Expos and Expectations

I recently signed up for a booth at my very first expo, the Circle of Light Paranormal Expo, which will be taking place at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in June of this year. I have never seriously considered attending one of these before, because--well, if I tell you why, I have to tell you a secret.

The secret is...it has taken me a long time to accept both my beliefs about the nature of energy, and my abilities. I understand there is no separation. Essentially, everything is energy. When we talk about any specific healing modality from dentistry to plastic surgery to Reiki to intuitive readings, we're just focusing on one portion of a continuum.

I have offered intuitive services since 1995, but I've been in the closet about that to nearly everyone I know. It was only recently that I started thinking about the fact that hiding this ability is tantamount to hiding my light beneath that proverbial bushel. This creates problems on a number of levels, one of which is the energetic level where I'm holding my gift surrounded with secrecy and shame.

I finally started asking myself why. Here's the biggest reason: I've heard more than enough Miss Cleo jokes in my lifetime already, thank you. These are good for a chuckle, but they also leave me feeling dirty somehow, as though I should pretend to have nothing to do with the field just because there are a handful of well-known scammers who pretend to have psychic abilities so that they can cheat, manipulate, and steal from people. I know that I work from a place of honesty and integrity, so why should I worry about people who are doing something different?

After all, there are con artists in every field. It would simply be exhausting to build a practice based on a continuing series of denials--no, I'm not a con; yes, I'm genuine; no, I don't have the winning lottery numbers!--and there's truly no reason to do so.

The best I can do is to put myself forward with honesty and integrity, and to hope that others will put their fears and prejudices aside, and judge me solely by the timbre of my offerings.

Because the truth is that all we have to offer is ourselves. I am looking forward to sharing my truest self with you when we meet.

Namaste.