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    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Starting this morning at 9 a.m. EDT, I am embarking on 13 day odyssey to discover whatever I can about “Figuring Shit Out.”

    The WHY: Because I have some important shit to figure out. And looking around, virtually everyone else I know does too. It’s as honest and worthwhile a project as I can think of. And frankly, sometimes I would appreciate a little less mysterious “I don’t know” (what to do, what to think, how to be, what to make, how to make it – whatever) and a lot more “hot damn, I’ve got it and I’m on a roll now!”

    Here are some <i>deets:</i>

    1. The course will be set every morning on Facebook live. “Corrections” will surely occur as information comes in throughout the rest of the day (and maybe the night, depending on how much sleeplessness the particular doo-doo stirs up.)
    2. 13 days – because FSO seems to involve being able to somehow get outside the already well-ordered loop of things. A willingness to go into the “odd” of things. To challenge personal superstitions. And invoke magic–carefully. Plus, 13 allows some time for figuring while being a thankful reminder that nothing lasts forever. And that’s a good thing–especially where shit is concerned.
    3. There seem to be some rules involved in FSO. Including that our rules need to be friendly and helpful.
    4. Here’s some:
    • When FSO, you have to be willing to get close to it.
    • It is important to have a gentle touch. To treat your self and your personal poop kindly. Carefully, i.e., to be full of care.
    • The science of discovery encourages a nonjudgmental, unassuming approach.  There is something about “not overthinking it” here. Something about going into unchartered territory. But what?
    • There are some basic tools that are going to be necessary. 1. Courage. Which is no biggie for intrepid spiritually independent seekers. 2. Honesty. A bit dicier for all of us. Being able to be honest with one’s self, to feel Truth when you hit upon it, as well as being able to call B.S. when you encounter it internally as well as externally. As far as I can tell,  there is a need to poke around in both–Truth (or Bliss) and B.S.

    OK. There will surely be more, but I am firing up my iPhone to do the 1st FB live Figure Shit Out 13 day alchemy project in 5, 4, 3, 2……

     

     

     

    #45720

    Bobbie Jo Van Den Plas
    Adventurer
    @bobbiejo

    WooHoo!!!! Way to take on the challenge, and in LIVE form! That is AWESOME! Love the title too! 😀 Go Sharyn!!!

    #45748

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Thank you, @bobbiejo!

    1st broadcast under my belt.

    Just sent e-mail to my 45 person list.

    I have a boat load of things to do this weekend, but will add this mini-course to the list.

    Why in the world, when I am already on overload, do I then add one more big thing?

    #45750

    Bradley Morris
    Mountain Guide
    @bradleytmorris

    Woohoo Sharyn, so so stoked for you. How’d it go today?! Share your discovery when it’s over. You can even embed the FB Live video here for everyone to celebrate and follow along in your journey of self discovery!

    #45765

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Here’s the link to: Figuring Shit Out 13 Day Project

    If curiosity gets the better of you, there are other videos there that I have started recording to promote the e-course I am working on rolling out: Mystical Activism – a 7 week magical meditation course to empower personal well-being during the Mean Time and help birth a New Dream for the Collective.

    https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    #45767

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Thanks, Brad. The call with you and Andy yesterday was super helpful. As always! Thanks again.

     

    #45785

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Day 2 of Figuring Shit Out 13 Day Alchemy Project

    FB Live posted: https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    Day 1. The WHY and the Friendly, Helpful Rules.

    Rules:

    • Gentleness, Kindness & Carefulness (as in I am full of caring)
    • Courage
    • Honesty
    • I forgot but think it is important and will get that one to you tomorrow.

    Day 2. The 4th important “rule”: There are no “mistakes.” Why this matters.

    Main content: Questions

    There are questions that lead us closer to the answers we seek, are clearly in the direction of figuring shit out. And there are questions that take us farther away by creating confusion, even pain and suffering. BECAUSE WE DON’T JUST ASK QUESTIONS. WE LIVE OUR QUESTIONS.

    Non-Helpful questions include but are not limited to:

    1. “Should” What should I do, what should I be, what should I create? Should. Impersonal. Disconnected. Meaningless. Expensive and time consuming.
    2. “Wrong” as in “What’s wrong with me that I can’t figure this shit out?!?” This is very personal, but it isn’t really a question. It is a personal attack framed as a question. It feels like shit, becomes constrictive, cuts of creativity, open inquiry, and instantly transports you light years away from figuring your shit out. I know this to be true. And will talk tomorrow about how to beam yourself back home again and on a much more helpful track.

    TIP: The best, most helpful and illuminating questions are those that FEEL like Truth. How do you know what is Truth? You feel freer. Lighter. More expansive. Like something has opened up. You breathe a little easier. You feel good. Even when the question leads to insight that isn’t necessarily comfortable, you STILL FEEL BETTER. TRUTH SETS YOU FREE–EVERY SINGLE TIME.

    Assignment: To the best of your honest ability, write down the questions you are asking in your attempts to figure some shit out. Just write them all down.

    Now go back through each one and, calling on the aide of your Witness, as neutrally as possible FEEL your way into discovering the quality, the helpfulness of your question. Do you feel neutral–baseline? Do you feel a little shittier? Do you feel a little freer, a little lighter?

    When it comes to your questions, to asking the really good ones, you can’t “figure them out.” Too easy to fall into the dreaded Pit of Over Thinking.

    You have to feel your way.

    Up Tomorrow.  Answering the question: What turns figuring things out into having to figure SHIT out? And what to do about it.

     

    #45814

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Day 3 FB live broadcast done.

    https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    Not as put together, coherent and focused as I would have liked but going with “Done is better than perfect.”

    (I used to say “done trumps perfect” but having to abandon that term in light of the mess in our country.)

    I made a plug for Mystical Activism course I am STILL working on launching and CTA to sign up for my newsletter.

    (Intended) Theme for today was answering the question, what is the difference in figuring “things” out and having to figure “shit” out. I started with the theme, but think I rambled too much and didn’t make certain specific points. This would be one to clean up. Anyhow….

    The answer is that shit that we have to figure out is close to the bone, intimately connected with answering questions of “who AM I?”, “what do I REALLY want?” and “do I, how I feel and what I want matter–to me?”

    This runs much much deeper than “what course do I want to create?” “what will sell?” “what do I want to do?”

    “what is my message?” “who is my audience?” etc., etc., etc.

    In figuring shit out, finding The Truth, the clarity and answers and ultimately actions we are seeking means working our way through layers. And require patience, kindness, and a willingness to rest from FSO.

    I talked a bit about “bliss” and gave the following homework suggestion:

    Today is about remembering all the things you really Like and especially the things that you deeply Love. Start a list and add as much as you possibly can. If you find yourself trying to figure out what good that will do, or how to use this information, or even what to do, put that resistance that is bugging the shit out of you to good use and RESIST the impulse. (You see. “Resistance” does have an important place at the table.) Just stick with the luxurious work of gathering to you everything you Like and Love. Remembering things you might have forgotten. Write it all down. Big and very tiny. All of it. And if it occurs to you to spontaneously do something on your list instead of what you had planned and it is fun, then do that.

    My husband is having gallbladder surgery in the morning at 7:15 a.m. Have to be at the hospital at 5:15. We found out Friday when he went to the doctor to Figure Shit Out. Ordinarily I would use this as a reason not to broadcast. But I find myself wanting to figure out how to do it. Even if it is for a few minutes. THIS is telling.

    Do you agree?

    #45878

    Bradley Morris
    Mountain Guide
    @bradleytmorris

    So pumped for your progress Sharyn. Keep going this week. The more you dive into this Figure Shit out mode, the more shit you’ll figure out and people you will inspire. Keep sharing your links.

    Cheering you on!

    #45910

    Bradley Morris
    Mountain Guide
    @bradleytmorris

    I can see you turning this into a 13-day “Figure your Shit out” mini course after you go through it   😉

    #45942

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Hey Brad! Thanks. And I can too. I am literally experiencing creating a course through this process. The effort is entirely different than trying to make up everything in my head. Very different. And oddly, much more natural and flowing.

    Here is the link to Day 4. https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    My husband had what was supposed to be out patient gallbladder surgery this morning and things took a challenging turn when he got to recovery. He wound up being admitted to the hospital for treatment of extreme pain that shouldn’t have happened and of unknown origin. 17 hours later we are home and he is resting. But it is been an exhausting day of dealing with shit nobody could figure out. (Which sounds to me like a broadcast topic: How To Be OK When You Want to Figure Things Out and Life Seems To Have Other Plans.

    That said, I observed an interesting thing about myself. This would be a perfect opportunity to postpone the FB live broadcasts. I haven’t been able to keep up with the e-mail broadcasts/announcements/follow-ups, BUT am proceeding with the live broadcasts–unpolished and all. I have a tentative plan for the next 2 days. I am allowing each day tell me what the next installment will be. I don’t know where this is going, but something is moving. For sure.

    Thanks for checking in. You and Andy know your stuff. 😊

    #45958

    Bradley Morris
    Mountain Guide
    @bradleytmorris

    So proud of you for sticking iwth it and glad you’re husbands’ back home.

    Creating the course is the transformational journey. It’s easy to give up, but the good content for your future students comes when you stick with it and break through that resistance!

    GO YOU!

    #45973

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Day 5 of Figuring Shit Out 13 day alchemy project.

    Link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    Todays title: Weird Shit, How I Got Involved With Bliss, and What Either Has Do With Your Shit.

    Weird Shit. It’s important to pay attention when weird shit happens. (I didn’t say it, but this election and whole business of what is happening is some really “weird shit.” Which is why it is really important to pay attention. This is so much more than a philosophical or political disagreement. Don’t you sense the fine hand of Spirit moving pieces around? Not sure how long it will take to get things in place, things that are going to be a big transformative, evolutionary improvement for life on this planet. Maybe in our life time. Or not. But I am buzzing with a high degree of certainty that we are here as part of the Design Crew. Hence, Mystical Activism that I STILL plan on launching asap.)

    I described some things about my near death experience of 2/17/13 and some important take away’s for anyone trying to FSO. For example, after I realized my 40 year odyssey as a psychotherapist was over, the question that consumed me (and hasn’t stopped) is “What AM I here for? What am I SUPPOSED to be DOING?”

    After “time’s up” before I made that little visit to the Other Side, came “bliss.”

    I heard correctly. I just didn’t understand what it meant at the time.

    1. AGAIN, let me emphasize, there are NO mistakes. Even when I figured out I had mis-read the “sign” pointing to Bliss, I knew there are no mistakes.

    2. Nothing is random. There is no “meaningless” thing in the Universe.

    3. Love notes from Spirit can feel more like Bitch slaps sometimes. Still, LOVE is the only thing that matters. The only thing that travels. The only creations that hold up.

    4. What to do when you caught in a tight spot of “this doesn’t seem quite right, it isn’t quite right” AND “I can’t let this go, something tells me I shouldn’t keep trying to let it go.” “Still, this doesn’t seem quite right…..”

    (Answer: keep going.)

    5. The misinterpretation I made about “Bliss” is that Spirit wasn’t telling me what to DO. Spirit was suggesting to me how to BE. Big, big, big difference. BE wyrd bliss. Be what really matters. Be my own nature, know and trust my own design–that’s bliss.

    So I am passing this along in hopes you won’t need a version of being Bitch Slapped by Spirit.

    Here’s what I think:

    SPIRIT WASN’T TELLING ME WHAT I SHOULD <u>DO.</u> SPIRIT WAS TRYING TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW I NEEDED TO <u>BE!!!!!</u> WHAT <u>REALLY MATTERS.</u> AND THAT IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS THAT IT IS ONLY IN <u>BEING IN MY BLISS, MY WYRD BLISS, KNOWING AND TRUSTING MY OWN NATURE</u> WITHOUT EXCUSE, OR APOLOGY OR WITHHOLDING.

    KNOWING AND LOVING AND BEING MY SELF WITH A CAPITAL “S”, <u>THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL IT BECOME CLEAR WHAT I CAME HERE TO “DO”</u>. THEN AND ONLY THEN WILL I BE ABLE TO <u>DO</u> THE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER.

    THAT’S THE REALITY OF BLISS.

     

    HERE’S WHAT ALL OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH <u>YOU FIGURING YOUR SHIT OUT!</u>

    Here’s what I can tell you with a high degree of confidence:

    1. Again, there are <u>no mistakes</u>. Everything is material you can use. And sometimes what you may be tempted to call a “mistake” contains some pretty vital and valuable information to help you out. If you can, please be sure to post that reminder prominently—“THERE ARE NO MISTAKES.”
    2. When FSO—especially stuff like “what am I here for?” “do I matter?” “do I <u>mean it</u> when I say I matter?” “what really matters to me in life?” “what do I most want to do?” the single most important thing to embrace is the notion that LOVING AND LIKING, living into and <u>being what you most love and like,</u> that is The Way.
    3. There’s nothing like Weird Shit that happens in your life to get your attention when we are either sleepwalking, or refusing to pay attention, or interpreting the “signs” all screwy, i.e, just a continuation of our old stuff.
    4. The ONLY thing that matters and is worth seeking is LOVE. Without that, you’ll never Figure Shit Out. At least, nothing that means anything or will actually take you anywhere you want to go.

    Two—2—things can help at this point.

    1. Just keep going. When you are caught in a tight place between “this doesn’t feel quite right” and “for some reason, I can’t let it go”, then you need to keep going. As my dentist says, it will either eventually correct itself (i.e,. the road will become clear) OR it will get bad enough to know what is wrong and what needs to be fixed (i.e, where the true direction is).

     

    1. Shadow Work. Doing a controlled deep dive into the Stinky Stuff itself.

    As promised, that is where we will head next. So suit up. Get out your best lavender and sage. You won’t believe the Gold—the actual BLISS– that is hiding in your shit.

     

     

     

    #46207

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    FB Live Day 6  of Figuring Shit Out 13 Day Alchemy Project – “Shadow Shit”

    Here’s the link:

    https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    Too tired tonight to post content.

    New viewers trickling in.

    I am gradually learning to tighten up message, cutting out extraneous comments, and shorten videos.

    In doing so, I am becoming more clear, and sense that a structure–dareI say an actual e-course–is emerging.

    Broadcasting again tomorrow. Then will be challenged for the next 3 days, as my husband (who is still recovering from a gallbladder surgery ordeal) and I have planned a 3 day R & R away from the stresses and strains. Do I hit “pause” and give myself a few days of freedom from work or do I power through and find a way to broadcast.

    No doubt, I will figure this shit out.

    #46222

    Sharyn Warren
    Adventurer
    @SharynWa

    Figuring Shit Out 13 Day Project: FB Live Day 7 – Loving Your Shit

    https://www.facebook.com/pg/InnerFireCoaching/videos/?ref=page_internal

    Today I experimented with using tarot card images as visual aides.

    Yesterday I introduced (again) the 4 levels of perspective, the 4 worlds–in qabala referred to as The Tree.

    Today I shared my epic FSO journey as an example of what goes on in the World of Action, the 1st world. The pain of not being able to FSO, how it manifests, the thoughts and feelings that create and help perpetuate pain, heart ache, procrastination, inertia, being sick about and of it all.

    And what to do about it:

    1. Put down your sword: quieten your mind. Meditation is the best tool I know of for doing this.
    2. Open your heart. Specifically, find your shit, wrap your loving arms around it, hug it tight, and just love up on it. See it for the loving friend and help mate it has been to you. You can ask Your Shit questions, like, “why?” “what have you done for me?” and “do you you want from me?” and “what do you want FOR me?” Maybe even, “Dear Shit, what can I do for you?”

    Some things that embracing my shit has done for me, which is how I know it is entirely possible the same will happen for you:

    1. I figured out WHY this “confusion” has been so persistent. Short answer: it has kept me invisible and thus keeping me safe and SHELTERING ME FROM HARM. Pretty damn impressive. And caring. And it has done so in the face of some rather brutal criticism and rejection on my part.
    2. I stopped hating myself–and hurting inside because of My Shit. Instead now, I feel much more loving toward myself. And impressed with who I am, I might add. This is a good thing. You know how you are always hearing how you must love yourself more and think, “OK, good idea. But HOW?!?” Well, this is a damn good start.
    3. Gave me great new energy. Optimism. Hope. Encouragement. Also, all good.
    4. It has given me courage. Some of the things I have feared have actually happened: criticism, belittlement, rejection. Guess what? I’m OK. It isn’t that those things are to be sought after or intentionally provoked–what would be the point? It is that they are survivable. Sometimes instructive. Often part of a kind of cleansing and clearing that is necessary for more authentic and loving alignment. A releasing of certain teachers that have given us all they can. And visa versa.
    5. Opened up new, higher quality questions  (remember how important good questions are?). Questions like:

    “What is actual “safety.” And “Where does well-being come from and where exactly is mine?”

    And, “If–as I suspect–this “confusion” is no long serving me and my well-being (and that has been the only purpose), then HOW to I release a life-long protective aspect (retirement vs killing is very much preferred. And do-able). And, WHAT will serve me well now, as visibility is going to be a requirement for doing what I want to do, what I feel called to do, and reaching what I can feel is waiting for me.

    OK. These videos are too long. Again, I need to find a way to break them up. And also get more clarity about exactly HOW best to use them.

    That said, doing this is enormously helpful in so many ways.

    Brad and Andy–you are right.

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