Day 165 - A Year to Clear - Nip It In The Bud

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Lesson 165: Nip It In The Bud

One way to clear old patterns is to “nip it in the bud” before it escalates and we feel stuck. Obviously, this would take a lot of self-awareness. For instance, when you have self-doubt, how can you turn the thought around so that it doesn’t stick in your head, cycles through and basically wins over your thoughts? You really have to stop and notice that you are doing these things before it just stays inside your conscious mind. Think about a thought you’ve been having lately that has been chewing away at you. Today is about nipping at it until it has no energy left inside your being.

Something that has been bothering me lately is just self-doubt in my skills as a reader. I take mediumship classes and do oracle card readings for people. At the moment, I deliver free readings online and don’t charge as I am trying to learn and gain more confidence. I have a live reading day in about 2 weeks and am doubting my skills. I don’t know why I self-doubt that I can do it. I am already doing it but I think that it’s my belief that I might fail somehow. I am in no way say that I am an expert but it’s still nerve wracking even trying to fathom the idea of doing a live reading. I think I am afraid of seeing things and them not being right or resonating with that person. That’s the challenge. I have had it happen before and it’s something to learn from. I guess, I just want to get it right all the time but maybe that’s the test – to go for it and not fear the unknown and then it will flow. I need to do away with this belief I have. I know I can do it and it’s just about releasing that fear.

What is your one thought you want to nip in the bud?

Day 164 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Consider the Vibration of...

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Lesson 164: Consider the Vibration of...

Today we are to consider the vibration of all things on this Earth. A dog vibrates differently to a human, a stone vibrates differently to a river… and it’s possible for all these things to have different vibrations whether higher or lower than one another. What about your own vibration? We are to imagine in our mind’s eye a sliding bar and allow the Divine to inform us on this sliding bar, where exactly our vibration is – low being left and right being high. Let it guide you today.

When I closed my eyes and looking into my sliding bar, it was slightly off centre to the right. I do feel a bit unwell at the moment so my vibration is to the left. I am feeling a bit tired so it makes sense that I would be vibrating lower than normal. What I have learned is that I do need to rest and slow down. My whole month of June is hectic so I know I need to rest when I can. Something to work on. Just so much going on with readings, got a belly dance performance, different concerts I’m going to, trying to fix my back problems and expanding my spirituality. Once July hits, I can breathe a bit better and have more relaxing time.

How did you feel today?

Day 164 - A Year to Clear - Low-Frequency Veils

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Lesson 164: Low-Frequency Veils

The way people act towards you can sometimes be a projection of their “low-frequency veil” of pain and feeling stuck. We all hold onto things whether we care to admit it or not. We also do not know what story another person holds and this is where practising compassion can go a long way. But practising compassion can be easier said than done when our instant reaction to someone’s frustrations and pain is anger, getting upset or even frustration ourselves. It does take some practise. Today’s lesson is about recognising one thing that you’ve been holding onto and asking yourself “What would it take to let it go?”.

For me, I don’t hold onto any pain any longer and that’s freeing for me. I am trying to move forward to live the best version of me. What I do hold onto is my own self-doubt. That I might fail in the path that I choose and I won’t succeed in it. I also self-doubt my own skills. I have a bit of a perfectionist complex with getting things right as well, so that actually doesn’t help as I’m learning and growing in my skills. I am self-critical and don’t see any reason to fail, though just like everyone else, I make mistakes too. I think I just need more belief in myself and don’t be too hard on myself at the same time. I will succeed with hard work and determination. I just need to keep reminding myself of this. I think this is what it takes to let it go. Keep telling myself in the mirror that I’ve got this and I just got to keep learning and growing.

What did you find today that you want to let go of?

Day 163 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Body is Both Container and...

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Lesson 163: The Body is Both Container and...

“The body is both container and essence, physical and emotion, skeleton and soul. When you raise or lower vibration in one aspect, the other aspect is also raised or lowered. One affects the other, in synergy.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today is all about raising vibration repeatedly throughout the day. Think about the first time you raised your vibration today and let that continually flow throughout the day.

I woke up today and caught up on my blog posts before heading to help out at my second job. I spent most of the day not really busy with customers, so I made some tea product, danced around to viking music and was cleaning and rearranging the shop. After this, I just went to a friend’s birthday dinner and had Mexican food. Now, I’m just watching Vampire Diaries in an attempt to finish the series I started so long ago. I’ve been quite hectic and tired, plus having my period has left me drained. Doing all these simple things raised my vibration because I felt good in doing them. Even though I felt run down, I could do simple things to raise myself up again. My body was in some physical pain but I fed myself in other ways to overcome it. 

What did you do today to raise your vibe up?

Day 163 - A Year to Clear - It's Not About You

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Lesson 163: It's Not About You

We all feel a rant coming on from time to time when someone has challenged us, abused trust, offended us or even neglected us. We allow anger or frustration to arise because that can be a natural reaction. Today we are to change the shift in how we react to those types of situations with a four word reminder “hurt people hurt people”. Anything that gets thrown to us may not necessarily be about us and is about the other person’s pain.

The only thing I can say that in regards to this lesson is that there will be times when someone has challenged you because you’ve done something wrong. I can say that this can occur at work and you’ve made a decision that doesn’t fit in with the business rules for instance, so therefore I think this type of challenge is valid. I think when you’ve stuffed up, there will be times when it’s about you and has nothing to do with someone else projecting their pain onto you – it’s a matter of recognising when someone else flinging their pain towards you and when you’re actually at fault.

I do also feel that sometimes there are times when I’m angry when it’s not someone projecting their pain onto me. It’s just a situation I get frustrated at and need to vent. This is not about someone flinging their pain onto me either.

Ok with that out of the way, there are times when I have felt the pain of others onto me. This usually comes out in a frustration and then projecting on or towards me. I listen because I care and try to understand the person’s situation. I try to reason and just listen. It doesn’t always work because that person’s frustration then becomes my own. Sometimes I vent out their frustrations and pain or it transforms into my own life. Sometimes I get angry at things and I’m not even sure why. This is why this lesson is valuable. I have to stop and think about whether what I am feeling is actually mine or not. Having to take a moment and think about it, is something I need to be more conscious of. It’s hard to do when you’re just going off on a rant, not realising that it might not even be your frustrations you’re going on about. Again, this takes practise but now we can be more aware right?

Did this lesson make you think about the pain you’re taking on from others and what you can do to identify if it’s yours or not?