Carolyn Hidalgo

My Two Worlds I live in 2 different worlds – the mask on, and the mask off. I decided to stretch out of my comfort zone, and share a little of my “other world” with you. Yesterday along with some of my closest women friends I could take my mask off. Each of us did a private 20 minute reading with someone who has developed the ability to channel spiritual entities. What? Why would I want to do that? Do I need answers to help me in my life? No, not really. I’m in the greatest space I’ve ever been and flowing with this amazing journey that is my life. I was looking for some guidance, and an opportunity to experience the energy of someone at a higher level of consciousness. Reading about it is one thing, but being in the experience?  No comparison. I’ve connected with a few spiritual people in this space, and they’ve become both mentors and friends. It doesn’t feel strange or uncomfortable anymore the way it did initially because of my own misperceptions, and false assumptions! I don’t share this world with everyone, since many are not ready to receive it. There’s still a lot I am not ready for. Each of us are on our own unique spiritual path. This world is hidden if you are not here, but everywhere when you are. I cannot describe in words how incredible it is when you arrive in this place within yourself because you will automatically attract people with similar energy. Yesterday among these friends, and our newest spiritual teacher, I felt such gratitude for having this space to be authentic. We could share deeply sensitive issues (tears & laughter overflowed) because there is trust, confidentiality, and non-judgment. It’s a sacred place you can create with the people in your life. The key is simply showing up being who you are, and finding those who are in a space to listen. They exist if YOU are ready, and it takes an enormous amount of courage. Spiritual Entities As a teenager, I first read about “spiritual entities” in James Van Praagh’s book Talking to Heaven. This book transformed my world, but there wasn’t anyone to share it with at the time. I went to University. Years passed, and I read another life changing book: “Many Lives, Many Masters” by Dr. Brian Weiss – that was over 20 years ago. Again still no one to share it with, but I was planting seeds.  I got a “real job” as an accountant, got married, and started a family. I soon began to hear my own voice yearning for something more not knowing what it was. I found my way back to my spiritual path that has always resonated. It is really about remembering who I am. We all have this voice when you slow down, and it shows up in our lives at various times. Many call it our higher self, and I believe it’s the inner trust of our own experience. A connection to our spirit. Yesterday as I sat in my friend’s gorgeous home with someone who has learned to develop her psychic gifts, she shared the most powerful insights into my own life, and I marveled at the gifts people have that virtually only a handful of people are aware, and have access to. I decided to be bold, and share a glimpse of what channeling looks like for those who are ready. Abraham on Martin Luther King This is a 6 minute video of someone asking Esther Hicks who channels a group of spiritual beings knows as Abraham how to tell her young son about Martin Luther King. It will feel a little strange if you’ve never experienced what “channeled material” sounds like, but remember we tend to judge what is unfamiliar to us. I did too when I first began! Few of us dare to embrace the “psychic” world with an open, non-judgmental mind because there is so much fear present due to our social programming, and misconceptions. If you choose to watch, continue to the end because the beginning part I almost stopped watching. I’m so glad I didn’t. I laughed at the elderly husband who is asleep beside his wide-eyed wife. Reminded me of my husband when I attempt to share this material! He is supportive, but his perspective is “tell me the point or show me the results”. The destination is still what matters to him, not the journey. Notice that the place isn’t packed – not many are playing in this field. Not yet, but it is growing exponentially in the short time I’ve arrived. Enjoy!

How Slowing Down Helps You Speed Up What is the power of living in the present moment so many successful people advocate? What tangible results do slowing down, and pausing to take a deep breath bring to our life? How does it allow you to speed up? In our crazy busy world, it seems contradictory. I grew up with a strong value of not wasting time – being productive was critical to success, and I have to admit hard work pays off! So grabbing hold of the practice of slowing down to speed up has been a challenge. Today it’s a principle I live by. What power has it granted me? For starters, more patience, clarity, and a focus on what matters. Silencing my inner committee gave me space to hear my own voice. Last year I found myself writing my first book – realized writing was a huge passion! Slowed down to experience time flies when I write. A message soon emerged – a vision to create more authentic relationships, and a judgment free world. I slowed down enough to be in my own energy and attract an abundance of people who champion me to follow my dreams. I could ‘be with’ believing in myself more than doubting myself, and made a conscious decision to turn off the media. I took the time and energy spent listening to other people’s lives, and re-invested it into my own life. In the process I let go of a lot of the fear-based energy that drives the media where money is the bottom line. And, that helped speed up. Conflict sells, peace does not. Do you receive emails of warnings compelling you to tell everyone you know? 99% of the warnings are false From my experience, 99% of the warnings don’t come true, which can be validated from snopes.com. Today I receive more inspirational, life changing messages that impact my life positively because I slowed down to attract the people who also hold & give out loving energy. I now spend more quality time with the people in my life who matter – laughing, growing, sharing. Slowing down fills me up so I can give back to the people who mean the most to me. This includes strangers in other parts of the world. I noticed an incredibly strong “need to know” when it comes to “the news”. It’s as if without this “knowledge” you will somehow not be able to function. I would feel condemned for not knowing the latest “news” even when it had no impact on my life because the expectation we “should know” is so high. Remember that all news is in the past, and the only thing that matters is what you learn from it and use it to improve your present! Sure we can hear the latest warning, controversy, catastrophe, and stabbing, but slow down to notice the impact this has on your life. Have you asked whether it is relevant to you? Did it cause you to make any life altering decision? Are you changed now because of this new information? Tomorrow there will be more of the same. If there was something I needed to know, I would find out through friends, family, and the community.  Slowing down gave me the space to listen to what I believed is worth listening to, and the time to spend reading what would make a difference in my life instead of being bombarded from what other people think I need to know. By slowing down, and focusing on who matters, and what matters, I broke away from people who drain me, and attracted the people who energize me. Focused in doing to drive results feels different than slowing down inside in the midst of our “busyness” to BE focused so your life FLOWS. It feels like less work yet I am busier than ever. I attract into my life what I want to create now, and slowing down allows me to notice it when it arrives. Oprah says “your life’s journey is about becoming more of who you are.” Slowing down has given me the power to be just that – more of who I am. Impossible things become possible here. Will you consider slowing down, breathing even during those crazy busy moments, and notice what shows up? You could even try turning off the news for a day.  I guarantee you will be amazed at how you’re able to speed up!

I grew up believing the world was black and white, right and wrong, good and bad. My family life growing up was loving, harmonious with extremely little conflict. I followed the rules, behaved appropriately within the established guidelines of what “good” entailed, and was successfully living my life. Or so I thought. The expectations I grew up with became my expectations of what was “good” and “right”, and I believed it because everything was in harmony. Then I was introduced to coaching, which is really self-discovery, and my life expanded. I thought I knew who I was only to discover I had barely met myself! I thought I knew other people, only to discover that the level I could connect was only as deep as I was connecting with myself, which was barely scratching the surface. I was happy, and I didn’t have a clue what it meant to be living a fulfilling authentic life. I was living mostly in my head with an external focus. Self-discovery moved my focus inside where I began to discover my values – what I stood for versus my passions – what I loved. I noticed the kinds of people who energized me, and those who drained me. I began to let go of any beliefs from my upbringing, which no longer served me, and began to follow my heart. I felt like I was experiencing for the first time what it meant to be a human being, not just a human doing. Soon I found myself diving deeper into questions that had always tugged at me – why people suffered, how people could love someone one moment, then hate them the next, why we were still fighting wars. Suddenly I was looking back at my life, and could see things I couldn’t see before. What I liked as a child & into my teens now had a deeper meaning. I began experiencing more coincidences, and numbers like 11:11 that I saw as a child. Other signs in nature began appearing. I felt like something I couldn’t explain was happening, and it was being confirmed by so many of the people I was now attracting – leaders, spiritual teachers, authors. The experience Neo has in The Matrix where reality is the illusion suddenly became my experience. I don’t see the world the way I used to. My experiences with people deepened to a new level of authenticity, and I began having serious conflicts for the first time with people whose values differed from my own now that I knew what mine were! I realized I was blind to who they were because I was living on the surface of my life. I immersed myself in personal growth and spiritual books, and a few authors I couldn’t put down: Malcolm Gladwell, Mitch Albom, and Paulo Coelho. I listened & watched inspirational life changing material, and attended conferences. I was awakening to who I had always been. My life began to flow in a magical way. Instead of “right” and “wrong”, I began to understand it was all about my intentions. I could see how I was creating my own life experience. I learned how to let go of making people wrong even those whose choices have hurt me the most, and I’ve had no other choice but to walk away. Rising above that pain brought a clarity that’s hard to put into words. I choose to live from my head, heart, and soul where love, compassion, kindness and respect can live and breathe. I let go of fear from my ego where criticism, and judgment live, and put trust in myself. My mask has come down, and it has given permission for others to drop their mask. People have accused me of being naive, but as my coach reminded me: my experience has not been one of being taken advantage of. In fact I experience the opposite: abundance of giving and receiving with so many people in my life. A few people’s true colours eventually revealed themselves, but this handful of individuals taught me the most, and I became stronger. It turned out to be the greatest gifts. I still choose to have faith in people unless they show me otherwise, and this has opened up an amazing space with people where I get to be who I am. Connecting authentically being true to myself is the ultimate freedom, and secret to living a fulfilling life.