Archive for the ‘Shadow Work’ Category
Self-honoring requires a balance of responsibility, preference and personal power. To support you in making self-honoring choices practice including the following tips:
- Always take responsibility. Don’t try to project anything unto anyone else, not matter if you perceive it to be something “trivial”.
- Be honest with self first, even when it feels uncomfortable.
- Express your emotions appropriately. Give yourself permission to feel the full range of all your emotions.
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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” ~ Lao Tzu
How well do you know yourself, I mean really know yourself? The first essential aspect of living a more authentic life is to know who we truly are at the deepest level. Some of us may be more aware of ourselves than others. Knowing ourselves, like being authentic itself, is a life long process. The more intentional we are about this, the more we can grow and evolve.
Given our depth, complexity and constant evolution as human beings, it’s not possible for us to get to a point in life at which we know everything about ourselves. However the majority of us stay pretty unconscious and unaware of ourselves for much of our lives – which often causes a great deal of confusion and suffering for us and those around us. Our goal, therefore, is to continue to discover more and more about who we really are as we go through our journey.
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Yesterday we celebrated a day set aside where the awareness of love is heighten and those who have the form of love they desire are happy and those who don’t have the form of love they desire are sadden. No matter what category you into, I suggest that if you truly want to know that love is, give your attention to the greatest love of all – Self love.
Learn to be your own valentine. “Healthy, Inspiring, Purposeful people know that loving oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Be H.I.P. Learn to romance yourself more.” Why? Well, H.I.P. individuals know that you can only give and receive love from and to others only to the degree that you give and receive love from and to yourself. So it behooves us to love ourselves enough so that we can in turn loves others enough. One of the ways to do this is by practicing extreme self-care. This involves:
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The mornings when I am reminded to be still seem to be the day when clarity seeks to emerge. When the path for my desires look me in the eyes and say here I am at your beckon call. What will you do now?
The whole of life experiences exist solely in this moment. How I choose to react in this moment will define how life shows up in the next moment. Okay I get this Spirit and…..
Humbly I recognize that the space of transformation takes courage and oh so much humility, righteous positions crumble to the voice of my Divinity and then I empty and return to my breathe. The little “coincidences” and miracles that use to jolt me for weeks now takes a day and then I remember who I am.
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“Healthy, Inspiring, Purposeful people know that vision without action is a fantasy. Action without vision is chaos. Be H.I.P. Become aware of your vision and then move into action.” ~ Coach T
ITS YOUR YEAR!! Remember that 2013 is now in the history books and whether it was a great or not so great year its now GONE! Enjoy what you learned in 2013 and let’s make it a great year in 2014. Our advice is to write a CONTRACT to yourself.
Here’s how you do it:
– Write down all the goals that you would like to achieve this year
– Add dates to each goal
– Prioritize each goal based on importance
– Monitor & Track each goal weekly, monthly & quarterly to make sure you’re on track
– Same time next year simply review all accomplishments!You will be truly amazed at the progress and it gives you another perspective on how to approach life. You can literally write your life out on paper and the only thing standing in your way is YOU.
Remember this:
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“You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.” ~ Louise Smith
Now if your time to release and let go. Open the palm of your hands and allow the grip you hold to loosen. Now is the time for a new YOU to emerge. Yes, NOW! Your highest potential is seeking an outlet into expression and that outlet can only be found when you release the junk of yesterday.
The junk of yesterdays are the things that no longer serve you. This junk limits you to the past. It keeps you stuck and unmovable without the possibility of new experiences and opportunities. Some of the junk that we tend to hold on to is unforgiveness, unhealthy relationships, grudges, hurts and miscommunication. We get to wound up in the junk that our emotions and triggers are constantly on.
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“H.I.P. people know that life have a bigger vision for them than they can imagine for themselves. Be H.I.P. Be available to life’s larger vision for your life.” ~ Coach T
A vision is a big picture. It is a propelling picture that pulls you not pushes you towards the preferable future. Companies and institutions over the years have worked earnestly towards capturing a vision that all employees can actively buy into. Successful ones have achieved this. President Obama also successfully used a ‘vision’ to captivate and inspire America into history (the first black President).
A vision is a powerful tool to catch a hold of and bring forth in your individual life. It is important to get into the desires and vibrations of your soul and allow that to be expressed through and as you. Your vision should inspire you into action each and every day. In fact the first time I heard this from Charles I had to step back for a minute – “your vision should scare you.” Why? Because life has great plans for you, beyond your limited understanding and comprehension is a purpose and life that is unimaginable.. Just like scripture states… eyes has not seen, nor ears heard (1 Corinthians 2:9)
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Oops it’s on us again, another year to get it right.
The last two months of 2013 saw us going through a lot of changes. Some life altering and some were the usual practices we have as a family. My attempt to evaluate and declutter is simply a natural mechanism for me now. I have been practicing this for so long. Even if I unconsciously forget what month it is I will find myself making a list of the areas in the house to sort out, prepping new goals that are coming into my awareness and a burst of energy to clean from top to bottom.
For many this new year, new you concept is just that a concept. Everyone seems to be on the bandwagon of change and commitment but then a few weeks in the year and the excitement is all gone. The commitments are all forgotten dreams and desires vaporize like a pipe dream. However, this is a natural phase as what humankind is attempting to do is create a new habit and this is quite a challenging task. Creating new habits are comparable to rewriting what’s written in your subsconscious. All that stuff that is presently there has been written over time, ions of life and is second nature to you.
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We should always be in tune with our intentions and motive in giving.
As the Spirit in which we extend ourselves will dictate how we dance or communicate with the Universe. Often times we get caught up in the act of giving because we are told it is the sure way to receive or giving will magically open the flood gates of wealth.
Yes, it appears to be magic in demonstration but it really is just the natural out working of the law. The law being Universal law. The Universe does not understand the concept of not being itself. It doesn’t choose to hold off and then to give. It does not compute mentally or otherwise the way humans does. It just simply be. They are those who will consistently give and not experience any differences in their lives. This is so because their intentions and motives are not pure. It is not in the Spirit of simply giving just because that is who they are but perhaps they are giving with arterial motives.
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Listening to the still small voice within is an art form.
It requires us to sit still not just in body but also in mind. How does that work you might ask, when the mind is never still or quiet – practice have moments of pause is the clue. Glimpse or moments of clarity can support you in the practice.
One of the principles we expose at Charles & Shakira Unlimited is that your life is always an outward picture of what is happening on the inside. Is it possible to look out and get a clue on were you are heading? Absolutely!! Are you experiencing peace and order? Or does your life look like confusion and chaos?
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