Pt. 2: Easing Into Your New Career/Life Path

Find part one of this Tama J. Kieves article, Between Worlds: 3 Steps to Turn Transition into Your True Life. Part two is below, her website http://awakeningartistry.com/ , she does workshops, coaching and of course her book This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love is at Amazon.  I hope you find it as inspiring as I did. It really is a step by step on the Yoga of Manifestation path.

I want to add a lovely quote that suggests rather than “easing into” new career, that we just jump!  As you may know I’m an intuitive and have begun doing readings for folks by phone.  Well today I pulled the card “Aine” among others, for myself:

Aine: Leap of Faith. Take a risk and put your hearts true desire into action.

and then stumbled upon the quote which really resonated.  Since I believe the Universe speaks to us via serendipity I pay attention:

“Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

David Lloyd George quotes (British Prime Minister. 1863-1945)

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2. Rest, Rest, Rest, and the Rest will Come:

Most of us need to rest. We’ve worked hard. Or we’ve experienced unspeakable tragedies or deviations from our dreams. We may have ignored our own cries for help.  This is a detoxification process.  Also, freedom, that houseguest with a thousand questions, can be exhausting.

I tell my clients to rest. They tell me I’ve done that. I took a nap or a long walk or I blinked my eyes, and now I want to get on with it.  I tell them again to rest. I don’t mean just sleep. I mean stop the judgment in your mind. I mean slip into a place where the narrator isn’t on the bullhorn critiquing your every move, all days of the week, all hours of the day. Rest means let go of judging the process– and start opening to the nuances, whispers, and surprise moments of buoyancy, clarity, and secret rustle of wings. When your eyes adjust to the dark night sky, a thousand stars appear. But the stars do not blaze when your flashlight is on. Turn off your searching devices, and sparks appear of themselves.

Sometimes, I meet people who cannot find peace or name their joy. It’s because they have a sadness or injustice that requires forgiveness.  You cannot go forward onto new holy ground with bitterness in your heart. Come into present time. It doesn’t matter what you could have done twenty years ago. It doesn’t matter how things should have turned out. Start now. Lift the burden. Honor the life before you.

Tama J. Kieves

This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love

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3. Experiment and Explore:

Sometimes you will feel like you’re not getting anywhere, and it’s because you need more information.

I remember when I first bought a house. I had no idea of what I was looking for.

The realtor asked, and I looked at him blankly, and maybe even provocatively, as though with a little encouragement, he might tell me the right answer.  So we started with whatever I did know. I did not want to live next door to a meth lab and that sort of thing. Then the realtor showed me different neighborhoods and styles of homes.  Over time, as we looked at different places, clarities began to emerge. I realized I loved older homes, but I wanted closet space, and I loved the idea of being close to a coffee house and restaurants but having a private backyard and garden. Then came skylights and hardwood floors and vaulted ceilings where possible. Pretty soon I was rattling off requirements, as though dictating a recipe. I would never have gotten that clear in my mind. I got clear in the car, as we drove and visited properties. I didn’t figure it out. I recognized desires as I looked at houses.  I couldn’t imagine anything in the beginning. But when I saw choices, my imagination ran wild.

When you’re between worlds you may need to sample new lives. Start taking classes, reading books, seeing what hooks you now. Invite curiosity with you, but keep decisiveness on a short leash. Visit the cult, don’t join it. Play, sample, and dabble. Don’t be concerned that you are not committing, incorporating or building a website, hiring staff, and appearing on the Today show within the week. That’s the point. I don’t want you to grab at anything. I want you to be grabbed by it. That’s when effortlessness enters the room.

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It’s not easy to walk around without business cards or skin. It’s not easy to part the clouds. It’s not easy but it does lead to an ease that is unshakeable.  Transition is a precious opportunity to give birth to your true life. It’s not for the faint of heart. Baby, it’s for the full of heart.

Love and blessings,

Tama

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