In the last few weeks, I note that I’ve jumped timelines – which is to say, transitioned or I’m navigating a new period of transition, again. I understand from the astrologers and scientists that there are energies at work, geophyiscal and spiritual, that make this a meaningful time of transition for humanity as a whole. This seems to be the expression for me personally, and I call it in for the highest good of the global community.
Since the end of my Compassion Key training, which had me diving deep into my own shadow work, looking again at my inner child, abandonment/rejection and ancestral issues, I’ve published a book – 7 Steps to Start on Your Soul’s Unique Path, which is a prompted, guided journal. It seems this painful work, entered into entirely voluntarily, has led to me being more free, creatively – what a gift! It has led to me standing more firmly in my own truth and better knowing myself – so much gratitude! I may have wished for these outcomes, but I could not have envisaged how it would come about. This is how the process of better relationship with self and enjoying self empowerment seems to work.
Writing a book has been in the back office, so to speak, for some time. In fact, the published book existed as a short, give-away .pdf which I have re-worked and expanded. I’d been asked about a book of some kind, by clients, with suggestions or topics for journalling, as I always encourage this to help self healing. I very much enjoyed working on it and it surprised me that it almost had a life of it’s own, as if it wanted to be written.
I have started on a memoir, too, since the end of that training. This will tell the story of how my spiritual journey started with my marriage to an alcoholic, and outline events in my early family life that pretty much prepared me for choices leading to that marriage. I don’t know when that will be finished but I’ve made signficant headway with it. This is an even bigger surprise – that it also had a life of it’s own and seemed to want to be written, as it just flowed. Of course, I’m learning about writing and publishing and my mind seems thirsty to gain this new knowledge.
What has given me the impetus to write this blog entry is the quotation above by Alain Boudou; that when there’s a declaration of love (in my case, such as volunteering to revisit doing shadow work, a form of self love) there’s a sense of destiny having entered one’s life, a sense that at some point one will be pulled in to participate without knowing the outcome for one’s own highest good. There needs to be trust that one is able to co-create with a power greater than oneself… spirit, whatever that means to the individual, that everything will lead to exactly where one is meant to be. Trust too that this could as easily help soomeone else, somewhere. Writing has definitely felt like that. A destined coming home to myself, an expression that was meant to take place. The “aha” moment gives me the realisation that doing shadow work, opening myself again to self love is “so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright”, but, actually, its a glorious adventure.
In my research about transition, I came across this quote, too:
“When we least expect it, life sets us a chall.enge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” — Paulo Coelho
It’s a time to welcome the expanded consciousness of love for the collective as we go through this year of once in a life time – once in the history of humanity, even – change. Envisage a wave of love and peace in the world so that we can magnetise that for humanity.