What If YOU DON’t HAVE TO CHASE ANYTHING?

Have you ever been hard on yourself because something you deeply desire just hasn't happened yet? Maybe you've wanted to become more consistent with a practice, finish a creative project, deepen a friendship, create more financial abundance, or simply become the person you know you are capable of being. And perhaps you've wondered, “Why can't I seem to make this happen? Why can't I stay focused? What am I doing wrong?”

I received a clear verbal message from the Great Mother over a decade ago that has stayed with me all these years: “Never chase after anything. Magnetize Everything.” Thus, I have been asking Spirit to unveil something to me about the mystery of magnetism that goes beyond emotional, mental and subconscious conditioning.

I have surrendered, inquired and certainly failed as well as succeeded in many endeavors. And what is clear is that magnetism isn't just about your frequency, vibration and wishing for something and waiting for it to arrive. Magnetism is something much more subtle.

What if, rather than always attracting something to us, magnetism is sometimes about the shifting tides of life? What if it’s about the lack of space that prevents us from naturally moving toward what is already calling us?

I have experienced this recently in my own life. For years, I have wanted to wake up at 4 a.m. and begin my day with meditation and pranayama. I have also longed to write you more emails, and even more so books, with the focus and consistency they require. But family life has its own rhythm. My energy was sporadic, home schooling was demanding, and there were always needs to attend to, whether that be family or clients. Almost every time I sat down to write, something or someone needed me.

I tried to make it happen. I tried to be more disciplined. I tried to create the perfect routine. And yet, it never seemed to stick. I could have interpreted that as a lack of discipline or focus, and there were certainly moments when I did. But perhaps something else was happening.

Then something very ordinary happened. My eldest daughter, Anna, began driving, and Anzi is attending High School with her. And suddenly, something shifted. A layer of responsibility that I hadn't even realized was taking up so much space was lifted. Now, I am naturally waking at 4 a.m. I am meditating. I am writing. And I'm not forcing myself to do it. I simply wake up, and there I am.

Is this magnetism? Maybe. Maybe not. But what I have come to understand is that magnetism may not always be about attracting something new into your life. Sometimes, it may be about creating the conditions in which you can finally move naturally toward what has been calling you all along.

I didn't make my 4 a.m. practice happen by chasing it harder. Space opened. Life changed, and when the opening appeared, I was ready to move into it.

Perhaps there is something in your life like this, too. Something you've been judging yourself for not accomplishing. Something you've tried to force. Something you've assumed requires more discipline, more effort, more focus, or more willpower. What if you paused for a moment and asked a different question?

What if the problem isn't that I haven't tried hard enough?

What if something in my life simply needs to shift so that what I desire can arise more naturally?

This doesn't mean we become passive. Quite the opposite. As I become more deeply committed to the visions I feel entrusted with in this lifetime, I notice that the right people, circumstances, ideas, and support seem to appear with greater ease, and sometimes out of nowhere. Almost magical, things I couldn’t have even imagined. But there is a key piece to this: clarity.

I have to know what I am moving toward, what my heart and Great Spirit desires the most for me. These two must be aligned! And maybe you don’t know what that exactly looks like on paper, but you do know what that feels like. Take that feeling and absorb it over and over again. Just like we do with thoughts we ruminate over, for better or worse.

Then perhaps you might try these questions yourself, that I have been inquiring into every morning before I begin my work day. Not as another thing to accomplish or another practice to get “right.” Simply as an invitation to become quiet enough to recognize what is already moving within you.

Because maybe the life you are longing for isn't always waiting for you to work harder. Maybe some part of it is waiting for space.

And perhaps your work is not to chase it into existence, but to become clear enough to recognize it, aligned enough to move toward it, and trusting enough to let the unnecessary fall away.

REMEMBER- What is the larger vision I have been entrusted with?

ALIGN - What are two things I can do today that is genuinely in service to it?

RELEASE - What am I trying to force, chase, control, or make happen that I can surrender?

Infinite Love,

Kari