Acceptance

In this episode, I discuss the meaning of "LAVE OM" and how it relates to the human journey to begin to include acceptance of change. Acceptance is freedom from self-doubt and the illusion that struggle, stress, and confusion is a part of your life's plan. It is not. It is human-made, not spiritually driven. To fully embrace what is, you can not keep looking back to what was. During any reconstruction, we feel the pains of the process, and then we see the beauty in its completion.

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Welcome to La Vayom Living Change with Colleen St.

Michael's.

I'm an intuitive development expert sharing the tools and information to partner with you as we enter into this new era of inspiration,

Motivation,

And healing.

Thank you for joining me on episode four of La Vayom Living Change.

Today we're going to talk about acceptance.

But before we go into the topic,

I've been getting a lot of beautiful feedback about the podcast,

But more so people asking me,

What is La Vayom?

And so there's a little bit of a funny story behind it because I was in meditation and I kept getting the words,

Love on,

And it was not clear to me.

And I was asking my guides,

I was asking,

I was like,

Love on,

You want me to love on,

Like love on people,

Love on the world.

And this was back in December of 19.

So it had been coming through.

And then finally,

I always say my guides,

You know,

Are so patient.

And if they ever started drinking,

It would be because of me because sometimes I just don't grasp on to everything they're saying.

But that's part of the beauty in the relationship because just as we build relationships in life where we find humor,

So are our angelic partners and our guides and all of our divine helpers.

And so I heard so clearly,

Like Google it.

And I got my computer and I'm writing it and the words L-A-B-E-O-M came up.

And I said,

You know,

What does it mean?

And they said,

Well,

You're on Google,

So Google it.

And when I saw the meaning,

It said change,

And it's a Danish word.

And I thought,

Oh,

I love it.

And so it was then where I started building Love I Am.

And why is this word so important,

Especially not knowing,

You know,

What the future events were holding in December?

So it was such a beautiful,

You know,

Guided message to start something that could help support everyone as we're going into this uncertainty and this new normal with Love I Am,

Which means change.

And it just flows so much more,

You know,

It's so romantic the way it just leaves your mouth.

It sounds exotic.

And that makes it more acceptable because certain words that we hear trigger us to have an emotional response.

And you know,

It could be an emotional experience that we had from a long time ago,

Where,

You know,

We may have experienced something where change was not in our favor or did not go over well with our life.

So we kind of trap that association with words.

So as we go into this uncertainty,

It's about living Love I Am,

Living change.

And I just ask you to be accepting of what it is that we're talking about,

What we're moving into and a willingness just to be willing to be open.

And that really is your first guidance step in dealing with anything that is presented in front of us.

And I found this beautiful quote from Eckhart Tolle.

And it really,

You know,

Hit my heart.

And it was something I most definitely wanted to share with everyone.

And it goes,

As the quote says,

Accept,

Then act.

Whatever the present moment contains,

Accept it as if you have chosen it.

Always work with it,

Not against it.

This will miraculously transform your whole life.

And I just got chills when I read that.

Because acceptance doesn't mean that we like it,

But that what is.

And when we do not have acceptance,

We often find emotional disruption and incredible symptoms of resistance.

And we feel that on the physical body.

We feel that,

You know,

In our head,

We feel it,

You know,

Feeling unfocused,

We feel dizzy,

We feel panicky,

We feel nauseous,

We feel on edge.

And when we have this level of acceptance,

Because I know growing up,

The word acceptance for me was not something that was bringing me any joy at the end of it.

It was more so this is the decision that was being made,

You know,

My way or the highway,

So just accept it.

So when I was,

You know,

Evolving my spiritual,

You know,

Growth,

When I was evolving my own being,

When I would hear the word acceptance,

I still would be triggered.

It still would trigger me in a way of almost putting my guard up,

Or feeling like I need to defend the position that I was currently in and not seeing the situation as it was,

But more so viewing it of how I thought it should look.

And so when we find ourselves feeling reluctant in this change,

We may tell ourselves that it's only temporary and just adapt to it and go about business as usual,

You know,

Just keep swimming,

Just keep swimming,

Just keep swimming.

Well,

Really,

You know,

That is,

Again,

A human,

Like,

It's almost like a support mechanism that kicks in,

That kind of gently eases you into something.

If you can tell yourself,

It's going to be fine,

It's going to be fine,

It's going to be fine.

Well,

Meanwhile,

You really don't believe it,

Right?

So that's different than being positive and panicked,

Right,

Because the idea that we are just to be positive and not feel all of these emotions that are coming up is just as detrimental to our growth as if we were just sitting in fear,

Right,

Because we're still denying our emotions,

And we're still denying the intuitive reactions that our bodies are demonstrating to us to avoid what we know,

Because intuitively,

We always know what we know,

We just don't always want to know it.

So when we become adaptable,

We are then adapting to that temporary situation.

But when we become accepting,

We don't feel as though we have to wait for the shoe to drop to disrupt us,

Because we are allowing ourselves to be in the situation that is being presented to us,

Not what our future situations look like,

Not what the past situations look like,

But having acceptance of the day that we're in,

And learning to navigate through that day,

And learning to navigate what emotions are being stirred up,

Because this pause has triggered our hearts,

It's triggered our being,

It's triggered us to go in deeper,

Go deeper into us,

And investigate and be open and willing to see what's uncovered.

Because we have a new moon on the 15th of April,

We may feel in this next cycle that things feel like a tsunami,

Like an emotional tsunami kicking up,

Because the more we resist something,

The more it persists.

And our world is under construction.

Your world is under construction.

And for my clients,

My students,

Friends,

I have always joked about creating a t-shirt called,

And I actually am doing it at this point,

But previously had joked,

Life under construction.

And when we can kind of adopt that belief that life is under construction,

We don't hold on to things so tightly.

We don't build,

It has to be this,

It has to be this,

It has to be this.

I mean,

Even if we go back into,

You know,

Biblical times,

If you go back into Egyptian times,

The Mayan times,

Everything has evolved.

Every civilization has had an evolution.

And we're in the process of our world's evolution.

And it's kind of wild to think about that,

Because,

You know,

We learn about it in history class and we may watch the History Channel,

But to actually be in history that is being made at this time that is globally going to be shifted for the generations to come.

It's kind of beautiful.

It's surreal.

It's mind boggling when you really think about it,

But it's also super exciting.

Super exciting to know that as we tear down the structures that lie within us that are not built with emotional integrity,

That we are in the process of reconstruction.

The foundation in a home is not solid.

You can't build upon it.

And we live in a society where we are consistently looking to fix what doesn't feel good,

But we don't want to use the real remedy.

And the real remedy is not found through distancing ourselves from ourselves.

I did a post yesterday speaking about how ironic it is that during social distancing,

People have become more connected.

And you know,

The first disconnect started from ourselves.

And just like a car,

If we don't take care of that car,

It eventually starts running down.

The different parts that harmoniously have to work together to have the engine and have a successful transient route in your car start to break down.

We're noticing that and have been noticing that,

But we've become adaptable.

You know,

Oh,

I'll just have a drink so I can sleep.

Oh,

I'll just take this pill so I don't do this.

Oh,

I'll just,

You know,

Skip this.

Oh,

I'll distract myself here.

Oh,

I'll over my schedule myself here.

I'll prove that I'm great in this area of my life and I will avoid the parts that are neon and screaming that it needs attention because I can feel successful if this part of my life looks successful.

We've all done it.

And it is,

It's an illusion of living.

And what this time under construction is showing us is that if we can be accepting and not resistant,

We can move into the inner conversations with ourselves with much more fluidity.

And I bet if you sat with yourself and truly,

You know,

Had that inner conversation,

You would find that you already know that what comes up has come up before.

Whether it's a job that you feel underpaid,

Underappreciated,

Underqualified,

You know,

Overqualified to be working in.

If it's the excuses that you've placed in front of you,

Whereas you can't further your education because you have to give money to this,

This and this.

So you'll sacrifice or you're in a relationship and it's not satisfying.

It's not aligned.

But yet you made your bed and you have to sleep in it.

Many conversations offering guidance have intuitively been happening within you.

But as soon as the thought comes up,

It goes instantly into the ego's field of range and then becomes catastrophic and then you shut it down.

And you just learn how to adapt to the discomfort.

And then that discomfort starts to slowly become your comfort.

This time in this shift,

We cannot adapt to the discomfort.

We must rise above the discomfort and start having those honest conversations that truly build the answers to the why questions that you have.

And so,

You know,

It's a process and be gentle with yourself.

Be gentle with this process.

Be gentle with the idea that you're going into a new conversation with yourself.

Honor everything.

Honor the ugly feelings that come up.

Honor the anger and the fear and the worry and the uncertainty.

I don't know if you've ever done a home rebuild or a reconstruction of a kitchen or bathroom.

And it is just an emotional roller coaster.

It's the excitement of going into it.

And then it's the demolition.

And then it's everything is at bare walls and just down to the studs.

It's hard to envision that first drawing and draft that you were shown.

It's hard to envision that when you're just like staring at these studs and you're like,

How is this going to come together?

How is this going to be my dream bathroom?

How is this going to be my dream kitchen?

So it starts to feel,

You know,

Foreign.

And then it goes to where the walls start being built up.

And then you can start to see when it's framed out,

Okay,

Well,

This is where the shower will go.

And okay,

This is my dressing.

Okay,

Now I'm starting to see it.

So there's a little bit of ease,

Right?

There's ease that flows through you.

And then as it becomes closer to that place where now we get to pick out the finishings.

This is where the La Veon becomes fun.

Because now it's like,

Well,

What do I want?

What finishings do I want for this bathroom,

This dream bathroom?

And then it becomes that bathroom.

And that remodel brought a myriad of emotions into your life.

So as we're going through this life under construction,

We are going to go through a myriad of feelings.

So accept that.

And it's not about our feelings running us,

But us honoring our feelings so they do not take control of us.

But then just give us the indicators,

The signals as to what the next route is.

How do we handle the next thing that comes up?

So much confidence is built in that process.

And it all starts by accepting and a willingness that you don't have to like your current situation.

But you also can't put your head in the sand and believe that everything will just go back to what it was.

Grieve that.

Grieve that experience as it is a death,

An ending of one era and we're moving into the next.

And all transformation is a process.

As our world is under construction,

It too will go through the growing pains as the foundations that have previously been built are not supporting.

They've been so rewritten.

They've been so created to match agendas of individuals and not based on the whole good of all.

I'm grateful to live in this beautiful country where we have freedom,

Where we have so much privilege.

More privileged probably than appreciation.

And I believe this is a time where we can start becoming whole in appreciating our freedom,

But understanding that the agendas of darkness that have taken our freedoms and suffocated them a little bit.

This is not about politics.

This is not about our government as it is today.

This has been a tapestry that is being woven for generations.

And we are talking religion.

We are talking our financial systems.

We are talking our government,

Our healthcare system,

Our school systems.

Everything is built to keep us conformed,

To keep us down,

To keep us from fully living truth in our freedom and holding us back with all of these limitations from our divine birthright of health,

Wealth,

Education,

Love,

And happiness.

And these are the structures that are being broken apart because they don't have integrity in the foundation.

It is not about what is best for personal agendas.

It is not about division.

It is not about control.

It is not about keeping people afraid,

Keeping people worried,

Keeping people poor.

There's no reason that we have the poverty levels,

The judgment,

You know,

Building who we are based off of scores.

You know,

Our education system is built around putting children into stalls like cattle according to their scores.

What a disservice that we are doing to our young souls who came here with skill sets that are far above just scores.

Our school systems are teachers that are not even allowed to teach.

They're so governed by,

You know,

What parents,

You know,

Want for their kids.

These are our kids' partners.

These are our partners.

We need to support them.

Fear in religion of believing that we are punished because we,

You know,

Don't follow a guideline.

We came here to grow through experience.

And judgment is a human condition.

It is not a soul's condition.

And it's for us to start taking our power back.

And this does not mean,

You know,

Going against the machine.

This means taking control of what is not fundamentally strengthened and strong within you.

And from there,

That is when you hold your position of leadership and make the change to have a say in your world rather than let your world crumble and have somebody else have to guide you.

You are so capable.

You are already filled with the knowledge of how to do it.

But we got to empty out that clutter that's sitting on in front of all of that,

That rich wisdom.

It's like those shows on TV where they have like those storage units and then people stop paying on them and,

You know,

Why do they buy them?

Because they know that there's treasure in there.

So they got to go through a lot of junk and they get rid of a lot of junk and then they find the things in those storage units that have incredible value.

And that's what we're doing as we go into acceptance,

Arm yourself with the tools to accept what is so that you can start the blueprint,

Starting the draft for what this internal remodel is going to look like in your life.

Thank you for listening to La Ve Homme with Colleen St.

Michael's.