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Who is Walking Beside You on Your Path?

Adventures in the Unseen World

How aware are you of the people that walk beside you on your chosen path? They might be someone you see every day. They may be someone you interact with only occasionally. They may be people whose words you read or heard that offered a meaningful shift in your awareness, a deepening of your understanding.

Those encounters are with fellow travelers who are on a path that is parallel with yours for now and you are to become more aware of them.

The interaction may be brief

There have been two occasions recently in which a phrase in an email has totally shifted my awareness. One new friend said, “I am sooo grateful for your Presence on my path”. I was touched and then turned to look to see who I was grateful for on my path if I was acknowledging their presence enough.

That one phrase shifted my awareness in a split second.

The contact may be lasting

In a recent energy session I received, I was told that I had a lot of family, but they were different from what one views as one’s immediate family.

Family means support and caring and being there for someone. When I stop and think about those people who support me who are in many places in the world, with whom I connect on the internet only, I realize that they are my “family.” My support system is deeper and more far-reaching than I realized.

I am grateful to understand that.

The contact may be in the past

I began my work as a healer in New York City in the 1980’s. Many people contributed to my path there. Sometimes in the form of one workshop. Sometimes in the form of a long training. Sometimes in the form of like-minded friends.

The new friend that invited me to go to the Church of Religion Science in Santa Rosa, California in 1995 changed my life. I spent the next five years being very involved. I became a Licensed Spiritual Counselor and was part of the Teaching Faculty.

Many, many wonderful people walked beside me on my path there.

Do you see how this works? I study Taoism and the people who wrote the books I read walk beside me on my path. I study Shamanism and the teachers who taught the class walked beside me on my path.

Who is walking beside you on your path today?

The more specialized you become in your interests, the more challenging it is to find people to walk beside. I have a few valued friends that I speak with regularly on the internet. Each one nurtures a different facet of my journey and each one is deeply valued.

Look around and see who is walking beside you on your path.

Who are you walking beside in service?

Sometimes you don’t even know that’s what you are doing is impacting others. I put out one post and one newsletter a week and have no real idea how much of either is read, let alone by whom. Until someone writes to me. And then my heart is touched and my step bolstered.

People may walk beside you for a short while or for a very long time. Just be aware of where you are going and who comes alongside to support or guide or nudge you.

Stay true to our path but accept the companions that offer to walk beside you for a while

Whose presence are you grateful for along your path?

Who are you walking beside in service?

Deeper Song Affirmation

I pause to see who is walking beside me on my path.

A Deeper Song Process

Begin by noticing who you are supporting on their path. What do you do for them? How does that feel?
Look closely at those who are walking beside you on your path. How are they guiding you? How are they supporting you?
I am grateful for your presence on my path.