Our material treasures are in our lives to help make our lives easier. When we misplace or lose something we treasure, it brings us frustration, which causes unhappiness. We become angry with ourselves for not being more careful, which adds stress to our lives.
Although we know it is not the object that brings us happiness, its loss still causes us unhappiness. Perhaps the object is a key fob that holds a special memory, or perhaps it is a key that opens the door to our home or starts our vehicle. Even when we take precautions to put our treasures in the same place so we do not mislay them, items can disappear. When they do, perhaps the following process can help.
Take a few deep breaths and relax. If you can, it is best if you sit quietly for a few moments. This is difficult to do if you have lost your car keys and are in a hurry to leave, so do your best. If you cannot calm down, use a spare pair of keys (You do have a spare set don’t you?), and then when not rushed, take the time to sit quietly and relax.
Imagine that divine cone of golden light coming from above and moving into the top of your head and all through your body. See a cord of this light coming off the base of your spine and moving deep into Mother Earth. Now imagine this light moving out from your body from the solar plexus and becoming a beacon, like a lighthouse, and circling your world. Allow the beacon to become a bubble in front of you.
As the light beacon becomes a bubble, become aware of the lost treasure in that bubble. If you do not have a sense the treasure is yet in the bubble, repeat the beacon of light and continue to move around your world in a circle until you feel the treasure is within the light. Once you feel the treasure, bring the beacon of light into the bubble.
Experience the treasure in every way you can imagine, using all of your five senses to do so. Feel the gratitude for its return. Now bring the bubble back into you, all the while feeling the gratitude for the treasure’s return.
Now get up and go about your business, telling yourself you know exactly where to look for the treasure, and giving thanks for its return. Chances are the third place you look you will find the treasure.
Before the day is over, journal as to why you lost this object. Ask yourself what the object means to you. Car keys may mean freedom. Is your freedom in jeopardy? Wedding rings may mean a need to re-examine your marriage or make changes that better serve the union. Look at the symbolism behind the item.
What if the treasure stays lost even after you have repeated this process several times? There are times a treasure may stay lost for many years and then reappear, or a treasure may stay lost for a lifetime.
I once had a dog on the run for eight months and three days before finding her. I’ve also found objects several years later. While at a girlfriend’s house, I lost one of my favorite earrings. It had been beaded by a Shawnee woman, and it was irreplaceable. About five years later, after moving to a new location, I was in the grocery store when the man I was with saw an earring hanging off the bottom of the cart. You guessed it! It was the earring I had lost years before.
Don’t ask me how this happened. The only guess I have is that the earrings had fallen into the lining of my coat and finally worked its way out years later and miles away. Perhaps it returned to me at a time I needed to believe in magical miracles.
It is possible that after doing this process a treasure will not return. When this happens, thank the treasure for the service it provided to your life, and then release it knowing that it is where it needs to be.
You can also use this process to find the happiness you lost. Simply substitute the treasured item for something that represents happiness, such as a color or sound. Do not use this process to bring a person back to you. That will backfire. You can, however, use the process to help find a lost pet. I’ve used this process to help locate both my own dog who went for an unauthorized run and the beloved pets of others. It’s a powerful process!
You can repeat this process whenever you want to find that which is lost.
Remember you should not use this process on another human being.