By Britta Cañete Jimenez

This is a story about discovering, recognizing, and acknowledging myself, not just as this human persona but full now with the wisdom of many lifetimes and as an expression of All That I Am. Writing this story has been a great adventure for me. What started as an impulse to share my almost forgotten knowledge of energy – what I had taught myself about how energy works some 25 years ago – soon transformed into something much deeper: a journey of self-recognition and acknowledgment, and of revealing a hidden vow that had long inhibited this process. It is ultimately a profound expression of self-love.

Alongside this, I also want to share my experiences of discovering two lifetimes of mine in Atlantis. These lifetimes are precious to me, as they have had a profound and special influence on me in this lifetime. Honoring them feels important to me, especially because of the incredible work they did in exploring energy and its dynamics. All of this wisdom is available to me now, in this lifetime, and it feels immense. I can sense it, I can feel it, and I am finally ready to allow it into my life experience and to apply it in entirely new ways. Wow, it feels big.

And so, my story begins:

Here on Earth, I’ve lived many lifetimes dedicated to exploring energy. Two of these lifetimes that I, as the human, am aware of, are taking place in Atlantis.

(Note: I use present tense because, in essence, there is no time, only the perception of it. All lifetimes are happening simultaneously in the eternal Now.)

One of these lives is as a Queen of Atlantis, or at least, that’s how I perceived it when I became aware of her. As I later discovered, she is one of those deeply involved in the creation of the headbands.

The first time she appeared to me was in a kind of living picture, a vision. She was lying on a wide recliner or bed, separated from me by a light curtain that was gently moving in a soft breeze. Because of the curtain, I could only see parts of her: the back of her head, her arms stretched gracefully into the air. She was balancing what appeared to be balls of energy, moving them with care and elegance that was mesmerizing.

Watching her felt soothing and beautiful. But I was puzzled: Why was there a curtain between us? Why did she present herself lying down, turned away from me? I didn’t have the answers, so I simply accepted the moment for what it was. She was showing me her mastery over energy and her calm, loving connection to it.

Over the years, I felt her presence in my life at times, almost like a close friendship. Often, I sensed her near without any particular reason.

One day, while I was cat-sitting at my son’s apartment, I was playing and singing along to Call of Atlantis* by Anders Holte. The music stirred something deep inside me. As I was singing passionately, I felt a presence, a calling for my attention. I opened my eyes and saw one of the cats sitting in front of me, staring at me intently. But her stare was different this time; it almost felt as if someone was looking at me through her eyes.

A few nights later, lying in bed I suddenly sensed the presence of the Atlantean Queen right beside me. She was looking directly into my eyes, and I saw her face clearly for the first time. Her face was more like a cat, yet not entirely. It was a humanized cat face, much like the characters from the musical Cats. There was beauty in her, but also a shadow of shame. Her eyes seemed to ask for understanding, and for forgiveness.

At the moment I saw her humanized cat face, I realized why she had been involved in creating the headbands. Her desire to release the animal characteristics of her body was as intense as it was for many of her compatriots. The creation of the headbands seemed to be the perfect solution at the time. But we all know the downside of this creation.

Seeing all this, I felt a profound understanding, immense love, and compassion toward her, as well as a deep gratitude for revealing herself to me. No words were needed. Although I was often at her side in support, it took her a long time to finally receive her/my forgiveness.

By the way, I’ve always loved cats in this lifetime. Perhaps that’s not a coincidence. And I really liked her look, so beautiful and magnificent in her own way.

Long before my Atlantean queen revealed herself to me, I introduced myself to Zahohie in a very lively and profound way. 

One day, I felt a deep longing to know my soul name (at least I thought it was about my soul name, which at the end it wasn’t). Then, suddenly, an urge to express a sound overwhelmed me. I let it flow intuitively: “sssszzzzaaaaooooiiiiiieeeeee…” From this sound, I created the name Zahohie.

Curious but unprepared, I then experienced a spontaneous vision where I found myself floating as a white drop through air, time, and space, drifting until I arrived at a vast hall filled with people and surrounded by towering pillars.

Fear was tugging at me, so I hid behind one of the pillars, observing cautiously. People were gathered before a wide, empty stage. On it stood nothing but a huge, empty throne. Then, the curtain behind it opened. An imposing woman, tall as a house, stepped onto the stage. She exuded power and authority, and the crowd reacted with a murmur of respect and recognition.

I realized it was Zahohie. She had dark braided hair coiled above her ears like spirals, and her attire resembled a traditional dirndl. She seemed to hold the role of a high priestess, deeply revered by those who were present. But I also noticed an arrogance about her that unsettled me, so I instinctively retreated further into myself. Feeling very uncomfortable, I slipped away before anyone noticed me.

Later, Zahohie appeared in my life as an energetic presence. I sensed her giant body standing beside me as I prepared to shower. Oops! I felt surprised and just looked at her. But at that moment I wasn’t aware of any direct communication, so I went off into my activities.

Around that time, something inside me shifted. I began to discover an innate ability to guide others into their inner worlds. It started when a family member needed help resolving deep psychological issues. I intuitively offered support, and to our surprise, I could guide her into her inner realms. There, she saw her problems unfold like a movie. We spoke throughout the process, and I guided her deeper with questions until she found new solutions.

This experience was transformative for both of us. During one of our sessions, she even channeled back to me that she had reached an expanded level within herself which she had previously been unable to access without my support. By the end of our work, she had opened up and learned to expand into her inner realms independently.

Everything unfolded naturally, as if Zahohie’s talents and wisdom were merging with my own. I realized that her knowledge of energetic processes had seamlessly integrated into me. It felt natural, intuitive, and I used these gifts to guide others, individually and in groups, toward their own expanded realms of inner communication. Ultimately, it was always about energetically supporting others to discover and reconnect with their own divinity and abilities.

I eventually realized that this process of guiding others was also my way of integrating Zahohie into the essence of who I Am.

Today, I deeply feel my all-encompassing wisdom, gathered from all my lifetimes and all my knowledge, as well as my ability to embrace it fully within me. My willingness to allow this to flow ever more into my human experience expands gently and wondrously within me. I also sense many subtle reservations wanting to hold me back. Yet, I can observe them with great love and compassion. In doing so, they gradually give way to free allowance, more and more.

I see and feel the changes brought about by my light as it shines on everything I observe from a state of presence. These changes are often subtle and ethereal, yet they are undeniably real. I perceive and sense them through my long-trained inner observation and sensitive awareness, which brings me great joy. 

This joy feels like a gentle sense of fulfillment, a quiet satisfaction in being present with this kind of transformation. In this moment, it feels just sacred.

But, well, things haven’t always been as clear and integrated as I just described them. Even though I could feel my knowingness in the background, I couldn’t fully bring it into my experience for quite a long time.

During my awakening process, I often felt happy and open, seeing a bright future. But then the dark nights of the soul showed up, especially during the integration process of my darkest aspects. The path into freedom also brought its own set of challenges.

I experienced many unresolved parts of myself, which surfaced in the form of challenging and unpleasant life situations. Even though I held firmly to essence, the Master, and my knowingness, I couldn’t escape or bypass the process. I had chosen inner freedom, and so it had to unfold. One clearing process followed another, and there were times when my human self felt completely lost. But the Master within me always stepped in at the perfect time.

Clarity became my most precious companion, along with love and compassion for myself. Of course, there were moments of joy, ease, and beauty, but only in the pauses between agonizing bouts of clearing the inner landscape.

Lately, I began to remember my wisdom about energy – the wisdom I had once taught myself and others. It was like rediscovering something I had forgotten over the last 20 or 30 years. With this remembrance came an impulse to write this article, to bring that wisdom back into my life and apply it.

At first, I distracted myself from writing, but then the urge became undeniable. I thought this article would primarily be about how energy works, but as I progressed, I realized its true purpose: self-recognition. It is about deeply – and publicly – acknowledging my abilities and, most importantly, fully accepting myself as the I AM THAT I AM.

I had already recognized and acknowledged myself several times in the past, but I now see those moments as only the first steps toward what I’m expressing now.

But then I discovered something else. While writing this article, I experienced extreme unease. Often, I found myself unable to express anything. Ideas formed in my head, but as I tried to express them, they disappeared. Everything went blank. Feeling deeper into it, I sensed a strong inner resistance. Upon looking closer, it revealed itself: A vow to never again allow self-recognition and self-acknowledgment. Wow!

This hidden vow had been present beneath the surface throughout most of my life, influencing everything I did. It became especially intense in recent years. Every time I came close to true self-recognition, something within would block it completely. And of course, while writing this article, the vow surfaced again, knowing that its final release was near.

But this is how energy works. When we’re ready to face it, it reveals itself.

Since childhood, I’ve been a keen observer, particularly of behavior. I naturally compared what I saw in others with what I felt within myself, which helped me better understand both. This self-taught exploration led me far beyond traditional psychology and eventually shifted into a deeper awareness of energy.

Moving through my own awakening, I began to notice how my inner expressions related to my outer world. For example, I observed that when I had a question, there were two ways to find an answer. The first was through the typical thinking process, which felt slow and laborious. The second was what I called contemplation: holding the question within myself without actively thinking about it.

In this contemplation of simply observing the question, it felt as if it was leaving my energy field, flowing outward. And later, the answer would find its way back to me, sometimes through unexpected sources. At first, this happened in small, almost trivial ways. For example, I would wonder about someone’s name, and soon after, someone else would casually mention it in conversation. I realized that the specifics of the question didn’t matter; what fascinated me was the process itself – the way energy seemed to flow out and return with answers.

Over time, the sources of my answers expanded. I might see an answer on an advertising billboard or hear it in an unexpected comment. Once, when I was frustrated during a visit to a telephone company, I received unresolved answers because I was expressing anger. As I left, I noticed a sign in the shop window that read: “We are talking to you in the way you talk to us.” It was a stark reflection of my own behavior, and it taught me that energy mirrors back to us what we project.

This realization deepened my understanding of how energy communicates with us. One day, I found myself surrounded by mirrors in my small apartment. Later, while standing on a bridge and gazing into the reflections in a lake, the thought came to me: “Wherever I look at, I see myself.” 

From then on, I understood that everything in my life is a reflection of my inner being, a metaphorical communication within myself.

Over the years, I’ve come to understand that everything I experience is a metaphorical communication with myself. This realization led me to an important insight: energies are like clouds, simply energetic fields that I can step into and experience.

Each energy cloud holds a specific quality. One might carry love, another hate, another empowerment, or yet another helplessness. These clouds are here to be experienced, nothing more. For example, when I am fully immersed in the cloud of love, I perceive everything around me through the lens of love. The same applies to other clouds, such as hate or joy, peace or turmoil.

For most of my life, like many others, I was unaware of these energy clouds and their influence. When I found myself in one, I unconsciously identified with it, believing I was the energy itself. But this is not the truth. Once I recognized that I was merely in the cloud, not the cloud itself, I realized I could step out of it.

The key to moving out of an energy cloud lies in focus. When I consciously shift my focus, I can shift from one cloud to another, choosing the quality I wish to experience. However, this requires a willingness to release identification with the energy cloud I’m currently in, and this can feel challenging. 

Energies have their own gravitational pull, making it easy to remain stuck in them. But since Heaven’s Cross, this pull has weakened, and it has become easier to step out of identification with an energy cloud. What helps me the most in such moments is the simple awareness that I am in a cloud, but I am not the cloud.

The metaphor of a cloud is particularly meaningful to me. Imagine standing on a mountain, surrounded by a thick fog. You can’t see the valley below or the peaks around you, only the cloud itself. This is how it feels to be immersed in an energy: You perceive only the quality of the energy, whether it’s love, hate, peace, or restlessness.

What changed everything for me was the realization that I am the awareness experiencing the cloud, not the cloud itself. The moment I recognize this fact, the cloud’s purpose is fulfilled and its pull begins to dissolve. This awareness grants me the freedom to move effortlessly from one energy cloud to another, guided by my inner focus and choice.

This process hasn’t always been easy. In the beginning, I struggled to release old perceptions, such as right and wrong. This kind of duality had served as a type of orientation in my life, and letting it go felt like losing a foundation. But in truth, I wasn’t losing anything. I was returning to my wholeness. In this state, everything I choose for myself is right, simply because I choose it.

Writing this article has been an example of this freedom. At first, I found myself caught in energy clouds that blocked the flow of words. But by shifting my focus and reconnecting with my inner clarity, recognizing and stepping out of the vow cloud, I allowed myself to experience the freedom to write. This creation is my confirmation of how far I’ve come and how free I truly am.

All of this can be applied to love as well. Love doesn’t mean loving another person or thing outside me. Love is an experience within. It is “Wherever I look, I see myself.” 

When I focus into the cloud of love, I experience everything through the lens of this cloud, and everything reflects this back to me accordingly. A cloud is simply energy charged with an attribute I can experience. It’s like adding a flavor or essence to water so I can experience its taste or smell.

It’s important to feel and sense – to allow the awareness of – what I’m expressing and experiencing, because this gives me information about the kind of cloud I’m currently in. Is it judgment? How does judgment feel? Does it feel like loving myself? Is it rejection, not wanting, or resistance? How does that feel? How do I react to what I’m observing? Do I judge it? Or can I embrace it within myself, simply accepting it as it is? This, to me, is love.

As I see it, love is the ultimate, pure acceptance of all that I Am and all that I experience. 

And this article is an ultimate expression of self-love, an act of recognition and acknowledgment toward myself.

And so, I find myself back within the great energy spiral of a recognition process. This is where I reach the end of this part of my story and how it all came to be. A story of love, in all its expressions. 

*  Call of Atlantis is from the album Atlantis Remembers