Getting Thru To Your Soul
MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTER, AUGUST 1999

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Enlightenment or awakening
is not the creation of a new state of affairs
but the recognition of what already is.
                                       - ALAN WATTS

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YOUR GREATEST LESSON AND GREATEST GIFT

By Jane Mountrose

As each of us moves forward on the spiritual path, we develop a desire to understand and begin to manifest our soul's purpose in our lives. In the June issue of Soul News, we explored ways to move in this direction by gradually adding more of the things that bring joy, love, and freedom into our lives. If you read this article and completed the suggested process for determining your direction in life, you probably learned more about yourself and about the direction you want to head in.

This month's article provides another piece of the puzzle of who we are as spiritual beings. We are here to release blockages that prevent us from manifesting our soul's purpose in all aspects of our lives. Simply stated, the journey is one from fear and limitation to joy, love, and freedom at every level of our beings. As we are able to release the fear and limitation, moving toward fulfilling our soul's purpose also becomes our greatest joy.

Fortunately, our energetic makeup also holds the keys to unlocking our soul's gifts. For each person, the frequency of one of the seven major chakra centers represents the gift our soul came to share in this life. It is also part of the divine plan to arrange circumstances in our lives that make our greatest gift your greatest lesson.

All of this has been carefully orchestrated by our souls along with the beings of light who work with us invisibly from the higher dimensions. According to this arrangement, blockages are built into the energy field that need to be released to allow us to move fully into our joy and the manifestation of our soul's true purpose.

You may wonder why we have to work so hard to achieve true joy. It is designed this way to give us the wisdom we will need to share our soul's. The challenges we have to overcome to manifest this precious gift provides each of us with the opportunity to bring our soul's purpose into manifestation with conscious awareness.

For those who are unfamiliar with the energy field and the chakra system, the chakras are energy centers that exist in and around different parts of the body. There are seven major chakras and many more minor chakras. Each of the major chakras corresponds with a specific aspect of life. What follows is a summary of the seven major chakras, along with general descriptions of the focuses; the lessons, which represent the fears to be transformed; and the gifts, which represent the expression of joy, love, and freedom connected with each one.

1. BASE CHAKRA - PHYSICAL SURVIVAL

Lesson: Fear of physical survival and discomfort, leading to an experience of lack or greed.

Gift: Using one's sensitivity towards the physical body and the earth to benefit all forms of life on earth, viewing the body as the vehicle for the soul.

2. NAVEL CHAKRA - EMOTIONS AND SEXUALITY

Lesson: Fear of sexuality, nurturing, and emotions, frequently becoming overly sexual and/or emotional, or frigid or withdrawn.

Gift: Expressing joy and sexuality appropriately, nurturing others. In this state all unresolved emotions have been transformed into joy and love.

3. SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA - MENTAL ASPECT AND POWER

Lesson: Fear of having power in the world, leading to misuse of or relinquishing of power. The limitations in this chakra take the form of limiting beliefs and attitudes about life.

Gift: Using true power and leadership abilities for the good of all of humanity, acknowledging the power of others equally with one's own. In this state, unlimited thinking replaces the limited beliefs and attitudes.

4. HEART CHAKRA - LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS

Lesson: Fear of relationships, and judgment of oneself and others.

Gift: Unconditional love of oneself and others. In this state, love and acceptance replace judgment.

5. THROAT CHAKRA - EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY

Lesson: Fear of self-expression and creativity, often unable to bring inner desires into fruition.

Gift: Using one's expression and creativity for the common good of humanity.

6. BROW CHAKRA - HIGHER EMOTIONAL ASPECT AND VISION

Lesson: Fear of one's own vision and seeing the truth, resulting in no vision or vision distorted by perceptions of the ego.

Gift: Seeing clearly, without distortion, and sharing this clear vision to further the divine plan for humanity.

7. CROWN CHAKRA - HIGHER MENTAL ASPECT AND WHOLENESS

Lesson: Fear of one's own knowing and the experience of separation, leading to search for knowledge outside of oneself or being a know-it-all.

Gift: Having true inner wisdom and sharing knowledge based on the experience of joy and unity, in a way the furthers the common good.

As you review this list, you should be able to recognize parts of yourself in the descriptions of each of the chakras. Each of us has aspects of the lessons and gifts of each of the chakras and we need to work with each one to return to recognition of our true divine self. Nonetheless, one chakra stands out for each person. Within this chakra, you will find lessons that weave through and underscore the lessons of all of the other chakras. Within this chakra, you will also find the seeds of your soul's greatest desires and joy. This chakra provides the key to manifesting your soul's purpose in this life. Understanding which chakra represents your gift can help you to bring your experiences into perspective and provide insight into what your soul is here to accomplish.

This concept can also help each of us to understand and accept the differences between people. In recent weeks, there have been numerous dramas in the news related to the experience of hatred and separation. The lesson is clear. People with different gifts experience life in vastly different ways, and we can love and accept each other for the differences. A person whose gift is in the second chakra, with an orientation toward sexuality and/or nurturing is going to experience life much differently than a person whose gift is in the seventh chakra, with an orientation toward ideas and reasoning. Each gift has its place. The combination of all of the gifts provides us with a diverse resources to play all of the roles needed within our society and to overcome all of the limitations we need to transcend to move into a higher level of reality.

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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

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YOUR INPUT

We hope that you find this newsletter of value on your spiritual journey. We want to provide a forum for the expression of those who are focusing on soul awareness and unconditional love, so we are interested in having questions, as well as short inspirational poems, stories, articles and thoughts to share with our readers. We would also appreciate your comments and suggestions on the newsletter and the information we provide. Please send any of the above to joy@gettingthru.org, with your name, city and state, and phone number.

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SHARING

The genuine and permanent solution to the complex problems we face as a society and as a planet lies in shifting our consciousness and focusing on unconditional love and unity instead of hatred and separation. To assist in reaching this goal, we invite you to share this newsletter with your friends. We welcome all who want to join us in a life focused on joy, love and freedom. Surely, this will put the end to famine, war, devastation of the environment, hatred, and violence of all kinds as humanity unites in a common goal.
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Copyright 1999, Phillip and Jane Mountrose