Beacon of Light: 14 Keys to Unlock the Light Within You

By Andrea Michal

Well-being is the goal or the actual place we all want to be enjoying for all time and in all ways: physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. Every one of us is a work of art, and, like an empty canvas to be painted, we are creation itself, happening moment by moment as we transform and grow. When we master our responses to our environment and unconditionally love ourselves and all other human beings, we have then become a ‘Beacon of Light’.

We all have the potential to be a magnificent part of this metamorphosis of light. This well written book contains questions for you to contemplate and pages to write your answers. What a joyful experience to guide you along your way!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jan 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781982240844

Andrea Michal

Andrea is a coach, mentor, and public speaker whose focus is to provide essential healing tools that create positive transformation for all who desire to have a beautiful life with purpose and connection. Andrea has a certificate in mediation and conflict resolution and a bachelors’ degree in communications from UCLA. She is certified in evidence-based life coaching and organizational development and leadership from Fielding University. She is also a Shadow Work and a Way of Council facilitator. Andrea’s practice includes connecting to energy fields in to channel helpful information to her clients regarding their physical and emotional challenges. She uses her powerful combination of training and wisdom to guide individuals towards making life-changing discoveries and re-aligning themselves with their unique qualities and core values. This experience brings each person closer to their true nature; a path of contentment, peace, joy and love. Along with raising three sons, she is involved in her community and lives in Westlake Village California. Andrea is the former owner of New Moon Wellness, a conscious community hub, and is an entrepreneur that focuses on conscious-living gift products and services. 'Encounter The Light: A Guidebook To Becoming A Modern Day Sage' is her first book and an autobiographical account of her transformation from darkness to light. She is currently a speaker, workshop and retreat facilitator who shares her compassionate heart as she leads.

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Balboa Press rev. date: 01/16/2020

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Key #1 Courage

Can We Summon Courage Without Encouragement?

Key #2 Creativity

We Are Creators

Key #3 Love

Is Love Always Enough?

Key #4 Boundaries

Respect

Key #5 Contemplation

The Gifts We Receive Through Introspection and Reflection

Key #6 Values

Creating an Ethical Will

Key #7 Choices

To Each Their Own: Soul Expression

Key #8 Letting Go

It’s Murky Down Here…Working Through the Sludge

Key #9 Authenticity

Defying Gravity

Key #10 Freedom

Dancing Through Life

Key #11 Consistency

Tennis Anyone?

Key #12 Abundance

Money and Purpose

Key #13 Self-Care

Divine Dreamz: Renew and Restore

Key #14 Divinity

Illumination

Afterword

Acknowledgements

About the Author

PREFACE

I have been on a journey to become whole. Haven’t we all? It has not been an easy road and the journey continues to this day. On this winding pathway of learning and growth, I have come to realize that we are all capable of becoming a Beacon of Light in our own unique way; a human being who is free, feeling peaceful and is connected to their Higher Power.

Through my own path of depression, anxiety, great loss and transition throughout my maturity, and with experiences such as my mother’s passing in my 20’s, radical career changes from corporate leader to Mom to author and coach, raising three sons and experiencing the empty nest, being a partner and wife to a successful entrepreneur, separation and divorce, dating and relationships, spiritual awakening, and understanding my role as a light-worker on this planet, I have walked through the fire, stepped into my fears and now stand in my power as an authentic and confident woman. I have received the wisdom of this magnificent light within and understand how we all have the potential to access it. My life has taught me how to harness and share this beautiful light with others and that is why I wrote this book; so you, the reader, will uncover your light, see it more clearly, AND shine ever so brightly for everyone to see.

As an author, my hope is that you will embody many of The Fourteen Keys to become more illuminated. This book has a purpose: to help you connect to your higher state of consciousness and reach toward, as many people call it, enlightenment, or realization, actualization and freedom. Reading the Fourteen Keys and answering the pertinent questions at the end of each chapter will help you discover more awareness about yourself and build a framework of inner peace. My wish is for you to read and use this book with an open mind, heart and soul, with the outcome of your whole self being altered in a positive and uplifting way.

With grace, love and light,

Andrea

INTRODUCTION

14 Keys to Unlock the Light Within You

Lokah…..Samastah…..Sukhino…..Bhavantu

T he words above are recorded by my favorite Kirtan musical artist, Girish, in his beautiful song, Diamonds in the Sun . Kirtan is devotional singing in Sanskrit, the language of the Hindu faith, and this mantra is chanted in community as a call-and-response action. These four words translate from Sanskrit to English as:

May all beings be happy and free, and may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and freedom for all.

Girish’s song also includes the following words:

And we shine like diamonds in the sun

Every one of us

Every one of us shine

I love these words and listen to Girish’s music almost every night before I go to sleep because the message rings true to me and reminds me that we are all human beings, connected as ONE. Through my experiences meeting and interacting with various people of different faiths, I have learned that most people want to achieve their own personal "Heaven on Earth and inspire others to find their Heaven on Earth" as well. Each one of us, regardless of our religious philosophy and belief system, is capable of feeling uplifted and achieving ascension. Every road we travel is our own personal pathway to return to the love and wholeness within ourselves and with each other (Oneness).

All religions, at their core, teach love, tolerance, and kindness towards others. Even if individuals or groups of people do not practice these concepts fully, or have steered away from their true teachings to serve themselves, everyone who subscribes to religion wants to find salvation, enlightenment, or reward, perhaps in this life or in the eternal afterlife.

In most religious faiths, love and treating others with respect and dignity are taught in their stories and doctrines. When any person believes that their way is better and proselytizes that their religion or belief system is the only path to achieve salvation, the message becomes ego-centric, even if the person has good intentions to help others reach eternal bliss and peace.

Many religions, such as Christianity and certain sects of Judaism, believe the Messiah is coming back to change our world for us. What if that time is now and we are meant to embody the Messiah within each one of us? After studying the Torah (The first five books of Moses), and learning about Christianity and other religious teachings, I want to share my understanding of the idea of a return of the Messiah and the new paradigm we can follow today.

I believe the Messiah coming back is a reference to humanity awakening with consciousness, individually and on a collective level, to manifest miracles on this planet. Some religions have misinterpreted this message and thereby have become confused, leaving devotees attached to patterns of waiting for something outside of themselves to heal and save them.

I believe Heaven Is Here On Earth and everyone can embody this awakening or consciousness within themselves. We all have the opportunity to bring forth this existence into our individual and collective reality.

The Bible and its writings offer a series of symbolic messages that when viewed from a different perspective, can be interpreted as follows:

• Heaven and Hell represent your higher self and your ego self respectively on earth.

• Sin is self-judgment.

• Punishment for Sin is guilt.

• Being Saved means finding the freedom and peace we all inherently have within ourselves.

• Rapture means the death of ego and the end of the old programming.

• Return of the Messiah is embodying one’s consciousness and one’s higher self (the soul) in a human form.

We are all worthy and deserve a chance to shine no matter what mistakes we have made. Every religion has a way to forgiveness and redemption, yet so many of us live in fear and condemnation, which dims our light.

I challenge each one of you to rethink how we approach our belief systems and to understand them in a new way. We don’t have to wait to be saved. We can return to our wholeness or natural state of peace as we embody all of the teachings and wisdom that have been presented to us for thousands of years. We are all living an eternal life. It is our purpose to create everlasting contentment and unconditional love within ourselves to feel free and unburdened. Please reconsider the old paradigm of waiting for someone or something to save us. We can create a new paradigm in which we are our own Messiahs or Sages. The world can become our Heaven on Earth if we rise and allow transformation to happen. We need not to look outside of ourselves for the answers. We have the opportunity to master our internal selves and inspire others to make this change happen.

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