There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved.

It is God’s finger on man’s shoulder.

-Charles Morgan

Love is a fruit in season at all times,

and within the reach of every hand.

-Mother Teresa

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A dear friend and wonderful colleague, Gene Monterastelli had me as a guest on his radio show a while back, and I talked about the role of color with EFT (emotional freedom technique). I did a general overview of colors.  Once I bring an awareness of a color and what it represents it is amazing how the light bulbs go on…and color begins to make sense. It goes beyond the aesthetics and begins to have function.

Gene noticed an interesting trend online when it came to individuals seeking a relationship:

a reoccurring theme with the color GREEN.

Whether it was stated that “green” was a favorite color, or the profile reflected a green palette, whatever the application, it occurred often enough to get his attention.

I even had to laugh, because as we talked about his observations, I noticed that the new movie out with Jennifer Anniston is entitled “Love Happens” and you guessed it, the marketing typography is green!

Green is the color of courtship. In fact, when I read a clients energy field and see the possibilities of what they can allow into their life (notice I did not say, “predict the future”?), I view new relationships as “balls” or “orbs” of green coming in, and of course, they come in from the left. I personally see all opportunities and energy arriving from the left side of your energy field, and left is about allowing or receiving. Green on the left is new beginnings, opportunities for personal growth, green “balls” always represent relationships…

Green is about relationships, relationships with God, self, and others, not just the romantic sort. Green within an energy field is a wonderful color to see! I associate green with abundance and new beginnings for future opportunities.

Green is the color of the heart center, and therefore is the color for affairs of the heart. The heart center is related to more than just the heart, the other corresponding areas for the heart center (or “green energy”) are the lungs, upper back, arms and hands, breasts, chest region and shoulders. Interesting enough, all of the associations we have with relationships (now, this is about relationships– not sex) have to do with those areas. In a sense, we share our “green” energy, our love with each other through those centers.

Anything from breast feeding, and if you cannot actually breast feed, holding an infant close and bottle feeding still provides the exchange of heart energy. (And on a side note, babies don’t get ANY energy if you prop the bottle…)

Holding hands with someone you love is an exchange of heart/green energy, as arms and hands are an extension of this center. Arms and hands are all about giving and receiving love. Those that have weight issues with upper arms, have issues with allowing others close to their heart, the same stands for those with large chests…It is all about allowing love to enter your energy field, your life.

Green is a calming color, a trusting color. It resides between the realm of yellow, representing self, and blue, which is truth and honesty. When you are true and honest with yourself, you allow for love. Green is also a color of balance, as it has the warm properties of the lower three centers and the cool properties of the higher three centers. I remember as a child looking at Christ on the cross during mass and thought that “X” marked the spot for love…well it does, it crosses (hmm, interesting use of words) directly over the heart center and reflects the green of unconditional love. Green is also the color of teaching, and I think about how Christ is often referred to as “teacher” or “rabbi”.

Green offers a sense of surrender, and is non-threatening to most. When there is a depletion of green energy in the auric field, it is due always to relationship issues. Now, orange energy is about emotions and person-to-person relationships, but green energy is about how we “measure” ourselves by our relationships. Does that make sense? We define our self worth, and basically who we are through comparisons, through our relationships. That can be self, family, colleagues, lovers, friends, even our animals, and our God.

When we long for a relationship, we “leak” or deplete our green energy, therefore when someone comes along waving the green -we bite! Woo hoo! It works both ways, we are drawn to green because we need it replaced/restored and we then USE green because it “feels right” to use it or wear it because we need it replaced/restored…in the end it is all about establishing relationships and beginning anew.

I also see it as a color for networking. So it is good for business when you are seeking out new clients, new relationships. In a sense you are “courting” new clients. As friends and lovers we will hold hands, which is an extension of this green heart energy. In business we shake hands which again is about forming a relationship with our green heart energy. Even a hug or embrace is the sharing of this heart energy.

Coupled with blue, which is the color of business, green can really shift your business. In fact, imagine a client’s heart center nice and green and open before you even pitch and idea and see how that works for you! Imagine your hand a nice cool green (lime green pushes too much ego into the works for establishing a new client. Blue/cool greens are about opening a new line of communication.) Extend this energy from your hand and place it into theirs with a genuine feeling of love and see what happens!

Start noticing the role of green in relationships. It is the color of courtship, and a wonderful feeling of freedom and newness. Have a wonderful week and good luck on your courting!

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OK, this entry started out as an extension of my blog about animals and dying…in my blog “For the Love of Animals” I had a paragraph that mentioned about fear and that nursing homes are peppered with souls afraid to transition over to the other side because of judgment. Interesting enough, what danced out from my fingertips first was the title, “The Color of Death” and to follow up on this week’s Kick! At www.CatherinePoole.com, I am listening to the feather. I took a breath and told my guides, “the color of death?, you now have my attention…”

We are all energy, we are not solid masses, we vibrate and resonate and radiate in clouds of emotional color. When I begin a reading I take stock of the energy you exude, what colors you transmit and with that information I am able to help you understand yourself a little better. You bring in certain energies based on your own energy pattern and that pattern is affected by your emotions, your thoughts. Thoughts create, yet feelings manifest. As a living entity, we are energy and as energy, we are color. Living color.

Death is one color, dying is another.

It takes a lot of energy to transition, just as I stated with animals going off into nature, looking for a place to help them ground and help them transition, people need energy to help them transition to the other side. Just as it takes energy to conceive, gestate and be born, it takes energy to relinquish the life you know for the faith of the unknown. There is comfort in the “knowing” so we stay with what we “know” -no matter how miserable the reality.

What anchors so many to this earth? Fear mostly, and it may not be their fear, it may be yours. The color of dying is the physical color of death and of life: RED

Red is also the color of fear, change, and raw human emotions. Many ask about black and if I get worried when I see black in an energy field. Black is just an energy block, and I do not see them as often as you would think, “black holes” are not THAT common in my work.

Red, however, is the color that gets my attention, it represents change, but can also indicate pain, fear, even anger.

The red I would like to talk about today, red associated with dying is also different than the red within a person’s energy field. The red of dying, the FEAR of dying is more of a tide pool of emotions that weaves its way through the halls and corridors of hospitals and nursing homes. Those that know me well know that I do not go often to a nursing home or a hospital. If I visit – it is under special circumstances.

Why? I just do not like wading through the fear, it is thick energy and it is exhausting to keep myself protected. And inevitably, I always bring somebody home with me that sings 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall until I promise to let a loved one know they made it fine to the other side. The red viscous clouds seem to float out certain hospital rooms and spills into the hallways, depending on what lessons are being learned and taught with those souls at the time.

I have many clients that are in the health care industry, nurses, case workers, even doctors and I am always offering advice on how to protect themselves energetically. Fear can be exhausting if you are not protected, and when you wade through it on a daily basis, it can be depleting, which is why so many caregivers and nurses tend to have issues with weight. Your body manifests its own protection from the fear energy, and eating (over eating) can be a result of your subconscious need to ground.

The fear can come from the patient, the family, or sometimes it can come from both. A couple of years ago I was asked to visit a nursing home as a hypnotist to help an elderly woman relax and release her fear of needles. When I arrived I realized that the poor woman was physically ready to transition, but holding on with such fear. She would shout out with “he’s hurting me” and follow with protests and anguish, they thought it had to do with needles!

What her doctor and the staff thought may be a fear condition alleviated with hypnosis, was actually her fear of dying because her father, who had died many years before was standing at the foot of her bed waiting for her to come over and join him! He was not a pleasant soul at least not to her, so I asked for some “heavy hitters” on the other side to come in and escort him on his way.

Her fear threw her back to childhood and anchored her to the present. She did not have any family with her, as her children, all grown with grown children of their own were not there to give her reassurance or comfort. However, the pain and fear she experienced with her father kept her from taking that leap to the other side.

Now, before we judge, he could have been a difficult father that chose to teach her certain lessons, or perhaps she was to be his teacher in ways we cannot begin to comprehend. He may have felt that after his life review and understanding the full scope of his life lessons in regard to her life lessons, that she would be glad to see him! That not being the case, as she was still anchored to her human experiences not her spiritual lessons, he needed to leave and allow her to be with others she trusted and loved. He did leave and she did calm down significantly and eventually transitioned.

Another example of fear is an elderly woman, a neighbor of my grandmother. Grandma had helped her through an extended illness. I loved my Grandma and I would spend time with her when I was older, coming home from college and staying with her over weekends. She would often talk about this neighbor and how sick this woman was for so, so long. Grandma said her neighbor was afraid to die because she had sinned, (Grandma was Irish Catholic, as I was raised as well) We would talk about the poor woman’s fear, and all Grandma would say was that the woman would cry and say “there will be a lot of bloody hands to meet me on the other side”. The neighbor held out as long as she could until her body could no longer house her soul, eaten up by dis-ease. She punished herself for as long as she could, anchored to the fear of a vengeful God and burning hell.

Take this time to reflect on what colors you are projecting with a loved one. Fear can anchor them to this earth, and it does not have to be their fear, it can be our own. That is why permission to go is so important, it cuts the cord and provides them with the wings of courage rather than the anchor of fear.

So, if the color of dying is red, what is the Color of Death?

Death is all colors, therefore it is perceived as white, the Christ light. I see this light as a cool, crisp light. As a human shifts from its earthly experience to the other side of the veil, the warm, lower vibrations are no longer needed, those are human emotions that anchor us to earth.

The bright light of the tunnel, the other side of the veil is revealed, but again it is the law of Attraction (the Law of Reflection) we are drawn to and we “go to the light”.

We believe when we pass we are drawn TO the light, when in fact WE ARE the light!

So when offering comfort, offering permission to a loved one, offer them one more gift, offer them the light, your light, and the light of their guides and loved ones on the other side. Cut the anchor of fear, replace the color of dying: the red, with the color of death, which in turn is THE COLOR OF LIFE: the balance of all colors: the white light of enlightenment.

This is dedicated to all who have had to make the tough decisions to let go. Blessings, Catherine