MEDITATION – Page 24

In a conversation with a very wise friend I mentioned that I’m a completely different person today than I was, say, 10 years ago. I see and experience the world differently, spend time daily in meditation, write this blog and do a myriad of other things which frankly I never in a million years thought I’d be doing.

Yes, I was truly confident that I’ve completely changed and in many ways that is really true. How interesting that his response to my statement was ‘no, you haven’t changed. you’ve grown and expanded’. The comment sent me into a bit of a tailspin. He was absolutely right! With all the changes I’ve made, as well as the inner work of self-healing, the core of who I am hasn’t changed! In fact, I’m more ME then ever before!

Yes, there have been monumental changes in my life. My perspective has shifted, I have cleared out toxic relationships, lost weight and stopped living from other people’s picture of who they think I am. So I (with a capital I) haven’t changed. My life has changed because I’ve created change through healing, growth and expansion as spirit! Like peeling back the layers of an onion, layer by layer I uncovered ME.

Living up to someone else’s expectations doesn’t work. If it doesn’t come from your heart it comes across as inauthentic. Living to validate and heal others so they validate you doesn’t work. Those people will merely ‘take’ all you have to give and then eclipse out of your life! Living your life constantly trying to be the person you think someone else wants you to be doesn’t work. Who you think they want you to be is more than likely a picture steeped in invalidation that says who YOU are and what you bring to the table isn’t good enough.

If you’ve ever asked why someone can’t see you for who you really are then it’s time to peel back some layers. They certainly can’t see you for who you are if the YOU, you’d like them to see is buried under layers of other stuff. There can only be one YOU and ultimately you can’t keep up trying to be someone you are not. It is exhausting, frustrating and it will never get you where you want to go.

In essence, you can change your thoughts and actions. You can alter your life’s path. You can learn to love yourself. You can heal your spirit, uncovering the true you. You can grow and expand your confidence and have the courage to show yourself to the world. The cathartic events that ‘forever’ change you are learning experiences which allow for growth and expansion. You can create and BE the change you wish to see but that comes from strength within. The strength that is already there!

Take a journey within and look at yourself! Find the pearl that was created from those challenging experiences! Get in alignment with your passion and what you’d like to create. Bring more of YOU in and allow everything else to fall away. Find your ‘happy place’ inside and allow it to grow and expand! When you do this your life will truly be changed forever because your true spiritual essence shines through!~Shine Your Light Debbie

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It Takes Courage to Heal… (dailymuse.spiritlightinsight.com)
~Peeling Away The Layers (spiritusilentium.wordpress.com)
Rejuvenate the Mind, Body, and Spirit with Energy Healing (blogcritics.org)

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Having ones space is a recurring theme I write about. We lose and get back our space both energetically and physically every day. When you become aware you have lost your space by either giving it up or it was invaded, you are receiving an important message.

The message is about where you are working, what picture still needs to be cleared or resistance that you are harboring. If you aren’t paying attention to having lost your space, I guarantee that at some point it will become SO clear that you’ll begin paying attention. The good news is that if you lose your space you CAN get it back!

Your space and energy are valuable…

Having your space on an energetic and physical level means you’ll have more energy to create with and more space to have your creations manifest and become real. Losing your space is a blessing in disguise. The blessing is that when you’ve lost your space it points you in the direction of what you need to work on for growth & expansion despite how it feels at the time.

When your physical space needs remodeling, while going through it there is chaos and you can only imagine what it will be when finished. Everything is out-of-place and yet you wouldn’t dream of discontinuing the project in mid-stream to live in the chaos. You do what needs to be done to finish so you can move back in to a sparkly new space that feels really good!

Do you reclaim your energetic space in the same way?

On an energetic level if you lose your space there’s no better way to get it back than meditation. Call it inner reflection or introspection if you like. 🙂 You wouldn’t dream of living in the middle of a construction project until it is finished. There’s no space. It’s not safe. You’re pretty smart as spirit so if you’ve lost your space why would you want to be in your body if it’s not safe with all that stuff that isn’t YOU?

Once you have noticed that you’ve lost your space acknowledge it then uncover the reason you lost it in the first place. If your focus remains on all the places you don’t have space it will be difficult to re-own because you are then giving up space to the picture of not having your space! This is called being STUCK.

Start asking questions to find your answers. Are someone else’s belongings still in your home? Are you holding ‘space’ for someone else? Is there a painful memory (picture) from your childhood you are still feeding energy into which takes up the space that joy and happiness could be in? If you are using LOA is there a space to manifest your creations? If not, what can you let go of or clean out to make that space?

Everything on this earth needs space and room to grow!

The more of your space you own and occupy, the more you can grow and expand it! Think of it this way. Say you’ve planted a garden and it becomes covered up with weeds and debris. It gets no oxygen or sunlight and very little water. It has no space to grow. It is literally being choked and trampled by everything covering it. When you clear out the weeds and debris it gets what it needs to grow and bear fruit!

If you’ve lost your space, take it back and own it! Consider the invasion a blessing to point you in the right direction. Create the space for more abundance, joy, love and happiness to fill your world! ~Shine Your Light Debbie

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