Hello beautiful souls,

This week’s theme is honesty — not the kind that bulldozes, but the kind that liberates.

We spend so much energy editing ourselves — softening edges, padding truths, choosing silence over discomfort. Not because we’re fake, but because we’ve learned (again and again) that honesty can cost us: love, belonging, approval, or safety.

But withholding has its own price. It builds slowly into tension, resentment, numbness, or exhaustion.

✨ You are not “too much.”
✨ You don’t need to be more “digestible.”
✨ Speaking your truth is a path to freedom.

🗺️ Honesty on the Map of Consciousness

Dr. David Hawkins’ Map of Consciousness is a powerful framework that reveals how human emotions and states of being vibrate at different frequencies. Each level either contracts our energy (keeping us stuck) or expands it (freeing us to evolve).

When we look at honesty through this lens, it becomes more than “telling the truth.” It becomes a pathway for consciousness to rise.

Here’s how honesty interacts with the levels:

• Shame (20) & Guilt (30): At the lowest levels, silence and self-erasure dominate. We believe our truth doesn’t matter, so we hide it. Honesty feels dangerous here.

• Fear (100): We soften ourselves, stay “easy,” or avoid speaking up to keep others from leaving us. We learn to perform safety by withholding.

• Anger (150): When truth finally bursts out, it may come as resentment or sharpness. While uncomfortable, this stage is actually movement — anger can be fuel for courage.

• Courage (200): The turning point. Speaking your truth with shaky voice but steady heart. Here, honesty is liberation. This is where transformation begins.

• Neutrality (250): Honesty feels lighter — you can say your truth without obsessing over how others will take it. There’s more flow, less control.

• Willingness (310): You start practicing honesty regularly, using it to grow and deepen relationships. Truth becomes less about defense, more about alignment.

• Reason (400): Here, honesty is clarity. You can see patterns, communicate boundaries, and speak truth logically and compassionately.

• Love (500): At this high frequency, honesty is an act of devotion — to yourself, to others, to the Divine. Truth is spoken gently, courageously, and without fear.

• Peace (600) & Enlightenment (700+): At these rarefied levels, honesty is no longer separate from being. It flows naturally as a pure expression of presence and unity.

🌱 So where does honesty begin? Right at Courage. Every time you speak the truth you’ve been holding back, you take a quantum leap — out of contraction and into expansion.

🗺️ Mini-Map of Consciousness

Low Vibrations (Contraction)

• 20 – Shame: “I am bad” → silence, hiding

• 30 – Guilt: “I did bad” → heaviness, self-punishment

• 100 – Fear: Anxiety, people-pleasing, not speaking truth

• 150 – Anger: Resentment, tension when honesty is suppressed

Turning Point (Empowerment begins here)

• 200 – Courage: First step into truth → shaky but liberating

• 250 – Neutrality: “I am okay either way” → honesty feels lighter

• 310 – Willingness: Practicing honesty, open to growth

High Vibrations (Expansion)

• 400 – Reason: Clarity, boundaries, truth expressed with compassion

• 500 – Love: Honesty as devotion, healing, authenticity

• 600 – Peace: Words flow as presence, no need to prove

• 700+ – Enlightenment: Pure alignment, truth simply is

🌱 Notice: Honesty is the bridge at Courage (200). Each time you speak your truth, you leap out of fear and into freedom.

💬 Overheard in Therapy

Most of us don’t. That quiet panic in your chest when someone asks for something you can’t actually give? You’re not alone.

We learned to be “low-maintenance,” the ones who made things work. We became fluent in phrases like, “It’s fine,” or “No worries,” even when it wasn’t.

Here’s the truth: You will disappoint people. That’s human. But disappearing yourself to keep everyone else comfortable? That’s a slower heartbreak.

Disappointment is not betrayal. It’s a boundary. And boundaries create the doorway to deeper connection — both with others, and with yourself.

✨ Practice: Raise Your Vibration Through Honesty

This week, notice when you’re tempted to withhold your truth:

• Saying “yes” when you mean “no.”

• Smiling when you want to frown.

• Padding your words to keep things “easy.”

Then ask: What level am I vibrating at right now? And experiment with stepping up — from fear into courage, from neutrality into love.

Every honest word is a bridge upward.

🩺 Wellness Check: Are You Holding Back Your Truth?

Signs in the Body:

• Tightness in the throat or jaw

• Shallow breathing or chest pressure

• Frequent headaches or shoulder tension

• Stomach knots, indigestion, or fatigue

• Feeling “heavy,” drained, or resentful

Quick Shifts to Try:

• 💨 Take 3 slow breaths, softening your chest and throat

• 🖐️ Place your hand over your heart and speak a truth out loud — even in private

• 🎶 Hum, chant, or sing to open the throat chakra

• 💎 Carry Blue Lace Agate or Aquamarine for clarity and calm

• 📓 Journal one unedited truth sentence each day — no censoring

🌱 Every honest word or breath is medicine. Each moment of expression lifts you on the Map of Consciousness — from fear into courage, from silence into freedom.

📝 Permission Slip of the Week

Permission to Be Direct — Not Just “Nice.”

You don’t need perfect words. You don’t need to smile to soften the truth.

✨ Being honest doesn’t make you difficult.
✨ Being clear doesn’t make you mean.
✨ Being direct doesn’t make you “too much.”

On the Map of Consciousness, honesty aligns you with courage and integrity. And integrity is the bridge to peace.

This week, give yourself permission to:

• Speak what you want without watering it down.

• Trust that clarity can be kindness.

• Feel how your soul expands when you honor your truth.

✨ Today’s 10-Second Miracle

Go to a private spot.

Say out loud the truth you’ve been avoiding. The words you’ve swallowed. The sentence you keep rewriting in your head.

Say it like you mean it. No overexplaining. No erasing yourself.

Notice how lighter your chest feels. That’s your vibration shifting upward.

🌌 Cosmic Weather + 💎 Crystal of the Day

This week, the stars ask for brave clarity. Mars energy may push us toward discomfort — but only so truth can be spoken.

Crystal: Blue Lace Agate — a gentle ally that clears the throat chakra, calms fear, and helps your words flow with compassion.

🌟 Local Spiritual Events

🗓️ Mindful Inspiration Break — Event Spotlight

What: A rejuvenating pause for your inner world — Mindful Inspiration Break invites you to step away from the noise and reconnect through guided meditation, mindfulness exercises, and creativity.

When: Monday, September 22 · 3:30 - 4am MST

 Where: Online

Why Attend:

• To decompress — release the tension built up from holding back and editing yourself

• To get back in touch with presence and clarity

• To nourish your mental and emotional health through mindful focus and creative expression

What You’ll Experience:

• Guided meditations that support honest expression

• Mindfulness practices to ease anxiety, soften edges

• Creative break-out activities to let your inner truth show up

• A safe, caring space where authenticity is encouraged

Sign Up: Click HERE

📚 Consciousness Corner: Recommended Reading

Featured: Dr. David R. Hawkins

If you’ve been curious about the Map of Consciousness, these books by Dr. David R. Hawkins are foundational:

• The Map of Consciousness Explained
  A practical guide to understanding Hawkins’s scale of consciousness—from shame and guilt up to love, peace, and enlightenment.

• Power vs. Force
  His groundbreaking classic introducing energy levels, human behavior, and the calibration method.

• Transcending the Levels of Consciousness
  A deep dive into moving step-by-step up the scale toward higher awareness.

More Books on Consciousness & Awakening

If you’d like to explore beyond Hawkins, here are other powerful recommendations:

✨ Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion – Sam Harris
A secular and practical take on meditation and awakening.

✨ A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose – Eckhart Tolle
Teaches presence, ego-transcendence, and living from a higher level of consciousness.

✨ The Matter with Things – Iain McGilchrist
A rich philosophical and neuroscience-based exploration of how the brain shapes our experience of reality.

✨ Other Minds – Peter Godfrey-Smith
A fascinating look at consciousness through the lens of octopuses and evolutionary biology.

✨ Consciousness Explained – Daniel Dennett
A more scientific and philosophical approach that challenges us to rethink what we mean by “being conscious"

🌿 Final Thoughts

Whether you prefer spiritual, scientific, or philosophical perspectives, these books invite you to expand your awareness and deepen your understanding of what it means to be alive and conscious.

The journey of consciousness is deeply personal—sometimes a single idea, passage, or teaching can spark a shift that changes how you see yourself and the world.

✨ Which one speaks to you most right now?

Love and Peace,

Tomoko

If you feel called to explore your own consciousness more deeply, I’d love to invite you to a QHHT session. It’s a beautiful way to connect with your higher self, receive clarity, and experience healing from within. 💫

For more info, please go to www.tomokouno.com