We
have probably all had the experience of a gifted coach in our
lives, and for most of us we revere them with admiration,
gratitude, and deep respect. I remember having extreme
difficulty in school with learning French, and if it had not
been for Ms. Mitchell and her infinite patience with me (three
years), I would have never made it to Paris.
Then there was this thing called “golf.” Well, even though I
never broke a score of 100, I came close after being coached.
You can only imagine how high it was before the coaching. Today,
golfing is not my talent or even my pleasure, but I am so
grateful for the coaching.
I
have a precious and beloved friend who is a math coach to high
school students. Talk about admiration! I prenam myself before
her in pure “awe” as I watch her transform the lives of
kids—some of whom have gone on to become athlete stars, earn
scholarships to colleges, and totally reconstruct their self
esteem. Oh my what a gift her coaching is to young-life.
At
one point, when my life began to shift toward a passion for
spiritual understanding, self realization, and awareness of
oneness, my life coaches took on new forms of expression and
appearances. I’ll never forget walking on the beach after a huge
storm at sea. The sand was literally covered in scallop shells
and other various treasures that had washed upon the shore. I
had one of those mystical experiences of pure bliss for almost
two hours as I marveled and filled my sun bonnet with the
shells. I still have them by the way. Memory of that experience
has become a coach for me, teaching me that being in, and deeply
appreciating the beauty of nature can reactive that state.
Beauty brings up a sense of “Awe”…and awe always throws me into
bliss.
Now, as my passion grows more deeply within the realization of
Oneness, I realize that Life has been coaching me from myriad
perspectives to find the see-shells that were
deeply imbedded in the floor of the ocean of my consciousness. I
have come to realize that often it takes a mighty storm to get
these treasures to surface. Storms of life are coaches too.
For
just a moment I want you to entertain the idea that perhaps the
very Essence of you is a Life Coach, and that this Life Coach
has been, not only with you, but IS you forever!
Follow this
dialogue of reasoning with me: At the center of each of us there
is “something” that rises from the very core of Life, prompting
a yearning for the fulfillment of our heart desires and the
revelation of purpose. From whence does this “something” arise?
Answer: from the very Source of Life itself! And in the
Absolute, we are not separate from that Source, and thus, not
separate from the fulfillment of our heart desires and
revelation of purpose. Therefore, desire, fulfillment of desire,
and passion for purpose are all YOU as LIFE coaching you toward
revelation and manifestation of whatever you desire. Life is
coaching you in the direction of ACCEPTANCE of who and what you
already are?
Not only is Life coaching you in this direction, but all the
great sages, saints, teachers and spiritual leaders that have
served as life coaches, point us in the direction of accepting
our own divinity and our oneness with all that is. My question
to you today is, “Can you accept the ultimate truth that all
that you are is God, and that your soul purpose and mission in
life is to express this fully? I hear you echo, “I want to, and
I keep trying, but no matter what I do, I still feel separate.”
That’s because there is nothing you can “do” to bridge a gap
that doesn’t exist. You are not separate from the Divine. God is
all there is, and you are now and forever an expression of That!
The very life that you are is coaching you to accept what and
who you truly are already. You may not be all that God is, but
all that you are is God! If you truly grasp that statement, it
will change your life completely.
2010, 2011, and 2012 offer each of us windows of opportunity
that have never been available to us in the past. Life in
all of its expressions now coaches us and impulses us to
choose beyond the so called “known.” Life from within impulses
us to choose the unknown, to step out beyond faith into an abyss
of the Oneness within the Divine. This territory of
consciousness has never been experienced before as a collective,
and can only become the choice of the collective through
individuated revelation and choice. It requires choosing
acceptance of the Divine as Self. This is the field of Oneness
from and to which we are all guided and instructed. From here,
all desire rises from the heart as an impulse from the Divine.
From here the fulfillment of all desire is revealed as Oneness.
For the last several months, my own inner Life Coach
continuously whispers, “Keep on going where you are being
taken.” Life within and without now coaches each of us in this
direction. We are being taken effortlessly into the realization
of Oneness, and effortlessly into the fulfillment of our
desires. Effortlessness is a coach, Beloved. There is really
nothing left for us to do other than accept. Our motivation is
now rising from the “being taken.” The concept of “being taken”
is a coach. Let us rest in this “taken-ness.” Let us relax and
become the observer. Let us say, “yes” to desires and their
fulfillment. Let us be realized as Life’s Coach, and one with
all Life. Herein we are set free in the Divinity of One as All
there is—God! Desires are effortlessly fulfilled. Mission and
purpose are effortlessly revealed. Life, Beloved, is coaching us
from every expression of itself. And we are THAT!
TaTa!
© Diadra Price, Wings of Spirit® 2004 |
