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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Intuition: Instinctive Knowledge

Today I am interviewing Amy Cerny Vasterling, the Intuitive Pathfinder (Intuitive Reader). It is through Amy that I have gathered some of the information in my soon-to-be-published book, "My Spirit, My Journey-A Beginners Guide: How To Discover, Decide, And Delight In Your Spiritual Journey".




How do you define intuition?

I define intuition as our ability to sense via discernment or inner knowing. A way I often define how to work with it for my clients is it’s about seeing a pattern or connection in everything. If everything is connected, therefore there is nothing, which cannot be connected. 

Does everyone have intuition, or just certain people?

I believe we all have it and I believe some of us have it stronger than others but it is a skill to be honed, not a gift. 


"At that moment my son stuck a key in the socket and fell to the floor."

What are some indicators to know you are receiving intuitive information?

I feel intuition comes in two forms in my life, however, I think they are the same thing. This example comes in the form of a story. My daughter and I were in the kitchen preparing dinner when we both put down our cooking utensils and walked out to the living room without speaking or knowing why. At that moment my son stuck a key in the socket and fell to the floor. Both of us "knew" something was wrong. I believe we pick this up from the electromagnetic field of our heart. We sensed what was happening in the quantum field (the energy between the atoms) and it draws us in surpassing judgment. 

I also know because I am amply able to do it that we are able to see, smell, taste (ick), feel and sense energy and read it. This is psychic ability but a true intuitive passes it through their discernment before they dish it up. Many people today align to calling themselves "Intuitive" and I would challenge each of them for a definition. This is going to help you align with the best match in a good reader/intuitive for your specific needs. 

"This is psychic ability but a true intuitive passes it through their discernment before they dish it up."

Please tell us about some of the work you do as an intuitive.

This career has offered me a grand platform on which to expand. I've been a keynote speaker on the topic of aligning with your true self, spoken on a panel as the expert on "Reading Energy" and traveled around the US speaking about intuition and how to work with your own. I also teach on the topics of transforming grief, empowering kids through parenting and grandparenting, intuition and self-empowerment workshops. I coach, counsel and read for individuals as I can quickly see their core issues and give them tools so they can find the solutions. Lastly, I am currently working on a forthcoming project of podcasting on a whole host of topics. Some including but are not limited to; understanding what the angel, guide, saint, etc realms are and how they work. This will launch January 2016. Watch my website for more information.

I also am a fine artist and am working on a large body of work including 1,000 images. I draw with India ink on canvas using scientific eyedroppers and work with oil paint, sometimes using both! To learn more about this work visit my website at www.amycernyvasterling.com


"Have fun! My motto is 'Come and open yourself to a world, which in truth is all yours!'"

Can you give some suggestions for someone wanting to develop and work with their intuition?

Yes! My top suggestions are:
1) Ask a question! Before you go to sleep in those few moments when you are relaxed see if you can see, hear, sense, feel or smell something. If yes, ask about what it is and why it's showing up. If nothing, try again tomorrow night and so on. 
(Please note, I've been reading for years and it is subtle information that comes up for me, I can't see "it all" and I am no better at it than you. The difference is I committed to looking because I am a super curious person! I kept asking questions to the universe and they'd show up in a conversation or article in a magazine or another way for myself and I’d see them directly for others. I've read for hundreds of people and this experience has taught me the most. I say to my clients, "In 10 years the reader I'll be." Meaning we all start somewhere and 10 years ago I was in a totally different place so start somewhere, anywhere!)

2) Be CURIOUS! All energy is good energy. If you are afraid of evil, you probably are not to be entering this arena! Why? Because you are setting yourself up to fail based on what others say in place of what you have experienced. If you are going to jump into reading based on the ideas of others, stop. How YOU read energy likens to whom you are and how you operate not how others operate. The best thing to do is learn on your own without influence. Now, I know this is not for everybody but I see a lot of drama around reading. I've seen a lot of things and I can tell you this, I've met energies that were ready to take me down but instead of getting scared, I allowed, trusted and asked them what they need. What I found was the energy was simply misplaced, displaced or misunderstood. Just like humans! If we are in any of those attributes we will be horrible as an earthling! (Hitler is a prime example, he was misunderstood and this is what made him become so controlling, angry and destructive.) So I meet the energy to see if I can help. Most times I figured it out. Except when there are tricksters I call their bluff, roll my eyes and tell them to go away and they do.

3) Have fun! My motto is "Come and open yourself to a world, which in truth is all yours!"

4) Ask to read for people, start your process and trust yourself. After you read for them, say to yourself, within 1 year they'll come back to me and let me know how the reading served them. It helps to have validation.

5) I've spoken to dogs, moved ghosts to the other side, gotten confessions from them and from murders still living. I've found there is nothing, which has come up that I couldn't do. I am able to read as a medium but I do not do it unless it is a murder, suicide or accidental death because my belief system does not align with me connecting you to your loved ones and Its not my sweet spot. Be true to you! Do what feels super easy, interesting and fun! This is what will make you unique. Then once you gain confidence, try other things. I am serious when I say a man approached me and said, "Can you talk to dogs." I said "No" Then I started spouting out what the dog wanted to tell him. He confirmed with me right there what I was saying was accurate. I gave him tools he could not see. I could talk to animals and I never knew it. Open up, you never know what skill you have in your back pocket.

6) Being highly psychic or intuitive does not make you special. I live a normal human life within my amazing family. I am married, have kids and am by most accounts a normal human being. Everything I've learned is self-taught. Public speaking, self-taught. Reading, self-taught. Creating classes & teaching, self-taught. You get the picture. I teach intuition so you learn it from you.

Thank you so much, Amy, for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!

To learn more about Amy, visit her website at intuitivepathfinder.com.


Sunday, May 17, 2015

This Is Where I'm At



Wow! Since my last post lots has happened.  I went on a road trip to Washington with my friends/bandmates.  We had a great time, played lots of music, and got to see some really breathtaking sights. The time spent on the road is a perfect time for thinking/soul searching.

I've quit my full time job and am looking for part-time work now.  I've had too many years of working all day every day for someone else and trying to cram everything I want to do plus that pesky housework that doesn't go away into the Saturday/Sunday crunch.

I know that might seem crazy to some people-YOU QUIT YOUR JOB??? Yeah, that's right.  And I'm going to be just fine.  I have plans (lots of them!) for how to get my message out to the world.  I need to start talking to people, playing music for them, showing them how they can do, be, and have what they desire!  I've taken the first steps in that direction.   I am SO excited, I feel like I am unstoppable!! That is perfect, because that is what is propelling me forward on this journey.  I have a ton of ideas and wish I could split myself into many pieces, assigning a "take this idea and run with it" task to each piece of me. Patience is something I need to remind myself of often! As I sit here with a desk full of scraps of paper with notes written on them, notebooks with ideas and lists, and several post-it notes stuck to the computer monitor, I can only smile as I think of how this small pile of chaos on my desk will turn into something that makes me feel happy and fulfilled.  I love it and I can't wait!  (Hmmm...there's that patience thing again!)

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What's happening with me this week?  Getting together with some people that I am proud to call my friends!  With my new-found freedom (haha) of being available during the day, I'm able to meet with these awesome folks that I love and appreciate.  Fuel for the fire of getting my projects done, some of which will be featuring these wonderful guys & gals!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

15 Books I Love To Read!



I love to curl up with a good book and read.  No,... not just read-learn, grow, feel, question-it all leaves me wanting more!  Aside from buying books, I also take out from the library and have found some good Kindle books.  Here's 15 of my favorites from my hard copy collection (in no particular order!):

1. You Have Chosen To Remember-James Blanchard Cisneros

2. Infinite Possibilities-Mike Dooley

3. Unsinkable-Sonia Ricotti

4. Many Lives, Many Masters-Brian Weiss

5. The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent-Esther & Jerry Hicks

6. The Passion Test-Janet Bray Attwood & Chris Attwood

7. Leveraging The Universe-Mike Dooley

8. Follow Your Passion Find Your Power-Bob Doyle

9. Awakening Joy-James Banaz & Shoshana Alexander

10. The Everything Law of Attraction Book-Meera Leester

11. Make Miracles In 40 Days-Melanie Beattie

12. The Evolving Soul-Dr. Linda Backman

13. Feel It Real!-Denise Coates

14. Manifesting Change-Mike Dooley

15. Wealth Beyond Reason-Bob Doyle

What books are your favorites?  My friends and I have started circulating books amongst ourselves-cool idea, and neat and different books you get to check out!

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Monday, November 17, 2014

Letting Go



I recently got a few more card decks (I love so many of them!) And decided to do a card spread for the readers of this blog.  The deck I'm using this time is Melanie Beattie's "The Language of Letting Go".


So with the card all the way to the left being #1, and all the way to the right being #4, which card(s) see to draw your attention?

Take a couple deep breaths and look closely at the pictures on each card.  How does each make you feel?  Do any really draw you in or make you curious?  

Here's what each card is about.

#1 Enjoying Life-
Today I will do something just for the fun of it.  I will find something to do that's just for me, and I won't worry about what I "should" be doing.  I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest.

#2 Releasing Anger Toward Family Members-
Today I will accept the potent emotions I may feel toward members of my family, and I'll be grateful for the lessons they're teaching me.  I accept the golden light of healing that's shining on all of us.

#3 Taking Risks-
Today I will ask God to help me begin to take healthy risks.  I will ask for assistance in letting go of any fear of failure...and success.  I will ask for help in fully living my life so that I can start experiencing all the wonderful parts of my journey.

#4 Showing Vulnerability-

Today I will disclose who I am to someone with whom I feel safe.  I will risk being vulnerable-even though I've always held back from doing so.  God, help me show people who I really am, and not who I think they want me to be.  


Let go of something you're afraid of, something that holds you back.  Feel how freeing that is, how much lighter you feel!  It isn't always easy to let go.  Sometimes we need to do that, though, in order to be who we are truly supposed to be.  Remember, if we do not first love, respect, and care for ourselves, how can we do this for others?

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I went to  a holistic expo this past Saturday.  A few of us from the spiritual group I belong to had a table there to promote our spiritual community, and also do a few readings.  It was a great day!  It was awesome to see some of the wonderful people I always see at those.  I also got a couple readings done for myself, and found out the names of my 2 angels that have been with me since my physical birth, and will be with me until my physical death.  Of course, one of them has quite a sense of humor (best way I can describe it) so he keeps things fun.  I wouldn't have it any other way!  I knew who my guides were, but now I have names also for those angels.  

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Patience Is Still Hard!



When you were a child, and you wanted something, you wanted it NOW!!  I'm sure you were told to "Be patient." Patience is a great thing, but it is sometimes very difficult to BE patient.

I'm still here, in Minnesota, trying to be patient-with myself, mostly.  It's been difficult lately to keep myself pointed in the right direction, doing the things I know are steps to be taken to get where I want to be.  I feel overwhelmed when I think of what I need to "get done". I keep telling myself that things that are supposed to happen will happen when the time is right.  I don't feel as uptight as I did say, a month ago, about not being done with all this "prep" stuff and well on my way outta here.  I've surrendered fighting things and am just trying to let things happen as they are supposed to without trying to push things along as I was before.

So today, again, I pray for patience and guidance in what I should be doing and not doing towards my next step.  My present situation is NOT my final destination.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

It's In The Cards

I feel guided to do something a little different this time.  I've been doing some card readings for myself recently-some with angel cards, some with angel tarot cards.  I don't really connect that well with regular tarot cards yet, but I'm working on that.  Anyway, I got this new deck of oracle cards and I think it's pretty cool, so I thought I'd post a mini reading here.

Which card draws your attention, #1, #2, or #3?

 
 
As you look at the cards, see what your intuition draws you to.  Does one catch your eye right away?  Do you feel energy coming from a particular card?  Even though they all look the same in this picture, each one has a different energy.  Have you decided?  OK, here's the reveal.
 
 
 
#1 Transient Guide-This type of spirit guide enters your life on special assignment and usually only stays until they are no longer needed.  To have this card means that you have special guidance through a life challenge and to remind you that someone above is definitely there helping you through it.
 
#2 Creative Vision-Your mind is extra sharp and creative at this time and you can see the future more clearly now. This is a good time for new goals and projects and finishing anything that has been put off.  Thinking outside the box will be necessary to remove an obstacle so that you can continue forward to meet your goals.
 
#3 Progression-Something needs to complete and be put behind you in order to move forward successfully. The outcome will bring personal growth, healing and empowerment.  You might need to change your pattern of organized chaos in life in order to fully realize positive change.
 
 
 
 
I very well could have done this reading for myself!  I didn't have doing that in mind when I picked the cards, but it all certainly applies for me.  I'm in the process of going through over 20 years of "stuff" I've accumulated living in my house, as I'm getting ready to put it up for sale in preparation for my move out west.  It's a very big life change/challenge for me and truly, until I can complete this, I can't move forward. 
 
I hope you enjoyed the cards.  Life's an adventure!  If you are interested in having a card reading done, I am still what I call "practicing" so am not charging for readings at this time.  You may email me and I'll be happy to do a reading for you. 
 

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Take Action!


We're already to #3 of "my" Law of Attraction steps:
1. Decide what you want
2. Carry the feeling that you already have what you want
3. Take the actions you feel inspired to take towards getting what you want
4. Let the Universe worry about getting the rest of the pieces to fall into place

Take the actions you feel inspired to take towards getting what you want.
I'll give you a personal story for this one. 
 For several years I was in bands that played just about every weekend in various bars.  I absolutely LOVED making the music (I sang and was a part-time bass player), but not many of the other things that come with being a "bar band".  This is not the place to go into those details, however.  Eventually, I had enough. I said I was done, it wasn't fun anymore, maybe I'll just go watch some bands once in a while.  Well, my inner self knew, and finally convinced me that I HAVE TO make music-I just enjoy it too much not to do it.  I knew I didn't want to go back to what I was doing before, but wasn't sure how to proceed.  I remember telling a gal from another band about how I wanted to do the music thing but didn't want to play in bars, didn't want to be a lead singer anymore, didn't want to play bass anymore.  She basically told me that then there is no way for me to perform.  I was out to prove her wrong from that point!  I had bought an acoustic guitar many years ago, but only knew a couple chords, so never really played it.  I bought it, honestly, because it looked pretty!  I felt inspired to start playing it, to start learning more chords.  Before I knew it, I felt inspired to play every day when I got home from work. I was getting together with friends just to jam a little, but then felt inspired to take it to the public again.  Just by mentioning in conversation about playing music (feeling inspired to bring it up) I've ended up playing at some fun places.  I've played at nusring homes, benefits, community gatherings, outdoor concerts, and other special occasions.  It feels so good!

By picking up my guitar because I felt inspired to, talking to people about my music when I felt inspired to, etc., I am now giving my soul what it needs!  There's nothing else like the feeling I get when I play my guitar and sing.  We talked about keeping your vibration up in the last post-making music keeps my vibration very high!  I went from feeling depressed that I'd never make music again to elated that I'm making music and loving it!  

Who got me to pick up the guitar?  Who got me to start playing for people again?  Who found those places for me to play?  My higher self, my soul, inspired me to take the actions I took-it knew what would raise my vibration.  No matter how slow I felt my progress was on the guitar, I always felt inspired to keep picking it up.  My playing now is so much more hands on with people instead of being background noise to bar patrons.

So after getting a bit lengthy........what I want to say is-those little "nudges" you get from inside that want to push you in the direction of your dreams-pay attention!!  Take the actions, have the conversations you feel inspired to have.  You just don't know who you'll run into or who may overhear something you're saying that may be just the launching pad you need to get you on the road to where you want to be.  It might feel scary or odd at first, but it will all start snowballing for you once you set things in motion!


Let me not forget to mention being grateful.  It could easily (and probably will be) another whole blog post, but remember that you already have things in your life to be grateful for, they're not just all "out there somewhere" to someday come and make you happy.  I personally have a Gratitude Journal that I write in about things I'm thankful/grateful for.  You woke up today.  You have a roof over your head. The sun is shining.   Be grateful for so many things you take for granted.  The more you appreciate what you already have, the more you vibrate at that level, and the more your desires will be attracted to you! 


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What's going on with me this week:
Preparing for my first public talk on the Law of Attraction this Saturday!  I feel like it's still far off, but it's actually just a few days away.  I'm very excited about it and hope I'll be able to give some good information.  

By the way, the Psychic Development Workshop was awesome!  Very interesting, fun, and met lots of cool people.  Sounds like there will be some future classes as well.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Good Vibrations



To continue from last time with my Law of Attraction explanation, we'll talk about #2 of the 4 steps.
1. Decide what you want
2. Carry the feeling that you already have what you want
3. Take the actions you feel inspired to take towards getting what you want
4. Let the Universe worry about getting the rest of the pieces to fall into place

Carry the feeling that you already have what you want.
When you state your desires in the present tense, as if you already have received them, what kind of feeling do you get inside?  For example-if I say "I want a new car", the things that start going through my mind are it costs too much, car shopping is a hassle, only rich people can afford new cars, things like that.  However, if I put myself inside that car in my mind, it turns into "I love my new car!" as I picture being in the driver's seat looking around at the interior, smelling that new car smell, feeling my hands on the steering wheel, taking the car for a drive...how can I not be excited about it? So now, when I think about that car, my mind will go right to that feeling I had when I put myself in the place of actually having it.  When you put yourself in the place of having what you want, use your senses to make it all as real as possible.  What do you see, hear, smell? When you touch it, how does it feel?
Do you notice when you get "in" the place of having what you want, you feel all happy, tingly, giddy?  This is your vibration (your energy) going to a higher level.  The higher your vibration, and the more you can keep it that way, the faster you can attract what you want.  When your vibration is up, the Universe will send the things, people, circumstances, etc. in your direction that will help you achieve what you're after.  On the other side of the coin, if your vibration is down in the dumps, that low vibration stuff is what you'll attract.  
Don't worry if you can't immediately flip the switch and feel good.  It does take practice, and before you know it you'll notice your overall vibration is higher than it used to be.
Next time we'll talk about taking inspired action!
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What's up with me this week.....

Last Saturday I went to a Holistic Healing and Psychic Fair.  A lady doing angel card readings
had several decks of angel cards for sale, and my friend and I were looking at the cards, talking about them with the lady.  My friend purchased a deck of the cards, and when the woman handed them to her, she started "reading" both of us at once!  She said my friend's spirit guides told her guides to give us this information.  It was truly amazing, as she didn't know either one of us and was bringing up things there's no way she could have known.  We were both completely blown away by the experience!  All 3 of us kept getting all tingly as she would tell us thing after thing.  It's all we could talk about on the drive home.
This weekend coming up, I'm going to a Psychic Development Workshop.  I was told in my numerology reading that I'd gotten back in February that I am psychic, (I have always felt it as my intuition at work) so am going to see what it's all about and see if I can develop it.  I'll let you know how it went!

Monday, March 17, 2014

Find Your Voice



I had coffee with a new friend over the weekend.  She has recently started a Spiritual Community in the area-a community of individuals that "can learn, share, grow, practice, expand in a loving, non-judgemental, encouraging way".  As a matter of fact, you should check out the Duluth Spiritual Connections Facebook Page.  As you may have read in my previous post, I feel called to speak to groups of people about living their ideal life, and how they can work with the Law of Attraction to help them do so.  I'll be getting my first chance to do so next month at a Coffee & Conversation meeting of the Duluth Spiritual Connections community, and I am really looking forward to it.

I am not an "old pro" at all this stuff.  Even though I've been studying the Law of Attraction for a few years now, I feel I've barely scraped the surface of the things I want to know about.  It's kinda confusing in the beginning and took me a while to get straight what to "do" and what "not to do".  Once you get a basic understanding, it seems to me that it's all more about "feeling" than "figuring out".  There's much to know, if you want to know.  You can keep it as simple as you like or go as in depth as you like.  It's whatever feels right for you to do.  To really simplify it, it is this, to me:

1. Decide what you want
2. Carry the feeling that you already have what you want
3. Take the actions you feel inspired to take towards getting what you want
4. Let the Universe worry about getting the rest of the pieces to fall into place

You do not have to figure out HOW everything will happen. Believe, trust, don't obsess over your desires.  Once you release the attachment to them you'll be surprised how fast things will start to happen for you. For my next post, I'll give you some more information on a couple things that have been very helpful for me.  Stay tuned!

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Things Are Happening


It's time I started blogging about what's going on.

Mostly I'll be writing about things that are going on with me as I get to where I'm led to go, but there will definitely be links to books, podcasts, events, etc. that you may want to check out.

My website is attractyourdesires.com

After letting other people tell me who I should be for a good portion of my life so far, I finally woke up and said "Enough!".  For about the last 4 1/2 years I've slowly been coming around to making my life more of what I want (it is my life, after all) instead of whatever works best for others to have me be for them.  Now, I'm not saying I've turned into a selfish me-me-me person-quite the opposite!  I love helping people as much as I can, but I do what feels good/right to me with respect to that.  What a different feeling I have inside of me now than I used to.

I'll try and put this all into a little nutshell for the time being and as I blog in the future will get into more details about things.
-More than anything else, I love making music.  I play guitar, sing, and have written a few songs.  I feel that I am to use this gift to help/heal people in some way.
-I trust my intuition immensely.  It has been telling me for several months now that I am to go out and speak to groups of people about living their ideal life.  I am just getting things started with that and it is very exciting!
-I have several book ideas running around in my head.  I have begun writing one of them and more want to come out.  I am fighting the urge (at this time, anyway!) to start another one before I finish the first.  I know I'll give in, since my intuition is always right (maybe the first book shouldn't be first?).
-I recently had a numerology reading and all these things I've known inside (helping/healing, speaking, singing) were confirmed with it.  I was also told I'm psychic-maybe that's what I've been calling my intution?  I'm reading up on developing my psychic gifts-I'll keep you posted!
-I am learning how to communicate with my angels.  I've received some wonderful images and messages so far :-)
-I've just started reading about Akashic records too, so we'll see what happens there.

Come with me on my journey!  I'd love to hear about yours as well.