Hi Ia.  So yesterday I wanted to write to you to ask how to support someone, as in, how do I help someone see history, as in her past life experiences?  

My coworker, Kary, has had some skin issues - on the palm of her left hand and occasionally on her feet.  She had thought, or maybe at some point was told, that it was eczema.  This past weekend her left hand went into full-blown "acute pustular psoriasis" per the dermatologist's diagnosis on Monday.  She is incredibly self-conscious about what she thought was eczema.  Now that it's pustular psoriasis, it's a fate worse than death for her.

Yesterday morning Kary was incredibly upset and asked, "If it's not too much to ask, would you pray for me for this to go away?"  Long story short, she did see  some history, one past life memory of which, as I'm sure you already know by now, was leprosy.  As you say "it was RIGHT THERE."  She didn't have to search at all, it was so right there you could feel it in the air - it was just a matter of getting beyond that "first time" experience - "this is crazy, I'm making this all up, it's not real, I don't know, I don't know how...."  She not only saw A memory, but she saw at least three VERY significant, possibly right-to-the-core pieces.  Went right into shame, hiding her leprosy, went right into the story.  "I'm worthless, I'm useless. I’m raped by a man (my uncle in this lifetime) and have his child, but my baby is taken because I'm a leper & can't care for him myself. I take to my death that I’m a useless, worthless outcast.”  (Yes, she plays that out in this life time.)

Another embodiment was when she was a healer, but punished for "witchcraft" by having her hands broken (probably so severely that she could never even use them, let alone heal anymore, but she didn't see that, that's me talking).  I could go on but I'm trying to make this brief.

As I've come to know Kary, over about......three years now?  Maybe.  No concept of time anymore.  She has changed a lot.  I used to see her as a "dark cloud" and found it difficult to work near her.  I rarely see that dark cloud anymore.  SHE couldn't stand being with "that" anymore.  SHE took steps to change.  Because I shared so much of my experiences with her over all of this time?  Well, only spirit knows that answer.  Because it's just time for her to shed the old?  Sure, that's true for everyone right now.  But in the last year especially, she has changed a lot.  The bitterness, the hatred, has slowly transformed into gratitude.  As you know, nothing opens my heart wider than GRATITUDE.

Last week she told me she was thinking about my friend in Japan as she was going to bed.  She included her in her prayers, she said.  She also said how grateful she was that she had a bed, a bottle of water at her night stand, a blanket, a home, all family members safe and warm, food in the fridge, cars to drive to the store with, a job....as she thought of one thing she was grateful for, she thought of two more.  This is the woman who used to be "the black cloud" in the room.

After she saw the history yesterday morning, you know the gratitude that overcame her "because of me?"  We both know SHE did all the work, and although I shared that with her, I acknowledged her gratitude as something I felt every time YOU have ever helped me.  Later in the day she had to share how energized she felt while at the same time articulated her exhaustion, but overall she was more "lighter, more hopeful that her skin issue would go away." 

Two weeks ago tomorrow, Kary was in a minor car accident.  A 69-year-old woman turned a corner (waaaaaay too wide) and almost tore the tire off of Kary's vehicle/SUV.  Kary, the previously bitter, angry black cloud, did not react with anger at all.  She responded with concern for the woman who wasn't responding to her.  Once she was informed that the woman was inebriated, she responded with GRATITUDE that it was herself that the woman ran into as opposed to someone, anyone…a child at the grade school a block away.  She was grateful that her own kids weren't in the car at the time, and her only frustration was that she was without her vehicle - and that was only a slight frustration.  (I tactfully and cautiously shared my observations with her yesterday about her calmness and patience in relationship to this accident, and she bawled her eyes out.....) 

Kary thought she saw the point of the car "accident," that the driver perhaps needed a "big event" to change her life—as you say, Ia—and Kary thought she herself was instrumental in the big event being lived.  

But then yesterday afternoon Kary discovered that since the front tire that was hit needed to be replaced, the other front one also needed to be replaced.  Prior to the accident, Kary was also aware that the bearings needed to be replaced at a total of $800, which she didn't have.  What she found out yesterday was because further damage was done to the bearings, those would be covered as well, at no cost to her.  She said "You were so right Laura, miracles happen all the time…but we don't see them." 

I tried to make this brief, but it's still longer than I wanted - if for some reason you want more details, if this sparks some kind of blog, please let me know.  If this was a total waste of time, my apologies!  I trust there's a reason "I just HAD to share this with you.........."

........other than, I could not have done this without you by my side all these years, through all of those tears.  I could NOT have supported Kary without your example, your support....."my" support.....

Thank you.  THANK YOU.  Laura

(You don't have to ask, by the way, if there's someone who needs this story, forward it along....)

As I complete the first paragraph to this blog, way out there beyond time and space, Laura’s spirit guides dance with joy.  Her years of dedication to her own growth, her endless effort to free herself from the entanglement of her own past (lives), her willingness to confront her deepest pain and fear, her maniacal questioning has brought her “here”…  The value in lifting herself out of her own limitations is evident.

Laura has always instinctively known that her life is about much more than just having a human experience.  That she is here for a specific purpose. Knowing this and believing she is has not been living that greater purpose has tormented her…but clearly, now she is beginning to see just how her life “is” about much more than herself.  She’s understanding that being a light is just that—being a light.  One does not have to go out anywhere or do anything to live that greater purpose.  It’s all about presence…and synchronicity and “natural” attraction.

Laura is a prime example that when we are least expecting our light to shine, it shines…and it will always reach those who are ready and able to use it to brighten their own consciousness/lives. After all, we are all in this together. 

Light onto light, that’s how it works.  Laura has become the light.  A myriad of others await her shine.  And as her light touches the hearts of others her light only gets brighter, stronger, and she ever more naturally just becomes her purpose.  She becomes part of the network of light, a strong pillar of light.  She gives with joy and a sense of overflow because that’s her inherent design…all of ours, in fact.  As her light gets stronger, she gets stronger in the way of her/the light.  In the way of the light.  Light onto light!  Let us all shine!