As we experience this human life, we’re all called to grow and change with it.
Some of that growth is spiritual. Our understanding of our relationship to Spirit and the guidance we receive changes as we step into and surrender to the knowing that there’s more to life than our day to day human existence.
Some of that growth is what I like to describe as practical. It’s the tangible day to day, physical, and cognitive ways we can respond to others, and shift and change our thinking and behaviour to have a better experience.
But even though those two paths to grow on may seem different, the destination is the same. We can’t ignore the energetic part of us, we are all made of energy and learning to manage it is good for us. And we can’t ignore the practical human part either, that’s the part that has us taking action in our human lives.
Both are about alignment to self. It’s getting our needs met, choosing ourselves and all of our wellbeing, all of the time, so we can be the person we know we are inside and live the understanding of our own purpose.
Honestly, even though I pushed myself and others for self-alignment before I knew I even had a spiritual path, it’s a continual work in progress for me. There are layers and more layers and more layers to being true to ourselves, each one offering another level of internal joy, self-love, and self-honour that can rock our world and change everything. Each time we plateau, another level arrives to offer us more goodness.
So it helps us all to be clear about what we want our next level to look like, wherever we are on the path. It doesn’t need to be carved in stone, nor does it need to be used to kick ourselves if we don’t make what we want happen all the time. These are not goals, they are ways of living.
I started diving into my own surface layers by making an Availability List. I use it as an awareness tool to remind me that I can make choices about how I play out my human life. I started with what I am not available for, since often thinking about what we don’t want helps us figure out what we do want.
It’s here for you to use as a guide to make your own list if you’re called to. Some things on it may resonate with you, some not so much, and that’s all ok. It’s up to you to determine what you’re truly available for and what you’re not.
My Availability List:
I’m not available for…
- People bashing or any separation of one human from another
- Drama
- Things that harm the Planet energetically
- Things that harm the earth
- Dirty food
- Entitlement
- Narcissism, abuse, or controlling behaviour
- Exhaustion: mine or participating in others exhaustion
- Negativity or lower vibrational behaviour or language
- Lack of love, compassion, or kindness
- Rescuing or fixing others
- Anyone who, by not working on themselves, continues to negatively interfere with the energy and life of others
- Anyone who doesn’t take responsibility for their own experiences
- For working harder for others growth than they work on themselves, clients, family or friends
- Anyone who’s actions don’t match their words, including my own
I am available for…
- Connected, loving, respectful relationships
- Raising the vibration of the planet
- Healing the physical planet
- Reciprocal relationships
- Offering my body the water and pure clean nourishment it deserves
- Resting when called to
- Prioritizing my own pleasure, of all kinds
- Choosing to spend time with those I resonate with
- Schedules that work for me first
- Being consciously aware at all times about my needs, wants and desires
- Dreams that make my heart full and my soul smile
- Offering compassion and forgiveness to myself and to others
- Diving into my shadows to heal
- Bold action that may not follow the status quo
- Doing me or my things, my way
- Offering myself and others pure honesty and pure unconditional love
- Seeing any soul-honouring action as self-love and self-care
- Making conscious choices that align with who I am and what I need
When you make your own list, recognize that stuff will come up that may leave you feeling like you can’t write down exactly what you need or what you don’t need. Some of those things waiting to be revealed may feel complicated and un-doable, or you would have done them by now.
Work through this on your own or in your journal by asking yourself what you are most afraid of if you make yourself available or unavailable to it. It doesn’t have to be deep reflection unless you are called to go deep, you can simply open up your own awareness of what’s in the way of you choosing you.
Thanks for stepping into yourself more. I would LOVE to hear from you and what you are available for or no longer available for. It’s a defining exercise that will bring with it honesty, vulnerability, and deep love. Hit reply and share please! ❤️
A couple of last things to tell you about…
Akasa Living and I have decided to give our fun Conscious Practical Magic conversations more of a voice. They are just regular yaks that are super meaningful to us and our work, and we know they will be meaningful to others too. Here is the most recent video on YouTube. https://youtu.be/pIEth79TP9g. They’ll be posted whenever we are called to do one. If you like it, please like and subscribe and you’ll get notices of future recordings from YouTube.
The Group of 3 (3 women for 3 months), as we’ve been dubbed, the small group experience of finding your voice and your peace with love, ease, grace, Spirit, and fun, has been moved to September to work best for everyone, and the new time just happens to still honour my need for an open summer of family time! Man, it feels so good to simply create from a space of self-honour of our needs! Loving these women already!
One spot is open so please reach out by hitting reply to this email, on Facebook Messenger, or at dianna@cravemorelife.com, if you think this might support you. You too will feel the love, be held by this group, and grow your inner strength and clarity here, a good thing since that’s how we integrate our own healing!
Find me and I’ll fill you in!
Much love, have fun choosing you!
Dianna xo
