Day 23 - A Year to Clear - Clearing For Good

Photo by Chungkuk Bae on Unsplash

Lesson 23: Clearing For Good

Today’s lesson is to consider compassionate awareness when clearing really releases all the stuck energy for good. I believe this to be true.

As I was going through all my clothing and shoes in my store room, I knew that my belongings would be going to good use to someone else. Original intention was to give my stuff to my friend’s daughter, but then I had some mouse come visit my house, and my mate was not game in taking them. So, I lugged all those garbage bags full of clothes to the charity bin downstairs of my building. I think they will go to someone that will make better use of them than I have.

But on the flip side I had compassion for myself. That it was okay to have this build up, but at the same time it was okay to let it go. It’s almost like a forgiveness or reassurance to yourself. This was the old part of you and you’re not a bad person for letting go of attachment that doesn’t serve you anymore. I think when I was doing the activity there was a lot of “why do I do this to myself?” but I followed it up with a “I can do this!”. It’s a lot of rewiring of the brain, but with more practise, I will get there.

***
EDIT: I realise now what clearing with compassion can extend to... the compassion I need for myself and that I have for others also. My journal entry really proved what you can let go of by holding compassion. A stuck memory (which is essentially stuck energy) from some harmful words residing in my subconscious resurfaced for me to deal with and I chose to release it with compassion because I'm bigger than that memory now.