3/30/2023 0 Comments Weather feel annoyed![]() After all, that’s what our parents did when we were scolded for pulling our sister’s hair or our teacher gave us a “time-out.” We have been taught that if we do something “wrong” or “bad” we have to punish ourselves. What if I didn’t have to punish myself to get the lesson? This mechanism drives us to look outside of ourselves to avoid having to accept ourselves, who we are right now, in this moment as enough, worthy, and good. We get trapped by the belief that there is something inherently wrong with us, that we are not enough, and that there is something we need to do to become a better person. So many people avoid doing the inner work that is necessary to learn and grow.īut the mechanism that drives us to fix, perfect, and change is, in its own way, an expression of a wound. Growth, change, self-awareness, and healing are all important. What if there was nothing I needed to fix in me? What if there was nothing I needed to change? What if I was perfect just the way I am now? Here are some key questions to ask yourself to discover your true inner-nature, all on your own, from deep within you and realize everything you need is already here. What is wrong is how we hold onto them for dear life, along with the conditioned belief for why we need them. There is nothing wrong with these modalities. Today, there are so many tools and practices-psychological, creative, and spiritual-that can guide us to come to know ourselves more. I would have been freed from a need to find something outside of me. ![]() If I could only for one minute stop and realize this truth, I could have found my peace, and not from a man or spiritual teacher or seminar. Whether he meant it or not, he would say: What’s not to love about you? There was something he always said to me that would have saved me from grasping to know myself for so many years, if only I could have really heard it and made it my own. Because of an innate sense that there was something wrong with me and a belief I picked up as a child that I was “bad,” I constantly looked outside of myself to find respite, feel loved, and to know my worth.Įven though my unhealthy relationship was dysfunctional, that man gave me a gift that I wouldn’t discover for years. I had psychic surgeries, soft-tissue chiropractic work, drank herbal tinctures and elixirs, bought every kind of healing essential oil, collected a library of self-help books, and did inner-child work, gestalt dialogues, and did loads of homework with several life coaches. I went on vision quests in the desert, called leading psychics, mapped my astrological chart, figured out my Enneagram number, dreamed lucidly for nights in an upright chair, and drew down the moon in Wiccan circles. ![]() I studied parapsychology and quantum dynamics, did past-life regressions, memorized mantras, unraveled koans, and collected crystals and tarot cards. I got rolfed, (and got more intense body-work by thick-boned Maoris) and rebirthed with conscious breath work. I went on Shamanic power journeys to spiritual centers around the world, chanted with Indian gurus, and became a certified yoga instructor and Reiki master. ![]() In a new age, self-discovery kind of world-a hubbub of a town filled with people in transition-I was graced to meet many powerful healers, gurus, shamans, and teachers. When I was in my mid-twenties an unhealthy relationship with an unhealthy guy sent me packing off to the corner of New Mexico to find myself. “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.” ~Swedish Proverb ![]()
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