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Celeste Hamman, The Awakening Coach

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Done with Individual Development? Evolving Together is the Answer.

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Does the idea of another self-help book, manifestation program or newest guru leave you cold?

Have you stopped journaling, writing about your feelings, or meditating on your own as much?

Lately this has been my story and I’ve also heard this from friends and clients. Actually, I think it is a GOOD sign! I think we have tipped the “100th monkey” and are entering our third wave of empowerment as humanity and YOU, my friend, are on the leading edge of that wave.

I heard Steve Rother with Espavo.org talk about 3 Waves of Empowerment several years ago and I’ve summarized it this way.

1st Wave – Our focus in early humanity was on meeting our essential needs of safety, food and security. We learned how to gather in groups and focus on the good of the whole.

2nd Wave – As primal needs were met, we began to know ourselves as individuals and our focus shifted on satisfying the needs for love and relationship, as well as vocational/educational success and achievement. At the highest vibration, we learned how to shine individually and step into authentic power.

3rd Wave – Where we are moving to is an ability to harmonize what we learned from the first two waves, how to simultaneously collaborate with others with a focus on what is best for the whole, without diminishing or diluting our own unique truth and gifts. This is a “triality” state of being, rather than “duality.”

What I took from this is that WE CAN NOT MOVE INTO THE THIRD WAVE ALONE! In order for the 3rd wave of empowerment to truly come into being, we MUST be working together with groupcocreateearth
others, all of us giving our unique gifts in service to the whole.

That’s why it no longer excites us to work on “personal” development, doing the individually focused work. Our own development, really, our own evolution, must occur in collaboration with others who are also evolving and learning this new skill of “triality.” As we evolve in this new way, we normalize synergy, collaboration, respectful interactions, and holistic empowerment as the model for the new world, bringing it into the NOW world.

You need community to evolve your capacities for living in triality, and I need your help to build the community. Won’t you help create the magic of sharing your strengths as we create together the skills for living eyes-wide-open as the physical embodiment of our Essence, our Divine Selves?

In The Spiritual Explorer’s Path we focus, as a group, on what it means to live in “triality.”   Together we practice skills over 10 consciousness sharing/expanding tele-classes beginning Tuesday, March 1. You will also receive the e-course intensive materials, downloadable meditations and a private Facebook group.

Register here:  http://channelyourhigherself.com/booksaudio/e-learning

Let’s EVOLVE together!

What I Learned During a Sabbatical

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I’m baaaccckkkkk!

You might not have noticed, but I took a year off for a sabbatical. How very grateful I am for the circumstances in my life that allowed me this incredible opportunity. I feel both a pull to return to writing and coaching, and also the tug to continue to play in the freedom of less structure. I am at a crossroads, standing with infinite possible choices in front of me. I am still sorting it out.

At this time last year I was reveling in the freedom of not being tied to a clock, having spent many years making sure the client I was with was well served and the session felt complete, all by the end of the hour, so that I could then be on time for the next person. Ahhhh, no watch! I was also highly engaged with packing up belongings for my move to a new town and setting up a new home.

What I most wanted was to luxuriate in the time and space of this opportunity and not to fill it up with “creating stuff I ‘had’ to get done,” which was a very old habit. And, I’m happy to say I took full advantage.  I spent many quiet hours meditating, journaling, taking spiritual/conscious evolutionary classes, sitting with my cat, working with a personal development book, and also, watching movies, walking, riding my bike, swimming in the river, and cooking.

Some areas of my life that I played with over the year included:

  • The call to “prove my worth” is very strong and it took awareness and willpower to stop developing an internal list of what I had done each day that could be considered “productive,” and, therefore, justify taking this “time off.” I had to break through the equation that doing = worthiness = self-acceptance. I found that noticing what is wanting to happen and then letting it unfold took both stillness and practice. Self-acceptance became something I took a stand for and not the byproduct of my “doingness.”

In what ways do you find yourself trying to prove your own worth? Does self-acceptance happen after you’ve done something to earn it, or can you accept yourself first, regardless of what you do or don’t do? Do others have to “do the right thing” before you can accept them?

  • big leapI played with concepts from the book, The Big Leap, by Gay Hendricks, especially around the commitment, “I feel good, always.”  We have ways of “upper limiting” ourselves and create problems to hold ourselves in check at a status quo. The equation might look something like, feeling good = don’t deserve this = better dampen it or something even worse will happen. Having few responsibilities was a great way to illuminate my mental habit of worrying, often daydreaming of problems that didn’t even exist! The task at hand was to raise my level of awareness to “catch myself” going down a rabbit hole and then shine a light on how I was “upper limiting” myself. Having done tons of personal development work on myself, it was actually a bit mind blowing to see how much of a habit this was for me.

Ways you might “upper limit” yourself other than using worry include criticism/blame, deflection of positive energy, squabble, or get sick/injured. Notice how often these things happen when moments before you were feeling good. Raising your level of awareness is the first step to shifting your upper limit upward!

  • One last big sandbox I played in was that of letting go of identities, particularly ones having to do with work and career. I referred to myself as “being on sabbatical” and yet I was asked all the time, “what does it feel like to be retired?” Retired? That’s for someone that’s a lot older than me, who is through with working. I felt (and sometimes still feel) so much resistance to that word, maybe because there is a part of me that fears I am through, washed up, no longer of service. What I realized from this experience was how attached I was to what I did, what I accomplished, what I was paid for and whether I was being of service. I now play a game to see if I can have a conversation with someone without saying, “I am ….., marriedcoco on hike, a coach, a this or that.” It’s NOT easy!!! Even deeper, however, I have begun to feel the identities I hold as cords, and play with the feeling of unraveling and loosening the hold they have on me. My aging cat helped me with this when I became way too attached to caring for him. Energetically I felt the cord I had attached to him as his “caretaker” and together, at least it felt that way, we severed the cord. It was actually quite painful, both physically and emotionally for me, but it was such a clear understanding of just how bound to our identities we can be. I will always honor him for this precious lesson. I am still very much engaged with the prospect of what it looks and feels like to let go of attachments to what and who I think I am.

Notice your inner energy state whenever you hear the words, “I am [a]” come out of your mouth. Do you puff up with pride; do you feel shame? Is there a “need” to claim this identity? It’s the noticing of how tightly you feel attached to this identity that is interesting and how it might feel to let it begin to slide away, or even loosen its hold just a little bit.

Maybe what I most want you to know is that none of these things I talked about are “problems,” and I don’t think they need to be “fixed” or “healed,” for me or for you. They were the places I “played” while I was experiencing life without a lot of borders. I share them with you here so that if you notice these in yourself, you’ll recognize them for the “games that people play,” learn what you want to from the game, then let go of any attachment or identification with them. Where I always return after any “playful examination,” is that life is the most fun when you know yourself to be the Divine Spirit that you are, and allow yourself to fully incarnate on this Earth as Spirit having fun playing a human.

I look forward to sharing resources and writing about multi-dimensional living again. Please join me on my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ChannelYourHigherSelf, for fresh insights and upcoming programs that hold cutting edge opportunities for evolving your self and our world.

Heads Up!  My newest e-learning product and telecourse revolves around incarnating as Spirit!  Check out The Spiritual Explorer’s Path.  New class begins Tuesday, March 1.

Tell me, in what areas of your psyche are you playing with these days?

Is This 5D Body Consciousness?

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Ooooo-weeeee!  It’s always interesting to set intentions and then see what shows up!

The intention I set this past summer was to explore a deeper experience of body consciousness that is natural, whole and infinite; a consciousness that is distinct from my Essence, yet entangled with it.  My sense of this body consciousness that is emerging through me is different than anything I’ve read about or experienced before.

It is not about how emotions and limiting beliefs are stored in the body, though I am quite aware of this consciousness and have tools and techniques to explore this inner landscape.  Nor is it about using consciousness to morph or shift my physical body, as I also have experiences, tools and processes to do this as well.   It is a consciousness I have not yet fully grasped, but can sense a distinction for myself that is beyond the denseness of 3D physicality, yet is completely in the physical realm.

I just returned from a very physically focused vacation of hiking and mountain biking where I had a couple of experiences that seem to relate to my intention of getting a deeper sense of an innate body consciousness.  The first was an experience that seemed to be stored in my very DNA at the lowest end of the vibration scale, while the second experience seemed to be total integration of my physicality with the environment at higher vibrations.

Luckily for us the state of Utah took up the expense of the national parks and opened Arches NP.  One of the most recognizable images of this park is the “Delicate Arch” which Delicate Archtakes a 1 ½ mile hike up, up, up to see.  It is outstandingly beautiful.  Much to my surprise, however, I experienced an anxiety attack stepping onto the slanted rock that surrounded the arch.  Though called “slick rock,” the surface of this rock is like sand paper, not slick at all, but rather sticky.  Kids were jumping and running all around me, yet my body began to shake uncontrollably.  It was incredibly interesting for me to observe the “irrational” sense of a lack of safety, and I was fascinated to hear myself actually begin to whimper and cry, even as my husband supported my body and tried to walk me toward the arch.  I tried to “feel” for the fear, but actually couldn’t find a field of energy, it felt “outside” of emotion.  This experience was definitely in the “lizard” brain, my body reacting to it’s own “danger, danger” warning signal, something ingrained or conditioned.  What occurred to me, even in that moment, is that I was experiencing the physical representation of the separated body consciousness, just like lower vibrating Ego states are the representation of the separated Essence.

Onion Creek TrailOn our last day in Moab, we mountain biked through beautiful red rock canyons along Onion Creek.  We crossed the creek 20+ times on the way out, challenging my skills, but doable.  After our lunch break we retraced our ride, this time with a downhill gradient, and the creek crossings took on a whole new feel.  It felt like I had become one with this environment.  The water splashing sounded like laughter.  The sandy loam that had tugged me off the bike on the way out, seemed to pull me forward and through to firmer soil as we flew back to the car on our bikes.  The blue sky, the red rock, the laughing stream, the sandy soil, the bike and my body were all co-creating simultaneously the physical expression of joy!

Yes, the emotion was there, but it was more than that.  I was experiencing the physical sensation of an expanded body consciousness, in its whole and natural state of physicality integrating in oneness with other physicality just like when I feel myself as expanded Essence and a facet of All That Is.  To me, these feel like distinct, yet entangled, states of consciousness.  It was a “taste test” of what is possible, of what I think 5D physicality might feel like.  I look forward to more of it!

Are You Playing with A New Sense of Your Body Consciousness?

  •  You can learn a lot of fun tools and processes that connect you to higher states of consciousness in the Consciousness Playground with Wendy Down.  She is currently running a program for an online Quantum Body Sculpting program.
  • How often do you consciously connect with your body in physical ways?  Not just a workout, but rather a focused sensing of your physical self interacting with the physical world.  I often play the game of “I am that also” and actually feel myself as the tree branches blowing in the wind, or the persistent steadiness of a large rock, or the muscles, tendons and joints of a working muscle.  In what ways do you play in physicality?   Please, comment below.
  • What are your ideas about the physical aspects of being in a 5D world?