[0:00] Hello, everyone, and thank you again for tuning in for another episode here with me. I'm Pete Williams, your host of the Inner Power Podcast, and today is more centered around energy and the energy that we have been experiencing of late, and it has all kind of come about, and I've called this the soul surge. And this is like energy that has been building and still is building over the last 18 months so grab a cuppa come on this lovely journey with me because if i was to write a volume two of searching spirit which is my first memoir this last 18 months and what has happened and kind of transpired would absolutely make it into this second volume. But I'm not making a second volume of Searching Spirit. I'm making a very different and constructing a very different manuscript and book at the moment, which is in the works. Can't wait for that.
[1:12] But if it was to kind of come, this is something that I'd definitely share. For those who follow me, especially on Facebook, I did do a Facebook Live about this, and I was really prompted. For those who did, I will put the link in the show notes for you if you want to go and look at the original, but I'm just going to publish it because it's so important.
[1:34] I wanted to get back in the studio here and record it for everyone else who may not have seen it or may not have followed it. But it was also prompted because I was in Rockhampton at the time, so just a couple of weeks ago.
[1:49] And for those who don't know, Rockhampton is central coast Queensland. It's pretty much right on the Tropic of Capricorn, which is 23.5 degrees south of the equator. So it's Tropic of Capricorn, and hence the area is called Capricornia. Yeah, but it was really unique. I've been going to Rockhampton now for a number of years, but that morning was the first morning I had ever been there, and the whole riverside and riverfront was immersed in fog. It was absolutely crazy.
[2:25] Thick i could not see like right in front of me buildings were hard to see it was i was like wow this is a it was kind of cool and yes i admit i went down to the river's edge and i was like wow i really want to take a photo of this fog and show everyone but of course guess what happens when you try to take a photo of a city or any place that is covered in fog you have nothing Nothing to photograph except you get a gray screen because it's all fog. So yeah, I have to admit, I had a little bit of a ditzy moment there after I came to realize that I really couldn't take a photo and show people the fog. Anyway, so while I was walking around, I was just really kind of pondering and this really helped me to kind of reflect where things are at and the energy that we've been experiencing at the moment. So, as you listen to this, as I kind of take you through my own journey, the biggest thing here would be I'd encourage you to try and find your own parallels. You may find that you're quite similar in terms of the timing of what I've kind of been through.
[3:41] Or if not so much parallel, you may find you're still in a certain phase of this energy, and that's okay. But this may help you to give you a little bit of hope, a little bit of clarity to let you know what is coming for you or once you kind of finish the phase that you're in.
[4:02] So, you just kind of have to listen to this and see if it can relate to where you're at. I do like to do this from time to time as some couple of dear friends of mine have dubbed me the energetic weathervane, meaning that or almost the energetic barometer. So, when I'm experiencing something, they know that whatever I'm experiencing, it's coming down the tube and it's going to affect them at some point. So, they do go, what are you experiencing, Pete? I want to know what are you doing to go through it? Because I know it's coming for me. I'm always like two weeks or three weeks behind you. And they've kind of noticed that within themselves. So I'm sharing this with you to help you because you never know. It may just help in some shape or form.
[4:48] So let's have a look at this. This is encapsulating like 18 months, pretty close to 18 months, maybe a little bit longer. But where this started for me, and to be honest, this is something that I haven't shared publicly because I was still in it. And when you're in things, I'm always looking for the reason, the how, the why.
[5:16] And until I get that clarity, I don't like to talk about it so much. The reason being is that I am not in a position to help anyone because I'm still in it. So, does that make sense? I hope that makes sense. I like to have kind of gone through the situation, have an understanding of the situation and the energy, and also I do some very deep reflection once it's kind of starting to pass. That's what allows me then to try and talk about it communicate about it and of course ultimately help you or anyone who wishes to listen to what i have to say to help you with what's happening or what's transpired so this is what's happened here so it's been a really really rough 18 months personally for me there's been a lot going on it's i cannot really accurately put into words the last 18 months. So, it has been an absolute kicker.
[6:25] I have described a little bit about certain things in energy in previous episodes and where I've talked about the three phases and we talk about like you're in the push phase, you're in no man's land, then you're in the pull phase. So, the last 18 months or 20 months or so has been the no man's land phase for me. So, and you can come back and listen to that episode if you want to, that describes that very clearly. But what I want to do here is I want to take you through things that can happen during a specific civic phase. So for me, this no man's land period really kicked off and it kicked off in a way that I certainly was not expecting. I was up in North Queensland and I believe it was Cairns.
[7:19] And I just finished an event up there, lovely event. It was a cracker of an event, beautiful connections, wonderful discussions with everyone there.
[7:29] And it was great because I had people waiting for me. I loved it. I don't know what happened, but I was really good.
[7:35] But then what happened was I walked backstage after it had finished. And what happened at that point? So this is August going back to 2022. 22. So, you might find that around that point something similar might have happened for you. So, I went backstage and I was feeling good and I was giving thanks to universe and spirit for the wonderful connections and the night because that's a common, I do that every time religiously. But it was also in that moment as I was still very tuned in and connected that the lovely voice that I, I call the voice because quite often it can be my master guy, but sometimes I get a voice that's just a bit more direct and really has no personality. It's just kind of like I'm being told, I'm being told. And so that's why I call it the voice. But anyway, so this voice then said to me, and it's almost as if they're pointing the finger down at looking at me and they're saying, and as I said, in such a simple, plain, but very firm tone, you're done with this.
[8:51] And at the moment that sentence finished, the only way I can describe it is as if someone Someone behind me had just reached to my power cord and unplugged me. And there was this like, what?
[9:16] And like, of course, like, you know, the hardest part about being connected in this way and receiving these kind of messages, there's not a lot of chance for, you know, a quick chit chat or, hey, can we get some clarification on these things? It doesn't work like that with yourself personally because we still have to go through the lessons so all i've been left with is this phrase and this saying and this feeling of feeling unplugged and it was so foreign to me it scared me i'll be honest it scared me because like i was like wow wow. And at the time, I had just finished events, that event up north, and I was like, oh, wow. And it's like, you're done. You're done with this. And I was like, and it was a bomb. It was as if, My whole world had just been shattered, not by me, but it was like, wow, where did this come from? I got no other reasoning. There's no follow-up.
[10:17] Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm just wondering if it was like good old universe's way of saying, you're fired. You can imagine Donald Trump from The Apprentice. You're fired. That's kind of what I felt like. It's like, oh, we're done? This is over? Okay. Ooh, right. I have to take time to process this. Now, it was naturally I kind of started working with that. But what this did to me is it created, obviously, a lot of questions. Those questions also then lead to a lot of doubt.
[10:57] This is why when I say it scared me, and I love this because I want to share this with you because I have no doubt that someone listening to this needs to hear this and to know that it's okay to be like this. It's okay to go through this period. It's not fun. It's the furthest thing from. It's not fun. It's not easy. It's crap. It's shit, plain and simple. It's just crap. But you kind of go through it and you're left with a lot of doubt. Now, even by then, what this led to is because then it was as if, right, if I'm not doing this as in terms of events, in terms of the connections, the channeling, the stuff that I have, I love, the stuff that I've been doing for so long, the business that I've built up over the last 10 years.
[11:46] It was like, well then what am I supposed to be doing?
[11:52] And so, it was, I was just left with so many questions. As you can tell, even reflecting on this, it's very hard to put into words. So, but like I said, I've never really explained this to a lot of people and I'm just being open, raw and vulnerable about the whole experience.
[12:11] But also during this period, it was very, very interesting because on a personal front, things were kind of really moving forward. You know, my wife and I, we'd just bought a block of land and we had just, you know, getting our building plans approved for our first house. So, that was very exciting. So, on one hand, like there's movement, there's good things happening there. But then on a very deep personal, spiritual and professional front, things were like, where's this going? What am I going to do? do. Now, despite all of this, so I've got a real mix and an array of emotions and thoughts and feelings. And of course, the biggest thing that really happened here is I had no vision. I did not have a vision. I did not have a north point on my compass. It was a real rarity for me. I had always felt like I've had that vision, and without that, I felt, of course, lost. And that's why the good old no-man's land.
[13:23] But it's also interesting, I didn't also appreciate the full effect of this energy.
[13:35] Until almost a year later. I believe that a part of me was like, okay, I'll just take that. Thank you for that message.
[13:46] I have no idea what it means. And perhaps I will just keep going and hope that you are going to show me the way and give me my vision and whatever else. I adopted this approach of let's just keep going. So, that's what I did. Now, what was even more interesting is that that following January, I had a wonderful time. It was coming into 2023.
[14:21] I could hear a few people going, oh, my God, don't talk about 2023. Like, 2023 was a total different year. That is the most self-reflection year I've ever had. But at the same time, I did so much in that year, it's like a blur. I know quite a few people are like, what are you doing? We can't keep up with you. One moment you're here, next moment you're doing tours in Southern Australia, then you're in Greece, then you're in America, then you're back here, then you're back in America. What's going on? There was a lot going on. And I even said, I said to myself at the beginning of 2023 that I'm going to say yes. There was a yes year for me because I was like, if it interested me, if it said something for me, I just said yes. And so, I ran with that motto for 2023.
[15:18] Again, just being open and honest, that probably also didn't help me. It did help me, but at the same time, I think it also definitely contributed to putting myself in some really, really precarious situations throughout the year. So, I also have learnt from previous experiences that if something new is coming through, which clearly it was, hence I've been told, you're not doing this anymore, that means something new is coming through. Of course, I didn't know what. Now, by that point, I had, Santorini retreat planned, which is great. We're putting that into place. I had another members conference in place. I was planning for that, which is great. But I also had decided to go invest more with a program with a great mentor of mine and say yes to that. And that also then kind of created opportunities for me to say yes to go to America and kind of connect and learn more, which was wonderful. It was absolutely amazing times. But what was interesting is I also decided to pull back on the things that I had been doing, hence the message back in August in 2022.
[16:34] So, I started to minimize that because you need to create space or leave space for the new things to come through. So, that's what I did. Now, 2023, massive self-reflection year,
[16:51] asking you what do you really want, where you're going, and so it was. I see 2023 as I went on a very spiritual journey, being the spiritual year, and I was, what is it that I want to do?
[17:04] It's no wonder I said yes to everything because I knew there was new things, but I had no idea where they were coming from. I had no idea what they were going to be and I knew that I couldn't just sit by myself doing everything on the personal front, making one of the biggest investments that you can make in your life about a new home for your family and all of this kind of stuff. So, it was a real wishy-washy space of trying to keep things happening and moving on both fronts, but at the same time, trying to connect or find myself with a vision, trying to connect and go, where's this leading me to? What's next? Whatever else? And this is the thing, like, I'm very, very self-aware. That is a beautiful thing that I know that I have and it's, you know, has always served me. And so even by then I kind of moving forward into 2023 it was kind of like doing enough but then it hit May and June so mid 2023 this is when all of the energy really started to capitalise and I want to say for me it felt like a little bit of a self combustion because by this point I was pretty much just.
[18:26] Continuing on with what I knew was working. But it was as if universe was saying to me, no, this is like things have still got to change. It was as if I wasn't really listening enough to the original message. And that's me. I want, again, like you get so frustrated. It's like when you keep seeing all your lovely angel numbers, your 111s and your 22s, and I'm seeing that everywhere. And you see it all the time. and then you go, but what does it mean? It's like, I want you to tell me more than what the numbers are. Like, I know the numbers, I see the numbers, but what does it really mean? But this is the whole thing is that's how, you know, good old universe and spirit work. We have to do some legwork. We have to figure it out. But not only that, here's the kicker. We have to go through it. You can't now, that always reminds me, this will be for most of my audience, which is obviously Australia, but if you're listening overseas, you won't understand this reference. But anybody who has watched play school, one of the ultimate play school things was we're going to go on a bear hunt. And it was like, you know, we're going to go on a bear hunt.
[19:38] And then there's a whole thing of like, oh, but there's a big scary tunnel. And it's like, well, we can't go around it. We can't go over it. We can't go under it. We have to go through it. and that's the whole premise of the whole song is like don't try and avoid it you just have to have the courage and find your way through it and 2023 was like that so there was things that I had to kind of go through so as much as, so much doubt, so many questions were kind of popping in. I started getting
[20:10] new ideas bubbling through. I had different ways of working through things. And I even got a beautiful opportunity to jump into some amazing learning and some coaching. And that has been absolutely pivotal and it's moving where I'm excited to move forward with. There's things like that, experiencing and having trips overseas. They're also wonderful things as well. There was so many wonderful things, but But it was also at the same time, nothing was solid. It felt like there was no foundation. It felt like I had all of these beautiful floating pieces, but nothing to anchor them.
[20:51] And so pretty much for the remainder of 2023, I was kind of in invention mode. I knew things had to be restructured. I knew things had to be rebuilt even to a point and like I had that feeling for a while anyway but this just consolidated even further it was just like the energy was just there kind of going wow and this is when I probably it was like really starting the energy was getting really heavy and a lot of other things were plaguing me personal house building was happening but that was taking a lot of time, that was taking a lot of my mental space, you know, I've got the family to balance with that and, you know, it was going through all of that and even to a point where I literally had to say to myself, I have to stop. I have to stop and I have to really step back.
[21:52] Because if I can't step back, if I can't really free up my space, I will not be able to see the forest from the trees. And that was what was happening. So, I made one of the hardest decisions I could possibly make. And that was I decided to wind down my lovely, you know, power membership. And the group there, because it was wonderful. We had some wonderful connections that happened transpired over many years there. But it was at the same time like there was something where i was wanting to go but i wasn't sure where it was wanting to go and then it's like okay this is not fair because this is not where it was so that's me like same thing i didn't know where i was i didn't know where it was going for me so i had to really step back and even though it was very hard it was like massive decision on multiple levels. But it was like, no, I have to trust my heart here. I have to trust what's important for me. And so, that's when I stepped back from that.
[22:54] And it was a very, very, you know, powerful point. Also, as I started to step back from that, what was also immediate was there was more new things bubbling through. So, more moving pieces started to kind of come through. Again, don't know how they all fit together, but there was more moving pieces. There's different ideas coming through. And the beautiful thing is I got to experiment and work with some of them to see what was working, what I liked, what I didn't like, what helped other people, didn't help other people. So, it was a very experimental period there working through that. But what you've also found, because this was for me, and this energy carried on pretty much all the way through to the end of 2023. And what happened there was I call it the one-legged duck move.
[23:48] And what that is for me is I would have had these beautiful original ideas. Then what would happen is I'd come up with different ideas. Then I would come up different ideas again. We would start executing those ideas. And this is where I do do a big shout out and huge thanks and apologies to my staff because they were with me with this. They were super supportive with me, but I was like the real Gemini.
[24:20] It literally got to a point where there was a running joke. I would step into the office and they go, so, what's new today? Because we know there's something new. Because that was what it was like. There's perpetual ideas coming through. But the The weirdest part is it doesn't matter how many times we try to execute different ideas.
[24:39] It was just the energy was not there. The clarity was not there. It was just there was no oomph to it. There was no vision. There was no connection to it. So as much as I'd try, I'd do this and I'd do that and whatever else. I'm like, nope, that's not working. No, I'm not feeling that. No, that's not taking it where I want it to go. But again, where do I want to go? I don't know. And it's like, well, then what am I supposed to be doing? Because remember, you know, you're done with this. And it's like, oh, my God. So that's why quite a few of my followers are going, oh, wow, you're done with this. I made that decision because I heard that from the spirit. I trusted that. And so, this was like, I need to step back from all of this. Really big, big move.
[25:17] Not the smartest move, but I still honor it. It's something I've gone through and I'm grateful for it.
[25:22] But you'll find that you would have had this and all of a sudden, especially what you have found kind of leading into 2024, you would have found that a lot of those ideas that you didn't have or did have, you weren't working out, you'd come back to the original version of them. You might have found that like the original idea, even maybe before 2023 started, you might've had some good ideas or some good plans, but then it all kind of got thrown out the window or you double guessed yourself or overthought it or tried to change it or adapt to new things or whatever else. Only to find coming into 2024 this year that you would have gone, oh, okay, we're going back to the original idea. This is something that I had 2022, 2021, or even 2020, or even beforehand. It was just one of those things.
[26:14] Now, this is where it gets really interesting. What happens is moving into this year, and this is what we're calling the soul search. It's all about that. I really just wanted to paint that picture because there's a lot going on. Now, there was a very significant shift. Now, I'm quite sensitive to NAGs, but I'm not super sensitive, I know a lot of people are.
[26:38] Look, it was in April this year, so 2024, at the solar eclipse, there was a very significant shift. This is when I personally felt the clarity. It was as if when the fog started to lift. And that's why this really got sparked about talking about the solar surge came in Rockhampton because that's exactly what it was. The last 18 months, you may still be in this. It may still feel like a fog, but it's okay because I can tell you right now, it is clearing. It lifts. and when it does, it's going to be a bright ass sunny day and you've just got to hang in there. So, it was that solar eclipse, it all started to shift and it was still a bit murky. Like, you know when you can start to see the silhouettes of things, you know, and when I was in Rockhampton, I could see the, you know, for one, the riverside bank that I was closest to, I could start to see the silhouettes and start to see the trees, I could start to see the bridge, but I still could not see the other side of the river. That's what it was like. But what's happening here is it was a fog because it's allowing us to reassess, revitalize, kind of come back to ourselves going, what's important here? It was a chance of discovery because we were so on autopilot, we needed to go and have these periods of discovery. So then what you would have maybe found is that in May, then clarity would have started to strike. I know for a fact that all of a sudden, coming through May, it got clearer and clearer.
[28:07] Those floating puzzle pieces that I was talking about that I kind of had gathered throughout the end of 2022 and moving into 2023, even though I had applied them, even though I had had a go at them and they didn't really go anywhere, they were just floating, now I could start to see how they were lining up. None of it. Was wasted time. None of it was wasted space. None of it was wasted energy.
[28:39] These are the things that we had to trial and test because it was for us and where we're going so we can build the bigger vision and what's important for us moving forward. And this is why it's called the soul surge. We are now moving into the space and the period where so many of you, and if you're listening to this, you are most likely one of them. This is that calling to step up. This is the calling to kind of show you ready to go. You may have also found that now, like from May to June.
[29:16] Most likely somewhere in there, yes, we've got a change of seasons, which plays a part in it, but between May to June, because of this big shift in energy, where you'd most likely find you have gotten sick in some shape or form. You may not have gotten seriously sick. It's like that little bit of flu because you have to recalibrate to the energy that you're at now. It's as if you're being allowed to really go forward. And you may now also find, because this is where I'm at, because of all those floating pieces coming and lining back up, the vision is back. The reason is back it's the why has come back and so when you traverse this is what we call the pull energy and i'm i'm really now starting to understand that and really embrace that because see how it all comes together nothing in the past has been wasted it has all just been a beautiful building experience so you can be ready to execute it and move forward at your absolute best. What you may even find, because for me, on the internal, on that deeper level, there's this.
[30:36] Absolutely beautiful space where I just tap into it and it's as if it just says, you're ready.
[30:44] You're ready. This is it. This is the time. This is the chance. And this is that surge. This is why I call it a soul surge. This is so deep. It's not even my head. And that's the other thing that I really want to point out here about the soul surge is upon reflecting all of this over the last few weeks and clearly the last 18 months, but the whole important point was that that. Over that period, because I got unplugged, there was only one place I was working in and that place was my head. I was trying to figure out everything and solve all of my problems from this headspace and that is so not like me. And then it was also in April, just after Easter, that I had a moment on the couch and I was listening to my SBS chill. Yes, I love my SBS chill. through the TV and I was having a conversation through text and I was still frustrated. Like I said, it was still murky back then, but it was lifting. But it was through that lift, a beautiful message came through from inside of myself.
[31:56] And what it was, was that voice, that same good old voice that said, you're done with this, right?
[32:03] Once I had taken the time to sit down and reflect on this and I was listening to SBS Chill and I was just messaging. I was still angry. I won't lie. I was still angry. I was angry. I was frustrated. I'm upset because I'm like, this is not me. I'm not used to this energy. This energy sucks. I want this shit to change. This is just not fun. I want to move forward. Where do I find? How do I get plugged back in? Where do I get that drive? I know what it feels like. I know no, this is what I want. Where do I find this? And then I'm having this conversation, then literally, as I'm listening to SBS Chill, for the first time in a long time, I'm like, oh, I like this song. And as I was texting, I'm like, I just made a mental note going, right, Pete, you need to Shazam that song before it finishes. But as that song's playing, I started to realize there was something that I was missing overall, and the word was soul. And I was like, I love the soul. I love everything about the soul. I love talking about the soul. I love soul exploration. I love everything about understanding it. It's just that space,
[33:16] and I cannot deny my passion about it. And I felt like that was something that I was either missing, letting go of, ignoring, forgetting, whatever word you want to put on it, there was something there.
[33:30] And I was like, I need to come back to that. And as soon as I had that recognition of, I need to come back to the soul, I paused and I literally had tears in my eyes and tears rolling down my cheek because for the first time in 20 months, I felt like I was home. For the first time in 20 months, I felt like I was back to being myself. Self. That is a moment I'll never forget.
[34:02] And even in that moment, then I had this beautiful voice said to me, what you have been doing is you've been trying to dial down. You're trying to get too specific on how you want to help people. And they're like, no, don't dial down, dial up. And in that moment, it was as if a weight had just lifted. It's as if the fog had completely lifted because that made so much more sense because I was trying to fit in and understand a different way of doing things that didn't work for me. I was trying to work within a system that didn't always work for me. I needed to work in my way. I needed to adapt and be myself and I had forgotten that also in that process. It was a big lesson. But then coming back to it, I remembered crap, I have to Shazam this song. And I knew the song was almost going to finish because I've been texting and having these epiphanies and listening and just processing this moment.
[35:09] And I hit Shazam and Shazam was listening. And I tell you what, when you Shazam something, it gives you all these different prompts. I swear, Shazam had summed up those Those 18, 20 months in like those three, four, five seconds, because it first says searching and then it flashes and it beeps at you. And then all of a sudden it says just a moment and it's flashing again. Then it's like, give us another second or two. It's like flashing. I'm like, this is exactly what the 18 months. And then it's like right at the end, it says, we're going to give it one more try. And it's like flashing. I'm like, it's not even going to get the song. The song's going to finish. I'm like, hurry the earth up. Like, I want this song. And fortunately enough, it got it with about three seconds to spare. And talk about signs of signs. I've never heard of this artist, but he's a German artist, which I love the fact because I know Jens,
[36:10] as you're listening to this, I thought of you because I know you're in Germany. But the whole thing is, and his name is Wanderlust. But the song's title is Feel.
[36:21] And that just hit me because that's a big connection with where all of my work is moving forward. And it was a sign of a sign if I could ever have one. Talk about it all bundled up in one beautiful moment on the couch and about refining myself doing it. And now there is so much more drive. I am plugged back in. I am ready to go. I have the vision and things are all lining up and ready to rock and roll.
[36:51] And so, that's the soul surge asking you and really doing it. You have to embrace it, listen to it, work with it. That clarity is not quite there for you yet. Please don't stress, it is coming. As we move further and further into 2024 here, that clarity, that fog is really going to lift and it's going to lift for a lot more people. But the whole thing is, this is not just to lift in order for you to keep having the same day, to keep living the same life. This fog is lifting, if you've been in this space, if you are really feeling
[37:23] and understanding what I'm talking about, then know for a fact that you are having a soul surge. You are a big part of this wave that is happening to awaken us to really step up and really embrace a bigger part of ourselves. And you will find that somewhere in that surge, somewhere in your soul, you are being asked to to step up and help out and shine your light and dial up like I have in some shape or form. So however you're feeling, wherever you are, please take the time, learn the lessons from me. Make sure you can take that time to step back, create some space for yourself for that beautiful stuff to come through. It may not all make sense straight away. That's okay. But then when it does, you'll start to see it. And not just see it, remember, you've also got to feel it.
[38:20] So pay attention to it, work with it. It is coming. That clarity is coming. Hang in there. And on that note, I'll leave you there. And if this resonates with you, please let me know. Hit me up on the socials, DM me, because it's been rough. It's been tough. And I feel you. I've been there in the trenches with you, but hang in there. It's starting to lift and it's starting to clear and I really look forward to that happening for you too.
