Day 85 - A Year to Clear - Enough

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Lesson 85: Enough

“I am enough, I have enough. There is enough.—Your Spacious Self”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

New week equals a new theme and this week’s is “Being Enough”.

Repeat the phrases and notice how you’re feeling. Repeating those phrases really takes some time to sink in… and maybe for some it won’t sink in at all. There is really a major shift in your thinking especially how you view yourself. There is a lot of self-acceptance which not everyone can achieve until they truly believe that about themselves.

I definitely think that I have enough possessions. Not only that but I have a lot/enough in life – friends, money, a home etc. I know that a lot of people live with a lot less so I am grateful for what I have.

In terms of there being enough, I think this is about appreciating the small things in life. Not everything has to be a grand gesture. Value the things you have but also the people around you because you will find that you truly have enough.

Day 84 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 12 - Connecting With Home

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Lesson 84: Check In WEEK 12 - Connecting With Home

So, the end of the week has us reflecting on what we had learned about our homes or workplace. I think I have a lot of work to do in making my home my own. Time is definitely my friend in this situation. Once I get my space to truly feel like mine, then it will be good for me. I can truly be myself.

Like I mentioned in a previous post, people can really make or break a workspace, or even a home. Whatever mood they are in really captures the energy of the room. The mood of people helps to create the presence of the room. This is where I can really distinguish the difference from one space to another.

I find that my home reveals to me that I’m a working progress and may have quite a lazy type of personality. I am aware of this and try to work through it. I feel like that I’m doing well in terms of creating steps towards the way I want to be. I am going to work hard for my goals. My house definitely reflects this laziness right now. Small steps I think to create a routine that have bigger outcomes.

Day 84 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - In Many Holy Teachings...

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Lesson 84: In Many Holy Teachings...

Before I even knew about this lesson, I was practising the exercise. That’s cool in itself I believe. Anyway, this lesson starts off by saying that “in many holy teachings, compassion is misrepresented as the final stage of evolution.” I can’t say that I have read every holy teaching and do not know this to be true or not. We have the ability to evolve now, if of course we choose to. It’s all a choice for us but I also feel this comes in our own time – when we really want to wake up. Today is all about taking some awareness and feeling compassion to every living thing you see today. Do it as much as you can and as often as you can. We can inflate our hearts and spread that energy around.

I had my mediumship class today and I was eating at the train station when some birds came to surround me. Obviously hungry, I shared my croissant with them. One lil bird only had one leg and I wondered what circumstances that bird had experienced to only have one leg. I felt more love for it because it had a set back in life but still managed. What a feat that would be.

I often people watch because I wonder what their lives are like and I wished that everyone that was immediately in front of me are really realising their full potential. I actually wanted them to be living their best lives even though they were all glued to their phones. I could see the pain all over their faces, so for me, I just sent well wishes for them and hope something good happens in their lives.

I went to class and everyone is so lovely. We were connecting with loved ones passed over and there was one very touching story, where one of the group members had a partner pass away 2 years ago. The whole time during the reading, I felt quite sad but proud at how this girl was so strong. It was quite personal and I held compassion for this friend. What gave me hope for her was that she held herself well and every time her partner does come up in readings, she’s quite happy because he was her best friend. There was a certain beauty in how far she has come and goes to show that people can really overcome anything.

And the final thing I remember doing that was of value, was giving money to a homeless man. There was very much despair on his face and as I put down my money, he thanked me. I give money to homeless people often. It’s not much but I still find if I can make a difference to even one person’s life, then that is uplifting for me.

That’s me for today! Tell me your stories of compassion that you’ve experienced.

Day 83 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Second Passage

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Lesson 83: The second passage...

By now, you may have released some pain, if not all of it which is a great feat in itself! Good job! Today is all about moving into the second passage of the heart which is compassion. Close your eyes and let whatever image come to you. Feel the first person who comes into mind that requires some compassion. Note the differences between how you felt in pain to how you feel with compassion. Do you notice the shift?

The first person that came to mind was my dad. I don’t have a good relationship with my dad and I got hypnotherapy last week to clear some of the past trauma, and all associated attached feelings and emotions to those experiences. It’s been a good kind of weird, in that, I don’t have a rise in anger over petty things and I’m much more peaceful inside. The turmoil that once was, is now gone. With that in mind, the pain has ceased. What I do have to do for my dad is have compassion towards him. He’s getting on in years and I know he regrets his past actions, though there is no reason why I cannot have a relationship now. He doesn’t impact my life negatively anymore and therefore he has no power over me. I need to show compassion in the way that the past is the past, and let’s move onwards to spend whatever chapters we have left in a good way.

The most notable differences from the passage of pain to the passage of compassion is that there is more sense of peace and forgiveness. It’s about acceptance and tolerance of one self as well as others. It’s about not passing judgement and being kind.

Day 83 - A Year to Clear - Home as Mirrors

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Lesson 83: Homes as Mirrors

Taking a moment to think about the object you chat with the previous day, how is it a reflection of you?

My object is a spare toaster that is sitting on the floor, out of place and needs to be donated. It’s very much a reflection of me in my laziness and starting projects without finishing them. There is a donation bin downstairs and yet I can’t seem to take the object down there. I placed it there to declutter my cupboards so I had more space for my crockery and utensils etc. It’s very much shows how I started a declutter and didn’t finish the final steps and it’s a constant reminder of an unfinished activity. I need that extra push to complete it once and for all. I tend to leave a mess until someone comes over and I tidy up. It’s really a bad habit I have that needs to change.