My Talk – March 27, 2016 – First Spiritualist Church of Erie

My Spiritual Awakening Transformation

Spiritual awakening – a life redefined

1. Find like minded people who believe in you
   • Don’t be afraid to let go of people, places and things that no longer suit your purpose. The process of letting go of them, you will find the universe doesn’t like a void. You will find new people who will enrich your life.
2. Love yourself
3. Learn to be Grateful
4. Let Go of Control
5. You are not alone – Find help along the way  
6. Embrace the Glorious mess that you are…
   • Elizabeth Gilbert of “eat, pray, love” fame had an awesome ted talk that made me think about our spiritual connection and genius. She explained that the ancient Greeks and Romans considered genius not something connected to the person, but rather something outside oneself. So the human with the gift could not take complete credit for what they had done; so if your work was bad it also wasn’t your fault. That with the onset of renaissance that genius was considered part of the person. Perhaps setting the fragile human ego for break down. I listened to this talk over and over again.
   • I had a realization and i think you may find it easier when you deal with Spirit. What if you believe that your extraordinary gift is on loan to you and that it is to be passed along to someone else? That you do something that is amazing and that is it? Remember to be humble never forget that this is a gift, you are only a channel. The moment you begin to believe you are something special; that what you do is
7. Trust that spirit is guiding you
8. Your past does not define your future
9. Stop comparing your journey with others
10. Live in curiosity – try something different
    • When 2015 started i saw this idea on Twitter – #threewords; so listening to my gut i decided to pick three words of my own and give it a try.
    • Fearless, compassion and persistence
    • So with 2016 approached i looked back and saw how three words changed my life. You have to be fearless to take the leap of faith. You have to be fearless to take that first opportunity to stand at inspirational stump and give a message for the very first time. You have to be fearless to say no more. You have to be fearless in wanting to serve spirit. You have to be fearless in the face of change.
    • Persistence. Well that is a word that applies to the other two i chose. As i see it, it amplifies the other two words. I have had to be persistent to be fearless. I have had to persist to find a way to love myself unconditionally. I have had to be persistent to stop and look at things from someone else’s point of view. I have to persist to find the right teachers to help me understand. I have had to persist even though i wanted to give up.
    • Compassion has come in a couple of ways. Most of you would think about it for others, and it is important. One of the most important things as a human we can do is ministry of presence. To be there for someone when they need you. Compassion also taught me that it is more important that i give it to myself. Nobody is harder on me than i am. Every critical comment someone would make to me i would internalize and agonize over.
11. Stop worrying about tomorrow find your life purpose 
    • 1. Who you are?
    • 2. What do you do?
    • 3. Who do you do it for?
    • 4. What do they want or need?
    • 5. How do they transform as a result of what you give them?
    • I am colleen, i am a healer and a medium for those people who need closure to heal so they can move forward with their lives and in turn be the best that they can be. It is as easy as that. Your turn…. Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes or less
12. Have faith over fear
13. Pay it forward
    • Who here is a student medium. I am going to take some pressure off of you. Drop the student in your title – you are a medium! Some of the best mentors are always students. You may never pay the person who helped you along the way back directly. That is ok. We all know that someday you will be that mentor to someone else. That helping you is paying the person who helped you. If we are lucky, we will get to watch it happen first hand. 
    • For a moment think about this – what if in a parallel universe that you are giving this talk and i am the one sitting in your seat? And in another universe we are sitting together over there saying “omg this is the worst lecture ever” and what if i am you sitting watching me beaming with pride because you have watched my journey to this moment and have witnessed the transformation? Knowing that it was just a seed you planted that helped me get to this moment. That is a whole other talk that i am still grasping with…
    • Difference between a master and a beginner? The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.  Don’t discredit the planting of a seed. What if all you have is i have a woman and she is showing you cherry jello? How could that help a person? Maybe it is nothing to you. But to the person it is meant for? It may be important.