Accessing Meaning And Purpose

How do you communicate with your loved one? Are there some places where you feel closer to them? Have you had any experiences where you’ve felt they have communicated with you? It’s fitting then, that this energy centre that sits between our soul and the divine is called the soulstar. The loss of a loved one can drag us down so that we feel controlled by events that don’t make sense to us. Accessing meaning and purpose, let alone transcending our perceptions or transforming our suffering, can seem impossible in grief. In healing, we may come to understand our personal suffering as part of a universal experience. We may find some consolation as we surface and transcend unseen aspects of the mysteries of life and death. It seems when we can make more meaning of our experience, we can access some transcendent aspects that were previously unavailable to us. The soulstar chakra is a source of energy that can support us to access and use our higher selves as we heal from grief. Make time for regular meditation practise, which allows us to extend our awareness. Take some time to gaze at the stars to remind yourself of the mysterious connection you share. Connect yourself with that energy as you begin to heal. Use bells, gongs, or Tibetan singing bowls to generate vibrations and make them ring. Move them around your body, especially your head, and notice what happens as the vibrations move through you.

Love Will Not Let You Down

Visualize a beautiful gold colour. Play with it in your imagination until you have the perfect shade for you. Allow that to flow from your soulstar chakra down over your head until it fills every corner of your mind, every cell in your body, and every part of your being. It calls us to explore our higher selves as we heal. Repeat some affirmations that confirm your sense of purpose and possibility and add your own. I trust my intuition. I have many ways of knowing. My soul shines in the great mystery. My life has meaning. I connect with my purpose. Reinforce each affirmation by repeating it or saying And so, it is. You’re going to draw a map of your life.

Living In The Material World

Honour this time you have given yourself. Gently push away all those things that will wait until later. Write them down, if it will assist you, and set the list aside. Ground yourself by noticing your body, feet on the floor, chair holding you, and air moving against your skin. Place the names of your parents beside your star. From the star draw a path that represents your childhood, adding siblings, houses, schools, and anything else that has significance for you. Mark any key events across time and make your path turn and twist accordingly. Take your time as you remember the sweet and the bitter. Keep going along that path, adding in significant people and positive and negative influences in your life. Take your coloured pencils or pens. Use your colours to highlight significant things along your lifeline that you remember about your loved one who’s died. Depending on your relationship, those events may run across your lifetime, while another’s paths may intersect only briefly with yours.

Feeling Too Much

Choose a colour or symbol to highlight the death of your loved one on your timeline. At this stage, it may be an unmarked road, or you may have identified some things in your future. Mark your road ahead as you wish. You may have some other aspects you want to capture with other colours, make it your own. The lifeline may have assisted you to see your life’s journey from a distance. You might like to write about this experience and what it revealed. You might also like to speak to your therapist or a trusted person about your insights. You may choose to do it from your garden or your balcony, or you may prefer to go for a walk, or even to a place where there is less artificial light. Consciously ground yourself, aware of your earthstar chakra and mindfully releasing your weight to what sits beneath you. Breathe out with an aaaah. Take three deep breaths and relax your body a little more with each one. Let your eyes move and rest as they wish. Connect your energy to the night sky, releasing yourself to what is above you. Breathe out with an aaaah. Join your hands at your heart centre and then, keeping your palms together, move them up past your face and crown until you reach your soulstar chakra, about fifteen centimetres above your head. Breathe in and move your palms apart and open to the sky, connecting with the stardust and the mystery above you. Use your breath and your intention to connect your soulstar energy to the sacred stars. Allow yourself to receive energy and healing. As the meditation ends, take a final breath and notice your inner state. You may wish to journal afterwards. You can come back to all or part of this meditation at any time, connecting yourself with the stars and remembering your source and the energy you share with the stars. It appears in art and architecture and was often found at doorways and gateways to ward off evil. Religious traditions adopted the labyrinth as an experience of pilgrimage, a meditative walk that moves in a circle to a central point and then out again. Many cities have labyrinths in public spaces and gardens, and you can visit and walk their paths. If not, you can design your own labyrinth experience. It may be most effective if you walk alone, or ask your walking companions to give you some space on a longer walk. Consider the places you might walk for contemplation. Choose one walk and, before you begin, identify a spot that’s about half way round and stop. Choose an intention for the first half of your labyrinth walk. Choose an intention for the second half of your labyrinth walk.