The Shadow Self

Celestial Blessings

The Angels asked me to talk about the shadow self in my message today, and it’s uncanny as I have noticed lately quite a few people who refuse to accept their shadow selves.

So what is the shadow self? The shadow self is the darker side of our personality which has been repressed, hidden and denied. It could have been shaped by our parents, siblings, friends and teachers and it is a part of ourselves that we do not want others to know about us as it does not match that which we wish to portray ourselves to be to the world. We each wear a mask that hides what we believe others would think of as ugly, yet they too are thinking the same thing as you and wearing their own self made mask. It is the part of us which we despise and refuse to accept as being part of us so we try to discard it. There are many ways we try to do this but the number one preferred way is by projecting our own fears onto others.

Looking within at the shadow self is our number one tool for enlightenment and ascension, so you can understand how important it is for us to uncover the truth about ourselves TO ourselves and accept them and claim them. You may find people claim you to be a certain way and you find yourself saying “but I am not like this” and this is because we each have blind spots that where we cannot see the truth about ourselves. Of course the person making the statement about you is also projecting their shadow self onto you, but this is a pattern of our race; a constant chain reaction of realization and synchronized events which we need in order to heal. I admit it isn’t easy to confront our shadow self and needs a lot of courage and time and hard work but how much you want to a peaceful life depends on you. When you are able to face yourself one to one then your life will be far more enjoyable and happy.

I receive so many email and have read on so many forums the phrase “I’m no good at manifesting” and also “nothing ever goes right in my life; there is just one problem after another” and “Nothing good ever happens to me” or “am I cursed? Why do I have such bad luck?” Understand that these people are MASTERS in the art of manifestation as their doom and gloom thought forms are manifesting negative events into their lives thick and fast. It is impossible that they are not creating their reality by cause and effect as everything we think, feel or do has an effect.

Then there are those that blame all of their short comings on everyone else. “It is HER fault why this happened to me.” Or “someone has cursed me I know it!” and “You are the reason why I am so unhappy!”. It isn’t easy to accept that whatever happens to us is our own responsibility. It isn’t easy to accept that whatever negative happens to us is because we accept it. So why do we accept it? It is because the shadow part of ourselves is repressed and hidden by us and we do not face that this part of us contains the “I’m not worthy” phrase a lot of us own. So you see, facing our demons can prevent allowing others to hurt us in the numerous ways that others can…and all because we LET them. Under the mask that we wear the shadow self seethes and infests as the more darkness it knows the more like a bacteria it becomes which results in self abuse, addictions, subconsciously entering into an abusive relationship, lying, betrayal, pain and so forth.

Ultimately from time to time the shadow finds an escape and surfaces, rips off the mask we wear and takes center stage for all to see. This can be in the form of anger tantrums, being argumentative, jealousy and generally being hurtful to others. When it finally runs out of steam and has been spent, we are left feeling ashamed and embarrassed and may wonder where it came from, that it is not like us to be like this.

The shadow self can also manifest itself in dreams; you may have recurrent dreams about a man or a woman who is ugly or scares you and you are being chased or trying to escape them. You may close your eyes and see a fiendish face looking back at you. You may look into a mirror and see a face you have never seen before. All these can be your shadow selves trying to emerge, trying to be healed because the shadow self is what we are healing when we work on the self. But how can this be done when we hide them away like dirty laundry? This is part of you! Face yourself, get to know this shadow for when you face this shadow you stop BEING the shadow in your life.

When we believe we do not feel anger anymore or impatience etc we have to ask ourselves have we REALLY healed? Or have we just buried it so far down that we believe it doesn’t exist anymore? Sadly, unless you have faced yourself and your shadow, it is still there, waiting to erupt and surface again.

All the shadow self wants is light, love and acceptance. All the shadow self wants is recognition and a chance to be noticed by you. Once you begin to shine a glow on the shadow self it is easier and less scary to look at. After all, this IS you, it is a part of you, so to be wholly healed you must heal ALL of you, not just the parts that you deem as acceptable.

Love and Light,

Helen

Marvelous Mastic - A Resin Of substance!

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It’s funny how the ingredients we have cooked with for years have spiritual and magical uses as well as culinary that we didn’t know about. I think one of the most exciting moments is discovering an alternative use for herbs and spices that we have in our own kitchen cabinets.

This is why our blessed Mother Earth is the giver of all life and goodness, and why we should accept her bounties with thanks and joy.

One of the resins I love to work with is Mastic gum. This resin has been used in Greek and Arabic cooking for centuries, flavouring sweets with its gorgeous aromas.

‘Pistacia lentiscus’ (Mastic) is an evergreen shrub which produces an aromatic, ivory coloured resin, also known as mastic (or mastix), which is harvested as a spice from the cultivated mastic trees grown in the south of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, where it is also known by the name "Chios Tears". Originally liquid, it is sun dried into drops of hard, brittle, translucent resin. When chewed, the resin softens and becomes a bright white and opaque gum.

It is the chewing part of this resin that gave it its name, Mastic. The word mastic derives either from the Greek verb mastic Hein ("to gnash the teeth", origin of the English word masticate) or massein ("to chew").

As a spice, it continues to be used in Greece and Cyprus to flavour spirits and liquors (such as Chios's native drinks of Mastichato and mastica), chewing gum and a number of cakes, pastries, spoon sweets and desserts. Sometimes it is even used in making cheese. Mastic resin is a key ingredient in Dondurma (Turkish ice cream), and Turkish puddings granting those confections its unusual texture and bright whiteness. In Lebanon and Egypt, the spice is used to flavour many sauces, ranging from soups to meats to desserts, while in Morocco smoke from the resin is used to flavour water. In Turkey, Mastic is used as a flavor of Turkish delight. Recently, a Mastic flavoured fizzy drink has also been launched.

Mastic resin is a key ingredient in Greek festival breads, for example the sweet bread ‘Tsoureki’ and in Cyprus it is used to flavour ‘Flaounes’ which are baked at Easter. Furthermore, Masticha also is essential to ‘Myron’, the holy oil used for Chrismation by the Orthodox Churches.

As well as its culinary uses, Mastic continues to be used for its gum and medicinal properties. The resin is used as a primary ingredient in the production of cosmetics such as toothpaste, lotions for the hair and skin, and perfumes.

Regarding health benefits, Mastic is chewed to alleviate stomach cramps and upsets. People in the Mediterranean region have used mastic as a medicine for gastrointestinal ailments for several thousand years. The first century Greek physician and botanist, Dioscorides, wrote about the medicinal properties of mastic in his classic treatise De Materia Medica ("About Medical Substances").

Regular consumption of mastic has been proven to absorb cholesterol, thus easing high blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks. Mastic oil also has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, and as such is widely used in the preparation of ointments for skin disorders and afflictions. It is also used in the manufacture of plasters (band aids).

Magically, Mastic helps with psychic powers, manifestations and lust. During a meditation, mastic can be burnt on hot self lighting charcoal or used in any spell. Mastic corresponds with Sunday, so Sunday is a great day to burn it as incense. It can also be burnt during offerings, initiations and if you want to cleanse your home or workspace.

Perfumes: Mastic perfume corresponds with Wednesday and is a good perfume for Wednesdays.

As its astrological correspondence is the Sun, Gum mastic (as an herbal gum) may be used in as an ingredient or substitute for magic spells and formulas related to solar matters (healing, illumination, magical power, physical energy, protection, success, and putting an end to legal matters).

Mastic also corresponds with Sun Gods, Goddesses and Archangels such as Michael, Brigid, and Helios.

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!

Helen xxx

Sources of information:

Helen Demetriou
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Manifestation

Celestial Blessings xxx

I have always wondered why people who follow the laws of attraction find it so hard to manifest. Granted, I don't always get what i want and then i realise this is a real lesson for me. Why didn't i get what i wanted? Ah, there you go; the word 'wanted'. The universe answers us when it is a true need and not a want as what we want comes from our ego and the word need is what we truly, well, need :)

But then we come onto the question of, well why do people manifest for themselves tons of cash. surely it is not 'needed', right? So now we face another dilemma. What are doing wrong?

I have discovered on my path of manifestation that to truly get what you want, you truly have to believe you will have it. I then discovered that this can only come about if our subconscious and conscious are perfectly aligned. There always seems to be a catch, doesn't there? Oh well. I guess if you really mean business about withdrawing your dreams from the universe, you really need to sit down and reflect DEEPLY.

Take a look at my video on the Law of Attraction / Manifestation and let me know what you think. Click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w6vRR6OT5U

Join me on YouTube!

Celestial Blessings xxx

The new year started without much ado yet on the creative front I have been adding new videos onto YouTube almost daily. I invite you to take a look, subscribe, comment and rate! Below is the link to my YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Helenhealer

The videos I have been making help those seeking spiritual enlightenment to really connect with the Divine on a deeper level.

Winter

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I have been meaning to write about this for a while now and I have touched on it in the past, but after discussing it with a new acquaintance, I believe I should find the time to relay the lessons I have learnt regarding this subject.

I am aware that during this time of year many of us feel lethargic and tired. We may feel depressed if the weather in our part of the world is cold and dull. Many people have informed me that the scarceness of the sun makes them feel cold inside and sad. Many also escape the cold weather to enjoy vacations in the sun. So why do we feel this way?

During the winter months, our body begins to ‘shut down’. Of course, it doesn’t shut down completely, but just like various animals such as bears and squirrels etc, the body and soul goes into hibernation. Of course, you are sitting reading this and not sleeping lol but subconsciously, your body and soul are trying to rest because this is the time when things are dying or resting in order to grow again in the New Year.

Why do we feel so depressed without the sun? I suspect for many the greyness of the day and the coldness of the night lacks colour and keeps you indoors, but it during this time that you need to spend as much time with your family AND alone and spend time reflecting within what has passed during the old year as the new year comes closer. Now is the time for you to sit in contemplation, note your mistakes and successes and really think about what you want the New Year to hold for you. It is also a time for recognizing useless and outgrown habits and experiences and releasing them and allowing them to die to make room for the new experiences.

We often feel depressed because we refuse to go with the flow; we refuse to live with the seasons. We are not an island, nor do we have devices which can defy the weather or the changing of the earth during the changing seasons. You are just as much a part of the season as the season becomes a part of you. You cannot fight, you cannot kick and scream and refuse to go with the flow as the result is frustration and depression.

For me, the greyness of winter isn’t a time of mourning for the sun; it is a time when it is neither black nor white so a mixing pot for all ideas to be drawn out from within and planted. They greyness is just a cloak of protection that the earth wears until its time to unveil the new life which comes shortly after the New Year.

Are you going with the flow? Are you living WITH the seasons, or trying to live against them? Take this time to reflect and feel the peacefulness around you as you accept the natural cycle of life and death and recognize the blessing in each season.

Yuletide Blessings,

Helen xxx

Challenging Times

Celestial Blessings,

Are you ready for Christmas yet? Unfortunately I am not! Lol I still have the buy some gifts and wrap them! Oh well.

Today I am urged to discuss challenges with you. Yes, we all have challenges, no matter how big or how small. There is a saying, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. For me this is a negative quote lol I don’t want to reach such a point in my life that I am FORCED to become stronger due to such a circumstance.

I used to be a person who didn’t want to face challenges. “Tomorrow” was always a perfect day to deal with things but I realized the more I put things off, the worse they became until they all piled on top of me and I couldn’t breath. So I have found that dealing with challenges and problems straight away gets them done and out of my life sooner rather than later.

I find that where I may find things easy in one aspect of my life, there are many others which I find difficult to deal with or handle. Many times I ask why I have so many challenges in my life.

My youngest son is an inspiration for me. From an early age he had language problems, not because he is bilingual because we always spoke to him in English. I was told he was autistic, had aspergers, retarded, slow in his development and the list goes on and on. My outlook for his future was bleak. It was a very challenging time for me having a child which didn’t speak, didn’t even say “Mummy” or have a conversation with me. Yes, I took him to all the specialists, all the therapists and each had their own evaluation for him which I knew wasn’t right.

I would cry every day when I thought about how challenged HE was, how hard it was to communicate with others. He knew he was different…he knew his challenges and it broke my heart.

He is 8 now. He speaks two languages and never stops talking. He does have difficulty in Greek but he can read and write it. He is a whiz at mathematics and a genius with computers. When I think about myself and my challenges I look at him and feel ashamed about my complaints. He is 8 yet he has faced so much and come so far. He still has a speech impediment and I still get people laughing when he cannot say a word, but he is my hero. I learn so much from him each and every day. He is so strong willed and never gives up when he really wants something.

So my message today is, no matter how hard our challenges, we can overcome them. They are valuable lessons which let us know we can cope with anything and we are alive. Whatever you are facing right now I promise you will find the light and make it through.

Blessings and love,

Helen xxx

Celestial Blessings xxxI hope you are well! Xxx

A lot of you know I have been on a sort of spiritual retreat yet still staying in my home lol and I am coming to you today to share with you the valuable lessons I have learnt.

We need to STOP expecting things to just go away; we must STOP expecting that by thinking positive alone everything will work itself out. No, my Angels; it does not work that way. How many of us lightworkers can raise our hands and say, “Hey! I’m HEALED!”? I’m sure not many of us, and believe me this is not me being negative; it is me being HONEST with Myself and you. Why can we not seem to heal? Why do we still have so many issues? Why can we not seem to manifest what we want? What is missing, going wrong?Examine your beliefs.

Please, take some time to examine your beliefs, your faith. Do you wholeheartedly believe and have faith in it? And now here comes the ultimate question: does both your conscious and SUBconscious believe and have faith in it? You see my Angels, when our conscious and subconscious are conflicting, nothing gets done! Nothing is healed! It is like we are living a BIG FAT LIE! So when we try to manifest or heal, maybe our conscious believes it, but the subconscious doesn’t, and this is the greatest obstacle of all.

In the conscious we have all kinds of thoughts milling around which filter into the subconscious and become what we know as OUR truth. If a thought form is still hanging around your conscious yet hasn’t entered your subconscious then it has no solid ground; it is without foundation, it is not TRUTH so therefore has no power.This is why I ask you to examine your beliefs. If for example you have a passing belief in one thing, let’s say manifestation, but you hold a fear in your subconscious and your subconscious does not believe, then you cannot manifest.I always see this as trying to send a song or photo by Bluetooth to another phone. One phone may be in receiving mode and the other in sending, but if these two phone to not pair together on the same wavelength then the song doesn’t get sent. This is exactly like our conscious and subconscious.

If we believe in something consciously but not subconsciously, and then the two energies cannot be paired, do not work on the same wavelength and nothing gets done.So how to we determine what is in the subconscious? Well look at what we are told by leading metaphysical healers and speakers. The large amount tells us to NOT think negative thoughts, to think only positive, that it takes only a change of thinking patterns. Oh really? So if this works, then why do the same problems keep returning? Why can we not manifest? Why can we not heal? The answer is, we need to first UNDERSTAND a problem before we can release it because within those problems live a big part of us. Yes, that’s right; US! How is this so? It is so because these thoughts were thought by US using OUR energy. Would you cut off a leg and throw it away in the trash? I should hope not!

There is not enough being taught in regards to self examination. We need to seek the truth about ourselves. We need to be mini scientists and dissect and untangle before we just delete.When we do this, we realize our own errs, see them face on. When we do this, then the negativity held in our consciousness filters into our sub consciousness leaving us with nothing but truth.So for example, I want to write a book but I’m not getting published. Why? My conscious tells me I WANT IT but I'm fearful I will never get published.

The subconscious recognizes the words as want it fearful and tries to align with the conscious and in the end all that is left is a big mess and no movement.Angels, we MUST take a move proactive part in our own development in ALL areas of our lives. We cannot sit on our behinds and ask every Archangel or deity to do our dirty work for us; it doesn’t work like that. Who wants to help a lazy person who just sits there asking for things? Not me, I’m sure, and I’m sure not you, either.

Can you understand my point? I love you and I want you to find your way…find a way to synchronize your conscious with your subconscious to have a joyful life that TRULY works for you.If you have enjoyed this message and it resonates with you, please visit my website at http://www.angeltouchcyprus.com. You can also view my videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/Helenhealer

Your sister in light,Helen