Body In That One Place

"Don't worry if you feel you can only do one tiny good thing in one small corner of the cosmos. Just be a Buddha body in that one place."

- Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh

The photo above is taken by a facebook friend, Mr Goh Keat Soon. He is a senior citizen, and travels around Malaysia, taking photographs of the beautiful sceneries of Mother Nature surrounding him. He then shares his photos with friends, and those in his facebook community. By sharing on facebook, he creates a feeling of appreciation and love for Malaysia's beautiful nature. His nature photos help dissipate the many negative postings one finds in facebook nowadays. Mr Goh becomes a Buddha body wherever he goes.

As for me, I do Tarot and Oracle card readings for clients, and help them to release the challenging and toxic memories that are revealed through the cards, by working on their energetic body. I also draw, and conduct workshops on Mandala Journeying to help students to engage with their unconscious self. My work brings peace and harmony to clients and students. I know that by doing the work that I love, I am contributing in solving tiny pieces of karmic puzzles of humanity. This has always been  the major motivation for my work. I become a Buddha body in my one place.

What about you? What are the tiny good things you do in the corner of your cosmos? No one is ever that insignificant that they feel they cannot contribute anything. Even the chirping birds in my garden have a role to play. Their songs cheer me up every day. They are Buddha bodies in my garden.

Yes, the modern world is full of challenges; from environmental problems, to economic instability, to threats of terrorism. It feels extremely overwhelming and exhausting to ordinary people like us. But are we truly that ordinary? The Ven Thich Nhat Hanh said we are not so ordinary after all. Everyone of us holds a key in solving a piece of the grand puzzle of humanity. All of us are able to do one tiny good thing in our corner of the world. Collectively, we become Buddha bodies in our one special place.

Here is a poem I wrote after being inspired by Mr Goh's photo:

"Reeds, Bird and Water
A chance encounter on a clear, crispy day.
Each brings their unique presence
to this brief moment of stillness.
A breath of silence
turns into exquisite timelessness."
- Khema Yen, 5 June 2017

Just like the reeds, the bird and water, we are unique individuals. May our presence co-creates goodness in the world.

I wish you deep peace and happiness.

(This quote by Ven Thich Nhat Hanh appeared in my facebook newsfeed and I felt the connection between Mr Goh's photo and the meaningful words. So, I wrote down my thoughts here, plus a poem too. Thank you Mr Goh Keat Soon!)

Oracle Card Reading for 31 May 2017

Things seem rather dark and gloomy lately. And here, we have Archangel Uriel holding a lamp, illuminating our pathway, one step at a time.

Yes, things may seem dark and cloudy and we may not see the outcome of the current situation, but this card reassures us that we have a lamp inside us, an internal wisdom, that can show us the way, step by step.

Trust your inner wisdom, your inner knowing; trust the guidance that are given to you and act accordingly. You can also ask Archangel Uriel to illuminate your pathway with his lamp.

Remember: You Know What To Do. Shine your inner lamp to illuminate your steps; trust your inner wisdom and take appropriate action.

I am envisioning a world where each of us are lighting our inner lamps, illuminating step by step our own pathways. Together, we light up the world.

(The card above is pulled from Doreen Virtue's Archangel Oracle Cards deck)

Four Little Earth Angels

Four Little Earth Angels,
all Smiles,
all Sweetness.
Each in the Four Directions
- East, South, West, North
Sprinkling old Mother Earth
with colours of
Wonder,
Joy,
Laughter,
Playfulness,
and Hearts full of Love.

Yay!
Have you caught their Angel Dust?
Dare you catch it?
Quick! Quick!
Catch it! Catch it!

Fun! Fun! Fun!

- Khema Yen, 22 May 2017

The mandala, and the poem is about the need to rekindle our child-like heart; to reconnect with the Child inside all of us. It is the Child that makes us wonder again; to see the moon and the stars as though the very first time, everytime; to laugh easily; to love wholeheartedly. For it has been said:

"Great is the human who has not lost his child-like heart".
- Paulo Coelho

This Inner Child Medicine Wheel mandala is offered to you with great love and peace.

( The mandala, and the poem above is called "Four Little Earth Angels". )

In Defense of Prayers

Early this morning, I stumbled across a facebook post about prayers. "Do prayers really work?", the writer asked. Or, are prayers merely feel good factors for those who are praying?; he pondered. His questions helped me to recall a friend, questioning the power of prayers during the MH370 incident. At that time, the whole of Malaysia was praying for a positive outcome, yet the plane is still missing today.

I can relate to those questions. Because many times, I too, have asked these similar questions:
Am I really helping or am I just mumbling words?
How can praying help that person who is suffering with pain?
Can prayers change a challenging situation?
Does my praying help heal the world?

Yet, despite these doubts, I continued to pray and to chant regularly. There's one thing I now know though, and that is, thoughts do create our reality. And if our thoughts create our reality, wouldn't it be true that directing positive and loving thoughts to a certain person or situation, changes something too?

The following quote from Mona Lisa Schulz shows that prayer do help with the sick:

"Many studies show that engaging in prayer, meditation, and imagery can help the health of others, and has helped to bolster red blood cells, protect people in coronary care unit from infection and minimize their need for antibiotics, and in fact, seems to prevent death (fewer people who were prayed for died during the study)".
- Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D. Ph.D in 'The Feminine Brain'

And then, there's this very inspiring story from Caroline Myss:

"One of the most profound stories that I ever heard in a workshop was told by a woman who had been seriously injured in a car accident and had had a near-death experience - I'll call her Maggie. Maggie was so shattered that she went out of her body, and in that state, floating above the scene of the accident, she could hear how people in cars behind her were responding to the accident. Some were deeply shaken by witnessing it, while others were saying things like 'Oh Jesus, this is all I need! How long are we going to be stuck here?' But from the fifth car behind hers, she saw a beautiful swirl of light rising up into the ether and then right back down into her own body. She thought, 'What's going on there?' And just as she thought that, she was instantly next to the woman in that car, who was sending out a prayer for her. In that energetic state, in the midst of her near-death experience, Maggie got the license plate of that car and committed it to memory. She eventually came back into her body, and was taken into the hospital. When she was fully recovered, she tracked down the woman who had prayed for her, and she showed up at her doorstep with a bouquet of flowers to say thank you."
- Caroline Myss, Ph.D in ' Why People Don't Heal and How They Can'

These two examples reminds us that there's power in prayers; and that we can never fully understand the effects of our prayers. Because prayers lies in the domain of the spirit - something our intellectual mind has difficulty understanding.

To prayer doubters, I would say, let go of those doubts. One can never harm anyone by sending positive thoughts or thinking positively for a better outcome. Instead, your kind, loving, compassionate thoughts create a positive energy field around you that interacts with the energy field of the person or situation that you are thinking about. And this not only brings comfort to those in pain and suffering, but has the potential to change things for the better - changes that are unknown to you.

One kind thought, one kind word, one kind gaze, one kind touch, heals the world.

Deep Peace To You.

(The image above is from one of the many posts I saw from my facebook newsfeed. Thanking the artist who created it.)

Oracle Reading for May

The month of May carries the story King Midas. For the past months, King Midas had been in a cocoon, going through lots of inner transformation. There, he faced his inner struggles; his inner demons. There, he had more questions than answers. Yet, it was in the cocoon that King Midas discovered his goals in life, and he "wish upon the star" for his goals to come true.

Now, here he is, emerging from his cocoon, coming out strong and energized, with the help of two fairies. He is ready to take flight; ready to give birth to a new dream, a new venture. And he will be successful! For, in this month of May, he has been gifted with the Midas Touch; the touch that turns things into gold!

But, the good king has to remember to balance materialism with spiritualism; to balance his drive for gold with things that matters to his heart. He needs to remember that not everything in life is about money and material gains. He needs to remember this or his Midas Touch could bring disaster to his life.

But, perhaps this newly emerged King Midas is already aware of this, and has learnt the lesson while in the cocoon?

This month of May brings so much new potential of success for a balanced King Midas. What a grand month this is!

We are the King Midas.

(The cards above were drawn from Isha Lerner and Mark Lerner's "Inner Child Cards - A Fairy Tale Tarot".)