“Right within you there is a feeble, simple, unoffending, absolutely knowledgeable, little conscious voice.  It talks. It’s not loud. It’s very soft.” Yogi Bhajan

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The 6th chakra, Ajna, is a powerful energy center and one we all need to cultivate.  Let’s cultivate this connection to Ajna this month together with the gift of self inquiry and non judgemental self awareness.

 

“Intuition is a skill, not a gift. Inner visioning—the commitment we make to ourselves to let go of limited beliefs that block our ability to see ourselves beyond the literal and logical realm—allows us to reclaim our power. We let go of attachments to certain narratives, we move toward a place of understanding and forgiveness. We mature our soul into its awakening,” Seane Corn 

 

Ajna is defined as the command center or the perception center, it is our inner knowing, our intuition.  If we think of this as a skill, are we doing anything to master this skill?  Quieting our body and our minds in yoga and meditation are powerful tools to help us develop this vital skill.

Why vital? Our lives are full of outside influences and distractions, I think more so than any other time.  How do you handle this? Are you constantly taking information in and comparing?  Do you second guess yourself?  Do you second guess your self worth?

 

“Take a moment to sit and bear witness to the aspect of your consciousness that is illuminated and the aspect of your humanity that tries to deny that connection with source,” Corn says.

 

What part of you tries to deny your connection to your source? Your higher knowing?  

 

Reread this again and use it as an opportunity for self study by quieting your mind and recording the answers in a journal or a computer note.  This exercise is asking us to examine how well we are listening to that knowledgable, authentic voice inside of us as well as illuminating what is blocking our trust in that inner knowing. 

 

As I always say, these intentions I share each month become very relevant in my life as each month progresses.  As I type this on the 12th of the month, I am on my way back from the most spectacular celebration of my nephew’s wedding in the mountains of Utah.  Amongst all the festivities, I had time (mostly because of my early wake ups with the time change) to connect with myself through moments of meditation while looking at the mountains from my balcony.  

The first intuitive thought that came was how calming the mountains are for me.  I am so focused on the ocean and any body of water as being my peaceful place that I was surprised with my connection to the amazing surroundings.  

Next, I felt very strongly how much my family means to me and how important it is to make the effort to show up, even if it means packing for a wedding from unpacked boxes in a new house you are trying to move into lol!  

I also connected with a lot of unsettling, uncomfortable feelings.  My husband and I made a huge move July 1 from the NYC area to our beach town in RI.  In addition, it is not complete and we are living in taped up boxes, paper plates and sawdust!  I didn’t realize how uncomfortable that would make me feel!!  

Further, I realized I have much to process that happened over the past 20 months since my cancer diagnosis and the pandemic.  Yet another layer of the onion of who I am has been uncovered and I am not proud of these unhealthy parts of me that I have been holding onto and reacting to life from.  However, I am relieved to have owned another “dark” part of my make up and to know that the next step, with this gift of awareness, is to move into the acceptance and forgiveness step that is necessary for change.  I am proud of my ability to recognize these shadow parts of myself and to have outed myself to safe people and to have already made changes in my attitudes and actions.  It is important for me to acknowledge this process and the pride I have in myself for taking the awareness and making the changing in my behaviors.  This is often not easy and if I am completely honest I should own the fact that I have been aware of this part of my personality that I don’t like but I have not been willing to change up until this point.  As I am typing this I received my midday mindfulness reminder and It said: “Awareness is like the sun.  When it shines on things, they are transformed.”  Coincidence or God - instance?  Another part of the 6th chakra is our ability to recognize signs when they come up for ourselves;  I will take the timing of this mindfulness post as a sign that I am on the right path and through the awareness of the pain that I have caused myself or others with this part of myself that I am not proud of, I now have a chance to change and open my heart and life to an even bigger place.   I am hopeful that with this self inquiry exercise, I will embrace in the pride of my commitment to this way of life rather than hitting myself over the head with a huge bat, rehashing how “terrible” I am.  This is the gift of self awareness - the freedom to let go and change.   I have a friend who told me a month or so ago that she would let me borrow her giant eraser….. I took her up on it!!