They say hindsight is 20/20; is Clairvoyant đď¸ hindsight any different? 𤣠This past week I was cleaning out my old iphoto album đ¸ and seeing lots of great pictures of people, experiences, and places Iâve been brought back many memories of my own journey as a psychic, a mystic, a clairvoyant, and a medium. đŽ
Drawing upon my own past, as well as having seen 100âs of students begin their journey to self-mastery in their abilities, I thought Iâd share some tips Iâve collected over the years. â This is part 2 of a series of posts.
Trap 1) Guru-izing Your Teachers đŠđ˝âđŤ
Its easy to look at others as if they have it all together, or they have some kind of secret answer to lifeâs dilemmas that has evaded us. Itâs easy, in this, to judge ourselves as deficient or lacking in a number of different ways. In a way, this is putting someone on a pedestal. Iâve heard it said that an expert is simply someone who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. Most teachers, if they are good at what they do, will simply lead you down a path and help you avoid pitfalls and mistakes theyâve either seen made or made themselves. They donât actually know anything of your life and the unique challenges you face - nobody does. Take the advice, the guidance, and the direction with gratitude and enthusiasm - but donât assume that your teachers arenât also on their own journey, too. Just because someone doesnât seem to be perfect, doesnât seem to have ALL the answers, or donât seem to have their life entirely âtogetherâ from your subjective point of view doesnât mean they canât be a masterful teacher and an extraordinary guide to where you are on your path.
Trap 2) Trying to Accomplish Your Way Through It đ
Our education system conditions us from an early age to achieve as a substitute to learning. âProofâ of your learning comes from high marks, excelling beyond your peers, and impressing the teacher or administration. None of these work in the spiritual growth environment. Everyone is in a different place, everyone is on their own path, everyone is having unique (to them) experiences - oftentimes of the same class, lecture, or practice. You canât compare yourself to others, or try to âwinâ your way to spiritual growth. All you can do is be where you are, have what youâre having when youâre having it (more on this below), and trust your own path. The richness of learning comes from slow, steady, inner change. Sometimes itâs elusive to define and certainly hard to âproveâ to others.
Trap 3) Deferring the learning till âlaterâ â°
So many times Iâve watched students in my classes focus on what they will âgetâ when they are âdoneâ with something that they completely miss the experience of the class itself. Studying to âaccomplishâ growth, add some skill set to your resume or coaching offering, or to get something that will solve a problem will only temporarily satiate. There will always be a new credential to get, a new personal problem to solve, or someone/thing to compete with. Information is only half of learning, the other half is experience. You only really learn when information is attached to a direct experience. Deferring the learning until later (âjust give me the information nowâ) will never help you in the long run. Appreciate the held space, the guided experience - these are infinitely more valuable than any information you could be presented with.
Trap 4) Becoming a âManifestorâ đ§đťâđ¨
Spiritual people LOVE to talk about how they are manifesting. Manifesting, manifesting, manifesting. What those who really understand the relationship between body and spirit really know is that you are always manifesting. Every moment is a direct outcome of the one before it, and the one before that, and the one before that. You have manifested your life by the trillions of choices youâve made (and the ones made for you) year over year in your life. There is never an experience that you havenât manifested. This includes the charged or troublesome ones as well. The beauty in spiritual and energetic awareness is not in taking pride in your ability to manifest - itâs how you engage in the experience of having. In other words, itâs not about what you create, itâs about how you live in it. With grace, gratitude, enthusiasm - but also with self-acceptance, humility, and compassion for yourself and others. That new car you manifested is amazing; but so is that challenging ending to a relationship. The only thing constant in all your experiences - is you. Are you manifesting yourself in your experiences, whatever they may be?
Trap 5) Using Your Mistakes For Yourself â
Experiences, as Iâve said, are the best teacher. This includes all of them, most importantly the times you fall flat on your face. Wether it is in front of others, alone in your own counsel - your mistakes are literally the greatest tools you will ever have in your quest for self-awareness, conscious embodiment, and spiritual growth. In a well held learning environment, youâll be given opportunities to both succeed and fail on your own accord. Every mistake or mis-step is an opportunity for you to see where you are in present time, in relationship to where you want to be. Every validating moment is an opportunity to see yourself and how far youâve come. Forgiving yourself can give you permission to retract and re-direct. Forgiving others can give you permission to do the same. You are your own best teacher, if you can see yourself as both the teacher and the student and accept the perspective of others as an outside eye with which to view your own process - by your own standards.
William