Choosing The Light

Join Carrie for this talk about the depths of our light (love) and our dark (fear). And how to engage in life with more light and embrace the darkness. Allowing you to live a more balanced and enriched life. We often feed and fuel the wants, the negatives, the fears and suffering. So, it's time to tip the scales and bring some awareness to the good things in life, and to be more authentic in honoring your light.

Photo by Alex Ronsdorf

Transcript

You are all that you are,

The light and the dark.

In oneness together,

Living together in duality,

A combined essence or flavor so unique and incredibly vast.

Only one,

There is only one you,

And in that darkness that you hold is pain and suffering,

Sadness and fear.

And in that light that you hold is love,

Hope and peace.

If at the depths of your soul,

You know the deepest part of you,

If that is light,

Pure love,

Then there would be no desire to rid your life or your body of the darkness.

Because pure love accepts all,

Accepts the pain,

The suffering and the struggle,

Just accepts it and loves it.

Like you love a family member,

You're not going to kick them out of your home,

You're going to house them and take care of them,

Even if they irritate you,

You're always going to hold space for them.

Because love is unconditional,

Meaning no conditions,

So why hold any conditions on yourself?

Why condition the mind to always be clear and calm?

Conditioning the heart to always feel joy and happiness,

Conditioning the body to always be healthy,

Never be sick,

Never have pain,

That would be ideal,

Wouldn't it?

But that's a condition,

All conditions,

And that is not true love,

That does not stem from light,

That's darkness,

Feeding darkness,

And it will only continue to be present and grow strongly.

When you come from that space of light,

Pure love,

There's no fear there,

Just taking ownership,

Just accepting in this moment I feel pain or in this moment I am sad or angry,

And that's okay,

It actually takes away the fuel and the fire of the darkness that feeds it,

Because the moment you resent it,

The moment you try to compress it and push it down into a little box and tuck it away,

The moment you give it all the power in the world to build and strengthen and grow,

Because you place your attention there and you focus there,

And when you focus only on the darkness or the bad things in life,

Doesn't it make sense that they will flourish and they will grow?

You know if you water your garden with poisonous water,

The plants that grow will be toxic,

But if you water it with that clear,

Beautiful spring water,

The plants will grow and reflect that in their being,

In their nature,

Healthy and whole.

So let's focus,

Just simply shifting focus to the light,

The light within you,

We're not ignoring the dark,

We're not pushing it down and saying,

You stay over there,

I don't want you,

I don't want to be around you,

We're just looking a little bit deeper for a moment,

Placing our power and our attention to that essence of the light within you,

The space of love and acceptance and joy and freedom,

The space that always has peace and inner calmness no matter what's going on in the outer world,

That space.

And by shifting focus into that space that is always accessible,

Especially when we think it's impossible to be accessible,

It's always accessible,

It's always there,

Just might be a little bit harder to find at times,

But you can,

Like right now you can go into that space within you,

That space that you know is there,

And if you don't know it's there,

Trust it's there,

Because that space is built on trust,

It's a space of trust,

Of hope,

Of faith,

Like walking off a diving board and trusting the water will catch you,

But you don't know until you take that step,

And to take that step there must be trust.

So we're trusting and we're taking that step with hope and faith that there is pure,

Beautiful light within you,

A space of love.

When I say love I mean compassion,

Gentleness,

Caring for yourself in the deepest most beautiful way and a caring for each and every other being on this planet,

That kind of a love,

A place of non-judgment,

Of just blissful acceptance of all.

Non-judgment meaning we're not even going to label the perceived bad or darkness,

We're not going to label anything,

That's judgment.

A place of acceptance,

Acceptance meaning an allowing of life to occur,

An allowing of emotions to rise and express,

An allowing of the body to feel what it feels,

Allowing the mind to think what it thinks.

Acceptance,

Beautiful acceptance,

This is within you,

Within all.

Sometimes we may feel really distant from it,

Like really distant from it,

But it's always there,

Surrounding every molecule,

Every atom,

Is this beautiful light,

A flowing divine energy,

Source energy,

Love,

Or God.

Call it whatever you want to call it,

It's all the same.

And as we are aware of this space,

You know we're not going there,

We're not becoming it,

We're just aware because it's always been there.

You've felt it at times,

You've expressed it at times,

You live from it at times,

You speak from it,

You hug people,

You do kind,

Generous things to strangers.

This has happened in your life,

That's the light,

That's coming from you,

This space of pure love,

It's always been there.

So we're not creating it,

You can't create something that's a part of your DNA,

We're simply becoming aware of it.

Because as you are more aware of it,

Moment to moment,

You begin to honor it,

You begin to feed it,

It begins to shine through some of those dark parts in your life,

It begins to push down some of those walls that you've built for protection years ago,

And it begins to attract like energy.

That means more loving people in your life.

You get to receive more love,

Give more love,

Just attracts whatever it needs to attract as you trust it and you allow it.

So we place our awareness here that you are this being of light,

Yes you are this being of darkness as well,

But boy oh boy,

Have we fed that darkness,

Have we listened to it,

Have we focused on it our whole lives,

On the negative,

On what's wrong,

On why we're not enough or why we're not good enough or the things we're not doing that we need to be doing,

How we need to be better or more beautiful or more vocal or more strong.

We fed that voice,

We fed that energy,

Let's feed that other energy,

That energy that's a little more closer to your soul,

To your depths and allow it to flow into your reality,

Into your world,

Into your creations,

Your thoughts,

Your feelings,

Your body,

Your actions and words,

Every part of your life.

Let's focus there and it will naturally flow as you attract it and you water it with more light and more awareness that you are this being of love and joy and peace and all of those beautiful wonderful things you've always been wishing for and hoping for that you already are and you have always been.

You've just been focusing on the other stuff which is still relevant but it's not the big picture,

You,

It's the small picture,

Let's focus on the big picture,

Let's shine that,

Let's give it its voice and its power and its strength and just let it flow through all parts of you,

Into your life,

Into your world,

Shining into a brighter planet.

If we could all do this,

Let's do it.

So I invite you to honor this truth of your light,

Of pure love,

Allowing it to accept any darkness you may have and that simply invites in some of that light to the dark so it's not alone and feeding itself and I invite you to allow your light to come through firmly,

Strongly,

Let's give it some power.

I'm all about surrendering and letting go,

You know,

Letting go of the pain,

Letting go of the fear so we can find that space within of light and just let it flow with ease and that's a beautiful,

Wonderful path but we also have this gift of being human where we have choice,

We create action,

We are creators and like I said we're not creating the light,

It's already there but we have the power to magnify it,

To amplify it,

To lift it up and out of the depths of just our soul and bring it into the physical body and allow us to feel good and healthy and whole and bring it into our actions and allow us to act from love and compassion for ourselves and others and we can bring that light forward through our words,

Our beautiful words that we share with those we love and we can bring that light into our consciousness,

Into our choices and stem all decisions from those roots of light and of love,

There is choice,

There is choice.

So I'm asking you to make a choice,

Any choice that feels good to you,

I'm going to choose to live from this space of light and that takes power and that takes courage because that means I have to overstep some fears but I know you can do the same,

I know everyone has it in them to do the same or you can choose to surrender and let go and let the universe work its divine magic and allow this light to come through gently and softly on its own and that's another beautiful path but it can also be quite difficult.

So as you surrender and let go and taking away choice and stepping into 1000% trust which is very possible and very doable but you do have to have complete faith and trust.

You can do both,

You can surrender and let go and go with the flow and accept everything as it arises and when you want to add a little more juice to the mix,

A little more power,

A little more punch,

Live with intention,

That intention of bringing forth your light or living from that space of light just like you choose to eat healthy or you choose to go for a walk,

Why not choose to live from light,

From love,

Taking your power and honoring one of the gifts of being human or option 3,

You give in to the fear and darkness and you continue on the path of pain and suffering and there is no judgment in that path that I hold for you because this is your path,

This is your life and you are the creator.

All I ask is that you choose the path that brings you the deepest joy and satisfaction and that feels good and feels right for you.

I'd like to leave you with a little affirmation,

You can say it to yourself out loud after me or in your mind if it feels good for you.

I am light.

I am love.

And I choose to live my life in alignment with this truth.

And I let my light shine at all times,

Especially into the dark.

For I am a being composed of light.

And it is my most natural state.

Thank you for connecting to this wisdom within you.

Thank you for being you.

Thank you for always being you in each and every moment.

And I just want to say that I'm excited for your path and the path that you choose and the path that you nurture and nourish with your choices,

With your beliefs,

With your actions.

The light in me honors the light within you.

Namaste.

Reviews

Wisdom and Love transmitted with a beautiful gentle yet strong energy!

Thank you Carrie for an easy-to-understand guide on how to shine one's light with love. Namaste beautiful soul 🤍🙏🤍

Recommend this talk and will revisit again soon. Thank you. Namaste 🕉

Love Carrie. I always feel more grounded and more peaceful listening to her.

You have a nice voice and use kind words. It is an inspiration to listen to you. I feel well when I listen.

Another wonderfull peice of wisdom. I walk in life, heart first !❤

Carrie, thank you for sharing your journey and encouragement with us. They are something that I needed badly. They are taking me out of a very dark place, when I honestly thought there was no way out. I hope you know how much you’re needed in this works. Namaste 🙏🏻

Truly beautiful ❤️🙏🏼

Absolutely amazingly beautiful! I feel I am beaming! Thank you!

Beautiful. Namaste🙏🙏

l think l can get what you are saying, that having gone through darkness, you can see the light. lt is like what Sam in "Two Towers" in "The Lord of The Ring" movie, called "darkness and danger." But there will be light "when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer," So l think having gone through the darkness, you can see the light. Please tell me if it's not quite what you mean. This would help us all right now. Thank you.☺🌻

I felt my light get brighter and stronger thank you 🙏

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Wow💫 Let our light shine bright & feel that pure source energy😄 Thank you for this- my smile is stuck on me!

Maybe, at times, you spoke a bit quick... maybe, probably, it was me... trying to grasp the simple but incredible wisdom... I will listen again.. and again.. Great work !! Thank you

Wonderful! Thank you!❤

Absolutely great! Love your voice and am inspired by the acuity and passion within you.

I gained an enhanced perspective about the place darkness has in me and how to accept that part and remove the negative attention that I feed it.

I will apply this new insight to grow the light/good to help me overcome the self-imposed challenges I’m facing. Namaste 🙏

PS: Canmore is one of my favorite places on the planet!

Thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I was in quite a hole this morning and this really lifted my spirit. Thank you Carrie!

Lovely. Thanks 🙏