We all have varying degrees of awareness at different times. But we've all, at one time or another, had an Insight into ourselves, or noticed things about ourselves that we'd like to change; patterns of behavior, emotional triggers, personality traits, repetitive thoughts, negative thinking, etc. And we all have from time to time Inspired Thoughts; thoughts that are truly brilliant and creative and inspired by our Highest Self to take us into a new level of being, to expand our sense of Self, to increase our Light and our Vibration.
What we do after we have the Insight or the Inspired Thought can make or break us on our path to Self Fulfillment. Are you Integrating the information that you receive about yourself?
Integration is a process by which we make what we know conscious, ask our Highest Self for guidance about it, affirm it and then take Inspired Action based on this information. Time and again, I have seen my clients get lost in this process failing to put to good use what they learn. Integration is the only way to truly evolve here on earth. The Earth School is about Action and Experiencing. When we use the Integration Process to help us decide what actions to take, we often need to take less action to get where/what we want. This is because as we actively and consciously engage in the process of Integration we tap into our Highest Self and our Highest Self always knows what is best for us in any given moment.
Integration can be used to assess a specific conversation, situation, day or phase/aspect of life. We just need to know and be willing to be in the process. The following is a brief summary of the phases of integration.
1.) Come to understand through writing, speaking or thought what stands out the most about what you want to assess. For example, you may have noticed that you have a co-worker who complains alot and although you have been friendly over the years, you find when you are with hem/her, you also tend to get negative and find it brings your energy and spirits down and have decided you just don't like it anymore. This low energy is bringing about laziness and disorganization.
2.) Quiet yourself and ask for Heart Centered or Highest Self Guidance. Remain quiet until a spontaneous positive and inspiring thought or image arises. Again, this can be in the form of the writ en word, speaking or thought. Trust whatever comes, even if at first it doesn't make sense. Higher Self Guidance on this may be, for example, "outer organization reflect inner organization just as outer freedom reflects inner freedom and vice verse"
3. Turn whatever you receive in #2 into an affirmative statement about yourself.
4.Commit to one small action step that stems from this Inspired Statement. For example, if your affirmative statement was "I am organized, efficient, and free to make my own choices." In this stage, the thought process might be, what does a person who is organized and free to make their own choices behave or look like? Your answer to that might be....they have a detailed filing system that they use regularly with a scheduled time for filing and they reward themselves with not only play time but allow for spontaneity and choices that work for them even if it means disappointing others. In realizing this, your action step might be to spend 15 minutes filing papers tomorrow morning before you leave for work that have been piling up and instead of meeting that coworker that complains alot after work for a drink tomorrow you will go to the park and play Frisbee with your dog instead, which you both enjoy.
Integration (and therefore elevation of our personal energy vibration) is not complete until we have taken Inspired Action. In other words, we have not truly learned the lesson until we fully Integrate it through new and inspired action in our lives.
