Two Steps to BE YOURSELF

I can't sleep--I have to write about BEING YOURSELF!

I can hardly believe this happened years ago now--but years ago, in a moment of trauma, I went to my bishop, and as we visited, he suddenly stopped and said: "I have to pronounce upon you a divine blessing: as you BE YOURSELF, you will bless yourself, your family, your friends, and everyone who ever associates with you."

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WHAT?!

It was a beautiful and surprising blessing--and one I didn't really understand or know what to do with. How does a person just be themselves?

How do *I* be myself?

What does that even mean?

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Here are the thoughts I wanted to share tonight, the thoughts that woke me up in the night and drove me to my computer!

There are two steps to BEING YOURSELF.

STEP 1: Let go of all that is NOT you.

STEP 2: Fully inhabit YOU.

Yogi Bhajan in his book "The Master's Touch" writes how important it is that we "identify with our own identities."

Do YOU identify with your own identity?

Do you KNOW your identity?

Do you resonate with your own Reality?

I'm not talking about the reality you've created here, the reality you experience here in the avatar of the body--I'm talking about the Reality of Yourself as a child of God, the Reality of your own divine Being, the Reality of You as someone important, qualified, honorable, meaningful, mattering.

Here is the Reality:

If you do not identify with yourself as important, mattering, and fundamentally GOOD--

--you are not identifying with your own identity.

Because who you are IS good.

If you were created in the image of God, YOU ARE GOOD.

It's not that we're perfect, or that we don't make mistakes: children of God make mistakes and are not perfect (obviously unless they are Jesus!). This isn't about that.

This is about knowing that even when we make mistakes, we have WORTH. We MATTER. We are IMPORTANT.

It is about knowing that even when we make the inevitable mistakes, WE ARE GOOD.

When we identify with our true identity, there is no room for shame.

And there is no room for pride or egoism either.

A perfect humility comes from a perfect knowingness of our true identity, our true Self. In perfect humility, we do not put ourselves above others, we do not need validation from others, we do not need to put others above us. When we know WHO WE ARE, when we truly KNOW it on the deepest kind of soul level, it sets us free from shame and pride, from enmity and self-doubt, from endless spinning and confusion, from wondering and wandering.

TO KNOW THYSELF is the truest freedom.

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In the Bible Dictionary, the entry on Faith has this beautiful sentence: "All true faith must be based upon correct knowledge or it cannot produce the desired results."

All actions, religious or not, are based in FAITH. Every action we take is motivated very thoroughly by our own faith in the narrative we have crafted of "who we are."

...the narrative we have crafted of our own self-image is usually WRONG.

Typically, our self-image is out of alignment with our actual real identity, the identity of the Higher Self.

When we act out of alignment with who we REALLY ARE, our lives cannot produce the results we desire.

This is why it is so important to fully, thoroughly KNOW YOURSELF.

You MUST know your own identity, and you must know it as it is based in TRUTH--outside and separate from the story you have crafted about who you are.

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I know what it is to look in the mirror with dread.

I know what it is to consider myself with despair.

And I know what it is to have God Himself come along and smack me on the head and say: WAKE UP. YOU ARE GOOD. STOP HATING YOURSELF. OPEN YOUR HEART TO GRACE AND HAVE GRACE FOR YOUR OWN SELF.

Have grace for your own self.

It is easy when you know who you are.

And when you know who you are not.

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I once thought I knew who I was, because I thought I had created myself. I had crafted an identity for myself, and put a little label on it anyone could read, and I thought that was who I was.

I introduced myself to a class in the simplest terms: "I'm a conservative, I like to debate, and that's about all you need to know about me." I set the stage for a lot of stereotyping and assumption, by stereotyping and making assumptions about myself.

Later a classmate discovered that every weekend, I was going home to take care of my dying brother. She said, "Why didn't you ever say that? Here we all thought you were one way, and it turns out you're a whole different person than we thought you were."

The comment shook me.

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BEING MYSELF has come in two parts: learning to identify WHO I AM, and perhaps more importantly, learning how to identify WHO I AM NOT.

The secret to being yourself is to ruthlessly eradicate what you are not, and to step boldly and fearlessly into who you truly are.

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I want you to BE YOURSELF.

I want you to profoundly release what is not You, and profoundly step into Yourself, without looking back.

I want you to experience the rush of fully inhabiting your own body and your own spirit, your own space, so thoroughly, so openly, so graciously, so joyously, it invites everyone around you to do the same.

I want you to dance in the waterfall of divine grace, without inhibition.

I want you to look in the mirror every day and think: I AM WHO I AM. I am who I am, and that is good enough.

And if you want to talk with me more about this, you can schedule a call here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12661027

This is a picture I took while I wrote this essay this morning. In my pajamas, with no makeup on, and it doesn't matter because I AM WHO I AM AND THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH. And now that this is written I can go back to SLEEP!

Good night, and good morning! BE YOURSELF TODAY!!!!!

28 DAY CHAKRA HEALING JOURNEY REGISTRATION

Hello! In preparation for an upcoming major international trip, I am hosting a 28-day chakra healing journey!

Our chakras are like energy centers for our bodies. They are physical items, energetic organs, within our bodies that correspond to our major nervous ganglia--but on top of that, they are also responsible for numerous different emotional effects in our bodies. They also are linked to various different organs.

We will focus on each chakra for 4 days--so this will be a chakra healing intensive for a total of four weeks.

All group work will be conducted ONLINE, with RECORDINGS sent out afterwards to participants. Whether or not you can make it live, you will have access to these videos!

Here is the tentative schedule:

Tuesday, July 23, 9 PM Mountain Time: ROOT CHAKRA. We will cover root chakra issues that present themselves for the session, such as issues pertaining to family, health, money, and the right to EXIST--the foundational issues of LIFE.

Saturday, July 27, 9 AM Mountain Time: SACRAL CHAKRA. We will cover sacral chakra issues that come up, such as issues of sexuality and creativity, and your emotional foundation.

Wednesday, July 31, 7 PM Mountain Time: SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA. We will work on issues relating to the solar plexus chakra, such as our SENSE OF SELF AND IDENTITY, and of digesting both physical materials (like food) and emotional materials (like experiences) into power and energy.

Saturday, August 3, 9 AM Mountain Time:  HEART CHAKRA. We will work on heart chakra issues such as giving and receiving love, gratitude, and respect.

Thursday, August 8, 4 PM Mountain Time: THROAT CHAKRA. We will work on throat chakra issues such as speaking in TRUTH, communicating with others, being heard, and standing in integrity.

Tuesday, August 12, 7 PM Mountain Time: THIRD EYE CHAKRA. We will work on issues of spiritual sight, logic versus intuition, learning to trust our intuition.

Friday, August 16, 3 PM Mountain Time: CROWN CHAKRA. We will work on issues relating to our sense of connection to the Universe and to our Source, and our sense of enlightenment.

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I was planning to charge $199 for this 7-part series, but it has kept coming to me over and over to charge just $65 for it. I definitely believe in going with my gut (hi 2nd and 3rd chakras!) so I guess $65 it is.

Making it to the online session live is optional--no matter if you're there in person or not, you will get the recording of the session within 24 hours of its recording.

REGISTRATION CLOSED

FLASH SALE: Empower your inner empath!

Do you suspect you are an "empath?"

Here are some reasons a person might gravitate toward the label of "empath:"

- You feel like a sponge for other people's emotions
- Sometimes it's hard to tell if what you're feeling is yours, or someone else's
- You sometimes know things that maybe you shouldn't... things fly into your consciousness and you don't always understand how or why
- You REALLY struggle with boundaries.... really.
- Being out in crowds feels draining and horrible
- It's hard to feel grounded
- You feel very sensitive--sometimes, it feels like you are sensitive to everything
- People have at times accused you of being "needy," and sometimes you feel needy (although you would hate to admit it)
- When other people are hurt, you feel it in your own body
- People naturally gravitate toward you--especially people who want to dump their problems on you and spill their secrets to you
- A tendency to numb out--sometimes turning to addiction or entertainment to get away from all the emotions
- .... but being very careful about entertainment, because sometimes you find yourself experiencing the things the characters are experiencing! It's important to you to pick lighthearted entertainment.

There are many more possible qualities of "empaths," but if some or most of those listed resound with you, you might consider yourself to be an empath.

Today only I am running a flash sale on my Empath Series--a pre-recorded series on what it means to be an empath, how to thrive as an empath, and how to serve as an empath: how to transcend the trauma of being an empath and step into a place of power instead.

There is a definite narrative out there that being an empath is only a liability: that being empathic means that your emotions must be out of your own control.

Many empaths feel that their unique traits only drag them down--they don't see how their empathic traits can actually be used as useful, powerful skills that can bless and uplift not just themselves and their families, but the world around them.

I am here to tell you: if you identify as an empath, you have a powerful gift and an incredible invitation to use that gift to bless the world. 

This is a class on how to make that happen. Are you ready to step into the divine space of blessing yourself and the world with the gifts that are innately yours as an empath?


This is a brief overview of each of the three included modules in this empowering series for empaths:

SO YOU'RE AN EMPATH 101: Being An Empath 

Do you ever feel like you are taking on other people's emotions? Like the things you feel aren't always your things? Are you overwhelmed in crowded spaces or when close to lots of people? Are you very sensitive to the weather, or to music or noise? Do you have a weight problem? Are you shy?  Learn more about your nature as an empath, to discover what type(s) of empath you are (there are multiple types of empaths and some people are more than one type), and specific challenges you may face depending on what type of empath you are. 

SO YOU'RE AN EMPATH 201: Thriving As An Empath 

So you're an empath. What do you do about that? This class will delve into specifics of grounding, shielding, and developing boundaries and safe ways to interact with others and the world around you. Being an empath can be very draining, but it doesn't have to be! In this class you will learn to develop healthier ways to cope with the immense amount of empathetic information you as an empath have to process every day.

SO YOU'RE AN EMPATH 301: Serving As An Empath 

How do you use your unique empath traits to serve others? How do you turn what can be an overwhelming "gift" into an actual gift that serves both you and those around you? Learn how to channel your gifts in healthy and helpful ways.

The Empath Series has no prerequisites: this is a class designed for participants of all levels of energetic knowledge.

You can empower your inner empath!

If your natural traits and tendencies have felt like a weight on your life instead of a blessing, this may be a class for you. This is a video with instructions you can use to access your own intuition on if this class is right for you.

THIS CLASS IS CLOSED

Sending all love and light!

- allie