January 2010 message: From Control to Surrender to Control

The journey back to our power promises many blessings that become real for us when we learn the balance of control and surrender. To our human understanding, these are opposites that have little in common. Yet they are on the same vibrational wavelength and depending where our energetic vibrations are, we will experience them in different ways. The relationship between surrender and control is strategic, vibrational, intentional and energetic and they all occur simultaneously. But, most importantly, without control we can’t learn about surrender and without surrender, we can never be in control.

We use many different strategies to be in control, including manipulation, begging, pleading, force and bargaining. Our ultimate goal is to know that we can make our life look like what we think it should, according to the goals we want to fulfill. If we want success, we will try anything to feel successful. If we want love, we will do anything to prove that we are lovable. But what we want and what we end up with are far different and our goals are often short term because they are based on our fear of not having what we want if we do not get it now, rather than our knowledge that the process always works when we give it the time, energy, effort and trust that it needs.

On a vibrational level, we are at the level of control that resonates with the level of vibration we resonate with. This is the Law of Attraction in action and we live with it every day. When we shift our vibration, we can bring other things into our reality. The process of shifting our vibration is based on surrender, acknowledging that we are doing the best we can and allowing spirit to enter our reality with new and different options. When we surrender we stop fighting and acknowledge the healing that we need to do to achieve new levels of growth and understanding.

It is always our intention to be in control, to manifest our reality in effortless, powerful ways but when that intention is based on control alone, we are simply mirror our fear of being powerless. With a fear-based intention for control, we are afraid that if we let go of the control we think we have, we will have to face the truth that we are not worthy of what we want. And the pain of that realization is so great that we will do anything to avoid it. Yet while we are in this state of being, powerlessness is what we are creating, so we are creating examples of our greatest fears instead of how powerful we can be when we shift our intention from control to surrender.

As humans we associate power with control, and those who are more powerful on a material level, who have more money, connections and success, seem to have more control over their lives. At least, we think that because they have the material means to control their reality, they do not have the same problems as those who have less. But that is just an opinion because there is no relationship between money and control on the spiritual plane. There is, however, a very strong relationship between energy and money, as they are the same thing. Money is the manifestation of energy on the material plane. When our energy is aligned with what we wish to create, we become powerful manifestors of our dreams. If we are not manifesting what we want, we have an energetic issue, which is revealed through what is manifesting in our life. With surrender, we can align our energy with our dreams and learn to release the blocks to the flow of energy in our life.

When did we create the blocks to our control? While we bring in past life issues of power and control, they are amplified with our first experience of trauma. This trauma occurred at any point in our life, but especially in our childhood. The first traumatic experience of our childhood created the belief that we were not in control and from that point on, we lived through the belief that we were not in control of our life and that we had to fight to maintain control on every level. Do you have a memory of some traumatic childhood experience where you felt out of control, afraid to die, physically, mentally or emotionally, or were hurt to the point that you did not think you would recover? That is where you are seeking to control your life and where your beliefs about control are centered. Everyone has a memory of this type and to regain control we must surrender this belief, make peace with that experience and learn to calm the inner child within so that we are able to surrender without the fear that our past will be repeated in every situation. Without this level of healing work, every life experience will repeat our control fears.

To surrender means to acknowledge that we cannot do this alone, it was never meant for us to walk our human journey by ourselves. That is why we have teams of angels and guides who are here to help us. It is why we have the promise of ascension as the goal of our journey. And it is why spirit waits for our invitation to expand our reality in ways we cannot imagine so that we can know what it means to have the life of our dreams. There will be times when we will not feel in control, when the ego’s desires are set aside so that something more appropriate can be created. Surrender requires that we learn to control the ego and understand its fears and then work through them so they can be balanced with spirit’s intention for our life, which is to create heaven on earth.

Through surrender we release the fear polarity the ego carries and bring in the energies of heaven, creating heaven on earth for ourselves and for all of humanity. Each of us can create our own heaven on earth which extends to all of humanity and that opens the gates of ascension to all of the earth and our journey will be complete.

About the Author

Jennifer Hoffman is an intuitive, spiritual healer, mentor, teacher and author and channels the energy of the Archangel Uriel. Jennifer’s intuitive abilities go beyond psychic and into the realm of soul level communication, accessing a client’s soul’s desire for peace, joy and unconditional love. She is able to view the soul’s lifetime purpose, identify the soul contract, describe blocks, karmic imprints, negative patterning, messages and images and facilitate the ascension into the miracle vibration, where life becomes an effortless flow of joy and fulfillment. Her ability to view the dynamics of the soul’s journey allows her clients insights into how to achieve their highest possible vibration, miracle mastery. Everything that stands in the way of this goal can be transformed with willingness to change one’s life story from victim consciousness to spiritual mastery.

In her readings, Jennifer works with the Archangel Uriel, angels, guides and departed loved ones to help her clients gain clarity about their life purpose. Jennifer has helped many people through the Shift through her unique insights and counsel, facilitating their healing journey. Jennifer is the founder of www.urielheals.com, an on-line spiritual healing and growth center and dedicated to the messages and teachings of Archangel Uriel. Information about Jennifer’s books, on-line seminars and services is available at her websites, or email healing@urielheals.com for information.

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