TRUSTING YOURSELF – Page 16

Merriam-Websters Dictionary defines transition as: 1 a : passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another : change b : a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another 2 a : a musical modulation b : a musical passage leading from one section of a piece to another 3 : an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy.

From an energy standpoint the 3rd seems to fit nicely! 🙂 When you change your energy state, you clear out energies that are not YOU and bring in more of your own energy…thus the loss AND gain of energy! You are indeed transforming and YES this energy shift can manifest in the physical at a molecular level! So….Are YOU going through a TRANSITION in your life? It could be moving, getting married, in a new relationship, breaking up, getting divorced, maybe a new job or letting go of an old job; Really any abrupt change that signals a major transition in your life qualifies here! It could even be that you are looking to make some sort of BIG change but you feel as if something is holding you back…. If you are going through or even thinking about a TRANSITION with a capital “T”? READ ON!!!!

As we enter the year 2010 I’ve been receiving reading requests from people all over the world. There seems to be a common thread to these requests and when this happens it always alerts me to pay extra attention! 🙂 The word I keep hearing is “TRANSITION”. I’m getting the same request over and over…’I’m in a transition and I’d like help with the direction’. I’m also hearing that at some level what they are or were doing isn’t working and it’s time to take a “step” for themselves but are having difficulty taking that step. Now, in a reading I don’t tell you which way to go as you have freewill and the ability to change and create what you want, however I do look at the energies that may be getting in the way of you making your own decision with clarity and certainty. What I continue to see in these readings is that you KNOW which direction to take but don’t feel safe at some level. Fear can stop you in your tracks and the answer is to feel safe enough to move forward.

What kind of fear am I talking about here? The fear is not a fear of the unknown as you may have thought. It is also not the fear about taking a leap of faith. In fact, I saw excitement and joy in and around each transition. I saw passion and wanting to take a step toward some amazing goals and creations! The pictures that were the most prevalent were those of letting go of the familiar. Of course you all know that when you are feeling comfortable and safe it can be a challenge to make change but what about when the energies you are familiar with are pain, hurt, punishment, invalidation or failure? What if you are so familiar with those energies and programming that although you don’t like how it feels, it’s a part of you? In effect they have in some way become your truth. In these fear pictures what I saw time and time again was that it was more comfortable to hold on to the pain, hurt, invalidation and punishment than to let go of it for fear that some other unfamiliar pain would take its place. Worse than that, WHAT IF ALL THE PAIN WAS REPLACED WITH SUCCESS & EASE!!!??? In all my years of reading, and indeed in my own personal journey, I’ve never looked at this particular side of the equation! What if you actually succeeded?

If you’ve spent your life, or any part of your life, hurting in your relationships, loving the “wrong” one, have money struggles, experiencing invalidation, punishment, or failure (I could go on with that but you get the gist), perhaps your view is that is that no matter what you do or how it’s going right now, that eventually it will all fall apart. Even when you are completely on board with your transition, there may be doubt in your mind. If you find yourself looking for the grey cloud in your silver lining so to speak, then in many ways those thoughts will bring about what you are thinking about. Any picture that gets stimulated and lights up your old pain will make you run for the hills! In other words you go back into those very familiar pictures. If the fear is too great, you may even stop yourself from making the transition altogether! When you get yourself grounded and safe you can let go of those pain pictures and fill up your space with SUCCESS!!! BUT you have to let go of that all too familiar pain first! 🙂 In my experience when I look at the fear of success it’s really more a fear of going back to any of those old pains.

It is interesting to me what I discovered in these readings. It may seem like a simple concept but learning how to ground yourself and let go of whatever it is that hurts can literally transform you! It is perhaps a bit challenging as you are going through whatever pain is rearing its ugly head, but in the end you fill yourself up with and find….Validation! Success! Love! Safety! Freedom! Fill yourself up with whatever it is that you passionately desire and live your dream! 🙂 Why not take a moment right now to feel what it would be like to HAVE & LIVE all your deepest desires! What does it feel like? Look like? The more “stuff” you let go of, the more space you will have to bring in and fill up with your energy and all that you wish to create!

Just as the caterpillar spins a cocoon around himself for safety to make the transition of transforming into a butterfly, getting grounded and safe is your cocoon. I will share with you one of my favorite quotes which so applies to this blog: “How does one become a butterfly? she asked. You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” Hope for the Flowers So….give up being a caterpillar! Let go of your old definitions! Let go of any comfortable pain! Then…SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND SOAR ON THE WINDS OF YOUR LIFE!

Thank you for reading! Shine your Light! ~Debbie

For more information on Clairvoyant Readings please visit my website at Spiritlightinsight.com. Information will be posted in the next few days for ~ Love & Relationships~an upcoming very special ‘get ready for Valentines Day’ teleseminar on January 24, 2010. Whether you are looking for that special someone or are currently in a relationship this workshop will focus on clearing energies from your relationship space! If you have any questions you may contact me directly at Debra@Spiritlightinsight.com

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” ~Nietzsche

I’m not sure I agree that you MUST have chaos within but to be sure, sometimes spiritual growth can certainly feel and look a lot like chaos before you give birth to the dancing star that is YOU!

Life itself is a journey of growing and changing. You are born, you learn, you grow up, you have experiences both good and bad, easy or difficult. The only thing that remains the same is that you are growing and changing! One moment you are walking on your path, other times you take a side road. There are times when changes & growth happen smoothly and effortlessly, other times your growth is so rapid it leaves your head spinning! If you do any kind of energy work whether it be meditation, yoga, prayer, law of attraction, reiki or any other type of what I call energy work, you are setting the tone for BIG changes in your life! If you don’t do energy work I have some news for you, the fact still remains that your growth WILL and IS happening. What I will be talking about in this blog is what is called a “growth period“. Specifically, what it is, how to handle a growth period & move through it smoothly, with ease.

So what is this growth period and why does it happen? Very simply, a growth period is exactly what it sounds like. A space in time when you are growing and changing, sometimes very rapidly. A growth period can last an hour, a day, a month, a year or even a lifetime! When you do energy work and start to consciously, with intent, living life from your own truth you are actually speeding up the process! Things begin to shift in your personal universe and I might add, they are shifting in a BIG way in the universe itself . You may be experiencing the growth of the planet as well as your own! Yes, ‘shift’ happens and while in the middle of rapid growth and change it can feel a bit uncomfortable, out of control and yes, chaotic!

Now all of that doesn’t mean that when things are moving along like a free-flowing stream, you are joyful, in alignment, in your flow and creating, that you are NOT in a growth period. You are ALWAYS in a growth period! It’s just a fact that some growth periods are merely more challenging and chaotic than others. If you are working on clearing a particular set of energies or pictures that have defined you for a very long time it can feel really… ‘gnarly’ as you clear them out ! You are literally RE DEFINING yourself and bringing in more of your spiritual essence! You may want to notice how smoothly things go AFTER the chaos! So, I say… BRING IT ON AND LETS GET GROWING! There are things you can do and a few things to keep in mind that will help you move through your growth period with ease. 🙂

One of the first things to become aware of is that you are IN a growth period! It is not YOU or who you are. Now I know that is a simple concept but sometimes when things get chaotic, energies are releasing and it seems as if your inner world is imploding, and your outer world is exploding, it’s easy to forget that YOU ARE NOT YOUR GROWTH PERIOD! You do not need to be the effect of it! To be sure, you are growing and expanding as spirit but you are certainly NOT the growth period itself. What’s happening is the release of many old energies, concepts and untruths that you have lived by. In essence you don’t need to be in the middle of what’s releasing! Find your amusement with the process then allow the energies to go! Keep the focusing on your own vibration, truth and alignment…..GO WITH YOUR FLOW! 🙂

DON’T RESIST YOUR GROWTH PERIOD! Yes, dear readers, I put that in caps! Sometimes you may not necessarily be enjoying the process! OK, I know none of you would be resisting your growth period but I, for one, find resistance to the process when I’m feeling uncomfortable and consciously don’t like what’s happening! If you are not feeling good or enjoying the process just know that this too shall pass! Recognize that you would not be in the process if you weren’t working on growing and clearing something. There is always a reason even if you aren’t aware of it while in the middle of it. Also keep in mind you would not create a growth period you can’t handle! It’s the resistance that can get you ‘stuck’, not the growth period or process! What to do? Take your attention OFF the process and clear the resistance! 🙂

Now at this point it’s a good time to address a question that comes up frequently in many of my clairvoyant readings and meditation classes. The question is about the other people in your life that can’t or don’t want to take the same steps you are. They may also resist you as you are taking your growth steps. What then?

You all know that many people resist change whether it applies to them and/or possibly YOU. After all you are SO wonderful…don’t ever change! A few of my personal favorites are; I like things just the way they are! I can’t handle this/you anymore! You are not the same person I first met! Why do you do that anyway, what’s the point? They may even try to make you wrong for you wanting to take your own growth steps. In any case the thing to remember is that you are on YOUR journey and it may not necessarily be THEIR journey. They could be in a completely different place than you are. See them for who they are, allow them the space to be where they are.

When you are in alignment with your truth and vibrating from that place that is an invitation for them to come join you! You may or may not be able to take someone with you on your journey. It’s really up to them to take that step rather than you pulling them into it. Where they are for them is the perfect place and exactly where they want to be and what they want to be doing. The only person you can be responsible for is yourself and how you react to their choice. You may even want to take a moment to clear your resistance to them not wanting to take the same steps you are taking! Hemal Radia, Manifesting and Law of Attraction , posted a response to this very question in terms of using the law of attraction. His response wonderful and I encourage you to read it! 🙂

OK back to what is turning into a novelette rather than a blog post! Going through a growth period is not always easy on your physical body! Remember, in spirit there is no time or space and that’s where the work begins. Your body however exists in time & space and needs some time to adjust. Be gentle and GIVE to your body. Everyone has a different way to do this. It may mean a massage, spending time alone, a bubble bath, crying or laughing for hours! I often get emails after someone has had a clairvoyant reading that they want sleep all the time. Well, go with it! Whatever your body wants! If your not sure, go with the rule of thumb…when in a growth period… more food, more sleep and more of ANYTHING & EVERYTHING that feels good to the body!

There you have it! So if you find that Ben & Jerry (ice cream) are your best friends, you want to sleep all the time and things feel completely out of control….you may be in a growth period! None of that was very complicated was it? 🙂 Perhaps a bit long but not really complicated! Here’s the short version: When in a growth period remember you are not your growth period! Find your amusement! Let go of and clear the resistance! Remember this too shall pass! Give to the body! And if all else fails, I have only one word…..*C*H*O*C*O*L*A*T*E!!!!!! Enjoy your growth periods and thanks for reading! Shine your light~Debbie

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