How do I Prepare for a Session

Ask yourself these questions:

• How will I know when I have reached my intention?
• What do I want to come of a spiritual life?
• What do I believe I will feel or experience?
• How will I be different when I am spiritual?
• What prevents that now?

Next, jot down in point form what you believe is blocking your intention

What do you notice you are resisting? Just put it down briefly and send it to me. Have your notes available when we have our session. They will help to keep you focused.

Focus on the issue you want changed. Here are some ideas that may be helpful:

• negative emotions (anger, frustration)?
• family/spouses/work?
• blocked?
• unable to apply practice?
• problems with procrastination?
• resentments, forgiveness?
• feeling lost?

Sometimes your spiritual intention is vast and all encompassing. To expect to reach unconditional love in a month is unrealistic. Be specific. Is there someone you resist loving now? What stops you from loving them? Let us begin to love one person at a time.

Make a list. Let us start with one

We will work with one issue/memory at a time.

Working successfully with one issue can motivate you to do more with others on your own.

When you have done this, after booking a session, please email me at bookings@ellensutherland.com so that I will be prepared for our session together.

What are your Spiritual Goals?

What are the things you can do to make a spiritual counselling session efficient and productive.

Set a goal or intention for each phone session. You can do this by asking yourself: "What do I want to come of our time together?"

The answer to this question comes from your personal spiritual intentions. Perhaps you want to express unconditional love or to release past resentments (forgiveness.) Maybe you decided to be peace filled, or to go the whole way and become Realized.

You may feel discouraged or worn out by the whole process of practice. You may be looking for results and not seeing any. You might have resistance to applying a daily practice.

The whole process of spiritual life may be experienced as a burden to you. Many areas and aspect of spiritual life can become difficult to resolve without some short-term assistance.

Negative emotions, both towards yourself and others, rise up when we resist. Thoughts and their emotions block you from your stated intention and can bring up intense distress. What happens to you in spiritual distress is that you contract — pull in and separate off. Such responses are the opposite of what you intend.

This work is not about manifesting

• It is about becoming aware.
• It is all about becoming willing to be responsible for what is happening in your life.
• It is about sorting out and sorting though your life.
• It is about releasing and surrendering.
• It is about learning to commit without expectation.
• It is about forgiving what blocks the inner peace, love, and joy.
• It is about the intense joy of realizing and accepting what you are.

Questions, ideas or suggestions? Please feel free to email me anytime at ellen@ellensutherland.com. I look forward to hearing from you.