Ruach Center

Category: Tap Along Audios

  • There Is No Place That God Is Not

    Today we are going to reflect on the Evelyn Underhill quote: “There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.”

    Regardless of your religious beliefs, or if you use the word God to describe your sense of the universe, there is an understanding that whatever connects us is in every fiber of who we are.

    There Is No Place That God Is Not
    (audio 3m45s)

    I recognize I’m on a journey…I recognize it’s a process…I recognize my spiritual journey is unfolding…With new things revealing themselves daily…With new things showing up in big and small ways…But even though it’s a journey…That thing that I’m journeying to…Is right here…It’s always been right here…It always will be right here…In some ways the journey is an illusion…The moments and the experiences…Are helping me to understand…In a way that makes it possible…For me to digest it in bite size pieces…But in reality…There’s no journey…In reality, there’s nothing I’m moving to…Everything I need…Everything I am…Is right here…Always has been…And always will be…That doesn’t mean that I have stopped moving…That doesn’t mean that I have stopped trying…It will continue to unfold…Because that’s the way I can process it…But it’s easy to get lost in the journey…It’s easy to get lost in thinking about how far do we have to go…I allow myself…And give myself permission…To be fully present…In big and small ways…As this easy and gently…Unfolds inside of me…As I journey to that place…I already am…Which is here…In me.

  • I Don’t Feel A Strong Connection To My Goals

    There are times when we have a lot of enthusiasm for our goals. These are the moments when it is easiest to take action.

    At other times we feel very disconnected from our goals. They don’t feel doable and sometimes not even like something we particularly want.

    Today we are going to tap for feeling disconnected from our goals.

    I Don’t Feel A Strong Connection To My Goals
    (audio 3m45s)

    I have a list of goals…I have something I want to achieve…I have named that goal…Even if I don’t have it specifically spelled out…Even if I don’t know exactly what I want…At some point I have had the choice…And I have had the chance…To name the direction that I want to go…And when I came up with the goals I was excited…When I came up with the goals I was ready to go…When I came up with the goals I couldn’t wait to move forward…And now I feel so disconnected from that goal…It feels unreal…It feels too far away…It almost feels like it was written for someone else…Who is not me…But this is just a phase…This is just a stage…There have been lots of times where I’ve lost connection…There have been lots of times where I’ve lost enthusiasm…And all I need to do…Is tune into why I want those goals…Because the goals themselves are means to an end…We don’t lose weight just to lose weight…We do it to feel healthy…We don’t learn a new skill just for the sake of that new skill…But because of the joy and opportunity it brings to our life…I give myself permission…To spend some time thinking about why I want these goals…How they would change my life…What they will do for me in the long term…When I give myself space to do this…I reconnect with my enthusiasm…It doesn’t mean I think it will be perfect…It doesn’t mean I think it will be easy…But it will put me in a space…To allow me to start moving forward.

  • I Have Failed At Learning New Things In The Past

    Learning something new can be intimidating. This is especially true when we have attempted to learn something new in the past and failed.

    Today we are going to tap for worrying about how trying to learn something new will work out.

    I Have Failed At Learning New Things In The Past
    (audio 3m30s)

    I know I need a new skill…I know I need to learn more…In everything that I do…From the simple to the most complex…Is something I didn’t know how to do at one point…I had to learn how to do it…So I know it’s possible for me to learn…I spend my entire life learning…I learn new things without even thinking about it…But there’s a part of me…That is worried that this new thing I need to learn…Is going to be too much…Is going to be too hard…I’m going to fail at learning this…I’m going to look foolish trying…And it’s going to be a big gigantic waste of time…It’s good that I don’t want to waste my time…It’s good that I don’t want to look foolish…But it’s possible for me…To learn something new…In a way that is far from perfect…In a way where I sometimes mess things up…In a way where I make mistakes…And I’m OK with that…Part of the learning process…Is not getting it right…Part of the learning process…Is learning from my mistakes…There are very few things in my life…That I got right on the first try…And it’s OK…For me to not get this right…I’ve learned things before…I’ve learned lots of things before…This is no different…Even though it looks hard…Even though there’s a chance of failure…I can take it…And I can learn it…Because I was made for learning…I am always learning…And my goal is valuable enough…That I’m going to spend the time I need to learn it.

  • Music In Heaven (That We Can Sing)

    Today we are going to reflect on: “There is the Music of Heaven in all things and we have forgotten how to hear it until we sing.” – Hildegard of Bingen

    Sometimes it takes action for us to find our way to what is working and supporting our lives. It is almost as if once we take the first few steps the path starts to show up in front of us.

    Today we are going to tap for the courage to take the first step which will unlock the grace that is ever-present.

    Music In Heaven
    (audio 3m45s)

    There’s a part of me…That knows what is in the world…That sees the magic…That sees the connection…That sees the beauty in all things…And there are times when I forget this…There are times when I lose connection with this…There are times when I don’t see that it is there…But I give myself permission…To recognize that when I take action…That when I step out…That when I choose to see myself as bigger than I am in this moment…I start to connect…In deeper and more profound ways…When I take small action…In seeing the beauty in myself…And seeing the beauty in the world…It reveals itself…It unfolds…It becomes present…In big and small ways…And I give myself permission…To be easy with myself…As all of this unfolds…I don’t have to see it all…I don’t have to know it all…I simply have to act…With really small steps…And in these small steps…I’m going to move forward gently and easily…Seeing all that there is to see…As the beauty and magic unfolds around me…I don’t have to know it all…I don’t have to see it all…But that first step…Giving myself permission to risk and dare…To know that that beauty is there…Will lead to its unfolding.

  • Others Won’t Like My Success

    It would be nice if everyone in our lives were as committed to our success as we are. And our loved ones might even say out loud that they support us.

    But there will be times when our success makes our loved ones feel uncomfortable. They might feel like they are failing because they haven’t had the same success. Or they might feel that our success is making us “too big for our britches”.

    If we feel like our success will have a negative impact on our relationships with loved ones then it’s possible that we will hold ourselves back so as not to cause them pain.

    Today we are going to tap for the way others may react to our success.

    Others Won’t Like My Success
    (audio 4m50s)

    I want to be successful…I want to achieve this goal…Because I know this goal will improve my life…It will make my life richer…It will make my life better….And when my life changes…In one way…It ripples through the rest of my life…It touches other parts of my life….It impacts all the relationships I have…There will be times where this is a really good thing…My growth will encourage others…My transformation will be a model for others…My moving forward will create that positive rippling effect in others’ lives…There are going to be other times…Where my success will challenge others…Challenge them in a way that makes them uncomfortable… Challenges them in a way that makes them uneasy…Challenges them in a way where they have to look at their own lives…And recognize it’s not moving forward…And when this happens…It is possible that they will lash out…Sometimes in direct ways…And sometimes in passive-aggressive ways…But it’s going to be obvious…That they are dissatisfied with me…And my progress…But the truth is…They are dissatisfied with themselves…They are dissatisfied with their own choices…They are dissatisfied with their own lives…They are dissatisfied in how things are unfolding…In big and small ways…They are feeling dissatisfied…And that blow back hits me…It would be great if everybody was happy with my success…It would be great if everybody celebrated my success…But when my success makes other people uncomfortable…That is their responsibility…That is their choice…It would be great if they were happy…But I can’t control that…I need to keep moving towards my own success… Because that serves all.

  • Feeling Like I Have To Be 100% Responsible For My Own Success

    We want to be responsible for our own success. We want it to feel like we have earned it all by our own effort.

    Because of this we don’t ask for help.

    But we don’t have to do it all! Sometimes we need help and it is OK to ask for help.

    Today we are going to tap for being easy with ourselves when it comes to reaching out for help.

    If I Don’t Do (Or Know How To Do) Everything For My Success I Have Failed
    (audio 3m57s)

    I want to be successful…I want to be responsible for my own success…I want to know that I worked really hard…And to have the sense that I have earned all of this…But there’s a part of me…That feels like the only way…That this can happen…Is if I am doing it all…If I am doing everything…Because if I don’t…Then it’s not my success…It’s someone else’s success…It’s something that’s been handed to me…It’s not about me…But I don’t expect myself to grow my own food…I don’t expect myself to make my own clothes…I don’t expect myself to fix my own car…I don’t expect myself to build my own house…There are lots of things that I get help with…And getting help as I move towards my goals…Especially with the things that I don’t know how to do…The things I’m not very skilled at…And the things that I don’t want to do…Will save me time…Will save me effort…Will give me the opportunity…To concentrate on the things…That are truly my genius…The things that I am made for…The things that I am about…It is not a failing to get help…It is not a failing to reach out…It is not a failing to hand over the things to someone else…When it is their specialty…The success can be mine…Even if I don’t do it all…The success can be mine…Even if I don’t understand it all…It simply matters that…I’m doing what I can…And I’m getting help with what I can’t…It’s not a failure…That’s being smart.

  • Knowing What Happiness Truly Is

    From time to time I need to be reminded of Denis Waitley’s quote: “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

    All of the tapping I do is about bringing myself into being fully present in the moment. When I am able to do that I find happiness and am able to be my true self.

    Today we are going to tap to find our way to the happiness of the present moment.

    Knowing What Happiness Truly Is
    (audio 3m10s)

  • All Shall Be Well

    Today we are reflecting on one of my favorite quotes: “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” – Julian of Norwich

    From time to time I need to be reminded of the big picture and today we are going to tap for that.

    All Shall Be Well
    (audio 2m40s)

    All will be well…Even when I’m caught in the mess…All will be well…Even when I’m overwhelmed…All will be well…Even when I don’t know what to do next…All will be well…Even when I lack confidence…All will be well…Even when I lack resources…All will be well…Even when I don’t know which way is up…All will be well…Even when I don’t believe all will be well…All will be well…I give myself permission to believe…All will be well…This doesn’t mean that I become lazy…This doesn’t mean that I stop trying…This doesn’t mean that I stop making good choices…But I’m able to see the big picture…All shall be well…And all shall be well…In all manner of all things…All shall be well.

  • Caring Too Much Causes Problems

    There have been times in my life where I have cared so much about something that it became all consuming. And once it became all consuming, it negatively affected the other parts of my life.

    We can hold ourselves back from success if we fear our passion will take us over.

    Today we are going to tap to be comfortable with passion, knowing that it is possible to feel it without it taking over our lives.

    Caring Too Much Causes Problems
    (audio 4m05s)

    I’m glad I have passion…I’m glad I have a desire…I’m glad that there’s a part of me…That wants to move forward in such a way…That I can have better…And I can have more…But there have been times…Where I got so consumed…And so caught up…In what I was doing…That other parts of my life suffered…The goal I was working towards was important…But it took so much time…And it took so much energy…There was no actual way…For me to do anything else…My relationships suffered…My work suffered…My health suffered…My disposition suffered…And because of this fact…There’s a part of me that’s trying to keep me safe…There’s a part of me that’s trying to keep me from losing myself…There’s a part of me that’s trying to keep me from doing too much…It’s good that I recognize this is a possibility…It’s good that I recognize this is a problem…But it is possible for me…To be successful…To do the work that I need to do…To have passion about that work…And not get lost in it…Not get consumed by it…Not get swept away in it…It is possible for me…In big and small ways…To move forward…In such a way…That I have success…That I have dedication…That I have passion…And I keep my head up…I stay connected with the other parts of my life…I don’t get washed away…Being successful is not an all or nothing proposition…Being successful doesn’t mean I have to throw everything into it…Being successful is not all at once…I give myself permission…To know I can work towards my goals…With passion…And without losing myself.

  • Having Trouble Asking For Help

    One of the things I struggle with is being able to ask for help. Asking for help can feel like a failure because if I am to claim my success then I feel should be achieving it on my own.

    Today we tap for being easy with ourselves so that we can ask others for help.

    Having Trouble Asking For Help
    (audio 3m40s)

    There’s a part of me…That doesn’t want to ask for help…And thinks that if I ask for help…I have failed…Because this is my journey…This is my process…I’m supposed to be doing this on my own…If anyone helps me…It must be because I’m weak…It must be because I’m incapable…It must be because I’m unworthy…Of any sort of success…But there are lots of things in my life…That I ask for help with every single day…I don’t make my own clothes…I don’t build my own car…I don’t grow my own food…There are lots of things…That other people help me with…That are out of my genius…That are out of my expertise…But are necessary for me to be successful…It’s OK for me to ask for help…It’s good for me to ask for help…When I ask for help…I get things done sooner…I get things done quicker…I get things done with less effort…When I ask for help…I put myself into a position…To have somebody else…Share their gifts with me…In such a way…That will help to propel me forward…Asking for help isn’t failing…Asking for help isn’t giving up…Asking for help isn’t saying I’m not enough…Asking for help is merely stating…That I’m moving forward…In such a way…That I’m concentrating on what I can work on…What I know…And what is my genius…Getting help doesn’t mean that I am weak…Getting help doesn’t mean that I am incapable…It means I’m smart…It means I’m efficient…It means I’ll move to my goals much faster.