As I write this we are one full year since the world changed so dramatically; we are also in an awakening of human consciousness and I believe these are connected.
What we have seen unfold over the last year, and still unfolding, are beyond what most of us would have imagined had we had been told this is how it would be one year from now.
I know I’m not the only one when I say ‘This is all feeling kind of surreal.’
This is what it feels like when reality shifts.
We could not have realized we would have to completely change and adapt to how we do so many things. We have been faced with many hardships and uncertainties with the biggest fears at the forefront, the fear of the unknown, and the fear of death.
Sadly many people have left this realm alone and afraid this past year and it’s not over. This experience has forced many of us to face the avoided fear of dying. We have paused fully living for a whole year to prevent more from dying.
But were we ever fully living?
These extenuating circumstances have also been a reality check. Besides reevaluating our lives we have been learning to be ok not knowing what will happen. This has forced many of us to practice living in the moment because that’s the only thing we can control.
But not everyone can manage that with all the technology we have been reverted to rely on even more. Our mental health issues have skyrocketed and so many are facing desperate measures and don’t know how to feel better under all the stress.
Too much has changed too fast for us to go back to ‘normal’, whatever that really was. Let’s face it, our world needs a lot of T.L.C. and healing. This is a major growth experience for all of us.
I don’t have all the answers but I do know we can all use more love, kindness, and real connection during these trying times. These simple and important needs help us to move through these stages of awakening with more ease and grace.
Because of the work I do, I am very cognizant of keeping myself as neutral as I can so I can stay in my heart, but I am human too and I have my moments of victimhood like anyone else.
The difference is I am now conscious of it, and I know what to do when I fall out of alignment with myself. Whatever judgments come up for me I use them as an opportunity to heal more of my victim consciousness and let go of it the best I can.
When I apply Radical Forgiveness to the situation at hand I find freedom from needing to be right, blaming others for my life circumstances, and feeling afraid of what may unfold in the future.
Created by the late Colin Tipping in the mid-’90s, the Radical Living tools and processes are a proven way to navigate the reality shift we are experiencing. It supports us to let go of our feelings of anger, resentment, and feeling victimized to feeling more peace and having more understanding, love, and acceptance for all. When we use it regularly we are cultivating resilience that supports us to move through these times of transition with more ease and an open heart.
This way-of-being allows me to stay in compassion through forgiving myself and others. It allows me to surrender my fears and trade them in for divine truth, hope, possibility, and love.
Using these simple practices, which we call spiritual technology, keeps our vibrations at a healthy level and we can use them whenever it’s needed to heal and help others heal too. Because let’s face it, it can be easy to get sucked back into feeling victimized and we want to be aware of when it happens and be the change we wish to see outside of ourselves.
There are also those of us who are luminaries by leading the way to building a world based on love, kindness, truth, and equality. I am in awe as I see many individuals stepping up to help others, opening up difficult conversations that weigh on our minds, and sharing wisdom to help us all stay connected to what matters.
One of these luminaries is my friend Dr. Darshana Hawks who is having Conversations That Matter. Dr. Dar interviewed me on the subject of Radical Forgiveness, and we talk about how we can let go of the pain we are experiencing, find relief, and our way back to our hearts.
We had a very informative and enlightening conversation and at the end, I share a guided healing experience that you can participate in when you tune in. I also share a valuable Radical Living tool to use in your everyday life so you can process whatever comes up for you and return to peace.
Here’s the link again to Conversations That Matter with Dr. Dar., if you sign up for my 4 part Video Series on her page you will also receive my email Love Letters.
I will leave you with this: the most healing thing you can do for yourself is to forgive and let go. Your soul will thank you for it and the freedom it brings you is life-preserving and life-changing.
In my next blog, I’ll be sharing how I apply Radical Forgiveness to holding a vision to heal the world.
Until next time, many blessings,
Lorree
Besides impacting the lives of others to ‘be real and love life’ the most powerful thing about the work I get to do is the reflections of the teachings that come back to me. I always receive some type of wisdom, healing or blessing from the experience, whether it’s a private, group session or a speaking event.
Whatever the message is that I’ve conveyed I am somehow reminded of how it applies to me as well and it guides me towards the next stage of my growth.
Being aware of the subtle messages that are being sent to guide us forward is very empowering.
Last weekend at the Soul Full Day conference, I guided a group of 70 women through a visualization meditation to identify and let go of a fear story holding them back from what they truly wanted for their life, freedom to live their love story.
It was remarkable to witness them releasing the fear and claiming their love stories, seeing and feeling themselves living in the higher potential of their dreams.
This week I’ve been deeply reminded of the fear story that I’ve been carrying, ‘not being well enough to live a fulfilling life because my digestive health is failing’.
This is the same story my grandmother carried, and she died in fear with this story in her which was unconsciously passed on to me, and I accepted it.
For 8 years now I’ve been having various challenges with my digestive health. I’ve seen many different professionals and tried many different remedies and lifestyle changes. Some have worked and some haven’t. Over time things seemed to have mostly settled, then just a month ago the issues flared up again in a bigger way.
This brought up the old fear story for me as I prepare for a trip of a lifetime. I’m going to Egypt on a sacred pilgrimage to the visit the lands and ancient sites with 13 other women. This will be my first trip overseas and I’ve always been fascinated with Egyptian history, never thinking I would get the opportunity to visit until it showed up to me. I was very drawn to go, and decided I was going, even though it felt way outside my ability to be able to take such a trip.
Worries and a wide range of emotions have been coming up for me since these flare ups have been happening. My mind races and makes up stories based in old fears.
What if I am not well enough to fully experience this trip? What if I am stuck in my room and miss the tours, or what if I am not able to digest the food there? All that disappointment and money spent if I might not be able to full experience it.
These stories are very similar to what my grandmother used to tell herself. She was afraid to go far from home, let alone on a plane to another country. Everything centred around her digestive limitations and she was petrified of having an ‘accident’ while out in public. These fear stories debilitated her and she became a hermit and was very lonely in her later years.
I will never forget seeing her in the final days of her life living in fear. I visited her almost every day and seeing her like that was very sad because there wasn’t much I could do other than comfort and reassure her that she would be ok.
What it did do was motivate me to face my own fears and not go down the same path as she did. In this regard, she was a great teacher to me and not long after she transitioned I was divinely guided to take the Radical Forgiveness Master Coach 10 day training in Atlanta.
It was a huge step for me, and again way outside my comfort zone, but in the end it was one of the best things I could have done for myself because it set me on the trajectory of facing my fears, and the journey of living my love story.
I am eternally grateful to be on this path of self-forgiveness and self-acceptance just as I am, and in time I have learned to love myself. I’m still on this healing journey however this year I’ve had some major shifts in this area of my life and feel truly worthy and deserving of this love for myself because I have freedom from the fears.
This is where the synchronicity comes in again.
It just so happens that this Friday, the day I fly to Egypt, is the 9 year anniversary of my grandmother’s passing, and it’s a full moon! You just can’t make these things up. I didn’t realize the mysterious alignment of these dates until just a few weeks ago.
In numerology the number 9 represents endings and completions and I have a strong intuitive feeling that this trip is going to be transformational for me as a new beginning.
The other day when I was dancing my grandmother came to my mind, she was dancing with me, and I know she is leaving me these breadcrumb signs to follow to complete this stage of my journey. I made a promise to her that I was going to end the cycle of fear she carried and commit myself to healing into wholeness.
I have no doubt that this is all happening for me, rather than to me. And unlike my grandmother, I will face my fears and take this trip and I will trust in the divine unfoldment of it all.
I am reminded that everything is always working out for me, even if it doesn’t seem that way and she is cheering me on all along the way.
These are the same phrases I spoke to the women when I was on stage just a few days ago and they echo loudly in my mind as the beautiful blessings of having the freedom to live my love story.
If you would like to experience the guided visualization for yourself listen to the audio recording so you too can be free from your fear story and claim your love story.
In my next blog I will share about my travel adventures so stay tuned, and if you would like to be notified when I share it you can join my email Love Letter list at the bottom of this page.
Until next time… thank you for being here.
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