In this talk, filmed at A-Fest Greece, intuition expert, Sonia Choquette, explains how our intuition can unveil our true self — and a simple technique to access it in mere moments.
Tapping into our intuition and spiritual energy is key — because that is where our genius lies. Too often, we focus on our rational mind, when it’s our intuition that truly knows our spirit — and can help us to know things about ourself that our conscious mind may never know.
About Sonia Choquette: Sonia Choquette is a renowned spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and transformational visionary guide. She has written 19 bestselling books about intuition, awakening, and personal and creative growth, and helped thousands to tap into their intuition to unlock their inner gifts. Sonia has also consulted with organisations around the world, to introduce spiritual and energetic teachings as a way to enhance organisational productivity and satisfaction. Sonia’s legacy is now continued by her daughters, Sonia and Sabrina, who both have careers in spiritual coaching and guidance.
How Intuition Unveils Your True Self | Sonia Choquette
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thank you I am beyond honored to be up
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here to to bring us to not close but
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transition so the first thing I want to
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do is I want to invite all of you to put
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your books down because you’re saturated
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it’s enough and so the next thing is to
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notice and I want you to start with just
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first just noticing the energy we’re in
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transition
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intuition is is one of my favorite
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definitions of intuition is to notice
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and to notice the subtle to notice
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what’s really happening and you can’t
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really notice unless you’re in your
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bodies and with all this information
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it’s very easy to spiral out so
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everybody just move around a little bit
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and do this just say wah wah put your
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hand on your heart look to the person
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next to you and wah
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so when when vision asks me if I would
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be interested in closing he asked me
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what what will you say and I said I
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don’t know
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because I never know I’m never in that
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space in my head of knowing I go into a
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different space of listening
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so I was sitting and listening today and
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the first thing that came to me was a
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memory that I had forgotten about when I
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first started traveling as a young woman
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by myself one of the first places that I
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came to was the Oracle at Delphi 35 40
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years ago home was I was just a kid but
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I was pulled there and I had no reason I
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had no no agenda I just had this inner
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compass and I hadn’t thought about that
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for the longest time but what it says
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that the gate is know thyself and
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ultimately everything that brings you
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here whatever the motivation what brings
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you here is this this yearning there’s a
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there’s a void if you will there’s a
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place of a yearning where we want it we
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want to make contact we want to connect
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and we we very understandably we try to
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connect to this energy or that
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information or this event or that dance
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or because the yearning is so strong but
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in fact I truly believe that the
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connection we’re yearning for is the
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connection to my spirit to my true
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nature so I’m going to just first invite
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all of you to take a breath ah
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you know all the information that we got
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this last few days it was just awesome
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and incredible there is a premise
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underneath all of that I need to bring
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to you and the premises you know to for
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example to take care of your body we
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have to be careful not to slip into
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thinking that that that I am defined by
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my body because there are people who are
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incredibly incredibly physically limited
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for whatever spiritual or karmic reasons
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of choice on their journey they’re still
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not limited so it’s optimal to feel good
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but it’s not who we are and then we we
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talk about and I just I just love what I
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heard yesterday about I am enough
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however we need to know that the nature
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of I am enough is only going to work if
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the I am that is saying I am enough is
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the I am of my spirit because the ego is
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never enough ego will never be smart
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enough it’ll never be it’ll never be
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handsome enough it’ll never have enough
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hair it’ll never be thin enough it’ll
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never be clever enough the ego will
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never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever
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be enough because by its nature it’s not
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who we are
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so when we say I am enough let the
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emphasis be on I am and breathe okay
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so now what I would like to invite you
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to do is to share a breath with one
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another so turn to the person next to
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you and share a brother
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okay okay so I want to share with you
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what I see from up here
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or or my favorite is the looming grab on
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that’s not normal
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so let’s try to share a breath it’s just
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relaxed that in my body there is a
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heartbeat and that heartbeat is Who I am
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without that heartbeat there is no
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animation there is no party without that
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heartbeat there is only inertia there’s
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death so turn to the person next to you
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and share a breath that really is not
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jumping over there but giving you room
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to breathe in here and meet them at that
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breath that we share to try that ah
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and don’t try too hard because looming
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feels weird so just relax and in fact do
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a favor and give them a smile because it
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feels really weird for someone to be
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staring at you really somber pretending
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we’re both breathing so okay so ah and
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now share breath and say ah and move
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around a little bit
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ah wah wah now so what are we going to
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do how are we going to encapsulate and
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embody all of these experiences that we
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just had so we don’t lose them and I
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believe that it goes back to what I was
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guided to share about the Oracle of
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Delphi let’s start with know thyself so
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the first thing I want to invite
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everybody to put on a little tool belt
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come on look to the person next you
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giving you stink eye and go to everybody
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and I’m going to give you a couple tools
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for the road so the first tool is to
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breathe because the breath is who you
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are
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so breathe in open your jaw until you
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hear a click and notice how that breath
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drops and even more deeply relax give up
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control take the risk ah move around a
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little bit now the second thing I want
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you to do is I want you to feel the
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vibration in the room what do you feel
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love excitement energy expectation well
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here’s what I feel that the minute I ask
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you to notice the vibration everyone
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stop breathing so now let’s take a
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breath and pay attention to the energy
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and not come up with thoughts and ideas
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but really feel the experience ah
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because the thing that’s going to really
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shift our dynamic that’s going to change
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the matrix is if we actually can allow
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our minds to drop their defenses and to
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actually lean in fearlessly to have a
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real connection first with your own
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breath with life with this world with
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the people around you to really have
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connection because the only way we’re
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really going to biohack anything is if
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there’s a breath in there that gives you
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the word bio life so breathe in ah
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and can you feel the energy it’s not
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really that light is it it’s kind of
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tired so heavy like I want to take a nap
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I’m saturated that’s the real energy
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going on that
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normal that is mental energy so I want
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you to notice that because mental energy
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has a signature has a frequency it’s
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it’s kind of straight line energy it’s
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kind of compartmentalized it’s it’s an
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energy that’s trying to organize things
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and you notice how when you’re in that
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mental energy there’s not a lot of
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breath
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so just breathe again ah so now what I’d
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like to do is I’d like to teach you the
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difference between mental energy and the
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energy of your spirit and the way to do
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that is I’m going to ask if you’re up
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for a few experiences because they don’t
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want to give you any more information
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are you up for some experiences okay all
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40 of you yay so I’m going to first ask
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you something that we’re not rarely
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asked but if you truly want to live that
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magical life if you truly want to make
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that contact with your spirit and with
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the essence of life this is something
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you’re going to have to do and you can’t
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fake it because we feel it you’re going
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to have to put two feet in and play full
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out 100% so are you willing to do that
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for the next few four or five minutes
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we’ve lost about 20 in the last minute
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so think about the part of it second I
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don’t know kind of bored
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I’m saturated I’m done no thanks but
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what if you actually did say I’ll try it
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I’ll give it a go
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when’s the last time you were actually
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asked to put two feet in actually asked
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and you did it without faking or relying
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on the person next to you is the group
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cheerleader do it for you you really
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just did it because you’re showing up
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for you I mean God knows you came all
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this way you paid all this money you’ve
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been on that boat you did all those
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things so why don’t you show up this
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time to the moment so are you willing
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we’re doing better feel the vibration so
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I’m going to ask for 100%
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not for me because I don’t need it it’s
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not between you and I it’s between you
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and you but here’s the thing we don’t
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talk about enough but it’s very true
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is it though you come together though we
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all come together by divine appointment
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and we’re all in the energy of this room
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together we as a group can only shift
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our consciousness to the degree of the
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person holding back because we’re
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sentient beings and we resonate so you
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need to turn to the person next to you
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and say I went to a lot of trouble to be
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here so that better not be you
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okay so full-out
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are we ready to pull out is that 100%
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okay good
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stand up everybody stand up okay so I
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have a couple tools I want to give you
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and we’re going to have to go through
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them very quickly I need three visual
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aids three visual aids three people who
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didn’t get anything this weekend please
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come on up here
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three people were afraid they’re going
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to lose everything that they got please
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come up here three people who wish they
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could take it even further thank you
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come up here come on and they’re in one
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man come on
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all right five visual aids come on up
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okay ten visually it’s okay the first
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thing we’re going to do this is an
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exercise they called the breath of life
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I did it in porta viar-toe and I’ll do
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it again takes three minutes 40 seconds
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the first minute we do it you’re going
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to think okay this is fun more dancing
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the second minute we do it you’re going
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to think okay I’ve had enough dancing
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let’s just sit down I don’t want to miss
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anything the third minute we’re going to
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do you’re going to go screw you I’m over
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it let’s just stop it and then
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something’s going to flip so what I want
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you to do is everybody raise your hands
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above your head open your jaw like a
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baby bird opening to get the worm in the
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morning and go
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and then pull your arms down and go ah
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okay that’s your basic move now every
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few seconds we’re going to do this for
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three minutes and 40 seconds because
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that’s how long it takes to change a
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brain pattern so the first minute you’re
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going to start jumping from the left
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brain to the right brain the tuba
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hemispheres are going to start talking
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to each other
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the next minute the left and right brain
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are going to finally just say they’re
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not going to argue anymore and they’re
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going to get into harmony and they’re
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going to start talking to the heart then
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in the second minute the head and the
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heart are going to start talking and
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they’re going to argue for just a minute
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or two of who’s going to be in charge
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and then the hearts going to overwhelm
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the head because the heart is the more
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powerful vibration so the heart and the
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head are going to get into a
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conversation the third minute the hearts
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going to take over the heads going to be
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confused for a minute it’s not going to
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know where to go because it’s used to
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being in charge but then it’s going to
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figure out that I kind of like this and
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then the last 40 seconds boom your heart
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consciousness harmonizes with your left
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and right brain in the intelligence of
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every single cell in your body starts
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waking up so to do this for three
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minutes and 45 seconds at the end of the
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day when you’re tired we need a little
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inspiration so I wrote a song that just
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happens to be three minutes and 40
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seconds long you can download for free
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on my websites called love your life
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so Jason mr. music we need some volume
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on it and our visual aids pull your
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hands up feel it feel it ah
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hurry aah aah breathing put one hand on
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your heart
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aah but when I on your belly aah
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breathe in through the nose turn to the
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person next to you share breath ahh and
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feel the vibration ah Shh feel the
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vibration this is the perfect conditions
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in which to create the mind is quiet ah
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we heard that our our bodies the dog we
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took our dog for a run ah it’s quiet can
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feel your heart beating that’s your
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power
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ah ah and you’re completely present so
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these are conditions in which to ask to
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partner to connect with your spirit in
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spirit of those we share the spirit of
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life now it’s the universe for what you
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need to grow to learn to be supported
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breathe in ah if you can’t think of
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anything right now it’s because you are
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connected you’re not feeling locked out
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you’re not feeling separated so just say
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to the universe surprise me just
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surprise me
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ah ok
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thank you visual aids everybody have a
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seat
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thank you visualize three minutes and 40
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seconds but the thing is what we’re
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doing is you’re moving your body and
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you’re flooding it with breath and
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you’re overriding your mind so now what
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I want to do next is have each person
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turn to the person next to you and just
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in like less than one minute tell them
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who you are please don’t tell them what
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you do they’ve heard it anyway every
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version I’m sure but tell them who you
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are I know who I am
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and share that with someone for the
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until I say Shh
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and breathe ah can you feel the energy
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in the room does it feel any different
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can you feel that there is a distinct
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frequency shift when we begin to move
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into our heart energy and to know
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thyself to know who you are that is a
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huge tool so tool number one breathe
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tool number two move but you want to
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move yourself out of an old paradigm and
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that old paradigm is your left brain I
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call that the bad neighborhood
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nothing good happens there when you
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breathe when you move when you dance
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when you sing what you’re doing is
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you’re inviting your spirit to come into
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your body and it is a spirit in you that
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is intuitive it is a spirit in you that
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connects it is a spirit in you that is
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the genius it is the spirit in you that
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is the healer it is a spirit in you
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Einstein said it best the human spirit
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is our sacred gift and the rational mind
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it’s faithful servant but sadly we have
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thrown away the gift and we’ve become
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enslaved to the servant breathe to truly
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branstad truly truly truly transform is
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when you decide that you no longer need
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to go and check with science to be a
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genius but you don’t have to go check
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with the experts to follow your heart we
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love them they are our servants the
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servant to the spirit we put those
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aspects of our nature to work but that
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true leap is when you no longer put your
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intuition into parenthesis I listen ah
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the weirdest thing happened you know I
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love by the way the definition
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the word weird it means out of this
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world and that’s what we’re from out of
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this world
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the third tool is know thyself but the
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self you want to know is your spirit not
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your story not your backstory not your
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great huge genius plans your essence I
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am courageous I lean in I’m a lover I’m
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gentle I’m a fire Walker I’m a dragon
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I’m a hummingbird I’m a I’m a
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firestarter I calm know yourself and
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when you truly truly truly know yourself
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your true self then you’re free to get
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over yourself and begin to turn your
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attention and knowing everyone else at a
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deep level at a level of we the ego you
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can always tell the ego it has
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signatures the most powerful is itself
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selects out me against you and you scare
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me so I have to manage you over here
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where’s the energy to listen to your
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intuition let alone follow it if you’re
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spending all your time managing your
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anxiety the spirit is me and you we
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share the breath there is no them there
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is just us we’re not special but we are
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spacial we travel beyond the edges and
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when you know yourself so well that you
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can fall in love fall into yourself leap
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in I share this with vision intuition is
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not a leap of faith out it’s a leap of
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faith back in it’s coming home it’s
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coming to that place where my heart is
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not separate my wisdom is reliable my
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vibes are what are true for me right now
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that’s real power the power to be so
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comfortable with who you are you
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don’t need someone else or something
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else to give you permission to be who
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you are that takes courage to follow
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that inner vibe not one of you in this
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room has not shown up because without
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some huge influence of intuition to move
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you here you might think it’s because
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there’s finally a party you’re invited
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to but something deeper came through
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your spirit brought you here your inner
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teacher and if you can leave trusting
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that inner teacher really trusting that
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inner teacher then everything you’ve
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learned will keep tumbling in as the
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sacred servant helping you but if you go
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away doubting the I am in you you’ll
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forget you’ll forget what you’ve learned
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it’ll be like eggs on tap one slide
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right off if you trust you don’t need
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the notes if you trust you don’t need to
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remember because you feel it
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energetically in your body so when you
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reach for something to eat you’ll feel
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this is good for me or not when you when
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you meet someone you’ll feel are we
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connecting or are they afraid and how
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can I make them less afraid what can I
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do to let them know I see them fishing
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talked about how we want approval and we
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want to be seen
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boy that is the meaning of healing I
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want to be seen but I don’t just want to
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be seen like the attention I want to be
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seen accurately and so with that
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everybody who has the power to see
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accurately I see you I see you and you
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know the word psychic it’s like the buzz
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word we don’t say I love that word
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because it was
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cuts right through and what it implies
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is I see you but what people don’t
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realize is and you’re beautiful you are
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absolutely magnificent and when you have
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those eyes and you look at people that’s
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called clairvoyance when you listen with
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your heat with your heart to another’s
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essence to the heartbeat of the universe
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that’s called Claire audience and when
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you touch someone’s hand and the energy
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is coming from your heart and you care
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not care take but just recognize the
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spirit of grace that they embody that is
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Claire sentient and when you’re dancing
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like Matt and all the energy comes in
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that is called divine knowing it’s how
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we’re hardwired so we don’t have to
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remember notes we just have to remember
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our breath we just have to remember to
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breathe and when the spirit is in your
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body there’s some signatures always
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there’s a light in your eyes look at the
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light in each other right now always the
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second signature is there’s always a
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little smile on your lips because the
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Spirit is joyful and unafraid and the
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third thing is there’s always a little
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wiggle in your hips and the reason for
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that is because intuition is a force
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that moves you how movable are you if
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you have no light tight lips in a tight
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butt you’re not going to get anywhere
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you
