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"THE INTUITIVE MIND IS A SACRED GIFT". -ALBERT EINSTEIN
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I remember, vividly, experiencing a persistent ache in my stomach at the end of each day when I was fifteen, owing to the tight jeans I insisted on wearing. โWhy on Gaiaโs green Earth did I do that?โ, itโs easy to now wonder as I sit writing this at nearly forty in my yoga pants.ย
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The simple, honest answer is that I wanted to fit in, even at my own expense. Ouch! This monthโs article offers you another metaphor for moving away from the False Self. Consider for a moment which of your daily decisions and experiences are culturally-conditioned behaviors that feel like a tight pair of pants.ย
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The answer isnโt always so obvious, because, unless youโve done a fair amount of self development (spiritual expansion) work, youโve grown so accustomed to those tight pants (think obligations, โI have toโsโ, โI canโtโsโ) that they arenโt even up for negotiation.ย
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A good way to back into realizing that youโre engaging in choices that donโt honor your Higher Self is toย feelย into any given situation, relationship, or commitment. How does it feel? Free, expansive, exciting, joyful, and meaningful? Wonderful! Keep making that choice to engage. Or, maybe it leaves you just โho-humโ and โmehโ. Perhaps itโs time to reevaluate your participation in this particular situation or relationship.ย
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If youโre feeling downright pinched, pained, resentful, drained, suffocated, or angry, itโs time to begin the serious work of granting yourself permission to take a good, long look at what youโre choosing andย why, for heavenโs sake! (pun intended), you are choosing that, when other options are available to you. Hint: itโs because youโve forgotten thereย areย other options available. Or, you might still be stubbornly insisting there arenโt other options. This is called arguing for your own self-limitations.ย
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Your birthright is to feel joyful and happy about your life. Period. Donโt let anyone tell you anything to the contrary. Donโt give your power away.ย
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We are still at a point in the Earthโs evolutionary process where role models for this birthright are few. This is still pioneering and rEvolutionary work, to consciously and intentionally live your life in a way that honors your Spirit, your True Self.ย
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I trust that if youโre still reading this article, itโs because you want to live this way. So, let me share some of the most effective ways Iโve found to begin this new way of living:
Schedule time in your daily calendar for solitude (at least 30 minutes). Thatโs right, just you and your Spirit. No multi-tasking, no interruptions. Take time to journal about what excites you and what drains you. Take time to breathe and to be in your Heartโฆ ask it each day what it would have you know. Write it down and then honor it by taking action. It can be little or big things (i.e. I want to take a nice relaxing bath today, I want to change my work).
Remove โI canโtโ and โI donโt knowโ from your vocabulary. Find other ways to express yourself โI wonโtโ, โI donโt care toโ, โI choose not toโ.
When you confront an obstacle (assumption) based in lack or fear (โI canโt), keep an open-mind about the mysterious ways of the Universe and ask yourself โIf time, money, and resources were no object, what would I choose?โ. Write it down, then hold that vision in a 5-minute full-body blissful daydream for 30 days to come. Donโt spend any time on trying to work out the mechanics of how it might happen (thatโs not your job).
Keep an open mindย andย an open Heart. Check in often to see if youโre mainly in your head space or your Heart space throughout the day. Breathe to open and expand the Heart chakra each time. TRUST that something powerful is opening (back) up in your life. Now, smile.
Be BRAVE. Letโs be honest. This lifestyle requires a lot of courage, especially in the beginning. It requires being a Spiritual Warrior. A peaceful warrior. The number one fear most of you must face in reclaiming your birthright is the fear of being alone. Most people still donโt live this way. What it means for you is that youย willย be releasing relationships, commitments, and obligations that no longer serve your Highest Good. But, if you remain True to yourSELF, you will gain new relationships, engagements, and experiences that align with your Spirit and feed your Soul!
For now, living in this way is still considered EXTRAordinary. You will need to stop thinking like a human. You must opt out of the consensus-based reality of scarcity consciousness. Think like your Spirit, gain a higher perspective, and know that ALL things are possible when you align with your Higher Self and what it knows.
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KNOW this is the life you were meant to live and TRUST you are more powerful than you could possibly imagine.ย
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