OOOHWEEEE!
The energies of autumn are certainly working me.
Can I just be honest with you?
I’ve been brought to my knees lately.
Personal developments have stirred deep emotion and have left me feeling totally unraveled.
The only solution for me?!
SURRENDER!
I’ve come to a new edge.
Listen, I’m not going put on a song and dance for you about what it takes to become extraordinarily successful with out getting real.
I mean, seriously.
THIS is one of the main reasons, if not THE reason, people choose mediocre results and stay asleep.
You’re going to be called out. Emptied out.
I’m not telling you this to scare you. It’s quite the opposite.
I want you to be assured that you can do it!
I want you to be equipped to handle the growth.
I want you to feel held in ALL of it– the breakdowns AND the breakthroughs.
Success is full of reward.
The deep satisfaction, core contentment and freedom derived from a path of devotion to oneself and one’s vision and purpose is infinite.
Yet, there are also the challenges that naturally arise as you expand. Becoming more visible, releasing old yet familiar patterns, standing in your power in the face
of judgment– just some of the emotionally packed things you encounter along the way.
There’s more that goes on “behind-the-scene’s” of success that not many are willing to be open about. It might effect the marketing, the persona, the perceived credibility. Right?
Wrong.
It time for a new era of leadership. One that includes vulnerability, a willingness to get real and to expose the underbelly of one’s heart and soul.
So, here I am. Opening in surrender.
Willing to share the Not-So-Sexy side with you.
And, impart the wisdom I’ve gained from yielding and declaring, “I SURRENDER!”
This autumn time of letting go is perfect for it.
I teach conscious creation. How to deliberately
and purposefully manifest your desired reality.
You CAN have everything you want.
It requires waking up to the power within you,
taking personal responsibility and harnessing
the art of choice.
Yet, there’s another side to creating an
extraordinary life filled with purpose and
prosperity.
One that feels vulnerable, mysterious and edgy.
At first glance, it seems the opposite of what it means
to be a powerful manifestor, but when you understand
its wisdom, it will actually accelerate your results.
SURRENDER.
To surrender is to relinquish control.
To give up and give over.
Surrender can be frightening. Some associate
it with weakness and passivity.
It may sound threatening or terrifying,
like it’s totally contrary to being
an at choice creator. Right?
But. It’s not.
As you give up and give over power, you
actually gain more of it. It’s a paradox.
Really it’s a path to greater mastery and
communion with a higher purpose.
As you surrender the mind’s vanities and
cherished illusions you become more free
and more open to a higher Truth.
“The word “surrender” is often interpreted as giving up, as weakness,
as admitting defeat. Although this is one way to use the word, we will
use it in a different way. Surrendering means letting go of your
resistance to the total openness of who you are. It means giving up
the tension of the little vortex you believe yourself to be and realizing
the deep power of the ocean you truly are.”~David Deida
Because I am committed to sharing all I can about
the path to REAL success and wealth, I can’t help
but touch on these not-so-sexy sides.
(Somebody’s got to talk about it, right?!
Let me hear an alleluia!)
With that said, I’m going to reveal elements
that make surrender such a powerful force.
*HUMILITY*
Surrender has taught me humility.
In coming to the edge of all you know, in
experiencing a dissolution of who you have
identified yourself to be, there’s a humbleness
that washes about you.
It keeps you real, honest – recognizing
your humanity, as well as that of others.
Surrender releases judgment, therefor infusing
you with higher vibrations of love and understanding-
for yourself and others.
Humility in the spiritual path is associated with
a state of ego-lessness.
So it helps get you away from self-centered
and ego-identified needs and into a heart –
centered space.
In the Buddhist tradition, humility is associated
with compassion and kindness.
Humility continues to be a great teacher to me.
It’s not about shrinking, being small or being shy
in one’s pride.
It’s about getting out of the way of attachments,
accumulations and accolades that we’ve depended
upon to help us feel successful in other people’s
eyes.
It helps me become a better person to my loved one’s
and a better coach as I stretch my capacity hold presence
in loving kindness.
*HIGHER CONNECTION*
My willingness to surrender has helped me
access a stronger and higher connection.
When things fall apart or an unraveling occurs,
you may feel a sense of groundlessness or disorientation.
There’s an urge to grasp for something.
Some assemblance of the “known”.
Yet, in this most vulnerable, raw place,
a new kind of power is accessible.
It’s beyond your mind. It’s beyond comprehension.
It’s beyond the security of what you have known to be.
It’s a Divine Connection.
To God/Goddess/Source/Universe.
Call it what you will.
There’s a higher force at play, and when you
allow surrender, you allow it come to through.
With surrender, you recognize the limits of your
“small” mind or programmed, default thinking.
You realize it’s not enough to get you where you
need to go next.
(Remember, the same level of consciousness that
created the problem you have, the upper limit you
bump up against and/or that fear you keep
dancing with CANNOT provide you the relief
you desire.)
So you need to call on another consciousness.
One that rises above what you’ve been able
to see and know. One that illuminates a new
perspective. One that allows an insight or
revelation that opens up an entirely new world.
Ultimately, it aligns you with an even more
truer expression of your self, your purpose and
the direction before you.
No illusions. No BS. No masks.
Just you in harmony with a richer version
of your most authentic self.
Fueled and backed by a higher intelligence, you feel
a new strength that guides and sustains you.
Void of “self”, you open to an even more greater
ability to BE a vessel and agent of change grounded in
service and spirit.
*FAITH*
Part of the anxiety I’ve felt before I’ve chosen
to surrender has been sourced from my ego desire
to be in control and to be assured that all is well.
Because your “small mind” can’t see the way,
there’s an assumption that it’s not there.
But it is. Where ever there is a desire,
the Universe has the means to manifest it.
A coach said to me once,
“Fear and faith ask you to believe in the same thing.
In something that you can’t see.”
So when things fall apart.
When you or life becomes unrecognizable through change.
When you reach the edge of all you have known.
Surrender in faith.
Faith in the cycles of life.
Faith in the loving nature of the Universe.
Faith in the purpose your soul intended for you.
Faith in the truth that you will be provided for.
Faith in the Divine perfect unfolding of it all.
Faith in your spirit to guide you to what’s next.
Faith in your ability to re-build your life, your business, your money based on who you REALLY have become.
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can. And wisdom to know the difference.”
