I've been stuck in my work recently and found some great help in a paper by Michael Neill "The Supercoaches, Part Two" - the section on "Discovering your Commitments". He is talking about his own breakthrough work he did with the Hendricks on commitment.
As I read, I understood that we are all committed to something, even when we think we aren't. It is just that what we are committed to may not be what we want.
I played with this idea, asking myself, "by staying stuck, what am I committed to?" I just sat with the question and wrote down what I got without judging it. I let the statements flow, checking to see how they felt in my body. At one point I could feel a shift, a release. I knew these statements captured my commitments to being stuck. For example,
I am committed to figuring it out all by myself
Ah, this was old stuff re-surfacing; my version of protecting myself from rejection. But my current work was demanding more of me. It was an opportunity to grow and be more conscious.
Then, in meditation, I sat with the statements and the vulnerability I felt in acknowledging them. I asked my Higher Self, "OK what am I willing to commit to now?" I expected a laundry list. The simple answer I received was TRUST.
I commit to trusting God, myself and others.
Again, I could feel the energy shift inside. I am lighter.
"The future is more beautiful than all the pasts." Teilhard de Chardin
P.S. I noticed while writing this post that the commitment exercise came to me through a friend just when I needed it; almost as if to reinforce "what's not to trust? " <major grin>
