From Work to Oneness Blog

Recently I was at an event at the Flying Lotus here in Mt. Shasta & an astrologer named Skywalker shared some of his beautiful wisdom about planetary happenings coming up this summer. Later he asked me, “So what’s your medicine?” I so loved this way of asking what it is I do in the world, how I contribute to life, what gifts I bring with me and share with others. How much better is it than the old standby, “What do you do?” Yech!

You see, we all come into this world with our own unique blend of gifts, talents, and abilities we bring with us from previous lifetimes. Before we incarnated, we were fully aware of all we were before and decided on a particular path to follow in this lifetime. We chose a “mission,” a purpose for our soul to play out here on Earth. But, when we crossed over into this world, we passed through a veil of amnesia and so many of us forget our chosen purpose. So are here to remember—who we are, how we’re here to be, and what we’re here to do on this beautiful planet of ours.

In asking someone, “What’s your medicine?” we are inquiring about their individual soul’s unique way of contributing to the upliftment of all of life. So often, the “poison” becomes the “medicine”—that is, those areas of deepest healing in our own lives are the exact areas in which we can best help others. When we speak and teach and heal from our hearts, from our own direct experience of transforming pain through healing, this is the best medicine we can offer…both to ourselves and to those with whom we would share it.

This morning, through a cathartic release, I finally understood what my medicine is in this lifetime. I am here to be a messenger of the Light. I am a vehicle for the Divine to flow through me and communicate messages of love that heal, inspire, and uplift people to open their hearts to themselves and to all of Creation. This is my true mission and purpose here on this Earth. I am to do this through words, particularly through the written word.

I have known this on some level all my life, since I was a small child, but now I understand this at the cellular level, from the higher perspective, and deep within my soul. I am to write and help others to communicate into words that which is deep within their souls. This is my medicine, the healing balm I offer the world. And because I have struggled personally in this area, both in this lifetime and in past ones, I understand the issues facing so many who are blocked in their creative expression and am deeply committed to helping all of us free up the fountain of creativity within us, the fountain of Life, Light, and Love.

Today, I invite you to consider what your medicine is—and to ask someone else today the same question.