Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Dreams are a Portal to our Soul

Dreams, like good poetry, can be a portal to our souls, allowing us insights, awakening to realities our conscious minds may not yet know.  They can give us a glimpse of the future, warn us when we are off our path, help "detoxify" our psyches from news we've absorbed from the media that needs to be deleted.

It helps to work with a support group to understand archetypes and get feedback when a dream seems utterly confusing.  It also helps to invite dreams into our awareness so they feel welcome, and record the ones we can recall.  In many ancient traditions, dreams were considered sacred, a special message from a wiser place within us.  In this world of constant technological updates, maybe it is a good time to honor and reflect on our dream life as a valid way of better understanding ourselves, including our shadow parts we may prefer to ignore.
Working with our dreams requires some patience, faith, and courage, for they can give us access to the unknown, and are not always pleasant or easy.  Give it a try if this interests you.  You alone decide what rings true when a dream whispers (or shouts) in your sleep time. It is your choice to explore or ignore your dreams!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Tapping helps me be more accepting & trusting

When I tap I feel calmer, more able to tap into the emotions I may have been overriding or ignoring.  Do I spend money to avoid dealing with underlying feelings? Yes, at times I do, and I am getting better at both accepting myself and taking time to ask "Does this really serve/help/empower me to spent my money in this way?  Is it really important?"  I just spent $47 on a download to help me get at underlying beliefs that undermine my being able to lose weight, especially around my belly.  I trust I'll make the time to work with this program, and see results that improve my health, my posture, my physical attractiveness, my confidence I CAN achieve a healthier body by losing 15 lbs.  I will have more energy, vitality, self-wroth and confidence when I weigh in at 125 lb. and can maintain that healthy weight!  The food and liquids I eat and drink will support my over-all well-being, and I can say no to binge or excess eating that I now do compulsively, not even aware when I overeat.
    Tapping on body parts that hurt can be so simple and effective.  Ask the part, "What are you wanting me to know?"  What is your message to me?  I am willing to listen and pay attention to you, for I deeply love you, accept you, and want to see you feeling better!
    There are so many resources, right here at my fingertips.   I like the suggestion that I take a few moments, several times a day, to tune into a positive end result, how it feels, for example, to be gazing into the eyes of my beloved partner, feeling grateful we are together, lucky, blessed, more relaxed and happy and joyful to have one another, for we have both been earnest in our yearning for a life partner for quite some time. As I write this, I take a deep  breath, realizing all the baby steps do add up, and it's good to relax and trust the process, letting do the self-limiting doubts that he won't accept, respect, and want to live with me.  Friendship is built on getting to know another person, finding delight as well as challenges in being together and making plans to embrace one another fully, all parts included!
    It's great to be able to express myself here.  And it's time to celebrate this new day, and notice what is working, and the self-talk I give myself when I experience frustration, tiredness, indecision.  My self-confidence is growing!