My Spiritual Pilgrimage To France

I have come to understand spiritual pilgrimage as a journey in which we travel outside the familiar in order to ultimately come home to our Self. I have been taking spiritual pilgrimages since I was nineteen years old as a way to see myself outside of the constraints of my daily reality. There is something magical that happens when we have an intention to touch spirit in deeper and deeper ways through our travels, but this can also be the way we approach our daily life. Are we present for today’s adventure? Are we connected to and listening to our spirit’s guidance? Can we find awe in the mundane? Life opens when we do.

As I return from a sojourn to France where my intention was to embrace the Divine feminine through the pathway of Mary Magdalene, I come home with more of my own light. Not because it is something I found, but because it could never be lost. This point was brought home when I was in Carcassonne, a picturesque medieval town. I had a strange feeling I had been there before as I entered the church and began to pray in front of a statue of Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus and a highly celebrated figure in the south of France.

In the middle of the prayer, I had a very clear image of a sword piercing my heart. I could see my light leaving my body. In that lifetime, I had believed as I was being murdered that the teachings and a part of my light had been lost with my demise. I heard a voice say that I had mistakenly believed that the teachings of “The Way” had been lost, but that in truth one can never lose them.

What followed was an experience of this light reentering my heart now. In essence, I was reclaiming what I’d believed was lost but had never really gone anywhere. Then I was told to pray for the healing of all women who had been disempowered, who in some way believed that their light had been diminished. This I gladly did. I was also told that I would help others reclaim their light and power in greater numbers. I became infused with radiant light until I felt full and glowing like a giant sun, happy to understand that nothing true and real can ever be lost.  Perhaps this awareness is the fabled “Holy Grail” that everyone is searching for.

The next morning I received an email from a client who said she had received a great gift from me that very night. I had come to her illuminated like the radiant sun and helped her to ignite her own light. She said this light was a strong infusion that she hadn’t quite felt before. She felt she was somehow more radiant, more powerful and for this she was grateful.

Take a moment now to ask for the re-ignition of the light within you. It is already there, but your attention, focus, and asking will help it re-ignite. The light is within all of us. Your divinity can never be lost or taken from you. It is only our belief in such things that make them seem real.

If I can leave you with only one thing to take away, it would be that your light is inherent and can never be diminished. To understand and experience this truth in your heart of hearts will change your life forever.

Boundless Blessings to Ignite the Light Within You,

Jenai