Beginners Mind

One of the important tools for healing and change is the ability to investigate our own internal landscape. When we carry rigid beliefs or concepts in any arena we are not able to perceive things/self/others as they truly are, hindering the necessary alchemical process/understanding/healing to occur.

One of the games I play with myself is called beginners mind. I will show up for meetings with people I have strong opinions about, or meditate on aspects of self/reality that I find difficult and pretend I know nothing about them.

It is almost like being in acting class and you find that place to pretend i.e. that you have never seen your mother before. How does she seem to you as a person that day, without all the projections from the past?

Oftentimes pieces of information, or aspects of the person formerly invisible make themselves known. Remember that none of us ever has the full picture of anyone or anything, not even ourselves. Therefore it is good to show up for life at times with beginners mind.

It is a way of changing the camera angles and reminding yourself that there is a bigger picture and a perspective that you haven't explored yet. It is up to you as the camera operator to get the different shots and to practice your inner flexibility.

The Secret About The Ability To Manifest

 

I have had a lot of people come to sessions feeling defeated and like total failures, because their manifestation exercises and attempts remained fruitless, barely daring to ask the question, "why didn’t it work for me, but it did for my friend?"

Here is a little reminder for everyone:

There are no two Karmic contracts alike and all contracts have very specific clauses regarding lessons that the soul chooses to learn within each lifetime. Obviously the lessons the soul selects are often times not what the ego wishes to manifest. If the soul's and the ego's desires are not matched up, the contract the soul has in place will override all ego attempts. Keep that in mind when working on manifestations in your life.

(Also read the posts 'What is your motivation?' and 'Discernment-every contract is different')

Here are a few concrete examples:

1. A person looks to manifest a family and children and yet finds him/herself chronically single. If we look at the soul contract we might find:

A) A clause that states that no family shall be manifested in the present life in order to work on independence, flexibility and self-love.

B) To find a sense of family beyond the borders of a tribe.

C) To pay off a karmic debt for not appreciating a family in the past.

 These are just a few possible scenarios.

2. Somebody who wishes to manifest greater financial abundance but who finds barely enough to get by and struggles despite great efforts.

Here are some possible reasons why a soul might choose this lesson:

A) It has decided to break a pattern of over identification with material goods,

B) There might be an active vow of poverty in place from a former life as a monk.

C) The person might be paying a karmic debt for having cheated somebody in business affairs.

 These are obviously only a few possible reasons, but the ones given are to shed some light on the subject.

      3.Another popular goal is for people to lose weight. Some reasons they might not have let go of it yet are: 
  

      A) The weight is carried for protection and the soul hasn’t figured out a different way to feel safe yet
        (i.e. response to sexual or physical abuse)

     B) The soul might have starved in a past-life and that trauma causes a continuous sense of hunger. 
       On the surface it looks like a lack of restraint, because the trauma is needing to get healed first.

     C) Somebody who absorbs too much negative energy from the environment might hold it in form of access weight. The weight will be kept in place until the energie is released and he/she learns to keep better boundaries.

As you can see, all these examples are reasons why the soul would forfeit the instant gratification of certain manifestations. Remember you are here to learn and evolve. My suggestion is, if you find yourself stuck in a certain area of your life despite great efforts, meditate on what your soul contract/lessons are.

In my experience it becomes easier to change the situation at hand, or to live with what is with more peace, if one has the understanding of why it got stuck in the first place.

This is certainly a big topic, but I do hope that this post was able to shed some light on it.   

The Gauges

If you look at yourself as divided into physical, emotional, mental and energetic body all of them function together, yet have the ability to act independently from each other. You can be scared and have your physical self enjoy perfect health at the same time. Your mental body might be hyper active, while your emotional body is calm. Your energetic body could be going through a metamorphosis, while the rest of you is asleep.

There is a great attachment in our society to have all the bodies run at high performance level all the time. We want to feel good, healthy, strong, successful and happy on all levels. When one of the bodies is disturbed by a 'negative' frequency we are quick to look for a quick fix. A painkiller here, an anti-depressant there, a joint to take the edge off etc. are the tools we often reach for.

Don't get me wrong, I think there is a time and place for everything, but don't be too lazy. I have started to look at my bodies at gauges. Imagine you are flying an airplane and you have all these different instruments in front of you, letting you know your height, your speed, fuel level and the course you are on. If you are in a plane, you would want to know all these pieces of data, otherwise you might crash. Life isn't much different. Depression is an indicator that something in yourself is being depressed in the way you live your life. It could be your current relationship, or your job, a lack of exercise, no time for what you love or a past-life trauma surfacing. How would you know what you're dealing with? Well certainly not by using a hammer and smashing the gauge. ("Stupid oil light stop blinking at me!" smash, "there I showed you!"…."Oh no, what's that? Why is the car slowing down?" ……"The engine blew out? How could this happen? There is no oil? Why didn't anybody warn me? Poor me, why is the Universe punishing me?")

Being willing to be aware of what is going on and to be brutally honest with self are the keys. The truth is, you might not be able to fix the situation immediately. Some circumstances require careful planning. Often times you will start to feel some relief as you take steps towards resolving the issue, because your system knows, that it has gotten through to you with the message.

So be brave to ask 'what is the message here?' and 'what do I need to do to in order to resolve this issue?'

It doesn't matter if you are dealing with a headache, a more serious health issue, negativity in your mental body, a scary emotion, or energetic symptoms, be willing to listen to yourself, no matter how annoying the symptom might be.