I’m Here For The Long Game
I was listening to a podcast this morning where a journalist was saying the magazine she worked for liked to use a “beginner’s mind” to tell more complicated stories.
Meaning the magazine was a proponent of using a journalist with less expertise on a subject matter to investigate and tell a story because those with more experience tended to have so much more to draw from that it almost made it harder to tell the story.
I feel this in my own experience of sharing the type of information I share about the spiritual path.
I have so much to draw from that I don’t always know how to package it.
Or I see the full picture, so I don’t want to share anything short of that full picture.
Then I look around the coaching industry and see other coaches packaging and selling information (courses, programs, 1:1 coaching, etc.) that I never thought to package because it falls shy of the full picture or covers a topic I forgot was still so needed by so many (because these things have become second nature to me).
Or I notice they’re selling something in a much more romanticized way than I ever would have thought to package it.
When I started this journey, it was from a pure draw to truth.
No one had to convince me why this truth was valuable. It just was.
I wasn’t trying to get something from it that satisfied a particular pain point.
Nor was I trying to get anywhere in the external world.
My guiding force was simply feeling drawn to what aligned with a deeper truth and being repelled by that which didn’t.
My tool was simply being armed with the knowledge of knowing the difference between what stemmed from ego and what stemmed from and/or pointed to a greater truth. (This initially came from reading A Course in Miracles, and later, through the years I spent with a very wise being).
What I’ve noticed is this isn’t often the case for others. People need solutions to be more dressed up in order to appeal to them.
Romanticized solutions garner more attention when it comes to addressing pain points.
But, without understanding the roots of any pain point, most romanticized solutions only serve to kick the can (i.e., the pain point) further down the street until you catch up with it some time later…after having gone down a trail that put your pain point in a temporary dormancy only to rear its ugly head again.
When an un-romanticized solution is presented, it’s often overlooked because it lacks the same initial appeal.
I offer the un-romanticized solution. I always have. (Because I didn’t require glamour to be drawn to it, I assumed others wouldn’t require it).
I’m interested in the true long game…the one that resolves pain points once and for all, because the resolutions being offered consistently lead you back to your own wholeness (no unresolved pain points reside here).
I’ve never put energy or attention into dressing it up these solutions, because, for me, they didn’t need dressing up. Truth just stood as a beacon beckoning me to it.
But I think for it to reach people earlier in their journey, it may need to be dressed up and talked about in the same high energy ways other solutions are offered.
Or maybe it’s not supposed to be a beacon for someone until it is.
I find myself in this crux of wondering if I’m supposed to do everything I can to raise awareness about it’s effectiveness as a solution or if I’m supposed to simply trust in the divine timing of each person’s journey.
I’m sure me playing my role (following my inspiration without getting attached to the results) is allowing the divine timing of my impact on other people’s journey to play out by weaving me into whoever’s journey I’m meant to be a part of, in the way I’m meant to be a part of it.
But it sure is interesting witness…
A “beginner’s mind” packaging up and selling what they’ve just learned knowing I have the same subset of information to offer but I simply failed to see it could be packaged and sold (since I wasn’t in my “beginners mind”).
People romanticizing solutions that put the core issue in a temporary dormancy (vs permanent healing).
People appealing to the idea of wholeness by dressing it up as glamorous archetypes (and having a massive amount of people embrace it), when I’ve been talking about wholeness since 2011 without the same response. (This speaks to the power of dressing things up).
I also recognize that all of this is done through innocence on both the part of the person packaging and selling their information and the ones who are drawn to purchase. And it is helping to a certain degree, it’s just (innocently) limited from the full scope of healing I see as possible. (And this may be perfect for all parties concerned)!
I know my un-romanticized approach to sharing solutions isn’t the most effective approach from a sales perspective, but I whole-heartedly believe it’s the most effective solution for long-term healing.
If you’re searching for solutions in your own journey, I hope you keep this in mind as potential options are presented to you.
And whether or not you choose to work with me, I hope you find the most aligned solution that moves your forward in your personal journey.
Always Shine Brightly,
Shanna
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