Too scared to say how you really feel?

Always find yourself holding your tongue to keep the peace?

Hiding who you really are or what you believe to make everyone else feel comfortable?

Your message, your beliefs, your wellbeing and your point of view are just as important as that of anyone else.

This week, it's time for you to be bold and take a stand.

Watch this week's 9-minute Love Letter video to find out why you haven't had he guts to take a stand yet, and what you can do about it!

"I'm a giver, I'm not a taker."

This week, Source says, "It's time for you to dig deep, have courage, and take a stand."

Apparently, for quite some time there has been a message that you've been holding in your belly, close to you, hiding sharing it for quite some time.

But this week Source- to whoever this is for- is saying, "Take a stand." This is about being bold.

Speaking your truth and stepping fully into your purpose.

The guides are saying, "Let's pause for a moment and discuss however why we don't take a stand."

First, the number one reason why we don't take a stand when we feel this truth within us such as a, "No, this isn't right," or, "No I don't want to," or, "Yes, this is what I believe in," or, "This is what I believe is the best route for us." Right? Making that offer and ask.

The number one reason why we don't do it is because we don't want to take up space. Taking.

Right now, the guides are telling me to single out anyone who is watching who identifies as a giver.

We give energy, we give love, we give support, we give encouragement. We give permission, we give our attention, we give our awareness, we give so much. We give our funds, we give our energy. If this is you, this week in particular instead of giving, you have to take a stand.

I know for a natural giver that sounds really uncomfortable because, "I'm a giver, I'm not a taker."

Because you have to be one or the other, right? Because we live in a dichotomy universe. It's all about black and white and separation, right? There's no such thing as separation. It's important to respect balance and universal harmony.

Holding that message in you, does not only harm to your energy because you assume the brunt of the responsibility for managing that message and holding in all of that anxiety. Anxiety can be seen as power.

Whoa, yeah, we said that. Yes it can be seen as power, but there's way more power that's much more loving and respectful to your body than holding that message in.

We don't want to take up space. We want other people to shine and everyone else to feel comfortable and be pleased.

Know this: If you're used to GIVING, it won't feel good TAKING a stand at first, but you can do it. #selfcare @SenseiWhitfield

Two, the second reason why we don't take a stand, is because we believe we don't know what our stance is. 

When you are so used to giving energy, you become more focused on those that are outside of you than what your core values are.

You're just accustomed to being externally focused, but it's important for you to honor your center and be clear on what your values, what your desires are, and how to communicate them.

It takes a lot of courage to take a stand. You have to assume that you are worthy to take up space, and two, you have to know who you are, what you want, and be able to communicate that.

The Oracle Cards for this week that want to really help us take a stand are. Archangel Oracle Cards deck, one of many Doreen Virtue decks that we have here as well as other kinds of decks at the dojo.

If you ever want to donate one, send it on over. You can go to our About Page here to find our mailing address. (If you can't find it there just send me an email back.)

Angels, archangels. What do we need to know right now about taking a stand this week in particular?

Overcoming difficulties. This is archangel Jeremiel, and one really big feather as a sign to have a higher state of consciousness. See the big picture is what I'm hearing specifically from this rendition of Archangel Jeremiel. The message is, "The worst is now behind you and you are surmounting any previous challenges," and this is where we'll leave off for the week.

We've seen this card before, but this time in particular, for you to take a stand you need to understand that in the past, you were someone who would keep your mouth shut, to try and make sure everyone was happy.

You were someone who didn't know exactly what their values were, or what they want, or how to communicate it. Bring the mindset of, "I was that person, but where I am right now," say this with me. "Where I am right now, is I am decisive. I am decisive. I know who I am and I take the opportunities that come to me." Because now is the time that you're overcoming.

Now. Don't focus on who you were, and don't be afraid of who you're going to become. Get out of the past and the future.

Be here right now and decide to take a stand. When you're standing, you're not moving back or forward. You are right here. Breathe that in. Be right here.

Send me an email back, comment below. Let me know what you think about this. Is this speaking to you?

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In Love and Light,

Victoria.

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Tired of being "stuck" in life, waiting for your time to shine?

Feeling frustrated that you, your partner or your business still haven't realized their potential, after all your hard work?

Having a hard time just accepting what's happening and embracing yourself and your life "as is"?

Sometimes our "great expectations" can get the best of us, blinding our eyes to the opportunities and positive aspects in our present moment.

This is a particularly sticky situation, because we're caught up in reaching for something that doesn't exist, and meanwhile in our current reality, we end up feeling blocked and stagnant.

Watch the above 11-minute video to learn exactly how you can start practicing acceptance and get unstuck!

"How can I accept my life completely?"

Acceptance keeps the momentum moving forward.

When we do not accept what the circumstances are, there's a lack of acceptance of what is.

When we do not accept who we are dating or married to as what they're showing is who they actually are, we usually are continuously looking past them, thinking: "maybe one day he's going to be this, or maybe one day she'll do this, or maybe someday this will happen."

If we're embracing being more in alignment with nature, practicing acceptance only becomes that much more important, because acceptance keeps you in the now.  

A good place to start is accepting disappointment; thinking, for example: "Okay, I see that this is what it is. I'm in a job that I do not like. I'm not comfortable with my body. This person that I'm dating really isn't right for me as they are, or this person that I'm married to is totally out of alignment with me, as they are right now."

The next step though, after acceptance, is taking action once you are clear on what you have now.

Getting to the point of accepting what is, and having a sense of peace with that, will lower your blood pressure, will calm aches in your body. Acceptance can change the way that you sleep, the way that you eat, the way that you spend your money, spend your time, who you spend your time with.

When we are in a state of acceptance, we're letting go of the fight to make things more than what they actually are -- you put your sword down, and just say "okay, I'm here."

Believe it or not, spirit is saying that the effect of this is that it wipes the slate clean in life.

Emotionally, energetically, physically, socially, financially. Clean slate.

Now for some of you, I'm feeling a nervousness in the energy around having a totally clean slate. I hear you thinking "Well, what do I do with that?"

If that's you, here's what you do. Raise the vibration of that image. Think of it like a blank check. The clean slate is meant to be infinite possibilities. It's not meant to intimidate you.

Know this: If you can accept where you're at now, that gives you a strong foundation for actually changing things for the better.  

It's about taking responsibility for all of what is your actual reality. What is the totality of your world? You need to be able to answer that before you can be in charge of your world.

Source is saying it is extremely important that you have peace with what Source has given you now.

That you have consciousness and clarity with what you have now. It's okay. All is well.

All right, so I'm hearing the oracle cards calling in the energy. Doreen Virtue's "Indigo Angel Oracle Cards" is the deck that came through that wanted to share about practicing acceptance.

So we're just asking as we shuffle: "Angels of understanding, acceptance and peace, show us what do we need to know right now about practicing acceptance? What's at stake? Why are we being so prideful? Not saying no, this is not acceptable. How can I be more than who I really am right now?"

The Oracle Card that came through is... Acceptance!

LOL! WOWZA! I've been doing this for years, and well, I must say, it never gets old. It never gets old! I think this is pretty self explanatory that we're in the vortex, that your synchronicity is lining up.

Here's the reading:

 

As an indigo, you're built to question everything, as part of your mission for making healthful changes to this planet. However, this characteristic may cause you to reject a part of your life that's necessary, in order for you to get to the next step.

Let me pause for a second and emphasize this: if you want the next level in your life, the next level starts with acceptance. It's good stuff. Let's continue reading:

 

This card is a message for you to search through your life and determine if there is anything, or anyone, you are rejecting.

Accepting your life completely is the best thing you can do for yourself right now. 

While this may not be easy or even seem right, know that you simply cannot change everything you do not like, and certain things must be tolerated in this lifetime.

Why must they be tolerated? I have to pause here, because I'm hearing someone in the Energy ask "why shouldn't I settle for anything?"

Here's the thing: It's not about settling.

You could be rejecting the dark gifts, aka the lessons and stepping stones that Source is sending you in your present total reality in this present moment of existence.

You could be rejecting those gifts that are the launching pads to get you to the next level that you are designed for, if you're not accepting them or tolerating them, working through them, understanding and using them to flow through your life's journey. The reading continues:

 

You could be rejecting something that's really essential to the recipe of "You." Ask the angels to bring you strength and comfort to make letting go and accepting easier.  Acceptance is not easy. However, it is a decision.

All you have to do is decide in the moment I accept that what is, is what is.

This is what I've got right now, and I am accepting it, or this is who you are right now, and I am accepting you just as you are. Good, bad, and whoa Nelly. Right?

You'll notice that when you do that, such as admitting to yourself "I accept that I am really angry right now," things will process faster.

I encounter so many people, especially when I meet them for the first time who say, "Oh yeah, I'm blocked," or "this is blocked," or "I'm feeling blocked in life." Declarations like these show acceptance, and this is a serious issue because they don't realize they're fueling those blocks with their acceptance of the idea of being a victim of being blocked.

Another issue is that when you can't accept what's going on, you're going to be at an impasse.

There's a gift there that Source is trying to send you in this frustrating or seemingly "negative" experience. So deciding to open up and allow the experience to be what it is, not knowing what may come on the other side of being in that state of acceptance, you are opening up to moving forward authentically.

If you're curious to know more about this, send me an email at SenseiVictoriaWhitfield@gmail.com or comment below. I'm really intrigued to hear what are you not accepting.

Is there something that's been eating at you, or really pressing on you, and really fueling your stress level that you feel is absolutely not acceptable? Email me about it!

Someone in the energy just said that if something bad happened to you, the way that you can practice acceptance is to accept the fact that that happened. It's not in your current total reality.

It's in your history, yes, but is it right here? Happening right now? No. This step has to come first before you let anything go, or even think about forgiving.

This is a very intense spiritual practice. Simple, but profound. So be kind to yourself; I'm sending you so much love, and I will see you next week.

In Love and Light,

Victoria.

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Observe yourself today to find out what people, places, things or actions your are avoiding, rejecting or running from.

When you find one, ask yourself: "What gift from the Universe could I be refusing to receive by avoiding this situation?"

Notice how you feel at that moment - you're already healing!

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Feeling stressed out lately because everything's changing?

Having a hard time forgiving someone who does things different than you?

Can't believe that things are not working out the way you expected?

One of the biggest sources of stress is the inability to practice acceptance of how things are.

More often than not, we unconsciously try to force the world to fit our version of how it "should" be, rather than staying non-judgmental and open.

Watch the above 11-minute video to learn to relax and stop "shoulding" all over yourself!!

"Why can't I look at my life and accept it as it is?"

This week, the topic that's coming through is practicing acceptance.

In the energy, as I was searching for what we were going to deliver for this week's love letter, and the following question came out of our soul: "What are the different sources of stress in our lives that different students of the dojo and I observe, and what does the Energy have to say?"

One of the big sources of stress in our lives is our inability to practice acceptance. The first thing that's coming through to share from the spirit is that, acceptance counteracts, or it goes against, the ego.

Ego and pride are catalysts for stress, obstacles and frustration in life.

The way this happens is that we form a mental identification with A when we are experiencing B.

Even though we believe that we are A and we believe in A, we say we are A or have been raised to be A, the experience however -- the physical sensations, the temporal physical manifestation of whatever spirit is delivering into our lives at this moment -- is B.

We're looking at B and overlaying A, because that's our glasses. We're wearing A glasses and the only thing that we could see through these glasses is A. There's no such thing as B. So we're just going to move B out of the way.

That is what a lack of acceptance looks like, energetically speaking and psychologically as well.

What are the effects of that A-B split, personality wise, perceptually? What are the effects?

• Stress
• Lack of understanding
• Suppressed expression
• Anger
• Feeling ungrounded, out of alignment, depressed, anxious, untrusting, unworthy or invalid.

We're looking at B, which is the actual temporal manifestation, the natural physical spacial manifestation that we're experiencing now is a B experience. But in our minds there's nothing but A in terms of the data that we can interpret of it, cognitively. In other words, there's a mental pattern to rather not a have to interpret the data.

So there's a mental pattern that we follow: all data that comes in must be sifted through the A protocol and fit into an A prototype. This is a bit of robotic description on purpose, the spirits are saying, because it is unnatural.

In fact it is manufactured, this A prototype, this A box; we're trying to fit the circle peg that we're experiencing into a square box. This A prototype or protocol is manufactured. Why?

This is what I'm hearing in the energy: "Well, why would we have it that way, of not being able to look at our lives and just accept them as they are? How did that happen?"

Well of course, there's nature versus nurture.

Humans as an animal that has the gift of critical thinking naturally like to look for patterns, and to duplicate patterns, to create a sense of stability, order, reproductibility, familiarity. It is to create a tribe.

Here’s why this happens: We're searching for ourselves in the patterns in the All That Is that is around us naturally.

We are also nurtured then on top of that: socially, culturally, traditionally through advertising, commercializing, religiously.

All of these different external systems will create their version of what type of paradigm you should be looking at your world through, even if the world that you're experiencing is totally not in alignment with it, totally not.

Let's put all the technical language aside for a second. I'll tell you a story to give an example of a lack of acceptance, what that looks like and the effects:

Johnny is a good boy. Johnny comes from a good family. Johnny gets good grades. Johnny plays good with other kids. Off the street or in sports, Johnny is a good boy.

Johnny goes to a good school. He takes on a good major. He does good and he graduates in a good place in his class.

Johnny gets a good job and Johnny is dating a good girl. Their relationship is going good, so they get married and he has good marriage and everything is good.

What determines the version of Johnny's "good" is completely relative.

As you were visualizing and thinking and going along with that whole story I just told you, what were your versions of what is "good" that were coming up for you?

"I'm making good money. We're having a good marriage. We're going to a good school, getting good grades." But what are your version of good grades?

For some people, their version of good or acceptable is entirely different, beautifully different, entirely different than your idea of what's good. 

What matters most is how you feel.

Know this: If you're judging what a "good life" is based only on someone else's idea of what's good, you're out of alignment.

The frustration and the symptoms of being out of alignment, of being ungrounded, frustrated or non-expressed are going to come out, naturally, because there's a fundamental lack of clarity around what's your definition of what's acceptable and not acceptable.

In previous videos, we were talking about protecting your joy and how one way to do that is to know "what the heck is my joy?"

It's about a defining process. You can do that to the Nth degree and find yourself more by defining yourself than finding yourself in some workshop, some retreat, some book, some person's arms.

You don't go find yourself, you define yourself.

That's what I'm hearing to tell you in the energy. And one way that is really powerful, but very simple, spiritual practice to start this path is by practicing acceptance.

It's very simple: "whatever it is, is what it is."

At first glance, I'm going to sound profoundly pedestrian, but I would challenge you to look a little bit deeper into that phrase, especially if you are not satisfied with your job, with your relationship or partner, with your body, with your finances, with your studies, with the food that you're eating, the place the you live, et cetera.

If you are feeling not satisfied, you need to look into embracing a sense of acceptance, but not to settle.

That is not acceptance. That's reticence. Huge difference, go to thesaurus.com if you don't know what reticence is. But the only thing I'm going to tell you is that one is active and the other is passive.

Check back next week for part 2 of this love letter!

In Love and Light,

Victoria.

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When you start feeling frustrated with someone who is not doing a "good" job according to your standards, pause and remember that what is "good" or "acceptable" performance is relative to each person.

Take a moment to lovingly go over YOUR standards with that person, assuming they genuinely didn't know.

Notice how you feel at that moment - you're already healing!

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You only get

One.

#BK2YS

Riding the Wood Horse Year

Happy Lunar New Year!

In Chinese astrology, 2014 gallops in as the lunar year of the Wood Horse. The Wood Horse's energy is high, fast-paced and focuses on unlocking new levels of achievement.

In Feng Shui, the Wood Element is the symbol of steady, giving growth. Similar to Mother Earth, Wood has an abundant energy, and represents stable, grounded growth.

The Horse in Chinese lore has a Firey energy, representing freedom, intelligence and great achievement, but needs direction and focus to enact lasting change.

So what does this mean to you?

If ever there was a year to get going on your big dream, this is it. It's now or never.

The universe is sending a BIG wave of manifestation energy our way right now. Do you feel it?

Many of you are already experiencing this energy, as you've shared with me over the last week your stories of how you just feel "compelled" to start a new business venture, finally book more travel time abroad, or go to that class you have missed out on for years - I feel it too, and that's why I'm giving in a bigger way this year already, and I've got even more to come, so stay tuned 🙂

But what if you are overwhelmed by the speed of getting what you asked for? Or better yet, you don't know where to start?

Here's the secret to Riding the Wood Horse year:

Implementation takes practice to get used to but all you have to do is commit. Each day, ask yourself:

1. What is my vision?
2. What ONE thing will I do to realize my vision today?
3. And DO that ONE thing. (Especially if you don't wanna.)

Don't write this off because of how simple it is. The universe always honors Clarity and Action in manifesting any energy, so if you are not doing this simple 3-step process every day, then you aren't playing by the right Rules to Receive. LEARN HERE

And notice it's ONE thing each day; not twenty-zillion things! Start small and clear, aiming for consistency, not the big flashy numbers. It's all about having stamina and building steady momentum.

You are receiving a tremendous gift from the Universe of the Wood Horse energy this year, because this means that whatever you act on will be super-charged and increased across the entire year.

Let's go deeper though: Are you living your purpose? If you are, you can readily describe your daily life, although it gets difficult at times, as happy and as yours.

However, you can tell if you are not living your purpose and not happy when your feel like your daily life belongs to some one or thing else and is not contributing to a greater, lasting good.

Know this: Progress = Happiness. Doing just one thing with purpose each day creates steady progress to realizing your vision. #BK2YS

Now is your chance to change your life, because the universe has stacked the cards in your favor. It takes faith and courage to admit to Yourself that you have a purpose for your life, and to act on it, but the minute you do, Spirit honors your commitment and supports you in expressing your purpose.

If you are ready to get going, but are unsure where to start or what to do next,

Remember, you are not alone -

You have a friend and guide in Me. <3

Send me an email at vnwhitfield@gmail.com or give me a call at 732.903.8573 with what's on your mind, so we can get started.

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