That old stuff again???

Have you noticed that recently you’ve had things from your past crop up again? I’m talking about the things that you thought were over, finished, complete, done with? Lately, I’ve had many opportunities to revisit other times in my history. Recent events have been occurring that have brought back all sorts of memories, from my first year in college to my parents’ old house, to a couple of car accidents I had years ago. If you’ve had things like this happen to you, don’t despair!

It is my understanding that these events, moments, flashes of “old home week”, are coming to us to enable us to fully let them go. They are indicators that something in our energy field is still hanging onto memories from another time that are not serving us. It’s not that every memory about the time isn’t of service, more that there are some issues from “back then” that still hold some of your life-force energy. They may be preventing you from moving forward in the way you’re wanting to move forward.

I like to think of it as if I’m in a trapeze act in the circus. The old stuff is tied to the trapeze you’re currently holding on to. In order to make the smooth transition to the new trapeze, you must let go of the old one. Hanging onto both is not recommended unless you have really strong shoulders or a really cushy net! And even if you have a cushy net, do you really want to stop the journey and start all over right here in the middle of it? Especially when the next trapeze is probably the one where you’ll have the most fun and excitement and abundance and happiness you’ve ever had?

I want to move with grace and ease to the next trapeze. So… I release what comes up for me to release in a way that is most appropriate for me. We’ll be doing a little of this at my workshop on December 13 at Dancing Moon Books and Gifts in Raleigh, NC. I’ll be releasing and cleansing in a different way with Diana Henderson on December 20 at Dancing Moon also. We’d love to have you join us!

If you can’t join us, but you’re ready to let go of the things that are energetically linking you back to your past in a way that you are ready to release, begin by increasing your awareness that you are connected to the universal energy of the Divine or to all that is. Focus your awareness on events that have come up recently that remind you of a past experience or event. Look back at the original event with the intention of identifying beliefs or feelings that you may still have about that event. You may feel anger, fear, abandonment. You may feel like a victim. You may feel completely powerless. You may feel intense sadness and disappointment. You may believe that you deserved whatever happened to you. You may have taken on responsibility for something that you didn’t cause.

Whatever the feelings are, take note of them. It helps me to write as I’m exploring, but you do what works for you. (That way, I don’t have to try to remember everything.) Once you’ve identified the feelings or beliefs, explore how you feel about them today. Determine whether you are ready to release them right now. As you consider whether you’re ready, think about how those beliefs or feelings are serving you today. Do they allow you to play small and safe? Do they enable you to avoid making changes you know you need to make? Do they make you feel powerful because your anger is so strong that it drives you to be more today? Determine what is true for you. Ask yourself “is this the highest truth?” Intend that you are able to see the absolute truth if you are ready to do that.

Next, determine how you want to feel. Perhaps you’d like to neutralize the whole event by severing energetic ties to it. You might want to feel love and peace rather than anger and sadness, so forgiveness might be in order. (Remember to forgive yourself as well as anyone else.) You might want to change completely how you view the event and be able to look at it as a gift, rather than a terrible event you can never recover from. It’s up to you how you want to feel. There is no right or wrong answer.

Then, if you are ready to cut the energetic cords that are binding you to these non-serving feelings or beliefs, write or speak out loud “I am ready to cut the energetic cords that bind me to this event for my highest good and for the good of all.” Do this three times. Notice if you have reservations before or during the process. If you do, take a look at what you’re uncomfortable with. If you’re ready, now visualize the non-serving energetic cords that are attached to you and the event being severed, dissolving, going up in flames – whatever works for you to ensure that you know you have released them. As the cords are severed, see the entire situation, including yourself, being covered by the pink light of unconditional love, the green light of healing, the violet light to cleanse karma, and the white light of the Divine. See the light go in, around and through everyone and everything involved. Feel the peace.

If you don’t feel the peace, ask yourself what is still there that you are holding onto. Use that information to begin the process again.

Best of luck! It is my goal to enter into 2010 with less baggage. The new rules in LIFE are just like the new airline policies: it now costs a lot to carry a lot of baggage with you when you travel!!

Resisting Your Highest Good

Do you have places where you are resisting what’s best for you because you have your mind set on something looking a certain way? Lately, I have become aware of some of the places where I am resisting allowing the highest solutions to manifest. I’ve had visions of how I think something should look, and these visions have been set in stone in my mind. We all know that setting something in stone, no matter how wonderful we believe it is, only serves to ensure that it can’t happen any other way and be acceptable.

The reality is that it can happen in an infinite number of ways and be a million times better than the way I’ve imagined it! The reality is that one of those ways might be the way that enables me to make a contact that changes absolutely everything. The reality is that no matter how wonderful I think I am, I will never be as innovative in my head as the universal energy that flows through me when I allow it to.

Resistance always creates an energetic block. When we resist, the energy has to either flow around the block or if the block is large, the energy backs up. Imagine the rocks in a river – the water can’t flow easily downstream; it goes around the rocks or it backs up if the rocks are large. In the physical body, this manifests as discomfort and sometimes full-blown disease. In the emotional/mental body, it is the “stuck” feeling that we sometimes experience. In the spiritual body, it is represented by the illusion of separateness, despite the fact that it is virtually impossible for us to be separate.

The opposite of resistance is surrender. When we surrender to the highest good, the highest thought, the highest vibration, we allow miracles to happen in our lives. EVERY MINUTE, EVERY HOUR, EVERY DAY, ALWAYS. For as long as we surrender.

Often, we misunderstand what it means to surrender. We think it means to completely give up to the things we don’t want in our lives. We think of the white flag of surrender in battle. In this case, we are simply surrendering to allowing the Divine to work through us in the highest way. We are letting go of the desire that we have to be separate and wonderful and surrendering to the higher desire to be connected to all that is and be magnificent! Sometimes it is a challenge. Our ego wants to feel important and special, and it can feel threatened when we entertain the idea of surrendering to the Divine.

It is important that we not make the ego the trendy new version of the devil. We are better served to partner with the ego and enlist it in the job of surrendering. It will help us if we partner with it. When all of the team members are moving in the same direction, there is no resistance. There is only flow.

We can choose to go with the flow, or we can choose to go against it. But when we choose to go against it, we become like the rocks in a river. As the water flows over their resistant points and edges, it smooths them over time. The energy of the flow is powerful. Though it might not take us with it if we resist, it will eventually smooth the edges to allow everything to be softer and gentler.

Either way, whatever we choose, it’s a beautiful thing.

What is your unique gift?

I know a lot of people who are searching to understand their purpose and identify the gift that is uniquely theirs to express in the world. Sometimes this journey can be frustrating and painful, leading us to the point where we begin to question whether we will ever know our purpose.

What if we simply take comfort in knowing that there is something that is uniquely ours to give? And what if knowing that is all that matters? It might allow us to move through our days and our lives with less judgment toward ourselves. Wouldn’t it be easier to know that every single thing that you do or experience is in service to your expression of your unique gift? Everything that happens is necessary for you to bring about the nuances of your uniqueness.

The reality is that we couldn’t be who we are now if we hadn’t been who we were then. And we can’t give our gift if we aren’t who we are now and even who we are becoming. It is all perfect. All of it. Every single piece. From the burnt dinner to the spot on your sweater that makes you feel compassion rather than judgment for someone else who has a spot on their sweater. From the 5-minute rant about how your television provider has called for the 10th time to find out why you canceled your service to the wiping away of a tear from the face of a child. Or from the face of an adult. Or from your own face.

All of it… every part is good. And when we appreciate all the parts of us, we open ourselves to appreciate all the parts of others. When we do that, the world changes, and it changes radically. Breath by breath. Action by action. Thought by thought. Touch by touch. Every single energetic impulse changes the course of the world. And every single energetic impulse begins inside of us.

So, don’t spend any more time wondering if some day you will change the world. You already have. And you do, and you will. Always. With every thought you think. Know that when you think your thoughts with the intention of bringing love and light and goodness to the world, it makes a difference. Know that when you focus your attention on bringing your uniqueness into the world in its fullest measure, that’s exactly what comes through.

Every fear you work through is a fear someone else can work through more easily because you have already done it once. Every baby step you take is a baby step someone else can take also. Every time you forgive someone, it is easier for someone else to forgive. And when you play big in the world, it lets everyone else know that it’s ok for them to play big.

And when all of the things that you do are put together, they form the gift of you.

Thank you for your gift. Now, would you like to super-size that?

You are ready.

If you’ve asked the question “Am I ready?” here’s the answer: YES! Your heart knows it, don’t let your head talk you out of what you know on a deeper level is true. We see it all of the time. It’s the belief that next class or the next book or the next guru will be the one that gives me what I need to fulfill my life’s purpose. What happens when you buy into that belief is that you spend all of your life and time and money (all of your resources) going after the next thing that will prepare you to do what you were already prepared to do when you came into this life!

Don’t buy into the marketing or the hype that you need anything other than what you already have. There may be tools that you’d like to add to your repertoire or certifications that you must have (e.g., to be a nurse in a hospital, you probably can’t really show up and say “I’d like to be a nurse” without having the license and training), but you can embrace your path and your guidance and pursue your dream without crossing all of the t’s and dotting the i’s. Remember, all you are doing is being who you truly are.

Once you decide to pursue your dream, everything will change. There is power in YES! but there is even more power in YES! with action attached. Sometimes, the action is making a decision about what makes you happy. If you don’t know that part, it’s more difficult to be happy. That would be like going to the grocery store to get “something” and having a hard time finding it. You will always have a hard time finding it if you don’t know what it is you’re looking for. And the only person who can tell you what you’re looking for is YOU.

Don’t let that scare you. You get to decide what you want over and over and over again. It’s not just a one-time thing. If you find that you don’t really want something you thought you wanted, that’s ok. You might want to look at whether you REALLY don’t want it or whether your head talked you out of it. Either way though, it’s YOUR choice to make. Just like you get to decide what you will have for breakfast, then what you will have for lunch, then what you will have for dinner today, tomorrow, and every day. You choose. You. Choose.

It’s a process that you are highly qualified for. In fact, you are uniquely qualified to do the thing you came here to do. No one else will ever do it the way you do it. That is your gift.

And, regardless of how many butterflies you have in your stomach when you think about it, you are ready.

How do you really feel about work?

So you don’t like your job. It’s not that unusual, actually. A lot of people feel that if they were “given the choice” they would choose something other than their current job. Of course, right now, many people are “just grateful to have a job”. There’s nothing wrong with being grateful as long as you’re not allowing yourself to give up who you are in exchange for employment or money.

What’s the difference between the job of your dreams or the work of your dreams and your current situation? Do you believe that you can’t make money doing what you’d love to do? Do you believe that you’re too busy with your current job to follow your dreams? Do you have the belief that you are only valuable if you work really hard and suffer through it? Are you worthy of having the things you would choose to have if you could choose anything in the world?

These are examples of beliefs that many people hold. These beliefs are limiting their lives – preventing them from being, doing or having what they truly desire. Many of these beliefs come to us through the DNA that is passed on from our ancestors. Sometimes they are tied back to a time when they were valid – you did have to work hard or die.

The wonderful thing is that we don’t have to carry these beliefs forever if we don’t want to.

How might it serve you to continue to carry these types of beliefs even when you know you don’t have to? You might sense that your life would change dramatically if you let go of these (or any) limiting beliefs. You might change work, your income might change, where you live might change – you might even leave a relationship that is really no longer serving your highest good. Sometimes we’re not ready to make changes.

Sometimes we are.

Know that you can change your situation more rapidly than you can change the clothes you’re wearing if you’re ready to do that. All you really have to do is ask. You might want to have someone who specializes in the work of clearing limiting beliefs and energies that no longer serve you, but you don’t have to do that if that doesn’t feel right.

When you’re ready, you’d be surprised what happens!

Are you ready?

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