Tuesday, July 31, 2018

LINKING TO YOUR HIGHER-SELF LIFELINE




Your life is your entire message.  The journey of your life in reflection is your lifeline to all you need to know about what is meant for your pathway to discover, learn, overcome, understand, and ultimately reconcile in order to live it authentically.

Let’s be honest - most humans do not look at their life this way because it is mostly lived one dimensionally as a human on this planet focused on goals, dreams and aspirations, while walking the treadmill of life’s everyday occurrences and events.

Most days, this ‘status quo’ feel comfortable, stable, and you bask in the sheer normalcy of how you are living your life.  Most days, this even feels like ‘enough.’   

There are other days it is ‘too much’ as you juggle your responsibilities, deadlines, timelines, and your own self-imposed expectations for achievement of ‘getting everything done.’ 

This is where life asks you to find the balance you are seeking for your human and your soul, however most times you only focus on the human.

Some days you are really rocking this balancing act.  Others, you know you could do a bit better.

All you need to do is cut yourself some slack for being ‘human’ once in a while.

However, what if your soul feels the complacency is not enough to drive that fire forward?  
Higher consciousness allows us to live life several dimensions beyond the human stuff, and it is here in this space, we are of greater help to our human because the soul is navigating as the tour guide through alternate solutions, reasoning, and expanded comprehension.

You may wonder if this place/space is a private club.

It is not.  In fact, you have been to this place before when you meditate or sleep or sometimes sit in the place of human reflection as you allow your internal intuition to take hold of the natural pull to where you are destined to have your energy flow.

The human likes to fight the current in the following ways:
·         Control
·         Ego
·         Fear
·         Comfort
·         Action
·         Reaction
The soul is your center for peace and while your human combats the above, it is your soul that will bring you the tranquility, the serenity and sanity the human craves oh-so-much from doing.  

This is truly about resting in the place of simply being. 

So what can the soul do differently than what the human does on a daily basis in the fight to find that balance within?

The soul can calm the human with reassuring that human self-doubt, creating a core sanctuary of “it’s going to be okay” or “you’re only floating in temporary void space, hang in there – things will unfold.” 

This is the place where patience must come from the soul to tell the human to ‘chill out’ and ‘relax’ – rest in the idea that your life can grow exponentially if your human chooses to let go of the control, ego, fear, comfort zones, same actions or destructive reactions.

Read that again. It will do your soul some good!  :D 

If we put your soul in the center of its all-knowing intuition, guidance and power - we create the ultimate balance for the human being so that the human can actually BE rather than try to DO something that is only a bandage-effect. It is necessary to begin getting to the root issues of what is really going inside that amazing human that exists, but who often puts up their own road blocks.

It is when the human surrenders to the place of peace, allowing the human to become challenged (for growth) and seeing said challenges as a higher realm of opportunities to learn and expand – can we see the most change and transformation.

In other words… trust that you have the power to actually SEE what you are made of and capable of, rather than dismissing your own potential with negative words which do not serve you.

It is when we can step into the new language we speak to ourselves, can we find the best relationship between our own human and soul and with that, we can externalize these well-invested efforts for our interactions with others.

Sending blessings to you, Lovely Souls.  Be gentle with that human who is trying with a simple, kind nudge and wakeup call to see the soul --- even if it is just a pop-in visit/hello.  

You’ll be glad you did.

Namaste.

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

LINKING TO YOUR CALM-BEFORE-THE-STORM ENERGY




Life happens.  Sometimes as a human you go through the motions on auto-pilot. Other times, you are trying to just keep the plane flying.

In recent weeks, you might have had stressful deadlines, overloaded work schedules and conflicts, maybe you might have had ‘too much going on’ – and feeling a bit taxed, stressed and depleted.

Maybe you have had anxiety, nervousness with a lot of uncertainty over what is going on in your life with many things happening at once with your family, friends and social circles and their energy.  Are you contemplating some life-altering decisions?

Right now, it is peacefully, joyfully fulfilling and quiet in your being.

Are you questioning why you are feeling mellow, calm and dare I say…  Zen?

WHY?  Have you had some sort of transformation?  Are you feeling disconnected?

Whether or not you can put your finger on “the WHY” you are calm, I would like to propose a few thoughts to inspire you to believe that maybe your idea of trusting in the highest, greatest good is finally sinking in.

In this world of greater awareness of ‘how to chill out’ … and an escalation of ‘self-care’ practices, the human psyche, and spirit are becoming more conscious than ever before.

While the mainstream is starting to shift in the openness to be ‘aware’ – how much credit have you given yourself to know that you know yourself better today, than you did a few years ago?

Have you given thought to the ‘process’ of life where ‘going with the flow’ seems easier, where your human does not get all riled up over things that used to bug you? 

So maybe your ‘control freak’ side of yourself has learned to calm down.

Maybe your own self-value has risen to know you need to take care of yourself better.

On the other hand, just maybe you are finally realizing that wasting energy on what is not in your hands and worrying about it, will not solve the problem.

WELCOME TO “THE-CALM-BEFORE-THE-STORM ENERGY!”

You have graduated to a place where you know that sitting in stillness sometimes, while uncomfortable ‘since you’d rather be doing something’ – is good for you to regroup your energies, refuel your inner being’s tank of positivity, and reinforcing ‘what is’ and knowing what is needed.

Bravo, Lovely Souls!  This is a better place for you.

I wanted to do this blog today to remind you that you don’t need to be alarmed for this “shift” or “change” when others wonder why you are ‘not freaking the heck out’ over your situation.

Are you sitting with your calm-Zen-self proud of how you are coping?  You should be… it could be new territory and I wanted to help reassure you that “ALL IS WELL.”  

It is okay to be calm, especially if you know uncontrollable (not in your hands) disruption will happen in your life, and along with it may come the “Murphy’s Law” side effects of your rational adult decisions.

Sometimes, even if you play it safe, or have well-laid plans – things may twist a different direction to keep things interesting because CHANGE IS INEVITABLE and meant to show you that what is coming will ultimately benefit you, even if you do not see all of the pieces right now.

Trust that behind-the-scenes, things are actually working FOR YOU – so that you evolve, learn, stretch, and expand yourself in new ways that maybe your original plans did not factor into previously. 

The bigger questions now are:


  • ·         How will you ride this tide?
  • ·         Who will you become in this exercise of your soul’s expansion?
  • ·         What will you be most grateful for in the process?
  • ·         Where will you take this growth factor next?
  •       When will you begin to accumulate the higher-level lessons and choose to apply them going forward?
  • ·         Who are you now because of knowing what you know in the present moment? 


When we take a step back to examine our “Calm-before-the-storm” energy, we can further evaluate the reasons “WHY” this is necessary in order to strengthen the bigger change and transformation, which comes with growth.

Everyone is a work in progress.  Our best selves are yet to come and our best lives are taking shape in every minute of every moment – THIS is what the calm energy is for and how we can benefit from using it to our best ability.

So take a deep breath, Lovely Souls. 

All is well.

You will be okay.

Moreover, yes, YOU’VE GOT THIS… all you need to do now is to rest in the calm; rejoice in the chaos when it arrives, knowing you had the wisdom to refuel your soul’s energy in the now.

Namaste.

Monday, July 9, 2018

YOUR LIFE’S LEARNING LINKS



They say we ‘don’t know what we don’t know.’

The irony is that someone knows this.

Thus, wouldn’t it be more accurate to say, we are aware of our shortcomings, challenges and ignorance – however, our own awareness of this fact can provide the pathway to seeking knowledge. 

The bigger question is… how aware are you in terms of what it is you still have to learn?

Where do you see your opportunity for growth?    

Have you ever questioned what you don’t know, where you lack knowledge, or what you are determined to learn vs. what you have surrendered to being ‘okay’ with not needing to explore?  

At what point are you satisfied with your quest for knowledge?  

Do you look at your life as a series of lessons you have overcome? 

This is something we humans need to ask ourselves for one very important reason…

We need to understand that learning is infinite.  

We will never know all that is out there to know, no matter how long we search, no matter how many books we will read, or adventures we take under our breath or what lessons we can absorb, receive, and gain from others.  

All things are possible.  Opportunities are infinite.  However, our ability to learn everything there is to learn is finite for time our human has to grace the planet. 

Nevertheless, what if I were to tell you that as your soul has infinite wisdom?  Do you believe this is possible? 

If we humans take comfort that there is ‘deeper knowledge’ beyond the scope of our own human existence, and that we have the ability to tap into lifetimes of acquired knowledge, there are other elevations of exploration for our introspective realm of possibility.

While this may seem ‘out there’ in context to process, let me enlighten you with the idea that it isn’t, because ‘inside’ of your own psyche and soul memory there is much more than you know from the surface of what you believe you know.

Bear with me here.  While this may appear to be a series of riddles, it really is not if you take a step back at what already exists. 

Let us take for example, the idea that certain abilities are learned, while others are simply natural.

We humans call these natural abilities ‘gifts’ so that we can process this concept in a more digestible context.

What are your ‘gifts?’  

Do you have the ‘gift’ of patience, calmness, and grace under pressure?  

Do you have the ‘gift’ of organization, memory, troubleshooting or creating?

Perhaps you have the ‘gift’ to be the voice of reason or you have quick-wit, or helpfulness.

Maybe you have the ‘gift’ of certain talents to build, design, deal with numbers, detect flavors, hear certain tones, visualize special reasoning or you have the eye for coordination.

Whatever your ‘gift’ is… maybe you don’t even know ‘where’ it came from, and you know you did not ‘learn it,’ but rather it came naturally from when you were a child, and further development through extended learning helped you perfect said ‘gift.’ 

People talk about others being ‘born with’ a certain ability, strength, level of knowledge, talent, or wisdom.

If you know someone who appears to have mastered something by a ridiculous age, you may say …

“Oh, they were already born with this knowledge or must have been XYZ in another lifetime.” 

Certain athletes may appear to be born with ‘super ability’ to swim like a fish or have speed like lightning; or some people have genius brains; while others are naturally funny with quick timing or some can intuitively know where to go even if they are lost. 

If we embrace the idea that our pool of knowledge exists within us, perhaps then we know what we need to know and for anything else we don’t know, we either apply ourselves to learning or simply hone what already exists within us.  

In the world of self-discovery, this can be a chaotic place to be in order to dissect ‘what to do’ with ‘what you have’ vs. ‘what you venture to learn or seek.’  

While we are all lifelong students of ‘life’ … understanding the duality of knowledge and wisdom – internal vs. external is an art. 

When we get out of our own way to sit in the space of seeing what there is to work with, we can adopt greater clarity in our perception of being enlightened vs. being naïve and creating a pathway to broader knowledge in the same breath as more intricately based knowledge. 
 
However first, we must stop self-judgment and instead step into the space of self-acceptance in order to clear the slate to be in the space to remain open to the infinite wisdom – both external and internal.  This is where most humans ‘get stuck,’ by only seeing one dimension of learning.

Go easy on yourself, Lovely Souls.  There is more within you than you realize to actualize, you just have to get off the hamster wheel long enough to see pieces of yourself that have been there all along to grow your internal wisdom to its full potential.  

What you invest by knowing yourself, will get you further on your life's trek when you actually seek the external knowledge.  It is only in your own realization of how you process your own learning curves, dealing with life's lessons as well as the ones you seek, will you find your true learning potential for all there is to learn. 

While there is a lot ‘out there’ to learn, know that is not the only place where you can learn.  When you begin to invest time ‘within’ - you will have greater awareness of how to be more receptive to what you can do and learn. 

It is here where you can come to know what it is you do not know as well as all that you do.  You can take note of that to create a better quality of life learning once you see what is possible and what already exists.

Happy learning!
Namaste.