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Reading Your Space

Every one of our life circumstances is a reflection of our inner state of Being. So it’s not surprising that incredible amounts of insight can be gained just by looking around our physical space!

Have a look at your current environment, just as it is right now. Your entire surroundings are reflecting your inner state of Being back to you, just as you are right now. I had tremendous fun doing this exercise this morning, contemplating the several boxes that, two months after moving, are somehow still sitting around upstairs. Here’s what I discovered:

Boxes that are open but not yet unpacked. Meaning: I’m almost ready to settle down after a year of whirlwind changes in life and business … but not quite. And since I’m tolerating the boxes with a surprising amount of equanimity, I must be willing to wait on settling down until I’ve created exactly what I want.

A bookshelf in mid-assembly. Meaning: I’m creating supportive structures. I have the concept and I’m in the process of implementing … but it’s not all built yet. It’s amazing how true this is for my business right now!

Everything is really, really clean. (I’m not a neat-freak … my housekeeper was here today. I’m still taking credit for the cleanliness!) Meaning: I am clear on what I want. No negative energy is interfering with my process.

There are disorganized places all over … in closets, on my desk, etc. Meaning: While I’m clear on what I want, I’m not sure yet where or how everything fits in! So true …

I have a surprising amount of water glasses everywhere! Meaning: Hmm. I’m going to take it as a nudge from myself to drink more water!

We can gain a stunning amount of insight into ourselves from our surroundings. If our space is disorganized, are our thoughts and plans in disarray also? If we’re constantly picking stuff up off the floor, are we dropping the ball somewhere in our lives … or feeling that way? If we have too much stuff and our closets are overflowing, have we outgrown other circumstances, such as a relationship or job?

Don’t second-guess your initial interpretations! You are trying to tell yourself something through your physical surroundings … and you are not going to be cryptic with yourself.

We create all the time, consciously or unconsciously. We do this so that we can experience ourselves though our creations in new ways – even if that creation is just the state of our home.

Can you “read” your space? What is your environment reflecting back to you?

Blessings,
Andrea

Witnessing Perfection

With clarity of intention, we can begin looking at everything that shows up in our lives as perfect. By setting our intentions, we have announced our desired outcome to the Universe. Now everything is set in motion so that this desired outcome can manifest itself into our lives.

Sometimes, what shows up is drama and upheaval. Announcing our clear intention causes everything in our lives that is misaligned with that intention to show up in a big way, so that these vibrations can be addressed. Anything that needs to be healed, to be shifted, or to be cleared will make itself known. Anything that does not serve us in manifesting our intention needs to make room for new energies that help us create what we want.

Perhaps you’ve had the experience of complete clarity, a moment where you knew without a shred of doubt what you were going to create. Perhaps in that moment you boldly announced your desires to the Universe. And perhaps, everything suddenly seemed to fall apart! A few months later, you catch your breath in awe. You realize that somehow, out of drama and change, ups and downs, you have created exactly what you wanted! And you are no longer the same Being. Everything is different, all because you announced your intention.

While big intentions might take us for a wild ride of transformation, suffering is entirely optional within this process. Suffering happens when we resist our own creative process, when we suddenly want to dictate to the Universe “how” our intentions “should be” made manifest. Instead, we can recognize that, while we may not know how it’s all going to come together in the end, everything is showing up to serve us in creating exactly what we want.

If we are clear in our intentions, every experience that shows up is perfect. If it were not perfect, it would simply not be able to show up! With this perspective, we can resist judging each experience as “good” or “bad” as we are having it. In the middle of transformation and change, we cannot possibly know how events serve our greater desired outcome. The most disastrous mishaps can turn out to be our greatest gifts. Seeming failures turn into exactly the lessons we need to create huge success. Loss creates space for what we truly want.

Everything is perfect.

Blessings,

Andrea

A New Perspective for New Years’ Resolutions

The New Year is upon us. Are you setting your goals and intentions for 2009? Are you writing a list? Are you hauling out the craft supplies for your vision board? That’s good. Do all of that. But don’t for a second turn your goals and intentions for 2009 into a giant, oppressive “to-do” list that sends you into an egoic meltdown of attachment by April.

Sit with your list or your vision board instead. Pick just one thing – yes, it can be your “big” thing. Then ask yourself: “Who will I have to BE to attract and manifest this into my life?”

This is the question that really matters. Usually when we have a goal or intention, we think about what we will have to DO to create it. But if our Being-ness is not in alignment with our goal, then we can do all we want. No amount of doing creates a goal if the energetic resonance of our Being does not also support that goal. And action always arises out of our state of Being … so we might as well start there.

So pick just one thing off your list of resolutions for 2009. Who will you have to become to align your state of Being with that outcome? Because, let’s be real about this one: If you already were the person you will need to become, you would have already attracted the outcome you want!

If you want a new result in your life in 2009, you’re going to have to create a new state of Being. You cannot simply change your external circumstances. You’re going to have to create transformation within your Being.

Let’s say your “big” intention for 2009 is to lose 50 pounds. What state of Being would resonate with that intention? Is it a state of self-love and self-care? A state of discipline and dedication? A state of emotional fulfillment that has nothing to do with eating food?

Let’s say that losing 50 pounds is about greater self-love. Action now arises very obviously to support the energy of self-love which you want to nurture and grow in your Being. How can you act loving towards yourself – not just in dietary and exercise habits, but in every other way?

Once you’ve discovered the state of Being that supports your one intention, you may find that the same state of Being supports most everything else on your list of resolutions. And that will make your journey of inner transformation in 2009 a much simpler endeavor than sitting with a long “to-do” list.

If becoming something other than you already are strikes you as unlikely or impossible, think again. The seeds of every possible state of Being are already right there inside you. Those seeds are what inspired you with your New Year’s intentions to begin with. These states of Being are why you’re choosing to create something new this year. Some of those seeds have already begun to germinate and grow. Others are still dormant, just waiting for a little watering and Light so that they, too, can begin to express themselves.

Everything you need to become in order to attract and manifest your intentions is already within you. All you need to do is identify the seeds, water them with appropriate supportive action, and give them the Light of your attention. They will grow to transform your inner landscape forever, in a way that allows you to create the life that you want.

Many blessings to all of you who have been a part of my own journey of growth and transformation this past year! Happy New Year!

Andrea

Intuition and Detachment

Yes, I’m STILL on the topic of detachment!

In many ways, developing our intuition and thus our connection with our Higher Self can help us cultivate detachment.

In my coaching practice, one of the exercises I frequently give my clients is to set an intention for a three-day or week-long period and then to take action where possible on any intuitive nudge, no matter how insignificant or unrelated the impulse might seem.

When a whisper of an idea or nudge floats through our minds and we simply take action, our mind has no time to create attachment. Our intuitive messages never come with a reason attached, nor are they particularly insistent. The subtle impulses of our intuition are so non-compelling that our mind rarely bothers to create a story around them. Without the story of “if I do this, then maybe THAT will happen, and I’ll probably feel so-and-so,” there is also no attachment. There is simply our Higher Self, expressing itself directly into action.

Try this exercise on for a day or two. Set an intention, and then pay attention to the random, quiet impulses that you receive. Take action without demanding a reason of yourself. Give yourself the experience of action without an outcome in mind. You may be surprised by what you create!

Blessings,
Andrea

Intuition, Intention and Decision-Making

One of the reasons I enjoy coaching so much is that I get to witness some truly inspired guidance from my client’s Spirit Guides. Because the Universe is an amazingly synchronistic place, that guidance is often as important for me as it is for my client.

The guidance that arose in a particular session was about making decisions without a lot of second-guessing or wasted mental energy. It begins and ends with our clarity of intent – seems to be a recurring theme on my blog lately! Here it is in a nutshell:

1. Be clear in your intention for the situation in which the decision is to be made.

Whether this decision involves beginning or ending a relationship, hiring a new assistant, going to your aunt’s birthday party … be clear in your intention. For example, if you are in the process of hiring a new web designer, what is your intended outcome for the project? It could be something like: “My intent is to create a profitable website that helps me attract an additional ten clients a month.”

As always, we need to tune in to the energy behind the intention. We know what we want to create. But what is this intention really about? What energies do we wish to express with this intention? In this case, the energy behind the statement may be one of “expansion.”

2. In every interaction within the situation leading up to the decision, ask yourself whether your intent is reflected back to you.

Let’s say you’re now interviewing three web designers. What is the experience of receiving quotes from them? Are any of them open to expanding the project as you go? How does speaking with the candidates make you feel? Do you feel as if possibilities are opening before you? Or do you feel restricted, constrained?

Look for the energetic qualities of expansion! If you are clear in your intent, a solution or decision will come that contains that particular energetic quality. One of your prospective designers may suddenly expand on your ideas in a very creative way, for example.

Follow the energetic qualities of your intent and your decisions will become obvious. In this case, you might hire someone who has a very expansive view of your project!

You can’t fake your intent.

This method of decision-making depends on our clarity of intent. It’s easy to write a statement of intent that sounds pretty, and say that the energy behind it is something really positive, like “joy.” But the process won’t work unless we’re being completely authentic and honest with ourselves about why we want to create our desired outcomes. If we want to believe that we’re creating “joy” because we’re not honest enough with ourselves and what we really want is “security,” then we are going to be extremely confused in our decision-making.

It’s common sense, really.

Aren’t all decisions so much easier to make when we know what we truly want? Often, though, we get hung up on details of what a desired outcome “should” look like. This process, on the other hand, stimulates our inner inquiry – “What do I want to create and why? What energetic qualities do I want my life, business, career or relationship to express?” When we have a clear understanding of what we are truly creating, our allies in the creative process quickly reveal themselves. If our business project is about expansion, then we are going to attract opportunities and people who support this energy. Not only that, but we will recognize them clearly!

Putting the process into practice.

What decisions are currently on the table in your life? They may be big or small, but we all have choices to make, all the time. From finding a new daycare center for your child to deciding whether this is the right time to put in new hardwood floors … pick a pending decision that you’ve been putting off.

Ask your Guides to support you as you visualize your desired outcome. Write down a statement of intention – nothing too long. A sentence or two will do.

Look at your statement. Visualize your desired outcome one more time. Tune in to the energy of that intention. Describe it in one or two words. It’s important to be succinct here! Write down your one or two words.

Now have a look at the various possibilities before you. If you are, for example, trying to find a new daycare situation for your child, go and look at the various places available. Notice the energies in each, how each interaction unfolds and how you feel afterwards. If you’re wondering whether to put in hardwood floors, take a trip to the hardware store and see what energies you perceive during the experience. Or interview a few contractors and notice how each conversation unfolds.

Hopefully, you will notice a new certainty in your decisions – a certainty that is based on knowing what you truly want to create.

Blessings,
Andrea

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