Author, Hypnotherapist, moving keynote speaker, coach and lyricist, Anita Pathik Law, writes about Living The Power of Our Way and Power of My Way community news, music, resources, and articles on spirituality, consciousness, transformation and business. Our focus is on raising consciousness and building bridges of higher understanding within self, in relationships, in business and leadership, and across cultures and religions, thus, ultimately creating a positive connection into the collective consciousness. Anita is the host and gifted moderator for Conscious Dialogues, where we attract thought leaders in the fields of spirituality and business and engage in interviews and multipanel dialogues open to the public.
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Tomorrow, Thursday, April 5th, we begin the Thriving Soul Based Business Program at www.enlightenedbiz.com and I invite you to honestly explore whether you see yourself in what we have identified as Five Defining Elements that typically resonate and potentially hinder (that's where this process will serve you) success and fulfillment.
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Read on and join us tomorrow for a dynamic business development program with some very special and unique perks...
Five Defining Elements of the Soul Based Business Entrepreneur That Should Resonate (if you are one!)
1.They go beyond a typical business opportunity to look at how to integrate a soul calling into a vocation or viable business model. Our guess is that if you were attracted to this program, odds are you have left behind a traditional career in pursuit of a deeper calling. A deep sense of meaning and legacy building are more important, so living abundantly and expressing your soul calling must become equally important. You have tapped into a higher potential for both living abundantly and contributing to the betterment of others, therefore both money and meaning are priorities, not just one or the other. When we look at motivational structures of Soul Based Entrepreneurs, typically, they want to align how they run and deliver their business services and products with a deep, internal motivation – a calling, a longing, to both serve and be challenged, to be of incredible contribution to their clients, families, and the world…and thrive financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually and socially.
2.Soul Based Entrepreneurs desire to integrate their spiritual practices into both how they market and serve in their businesses. They seek impactful ways to integrate Universal principles and spiritual laws, such as principles of Divine Order and the law of attraction into how they build a thriving business. They see themselves as conscious creators and because they view the world metaphysically, they seek to go beyond a typical three dimensional view of the world. Yet sometimes they are unsure how to fully integrate spirituality and business, soul and strategy, intuition, strategic planning and marketing into a viable business model. They intuitively know that aligning their divine purpose and soul path into their business and marketing models will generate deep fulfillment and abundance. They seek a whole brained approach – left and right, create and innovative yet linear and strategic a nd are seeking to grow and integrate both aspects so they can fully leverage their mind power.
3.Once defined and aligned with the power of their individual way; the coming together of passions, purpose and authentic expressions, become an integral part of what they do, how they do it, and with whom they do it. This is an essential and necessary ingredient in their recipe for success and they want to be energized, not drained in their vocations. They tend to be more willing to push and challenge themselves in the ways entrepreneurs need to push and challenge themselves and are willing to invest the time, energy and resources into their soul based business pursuit.
4.By nature, they have probably, on some level, resisted their true calling and have a lot of unfettering to do as part of their preparation for truly expanding into their greatness. In spite of their calling and talents, they also often are conflicted about earning a great living while sharing their gifts and are fearful that family, friends and colleagues will think they are crazy to pursue less than traditional vocations. On some level, in our experience, they deal with issues related to unworthiness, and may feel challenged to maintain an enduring prosperity consciousness, and the faith, self- trust and confidence to develop and sustain a thriving business. They also often need to heal their relationship with money and clear any unconscious blocks that impact long-term financial success and increasing the marketplace’s exposure to what they have to offer.
5.Many have lots of non-serving beliefs about marketing and sales that prevent them from engaging in the critical success factors for success. They are powerful visionaries and cultural creatives and have incredible untapped talent, but for many, they struggle with traditional business and marketing models – resonance and being genuine are remarkably important.
They can have some trouble fully living and operating in the world of marketing and sales and it blocks them from having sustained success. They are not always as money and bottom-line driven, nor are they as innately competitive as other types of entrepreneurs. They seek a higher road and are often perplexed as to how to function in a competitive marketplace. Most would work for free if they could. They would do what their soul is calling out to do regardless of the money, yet recognize the need for an energy exchange of money.
They don’t respond to fear based and urgency based marketing strategies. Rather, once they are able to - they seek to utilize resonance and intuition to magnetize their ideal clients yet are not always comfortable in defining who their ideal clients are. Balancing bottom line and strategic planning with resonant marketing strategies can sometimes be challenging.
Soul Based Entrepreneurs also tend to be sensitive, have big hearts, a drive to serve, and often carry a lot of non-serving beliefs about marketing and self promotion, many fearing rejection, failure, success, or being interpreted as less than absolutely, 100% genuine. While they have incredible gifts that they want to share, they don’t necessarily have the strategic planning, business development, product and service development and marketing and sales skills and processes to move their dreams from thought to action. They were stuck in the longing of a dream and paralyzed or at best stunted in the accountable follow through or sound business strategy.
Or…they were hiding out and doing things that were sort of related to their purpose, but couldn’t figure out how to get from current reality to the manifestation of their bigger dreams.
Sound Familiar?
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You know you have a potential yet to be explored, "owned" and actualized...
To thriving in all areas of your life...including your service to the world, Anita
In addition to offering a final reminder that today is the final day to take advantage of the early bird savings at www.enlightenedbiz.com , I am also feeling called to share a powerful reflection that I think you may relate to in an article (below), followed by some great questions that will open you to hidden potentials!
Judgment, Self Worth, Trust and Authentic Expression
For years I have been criticized and judged for giving away too much for free.
I’ve also been judged for not giving everything away for free. I’ve been judged for not doing enough and doing too much. I’ve been judged for being too spiritual, too accessible, too creative and too flexible (especially when it comes to allowing special financial arrangements for those in need).
I’ve had to grow a thick skin and at times, that means exploring and ultimately turning down the volume and intensity of my own self judgments, especially since the very real possibility exists that other people’s judgments are simply mirroring my own fears.
Ultimately, what is most important is that I follow my resonance, and higher guidance, even at times when it has looked absolutely insane. And, from the highest perspective, I don’t think we can do either (interpret resonance and higher guidance) if we do not fully embody the value of our worth, trust our hearts, and be willing to step outside of traditional, cultural thinking.
Think about it for a moment. This is HUGER than HUGE. In the areas of your life where things are bountiful, perfect, flowing, abundant, and strong, odds are you have embodied the value of your worth, as it relates to that area. The areas that don’t flow in the ways you prefer may reflect where there is a lack of self value.
I think that is why my relationships, marriage and family are so incredibly amazing. I must feel worthy of healthy, happy, loving relationships (it wasn’t always like that). I can also see other areas that have not been so easy and effortless and, if honest, can identify that something is off kilter within my own thinking and the beliefs that outpicture in my reality.
Recently, I shared something my younger brother, a highly successful, international business consultant (picture a tall, 6’4”, dark, handsome, charismatic, highly intelligent, strategically brilliant, jet-setting guy in an Armani suit) told me a few years ago.
He said that “If someone does not choose to do business with you, it is because you have failed to express your value.”
To a certain extent, I think this is true. However, over the years I’ve also come to a different understanding in terms of “fit,” timing, and resonance. And, today, even during a period of time when I’ve been unable to work in some of the ways I used to (being in bed has limited my in-person work), I can honestly say that I love and adore the people I am honored to work with.
I’ve come to trust that the groups that come together are, in fact, coming together for a Divine appointment. I’ve also witnessed many people ignore the calling of their souls and on some level, figuratively canceling the Divine Appointment that would, in fact, be the answer to their prayers and deepest longings.
For soul-based entrepreneurs, each must find a balance between giving and receiving, surrendering and strategizing, planning and allowing, dreaming and implementing, being and doing. And, we must find our own rhythm and balance and ultimately give full permission to be a welcoming and dynamic place through which our gifts can be shared and we can prosper on five distinct levels; physically, mentally, emotionally, energetically and spiritually.
For many, it is the fear of judgment, criticism or failure that prevents them from just being who they are, following their natural inclinations, and expressing what is most authentic, as opposed to trying to impress or win over those who will never be an ally, let alone a fit for the authentic and creative expressions of their souls.
Maybe this is one of the reasons so many amazing, talented, gifted and passionate people are coming together in support of a slightly different way to do business. They can no longer separate who they are from what they do. They realize that chasing a dollar is often getting in the way of them simply being a natural expression in service to others and a Source that is Divine in its origin.
This is the beauty of the Thriving Soul Based Business Program (by the way, early bird registration savings end today!) at www.enlightenedbiz.com
It gives permission for the Soul to express itself in service through a beautiful interplay between intuition and strategy, mindset and marketing, imagination and creativity and development and implementation.
What do you believe you were born to do in service to others?
Are you doing it to the extent that you are fulfilled? If not, what appears to be missing?
What do you want to be known for?
What’s your reputation?
When people describe you, what do you want them to say?
Now, rate yourself on a scale of 1-10 regarding how aligned you currently feel you are with how you want people to describe you.
What would need to be different to rate yourself at a 10?
Are these some of your critical success factors?
Visit www.enlightenedbiz.com and take advantage of the early bird savings today! This coming group will be engaged in an exciting project development and launch together and I can already feel the energy building towards something quite spectacular!
Are you ready?
I am!
Love and respect, Ani
Anita Pathik Law, CFCC, is a Certified Franklin Covey, Marshall Goldsmith Coach and a Master Self Management Coach who believes in the power of mixing business with spirituality and pleasure!
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Caution! Active participation in the Thriving Soul Based Business Program may lead to extreme clarity of vision and sudden, unexpected bouts of motivation and creativity.
If after taking a sample (link to get your F*R**EE samples are below), completing an exercise or listening to a class audio you experience any of the following symptoms, immediately call or email your coach to celebrate!
Some symptoms of extreme fulfillment and excitement about your business may include:
Increases in focus and energy
Out of the box ideas
Sudden changes in direction due to realignment with higher priorities
Hearing voices inside your head that say things like “You are worthy of happiness and success,” “It’s your time babe,” and “You are an amazing gift to the world.”
Increases in prosperity consciousness, self-confidence and worthiness
Drastic and often unfamiliar changes in your perception of the past
Foreign feelings of alignment with your soul’s purpose and most authentic expressions
Your coach may recommend a dose of positive expectancy and acceptance of your highest good to ease the potential discomfort often experienced by the positive changes that are occurring in both your subconscious mind and your business.
If you begin to experience any ego resistance or a re-occurrence of low self-esteem, doubt, worry or fear, your coach may provide you with audio supplements that will delete non-serving beliefs and stories and activate higher productions of self-worthiness and a deeper connection with your Source and Higher-Self.
If you have sudden urges to break out into a happy dance or move into higher expressions of service to humanity, take in a few deep breaths and allow yourself permission to surrender to these types of inspirations and urges. Stuffing, denying, or rejecting these urges may lead to an inadvertent repression of your highest good, lowering of energy, disempowered thinking, and fears of failure and/or success.
If you find yourself experiencing any subtle or profound signs of resistance to allowing the Divine to move through you with ease, it is important to ask for the assistance needed. In partnership with your coach, you may discover past patterns of self-sabotage, lack of follow-through and temporary spiritual amnesia.
Identifying these patterns is an important aspect of your treatment and strategic planning. Occurrences of shame, guilt, blame and complaining typically reduce within the first few weeks and some of these symptoms may reappear as a way of revealing additional opportunities to let go and surrender your past for a future that is yet to be revealed.
In certain cases, you may find others taking on the symptoms of your own underlying beliefs as they come back into balance with the Divine Perspective. These are merely reflections and projections of both your deep inner healing and growth, and emerging opportunities for additional healing and transcendence.
If you miss a dose you will be given ample opportunities to get back on track quickly and easily via the audio downloads and the comprehensive, step-by-step Thriving Soul Based Business Guide.
If you have any questions regarding the Thriving Soul Based Business Program please visit www.enlightenedbiz.com and choose the option that is good for you!
There is something powerful that happens when we face the reality that life is unpredictable. Back in October, when the doctor's were preparing me for the second of two emergency medical procedures, they emphasized the increasing possibility of paralysis or death. Quite honestly, I was not afraid of either.
Rather, what immediately came to me was who to contact to make sure the books I've been writing would be published and shared, and who could take thousands of hours of recordings and share them with those who would value them!
The answer I got was...me!
Your Dreams Can Come True!
Hopefully you have registered to attend tomorrow's teleclass (details at http://powerofmyway.com/businessexplosion.html) and have downloaded the three audios we prepared for you to begin opening to some personal insights and inspirations that have the potential to create a huge shift in both how you think about your work and how you show up in your business.
Whether an entrepreneur, service/helping professional, business leader, or an employee, tomorrow's teleclass is guaranteed to reveal some key opportunities that, if acted upon, will create a significant difference - not just in your life, but in the lives of others.
Here are a few provocative questions I'll leave you with until tomorrow...
Do you truly, at the deepest core level, believe you are worthy of success, of financial prosperity, and exercising your right to do what you most want to do - what you were made to do?
What wacky beliefs about money, receiving, charging money or marketing might need to be transcended and resolved in order to see the results and have the impact you are designed to experience?
HINT: All of these nuances can influence mindset at both the conscious and unconscious levels and have the power to impact you and your business in profound ways.
What beliefs about your industry, yourself, your markets, etc. are unconsciously driving your behaviors? Do you need to do deeper work at the subconscious level to bring all aspects of your being into alignment?
Do you think selling is sleazy or do you embrace selling and marketing as joyful and fun ways to meet and build relationships with people in your target markets?
Are you personally aligned energetically, emotionally, mentally, physically and behaviorally with your values and priorities?
Are you aligned with how you are planning and implementing your time and with whom and towards what you invest it in?
AND...if you are more committed and compelled than ever before to stop being the best kept secret on the planet, do not delay getting started. Life is too precious to waste what we've been given to share.
Join us at www.enlightenedbiz.com where we bring spiritual principles into business and business principles into spiritual expression and dupport you in moving out of thought and into action!
I have to admit that there are still a few things that can really get my blood boiling. Being the "take responsibility for your own shift" chick means I immediately begin to dissect my own thoughts and beliefs, ask to heal anything within myself that is contributing to the projection, and do my best to stay aligned with my commitments to be a positive force in the world.
And...this is different, and it needs to be spoken.
Every day I receive emails and promotions regarding Law of Attraction in some form or another. What baffles me is not one of today's self proclaimed LOA experts has ever talked about the principles of tithing (at least none that I've heard). Rather, it is all about acquiring.
Just last week I was forwarded an audio from two LOA/ manifestation experts and the entire focus was on giving your first "portion" to yourself to use for personal development.
My eyebrows raised, I took in a deep breath, continued listening and once again, I heard nothing about tithing, nothing about giving, and certainly nothing about God. It's just confusing to me considering most refer to themselves as spiritual teachers, yet don't seem to know about this ancient principle and law of tithing.
Actually the entire call seemed to really have one motive; to use law of attraction and the idea of investing in your own personal development as being the number one priority so that folks would give themselves permission to invest money in this person's program. It was all about giving to get something.
Several years ago Paula Langguth Ryan and I had a Conscious Dialogue called "The Truth about Tithing."
It's not a secret, and it is not a get rich quick formula. It is a spiritual practice that goes back to pre-biblical times, across all ancient cultures and religions. It is a way of being in the world. And, it is a practice that is purely about being an expression of gratitude and appreciation with your time, talents and treasures - not to get, but to give.
Enjoy listening to the audio from that dialogue (below) by brushing your mouse over the grey box and pushoing the arrow...
Then, if called, please post your questions and comments and let's begin talking about other spiritual laws that aren't necessarily as attractive to our egos, nor inadvertantly playing a part in the perpetuation of more lack and separation, or our culturally influenced desires to find that magic bullet to wealth...
Visit www.powerofmyway.com/sundaysoul.html for over 20 inspiring and self-empowering (and free) mp3 downloads on interrelated topics that will reveal opportunities to unleash your potential!
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Dear Friend,
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Before watching the video (of one of the greatest songs ever), and the accompanying lyrics at the end of this article, I ask you…
“Have you ever had a moment when you felt as if a great, big, huge wall was standing between you and a more desired reality or goal and then you suddenly realized you had built the wall with your own two hands (proverbially speaking, of course)?”
Last week we began a teleclass called Aligning with Your Divine Design. As with most offerings these days, it began as more of an “instruction,” as opposed to an inspiration.
I had all sorts of reasons why it was a bad idea. My personality argued primarily about the timing, concerned that the start date (which was part of the specific instruction) was neither practical, nor convenient.
Now, imagine getting into an argument with God. It shouldn’t be hard to do, especially since I’m fairly certain you, as do I, do it all the time, whether or not we acknowledge it as such, or recognize it for what it is.
So often Divine Instruction comes as a fleeting thought or nudge, one that if we are not fully present to will literally go into one ear and out the other. Other times, it comes as a deep longing that requires willingness, commitment, and action that gets thwarted by fear or patterns of self sabotage.
Other times it hits up against a wall we’ve built around the highest aspects of ourselves, our innate wisdom, and the parts of us that we’ve tucked underneath some of the most elaborate illusions and identities adopted or imagined.
What I have come to understand over the years is that when I say yes to the instruction, the inspiration follows, bursting into my mind and heart as if it was merely awaiting my invitation – or an allowing of the mystical to overcome the practical.
Well, you can imagine who won the fight this time, and finally, I gave in and began the process of letting folks such as yourself know that it was happening. I surrendered my expectations (or so I thought) and the day of the orientation I was flooded with so much information that I was vibrating with excitement and curiosity.
Before we were even halfway through the orientation call, something happened that took my breath away. If I hadn’t already been lying down, my guess is I would have fallen to the ground. Those of us on the call took in a few deep breaths and just sat in silent reverie of a shared moment of knowing that a Divine Hand had been at work all along.
The “why” had so clearly revealed itself that all I could do was cry, look up to the ceiling and whisper, “Thank you God, thank you God. I am so sorry for doubting you. I promise to remember this moment and the perfection you have shown me.”
In that moment, there was confirmation; a sacred validation of a faith I choose to follow, honor, show up for and extend, regardless of outcomes and absent of the conditions my personality so often wants to demand, often for very good reasons.
After wrapping up the session that night, I leaned into the humble knowing that I had witnessed, and fortunately participated in, such a Divinely orchestrated answer to many prayers spoken and unspoken.
Yet, as is still true today, 4 days later, I also felt a deep sadness. I knew there were many people who had ignored the nudge to join us, or never opened the email or read the articles that contained an answer to their prayers.
Timing, cynicism, lack, unworthiness, fear and all sorts of reasons had built a wall between the present and the future, conflict and peace, longing and fulfillment, misalignment and harmony, pain and comfort.
I get it. And, more than ever, I know that life is unpredictable and time can feel short. I could feel remnants of my own co-dependence getting tantalized by the idea of shouting out to who I could feel were thousands of people (not just dozens) whose prayers were answered but ignored or dismissed in ways that have become habitual; a byproduct of conditioning and the ego’s greatest victory when it wins over an opponent to its own transcendence.
Life has an interesting way of revealing what has always been known, yet often denied. Beyond the walls built by fear and the denial or resistance of who we have always been there awaits the treasures you have been seeking.
Listen to this song, The Wall, by the band Kansas, and follow along with the lyrics that follow. It totally aligns with essence of this ongoing exploration into aligning with our Divine design.
The Wall
performed by KANSAS, (Kerry Livgren / Steve Walsh)
I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost
It rises now before on me, a dark and silent barrier between, All I am, and all that I would ever want be It's just a travesty, towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit would erase
To pass beyond what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak And those are few who've seen it through to glimpse the other side, The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision's in the air It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me It's just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me I want to see
Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it's not for me I know it well The riches that I seek are waiting on the other side There's more that I can measure in the treasures of the love that I can find
And though it's always been with me, I must tear down the Wall and let it be All I am, and all that I would ever want to be, in harmony Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross THERE IS NO LOSS
Last spring I had the honor of facilitating a retreat in Boulder, Colorado at the home of one of my best friends and colleagues, Paula Langguth Ryan. It was extraordinary and at the end of each day, Paula and I would hang out and inevitably get into some deep and often hilarious conversations. In spite of knowing each other for about 15 years, I think we were both astonished to learn so much more about each other, and often one of us would say, “Oh my gosh, I never knew that about you!”
One evening, as she was reading a short story she had published many years prior, I sat there looking at her, enthralled not only by her story and her amazing skill as a writer and storyteller, but by her entire essence of being and the energy transmitted through that essence. I must have had a funny grin on my face, because suddenly, she stopped her story and said, “What? What is that look about?” I said, “I just love your who-ness.” “My whoness? What does that mean?” she asked.
I had never used the word before, probably because it isn’t one (a word), but I knew exactly what it meant. I explained that I just loved “who” she was and how she had changed and evolved over the 15 years I had known her. I loved her mind, her humor, her heart, and everything that was unique about her. Most importantly, I loved that she was freely being her “whoness,” not just with me in that moment, but during the retreat she wasn’t trying to be anything than who she was.
I reflected on the people and clients who I have come to adore and love the most over the years and what I consistently saw as a common theme was the depth of love and appreciation for their “who-nesses.”
On some level, without planning it, the retreat really began to center around everyone seeing and appreciating each other’s “whonesses” You can imagine the hilarity when, the next day we all explored the idea of being comfortable and accepting of our whoness (within self and with others) as a support of our “royal we-ness (I could go on but it all starts sounding a little inappropriate and hugely hilarious).
Do you love your whoness?
Do you? Do you even really know what that means for you? In all seriousness, on some level I think one of the greatest tragedies is when a person never really gets to know and fully express the uniqueness of their being – the who-ness that gets buried under years of conditioning, fear and self-judgment.
We’ve all been in relationships where it didn’t feel safe to be our true selves, or maybe we had a hard time accepting the “whoness” of another. Resonance and connection, two of the most transformational and influential elements to fulfillment, and two of the most profound ways our souls communicate, cannot fully exist in a dynamic of denial and rejection.
Yet, isn’t it interesting how often we deny and reject the very parts of ourselves (and others) that will, in fact, create the most opportunities to experience both resonance and connection? In the meantime, we feel as if something is “off” or missing “out there,” but, if really explored, so much of what seems to be “missing” is actually rooted in not knowing, loving, or respecting ourselves (and all of our oddities) in connection to our sacred whoness.
In a world where fitting in, hiding our true natures, or sacrificing who we are for whom we think others want or need us to be, the place of our deepest connection, truth, belonging, expression and purpose can get quite muddled. It is no wonder the numbers of people in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s who come to me for coaching and healing work that often don’t even know who they are or why they exist, let alone devalue themselves because they can’t see themselves as unique and special beings born to a potential not yet realized.
Just like everything that exists in creation, we all have a design that is unique and supportive of the purpose we came here to fulfill and the sense of meaning that will bring us the greatest fulfillment. I’ve come to call this your “Divine Design.” Your Divine design is your core essence, sourced in your unique encoding; the aspects of your personality, talents, interests and abilities that are inherent to you.
Your life experiences are intended to reveal more of that encoding, sometimes in ways that are challenging. When taken advantage of, they can be revealing in terms of identifying many conditioned patterns of thoughts or behaviors that have hindered you from both understanding and expressing yourself in a way that supports your encoded potential, or Divine Design.
When out of alignment, we can feel as if something is missing; possibly a key awareness that would significantly alter both your sense of self and the potential that exists when you honor, acknowledge and cultivate what is inherent in your design. Aspects of your unique design have been evident since you were a young child, while other aspects may be hidden from you until the timing that is most Divine and perfect, often for reasons initially unknown.
Aligning with your Divine Design is a process of unfettering from illusionary identities and beliefs and then undergoing an exploration of what exists at your essence. Until we can truly come to appreciate and align with our Divine Design how can we even know what resonates and what doesn’t? How can we choose anything with confidence and clarity? And, how can we truly tap into the foundational worth of our existence?
To learn more about the potential that exists when we Align with Our Divine Design I encourage you to join us tomorrow, Tuesday at www.powerofmyway.com/soulsjourney.html
Each week we will engage in dynamic teachings, discussions and a healing activation or clearing. The groups that come together are so clearly orchestrated and organized by the Divine, it is humbling.
If you would love a “taste” of what we experience you can listen to two healing activations today. Due to confidentiality, I can’t share an audio of the dynamic discussions and exercises we do each week, but I can share these with you today!
I don't think one could spend so much time in solitude as I have over the last few months and not receive powerful insights for one's self and others.
Some of these insights are so important to share that I will do my best to do so as clearly and concisely as possible AS INSPIRED TO DO SO, beginning below in both words and a song...
First, because I dropped off the grid this week, I wasn’t around to respond to some time-sensitive questions about the next Soul’s Journey Into Expression Teleseries beginning on February 21 at www.powerofmyway.com/soulsjourney.html
Why Align with Your Divine Design?
Years ago when I first heard a song entitled “Breath of Heaven” (video posted below) by Amy Grant, also known as “Mary’s Song,” I knew it was not just about Mary and the miracle that Christians commonly refer to as the Immaculate Conception.
From a metaphysical perspective it is a song about me and you. It is a prayer that reminds each of us about the power and gift of surrendering to the Divine Plan for each of our uniquely designed lives.
And, it is a reminder that each of us, you included, has been seeded with a potential that is Divine in its origin; chosen because God had faith in us to carry the dream to “term.”
In other words until the point in time when your greater “why” and all of your preparation (mostly through your life’s greatest challenges) intersected with Divine timing, you have been entrusted to be a womb of sorts for new creation.
It is a song that speaks to one of the toughest truths each of us must reconcile with at some point in our lives; a truth that regardless of religion or faith, every human being was born and created for a purpose and that no matter the resistance, whether internal or external, we at times don’t feel worthy, prepared, or ready to “give birth” to a dream and destiny that is greater than most can even begin to imagine.
And, most important, we are reminded (by Mary) that if we ask for the strength to know, to grow, to accept and surrender to a destiny unfolding, often in the most mysterious of ways, that we will contribute something quite significant to the whole of humanity.
Herein lies the greatest opportunity ever given to every man, woman and child…the opportunity to allow life and all of its crazy and unexpected happenings to be acknowledged as something that is happening FOR you, not to you.
I say this as I celebrate, in victory, a feat I never would have chosen (consciously at least); the feat of being flat on my back, undergoing treatment for 4+ months, confined to my bed, often in total darkness and quiet and not lose either my mind or my sense of purpose and worth. Although much of the time I am in pain, unable to sit long enough to eat a simple meal, I know I have been given an incredible gift.
I know this is part of my destiny’s path unfolding. I also know that it is not, nor has it ever been totally about me and my own growth in service as a human being, wife, mother, spiritual teacher, or healing facilitator.
This experience has been filled with prayers answered – big, huge prayers (to fully embody faith and compassion) that at times I wished I could take back (ha, ha), or add an addendum that requested my prayers be answered in easier more graceful ways (she says laughing her proverbial a** off!).
You are a Unique and Vital Creation, Created for Reasons Yet to be Known or Fully Understood
You have been chosen to do remarkable things and be a catalyst for great change in a world whose consciousness is forever evolving. Aligning with your Divine Design is much more than say, healing non-serving beliefs or enhancing your sense of self worth and confidence.
Aligning with your Divine Design is probably one of the most profound opportunities to truly embody faith and trust and cultivate an intimate, ongoing, communicative relationship with a God of a much higher understanding than most of us can presently fathom.
BUT…this level of alignment does not guarantee a life of ease and perpetual clarity, happiness and complete bliss. Rather, it requires a personal cultivation of faith, willingness and holy communication that will ultimately guide you towards a deeper honoring of who you are in terms of a sacred design that was encoded into you, not necessarily created by you.
Listen to this inspiring song with a metaphysically minded approach and let yourself go beyond the literal, ok? Imagine you as the vessel through which the Divine wishes to manifest greatness dedicated to the whole of humanity. The more you resist, the more God will persist. The less you interfere, the more grace will be revealed.
This morning I received this message and initially thought it was to be shared with the folks going thru the Initiating the Shift Program.
Then, I realized it is for everyone...so here it is!
"For healing to be made fully manifest, what has previously been unconscious must become conscious, in both the human perspective and from what has always been within the Divine's Perspectives. When able to see through Divine eyes we receive an understanding beyond the conditioning and consciousness that is human in perspective. As you allow yourself to rise up into the expansiveness of this knowing, all will be forgiven and reinterpreted as the gifts of their Original Intention. You hold the key to freedom. In the letting go of past perspectives held in any form of resentment, guilt, shame, blame or victimization, you allow for the expansion of your God self to be made more aware within you, in others, and in all situations and events of the past. It is not just you that benefits...the entire world benefits.
For this, God gives thanks. Allow yourself to fully receive the blessings that are imminent when you clear space for the good that is wishing to be made manifest within all layers of your being and in every detail of your life. Forgiveness opens you to be infused with the consciousness of love that precedes all healing. Prepare yourself now by saying yes to love inhabiting you in ways that may feel foreign to you at first. Your woundedness may fight to survive. Old stories may try hard to revive themselves. Embracing your shadows in love and acceptance for what they have taught you is a gift you can now give to yourself and others. Celebrate how they revealed that which was in need of the Compassion that opens you to Truth, the Divine Empathy that opened you to Forgiveness and the Love that will be the bridge to healing beyond anything that you can possibly imagine.”
Also, a reminder...Everyone who registers before midnight on Saturday, Feb. 18 at http://powerofmyway.com/soulsjourney.html will receive a free private healing session that we'll record and put to music....
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