Day 322 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 46 - Revealing

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Lesson 322: Check In WEEK 46 - Revealing

The focus with these past few days has been revealing some thoughts and truth to ourselves through a mirror. It shows us the parts we love about ourselves and the changes we can have my adopting practises that discharges negative thoughts. We don’t always love the person we see in the mirror, but doesn’t mean we won’t ever. If we keep up the practise of letting go through breath and look at ourselves again, can we see start to see the things we love. Like anything, it takes time but consistency is key. We can all be our true selves by acknowledging that we matter and embracing what we see as flaws, and learning to love all aspects of ourselves.

Day 321 - A Year to Clear - Mirror Meditation

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Lesson 321: Mirror Meditation

Today we are to stand in front a mirror and close our eyes, breathing in deeply. On each out breathe repeat “Let it all go.. just let it go… and show me your spirit” three times. Open your eyes and look at yourself. What are you noticing and do you feel you look the same as before you started the exercise? Once you have reflected, repeat the words “I exist. I matter. It is safe for me to show my true self”. How do you feel after you look at yourself once again?

When I looked at myself, I noticed that I looked young and innocent. I do think I am cute. I noticed a young girl in me even though I’m not so young. It’s nice to look at yourself with a different perspective. I think if this was a consistent practise, I would feel good every day and love myself more. I feel like the point of this lesson is to teach us that we can really be kind towards our self if we can consistently put into practise delivering kind words to ourselves.

What do you think the point of this lesson is and how did you notice yourself in the mirror after breathing out those words?

Day 320 - A Year to Clear - Look in the Mirror

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Lesson 320: Look in the Mirror

Today we are to look into the mirror for a minute and notice all the commentary you have towards yourself. Let the thoughts come but don’t categorise them into bad or good thoughts. Do not judge them at all. Once the minute is over, notice how you feel.

It’s odd because for some reason a few days ago, I said to myself that I have to stare myself in the mirror and tell myself what I am grateful for, so to have this lesson pop up isn’t a coincidence.

When I looked at myself in the mirror, I noticed my tiredness. I don’t like the imperfections on my face and I notice that I am aging. I notice the oiliness of my face. I see the loneliness in my eyes. I have the thought that I don’t like the look of me at the moment.

I noticed that I need to be less self-critical. I need some more self-love. I feel bad of myself for having such thoughts towards myself. I do not have these thoughts towards my friends and family, so why am I having them towards myself. It makes me sad. I need to believe that I am beautiful the way others see. But I need to truly believe these words. Something to really work on.

This task can be so challenging. It’s time to do away with negative thoughts towards self.

Day 319 - A Year to Clear - Your Reflection

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Lesson 319: Your Reflection

“If you would only switch on the light of awareness and observe yourself and everything around you throughout the day, if you would see yourself reflected in the mirror of awareness the way you see your face reflected in a looking glass, that is, accurately, clearly, exactly as it is without the slightest distortion or addition, and if you observed this reflection without any judgment or condemnation, you would experience all sorts of marvelous changes coming about in you. Only you will not be in control of those changes, or be able to plan them in advance, or decide how and when they are to take place. It is this nonjudgmental awareness alone that heals and changes and makes one grow. But in its own way and at its own time.”

— Anthony DeMello, The Way to Love

Today we are greeted with this quote and nothing else. It’s powerful to notice that in every action we have in the things we do, a piece of us is in every action. A part of us is in everything we touch and do for ourselves. We just aren’t bringing awareness to it. We have the power to heal in any situation because in every action is a part of us slowly taking it’s time to bring about change. If we take away judgement, it allows the uniqueness of you to flow through every situation.

Do you agree as you read this quote over and over? It’s taking time to settle in for me, but I am grateful for the lesson. What I draw from it is that there is beauty in every situation even if you don’t see it. it’s about taking away your own judgement and letting things go, as well as letting them be.

Day 263 - A Year to Clear - Reflections on Rest

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Lesson 263: Reflections on Rest

Based on the meditation that was done from the previous lesson, today is about reflecting on the repeated phrases of “I rest in stillness. I rest in awareness. I rest” and filling out these statements:

• When I am truly and deeply rested, I feel______

• What gets in the way of my getting deep rest is______

• What I can do to cultivate more rest in my life (starting today)______

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My answers:

• When I am truly and deeply rested, I feel rejuvenated and energised.

• What gets in the way of my getting deep rest is a hectic schedule.

• What I can do to cultivate more rest in my life (starting today) is saving days for just rest for self and not making commitments for others if I am in need of deep rest.