IN SUPPORT OF WHOLENESS

Meet Charlene Wolfe of Immaculate Perceptions
An interview by: Glenda Rader Jensen

         One of my favorite things is sharing with people who are coming to wholeness within themselves and have chosen to support others in their growth-work.

         Charlene Wolfe has been involved in the field of Self-Realization since 1985.  She created Immaculate Perceptions in 1989 as a center dedicated to spiritual growth through the integration of the physical with the esoteric.  Here, she offers intuitive-touch-healing work along with a variety of classes supporting growth and healing.

         She sees her purpose as supporting Unification on a global scale.  Global Unification can happen through understanding ourselves first.  As she explains it, “We can then begin to see the grand design of all creation.  We realize the space we hold within the perfect balance of the Whole and remember contributions we have committed to sharing with humanity.”  In her mind, there is no one upon earth who has come here with nothing to share.  Everyone has a purpose and life challenges unique to that individual.

         The following conversation offers insight into Charlene and her work.

         Winds: What is the purpose of your center?

Charlene:  Immaculate Perceptions is really multifaceted in that it serves some minor purposes within the overall purpose.  The large, complete purpose of whole-being is to serve in the area of healing and education.  What I mean by this is enabling others to heal themselves through realizing that there is no separation.  Our heredity is Divine.  There is no place where God ends and we begin.  There is nothing to depend on external to ourselves for our empowerment, our completeness, or our wholeness in any way whatsoever. 

         I also serve to show that there is only an appearance of separation between ourselves and anyone else.  We are individuated aspects of the One-Consciousness that has brought everything forth from Itself.  We express this consciousness through form, which gives the appearance of separation.  At the core of our being we are spirit in essence.  In this essence there is no separation.  We are spiritual beings having a human experience rather than human beings striving to have a spiritual experience. 

         When our focus is on our spiritual identity we realize that we are dependent on nothing but the source.  This is the ever-present power available to us from the very center of our being.  I believe this is what Jesus meant when he said the Kingdom of Heaven is within.

Winds:  What changes can be expected as we move into this inner awareness of wholeness and connectedness?

         Charlene:  Well, one of the first things to happen as we become more conscious is the recognition that we have a greater responsibility and accountability for our actions.  When we realize this greater responsibility and accountability, we are more prone to think before we act.  As we become more conscious, we become aware that we have an infinite number of choices available to us.  So, we’re no longer very quick to grab the first on only choice we allow ourselves to see.

         When we recognize that we are not at the effect of our world, when we realize that we have more choices available to us, we begin to stop reacting to life.  We begin to relax.  We begin to settle back and allow ourselves to respond.  When we begin to respond, we become careful co-creators of our life-experience.

         When we react, we are coming from a base of fear.  It is an automatic action.  There is no foresight or forethought.  It is a habit based on past conditioning.  To react is to re-enact.

         To respond is to realize that there is a brief moment when we can choose whether we wish to respond or react.  To respond is empowering because we become aware that we have several choices.  We can see the possible consequences of each choice and we then choose that which serves us in the highest way possible.

Winds:  What classes or experiences do you offer at Immaculate Perceptions that help us choose to respond.

          Charlene:  I offer a type of bodywork that I call intuitive touch, nurturing touch.  This experience is an opportunity to see the body as a representative of the subconscious mind.

         When we’re growing up, we take the energy attached to our life-experiences and store them in the body.  For example, we may get the message that it is not appropriate to feel anger when we are violated.  Our reaction will be to deny it and hold it in the body.  We feel guilty for experiencing the anger.  We continue to deny until we no longer feel.

         Eventually, we get the message so deeply encoded in our cells that we are here simply to be violated and we have no right to be angry if we are violated.  Violation becomes a way of life.  Our denial acts like a magnet repeatedly attracting the experience of violation.

         This is the space where disease is created.  Disease is a direct result of contradiction between our higher (spiritual) and our lower (physical and emotional) nature.  The point of contradiction is the difference between expressing how we came here to express and shutting down that expression due to the messages of unacceptability.  In that point of contradiction and stress, an environment for disease is created.

         Winds:  You’re saying that changing our mind about our acceptability and allowing ourselves the free expression we originally intended for ourselves will release the disease.  Correct?

         Charlene:  Deciding to change our mind is one of the steps.  However, just changing our mind doesn’t always serve.  There has to be something else.  There must be a feeling, a desire to go along with it.  This feeling or desire, plus appropriate action and vision, equals change.

         Just using affirmations is not enough.  This acknowledges only the mental aspect and ignores the heart, which is the Mother aspect of the Divine.  Just “thinking” ourselves whole is not a balanced approach to healing.  The heart and mind must be fully integrated to create positive change.

         Immaculate Perceptions also offers classes in human empowerment.  The fundamental key to empowerment is recognizing that our power is internal rather than external.  A class entitled “The Twelve Seats of Consciousness” focuses on the glandular centers of the body.  These centers do have specific ego identifications.

         For example, we usually take fear into the liver and anger into the adrenals.  In the class, we identify where they are holding different energy attachments in the body and which organs are involved. 

         Once the blocks are identified, we can work on releasing them.  Participants are given tools such as reading materials, affirmations, and meditation tapes to continue the releasing process.  We also work on releasing in the moment during the body sessions.

         One of my seminars, titled Meta-Energetics™, explains where spirituality and science validate one another.  We discuss the Chakra system and how it works in correlation with the glandular system.

         I use symbolism and allegory from the Bible and ancient mystery teachings explaining their relevancy today.  I demonstrate where religion and spirituality really aren’t saying anything different.   I focus on the idea of One God.  There is only One, not different Gods for different beliefs.  That One being present in everything, every where present.  Everywhere present must include ourselves. 

         Winds:  What can people expect as they work with you?

         Charlene:  First of all, we talk and determine which approach would best serve the individual – Life Path Counseling ™ or Body Energetics™.  With Life Path Counseling, we look at limiting attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs that stand between the individuals and what they want to achieve.  We begin to shift the limiting perception to one of greater possibility – through changing ones’ attitudes about themselves and their life experiences.

         Body-Energetics, on the other hand, is not just body work.  It is intuitive/nurturing touch.  I can sense where the physical body is not utilizing energy.  I work with the Light Body clearing the frequencies of the sub-energies that contribute to the whole energy pattern of the individual.  I balance the energy pattern with the form.

         This process encourages integration of all aspects of the individual.  As the Light frequencies blend into harmony, the form (the physical body) must follow.  Then there is physical and/or emotional release or processing which leads to release.

         We look at how to transform attitudes and beliefs during the session in a way that encourages expanded awareness.  This clears and integrates the mental aspect of the individual.

         I usually encourage individuals to commit to more than one session because expanding consciousness is an unfolding process, not an event.  I prefer working with those who are sincere and willing to do whatever inner process is necessary to achieve growth.

         When I accept a client, I expect that client to utilize the tools I share with them to the fullest degree in their everyday life.  I hesitate in working with those who want me to “wave a magic wand” and make it “all better.”  I feel they really want to place themselves at the absolute effect of me.  If not me, someone else.  This does not serve to empower.  When we place ourselves at the absolute effect of someone else, we relinquish personal responsibility for ourselves and our growth.  We no longer question and actively seek answers.  We are not being a conscious participant in our transformational process. 

         With this in mind, I do not claim that I can change anyone.  I can, however, effect change through providing guidance and spiritual tools.  The individual must actively utilize the tools, question and seek answers as part of their “personal program.”  Those who come to me are in one phase or another of “Spiritual Recovery” – recovering the memory of their Divine Heredity.

         Winds:  How did you come to recognize wholeness within yourself and begin expressing it?

         Charlene:  First of all, I had to realize that I was experiencing a reality based upon the belief that I was not whole.  I had to look at everything that stood in the way of myself and my recognition that I am whole.  I had to look at where I believed myself to be a product of my past and where my whole reality was based on my past experiences.  I believed myself to be the sum total of those experiences and nothing more.  I looked at where I was holding attachment to anger and blame, feeling helpless, and holding fears.  I had to see where I held a belief that I was here to be victimized and at the effect of my world.  I did my work.  I journaled, meditated, prayed, took classes, attended seminars, and put all the pieces together to realize that I was OK.  Now I know that my past experiences have tempered me and brought me to where I am today.  They contributed to who I am, but are not all that I am.

         I’ve arrived at the realization that areas reflecting shadows within myself, or areas that needed healing, are gifts.  They are gifts in disguise that lead me to a greater understanding of myself.

         I use the experience that I’ve had in my own healing process to encourage growth in others and I continue to grow in each moment.  Courage is very important.  It is courageous to take those steps.  We feel very vulnerable when we begin to own that: yes, we are angry; yes, we have judgments; yes, we hold blame; yes, we have guilt.  I enable people in finding that place of courage within themselves to do this work consciously.  I help them to love themselves wherever they may be in their life process.

Winds:  What would you say about the issue of facilitators taking advantage of that vulnerability for money and profit?  Where can someone within themselves know what is truly a safe place for their growth work?  What signals can they recognize within themselves?

         Charlene:  Truth rings true in the heart.  There are certain signals we feel.  We actually have physical responses when we’re confronted with non-truth.  One of those signals is that so-called “gut feeling.”  The feeling we get when we later say, “I knew better.  I should have listened to that!”  It strikes a chord in the solar plexus causing agitation. 

         I believe that when we hear non-truth, we don’t want to remain in its presence.  If we are in tune with our spiritual nature, we realize our intuition is the voice of the Mother aspect of God.  This is present for us beneath the mental aspect of who we are.  To hear our “inner voice,” we must quiet our thoughts.  Then we are aware of what the body is saying.  There is power in blending both reason and intuition.

         I don’t believe we need to pay a lot of money for spirituality.  I believe that even though Immaculate Perceptions accepts client fees, donations, and tithing.  These should be given on a free-will basis, not as a requirement.  It should be a voluntary offering of the heart, given free of resentment, and free of fear that one may not be able to pay the bills.

         We have an infinite amount of spiritual substance.  But, until we experience this awareness, we don’t have an understanding that allows for our natural abundance.  We need to learn how to allow this experience into our lives.

         One thing I know is that I am absolutely supported by a loving universe.  This has been proven to me time and time again.  My Divine parents, The Mother and the Father, call it God, call it the Source, put whatever name you need to put on it, absolutely support me.  I’ve found that everything I need is provided for me.

         There’s no need for me to charge exorbitant sums of money for what I do because the Universe absolutely supports me in this purpose.  It’s important to me to keep my services very reasonable so that no one is denied the opportunity for growth.

         When facilitators set high prices, there will always be people who feel they will be denied the opportunity for spiritual education and growth simply due to lack of funds.

         Winds:  Let’s talk about the idea of wholeness vs. separation for a moment.  One of the things that people do resulting in separation is to create labels.  For example: spiritual, non-spiritual, beautiful, ugly, rich, poor, fortunate, less fortunate, etc.  The substance of what we’re talking about here is beyond labels.  It’s an experience that is within each individual no matter what background they’re coming from.  Everybody is whole and they can come to that realization.  Would you agree?

         Charlene:  I believe that labeling encourages separation or the belief in separation.  I don’t look out there and see one group as LDS, one group as Baptist, or this group as Lutheran, that group as New Age.  What I see is a global family.  I see one common Truth at the foundation of every philosophy or teaching.  Without exception!  This Truth is “There is only one God.”

         Every religion has come forth based on this spiritual truth.  I believe that religion is the outer form of spirituality.  It can be called the ritual.  It is the form that a spiritual truth has taken.  Anything that has been given a form is less than the pure essence of the truth.  However, the pure essence of the truth is in the form.

         The important thing is to look at is “Where is the focus?”  Is it on the form (the external) or is the focus on the Truth (the internal)?  If we keep our attention on the internal, then the labeling becomes irrelevant.  It’s insignificant.  It no longer has any place.

         When we can adhere to this focus, the so-called “Holy Wars” are going to be over.  There will just be one spiritual family, recognizing that we can have agreement and cohesiveness even within the diversity of the form.  That's really what my purpose is all about.

         Winds:  The impact of what happens when one individual comes to wholeness is like throwing a pebble into the lake.  Maybe on the surface a person won’t see that impact.  It still reaches out because of the very fact that everyone is connected.  There isn’t anything a person can do or think that does not have impact.  The value of the work you do is letting people know they’re not alone in what they’re experiencing.

         Charlene:  Yes, it helps people to know this.  That’s why I take a different approach in my work.  I share my growth experiences with my clients.  I’m very vulnerable with my clients.  I own my “stuff” very publicly because I think people need to see spiritual growth facilitators not just “talking the talk,” but walking it. 

         I realized the other day that I’m not done yet.  I found myself having to clear “stuff” at a deeper level that I’d thought I’d finished three years ago.  The thing is though, we begin to call ourselves on our “stuff” faster.

         For example, we don’t stay in depression for three months anymore.  We may notice that a depression has come upon us and we’re out of it in half a day or we’re out of it in a couple of hours.  We’re able to consciously direct our focus to what is at the root of that depression.

         Winds:  Facing our “stuff” takes a lot of courage.  It seems to be a lot easier to project, deny and repress our feelings that to face them.  Really, it isn’t, but that’s the illusion.

         Charlene:  Yes, and the subtleties of the illusion are incredible.  I have to check myself daily to be sure I’m clear.  I can’t stand “up there” as though I’ve got the whole, absolute truth, because I don’t.  I believe that what I have is an expanding truth.  In each moment the truth expands to allow the understanding in a greater degree. 

         With every client that comes to me, I also look honestly at myself.  I serve them best by being willing to release within myself what they mirror to me in their session.  I find that as I am willing to release, they experience release.  This is what I mean when I say there is no separation. 

         Winds:  Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about 11:11 energy and the “Wheels within Wheels.”  How does this fit in with the work you’re doing?

         Charlene:  Any time anything is taken from the pure essence of the teaching and put into form, it is already once removed from the Truth.  Although ritual is important in that it helps us to remember Truth, it is a metaphor or an allegory for the truth.  The Truth must not be forgotten.

         There is a lot of stir and excitement about the 11:11 energy.  This is very real and valid.  There are memories that have been keyed into our spiritual genetics that are being released into our consciousness at this time.

         However, I hear a lot of talk that all we need do to experience this remembrance is an act or form ritual of getting together in groups and dancing in “Wheels within Wheels.”  They believe this outer action will deliver the shift in consciousness.

         As an aspect of this truth in the “Wheels within Wheels,” that we need to focus our attention on at this time, are the wheels of our own etheric energy system; our own Chakra system.

         These etheric energy systems are located in the field surrounding the body.  Each Chakra spins in a certain direction.  Everything in this world of form operates in polarity.  The Chakras operate in a male/female polarity in keeping with the male/female aspect of Source.  For example, the root, the heart, and the crown Chakras contain a pulsing pattern like concentric circles.  All the Chakras are balanced within the male and the female polarity.  Each one has its own unique pattern.

         These are the “wheels” where we will experience the shift or the next phase of this transformational process which will then be out-pictured in our lives.  This transformational process is really happening more as a result of our consciousness rather than anything that’s happening in form.  Everything that happens in form is a result of our consciousness.  We have the ability to evolve our consciousness to affect outer form, not the other way around.

         Winds:  So, what you’re saying is that even as we become aware of the 11:11 energy and the dances of the “Wheels within Wheels,” it’s important to keep in mind that this is only the external form of what’s really happening on an inner level within our own chakra systems.  That the real changes take place within us and consequently will be reflected within the physical which is the form.

         Charlene:  Yes, the Universe unfolds through us.  We are co-creating with this infinite Source.

         Winds:  The only reason for caution then in looking to the external is that it disempowers ourselves.  We’re taking the power of the situation from the internal within us and putting it on something outside of ourselves.  We tend to believe this outside thing is going to save us.  This negates our individual accountability and begins relying on “magic” to make our lives better.  This completely different than spirituality which basically states that the Source of all is within, never without.

         Charlene:  Yes, because the focus has shifted from internal, which is connected to Source, to the external.  When we’re focused on the internal we realize, first of all, there is no time.  We are already present in the space we are holding.  The power of who we are is only available in the now.  When we take something and externalize it, we immediately put a time frame on it and say it is not present now, but will be present in the future.  We then lose the power of the now.

         We need to remember that anytime we feel a desire to create a new ritual it’s already happened in consciousness.  When we think we’re bringing anything about, what we’re really doing is just waiting for the form to catch up with where the consciousness already is.

         Winds:  You have a new tape out called “Once Upon a Memory,” which has been described as a new art form.  What is this new form?

         Charlene:  “Once Upon a Memory” is an exciting project.  It’s painting with light through words and music.  I don’t think it’s ever been done before.  Each side of the sixty-minute tape is a beautifully woven tapestry of music and metaphysical or spiritual poetry.  The whole idea behind the tape is to evoke memory of our Divine nature.

         Side one beings with a piece about being born in the Universal Womb and side two ends with a piece about being born into the form.  Side one is more esoteric in its nature.  Side two is more mundane.  It has pieces about children and experiences we have in relationships or finding self-love.  It’s been very well received so far.  It’s available throughout five states as well as locally.

         There have been some interesting experiences reported as a result of listening to the tape.  For example, one woman called to tell me she had been suffering with a physical condition for quite some time.  She listened to the tape and was connected so deeply with memory of who she is and the power and presence available to her, she experienced a release from the condition.

         Another woman reported that she played the tape when she was with her father who has Alzheimer’s.  While the tape was playing he became very clear and coherent in his communication.  She said that for the first time in a long time, he was absolutely present with her.

         I think this tape has exciting potential.  It does touch deeply and it’s been my child for a long time.  It was held in the creative womb for five years.  It’s a joint effort with myself and an outstanding musician by the name of Joel Pittsinger.  When I read the poetry to him, he had the music for side one in a week.  He just saw how to paint the words with music.

         For the J card, I went to an artist by the name of Kim Martinez who sat and listened to side one after Joel and I had it together.  Immediately, she came up with the painting on the cover.  This painting says more than any idea I could have given her.  When she showed me what she was developing, any idea I had went out the window because she had it!  She created exactly what I wanted and couldn’t have described in words.  I really want to give thanks to Joel and Kim for their creative contributions to this project.

         Winds:  You had talked about the possibility at some point of doing a laser show combined with a live performance of the tape.  How’s this coming along? 

         Charlene:  Yes, I’m going to be approaching people in the California area to create a short feature for this using special effects.  I’d like to see it in video format and marketed nationally. 

         I have another project pending that I’m creating the poetry for now.  This will be a future release entitled Soulscapes.  I expect to be able to release that one by July.

Editor’s Note:  All of Charlene’s work is about self-awareness.  That is where we find hope of global harmony and unification.  The inner (spiritual) is reflected within the outer (the physical).  We must come to harmony within ourselves before we can experience it in our world.

         As she so eloquently states, “When we have awareness of ourselves, life is seen and experienced as the beautiful dance it has always been.  We have only to remember it is ‘We’ who call the tune and choose the steps.  Let it ‘Be’ a dance of Love and Joy.”