THE PATH: A JOURNEY INTO THE LIGHT
A Journey Into The Light
Rowan
I was treading the very same bleak waters where I had spent most of my adult life. My fourth marriage was in its 12th year and rapidly spiraling toward dissolution, just like the others before it. Outwardly, I appeared content and endowed with a sense of well-being, but that facade was created and perfected by me to hide the truth of my reality.
In the quiet of an early Saturday morning, I called my sister, Melana, with whom I had recently reunited after egregious behavior on my part. I broke down and gave her the details of my desperate situation. After quietly listening as I recounted grim detail after grim detail, she calmly responded, "I can help you with that." And help me, she did.
Under her expert guidance, I came to realize the reasons behind my "misfortunes" (my Fear-based approach to life), and that, with effort and dedication, I could learn to follow the Path, where life is motivated by and lived in Love.
Because of Melana, my life has undergone profound changes in every way. And not just my life, so has my husband's. Soon after I began working with Melana, so did he. I'm happy to say that my marriage now personifies all that I've ever wanted in a marital relationship. We have replaced the well-crafted facade with authentic peace and joy.
I am forever mindful that the authenticity, peace, and joy I mentioned are Fear's enemies. Its goal is to derail, to disrupt, to destroy a life lived in Love. The Path has taught me that when it comes to my life, Fear is in charge only if I allow it to be. It cannot survive where it is not wanted, and with the teachings of the Path, I am able to keep it from preventing me from living my very best life.
I say this often, and I'll say it always: Thank you, Melana. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I owe my life––my authentic life, to you, and The Path.
Tesia
The Path: A Journey Into The Light is my lifeline. It is the only reason that everything in my life works in harmony. Learning how to embrace and cultivate Love within me continues to be the best decision I have made in this lifetime.
Loving myself and choosing each day to do so is the light at the end of the tunnel. I always knew it was there; I just would have never imagined that it began and ended with me.
One of the greatest lessons Love continues to teach me is that nothing, absolutely nothing, is impossible. Anything you can dream and imagine that supports you and your life, Love will work with you to make it a reality. Thank you, Melana Plains, and all of the entities of Love for this pathway of peace, support, and simplicity. I love you all!
Ron
When I wrote a previous testimonial, I had only a vague idea of where we were headed on The Path with Melana, and how it would impact me personally. Now with the clarity of hindsight, I can see that the great distances we have covered and the progress we have made was not only profound but immeasurable. What a gift!
This experience has helped me to face my fears in a way that I never dared to do before. I now can see how to heal myself with my own self-love and, in turn, love better outwardly. Focusing on the "little things" is key. It allows me to shed light on what would otherwise go unnoticed--only to be snared unsuspectingly. See it and let it go. As they would claim in the infomercials, "It really works!" In this case, it does.
I would tell anyone contemplating exploring The Path that the road before you has been thoroughly walked and tested by Melana. It's a safe journey! Knowing this makes an otherwise arduous process less strenuous. However, cleaning up one's Fear-based accumulation is personal. It's a process. The amount of work you need to do will vary based on your issues and life experiences.
After a decade of walking this path, my relationship with Love has evolved. I am excited about what lies ahead now that I've learned to work together with Love to overcome any obstacles and live my life with joy. As Melana tells it, "Love has your back." Now, I know this to be true.
I would encourage anyone who seeks to walk on the path of light and know a personal relationship with Love to do the same. Given the times we are currently navigating, it would be imperative to do so for one's survival––and happiness.
Thank you, Melana. I am eternally grateful for all that you have done for Rowan and me as we navigate this life together on Love's path.
Anjali
Walking The Path, with Melana as a guide and spiritual teacher has been a way for me to “come home to my heart*.” Just a few months prior to connecting with Melana for the first time, I had reached one of the lowest points in my life, a place of depression and despair. I knew that I needed to climb out of the hole I was in, though I was very confused and unclear as to how to even begin. After our initial conversation, I knew that I had been guided back to a place of deep healing, guided back to myself.
The Path, as a belief system, connected me to many aspects of myself – my racial, cultural, spiritual, class, sexual, and gender identities. This journey has helped me unearth forgotten memories, and understand and love myself in ways I have never been able to before. Melana has helped me to unearth many layers of pain and suffering related to the story of who I became in Fear–my injury. This process has taught me what it means to be truly free. It has also connected me to something bigger than myself- a way to open my heart to realize my interdependence and connection with other human beings.
There have been many times where I have faltered and lost my way on the Path. Melana has been tender, fierce, honest, respectful, compassionate, and loving as she helped me find my way back. Melana is a living example of her teachings. It is her deep knowing, revolutionary vision and faith in love, practical wisdom and artistry that has helped me to come home to my heart. She has shown the path- the way to love and be loved. It is this coming home that has made an enormous transformation in my life. I am forever grateful for this– this journey of learning, letting go, healing, and loving.
* from Alice Walker's book - By The Light Of My Father's Smile
Eddie
I have known and worked with Melana for years, and even as I write this, I realize how little I recognize the person I was when I first began my journey on the Path. Sometimes it's hard to find the words to express the deep gratitude and profound joy I feel in doing this work. However, I so readily identify with these feelings and more when I walk the experience I now have in this life, thanks to The Path and the expert guidance Melana has given me over the years.
The Path gave me a place where I truly feel I belong. That place is a home within myself, and this work that I practice. That home created the foundation I walk on, live through, and upon which I base my morals. It gave me a real sense of conviction that I never had before. The Path taught me what it truly means to love myself, thoroughly defining it with what we call Love's five aspects. The words of Honor, Integrity, Respect, Realness, and Truth are now the composition of my relationship with myself and my relationship with others.
The Path challenges me each day to become a more loving, compassionate, empathetic, and understanding human being. These deep feelings translate in all that I do – from my relationships with other people to my life's purpose – and help me to grow and understand myself and my place within this ever-changing world. Perhaps what is most profound isn't that I have deep confidence in what I do know, but I also have a true belief that I am supported by love in moments where I am most uncertain about life. My gratitude for this work is endless.
Thank you, Melana, for all that you have done for me.
Jessie
I have had the pleasure and honor of walking The Path with Melana as my guide for the past few years. Although it has only been a few years, the work we have done together has shifted an entire lifetime. My journey on The Path has lifted my life to heights I was trying to reach before but could not quite get to with other guides. In the past, I would find myself outgrowing the teachers I was working with, or I would see my life repeating the same cycles without gaining traction.
With this work, you might go over the same issues, but it is always with a different perspective leading you deeper into the root of why a particular behavior is recurring. In my journey on The Path, I have been able to look deeply at the relationships behind my actions and how they affect all that I do. This deeper level of understanding has been possible because of the wisdom, guidance, foresight, and experience Melana brings to this work.
Before coming to The Path, it felt as though a wall was surrounding my heart. A wall that had been put there due to years of conforming to the demands of everyone but me. There was an element that seemed to be missing, and I could not quite connect to myself or the people I love. Living like this sucked the joy out of my life and made all that I did a chore or a thing to get through.
As I dove into the multiple layers of my reality with Melana, I was able to see that this did not have to be my story. I could choose a different way to be if my choice was to walk honestly, authentically, and as the creator of my own reality.
This work has allowed me to find my footing in my own life by centering all that I do in Love. It has given me the tools to step into my life more fully and honestly than ever before. It has given me the courage to let go of the things in my life that do not move me forward. I can do this because I know that on the other side of that letting go, I will always be met with Love.
My life is forever changed because of The Path. My words could never fully express the gratitude I have for this revolutionary path to Love. Thank you, Melana. You are a brilliant, shining light of pure Love and an absolute gift that I wish the whole world could experience.