Change is the only constant and yet it is something many of us have resistance to. How can we harness the energy of change to work for us? 

For many attachment forms to the familiar and comfort zones develop. Often times when we are in a comfort zone we can just be going through the motions rather than consciously making choices about what we want to create in our lives. The waves of change come and can knock us off our feet. A master is someone who takes any situation no matter how bad it seems and changes it into better than if it never occurred. No matter what waves roll into your shore you have a choice to how you internally and externally respond. Change is driven at the level of choice.  

Change is happening at an exponential rate. Look at what has unfolded in 2020 – unprecedented change. It is a vital time to be awake and aware of ourselves. Change relates to the energies of necessity and opportunity. When you encounter change what energy do you relate to? When we are deeply in a comfort zone it can mean we miss the call of our soul and what we are really wanting. Ignoring and repressing it to the point where we respond out of the energy of necessity rather than opportunity.

Imagine your true self / higher mind wants to tell you to make a change and it can use a metaphorical feather, brick or bus. For instance, you feel called to make a change in your life’s work but are in a comfort zone in your career. First you may get a feather, a little voice inside that says perhaps I could explore this type of work. If ignored you make get the bus which could turn up as an illness, an accident, getting fired and if this is still ignored duck because you may just get a huge cosmic kick up the butt. Perhaps we have received a collective kick up the butt? It’s a matter of choice. 

Two exercises I suggest to enhance your ability to work with change are:

1. Contemplate what you want. What do you really, really want? Imagine it even if it is just for a few moments. One day I was at a Cacao ceremony on a rooftop and one of the women was cold. She kept talking about how cold she was for around ten minutes. Her partner said, “Close your eyes for a moment and imagine you were warm.” She did. A few minutes later a new person arrived and had a spare blanket. Coincidence? Matter of choice. Personally, I don’t think so. Either way, give yourself a break from ‘being cold’ whatever that is for you and take a few moments to imagine ‘being warm’. Tell your subconscious, “I choose to be warm”.

2. Do things differently. My mentor Paul went to see his teacher one month expecting a profound assignment. He told him to go away and tie his shoelaces differently and come back in 6 months. Experiment with doing things differently – tying your shoes differently, take a different pathway home, wash your body in a different order, brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand and observe your state of being. 

Get in touch with your experiences and questions and enjoy the journey.