Stories from the Sanctuary

Vol. 50: November 2011

Dancing With The Magic

by Victoria FittsMilgrim, Professional Certified Coach & Retreat Leader

People talk about the holiday season as a time filled with magic – maybe so, if there's more kindness, more consideration of others. Today I want to talk about the Magic – yes, the kind with a capital M, that's here all the time... each and every day. When we are engaged in a sacred conversation with our life and the world around us.

Sometimes this kind of Magic can be called luck or good fortune – something that to me implies more of Chance. Things happen by accident, the opposite of Design.

I'm talking about something else – something I call Synchronicity. The definition of this word is: the coincidence of events that seem related, but are not obviously caused one by the other. Carl Jung referred to this way of life unfolding – the unseen connection between things that occur.

All my life I've experienced this kind of Magic. It resides around me and yet if I'm in another perspective – living only from the neck up shall we say, i.e.- in my head, I will forget it's there. The result is more struggle, more forcing and less ease. Have you got stories to tell about this happening to you?

It can be as simple as getting a phone call 'out of the blue' when you're needing to hear from someone. Or as big as the job you've been dreaming of suddenly coming on your radar, or meeting a new and very special person when you least expect it.

What all this implies to me is that we don't just live in a 5 sense Universe – we have only a tiny clue of the powers that exist around us all the time. How do I know? A lot comes from Trust. When I Trust I'm in touch with my Inner Knowing. I'm connected to the Divinity in me. It's my Source. Plain and simple. And sometimes hard to find.

And yet it's here. So how do we connect? What is our part to engage with this Magic I'm talking about? The first step is to drop out of the thinking/egoic mind and let your awareness settle gently in your Heart. Yes, your heart is truly the conduit, the doorway to more Magic than you can even imagine.

In order to get there, you're going to have to slow down. Oh boy. Really? In these last 2 months of the year? But what about the holidays? What about all there is to do? Yes, you will need to set aside time to drop into your Heart, listen and grow your relationship with this Source I'm talking about. It's always waiting for you to come, like a good friend, sitting in the tea shop, awaiting your arrival.

Will you show up? There's so much to gained. The Magic holds many of the answers to your deepest questions. This week, as the swirl of the holidays gets started in the outer world, why not set your time to slow down, go within and listen. Start with 10 minutes before you get up. Let your eyes be unfocused, your body relaxed. Let your thoughts float in and out of your awareness. Breathe slowly and intentionally. As you become more open, imagine things that make you happy. Gently guide your focus onto the positive, what you want to see more of in your life. Be receptive, not demanding. See if some Magic doesn't start appearing as the lights throughout your inner web start to turn on.

p.s. If you would like to be guided on this Journey of Dancing with the Magic, join me December 17th for my virtual retreat, A Solstice Celebration. Register here!

Victoria FittsMilgrim, PCC directs True Life Coaching & Retreats in Durango, CO. With over 25 years in the field of personal transformation she has been a Certified Coach/Retreat Leader since 2002. Her coaching and retreats offer a safe, loving and fun environment to come home to your True Self. Whether working with Victoria via 1:1 coaching, group coaching, taking one of her unique, nature-based retreats, or her Authentic Leadership programs, she is the real deal when it comes to sustainable and positive personal change.

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