a message woven from the holy ones + olympians + and your unique medicine
10-minute read
the holy man
I sat with a holy man last week, an elder from africa. his pathway with the divine looks outwardly different than mine – he works with scripture and the holy spirit – but we both live in service and walk between the worlds. there was good medicine in the space.
I asked for support about high-level forgiveness, as the prayer for my life right now is learning how to sit with humility, forgive, let go, and get free. he channeled an exquisite sermon – speaking directly from the force of goodness beyond what language can grasp.
the core of his teaching: you must get so right with the holy, the love, the spirit, your god, the greatness that animates all things – that you become inviolable. you must wrap your arms so fully around the sacred that everything else becomes as nothing to you, no matter the challenges or initiations that arise. you must walk in word, thought, and deed in a dedicated, holy way.
that is a fierce, strong teaching.
the author
on the same day as the sit with this beautiful man, I picked up louise hay – she’s one of my heroes, and I find resonance with her story and approach. her way is different than the holy man – louise wrapped her arms around the power of thought and affirmation to change the shape of the creation and deeply align with forgiveness, self-responsibility, and limitless love.
her foundation in her work was absolute – she moved mountains many times – and she created a beautiful, loving life for herself and the tens of thousands who lived her teachings.
I got to be in a space with louise when she was still alive, watching her do mirror work in front of an enormous audience – it was profound to receive her transmission, to feel her strength and positivity in alignment with the message she came to this planet to live and share.
she was a joyful ambassador of her truth.
the connecting thread
as different as they may seem, the holy man and the author both share one flame:
certitude.
unyielding, absolute certitude.
for one, scripture and the almighty. for the other, the power of thought and affirmation. the ‘forms’ are different-seeming, and they had both wrapped their arms so fully around their truth that nothing else in their lives was even possible. nothing could deter them. nothing could sway them. nothing could knock them down, because their commitment to their path was absolute.
folks crave this
I think the masses are drawn to living modern teachers of our times, via social media, online, or via books for this same reason – people crave certainty in an uncertain-seeming world. there is a thread of joyful and tenacious alignment with a path that’s alluring – it’s a wonder to witness and be with, and so folks are drawn to pure transmission of particular teachings, offered with reverence and strength.
in this sacred seeking, we’re all yearning to walk the world in a beautiful and certain way.
I think of our great avatars, the holy ones who have walked this earth and offered teachings through the millennia. they, too, radiated that same certitude that the holy man and the author and modern teachers of our times do – a knowingness in flesh and blood and bone:
deep, true alignment with their medicine.
that’s our first sacred seed: unwavering alignment with goodness and kindness that shines like the sun. let’s cradle this idea about ‘certitude on the path’ like a vital seed.
we’ll return to it.
training like an olympian
a woman with a powerful prayer
once, I worked with a lovely one who was working toward her citizenship. staying here with her wife and daughter was important, and news around immigration was highly charged – the level of fear in the collective body was high. blessings for everyone swimming in those complex waters. may you feel welcome, may you be treated with dignity, and may you be safe.
so this beautiful one came to session because she felt buffeted by the news, and afraid about her final immigration interview the following week. in session, I went to the spirits and asked for a healing and a message for her.
what came back was strong, incendiary, and specific.
they said she must ‘train like an olympian.’ she must set down the news, the noise, the social media. she must set down everything and anyone that drained her power. she must align in every second, every thought, every word with her strong and sacred prayer for citizenship.
if her mind wavered even for a nanosecond, she must pull her heart and power back into alignment, again and again. she had to ‘train like an olympian.’
what happened next
she showed up for the work. it was glorious to witness. she set down the news, she stopped talking with fearful people, and she trained every single waking second like an olympian.
her words, thoughts, and deeds all aligned with her prayer – that she would gain her citizenship, that the process would go smoothly and be held in light, that everyone involved would be kind and having a wonderful day, that she would live safely in this country with her beautiful family. her certitude was unyielding. absolute.
and it happened.
I’m not meaning to step over complexity, and say that if we put in strong effort that we’re always the grateful recipient of answered prayers. however. in this example – working with the spirits, receiving that powerful message about ‘training like an olympian,’ and then putting the teaching into action – this lovely one was sworn in as a citizen the same afternoon as her successful interview. I see this as a miracle born of fierce devotion and unwavering clarity in uncertain times.
this is our second sacred seed: to ‘train like an olympian.’ to be unyielding, steadfast. focused. strong.
your medicine & the prayer for your life
why we’re here
we each carry a unique, endemic, wondrous medicine unlike anyone else.
one notion says our vast and infinite souls come to earth school to reach for mastery of a particular teaching, frequency, or way of being that we chose before incarnating. with love and respect, I’m not dismissing or explaining away trauma, hardship, or cruelty. I’m offering an idea that perhaps we’re powerful beings who came here to experience a wide panoply of energies and experiences – to stretch, to become more than we were when we arrived.
from the soul’s perspective, to grow.
in this notion, each of us came as an emissary of something precise – a vibration or medicine or gift that we each can only bring into the creation.
what is your medicine?
when I sit with this, I think about my own medicine. and yours.
I have many friends and colleagues who know with certainty what their way is – often within a particular form. this beloved carries a mesa, this one works with buddhist chant, this one speaks through the language of art, this one serves through intellectual pursuit, this one works with physical health, this one studies the stars, and so on.
with such exactitude. such devotion.
each of them is such a strong emissary of their particular medicine and practice.
I have yet to be able to label mine quite so tidily, and I do know when I drop in with my own truth, that my way involves working with the spirits, walking in the natural world, being of service, and aligning with the power of love – all rooted in the deep values of kindness and wild beauty. somehow I am an amalgam of all of these things at once – this is my medicine to offer and live in the world.
my medicine is not the same as the holy man or the author, as the folks on big stages or my friends who walk with such grace. but mine is special and unique. just as yours is brilliantly, wonderfully, strangely, gloriously you.
I wonder what your medicine is.
do you know?
this is our third sacred seed – knowing your medicine. your gift to the creation. what makes you holy, special, needed, beautiful. essential.
a message for 2026
as skilled artisans, let’s weave this all together
our threads in the weaving so far are:
• certitude: a bone-deep, unyielding, absolute cleaving to your own particular truth. unwavering, deep alignment to path and purpose that occludes every challenge
• training like an olympian: in every moment of every day, with word and thought and deed, alignment with your prayer for your particular life
• your medicine: your wholly unique light, gift, frequency, and joy that only you can bring to the world. you are an emissary of your medicine, in every moment and breath
things will get louder
in 2026, in our complicated and beautiful world, things may get louder.
there may be challenges ahead, initiations, spaces where we have opportunity to fall down and learn, or to wrap our arms around what is holy in each of us. this is nothing to fear or fret about – we are held, and we’re training like olympians in our prayers for our lives. we are called, and strongly, to be our unique medicines in the creation help make this world a beautiful and loving place.
things may get faster. more complex. there will be more places for the light to get in.
in 2026:
I offer you this
and so, wondrous traveler between worlds, I offer this to you with a full heart and open arms:
in 2026, allow your own certitude to be the strong center that makes you inviolable.
train ‘like an olympian’ every day in your particular prayer for your life, be it flow or kindness, beauty or service, generosity or joy.
know your medicine and live it, so that you are an emissary of goodness in this world.
be it fully.
I do not know your way. I don’t know if your peace lives in stillness or spreadsheets or song. but I do know you are a gift, and I know the gift to yourself this year is to live in a good, strong, and powerful way no matter what may come.
I believe in you.
may you feel how loved and safe, cherished and vital – how essential you are. may you live from a place of your own truth, and walk in love.
with heart,
anna
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