The French Connection

I was reminded today of a client I have worked with. She initially came to me for a reading and then has continued her work with me to develop her intuitive skills. I love working with her. What I admire most about her is that she is so enthusiastically engaged in the process of enriching her life by staying in touch with, as she puts it, "The Divine," which, for me, also means her Divine.

One of the primary issues that she focused on in her sessions with me was her relationship with her significant other. This is often where our personal work manifests.

Prior to one of her early visits, I did a meditation to gather information from her energetic field on her behalf. In that meditation, I saw, in mind's eye, one version of herself hovering over another version of herself as she went about her day. It was as if she had a twin that floated like a balloon about 10-12' over her own head. The balloon version went everywhere the grounded one went and the balloon version was taking notes in a journal as she floated along.

When I told my client of this vision, she laughed. She informed me that since the prior session with me (and as a result of things that had transpired in her work with me), she had decided to be a conscious observer of her life, as well as a participant in it. She also shared that she had taken on this role of observer mostly because the relationship she was in was so strained and she, in her usual mind-body ways, had not been able to find a way to make things better with him. So she had decided to become a casual observer of that relationship as a way to attempt to sort things out.

The task of observing everything about the relationship felt a little overwhelming, so she also decided to narrow her focus. She asked for guidance from "The Divine" about exactly what to focus on. She was waiting for her guidance to come in the form of words. She heard nothing. However, she was aware that when she asked for this guidance, she felt a kissing sensation on her cheek. After several failed attempts to get verbal instructions on what to observe, she gave in to the kiss. She would focus only on kissing. She realized that it made some sense, because their kissing patterns were a good indication of how things were between the two of them.

She started to observe who initiated the kisses, how long they lasted, whether one or both of them was preoccupied with something else during the kiss, whether the kisses were accompanied with hugs or other tender touching, or whether they were simply obligatory or on the fly. She watched herself, as well as her significant other, and tried to gather information about what was going on between them based solely on their kissing patterns. She saw when they were more connected and kissing more, and when they were disconnected and kissing less......or in a passing way. Although she was not physically taking notes, as was her "floating balloon self" in my meditation, she was certainly taking mental note of the patterns, as well as her part and his part in each kissing interaction.

After not too long, she saw things about herself and her partner that she had not been mindful of before. This new information shifted her perceptions about what was transpiring between them. She also became aware of the power of a french kiss in their relationship. Although this may not hold true for all relationships, she found that when either of them left for their day of work (or play) and initiated a french kiss, versus a closed-mouth peck, with the other, the two of them stayed more connected through the entire day til they saw each other again in the evening.....and they would also often greeted each other at day's end with another french kiss, which led to more connected evenings. She and her partner were able to discuss this observance and they both became committed to making their "French Connection" a priority.

As a result of her capacity to listen to her intuition, the soft kisses on her cheek.......she became informed of a path to follow.....which gave her insight that both she and her partner (who was willing to listen to her wisdom) could use to bring them back to one another. I love this story and, more particularly, how our higher self knows the little ways to tweak our knowing. May your French Connections be abundant! May the blessings be.