Full Dimensional Living

Transformation is an process of alchemy  – a transmutation that happens in the deep underground of our being. We cannot control this process at will, for it is driven by the very force of Evolution…that which calls and guides all Life to grow. We can however help catalyze the force within us, strengthening our connection to it so that it may do its deep work upon our being and in our life.

The truth is that transformation rarely occurs with one swoop. Yes, there are big ah-has, but real and lasting change and growth happens in increments…noticed when we awake one day and realize we feel, and are, different. Noticed in the midst of challenge that no longer has the same emotional charge or that we respond to differently.

Our work is to create Personal Practices, or rituals of well-being that are done daily, with commitment and courage. There are many such practices, including meditation, prayer, dance, drawing and journaling. A good, transformative practice takes you through The 3 Gateways of Transformation.  Over the next few posts we will explore these 3 Gateways: Presence, Awareness and Bearing Witness.

As we step into our place of Evolutionaries we are asked to embrace and surrender to the mystery and beauty of the process, doing our part by showing up to it through holy practices of Self-emergence.

Until next time…your companion on the journey,

Tracy

I’ve been a certified growth junkie for the better part of two decades, and for a good part of that time the question that drove me ever forward was HOW? I read the books, got the degree and certifications, did the work, worked with others, and still the question burned inside me. I kept feeling like everything I read and studied gave me bits and pieces of the answer and pointed to that sacred destination of the essential Self and an authentic life. I would go here and then there for ideas and practices, and then I would stop it all and steep myself in my own processes and experiences, seeing where they pointed and where they led. I don’t know if you’re like me or not, but after all those years and all that work I felt very “intelligent” in the matters of mind, consciousness, spirituality and growth, but still struggled for the bottom of the belly knowing, for true wisdom that comes from within and for the experience of it all in my bones and the sinew of my being.

When my son was born I got very absorbed in the survival of new motherhood, in keeping my sanity on literally NO sleep. My sanity was found in continuing to challenge my mind and spirit, mostly at the time, through the books of Ken Wilber. I read and read and read (when I possibly could) and I continued to do some coaching. And the question continued to haunt me. Yes…I understood what I sought, where I desired to get to, but I still yearned for something clearer in the How department. Something new, different…something that took it all and put it together in some graceful dance. Not something necessarily pre-prescribed down to the every step to be taken, but something that revealed the big picture, that offered guideposts – a travel guide of sorts that would provide an overview of the landscape and give some points of interest, warnings and restful stops along the way.

The question pushed and pushed, rolled around inside me until one day it found its way to the surface, in the form of a very primary sketch – a map…a roadmap. The Full Dimensional Life Map. And then, over the course of time, the program was born. All out of that one question that wouldn’t rest – HOW?

The real answer to How is pretty simple: get to know yourself – deep and well. All the nooks and crannies. Be willing to look into the dark places and see what hides there. Be willing to look straight into the light and not shrink back.

It’s not easy to do, but it is absolutely essential. Not just for your own best interest and happiest life (though that’s good enough reason) but for all of humanity – really. It’s been said in a hundred different ways, but it begins with each of us, we are the light…so we must show up and burn as brightly and as fully as we can.

There is no need to take this trip alone, however. Actually, it is best that when we set out on the adventure of Self-emergence that we take with us a guide, that we go with companions. Our journeys may be different in view and way, but we are all headed for the same place – the holy ground of our most true and brilliant Selves. And we all have similar places we must visit before getting there.

So find a good tour book and a map and set forth. The trip of your life awaits.

Be well. Blessings for the journey,

Tracy

Carl Jung once said, “A whole person walks with God and wrestles with the Devil.” On our trip into self-emergence we are asked to discover the holy ground within us, to protect and carry the flame of our unique brilliance. We are also required to meet the places within us that challenge and limit us…our fears, flaws and shadows. We cannot step fully into the light unless and until we are willing to walk into the dark and face what is there. Then and only then we can embrace and integrate the whole, making choices from awareness and surrendering what we must.

Taking this journey is no easy matter and it’s not one that ever truly ends. But it is essential if we are to live our greatest stories and bloom into our greatest, most authentic nature. Real work in personal and spiritual development includes story and shadow work. It guides us both lovingly and fiercely through all the rooms of our own being, turning on the lights so that we may live at home with our soul. Over and over I take this journey myself and so I know it never really ends. There is always more to learn, to bring into awareness, to integrate and transcend. More ways to stretch and grow. Some I resist and so encounter over and over. Some I move through and then reach into higher ground and more complex learnings. Still, evolution never reaches a final destination.

So, is it worth it? Story and shadow work can be painful and difficult. Isn’t “ignorance bliss”? Sometimes, I admit, I think it just might be! But quickly I say…yes, it is worth it. For to live in awareness, awakened to my choices – whatever they may be –  and to the role I play in my own life and in the world…is to LIVE, and only with commitment to awareness does the possible expand. To live asleep, in denial or possessed by the Shadow is to never even know what life you have lived.

And to walk with God..that is worth it all. Truth is, we all always walk with God, even in the midst of our trials. But just as potential, possibility and the strength of our flame grows with our awareness, so does the depth and instensity of our communion with the Divine.

First step? Sit quietly. Breathe deep. And speak from your heart to the eternal essence of all that is. You will be heard and your call will be answered. Carve out time each day to sit in communion with yourSelf…to pray, meditate, journal, breathe. Begin with relationship…with Yourself…with God – one will always lead you to the other, deeper and deeper. I promise.

And always, always…reach out and seek the support  you need.

Be well. Blessings.

Tracy

I am a Florida girl and so still wonder at the snow that covers the Colorado ground. On those mornings when it is fresh and new, and intensely beautiful I am reminded of a helicopter trip I took to the top of a glacier in Alaska years ago. Not a footprint in the snow, not a sound. The thought that resonated in my head was, ”only God lives here.” And as I flew away, over that crystal blue ice, I realized that there is such a place in each of us…a place wild, free and untouched – a holy place…from where our greatest passion arises. We tap into this and find all that we are meant to become.