You’ve probably heard the theory of Earth School, where our souls come here to learn lessons. You may have even said yourself, “Apparently I haven’t gotten the lesson yet, because this keeps happening!”

I wonder…What if is isn’t learning lessons, but something else? Because what it feels like to me is that we are receiving gifts.

I know this is a subtle reframe, but it offers a huge shift in relationship with the energy unfolding. “Lessons” feels a bit disciplinary, as in “I’m going to teach you a lesson!” Whereas gifts are something we generally look forward to and are happy to receive. 

When the gift is received, when the treasure lands in your heart, there is a lightening, and a brilliance of celebration by your cosmic entourage. “YAY! She got it! Look how much richer, happier, and freer she is!”

So what if your life isn’t teaching you lessons, but is simply trying to gift you with all possible abundance, and is actually delivering what your soul is most thrilled about? What if your experience is perpetuating, not because you haven’t gotten the lesson, but because you haven’t yet fully received the gift in it?

Doesn’t it make you a bit more excited to unwrap the present?

The beautiful thing is, whether we particularly like the gift doesn’t even matter if we are able to receive the love that prompts it. Gifts carry the heart, love and intention of the giver. And my sense is the universe is infinitely generous in this way.

Sekhmet, the fierce, destructive, and infinitely loving fire goddess of Egypt, has been “schooling” me lately, yes. But mostly she’s gifting me beyond measure. She is opening up new pathways of perception, guiding me into realms this person hasn’t yet consciously explored. 

Our relationship is clear. I commune with her in utmost respect and honoring. I make no claim to “be her” (how many reincarnations of Isis or Mary Magdalene have you met? 😉 )

I think so often humans imagine they are the reincarnation of a famous or deified being because they have a strong resonance with that being’s energy. It is part of their lineage, and their now-person has the capacity to be a conduit for those energies. I also find it endearing, the way human grandeur announces “I was Joan of Arc in a past life!” I love how we can play soul dress up like children, assuming the part of Cleopatra or an archangel, even to the point of imagining that we are/were them. 

I’ve done this myself in the past, to be sure. I took on the business name of ChristiEl for a while, even addressing myself as such in certain contexts, because I felt such an affinity with that archangel. With greater refinement, I learned (was gifted by the awareness) that rather than having been them (or being them now), my human vehicle has a proclivity for that signature to channel through (along with many others…Ratuniang, Mother Mary, Golden Long-Necked beings, etc.).

I even have good friends who are seers/psychics who still occasionally call me “ChristiEl” in conversation because they’ll see/feel that signature so strongly. Now I rightly receive it as the recognition it is – that signature in my field. And me? I’m Christine. 🙂

Interestingly, as an energy channel, I’m continually opening into greater awareness of subtle differences. Some energies simply speak through (light light language, messages, etc.). Others pour through as vibration in work with clients, just getting the job done (Laughing Buddha, Quan Yin, Kali). And with certain signatures I develop a more intimate relationship.

Such is the case with Ratuniang, the ancient Balinese healer to whom temples and shrines have been built. There is a specific soul/body initiation that happens where she merges with your blood. Now as she comes through, we are both in my body simultaneously.

It’s completely obvious to me when this happens, because I am not much of a hands on healer, but she is (even in the early days of Reiki work, my most effective treatments would happen through level II distance healing, as I have a facility in the ethers). 

But when Ratuniang comes through in the physical presence of someone I’m working with, she insists I get her hands on them so she can get her work done! It’s actually kind of funny. Inevitably the person speaks about how that touch felt, how loving, how much energy moved, how they just melted. “That’s Ratuniang touching you, by the way, not me.” Never mind it looks like my hands on your head, face, and back!

With Sekhmet, through her guidance, I am developing a capacity to be a conduit for her wisdom and knowledge. This delights me beyond measure, because I so deeply honor, love and respect her. She is a powerhouse, and I am her apprentice. There is deep learning underway and I am in the puppy phase.

When she is present, I feel a profound submission in my form and mind, almost like being carried by the scruff by mama fire-goddess-lion. But I don’t sense that we have merged. At least not yet. 🙂 She simply pours energy through. I am open to what she wishes to teach and gift.

If you’ve wondered if you were the reincarnation of a famous historical figure, deity, or archetype, no doubt you are connected with them. No doubt you have a resonance, and they are thrilled at the opportunity to partner with your energy for the benefit of you and the world.  

I wonder how deeply you can receive their gifts? 

I wonder…

Receiving gifts requires being open. Being in a posture of receptivity. Honoring and being pono with the giver (pono- in right alignment).

Then the beautiful path unfolds with a showering of riches. Isn’t life amazing?

Love,

C