June 8, 2017

After posting The Magic Space last year I had a few more insights but nothing as powerful. Then I had three more sessions with Karen Richards, all of which I found very helpful and transforming.  In the first session In December of 2016 she suggested I needed to be more balanced. I was too focused on the formless aspect of consciousness and she made it clear that consciousness was equally present in the experience of form. This made a big difference and I felt a sort of balance happen where I was recognizing that consciousness is both formless and form.  In my next session I felt some kind of shift or deepening of my understanding. In my last session in May, right before leaving for a silent retreat, Karen again pointed out that I was still a bit off balance in focusing more on the formless vs form. I had told her that I was feeling that it was the whole world that was in my way – that I was seeing that the universe of form was distracting me from seeing my true nature as pure awareness. This time however, she said something that seemed to trigger some kind of merging which I felt as an energetic sensation just above my solar plexus. I knew that something has shifted and felt different somehow. She also told me that I had already seen the truth and that I should revisit what I already knew. This sent an affirming wave of energy through me. I believe our conversation had a strong effect on my retreat experience, and I am still processing all this internally.