I got a divine invitation last night from Linda Crawford, that I thought was for coffee, and instead held an experience that was even sweeter. It was to attemd her community event around " the Art of Self Care". I sat in the company of six other women and Linda spoke about setting intentions, and more than that, beginning to have the awareness around living an intentional life.
She spoke about her dream to lead retreats for women in the Art of Self Care, and how that started with a backpack and a ticket to Bali on her own, much to the surprise of those around her. But she heeded the call that she heard deep in her heart and just began to put one foot ahead of the other and the doors began to swing open in front of her. At one point she found herself taking pictures at the retreat center and talking to herself as though the retreat was already in progress. Full on stepping into her manifestation and acting as though it had all come to pass. And it did. She has since done two incredible retreats and plans to do several more.
It lead us to a great group discussion about setting intentions. I have just completed an incredible training in Consciousness Coaching and so I think of intentions as Wishes. My mind went straight to a homework assignment my teacher had given me. She set me the task during one of our sessions to do 350 wishes. It was a powerful experience for me. At first I thought, I don't have that many! She replied, "you have way more than that". So I set myself to the task.
Here was what I noticed.
1. I wish for other people a lot. And way before I ever wished anything for myself. She had a very powerful observation around this. She said be careful wishing things for other people. If you are a very good manifestor, you could actually take someone off their path. If you want to wish something for someone, simply wish for whatever would serve their highest good. Leave it to the Universe to decide what that is.
2. In the beginning, I censored a lot of my wishes. That one was stupid, this one was selfish. You know the drill. They had to be pretty generic or I was judging my own wishes. The Wishes you wish have already been wished, she said. You just need to let them see daylight. The Universe knows what you would like because your thoughts are already energy whether you share them or not. Why not share them with intention? There are no silly wishes. And after you get to about 100 you stop caring about whether you think they are worthy or not and they just start to flow out of the end of the pen. You will be amazed at what shows up.
3. She asked me to simply witness how I felt when the following occurred. a) a wish came true,
b) a wish did not seem to get answered or c) the answer was no.
This brought me to a funny theory. I call it Domino 37. Let me explain.
In the Circle last night one of the women shared that she simply doesn't set any intentions anymore. When they didn't come true, she felt punished. Like somehow she was unworthy of the good will of the Universe. When I heard that I wanted to cry. Nothing could be less true in my experience. You see the fine print we never read, says that what occurs will be in the highest good for all involved. What does that mean? It means sometimes the lesson is for you, and sometimes you are part of someone else's lesson, and you will not always know which it is. So sometimes a "no" will lead to a much better thing down the road that we can't see.
Domino 37 is the unknown domino. It is not the first one, the domino that starts it all, and it is not the splashy domino that leads to a daring drop or a hairpin turn. It is the domino somewhere in the middle that doesn't seem important. The domino no one would ever notice. But if that domino doesn't fall, the rest of the chain reaction can't happen. Wishing wishes is the same. You need to put them all out there. Do it with gusto! They are all important. You can't always see where they lead and because of that, you can't ever tell which wishes will get you where you hope to go.
Every wish matters, no matter how small or how silly you think it is. Just put it out there, because that simple act of faith in the Universe, is how it all works.
Love only,
Kat
She spoke about her dream to lead retreats for women in the Art of Self Care, and how that started with a backpack and a ticket to Bali on her own, much to the surprise of those around her. But she heeded the call that she heard deep in her heart and just began to put one foot ahead of the other and the doors began to swing open in front of her. At one point she found herself taking pictures at the retreat center and talking to herself as though the retreat was already in progress. Full on stepping into her manifestation and acting as though it had all come to pass. And it did. She has since done two incredible retreats and plans to do several more.
It lead us to a great group discussion about setting intentions. I have just completed an incredible training in Consciousness Coaching and so I think of intentions as Wishes. My mind went straight to a homework assignment my teacher had given me. She set me the task during one of our sessions to do 350 wishes. It was a powerful experience for me. At first I thought, I don't have that many! She replied, "you have way more than that". So I set myself to the task.
Here was what I noticed.
1. I wish for other people a lot. And way before I ever wished anything for myself. She had a very powerful observation around this. She said be careful wishing things for other people. If you are a very good manifestor, you could actually take someone off their path. If you want to wish something for someone, simply wish for whatever would serve their highest good. Leave it to the Universe to decide what that is.
2. In the beginning, I censored a lot of my wishes. That one was stupid, this one was selfish. You know the drill. They had to be pretty generic or I was judging my own wishes. The Wishes you wish have already been wished, she said. You just need to let them see daylight. The Universe knows what you would like because your thoughts are already energy whether you share them or not. Why not share them with intention? There are no silly wishes. And after you get to about 100 you stop caring about whether you think they are worthy or not and they just start to flow out of the end of the pen. You will be amazed at what shows up.
3. She asked me to simply witness how I felt when the following occurred. a) a wish came true,
b) a wish did not seem to get answered or c) the answer was no.
This brought me to a funny theory. I call it Domino 37. Let me explain.
In the Circle last night one of the women shared that she simply doesn't set any intentions anymore. When they didn't come true, she felt punished. Like somehow she was unworthy of the good will of the Universe. When I heard that I wanted to cry. Nothing could be less true in my experience. You see the fine print we never read, says that what occurs will be in the highest good for all involved. What does that mean? It means sometimes the lesson is for you, and sometimes you are part of someone else's lesson, and you will not always know which it is. So sometimes a "no" will lead to a much better thing down the road that we can't see.
Domino 37 is the unknown domino. It is not the first one, the domino that starts it all, and it is not the splashy domino that leads to a daring drop or a hairpin turn. It is the domino somewhere in the middle that doesn't seem important. The domino no one would ever notice. But if that domino doesn't fall, the rest of the chain reaction can't happen. Wishing wishes is the same. You need to put them all out there. Do it with gusto! They are all important. You can't always see where they lead and because of that, you can't ever tell which wishes will get you where you hope to go.
Every wish matters, no matter how small or how silly you think it is. Just put it out there, because that simple act of faith in the Universe, is how it all works.
Love only,
Kat
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