The awakening moment
Can you believe you're being guided, especially when life get's hard?
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Last week I attended a networking event and met some kind and interesting women. Some of them showed me that humanity continues to be present in the form of gentle and loving gestures.
I had the pleasure of connecting with entrepreneurs while digging my hands into paint and pottery art. It was a mix of fun and business all together. More and more I have been looking to bring this combination into my life.
I also met this beautiful woman, who so kindly shared with me her story. She’s living a moment of transition. A recent break-up is keeping her heart sore. She’s rethinking her career path, even though what she already does has a great impact on the world around her. She’s an event florist, and her flower arrangements are a real piece of art. But yet, in her own reality, life isn’t exactly where she wanted it to be.
Something within her called for a pause. And while hearing about her journey, she said: ‘I’m in that space in between’.
Hmmm.. as soon as she spoke these words my heart lit up. It instantly connected me to the energy present two weeks ago. I love when people share with me what’s going on in their lives and it’s a direct testament to the energy present.
But what I love the most is when life so kindly (even though it doesn't feel this way) gifts us with the opportunity of pausing.
So I said to her: “The space in between. This is not a comfortable position to be in.” Her reaction to my comment directly confirmed the truth behind all she is experiencing.
So I continued to say: “As uncomfortable as it is right now, know that these are the moments with the biggest breakthroughs! I know it may not feel like this season of life is something to look forward to, but if you give it perspective and look for the signs, you will find guidance all around you.”
When in between phases, when we’re under a transition, we are not here nor there. We have already put a stop to our reality, but we haven’t yet arrived anywhere. And it becomes even harder when the next step, place or phase isn’t clear.
That’s when anguish, anxiety, doubt, fear, take over. For many depression hits hard. They lose their sense of hope. And isn’t exactly this what the Episode - Sitting in Simplicity, for the space in between taught us about?
But what really keeps us in a state of uncertainty and overwhelm, is that we try to rationalize our way out of it. We get stuck not in life, but in our own mind.
We feel like we have to come up with the idea that will change everything, or solve all the problems, with a direct strategy, or make the one decision that will change and resolve all the issues, all at once. And while trying to figure it all out mentally, we disconnect from ourselves, we disconnect from our body.
Last week we received a message of courage. You see how perfect these messages are? Can you follow the pattern? Nowadays I have been feeling more prone to look back than seek guidance on what’s to come.
Going back to the Episodes, if we think about it, although one of the messages was on March 31, this energy debuted April more than it closed March. We were invited to embark on a journey, to our Inner Child’s Land. Some old wounds were asking to be seen with tenderness and care. There was something that needed healing, something we hid inside a long time ago, but that now needed to be brought to light.
In sequence we had April’s energy coming in full. April has been an interesting month all along. Less cards, more direct messages, straight to the point, and not necessarily subtle, although always caring and loving. We started April 7th in that space in between. We were invited to pause.
After looking at old wounds, our Spiritual Guides did not ask us to take on full course, and instantly start making something out of what was being rescued within our secret chambers. They invited us to pause, to sit with discomfort and notice how it made us feel. We were not asked to think things through. We were asked to feel.
The pause did not mean letting go of our responsibilities. The pause meant recalibration, rerouting, redirection, a return to Self. At least, that was the invitation. Not everyone is necessarily connecting to it.
Because, especially when given a difficult situation to deal with, we naturally tend to escape the discomfort it brings. This is a survival instinct we activate. We tell ourselves it’s no big deal, or that it’s all ok and soon we’ll figure it out.
But this time it’s not about figuring anything out. It’s about allowing what needs to be seen to present itself, in a raw, true and direct way. There’s no need, or even a chance, to embellish it and make it look palatable. It’s here to be faced in its purest form. And that’s not necessarily easy - not to say it’s actually quite difficult - to do so.
Upon this moment of truth, in the following week our Guides started to ask a little more of us - courage. Again it wasn't about bringing solutions to anything. It was about honouring our truth. It asked of us nothing but honesty. But it called us to move.
This moment, was once more, not about making decisions. It was about feeling in our hearts what makes us be bold enough, courageous enough, to go after what our Sou desires, even if we don’t know exactly where it will lead us.
And now, here we are. April 21st.
This week, my friend, the spiritual forces underneath us will shake our ground. Not to turn our lives upside down, bringing in distress and sorrows. But to help us move forward.
All that is coming for us really touched me. Last Friday I shared with you a post I did not see coming. I sat down to write this message, the one I’m sending you today, but once I started typing, something completely different came through. Another important reflection needed to come first. And it was important indeed: it was all about courage.
Courage as an energetic frequency, is the point of separation between lower level energies and the higher ones.
It’s the critical point that differentiates the positive and negative influences of life. It is considered to be the level of empowerment. When one embodies confidence, determination, and is ready to explore the world with a positive mindset and a sense of readiness, it is through accessing this energy and emanating it that one enters this action mode, if you will.
Below the energy of Courage there are Guilt, Fear, Apathy, Grief, Shame, Desire, Anger and Pride. Above Courage there are Willingness, Neutrality, Acceptance, Reason, Love, Joy, Peace and Enlightenment.
And the most important aspect of Courage is the willingness to move forward, to learn, to grow, to become, to live. This doesn’t happen in the mind. As much as you may think it does, considering all the life’s decisions one needs to make. As I explored a little in last Friday’s essay, our decision making process doesn’t happen in the mind. In Human Design we say it comes from our Authority Centre.
Right now life is making a simple ask:
Would you be courageous enough to trust what I have planned for you? I will show you the way. I just need you to be present to see.
This week’s message is calling us to a powerful transformation.
One chapter of our lives is coming to a close or has recently closed. This is so we can step into a whole new phase. And the Goddess bringing today’s message is one of the strongest I know: Kali Ma. She is a powerhouse that will move our creative energy to propel us forward. The ultimate spiritual transformer, who confronts you with your darkest fears, whilst simultaneously activating your eternal light.
Don’t fear her, don’t fear anything. These messages are here as a loving and supportive hand being extended to you to propel you forward. Now is not a time when you will be sitting and waiting for the right moment, thinking your way through things.
It’s time to activate your body, because it is through doing, through movement that life is able to show you what you need.
It’s when I attend a networking event that I meet someone who shares an information I’ve been looking for, for a while now, and suddenly it is given to me without me even asking for it. It’s in events like these that I share a piece of information that helps another person in her own endeavours.
It’s through collaboration, interaction, and going places that life gives us what we need in the form of conversations, a book, a business card, a contact number, a person, a referral, some sort of hint, tip or sign that will show us our next step.
In order for life to help us, we need to live, literally. And in order for us to identify these signs, we need to be fully present to see and receive all the blessings that are ready to find our way.
So if you’ve been feeling lost, stuck, hopeless, confused, overwhelmed:
know you’re not alone
get out of your mind
get out of your house
get your body moving
connect to your heart and focus on what will honour your true self
listen to today’s message (and the previous one if you feel called to)
Don’t be discouraged. Be ready, because this week you have Kali Ma by your side, and there’s no other Goddess I would want with me when facing my own demons.
Take a deep breath, put your right hand on your heart, and trust you’re being guided. Don’t try to figure it all out in your mind. Connect with your body, trust your intuition, trust the timing.
The answers will come. Be present to see them.
This is an awakening moment!
An extra message of support
Today, as I was getting ready to write this letter, I felt called to pull a card. It’s not always that this happens, but recently it’s been somehow present.
At first I didn’t make a direct connection between the card and today’s episode, but once I finished writing, the card popped immediately into my mind. An extra message of support needed to come through.
When I write, even though I have an inspiration to follow, using what the current message is bringing, more and more I’m coming to notice that these moments have been open portals of connection. What I write doesn’t come from me.
And so this card came as another way, another loving and supportive way, to help us navigate this week, this moment in life. And as always, it couldn’t be more in alignment with everything we’ve been talking about.
You have pulled this card to borrow some of Leo’s regality (determination, passion, committed to what they want, recognition, fulfilment). Leos do not believe in being seen but not heard. They are masters of self-promotion who will roar until they get their point across, then they’ll roar some more just for good measure. Your situation requires the same level of self-assuredness and self-love. You must learn to love yourself enough to expect others to treat you with dignity. There’s no need to be mean, or rude, but everyone deserves to be treated fairly and sometimes you have to remind people that you will not be taken for granted.
Further more, Leo guides you to chase after your passions without delay. The things you desire are not by chance or flights of fancy. Leos rule the heart, and to deny your heart’s joy is to deny nourishment to your entire spiritual being.
- Season’s of the Witch - Lammas - Oracle -
by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz
Trust you’re being guided!
Trust you’re not alone!
Trust your heart!
If, in your heart, you feel like you need help to sit with discomfort, in this space in between, not knowing exactly how to access what your heart wants to show you, and tap into your courage, let’s talk. There are different ways we can work together, and it will be my pleasure to do so.
I too have sat in discomfort, many times. And I still do. Some things we can only feel. And that’s the starting point for change. Believe me.
If today’s message inspired you, or helped you in any way, let me know. I love to hear how the energy is being experienced by others.
Share this with someone who may be facing a similar situation, who may be inspired or need some guidance during some challenging times. Maybe this could be their sign to help them move forward ;)
Our vibes speak louder than our words.
Be well, dear one.
Love, Livia