A Train to Sedona: Moving Through Your Shadow Toward the Light

By Linda Marsanico

EMBARK ON
THE MOST IMPORTANT JOURNEY OF YOUR LIFE

The A Train to Sedona takes you along
on my search for awareness and connection to God and consciousness. You are
with me as I work to develop an intuitive, heart-felt language, as I let go of
ideas that don’t serve me, as I move into multidimensional thinking and the
channeling of magic. Travel with me, first-hand, as I recount my journey toward
compassion, forgiveness, and self-love.

And I will guide you as we go. You
will not only hear my story. The A Train to Sedona is also a map for you
to follow as you move toward your own practice of genuine self-love that
reflects outward into the world. Move with me toward robust health by
harnessing the power of love to heal. Join me as I embrace stillness, quiet,
spiritual energy, and prayer, to balance my mind, body, and spirit. Accompany
me as I choose love over fear, transforming negativity into the adventure of
the spiritual path. Embrace this thrilling discovery: you can learn by looking
inward for your connection to your highest wisdom; you can remember how powerful
you are! Learn to co-create your constructive desires. Harness your energy and
create the life you desire. Choose to partner with God. What’s more powerful
than that? Essentially, choose to live in love. Love is awesome. Love opens
doors… I am passionate about my long and winding journey, as life has unfolded.
My hope is that my passage will inspire and enable yours

“The A Train to Sedona, describes the joy, the challenge, and adventure of the spiritual
journey through experiences of forgiveness, love, and compassion.  This book will nurture your health journey to
achieve your highest potentials for transformation as well as tapping into the
God/Goddess within.  This is a book about
transformation, faith, and magic. Jump on board.”

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Winsome Entertainment Group
• Release date: Aug 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798888964392

Linda Marsanico

Linda Marsanico, M.Ed., Ph.D., has a Masters in Human Development Counseling, and a   Doctorate in Social Psychology.  She received a certificate from Postgraduate Center, NYC   for her 3-year postdoctoral work with children, adolescents, and families.  She is a licensed   New York Psychologist and a public speaker.  

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FOREWORD

By Martin F. Luthke, Ph.D.

In this book, Linda Marsanico paints a picture of her personal path of transformation and healing towards greater balance, love and compassion. By sharing her experiences she hopes to inspire others and to make the journey a little easier for her fellow travelers.

Any picture can benefit from a matching frame and a suitable context. I shall aspire to provide such in this foreword.

The personal process of growth sketched by the author is taking place within an unfathomably grander transformation underway for all of Creation. Since as humans we are not naturally adept at seeing the larger picture, and since we do not have a frame of reference from past experiences, it is challenging for us to wrap our minds around the scale of transformation we are all undergoing.

The third dimension is dissolving is a statement that we have heard repeatedly from the Ascended Masters and other beings of Light.¹ Although we have been aware of this process for over thirty years, it is still hard for me to grasp what this statement implies. I’ll give it a try anyway:

All of Creation is vibration. The prevalent frequencies of the Earth plane (and of this corner of the cosmos) is increasing. Metaphorically speaking, we are moving from one aggregate state to another, such as from solid ice to liquid water. All structures and modes of operation developed for the third dimensional state are losing their grip. We need to adjust to living in a higher-vibrational force field that is closer aligned with the energies emanating from Infinite Source.

While the paragraph above may sound like mumbo-jumbo to some, observing what is happening on the Earth plane can give you a sense of the outer manifestations of this transformation process. Let me list just a few: Global warming and climate emergencies; rapid loss of biodiversity and environmental degradation; destabilization of political, social, and economic structures; loss of societal cohesion and consensus on what constitutes reality; mental and physical health crises (pandemics, addictions, anxiety/ depression, obesity, etc.); domestic and transnational refugee and migration crises, and others.

In summary, we are living in an increasingly chaotic time of turmoil and transformation, the true reasons for which we cannot find solely on the Earth plane. We may decry the loss of our customary mode of operation and life-style. However, collectively we know that it is unsustainable and that we have to change fundamentally in all regards. Thus, humanity has agreed on a soul-level to align more closely with Infinite Source and to participate in an unprecedented transformation into a higher-vibrational existence for which we truly have no frame of reference.

The process of healing and personal growth described in this book focuses on the individual level of this transformation. As each of us engages in the arduous work of examining our shadows and allowing the Light to elevate our energetic frequencies – moving from fear to love – we each can become more open as conduits of Light that help to contribute constructively to the transformation processes underway. It won’t be easy – but that is what we have agreed to do.

May each reader find some nuggets of truth, guidance, and encouragement on the following pages.

Peace and Blessings,

Martin

INTRODUCTION

FINDING MY HEARTFELT VOICE

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his is a story of my adult life and my spiritual journey—I, a girl from Queens, eventually transplanted to Brooklyn by way of London, Denver, and Toronto. In 2007, I added a home in Sedona, Arizona, which I had been visiting about twice a year with my Long Island spiritual group. The spiritual group was led by a deeply committed woman who cherishes her privacy and so wishes to be identified simply as Anita D. For me, it was a new experience that lasted eight years.

In the social discussions before and after meditations and chanting, and the energetic healings, I learned concepts I had never heard before. At first, I had no understanding of the ideas described in the group: we learned of ascended masters such as St. Germain; Sanskrit words; energy work and avatars. Our dedicated moderator included the wisdom of so many traditions:

Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Catholicism, Judaism; etc.; the stuff of metaphysics, global beliefs which I ran through my filter. I was a sponge, soaking up the principles with this caveat: Ideas embraced must resonate in my heart. I was inspired to read many books by original thinkers: Gregg Braden, Lee Carroll (Kryon), Wayne Dyer, Donna Eden, Masaru Emoto, David Hawkins, Tom Kenyon, Bruce Lipton, Neal Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav; later, Candace Pert. Truly, I was and remain inspired by these trendsetters.

My internal metaphysicist was born after the trauma of September 11, 2001. Many of us would never be the same again. I felt bereft, wanting to be part of a group greater than myself. This led me to finally join the Park Slope Food Coop—something I had previously put off because of time constraints—which became a kind of neighborhood family, a United Nations of diversity and collaboration.

In September 2002, Derrick O’Neil, a prominent motivational speaker from Ireland, gave a New York seminar. It was my first exposure to the Higher Self Meditation where approximately 150 of us moved up to our Higher Self to communicate with a loved one. I chose my parents. Through this powerful facilitation, I was able to ask a question of each, and to receive a response, thereby resolving two issues of conflict. I was blown away…by the possibilities within each of us to reach into a deeper consciousness.

After reading almost all of Neal Donald Walsch’s books, it occurred to me that time is an Illusion of the ego; that our many lifetimes (incarnations) are simultaneous. What follows from this is that we have intrinsic knowledge— answers are available to us when we cultivate our internal heart-to-Higher-Self axis. At around the same time, I became aware of author and scientist Gregg Braden who had written that the heart beats to the pulse of the earth. At this point, I intimately knew that the heart is an important focal point to reach into our deeper knowing.

All this new thinking was affecting my own practice as a psychologist. I remember receiving information from my clients’ unconscious processes: I would pick up what feels like a ping or sensation in my body when they disavowed a thought. This sensitivity was the beginning of my emerging clairvoyant ability, which has continued to develop as I move away from third-dimensional angst. We are all wired in the same way and as we move toward compassion, our multisensory self emerges.

During these eight years with my spiritual group, there was a lot of emotional work to do. I am a baby boomer, born after a turbulent war. My father who passed away 11 months after my mother, was a Marine who saw the flag go up in Iwo Jima. My mother told me that Dad was never the same when he returned from that battle. Dad told me that he was both afraid, and not afraid. He disembarked from an aircraft carrier to ride in a diesel-powered boat. With his sensitive stomach, he became nauseous and couldn’t wait to reach the beach where he could have been killed. He stepped onto the sand and discovered a mine six inches from his boot. Although my brother and I were not even born at that time, I remember asking my brother, who is not particularly metaphysical, where he thought we were when Dad almost got killed. We were telling him where to step, safely, he replied.

Well, my journey from quiet child to having a heartfelt voice began in a simple, strict, loving Italian family. We later learned that my paternal grandfather’s descendants came from Russia, Romania, and Italy. I am the eldest of four, active children—the daughter of a mother who was homemaker and father who was the son of an entrepreneur. My parents instilled in us a strong work ethic. (Boy, did this help me get through my master and doctoral programs as a mother of three.) My father adored my mother; he cooked and helped around the home, which was a bit unusual for the 1950s.

My challenge was to find my own heartfelt voice, to create a path to self-expression in a home where family values were more important than individuality. I was raised to be a homemaker and mother, yet I wanted a career, as well. There was no role model. There were years of intermittent loneliness and self-doubt, lots of support from my family even though I am regarded as more than a bit odd—when they are being kind. Other times I have been told that people don’t want to hear what I have to say; You’re crazy! Being Italian, Russian, and Romanian, this is juxtaposed with a lot of love. Oy Vey! Basically, they haven’t understood me and my big mouth, oh, I mean my heartfelt voice.

Now, in this book, I share my spiritual journey…on the road to compassion. My childhood experiences would fill another book, and that effort would be 500 pages. My hope is to share tidbits to inspire you, perhaps to make your journey a bit easier.

Be determined as you enjoy the challenges…making your way…As a friend told me Never give up on your dreams. I want to add that our dreams are grist for the mill of our co-creations—where we work with God to fulfill constructive desires. There is no greater partnering than this!

Warmly,

Linda Marsanico

Chapter 1

TURNING ON THE LIGHT

Looking for Your Inner Self

Declare Your I AM – Owning the Light Within You

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ne sunny, quiet afternoon in Brooklyn, I was sitting on the wood floor of my living room, reading a yoga book my sister had recommended to me. I closed my eyes.

In an instant I was seized with an overpowering awareness. For the first time I truly knew that I was part of Universe, and that Universe was part of me; that I was part of all things and that all things were part of me. There was an expansion – from me to all that there Is.

Why did this realization come over me there and then? It seemed to strike from out of the blue. But did it really? As I look back upon that moment, I understand that because I had undertaken a journey to connect to the spiritual side of my life, I was finally ready for a new way of thinking and being, though I didn’t realize it then.

I had reached into my original home to become a changed woman, a being who is supported by a consciousness so vast that it’s beyond my thinking and imagination. In seconds, I acknowledged my spiritual nature, and became even more curious about the mysteries beyond this dimension, the third dimension, the linear world we all know in our everyday existence.

The galaxies were apparent and present, for there are no boundaries or limitations in the stillness that I glimpsed. In a flash, I contemplated my existence. Yes, we are one. There is no separation, rather I sensed the merging nature of existence and my essential status. You and I and everyone are essential. This is an amazing body, this alliance of all of us with Creator. We are members of an all-inclusive, universal camaraderie.

I felt like Dorothy in the movie version of The Wizard of Oz. She made a transition from her world of black and white into Technicolor. Her understanding shifted from gray to become complex, interesting, multidimensional, and bright. Hers was a transformational moment. You might say that, like Dorothy, I was in the darkness, unaware of the Light until I took the opportunity to understand and embrace my infinite connection to Creator, to consciousness: that I am in Creator and Creator is in me.

What glorious knowledge is this? Not only am I not alone but Creator and I are one. We each are part of everyone, of everything. We are the Universe. Isn’t this awesome? I came in from the darkness and now I am in the warmth of the Light.

Yes, I turned on the Light, the most glorious Light imaginable. It is superbly warm in this glow. Do you get the picture? Imagine, I thought…I am the Universe, and the Universe is around, in, through and interwoven within me. These thoughts were not entirely new to me. Deeply embedded in my unconscious, I had always held this glorious knowledge.