I believe, and experience, that we are deeply interconnected with all of Life and are constantly in conversation with Life.
One of the key ways that we converse with Life is in what we are willing to have, do or be and what we are unwilling to have, do or be.
Life responds in many ways to that, including with events and experiences, and also through signposts and symptoms.
Gregg Braden wrote;
“In 1854, Chief Seattle ….. reportedly stated, “Man did not weave the web of life–he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” The parallel between Chief Seattle’s description of our place in the “web of life” and our connection to (and within) the Divine Matrix is unmistakable.
As part of all that we see, we’re participants in an ongoing conversation–a quantum dialogue–with ourselves, our world, and beyond. Within this cosmic exchange, our feelings, emotions, prayers, and beliefs at each moment represent our speaking to the universe. And everything from the vitality of our bodies to the peace in our world is the universe answering back.”
I am so grateful for The Willingness Practice, so that I can be conscious about the conversation that I am having with Life.
Listening to what I am TRULY willing to have, do or be, and what I am TRULY NOT willing to have, do and be, makes a HUGE difference in the conversation.
That can even be from the smallest things, like I’m unwilling to put my feet in uncomfortable shoes, so I don’t ever buy them. And it can be to ‘big’ things like our relationships, calling and health.
I’d love to share one example.
After running a retreat a couple of weeks ago with a dear friend and colleague Lael Stone, we stayed in a beautiful place and I came back with a clear desire for my home to be beautiful.
I did The Willingness Practice, and came to a clear willingness in my body – I AM willing for my home to be beautiful.
But over the next few days, I noticed that I had thoughts like, “I don’t want to spend money on my home; I value care for the environment and don’t want to buy more stuff; I want ease; I don’t want a cleaner here more.”
In other words, I didn’t add these to my Willingness Practice and didn’t stay true to my willingness for my home to be beautiful.
Remember that part about Life being in conversation with our willingness? And one of the ways it converses is through symptoms.
Last night, In the middle of the night, I woke up with a pain next to my left eye.
I listened to the pain with loving compassion, and I also listened for the message from Life. Nothing that I played with, eg. “painful to leave my I” resonated.
This morning, it was still painful. Then the message came to me (I find the messages are often in word plays, like dreams).
The message was, ‘an eyesore’ – ie. not beautiful!
I asked myself, “Is this the message?” and straight away the answer came, a big, resounding YES!
A few minutes later I looked again, and suddenly realised that it was a tick in the skin under my eye.
I also read that as a message from Life – a TICK – ie. YES!
My daughter took it out for me and I felt relieved!
SO, in terms of my willingness, I added ALL these other things to my list of desires.
That looks like this:
I want my home to be beautiful, to have savings still, to do it in ways that care for the planet, for ease, and with the cleaner coming only once a fortnight as usual.
Am I willing?
hmmm… still not a full yes.
Why not? What am I scared of? What am I protecting myself from? What needs or values am I scared won’t get met?
Ahh, it’s that old one – that people will get jealous and I will get hurt and not be loved.
So I add the opposite of that to the list.
I want all those things AND to be emotionally safe and loved still.
Ahhh YES! NOW I AM WILLING!
I feel the full body YES!
The thing with The Willingness Practice is that my invitation now is to keep holding my willingness for ALL OF THOSE!
TWP isn’t a one-time-thing.
We’re can to go back to old conclusions if we don’t keep reconnecting with our willingness for all the things stitched together.
So, my focus now is to keep on being willing for the whole package!
We speak to Life in what we are REALLY willing to have, do and be and what we are REALLY NOT willing to have, do and be.
(Not what we WANT, or what we THINK we are willing and not willing for).
Life responds in experiences, events, signposts and symptoms.
Have you seen my $50 Wonder of Willingness Course?
If you want some reassurance about the helpfulness of The Willingness Practice, here are some testimonials:
“I want you to know HOW WONDERFUL your willingness practice is….I LOVE your willingness practice! I am using it to decide so many things right now.” ~ Olivia
“I am joining the Willingness practice because I have always felt like I have been holding myself back and almost been self-sabotaging. I am so excited to say that I have already seen huge differences in my life ALREADY after starting this course.” ~ Lauren
“I just started working through the course two days ago, and already seen a huge shift in myself and my family! The willingness practice has given me my personal power back!” ~ Vicky
“I so LOVE the willingness practice. I LOVE MY willingness to show up for it. I LOVE my body wisdom. I LOVE my innate ability to heal and keep showing up for what is ready to be seen and held. I LOVE the support I have in my life. So much gratitude right now.” ~ Kate
“I just love love love The Willingness Practice. It is bringing in some very beautiful feelings & thoughts for me… I’m becoming aware of how little of life I have been allowing myself to claim. Wow. I’ve been making myself very small & living on the crumbs. I feel like I am stretching into some very deep places & am excited about being willing to feel more joy, more pleasure and more connection. & it is just the beginning. This is such a profound practice Marion. Thank you.” ~ Erin
“I feel like you’ve handed me this really amazing key to life Marion! So many things are aligning for me! It’s beyond just shifting to see the glass half full instead of half empty. Like the glass is actually MORE full! I wish there were a way to measure this. But so many weird little things just magically aligning for me in my life. Everyone got parking tickets at the mommy meet up this week EXCEPT ME! “ ~ Shannon
“This TWP is the basis for me being able to REALLY connect to my inner most wants and desires and get to know myself again what I want for my life. It’s like a lifeline. I am rediscovering myself and my life goals through this process. My cup is much fuller than it hasn’t been in years; I can’t wait to delve deeper, using your amazing courses and find my true happiness.” ~ Nic
“Ever since I started this willingness practice, I’ve felt a totally different kind of energy growing in me… more enjoyment, more enthusiasm, less guilt.” ~ Elena
“It’s really amazing me how powerful the willingness practice is. I have been so blown away by the week I’ve had that I really can not imagine my life without a willingness practice. My own connection with my willingness has really upped my ability to practice Aware Parenting with my kids because I really know what it feels like to be in their shoes.” ~ Vanessa
“Wow, wow, WOW, I just listened to the “Life responds to our willingness” part. I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS PRACTICE!!!! Gosh, Marion, this is such powerful and perfect practice for me now! Every video I hear touches me deeply, today (freeing up our children’s willingness) to the point of bringing me to tears. Big sobs of relief, actually. Relief that I don’t need to keep battling with my children, with life, to meet my needs or my kids’. Relief that I can just listen to what they are saying “yes” to, when they are saying “no” to what I request. Relief that I can soften into the trust that life is on my side, that I live in an abundant universe where there are million ways of meeting ALL of our needs, that I don’t need to push through to get things accomplished, that the more I slow down and listen to the resistance, the more I will
1. Bring ease into my life
2. Heal past hurts and gain truly useful information about my fears
3. Tap into a powerful torrent of life force!
So I am ready to stop swimming against the current of universal energy. I am ready to listen attentively, carefully, curiously, to our subtle voices of resistance, mine and my childrens’. I am ready to practice with my children so that I can become a true master at TWP!” ~ Maira
I love that when I’m talking to clients in audio calls, I share about the shape I see in the tree at that moment or the scent, image or word that comes to me.
And they share about the thing their child has just said or the bird that flies past them.
I love this lived experience of profound interconnectedness, meaning, belonging and divine conversation.
If you’d like to have that kind of conversation with me for 6 months, message me for more details!