The FEAR Monster

Presently many of my clients are experiencing fear and stress around the failing financial structures! They are wondering if life is unfolding in Divine Order and are struggling with the monster I call FEAR!

As a child, I used to be afraid that monsters were hiding in the closet and under the bed! I would hide under the covers. I would call-in my parents to check. I would know with certainty that evil lurked in the dark and when the lights went back out that those monsters would reappear in the shadows of my room!

Fear is like that monster. We know that monsters don’t really exist and yet, the FEAR Monster is haunting society today and wreaking havoc EVERYWHERE! Where are the MONSTER BUSTERS?

We are each called to slay our own monsters! Whether we are afraid because of finances, partnership, family, love, career or health, our monsters are scary and the tendency is to hide, to run, and/or to deny its existence!

Busting our monsters may need to come in the form of personal power. Standing up to the monster and confronting what the monster is there to teach us! Yet, that is required…to be present and feel that fear and trust that we are not going to be devoured by our emotional body! But that requires trust and surrender! Surrendering to the knowledge that we are more powerful than what we are running from!

Surrender can be scary to most of us! We perceive we are surrendering to the monster and feelings of annihilation surface. Surrender can feel like we are waving the white flag and giving up, giving into something that has the power to consume us! Or we can perceive it as failure or as feeling out of control. Or as powerlessness! Our egos, our minds would prefer that we control life and our circumstances. Our egos cause us to respond in need of self-protection, out of fear!

Many times we try to control the situation---how many of us slept with the light on so the monsters would go away? Did the light on really keep the monsters away? Were we really in control with the lights on? Were we really in our power or trying to waylay our fear when we called turned on the lights or called our parents? Control is an illusionary state. How many times have you divined to act in a certain way or say a certain thing to manipulate the situation to get the outcome you wanted? Or have you even given up control to please others?

Today won’t you ask yourself, “What FEAR monster am I running from?” “What false belief am I clinging to?” Sometimes the tighter that we cling to outcomes, the greater the stirring in the universe to shatter our illusions that we can dictate the outcome of our lives!

Control is a type of resistance. Control shuts down our energy field it restricts, tightens our auras! We are not meant to live in this state…We are meant to be EXPANSIVE. We are meant to live in our Greatness. I am not talking about ego-driven greatness, but from the Divine Connection that comes from our heart and the love that we are! It is within this heart space we connect with our Divine Truth and offer our lives to others. It is in this space that there is no attack and no separation! There is nothing to defend and nothing to control, for all is unfolding in divine order.

Remember the movie “Monsters, Inc.”? Boo loved Sulley. It was her love and trust that transformed the Fear Factory.

Does this mean that the FEAR Monster will ever leave completely and that we will never have feelings of separation or doubt or fear or failure? Of course not. But it does mean that in these moments we meet ourselves with loving kindness. No judgment. Allow yourself to be blameless and look beneath the action or reaction to see what precipitated your response. For this is the place where true healing can occur!

We are all being called to be Boo and to live with more conscious awareness--to be fully present in each moment and align with the Divine Consciousness. We are asked to align with our passions and to live purposefully. For it is with boredom that we become complacent and apathetic and thusly, slip into unconsciousness.

The Monsters in Monsters, Inc transformed when they looked at how they were using their power to fulfill the needs of the community! Presently, the Universe is asking us to look at the way we direct our power and accept full responsibility that we consciously co-create our life!

So fulfill the needs in your life with your Divine Heart energy and lovingly connect with love and light that you are! The Fear Monster cannot reside within this space of LOVE!

Power, Control, Survival

Power, Control, Survival
Feel the energies of these words...

Underlying these words is often the feeling of desperation.

Power, unless it comes from the heart, can be used to dominate and control. Many of us like to have power over people, things. As a society, we tend to respect those in power...sometimes we blindly give respect and trust to those we revere who have power.

Control is a false sense of being in charge of life, destiny, people, and situations. Attempting to control and manipulate is to play God. We build a house of cards and find out that it can come tumbling down. With the destruction of that house of cards goes our illusion that we are in control. Illnesses, betrayal by a spouse, loss of a job or relationship can blind side us and leave us afraid and alone.

These life traumas can shake us to the core of who we are. We are afraid that we are unlovable, destined to be alone. We feel worthless. There are moments in our life when we come face-to-face with the consequences of our choices---At times, these consequences can devastate us and leave us feeling desperate. Wondering how we will survive? Wondering how we can go on? Feeling alone. Afraid there is no way-out. Afraid there is no one to turn to.

Underlying the need to be in power, or the need to be in control, or afraid we won't survive, is FEAR! I see all these issues as a spiritual crisis.

A few years ago, I really struggled over the concept of power! What is it? How is it misused? Why did it not feel good to have power OVER someone?

Through much communication with the spiritual hierarchy, I realized that true power only comes through the correct use of our heart- energy---love! I want to be powerful because of my love. Can the interactions that I have
affirm those I come in contact with? Can I be present in each moment of my life and can I really see and connect through my heart with those around me? Can I make each moment in my life count? Am I powerful
enough to heal all that keeps me from being in my heart? Am I powerful enough to stand in the fire with those I am journeying through life with? Am I powerful enough to put aside my false self and those selfish wants, in order to claim all that Source has for me? Am I powerful enough to admit that I am not perfect and have faults and vulnerabilities? Am I
powerful enough to accept help and support?

Control is another illusion of our false selves. Truly, when we buy into this illusion we become imprisoned by our fear and desires. For true freedom comes when we let go of the need to have it all planned out and
work to manipulate life into what we think it should be. Letting go means surrendering, but to whom or what are we surrendering? Is our life view one of a safe world or dangerous one? How is our relationship to the
Divine? As I have surrendered to the flow of life and followed what brings me joy, I have found life to be a wondrous amazing adventure!

My level of surrender has varied from time to time! A friend of mine, Nikita Gearing, told me a few years ago about what she surrenders to...The River of Yes which for me is the Infinite Source of all. At times as I surrender, I can only put my toes into the River. Cautiously, wondering if I will be safe...At times I am not afraid to ride the rapids. My job is to always
release my resistance so that I can surrender to the Divine Flow of the River. For the River has Infinite Intelligence which will support me and take me to the people, circumstance and events in life that will serve my
Highest Purpose. And I must say, it is a tremendous relief to give up CONTROL!!! I don't have the burden any longer to MAKE my life work. I get to play in creation-mode and do what brings me joy! I get to create my
life and what I want and Source creates the how it will occur!!!

I see the primary concern over survival as a spiritual crisis also. Once again, this requires that I have the life view that as I work and align my energies with the Light and desire to be of loving service to the Light, that
the Source makes available all the resources of the Universe to help me fulfill my purpose.

This month as you examine your life, know that I send each of you love and light. If you desire a partner to assist you in opening to the power of your heart love, or to release the false illusion of control so you can surrender to the higher path that is available to you, or if I can assist you by providing information to increase your trust in Source, I am happy to serve you.

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The Freedom of Boldness

Independence Day for me means being free! Free to try new things. Free to be independent of fears. Free to be me! Free to live with boldness and courage!

I faced demons this week....of course, they were the ones of my own making...my own mind...my own fears of loss or separation...But this week I did it....

Funny thing is---I learned that I can be bold in other areas too! I took the risk that I was most afraid of taking and now I find I can take risks to do other things as well....they do not feel scarey to me now...

So whether it is tell someone a big secret, learning to be okay with the secret, playing laser tag for the first time, facing conflict, facing being judged, facing losing a friend, asking for what you want, expressing your feelings, trying a new healing modality, asking a big name celebrity to be interviewed on your show....whatever it is...Go ahead and do it!

JOIN THE BOLDNESS MOVEMENT!