KAJAMA.COM NEWSLETTER

by Jana Moreno

Many of us have forgotten that we have all the answers to all we seek, and that we can access these answers without needing to seek them outside of ourselves. Mind you, sometimes the answer does come to us from another person, but to rely solely on another person or group of people to find your own answers can create a crutch for you. So how can we find the answers to our own questions or issues without depending on something or someone outside of ourselves?

Here are Three Ways to Tune In and Get Your Own Answers:

1) Meditate on it. Simple and useful as it is, many people forget that they don't have to lament over the issue and can get straight to solving it by meditating on it. This is one of my favorite ways to tune in and get your own answers. So let's say the issue is that you had an argument with a friend that you want to resolve, and you can either save the friendship or let it go completely. Instead of going and telling your other friends about it or seeking advice elsewhere, become calm and relaxed. Open yourself, become blank and release all emotional attachment or involvement with the situation. Emotions are something one must feel and express, so it is recommended to meditate on it AFTER you have expressed and exhausted your emotional involvement in the situation first.

Then simply sit with it. Don't try to find the answer; just sit with the situation or drama that you would like to rectify without judgment. See it as it is without labeling it, judging it or making it wrong. An answer may come up immediately, or it may take a few days first. Sometimes the situation seems to solve itself. Practice this and make it a habit whenever something happens that you allow yourself to be affected by, and you will find that the answers will make themselves known to you faster and faster.

2) Ask questions. The brain is an interesting and complex organ, and it is a problem-solving machine. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are asking questions all the time, questions that the brain automatically goes to work on answering by trying to find answers or bits of information. The thing is that oftentimes we ask the wrong questions. We ask things like, Why do I always fall for the wrong kind of guy? or How come this always happens to me? The more we ask these questions either consciously or unconsciously, the more the brain goes to work, picking out bits of information that match the vibration of these questions.

Instead, ask questions such as, Why am I being affected by this? or What can be done to solve this issue? If the question is about something specific like a certain pattern in relationships, ask yourself questions like, What would it take for genuine and sensitive men to ask me out? or What needs to be done so that I can be in a rewarding and fulfilling relationship?

The trick with this is again to try NOT to answer the questions. Just ask them two or three times a day, and let your brain do the rest of the work, sifting through the information. Several things could happen:

• One: you could get an inspirational thought to go somewhere or meet someone.
• Two: you may get no inspirational thoughts, but feel yourself beginning to shift in energy.
• Three: the questions become the answer, and men start coming into your life experience!

3) Go with your gut. Our intuition is our best guide, and it doesn't always go with mainstream thinking. For example, I went to several sales seminars years ago in order to hone my sales skills, and almost everything I learned went against my gut. Instead of listening to my intuition and my emotions, which were telling me that hard selling didn't feel right for me, I went against it and it showed in my results. I was carrying certain emotions with me about hard-selling, and instead of listening to them, I pushed them aside, which made my sales calls and meetings a bit awkward for me and my potential clients. Once I gave in and listened to what felt right and what didn't feel right, I found my own unique sales style that worked best for me.

The same goes for any situation. FEEL what is right for you. If the whole world has an idea that a good friend is supposed to be and act a certain way, but it doesn't sit right with you, then listen to that. Maybe it isn't right for that particular situation, or maybe your BS sensor is going off and letting you know via your intuition. No matter what you do, the whole world is going to have an opinion on what is best for you, but ultimately you already know it for yourself. The key is to listen to yourself and follow through.

Make this a daily practice. Check in from time to time to see how you feel about certain things. Hold up an item such as a cup of coffee and see how you feel inside. It might be a very subtle feeling, but give it a go. Then hold up something else such as a phone, wallet, orange and so on, and note the different feelings coming through. This will support you in building your intuition.

In summary, you have all the answers you seek. Sometimes the answers rise from within you, and sometimes your outer world will reflect them back to you. The key is to begin relying on yourself for answers instead of asking everyone else who has never been in your shoes. If everyone is giving you different advice, it is a reflection of your inner state of being! Begin depending on yourself and tuning your own vibration, and watch how you never let yourself down.

Jana Moreno is an author, speaker, trainer, Inspire.fm radio host, and owner of Wisdom Ink Magazine online. Jana supports people in creating and experiencing fulfilling careers, loving relationships, boundless energy and health, financial mastery, joy, love and abundance. Jana gives talks and trainings in Malaysia, and gives sessions to people from all around the world including the United States, Vietnam, Brunei and Canada. She has been participating in this work since 2006, and provides workshops, retreats and group circles. For more of her inspiring writing, visit Wisdom Ink Magazine. To connect with Jana, check out her Facebook page and Twitter.

I had the strangest thing happen to me after shopping at a metaphysical store. My intention was to buy stones to strengthen healing for myself and others. I purchased the items, sealed the Zip-loc bag, and then, before I left the store, my bag of stones
disappeared! Before I walked out of the store, my intuition told me to look for my stones. That's when I realized I no longer had them! They could not be located in the store or on my person. Everyone in the small store looked around but could not find my purchase. I retraced my steps over and over. Neither the store clerk nor I could recall where I set the stones. It was like I was overcome with momentary amnesia. I was given permission to pick new stones of the same kind before I left for home. What could this mean? While I was amazed by this experience, I had a sense of calm and peace within as well. My stones were amethyst points, citrine, carnelian, rose quartz, bloodstone, and a hematite ring. I carried a lapis stone in my purse from a previous purchase. For the last couple of weeks, I have been developing my gifts as an intuitive and healer. I am a practicing hypnotist and speech-language pathologist.

- Lakita

Susyn:

When things suddenly go missing, Spirit is trying to get your attention. This event caused you to stop what you were doing and focus on the stones. Even though they did not turn up, your awareness did shift, which was the whole point.

You mentioned that you purchased the stones specifically for healing. My sense is that although you had picked the appropriate type of stones, the Universe wanted you to have different ones. The energy of individual stones varies; I am betting the second set you had to pick out were better suited to you.

This event reminds me of Mercury retrograde, when we tend to misplace things and have to backtrack for all sorts of reasons. Once the event has passed, we may see how we were directed to a better path or had lost items returned to us in the same or better form.

The variety of stones you purchased are ideal for healing most issues. Amethyst points are great for addressing addictions and for rebalancing spiritual maladies, for amethyst is of the same frequency as the crown or spirit chakra.

The citrine you chose is a powerful generator of energy and well-being. It can also be used for mental issues or depression. As a stone that represents the power chakra, citrine can restore your drive and confidence.

Carnelian promotes healing in the chakra that rules the reproductive organs, so it's ideal for anyone with problems in that area. Carnelian also encourages powerful creativity.

Rose quartz represents love and relationships, while bloodstone addresses not only issues of the heart but also of the root chakra. Because this area rules the physical body and connections between the male and female, these stones are ideal for healing and rebalancing our basic survival instincts. A green stone such as jade, peridot or emerald would be helpful when dealing with heart issues whether they're emotional or physical in nature.

Though silver or gray in color, hematite can influence the charka governing the mind and intellect. It can help us to heal such maladies as jealousy, envy or grandiosity, along with mental illness.

Because of your work as a hypnotist and speech pathologist, there are a few other stones you may want to include in your healing collection. A clear quartz crystal is an ideal transmitter for identifying and healing issues of the mind. An aquamarine crystal or blue topaz can enhance the throat chakra and enable people to express themselves more authentically whether under hypnosis or not.

Good luck in your studies. I believe you'll find that these stones add more power and success to all you do.

*****

Oceania:

Strange experiences that capture our attention and evoke feelings of curiosity are great mirrors for what is going on inside of us. Since we don't have the time or energy to focus on everything, our minds fixate on whatever is most relevant to our current struggles. (This is why websites like Yahoo gear their ads towards your interests; they know you will overlook ads that don't apply to you.)

Your experience with the stones made an impact because this was the perfect metaphor for your current transformation. Most likely, your family and society did not notice, welcome or nurture your gifts of healing and intuition. I feel the stones you chose symbolized these very real and important pieces of you! Because these and perhaps other genuine pieces of you were deemed unacceptable, you Zip-locked them away in your psyche and then seemingly lost them.

Just as you were searching for the stones in the store, so are you searching for your misplaced inner gems. You put them in storage long ago, and you are now in the process of recovering them. That you valued and validated your intuition when it told you the stones were missing is a very positive sign.

Because you rejected authentic aspects of yourself for such a long time, you're going to feel ambivalent about embracing them now. You will have moments of clarity in which you boldly stand by your newfound talents, and you'll also have moments of fuzzy thinking when you're not so sure they're part of you.

Whenever we make big changes, a part of us wants to hang on to the familiar past, for it's scary to change course in life. In this instance, a courageous part of you ventured to the metaphysical store to purchase tools for healing yourself and others. This was an affirmative step! Once there, a fearful side of you immediately got rid of the stones. You had amnesia because this self-sabotaging part of you lives outside of your conscious awareness.

I have no doubt that you are meant to add intuitiveness and a capacity for healing to your already-rich repertoire of skills, but it's going to take big self-love and bold confidence to claim these newfound aspects of yourself and wear them proudly. Just as you sought help from the clerk in regard to the misplaced stones, you might speak to a therapist or spiritual advisor should you need support in reclaiming your inner treasures.

You experienced a sense of peace and calm during the hunt because on some level, you have realized that what you are really seeking was never really lost to begin with - it has just been tucked away for safe keeping!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.