Dear Members and Friends,
Recently inspiration came in for me to go by my spiritual name. You all may know me as Dawn, Rev. Dawn, or Dawn Fernandez.
Twenty years ago during a meditation, I kept hearing the word Saina repeated over and over in my mind. I even found myself repeating it out loud several times. Finally, I asked my spiritual intuition what was it? Why did that word keep occurring? And what I heard in English was “that’s your name”. With all that has been happening of late, I am finally ready to receive this gift that was given so long ago. For me, this change is just a helpful symbol pointing in the direction of truth. The name Dawn has so much baggage associated with it that whenever I hear that name or someone says that name I cringe and or a tightening of sorts happens. With Saina, there’s none of that. It actually feels like a fresh breath of air rolling over me.
From now on when you see the name “Saina” in any correspondence and also in the Sanctuary please know that was the one formerly known as Dawn Fernandez. Also, I will be dropping the title Reverend. It just doesn’t sound right with Saina.
For a long time, I knew how it sounded but didn’t know how it was actually spelled. But last Wednesday for the first time after 20 years the correct spelling was given and I looked up the actual meaning of the name. I was completely shocked when I discovered it means one who reflects Lord Shiva who is everywhere. That newly discovered information was the final push I needed for me to say yes to this helpful pointer. I mean twenty years ago I had never even heard of Shiva. I wasn’t raised with that philosophy. It has only been in the last 5-6 years of my life that I have even come to know what Shiva is and means. That for me alone is enough of a symbol pointing to the fact that life has been conspiring for me for quite some time now.
What I see from this is that there truly is an Intelligence that has been guiding me all along! And using this name that was given is the acknowledgment of that insight.
With that in mind, if you could call me by this spiritual name instead it would be so greatly appreciated.
I have included a clip of audio on how to pronounce it as well: Click Here
With Love,
Saina
