Outer Time

Yassica
Sep 3, 2022
4 min read

Updated: May 27

Outer Time by Yassica Melissa Ferrer, acrylic and 23ct gold leaf on canvas, 60 x 60cm

When you look at Outer Time, what do you notice first?

Did you feel any sensations in your body?

Vision and Process

Outer Time came from an inner vision of healing water flowing in an hourglass shape around the body of my client, with the narrow center at the level of the throat, cradling it in a soft embrace. The energy flowing around my client felt soft and feminine, creating balance around her energy field.

The inner vision came to me on November 24, 2021, in a Soul Plan session. Months later, on June 5, 2022, I felt a strong inner nudge to begin painting. I started with the twelve-fold rosette, the narrowest part of the hourglass (or throat), which regulates the passage of time and the golden nectar throughout the body. It symbolizes a point of transition for communication and self-expression, acting as a bridge between the seen and unseen realms.

Gold represents the resilience and brilliance of our true nature, capable of enduring metamorphosis without losing its essence. Embracing the transformative power of water, Outer Time invites viewers to connect to the cyclical rhythm of life, trust in their divine timing, and find joy and strength in their authentic expression.

When I asked my client if she felt anything in her throat, she immediately connected with what was unfolding. She shared that she had lost her voice around that time and was experiencing difficulty expressing herself to her colleagues. This quickly shifted, however, the timing (incredible synchronicity) affirmed the painting's energy as part of a living process. A similar experience occurred when working with another client on The Ancient Melodies of Creation.

I completed Outer Time on August 10, 2022—nine months from vision to completion - a healing transmission in the form of an image.

After seeing the final piece, my client shared:

"It produced a very strong healing energy and radiated at me! I was smiling a mile wide and just nodding! I felt it very much in the mouth, throat, jaw and neck. Your timing is great because I ramped up my work in late July, and speaking up is also coming up for me. It is absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking! I LOVE it! I am so honoured to be part of it".

While I painted, I also felt sensations in my throat and a craving to swim in the ocean.

Symbolism

Each element of Outer Time carries meaning.

The rosette, placed at the center of the hourglass, at the throat level of the body, is a sacred symbol of the sun's eternal cycles. It represents the journey of birth, death, and rebirth - a timeless dance of cosmic energy, depicting passages from one state of existence into another.

In the ancient yogic tradition, the throat chakra is the last place where we experience duality as we move up the energetic centres. It focuses on communication and expressing our truth. The twelve-fold rosette emerged in the throat, bridging the realms of Spirit and Earth. It is a pivotal space where duality converges, catalysing transformative growth and self-realisation.

Water has held memory since the beginning of time. It softens, renews, and regenerates, allowing healing and intuitive insights to flow throughout the body. It gives space for reflection and emotional clarity amidst life's ebb and flow. The hourglass reminds us that time is always on our side. It is a playful tool that we can stop, start, and pause depending on how we choose to perceive and engage with the passage of time. It invites us to embrace the playful dance of existence, where each moment holds its own rhythm and possibility.

When we trust (surrender) to divine timing without knowing how things will unfold, we invite time to be a more joyful aspect of our lives, calling us back to the present moment. Gold embodies the resilience and brilliance of the human spirit, which is capable of enduring metamorphosis without losing its essence. Like molten gold, we reshape ourselves endlessly, embodying strength and the infinite possibilities of our true nature.

In its essence, Outer Time invites us to contemplate our authentic expression (our voice) and timing. It speaks to the power of expression, healing, and surrender amidst the fleeting moments of earthly existence. Here, I share a very short video presentation published on my YouTube channel.

About the Title

The name Outer Time was inspired by Murry Hope’s writing in The Lion People, which I discovered after a profound past-life regression in 2017. In that session, I encountered beings that seemed similar to those she described—a celestial race beyond our linear experience of time and space.

Her concept of “Outer Time” really resonated with me and reflected what I had seen and felt: a realm outside Earth time, where everything happens at once, just in different spaces of time.

In one passage, she writes:

“...differing time-zones can exist side by side or one within another, as may be observed in dreams which frequently involve intertime-zone experiences. There is a point in Outer Time that embraces all time… a complexity of intelligences or essences bound into one harmonious thought. But as more amongst you become aware of the existence of the timeless state, the doors of knowledge will start to open for you, and your perspective will slowly broaden.”— Murry Hope, The Lion People (1988)

This painting, like the title, is an invitation to step out of ordinary time, to feel more than you understand, and remember the part of you that already knows what to do when the timing is right.

I firmly believe that all that exists that has not been learned yet is waiting to be remembered and uniquely expressed by you.

Thank you for your time.