
Everyone counts. Seems obvious, doesn’t it?
But do those words float at the conceptual level or do they really live deep into your belief system?
Do you feel you count? And everyone else you encounter in a day? How about in some obscure place around the world?
March 1st is Zero Discrimination Day.
Organizations like the United Nations (UN) actively promote the day with various activities to celebrate everyone’s right to live a full life with dignity regardless of age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, skin color, height, weight, profession, education, and beliefs.
Many countries have laws against discrimination but it’s still a problem in all layers of society in every country in the world. Many countries have and still use discrimination as a way of governing.
The symbol for Zero Discrimination Day is the butterfly, widely used by people to share their stories and photos as a way to end discrimination and work towards positive transformation.
So this week, let’s see how we can positively transform our truth to better reflect Truth – that everyone counts!
Ask your Team of Divine Helpers “How can I be more loving?” Then pick the painting that speaks to you the most. Scroll down to read its Oracle Message.
May it help you love yourself and others at a much deeper level.
Love Oracle Message 1: Discover Different
Dear Beloved,
Once upon a time, I went for a walk with a woman who told me something like “I make it a point to meet people who think differently than I do. That’s how I grow.”
She likely had no idea how her words would impact me. Of course I’ve met many kinds of people living and working on 3 continents and 5 provinces. But I definitely gravitate to spending all my free time with like-minded folks.
If you picked this painting, you’re invited to observe and reflect on how your thoughts, your words, your perceptions change when you’re in different environments and with different kinds of people. This includes those you see in the news, or on the Internet.
Make it a point to test yourself by going somewhere different to practice mindfulness, self-awareness.
Do you judge others for being different than you? for believing in a different deity or having a different way of living? Or are you curious and open to learning and expanding?
Are you a “my way is the right way” kind of person? Do you suffer from black & white thinking? Or do you relish different perspectives to stretch your horizons?
This week, use the affirmation “I am curious about my earthly brothers and sisters. I delight in differences.” to ask questions and discover the multiple facets to our human family.
Love yourself compassionately if you notice you’ve been negatively influenced by cultural or popular prejudices when it comes to appearances, ways of speaking, ways of dressing, socio-economic classes, habits and mannerisms, etc.
See if you can let go of a layer of delusion that you are either inferior or superior.
Discover the differences and delight in them.
Remember, to someone else, you’re the one who’s different. Wouldn’t you like to be seen, accepted, and loved for who you are? Consciously try it with another.
Painting: MindShift (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Feel the Positive Transformation
Dear Beloved,
What is your vision of a loving, harmonious world with zero discrimination?
Close your eyes and dream this vision into reality, first in your heart & mind. Take at least 5 minutes and explore the various details of that ideal world. If that doesn’t work for you, try journaling instead.
Really feel it as you imagine it – first in your family, then in your immediate circle, community, city, country, continent and all around the planet.
Transformation starts with you. How would you travel in your day and in your world differently if there were zero discrimination?
How would you perceive others’ acceptance of you? How would you imagine your acceptance of others?
How would being truly seen and seeing change the love in your heart and the love in the world?
What would be the ripple effect of everyone living this way? What would happen on a social, economic, political, etc. level in the world?
Stay focused on the positive transformation.
Just like with the butterfly effect, your small seemingly trivial imagination play can ultimately result in something much greater.
The power of your visioning is being added to that of all those who picked this painting on this day and for years to come.
So as you flap your love-wings here and now, it could ultimately change the world into one of zero discrimination.
So go ahead. Flap away in your imagination and in your life.
Positive transformation starts with you. Thank you.
Painting: Visionary (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 3: Embrace All Spirit Vessels
Dear Beloved,
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being asked to burn away whatever negative judgments you may have adopted, cultivated, and perpetuated about physical appearances – yours and that of others.
It’s often subconscious.
First, let’s start with you.
Can you honestly say that you love your body fully and totally for all it is, has ever been and will become?
If yes, bravo! You’ve picked this painting to celebrate this miracle. For it is a miracle in this day and age if you’re able to do that.
Next, can you honestly say that you love everyone else’s bodies no matter the shapes, sizes, colours, unique characteristics, states of health, etc.?
If yes, consider teaching this to others. Our world greatly needs it.
Beauty standards and expectations often vary depending on ethnic backgrounds. This results from tradition, deeply held beliefs, social pressure, and media influences.
In some cultures, being full-figured is a sign of health and prosperity. In others, it’s a sign of ill-health and low body image.
In some cultures, being tanned is a sign of health. In others, the paler the better.
In some cultures, short women are considered feminine yet short men are seen as weak.
How different life would be if we all simply honoured all bodies, no matter how they were born and what has happened to them since.
Every body is a vessel for the spirit.
These spirits have chosen to come into this world in all shapes, sizes & colours for a reason.
If we were all the same, it would be so boring, not to mention complicated in terms of knowing who is who.
Embracing everyone’s spirit vessel is part of burning away the layers of discrimination.
How would total body acceptance manifest in your life?
Would you love yourself more unconditionally? Would you have more friends? Would you find your right partner? Would you accept your children more unconditionally? Would you be friendlier to all you meet? Would you welcome aging and death?
How would your life positively change if you truly accepted and even celebrated the differences in the costumes souls chose to dress-up in for this lifetime?
Reflect on this as you go through your days. You may better appreciate your own reflection in the mirror the more you appreciate the variety of shapes, sizes & colours of everyone’s unique expression of the Divine.
That would be first step towards becoming more unconditionally loving to who they truly are on the inside too.
Painting: Bridie’s Flame (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle 30: Rebirth Your Reality
/in PaintingsBlessed Holy Week & Happy Easter! What does this time of year mean to you?
Do you celebrate the resurrection of Christ? Does it spark your soul to believe that through the clouds of trials, torture and apparent death emerged the Truth of everlasting life? Does Jesus’s connection with pure Christ Consciousness give you the strength to follow His example? Does His showing us the way remind you of how loved you truly are ?
Or is Easter simply a seasonal time of hope, rebirth, awakening? Does witnessing new beginnings in nature revitalize your faith after trudging through the slumber of frozen lands? Does the rejuvenation of life and colour all around you rekindle your faith in the future?
I tried to add a third blurb on the Easter bunny and chocolate, but I’ll stick to Jesus and Mother Nature…
The 3 paintings I chose for this week’s Love Oracle all touch on aspects of the Easter story, no matter your associations with this time of year. May they help you rebirth your reality.
Ask your Team of Divine Helpers a question about your life and then pick the painting that speaks most to you. Then scroll down to read its Oracle Message.
Love Oracle Message 1: What Matters Most?
It’s time to salvage for salvation! What have you built in this lifetime that matters most to you?
What is so precious that it’s worth holding onto or letting go, nurturing, honouring? Perhaps you’ve taken it for granted. Perhaps it has started crumbling without your notice. Maybe it’s ripe for the flames to destroy, just as they did the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris?
Do you remember that day? Do you remember how the local community mourned? Did you feel the flames affect you from across the world as it did for so many others? I started painting the Rose Window of the Notre Dame Cathedral hours before we heard of the devastating fire. Community rallied around the painting process as their way of processing what was happening. Then, we witnessed over the air waves a rallying – a recognition of how valuable the Cathedral was to people. Funds came in and restoration began.
What stands in your life as a treasure worth saving before fire or neglect destroys it? It could be a way of being, a relationship, a project, your values, your vocation, your legacy.
If you’ve picked this painting, it’s time to add new life to your world by not taking what you value most for granted.
See it with renewed vision. Nourish it with renewed love. Be one with it with renewed faith. Connect to its purpose beyond the earthly realm and ask your Team of Divine Helpers to help infuse it with Cosmic Energy. May it blossom and grow to be what it has always been at its core.
Painting: Communing with Community (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Transform the Toxins
Just as the peacock can transform the poison of snakes and plants into nourishment, it’s time for you to transform your challenges into blessings.
It’s time to review and renew your perspective.
Have you experienced trauma, troubles, challenges, judgment, complaints or criticism lately?
If you picked this painting, you’re being invited to look at the source of these under a new Light.
How would your perspective change if you truly believed that your soul had agreed to these provocations before being born into this life?
Can you start to feel how this problem can help you learn something for your benefit and that of others?
What if what you’d perceived as a huge negative in your life, a toxin, was truly a treasure? What if within it lay the golden keys to open the door to your next growth spurt for the Highest Good of All?
What if you knew that therein lay the fuel for you to jump one step closer to Enlightenment, to Divine Wisdom?
Think back to when you may have had such a shift in perspective in the past. You’ve no doubt transformed toxins in your life before – it’s part of your Spirit Nature. Can you see how an earlier challenge became a blessing, a gift? Recognizing that it’s possible and true will help you use this super power again.
So call upon your Higher Self, your soul and your Team of Divine Helpers to support you in the transmutation of what you’d previously felt was a toxin into nourishment.
Ask to be Guided to any inspired action or way of being that can help shift reality as you had seen it. Pray that your eyes may be open to how challenges happen for you, not to you.
Find your super power and watch the tree blossom before you. It is not an obstacle on your path. It’s a gift. Beauty lies beyond the veil of delusion.
Painting: Reborn of Compassion (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 3: Awaken to the Light
We’re living in a challenging world. But are you focusing on the darkness or on the light?
Now is the time for you to be reborn in the Light. It’s time to live at a higher level of consciousness.
The Light’s always there – it’s just that at times, you aren’t aware of it. You can’t perceive it. Your eyes are shrouded by thoughts, moods, wrong perceptions.
It’s not that the Light is weak. It’s that your awareness of it waivers. Life does that. That’s the human part of being a human being.
In truth, however, the Light is so strong that darkness cannot exist.
You’re invited to make a choice, Dear One. Will you do the inner work to get rid of the veils of illusion and delusion to connect to the Truth, the Light, the Love that is all around, all the time?
What can you do to remove the blocks to perceiving the Light in the world? What can you do to connect more often and more deeply with your Spirit Self?
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re invited to bring new life to your spiritual practices. What helps you to know that you are One with the Light.
Tell your Higher Self, your soul, your Team of Divine Helpers that you want to embody more discipline and devotion. Ask them to help you raise your consciousness high about the dark clouds to become one with the Light that has and always will be there.
This is a time of reawakening to who you truly are. You are a part of the Divine Radiance. Shine on!
Painting: New Beginnings (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle 29: Be Happy Now
/in PaintingsOh Blessed Be! Welcome to this New Season!
Happy Spring Equinox to those on my side of the celestial equator and Happy Fall Equinox to those on the other!
But did you know that tomorrow, March 20th, is also International Happiness Day?
So may this not only be a new season in our calendar year, but a new era on the planet. Happiness is indeed a priority! And it starts with you.
Happiness comes from the inside out.
Although it’s important that governments jump on board the happiness wagon, let’s play our part.
Call in your Team of Divine Helpers and ask them “How can I be happier this week?”. Pick the painting that speaks most to your heart. Then, scroll down to read its Oracle Message.
Each of the messages includes quotes by Paramhansa Yogananda, the author of “Autobiography of a Yogi” and the guru of the Ananda Village in California, where I’m currently doing karma yoga for 2 months.
Love Oracle Message 1: Open to the Divine Within You
Stand tall and open yourself to the Divine within you.
Your Light is so bright, reflecting the Light of All that Is. Take the time to nurture and connect to it. Feel the exaltation of living as a unique expression of the Divine.
It’s true. Your life is not without challenges. How you experience them depends on you. Don’t wallow. Seek the Light. Where attention goes, energy flows.
As Paramhansa Yoganada said:
Focus on what you love and let all else to fall into its rightful place. Attract what you want. Align with the Universe, raise your vibration and shine!
Allow your wellspring of unconditional love, gratitude, purpose, and passion to overflow. You are radiant. You are a lightworker.
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re invited to get up and dance to Bobby McFerrin’s song “Don’t Worry Be Happy“. And if dancing doesn’t do it for you, find what does and be happy now.
Painting: Exaltation (SOLD). Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Deep Roots Grow Rich Fruit
How are you growing and nourishing deep roots in your life so that you may bear the rich fruit of happiness?
This is not an outward journey. It’s an inward one.
Are you dedicating enough time and energy to your spiritual practice? How can you invest more? or make what you have more quality time?
When times get busy or moods get low, it’s easy to let your happiness practice aside. But that’s like depriving your roots of nourishment, only to result in the withering of your Life Force.
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re invited to make wise investments on what has the most returns – in the here and now and every here and now that comes after it.
As Paramhansa Yogananda said:
So go ahead. Make your happiness a priority. It’s your birthright. It’s your magic. It’s the fruit that you will then share with others.
You all deserve your taking the time to find that peace, that calm, that happiness that’s already inside you.
Painting: Happy (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 3:
The happier you are, the easier it will be for those around you to be happy too.
There’s nothing selfish about doing what you need and being who you truly are in order to connect to that happiness at your core.
So what makes you truly happy? Is it really that new pair of shoes, chocolate sundae, compliments from your partner, achievement, or award?
Or is it the joy that bubbles up from being simply and completely in the present moment, loving what is, recognizing and feeling the Divine within yourself and all around you?
As Paramhansa Yogananda said:
The key to happiness is that your soul and your life are in sync. Are you living as your True Self? Do you even remember who that is?
Pause for moment to take an inventory of what you prioritize in life. How can you raise your personal Happiness Index to contribute to the National Happiness Index and the International one too?
Take the time to reconnect – through meditation, Right Living, spiritual practices, loving service, and being content with life as it is.
Be happy now!
Painting: Divine Union (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul Meditation
/in Guided MeditationsMay this 18-minute guided visioning meditation help you See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul.
Do you take your body for granted or cherish it as a vessel to your spirit?
What does your inner voice say when you spot yourself in the mirror or when you make a mistake?
Do you treat yourself like a best friend or like a failure or a foe?
When I was invited to channel a meditation during the Feminine Frequency Festival online at the end of December, this is what my guidance told me would be most useful.
Oh what a blessing to receive the visions I tune into when I ask my Team of Divine Helpers for a guided meditation.
All I need to do is share what I see, what I sense – and pause when the visions pause, giving listeners a chance to continue the story in tune with their own intuition.
I trust that it reached those who needed it in the Feminine Frequency: Global Sisterhood of Light-Leaders & Healers group.
Now, may it serve you too. Go ahead. Take this 18-minute opportunity to See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul (use video at the top of this page).
In this meditation, you’ll get to connect to:
The royalty free music I licensed for this guided visioning meditation is called “Across the Sky” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. It’s one of the 16 songs that I used in my meditation bundles (see below) and custom guided meditations.
Today’s gift is 1 of 11 meditations available in the the Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.
$44 Canadian.
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Also available are:
Chakra Balance Bundle:
9 guided visioning meditations to open and balance the 7 major energy centres of your astral energy body.
This bundle comes with a short introduction to the chakras.
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AND
Universal Law Bundle:
12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.
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You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.
Love Oracle 28: Embrace Your Divine Feminine
/in PaintingsHappy International Women’s Week!
As we gear up for International Women’s Day on March 8th, I invite you to embrace your Divine Feminine, no matter your gender.
Reclaiming my Divine Feminine was a crucial part of my personal journey. Intuitive painting and intuitive living have been amazing support to my embracing my Divine Feminine. That’s why I teach them!
In our western world, Masculine qualities are taught and reinforced. Success usually means doing, achieving, rational logical thinking, perseverance, resilience, courage, strength, Left Brain, etc. These are awesome qualities. But there’s too much emphasis on them.
At one point, an intuitive healer told me “Dominique! Your right brain is shrinking. Do anything! Cut paper dolls!” She wanted to encourage a rebirth of my creativity after I’d spent a few years focusing on being a Left-brain support to an artist that had enough Right Brain for a team of 20. I’d completely neglected my own creativity. I was living an unbalanced life, and it was taking a toll on my body, mind & spirit.
So today’s Love Oracle is all about embracing your Divine Feminine Qualities. These are:
So ask your Team of Divine Helpers and Higher Self what you need to focus on to embrace your Divine Feminine.
Pick the painting that calls you the most. Then scroll down to read its message.
Love Oracle Message 1: Nurture Your Relationships
Dear Beloved,
Do you need a hug? Does someone in your circle?
If you’ve picked this painting, your Divine Feminine is asking you to reach out with your arms and heart wide open to connect, truly connect, with another human being.
Perhaps you’ve been so busy with your to-do list that you haven’t had or taken the time to reach out to a friend.
Are you so focused on the physical needs of your family that you’ve missed their emotional needs?
Maybe you’ve been in cocooning mode and it’s become so … comfortable.
Whatever the case, spread those lovely wings of your and spread your love.
You are pure Divine Love at your core. And so is everyone else around you.
Connect to that loving nurturing part of yourself and let Her be all she was meant to be – for yourself and for others.
Who comes to mind, to heart when you read these questions?
Then take inspired action. Schedule a time to meet. Call them to remind them they are loved. Express your love in whatever way you’re intuitively guided.
Make someone’s day. It’ll make yours too.
Painting: With Arms Wide Open (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Follow Your Inner Light
“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine….” Come on, sing along.
That little light of yours is enough to dissipate the darkness. Let it shine. Let it guide you.
Every time you light a candle, call in your Team of Divine Helpers to be here with you. Let the flame remind you of that God-Essence that already shines brightly at your core.
Then close your eyes. Ask for Guidance for your Highest Good and the Highest Good of All. Then Look. Listen. Sense. Know/remember. Smell. Taste. Use whatever intuitive channel is most open to receive.
Life is so much more fulfilling when your intuition leads the way.
Embrace your Divine Feminine. Let Her connect to the bigger picture – the one that can only be seen when you join your light with its Source.
Then engage your Divine Masculine to help you take inspired action to manifest your best life.
What are your Spirit Calls?
What does “Follow your Bliss” mean to. you?
What does your heart crave to be, to feel, to do?
Ask your Team of Divine Helpers to add their light to yours so that the road ahead becomes clearer.
The answers are all within you. They’re in your Light.
Use whatever intuitive hearing aids that you need to tap into them. Try an intuitive walkabout or an intuitive vision board. Do some automatic writing / journaling. Pull some oracle cards, use a pendulum.
Eventually, you won’t need the tools and will be able to simple shine the inner light of your Divine Feminine more brightly to immediately connect to the best answers for you.
If you haven’t already, listen to my 75-minute Intuition into Action free tutorial here.
May it help you strengthen your relationship with your intuition.
May it help you shine your unique light brighter in the world. You are an individualized expression of the Divine. Embrace that!
Painting: Our Lady of Light (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 3: Honour Your Emotions
You are a beautifully emotional being – that’s part of the gift of being human. If you don’t acknowledge or accept your emotions, there’s a price to pay.
If you picked this painting, you’re being invited to embrace your Divine Feminine by honouring your emotions. That’s how you’ll increase your EQ – your Emotional Intelligence.
Let’s look at a lotus flower. Rooted in the mud, it rises through the water – the realm of emotions. By the time it emerges into the light above the water, it has completely cleansed itself of that mud. Its petals are designed to do just that.
So are you.
The only way to live as your True Self is to get comfortable with your emotions.
If you’re not being real, being authentic, it can have health consequences in body, mind & spirit.
So embrace your Divine Feminine by increasing your mindfulness practice. Become more self-aware of how you feel. First with yourself. Journaling is a great way to do that.
Love yourself through those emotions. Be aware of how you judge yourself for what you feel. Do you even give yourself permission to feel?
Next, if needed, call upon your emotional support system. Let go of your story, the details and the drama. Work on staying focused on seeing, accepting and loving those emotions so you can process them more quickly.
What do you do to honour your emotions in a healthy way? What makes this challenging for you?
The majority have never been trained to comfortably and constructively process emotions.
According to Goleman’s EQ theory, there are five core components to EQ: empathy, effective communication or social skills, self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation.
If this peaks your curiosity, follow that intuitive nudge to learn more.
Your ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you is a skill that can be developed.
Investing time on fostering your EQ is a gift that will keep on giving.
Painting: The Perfect Unfolding (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle 27: Everyone Counts
/in PaintingsEveryone counts. Seems obvious, doesn’t it?
But do those words float at the conceptual level or do they really live deep into your belief system?
Do you feel you count? And everyone else you encounter in a day? How about in some obscure place around the world?
March 1st is Zero Discrimination Day.
So this week, let’s see how we can positively transform our truth to better reflect Truth – that everyone counts!
Ask your Team of Divine Helpers “How can I be more loving?” Then pick the painting that speaks to you the most. Scroll down to read its Oracle Message.
May it help you love yourself and others at a much deeper level.
Love Oracle Message 1: Discover Different
Once upon a time, I went for a walk with a woman who told me something like “I make it a point to meet people who think differently than I do. That’s how I grow.”
She likely had no idea how her words would impact me. Of course I’ve met many kinds of people living and working on 3 continents and 5 provinces. But I definitely gravitate to spending all my free time with like-minded folks.
If you picked this painting, you’re invited to observe and reflect on how your thoughts, your words, your perceptions change when you’re in different environments and with different kinds of people. This includes those you see in the news, or on the Internet.
Make it a point to test yourself by going somewhere different to practice mindfulness, self-awareness.
Do you judge others for being different than you? for believing in a different deity or having a different way of living? Or are you curious and open to learning and expanding?
Are you a “my way is the right way” kind of person? Do you suffer from black & white thinking? Or do you relish different perspectives to stretch your horizons?
This week, use the affirmation “I am curious about my earthly brothers and sisters. I delight in differences.” to ask questions and discover the multiple facets to our human family.
Love yourself compassionately if you notice you’ve been negatively influenced by cultural or popular prejudices when it comes to appearances, ways of speaking, ways of dressing, socio-economic classes, habits and mannerisms, etc.
See if you can let go of a layer of delusion that you are either inferior or superior.
Discover the differences and delight in them.
Remember, to someone else, you’re the one who’s different. Wouldn’t you like to be seen, accepted, and loved for who you are? Consciously try it with another.
Painting: MindShift (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Feel the Positive Transformation
What is your vision of a loving, harmonious world with zero discrimination?
Close your eyes and dream this vision into reality, first in your heart & mind. Take at least 5 minutes and explore the various details of that ideal world. If that doesn’t work for you, try journaling instead.
Really feel it as you imagine it – first in your family, then in your immediate circle, community, city, country, continent and all around the planet.
Transformation starts with you. How would you travel in your day and in your world differently if there were zero discrimination?
How would you perceive others’ acceptance of you? How would you imagine your acceptance of others?
How would being truly seen and seeing change the love in your heart and the love in the world?
What would be the ripple effect of everyone living this way? What would happen on a social, economic, political, etc. level in the world?
Stay focused on the positive transformation.
Just like with the butterfly effect, your small seemingly trivial imagination play can ultimately result in something much greater.
The power of your visioning is being added to that of all those who picked this painting on this day and for years to come.
So as you flap your love-wings here and now, it could ultimately change the world into one of zero discrimination.
So go ahead. Flap away in your imagination and in your life.
Positive transformation starts with you. Thank you.
Painting: Visionary (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle Message 3: Embrace All Spirit Vessels
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being asked to burn away whatever negative judgments you may have adopted, cultivated, and perpetuated about physical appearances – yours and that of others.
It’s often subconscious.
First, let’s start with you.
Can you honestly say that you love your body fully and totally for all it is, has ever been and will become?
If yes, bravo! You’ve picked this painting to celebrate this miracle. For it is a miracle in this day and age if you’re able to do that.
Next, can you honestly say that you love everyone else’s bodies no matter the shapes, sizes, colours, unique characteristics, states of health, etc.?
If yes, consider teaching this to others. Our world greatly needs it.
Beauty standards and expectations often vary depending on ethnic backgrounds. This results from tradition, deeply held beliefs, social pressure, and media influences.
In some cultures, being full-figured is a sign of health and prosperity. In others, it’s a sign of ill-health and low body image.
In some cultures, being tanned is a sign of health. In others, the paler the better.
In some cultures, short women are considered feminine yet short men are seen as weak.
How different life would be if we all simply honoured all bodies, no matter how they were born and what has happened to them since.
Every body is a vessel for the spirit.
These spirits have chosen to come into this world in all shapes, sizes & colours for a reason.
If we were all the same, it would be so boring, not to mention complicated in terms of knowing who is who.
Embracing everyone’s spirit vessel is part of burning away the layers of discrimination.
How would total body acceptance manifest in your life?
Would you love yourself more unconditionally? Would you have more friends? Would you find your right partner? Would you accept your children more unconditionally? Would you be friendlier to all you meet? Would you welcome aging and death?
How would your life positively change if you truly accepted and even celebrated the differences in the costumes souls chose to dress-up in for this lifetime?
Reflect on this as you go through your days. You may better appreciate your own reflection in the mirror the more you appreciate the variety of shapes, sizes & colours of everyone’s unique expression of the Divine.
That would be first step towards becoming more unconditionally loving to who they truly are on the inside too.
Painting: Bridie’s Flame (SOLD). More on it here…. Order prints here.
Love Oracle 26: Know Thyself
/in PaintingsWhat do you want in life?
Where do you imagine yourself being in 5 or 10 years?
What are you passionate about? What brings you joy?
What matters most to you?
You’d think these questions would be easy to answer, but for many, they’re not!
If you’re stumped at these questions, you’re likely not living your life to the fullest. Maybe you’re just going along day by day going through the motions.
Do you feel you’re wasting your precious life? Are you living the life others wanted you to live? Do you envy those who seem to be living in alignment with their True Self?
Whether you’re at a complete loss as to who you truly are or simply want to live more in alignment to your values, your faith, your purpose – it’s a good thing you’re here.
Are you ready to shift life into gear? Your gear? Know thyself.
Ask your Team of Divine Helpers “How can I know myself better to live in alignment with my Higher Self?” Then see which of the paintings above draws you the most.
Once you’ve picked your painting, scroll down to read its Oracle Message. Then, remember to take inspired action to get to know yourself even better.
Love Oracle Message 1: Nurture your Relationship with Nature
Dear Beloved,
How can you add space in your life to reconnect to your Self?
Is your life so noisy you can’t hear your Self? Perhaps it’s like that by design – so you wouldn’t have to listen. Or is this simply a super busy chapter of your life by nature?
If you’ve picked this painting, it’s time to create space for you to pause, just be, and listen in Nature.
Reconnect to the magic of the natural world, to the Elements. They can help you.
You are a part of Nature. Does that concept feel foreign to contemplate or oh so true!?
By developing your relationship with nature, you reconnect to both the human and spirit nature of your being.
Spending time in nature is great for grounding to Mother Earth, connecting to the Universe and tuning in to your intuition.
So get your bare feet on the ground or your bare hands in the snow or in the earth. Hug a tree. Make snow angels in the park or hike along the coast. Are there any hot springs nearby? Are you a polar dipper?
You can choose to take 15 minutes in your backyard or a week at an exotic destination, but whatever you choose, don’t fill that time with distractions.
Pause. Listen. Meditate. Ask and be open to receive answers. Follow your flow. Let the weather, the creatures, the scenery talk to you.
If you have specific questions in your life or are faced with difficult decisions, try an Intuitive Walkabout in a natural setting.
You may feel jittery or bored. It takes a while to decompress or to get used to a slower truer rhythm of life.
Memories may come up of what you used to love doing outside. How can you live the essence of that memory today?
This may be cliche, but success is a journey, not a destination. Remember to take the time to enjoy the journey of life. Your inbox will still be full when it’s time to transition to the next phase of your soul’s life.
So how can you appreciate this life in this body in this time and place on Earth? How can you cultivate a nourishing partnership with nature?
It’s there for you. You’re also meant to be there for it – in whatever way is meant for you.
Think about that and take inspired action – schedule time in nature and follow through. You not only need it, you deserve it.
Painting: Nature Bound (24″ x 48″). More on it here…. Order prints here. Buy the Original here.
Love Oracle Message 2: Be Successful Through Self-Discovery
You are everything that you’ve ever experienced – in this lifetime, and if you believe it, in previous ones too.
Who you are today is part nature and part nurture.
Knowing what has brought you here and now is a great way to understand why you act and think the way you do.
Self-understanding can lead to shifts in lifestyle, career paths, perspectives, behaviours, and so much more.
Do you know who you are? Do you know what brings out the best in you? The worst?
Do you feel you’re living on purpose?
What self-discovery tools do you find the most fun, the most revealing?
Is it astrology? genealogy? Akashic Records? numerology? spiritual books? journaling? personality tests? mindfulness? exploring interests? discussions with various kinds of people? reflecting on your past? professional therapy?
The list could go on and on.
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being encouraged to delve deeper into self-awareness play in whatever form speaks most to you.
It’s an invitation to step off the hamster wheel to take a good look at yourself, so that you can more consciously choose the who, what, when, where, why and how of your next best steps in life.
And remember to Lighten Up. You’re a spiritual being in human form for the fun of it.
Happy trails!
Painting: Journey of Self-Discovery (24″ x 48″). More on it here…. Order prints here. Buy Original Here.
Love Oracle Message 3: Meditate for Miracles
Are you having relationship problems in your life? Meditate.
Are you having financial difficulties? Meditate.
Is your health challenging you? Meditate.
I recently heard something like this in a sermon. It certainly confirmed my decision to spend 2 months at an ashram to learn to meditate at a deeper level.
According to Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings:
Doesn’t that sound amazing?
This takes time. Lifetimes. It takes motivation. It takes practice. It takes finding the kind of meditation that resonates most with you.
If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being asked to ponder if what’s described above is a priority for you.
If you’ve answered yes, take inspired action. Over and over again.
Seek the teachers that align with your soul callings. Dedicate the time. Invest in your ascension.
With that growing inner peace, all your challenges and problems will seem different. You’ll connect to inspired actions. Miracles and magic will appear on your path.
Reflect on how reading this was received.
How do you feel about meditation? What makes it easier for you to meditate? Can you arrange more of that in your life?
And if you think this painting had a different message for you, great! Meditate on it.
Peace be with you!
Painting: Time of Ascension (24″ x 48″). More on it here…. Order prints here. Buy Original Here.
Shower of Love Meditation
/in Guided MeditationsHappy Valentine’s Week!
Are you ready to welcome, feel, experience, spread more love in your life?
Enjoy this 25-minutes inner experience of Love that will ripple into the rest of your life (in video above). Take the time. You deserve it. And so does everyone around you.
In this meditation, you’ll be invited to:
The royalty free music that I licensed to use in the “Shower of Love Meditation” in the video above is called “Across the Sky” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. His inspired music is featured in all my guided visioning meditations.
This Valentine’s gift to you was channeled during my online Holiday Spirit Circle.
It’s 1 of 11 meditations available in the the Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.
$44 Canadian.
Click here to purchase & download.
Also available are:
Chakra Balance Bundle:
9 guided visioning meditations to open and balance the 7 major energy centres of your astral energy body.
This bundle comes with a short introduction to the chakras.
Click here to purchase & download.
AND
Universal Law Bundle:
12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.
Click here to purchase & download.
You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.
P.S. I will be traveling from February 14th to May 9th, including family visits and 2 months doing karma yoga at Ananda Village in the Sierra foothills of California. My intuitive services are now on hold, but you can still purchase these meditations, original paintings, and prints online. Thank you for you patronage.
Love Oracle 25: See, Accept, Love
/in PaintingsAs we approach Valentine’s Day, let’s look at unconditional love.
What is unconditional love? A definition I’ve long contemplated is that to love someone unconditionally is to see them for who they truly are, accept them as they currently are, and wish for their happiness without expecting anything in return.
There are a few challenges here.
First, to see someone for who they truly are – at both a soul and human level – we need to be able to see past the words, behaviours and many masks that so many have become used to wearing – sometimes different masks for different occasions or environments.
Next, to accept someone as they are in the moment – with all their quirks, behaviours, beliefs, drama, judgments, etc. is … tough. Their being-ness often splashes on us or our space. It may even go against everything we believe in, value, or want around us. Fear for ourselves and for their future brings in elements of control, manipulation, and all sorts of getting into their business.
And lastly, the most exacting of all – to not expect anything in return. Now that requires a level of selflessness that’s rare in this world. The closer they are in our inner circle, the harder this one becomes. The more their decisions seemingly affect us, the more we may feel our own happiness is at risk. Therein lies the spiritual practice and a discussion far beyond the scope of 1 blog post.
Rare are those who grew up unconditionally loved. Most children know at a deep level that when they are “good”, they are “loved” and when they are “bad”, they are not. They can see it in the look on people’s faces or hear it in the tone of people’s voices. They can feel it too. They shape their behaviour to please the conditions of parents, teachers, peer groups, society, etc. This is conditional love.
I also believe that everyone is doing the very best they can at any moment – and that can vary with time. So there’s no one to blame in this world of conditional love. How can someone who has never been unconditionally loved then turn around and unconditionally love another?
The lack of love in the world dates back from the beginning of time on this planet. But the more aware we become of our lack to focus on learning to love ourselves and others, the more we can change the tides of time. The more we can ascend as individuals and as a planet.
That’s this week’s theme.
So take a good look at the 3 paintings above. Choose the one that calls you the most and scroll down to read its Love Oracle message. Does it inspire a shift in how you live your day – in how you see, accept and love those you’re with … you included?
* Note: Original Paintings will continue to be on sale through my online shop while I’m out of the country for a few months. If you’re interested in a payment plan, please contact me before Valentine’s Day.
Love Oracle Message 1: Love Thyself
Take a moment to look at yourself in the mirror before reading on. Listen to your inner voice – is it the voice of someone from your past, of your ego, or of your Higher Self?
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Now look again. Fake it til you make it if you have to. Talk to yourself as if you were truly seeing yourself through the eyes of your soul, of your Higher Self, of your Guardian angel. Use whatever works for you.
What would pure unconditional love say to you as you look deeply into your eyes?
How did that feel? Did you say it or hear it only at an intellectual level?
Try it again. Now this time, let the words absorb into every cell of your body.
Let them open your throat chakra, the chimney between your heart and third-eye chakra (intuition).
Let them penetrate through the walls of your heart.
Basically, feel the words as you speak them out loud.
Then repeat them in your mind, continuing silently. Allow love to imbue your thoughts.
How does it feel? Familiar? Strange?
With years of unconscious negative self-talk, self-criticism, and judgment, you may have carved grooves in your thought-patterns.
This exercise will help fill those gutters with love and create new pathways to self-love.
If you feel you need to, schedule this exercise daily or weekly to transform your inner landscape.
Or simply pause before every mirror you encounter in a day, smile, and love yourself. Rinse past conditioning and repeat. You deserve it.
Love Oracle Message 2: I See You
Have you ever closed your eyes while standing in the sunshine? Have you truly basked in the warm glow of the light. Have you noticed how bright the world seems, even through closed eyelids?
The Love of the Divine is always shining upon you.
You are seen for who you truly are.
You are accepted at your current stage of growth, whatever that happens to be on any day.
You are loved unconditionally.
But as the walls of a windowless basement cannot let the light in, a busy stressed-out life of fear can block your sight to what is always present.
So take a moment to pause & pray. That’s like moving up one floor to a room with large windows. Use whatever words feel good to you. Here is a suggestion.
“Dear Mother/Father God, Guiding Spirits, Archangels, Angels of Light & Love, to all beings of all dimensions who wish for my Highest Good, help me to feel your Love. Help me to let the Light in. I welcome the warmth of your Love within and all around me. Shine your Light brightly in my life that I may see beyond my conditioning, that I may emerge more fully as the individualized expression of the Divine that I am. Thank you for fuelling the divine spark within me. Amen. So Be It.”
Now, when you’re ready, step out of the house, into the great outdoors, and start looking for the love & beauty in the world. Seek and you shall find. Your sight will penetrate others’ walls. Your scenery will appear brighter, more abundant, more vibrant.
I see you, says your Team of Divine Helpers, says the Great Creator. Feel how unconditionally loved you truly are.
Feel the warmth of that shine penetrate your very being and reflect it back.
Shine your love and the world will also reflect it back to you.
Love Oracle Message 3: You Are Not Alone
You are a delicious fruit on the abundant Tree of Life.
From bud to blossom to fruit to fertilizer, you are part of the Life Cycle of this planet.
And so are the other fruit on this tree… and on neighbouring trees in your orchard … and on different kinds of fruit trees in other orchards around the world or in the wild.
All these trees are connected at the root system, through the tree communication network.
You are not alone. You are connected to everything and everyone!
What a harvest life is! So much abundance. So much nutritious deliciousness to be a part of.
Look around. You are not a solo apple on a bare tree standing alone in a desert. You are part of the lusciousness of life.
You are nourished by Mother Earth’s Life Force, drawn through the roots of your tree. You are nurtured in the Light and Love of the Divine.
As are all those around you!
Every stage of your growth is a miracle of Nature. You have so many Gifts to delight and nourish many.
Join with the fruit of your community to create a feast for the world.
You can make a difference by adding your flavour to the mix.
You already are. Thank you for being you!
The Universe Delivers
/in InspirationRemember how I wrote about my karma yoga trepidations during the Creating Your Intuitive Vision Board tutorial?
I’d asked my Team of Divine Helpers what was in my Highest Interest to know for the year ahead. That vision board was filled with encouragement and reminders of why I was Guided to volunteer for 2 months at Ananda Village in California.
Here’s another story about how the Universe Delivers.
The day after completing that video for you, I headed to the Tree of Life retreat centre for a 5-day video shoot to help them raise awareness about this amazing place.
I thought I was heading to a “job”. I was on a mission and came back with enough footage to keep my 2 iPhones uploading to the Cloud for 4 days straight and keep me editing for 100 hours.
While there, I was also able to continue delivering my Holiday Spirit Circle sessions Live online every morning at 7am. Work. This is what had been on my mind before leaving.
In the end, I also came home with the blessings of having participated in community life, yoga, dyads, meditation, delicious meals, and time in nature. Plus a little magic…
Although I hadn’t perceived my planned time away as a retreat, it turned out to be such a treat!
Divine Messengers
One way the Universe delivered an answer to my prayers was through Ellen Chapple (see video above). She turned out to be a divine messenger without even knowing it.
What came out of her mouth during our video interview went straight to my heart.
I immediately recognized the Divine was working through her to wipe away any fears I’d had about my upcoming 2 months of karma yoga.
Her words were like a healing balm. I felt the truth of them. I let go of self-doubts in my ability and energy-levels to be “on duty for 2 months” as a volunteer at an ashram.
Not days after expressing those fears and asking for Guidance, I felt fully confident and excited about my Spirit Call to the west.
Anyone who’s been a parent knows about selfless service without pay. All parents are karma yogis!
The rewards of all the love and hard work are no doubt fulfilling and for the Greater Good of all.
I haven’t been a parent. Living in community is relatively new to me. So I needed this reassurance that I could do it.
Whether in my own backyard, like at the Tree of Life, or across the continent like at Ananda Village, the idea of karma yoga is growing on me … or rather in me. I can be of service in community and not only from behind my computer screen or studio art table.
What Do You Need Help With?
Now it’s your turn.
Go ahead. Ask your Team of Divine Helpers for support relieving your fears in any area of your life. Then watch & listen for the answers they plant on your Path. The Universe delivers.
Peace be with you,
Namaste.
Dominique
P.S. Don’t forget to enjoy the short video at the top! I’ve also been adding testimonials & short videos on my YouTube Tree of Life playlist every day. Check it out and Subscribe to be notified of all new videos.
Chakra Balance Meditations – Root Chakra
/in Guided MeditationsWhat are Chakras
Have you heard about chakras?
If you’ve been following me for a while, you won’t be new to them. They were the focus of my latest drum, my biggest painting, one of my smallest, and a bunch in between.
Doing energy work on the chakras while I paint is one of the ways I periodically realign myself. And the energy lives on in my artwork.
Basically, chakras are energy centres in your astral body. That’s the subtle energy body within your physical body. It runs along the spine.
This complex and ancient energy system is studied in yoga, Reiki, New Age philosophy and in a whole bunch of other spiritual or wellness frameworks.
Some say there are hundreds of chakras within, above and below your body. Traditionally, however, practitioners focus on 7 main chakras that run along the spine:
Each chakra has a Sanskrit name, symbol, colour, associated health focus and Element. To help work with it, it also has associated stones, a sound, yoga poses, mantras, and more.
When each of these chakras are opened and balance, you’re happy and healthy.
If they’re blocked or overactive, it manifests in different ways in your body and in your life. You’ll feel and live in ways out of alignment, out of balance.
During my online Holiday Spirit Circle, I spent a week teaching one chakra at a time and channeling meditations that would help participants open and balance their chakras.
The Root Chakra
Today, I offer you the gift of my Root Chakra Meditation (9.5 minutes in the video above).
The Root Chakra, located at the base of your spine, is also known as the Mulhadara Chakra.
You’re better able to respond to challenges with an open and balanced root chakra.
So give the guided visioning Root Chakra Meditation at the top of this page a try and repeat it as often as you need.
It’s $44 Canadian and available here.
It includes:
Each of the meditations is enhanced by chakra-specific musical compositions by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.
Here’s what 2 of the participants from the Holiday Spirit Circle had to say about this series:
“It is with much gratitude I thank Dominique for doing the journey through the chakras. Each experience was different and unique. Some of my experiences were really profound and powerful. Things shifted and released.”
“After Dominique’s beautiful intuitive chakra series, I have a clearer awareness of how I am still stuck in some really old patterns, but the intuitive meditations really helped me to feel empowered to make these changes. Chakra Therapy is Life Changing and these little mini sessions were what my mind, body & spirit were looking to receive.”
2 Other Meditation Bundles
Two other meditation bundles came out of December’s Holiday Spirit Circle.
Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle:
11 meditations that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.
$44 Canadian.
Click here to purchase & download.
and
Universal Law Bundle:
12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.
Click here to purchase & download.
You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.