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I Don’t Have Any Gifts

When people are new on their path to awakening, I hear many of them say, “I don’t have any gifts” or “I can’t do what you can.” Or some other variation of those statements.

We ALL have gifts. And that means you.  Every single one of us on this planet. We are born with an innate sense of intuition because that is our connection to our Higher Self and to the Divine. It’s how we communicate with the Divine and know things. If you think you don’t have it, let me reassure you that you do. It’s just a matter of knowing how you receive your information, then recognizing it, then trusting it, then using it.

It may seem like some of us are more intuitive or gifted than others, especially millenials and younger. Many of you born after about 1980 came here more plugged in, have a stronger sense of intuition, gifts may have come in at a younger age. That’s intentional. As the planet is ascending, those of us born pre-1980 were building and holding the energy for the higher vibrational souls to come in. That doesn’t mean those of you born before 1980 are less gifted or less intuitive or that those born after are more gifted. It means those born after 1980 have been born into a higher energy planet thanks to those of us who laid the foundation. As such, the increased energy supports them for their gifts to come in earlier. It’s part of the plan for humanity to wake up.

In addition to intuition, which we all have, other gifts such as sensing and feeling energy, seeing purple angels or any number of other “cool” things, talking to the deceased, seeing auras, channeling beings etc, are specific to the individual. Talking to the deceased is called mediumship. Many people can do it. What differs is how they do it, that makes them unique. Channeling beings is the same thing – many people can do it, but which being they channel and how they do it makes them unique.

To confirm for yourself that you have other gifts, it’s just a matter of knowing which gift you have and how to use it. How you identify your gift is a longer explanation, but basically be aware. Start noticing what you think you may be able to do. Take classes that interest you. Watch youtube videos. There are no coincidences so good chance what you are interested in is indicative of a gift you may have. Follow that inclination.

Most importantly though, please refrain from saying you don’t have any gifts, you want more gifts, you can’t do what someone else does etc. The reason I implore you to stop saying these things goes back to law of attraction. We manifest with our thoughts. What you think and say can manifest because thought directs energy and energy follows thought. So be very careful what you say and think.

The more you say you don’t have gifts, guess what’s going to happen? The longer it will take for them to come in. The more you notice you don’t have what she has, guess what will happen? The longer it will take for you to discover what gifts you do have.

Remember my story on willingness? I was willing to be open to receive my gifts, but I was noticing I didn’t have any (rather, I thought I didn’t have any, we all have them) and I was comparing myself to others whose gifts were apparent. Therefore, I blocked the opening of my gifts then. In that blog post I said it wasn’t my time. That’s true. It wasn’t my time to receive them because I was blocking them. And because I was blocking them, it wasn’t my time to receive them. Was it part of my bigger plan, written in my records, that my gifts wouldn’t be noticeable to me until whatever year it was vs 1990-something when I was blocking them?  Probably, just so I could learn that lesson and one day figure it out and share it with you. 😊

The moral of that story is even if you are blocking your gifts from coming in right now by noticing and talking about the fact that they aren’t here may be part of your journey. That’s probably not the answer you want to hear, just like I didn’t want to hear it all those years ago. Like one of my favorite sayings, “It is what it is.” It will happen when it’s time. You control the timing. When you stop noticing they aren’t here, stop thinking about it, stop talking about it, stop talking about thinking about it, they will come in. And then it IS time.

Trust that your time is coming. You were born with your gifts, they just aren’t noticeable to you – yet.

If you are not sure what your gifts are, feel free to contact me so we can have a discussion about it.

Namaste, Catherine Cates

Looking for Evidence

Remember the old song, “Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places?” We look for what we want in all the wrong places – evidence. We’ve been taught, programmed by society, our families, school etc to look for evidence. That’s how the world has worked. Want to lose weight? Step on the scale to look for the evidence – pounds coming off. Want to make money? Look at your bank account for more zeroes behind the comma. Want to meet somebody? See how many dates you can get.

It’s all back-a**wards.

Yep, it is.

It’s not in the evidence, my friends, it’s in the belief and knowing what you desire will happen. That’s the hardest point I have to get across when I teach manifesting workshops. You can do all the fancy affirmations you want while standing on your head. You can watch 10,000 youtube videos on law of attraction. You can look in the mirror and tell yourself you love yourself every day. Please, I’m not knocking these things, but they aren’t the key. The key is in the belief and knowing, not in the looking for evidence, convincing yourself, getting ten different psychic readings or having others tell you you’ll get what you want.

In the scientific world trials are done to prove a theory, a drug, a method, etc. In the criminal justice world evidence is required to convict a criminal. In the political world data (evidence) is collected to determine how a candidate is faring. That’s all science.

That’s what we’re taught in the “real” world, particularly in science. Manifesting is not a science. It’s trusting and believing you can create whatever you desire. Evidence doesn’t apply in this scenario. This is where spirituality and science diverge.

If you want to move from fact (science) to fiction (imagination, manifesting) so to speak, drop the search for evidence. Gathering evidence doesn’t work in the manifesting world because it’s the opposite of knowing and believing. When you’re searching for evidence, you’re asking for proof. When you need proof, you don’t have the answer, you’re in doubt, therefore you don’t trust and believe. We want evidence because we want to feel safe, reassured by having an answer. We want to feel secure in what the future holds because we’re scared. That’s ok, we were taught that. Now is the time to learn a new way.

To truly manifest, trusting, believing and knowing you will get that which you desire, IS the secret ingredient. It’s the special sauce! It’s the KFC Colonel’s secret recipe and now you have it.

You know the old saying, “Seeing is believing,” meaning you have to see it (have proof) before you can believe it. You have to see the scale going down to prove you lost the weight. You have to see the  zeroes behind the comma in your bank account to know you’re rich. In manifesting, the opposite is true. Believe it first, then you will see it coming true. See all those digits in your bank account and it will come true. See the pounds coming off and then they will.

I think I just heard a collective groan. Ok, I know, sounds easy. So, let me tell you a story. We all love stories!

Years ago, I was laid off from a job twice in a row from downsizing. Even though I wasn’t connected to my higher self and intuition then as I am now, I didn’t panic, which was unusual for me because I went to the school of panic growing up. I didn’t freak out and think I needed to sell my house or get any old job or two to pay the bills. I didn’t stay up at night worrying I’d be sleeping under a bridge soon. Maybe I should have panicked (I’m laughing as I say that) knowing my bank account wasn’t as healthy as I’d have liked. Maybe I was too stupid to panic! Ok, that’s a joke. But seriously, I didn’t panic.

At that time I wasn’t the most positive person, didn’t know what manifesting was and wasn’t into affirmations. Even though I knew I had the skills and the confidence to get another job (I did and wasn’t laid off), that doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a job. I’m tempted to say again maybe I was just being naive thinking if I put out my resumes, I’ll get a job. Just putting out resumes guarantees nothing. There’s no proof you’ll get a job because you applied and interviewed.

Could definitely lead to panic mode. Instead somewhere deep inside I knew I’d be ok, I wouldn’t be sleeping under that bridge. THAT, my friend, was the Universe talking to me.  I didn’t know it then, but looking back, the Universe had my back! It didn’t let me down. By not panicking, by not looking for proof I’d get a job (there is no guarantee in job searching anyway), I landed on my feet. Somewhere deep inside I knew, I trusted, I’d be ok. And I was. Got a new job, kept my house, kept paying my bills, life was still good.

The moral of the story is I trusted and believed on some level I’d be ok. I didn’t get into panic mode, I didn’t run around looking for evidence that I’ll get a job and life will be ok. I just put one foot in front of the other and took the necessary steps while believing.

Have you had a similar experience in your life where the universe had your back? Even if you didn’t realize it at the time like I didn’t, I bet you have. You didn’t freak out, you didn’t require all kinds of evidence and guess what? What you wanted came true! That is manifesting.

If you did it once, you can do it again. Just remind yourself next time you’re “looking for love in all the wrong places,” no, I mean looking for evidence, that you don’t need it. You already have what you need – trust, belief and knowing you got this. And that the Universe has your back! Just believe it. It’s true.

If you’d like to hone your manifesting skills, that’s my specialty. Contact me or visit my website.

Namaste,

Catherine Cates