Once upon a time I stood on the hot sand of the Atacama Desert. I was three years old and the infinite space that surrounded my mother and I seemed eternal and mine alone. I remember feeling in my small body that there was something so pure protecting and guiding me. I felt this motherly love from the sky above my head, and the earth beneath my feet seemed to welcome my curious inspiration for human life. I knew that I had nothing to fear and that all that existed was love.

I could not translate this knowing to anyone around me. I did not have the words that could help my family and teachers understand my connection to my guiding light. This was 1964, and in Chile at that time my story seemed a rare and strange occurrence. In my young mind I believed that my spiritual experience was common to everyone. It was so normal to me that as I grew, it became a nightly routine of expansive talks with this divine guidance. I felt so happy to see this beautiful and illuminated energy visiting me nightly on the ceiling of my room (and all of the rooms that were to follow my childhood).

I can still imagine the faces of disbelief and curiosity on my scientifically minded father and concerned mother as they stood behind the door of my room listening. They were trying desperately to decipher what was happening to me and what was the voice on the other side of the communication. They would nervously ask me who I was talking to and in my limited and young vocabulary I could only call it “Palita”. My Palita, I would say over and over again as though they should know better.

Palita means a small shovel in Spanish so the simple translation left my family more confused and insistent on the answer. By the age of eight I could finally explain that what I was trying to say at three was the word “palida” which means "pale woman." What was visiting and guiding me all along was a pure and divine energy that is all knowing, loving and a peacefully brilliant light form.

Palita is still with me today as a faithful source of wise council. Some may say that she is a spirit guide and others may think that she is an angel. The discovery of the truth of what this divine light is has taken a lifetime to emerge. A path that walked me through a thousand spiritual steps as a girl, woman, healer and a teacher of wisdom.

Now, at age fifty-five, I can say that this mysterious white energy is my soul’s voice and all the divine planes of universal wisdom that exist for us all. I believe with my heart’s knowing that on that magical day and in the highest desert in the world, I became awakened to my soul’s intention and purpose. My Palita continued to enlighten my child’s higher and connected mind through the years. With growth and courage I learned to accept that this was for me to share with the world and so I planted the seed of the Golden Heart Teachings that grew to become the TREE of GOLD organization.

Welcome to all that have arrived to this website and blog. I am so happy to have your company as our world finds its new understanding of what love truly is in the highest heart of compassion. This is a guide of how to begin, continue and grow our natural ability to connect with our soul and it's wisdom- among other teachings. I look forward to inspiring you to reach your inner beauty and shine your incredible abilities as a wise soul in a human expression.

Alessandra Solari Saavedra

A Girl and a Golden Seed