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Contents

Acknowledgments...........................................................xiForeword by Joy Gardner...................................................xviiIntroduction..............................................................xix1 Energy: Can You Feel It?................................................12 Building to Conscious Contact: Intuition and Beyond.....................153 Allowing and Prayer: Be Open............................................354 Speak the Truth: What's Your Truth?.....................................475 Awakenings: Everybody Up!...............................................576 Operate From Love: Are You Feeling the Love?............................657 Fluctuations: Here We Go Again..........................................738 Healing: You Are Perfect and Whole......................................839 Be Well: Additional Healing Concepts....................................10110 Know Your Power: You Are Powerful......................................11111 Divine Life Purpose: Live Your Joy.....................................12712 Clearing Energy: Getting Unstuck!......................................13913 Support From Others: Don't Go It Alone.................................14714 Jesus: A Loving Role Model.............................................15915 Ghosts: Who's There?...................................................171Conclusion: Or Is It Just The Beginning?..................................177Notes.....................................................................181About the Author..........................................................185

Chapter One

Can You Feel It?

Let's start with a primer on energy. Most of us don't think in terms of energy, yet energy is all around us. It makes up everything. More and more people are giving themselves permission to feel the energy, but they tend to brush it off as an itch, a cobweb, depression, anxiety, Restless Leg Syndrome, a joint pain, or some kind of nervous problem. We are not educated to be aware of the energy that is all around us and flowing through us. The purpose of this chapter is to make you more aware of this energy and of the energy experiences you're already having.

I hope to expand your awareness to the world of energy so that more of these experiences will begin to occur in your life. And they will. Once you become open, you free Spirit to operate more fully in your life. Remember that you are energy in your purest form. You know what energy is and how to use it. Tuning into the energy around you allows you to do many things, including:

? Increase your intuition

? Work more closely and consciously with your guides and Angels

? Heal yourself and others

? Benefit more fully from environmental energy shifts

? Keep your body and energy fields balanced

? Make contact with loved ones and helpers on the Other Side

How to Feel Energy

You can begin to feel the energy of something by putting your hand just above it. Plants, and especially flowers, give off a lot of energy, so try running your hand about one inch above a flower and see if you can feel a change in the sensation in the palm of your hand. You may feel heat, a magnetic sensation of pulling and pushing, coolness, a vibration or a sense of thickness. Close your eyes and put all of your attention into your palm. I have an orchid I use to help people feel energy. The energy of my orchid is greatest when it has buds, just before it flowers.

Another experiment is to bring your palms close to each other, and then begin to move them in-and-out, closer and farther away from each other. You may feel a magnetic pushing-and-pulling sensation. See how far out you can move your hands while still feeling the energy. Then try putting your palm to someone else's palm. Hold your palm about an inch from theirs and see if you can feel anything. Swirl your hand in a circle in front of theirs (or your own) and feel the energy shifting. Next have your partner lie down and run your palm above their body from head to toe. Move slowly and focus on your palm. Branch out from there to other people and even objects.

You can also feel the energy of something that is not physically present. Energy healers do this when they do distant healing. One day, Will Linville said to me, "I want you to hold your current financial situation in your hands." I held my hands out in front of me as if I was holding a ball, with my palms facing each other. I could feel energy in my hands. The energy then began pushing my hands further apart and I remarked on it to Will. He said, "That is because the Universe wants you to have everything you want. It is we who limit it." What an empowering and exciting concept.

When I work with Reiki, I feel the energy coming from my hands, and from the person I'm working on, as heat. I've always felt injury as heat —not just where there's swelling (which is typically hot), but any injury. I've always put my hands on my own injury, as most of us do, because something about that action makes it feel better. I thought everyone felt injuries as heat and I was surprised to learn that they didn't. It never even occurred to me to say anything about it because it seemed so normal.

Anyone can cultivate sensitivity to energy. It is less about thinking and more about feeling. It may feel like heat, or a prickly feeling, or a pins-and-needles feeling. The next time you or someone you know has pain or an injury, ask if you can put your palm directly on or above the area and see what you can feel. Focus your attention on your palm. You may or may not feel anything the first time. Just keep trying, and pay careful attention to any sensations. The mind tends to dismiss these feelings as "imagination." It's best if you can take a minute before you try to feel the energy. Sit quietly and take some deep breaths. Then tell your conscious mind to step aside, and tell your intuitive mind to take charge. Imagine your conscious mind sitting in a big armchair, with a footstool.

At times, you may feel as if someone is gently stroking your cheek, but there's no one there. Or maybe a strand of hair brushed over your cheek, but when you lift your hand to remove it, there's no hair there. You may, in fact, be connecting with the energy around you. I found out early on that just by asking Spirit to touch me and to allow me to feel it, that I could increase those experiences. They would happen all the time.

Sit quietly for a moment and ask to feel an Angelic presence. What do you feel? Pay attention especially to your face or any other bare skin.

These sensations can be very minimal in the beginning. For me, all I had to do was acknowledge the possibility that it was Spirit in order to increase the intensity of the experiences. Then, especially when I was upset, I would ask Spirit to be around me, and I felt this wonderfully warm, comforting energy surrounding me. It reminded me that Spirit was always there—even when I could not feel a presence. Just ask for what you want, and know that even though you may not be able to feel it, it's happening. It might not happen right away, but with time, you'll feel it.

In the beginning, I could only feel Spirit at nighttime or when it was quiet. It helped if I was alone and without a lot of other...