Do you remember last month when I blogged about my Circle of Manifestation? Well, here we are in month two and this week a few women came to my home to continue this amazing work. Month two our focus was on sharing what had transpired over the last month and releasing what is blocking us on our path to manifest our dreams. I can tell you that I had so much to share and fear I overshared if being completely honest. But, the last month has been one of releasing. I have had issue after issue come up to be cleared and have cleared until it hurt.
We talked and colored (thanks Leonie Dawson) and drank cider and my hope was that when everyone left they would dig deep, look at their blocks and see both their goals and the way to get there clearly. But, what if you don't know what you want? Don't have goals? No dreams? I've thought about this many times and was asked that question this week by someone participating in this circle. Okay. Let's be real and honest. Your dreams, your goals, your visions do not have to be earth shattering - change the world - attempts at manifestation. They simply DO NOT. I will share with you my goals from 2015 and you will see what I mean. Pay off medical debt Purchase a new bed and mattress Finish our year of homeschooling Get clarity on what my kids need educationally Create a plan to build a business (this part of the goal was not added until July) That's it. Now, was this life-changing? Yes. For my family the answer is yes. Did I rock the world and make a statement by setting (and achieving, I might add) these goals? Well, it depends on whose world you are talking about. Why am I sharing this with you? Everyone needs a goal(s) in life. I believe this. Your goal is different my goal. Your goal may be to be the best mom you can be. Great. That's your goal. Your goal for the year may be to clean out every closet in your home. Great. Your goal may be to set better daily habits for yourself like make the bed and clean the sink at night. That's your goal. Manifestation and goal setting are not about creating enormous goals that are a going to alter the trajectory of every human on the planet. They are about looking at your life and evaluating what you have (or what you don't have in some cases), prioritizing and working to achieve that life you want. My goals this year are much larger than last year. They revolve around personal goals that primarily affect me and big goals like creating a rock-star business that serves the modern day mystics of the world. There are big financial aspects to my goals this year. There are spiritual aspects to my goals this year. The point: what is your heart's desire? That is your goal. Big, small, in-between. Only you know what you need to manifest in your life. Only you know where you are going. Clear the mental and emotional clutter, dig deep and find your answer. Your heart will lead the way.
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Do you ever feel like you are in the void? That nether place between awake and sleep or reality and fantasy or doing and not doing? Actually, I think it may be the "waiting" place that Dr. Seuss talks about in Oh, The Places You'll Go. I come here occasionally. Not intentionally, of course. I think that makes it actually worse. I've been actually wallowing in it for about 2 days. Before I go any further, I should tell you, I'm planning on leaving here tomorrow. I just needed a couple of days. Let me explain. You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace and grind on for miles cross weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place. The Waiting Place... The last 6 years I have served on a board. Various boards. Different non-profits where I felt I could serve. Saturday night brought my most recent service pretty much to a close after I organized an event with nearly 200 ticket holders plus a many entertainers and their families. I had help. Lots of of it. Nevertheless, the success or failure of the event fell on my shoulders (at least in my own mind). Truthfully, near the end I was not sure I could pull off this one last thing. But, I was in a sprint to the finish line and ready to hand off the organization to other capable hands. So, adrenaline, adrenaline, adrenaline......race, race, race. Crash. Yep. I've crashed. Not a little bit crashed. But, big, adrenaline fatigue, how the hell did I get here crash. And now, I stand - in the void. I feel a little bit like Sirius Black must have felt when he crashed through the doorway into the other side. Really. All I can say is I am choosing to honor this space. I'm going to take this time that I need to refocus and take all of that wonderful energy that I have been giving out through my volunteer work and channel it back into myself for my own success and growth. Though in the void, today I spent two hours listening to blogcasts by Leonie Dawson and how to work through the Create Your Shining Year in Biz Workbook. It was all I could do and I am now exhausted beyond words. Though in the void, I knew that if I did not find something constructive that was spiritually uplifting that would help me fill that space, I would not be satisfied. Today I stand here in the void. Tomorrow, I stand in the light. No stranger to the warm sacred circles found in women's spirituality, I found myself in the fall longing for the center of the spiral once again in my life. Upon asking my higher self and the Goddess for guidance, I was shown Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and knew that my study of this fantastic work needed to be done in sacredness with others. I created a Facebook event, cast the net, and made the call to about 35 women who I thought might, just might, benefit from this study. 7 women answered and 8 weeks of Big Magic began with uncertainty and ended in a lovely night of honoring the return of the light in the world and within ourselves on the Winter Solstice. As the women were leaving on the last night, several asked, "What's Next?" Indeed. What was next? Monthly healing sessions? Speakers? Divination? Another book study? I didn't know. What I did know was that sacred circles were involved and then, one day, it hit me. It was in the quiet of the kitchen when I was in the meditative state that the mundane task of washing dishes sometimes brings. Manifestation. A monthly manifestation circle. Big Magic. Once again I created the event and sent out the call. I knew some of last fall's participants would not come. And, I knew their place in the circle would be filled by others. The call, an honest and sincere invitation, looked like this: Through my years of spiritual study I have found that my energy is amplified and working at its highest level when done in the supportive circle of like-minded women. While metaphysical reasons abound, the reality is that sharing our hopes, dreams and visions with others in a meaningful way helps us to stay on target in our lives while weathering the storms that sometimes threaten to derail us from our course. Over the next 12-months, you are invited to a monthly manifestation circle. Within the circle, you are welcome to share your own manifestation work - the successes and the failures - and will be supported along your journey to fulfill your personal work. Each month we will share food and drink, work on a particular topic or challenge and create a visual reminder individual to each person's work. On months of an Equinox or Solstice, we will move the meeting to coordinate with those dates for a deeper work of manifestation. Little did I know when I spoke of storms derailing us, that one of the largest snowstorms in many years was to hit Nashville the weekend of our first gathering. No matter. We successfully rescheduled and truthfully, I think it will be an even larger gathering than initially planned. It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. It is also said that we often teach what we need to learn. I am both teacher and student and am open to the guidance from above and from the women who are preparing to step into the sacred circle. Watch for updates as we spiral through the year through the lens of manifestation. January's focus is visioning - creating your vision board as a visual representation of the goals you have set for the year. Many times I asked what type of meditations I do. For over 15 years I have meditated using a technique called Ascension. For a while the monks teaching the practice (the Ishayas) have been sort of of "off the grid", meaning, I have not been able to see where they are continuing their teaching. But, then again, I don't know that I looked that hard. It recently came to my attention that they are indeed in full force teaching and will be in Nashville soon to offer the First Sphere workshop. Check it out! http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Psychics/events/227500255/
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Meet DanaI’m Dana Croy and I am a modern day mama. Balancing family and work is not always easy (not to mention a little self-care). Though being Mama to two fantastic kiddos is a huge part of my life, that was not always the case. I wear many other hats and invite to sit down and find harmony with me. Archives
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