Helen Keating Consulting

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The Importance of Ownership

photo credit: Samuel PASTEUR-FOSSE @sam_astro

I work with people who are looking for ways to change their lives. Most often there are three top areas of concern: relationships/love, money/career, and health/vitality. It’s rare that someone is not in crisis, are in a state of transition, or have run out of options in some specific area of their life, when they seek a consultation with me.

There are many ways that I help people with the support they seek. Yes, Feng Shui augments the energetic support that your environment can provide (earth qi). BaZi helps people with an awareness of themselves (human qi). Both Feng Shui and BaZi incorporate the element of how the passage of time affects them (heaven qi). These three energy sources are the “holy trinity” of Chinese Metaphysics…and of life in general. However, since I truly believe that a holistic approach is not only important, but necessary, I often provide additional ways for my clients to connect with the resources they need to assist them on their “hero’s journey.”

One of our most important tools is a mindfulness practice. When you own your life and can see it from a detached vantage point, you have the ability to see not only the world around you, but yourself, in an entirely new light. And once seen, it cannot be unseen. It’s truly an inflection point for enlightenment and higher consciousness. That’s when you take ownership and make the commitment to do the personal work that leads to your transformation on many levels.

When you feel creatively blocked/stuck, by taking a detached look at yourself and your environment, you’ll gain insights into why you’re distracted, unfocused, and uninspired. Once you’re willing to see yourself as a co-conspirator, it’s well within your ability to take next steps to change. When your personal or business relationships have seemingly gone off the rails and you’re feeling victimized, taking detached ownership of your part of the equation can be the epiphany you need to help you resolve those interpersonal clashes. Recognition of your role and taking a moment to empathize with the other people in your life is the first step toward more compassionate relationships. When you’re feeling anxious and depressed, taking a detached view and ownership of those feelings can provide insights that help you take actionable steps toward change. In almost every instance, the common denominator in how our lives advance or stall boils down to our responses to life as it comes to us. If we haven’t learned to take ownership of that, then we will always be looking for an external fix rather than resolution through personal accountability and commitment. Once we accept responsibility, and are willing to take steps toward change, we become our own healer, rather than expecting someone else to heal us.

This is a critical step in our personal growth on our journey. Understanding ourselves helps us understand others. Having compassion and love for ourselves, makes us see others more compassionately. It comes down to a higher state of consciousness (aka, empathy) in which we feel the world around us as part of ourselves. What we say, do, and think (internal world) in response to the external world will define our journey. If you want less drama in your life, avoid histrionics. Practice detachment and declare ownership of your part in the complex world of quantum entanglement.

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