An irritant can be transformed into a pearl.  If an oyster can do it, so can I.

Sometimes all we know is that something or someone is irritating us.  We instinctively move to get rid of it by moving away or attacking.  Flight or fight.

An oyster deals with a grain of sand by taking that grain and creating something beautiful.  So the question is how can I transform this irritation into something beautiful?

We can start by asking why is it irritating me?  The initial response is usually finger pointing in the other direction.  We look outside ourselves and blame the other.  We’re human, we tend to do that.  We’ve been trained to do that.  After that let’s turn it around and look within ourselves.  Let’s take responsibility.

This isn’t a black and white world where one size fit’s all.  There’s no rule here on exactly how you need to handle the situation.

For example if the stove is hot move your hand.  If someone is beating you up, get the hell out of there.  There is a whole world full of people.  You don’t have to live with one that doesn’t treat you the way you want to be treated.  The way to the pearl sometimes means you need to leave.  The oyster doesn’t have that option so it creates a substance that smooths the roughness.

How can I smooth the roughness in my situation?  What would feel better? Change most often feels like stepping into a void.  It can feel empty at first and scary.  We have to make a conscious effort to recognize that what is really here is potential.  The void is fertile ground for creation.

It is important to focus on the wonderful potential you have to create.  That irritation was just the motivator you needed to realize you want to create something better.  What is that?  As you ask yourself this question you are inviting the universe to answer.  As you step into the void of unknown you are creating a vacuum to be filled.

Have a beautiful day.

Many of our gifts we have to offer the world emerge from our wounds.  Think of how an oyster creates a pearl because a grain of sand is irritating it.  If an oyster can create beauty from strife than so can we. 

I haven’t used this meditation for years.  It popped up tonight as I was walking.  I was trying to make a shift and started asking myself some questions.  Then I got bombarded by questions to a point of frenzy.  I wasn’t in the space or energy for questions to be effective.  Instead the universe reminded me of this meditation.  It wasn’t time for questions.  It was a time for me to get centered and peaceful.

Be still and know that I am god.

As I walked I allowed myself to get quiet and release the need for answers.  I wasn’t receptive to answers.  I was feeling to frantic and upset.  I allowed the phrase to gently repeat in my head.  I started to feel calmer.  After a short time a much clearer level of contemplation was able to come through.  I was able to come home and start writing again.

Breath.

Be still and know that I am god.

Allow it to wash over you.

In Love

An Important Message Check out this link from The Ellen DeGeneeres Show.

Healing starts within ourselves. If we want to heal the world we need to start with ourselves. We can’t make people change. We can help to educate them. Adults just like children learn not by what we say but what we embody. This is what the world around us teaches us. What we see is what we need to heal within ourselves.

Let’s start now. Today ask yourself how am I intolerant. Where am I intolerant? When and how am I a bully? It may seem like outrageous questions. You may feel indignant or appalled to think you may behave this way.  Remember this behavior can be subtle.  We can have behaviors so ingrained they are unconscious to us.  We react and don’t notice our own behavior.

How many people have died in the name of religion?  Do you think those people stopped to notice how intolerant they were being.  No, they were reacting.  Hurtful acts and words aren’t always loud or  violent.  The energy of meaning gets delivered anyhow.   I was just contemplating how people react out of fear when I found the attached video from The Ellen DeGeneeres Show.

We all owe it to ourselves to ask these questions?  What’s pushing my buttons?  How can I drop into compassion for myself?  How can I learn to tolerate my own fear without taking it out on another?

Only then can we be there for another.  Only then can we create healing in the world.

Strive to love all of yourself today.  The world is not out there.  It is within you.

While I was in Atlanta at the Matrix Energetics workshop I started to relate my life experience to Goldilocks. You remember Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. Yea, from the fairytale. Sitting in the different chairs to see which one felt good. Trying the portage and then the beds.

It’s easy to get caught up in what you should be doing or doing XYZ so you can earn a living. Have you asked yourself lately what feels good? What tastes good? Who do you really enjoy being with? What makes your heart and soul sing?
Don’t feel bad if you don’t know. Just start by being curious. You might start by realizing you aren’t feeling good. You just need a place to start. Then you have a scale.

Give yourself permission to not know. Start to discover, allow yourself to feel good, be grateful for it and then just give yourself permission to have more. Even if you don’t know how that could show up.

Let’s change the fairytale though. Let’s not be scared off by the bears coming home. Instead let’s imagine a great celebration on discovering your love and passion. My bear is really happy when I’m happy. You can make the story however it feels good.

I am integrating my Matrix Energetics training into the healing sessions. Because this work speeds up the process I have changed the format of my sessions. I am now offering a more affordable 1/2 hour session for $45 and a one hour session for $85. I am expecting the longer sessions will be when you have the need to talk through issues and get more support.

I have also added a Paypal button for those that would like to pay for their session by credit card or through their Paypal account. I will ask that if you choose to use this payment method that you pay for your session prior to your appointment.

I am grateful to be of service.
Thank you,
Susan