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Druidry as a Path of Enlightenment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve\nseen a number of articles debating this topic, and I very much want\nto say that my own solitary druid path has been nothing but<\/strong> a\npath to enlightenment! An email from an acquaintance recently said\nhow she was interested in druidry but didn\u2019t know how to integrate\nit into her life. Well, my own path is the easiest thing in the world\nto integrate into anyone\u2019s life because it\u2019s so simple<\/strong>. I\nwent to a school to learn energy healing 23 years ago and since then,\nI\u2019ve done two half-hour meditations a day. The first one, in the\nmorning, is when I pick crises happening across the world from the\ndaily news to hold in the light. It has utterly amazed<\/strong> me how\nmany of these I have deep inner resonance with. I finally decided\nthat all the dark happenings across the global stage are old fear\narchetypes being brought up for healing by the universe, that\neveryone <\/strong>could benefit by helping heal them as they come\nalong. This small morning meditation has moved me forward by leaps\nand bounds and healed old inner darkness in my soul I\u2019d never have\nremembered otherwise. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And\nthe second meditation I do is in the evening, when I take all\nnegative personal experiences of that one day, find the fear behind\neach event, and heal these in love. This, too, has been utterly\nmiraculous<\/strong> in teaching me how we all create our own outer\n\u2018realities\u2019 and how these can be changed in the blink of an eye\nwith inner healing. It\u2019s the tiny diamond core, the drop of\nsparkling light in the middle of the four lobes of the heart, I use\nfor healing. This light has a highly creative essence, and it creates\nall the fear and love beliefs surrounding it into our own little\nworlds. But the best part is that even ancient cosmic fears can be\ntransmuted in seconds. I simply imagine my fears moving into the\ndazzling light there and watch as they melt, transmute, back into\nlight, verbally releasing my contract to believe in that fear at the\nsame time. And that fear is gone forever from my world and will not\nbe created into it again. This, too, has become startlingly obvious\nas I moved along. My outer world became far more gentle, more joyful,\nsimpler, and especially peaceful<\/strong>, so much so that the wonder\nand hope of complete freedom from fear drew me along my path as\nnothing else could, freedom from fear not just for myself, but for\neveryone on earth. This<\/strong> is what gives my heart wings (sparkly\nlilac ones to be exact) quivering in excitement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBut\nlet\u2019s get back to enlightenment. As I kept healing inner fears, I\nsaw different colors of light move down into my aura. Each color\nstayed around me for 2-3 weeks, and then moved out below. It was if I\nwas climbing a rainbow ladder of light, always moving up. And I was.\nThis is enlightenment 101, as simple as can be! In this very\nuncomplicated way, I\u2019ve moved up through 363 planes of light over\n23 years. And I\u2019m radically <\/strong>different from the person I was\nwhen I began this journey. These planes sorted themselves into 7\nworlds or heavens with initiations between each level, first earth,\nthen water, air, then fire, cherub, and bone, and finally diamond,\nwhich I can feel approaching but have not yet endured. Each level has\nits own challenges and gifts to the spirit. The soul level and water\ninitiation taught me that I am not responsible for others and can\nonly change myself, that I create my own reality and I alone am\nresponsible for what happens in my life. I let go of a truckload<\/strong>\nof responsibility for others I\u2019d carried since I was a young child,\nand the need to change others according to my own wants, too (which\nI\u2019m sure my family greatly appreciated!). The third heaven, the\nspirit realms, taught me not to rush too much, to thoroughly enjoy\nthe sacredness of life, to talk with butterflies and trees and\nrivers. It brought the whole world alive for me the way it had been\nwhen I was a young child. Even now, most of my inner knowings come\nfrom talking with nature, not from books or people or social media.\nAll forms of life became sacred to me at that third heaven stage of\nlife, to be nurtured and held in love. Then the fourth level, the\nlogos sun, brought up persistent blockages on virtually everything I\nwanted to do in life, until I learned to back off and wait for the\nuniverse to direct me, instead. It taught me to surrender my personal\ndesires to the will of the universe, divine will. Now, I just live a\nsimple life in my home. I don\u2019t go looking for things to do or try\nto make impressions on anyone. Whatever is needed will come to me as\nsurely as sunrise. And miraculous surprises show up at the\nconsignment store and in chance encounters in the neighborhood all\nthe time. It\u2019s so freeing<\/strong> to take care only of my own small\ntasks every day and let the universe take care of everything else! It\nhas left me time to paint and sew, garden and walk with my dog by the\nsea, and make stained glass and all the fun projects I love so much.\nThen the fifth level brought me into repeated hostile encounters with\nwomen in authority, the pain of which taught me that loving kindness\nis the most<\/strong> important thing in the entire world. I try to hold\nit in my heart in every moment, and I do not accept aggression or\nabusive actions in any of my relationships anymore, none at all.\nHaving been abused as a young child, I\u2019d accepted being pushed\naround far too often before that. How very glad I was to leave it all\nbehind! Then the sixth level led me through the writing of my\ntrilogy, a lot of extremely complicated details about light\nstructures in the seventh heaven that I had to sort out and simplify\nto put into the druid lessons of my trilogy, a whole lot of work, a\nwebbing of detail that took long years to work my way through. But I\nlearned never to make anything over complicated again! Not to rush,\neither. Wordy complicated anything simply turns me off these days,\nand I\u2019m very<\/strong> glad for this simple straight-forward\nlifestyle. And the seventh heaven has meant adding all 23 years of\ninner knowings into those druid lessons of my trilogy, all those ray\ncolors for healing, all those light structures with their Celtic\nregents and the many cosmic cycles they overlight. I am happy to\nembody these knowings and be able to teach and write about them, to\nunderstand the structure of the inner planes so thoroughly. It\u2019s my\npiece to pass along to the world, and there is a deep sense of\ncompletion in my work. And everyone<\/strong> has their own divinity to\nembody along this way to give back to the world in the end, too. And\nthen, my guides say, the diamond initiation, not too far off in the\nfuture, will bring in my true love and world service years, the\ncrystal castle of my deep heart. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But\nit\u2019s not all easy, I should add. Some of the fears, during the\ninitiation phases especially, are quite intense. One becomes a\nspiritual warrior along the way. But I\u2019ve been led so very\ncarefully by my druid guides, and the inner empowerment has grown so\ngradually and steadily, blended in with tending roses and lilies and\nfashioning Celtic clothing to my heart\u2019s content, that it\u2019s been\nas much fun and stretching into new talents as anything else. The\ndruid path is of the Goddess<\/strong> after all, Her spiritual stream\non earth. Of course<\/strong> She blends it with an earth-centered,\nfun-filled life! After facing so many fears along the way, it takes a\ngreat deal to pull me out of center any more, too, a calm core of\nbeing that\u2019s been built along the way. There are life magics that\nare withheld until the core wound is faced and healed during the\ndiamond initiation, too, things hoped for but not realized until the\nvery end of one\u2019s path. So, one must be prepared to wait a long\ntime for some things. I\u2019ve been substituting chocolate kisses for\nreal ones for a good many years now. But that, too, is as it should\nbe, isn\u2019t it? For it\u2019s that promise of true love magic which will\npull me through my diamond initiation into the dazzling diamond core\nof my being in the end. May everyone<\/strong> step into their own\nshimmering dreams-come-true as soon as possible. Enlightenment,\nCeltic<\/strong> style!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jill Rose Frew, Ph.D. <\/strong>is a clinical psychologist, energy healer, workshop leader, and author. She will be opening a school teaching light healing and the Celtic path of enlightenment in 2019. For information, please see www.CelticHeaven.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guardians of the Celtic Way: The Path to Arthurian Fulfillment on <\/strong><\/a>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Druidry as a Path of Enlightenment I\u2019ve seen a number of articles debating this topic, and I very much want to say that my own solitary druid path has been nothing but a path to enlightenment! An email from an acquaintance recently said how she was interested in druidry but didn\u2019t know how to integrate it into her life. Well, my own path is the easiest thing in the world to integrate into anyone\u2019s life because it\u2019s so simple. I went to a school to learn energy healing 23 years ago and since then, I\u2019ve done two half-hour meditations a day. The first one, in the morning, is when I pick crises happening across the world from the daily news to hold in the light. It has utterly amazed me how many of these I have deep inner resonance with. I finally decided that all the dark happenings across the global stage are old fear archetypes being brought up for healing by the universe, that everyone could benefit by helping heal them as they come along. This small morning meditation has moved me forward by leaps and bounds and healed old inner darkness in my soul I\u2019d never have remembered otherwise. And the second meditation I do is in the evening, when I take all negative personal experiences of that one day, find the fear behind each event, and heal these in love. This, too, has been utterly miraculous in teaching me how we all create our own outer \u2018realities\u2019 and how these can be changed in the blink of an eye with inner healing. It\u2019s the tiny diamond core, the drop of sparkling light in the middle of the four lobes of the heart, I use for healing. This light has a highly creative essence, and it creates all the fear and love beliefs surrounding it into our own little worlds. But the best part is that even ancient cosmic fears can be transmuted in seconds. I simply imagine my fears moving into the dazzling light there and watch as they melt, transmute, back into light, verbally releasing my contract to believe in that fear at the same time. And that fear is gone forever from my world and will not be created into it again. This, too, has become startlingly obvious as I moved along. My outer world became far more gentle, more joyful, simpler, and especially peaceful, so much so that the wonder and hope of complete freedom from fear drew me along my path as nothing else could, freedom from fear not just for myself, but for everyone on earth. This is what gives my heart wings (sparkly lilac ones to be exact) quivering in excitement! But let\u2019s get back to enlightenment. As I kept healing inner fears, I saw different colors of light move down into my aura. Each color stayed around me for 2-3 weeks, and then moved out below. It was if I was climbing a rainbow ladder of light, always moving up. And I was. This is enlightenment 101, as simple as can be! In this very uncomplicated way, I\u2019ve moved up through 363 planes of light over 23 years. And I\u2019m radically different from the person I was when I began this journey. These planes sorted themselves into 7 worlds or heavens with initiations between each level, first earth, then water, air, then fire, cherub, and bone, and finally diamond, which I can feel approaching but have not yet endured. Each level has its own challenges and gifts to the spirit. The soul level and water initiation taught me that I am not responsible for others and can only change myself, that I create my own reality and I alone am responsible for what happens in my life. I let go of a truckload of responsibility for others I\u2019d carried since I was a young child, and the need to change others according to my own wants, too (which I\u2019m sure my family greatly appreciated!). The third heaven, the spirit realms, taught me not to rush too much, to thoroughly enjoy the sacredness of life, to talk with butterflies and trees and rivers. It brought the whole world alive for me the way it had been when I was a young child. Even now, most of my inner knowings come from talking with nature, not from books or people or social media. All forms of life became sacred to me at that third heaven stage of life, to be nurtured and held in love. Then the fourth level, the logos sun, brought up persistent blockages on virtually everything I wanted to do in life, until I learned to back off and wait for the universe to direct me, instead. It taught me to surrender my personal desires to the will of the universe, divine will. Now, I just live a simple life in my home. I don\u2019t go looking for things to do or try to make impressions on anyone. Whatever is needed will come to me as surely as sunrise. And miraculous surprises show up at the consignment store and in chance encounters in the neighborhood all the time. It\u2019s so freeing to take care only of my own small tasks every day and let the universe take care of everything else! It has left me time to paint and sew, garden and walk with my dog by the sea, and make stained glass and all the fun projects I love so much. Then the fifth level brought me into repeated hostile encounters with women in authority, the pain of which taught me that loving kindness is the most important thing in the entire world. I try to hold it in my heart in every moment, and I do not accept aggression or abusive actions in any of my relationships anymore, none at all. Having been abused as a young child, I\u2019d accepted being pushed around far too often before that. How very glad I was to leave it all behind! Then the sixth level led me through the writing of my trilogy, a lot of extremely complicated details about light structures in the seventh heaven that I had to sort out and simplify to put into the druid lessons of my trilogy, a whole lot of work, a webbing of detail that took long years to work my way through. But I learned never to make anything over complicated again! Not to rush, either. Wordy complicated anything simply turns me off these days, and I\u2019m very glad for this simple straight-forward lifestyle. And the seventh heaven has meant adding all 23 years of inner knowings into those druid lessons of my trilogy, all those ray colors for healing, all those light structures with their Celtic regents and the many cosmic cycles they overlight. I am happy to embody these knowings and be able to teach and write about them, to understand the structure of the inner planes so thoroughly. It\u2019s my piece to pass along to the world, and there is a deep sense of completion in my work. And everyone has their own divinity to embody along this way to give back to the world in the end, too. And then, my guides say, the diamond initiation, not too far off in the future, will bring in my true love and world service years, the crystal castle of my deep heart. But it\u2019s not all easy, I should add. Some of the fears, during the initiation phases especially, are quite intense. One becomes a spiritual warrior along the way. But I\u2019ve been led so very carefully by my druid guides, and the inner empowerment has grown so gradually and steadily, blended in with tending roses and lilies and fashioning Celtic clothing to my heart\u2019s content, that it\u2019s been as much fun and stretching into new talents as anything else. The druid path is of the Goddess after all, Her spiritual stream on earth. Of course She blends it with an earth-centered, fun-filled life! After facing so many fears along the way, it takes a great deal to pull me out of center any more, too, a calm core of being that\u2019s been built along the way. There are life magics that are withheld until the core wound is faced and healed during the diamond initiation, too, things hoped for but not realized until the very end of one\u2019s path. So, one must be prepared to wait a long time for some things. I\u2019ve been substituting chocolate kisses for real ones for a good many years now. But that, too, is as it should be, isn\u2019t it? For it\u2019s that promise of true love magic which will pull me through my diamond initiation into the dazzling diamond core of my being in the end. May everyone step into their own shimmering dreams-come-true as soon as possible. Enlightenment, Celtic style! *** About the Author: Jill Rose Frew, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist, energy healer, workshop leader, and author. She will be opening a school teaching light healing and the Celtic path of enlightenment in 2019. For information, please see www.CelticHeaven.com Guardians of the Celtic Way: The Path to Arthurian Fulfillment on Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}