An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside of us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies & ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy & truth."
The boy thought about it, and asked, "Grandfather, which wolf wins?" The old man quietly replied, "The one you feed."
This is so true about life and spirituality. Here's why.
Recently I have watched as people I deeply love have come under attack from others who see them as competitors within their industry. The amazing thing about the hospitality industry is that there is more than enough to go around. Those who are enlightened know that to support each other only means more growth and abundance within everyone’s business.
After all, the more variety on offer in one area, the more foot traffic, interest and support it will generate for the precinct. Spiritual and intuitive development is much the same.
I am most outspoken about the general lack of censorship and professionalism within the Spiritual community. Having said this, it is not often I will actively go and warn people against attending certain things. I absolutely express my opinion on arenas within my teaching capacity as I have genuinely lived, loved, studied and practitioned long enough in my discipline to understand with certainty when and where a teacher’s agenda is coming from.
So what is this about?
Recently, and within the past, I have again been criticized for not being Spiritual enough. I think because I have a severe lack of crystals that I wear and a somewhat direct nature (chuckle chuckle), I do not seem to quite fit in with the pre-conceived notions of the term ‘Spiritual’.
So what does ‘Spiritual’ mean? To me it means: one who is willing, open and evolutionary within their concept of living both with spirit and humans. ‘Spiritual’ means that as a human I can still live and feel emotions but at all times will attempt to modify my reactive response to a pro-active one.
During a recent channelling session, I, as Julianna, felt great sadness for a situation a mother was facing whilst I was being a conduit for my Guide. As such, I felt myself cry whilst my Guide continued to channel the information.
I opened up my email a few days later and had an interesting comment from a former member of an association I once knew. This letter scoffed at the fact that I had 'apparently condescended to actually show emotion considering my severe lack of spirituality and respect for spiritualism'. I was also reprimanded for starting the Spirited Sunday Sessions, as these were also considered to be academic in performance and not spiritual enough.
So what did I do?
I hopped onto Facebook to say something and then I saw the wolf quote on a friend’s wall.......so I stole it.....and felt ashamed that I had actually gotten so annoyed about the email. In my defence, in one week I have been abused for studying Judaism, abused for refusing to align with rules and regulations for the so-called ‘Spiritual’ movement, generally been annoyed by the ignorant and had people sign up for my newsletter just to tell me they had done this “to uphold me as the radical example of what a young, renegade psychic with no respect for Spirit can throw into society to damage the spiritual movement and all the work they have done over the years.” Quite a week...
So I read this quote and it reminded me that:
- I am not a renegade, just Julianna;
- I am not only a ‘psychic’... but Julianna who was delivered into this world with a tool and a mandate to share it from my God and Guides;
- It is ok to be human yet not inhumane;
- It is ok to feel emotion yet not judge;
- It is ok to be who you are without excuse or lie;
- It is ok to have a different relationship with spirit and understand this is the natural order of things-for me;
- It is ok to have a dream to bring this young, experienced knowledge into the arena, even in the face of constant, wave after wave of opposition;
- It is ok to not wear crystals.....unless they are pink or champagne tourmalines.....a garnet or emerald.....perhaps the odd Ceylon sapphire...;
- It is ok to write what I feel, am Guided to and observe, because those who wish to read will and those who don’t won’t;
- It is ok to feel the hunger of disappointment of a situation yet still act with integrity; and
- It is ok to understand that there is sooo much space within both the human and the soul to develop, that attending to one area is not a threat to another.
Integrity was once surmised by Oprah as the things we do right when no one is looking. This is also my definition of Spiritualism. What’s yours and which wolf will you feed?
