Empathy

Following the idea of healing the world through art, I asked my husband what he would most like to see healed on our planet. He replied that it is the lack of empathy – because if we could all truly feel what another person feels, we wouldn’t choose to hurt others or act out of selfishness. We would also stop feeling so lonely and alienated, just trying to survive on our own.

I fully agreed with him.

He also suggested a symbolic image for the absence of empathy: mismatched and crooked gears. That’s how I began the painting – by depicting these stagnant, non-functional gears in lifeless shades of gray. At that point, I had no idea what would happen next. I only held the intention in my heart. I love this channeling process, when I don’t know what awaits me at the end of the journey. I’m always pleasantly surprised by what the universe chooses to reveal.

As I looked at this broken clockwork structure, something urged me to introduce yellow in one spot, letting it gently drip down. After applying it in a few more places, I realized I was literally oiling the gears with pure light. I followed this intuition, and the next color that called to me was green, appearing as winding, flowing lines. It spread everywhere. Then I understood that it symbolized the spark of movement, stimulation, vibration and restarting. The engine started!

Fascinating. I continued flowing with each new color, filling the entire canvas pixel by pixel, dissolving the gray with thousands of brushstrokes. Interestingly, the gear system wasn’t improved or polished. Instead, it began to dissolve and organically merge together, becoming overgrown with life, much like hanging gardens. I can also see luminous spiritual figures standing, sitting, and strolling here and there, as if in a metaphysical paradise.

An interesting aspect of channeling is that you practically don’t make so-called “mistakes,” because painting over something you did earlier is actually a key part of the healing process and it has to happen. It’s a wonderful state to be in – a state where you know that with every next brushstroke or dot, you’re not doing anything wrong or ugly, because the process simply doesn’t operate according to those values. You have to completely let go of judgment and trust that whatever wants to appear, needs to appear – without arguing with it. It’s not easy for my mind to surrender like this, but when it does, you land in a trance-like state where every touch of the brush brings pure pleasure.

This is precisely why I love channeling – I’m not only surprised by the process and the outcome, but I also learn and understand so much more when the universe manifests in its pure form, showing me the best solutions, rather than through the limitations of my own mind.

I’m curious: what energy do you feel from this message and process? And what problem would you like to heal in the world? Please let me know, I would love to hear from you!