Mindfulness, Will It Make Us Ill

 This podcast discuss an article, “Mindfulness, Will It Make Us Ill”, Dr Lesley found online, from a United Kingdom source. Within the podcast we talk about some first hand experiences of people having adverse reactions to this practice. Dr Lesley also debunks some of these testimonies. If you are considering starting a personal practice you may want to consider some of her comments. We also discuss the differences between this new practice and meditation.

In this Podcast you will learn about:-

• What mindfulness actually is.
• The reactions some people are having practicing mindfulness.
• How to determine if it is for you.

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

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 Hi! I am Dr. Lesley Phillips and I would like to Welcome  You To My Meditation & Intuitive Healing Site.

Our site, Dr. Lesley Phillips .com exists to give you useful information about meditation, meditation training, energy healing, intuitive counseling, clairvoyance, psychic readings, and the benefits of these techniques.

I’m happy to answer your questions at any time, just leave me a message. I would love to give you a complimentary card reading as well. Just click here.

The Midas Tree, a work of fiction by Lesley Phillips

Welcome to our website! Dr. Lesley

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During each of our weekly radio shows on CIVL 101.7 Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests. These episodes are turned into podcasts and they are on our site click here as well as accessible on CIVL.CA

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What are Auras and What Do Aura Colors Mean?

All things on earth are made of electromagnetic energy and have an aura and aura colors. Your aura defines the limits of your personal creative universe. Everything inside of it is your personal domain. Everything outside of is somebody or something else. Your aura carries an electromagnetic signature of who you are right now. It indicates your present state of being, such as whether you are healthy, what is your emotional state, what concepts and beliefs you operate from and so on. You see the world and the world sees you through this energy field.

What Does an Aura Look Like?

The aura can be visualized clairvoyantly as aura colors.  It actually comprises inter-penetrating layers of energy; each layer emanates from a major energy center called a chakra. There are seven major chakras and each on is a repository of spiritual information and relates to a different aspect of you. Because each layer of the aura interpenetrates every other layer, tha aura and aura colors their entirety look like clouds of fast or slow moving multi-colored lights. However, each layer of the aura has its own unique vibration, or aura color, which can be seen separately by an experienced clairvoyant.

How Do I Know if My Aura is Healthy?

Being aware of the aura is beneficial in healing, in communicating and creating your reality. So how do you know if you have a healthy aura? If the aura is bright and clear there is health, whereas if it is dark and cloudy then there is disturbance. It is important to remember that the energy of the aura is in constant flux. We are always changing and so it is easy to change from dark to light or from one color to another. Today the second layer of your aura may be green, tomorrow orange and next week red and so on. If the color is bright then there is health.

How Can I See My Aura?

Anyone can learn to look clairvoyantly at their own aura. The first step in seeing your aura is to learn to meditate. Meditation quiets the mind and filters out external stimuli so that you can tune into you. The next step is to learn to translate the colors you see into meaning. Meditation techniques can help you do this.  This can be helpful for you to read and understand the true state of your being and it allows you to alter anything you need to heal yourself.

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During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding Clairvoyance – Seeing Energy and Auras with Ease.

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Religion Play A Role In Influencing How We Use Our First Chakras

Regardless of your religion, there are lots to choose from on earth and many of them have guidelines for how we should conduct our lives in the physical world and thus play a role in influencing how we use our first chakras.  Perhaps these guidelines may benefit the group or the individual, but often they set limits and are unhelpful.

For example there may be a group belief about tithing a percentage of your income to the religion. Some may even go so far as to take a vow of poverty and give all their worldly possessions to the religious organization. Depending on how that income is used it may or may not be beneficial for the group; depending on the circumstances of the giver it may or may not be in their best interests.

There may also be a belief that money is the root of all evil and if you give it to the religion you will be saved, but if you fail to do this you will burn in hell. At this point people are being controlled at the first chakra level by their fear.

Some people who have been raised in a specific religious belief system rebel and harbor strong feelings against it for the rest of their lives. These people may never release their pain and resistance. They therefore continually create their lives through that pain. They may even reject any and all concepts of God. So they will never connect with their own unique concept of divine consciousness.

Others due to peer pressure or other limitations accept religious tenets blindly and without question. They too may never discover their own unique truth. Perhaps it is believed that only the priests or religious representatives can communicate with God. These messengers may tell them how to live their physical lives, such as how to dress, when to take holidays, what days to work on and the roles of men and women in society.

Some other examples of religious beliefs that relate to the first chakra concern reproduction. For example, you must not use contraception, abortion is against God and sex should be for reproduction only. Others concern beliefs about healing the physical body, such as you may not have a blood transfusion or an organ transplant, if you are sick God is punishing you for your sins and hands on healing is the work of the devil or the work of God, depending on the religion.

Every human being is unique and therefore has a unique concept of God. They may call it God, Nature, Supreme Being, Divine Consciousness, the Great All That Is. Having a direct connection with their God is the birthright of every human being. A religion that intervenes and says they must communicate with God on your behalf and tell you how to live your life is interfering with your direct connection with your God and with the expression of your first chakra which contains your unique information on how to live your life in physical reality.

Meditation is a great way to get clear on your information about God and to let go of concepts that come from outside of you. As the age old tenet says “The Truth Shall Set You Free.” For only then will you be free to choose your unique path and your  own unique direct link with divine consciousness.

Other Information and Interesting Subjects.

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding How to know if you Are on The Right Path.

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How to Balance Your Personal Yin and Yang

In an earlier post I spoke about the opposites present on planet earth and how physical reality comprises a duality of opposing forces. Healing is about creating balance between these opposing forces. The first chakra contains your information about how you balance these opposites. In eastern philosophy they may be referred to as yin and yang. In the west they may be simply called your male and female energies.

Physical survival requires homeostasis, which is a biological term for balance, or Yin and Yang. To stay alive, our bodies can’t be too hot or too cold, too active or too passive, too acid or too alkaline. We need to be in balance physically with exercise and rest, in what types of food we eat such as salt and sugar, mentally such as balancing studying or mental work with reading of listening to music.

The first chakra is also associated with the adrenal medulla and the fight or flight response. This is an innate response to danger and a mechanism that functions to keep the physical body safe. This makes complete sense in a situation of true danger, like when you are about to be attacked by a saber-toothed tiger. The trouble is that modern humans have taken this a step too far.

The human stress response now kicks when we only imagine danger. For example, your under pressure at work because you have to deliver a project to a tight deadline and you’re afraid you will go over time and over budget and the boss will not be pleased. The adrenalin starts to kick in a long time before this imagined event even happens. Not only that, but unless you have a particularly sadistic boss, your body was never in any danger.

So how can we stay in balance, keep that Yin and Yang in receptive,  so we don’t over-react?

Daily meditation is a great way. Grounding is a simple but powerful technique that helps us release fear and imbalance. Centering is another powerful technique that allows a neutral perspective and helps us not to get too carried away with our fear or extreme perspectives.

Other Information and Interesting Subjects.

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding Work Life Balance Is Key.

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What Are the Predominant Chakra Colors?

This month I have taken you on a journey through the first chakra. I hope you have enjoyed taking this journey with me so far. This will be the last article in the series for now and I want to use it for dispelling some myths about this energy center and chakras in general like chakra colors.

People often believe that the color of the first chakra is red. This is because the Hindu chakra system teaches that the seven major chakras from first to seventh are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. From my perspective, this is  a way to help the mind understand that the chakras increase in vibration as we go from first to seventh.

I have been offering chakra and aura readings for fourteen years and have given thousands of readings and I can honestly say that I have seen chakra colors as every color in the rainbow. I have also seen that chakra colors change while I was reading a client and certainly be a different color next time they come to see me.

Your energy field is in constant flux. Your chakras are always spinning and chakra colors always changing. Depending on what your experiences and focus are at any given period of time, the vibration of your first chakra will shift. So its color vibration reflects your present experiences. People often channel the vibration of energy that is most helpful in their current situation.

Chakras are also portrayed visually as flowers, with increasing numbers of petals (4, 6, 10, 12, 16, 2, 1000 petaled lotus). Or by musical notes (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) and sounds (Do, Rey, Me, Fa, So La, Te). These are also ways of showing that the frequency increases as you go from the first chakra to the seventh chakra.

By explaining this, I don’t want to dispel the practice of using mantras to stimulate spiritual transformation (Lam, ram, vam, yam, ham, aum, ah). Nor do I wish to negate the usefulness of healing techniques that use sound to attune the chakras. Rather I want to dispel the misunderstanding that a healthy chakra must adhere to a specific limit, such as red.

There is a belief by some spiritual adepts that the attainment of spiritual enlightenment involves opening the chakras. I would rather put it a different way and say that it involves unsealing the chakras and consciously accessing their information. You can experience the information within a chakra regardless of how open it is.

One final comment I wanted to make is on the orientation of the first chakra. I teach that it is parallel to the ground, whereas other belief systems show it to be perpendicular to the ground with the narrow end a t the top and the wide end at the bottom.

The horizontal orientation allows for a stronger connection with physical reality. If your goal is to be present and take charge of your life, then this system is recommended. If your goal is to have spiritual experiences away from your body then the vertical orientation will serve to launch you from your body like a rocket to the moon!

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During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding Aura Colors and What They Mean.

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All Auras are Created by The Individual

Yesterday, I discussed Auras from a scientific perspective. Today I want to cover a spiritual perspective on the human energy field. As we all know, thoughts can influence matter. So the configuration of atoms and molecules, discussed in The Aura Part I,  is not occurring simply according to a biological blueprint, but is also influenced by your thoughts, beliefs, actions and experiences.  In fact your aura is a spiritual recording of all your memories, emotions, thoughts and concepts about life.

The Aura is the Window to the Soul

The aura is sometimes referred to as the window to the soul. This is because your aura carries an electromagnetic signature of who you are right now. It indicates your present state of being, such as whether you are healthy, what is your emotional state, what concepts and beliefs you operate from and so on.

The Aura Determines how You See and are Seen

As you exist within this energy field, you see the world and the world sees you through this veil of energy and because you are constantly having new experiences your aura is highly dynamic and changes all the time.

Explore my website for more information on the Aura, such as Aura Readings and Aura Healings

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding  Aura Colors and What They Mean.

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Meditation Helps Your Creativity Flow

One of the many benefits of meditation is that it can open the flood gates to your creativity.

It is also possible to use powerful meditation techniques to consciously create your life. For example, many elite athletes prepare themselves by visualizing their success and there are examples of successful actors and writers who have done the same thing.

Creating art is meditative in its own right as it brings you into the flow of the present moment. Creative writing and writing in your journal are also a great ways to enter the now.

Many Forms Of Creativity Can Emerge

When I started meditating, I also began painting. I don’t plan what I will paint, but allow the creativity to flow through me without thought. Once a painting is complete, I use my intuition to interpret the colors and symbols that have emerged. My Portico card deck was born from paintings that were created in this way. I was guided through meditation to use them in the card deck after they were born.

I Wrote The Midas Tree in Meditation

I used meditation to clear my blocks to being a writer. This allowed me to receive an outline of the book, also in meditation. To write I sat quietly while the story played to me as though I was watching a movie. All I had to do was watch and listen and write as the story unfolded before my eyes.

I found I was able to stop at any place in the story and resume at the same place whenever I liked. There was never any writers block because the story was already created in its entirety. All I had to do was bring it in to physical manifestation by writing it down.  I was like a reader who could not wait to see what would happen next.

As I was writing I was aware of the many layers of information and meaning that are embedded in the story. They are all layers of information that I as a person know. However, I don’t believe I could have woven such magic had I used my intellectual mind to figure it all out. I credit meditation as the tool that allowed me to write The Midas Tree.

How might your creativity emerge if you were to meditate?

What would you like to create in your life?

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding The Law of Attraction and Spiritual Perfectionism

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Meditation Helps You Listen To Your Bodies Messages

When our body, mind and spirit are in balance, we experience good health. However, we sometimes get caught up in a crisis that causes us to focus in one area more than others and we get out of balance. Meditation can really help in getting refocused.

Emotions are the way our bodies communicate with us. For example if you are getting tired, but you push yourself to keep going, your body may respond by becoming grumpy. Or if your relationship is stressful, your body may feel afraid. Of course it works the other way too and the body will express happiness and joy in cheerful situations.

What Happens If I Don’t Listen To My Body?

If we don’t listen to our bodies emotional signals when they are tired or stressed then a stronger message is required. The issue may then become expressed as illness or disease. Meditation can help us to tune into our bodies messages so that we can respond to them before it develops into a physical ailment.

When we do become ill, meditation allows us to be still and listen to our inner voice about our bodies ailments. At the heart of each illness is a core concept or way of thinking that does not serve you well. Over years of not paying attention, it can become solidified in your body.

Digestive problems can indicate that you are having trouble “digesting” or accepting something. Inflammation in the joints may mean that you are judging yourself and others too harshly. Your back ache may be caused by a sense of having no emotional and financial support, and your sore throat may indicate that you are not speaking up about something of concern and so on.

Illness Is A Signal For Change

Illness is a way our bodies seek to restore change by drawing our attention to a problem, so that we can cleanse built up negative manifestations of energy in our system. You have the power to change anything that you have created by replacing negative patterns with positive and nourishing thoughts and meditation can help you to do this.

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much!

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding Regular Meditation Practice Made Easy. 

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Let The Hidden Treasure of Your Inner Light Shine Bright!

Since moving to the countryside, I take a walk in nature every day. Sometimes I see wildlife, farm animals or other surprises. Always looking for the inner light of beauty around us.

Today was no exception. It was a beautiful crisp day. Just the kind of sunny BC winters day that reminds me how lucky I am to live in such a spectacular province. I was having fun cracking the ice in the puddles and stomping on the frozen stalagmites that rise up the little fern leaves.

On the way back we walked along a country road a little ways. Something caught our eyes on the side of the road. There was something glinting. We looked down and there were about 20 pieces of crystal from a smashed geode. So beautiful, the inner light of this miracle, mostly clear but very pale amethyst in parts.

Reality Crumbles

I got to thinking about this rock and the inner light it possess. How it had been smashed up; how it had been broken into fragments. It reminded me of how sometimes in our lives we feel just like that rock. Where everything we thought we had, everything we thought we were gets destroyed.

Even though we don’t know it when we are suffering. What comes out the other side of the pain can be beautiful. Like the butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. Or these pristine crystals inside this rock.

From Darkness Comes Light

There is a quarry down the road which no doubt is where this rock came from. It has likely been sitting there for thousands of years being compressed, being hidden from sight. Silently growing internally, in darkness.

Today that rock was scooped up out of its comfort zone in the quarry. Into a truck it went with all the other rubble. Ready to be taken to a building site or roadworks as filler no doubt. Mysteriously it spilled out onto the road and either smashed open there and then or was run over a few times by a few more trucks. It was smashed to smithereens. It’s original form destroyed.

Eventually that rock was ready to reveal its treasures. Who would have known that under such a dull grey rocky surface would be such loveliness.

No matter how long you are in the darkness, no matter how imprisoned you feel, that rock is a testimony that things can and will change!

During each of our Unlocking Your Truth episodes we also answer email questions from our listeners as well occasionally do readings live on air for our call in guests.

If you are interested in  more podcasts by Dr Lesley go to http://drlesleyphillips.com/blog/

For UYT episodes to be sent directly to your device, subscribe on iTunes,Google Play Music, Player FM, Blubrry or Stitcher! Also Reviews on iTunes are extremely helpful & much appreciated! And lastly, if you have a topic or question for the show fill out the intuitive insight form on the right. Thanks so much! 

Below is an interesting Unlocking Your Truth radio show episode (podcast) regarding Being, Your Inner Light.

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