Day 127 - A Year to Clear - Shine Your Light Brightly

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Lesson 127: Shine Your Light Brightly

“There is an endless net of threads throughout the universe. . .The horizontal threads are in space. The vertical threads are in time. At every crossing of the threads there is an individual. And every individual is a crystal bead. And every crystal bead reflects not only the light from every other crystal in the net, but also every other reflection throughout the entire universe.”

— Rig Veda - Vedic Sanskrit Hymns

New week equals a new theme of “Expanding Awareness”. We are to consider the quote from ancient religious hymns in Indian mythology.

The key message is to lift your own vibration and shine your light. Let your light spread. If you raise the vibration, then watch those around you lift their vibration also. We all have this power, if we choose to. Maybe sometimes there isn’t always someone to lead the way for us, so we need to harness the power ourselves to do it. I for one do not have someone I idolise and don’t append myself to one way of thinking. I take bits and pieces from things I pick up to light up my own path. I know the struggle that can be to not have someone to follow. Sometimes, I feel that I need to tackle things on my own, because not everyone can be there for you when you need them, and sometimes you just have to rely on yourself in life. So, I’ve been trying to shine my own light, learning everything on my own and hope that my light will spread to others.

Day 127 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Emotions Are Processed Over Time

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Lesson 127: Emotions Are Processed Over Time...

“Emotions are processed over time. Thus, the feelings you have in your heart as a child, may be the same feelings that you hold there now. This is true, unless your heart has expanded, allowed these feelings to release.”

— Sara Wiseman

I definitely agree that my emotions that I held onto as a child were present as an adult. I didn’t realise how much it influenced my environment and the world I created for myself. I realised the past trauma left me with walls up and didn’t allow me to open up to possibilities. I had my medium teacher perform hypnotherapy to eradicate these past attached emotions, to memories that crippled me, and once that was lifted, it was the best feeling I could ever have been blessed with. The most noticeable emotion that I seem to get less of is anger. Not even sadness, it was anger. I am not quick to get annoyed at people for their little quirks or why they do things which seem questionable.

I guess I had anger pent up from all these past memories where people left me feeling less than myself. I think mostly I was angry at myself for not standing up for myself or not having a voice at the time. When the hypnotherapy lifted it for me, I could truly see the situation and just move on. What’s done is done but I have no attached feelings anymore and it’s that release that has given me so much. I have mentioned in past posts that I was slowly working through past trauma on my own, but I took the hypnotherapy route to speed it up.

That’s why I think it’s so important to work through your pain, understand it, release it and then move forward. We need to open up our hearts most definitely in order to do this. I think when we open ourselves to the Universe, God, The Goddess, spirit guides, the light, the Divine, angels… whatever you believe in, this opens our heart for healing. If we remained closed off, we won’t be able to heal. Even if you don’t believe in a higher power, try a friend or therapy, whomever you can entrust your story with and see yourself unfold. It’s not easy and can sometimes be messy, but when you really let it go, you’re free of something that holds you back in ways you didn’t even realise.

It’s okay to deal with your emotions, so what’s stopping you?

Day 126 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - It is Not About Gaining Control

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Lesson 126: It is Not About Gaining Control...

Today is about looking into of our emotions - recognising that they are in different states of vibration, but all in the path to opening our hearts. We are to close our eyes and feel our emotions now. We are to note where we feel stuck or where we have expanded. We might realise we’re in a different place to what we think.

Firstly, I felt love - the love I have more myself is far greater than it ever has been, and in turn, I have a lot more love for others. I think all the work I have been doing to accept myself, and really discovering the answers I seek on my own, have opened me up to things I never thought possible. That definitely has come down to some self-love and working through situations of the past.

There’s still some anger within me but that’s more frustration at myself. I have trouble setting routine for things that I actually want to learn or set aside time for. Though this seems to stem from frustrations at work draining me and I just want to move into my new role that was announced in December 2017. With that draining me, I am exhausted for any sort of activity on most days. This is something I am still working on.

Sadness seems to loom but not from past trauma. Or maybe I confuse this with worry. There seems to be some thoughts around loneliness and not being able to find someone to share my life with. This isn’t something that parades in my mind often. I know I have a lot of work to do in my life and this part of my life gets pushed to the back. So maybe, it’s about finding that balance to let someone in. I know I don’t make time for this so maybe that’s on me. Still got figuring out to do in the love department.

Envy is something I hold but not in the way people think. I look upon others who don’t realise that they have really great lives and aren’t grateful for what they have. A lot of people take for granted who and what is in their lives, and I think that bugs me. People don’t realise how lucky they are.

There is no pain, so I’m grateful for that. What I have learned is that I can deal with pain and overcome anything by facing the pain.

I don’t hold the fears I used to by entering my spiritual path. I think the only thing that holds me back is my self-doubt though I am working on this.

Apart from this, nothing else comes to mind. I thought this was a good exercise to really understand the inner workings of me and come to some realisations of what needs work?

How did you go?

Day 126 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 18 - Shining Light On Invisible Clutter

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Lesson 126: Check In WEEK 18 - Shining Light On Invisible Clutter

Today is reflecting back on the week gone by. The topic was around invisible clutter and how the not so obvious physical and mental clutter has a way of impacting us and that around us.

I think the web we create really opened my eyes to how much clutter we tend to keep without realising. I think we get so caught up in the web and if we do nothing towards clearing it, it then leads to that ripple effect. If we are being dragged down by some cluttered thought, then we might display that in our physical lives and then that impacts those around us. We are the creators of our environment, so if we do more towards creating a space that we are truly happy with in both home and work, then our energy lifts and others will also see this.

I sometimes forget that by saying something negative, someone else can hold onto that view and implement that into their lives. I think I need to be more mindful of how my words and actions can impact others in this way. My clutter should not become someone else’s. Except, more times than not, we don’t actually recognise that we do it. The biggest take away from this exercise is to be more aware how my actions impact others.

Day 125 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - You May Choose Levity

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Lesson 125: You May Choose Levity...

We can choose levity or we may choose the things that bring us down or distract us. Sometimes we use addiction and distractions to numb ourselves when we can find other ways to relax. Today we are think of a way to relax without using things like drugs, alcohol, shopping, media etc as a way of numbing it away.

When I truly think about getting to a state of levity without using a distracting agent, I think meditation or spending time in nature would be a good soothing, calming way to relax. Even doing an activity that you enjoy like reading, drawing, walking might be good to clear your head. I think anything that doesn’t cause you harm is something that you should be doing. I say this but sometimes you can’t relax even when doing something you enjoy. I think music might be another alternative at this point or just a guided meditation with some breathing technique will help you through whatever problem you may be facing. Definitely the top of my list is spending time in nature. There is a sense of peace when you’re there and you can gently observe and just take some deep breaths to feel better. The air is fresher and it’s like good energy entering your body I find.

What do you do to relax?