Activating Blueprints

I was eagerly looking forward to attend Jacqueline Maria Longstaff’s workshop on Activating Blueprints (Realise your full potential). It was an amazing learning experience.

She had asked us to bring drawing paper and color pencils/crayons. In the afternoon of first day, she told us we had to make three drawings. It was not simply any drawing, there was to be some introspection needed before deciding on what to draw.

•      She asked us to do a brief meditation on ‘Where do you come from? What is your journey?’   She asked us to stay in the heart, zero in on what picture comes, then look for all the smaller details.

The picture that came to my mind was that of a mother bird sitting near three eggs. One of the eggs had cracked open and the chick was trying to emerge out. The nest was on a huge tree and as I watched for the details, I could see a feather falling down.

•     The second drawing was to be based on ‘Where do you go from here? What is the journey about?'

I saw myself in Varanasi, the temple was visible in the background. There was a dead body being burnt at the pyre. There were steps leading to the Ganges and a man was sitting on a boat, just waiting.

•  'What’s the way in which you can sabotage your journey?’

There was a clothesline on which three cloths were hanging. They were tied at their corners onto the string. The middle cloth represented me, one corner of this cloth had opened up and left the string, but the other corner was still tied onto it. There was Sun shining brightly in the background.

After everybody had finished the drawing, we were asked to look at our drawings, then close the eyes  and see what message the Universe was giving.

The three eggs in my first drawing represented the three completed decades of my intense spiritual practices. The egg cracking open gave an indication that a breakthrough for my sadhana is imminent. Then there was the falling feather. I know that whenever I sense the presence of angels, I get to see feathers in all unimaginable places. So, that meant the angels are there to always help me in my efforts.

It is interesting that on the previoius day, when I was asked to just blindly pick up one bookmark from a box with different bookmarks, this was the one that I got:

The second drawing depicts  that I have yet to burn my vasanas. Then there is somebody waiting to take me across!

Even after knowing things, I may have a tendency to not let go, which is shown by one corner of the cloth still tied to the string. But there is the Sun shining on the cloth. When the cloth is totally dried up, it will shrink and I can decide to let go of the string.

It is interesting that in all three situations, Divine presence is there to render help. This is my core belief too. If we just take one step ahead, the whole Universe will be there to take us forward!

Divine manifestation in Valparai

A friend had booked for stay in Valparai and since she couldn’t go due to some reason, we got to avail the facility. It was a tough journey, there were 40 hair pin bends on the way to reach there, but once we arrived, it was magical. There were tea plantations all around and a plethora of birds with unique colors, singing melodies!

In the evening time we sat in the balcony, trying to absorb the beauty and serenity around. My eyes stopped at the mountain top straight ahead, visible between trees, and I was strongly guided for an open eye meditation. 

It was a very powerful experience and after a while I began seeing images on the mountain top. First it was a shivling that appeared. I have superimposed the divine images from the net onto the photographs I had taken, just to give an idea of what I saw. But the images that I saw were lifelike, not like pictures.

After I meditated on the Shivling for some time, it slowly faded out and the image of Shiva appeared in its place. 

Sometime later Goddess Parvati  appeared to his left side and the divine beauty exuding from her face was mesmerizing! Then came Goddess Saraswathi and for quite some time I could meditate on those celestial beings.

The evening turned to dusk and it was somewhat dark when I finished meditation. Suddenly a bird came and sat  in front of the balcony. 

There were no other birds visible at that time; probably they were already in their nests.  It looked black, but I knew it was not a crow. It spread its tail like a fan for a few seconds. 

Turning to left side, it spread its tail again. Further it turned ninety degrees, spread the tail, again ninety degrees and fanned tail. Now it sat there, looking at us (my husband, daughter and me) for some time and flew off.

Next day I saw the bird in day light and realized it had a  very beautiful blue color; the Malabar whistling thrush let us listen to its divine melody during brahma muhurt and dusk time. I managed to record it at 4.30 am. Click here to listen.

It was a surreal experience to me and I am indebted to the friend because of whom we visited Valparai.