Tips to Stop Trippin'

When you're spinnin' and you need to regain your center, your composure, your sanity, and your peace, it seems like you can't remember a thing to do to get out of the trenches and come from your heart instead. Here are a few pointers, reminders, and tips to stop you from trippin' and put an end to the spin.

Get Outa My Head

Whose thoughts are these anyway?  Pay attention to who’s thinking for you and exit any outside voices.  What others will think, what we should be doing, even judging self.

Hall Monitor

If it’s out of bounds on the outer, it’s out of bounds on the inner.  If you wouldn’t be allowed to say it to someone else, not ok to say to self.  Monitor and replace with love.  Seed the love.  Weed the critic.

Comparability

Who’s who is misconstrued.  Nothing is what it seems.  We all have our own ‘stuff’ going on and our own weaknesses and strengths.  It’s easy to look at someone else and compare notes as a way of making yourself wrong (or right) and not worthy ( or better than).  Set the boundary.  Don’t do it.  It’s not fair to you.  It’s only your perception.  And most of the time, it’s not real.

Retrograde

Perusing the past doesn’t serve when it involves condemnation and regret.  Coulda, shoulda, woulda.  Long lost opportunities and golden windows are all another form of self-sabotage…AND a big form of running away.  It’s easy to get lost there and completely hijacked from a loving vibration.  Swimming in back thoughts of yesterday are an easy way to avoid making the shift, being accountable. And surfing the now.  Say no to the rewind and yes to the reward and the resources of the now.

Head Trip

Stay out’a that head- you’re thinking too much.  If you find yourself lost in thought, unable to exit from your head space, or tail-spinning on this internal tangent or that- eject.  Get out’a there, at all costs.  Move out of that head space, because the longer you remain, the more susceptible you are to being sunk deeper.  Distraction, meditation, exercise, engage- whatever it takes to create new movement will create new flow- oxygen to the situation, stirs the stagnant waters of what’s breeding in your head.

Stop the Insanity

Judgment, self-loathing, criticality, berating, and otherwise dragging yourself through the mud are all acts of cruelty.  It’s abuse.  Not allowed.  Recognize when you’re wounding you and raise the bar.  Set the intention for self-love and soothe you instead.  Call on the angels if you have to, but don’t tolerate the mean girl in your head. It sets your inner child reeling and running for cover, gives the inner critic free reign, and sends you into a state of turmoil and inner dichotomy.  Who’s side are you on anyway?  Really for team YOU.  You really can move mountains with you on your side.  Be the liberator and the invigorator rather than the kiss of death.

Create the Intention and Ground Rules

Establish what’s acceptable and what’s no long er part of the game.  You create the stag.  Set it up to your advantage.  Knowing and being clear ahead of time what’s allowed and what’s forbidden will help you be more solid in times of inner-spinning.  Write down the rules if you have to, then be prepared to take action and blow the whistle on the out-of-bounds when the time comes to jump in.

Love, Love, Love

Water it with love.  Nourish yourself, do something healthy, playful, creative, or fun.  All of these shift energy and take you to a higher vive of love.  Switch gears and open to a new way to get out of the rut.  Listen to Spirit for clues as to what to do.  When you turn on your higher-realm ears, you’ll receive.  Follow the small voice guidance even when there’s a pep-rally of funk in your head.

Don’t Follow the Stream

One thought creates another and another, and before long you’re barreling down the rapids with tocks tied to your feet.  Thoughts are seed.  When you plant them, they sprout and germinate.  Be mindful of your garden.  Some weeds too easily take hold and smother the life of what you’re trying to grow.

Thought Magnets

When you think one good thought, it attracts another.  When you think one bad thought, it attracts ten.  Once you are hooking into a pervasive pattern of negativity, fully bought into a story, you’re going to  magnetize back up and proof and soon anything that can be attached to that mind from and support it will be standing in line for a turn at taking you down.  Realize that you can change the story at any time and that changing the story pulls the plug on the evolution of discordant energy.  De-magnetize the not-feel-good stuff, release the charge, and you destabilize the fib.

Intend Higher

Simply state “I wish to go higher’ in a moment when you know your vibration needs to shift and the intention will extend to your Higher Self which will jump in and show you the way.

Change the Script

When you catch yourself in your story and your story’s going round in your head, jump ship.  You don’t have to be part of that screen play in your mind anymore- just quit.

Detachment Is Your Friend

Release the need to know, to make happen, to control the outcome or anticipate the need. Release the comfort of the familiar, of the recognizable triggers and dramas, of the need to do it the same. Let go, release, surrender. In this you will come to a place of allowing and you will come to a place of peace.

So, go in peace, my friend.  And remember, you're not alone, you're not crazy, this will not last forever, and there is always, always and forever a way through, a way forward, and a way called love.

Blessing you quadruple,

~Rhonda

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Copyright © 2010 Rhonda Simpson~Conscious Co-Creating. Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this transmission on the condition that the content remains complete and in tact, full credit is given to the author, and that it is distributed freely.   

Conscious Solutions~Feeling Into Empowered Responsability For You

It’s time to move to a place of taking action based on instructions received from the Creator. This is Conscious Co-Creating. You become aware of (by feeling into) how you’re thinking, feeling, being. And upon realizing you’re in a lower-state story, you immediately make a shift to a higher place where the answers you’re seeking, and the solution, can be received.

If you have the problem, you have the solution. But as long as you’re focused on the dense, heavy emotions of the ‘problem’ you’re going to remain stuck. By telling the story over and again, to yourself or someone else, you are actually breathing fire into it, expanding it, and creating more muck. You have to let go of the problem in order to receive the solution.

To get to the solution, you have to get out of your thoughts.  You have to get out of your head, out of the lower vibration.  Your focus is mind-based when you are complaining about the problem or retelling the story. Your focus is heart-based when you are focused on the solution, focused on the fix rather than being stuck. 

In order to be clear, you have to be able to hear. What’s in the way of that receiving? If there are strong beliefs that conflict with your inner truth and the greater guidance- then that’s where the shift needs to take place. Go to Creator and get clarity about what needs to go.

If courage or strength are the obstacles in question, if you doubt your ability to be what you need to be in order to get the outcome you wish to receive, then ask for that. Pray to be strong, pray to be brave, and then move out of the way.

In all situations that are lower, command to go higher and your higher self will meet you where you are and show you the way up.

Shift your values.  If we’re true to our story and our story doesn’t’ reflect our highest truth then perhaps it’s time to reflect on what your story is breeding and what you’d like to grow.  All of us long for peace, harmony, and love.  Does what you’re telling yourself (or anyone else for that matter) create fear, anger, agony or does it create peace and love?

The story you’re telling yourself will either raise of lower your vibration.  The more you tell it, the more you maintain the vibration or create more of the same.  What are you creating?  How conscious are you about your creations?

Become mindful of your reactions, of your triggers, of the temptations to grab on tight to that story and let it carry you away.  You have a choice.  You are in power, not your tale.  Decide that you aren’t going to be dictated and disturbed by the story that’s rising in your consciousness and grab onto a different version instead.

It’s challenging at first to turn down the temptation.  There’s almost a decadence to it, especially if it’s worn in and familiar. There’s comfort in the same.  But notice where it gets you when you dip your feet in those waters.  Notice your breath.  Notice your vibration.  And shift out before it takes you too low to shift out as easily.

You story is simply only based on your perception.  And your perception isn’t necessarily real.  As you are creating a new reality, you will need to alter the way you do things in order to support the new you.

Become conscious of your choices and decide what’ best for you.  You have the authority, you don’t need to divert to someone else to help you see.  That connection is yours and it’s unequivocal.  That’s just hard to see sometimes when you’re stuck in the muck.

You have to soften in order to receive the guidance you seek.

You have to want the solution over the problem. If your payoff involves recreating the problem and the pain, question whether or not you would place higher value on peace, love, harmony and unity and then let that be your intent. Raise your vibration by raising your intent. Intend to go higher so that you can see from a perspective that’s clear.

As long as you remain in the lower vibration of the story or the problem, you are creating more space for it and manifesting more thoughts, emotions, dramas, and recreations of the same. Taking the first step and doing it a new way, an empowered way, will set you up to do it a next time and a next. You are creating a new pattern by stepping out of the old

When we are stuck we tend to go outside of ourselves for the solution. We encourage you to remember that the answers you seek are within. If you create the shift out of the low vibration and go higher, you will receive the information and the guidance you seek. This is about taking responsibility for your own life, your energy, and your problems. In taking responsibility and ownership, you become empowered. You realize that you have the power and the solution, you have the wisdom and the strength and you begin to know that you CAN move forward beyond what seems to be in your way.

You are the creator and the creation. Soften into a new way of being that engulfs your inner power, wisdom and love. This is the way forward. This is the way to BE. The more you practice awareness in these areas of your life, the more you'll be able to shift to a place of higher connection, from where you'll be able to constantly receive. And from that place is flow. Your energy is your responsibility. Your thoughts, your feelings, your being. In everything you do, be mindful of one thing... What's your energetic footprint- what is the mark your leaving on your own life and on others, on the world at large and into the collective. Are you creating the greater good or are you adding to the pollution?

Mastering mindfulness and creating change, you're on your way to the next thing- the bigger, the better, the best you can be.  Because in this moment you choose higher, and in the next that's what you receive.

In Gratitude for you,

~Rhonda

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Copyright © 2010 Rhonda Simpson~Conscious Co-Creating. Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this transmission on the condition that the content remains complete and in tact, full credit is given to the author, and that it is distributed freely.  

The Circus Is In Town

Step right up, the circus is in town. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…You are probably feeling a bit like your own one-man circus right now as you’re integrating more of your truth, learning to operate on a new level, and excavating what needs to go in order for you to go higher.  And though you may have felt at times recently like you’ve been swept into a whirlpool of uncertainty or that you’ve been put through the meat grinder, you may also have noticed that the carousel stops for no one. If it was a question before, it’s becoming clear that the show must go on. And despite the seeming occasional pitfalls or hoops to jump through, perhaps you’re beginning to realize that in a way you can’t always quite put your finger on, it certainly is the greatest show on earth.

And in this great event, the event of a lifetime, you are playing all the roles, performing all of the performances, and in attendance as your own audience. Here are some of the highlights. See where you can recognize yourself.

The Clown: As we become amused by and aware of all of our crazy antics and attachments and embark on outgrowing our habitual ways of doing things (that really never worked to begin with) as well as all of the ways that we’ve hidden from the world and our selves, we can’t help but find the humor as we find the compassion for who we’ve been, what we’ve held onto, and how we’ve handled things. We begin to see the humor in the paradoxes, the ironies, the uncomfortable truths, and in life itself. And we’re finding that sometimes (always) it’s better to laugh at ourselves than to take it all so seriously.  Because in the end, who are we left to contend with anyway, but our own beautiful souls. And the laughter and a smile that comes strait from the our spirit can melt away even the most serious of situations. And as we begin to appreciate and embrace our own crazy unique way of doing things, we begin to soften, and allow our selves to be even more silly, to release the shame of hiding our individuality, and to put on not only a happy face but even a whacky hat and  polka dot pants when we feel like it because the joy of being free now outweighs the comfort of conforming to the ‘norm’.

The Tight-Rope Walker: As we sail between worlds, between two ways of being, and venture out into the unknown, we may find ourselves often walking a tight line and wondering if there is indeed a net below to catch us if we fall. We’re learning to go on faith, to encapsulate courage, and to go out on a limb in order to be more fully in the space of who we truly are and to go beyond the ways that we’ve been. We’re discovering the necessity of balance and the bridge that unfolds once we’ve gained greater leverage in focusing on what really matters and paying attention to what throws us off kilter. We see where we’re going and becoming clear about our intention to get there which is helping us to avert the pit-stops, the distractions, the temptations to fall back into comfortable ways, and the tendency to give up before we get there. We know we’re higher up above all that has been and the thrill of that and of accomplishing such a feat out-shadows the terror of possibilities that we might meet our doom and propels us forward in ways we sometimes can’t even comprehend. Such is faith.  And as long as we walk that rope, we’re sure to get there.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears (oh my!): As we face our shadows and fears, trying not to spook ourselves and maintain some sense of composure and some sense of our selves, we are faced with all of the uglies that we’ve turned from for so long. The funny thing is, once we peak out from behind our hands, we see that what may have once been terrifying really isn’t so bad, it was only looming, only larger than life because of our fears. And as we make friends with these parts and pieces and invite them to stay, we begin to know that we are greater because of them. What would a circus be without all of its wild beast turned tame to perform right before our eyes? And what would your journey be without the challenge of the cultivation of fears into falsehoods, and shadow into light?

Fire Breathers: We are going beyond our common capabilities, possibilities, and expectations. We are stepping in to a realm of doing, being, and living in ways we never quite thought possible. And we’re finding it completely exhilarating. We are stepping into our power, embracing our inner flame, and breathing that fire into our lives in order to bring forth our greatest potential and in order to prove to ourselves ( and the world ) that in the Land of New, there’s nothing that we can’t make happen.

Jugglers and Acrobats: As we learn to accommodate higher and lower selves, inner and outer worlds, and multiple realities and dimensions we are put to the feat of keeping all balls in the air at once while simultaneously flipping backwards. And all of this acrobatic juggling is challenging, at best, yet invigorating as we begin to actually accomplish it. We are so much more than we know. And we’re beginning to see, for the first time, in plain sight, that what we’re made of is spectacular and miraculous, and in all ways pliable. We really can bend that far!  We really did just manage to keep eight balls in the air while balancing a stick on our forehead. And we did it with ease, and there was even some grace in there, and by God, we just might do it all over again, because what’a ya know, we’re good at this, and we Like it!

Freak Show: As we peel back layers of unconscious and get face to face with the sorrow and shame of what’s been too terrible to show to the worlds in the light of day, and as we learn to be comfortable in our own skin, we see that our ‘freakiness’ is worthy of splendor, and that what makes us a little different is what makes us unique to begin with. And as we embrace all of those imperfections and invite them back into the whole, we start to shine out, speak out, branch out for all the world to see what only yesterday was worth hiding, and what tomorrow will be the star of our ever-expanding one-man show.

Ring Leader: As we recognize and step into the role of master of ceremonies, commanding attention where it needs to go, shining the spotlight on what needs to perform on the stage of our lives, and divert our crowded mind from distractions, we begin to know that we are the ones who we need to give our power over to, that the authority of our lives is ours, and that we no longer need follow any other program than the one written in our hearts.

And all of this is playing out simultaneously. There aren’t a lot of intermissions.  Sometimes it’s messy, and loud. And it is, most of the time, for a little while (at least while the show’s in town) a three-ring performance.

By the way, you’re the audience too, as you learn to watch and learn from the stance of observer. You’ve paid for this ticket. You’re here for the show.  Sit back and enjoy. Be marveled. It will be over before you know it. And though you may have your doubts in the moment, you will say when it’s all said and done that this certainly was a show not to be missed.

Remember, it's ALL good. We're here to enjoy. And life wouldn't be life if it wasn't a little crazy sometimes. You're expanding beyond your know, but the spectacular is in the show, so savor it, breathe, and behold the new you and the old are all becoming acquainted, on purpose, so that you can finally shine. Celebrate that!

Savor the experience. Be your All! Take in all that you're finding out you're capable of in these moments. You're the star, baby. Shine on.

To the love of life!

~

Rhonda

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Copyright © 2010 Rhonda Simpson~Conscious Co-Creating. Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this transmission on the condition that the content remains complete and in tact, full credit is given to the author, and that it is distributed freely. 

Embodiment; Anchoring Spirit in Form

This is a time of embodying sprit. As we journey through our awakening we often find ourselves out of our bodies as we encounter painful layers of emotion and face aspects or our truth that may seem too painful to bear and as we soar to new spiritual heights and want to stay there. We leave our bodies out of fear and through bliss. We are challenged now to become anchored and to not only be but to remain embodied as we become reconnected with our souls. When we are used to being ‘out of body’ or differentiating body from soul, this task of embodiment can be challenging. But when we focus our intent and our attention on creating the space to embody more fully, we will find that being in-body is a purer way to experience the flow.

How do we know when we’re out of our bodies? You may have trouble breathing, feel heavy, feel slow.  You’re experiencing the lack of flow, the shell of body without spirit, the lack of fluidity as you’re operating from one place while in another and your energy isn’t sure which way to go. Perhaps your feeling clumsy, flat and unemotional or overly emotional (or vacillating between both), easily confused, tired, restless, irritable, or insane (depending on how long you’re been out). Once you ground these symptoms will begin to dissipate and the void between you and You will disappear. Other clues of outer-bodied-ness: Watch your word.  You may find yourself saying things like ‘I’m out of it’.  ‘I’m not myself’, ‘I’m just not here today’. And these are all true. On some level you know that you’re disconnected, you’re not anchored, and you need to get back ‘in’. You may have trouble connecting with others, which can be difficult when you’re disconnected with yourself. And you may find that you’re disconnected with the divine, but that’s just a symptom of being out of alignment and alignment now calls for embodiment, for being fully in.

As you begin to embody the light, you will find that you have similar qualities of experience as far as fatigue, weakness of strength, lethargy, and general malaise.  This is your body reformatting to hold the form, hold the mass, hold indefinitely, rather than the intermediate revolving door of spirit in and spirit out that’s been the way of life for so many for so long.  Part of realigning is remembering what it means to be sprit and reacquainting yourself with the ways of this new world you’re re-creating within your being.

Spirit wants to take you to your fullest potential.  Most of us are not used to, or even familiar with our fullest potential in form.  Becoming familiar with your body, creating a relationship with it by listening to it and honoring its needs is an excellent start in developing the space to Know who and what you are as a physical being who Is spirit.  And it can be an excellent time to explore.

In anchoring, we are asked to create balance and creation by conjuring the inner male; the masculine that brings spirit into form, that fertilizes the egg, that brings dreams to reality. Without the masculine aspect, it is too easy to only envision and to only create within the realm of our hearts or our minds. By embodying the masculine, we anchor into reality, we bring forth and manifest in the physical, what we desire. Explore this aspect of your self and the aspects of power, determination, and implementation it entails. There is also a disciplined and driven component to the male energy which allows you to complete and to shuck what needs to go. The yin and yang of you need to be joined, as do the body and soul. Moving into allowing all to come forth creates new planes of reality that set the stage for integration of your dreams.

All of this is about learning to listen closer and learning to trust what’s told. As we’re growing in spirit, we are reminded where we are rigid and where we need to soften.  Spirit is fluid.  It will ask us to be flexible.  Be open and subject to change- in any moment. And in our ‘testing’ or training period, we will be guided to one thing, perhaps rather strongly, and then may find that we are just as intuitively guided to do something completely different.  This is not a mixed message from spirit, or a misinterpretation on your part.  This is a teaching of non-attachment, of fluidity, and the ability to turn on a dime as you listen deeply to, and follow just as closely, the direction from within.

Remember the elements. Water is extremely grounding and purifying. Salt baths, water play, and any contact with water really, can help you to embody and bring greater peace. Connect with the wind, the breeze, the outdoor air under a starry-night sky or beneath a tree. Breathing brings balance, restores the flow, softens rigidity, and reminds you to slow. Wiggle your toes in grass that’s been kissed by the morning dew.  Place your feet in a tub of volcanic rocks or sand when feeling extra spacey or like you’ve got a lot of energy running through. Stare into the majestic flame of a candle or a campfire to realign or create the fire element through smudging with sage. We are all elements.  All elements exist within our being. Part of this embodiment is bringing these elements together, pulling on their strengths, and bridging the separateness between them as we begin to know the power of the fire within, the sacredness of our inner flow, the purity of our breath, and the necessity to ground in form.

Create flow through movement. It realigns you with your body and helps establish connection with the present and with the knowing that you are spirit in body and not just spirit out. Movement restores balance to the chi.  Walking is good.  Yoga is excellent.  Any form of exercise is helpful.  Movement is necessary as you’re integrating all aspects of self and creating  a balanced way of being.  How can you ‘embody’ spirit when you’re not connected with your form?

Anchoring energy (spirit) in body can be leveraged by concentrating on the sensual, the sexual, the pleasures and the treats.  Ground and balance the first and second charkas by implementing the creativity and the pure possibility of spirit in this endeavor.  Meet basic needs with compassion and renewed caring,  honoring your nutritional needs and learning about what your body really desires, every body being different- yours is you unique own design.  How does it tick? Cultivate that awareness.  Ask questions and listen and even let yourself be surprised by what you hear.

Find balance in resting, in lounging,, in luxuriating and lazing around. Add the rejuvenating and powerful effects of meditation, stretching, mudras, and breath-work to you mix.

Notice how much sleep you truly thrive on and become accountable for sufficient rest time as a way to flow more balance to all of your organs as well as a way to overcome the deplete.  Resist the urge to be rigid as you’re channeling the flow and allowing your spirit to tell you which way to go.  Sometimes your sleep needs are minimal and the ‘need’ for playtime or creation will outweigh the sleep-time tally, so remember to let spirit determine the Know.

This is how you become more fluid.  This is how sprit can begin to fill your body with greater ease. This is where you learn to trust.

Remember that basic needs extend beyond the basics and that as spirits  (and bodies) we have pleasure quotas to fill.  Extend into grounding your second chakra qualities of playfulness, creativity, and intimate pleasures as well. Taste your experiences, as if for the first time, fully exploring with your senses, as a new way of connecting with the glorious You.  Explore new ways to treat yourself and nourish that involve pleasure and touch (which the body thrives on).  Try reflexology, energy therapy, or message.

Take guidance from Gia when you find the embodiment to be beyond your measure.  She, like you, is consciousness in form.  Let her show you the grace and the ease with which she’s embodied soul.  Feel her wisdom come through the earth and in through your toes.  Amaze yourself with her character as you take in the simplicity and profundity of her sprit in the mountains, in the tress, in the meadows. She is here to teach us and she’s definitely one who Knows.

Stand tall, and strong.  Integration of the light means facing what’s been hiding, means overcoming the ways in which you’ve given into the dark. As clear of a conduit as you can be benefits your receiving of the pure and the divine which benefits your embodiment. The taller you stand, the more you come into your power as a soul, creating the space for fluid movement of energy up and down the spine, up from the earth and into your body, down from the cosmos and into your form.  Receiving the light. Living your truth, proud with excellent posture, with charkas aligned, releasing restriction, receiving the flow.

When you’re having trouble ‘hearing’ spirit, become slow.  Stop what you’re doing, stop what your thinking, and slow.  You can get the Know in the slow.  In the texts of ancient wisdom there is no hurry.  There’s no rush in getting acquainted with your soul. Be still and see where it wants you to go.

Be with who you Are. Take the time to become one again, beautiful body, beautiful soul. This isn’t about being perfect, this is about aligning with the flow. There are many ways to get there. These examples are just a few to help you through. Your body knows what it wants, your soul knows what it needs. Become that. Become the facilitator by becoming reacquainted and by stepping into the Know.  Your ‘Know’ is within you. That’s where it’s always been. Step into that place and live from it, staying present, staying in instead of out, and in the process becoming whole.

This is your journey. It's the journey of the hero. You have everything you need to make the transition into oneness. Shine your light on the path as you venture forward. Into your greatness, into your vast and immeasurable divinity, into the awe-filled wonder of the being your in the process of becoming as you make room for your spirit to fill your form. 

Abundant blessings and blissful dreams,

~Rhonda

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Copyright © 2010 Rhonda Simpson~Conscious Co-Creating. Permission is granted to copy and redistribute this transmission on the condition that the content remains complete and in tact, full credit is given to the author, and that it is distributed freely.