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The Gift of Being There
8 Secrets for Visiting a Seriously Ill Loved One
Love is the key. Fill your body with love. Imagine your whole body being filled up with love. Not romantic love, but pure, unconditional love – the kind you would feel for a baby, a puppy or a kitten. Make it your intention. Give it a color and a shape. See yourself feeling it and becoming love. If you are intuiting specifically "for" another person, consciously fill your heart with feelings of love and warmth for him or her. Visualize and feel yourself becoming loving energy.
After you've made the shift, state your intention. After about 10 or 15 minutes of breathing, you will feel an inner shift of consciousness. The shift may be very subtle and the time required to reach it will shorten with practice. You will know this subtle shift when it happens; it means you have established a connection with your higher wisdom. This is the time to state your intention. (You may also state your intention at the beginning of the process, before you begin your breathing.) For example, I want to help my loved one receive healing energy or I will focus my attention on helping my loved one alleviate anxiety and feel calm and at peace.
"Whether you're sitting by the bed of a seriously ill loved one or in the middle of some other stressful situation, try to hold onto that sense of peace," Apollon says. "Tell yourself, 'Everything is perfect. It's all going the way it's supposed to go ... everything is getting better by the moment.' Believe in the perfection of the universe. When you tune into the vibration of that perfection, everything feels wonderful."