How can we ever create something great when we are aligned to shame?
and yet our humanity is an ally and not a foe
I had a very productive sleep last night with dreams upon dreams that informed a few things, including the writing of this blog.
I’ve had someone who is dear to me in my mind the last few weeks. She was in my dream last night and I woke up with the statement
How can we ever create something great when we are aligned to shame?
We may receive visions that are borne from a purity of service, but we strangle that vision when we align ourselves to shame.
How can we ever realise these visions when we are instead aligned to others’ judgments of who they think we are based on something ‘wrong’ they think we’ve done? We strangle our sovereign choice to be powerful now when we align to humiliation and the distrust and disgust of ourselves that goes hand in hand with that.
How can we ever realise these visions when we are trying to resolve conflict and disconnection with another? We strangle our ability to commune at the highest levels when we lower our focus to resolving pain.
And yet I am also not about dehumanising shame, distrust, humiliation and disconnection.
It’s not about pretending that they are not there, or pushing them to the side, ignoring them.
Because it is through the portal of our humanity that we realise our visions and create great things.
Ironic isn’t it?
It is through the portal of our humanity that we get to meet shame to free it.
It is through the portal of our humanity that we get to meet distrust and disgust and humiliation to free it.
It is through the portal of our humanity that we get to meet disconnection and pain to free it.
In fact it is through the portal of our humanity that we get to create that something great that we saw - that vision or idea or project.
Our humanity is not our foe. It is our ally.
Our humanity can often be demonised, seen as a flaw, an imperfection.
Yet our humanity is not seperate to our greatness. It is through the wisdom gained through our humanity that we grow.
And those who judge us which then in turn has us judge ourselves, like I know my friend is feeling, are actually at a soul level doing what we asked them to do so that we can be free.
Like the parable that I’ve read to clients 100’s of times, from The Little Soul and the Sun (full parable here in link)
"In the moment that I strike you and smite you," the Friendly Soul replied, "in the moment that I do the worst to you that you could possible imagine ~ in that very moment..."
"Yes?" the Little Soul interrupted, "yes...?""Remember Who I Really Am."
"Oh, I will!" cried the Little Soul, "I promise! I will always remember you as I see you right here, right now!"
"Good," said the Friendly Soul, "because, you see, I will have been pretending so hard, I will have forgotten myself. And if you do not remember me as I really am, I may not be able to remember for a very long time. And if I forget Who I Am, you may even forget Who You Are, and we will both be lost. Then we will need another soul to come along and remind us both of Who We Are."
That parable gets me every time.
How many people go and try to create something great when they are actually aligned to their shame, to their feelings of disconnection and pain?
That is never going to work.
But if we saw instead that shame, disconnection and pain were not seperate to, but vital to creating something great, we would not judge our humanity or the humanity of others as being wrong.
The tussles contain jewels of wisdom.
But we will only we receive these gifts if we see through our invisible eyes - that our humanity is a catalyst to receiving who we really are and from this place we create great things.
On another exciting note, based on my yearning to grow and grow and grow the community based on all the interconnectedness and magic within a community (that has done many great things so far), I had an epiphany last week.
Other than current or former clients, nobody really knows what I do! I haven't put a coaching offering out there to the ‘public’ other than the Kenya Retreats for about four years!
Bit of a problem then if I want to grow the community so that more magic can occur for more people!
I’ve made a commitment to myself in the next generation me that I’m going to put my love, focus and energy on educating people on what I do and how I do it.
Energetic and visionary alignment first, then the practical can hold the intuitive. Intuitive is easy for me. I’m going to get much better at the practical.
To this point, through the sacred nature of frustration I’ve been very slowly birthing a new Mastermind which replaces the yearlong Catalysts Mastermind that I’ve run for 10 years. I had no energy for The Catalysts back in June so let it go.
Very soon I’ll be letting you know in more detail about a new 6 month Mastermind called The Next Generation of You Mastermind. It will be a hybrid of 1 on 1 coaching with me, 1 on 1 coaching with magician Energy Practitioner Penny Patterson, workshops co-facilitated with the amazing New Perspectives Mentor Natalie Simes and myself and monthly group calls. Penny and Natalie are in the Sacred Leaders graduate program. How beautiful is it that the current community will be in service to the growing community?
I’ve also changed it from the former yearlong Mastermind to have a shorter run way of 6 months and have created this new hybrid structure so that coachees can get out of waiting in the transit lounge to finally landing in their power now with grace and speed. If you want to know more about it, send me an email or DM.
It will start 23 October so that coachees will not have to wait to be in their power next year, but will end 2023 already in their power.
I recorded a podcast episode that speaks to this new Mastermind in more detail. It’s here if you’d like to have a listen
Very exciting times….
Love,
Gisele