Are You Holding Back Sharing Some of Your Powerful Spiritual Gifts?

Because of my own personal experience around channeling, I posted something on Facebook the other day. What I posted was the following:

 ”What powerful gifts are you holding back from sharing because you’re reticent, fearful, embarrassed, uncertain, etc? You have a moral obligation to share what you know would be helpful to others on their evolving path. Take the plunge, you’ll be glad you did!”

 It got quite a vigorous response! Initially, some reacted to the strong words ‘moral obligation’ but then the reality that was expressed is that many gifted World Servers, Lightworkers, etc have struggled with this issue of holding back vs sharing some of their more ‘controversial’ gifts and talents.

 I loved the discussion because it showed me how energized this issue is for so many gifted people. I knew that it was a charged area for the ones who show up to be coached and taught and supported by me, but obviously it goes much farther. I always understand that my clients and students and I are the tip of the iceberg. If I’m experiencing it and so are they, then A LOT of others are too! The responses to this post bore that out.

 Perhaps you’re experiencing ambivalence or downright resistance to going public with a spiritual gift of yours. You may treasure it yourself and maybe even share it with a few select few friends or family in your inner, trusted circle, but the thought of sharing it beyond that, publicly, may make you really uncomfortable. I get that.

For close to two decades I have channeled through writing. My husband and a few close friends knew about it. Then a while back I began to channel verbally, aloud, and recorded what came. Then more recently, I began to share the recordings of the channeling–and the response to the first channeled wisdom I shared widely, was overwhelming and very positive.

The reason I shared it was because I KNEW beyond a doubt that this was something that the ones I’m in contact with, on my email lists, on Facebook, on Twitter, etc NEEDED to  hear. And I was right. I trusted my intuitive sense about this and despite the discomfort of changing the game, I shared it. You see, I had arrived at the point where it simply couldn’t be held back any longer. It echoed that phrase of Anais Nin’s about it being more painful to remain in a bud than to take the risk of opening and blossoming. The tipping point had been reached for me personally.

 The response to what I shared was extremely gratifying and validating. It validated for me that it’s meant to be shared. It’s no longer just for me…if ever it was.And it filled my heart with the joy of connection and service and filling a need.

 I wonder if you have any of the same thoughts, feelings, experiences with your special spiritual, energetic gifts and talents. I wonder if you circle around whether or not to share them. Or if you decided long ago not to and haven’t revisited the decision again. Or if you’re feeling like you might be approaching a tipping point yourself.

 While ‘moral obligation’ is a strong phrase, and as one person suggested carries a perceived ‘pushiness’, there is a core value embedded in those words for me. That value is that if am given riches, much is expected from me. I don’t mean that there is a ‘should’ attached to your gifts. What I mean is that asking ‘what’s the higher purpose of this gift?’ is a good thing. And heeding the answer is a good thing. What I mean is that we’re all on the planet at this time together, and the planet and all of us are in need of enlightenment, and if we have something that would help toward that end maybe we could offer it, even if it makes us uncomfortable at first.

 One person who responded to the Facebook thread said the following: “But really, once a person does embrace their inner workings … they shift so dramatically that they become who they know they are!” Another person spoke about how even the struggle with his own reluctance to share his gifts “for fear of others being threatened by my authentic expression…” was part of his “tapestry”. I appreciated his owning of the struggle as well as the resolution of it.  And another response talked about how she and her clients “have learned that it’s okay to share selectively with what they have, they don’t have to change the entire world!” This is important because feeling disempowered to keep something for yourself, or to say ‘no’ is not in harmony with wholeness either.

 So we see that it is very much a question of balance among energies. I believe that the process of balancing energies around our gifts and the sharing of them is part of our own spiritual evolution, our unfolding into the fullness of our own enlightenement, and as such is precious in and of itself.

The other thing is that there have been darker times in human history when sharing the kinds of gifts I’m talking about has been truly dangerous and harm has come to those who did share. Now is not that kind of time. Today, the world is in need, is waiting, and is waiting with open arms for those gifts and special talents. The ones who are waiting for you and your gifts are standing around tapping their feet, waiting for you, even if they don’t know that it’s you they are waiting for.

There is so much more to discuss on this topic. I invite you to share your thoughts, opinions, insights here. Let’s keep the discussion going….

 Blessings,
Jan Masters, The Everyday Joy Coach

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