What Have You Gone Without?

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Trish

What have you gone without, or missed out on, or given up because you haven’t stepped up?

This question was once my undoing. While it doesn’t hold power over me anymore there was a time when it almost shattered me. The first time I heard this question was the first time I realized that by not stepping up I was impacting the people I love most in the world. I was crushed by the weight of what they had gone without, or missed out on or given up – without even being aware of it – because I hadn’t stepped up. As long as I was only thinking about myself I might have been Ok with living half a life and playing small, but when my family was impacted as a result of my not walking in my power, that was a problem for me. I struggled with this question and my willingness to step up for several years before I chose to walk in my power.

Eventually I came to understand that I do have gifts to share with the world. So the question became “who in the world is affected by my not stepping up?” I don’t formulate this question out of arrogance, but from a place of love and service. When I am in service to others and operating from my heart, I am healing – others and myself. Who am I to withold that gift from anyone? To keep my gifts to myself and not share them is arrogant. Every single one of us has a gift (or gifts) to share. You are not serving yourself or the world by holding back and not stepping up.

“Your playing small does not serve the world.” ~Marianne Williamson

Enjoying the Journey! ~Trish

Are You in the Vortex?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Trish

I laid on my bed the other day and I surrendered. I have done everything I know how to do. I have forgiven; myself and others. I have surrendered by handing my problems, fears and issues over to Spirit. I have let go. I have stepped up. I have committed to this path. I have left behind everything that I know; my job, my security, my attachments, my expectations, my fears. I have stepped fully into this path as a healer and as the “mother” of The Question Journey - giving birth to it. I don’t own it, it wasn’t my idea, I was inspired. I received the message about what the book needed to be at the same time many others did. Already I am beginning to see other books of a similar nature. Why, because I have spent time in the Vortex, so have you, so have many others. That time in the Vortex is where we have the opportunity to catch the threads of ideas that we can then put energy into to manifest that idea into reality – or not. So many ideas, so many options, so many energies, so many decisions. So much conditioning and so many self-limiting beliefs to overcome to see the purity of the ideas and to put pure energy into them. I’m going to cross the line and hand myself over in any way I can to become part of the Vortex. I have paid my dues. I have suffered. I have learned through painful lessons and lessons of joy. I have known the spectrum of emotion from unconditional love to hatred. My heart has been bruised. My emotions have been ripped from me by others. I have seen my shadow in a thousand people. I have learned to love myself. I have forgiven myself. By stepping into the Vortex, do I not expand it and make it more available to others?

I invite you to watch this beautiful Abraham-Hicks video (stay with it till the end!)

Enjoying the Journey! ~Trish

Let the Universe do It’s Work!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Trish

“As humans we cannot begin to perceive of the infinite possibilities the Universe has at its disposal to manifest our desires. The harder we try to control the ‘how’, the more we close ourselves off from receiving the gifts that are coming to us. State your ‘what’ and get out of the way!” ~ Trish Bishop

Yes, that is my quote based on a series of recent events that have brought this concept to my awareness in an entirely new way. I’ve heard this same idea in many variations before, for example, “Become the CEO of your life, focus on your vision and let the Universe be your Manager of Implementation.”

For those of you who do not know me personally, you may not know that after I channelled this book (see the Joe Vitale blogpost for more on that) I committed to the process of creating this book and getting it out there into the world. Sounds pretty easy, right? Well, that commitment meant that I walked away from a very lucrative consulting career. Only those people who have written, published and/or been involved in the process of writing and publishing a book can truly appreciate the time, effort and money that goes into such a project. And given the unique nature of this book, it was very difficult to determine up-front exactly what the costs associated with the production of the book would be. The quote above came to me as a result of this book production journey. You see, my husband Paul and I are totally operating on faith with this book. Faith that if the Universe has asked us to create this book that the Universe will also provide for us (er, financially!) to ensure we can make it a success.

Well, that sounds easy enough too, I mean, faith is exactly that – faith, and we have absolutely no question about our role in giving birth to this book or its success. But there is a gap between when I walked away from my career and when the book will actually hit the streets. Living in that gap is a bit of a terrifying experience some days!

One area where I have always struggled is in ‘receiving’ or ‘allowing’. For those of you who also struggle with this, you know exactly what I’m talking about! This is a particular area of my spiritual growth that I have worked on, but something (uh, me…) has always continued to hold me back. However, this book is “NOT ABOUT ME” as my Guides continue to tell me. I am simply a vehicle to bring it to fruition. So, by my not “allowing” or “receiving” the monetary and/or other gifts that are coming my way to support me (yes, the faith I mentioned above, in case you missed that bit of irony), then I am, in fact, standing in the way of the success of the book. WOW – talk about in-your-face! Sooo, upon having that 2X4 hit me in the head and truly opening myself up to “allowing” all of a sudden I started receiving gifts of money from loving friends who “just wanted to make sure I’m OK”, investors who are saying, “YES, I’m in, and what else can I do to help you?” and other gifts and monies that are just arriving from the most curious places. Places I couldn’t have made up if I was writing a script for the Twilight Zone!

So, per my quote above, I am humbled to finally comprehend that I truly cannot begin to perceive of the infinite possibilities the Universe has to offer to make my desires manifest. From this point on I am going to focus on my “what” and leave the “how” up to the Universe who is much better at it than I.

My bit of advice – don’t spend your time and precious thoughts wondering or worrying about how something will show up once you have clarified your desires. Accept each gift that comes your way and you will quickly begin to see an unimaginable web of events, people and situations that are perfectly aligned to bring you exactly what you asked for. Just remember to sit back and admire the brilliance – and, of course, to always remain in a state of gratitude!

Enjoying the Journey! ~Trish