Tag: progression
Setting the Tone for 2018 (and Guidance)
At the beginning of 2017, I selected a word that would set the tone for my upcoming year. It took only seconds for me to determine what my word was going to be. My word turned out to be guidance. (And no, the fact that I was guided to use the word guidance was not lost on me!)
What does guidance really mean? Certainly, it could be information received from those who care about you, those who seek to control you, or just a random person on the street. But to me guidance is the internal knowing that always seeks to steer you in the correct direction. Sometimes it is loud and glaring like a flashing neon sign, but at other times it is extremely subtle. In fact, in my experience, the subtle type is much more common.
Following your guidance isn’t always easy to do. For one thing, the subtle nudges we receive are easy to overlook or misinterpret. Or perhaps they seem inconsequential. (Tell me again – why do I need to buy this type of deodorant versus my normal brand?) And while the world might not end if you don’t buy the correct deodorant, following your guidance on a regular basis makes it easier for you to understand what you are being told or shown on future occasions, and it may help you when interpreting the guidance you receive later on with things that really do matter to you.
As we enter into the start of a new year, I encourage you to listen to your guidance and to follow it in all of the small ways and in all of the large ways – and everything in between – as much as you can. Each time you feel the tug, or a glimmer, or a gut feeling about something, even if it is about what brand of deodorant to buy, follow it and see where it leads. There have been many times when I’ve not known why I felt I should do something or say something, but I tended to be very pleasantly surprised by the results later on. That’s not to say that the results are always immediately apparent. Sometimes they aren’t. But by continuing to follow your guidance you will strengthen that bond so that you can recognize guidance when it happens, be open to receive even more of it in your life, and live more authentically.
I would love to hear if others have selected a word for the year, and to hear your experiences. What does your word mean to you? How do you believe it will show up in your life, or how has it already shown up in your life? Is it an active word requiring you to do something, or is it passive and you are to observe and watch and see what happens? I’m curious to see your results! Feel free to comment on this post and let me know. In the meantime, have fun, follow your guidance, and make 2018 the best year it can be. Something tells me you can do it!
Colby Hall
Trinity Energy Progression Facilitator/Practitioner
Shining Your Light for Others
(Reposted with permission from Ann’s Website, Omnigirl.net)
You always give love to others and try to support them, but one of the most important things you can do for others is to love yourself. When you totally accept who you are and forgive yourself for perceived wrongdoings in the past, you can truly start loving yourself. This shows in everything you do and say. You automatically attract others who want to be around you. They can feel your “positive energy” giving them a sense of calmness. Many of us believe that if we love ourselves, others will think we are boastful. This does not mean bragging about yourself, it just means being yourself and sharing the love with others. When you truly love yourself, you can give love unconditionally to others. You do not need someone to “complete you and make you happy”- you already have that from within. It is such a free feeling to be around someone who does not expect anything from you to win their affection.
This quote by Marianne Williamson https://marianne.com/ is one of my favorites in remembering how to love myself: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s for everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
You do not realize how much a kind word or action can mean to another person. The story ” A Simple Gesture” by John W. Schlatter tells of a boy in high school who was contemplating suicide. Another boy came by on his way home from school and helped him pick up some things he had dropped. They talked and became friends. He later told his friend that by his kind actions, he decided he wanted to live that day http://www.chickensoup.com/book-story/36173/a-simple-gesture
Recently a close friend of mine told me that my kindness in junior high school had a big influence on her life. I did not realize it at the time. I tend to talk to everyone- just ask anyone who knows me. By the simple act of being a friend who listens, I changed someone’s life. What more could you ask for in this earthly plane, than to make a real difference for someone else? It is amazing how wonderful people are, even the ones that don’t appear to be on the outside. If you take a little time to get to know them, you can learn and grow from everyone you meet.
When I was trying to decide whether to go to a workshop on publishing an e-book, I told a friend I didn’t have anything to write about. She said,”Yes you do! Do you know how much your behavior influences others?” I had double knee replacement 5 years ago and kept going to physical therapy, even though the pain was unbelievable, so I could go whitewater rafting on Class 5 rapids six months later. She told me that my actions made her determined to start walking and lose weight. She realized that her excuses were small compared to mine for not taking care of her health.
The next time you think a kind thought about how nice someone looks, how kind their smile is, or how they make you feel, tell them. It only takes a minute of your time. It could be a major impact on their lives. Never underestimate a smile or kind word – it is worth more than you know.
If you would like to begin your journey to self-love, I would suggest starting a 10-minute meditation practice daily. Begin your day with at least five things you are grateful for. Also, think of five things you love about yourself. Over time, it gets easier. The time you invest in yourself will be manifested in your life many times over.
Ann McKenzie
Trinity Energy Progression Practitioner
Authentically Me!
What does it mean to be authentic? To me, it’s to be true to myself, to allow the expression of who I am in this moment to be freely expressed with true divine resonance. When I come upon resistance within myself or a lack of rapport with others, it is due to feeling, sensing or believing that I am not being heard, seen or perceived as my true essence. When I am in accord with my true self; loving, accepting and embracing all the dimensions and aspects that make me who I am, in this moment, my purpose is being fulfilled in the easiest and most graceful way, The friction effortlessly falls away!
When resistance arises, I am usually trying to adapt my or your paradigm. I am attempting to understand, equalize, harmonize and be at peace with a vibration that feels discordant to me. I relinquish the notion that I need to try and affect or change your perception of me, of yourself, of the Universe. The natural order is shifting, and will continue to do so. I can embrace, or I can resist. I allow this moment to be the perfection that it truly is. I fully embrace and exude what it means on all levels, dimensions through the electric multi-verse to be me in this moment. I embrace and welcome you to be you. As I embrace my authentic self completely, it allows me to experience the truth that we are all one, that we are love.
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Heather Smothers
Trinity Energy Progression Practitioner/Facilitator
Going Beyond!
I’ve been reflecting a lot lately about “going beyond.” What does it really mean? Is it going beyond the ordinary? Going beyond normal? Going beyond limitation? Perhaps it is those things. And perhaps it is much more than all of these things put together.
We have a tendency to see only what we can see with our eyes, only what our senses can perceive; yet, there is so much more to this physical experience. We are all things in all ways.
When I am faced with challenges I do not understand, I am asked to go beyond. Trust the unseen. Trust what is unfolding in the invisible. There is an energy that accepts a new comprehension.
We have been versed in a lot of old programs. These programs formed at a very young age (and many lifetimes) and they have made us who we are today… or shall I say they have made us into the “illusionsary” self. These programs will continue to shape us unless we choose to change them.
In a recent conversation with Trinity practitioners, we talked about what normal is. “Normal” is simply a word, which has an attachment to a certain definition. Having a specific definition puts it in a box and it limits our experience with it. We created words to explore communication in a separation-based paradigm. Words can have any definition we give them. If we’re going beyond, we can also take away the definition and just let them be. Words can have any energy we give them. Maybe normal is the collective of everyone’s normal… which ultimately means EVERYONE is normal. We simply have a unique, individual expressions of what that normal is! As we elevate the perception, we can feel the expanded truth. The truth holds the energy of being more than a limiting program. Our limitlessness puts it all in perspective. We are ALL of it. We’re the normal and the abnormal. We are the universal expanded view and all the players in it.
One reason the concept of going beyond came up for me is because I’ve been going through a lot of life transition. Change and transformation have been the new reality. As I do my best to flow with change, there is inevitably some moments when I get a little tripped up. When I’m in this space of resistance, I ask myself “what is the matter?” Then I remind myself, “Isn’t this is what you’ve always wanted…what you’ve been waiting for?? To go beyond where any human has ever gone before? (IE” The reminder was followed by “Embrace it, Darling.” And the gentle voice of the higher self said, “You know you can just let this go?” Lol, it’s easy if we choose it to be and it’s hard if we choose it to be!
Relationships is an area that has been changing a lot for me. Attachments to some of my closest soul family has caused some grief and pain. As they come up, I am challenged to look a little deeper. What is the core to the resistance? Yep, old programs and paradigms. The ego has a firm grip on the familiar. Its former job was to keep me in a place of lack and limitation, and to zap the life out of me. It’s so easy to hang onto what used to work for so long. One habit was viewing everything from a lack mentality. As I moved into this awareness, I began facing regrets, sorrows, and a lot of “what ifs.” I recognized it as ego and unsupportive energies. It challenged me to see it in a new way. Some of the insights that came up…
Why do we do relationships the same old way over and over? Just because our parents and grandparents did it this way and passed it down to us, doesn’t mean we have to perpetuate such expectations. Many of the cultural standards of how to act in a relationship, and the boundaries therein do not define the individual authentically. There are ways to go beyond that, and if embraced, will build each person up and bring out their best selves. Cultural norms aren’t a be-all-end-all. They’re in a box, too, just like words… which means they are limiting. Anything attached to the old ways will limit us. If going beyond is doing things differently and utilizing the new energies of freedom, then it’s time to go beyond! I reassessed my vision and my priorities. I aligned myself with truth and the higher perspective, beyond fear and doubt. I made the decision to LET IT GO! In this moment, I realized there was nothing to lose and everything to gain! I made the decision to re-invent my relationships and start from scratch. “She let go of the fear, she let go of the judgments. She just let it go!”
As worlds lift and paradigms shift, we see a new prototype forming. The architecture is a new creative force that goes beyond all of our previous structure. When we let go and trust completely (even in ways we haven’t remembered yet), we can embrace the expanded truth. This resonance comes to me as a multidimensional sparkling energy that is colorful and infinite….just my way of perceiving the energy. I captivate it at all levels and allow wholeness to infuse. This is the energetic space that binds us all together in the universality of love.
Using our internal GPS will guide us the rest of the way. TRUST is the key that opens the door. It’s a multiplistic universe (or rather, a multi-verse). Allow it to unfold. Play with the possibilities! This is where all of our dreams exist. Bliss isn’t somewhere else, it’s right here! It’s in this multidimensional capsule of limitlessness! As I attempt to use words to describe my experience, I realize they do not even begin to tell the story. Feel the energy of this message. Be living frequency and be your own divine blueprint. Allow yourself to GO BEYOND!! Namaste and Happy Creating!
Sandy Anthony
Trinity Energy Progression Practitioner/Facilitator
Transitional Reflections
At Little Glass Mountain, with black obsidian and lava rock everywhere, near Mt. Shasta, CA
I sit here to write this blog, wondering what to share and how to share this amazing awakening that has come to me and all the continuous transitions that continue as well! It seems there’s so many ways to explain, but very few words to put to it. I continue to run into and stumble over the words, and then have nothing to follow in explanation that adequately describes it…
I’ve been asked many times about my trip in September to Mount Shasta, CA for the Trinity Energy Progression Instructor class. All I can say is, it was unbelievable; just WOW on the gratitude and appreciation, love, joy, and peace that I was able to feel and bring back with me! Yet, that’s still not enough to explain the depth of how it really was… and then again, it leaves me speechless.
I sit back and continue to reflect as I continue on my remembrance through this journey. My journey and every experience I have is my own creation. As I continue to look within and ask guidance for assistance, sometimes I need to ask for that light bulb or that neon sign… but in the end I know I have what is within me to get the answers that I need, and continue to trust and have faith that everything is and will come in the flow as long as I allow the flow to happen without resistance. I love this path, I love this journey, and I love the ability of knowing it is all about attaining complete remembrance!
Amanda Lee-Cassise
Trinity Energy Progression Facilitator/Practitioner
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