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Open this door for intuitively guided action, living from your heart, trusting your inner guidance and paying attention to what’s best in ourselves and others. Here is where we’ll focus on manifesting what it is we want in our lives as we push the envelope of our comfort zones. This is the place in which we come to trust our God/Goddess within and the beneficent Universe that supports us. How exciting is that?

Gracefully Navigating Change

1/9/2020

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“No man ever steps into the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man.”
-Heraclitus

How do you feel about change? Do you love the adventure of it? Or do you fear it, feeling safer if things stay pretty much the same? Do you struggle to maintain the status quo in your life, opting for security rather than the open window of change? A lot of us do. Yet change happens. It’s part of life. Every day you’re a different person and things are changing all around you. How do you deal with that?

 If life’s inevitable changes feel scary to you, this might help.
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This morning I woke before dawn, intending to get up early, but one more minute of warm comfort led to the next and I stayed in bed. Lying on my back, legs outstretched, I fell into that luxurious state in which I don’t really feel my body. My thoughts drifted.

I focused attention upon my breath, just breathing in and out.  The thought came that God is ever moving, like the breath, like the air all around us. God is like the ocean, ever changing, ever the same. You can watch the ocean every day for a lifetime and it will be different every day, you will see different things every day. Yet it is always the ocean.

Another idea came in and I saw an image of a rainbow-colored slick of oil on water, constantly in motion, ever changing its design, yet always the same in its changeability. You can look at one small section of it and it looks different every time. But if you look at the whole, it is the same in its constant variability.

The only constant is change and so, as sparks of God, our lives are filled with change. That is where the expansion, growth and learning take place.  Our smaller selves look for things to stay the same, wanting to stay safe and secure. We may even convince ourselves that the devil we know is safer than the angel we do not. Yet there is no growth, no expansion in the comfort zone of safety and security.

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Alphonse Karr
 
Just as the ocean is always the ocean, even as the waves move constantly, the color shifts from grey to blue to turquoise to black, the surface roils in white frothed violence one day and undulates gently another, and the life therein thrives and dies, so our daily lives change constantly. Yet our essence, our soul, is eternal. That then must be the way to navigate change with grace, flow and ease, by focusing on the eternal soul, the constancy of God and Spirit.

That idea does sound good. But how do we actually do that when we are shoved unwilling out of our cozy, comfort zones by the inevitable changes that rampage through our lives?

Your beliefs and attitudes concerning change naturally affect how you experience change. Having beliefs and attitudes that support you can make all the difference the next time scary change blows through your life. 

If you find that flowing with the inevitable change in your life is difficult, take a look at your beliefs concerning change. Do they support you? If not, consider where you may make a few adjustments. Check out today’s Spiritual Toolbox for some suggestions.

The Pre-Socratic philosopher, Heraclitus said, “Life is flux,” meaning that all things in life change. That is to say, the only constant thing in life is change. Knowing this, it makes sense for each of us to create a personal belief system that supports us through the changes, large and small, giving us the resilience of a flexible palm tree weathering each storm that passes through.
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Your Spiritual Toolbox

Attitude Adjustments for Gracefully Navigating Change
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At the foundation of moving through change gracefully is the belief that we live in a beneficent Universe and that everything that happens is for our soul’s benefit. This core belief allows us to trust all to God, knowing that we are guided and supported always by Spirit.

Know that everything that we need is right here, right now. By maintaining our focus in this present moment, rather than worrying over the past or future, we live where God lives. Our guidance and support from Spirit is all here, in this present moment.

When our minds are filled with the busy doings of the day, the worries over what will be, the regrets over what was, there is no room left for God. Like a cup that is already filled we leave no space for Spirit to enter in, to join us in our day.

Our world is like a hologram. We are surrounded by symbolic messages, support and guidance. Nothing is by chance. It is all there for our guided learning. We are in school and our lives are the classroom, ever constant and changing constantly.

Lighten up, this creates the emotional space for healing. Seeking out reasons for joy and humor, allowing ourselves to smile and laugh more.

Follow your heart and choose what feels best to you  today, then do that. 

Making our inner focus our primary focus. Listening for our inner voice of empowerment. Paying attention to what we are thinking about. Keeping our thoughts positive and empowering.

Have an attitude of service. Thinking bigger than our individual lives. Asking ourselves, “How may I be of service today? How am I serving others and the world with how I live my life?”
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Live in daily appreciation of our abundant gifts. Focusing our thoughts on the many blessings inherent in our lives, despite any changes that may be occurring.  

As Red Feather said, "​With every change you can look at what is good in it and what is not. Which will serve you? Contemplate what is good with each change. Rather than focusing on what you are missing, focus on what you are getting."

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Comfort Zone

9/27/2019

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“Be willing to dare different things and try different things. Comfort zone and rut are synonymous.  There is nothing wrong with being comfortable, but when you get stuck in a comfort zone you are in a rut.”
Red Feather

Who knew that stepping into your dreams could be so scary? Shouldn’t it be delight-filled and joyous? Sure, let’s go with that. Really though, what’s up with all this fear coming up?

I was rearranging my vision board, removing what I’ve already created and making it all look attractive when I felt my heart start to race. It’s an uncomfortable, out of breath feeling.  I had to stop looking at my vision board, sit down and breathe, pray and tap until shortly it returned to normal rhythm.

That happens sometimes when I’m feeling stressed. What? My dreams are stressing me out?

Pushing the envelope, stepping out of your comfort zone can be frightening. Yet, living solely within your comfort zone is living in a rut. There is no soul growth in your comfort zone, there is only rest and eventually stagnation. I know this, I’ve tried it. I like my comfort. Obviously so or stepping out of my comfort zone wouldn’t be so stressful.

Am I going to let my fear stop me? No, but I can support myself. That part of me that finds it so scary to move forward, put myself out there, push the envelope, and grow myself, is trying to protect me.

“Doesn’t it feel better to stay small and hidden?” My Inner Child asks me in her piping Inner Child voice. “Why don’t you stay safe and comfortable and just keep doing it the way you’ve been doing it? That’s worked hasn’t it?” She is doing her level best to keep me safely in my comfort zone, and here I am pushing us out with all my manifesting might.

Does this feel familiar?

​We can reassure that child within even as we move forward. We can thank them for keeping us safe, and lovingly tell them that we will take good care of them as we move forward together.

A fun way to do this is by inviting your Inner Child to a tea party!  Check out Your Spiritual Toolbox for how.
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Your Spiritual Toolbox

Settle yourself comfortably for meditation, breathe deeply and relax.

Visualize yourself sitting at a table set attractively with tablecloth and flowers, steaming teapot and cups, creamer and sugar, and plates of cakes. Really imagine it.

In your thoughts, invite your Inner Child to your tea party.

Invite her to sit in the chair across from you and help herself to anything she’d like. Enjoy being together just sharing tea for a little bit.

Now share with her your goals.

Ask her to tell you how she feels about those goals. Is there anything that scares her about your intentions?

You may see images, or words, you may even imagine an entire conversation.  Or may just get feelings. However your Inner Child wants to communicate is OK.

Allow her to share all she will. You don’t need to try to change her mind or fix anything. Just listen.

When she has finished sharing invite her to sit with you in your lap. Hold her close and tell her you love her. Tell her you will take care of her and your love will hold her safe no matter what.

Then visualize lifting her gently down, standing and holding her hand as you walk forward together into your dreams.
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BTW, if a tea party is not your scene, create a scene that feels just right. Whatever most appeals to your child within.  
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Be In Your Heart

10/11/2018

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“If my heart could do my thinking, and my head begin to feel, I would look upon the world anew, and know what’s truly real.”
​— Van Morrison


Be in your heart. How often have we heard that advice or something similar? But what does it mean? What does being in your heart look like? Can we even approach being in our heart with the analytical mind? Maybe not.

So what does it feel like?

It feels like living as the child in you most wants to live, living in trust and innocence. Trusting that the Universe is a beneficent place in which to live. Knowing that you are loved and cared for. Innocent of any knowledge of separation so there is no need for judgment or making the self or other wrong.

Being in your heart feels centered and expansive, for this is your true home, and all the different aspects of you recognize this and relax as you allow yourself to be in that space. ​​


​Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash

Your Spiritual Toolbox

Take a deep breath and feel the air expanding the area around your heart.

Visualize a beautiful, emerald green light, the color of your heart chakra, filling your chest and expanding outward.

Now take another breath, deepening the green light in your chest. See the light expanding outward from your chest into a sphere.

Keep breathing deeply as the green light expands outward to totally surround your body.

Continue to breathe deeply into your heart filling and surrounding yourself with beautiful emerald light expanding the sphere bigger and bigger.

Now allow your breathing to relax into a normal rhythm and sit within your heart space, breathing and feeling the expansion for as long as it feels good to you.

​Throughout the day if you find thoughts of judgment or fear uppermost in your mind, take a moment to close your eyes and breathe deeply. Feel the emerald green light filling your chest once again reminding you of where your true home is.  
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