Day 23 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Pets & Healing

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Lesson 23: Our pets have come to heal us...

Today’s lesson delves deeper with our connection with our pets. The question posed is if I can hear them communicating with me. Why are they here and what are they here to help us with?

I feel like my cats Picasso and Miu Miu are here to remind me that I’m not alone. That even during the hardest of times, they are always there. They heal me just by being there. They remind me that I have the ability to love and have that love returned. Though I may not feel it all the time, it’s always there. They are nurturing when I need a moment to try and feel good. All of this done through no communication at all.

Sometimes I wish I could communicate with them directly through conversation because then I could really know how they are feeling. Like if they are sick, how can I really tell? I’d love to have that ability to communicate. I can’t say that I sense them when I’m not around them – maybe that’s a deeper connection I need to develop. They’ve seen me at my worst and I feel like they just know when I need comfort. I can call on Picasso to chill with me whenever though Miu Miu can be a bit aloof.

When I think of my old dog Misty, I remember she would get excited like a puppy. I used to think “oh I hope she doesn’t get too excited and keel over”. It was just this vibrant energy that would make me smile but something I lacked. She was the biggest dork but had love for everyone. Such a friendly being and a reminder that you can give unconditional love and not expect it in return. It’s that outward love that can make all the difference in your life. Send it out and see what it returned.

Day 23 - A Year to Clear - Clearing For Good

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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.

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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.