A Spiritual Crossroads for Adolescents: The Powerful Influence of Past Lives

Occasionally I write up information for one of my clients that seems it may appeal to a broader audience. This is one of those articles that I feel may have an interest for those who do spiritual counseling, those who have children - and those who ever were children themselves!

Feel free to contact me directly about this topic at Corinne@Spiritual-Healthcare.net, leave a comment, or a post at The Wellness Project Message Board.

At around 14 years of age both young women and men hit a point in their personal growth when they are boldly and innocently wide open to what life has to offer them.

There is a day they step forward into their life at the crossroads between childhood and adulthood, and everything changes. On this day, they stake out a claim in the world for themselves. Their attention turns fully towards the world outside of their childhood home and they ask, “Who am I in the world?” They turn and face the unknown, on this day, with complete and total confidence in their ability to live life in their own independent way.

In their innocence, they presume they can handle anything. They believe they know everything they need to succeed, and they believe in their own invincibility. They also believe completely in the wisdom of their peers.

As they boldly step into the world, they are bombarded by experiences that far out distance their knowledge and that of their peers. Life is not what they had anticipated. The scope of what they discover seems overwhelmingly immense. Some of their experiences are understood. Some are unfathomable. It is guaranteed that their lives will be touched in powerful ways physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

They have no context to evaluate these new experiences, especially the past life connections which become a part of them in a flood of sensations. They will have no recall about the specifics of these past lives only the sensations which they will not be able to process. The past lives will create feelings and thoughts that will not make sense in the context of what they consciously know.

This is a time when worlds collide and the total spiritual experience of the adolescent’s Being-ness meets them on the road of life. Often times this creates tremendous confusion and suffering.

This point in a young person’s life will guide them for the rest of their life and hi-light the nature of the suffering they must travel through to meet their personal challenges.

If we as parents and counseling professionals could realize the full implications of this adolescent spiritual crossroads, the highest good could be served.

With blessings for deeper understanding and wellness, I wish you a good day.

We had our First Snow the other Night and the Angels Spoke of Healing

On the evening of November 9th and into the wee hours of November 10th, it snowed here in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.

It wasn’t a lot of snow, maybe - 2 inches but the impact of those few inches was felt, loud and clear. Those whispering, angelic voices were mocking me, I knew it!

I could hear their calming, sweet voices whispering words of support and inner peace. “Rest…Be at peace…Time for reflection…Sleep well…”

But…I resisted shouting, “It’s too early for snow! I don’t have the new all weather tires on my car yet. I haven’t finished raking the leaves in the side yard. The lawn furniture is still outside. I haven’t cut back the perennial grasses yet. Oil prices are out of control! If it is cold this early in the season, I could run out of wood for the wood stove. Is anybody out there listening???” SIGH.

So…this morning, it was 20 degrees at 7:00am – a true sign that winter is here to stay. I guess I’ll have to get over my resistance, put the snow shovel by the front door, and prepare myself to “rest" and “be at peace.” DOUBLE SIGH.

I did get out and take a few pictures from my front porch – and I must admit it is beautiful. Isn’t it?