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ChrisL · 06-20-2011, 02:41 PM

Infinity - Or maybe you worked as a whaler and someone you loved broke up with you (or died while you were gone) because you were gone so much. Maybe you got angry and blamed the whales. More sailors died as a result of whaling back then. Keep breathing and let us know!

Weena - Thanks for the initial kudos on the post. Why did it turn into Nevermind?

Especially right now, the more practical and real techniques we can use the better.

Weena · 06-21-2011, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Weena - Thanks for the initial kudos on the post. Why did it turn into Nevermind?

Especially right now, the more practical and real techniques we can use the better.

eh, cause I bitched about Skype

I figured it's not enticing for people to read that, you want them to call you

. But now I really hope the friend I referred to you gets a crystal clear connection if she ends up getting a session.

ChrisL · 06-24-2011, 05:20 PM

Weena - Thanks for having been on this forum! You were open, encouraging, engaging, humorous and insightful - and it's been my pleasure to have connected with you if only for the past year. I'll miss your comments in here since you're moving on, but will look forward to connecting with you in other places. Thanks for all that you've given! And I still look forward to coming to Australia/New Zealand!

infinitytruth · 06-27-2011, 12:28 AM

I asked about the whale thing at this webinar that I attended. He was a channeler.

He said that it had to do with some kind of ending or fear of an ending. The rest of what he said went completely over my head. He didn't go too into detail about it.

The one cool thing about the webinar though, was I briefly seen vivid greenish-blue colors while trying to connect to the channeled entity. That hasn't happened in a while.

ChrisL · 06-28-2011, 03:06 PM

I've been asked about what helps us to have healthy relationships. These are some basic steps that I recommend in having healthy relationships:

1 Safety & Healthy Boundaries
2 Acknowledging Needs
3 Creating Agreements
4 Consequences

Safety and Healthy Boundaries
It's impossible to really be in true relationship with someone, instead of just projecting our issues onto them, if we are not feeling safe. When we're in trauma mode, our consciousness shifts from the frontal lobe to the primal/reptilian brain, which is all about movement - it's literally impossible to think because we're not using a part of the brain that does that!

What are some Trauma Grounding techniques?

Feeling our feet on the ground
Feeling our lower body with our hands
Stretching out and feeling ourselves in a bigger, adult body so that we're not regressing
Slow movement that helps us feel contained
Pushing against a tree/wall to activate our active defenses and help us feel safe.

Getting any kind of trauma resolution therapies can help as well, which can include things like hypnotherapy, body-mind therapies, biodynamic cranial sacral work, EFT, EMDR, holotropic breathwork - the list goes on.

If we aren't aware of our boundaries, then we are likely receiving or creating a boundary violation with someone. Imagine standing face to face with someone with our hands out touching theirs. Now start pushing back and forth, sometimes receiving and sometimes giving energy, sometimes pushing to set a boundary, sometimes trusting and letting others in closer. A healthy relationship feels like this - a dance where the boundaries are changeable.

If we don't know how to change energetically change our boundaries, we will end up either physically moving (i.e. withdrawing, overpowering others), or we will begin to reflect our boundaries in our bodies (i.e. get rigid to push others away).

Acknowledging Needs - Once we're safely in our bodies with healthy boundaries, it becomes much easier to track our needs and communicate them with our partners. If we're not acknowledging ourselves, then it becomes very easy and even seductive (i.e. blame others, feel habitually angry, sad, rejected, less than) to override ourselves and not ask for what we want. Acknowledging ourselves includes using all of our body's senses, tracking our posture, movement, and even listening to our intuition.

Creating Agreements - If we our fully listening to ourselves and communicating directly, then it becomes easier to create agreements. If we don't have agreements then it becomes a series of guesswork which can make life difficult (i.e. "If he knows me, he should already know what to do!", "If she really loved me, I shouldn't have to explain to her!", "I want someone who just psychically knows what to do with me").

I'm not trying to downgrade relationships to business status, but imagine what your business would be like if you didn't have any agreements? Most people would be bankrupt.

Consequences - Just like children need to know the consequences of something so they can learn, if we make agreements and break them with no consequences, there isn't any reason to have an agreement. I've seen plenty of spouses and children who stop listening because nothing every happens - there is never any follow through. Stay committed to your vision of conscious, effortless life and lead by example, so that your spouse and children have an understanding of how to be.

ChrisL · 07-05-2011, 04:30 PM

Everyone - What is your experience of being authentic and cleanly responding instead of reacting? How has it changed your life? Where do you get stuck in reaction and need more support and awareness?

Please feel free to contribute here so that others can benefit from your experience!

veloci · 07-05-2011, 04:46 PM

My experience is leading me up to the point that I am a Creator - all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful. This is a reality I have transformed into to experience what I need from The Truth. Love is the path back to God. When I am ready to step into power and live from a Creator's perspective is when my life will change dramatically. I am a Creator co-creating with nature, Gaia, my brothers and sisters, angels, so forth. Everything I have transformed from the Truth to fit my reality... It is all my responsibility. They just ARE...

My fear of rejection is diminishing because I am realizing how much power I actually have. If a girl bitches on me, it is my responsibility to determine how I take it. I am simply an observer brimming with love. I can view the bitching as "it just is" and wait patiently for her when she is ready to do whatever.

I have received many epiphanies. They are all leading me up to start in the foot step of our Creator. I have so much power that I have yet to realize. I am now asking God to help me with everything, and to ultimately give me the life that is best for me for God knows what I need the most, hence it is why he wants me to have a particular life.

Yea, my perspective on life is changing dramatically. It is a slow transformation, but it is getting there none the less. Oh to simply be means to be God - be Creator. I am noticing this unshakable peace within me. No matter how "bad" or "good" a situation gets, I am always at peace. Meditation is helping me incredibly to be this observer.

lol, I feel I will be ready soon to step into the Creator's shoes and manifest whatever God wants to give me. What I know for certain is it will be an abundant, exciting, joyful life since God wants me to be happy. God wants to manifest a girl into my life? So be it. God wants to manifest me into some kind of master spiritualist? So be it. God wants me to be raped, get AIDS, whatever? So be it. I realize I have no control over what my fate actually is. I may as well roll with it and enjoy the experiences from the Creator's perspective.

ChrisL · 07-14-2011, 01:52 PM

Tony - Sounds like you're having an amazing transformational experience. Thanks so much for sharing!

Everyone - I just wanted to clarify something here. We place events into our lives before we even incarnate. Then if we react (partial response), that re-creates a certain outcome and circumstances (i.e. typically similar situations keep getting attracted or re-created by us). When we respond - a full body-soul expression based in the present moment, unrehearsed, giving ourselves what we need - then that creates a different outcome and circumstances. We essentially let go of the past, including who we held ourselves to being in the past.

So it's not about whether we're in control of our lives (although no one has to be a victim), it's not even about whether we're expressing a certain emotion like happiness (because our emotions will change all the time), it's more about "how can I respond with ever greater levels of awareness and gratitude?"

What is your experience everyone?

blackbjl · 07-14-2011, 02:46 PM

This is my first post! I've been lurking in the shadows here for a couple of months and figured it was time to drop a note. I had my first Akashic reading ever with Chris this week and just wanted to personally thank him here for his time. Not only did the session validate so much for me, but Chris made me feel very comfortable and at ease right from the start. The hardest part for me is just "showing up" for a reading or contributing to a post. Chris makes that part super easy, which is so much appreciated. I recommend to anyone that's thinking about scheduling time with Chris to get off the fence and do it! I'm glad that I finally did....thanks again Chris!

Jason

ChrisL · 07-14-2011, 04:00 PM

Jason - You came out of the shadows! Woohoo! (Celebration music, streamers, parade down Main Street). Thanks for being willing to play here. You never know how many people can relate to what you're expressing.

It was my pleasure to work with such a kindred spirit. You're like a kernel of corn that is about to pop, and your groundedness made it even easier to work with you. Rock on and we'll talk soon!

infinitytruth · 07-14-2011, 06:44 PM

I had another reading from Chris to figure out the whale thing. He's so easygoing and funny at times

. Once again it was a good reading. I feel like there was more area covered with this one. Even though the first one was still good. I was kind of rushing myself because I wanted to get through all of the questions.

Good reading though all in all. I'll definitely get another one at some point in the future. However, I'm going to try to take a decent amount of time away (4-6 months or so) from getting readings.

For me, It becomes almost an addiction, haha.

SunnyDays · 07-14-2011, 06:58 PM

I have to admit when I am in the middle of a bad situation I have a problem to respond instead of reacting

I try to remind myself more and more that I can change things if I respond in a different way but its a very slow process .. but nonetheless I will continue to get better at it

ChrisL · 07-20-2011, 03:59 PM

Sunny - Yes it can be difficult at first. It's very much like learning how to dance - first we slow down and get the basic steps, then before we know it, we are responding as a natural way of being.

The real trick is to not get too distracted (i.e. stuck in our thoughts, stuck in our need to be right), unfocused, or blocking ourselves from our true expression.

One way to imagine what responding would be like all the time, would be to imagine how it would feel to start life over with consciousness and acknowledgment:

Imagine being born and the whole community welcomes you. Your parents have a love and wisdom that seems beyond your comprehension, and because of that it encourages you onward. Because you are allowed to be yourself, you learn and remember things at a rapid rate, and by the time you're a teenager, you are already finding ways to give back to your community. You feel a deep abiding sense of love, wisdom, gratitude, compassion, understanding in each moment. You find yourself at exactly the right place at the right time.

Because you have always been internally-validating, and because your family and community have always supported you, you embody your life purpose at an early age and begin to have spiritual experiences at young age - epiphanies, intuition, sudden knowing, etc. As you realize that time/space is more malleable that what science has taught, you begin to freely communicate with a variety of spirits - angelic, pan realm, humans who are out of body.

Your life continues to unfold at a rapid rate so that your consciousness even surpasses your parents, which you extend to the greater service of your immediate community and the world. You find that you can connect with everyone you meet, and that your partner and children help unfold your vision of life in their own way - freely communicating in the moment. Feelings of gratitude and reverence permeate your entire body, as you continue to unfold gracefully for the rest of your blessed life.....

Now if this is what responding leads to, why would we ever choose not to be present with ourselves?

SunnyDays · 07-20-2011, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Sunny - Yes it can be difficult at first. It's very much like learning how to dance - first we slow down and get the basic steps, then before we know it, we are responding as a natural way of being.

The real trick is to not get too distracted (i.e. stuck in our thoughts, stuck in our need to be right), unfocused, or blocking ourselves from our true expression.

One way to imagine what responding would be like all the time, would be to imagine how it would feel to start life over with consciousness and acknowledgment:

Imagine being born and the whole community welcomes you. Your parents have a love and wisdom that seems beyond your comprehension, and because of that it encourages you onward. Because you are allowed to be yourself, you learn and remember things at a rapid rate, and by the time you're a teenager, you are already finding ways to give back to your community. You feel a deep abiding sense of love, wisdom, gratitude, compassion, understanding in each moment. You find yourself at exactly the right place at the right time.

Because you have always been internally-validating, and because your family and community have always supported you, you embody your life purpose at an early age and begin to have spiritual experiences at young age - epiphanies, intuition, sudden knowing, etc. As you realize that time/space is more malleable that what science has taught, you begin to freely communicate with a variety of spirits - angelic, pan realm, humans who are out of body.

Your life continues to unfold at a rapid rate so that your consciousness even surpasses your parents, which you extend to the greater service of your immediate community and the world. You find that you can connect with everyone you meet, and that your partner and children help unfold your vision of life in their own way - freely communicating in the moment. Feelings of gratitude and reverence permeate your entire body, as you continue to unfold gracefully for the rest of your blessed life.....

Now if this is what responding leads to, why would we ever choose not to be present with ourselves?

Thanks Chris that sounds wonderful and I am sure I am getting better with it

and I will put this sentence under my pillow

:

The real trick is to not get too distracted (i.e. stuck in our thoughts, stuck in our need to be right), unfocused, or blocking ourselves from our true expression.

ChrisL · 07-21-2011, 05:00 PM

Sunny - To use the words of your tagline, I'm getting more skilled with it too!

My life reminder for now is: Embracing every day as my last, every moment becomes my first. Everyone is sacred, everything is divine.

angel A · 07-21-2011, 05:38 PM

Hi ChisL for many years now i seem to have this thing about time.I dream about being late, often,and in real life, i do everything at break neck speed,although i am much better than i used to be, as if i won't be here tomorrow.It's like i have to hurry because time is running out and ,if i'm late something terrible will happen.

I know that i have to work it out,and when doing so, the pieces will fall into place and it will alter my life in some way,but am unsure how to go about it. I would reslly appreciate some advice!

angel A · 07-23-2011, 02:28 PM

An amazing thing happened this morning that has enlightened me and, i believe, given me the answer to the above, so no help needed now thanks.

ChrisL · 07-23-2011, 02:50 PM

Angel A - Great! I love the cosmic timing of how things work out.

Dreams can be such a blessing to help us discover what's needed. Back when I was having difficulties figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I would have acting dreams. First it started off as a rehearsal, and somehow I didn't know my lines or even what my part was. Then I kept having the same dream - I'd be onstage and not know my part. It kept escalating - dress rehearsal, opening night!

So here I am on opening night onstage looking down into the orchestra pit telling the director I don't know my part. He looks up at me and says "Okay, what can you do?" - which I took to mean, start with where I'm at and go from there.

I woke up so relieved that I didn't have to have all the answers to my life path at that moment, but that I could simply start doing something and piece it together.

I'm glad you had an epiphany!

angel A · 07-24-2011, 10:11 AM

ChrisL you are so right it is amazing how these things work! It's as if i asked the question and decided i must work this out, and in a few days i do work it out.By posting here i must have subconsiously been ready to recieve the answer.

I won't go into detail but, i know why i had this issue with time.It was something i did in a past life, i believe, and something that i probably couldn't accept happened! Hopefully this time issue,in real life and, played out in dreams,will also dissappear, although it may take a while because it's more like habit now.

ChrisL · 07-25-2011, 02:55 PM

Once I was interviewing a Sufi Master for a tv show and asked him "How do I live in the world and still be on a spiritual path?"

He said "Most people are trying to make themselves "okay" through their husbands, wives, children, money, house, possessions, work - everything outside of them. If you can realize that you're intrinsically okay just as you are, then everything becomes spiritual".

Tanvir Arefin Halim · 08-27-2011, 04:13 PM

I had a great Akashic Records reading with Chris

. He knew some stuff without ever me telling him - cant be searched online etc. Gj!

SunnyDays · 08-27-2011, 06:08 PM

[QUOTE=ChrisL;951794]My life reminder for now is: Embracing every day as my last, every moment becomes my first. Everyone is sacred, everything is divine.[/QUOTE

Since months I have been in the middle of a big argument with our landlord and at the beginning I reacted.. and then eventually I started to respond .To fast forward we cancelled our contract and will be moving out soon but even though I thought that I can never look at the "Idiot" as being a sacred and divine entity I have now come to a point were I almost want to help him even though he has caused us nothing but stress and trauma within the last months .. Its just like I don't want to think about what he did/said because in the end he was hurting himself not me.. Do I make any sense ..Not sure but I post anyways

Anyways since I respond instead to react I feel calm and in control, like everything is combining up to my advantage

So thanks for this thread Chris

ChrisL · 09-01-2011, 08:38 PM

Tanvir - Thanks for the kudos! Keep in touch and let me know how you're doing.

SunnyDays - I can understand exactly what you're saying. Thanks for sharing. When we allow ourselves to shift internally, then the external triggering can totally shift as well. I remember the first time I knew that my dad, who I had been angry with, was no longer the same person I knew. And once I released enough conflict about him, I stopped being angry about the past, I stopped holding him and myself to the past, and I could see him more clearly now.

Our response is so powerful because when we get what it is truly about, we realize that we can choose what we embody, living from the inside-out, and can have greater levels of awareness and love, instead of feeling subjugated by our circumstances.

MissyA · 09-02-2011, 04:39 PM

Hi Chris,

Are you still offering readings? I sent you an email, but not sure if I should have sent a PM, I am new to this.....Thanks in advance for you response.

Missy

ChrisL · 09-02-2011, 07:28 PM

MissyA - Yes I'm still offering both kinds of sessions. I sent you and email - let's chat more about what you want either by email or pm.

ChrisL · 10-26-2011, 12:39 AM

Everyone - I'm reviving the offer for both the Akashic Records consulting and Authentic Response coaching on a sliding scale, starting at $50/hr for anyone making less than $30K. Feel free to post on this thread or send me a pm if you have questions about this!

leia337 · 10-28-2011, 09:09 PM

Hi Chris,

I just posted you a PM. I'm in! Waiting on your reply.

SoulPeace · 10-29-2011, 11:31 AM

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And once I released enough conflict about him, I stopped being angry about the past, I stopped holding him and myself to the past, and I could see him more clearly now.

Our response is so powerful because when we get what it is truly about, we realize that we can choose what we embody, living from the inside-out, and can have greater levels of awareness and love, instead of feeling subjugated by our circumstances.

Chris, I found the above quote from you about your father very intriguing. What did you do to release?

ChrisL · 10-29-2011, 06:59 PM

Leia - Thanks! I received your pm - we just need to setup a time for the session. I sent you a pm.

SoulPeace - I've been aware of my dad issues since I was a kid, so by the time I was in college I started taking workshops, reading books, etc to get a better handle on it. I also realized that I would become just like him if I didn't understand him, so I interviewed him about his childhood - which he didn't particularly like because it was so painful, and brought up anger/sadness, but which helped me immensely to see who he was and to not take him so personally. Then in addition to personal development workshops where I would do things like holotropic breathwork to release the past, I also began getting individual and group sessions - hypnotherapy, body-mind psychotherapy, Alaya Process, biodynamic cranial-sacral, massage, accupressure, acupuncture, Contact Improv, Men's Group, singing, dancing, sports - all helped me express myself, release my past and get present.

My Authentic Response coaching is an integration of what I've learned in how to get to the heart of our issues, not just based on working with clients, but from my own experience. I'm grateful that though it took me years to work through stuff, it doesn't have to take that long for others. Thanks for asking.

SoulPeace · 10-30-2011, 10:47 PM

Thank you Chris for explaining that. I thought I did a really good job cleaning up the past and releasing, but I found that there are a few more things I have to do. I had a past due package (over 1 month late) that I called the sender and reported and also informed the Post Office that it had not come. I received a replacement from the sender and then the original came. I sent an email to the vender to let them know that it finally had come and the response to me was, "I don't BELIEVE it. This never happens to anyone else."

This was a trigger for me and at first I laughed it off then I began the trip into past reactions. While I realize I did things better I need to release the whole deal...emotions, reactions etc.

So I am trying first to reason out why the heck this happens so I don't take the trip again. I think I'm doing pretty good looking at it, but the term "release" seems like such an action word.

06-28-2011, 03:06 PM	#35 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	I've been asked about what helps us to have healthy relationships. These are some basic steps that I recommend in having healthy relationships: 1 Safety & Healthy Boundaries 2 Acknowledging Needs 3 Creating Agreements 4 Consequences Safety and Healthy Boundaries It's impossible to really be in true relationship with someone, instead of just projecting our issues onto them, if we are not feeling safe. When we're in trauma mode, our consciousness shifts from the frontal lobe to the primal/reptilian brain, which is all about movement - it's literally impossible to think because we're not using a part of the brain that does that! What are some Trauma Grounding techniques? Feeling our feet on the ground Feeling our lower body with our hands Stretching out and feeling ourselves in a bigger, adult body so that we're not regressing Slow movement that helps us feel contained Pushing against a tree/wall to activate our active defenses and help us feel safe. Getting any kind of trauma resolution therapies can help as well, which can include things like hypnotherapy, body-mind therapies, biodynamic cranial sacral work, EFT, EMDR, holotropic breathwork - the list goes on. If we aren't aware of our boundaries, then we are likely receiving or creating a boundary violation with someone. Imagine standing face to face with someone with our hands out touching theirs. Now start pushing back and forth, sometimes receiving and sometimes giving energy, sometimes pushing to set a boundary, sometimes trusting and letting others in closer. A healthy relationship feels like this - a dance where the boundaries are changeable. If we don't know how to change energetically change our boundaries, we will end up either physically moving (i.e. withdrawing, overpowering others), or we will begin to reflect our boundaries in our bodies (i.e. get rigid to push others away). Acknowledging Needs - Once we're safely in our bodies with healthy boundaries, it becomes much easier to track our needs and communicate them with our partners. If we're not acknowledging ourselves, then it becomes very easy and even seductive (i.e. blame others, feel habitually angry, sad, rejected, less than) to override ourselves and not ask for what we want. Acknowledging ourselves includes using all of our body's senses, tracking our posture, movement, and even listening to our intuition. Creating Agreements - If we our fully listening to ourselves and communicating directly, then it becomes easier to create agreements. If we don't have agreements then it becomes a series of guesswork which can make life difficult (i.e. "If he knows me, he should already know what to do!", "If she really loved me, I shouldn't have to explain to her!", "I want someone who just psychically knows what to do with me"). I'm not trying to downgrade relationships to business status, but imagine what your business would be like if you didn't have any agreements? Most people would be bankrupt. Consequences - Just like children need to know the consequences of something so they can learn, if we make agreements and break them with no consequences, there isn't any reason to have an agreement. I've seen plenty of spouses and children who stop listening because nothing every happens - there is never any follow through. Stay committed to your vision of conscious, effortless life and lead by example, so that your spouse and children have an understanding of how to be.

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06-20-2011, 02:41 PM	#31 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Infinity - Or maybe you worked as a whaler and someone you loved broke up with you (or died while you were gone) because you were gone so much. Maybe you got angry and blamed the whales. More sailors died as a result of whaling back then. Keep breathing and let us know! Weena - Thanks for the initial kudos on the post. Why did it turn into Nevermind? Especially right now, the more practical and real techniques we can use the better.

06-24-2011, 05:20 PM	#33 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Weena - Thanks for having been on this forum! You were open, encouraging, engaging, humorous and insightful - and it's been my pleasure to have connected with you if only for the past year. I'll miss your comments in here since you're moving on, but will look forward to connecting with you in other places. Thanks for all that you've given! And I still look forward to coming to Australia/New Zealand!

06-27-2011, 12:28 AM	#34 (permalink)
infinitytruth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 166	I asked about the whale thing at this webinar that I attended. He was a channeler. He said that it had to do with some kind of ending or fear of an ending. The rest of what he said went completely over my head. He didn't go too into detail about it. The one cool thing about the webinar though, was I briefly seen vivid greenish-blue colors while trying to connect to the channeled entity. That hasn't happened in a while.

07-05-2011, 04:30 PM	#36 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Everyone - What is your experience of being authentic and cleanly responding instead of reacting? How has it changed your life? Where do you get stuck in reaction and need more support and awareness? Please feel free to contribute here so that others can benefit from your experience!

07-05-2011, 04:46 PM	#37 (permalink)
veloci Retired Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 978	My experience is leading me up to the point that I am a Creator - all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful. This is a reality I have transformed into to experience what I need from The Truth. Love is the path back to God. When I am ready to step into power and live from a Creator's perspective is when my life will change dramatically. I am a Creator co-creating with nature, Gaia, my brothers and sisters, angels, so forth. Everything I have transformed from the Truth to fit my reality... It is all my responsibility. They just ARE... My fear of rejection is diminishing because I am realizing how much power I actually have. If a girl bitches on me, it is my responsibility to determine how I take it. I am simply an observer brimming with love. I can view the bitching as "it just is" and wait patiently for her when she is ready to do whatever. I have received many epiphanies. They are all leading me up to start in the foot step of our Creator. I have so much power that I have yet to realize. I am now asking God to help me with everything, and to ultimately give me the life that is best for me for God knows what I need the most, hence it is why he wants me to have a particular life. Yea, my perspective on life is changing dramatically. It is a slow transformation, but it is getting there none the less. Oh to simply be means to be God - be Creator. I am noticing this unshakable peace within me. No matter how "bad" or "good" a situation gets, I am always at peace. Meditation is helping me incredibly to be this observer. lol, I feel I will be ready soon to step into the Creator's shoes and manifest whatever God wants to give me. What I know for certain is it will be an abundant, exciting, joyful life since God wants me to be happy. God wants to manifest a girl into my life? So be it. God wants to manifest me into some kind of master spiritualist? So be it. God wants me to be raped, get AIDS, whatever? So be it. I realize I have no control over what my fate actually is. I may as well roll with it and enjoy the experiences from the Creator's perspective.

07-14-2011, 01:52 PM	#38 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Tony - Sounds like you're having an amazing transformational experience. Thanks so much for sharing! Everyone - I just wanted to clarify something here. We place events into our lives before we even incarnate. Then if we react (partial response), that re-creates a certain outcome and circumstances (i.e. typically similar situations keep getting attracted or re-created by us). When we respond - a full body-soul expression based in the present moment, unrehearsed, giving ourselves what we need - then that creates a different outcome and circumstances. We essentially let go of the past, including who we held ourselves to being in the past. So it's not about whether we're in control of our lives (although no one has to be a victim), it's not even about whether we're expressing a certain emotion like happiness (because our emotions will change all the time), it's more about "how can I respond with ever greater levels of awareness and gratitude?" What is your experience everyone?

07-14-2011, 02:46 PM	#39 (permalink)
blackbjl Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2	This is my first post! I've been lurking in the shadows here for a couple of months and figured it was time to drop a note. I had my first Akashic reading ever with Chris this week and just wanted to personally thank him here for his time. Not only did the session validate so much for me, but Chris made me feel very comfortable and at ease right from the start. The hardest part for me is just "showing up" for a reading or contributing to a post. Chris makes that part super easy, which is so much appreciated. I recommend to anyone that's thinking about scheduling time with Chris to get off the fence and do it! I'm glad that I finally did....thanks again Chris! Jason

07-14-2011, 04:00 PM	#40 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Jason - You came out of the shadows! Woohoo! (Celebration music, streamers, parade down Main Street). Thanks for being willing to play here. You never know how many people can relate to what you're expressing. It was my pleasure to work with such a kindred spirit. You're like a kernel of corn that is about to pop, and your groundedness made it even easier to work with you. Rock on and we'll talk soon!

07-14-2011, 06:44 PM	#41 (permalink)
infinitytruth Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 166	I had another reading from Chris to figure out the whale thing. He's so easygoing and funny at times . Once again it was a good reading. I feel like there was more area covered with this one. Even though the first one was still good. I was kind of rushing myself because I wanted to get through all of the questions. Good reading though all in all. I'll definitely get another one at some point in the future. However, I'm going to try to take a decent amount of time away (4-6 months or so) from getting readings. For me, It becomes almost an addiction, haha.

07-14-2011, 06:58 PM	#42 (permalink)
SunnyDays Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Good ole Europe Posts: 319	I have to admit when I am in the middle of a bad situation I have a problem to respond instead of reacting I try to remind myself more and more that I can change things if I respond in a different way but its a very slow process .. but nonetheless I will continue to get better at it

07-20-2011, 03:59 PM	#43 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Sunny - Yes it can be difficult at first. It's very much like learning how to dance - first we slow down and get the basic steps, then before we know it, we are responding as a natural way of being. The real trick is to not get too distracted (i.e. stuck in our thoughts, stuck in our need to be right), unfocused, or blocking ourselves from our true expression. One way to imagine what responding would be like all the time, would be to imagine how it would feel to start life over with consciousness and acknowledgment: Imagine being born and the whole community welcomes you. Your parents have a love and wisdom that seems beyond your comprehension, and because of that it encourages you onward. Because you are allowed to be yourself, you learn and remember things at a rapid rate, and by the time you're a teenager, you are already finding ways to give back to your community. You feel a deep abiding sense of love, wisdom, gratitude, compassion, understanding in each moment. You find yourself at exactly the right place at the right time. Because you have always been internally-validating, and because your family and community have always supported you, you embody your life purpose at an early age and begin to have spiritual experiences at young age - epiphanies, intuition, sudden knowing, etc. As you realize that time/space is more malleable that what science has taught, you begin to freely communicate with a variety of spirits - angelic, pan realm, humans who are out of body. Your life continues to unfold at a rapid rate so that your consciousness even surpasses your parents, which you extend to the greater service of your immediate community and the world. You find that you can connect with everyone you meet, and that your partner and children help unfold your vision of life in their own way - freely communicating in the moment. Feelings of gratitude and reverence permeate your entire body, as you continue to unfold gracefully for the rest of your blessed life..... Now if this is what responding leads to, why would we ever choose not to be present with ourselves?

07-21-2011, 05:00 PM	#45 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Sunny - To use the words of your tagline, I'm getting more skilled with it too! My life reminder for now is: Embracing every day as my last, every moment becomes my first. Everyone is sacred, everything is divine.

07-21-2011, 05:38 PM	#46 (permalink)
angel A Retired Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 360	Hi ChisL for many years now i seem to have this thing about time.I dream about being late, often,and in real life, i do everything at break neck speed,although i am much better than i used to be, as if i won't be here tomorrow.It's like i have to hurry because time is running out and ,if i'm late something terrible will happen. I know that i have to work it out,and when doing so, the pieces will fall into place and it will alter my life in some way,but am unsure how to go about it. I would reslly appreciate some advice!

07-23-2011, 02:28 PM	#47 (permalink)
angel A Retired Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 360	An amazing thing happened this morning that has enlightened me and, i believe, given me the answer to the above, so no help needed now thanks.

07-23-2011, 02:50 PM	#48 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Angel A - Great! I love the cosmic timing of how things work out. Dreams can be such a blessing to help us discover what's needed. Back when I was having difficulties figuring out what I wanted to do with my life, I would have acting dreams. First it started off as a rehearsal, and somehow I didn't know my lines or even what my part was. Then I kept having the same dream - I'd be onstage and not know my part. It kept escalating - dress rehearsal, opening night! So here I am on opening night onstage looking down into the orchestra pit telling the director I don't know my part. He looks up at me and says "Okay, what can you do?" - which I took to mean, start with where I'm at and go from there. I woke up so relieved that I didn't have to have all the answers to my life path at that moment, but that I could simply start doing something and piece it together. I'm glad you had an epiphany!

07-24-2011, 10:11 AM	#49 (permalink)
angel A Retired Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 360	ChrisL you are so right it is amazing how these things work! It's as if i asked the question and decided i must work this out, and in a few days i do work it out.By posting here i must have subconsiously been ready to recieve the answer. I won't go into detail but, i know why i had this issue with time.It was something i did in a past life, i believe, and something that i probably couldn't accept happened! Hopefully this time issue,in real life and, played out in dreams,will also dissappear, although it may take a while because it's more like habit now.

07-25-2011, 02:55 PM	#50 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Once I was interviewing a Sufi Master for a tv show and asked him "How do I live in the world and still be on a spiritual path?" He said "Most people are trying to make themselves "okay" through their husbands, wives, children, money, house, possessions, work - everything outside of them. If you can realize that you're intrinsically okay just as you are, then everything becomes spiritual".

08-27-2011, 04:13 PM	#51 (permalink)
Tanvir Arefin Halim Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 42	I had a great Akashic Records reading with Chris . He knew some stuff without ever me telling him - cant be searched online etc. Gj!

08-27-2011, 06:08 PM	#52 (permalink)
SunnyDays Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Good ole Europe Posts: 319	[QUOTE=ChrisL;951794]My life reminder for now is: Embracing every day as my last, every moment becomes my first. Everyone is sacred, everything is divine.[/QUOTE Since months I have been in the middle of a big argument with our landlord and at the beginning I reacted.. and then eventually I started to respond .To fast forward we cancelled our contract and will be moving out soon but even though I thought that I can never look at the "Idiot" as being a sacred and divine entity I have now come to a point were I almost want to help him even though he has caused us nothing but stress and trauma within the last months .. Its just like I don't want to think about what he did/said because in the end he was hurting himself not me.. Do I make any sense ..Not sure but I post anyways Anyways since I respond instead to react I feel calm and in control, like everything is combining up to my advantage So thanks for this thread Chris

09-01-2011, 08:38 PM	#53 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Tanvir - Thanks for the kudos! Keep in touch and let me know how you're doing. SunnyDays - I can understand exactly what you're saying. Thanks for sharing. When we allow ourselves to shift internally, then the external triggering can totally shift as well. I remember the first time I knew that my dad, who I had been angry with, was no longer the same person I knew. And once I released enough conflict about him, I stopped being angry about the past, I stopped holding him and myself to the past, and I could see him more clearly now. Our response is so powerful because when we get what it is truly about, we realize that we can choose what we embody, living from the inside-out, and can have greater levels of awareness and love, instead of feeling subjugated by our circumstances.

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09-02-2011, 04:39 PM	#54 (permalink)
MissyA Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 8	Hi Chris, Are you still offering readings? I sent you an email, but not sure if I should have sent a PM, I am new to this.....Thanks in advance for you response. Missy

09-02-2011, 07:28 PM	#55 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	MissyA - Yes I'm still offering both kinds of sessions. I sent you and email - let's chat more about what you want either by email or pm.

10-26-2011, 12:39 AM	#56 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Everyone - I'm reviving the offer for both the Akashic Records consulting and Authentic Response coaching on a sliding scale, starting at $50/hr for anyone making less than $30K. Feel free to post on this thread or send me a pm if you have questions about this!

10-28-2011, 09:09 PM	#57 (permalink)
leia337 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Posts: 4	Hi Chris, I just posted you a PM. I'm in! Waiting on your reply.

10-29-2011, 06:59 PM	#59 (permalink)
ChrisL Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: US Posts: 781	Leia - Thanks! I received your pm - we just need to setup a time for the session. I sent you a pm. SoulPeace - I've been aware of my dad issues since I was a kid, so by the time I was in college I started taking workshops, reading books, etc to get a better handle on it. I also realized that I would become just like him if I didn't understand him, so I interviewed him about his childhood - which he didn't particularly like because it was so painful, and brought up anger/sadness, but which helped me immensely to see who he was and to not take him so personally. Then in addition to personal development workshops where I would do things like holotropic breathwork to release the past, I also began getting individual and group sessions - hypnotherapy, body-mind psychotherapy, Alaya Process, biodynamic cranial-sacral, massage, accupressure, acupuncture, Contact Improv, Men's Group, singing, dancing, sports - all helped me express myself, release my past and get present. My Authentic Response coaching is an integration of what I've learned in how to get to the heart of our issues, not just based on working with clients, but from my own experience. I'm grateful that though it took me years to work through stuff, it doesn't have to take that long for others. Thanks for asking.

10-30-2011, 10:47 PM	#60 (permalink)
SoulPeace Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 42	Thank you Chris for explaining that. I thought I did a really good job cleaning up the past and releasing, but I found that there are a few more things I have to do. I had a past due package (over 1 month late) that I called the sender and reported and also informed the Post Office that it had not come. I received a replacement from the sender and then the original came. I sent an email to the vender to let them know that it finally had come and the response to me was, "I don't BELIEVE it. This never happens to anyone else." This was a trigger for me and at first I laughed it off then I began the trip into past reactions. While I realize I did things better I need to release the whole deal...emotions, reactions etc. So I am trying first to reason out why the heck this happens so I don't take the trip again. I think I'm doing pretty good looking at it, but the term "release" seems like such an action word.