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A young boy playing drums on pots and pans

10 14 2022

Stepping to Your Unique Beat of Life by Liz Geyer

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Haven’t we all heard this phrase, “They step to the beat of a different drummer”? Yes, and what have been our thoughts around this phrase when perhaps being described this way? That because we weren’t one who went with the flow of society, that we were less than? I have been sitting with being different this past week, and have found a brilliant lesson through the ‘art’ of syncopation in music.

Syncopation is defined as, “ 1 : a temporary displacement of the regular metrical accent in music caused typically by stressing the weak beat. 2 : a syncopated rhythm, passage, or dance step.” I can certainly apply this definition to humans that seem to look at life and live life differently, mySelf being one of these humans. I also surround mySelf with unique individuals and steep in the beauty of this offbeat rhythm in life. Why? Why would I not want to be in the flow of the river of humanity…like everyone else? I really had to sit with this, because in some ways, I do let myself be taken down certain passageways with the bulk of humanity, because it has just been easier. Yet, for the most part, I have lived my entire life as the salmon swimming upstream in a heavy current, and…wanting to be the salmon that had white flesh, instead of red…I wanted to be that different aspect of humanity, to be embraced by others because I was different.

To be living a life in syncopation is to honor the differences in each of us, from where I “Be” in the world. Recently, I listened to a favorite jazz musician, Wynton Marsalis speak about syncopation. I loved what he said! “Syncopation can distinguish a group and can also characterize a region, with each individual’s way of pushing and pulling the beat being very personal.” He also eloquently, stated, “Syncopation is the daring application of dexterity, jocularity and timing to challenge the common grid…a common way of doing things…the accepted way. It is the masterful challenging of convention, the element of surprise that makes a punchline funny.” Isn’t this how we might look through a lens to see ourselves? Don’t we challenge the common grid by daring to BE who we came here to be? Don’t we, as a different sort of human, add color, the offbeat aspects of our personhood, humor and experience to others? I know we do!

In the present moment, I see this new learning of being with the offbeat as such a gift, knowing that I may look like I am stepping to a different beat, yet I, with you, bring such beauty in this offbeat kaleidoscope of life! Being the syncopated drummer, adding to the orchestra of life, that one spark of a new color, piece of language, twist of perception that can add flair and new insight to being human is really fun!. This perception gives me passion in looking at what we as humans are now creating that adds such deeper meaning to living. I am excited to be looking through my kaleidoscope with its complex rhythms and colors. What about you? What sparks you in the spectrum of difference you carry to others? What is your rhythm that is unique? You are essential in this orchestra of life that we are. Your rhythm SO matters! I am so happy you chose to be here in this time of life where we all are beginning to remember how much we as humanity matter to the whole of existence. Thank you for your unique service in and to LIFE!

04 02 2022

Being With Capacities Together in the Orchestra of L.I.F.E. ( Life Integrated in the Frequency of Expression) By Liz Geyer

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Capabilities- An Acrostic View of who we are together:

Capability

Awareness

Powerful

Actions

Connection

Integral

Together

Inspiring

Eachother

Synchronization

The brain is an amazing being, and I am so very grateful for the capacities and wonder that the brain has gifted me with! These times in our thousands of years of history are quite significant. Our minds are full with such powerful events happening on our planet right now. I am finding that in order to be in the work that is mine to be in, that I need to be with others in the field. Are you experiencing something similar?

Are you feeling foggy? Is time catching up with you…i.e., you can’t recall when something needs to be happening? Is having to tend to all that you need to tend to a challenge right now? Is being in your own Mind of Creation a struggle? Stopping to take stock with all that is happening with our planet, with where we are located in the world, with our immediate locations, family, and ourSelves is significant. Observing where we are in this huge conglomeration of time is important. Taking stock helps us to see that, alone, there is a lot on our plates that we juggle ourSelves daily. And so…I am advocating for being with others, as it extends and increases our capacity to be in this beautiful work we each have been called to at this time.

I am beginning to hear the same message a great deal these days…”I cannot do what I used to do alone. I need to work with another person. I find my brain just works better.” Does this sound familiar? For me, I find that working with another person, or a small group really heightens my capacities, clears the haze that sometimes settles over me, and I can ‘see’ more clearly, ‘hear’ more clearly’.

This is such a potent time to be observing who we are with ourSelves, and who we are with others. Being with others and being in a self study with ourSelves is so exciting right now. Using our capacities together can really help us to observe more acutely who we are. Being in conversation with others transparently about what is up in the field for us individually helps those we are working with become present to what is up both, with us, with themSelves, and with the world.

Another way to say this is that we are each a part of the world’s orchestra, as we speak in our own language, through our own individual resonance. We are each a string on a violin,cello or bass…pick which is resonant for you. When we speak from our heart transparently, others hear our unique string vibration, and together we create a new harmonic resonance that pings in our hearts, and we learn more of the richness of who we are individually and the capacities we bring to the collective ‘world soundstage’.

I have been feeling the beauty and richness of discovering more about who I am and what my individual design is, all while hearing the harmonic resonance of this incredibly powerful vibrational orchestra…being with others and learning with others. As we connect with each other, each in our own unique sound resonance, we can hear our unique sound signature.

What used to be the old sewing circle could now be the new self study. Where we were transparent about what was sad about the world. Now, we sit with each other in this beautiful new orchestra, making new music together to discover all of the new aspects of us and each other. Potent possibilities occur when this happens.

Potency in living…potency in discovering our capacities and designs of our innateness and essentialness in life…isn’t that a rush to be with? Consider joining a group to discover Self in yourSelf and others…it’s a blast!!