As we ascend, we gain consciousness of the more subtle aspects of our being and begin to connect with all that is.
We are one with the cosmos whether we realize it or not. Realizing it, though, quickens our spiritual energy and allows us access to higher realms. In those higher realms lies the awareness that we are more than just finite physical beings living one life in one place at one point in time. Connecting with this awareness is to awaken to the truth and take a step forward, and upward, on our soul’s journey. This upward movement is known as ascension because the more we remember who we are and embody that truth, the higher our energy vibrates; we ascend up the scale from the gross physical plane to the subtle spiritual plane. As we ascend, we gain consciousness of the more subtle aspects of our being, with the ultimate outcome being a complete identification with the light body, an experience of unification with the cosmos.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
The above is quoted from an email that was in my inbox this morning. It's a little weekly inspirational email list I am on, called Daily Om. Today's quote could not have been more appropriate to the events of my weekend, specifically last night.
As you know I have been studying to become a yoga teacher. I will graduate in a month, with a certification to teach. About three weeks ago, my good friend Liz was telling me that we should go into business together. This amazing woman has recently graduated from law school, and also has a new baby (along with three older children.) They have become my family, locally.
When Liz told me that I should go into business with her, I balked, then laughed in her face. Then hemmed and hawed about all the reasons I could not go into business for myself (bad credit, fear, no health insurance, fear, not being sure enough of myself as a teacher yet, fear.)
I never thought I wanted to do business for myself, and yet, the universe keeps telling me that it's time to start down the path. Or rather, I have been on that path all along, I have simply come to the part of the road now where it's time to part ways with the 9-5 of being a worker-bee, and take the road less traveled, (though perhaps more heavily foot-fallen, worn deep with the hard work and labor of love that only a small business owner can put in.)
I have known for the past 4 years that I can't stay working in an office for any extended length of time. It's been this feeling that has partially inspired me to find the way for myself. To find the way to where I am supposed to be.
I want to be able to explain why I now know it is time for this complete overhaul of my lifestyle. (As everything as I know it will necessarily change once this ball gets rolling.)
However, I can't possibly tell you this without getting into my own spiritual beliefs, which are outlined, very simply in the quote above. I feel that every step we take in life is a choice. However, I also feel, very strongly, that the Universe (or God, or gods, or goddesses or Allah, or Yaweh, or whatever word you choose to define the Divine Spirit that is within each of us) provides us with road signs along the way. If we are open to the signs, we will wake up to them. They have always been there, it is up to us to see them and to choose whether to live in our "Right Thing" or to remain quiet, and unattuned, ignoring the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) clues that are being handed to us, always.
Those clues are often within our own hearts. Sometimes, those clues are buried so deeply, by conditioning, by our socialization, that we can forget they are there.
Through meditation, through taking time to speak to the right people, or allowing those people who inspire us the most to enter into our hearts, we can find our own personal power and we can wake up, to our divine right. I know that this is true, because I have seen it happen to other people. And now, I feel it happening to me. I am absolutely vibrating with excitement this morning because I now know what my path is.
I also see that it has been happening all the way along, I only had to wake up to it. In the past month, I have gotten so many signs telling me that the time is now.
I'm setting up a business meeting with my friend for tonight. (Or as soon as she can see me.) I want to get started right away with a 5-year plan. I want to do this while my energy is ripe. I am vibrating with the power of this revelation. We are going to make it happen.
There will be more to this story, the back-story, hopefully later on today. Right now, worker bee stuff is calling me. Still have to put food on the table in the meantime.
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