The
Counselor Within
by
Robert Landau
"I
am here for you now. Never forget the things that I
have shared with you on this most important occasion
as you shall be asked to prove that you have this
knowledge time and time again. Remember, I love you
always."
Jackie
awoke from her dream with a start. Her body still
reverberated with the energy of the voice that had been
in the process of delivering a long message to her.
However, Jackie could only manage to recall the last few
sentences, but how powerful that voice felt! She wrote
down as much as she could recall.
I was
in a room, just like this. I closed my eyes in the
dream and started to get in touch with my breath. How
wonderful that felt. It wasn't deep breathing or
anything, just my natural flow of breath. I pictured a
safe place of mine, a mystical dark green emerald
forest, an enchanted forest. I never lost touch with
my breathing process. It was as if it were guiding me
through each step of this experience. Then I came upon
a cottage marked, 'The Counselor' and under those
words, 'Enter at your own risk!'
All of a
sudden Jackie's pen fell to the side of the paper as she
realized that she had no recall of what happened next.
All she could remember were the words that she had heard
way at the end of her dream.
As the
hours of the day moved on, Jackie was troubled that she
couldn't remember what happened to her in her dream.
Over the next days she tried desperately to recall, but
nothing came to her.
"Did I go in that house? Did I
pass it by? If I did go in it, what happened? And where
did that voice come into the picture? Oh, I hate not
being able to remember important dreams!"
Days
passed and she became more aggravated. Never had she
become so attached to the outcome of a dream as with
this one. She had to know and this possessed her every
waking moment.
"Well, what do you think happened
next?" she would ask everyone time and time again.
Jackie's friends started to find it difficult to be
around her as that was all she seemed to talk about.
Another
weekend was about to pass and there was Jackie, in her
apartment about to go stark raving mad, vowing not to
come out until she had total recall of that experience.
Then, an idea occurred to her. She sat in the same chair
where the dream occurred and thought,
"If I
re-create this experience, maybe I'll find the missing
pieces I'm looking for."
So she closed her eyes
and, just like she had done in her dream, began to get
in touch with her breathing.
She
stayed a while with this, not letting any mind chatter
come in, and if it did, she would acknowledge those
thoughts and then return to her breathing process. She
then thought of her safe place, the emerald forest, and
all at once, she was there. She once again found her way
to the cottage with those words "The Counselor --
Enter at your own risk" over the door and she
realized that the rest was now up to her.
She
opened the door, and stepped in. "Wow, what a
place!" she remarked as this cottage was filled
with purple and white Light. It was powerful and so
peaceful it made heart smile. "How could I not
remember this!" she exclaimed.
"You
simply forgot, but you forgot for a reason",
the very voice that spoke to her weeks ago
remarked.
She was
startled "Who are you...where are you?" Jackie
asked.
"I
am the voice within -- the voice and energy that is always
with you, the voice and energy you have often forgotten
about in your everyday dealings in life but I Am
nevertheless always there. I the Counselor within, the
Divine Counselor within you. Many people often seek the
guidance and love I offer, looking everywhere but never
once thinking to turn within. In the days, months, and
years that are ahead of us, turn to me often for I will
have important knowings for you and you shall always be
safe and secure long as you stay connected with me. For
you and I are always connected -- did you not realize this?"
"Yes,
I think," Jackie remarked.
"Then
that was precisely why you could only remember parts of
the experience initially. You had to want to know Me
deeply enough for you to re-trace your steps here once
again so that you would never forget the way back. And
not only Am I always here for you, but I Am everywhere,
every day, in every way -- I Am your Higher Self,
Jackie, I Am you."
The
Light in the cottage began to center itself in a big
swirling ball. Then, out of the center, a physical form
began take shape. It appeared to be a Light form of
Jackie herself, with beautiful flowing robes and an aura
of Golden Light around it. Jackie, awestruck, fell to
her knees. The image of her Higher Self moved towards
her as if gliding on air, and extended its right hand.
Jackie in turn extended hers, and a Divine union took
place.
We each
have a Higher Self that is just waiting to make itself
known to us. If we but silence the mind and listen with
the heart, then there It shall be. In a day and time
when there are many fine counselors without, also
remember to seek the Counselor within, for no one but It
knows exactly what counseling you need, and what your
next steps should be. No one else can guide you and
unconditionally love you.
Close
your eyes, breathe and find your safe place -- a forest,
a beach, a mountain, whatever -- and ask your Higher Self
to appear there. Turn to your Higher Self, turn to you!
Believe, trust, and be open to receive -- it's easier
than you think. For you are the wisest counselor.
© InnerSelf Magazine, March 1993
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About The
Author
Robert Landau is a
trained, certified hypnotherapist, and Higher
Self Facilitator. He offers workshops,
seminars and individual sessions to
facilitate, clear, heal & empower your
connection to your Higher Self.
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