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Seeds of Expansive Change – Some Inspirational Quotes to Fuel Belief
(Digital Art: Seed of Compassion by Craig Hitchens)
This goes out to all of you who are in that in between void space between old and new where mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety, pain and joy, heaviness and freedom are all swirling within the vortex of your experience.
Some inspirational quotes and messages to nurture the blossoming of your dream seeds.
I shared a few of these on Facebook, but received so many personal messages that they spoke to what was being experienced and needed, that I felt to weave them into a new little story you can use to recreate the old ones you’ve been listening to, along with this powerful image that completely captivated me when I saw it. A beautiful image to accompany the message for mindful change that leads to boundless and stunning, creative possibilities.
To see things in the seed, that is genius. ~Lao Tzu
We avoid the things that we’re afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.
~Shakti Gawain
Right when you are about to make a major shift, your ego will step in and start pulling out all the stops including feeding and stroking all of the parts of you that are looking for comfort in a field of unknown, as well as tearing you down so you feel incapable of doing the new. When this happens, you know you are close to making the change. Keep believing more than ever, loving yourself more than ever, and feeling as if the change has already taken place and that the voices are merely remnants of an old you that no longer serves, but have been instrumental in getting you to this point. Acknowledge, understand, and lovingly release, but don’t get stuck in the stories of fear. ~Tania Marie
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. ~Julia Cameron
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. It means to open with no boundaries, emotional or physical, so you ease wide beyond any limiting sense of self you might have. ~David Deida
Surrender is faith that the power of Love can accomplish anything even when you cannot forsee the outcome. ~Deepak Chopra
Let Go
This is a continual message that keeps ringing in my ears as an answer to experiences abound. I keep feeling and hearing frustrations and fears that are weighing heavily on people, sometimes in conscious and unconscious ways, but it’s out in the collective pool and perhaps this is why I have been singing the song in the video I posted below all week in my head.
Messages come to me in songs, music, and melody a lot and sometimes in brief flashes of visuals and words. But they always are accompanied by a strong resonant feeling. Sometimes I just start singing a melody that is “created” in the moment and this I know is reflective of a vibrational frequency that is echoing back to the collective, and for myself, in support of shifting the energy. For some reason, this is happening very frequently lately.
Sound is VERY powerful for integrating things.
Nonetheless, I have been practicing my own “letting go” and surrendering in bigger and bigger ways, as there is always room for more of anything, and can’t begin to explain the extraordinary things taking place.
Magic happens when you let go and surrender to the natural process.
Most of the time people hold tightly to things until it gets too painful to hold on anymore and/or they hit rock bottom and are then forced to let go. When the pain of this hanging on becomes bigger than the fear you have of letting go, you finally let go and allow yourself to be carried along the river of life… safely (to your surprise).
The key is in learning to let go before this happens and doing it on your own terms because you have come to trust that things have a way of working themselves out in even better ways than when you try controlling, manipulating, micro-managing, and over-analyzing them.
When you come to trust the process of life and walk that fine line of detached, unconditional intention for the highest good – without push, force, or attachment to a specific way that “must” be – then you begin to understand and experience a return to natural harmony.
Even just taking small steps of letting go will make a huge difference. When you feel you have a block or fear with this, be mindful of what part of you is afraid and ask yourself what you are afraid to let go of. There is a little boy or girl inside of each of us that just wants to be assured of knowing they are safe, loved, and that they are free to come forth in their truth because everything will be okay. It’s a process of reteaching trust.
Let go and allow the highest good to move through you. Let the Universe/Source/God/Spirit/All That Is…divinely move with and through you as One.
You can still guide yourself consciously toward an intention while you go with the flow of “what is” simultaneously by taking responsibility for the life you are creating and embracing the perfection of the journey and all the experiences that are assisting you in bigger ways than you know, to bring you more fully to your wholeness.
When you relax and let go you will come to know the nature of you and align with your greater good.
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” ~Tao Te Ching
“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. It will be a permanent Self, rooted in awareness and creativity. Once you have captured this, you have captured the world.” ~Deepak Chopra
I hope you enjoy the potent words of this song by Frou Frou, as much as I do. It’s been a favorite of mine since 2007 (yes I know the year it came into my life, as like all things, it was powerful to assist shifts at the time for me)