Funky Yestergroove: What’s Your STP?
Wicked Cool Back Then
When I was a kid in the 70s, getting an STP sticker to go on your banana seat bike was radical. I mean like totally bomb.
My bike was tubular to the max; and I kept on truckin' with that bike way longer then anyone else on my block, until it was like totally not cool beans anymore.
Some of my friends were giving me the hairy eyeball. Ya know like, gag me with a spoon already. Yeah, yeah, I should have deep-sixed it. But man, I loved that STP sticker.
To tell you the truth, I didn't even know what STP stood for. Yeah, I knew it was a petroleum company, but the S and the T ? Beats me.
Far Out Today
Today, STP is an acronym for something way more cosmic than a gas company. I should know, I made it up.
Before we get to what it stands for though, I'm going to give you a little background. Maybe by the end, you can guess the acronym yourself.
No Fibbing
Ok, I gotta be truthful here. I started this blog with the intention of somehow relating it to dreams. Maybe I was totally out to lunch, but it's a challenge, and challenges make life interesting. Ready? Groovy! Let's boogie!
Spiritual Gifts
That STP sticker wasn't something that just landed in the mailbox automatically. I had to acquire it. I had to send in cereal box tops. Somebody else had to give it to me.
That's how many of us think about our spiritual gifts; we have to acquire them. Only we don't know how because, well, who eats cereal anymore.
And do Wheat Chex still come with a Super Decoder Ring?
Talking about spiritual gifts has become popular. We hear of gifts like clairvoyance, clairsentient, claircognizance, clairaudience, telepathy, energy healing, prophecy, spiritual leadership, astral projection, automatic writing, mediumship, channeling.
They are all real. But you don't have to send away for them. That's why I'm not totally copacetic on using the word gift..
These spiral abilities aren't given to you, and you didn't acquire them over time. In truth, we all come down to earth with these spiritual talents already within us.
I believe that every single one of you has spiritual talents that you are meant to share with the world.
And, you brought every one of your talents with you for a reason. In fact, your spiritual talents are some of the many things that make you special.
You can have many spiritual talents. Usually you are meant to use and develop the ones that are aligned with your sole purpose.
So if we don't call them gifts, what do we call them?
We call them STP. Read on.
How Do You Know if You're Gung Ho?
If you're wondering whether you're ready to step up your spiritual journey and discover your spiral talents, then see if any of these ring a bell.
Synchronicity
Ah, those meaningful little coincidences. Have you started to see them? Maybe you see repeated numbers.
Maybe you see or hear a code word that you've set up with your guides.
Or, maybe you experience a random occurrence that just happens to answer a question or point you in the right direction.
Square biz ! These things are the universe giving you a little 10-4 to tell you that what you've been doing is taking you in the right direction.
Visions
Have you ever had a sudden premonition, or an image in your head, or a sound in your ear that made you stop and change your course? 23 Skiddoo. This could be a nudge from the universe.
Feeling Groovy
Maybe you feel spontaneous happiness for no reason. You're going about your business and wham, you get an intense shiver of excitement. This is because you're connecting with a spirit guide. Nifty!
Peace, Love and Understanding
Have you started to experience intense empathy for others. Are you absorbing other's energy and emotions as if they were your own? This is an intense intuitive connection to spiritual vibes.
Psyched to the Max
Are you getting' more and more stoked about spiritual things and supernatural topics? This could mean you're moving into a deeper spiritual journey.
You're broadening your awareness and connecting to the spiritual realm.
Space Cadet
if you see auras around people, it's not because you're a space cadet, it's because you're starting to open up your psychic channels.
Likewise if you have a strong intuition, or you feel drawn to people and places for no reason. Maybe you can sense the mood of a room easily, animals seem drawn to you, or people seek you out for advice.
Or maybe you've had tingles go up and down your spine. All of these are extra sensory messages giving you information about something that's unseen.
Right on, But What's Your Groove?
As adults, we’ve had years of negative conditioning. Years of suppressing our abilities. Years of practicing denial, and explaining away any supernatural phenomena.
We can end up going through life not even knowing what our spiritual talents are. Or, maybe not even believing that we have any. That's heavy man.
It's a bummer because once you do become acquainted with your spiritual talents, and you can recognize when they're telling you something, it's a game changer.
We need to get over the belief systems that are keeping us from accepting and understanding our spiritual talents.
The Skinny
So everybody has spiritual talents. And you're psyched about getting into your spiritual journey. But how do you even determine what your spiritual talents are?
The same goes for knowing your soul purpose in life. Stumped? Well, that's where your dreams come in.
Your dreams give you the skinny. Your dreams are messages from your Higher Self.
And your Higher Self knows your spiritual talents, and even your higher purpose. Your Higher Self transcends the limitations of your conscious mind with wisdom and insight that might surprise you.
And it presents all of these things to you every night in your dreams.
You just have to decode your dreams! Wink!
Dig It and Dig In
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to start digging in and recognizing your spiritual talents. Practicing them will fine tune them and make them stronger. The more you tune into extra sensory stimuli, the better you'll be at interpreting what the messages are trying to tell you. No decoder ring required.
Out of Sight!
Thanks, you did me a solid and got all the way to the bottom of this funky yestergroove blog challenge. We've deeep-sixed the word gifts and now we've got a new acronym for my STP sticker. Anybody guess? Lay it on me. If you don't know, no sweat, the answer is hidden below.
Gotta split. Catch ya on the flip side.
STP
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