Don’t think that in order to receive messages from God/Source, your inner guidance, that you must be completely calm & peaceful.

Rather than the ‘hum-drum, business-as-usual’ routine you may have used to describe your life at times, sometimes you unconsciously create situations where disappointment, stress & chaos seem to be the appropriate order of the day…Huh, you say?  Why on earth would I do such a thing, you ask?

Because, dear friend,  that’s when the universe pulls out the handy-dandy, bright & shiny megaphone and shouts in your ear sweet nothings & POWERFUL EVERYTHINGS…which melt the parameters of your heart, illuminate your mind, and enable you to see everything more clearly…

In fact some of God’s best communication is done during these times. Of course it certainly helps for you to catch your breath, and better yet, get quiet, sit still and observe your breath… but don’t worry, God is pretty savvy, and will get through to you with love when you are ready to hear. Are you ready?

Here’s rootin’ for you, Dear One. Remember God is always your biggest cheerleader.

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Columnist, Delight Frequency Manifestation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process

What has been your experience with this? Have you found your relationship with God deepen and expand… received illumination and “Ah-hah’s” in the middle of chaos and disruption in your life?

Something tells me we all have! If you’d like to share a story below, I’d love to hear. Please leave your comments below. And please feel free to share as well with your friends on fb, etc!

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It seems everybody is present to the stress and chaos in  the world, even if they are fortunate enough not to feel it in their own individual lives. We are all connected in Spirit, however, so how can we not feel the burden and pain that our brothers and sisters are feeling to some extent? I myself can feel a little overwhelmed by it at times, so this past week I asked Spirit to give me a simple prayer to help others and myself continue to shine bright, despite what we see in the world. (And yes, there is always beauty and love to behold and focus upon.) I’m talking about how we can stay strong and powerful in our own hearts and dissipate then transmute any seemingly ‘heavy’ and ‘dark’ energy that may come into our awareness. Here is the simple message I received.

“Ask to hold the energy of Courage and Peace in your heart. Ask for anything that blocks the energy of courage and peace in your heart to be transmuted into light. Ask to be a beacon of courage and peace that shines forth from your heart…Know, Dear One, that as you do this, the higher frequencies of light in the form of love and peace will permeate everything and everyone about you…This may sound simple, yet it is often the most simple things in life that can have the biggest impact.”

So keep asking… and speak it out loud as a mantra/affirmation if you like as well.

I, (insert your name), as a child of God/Source/the Universe invoke the energy of courage and peace in my heart NOW. I wake and walk every step with an ever-growing feeling of  courage and peace in my heart. Should anything attempt to knock me off center, the courage and peace in my heart only take deeper hold within my being and are strengthened. I sleep easily because of the courage and peace in my heart. I am so very grateful to FEEL this courage and peace flowing through my heart… allowing myself to be a beacon of light for others.

I see this Love and Peace flowing out to everyone and everything, feeling my connection to ALL…I FEEL the sweet Bliss of this connection… and knowing that we are each Radiant Beings of Light, each an expression of the God/Source, I declare that our Highest Expression is made manifest NOW.

I give thanks for this opportunity to shine bright and see others shining bright. And So It Is… “

Always, with Big Love & Bright Blessings,,

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Columnist, Delight Frequency Manifestation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process

There are loads of other tools for this, of course, another favorite of mine is the H’opono pono prayer… I’d love to hear some of your practices for transmuting darkness/fear into light! Please leave your comments or questions below…

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Growing up Catholic, I used to have a hard time asking to do God’s Will. I knew I should and that it was the right thing to do; however, I also had this worry that God’s Will was just plain and simple not going to be any fun. I was comforted by the idea that one day, if I did God’s Will long enough, God would reward me with Big Fun. So I put in my time.

Years later upon graduating from university with highest honors and a Phi Beta Kappa Key for my studies in Political Science: International Relations, I had what was akin to a mid-life crisis. I’d received these accolades for studying something that hardly ‘lit me up’, and even though I knew I could have a positive impact in the world by pursuing it, I saw my life span before me with sheer dread. Walking in nature one day (isn’t it interesting that the big Ah-hah’s often come when communing with nature?) I distinctly heard in my mind’s ear: “Whose Will are you living? Take care… If it is not yours; it is not mine.”

I realized I was living my biological father’s will for me, not God’s… and I allowed that piercing question to fuel me with the strength and courage I needed to follow the dictates of my True Self… spoken to me through my heart. Rather than moving to D.C. or pursuing a Masters degree, I began working as a waitress while I studied dance, creative writing, and hypnotherapy…my true passions. Looking back, I know that had I followed the sensible road of pursuing a life in politics, I assure you The Little Book of Light (and future books) would never have been written. Not through me anyways. And this means I would have missed out on a lot of JOY, both the giving and the receiving of it.

So, trust my friend, that when you follow the joy in your heart that you are living God’s will for you because you will be sharing your God-given gifts and living the Highest Expression of yourSelf.

Always, with Big Love & Bright Blessings,,

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Columnist, Delight Frequency Manifestation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process

This is a BIG topic…Please leave your comments or questions below… what are your own personal insights into the nature of God’s will? I’d love to hear!

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Dear Friend,

Have you ever noticed how great it feels when you focus all of your attention on delighting another…say on a special occasion, like on their birthday? Perhaps you make them the perfect meal with a food that they love, or perhaps give them a gift that you know that will light them up…

And it’s true, it does often bring delight… the super neat thing however, is that it’s truly your energy in having that open heart flowing with appreciation and love for them that is the TRUE GIFT… the one they will remember the longest… your LOVE. In saying the words you may not usually say all year (although that is highly recommended), from a place of being centered in true appreciation, your heart is literally beaming forth love, upliftment, and healing to the other person.

And the sweetest gift of all is that we can give each other these POSITIVE ENERGY TRANSFUSIONS every day… and on any day of the year!! So, in light of that, I’d like to tell each and every one of you how much I appreciate you…I know each of you is doing your best to BE in your love and shine your light!! And each of you deserves to live a fulfilling life!! Know that in this moment, as you are reading this, I am cheering you on, shouting from the mountaintops, “You beauty! Live boldly your unique you. Play life full-on (however that looks to YOU and don’t bother what anybody else thinks), and love big…with all your heart.”

Oh yes, you already got it goin’ on, baby!

Always…with Big Love & Bright Blessings,

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Columnist, Delight Frequency Meditation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process

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2012 Soul Manifesto:

Rise up and SHINE…

Be bold. Speak up. Share your Truth.
Make the call. Take the next step.

Let your HEART be your Central Guiding Light.
Make “Love, Power and Grace flows through me now in ALL WAYS and in ALL TIMES” your personal mantra.

Meet the flinch that fear provokes HEAD-ON.
You are so much bigger and INFINITELY more powerful than it.
Take the high road and begin living in the land of GLORY.

Cast aside the cloak of fear and SHINE…

Every day, take personal inventory. Ask yourself,
“Were my words and actions in ALIGNMENT with who I want to BE?”
To move into special Ninja MASTER realms, ask yourself,
“Were my thoughts in alignment with who I want to BE?”

If so, jump up and down, pat yourself on the back,
give gratitude to God for your VICTORY.
And don’t forget to give gratitude for the stickly prickly ones that provided you the occasion to RISE and show who YOU TRULY ARE…

And if you didn’t succeed, remember that it is often the SLIGHTEST TWEAKS in behavior that lead to the BIGGEST TRANSFORMATIONS.
Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life.

Be diligent about taking time out for delight every day.
For that which delights us is God’s gift to us. It is not to be ignored.
Take the time to be PRESENT and give gratitude for the littlest moments of delight. It is SACRED time. It is your energetic hug back to God.
(God is big into hugs.)

Above all else, REMEMBER you are a BEAUTIFUL SPIRITUAL BEING here on a magnificent ADVENTURE in this auspicious year of 2012…

KNOW that you are so deeply CHERISHED and so deeply LOVED… and that no matter how things may appear…All is… WE ARE ONE/ WON!

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Delight Frequency Meditation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process ♥

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Simply say to yourself, “I immerse myself into the Divine Flow, where harmony, peace, and LOVE reigns supreme. I relax and allow the Divine Flow to orchestrate all of my affairs… I relax into the Divine Flow, and allow the peace, love, and harmony that lives here to be the predominant experience in all areas of my life. I am in awe and wonder at all of the magical and delightful ways the Divine Flow manifests itself in my life! I give great thanks to the Divine for this, and accept it on all levels of my consciousness.

May ALL be in the Divine Flow this holiday season and peace, love, and delight abound… and So it is.”

Sending you a galaxy of Love and Light this holiday season. I hold you in the vision of being centered in YOUR radiant, beautiful Delight Frequency, through which all GOOD flows.

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Hypnotherapist, Delight Frequency Meditation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process ~♥~

If you’ve taken a workshop with me, you’ve heard me say that life ‘occurs’ to us depending on our vibrational set point. The higher your vibrational set point, the more in FLOW and in harmony you are with life. Things become easier, more magical, opportunities arise, and even when life’s crazy challenges happen, the higher your vibrational set point, the better and more quickly you are able to rise to the challenge, deal with it, and continue on your path to fulfilling your unique personal vision.  In short, you become unstoppable. If you want to read more about this concept, David Hawkins speaks about it in his book entitled “Power vs. Force.”

There are three primary ways to raise your vibration. The first way is to simply focus on releasing stress & negative energy that holds your vibration ‘down’ so to speak. In today’s rapidly changing and stressful times, it is paramount that you are releasing the stress and anxiety from your physical, mental, and emotional systems many times per day. In fact, I would assert that rather than meditating an hour per day, you could be better served (ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A VERY BUSY PERSON WITH MANY STRESSORS IN YOUR LIFE) by meditating 10-15 minutes in the morning, and then having  a few easy and quick stress release techniques that you can do MANY times throughout the day AS NEEDED so that you don’t go into a negative downward spiral of stress and negativity. I have some of my favorites in The Little Book of Light. But some suggestions are bouncing up and down gently on the soles of your feet, shaking out your legs and hands gently, chanting “UH”, go for a walk, scream into a pillow, hug a tree, play with your dog or cuddle your kitty… whatever works for you to release the stress and get yourself back to being centered in your Beautiful True Self! You deserve to FEEL your true essence and share it with others.

The second way to raise your vibrational set point is by consciously doing activities that will raise your vibration… Intentional Meditation, vibrational sound healing, yoga, Visioning, inspirational reading, prayer, listening to uplifting music, dance are some of my favorites. The common denominator among any activity that raises your vibration is that it takes you into a ‘feeling experience’ of beauty, connection, compassion, and delight. You feel uplifted, centered, and expansive. It’s a magical and powerful place to be because in achieving this uplifted and powerful heart vibration, the universe naturally brings you more experiences in which you will experience it!

I encourage you to create a list of those things that you  know make you feel this expansive quality in your heart. If you need some ideas, the Little Book of Light has 111 of them. With practice you will be naturally raising your vibrational set point every day, ensuring you more grace, power,  and joy in your life.

The third way to raise your vibrational set point is via the unconscious, which I know from my fifteen year background in hypnotherapy, is one of the most powerful ways to raise your vibration… no matter what negative beliefs you may have picked up along your life’s journey. The world is a mirror of the beliefs that you hold, and the more limiting beliefs you picked up in childhood, the more difficult it is to raise your vibrational set point. It is my personal mission to help people overcome any childhood traumas they may have had,  and fulfill their unique personal vision in life! No matter what kind of abuse you experienced as a kid, I assure you, if you spend time anchoring in new beliefs into the subconscious, (as well as processing the repressed emotions),  you can rise above anything! Hypnotherapy has helped me overcome many limiting childhood beliefs I picked up from sexual and emotional abuse. I created my 1 hr. Delight Frequency Guided Meditation MP3 because I wanted people to have a gentle, soothing, and yet POWERFUL way to release stress, dis-ease & negative energy, as well as anchor in the positive resource states of vitality, success, and LOVE so that they may have the fulfilling lives they deserve!

So because I want everybody to live from a higher vibration… because it only takes the square root of one percent of the population to instigate a Mass-Awakening in Consciousness, and because it’s the holidays, and because this is my last holiday season to sell my Little Books of Light, I’m giving you an incredible gift for the holidays… Here it is: TODAY- Thursday, the 15th, when you buy 3 Little Books of Light: 111 Ways to Bring Light Into Your Life, ($33) I will not only give you a 4th for FREE plus FREE SHIPPING, I will also email you the link to my 1-hr. Delight Frequency Guided Meditation audio MP3, so you can raise your vibration consciously (via the ways in the book) AND unconsciously via the soothing yet powerful Delight Frequency 1 hr MP3. This is a savings of over $33, and ends on the 15th because that is the last day I can guarantee the books will arrive to you by Christmas.

The Little Book of Light makes a super sweet and purely positive stocking stuffer or gift for a friend, co-worker, and loved one, and will bring spiritual nourishment & happiness to you and your friends. The Delight Frequency Guided Meditation (which normally sells for $15) will have you usher in 2012in a truly powerful, positive way! ♥

I’d love to hear some of your favorite ways you use to release stress and/or raise your vibration, please make your comments/suggestions below!

Holding you in the vision of being centered in YOUR Delight Frequency this holiday season.

And thank you for sharing your light !

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Hypnotherapist, Delight Frequency Meditation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process ~♥~

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Please know that when you share honestly and fully from your heart with the intention of creating a space of healing for yourself and/or others, God smiles and legions of angels sing your name. But, yes, sometimes it’s easier said than done. Everybody keeps their mouth shut at times, and sometimes it’s appropriate. But too often people are not listening to the still, calm voice inside that says, “Speak up. Get it out. This is not yours to hold onto.”  (More on this in a future post.)

So I ask you, dear One, what are you holding on lock down within that you are afraid to unveil, dear One? What secret are you keeping that is scratching at your heart to be set free? What request are you not making of a loved one because you are afraid of their response?

You are a child and expression of God, and as such are deserving to speak your Truth… just as much as anybody else. Everyone else around you keeping quiet as well? Be bold, speak your Truth from the love that you hold honorably within, and you will be a lighthouse for others.

Please know that at some level, ALL IS KNOWN. There are no real secrets in the universe. Everything that is done, whether in public or private has its return effect. It is universal law.

But here’s what I know for sure, when you set yourself FREE by communicating your Truth, speaking up, making that request, and you do it from the power and the Love that you are, Grace will pour into you like a waterfall of pure Radiance from heaven. You may be nervous, but trust me, you will literally be buoyed by the power of the Truth of the universe. You will be lit from within. It really is worth any fear you may feel, and once you do it, it gets easier and easier.

Some people get really good at this to the point of being quite SASSY, and I say Rock on, Sister! Way to Be, Brother! As long as you stay grounded in your Intention for creating healing, harmony, and love, (which yes in some cases may bring ‘upset’ to others), in the long run it WILL be healing for ALL. As long as you stay centered in your heart, you will never veer off the path of Truth and Love and into the realm of Bitchiness, cuz oh yeah, sometimes there can be too much of a good thing, my friend.

Do you have trouble speaking your truth? Care to share an experience of what it felt like to share your truth? Be brave, please share your comments, stories, and feedback below.

Lovin’ your gentle ROAR!

Mikaela Katherine Jones
Author, Hypnotherapist, Delight Frequency Meditation Teacher
Artistic Mystic in Process ~♥~

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The Penn State scandal made me become present to this “veil of secrecy and silence” that exists among sexual abuse survivors, and I don’t want to contribute to that any longer. Still, I’m not going to give you the who’s, how’s and where’s, etc., because 1) my perpetrator passed on twenty years ago, so there is no rehabilitating him, and 2) The details simply feed into the energy of DRAMA, which is Spirit-killing, and I chose to put that behind me many, many years ago. I will give my suggestions where and with whom and for how long one should share their story in a future blog post. For myself, perhaps in an appropriate setting, like a workshop or a memoir down the road, I will. But for now, the details aren’t important.

I do not want to inspire victim consciousness, because trust me, it’s a miserable place to be… and a sure way to stop you from fulfilling your personal vision and shining your unique light in the world. Please, do not feel sorry for me… because as you know, the thoughts we hold of each other have impact. If enough people feel sorry for you, the universe may have to create something for the person to be sorry about, and I certainly don’t need that. Instead, I welcome your energy of congratulations for journeying from the darkness, where I had no voice, and even the few times I did, felt I had no right to share it… to stepping into the light and thriving with a vocation/livelihood/mission that is largely based on my voice. Isn’t that AMAZING and beautifully POETIC?!!

But I owe you an apology. I feel I have done you and the Little Book of Light a disservice by not revealing the darkness out of which the Little Book of Light was born. In my fear of being pigeon-holed as a ‘sexual abuse survivor’ (because I haven’t identified myself in that way for many years,) I have kept my secret in silence. And while the Little Book of Light appears cute and sweet, I can tell you from first-hand experience, that it is not just ‘light’ reading. MANY of the 111 Ways in the Little Book of Light I have been practicing since I was a child in the middle of the darkness of the abuse…and the light they brought me literally saved my sanity, and my life. Others I learned years later as an adult, and practicing them helped me blossom into the powerful, loving, wise, creative, and self-expressed woman that I am! (Hey, celebrate yourself! There ain’t nothing wrong with acknowledging how far you’ve come and tooting your own horn every once in awhile darlin’!)

Still, this week it became clear to me: If I can reach one other young man or woman and help them to reclaim their identity and know that they are not a “sexual abuse survivor”, but rather they are a radiant, powerful being of light who had those experiences ….and they have the power to CHOOSE who they will become and HOW they will contribute to their world, despite the trauma they have experienced (and hey, who hasn’t in one form or another?)  If I can help them shine bright YEARS earlier than I did, then wow, it is all worth it.

So, if you’re like most people and you read a book and it ends up buried on a shelf somewhere, I’d like to encourage you to dust off the Little Book of Light, and keep it handy on your nightstand or office desk, etc. Randomly open the book every day, and practice that ‘Light Way’. That’s what I do. When practiced with an open heart and mind, over time… you will see your life transform in powerful positive ways. I’m sure of it. If you have people in mind you feel could benefit from a book, now is the best time to get one for them (see the awesome special below.) It’s inexpensive and made in the USA by a local artisan (moi), which is way more satisfying then getting something at the mall, right?! So skip the shopping craziness, and order some Little Books of Light instead! Click here to see the special on them… 4 for $33, an $11 savings.

Thank you all for your sweet responses of gratitude over the years for the Weekly Beam of Light and the Little Book of Light. Your gratitude is in part what is fueling me to be courageous and speak up now. As another thank you, if you don’t have the Little Book of Light, you can download the first third of the book by clicking HERE.

Please leave a comment if you’d like and please share this with others you feel could benefit.

As always, thank YOU for sharing your light with the world.

Bright Blessings,

Mikaela Jones

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Look, it’s inevitable. As you move forward on your path towards living your True Self and fulfilling your dreams, STUFF happens. Challenges, obstacles, roadblocks. Of course, we all know that it is how you approach them that determines if it will STOP you cold in your tracks or if it will be a simple momentary bump on the road… a road that without said bump, could perhaps not be as fulfilling in the long run.

Today I want to share with you one of my all-time favorite and most powerful tools for successfully facing the bumps on the road. I’ve used this tool over the last fifteen years frequently when I feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or sad. Unfortunately, it was too long to fit in The Little Book of Light, so I share it with you here now.

Here it is: Keep a special, magical picture of yourself handy to retrieve whenever you need. This picture must be one in which you are SMILING BIG and full-on enjoying the moment. It needs to be a picture of you taken when you were doing something you love, something that makes your energy tank overflow with delight. Go through your pics, it may very well be a candid shot. It doesn’t matter if the picture was taken a month ago or thirty years ago, all that matters is that you are feeling your joy.

For example, the picture I’ve been looking at occasionally for fifteen years was taken after the closing night for a play that I wrote, directed, and danced in (after one of the dancers sprained their ankle) when I lived in Wellington, New Zealand. We had had sold-out performances, and in this picture I am on fire with the feelings of obvious accomplishment & success, but also perhaps more meaningful to me, the feelings of being recognized and appreciated for my unique creativity and its positive energy…because of course the story had powerful positive themes!

Whenever I need, I look at that photo and tap into the feeling of that picture… just the feeling, detached from its circumstances, and I affirm that whatever is happening now, I KNOW I WILL be in that energy FULLY again…. because it is my True Self. And my True Self is undeniable.

And yours is too, my beautiful friend.

Tips: If the pic includes an old love, you may want to cut them out or use another pic. I don’t want anything about this magical pic to feel like loss to you. Okay, duh. If you can’t find one, just imagine one in your mind’s eye. Where would you be? What would you be doing? And write down the emotions you’d be feeling. The emotions are the most important part anyway.

Last tip: Very few moments in life are PURE joy. I had realized earlier in the day that pic was taken that I did not want to pursue the theater any longer. I was 30 years old; yes, I’m 45 now, and I knew in my heart on that day that my True Self wanted to reach a larger audience than a hundred people at a time. While I was in pure delight, off stage right I also had that little feeling one gets when one is about to embark on a whole new journey…perhaps a journey in another country even.

When I look at the pic, I only step into the feelings of accomplishment, and the feeling of being on fire for flowing my True Self; as well as being appreciated for it.

Find your pic or make one up.  You will come to love your smile more than anyone… simply because of the way it makes YOU feel.

Here’s to celebrating the most beautiful smile in the world… YOURS Gorgeous!

Ps–there may be some extra special magic juju in choosing a pic that’s from many years ago. I can’t tell you how often people tell me I look many years younger than I am… and I’ve often wondered if it’s because of my visits to ‘stepping into’ my magical picture from when I was 30!

Mikaela Jones
Artistic Mystic in Process

In honor of its release by Conari Press in hardcover next year, I will give you a free paperback copy of The Little Book of Light:111 Ways to Bring Light Into Your Life when you purchase three paperback copies, which comes to just under $33 total.

The Little Book of Light is a sweet and gentle way to illuminate your and/or a friend’s path towards becoming one’s True Self, and give moments of delight to give you the juice you need to stay steadfast on the journey towards fulfilling your dreams!

Please consider supporting locally made products and small businesses this year like mine (the LBOL was printed in Portland, OR) as opposed to the big corporations that make their products overseas by underpaid workers.

4 books for $33 equals just over $8/copy. And with FREE shipping on orders of 3 or more, I don’t think you’ll find a more affordable and transformational gift for friends and loved ones unless you make it yourself, which is always fun too! This pocket-sized gem (6″ x 4″) has this purple color font with a lovely yellow sun on each page… people tell me it makes them feel better just seeing it on their nightstand or office desk.

Thank you in advance for considering sharing the light with your friends and loved ones this gift-giving season.

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Thank you & bright blessings!