Gaia: Getting UnStuck

Re: Welcome...

http://DominiqueK.gaia.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:58:53 GMT

Hello! I just joined the group:)

I agree with Jodi in her welcome post when she said that sometimes we get stuck right after we have been successful. I'm trying to make some major life changes and I asked the goddess Kali to come into my life and shake things up and she really has.

I've been able to improve some parts, but then it seems like I end up getting STUCK in other aspects of my life. It's a very frustrating cycle.

Some things that have been helping me get UNstuck:
-MEDITATING with SMOKY QUARTZ: this is a really grounding stone and it helps clear out negative energy in a gentle way.
-JOURNALING: getting all those thoughts out of my head and onto paper really helps me feel cleansed.
-FOLLOWING MY INTUITION: my body has been screaming at me to start doing yoga again. I finally decided to listen and signed up for classes:)
-TALKING TO GANESH: Ganesh is a Hindu God and he is the remover of obstacles:) I've also been calling on my entire spiritual team A LOT!

"Soul Nourishment For (All) In This Consciousness Work"

http://theascensionfacilitator.gaia.com — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:32:24 GMT

Greetings and blessing to all.

Speaking as one whose aware of the variables of our individual paths and the limited nature of what's available that can truly nurture us as we travel back into remember of our self as Light Beings … I offer this link to the 5-Way Channeling that empowers us TO KNOW we are loved, treasured and saluted by those on the other side of the veil of The Flesh. And one of the Channelings is FROM GAIA!!

Although it is not necessarily “Pleiadian”, Kryon Team enlightens all about their “other than worldly existences”. I chew upon this message weekly to keep me in touch with my highest truths as I await the unfoldments of desires through the System Of Synchronicity.

Note: I have been blessed to discover some information called “Pleiadian Teachings” that is so insightful it can serve to enlighten, to reassure, to clarify and/or notify. If you can't find it via a google search, please email me, for Spirit Within indicates that the quality of That Light, must be requested or searched for.

Blessings my family!!

Here's the link:

https://www.kryon.com/cartprodimages/downloadsedona_02_08.html

Re: Have any of you read this?

http://enlightenmentadvisor.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:38:46 GMT

Perhaps meditation might help to slowly unfurl the furled edges in which forgetting lays and once unfurled it dissipates . . .

Re: Be the Change!

http://enlightenmentadvisor.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:27:08 GMT

My Brothers Spirit Still Here ! He was real change and in exactly twenty physical years on this planet before his death, he created peace and harmony, at least for a short while. At least some of us still know he is still making change while others turn their blind eye to the sun and fry themselves from the inside out !

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Re: Getting better with raw food

http://enlightenmentadvisor.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:14:28 GMT

Hi Josh,
I tried the raw food diet for about two weeks after my left ovarian cyst burst and I was released from the hospital, it didn't work for me, so I went back to plan A which was "Eat According to My Bloodtype Diet", which saved me then and seems to save me now. I am healthier, the cyst is super small, my weight is neither fluctuating nor increasing and I have only the AB+ blood to thank and tons and tons of research on how to fix something that was chemically disturbed many many years ago . . .

Good luck with the raw diet, sorry I could not be much help.

Re: Welcome...

http://enlightenmentadvisor.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:04:19 GMT

Stuck, hhhmm that is an excellent way to describe the relationship I have had with my ego. Like 'glue' more 'crazyglue' than bondo, my spirit was suffocated by the need to fuel my ego-driven desires. It left me in a fog for a long while, I think its beginning to clear. My 42nd birthday is near the end of July and I am only looking forward to it as another year made through the b.s. I have put myself into. My own stubborness kepts me more stuck before, but as I realize clearer and clearer that some things are just completely out of my control, I am not made to drown in the quickstand I myself ventured into, I can get out, I feel alot better.

It is all about the way we perceive, I suppose . . .

To have finally become an Enlightenment Advisor, coaching via the computer to individuals on strengthening their own bridges, I believe I have left my bridges to deteriorate. I work hard, play hard, fall in love hard and stay there, and take time out for myself hard. It is my stubborn streak and instead of fixing me, I want to fix everyone else. That is really stuck, more like stuck on stupid. No one can be helped unless they want to be helped, but I can help myself because I want to help myself.

I am going through yet another very rough patch in the relationship/romance department and no doubt I am stuck in how good it used to feel instead of spiritually addressing how bad it really does feel. But it shall soon pass, things will come around on the jukebox and erica will shine again with or without the man she loves at her side . . .

And how has your year been everyone ?

Jumping in With Both Feet

http://housedraconis.gaia.com — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:20:36 GMT

I believe my STUCK, in part, hinges in a lack of creativity at the moment. We have made a huge step in bettering ourselves and our futures by enrolling in college. We feel great about our decision and know that doing this together increases our chances of finishing the schooling we need. The STUCK part is, we are running into one brick wall after another in trying to figure out the financial aspect of things, little things like living expenses. We recently found out that just because we are now college students we could lose our foodstamps. The figures say that just to pay for the basic living expenses we have here, my husband would need to hold down two full time jobs in addition to full time schooling just to make ends meet, until I can acquire my driver's license and lighten that load. It seems drastically overwhelming, and seems that there should be more out there to assist people in bettering their lives, but I cannot find it anywhere. I think part of it really has to do with the fact, I need to let go of so desperately needing to know the how of things being okay. I am simply at a loss. This is of course a big reason I feel fortunate to have found this message board. It gives me a place to feel connected and not so out of touch. It allows me to keep some focus on what is good and right in our lives right now and relieves some of the pressure involved in trying to figure out how we will continue to support our children while bettering ourselves through education.

Thanks for listening, it means a lot.

Getting better with raw food

http://joshrawla.gaia.com — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:29:39 GMT

Hi everyone- Has anyone seen the trailer for "Raw For 30 Days". It's a documentary about Six people who normally eat fast food, who try going 100% raw for a month. It features doctors, experts, and raw foodists who are interviewed including Gabriel Cousens, MD, David Wolfe, and Woody Harrelson. I am new to raw foods and very interested in hearing from others who are raw foodists and people who are trying to change their lives for the better. Many people in my family have diabetes and I have changed my diet and gone raw to prevent myself from also getting diabetes. It’s here: http://videos.zaadz.com/266879/raw_for_30_days_trailer Visit the Raw For 30 Days site at: www.rawfor30days.com Josh

My stuck doesn't exist!

http://touchthesky.gaia.com — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:07:38 GMT

I have been my own stuck. I have held myself back. I have let myself go. But I have recently learned that in order for me to feel full, I need to let go all of my self inflicted "stucks" and allow my dreams to flow through me and through my life. I haven't really reached any goals (except the car goal, yea!!!) but I already feel lifted. Be well!

Re: Welcome...

http://touchthesky.gaia.com — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:02:19 GMT

Oh my gosh! Un-stuck?!? I have never heard it put that way, but it is perfect! Stuck. That's how I feel. Un-stuck- the act or doing not just thinking. I ready to be un-stuck. Please let me know if I can be a supportive voice to anyone looking to free themself of "stuckism". Be well!

SIDS

http://lovagethetrees.gaia.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:01:52 GMT

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Many parents are stuck as to why or how SIDS occur. That question was always in the back of my mind. I have 11 neices and nephews - none of whom have died from SIDS- but neither one of them have ever slept in a crib. My family doesn't believe in cribs. I always suspected that it was something in the baby's mattress that had something to do with SIDS, it's just never been proven. A healthy baby does not just fall asleep and die. There's something strange about that. Well, my suspicions seems to be true. I've been reading more and more about baby mattresses since I'm going to have a baby and what I've found is this: Chemical compounds containing phosphorus, arsenic and antimony have been added to mattresses as fire retardants and for other purposes since the early 1950's. A fungus that commonly grows in bedding can interact with these chemicals to create poisonous gases (Richardson 1994). These heavier-than-air gases are concentrated in a thin layer on the baby's mattress or are diffused away and dissipated into the surrounding atmosphere. If a baby breathes or absorbs a lethal dose of the gases, the central nervous system shuts down, stopping breathing and then heart function. These gases can fatally poison a baby, without waking the sleeping baby and without any struggle by the baby. A normal autopsy would not reveal any sign that the baby was poisoned (Sprott 1996).
If you google "PBDE and SIDS" you will find an abundance of resources on the issue.
Hope this helps people get unstuck. It helped me. I'm going organic cotton or wool. Cut the other bull out.

SIDS

http://lovagethetrees.gaia.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:01:48 GMT

Trying to see the light through the stuck

http://RockCandy.gaia.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:15:17 GMT

Hi everyone! Call me Verily. It means truly or very much so. Which I am . Anything that I am, I am very much so. Anyway I have had a magical life full of miracles and spiritual awakenings. Truly I can't complain but here I am anyway, STUCK. I am a 39 yr old. Single, disabled mother. Two of my children have some mental challenges of their own. They are boys 16 and 18. I also have an eight yr old daughter progressing normally. Believe it or not none of these thing are why I am stuck (though have been at times). I have learned to grow from these experiences. The problem is that it seems to me that for a while now EVERYTHING has gone awry. I realize that there must be a lesson for me in all this but I'm so busy hurting I can't see the miracle yet.

One of my disabilities was a sleep disorder that I dealt with for many years. I couldn't stay awake. Well finally it is being treated and I decided to finish my education (which I had started many years ago). I applied, registered for and got the classes I wanted, paid for and went to orientation, And applied for the disability tuition waiver (as they have no low income tuition waiver here).

Meanwhile, my mothers health deteriorated (partly due to the way she treats her body) and even though I am disabled (I have a lot of bone and back problems), I found myself the only one in the house who was doing any contributing to the upkeep. Needless to say I got behind because I can't do the work of a person without my challenges. What upset me the most about this situation was that my mom's only duty was the kitchen. I did laundry, shopped , cooked and whatever else there was to do. When she couldn't do her part anymore but she could walk to the store for cigs, I decided I couldn't live like that. I asked her to move out (I didn't kick her out I explained that I couldn't do the work of five people while I was going to school.) She did go and things are a little easier there. Except for financially as she had more income per person.

While I'm trying to take care of things at home and get my kids to appointments and such , I'm also taking placement tests, going to orientation and tons of school related things. I called to fins out if there was anything else that they needed for my tuition waiver to be approved and they said it was denied because I was a "non-degree seeking student". I was not and they said it didn't matter they wouldn't be looked at again until spring semester. So basically I can't go this semester. I know it probably doesn't seem like much but I cried for days. I really wanted to get started. I HAD MY CLASSES! Now I have to drop my classes and try again next semester.

That is just one way that I'm stuck. I've been trying to get that peace of mind back that I used to have. For instance there was a time (when I had a car) that if my car broke down I would just hitchhike out of there and get it towed all smiles and that's life. Now, I have so many proverbial cars breaking down, I'm finding peace of mind difficult at best.

Sorry to go on like this, but really Zaadzters are the only ones that I have to talk to. At least until I get into school and get some peers. Thank you to any who read this and double for any replies. I know there's some of you who can totally relate.

                       Love and Light to All,
                             Verily

P.S. If you read this post in the Welcome topics, I only reposted here because you get less feedback through the welcome spots. So sorry for the waste of space. Thanks for reading.

Re: Welcome...

http://RockCandy.gaia.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:31:37 GMT

Love and Light to All,

Verily

Re: Be the Change!

http://wohica.gaia.com — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:59:20 GMT

When I was a young adult, I went through many steps in my personal inner growth, coming to terms with those things that many of my contemporaries have yet to come to terms with some 20 years later. Being as outside of the box as I have always been, at the time it was not the way to be. Conformity wasa the cry and I was therefore, outcast. I found my kin in fellow outcasts and yet, I was still on the outside looking in.
Many things facillitated the rapid growth I was experiencing... maybe it was the time in my life, maybe it was the time of the universe. Maybe it was the hallucinagenics that I indulged in at the time.
What I do remember, what sticks out most in the forefront of all of it and the thing that made me most comfortable with being different from most is this one thought that came to mind then and stays there now:

THE ONLY WAY I CAN CHANGE THE WORLD IS TO BE WHO I AM.

Re: Welcome...

http://spiritreborn73.gaia.com — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:01:04 GMT

hi all
as i read through this post i started thinking... hay i know what these people mean, yea!!! it's not just me feeling like this.
i am trying to get unstuck, i have been for a few years now and just as i get a major bit of stuck unstuck i find another that needs dealing with, so here i am. at present i am stuck on the family relationship thing, they seem to be having a hard time accepting me as a person rather than the dogs body. for the first time in years i put myself first realising that if i am not functioning properly then nothing around me has a chance. my kids especially are finding it very hard to accept that there are now boundries in place, i know it's about balancing the change out so we all find a role that is right for us, but i am stuck in the place where it feels like you take 2 steps fowards and 3 back. and i am finding that the little things.. important little things like meditation are starting to fall by the wayside to give space for the unsticking, and it's not working :'( i know it will given time though.
i feel i am now rambeling so i will leave you all in peace. i so look foward to meeting you all
blessings spiritreborn73

Re: Just whining...

http://meowashleymeow.gaia.com — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:54:48 GMT

Thank you otter, I appreciate the sentiment and advice.

I agree, its a good idea to take pleasure in minor achievements as baby steps, although people at cocktail parties certainly aren't as interested in it as I am either! ^_^ Although I would bet that most of them are no less stuck than us :)

After writing the post I decided to take a leap, so I quit my desk job and found a job waitressing. It pays less than what I make now, but I realized that if I can just make 5 dollars in tips an hour I would make up the difference between the 2 jobs and have extra leftover, and since I'm going to have more than 1 table an hour I'll actually be making more. Why didn't I just start waiting tables to begin with? :) So that is a consolation to get me started. I'm going to try to take small pleasures in the time being to help ready myself for the extra push I'm going to need to get started in school this fall and get back on track to doing something that I want to do...I'll just have to see where the first step takes me. ^_^

Re: Just whining...

http://ottermakesasplash.gaia.com — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:12:32 GMT

Dear Just Whining . . .

Thanks for your open and honest post. Believe it or not, you are a member of a large club. It seems like a contradiction to be "spiritual" and "stuck" at the same time. In fact, I would suggest it's the newest way to be "in the closet." Have you ever been at a class or meeting with others who are "on the path" only to feel like you're the only person in the room who missed the "bliss train?" I've been there, done that and have a whole closet full of tee-shirts to prove it.

Six years ago I had a spiritual transformation. I had been in a crippling depression, and after months of journaling, meditation and facing my worst fears, it lifted. Things seemed to happen effortlessly and magically after that for close to a year. Whatever I put my mind to manifested itself. I was at peace with myself and the world. Then, something completely unexpected happened - the depression returned. It wasn't as hard to handle as before, because I was left with the understanding that everything happens for a reason (even if what is happening to you at the time seems like the furthest thing from making any sense at all). What was harder to handle was the "stuckness" as you call it. The grindingly, mundane, day-to-day stuckness. A beige kinda life, when deep inside you crave colors. There is a magical, addictive, almost manic quality to bliss. Cleaning the toilet and paying the bills can't complete with it.

You can take my advice or leave it as you wish. First of all, embrace and celebrate your inner whiner. When you are spiritually aware, as you are, one becomes super sensitive to those whiny, overly-analytical voices in our heads. They are showing us the way out of our stuckness. They are showing us why we are stuck in the first place. Taking risks is scary. Changing jobs. Going back to school. Investing in a restaurant. Deciding to have children. These are all risky propositions. Sometimes we lose money. Relationships - even with our beloved children - go sour. It hurts to fail. Sometimes we get stuck because we fear failure. Sometimes our stuckness comes from fearing pain and failure so much that we don't let ourselves dream of a life different than the one which is currently driving us crazy. ("better the rut you know" syndrome).

I've been "stuck" now for three years. Recently, I have learned to see the gifts in this "stuckness." What it has given me is an appreciation for my small accomplishments - taking care of my kids and the house, etc. It makes for ragingly boring conversation at a cocktail party though, but what-the-heh! My stuckness has made me more humble. I don't have all the answers. I don't think I ever will. I thought I did when I had my "awakening." Now I see that everything thing you do which nurtures yourself, others and the planet in a quiet, positive way counts just as much as things which attract more attention. Compassion is an easy word to say, it's harder to put into action, especially when it comes to ourselves.

Best of luck with your intention to live a fulfilling life, and to become a parent some day. The best gift you can give your future children is to be true to yourself and to your dreams. Love starts with you and blossoms out to include others. Loving your stuckness is a good place to start. (and true bliss isn't a feeling, it's simply seeing abundance in all things - even in cleaning toilets).

Eternal Love Always,
Otter (Catherine)

Re: Welcome...

http://norofilusion.gaia.com — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:07:00 GMT

Thank you for letting me join you. Ifeel good and welcome about it. I have major energy blocked in my spine also causing me a lot of pain. I'm a Buddhist practitioner although I see no probs with seeking other self help methods. Yes, stuck! is certainly the word and even meditation has grown stagnate. I live in a rural area and classes are far away and not affordable for me. When I noticed thiis pod I am very excited and certainly can appreciate the information exchange u offer. Let me say I find it a very noble thing you young people are doing and I'm very proud of you all!

Just whining...

http://meowashleymeow.gaia.com — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:06:15 GMT

This last year has held a lot of changes in my life for me. I got out of a miserable dead end relationship, re-connected with a friend from my youth who I then married in October, went vegan this spring cold-turkey (heh heh, per se....) after never having considered it before, and lost a pregnancy. I developed several vitamin deficiencies because throughout some of the morning sickness and eventual depression over the lost baby I stopped eating regularly for a large period of time. So now I am B12 and omega-3 deficient. Basically everything hurts all the time and I am tired and have headaches, and because of the loss of natural oils my eyes are always dry and in pain. Bleh. I know I need to eat better and take multi vitamins regularly, but I'm a wuss when it comes to taking pills so I've been skipping... as soon as I get around to the vitamin store I'm going to start taking flax seed oil and protein shakes with vitamins daily, so hopefully I'll be able to get out of the bad health portion of my stuckness.

The real reason I feel stuck right now doesn't have anything to do with my health, except that not feeling well or motivated has a big impact on how much change I make in my life to get myself unstuck.

The problem is that I want to have a great future with my husband, but he isn't going to be the one to get me there, I am. And I have all of these dreams of having kids and raising them well on vegan and organic food (but how can I take care of kids that way when I can't even take care of myself), living somewhere in a house outside of the city that is peaceful to me (but I'm 21 and my credit is already shot...), and either having a job with a lot of flexibility or having my husband have a good enough job that I could stay home often with my children (but my husband isn't looking to get a degree and he still is unsure of what he wants to do with himself, so I'm going to have to get myself there). Don't get me wrong, I love my husband. He's fantastic and I am so glad that we found each other, but I think he and I just have different ways of reaching our goals.

I hate my job right now. I'm in accounting, which is not what I ever wanted to do, but it pays well enough for now. However I'm getting carpal tunnel sydrome and back problem from sitting and typing all day. Ideally I would like to go to culinary arts school, become a chef, pay my way through some small business classes and evetually open up a vegetarian restaurant. But everything seems so far away right now, and so expensive and so unsure. And I'm concerned that if I get into the chef thing I'll be too stressed by such a demanding job that I'll feel worse than I do now and in the event that I do become pregnant again before I am in the position to have a child I'm afraid that I'll end up having to be the one working to support our family while my husband stays home, which isn't what I want. And what if I'm never able to open my own business, as many people who dream of doing so aren't, and am stuck as some line cook for the rest of my life?

I'm considering trying to find a safer career path that will be more certain and will be able to provide for a future family better, but I don't even know where to start as there are not many things that I am passionate about. And I'm nervous about leaving the job I'm at now to waitress and put myself through school, even though I hate it here.

I guess I would just really like to hear the advice or encouragement of someone who has been through this kind of stuff before.

^_^ Thanks for listening to my rant!