An interesting article came to my attention today. It’s from
SelfGrowth.com, the internet site that I and Adriene Wentworth will soon be set up as Official Guides for the topic of Spiritual Healing. (I’ll be sure to let you know when that gets activated.)
I’m on SelfGrowth.com’s email list to receive “Articles from the Experts” and today’s was particularly insightful. And so I though I would share the gist of it with you and put in my own 2 cents worth as well!
The article was “Four Levels of Living: Getting on the Fast Track for Transformation and Growth” by Alan Seale, “an award-winning author, inspirational speaker, leadership and transformation coach, and spiritual mentor.”
The four levels of living Seale refers to move from the surface level of our lives down to the Soul level:
The Drama Level – At this, the most superficial level of living, we are all caught up in the dramas and traumas of our daily interactions with others and our own personal triumphs and struggles. We think this is “real life,” – like in the movie, Dan in Real Life. The details of these dramas are the details of the stories we tell each other: “So and so said this to me and I was so mad I just about bit their head off.” “My husband’s cheating on me so I’m going to leave him and take him for all he worth.” “My daughter just got into medical school; we’re so proud of her!”
One of the hallmarks of living at the drama level is that it’s a very REACTIONARY way of living. Another is that it signifies a lack or inability to step back and reflect and observe, to say, “Wait a minute, does life really need to be this chaotic or neurotic or boring or stressful? Isn’t there more to life than just living the rat race and acquiring the latest toys?”
The Situation Level – When people so start to move into a more reflective way of living, says Seale, they start to ask, “What’s really going on? What happened here? Why did it happen? Who’s responsible? Who’s to blame?” At this level of living, the most important thing we want to know “How do we fix the situation?” This level is a little deeper than the drama level, but it’s still looking at our lives from a fairly shallow surface viewpoint.
At the situational level of living, the focus is often on problem solving: here’s the situation, here’s why we think it’s happening, and this is what we think we need to do to fix it. We see this approach to living at all levels: from our approaches to “global situations” (e.g poverty, wars, climate change, trade relations between countries, etc.) to our personal situations (e.g., a family member has Alzheimer's or cancer, a child is having trouble in school, struggles with depression or anxiety, etc.).
At this level, however, there’s still isn’t that clear sense of a deeper calling, a deeper more conscious and more awake way of living. That starts to happen with the next level.
The Choice Level – At this level, says Alan Seale, you are likely to ask yourself, “Who am I within this situation?” You’re willing to look at your role in how the situation came about and in what's happening now, and you will see that you have a choice in where it will go from this point forward.
It’s not easy to get to the Choice Level of living, Seale points out, because very little in our cultural promotes getting unstuck from the drama/fix-it levels. But, when you do start to wake up spiritually and see that you have choices in all the situations and dramas within which you find yourself, you start to move OUT of a reactionary way of living and into a more conscious and self-directed way of going about your life.
A person who lives at the choice level knows that she does have choice in all situations, even if those choices are small ones and she cannot change many of the larger circumstances. Interestingly, what we often find is that when we do recognize that we do always have choices in how to respond to any given situation and we exercise that ability, the effects of our making a conscious choice, even a seemingly small one, can have far wider reaching and more positive impacts than we might imagine.
For example, years ago when I made the choice to start accepting my mother for who and what she is, rather than always asking “Why is she the way she is?” as I had done most of my life up to that point, a profound, positive shift happened in our relationship and she actually started to respond more lovingly to me and less defensively. Ever since that choice on my part of how I would conduct myself in my relationship with my mother, our relationship has evolved to a level that would not have been possible if I had choosen to stay stuck in the drama of growing up with a mother who was not able to be all that I needed and wanted as a child.
Now, how much choice we have in any given situation depends on where we’re at in our healing process and how much of our own personal power we have been able to reclaim. And as we heal, the level of personal power and the levels of choices available to us continue to grow and widen. That’s why healing tools like the
Christa Healing Method® are so helpful, because they helps us to grow in personal power and in freedom. Ultimately tools like the
Christa Healing Method® can take us to what Alan Seale identifies as the deepest level of living.
The Opportunity Level – Seale describes this level as one in which the first questions we ask ourselves in any given situation are, “What’s the opportunity here? What wants to happen?”
Here, he says, is
where the true power lies. Here’s where the gold is. This situation has happened for some reason. It wants to tell you something -- to help you clearly recognize something that’s not working or wants to change or heal. It wants you to pay attention -- to recognize or learn something so that a similar situation doesn't have to happen again, and even more importantly, so that everyone involved grows and moves forward. Approaching life from the opportunity level cuts to the chase. It gets right to what is out of alignment very quickly and brings things into alignment so that synergy and synchronicity can occur. Asking "What wants to happen?" opens you to much greater awareness and gives you access to much greater insight and information than just fixing it as fast as you can, and certainly brings much greater awareness than you find while reacting at the drama level!
Learning to live at the opportunity level starts with being focused and disciplined enough to step beyond the drama, and then being courageous enough to say there's more to life and leadership than solving problems. It starts with being bold enough to choose who you will be within situations, what relationship you will have to circumstances, and to make a habit of asking that question, "What's the opportunity here?" for everyone involved.
Living at the opportunity level engages your soul. [Emphasis added.] It gives you the space to get in touch with your soul mission, your life purpose, and then listen to that mission for how it wants to be lived through this situation or circumstance. At this fourth level, you are able to recognize all the parts of your life -- work, relationships, family, friends -- as vehicles for living your soul mission. If you try to figure out how to fit your soul into your life, it will never happen. Yet when you commit to living a life that is grounded in your soul and soul mission -- to all of life offering opportunities for living deeper and truer to who you really are -- things start to change. Your life takes on much greater meaning and you greet each morning with excitement for what you get to create that day.
In summary, Seale offers two essential keys “to getting on the fast track for transformation and growth, leading a rewarding and fulfilling life, and making a significant contribution to the world.” These are:
- Engaging your soul and soul mission in ongoing conversation, following its lead, and creating the life it calls you to live.
- Making your first questions in any situation or moment, "What wants to happen? What's the opportunity here?" and then responding accordingly.
Seale acknowledges that while these may be easy concepts to grasp, consciously living from them can be quite challenging.
It’s exactly because of the challenging nature of conscious living and even getting to the point where you are willing and able to ask, “What is my Soul’s purpose?” and “How do I create a Life that fulfills that purpose?” that Adriene Wentworth, the developer of the
Christa Healing Method®, has developed the healing and spiritual development tools that she has.
The "Connected, Protected and Empowered Path" that Adriene has charted, under the constant guidance of Spirit, is one in which she offers practical and effective tools to help us
Awaken to the fullness of who we truly are as a person and as a Spiritual Being.
Protect ourselves from all negative energies that keep us stuck illusion and out of our personal and spiritual power.
Heal deeply and at all levels of our being.
Grow in Empowerment and Freedom.
Manifest in alignment with our higher nature and for our own highest good and for the highest good of Humanity, the Earth and all Creation.
Many of you have heard me say that I cannot imagine living on this planet without being able to do the level of healing that the
Christa Healing Method® makes possible NOR without the protection and the strong, solid connection I have been able to build to the Christa Energy. Those of you who know me well know how sincerely and deeply I mean this declaration.
As you may read on my web site at this link,
http://healingpartnershipsllc.com/christa__energy_intro, the Christa Energy is a form of Cosmic Christ Energy that God has empowered with the specific intent to help us move forward in our personal awakening and healing and empowerment process. Because of the depths of her own healing and spiritual work and her training as a Yogic Master, Adriene Wentworth was able to bring the Christa Energy through to the Earth Plane and through an attunement process, help others connect with Energy and ground into our world for the benefit of the whole of humanity, the Earth and all Creation on this planet.
The Christa Energy and
the Christa Healing Method® are two of the most powerful tools available on this planet right now to help us get to the point where that we can truly live from the deeper Soul level, the level that Alan Seale calls the Opportunity Level. Furthermore, these tools can help us to truly live each day of our lives from that Soul Level and thus be able to help the whole of humanity move forward and live at that level as well.
As you can tell, I feel very passionate about the power and value of the spiritual healing and development tools I am able and honored to offer to you!
Namaste,
Julia
PS: You can read more of Alan Seale’s work at
http://www.alanseale.com.
