A Story of Enlightenment: Washing the Dishes

Oct 20

One day, a mother of four young children visited a spiritual teacher who lived in her city. She had heard about this teacher from her friends who were taking her classes. They were amazed at the information and meditations she was teaching and a few of them had reached their enlightenment.

The mother of four, however, was raising the children on her own after her husband had died and did not have any time or money to take the classes. She really wanted to reach her enlightenment, however, so she asked the teacher what she would suggest for someone in her situation.

She was surprised when she was told that all she needed to do to reach her enlightenment was to go home and wash the dishes. The young woman was shocked! How could that be possible? Wouldn’t she have to learn how to meditate, attend classes and develop a spiritual practice?

With that, the teacher asked her what she thought about and how she felt when she was washing the dishes for her children. The young mother shared that her emotions and thoughts included feeling sorry for herself, irritation at the children, feelings of overwhelm, anger at being left alone to raise her children and more.

The teacher asked the young mother if she ever thought about how the thoughts and emotions she felt while washing the dishes was affecting her family. She was asked to become aware of what she was feeling and thinking as she performed this task and then watch how her children behaved during and after a meal. Did she realize the energy she put into washing the dishes was having a negative impact on the children?

The young mother left somewhat disappointed and feeling doubtful that she could change how she felt about things right now.

After just a few days, however, she became more aware of her thoughts and feelings while she washed the dishes. She realized they were not very uplifting and positive. And to think her children were eating this energy when they were eating their meals.

She then decided to start thinking positive thoughts for her children and instilling the dishes with feelings of love, joy and gratitude. It didn’t stop at the dishes, however. She then began to be aware of the energy she was putting into the food as she was making the meals and the clothes as she was folding laundry. After a little while, she began to see changes in her family. There was more joy and more love felt and expressed and life felt more hopeful. The young mother knew that by changing her own thoughts and feelings as she was caring for her family, changed both herself and her children.

Four years after visiting the spiritual teacher, they happened to meet again. This time, the young mother did not ask the teacher how she could reach her enlightenment; rather the teacher looked at her and congratulated her for pursuing the work she was given. The teacher then confirmed for her that she had reached her enlightenment.

Annette Rugolo

Annette’s greatest passion is to help people align with their soul purpose. By employing a deep understanding of vibrational healing and universe-messaging, she can easily tune into a client’s energy through soul-to-soul connections. After identifying what is preventing a person from living his or her life’s purpose, she enables the release of physical, emotional, mental or karmic patterns.

Annette holds certificates in cranial sacral therapy, qigong, massage therapy and yoga. By training in many alternative healing methods, she became a Certified Master Instructor for inner diamond meditation and diamond dowsing with Marie Diamond Global. She started teaching transformational seminars in 1999 and began her Inner Diamond teaching career with Marie Diamond in 2002.

After years of preparation and study, she is in the unique position of being the only person, other than Marie Diamond, who is trained and qualified to activate all the dowsing products and essences. Both Annette and Marie continue to work in close partnership by collaborating on international summits and conferences. Annette has also assisted in developing and expanding the Diamond Methods to enlighten more than 500 million people worldwide.

Through her role as a Master Instructor, she has taught basic and master classes to more than 1000 students around the world, where she was mentoring and consulting with people in 20 countries. By holding classes, soul retrievals and environmental healings, Annette continues to help others raise the vibration of their personal energy fields and the energy of their homes.

As a Soul Whisperer and Nature Spirits Guide, her method of guiding souls, who are stuck in this world and looking to return home, is detailed in her book, “Soul Whisperer: Releasing Lost Souls.” Annette’s book received a favorable review by Kirkus Indie.

“In this latest work, the author tells of her various adventures in the realm of spirituality and the paranormal, involving such phenomena as ghosts, past lives, and clairvoyance. Overall, a soothing tone of gentleness runs through the entire work, as when she notes that “Helping our spirit brothers and sisters go home is the best choice when given the opportunity. Fans of spiritualist writing will be both intrigued and comforted.”

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