Letting Go – Part 3: A Not SO Subtle Reminder

The concept of Letting Go has been nagging at me lately. The last week or so has brought thoughts of things to let go of back out to the forefront – and I have been wondering if maybe this is supposed to be an ongoing process - like exercising muscles to make them stronger? I have been having what can only be described as “tugs” - and suspect it is near about time I get back to what I’m actually supposed to be working at. The mundane issues (like money, for example) always seem to be my biggest concern, and I decided not too long ago that I needed to do something about that and my willingness to keep letting that stop me.

The need to take “passive” action really did smack me in the head.  I received the Abraham-Hicks daily Law of Attraction Quote and I thought about it and thought about it and then really had to ask myself why not – why COULDN’T I just “delegate” all of my internal “stuff” to my guides to be looked after FOR me? Working with what I felt I was being guided to do, I wrote up some stuff that was stressing me out and handed it over to be looked after for me…

And the next day I received the second of the quotes… the one that really cemented that it isn’t my job to make it happen, it is my job to delegate the “work” out to the universe – and I wondered if I was finally, maybe, looking at the right path ahead of me.

Lately I have been having, not visions so much, but snippets maybe, of a space I could work in with people. I’ve thinking that I will need to write up another list – this time one that releases to my guides my permission to start manifesting some other things for me – things like a patient table and some clients to work with.

I think it may be time for me to – I don’t know how to say it – try harder to trust that I will be looked after? I think I let my brain get in my way and allow “worries” stop me from just getting it all done.

This morning’s Abraham-Hicks Daily Law of Attraction Quote was yet another smack in the head:

Delegate it to the manager. You have this really good staff that will take care of everything for you. You just have to delegate it — and trust it.

--- Abraham - Excerpted from the workshop in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, July 18th, 2000 # 524

I know how very blessed I am – how much pure grace is in my world.  I have so much to be grateful for – my family is truly amazing and I love them completely. My friends are great, my home and surroundings (including the furry creatures I live with) are exactly what I need. One of these days I may actually be able to totally trust that I am being listened to and looked after by my highest power – but until then I think maybe my efforts need to go into learning how to trust that, as Abraham puts it, my “really good staff that will take care of everything” for me and that I really do just have to “delegate it — and trust it.”

With love across the waters,

Signs ‘n Stuff

I’m not talking about the signs on the side of the road or those on street corners… I’m talking about the ones that we all ask for – and that many times, we receive but do not recognise until long after something has come to pass.

I often ask for a sign when things are confusing in my world – when I need that guidance and support that, as much as my friends and family would give me if they could, only the universe can provide me with. Most recently I have been struggling with work and the fact that (even though I am doing my best to find a full time job within the company I am currently employed by) no matter what position I seem to apply for - they just do not appear to want me. I’ve been back with them for nearly a year – and yes, I know that the Comox Valley can be difficult to find full time postings in… but really, I am tired of flogging my guts out and getting nowhere.

So I asked, recently, for a sign of what I should do.  Should I apply elsewhere? Should I stick things out, be patient and just keep plugging away? With the valley here being so hard to get a toe in the door, I am also considering career changes and second jobs.  Ends have been a little further away than means, and so money has been becoming something I think about more and more.

Yesterday afternoon I got my signs about that one. I had an amazing conversation about Tai Chi - one that lead to a phone number and website, and also some encouragement about the general attitude toward energy medicine in the Comox Valley - leading me to revisit the possibility of setting up my own energetic healing practice here. A little later on in the day, I had an email arrive telling me about a career possibility, and asking for a copy of my resume.  This afternoon I had an initial conversation and decided, based on that information and the person with whom I was speaking (who I trust implicitly) that I need to follow this lead.  My CV has been sent and I thank the universe, gratefully, for these signs. 

It appears that my intention and Feng Shui changes are starting to kick in!  Woo hoo!!

I have also been feeling more optimistic lately.  Yes, daylight savings has a lot to do with it – as does the hour (at least) of walking I have been doing every day for the last couple of weeks. I’m feeling positive about my possibilities. When I am walking I listen to upbeat music that keeps me pumped and motivated to move.  Some of my very favourite songs to listen to right now – not only for their beat, but also for their messages are:

• Firework (The Glee Cast Version) * this one is now my personal anthem!!
• Raise Your Glass (Pink)
• Defying Gravity (The Glee Cast Version)
• Friday I’m in Love (The Cure)
• I’m Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
• Sin Wagon (Dixie Chicks)
• U & UR Hand (Pink)

I’ve also been using an iPod application (I LOVE having my iPod back!!) a couple of times a day – it’s a collection of guided meditations called “Getting into the Vortex” (by Abraham Hicks Publications) – a recommendation from my friends Alison and Christine.  The two I have been focusing on have been “Relationships” and “Financial Abundance” – but I think I may also start listening to the one called “General Well-Being” a little more often.

Repetition being so very beneficial to absorption, this music and these guided meditations are, I think, building on what I am working with my hypnotherapist on - and leading me to a path where I can not only be successful, I can be happy and healthy and fit.

With love across the waters,

Meditation

I am a fan of meditation – I have incorporated it into a couple of aspects of my life and try, most days, to spend time in quiet meditation. Some days it is when I am winding myself down at night before I sleep. Some days it is when I have just awakened and am preparing myself for the day ahead. I have also participated in guided meditation – which is a great first step to learning how.

A number of years ago, my brother gave me a book called “How To Meditate” written by Lawrence LeShan. It’s a great book that talks not only about the “how to” of learning to meditate, but also discusses some of the psychological and physiological effects of meditation (how the brain and body react to it) and therefore just a couple of the many “why to’s” of meditation.

There are many schools of thought on meditation – all of which agree on the benefits. The key to getting into a meditative state is to start with breath – it’s the key - rhythmic breaths in, rhythmic breaths out. What I found interesting was the personal discovery that I could also get into a personal meditative state while exercising. Well, rather, when doing specific exercises.

Yoga – no surprise there – yoga is all about the breath! As one moves through each pose and into the next the breath is always the focus. Well, that and maybe not falling down when in a complicated pose. I have found that when working one-on-one with a yoga teacher (I’ve done this off and on for a few years now and am about to get into another ‘on’ phase) the simplicity of the practice comes out and the focus returns naturally to the breath. An hour lesson feels as though it only took 3 minutes.

Funnily enough, I am also able to get into a meditative state when running. I have to focus on my breath when running and my body seems to go into an “auto-pilot” state where my brain shuts off for the duration. Yes, things can interrupt the state, but it returns to breath and my brain just quiets. I may not come in from a run with answers to life’s questions, but I have come in from a run understanding something, seeing a solution to a challenge in front of me or simply a little more settled with a current situation that has been causing angst.

Today I completed run number three – and am still (happy to report) not feeling any undue pain on or around my left knee. What was wonderful for me today was that I was able to get into my most comfortable running breathing pattern and *snap* just like that, my brain shut off and I could feel my body doing what it needed to. When I finished I felt good – both physically AND mentally.

With love across the waters,