Hello,
My name is Lou Redmond and so appreciate you giving me some space to share a little bit with you today.
Recently I had a humbling experience during a facilitator training I'm in.
As I entered the meeting I saw the guest teacher was a leader in the personal growth space and someone who I followed since 2015.
When he got on I felt this heavy tension across my chest.
My heart rate increased and feelings of insecurity washed over me.
I saw this guy as above me and like a high schooler just wants to fit in I felt I needed to ask the right questions in hopes he would like me.
With a small group of eight there was nowhere for me to hide.
I had some practical questions for him but instead of asking them I raised my hand and I told him what I was feeling.
It was a vulnerable share that yielded a helpful reminder.
He responded that he experiences the same thing only on a different level.
He expressed speaking at a prestigious event feeling like he didn't deserve to be there.
His body and mind were telling him it was not safe.
He settled down enough to push through the fear and gave an impactful talk.
By being with the experience he retrained his body to find comfort amidst discomfort.
It was a reminder of two things.
First is we are not better or worse than anyone.
The Sufi teacher Kabir Helminski writes the ego tells us that we are better or worse than other people to false beliefs that are related.
We think the people that we look up to are different.
They're not.
They're just like you and me.
The only difference is how they've trained their heart,
Mind,
And spirit to be comfortable in new situations.
They have increased their energy field so they can be with more intense experiences.
This brings me to my next point.
We need to do the self-work to create a body that can hold more energy.
What does it mean to hold energy?
Lottery winners are a classic example.
They win a large sum of money but they haven't developed the consciousness to hold it.
Like putting a 50 watt bulb into a 100 watt outlet,
They can't handle the energy.
The money ends up leaking out until they return to a baseline often worse than they were before.
We are like that light bulb.
We are bodies of energy and our work is increasing that energy to allow more light in.
Another way you hear this said is raising our vibration.
Many of us have big dreams.
What's imperative to attaining those dreams is building the energetic body that can hold them.
You can't magically think your way to it.
Your state of being needs to change.
Like adding weights to our workouts,
We need to add resistance to life so our energy field can hold more.
We do this by seeking discomfort and putting ourselves in situations that allow us to grow.
By doing so,
We teach our nervous system,
I can feel safe amidst something I once feared.
That is transformation and I'm sure you've already done this in some ways on your journey.
Emotion practice offers a way to help retrain our mind and even our body.
We can imagine feeling and sensing ourselves in an uncomfortable situation.
We can see ourselves overcoming the fear and turn up the dial on those positive feelings.
However,
This can only take us so far.
We need real life action to raise our vibrational presence,
As Cynthia Bergeau calls it.
When you hold the energy of what you say you desire.
I'm aware that I have a lot of ego desires reflected in this experience.
Part of me wants what that esteemed teacher has,
The audience,
The impact,
The success,
Etc.
This experience showed me that even though I say I want that,
My body is not ready for it.
Being uncomfortable and sharing with him allowed me to work through my insecurities and find some comfort.
Moving beyond my superficial yearnings,
This leads to spiritual growth.
Maurice Nicole said,
As your being increases,
Your receptivity to higher meaning increases.
As your being decreases,
The old meanings return.
By showing up,
Working on our triggers,
We enlighten our bodies and we open to greater meaning and insight.
That is what this beautiful journey is all about.
I'd love to share practice with you on this.
If you want to meditate around this topic called raising your energy field or raising your vibration,
Look for both in my tracks and we can meditate a little longer on this.
I'd love to hear what you think and what you thought about the share.
You're also welcome to join me and others in my circle on Insight Timer called Lose Circle.
I'd love to get to support you in the ways I can.
So don't hesitate to reach out and stay connected.
Sending you so much love,
Guidance,
Keep putting yourselves in those situations that grow you,
That expand you and we'll continue walking each other home as Ram Dass says.
Big love.
Thank you.
