Making the Commitment to Well Being

By Kathy L Kirk

(image courtesy Mary Engelbreit)

At many times in my journey through life, there have been distinct moments of “the fork in the road”. These were times when I was acutely aware that I was at a decision point not just about my physical life and its particulars, but more importantly how I was going to actually be in life – my attitudinal choice.

Several years ago I engaged in some very intensive “spiritual work” in the form of Network Chiropractic. These were intense and long sessions where the practitioner would move my life force up my spine. Where the movement of the Energy would get “stuck” were places where I held emotional issues that were not in alignment with Source, the truth of my beingness. These were false beliefs, woundings, decisions made to close my heart and protect myself from further hurt in a human life. For about 3 years I did this work faithfully, experiencing and releasing many old beliefs so that more of my Soul could be present in my human life and interactions.

Then one day a friend called me to come to Hawaii where he lived. He was sick and in need of help. Would I come? Of course I went. During the two weeks that I was helping him recover his health, I got my period, only this time I was passing clots the size of my fist. They were encapsulated, huge and scary. I recall being fully aware that this was a choice point in my life. I could choose to think about this as a healthy thing or I could go into fear and be scared to death.

Then, I had a new thought. I remembered that I had been doing this “inner work”. Perhaps it was true that my physical body was now aligning with my higher consciousness. I could view this whole physical event as something healing and congruent with my desire to be awake and aligned with Well Being. It was a seminal moment. I sat fully aware that I was at the fork in the road in choosing a way to be in life. I chose Well Being despite the appearance to the contrary. I have never looked back; but I have had many more “forks in the road”.

Recently I took a 7-week intensive to release what remains of false beliefs so as to step more fully into my work in Applied Spirituality. Here I came to another “fork in the road” – a defining moment of choice to leave the old way behind and embrace fully, the new.

In this moment I was called to return home to my inner selves and create a whole relationship with all my parts, including my Godself. My ego mind kept telling me that I’ve done all this work before; therefore I really didn’t have any “inner work” to do. Still, I knew the song of the siren from the still small voice. So, at the last minute I signed up to take the class. I resolved to dive into it fully as if I’d never heard any of these ideas before. I would be as a novice and do the course with all humility. At the third week I was “on my knees” so to speak. I was unraveling before my eyes. The work was turning my inner world upside down. The old ideas of who I was were disappearing and leaving a vast nothingness in its wake. Just about then, the giant 8.8 earthquake hit in Chile; I understood that the same massive trembler was happening within my own consciousness. The old horizons were gone. The only thing I could look for was True North. Where was True North?

Once again, I had a seminal moment. I knew that I could choose Life, Love, and Trust in my unfoldment within God, or I could retreat back into fear and a small, unfulfilled life. What was required was my full commitment to Life, Love, Truth, God. That was True North. I sat with this for the length of a day. At last I stood, picked up my bed and made the commitment to mySelf. I would never leave me nor forsake me ever again. That done, I headed North.

This is what is required to live: making the commitment to yourSelf to live in Well Being. Within that commitment are those choice points whether to keep clinging to what was or to continue on the journey leaving what was never true behind, and fully embracing the Truth of Being. We are the Creators awakening from the dream. The commitment is to Self, which is, of course, Well Being.

Kathy Kirk lives in Ohio. A graduate of Cornell, she is founder of Applied SpiritualityÔ and author of two books, Well Done, and The Earthling's Quick Start Guide both with online courses.

Her website: http://www.appliedspirituality.com; where you can also find her blog, A New View. Kathy is a powerful and inspirational speaker to groups as NAS North Island, Qualcomm, BAE Systems, SPAWARS, Mensa, the US Post Office, Cornell, Phoenix House and San Diego County Libraries. She gives seminars, workshops and Teleclasses. You can reach her at support@appliedspirituality.com