I wrote this piece on February 28, 2010 at a retreat in Sedona with my spiritual teacher.  I feel somewhat vulnerable in sharing this; it is way outside of the realm of the writings I usually include in this ezine.  But, it occurred to me to share it with you, so I am listening to that nudge.  Enjoy…

You Are Light

You are light.
You are love.
You are YOU, and you are everything.
You are connected, open, healing;
Part of the Divine Matrix of life.
The Universe exists within you.
You are filled with the stars
And you are a star.
Love is all there is.
There is nothing but love and light.
You are part of the cosmic family
And you are here to let your light shine.
Let it shine and sparkle as a star;
One small star, yet a star that is part of
what makes up the entire Universe.
You are that… you are.

~Christine Kloser

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Ta Daaaaah!  I’ve been working with my designer to update my header for my ezine, and we did  it.  I feel this image better communicates who I am and what I’m here to bring to the world..  I’d love to know what you think of it!  On another note…

I hardly know where to begin to share about my experience the past two weeks as I traveled to Sedona with my husband to work with our spiritual teacher… and then on to Los Angeles to visit with friends and then exhibit at Author 101.

The picture here, of me sinking into the arms of my husband, pretty well summarizes my experience in Sedona with my teacher and the most amazing group of soul travelers we have been on this journey with for almost a year.  I saw so many things about myself and my way of being in the world that I hadn’t seen before, and was lovingly guided through seeing them and into healing and releasing them.  This photo was taken by our teacher after I shifted through an area of my life where I had been really stuck.  The love I felt as David held me was such healing for my soul.

The greatest gift of doing this deep, painful and powerful, transformational work was to feel myself vibrating at a higher level.  The energy I was contributing to the world around me was unlike anything I’d experience before.  In the past, I’ve often felt like I needed to “do” something in order to “get” something.  But, what I experienced after this weekend was that I didn’t need to “do” anything, except be my radiant, open, loving self.

So, flash forward to Los Angeles where I attended Author 101 this past weekend as an exhibitor (there’s me with my new haircut in front of my exhibit area) and I really got to see how much this shift in my energy affected the external world.  Without any will-based effort on my part, I attracted opportunity after opportunity after opportunity including radio and speaking invitations, an ideal publisher to help me re-launch The Freedom Formula in paperback, four “dream” speakers for a tele-summit I’m working on for this summer, lots of new joint venture partnerships, a meeting with a literary agent about my next book, dozens of heartfelt conversations with aspiring transformation authors, and much more.

I share this with you not to say “look what happened to me” but to remind YOU that this is the FLOW OF ABUNDANCE that can happen to you!  It is not so much about what you do on the outside… rather what you shift on the inside.  This is what I am here to help you do!  Please email Melissa@loveyourlife.com if you’d like to set up a time to talk and see if I may be the right person to help YOU!

By Christine Kloser

I’ve always loved the phrase, “everything happens for a reason.”  It’s been a motto of mine for many years.  Whether it was something outrageously fantastic like my wedding day, or something more challenging like suffering a miscarriage… I’ve always had a core belief that everything really does happen for a reason.

But, goodness knows, there have been moments in which LIVING this statement proved to be much more challenging than simply saying it.  I’ve cried many tears, doubted many things, and asked “why me” many times before… feeling as if everyone had a charmed life, except for me. 

You see, I think there was a surface part of me that wanted the “reason” to feel good!  I wanted to believe that everything happened for the reason of me feeling happy, satisfied, fulfilled, on purpose, blessed, safe, loved, protected, connected, trusting, and joyful. 

But, that’s not how the Universe works.  Everything happens to lead you to your highest good, yet, many times, that can feel like walking through fire.  Things always DO happen for a reason, but often times that reason is for your healing, for releasing, for letting go, for taking responsibility, for digging deeper into the core of who you are.  And, it doesn’t always feel good in the process.  If you’ve ever felt like the Universe is testing you to see what you’re really made of, you know what I’m talking about here.

How can you begin to surrender (in the moment) and release the struggle so you can more gracefully discover the true and highest reason for what is happening?  I’d like to share two tips that help me when I’m in this place of looking for the gift (the reason) in the middle of a challenge.

First, whatever you do, don’t obsess about the experience that has shown up for you.  Obsessing about it, and getting all worked up about it is only going to contract your energy, which will make a peaceful resolution much more challenging.  Believe me, I know about this one.  When I had a difficult challenge with a client last year, my knee-jerk reaction was to contract like crazy because it brought up a lot of fear in me.  With help and support, I was able to release the contraction, speak my truth, have honest communications with this client, and find a resolution to the challenge that would work for both of us.  Had I stayed focused on the fear of the challenge, I can assure you the peaceful resolution would not have unfolded as it did.   

So, the next time something “happens” and you want to discover the gifts from the challenges… breathe!  Yes, breathe and release your emotional grip on the situation.  This will allow you to open some space within yourself for the gifts, blessings and resolution to surface. 

And, my second tips is one of the great questions my spiritual teacher has offered for contemplation.  The question is to ask, “What is the highest?”  In other words, look at the situation that’s causing your contraction/challenge, and in the moment allow yourself to contemplate what the highest may be out of that situation.  How could this situation be serving the absolute HIGHEST in you?

With the client I mentioned earlier, at first it was quite a challenge to see the highest.  Quite honestly, with that situation all I saw was fear in the beginning.  But, then as I handled it from a more spiritually mature perspective, I began to see that this challenging experience was teaching me so much about the types of clients I wanted to work with, what work I really wanted to be doing, where I had compromised myself, not listened to my intuition, not spoken my truth, etc.  I could probably write a book about all of the gifts I received through this challenge.

So, the next time you’re faced with a challenge (no matter how big or small), ask yourself what the highest possible outcome could be.  And, then take aligned action based on that understanding.  Just “one step at a time” toward your highest good will make a big difference in shifting your outcome… and help you discover the reason why the situation showed up in the first place.

© 2010 Christine Kloser

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By Christine Kloser

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“I left the retreat as a new person!  Because, I was lovingly pushed over the edge I had been standing at for years.”

“I’ve been a dentist working successfully in my dental office in Neutraubling, Germany  since 1991.  The last couple of years were very transformational for me as a business owner, but most of all as a human being. I had to ask myself a lot of essential questions about my life… and I was blessed to find the answers! But… one question remained unanswered - the most important one, “Why am I here on this earth, what is my life purpose?” I was still searching…

As I got the email from Christine inviting me to participate in the Freedom Retreat my inner voice whispered immediately - you have to go there, this will help you a lot!  So I flew 8000 miles from Munich to Washington over the ocean… then to Baltimore.

And there I was at Gramercy Mansion, an incredible and sacred place hidden in the woods with very powerful and peaceful energy.  And there were the other people called to this retreat - amazing women, all standing on the crossways seeking the answers of important questions in their lives.

What happened during the event was and is beyond any expectations we all had!!

Christine is blessed by the Divine with the ability to create sacred space where every soul feels at home - guided, supported, unconditionally loved, really at home…
I left the retreat as a new person.  I was lovingly pushed over the edge I had been standing at for years.  I can fly now, f r e e as a bird into the sky, knowing exactly why I am here on this planet!  Do you want to feel the same way and be able to fly, too?!  So, let me ask you the one question - What are you waiting for?!”  

Dr. Madlena Kantscheff, Dentist, Neutraubling, Germany

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I’m preparing to head out of town tomorrow for a spiritual retreat with my teacher in Sedona, along with 24 fellow soul travelers… including my wonderful husband!  As with any work like this, things seem to accelerate and intensify leading into the event.  And, that’s exactly what’s happening with me.

What I used to know “for sure”, I don’t know is true anymore.  How I used to make decisions in my life (and in my business) is no longer serving me.  Some of what I’ve done in my business in the past, doesn’t feel totally aligned anymore.  How I used to show up in relationships isn’t serving me or others in the highest.  Who I used to be, I’m not anymore.  Can you relate?

Now, the “old” me would be freakin’ out right about now; trying to figure out what’s changing, trying to cause a particular future outcome, trying to wrap my head around what’s breaking down and what’s breaking through, trying to create something that would make me feel like I am still in control, trying to get a firm understanding of exactly what’s happening and how it will unfold.

But, none of that is happening.  Rather, I’m finding peace simply BEING with what is so.  I’m excited and embracing the change that I can feel happening within myself.  I’m letting go of my fear of the unknown, and allowing Spirit to take me on a journey beyond anything I could dream for myself.  And, I’m holding the intention that whatever is meant to unfold for me will unfold with ease and grace. 

So much has already been unfolding, with an abundance of blessings showing up out of “nowhere.” There are too many to write about here, but it is so good to see the numerous signs that I am on the right path, doing the right work, and being prepared for something currently unknown to me.  And, I look forward to having it unfold here with you.

By Christine Kloser

For most of my life I’ve been conditioned to march to the beat of a familiar drum… the drum that says, “fall into line, don’t break the mold, do what everyone else is doing, follow the pack, don’t make waves, fit in with the crowd, etc.”  The beat of this drum had become so familiar to me that I didn’t even notice it was beating in the background of my life.

In all honesty, that familiar beat had been running my life.  Yes, I stepped out of the usual nine-to-five corporate mold that society teaches us is what success looks like.  But, I stepped into an entrepreneurial mold that had a similar beat… “Do what everyone else is doing.”  And, so I did – for several years – until I realized that I didn’t want to be marching to the beat of that drum anymore.

And, so the quest began to march to the beat of my own drum… to do the deep inner work to discover what is true and right for me.  I have made much progress on my quest.  I’ve discovered so much more certainty within myself, while also feeling less certainty on the external level.  The beauty is that I’m finding comfort in the “I don’t know.”  Because what I DO know, is that I’m beginning to march to the beat of my own drum.  And, with certainty like that, it makes any external uncertainty a non-issue.

So, what does it take to march to the beat of your own drum?

Opening Your Eyes
First, you’ve got to open your eyes to the truth of what is happening within you and around you.  You must raise your level of consciousness and become keenly aware of your own thoughts, feelings, motivations, etc.  It’s only when you begin to open your eyes to the truth (and allow yourself to see it and feel it) that you can begin to shift what isn’t working.  For many years I had an inner inkling that something wasn’t quite right with a part of my business.  And, it wasn’t until I looked into those dark corners that I could see for the first time what I wanted to shift, how I wanted to shift and what had been holding me back from a life of total freedom.   And, it had nothing to do with my business, but everything to do with ME! 

So, step one is to take a look and see if there’s anything you’ve been staying blind to that it’s time for you to see.

Compassion
Please, please, please… have compassion for yourself on this journey.  I used to think that every time I saw something unpleasant about myself, my life or my business that I was “supposed” to use it to beat myself up.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  When you open your eyes and begin to see things… you must learn to have compassion for yourself as you become more conscious and fr*ee yourself at a deeper level.   Marching to the beat of your own drum requires that you LOVE yourself forward (that’s a fabulous phrase I got from my spiritual teacher), not that you beat yourself up.  So, as you do the work to find YOUR unique rhythm, have compassion for yourself and who you have been up until now.  You have always only done the best you could with what you knew at the time. 

So, step two is to allow yourself to see something that isn’t working for you and have compassion for yourself as you see it.

Commitment
I love the word commitment!  I learned many years ago, at the very first personal development program I attended in 1995, that commitment equals freedom!  At first, I thought the trainer was crazy, but the more I thought about it the more I saw the truth in this.  When you are totally committed to something (in this case, your authentic expression in the world) you don’t have any other options.  Your choices of being “less than your best authentic self” get taken away.  And, that’s a good thing!  Why would you want to be committed to anything less than pursuing your authentic expression in the world 100%?!  It makes no sense.  So, if you’re going to walk on this journey of marching to the beat of your own drum… COMMIT to it!  And, let it take you where you’re meant to go. 

So, step three is to make a commitment to yourself right now that you will do whatever it takes to release the “should’s” from your life and learn to march to the beat of your own drum!

Would you like to use this article?  You may as long as you include the following information along with the article:  Christine Kloser, author of The Freedom Formula, helps entrepreneurs put soul in their business and money in the bank.  If you want to thrive in your purpose-driven, profitable business (while enjoying a soul-satisfying life), send for my special report, How to Avoid the 3 Massive Mistakes Made by Most Conscious Entrepreneurs and my audio, 7 Strategies Entrepreneurial Authors Need to Know… Before Writing a Word, both of which you get (at no charge) when you request my Conscious Business Success Kit at www.LoveYourLife.com.  

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11:00 EST / 16:00 GMT 

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