We are deviating from our normal format to begin a new series of interviews that I will be conducting from time to time on a myriad of spiritual topics, consistent with many of the themes that I have shared throughout this podcast. Today, I’m honored to begin this series by welcoming Erin Lucero, a Master Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner certified through the Four Winds Institute. She’s also the author of the book “Ayni: Finding Connection, Love & Harmony with the Wisdom of Yoga & Shamanism.” Erin’s work as a Shamanic energy healer centers on the deep connection between mind, body, and spirit—guiding others to release energetic blockages and return to their natural state of balance and radiance.

https://findyourinnerlight.com

erin@findyourinnerlight.com

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In this episode, we will talk about a natural phenomenon that affects all of us. That is, what is the Collective field and why is it important for us to understand as we continue to rise ever closer in spiritual vibration to our own individual and collective higher consciousness? The collective field of existence is the underlying web in which everything participates, where individual lives are expressions of a larger, co‑created field rather than isolated events. From a spiritual perspective, it is the shared emotional and psychic atmosphere,” “field of consciousness,” and “unconscious patterns we participate in together.” Experientially, it’s what you feel in a room, a crowd, a culture—the invisible ‘climate’ we co‑create and are moved by.” While this collective field of existence forms the shared, dynamic web of emotions, meanings, and interactions that bind us as individuals into a greater whole, it actually finds its deeper blueprint in something called the morphogenetic field. This more refined organizing principle acts like an invisible memory template, guiding the formation of patterns in biology, behavior, and consciousness—not through rigid blueprints, but through resonant fields that stabilize forms and habits over time.

In this episode, we will talk about something called Metacognition. In many academic circles, it has been touted as the highest form of intelligence because it is the art of “thinking about thinking”; the ability to notice, reflect on, and intentionally guide your own thoughts, emotions, and mental habits in real time. In simpler terms, it is awareness of “what is happening in me right now” plus the capacity to work with it instead of being run by it. The question becomes, how can we use this process to move us closer to true spiritual awareness?

In this episode, we’re going to go deep into the understanding of something that I have spoken about and referenced in pretty much every episode that I have created for this podcast; that is -- what do I mean when I use the term, "Oneness Consciousness?" In light of the many spiritual conversations we have had on awakening to one's own divinity, what would the clearest interpretation of this term actually be?

In this episode, we will talk about a very powerful and important theme that offers a rich foundation for inner recognition, personal reflection and spiritual growth. We'll talk about the idea that EVERYTHING is of spirit; that without exception, everything that we encounter in our day-to-day, moment-to-moment existence has a spiritual, symbolic meaning that is designed to guard, guide, provide, illuminate, and teach us, if we would only listen and pay attention.

I know things feel real heavy right now. Every headline, every image, every careless word spoken in public, or insidious, vulgar and insensitive social media postings showing blatant racism, all seem to echo with anger, outrage and sadness. Maybe you’ve felt yourself wanting to turn away, or maybe you’ve found it hard not to get pulled into the vortex; the noise. I understand this. I’ve felt it too. It is for this very reason that I wanted to talk about something we all need to remind ourselves of occasionally: how to keep our spiritual balance when the world around us seems to lose its own.

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Welcome to this special episode of If We Are One... I’m deviating from the script in this installment, because I feel that we are at a pivotal point in our transition from the darkness into the light of a better and more spiritually vibrant new world. As such, I feel compelled to speak out about the recent events that are shaping the conclusions we reach and the choices we make moving forward.

A few nights ago, I received what could only be called a Divine download that I am sharing with you now; "Hold the Light." This stream of consciousness became a continual outflow that has resulted in what I believe is a call to action – a manifesto that I have entitled, "The Light-Holders Manifesto (A Spiritual Charter for the New Dawn). As a gift to all of you, I have enclosed the text of this below for you to copy, share and use as a focused invocation to manifest your own personal role as Light-Holders and Lightworkers. If you find any of this at all resonating, please share with others, and thank you.

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THE LIGHT-HOLDERS MANIFESTO (A Spiritual Charter for the New Dawn)

We, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We stand at the threshold of a transforming world. Where fear once sought to divide, love now gathers us. Where shadows have long concealed truth, our light brings revelation. We recognize this era not as a descent into darkness, but as a sacred uncovering — the moment when the veils fall and truth shines unobstructed.

We, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We affirm that darkness has no power of its own; it is merely the absence of awareness. We do not fight shadow with shadow. We illuminate. We reveal. We heal. Our spiritual vibration is high. Our resolve is strong. Through our collective radiance, deception is undone, cruelty loses its disguise, and injustice becomes visible to all who dare to see.

We, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We hold, that light is not merely moral goodness but the pure vibration of divine intelligence itself — the living current of consciousness awakening through humanity. To hold this light is to stand anchored in love when the tide of fear rises; to speak truth with compassion when silence would be easier; to act with integrity even when the world trembles.

We, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We are called to live as beacons — not to escape the world, but to renew it. We bring light into our communities, our words, our art, our choices, our governance, and our care for one another. We know that every act of awareness sends ripples through the field of humanity, shifting what is possible for all.

We, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We understand that revelation is not destruction; it is birth. The old world quakes because the new one is being born through us. We trust the current of truth to wash away what cannot endure, and we meet it not with fear, but with reverence.

We proclaim that LOVE is the most revolutionary force on Earth. Compassion is not weakness; it is mastery. Forgiveness is not submission; it is freedom. Our steadiness is our strength, our clarity our contribution, our faith; certainty, is our weapon of light.

So we, the Light-Holders, will hold the light. We commit now — individually and collectively — to remain radiant, courageous, and awake. To hold the light unwaveringly. To walk as truth-bearers in the face of deception. To remember that the dawn cannot be stopped once it begins to rise.

This is our vow:

To be the consciousness through which love remembers itself.

To be the light that no darkness can extinguish.

To be, together, the new world coming into view.

To be the Light-Holders, who will hold the light.

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In this episode, we will talk about the fascinating subject of a place known in mythology as Atlantis, and how more and more insights and awakened memories by so many enlightened souls are coming forth to provide evidence that this place, in fact, actually did exist. In the last few years, more and more people are remembering their reincarnation experiences, many of which are rooted in the Atlantean epic, with surprisingly detailed accounts of just what took place there and then, and how this story has a direct connection to what we are currently moving through in this transitional period here on earth.