From Chaos to Clarity: Lessons Learned from Mercury Retrograde

Mercury went direct yesterday!!!

Yay!!!

As I shared last week, I had quite a few things, “go sideways”, to show me what needed revision in my life. 

When “all the unexpected upsetting things” happened, I actually handled it all in stride.

I made adjustments and found creative solutions to the problems that arose pretty quickly. 

BUT then, I noticed myself complaining about what happened to anyone who asked me how my week was going…

Instead of sharing how I handled it well, I instead found myself emphasizing all the unexpected “bad” things that happened…getting myself upset about them even after I had solved the problems! 

It was like I was hyping upset. 

While my upsets actually created access to new possibilities, like a better recording of my Your Best Sleep Series with a new cool feature added, and a new structure for my business…

In my trauma sharing, I was emphasizing the stress that was the catalyst for these positive changes by repeating things like…

‘And I then I was forced to…‘

‘Can you believe the stress of this?! ‘

‘It was soooooooo upsetting.’

I was, as Deepak Chopra says, continuing “to struggle against the moment.” 

In his book The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success, he says when you do this…

You’re actually struggling against the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision that today you will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. This means that your acceptance of this moment is total and complete. You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment. This is important to understand.

When you feel frustrated or upset by a person or a situation, remember that you are not reacting to the person or the situation, but to your feelings about the person or the situation.” 

I leaned into my feeling, and asked myself…

‘Why am I feeling the need to rehash the upset here?’ 

I focused on where I felt the stress and tension in my body. 

It was heavy on my chest, over my Heart Chakra. 

The emotional theme of Heart Chakra is feeling like you have or don’t have enough. 

Ahhhhhh….That was it! That was why I was fixated on this stress. 

My heart wanted me to acknowledge that I wanted and needed more help. 

I listened to my heart and took some time to think about what I wanted and needed. 

This is how I decided to change my business structure and get more support. 

As Deepak says,

All problems contain the seeds of oppor-tunity, and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or thing.

Once you do this, every so-called upsetting situation will become an opportunity for the creation of something new and beautiful, and every so-called tormentor or tyrant will become your teacher.

Whenever confronted by a tyrant, tormentor, teacher, friend, or foe (they all mean the same thing) remind yourself, “This moment is as it should be.” Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.”

So, if and when you are faced with emotions you can’t shake and are having trouble accepting what is, take some time to listen to your heart.

Place one hand on your forehead and the other over your heart, and rest in this position as you listen for what your heart may want or need.  

Your Heart always knows the best way forward. 

So much love,