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 What makes the LIA approach different from other spiritual approaches?
To learn more about LIA, please visit my website www.darcyclarke.us  At the age of six, I had my first close encounter with Source energy, a term I use to refer to the energy that is greater than the resources of the intellect. I immediately felt revitalized as this energy surged throughout my body (which I would come to know as unconditional love). This energy was accompanied by reassuring statements (such as I was not alone in the universe and that I was deeply loved). This close encounter with Source energy left an indelible impression upon my mind. It was after this close encounter that I realized: (1) Source energy was real; (2) that it was a benevolent force; and (3) that I could have a personal relationship with this power. From an early age I experienced indifference which bordered on overt rejection from the males in my family. Also, I found many people’s behaviors and interactions as harsh and abrasive to my sensibilities. As a way to cope, I realized that I needed to be my own best friend and ally- to individuate and to live authentically. An integral aspect of my journey was becoming process oriented. Becoming process oriented necessitated that I validate everything that was happening in my life in ways that my mind could understand and accept. As far back as I can remember this skill helped me to make sense of people and their behaviors in a world where I felt like a fish out of water. Other important influences upon my psycho-spiritual development were: my involvement in the countercultural movement of the 60’s, the back-to-the-land movement, stonewall, the feminist and civil rights movements, my first career as a body-centered therapist, my undergraduate studies in behavioral sciences and my graduate studies in counseling psychology. My counseling background included trainings in a whole person model to viewing and working with people, Transpersonal, Humanistic, Gestalt, brief and Solution-Focused modalities; trauma resolution, addiction recovery. To learn more about the LIA approach, please visit my website www.darcyclarke.us  What is the Living in Alignment approach in a nutshell?
In a nutshell, the Living in Alignment approach is a self-directed path of personal growth and transformation. This is achieved by making the choice to have your spiritual self lead your life. The three main objectives of the LIA approach are:
 From the LIA perspective abuse, addiction and chronic relapsing are not the problems but symptoms of underlying conditions that are keeping dependence in the driver’s seat. There are four categories that these underlying conditions are placed in: 1. a chemical imbalance in the brain; 2. unresolved issues from the past and or present; 3. limiting or faulty beliefs and perceptions; and 4. an ineffective skill base to live life on its terms. Once a person identifies and sufficiently addresses the underlying condition(s) they will be free from dependence. Many people who are in recovery from substance or process addictions have given their power over to chasing a mood altering experience-a high as a means to escape or numb out from one or more aspects of their reality that they don’t want to experience. I define reality as having five components: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual and behavioral. The Living in Alignment approach offers a skill base to effectively manage all aspects of your reality. From the LIA perspective, abuse, addiction and chronic relapsing are viewed as wake up calls or indicators that the person and their life is off track or moving in that direction. The LIA approach assist people in recovery to get their lives back on track. This is accomplished by offering people in recovery the opportunity to develop a grounded spiritual practice. In part this work is about discovering one’s Soul mission or calling in life which offers meaning and purpose to our lives. To learn more about how the LIA approach can help people in recovery, please visit my website www.darcyclarke.us  Now that January is almost to an end, those resolutions often seem less shiny than they did at the beginning of the month. Enthusiasm and determination can start to wane. The fundamental issue is that most resolutions are usually initiated with self betterment, rather than self exploration in mind. We set ourselves sometimes unrealistically impossible goals, often focused on tackling the symptom of our perceived imperfection, rather than the cause. Perhaps the goal should be one of discovery and self understanding. The Living in Alignment philosophy is the journey to self discovery. We give value to the journey rather than focus on the destination, as the journey in discovering our spirituality can impact our destination greatly. In essence guiding us to were we wish to finally venture. Enlightening the path to places we may never have considered, whilst providing us with the tools, of self understanding, to allow us to live a greatly more fulfilling life along the way. To begin the exploration, visit www.darcyclarke.us or read my book introductory book on the subject: Discover your Soul Connection available online https://www.darcyclarke.us/livinginalignment.html  They’re are various factors that have contributed to bringing the LIA body of knowledge out into the world... While sitting in meditation, back in 2008, I received the directive from my Soul to write a program of study that would teach people how to become internally resourced. Writing the LIA program represented my progression from being a student to becoming a teacher of the LIA body of knowledge. I was directed by my spiritual self to teach what I came to understand to be the essential components to becoming internally resourced (i.e., deferring to and relying upon Source energy to lead our life). The directive to bring the Living in Alignment body of knowledge forth was the answer to my long-lasting quest of wanting to know the means by which I would fulfill my life calling of assisting people to experience Source energy in their lives. In addition, the Living in Alignment Model was developed to serve the needs of an ever-increasing number of people who are seeking greater awareness in their lives. From the LIA perspective humankind is evolving from five sensory beings to six sensory beings by virtue of developing our intuition which is the voice of our Soul- our spiritual self or Source energy within. Furthermore, bringing forth the Living in Alignment body of knowledge is a response to what I refer to as the ‘madness’ in the world as manifested in our unsustainable lifestyle practices and the ensuing and escalating polarization taking place throughout the world. From a symbolic interpretation, what we see and experience happening in the world around us is a reflection of what is being played out in the collective psyche (or mind) of humanity and also in the psyches of individuals to a lesser or greater extent. The polarization being highlighted within the political and religious domains across the globe is an indicator that people are primarily externally resourced (or overly identified with their humanness). This reveals a lack of awareness and understanding in general, but also a reflection of the impact of societal conditioning and more specifically, on how faulty beliefs and ways of thinking are influencing people’s behavior. From the LIA perspective the solution to not becoming overidentified with our humanness is to connect with and resource ourselves from Source energy that resides within us-our spiritual or energetic core. The main purpose that the Living in Alignment Model was developed is as a means to streamline, accelerate, and ground people’s spiritual journey. The LIA approach provides the essential knowledge and skill base for your human self/ mind to easily connect to, partner with, and have a conscious experience of Living in Alignment with Source energy (or the name you use to refer to the power that is greater than you intellect). Receiving individual and or group sessions will deepen your understanding, facilitate your subjective experiences of the LIA concepts, and assist you to integrate insights, gifts, and lessons gained in your Living in Alignment journey. Working with a LIA facilitator will help ensure that your individual needs, concerns, issues and conditioning will be sufficiently addressed and that you’ll be successful in your self-empowerment and transformative process. To learn more about the LIving in Alignment approach, please visit my website at www.darcyclarke.us  The Living in Alignment body of knowledge was developed as a means to streamline, accelerate, and ground people’s spiritual journey. The LIA Model provides the essential knowledge and skill base for your human self/ mind to easily connect to, partner with, and have a conscious experience of Living in Alignment with Source energy (or the name you use to refer to the power that is greater than you intellect). Receiving individual and or group sessions will deepen your understanding, facilitate your subjective experiences of the LIA concepts, and assist you to integrate insights, gifts, and lessons gained in your Living in Alignment journey. Working with a LIA facilitator will help ensure that your individual needs, concerns, issues and conditioning will be sufficiently addressed and that you’ll be successful in your self-empowerment and transformative process. To learn more about the LIving in Alignment approach, please visit my website at www.darcyclarke.us  “To let go, and let God”
I’m using the term God to refer to the power that is greater than the resources of your intellect. If you’re not comfortable with this term please substitute whichever one suits you. To “let go and let God”, is more than a slogan, it is a viable way to live your life! This phrase will probably sound like spiritual mumbo jumbo to people who are primarily “externally resourced” or overly identified with their humanness. This is on account that when you’re primarily externally resourced your intellect is your go-to or main point of reference. When a person is primarily externally resourced they think that they are only their human self, that a Higher power doesn’t exist, that they are alone in the Universe, and that life has no meaning and purpose. If you’re a person who is internally resourced (i.e., someone who defers to and relies upon the power that is greater than your intellect) you may already know that to “let go and let God” is contingent upon your capacity to trust- which I equate to yielding and surrender-which I equate to merging with God. If you’ve been influenced by religion or spirituality then you’re familiar with the concept of a Higher power. In which case you want to believe, believe, or know that a Higher power exist. However, for various reasons many Generation Xers and Millennials are in the dark about the existence of this power that is greater than the resources of their intellect. This is unfortunate, because this power that is greater than the resources of the intellect is our life line, it is the matrix and wellspring of life, it is consciousness itself! The Living in Alignment Model has been developed with three main objectives: (1) to assist people to connect and have a personal relationship with Source energy; (2) to assist people to live in partnership with Source energy; and (3) to assist people to have a conscious experience of this vital relationship in their lives. The slogan to “let go and let God” is intended to be tested out in order for you to experience the viability of yielding to and merging with this power and gain the proof your mind will require to acknowledge that to “let go and let God” is a practical, effective, and reliable way to live your life. Gaining subjective proof is the way in which your mind will transition from believing or wanting to believe in the validity of this slogan to a position of knowing that this Higher power is REAL along with being more qualified, adept, and experienced in leading your life than your intellect… To learn more about the Living in Alignment approach please visit my website at www.darcyclarke.us  What do you do when the going gets rough? When you’re
feeling overwhelmed and your life seems unmanageable? When you’re at your wits end? When you’re feeling hopeless or helpless? Is your default mode to escape, numb or check out from one or more aspects of your reality including your emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, or your behaviors? It’s not only at these times, but, especially at these times when you want to reach out to Source energy ( a name I use to refer to the power that is greater than the resources of your intellect) to test its validity. Doesn’t it stand to reason that if Source energy is real (a premise of the LIA Model), then you should be able to test this out in your daily life. The concepts promoted by the Living in Alignment Model are intended to be tested subjectively. Understandably, your mind will require proof of the workings of Source energy before it will Trust (i.e., yield) and/ or Surrender (i.e., merge) with Source energy. Believing or wanting to believe in Source energy is not the same as knowing that Source energy exist. For many, the former is about having blind faith or a belief that is adopted (e.g., from caregivers) versus a knowing which necessitates having a direct or subjective experience of the workings of Source energy. Hopefully, sooner than later, your mind will gain the proof it requires to acknowledge that Source energy is more adept, more skilled, and more qualified to lead your life than having your egoic mind/ intellect be your primary or go-to resource. An effective way to reach out to and partner with Source energy is by monologuing. Having a monologue entails simply speaking to Source energy directly (in your head or out loud)… and sharing with Source energy what you perceive to be the challenge, issue, delima, and the like and in turn asking Source energy for assistance on how to best approach/ take care of the situation. Initially, you may find it necessary to ask Source energy to help your mind/ intellect to be receptive to the particular circumstances that are playing out in your life and to the guidance and directives being offered by Source energy. One of the noteworthy qualities of Source energy is that this power is ingenious in how it can get through to our mind. From the perspective of LIA, all of the circumstances that have, are, or will happen to you are intended to be self-empowering and transformative when viewed from the bigger picture view. In this context, the benefits (i.e., the insights, gifts, and lessons) derived from the experiences and events of our life are intended to increase our awareness and understanding about our Soul mission or calling in life... To learn more about the Living in Alignment approach and body of knowledge, please visit my website at www.darcyclarke.us |
AuthorI am a licensed holistic psychotherapist with over thirty years experience. My calling in life is to assist people to have a conscious experience of partnering with Source energy in their daily lives. Archives
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