✨ The Gift Inside Pandora's Box: The Shamanic Journey That Changed Everything (Ep.34)

What if Pandora's Box was never a story about unleashing evil...

What if it was actually a story about remembering the greatest gift humanity has forgotten? 👀

Three months ago, I walked into the desert feeling stuck, disconnected, and uncertain about what was next.

What happened there changed my life forever.

During a profound shamanic medicine journey and priestess initiation, I was guided into the deeper spiritual meaning of Pandora's Box—a message so powerful that it transformed how I understand healing, awakening, purpose, and the sacred gifts that live within each of us.

This wasn't just a retreat.

It was a remembrance.

A remembering of my intuition.
My voice.
My confidence.
My power.
My soul.

In this episode of 🎙️ HEALED with Nicole Mixdorf, I share:

✨ The hidden gift inside Pandora's Box
✨ Why this ancient story has been misunderstood
✨ The shamanic journey that revealed its deeper meaning
✨ What my priestess initiation awakened within me
✨ The fears and resistance I had before saying yes
✨ The message I received about my purpose and path forward
✨ Why so many women are being called to awaken right now

If you've been feeling like there's something more waiting for you...
If you've been sensing you're here for a greater purpose...
If you've been longing to reconnect with the deepest truth of who you are...

This episode is for you.

🎧 Listen now and discover The Gift Inside Pandora's Box.

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Transcript

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Welcome to Heal with Nicole Mixdorf. Let the journey begin. Welcome back, beautiful soul. I'm your host, Nicole Mixdorf, an Akashic healer, an intuitive guide. And I'm going to guide you through an experience that I had in the desert, where I was awakened into my own power and into the truth of who I really am. It all started a couple of months ago when I was coming out of a period where I was feeling really stuck. I had gone through some healing late last year in my own body, in my energy field. And I was really feeling like I had gone through kind of an initiation of its own, to be honest with you. I felt like I was coming out of something important, that I learned a lot of lessons. I let go of a lot of things that had been blocking my path. And I just sort of felt like there was something that was wanting to awaken within me. And this knowing just dropped in that I was supposed to go to the desert. And the vision came forward that I was supposed to go to the desert and bring one of my best friends with me and have a plant medicine journey. So I shared that with my friend, and she was down to join me, and we went and did it. So we had this little road trip that we took to Joshua Tree, and I live in Los Angeles. So that's about a three-hour drive, roughly. And we arrived at this beautiful Airbnb that we rented for the weekend. And we designed this entire ceremony for ourselves to have this plant medicine journey. And that's something I have not experienced in over 20 years. So when the vision came through to do that, I was feeling a little surprised, a little nervous about it, but I trusted the vision because my intuition is so strong. I've worked on clearing all the blocks from my own intuition that when I get those little pings, you know, I pay attention, I listen to it, and I know that every time I take action, something magical happens. So I knew something important was going to come out of this desert experience. I didn't know what it was. I went into the desert with zero expectations. I just knew that something big was going to happen. And that's what I kept telling my friend. Something big is going to happen. And she felt it too. Now, I did record a podcast episode earlier about this desert initiation, but I shared about the healing experiences that I went through in the desert. And that was a big, big thing that I went through to release the physical pain that I was carrying in my body. But there was a deeper, more profound part of that whole desert experience that I didn't share in that episode. And I'm sharing it with you now. So if you want to hear the part about the healing work I did to physically release the pain that I had been holding in my body for decades, go back and listen to that one. But today I'm sharing with you the more profound experience that I went through to really uncover and awaken parts of myself and parts of my own truth that allowed me to rise into my power. And it changed my life. It really did. You know, I went into this experience open, without expectation, just feeling like life had been stagnant for a while and knowing that I was ready for a shift, a change, an awakening, something. I knew there was something there for me. So we had this beautiful ceremony with very specific intentions on what we wanted to connect into. I wanted to connect into the light more deeply. I wanted to awaken more truths of who I am. That was really the intention that I went into this desert experience with. What transpired on this plant medicine journey was beyond anything I could have ever imagined. So as I started having the medicine awaken within me, I saw right in front of me Goddess Isis. And that really surprised me because I had never really connected that deeply with Goddess Isis directly. Last year, I did an incredible soul alignment program where I was working with this woman who was a priestess of Isis, and she activated the 16 channels of my ca, which is my soul body. And in that process, as we went through all of those trainings, she would guide us up into Isis's temple up in the clouds to do these different healings and activations. So I've had this experience connecting in with Isis in that capacity, but it was facilitated by my teacher. I have never connected directly with Isis. She's not someone that I intentionally called in as part of my spirit team up until this point. So when she appeared in front of me with her beautiful wings, I was a little amazed and shocked, but excited and honored to have this goddess energy coming through in such a powerful way. And what happened after that was she took this golden crystal and she placed it into my heart and it activated my wings of light. My beautiful angel wings of light. You have no idea how excited I was about this because I'm so deeply connected to the angels. I have such a strong connection. I speak to my angels every single day. Doing that completely changed my life. There's an episode all about my experiences working with angels and how you can work with your own angels because they are with you every single day. You can go ahead and find that episode. It's phenomenal. So when my angel wings of light were activated, I felt this light just expand within me. It's like my whole channel to receive light just widened and expanded. And you have to understand that last year, when I activated those 16 channels of my soul, light language was awakened within me, which is the language of the soul. And it's not something to be understood intellectually, it's something to just be felt and it can be used to do healings, to do clearings, and to do activations. And I started integrating these light language activations into the akashic journeys that I guide my clients through. So after I guide a client through an Akashic journey where we uncover the information that they are wanting to understand about their life, and then we do the energetic clearing and healing and releasing of what no longer is serving them. I then use light language to activate whatever is dormant within them and to reprogram their energetic architecture with whatever was missing so that they can really be in their wholeness and rise into who they actually are. And it's so beautiful. So I've already been connecting very deeply with the light. And this experience that I went through with goddess Isis just felt like it opened my channel to receive even more. And then this visual came through of me going through the priestess gate. And I saw myself walking through this priestess gate, and it felt very much like in the Arabian desert in Egypt, kind of an experience that I was taken through to walk through this priestess gate. And as I did, I felt something shift inside of me. This knowing, like my angel wings of light were just activated. And this was such a profound experience. So that's what happened on the actual plant medicine journey part of it. And then I had all that healing experience I was telling you about, where I went through and tapped into all the areas of my body and what was being held inside of that that needed to go. Now, after all of that was over, when I got back from this journey in the desert, so I came back on a Sunday, the very next day, Monday. So I was already home at this point. I was pulling cards from an Oracle deck, a priestess oracle deck that I have. And I pulled the Pandora's box card. And this instant knowing came through that there's a gift waiting for me to awaken inside of Pandora's box, and that I was meant to do a shamanic journey to go and open Pandora's box and awaken whatever gift it is that is sitting inside there. Now I did training years ago on how to do shamanic journeys, and I don't do them very often. It's usually an intuition will pop in that'll tell me, okay, like you need to do a shamanic journey for this reason. So the intention of this shamanic journey was to uncover what was in Pandora's box. So I turned on the drumming music and allowed myself to go deeply into this trance with the drumming. And immediately I was taken in front of this beautiful, magnificent tree of life. And in front of this tree, there was a little bunny rabbit. And the bunny started digging a hole down where the roots are of this tree and jumped down. And I was meant to follow it. So I literally jumped down the rabbit hole, jumped down the rabbit hole with the bunny and followed it through this tunnel that went down deep, deep, deep into the earth. And I was following the rabbit through this tunnel in the earth. In the process, I was feeling very held by the beautiful Mother Earth. And we came out the other side of this hole into a beautiful clearing. There was a meadow, and standing right at the right at the meadow was Goddess Isis. And she told me to activate my golden wings of light. So I activated my golden wings of light and she told me to follow her. So the two of us flew up into the sky, above all of the trees, above the forest, up into the clouds. We flew all the way higher and higher and higher until we came to her temple in the clouds. And that's a place that I mentioned I've journeyed to many times before. So there was a familiarity about it for me. And this time, though, as we were walking up the steps towards this temple in the clouds, I could see on the temple that there was this Ankh symbol on it. Now, if you don't know what the Ankh symbol is, it's an ancient symbol and it looks like a little circle at the top with a line going down and then a line going across, almost like a little person. And the Ankh is supposed to be a key that opens you up to higher dimensions of consciousness, to other versions of realities, other dimensions, et cetera, which is really interesting because that's basically what I do when I access the Akashic Records. I'm accessing higher levels of consciousness and other dimensions, realities, timelines, lifetimes. So Goddess Isis took this golden onk and she placed it in my heart. And I stood there just receiving these light codes inside of me. Like I could feel them activating within me. Then there was this beautiful reflective pool that was filled with these blue lotus flowers. And recently I've been connecting with the energy of blue lotus. I've been drinking a blue lotus tea and I have a blue lotus oil that I use. And so I saw this reflective pool with all these blue lotus flowers floating in it. And I watched us guys, goddess Isis, look down into the reflective pool and she swirled it with her hand. And as she swirled it with her hand, it was giving her the gift of prophecy, the ability to see things beyond what's in front of us. And then she took this blue lotus flower and she placed it in my hand and she told me to put it in my third eye. So I placed the blue lotus flower into my third eye, and it activated deeper clairvoyance for me in my own life, which is the ability to receive visions, to see images and imagery as I'm channeling and connecting. So one of my natural gifts is claircognizance, which is clear knowing. And so when I'm channeling in the Akashic Records, I just clear my mind, I ask a question, and the information just pops into my head and I speak it out loud. I have no idea what I'm about to say. It's just there. That's what claircognizance is. I'm also very clairsentient, which is clear feeling, where I feel things very strongly. So I can feel different sensations in the body. I feel emotions very strongly as I go through different experiences while I'm channeling. Clairvoyance is the ability to receive messages through visuals. And that's not my strongest one. I have it a little bit, but it's definitely not the strongest one. So to receive this blue lotus flower into my third eye expanded my clairvoyance to be able to receive stronger visions, which has been really cool because ever since that experience, I have had a lot more visuals coming through as I do the healing work that I do, which has been really fun. So after that experience, Goddess Isis took me into the temple, and we went down this stone stairwell, and it took us down into the heart of the temple. And we went through this tunnel. We came to this inner chamber of the temple, which was actually a pyramid. So it was a pyramid, and at the very top, at the peak of the pyramid, it was a little bit open, and there was this light shining through the peak, through the top of the pyramid, shining down like a beam right onto Pandora's box that was sitting there. And all around this chamber were all of these other priestesses of Isis with their beautiful wings of light. They were all standing around. And I walked up to Pandora's box, and Goddess Isis told me to place my hands right on the box. So I put my hands on the box and touched it, and immediately all these golden glyphs and light codes started to glow from the box and became activated and started shining out into the room, into the space. And we could literally feel the power that existed, the magic, the mystery that existed within this Pandora's box. And then I was guided to take the top off of the box and look inside. And as soon as I peered into the box, what I saw was this beam of light shining out so bright, so brilliant, so magnificent. And I reached my hands down into the box, and it was a giant cluster of crystal that the light was emanating from. And so I lifted this crystal up into the air with the this magnificent, pure light of creation that is shining out of this crystal cluster and held it over my head. And all of the priestesses in the room were all just in awe of this light. They were all just in this moment of reverence of the light. And it's the same light that shines within each and every one of us. It's the same light that is your soul, that is who you are, the light of pure source of creation itself, the light that creates all. Goddess Isis told me to take this cluster of crystals with the light and place it in my womb, into my sacral chakra, in my womb space. And so I placed the crystals into my womb space, and I was immediately lit up from inside. The light was pouring out of me from every pore of my body, every cell of my body was just vibrating and shining. This incredible divine light, this dazzling light of source was just coming out of me. I felt my hands, my palms activated with this incredible light. And it was shining through me like a brilliant column of light going through all my chakras from my root down into the earth, all the way up through my crown, up into the heavens. This light was running through me. I was the light. And all of the priestesses started dancing in this ecstatic dance of celebration. And it was such an incredible initiation moment where I knew in that moment that I came into this earth, that I came into this lifetime to be one of these magical women that are anchoring the light into the earth, that are here for a double purpose. One of my purposes is to help everyone heal by awakening souls. That is what I'm here to do, to awaken people to the truth of who they are, to help them release what is no longer serving them and to rise into their own power, to rise into their own truth, to rise into their own purpose in their own lives. And then this other double part of the mission is to anchor these light codes into the Earth's grid with all of these other beautiful, magical women. And it was an incredible feeling of belonging, of truth, of knowing, of empowerment, of remembrance, of remembrance that. I've done this before. I've had lifetimes where I was the priestess. I've already been that. And this was me embodying that truth that my soul already knows, and just bringing it into this lifetime so that I can help humanity elevate and rise and help the earth rise as we shift from this 3D into the 5D, which is what we are in the process of right now. So at this point, the drumming from the music started to change. So that's when you know that's like your cue that it's time to go back. The drumming gets faster all of a sudden and the beat changes. So it kind of shakes you out of that moment. You go, okay, you have this conscious knowing that I need to return. So now I had to retrace my steps and go back. So I went with Goddess Isis back through the tunnel. We went back up the stone stairs into the heart of the temple. We went back outside and we went back down the stairs and then we flew back down through the clouds. We flew back over to the forest. I flew back down to the meadow. I honored the beautiful goddess. I offered her thanks and praise and immense gratitude for this incredible experience that I had. The bunny rabbit was waiting for me. So the rabbit went back through the hole. So I followed the rabbit back through the hole and we traveled through the tunnel and the ground. And then we traveled back up, up, up, up, up alongside the roots of that tree of life until we came back out into the light next to this magnificent tree of life. And I honored the rabbit and I gave it my thanks for being a guide on my journey that day. And then I just literally like came back into my body. And wow, that experience just blew my mind. Absolutely blew my mind. It was so magical and mystical and powerful. And I didn't share it with a lot of people at the beginning because I knew that there was a lot of integration that I needed to do with that experience. It's not just about having a journey, whether you're doing an Akashic journey, a shamanic journey, a plant medicine journey, any kind of journey that you go on. It's not just about what's revealed in the process of the journey. The real magic comes in the integration part afterwards, after you go back into your regular life. How do you integrate what came out of that experience into your body, into your day-to-day lived experience? And what are the shifts that you allow to happen? And how do you take what you learned and start to incorporate it into your life in a tangible way? So for me, that integration process really required me to do a lot of journaling, to really sit with what that meant for me. What does it mean to be awakened into my priestess power? What does that even mean? What does it mean to have these types of experiences? What does it mean to receive the gift of light? To receive the gift of my angel wings of light, to receive the gift of clairvoyance, the onk in my heart, the blue lotus flower. What are all of those gifts? How do I integrate that now? And I'll tell you what has happened since that moment. What I have realized is that that was an initiation for me to rise into the truth of who I am now. And I have risen into my power unapologetically, authentically, unafraid of sharing these experiences, unafraid of other people's judgment. I know who I am. I know what I'm capable of. I know what is possible when I help other people take steps to do the similar healing work that I have done on myself. So as I've gone through my life, which I am an Akashic light healer. So I do Akashic journeys with clients throughout the week. What I noticed is that the healings that I have been able to facilitate are stronger. They're more powerful. The results clients have had are even more profound than they were before. And I realized that it's not really about the gifts that I received. And I didn't really receive them. I remembered them. These were all things that already existed within me, that already were part of my soul's journey and mastery and other lifetimes that I was just bringing into this lifetime to have awakened, to remember the truth of what I have already done, of what is possible within me, of what I can do. So the light language activations that I do now are off the charts. I mean, it's been so powerful. The clients on the other side of it have felt it so strongly in their body. And I've seen how every single time I do a light activation for someone, whether it's activating their confidence, activating their truth, activating their power, activating their love, like whatever it is that was missing for them, like pieces of themselves that they lost or left behind in traumatic experiences that they've gone through that we are now reclaiming for them. That's what I'm activating for them. One of the side benefits of it is that their light is expanding. I'm literally watching these people shift to become more of who they are. There's more light inside of them. I see their energy shift. I see their vibrations elevating. I see them becoming more clear, more focused, more joyful, more aligned with their own truth of who they are. It's been magical to witness. And for me, what I've noticed is that I feel different. I'm not doubting myself as much anymore. I'm not questioning things. I just know what I'm here to do. There's no doubt, there's no question, there's just knowing there's a certainty that I'm carrying right now. My intuition is even stronger than it's ever been before. The clarity I have is just insane. I'm more creative, I'm more inspired. My new program that I'm launching soon, guess what? It's called Rise. And the reason it's called Rise is because it's about guiding everyone else to rise into who they truly are, because that's something that I have embodied within myself. And the message was so strong and so profound that I am only able to release a program to create, to guide people through a transformation that I've already gone through myself and that I've already mastered myself. That's the only way to do something authentically. That's why when you have someone who launches a program about finance, but their finances are a mess, that program is gonna fail because they don't own those codes of mastery. They don't own those codes of transformation. So, of course, the program, when I said, Well, what is this called? It's called Rise. Of course, it's called Rise. Because I have gone through an experience of rising in my own life, of rising into my own power to really truly embody the truth of who I am. And that is what I'm super excited to guide you through, to guide everyone through who's ready to say yes to become their next level self. So I hope that this journey has inspired you to believe in your own capacity to awaken more and more of who you are. And while your gifts may be different from mine, and maybe some of them are the same as mine, that's very possible too. I've certainly seen a lot of the Akasha clients that I work with, I could tell that they have healing abilities within them. And maybe that's part of the reason why they're attracted to that work. I don't know. But we all have dormant gifts that live inside of us. Whether it's the gift of voice, it's the gift of storytelling, it could be gifts of all kinds of different things. Maybe it's the gift of some kind of athleticism that you have, the gift of being able to create something, maybe it's some type of innovation that is just lying dormant within you. There's all kinds of gifts that we can rise up and reclaim to be part of our lived experience. But either way, I wanted to share this story with you because this is the moment. We are in a huge change that is happening in the world around us. We're at this time of crumbling where all of these unsustainable structures are falling down all around us, and we have this decision. Are we going to focus on what's falling apart? Or are we going to focus on how we can individually rise into our own truth, into who we are as individuals, as souls, to connect into our own purpose, to connect into our own power, to live life on purpose for a reason, to do the work that we came here to do, to help each other, to help humanity, for us to rise together, united as one. That is what this is all about. So if you feel that stir inside of you, if you know there's more for you, I guarantee that the next step is right around the corner. It is waiting for you. And all it takes is your courage to say yes to your soul, to say yes to you, to say yes to rise, to become whoever you know you are capable of being in your life. Thanks so much for joining me, beautiful soul. I'll look forward to seeing you next time. Thank you so much for joining me on Healed with Nicole Mixdorf. If today's episode inspired you, please take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who's on a healing journey too. And be sure to follow me on Instagram at Nicole Mixdorf for more inspiration, healing tools, and to find out about my programs. Remember, you have the power within you to create a life of balance, vitality, and joy. Until next time, stay grounded, stay open, and stay healed.