How to Blossom, Not Burn, When You Feel Competitive
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A channeled message from the Heart Center of the Heart Center of the Universe
Good morning, beloveds
Today we would like to speak with you
About competition
About that fire in the belly
About that sense of urgency
About that sense of missing out
About that sense of missed opportunity
Because this is, this is what you are really responding to
When you get this feeling of competition
And we want to say to you
That there is an extremely healthy and vibrant part of this
It is the urge within you to express yourself
At your greatest capacity
It is the urge within you for all you
To come in line
To, in one glorious moment,
Reach the utter pinnacle,
The full flowering of your abilities
Of your desires
Of your passions
And this yearning
Is part of the flower of life
It is the act of spirit moving upon the waters
It is the act of creation
And it is your most fundamental
Sacred
Simple
Natural
Essence
It is the intense desire
For artistry
For that moment that takes one’s breath away
And so you know it when you see it
You know it when you see it in others
And really when it is that sacred blooming in your body
You will not feel the competition
At least not at first
You will be awash in beauty
And then
You will be triggered
To express that beauty yourself
OH there it is…
And so how do you work with this experience?
How do you work with the disappointment of falling short?
We think of a line in the movie, Amadeus
We think of that line, “what can I say but Salieri?”
That summing up of the target missed
That summing up of feeling separate from god
That summing up that with all the effort, all the humility
All the commitment, all the surrender, all the sacrifice
That still one falls short of the perfection of the glory of the divine
So you may hear this piece about acceptance
That the daisy on the hill, if it is crooked and missing a petal
Doesn’t feel less perfect than its glorious sister
That the oak that is dwarfed or misshapen doesn’t feel less perfect
Than its majestic brother
And maybe it’s because they don’t have Instagram
Maybe it’s because they don’t have Facebook (laughs)
But you see this is at the heart…hmmm…
First, we would say that it is not entirely true
That such a daisy and such an oak tree may not strive
For an even grander expression
But what we would say is that their self-consciousness is different
That their process of creation
Is more present to them
And more than anything, their sense of cooperation is more present to them
And it is true that if you truly look at the whole spectrum
There is nothing more important
Between the wilted daisy and the grand oak
Each comes to its full fruition
Each decomposes
Each seeds into the next cycle of life
Each supports the flora and the fauna around it
Each allows itself to be gazed upon
But it is a particularly human quality
To gaze upon one another, and to judge the level of divinity within
So we could say to you, and we will say to you
That it is utter nonsense and gibberish
That one expression is actually more divine
In its ultimate purpose
Than any other
But we would also know
That your spectacular bodies are attuned
To feeling the vibration of perfect expression
And you know it when you feel it
You know it when you see it
When you hear it
When you taste it
When you spell it
And human beings are gloriously designed
To appreciate these magnificent expressions
And we would say that your lifetime is not complete
Unless and until
You are reaching toward your magnificent expression
And we would say that each of you
Absolutely has the gifts
Some of them just being awakened now
But here is the problem
What you have not developed
Is your ability to recognize when YOU reach
That pinnacle of expression
And it is only really obvious in certain forms
You see it in art
You see it in athletics
You see it in cooking
Perhaps in fashion
You see it in certain ways
But where you do not see it
Because it does not create an impression
And you are a visual people
When you do not see it is when somebody has perhaps
Reached a vibration of love so powerful
That they literally transform those around them
Even in just a moment
That that experience may reverberate out
To five to ten to thousands
Simply by a moment reached
Perhaps between two strangers
It may literally be an act of kindness
It may be a physical touch
It may be the receiving of a download of information
That is then transmitted
What you would consider invisibly and psychically
To a network of beings
Who have been waiting for that transmission
And so the piece that you are missing
Is your ability to recognize your own divinity
When it comes to you
And to know that in that moment
you have reached it
And it is fleeting
As any great artist
Or any great creator
Or any great athlete knows
Those moments come, and then they’re gone
And you may imagine them living in the glory of that moment forever and ever
But no they are not
They are onto the next moment and expression
And so what we invite you to do
Piece by piece
Is to become aware
Of when you have reached your pinnacle
Of divinity
To become aware of your own gifts
Your desires may lead you to,
Will lead you to,
Creation
Whether it is music or art or businesses or families
And we invite you to look for the places
That ignite you
And to look within these moments
For your own successes
And if you have trouble finding them
Then think of this
Think of the way you feel when you see somebody else do it
Before the envy comes
That you are not doing it yourself
Think of how it feels to see such beauty
Whether it’s in dance, or surfing, or athletics
Or feel how it is to be moved by the music
Before you have that thought of
Oh I wish I could
Of if only I had such talent
Think about that feeling
And become aware throughout your life
Your daily lives
When in these tiny moments
And we promise you in some ways they are tiny
And in others they are large
But begin to take notice
Of where you are appreciated
Of where somebody looks at you and thanks you
Of when you just feel right
Of when you feel lifted
It may be completely by yourself
It might be in a prayer
It might be in moving a caterpillar off the sidewalk
Take notice of the moments in your life
When you are acting in conjunction with your divinity
When you are infused with your light
And in this way, the spirit of competition
Becomes simply the act of noticing how divine you really are
And how divine are your fellow beings
And to know that in between their accomplishments
They are suffering
They are suffering with the same burning competition that you feel
They are suffering from their same intensity to get closer to what they want
And each of you begin to notice and take pleasure in each other’s divine masterpieces
But you must take pleasure in your own
Even if it seems mundane and idiotic
You may need to notice how other’s kindnesses move you
You may need to notice how less grand gestures
Allow you to feel and accept and admire the divinity in others
Just as the crooked daisy
Just as the stunted oak
How each of these things evokes in you
A sense of connection
And it is connection
That is the birthplace of spirit
Spirit moves upon the water
And creates
Through this connection
And in this way you begin to see yourself
In this beautiful web of divine expression
And to use that competition within you
To spur yourself on
To celebrate your fellows
And to expand this daily experience of divinity
So that it begins to outweigh the suffering
The miracles, the sense of wonder, simply starts to fill up more space and time
Than the doubts and the suffering and the burning in the belly
Every one of you
Every single one of you
Is a beloved walking miracle
Every single one of you is transforming
Into the most glorious being of light
And we want you to use every part of you
The masterful creation of your human form
To understand your beauty
And your divine right
We love you so
And we come to you
From the Heart Center
Of the Heart Center
Of the Universe