In every circumstance we face in life, our spiritual gift is the power of choice. In each moment, we have the choice to expand or to contract, to use our creativity to find soul supportive solutions that help us grow or to repeat the familiar and remain small. Within us is a creative solution to every challenge, the next step we need to take for our souls expansive journey. When we begin to look at life as a series of choices, we also begin to see that we can change our minds at any time and change the course of our lives. What worked yesterday, may not work today and it is our birthright to create change. When we attempt to project what will result from our choices, we limit ourselves and make choices based in fear. Instead, if we follow our hearts desire in the moment as we make choices and release the desire to control the outcome, we free ourselves and naturally expand our Spirit.
Today, I continue to choose to release "The Defender," as I do, I am reminded of another part of me, my "Guarded Heart." As I release "The Defender", the Guard will be leaving its protective stance from around my heart. Hmmm...Breathe deeply, I remind myself, in each moment I choose to release "The Defender" and its associated behaviors, I will simply watch what happens, witness, observe, be present, and feel...
You have caught me in my process...No, that is not true, I have chosen to share it with you, to expose myself and share my Truth and assist the release of the wind out of the sails of "The Defender." As I release, I allow myself to find my strength in vulnerability.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
The Defender
Today, I honor "The Defender" in me. The one who fought for me when no one else would. The one who protected me from being hurt, when pain and suffering were all around me. "The Defender" has been a part of who I am, with purpose. I feel grateful for that protection and at the same time sad. When I reflect on "The Defender" I see how by its nature all it knows how to do is protect and defend and maintain the position of armored guard. However, if left unchecked, "The Defender" can protect us and keep at a distance not only from all that is painful, but all that is good and joyous.
Today, I release "The Defender" from its post. Today I remove the mask of armor, embrace vulnerability and risk being seen. At worst, I figure all that will happen is the mask will be removed and there will be nothing there.
Today, I release "The Defender" from its post. Today I remove the mask of armor, embrace vulnerability and risk being seen. At worst, I figure all that will happen is the mask will be removed and there will be nothing there.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The Path to Heart Centeredness
As you did, I witnessed history yesterday. As a result, both last night and this morning, I have also witnessed anger, tears of sadness and tears of happiness. Again, I have needed to simply sit and breathe, releasing thoughts and surface emotions, to uncover what lies beneath the surface.
As I do that, my own heart centeredness begins to show up and I realize that in this place of heart centeredness lives no pride, no accomplishments, no sadness and no anger. In truth, this is not a place of hapiness as we humanly define it either.
Heart centeredness is simple, for it is in this place that we find acceptance and the space of raw potential. It is the place through which the Souls Dreams become a Reality. In heart centeredness, there is an ease through which we live our lives, free of doubt and fear, full of compassion and an intuitive understanding regarding our purpose here on earth and the spiritual process through which we evolve and grow.
Today, I ask you to reflect. I ask you to reflect on the big picture and answer these questions for yourself; What is my spiritual process? Through my process how might I recognize when I am in my heart? and in what ways am I engaged in my life to assist me in finding my way to my own heart? Whether these answers are clear to you today or not, commit to yourself to take One Action Step today toward that end. For it is only through our action (anchoring our mental/emotional/spiritual process to the physical) that we can complete the energetic circuit of healing.
As I do that, my own heart centeredness begins to show up and I realize that in this place of heart centeredness lives no pride, no accomplishments, no sadness and no anger. In truth, this is not a place of hapiness as we humanly define it either.
Heart centeredness is simple, for it is in this place that we find acceptance and the space of raw potential. It is the place through which the Souls Dreams become a Reality. In heart centeredness, there is an ease through which we live our lives, free of doubt and fear, full of compassion and an intuitive understanding regarding our purpose here on earth and the spiritual process through which we evolve and grow.
Today, I ask you to reflect. I ask you to reflect on the big picture and answer these questions for yourself; What is my spiritual process? Through my process how might I recognize when I am in my heart? and in what ways am I engaged in my life to assist me in finding my way to my own heart? Whether these answers are clear to you today or not, commit to yourself to take One Action Step today toward that end. For it is only through our action (anchoring our mental/emotional/spiritual process to the physical) that we can complete the energetic circuit of healing.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Darkness Into Light
This morning, Spirit suggested I write about Transforming Darkness Into Light. Yes, that I heard, but then the difficulty began. Instead of listening, I kept sticking my two sense in. I wrote and deleted, wrote and deleted, wrote and deleted. Not that there was anything wrong with what I wrote, it was probably fine and would have gotten the point across, but I knew it was not what Spirit was meaning for me to say. So, after a while, I took to simply taking a few minutes to sit at my computer in front of the empty screen to just breathe and be and observe myself. I'd observe my breath and watch it shift, I'd observe my thoughts and watch them shift. Again and again, I sat down at my computer and watched it happen and just waited to be inspired rather than forcing. By this afternoon, I was having another conversation with Spirit, letting "it" know that time was running out for today and I was still uncertain what the true message was here. Again, I just sat and observed and waited to be inspired.
Not long after that, I received an e-mail from another practitioner I know. It was her monthly newsletter for November entitled, "Shifts Happen." In it she talked about observing herself and noticing the shifts in her breath simply as she observed, doing nothing else to "make it happen." She also spoke about being a practitioner, the observer/witness of others, and how simply by witnessing the client she was able to watch the shifts happen within them. She compared it to what atomic physicists learned not so long ago, that "the object of research cannot be separated from the researcher." In other words through the simple act of observance, we have an effect on what we observe.
Not long after that, I received an e-mail from another practitioner I know. It was her monthly newsletter for November entitled, "Shifts Happen." In it she talked about observing herself and noticing the shifts in her breath simply as she observed, doing nothing else to "make it happen." She also spoke about being a practitioner, the observer/witness of others, and how simply by witnessing the client she was able to watch the shifts happen within them. She compared it to what atomic physicists learned not so long ago, that "the object of research cannot be separated from the researcher." In other words through the simple act of observance, we have an effect on what we observe.
In those moments, I came to realize, this was all I needed to share. This was exactly the process I put myself in today (and every other day) as I waited for a message from Spirit and little did I know at the time, I was living the message. For it is simply through our willingness to observe ourselves, that "Shifts Happen." It is this very process of observing and shifting that transforms us, the very process that moves us from Darkness Into Light.
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