I once held a belief system surrounding psychics, mystics, energy work & tarot readers - thinking they either were completely full of sh*t or they were accessing dark entities that were dangerous. I’m here as a Christian Worship Leader turned Clairvoyant Intuitive Healer to tell you how I think that divine intuition is not far off from the giftings of the Holy Spirit, and the healings of Christ. If we come at these topics with an open mind and delve into the research, the world of energy work starts opening and it no longer quite fits into a box anymore.
To quote Albert Einstein, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.”
HOLY SPIRIT + CHRIST
There is a phenomenon among some religious people, that tarot or energy work can be a sort of, conjuring up of the devil and that it shouldn’t be messed with or touched. I think it’s possible that it can be a tool for spirituality that can be used both inside the church and out, to bring us close to divine clarity and wisdom.
Tarot Cards are just another means of accessing spiritual gifts that the Bible even talks about. Aren’t some said to have the gifts of the Holy Spirit which include prophecy, wisdom, exhortation, healing, miracles, and knowledge?
The Pentecostal Christians channel prophetic wisdom and dance around churches with flags (if you’ve ever laid witness to it, you know how wild it can be!) They speak in tongues, rebuke darkness, sing prophetic messages, and lay hands on to heal.
I have come into many of my intuitive giftings and though I always had them, I thought they were solely the giftings of the Holy Spirit, being that I grew up a devout follower of Christ. I’d often have prophetic dreams, see flashes of things other people were going through, hear a prophetic voice of wisdom in my ear that sounded nothing like my own voice, and have inner knowings that were not easy to explain. Though I still believe I have the Holy Spirit in me, I also watch fellow energy workers have intuitive knowledge, clear giftings, and are able to use quantum healing to help the body heal itself. How do we explain that these blessed humans are not Christians, and not in the church? One might say that the Holy Spirit is another word for intuition, and that we are divine humans created in the image of God herself. It is our birthright as miraculous beings on this planet to have access to the power and promise of these divine giftings.
TAROT
I still have some people in my circle that are a little sketched out by Tarot. They either come from religious backgrounds or they just don’t understand what it is, or what it is used for.
Put simply : Tarot is a self-help tool. It’s a way to gain clarity in a situation by reading into the spirituality and energy of it. For me, tarot is now one of my spirituality practices and has become a faithful offering to self and others. It is a way to see an elevated perspective on a situation and to practice one’s own intuition. The question is asked, the cards are shuffled, and then the cards are pulled and placed. First, we read with intuition as to what the cards are showing. Next, we use the knowledge of the cards to further gain clarity. For those of us who can channel benevolent beings, we engage more wisdom regarding what higher self, Source, or our God is saying. By this simple definition, can Tarot be considered a form of prayer? In prayer, we are asking for Divine Wisdom and guidance from above, calling upon God and our support teams of angels. I remember asking God for help as a child, and then flipping the bible open to a random page and trying to find the answer to my question in it. The practice of Tarot cards with the goal of spiritual growth, feels oddly similar to my simplified childhood practice. They both hold the intention of seeking divine wisdom as it relates to our human experience.
The traditional tarot deck is full of 78 cards, depicting wisdom for different life events and areas of life. It suggests ways to come into more alignment with our ideal self. It covers different aspects of life including ideas, communication, action, relationships, love, resources and warnings. In many ways it holds biblical principles, such as warning against greed and guiding us toward generosity.
ENERGY WORK and INTUITION
The last few years have brought me to more of an open handed view of Christ, God, angels, spirituality, and intuition. I came across an energy work called Emotion Coding (developed by a Christian chiropractor of all things) and had a session where 40 trapped emotions of “terror” were released in one sitting. Emotion Coding involves tapping into the energy field of the client and going over a chart of 60 basic human emotions, asking the body which ones it needs to release that are “stuck inside”. In our culture we have phrases like “emotional baggage” and this is one modality for removing these trapped, stuck emotions. I previously had considered myself “not a crier” and was then lying there during my session, convulsively crying and having flashbacks of old memories I had partially blocked out. It was so profound for me that I went on to study it and get certified as a practitioner 6 months and 40 clients later. The following year, I went on to study and get certified in energy work (Reiki, Emotion Code, Body Code) yoga instructing, and tarot cards.
As I began to work on clients I started to see things. As I tapped into their energy field and removed trapped emotions from their childhood one by one, I would have flashes of the scene in my mind’s eye. It wasn’t until I worked on a fellow clairvoyant friend that she said Iwas clairvoyant. “Huh?”, I thought. She said, “you see things”. Yes. I thought it was just the energy passing through. I saw my own memories and emotions passing through as someone worked on me… why wouldn’t I see them when I worked on someone else? I then did some research and realized that not every Emotion Code Practitioner could see things the way that I did. I also realized these voices I hear with wise and prophetic messages are divine beings or angels. I googled “the Clairs” like the total newbie that I was, and realized I had all of them and that I had never understood or intentionally harnessed these giftings.
For example, a vivid clairaudient memory came back to me while doing my research. I remembered finding out I was pregnant in the hospital, thinking I might lose my first child. The doctor was telling me why my pregnancy was high risk and how I should be cautious. Suddenly it felt as though his voice was muted and an angel spoke into my ear “Do not be afraid. Your baby is going to be fine.” It was warm, and deeply comforting. It also wasn’t an uncommon occurrence for me. I had grown up with these soft angel voices, I just thought they were the kind voice of God or Jesus in my ear. And in a way, maybe they still are. Maybe the benevolent beings of light and love that we channelers can tap into are the voice of God in the general sense, the voice of God that is available and inside all of us; that benevolent beautiful magical Divine that guides all of us when we listen.
MEDIUMSHIP
As I continued my Emotion Coding work, I started to sense ancestors come through as we would release inherited trauma. A trapped, stored emotion is one line of energy, and can often be inherited, along with any other physical and emotional traits. I’d explain the presence I saw and felt to my client, and the person without doubt would confirm that it was an ancestor or another person that had crossed into heaven from earth. So, accidentally, I discovered I could be a medium for spirits and that the “veil” between worlds was growing increasingly thin for me. It was all so magical, so peaceful, so helpful. I think there can be a massive misunderstanding that psychics and mediums are weird old gypsy ladies who stare at a crystal ball. Instead, I think that whatever you call it: the holy spirit, God, angels, benevolent beings of love and light, we have to admit that we don’t fully understand things we cannot see and keeping an open heart is an act of wisdom. We are not alone as human beings on this planet; there is a lot of guidance, source, and love for us as we navigate life. How much we are able to tap into in our lifetime probably depends on how much we can get out of our conscious mind and into our subconscious mind. The body knows. The heart and soul know. According to current scientific understanding, the conscious mind holds a very small amount of information (about 5% of the brain), while the subconscious mind processes and holds information with 95% of the brain. (Read Quantum Healing by Dr. Deepak Chopra).
So how can the subconscious, smarter brain speak? One way is Emotion Coding and other energy work - we tap into the subconscious through quantum physics and it will speak to us through kinesiology and muscle testing. No longer does the subconscious mind, who cannot lie, does not sleep and knows everything that has ever happened to us, have to stay a mystery.
Another way the subconscious can speak is through the energy of the Holy Spirit, tarot spreads, meditation and reiki. I think the higher self resides much in the subconscious mind; there is a pure and honest part of us that wants only what is best for us. The subconscious is instinctual, it knows and feels. Therefore, isn’t tapping into the subconscious tapping into the truest self? And isn’t the truest self tapped into God and spirit? Light and love are the purest forms of energy, purest forms of action, purest forms of thought.
GOOD vs EVIL
Is anything inherently good or bad? Everything that exists is just what exists. Things can be used for good or evil. The difference is the intention behind it. The invisible intention behind our actions is what determines if something is harmful or beneficial. If the intention behind tarot is to tap into higher self and God, to gain clarity and aligned action in a circumstance, then what is harmful about that?
Take it farther. Is prayer good or bad? Depends on whom you ask. A devout Christian might say of course it’s good. An atheist, on the other hand, could say it’s bad. An atheist might say it causes false hope, or it’s a waste of time. Also, couldn’t another pray for selfish reasons; praying only for himself at the sake of others, thus increasing his own agenda of a self-centered existence? Even worse, what if he prays like a Pharisee, feeling holier than his peers, thus furthering his own pious viewpoint and judging others? (Pharisees are the self-righteous hypocrites of the bible). In that case, who can say that a Pharisee’s prayer is a beneficial or good prayer? It is the intention behind the prayer that determines its virtue, not the prayer itself.
Thus it is with the virtue of “new age” (but actually old-age once you do the research and study Egyptian civilizations, Albert Einstein as well as the dead sea scrolls) of quantum healing, energy work, tarot, Divine channeling and other clair giftings. If we come at these topics with an open heart and open mind, the world of energy work starts opening and it no longer quite fits into a box anymore. There are energies, forces, and beings here beyond what we can see. There is no doubt in my mind, after seeing the massive transformations I’ve been blessed to experience, that quantum instantaneous healing is real. I had wondered my whole life how Jesus instantly healed people, taught his disciples to do so, and yet the Christians I grew up surrounded by never had those giftings. If Jesus had these gifts, came to heal, and taught others to heal… wouldn’t we have access to those same portals of healing? What if it is as simple as studying quantum physics, energy and the healing power of the subconscious mind?
To quote Albert Einstein, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.”
Knowing I don’t know everything is a healthier place to be than where I used to be, which was standing on stage singing and preaching that there was only one way to know, to be, to think. At first I was scared to leave the safety of my belief system, to leave the box of black and white thinking. It’s safer to have a set of rules that tell you if you’re good or bad, wrong or right. Years after braving my own wilderness, I am no longer scared. It’s beautiful and sacred out here. It’s full of hope and healing; it’s full of new ways of being. The ones who stand on stage acting like they have every answer: those are the ones who scare me now. They are beginning to remind me of the very pharisees Jesus spoke of in the bible, and warned against their stubborn and defensive ways.
To think for oneself is a deep ocean. It takes a level of humility to hold different viewpoints valid, and to brave the massive body of research regarding both science and spirituality. There is movement and magic to be discovered, if one jumps in with an open heart. But, I will warn you: there is no safe ship to hide in and few calm waters in the ocean of the unknown. It’s turbulent, stormy, deep, and yet full of wonder. The comfort in the depth comes from the surrender of it all, from intuition that is both inside and above us. Comfort comes from miraculous God herself, and all of the ways that Spirit and Intuition both heal and connect us.
Recommended Reading:
"The Gospel of the Holy Twelve" - Rev. G. J. Ouseley
"The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross" - John M. Allegro
"The World as I See It" - Albert Einstein
"Between Death and Life" - Dolores Cannon
"Quantum Healing" - Dr. Deepak Chopra
“The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” - Dr. Deepak Chopra
"How to Change Your Mind" - Michael Pollan
"Emotion Code" - Dr. Bradley Nelson
"The Body Code" - Dr. Bradley Nelson
"Guided Tarot for Seamless Readings" - Stefanie Caponi
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