RELEASE

What do you keep locked away and why?  Are there memories locked behind the walls of you that are dangerous or sad or so revolting that you have sworn to never look at them again?  Do you even know that they are there, collapsed in the long dark backroads of your least traveled selves?  How many dens and warrens exist inside you, harboring the unclean?

At the other end of the spectrum, how many memories, ideas, and beliefs have you on pedestals and in gilded cages, feeding tidbits from your hand?  How many of those honored captives sing to you in the night as you lay your head to rest?  What is your dialogue with these shackled guests and how likely is their departure?  How likely is their release?

Contemporary therapists have multitudinous and complex systems for helping others to identify and rout out these captives.  While helpful, these therapies must rely on the intellect and can consume long periods of time, especially when the recipient of help is resistant to release or incapable of engaging emotion—or when the therapist is incapable of helping them to engage their emotions.  And many cannot or will not come to such aid.

In some religious systems, “Being Saved” or “Initiated,” is quite often about Releasing:  the letting go of the world as it was, previous to accepting the new dogma of thought and action.  The tablet of life is swept clean to be begun again.  Sometimes, the body is dramatically changed through ritual cleansing, scarification, hair removal, tattooing, and the like.  Robes and costumes are taken on.  Language and idioms are accepted.

In the first case of a person working with a therapist there is discovery and sometimes, correction and emptying; in the second, release and substitution.  What happens for you, the Self-Seeker, when Release is sought?  What fills that void when you Release something that has long occupied a space inside you?

Pull a thorn from your foot and the wounded skin heals the breach.  Release old matter from the digestive system through fasting and the natural energy returns.  Take away the mind’s circular and self-punishing thoughts and there is more time for creative pursuits.  Disable self-lying and enable empowerment.

Do not worry over the presence of a void or even think of Releasing in that way.  When you Release anything that has an impeding effect, homeostasis returns, and the greater system takes care of itself.  Your Spirit has plans for every part of you and every function of you and every attentuation.  Conscious thought is a bonus.  Conscious Release is the necessary action.

How does one Consciously Release?  Seek Truth.  Most of what we hold on to and protect is shrouded in our own mythology.  When we bring it to the light of Truth, we can see it for its mockery; immediately it loses its value.  Once it loses value, it is easy to Release.  (Yes, it may creep back, seducing us again, but it is easier to release a second, a third, and even a fourth time.)

Today, begin with one Belief that you hold to be True.  How does this Belief affect your life, lifestyle, decision-making, self-image, and other Beliefs?  Do you keep this Belief on a pedestal?  What if you debunked this Belief?  Take this Belief and expose it to the light of Truth, methodically and without bias, as a neutral observer.  What do you discover?

Let’s use an example:  “I’m no good at communicating with others.”  Why you believe this:  “When I speak, people misunderstand me, and explaining does no good.  I get frustrated and stop trying to explain.  I’m just no good at it.”  Is this the Truth?  Perhaps this person is so desperate to have their concept or opinion heard, they aren’t really listening to the person to whom they are speaking and therefore can’t hear how that person can ‘hear.’  For a moment, believe the opposite of the Belief:

            “I’m very good at communicating with others.”  What does this look like:  I carefully watch how people speak and listen and find a common ground by which I may communicate with them.  I invite them to engage in communication with me, rather than expounding upon my messages and being determined to forcefully share what I’m thinking.  How does this resolution change the way you currently communicate with others?  If you Release your first Belief, the UNtruth, and adapt the second statement, how might this improve your life and your sense of community?

The way to begin anything is right now.  Today.  Make changes while the thought energy is fresh.  Small changes made with regularity create more change than large changes made “someday.”  If you want to better understand your world, better understand your Self.

Release your captives and you Release your Self to higher Empowerment and a more fulfilled life.

Blessed Be,

This is a Direct Voice Communication

From my Tribe, Spirit Elders who share

their wisdoms with me from the

other side of The Veil

April 12, 2014

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