Video Summary:

There's this phase of creating something new in our lives when we actually are drawing from two intentions- an old intention with our old patterns and old way of being, and a new intention with our new way of being.

Even though you may have worked hard to let go of the old patterns and old way of being, sometimes it takes a little while to shake it out of your system. So what happens is when you put out an intention, or in this case two different intentions, they will create doorways for those things.

The intentions will create and attract things. The old intentions going attract old scenarios, old patterns, and old types old relationships. And the new intention is going to attract new things, new relationships, and new ways of being. So of course, the trick is discerning which is which.

My teacher used to say, when you're in a new space, often the first thing you encounter is your old pattern, It's because you're familiar with it and you see it quicker. They may both be there. The new doorways and things may be there as well as the old, but you're going to most likely notice the old first.

And so you may have to pass on the old doorways saying, “Ah, that's comfortable, that's nice. That's a good opportunity for sure, but, I think I'm going to pass on that and hold out for something new.”

The first person that comes along may feel very comfortable. We may feel a powerful connection with them. But what kind of connection is it? The discernment is, “What is the nature of this connection?” It may be a connection, but perhaps it's an old type of connection. Or could it be a new connection?

We're likely going to be a little more comfortable and familiar with the old type of connection. It just feels safer. And the new connection, as cool as it is, might feel a little weird. It may seem like, “I don't know. I don't know what to do with this person or this new thing. I feel off my game. I'm not comfortable.”

So there's often a bias toward the old thing, and that's how our old patterns keep recreating. That's how karma recreates itself over and over again.

So there's this phase of two intentions, and it's right about this time of year on the Medicine Wheel. Hopefully, you offered a new intention in the spring and thought about what you wanted to create in your life this year. And so right about now, doorways should be starting to come to you and open for you.

You're attracting things and people into your life, and it's going be this mixture of what was created by the old and new intentions. And so what is the nature of the connection? Does this feel like an old type of relating pattern? Or does it feel new and unfamiliar? That is, does it feel weird, vulnerable, and unknown?

So I’ve been thinking, “Maybe I should pass on the familiar and make room for the new and the unfamiliar, even if it's a little feeling uneasy to me.” What do you think?