The Big Picture and Your Piece to the Puzzle (Blog)

[Erin Pavlina]

Use this thread to discuss the following entry from Erin Pavlina's blog:

The Big Picture and Your Piece to the Puzzle

[carenkh]

Love this. Love it.

This is the third time today I've come across puzzle as metaphor, and all morning I've been thinking of the value in being yourself - I mean, myself! A friend asked what wisdom we would pass on to the next seven generations, and that was my response: Be yourself, fully.

I've been just a little down since Christmas, and I think there's probably a message here for me. I've been charged with the task of writing down my goals for 2010, and that's not how I'm used to thinking. Goals? I go with the flow! This is all tied together somehow, and I can feel your message is important.

Thanks for getting up and posting it!

[staceyterry]

I too felt the "flag" of puzzle piece in this article. Erin, when you did a reading with me, you told me I was trying to force my piece to fit into someone else's puzzle. lol... I admit, though our puzzles are now separate, I do once in awhile just kinda hold my piece up to that past puzzle, look at it longingly, and sigh. I'm still trying to shift to be happy with my own puzzle. Not quite there yet (and by that I think I mean nowhere close), but every little bit helps, and often I find the most help through your words. I still think a lot about the post you wrote about connecting to love... how it is I that disconnects rather than the other way around.

Someway, somehow, I just trust you. I'll happily stick with you and trust that the big picture will come. What a frightening notion of just being happy with myself. By golly, I'm riddled with flaws and weaknesses and attitudes that don't serve me.

I'm excited by your dream too... it's pretty wondrous. Have you read My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor? Your dream reminds me of her experience... of recognizing how each part is working together and if one is lucky enough to really tap into that recognition, it's the most beautiful and humbling experience one can have.

Thanks for the ray of sunshine this morning. I've been restless the last couple days thinking of about all the mistakes and troubles I've been through this last year. I'm hoping to start the new year with some forgiveness... that's a tall order for me.

much love and appreciation... and I'm happy to be in the puzzle with you!!

[Sonnenblume]

Wow Erin, I felt really connected to the whole world while reading this! Thank you very much! Love it!

[jasonkostempski]

Everyone just be sure not to take that last sentence as a call to do something that'll get you arrested

[yoopersmith]

...I was going to saying this was a little spooky because I just had this thought like yesterday...but saying that to you Erin would be a more than a little redundant.

Sometime yesterday I was thinking..."it's amazing to me...that we NEED everybody on earth...even the people we don't like...to express whatever the other side is trying to express here through US."

This morning...(maybe while you were writing this) I visualized hugging YOU and thanking you for working so hard at being the best YOU….that you can be!!!...as you like to say...it just popped in there!! You were definitely broadcasting with more power while writing that post!

Luv ya lots!!!

[Erin Pavlina]

yeah I gotta chalk all of that up to higher self. She's pretty kick ass. Sometimes I get stuff like that in dreams and I just gotta get up and write it down before I forget. It's nice to have an outlet (blog) to share it with others.

[Eddy Arroyo]

ive never been myself because i was afraid of what people would think of me..i thought my life would be ruined but now that i look at my life, it sucks. Now i know why i was falling apart, because i was trying to be someone i was not. Thank you Erin for Opening my eyes.

[Margarita888]

So do we get to see the big picture in this lifetime? Maybe 2012

[ericabiz]

Erin, I love those types of dreams! Thanks for sharing!

[mikeschu]

This hits home for me because of a similar experience I had a couple of weeks ago when I was in a Yoga Nidra (yogic sleep) session. Yoga Nidra is a more meditative aspect of yoga where one sets an intention and follows a sequence similar to a guided imagery/meditative session while in Corpse pose (savasana).

The instance in particular is where I set the intention that I live my purpose fully, and during the session I clearly heard a disembodied voice that sounded like my Higher Self speak to me:

You are here to teach others how to live Love.

This was scary to me and it rang true to my core. I'm not sure exactly how to do it, though I have a couple of ideas. I think that's what I'm being pulled to explore this year.

Based on this post I have a sense you will enjoy Conversations With God as it has a similar theme.

[FindingRoni]

Wow. Thank you Erin. I just admitted to myself this morning that I have been denying my true self for years. I became the person that I thought someone wanted me to be, because I wanted to be with them so badly and didn't think they could handle who I really am. This worked for many years, but then something happened that showed me what I was suppressing and allowed feelings that had been bottled up for years to come out. The timing of your blog is amazing, because I now need the courage to own up to who I am and show my true self. I know that I will eventually find myself and see the big picture - I can't thank you enough for the help.

[simplyberry]

I went to one of my favorite blogs and she was talking about truth. I was lead to buy a book by the Dalai Lama on "Seeing yourself" and then another blog was talking about expressing "yourself" through your fashion. At the end of the year: we heard about the Tiger woes and I thought perhaps he is trying to find his own "truth": the way he wants to live and express himself. It's a tall order to be the world's most Perfect man. Now that we see he's human he's loosing contracts left and right; but some part of me says many people make compromises on who they really are for Power, money, fame.

So since last year 2009 and beginning this year 2010 this theme about truth, authenticity, finding yourself has been surfacing everywhere for me. I'm even being challenged outside my home in another aspect of my life of being surrounded by people who demand "perfection". No such thing. At the end of the day who sets that standard; I just have to remain true to myself and observations at the time which are subject to change.

My new beginning for 2010 is to have faith in myself and observations and worry less about what others think and to take in internally, externally and metaphysically that which supports my need to be true to myself. Unfortunately I've found people to be so judgemental when you don't see things their way; but I know I have to get beyond what they think.

Thank you for your message.

[Melchior]

Like the analogy, although personally, I find comparing it to connecting the dots suits my methods better (and I am but a dot myself). Thanks for sharing. ^_^

[Mynder]

For a change, this didn't really resonate with me, personally. I know that somewhere, I already know the big picture, but for now, I have a need to focus on creating the right "puzzle piece that is me".

I guess what I'm trying to say is: dear reader, if you belong to the people who don't see the big picture and feel a little disoriented, then don't be. Look ahead, mind where you put your next steps, and focus on making each step a wonderful experience. The rest will all fall into place.

[Erin Pavlina]

See that's the point. We don't have to focus on the big picture and try to be all that it is. We have to focus on just being ourselves and our part is automatically fit in where it's supposed to go.

[yoopersmith]

...so I decided to read Conversations with God Part I...then I decided to try to do the same thing...but instead chat with my guides or higher-self while typing a book...

Today, Big Jeff, told me he is actually more like Bob than my higher self...and it felt right...

Why I am posting this here...I'm not sure...but I am

CHEERS!