The mural above is titled Understanding. There are many things in our world that we wish to understand however a forgotten dimension often is our very own selves!
Our five senses compellingly draw our attention to the outer physical world. With such a strong outer directed focus, it quite naturally follows that we would look for our inner needs to be filled through external material sources. As most are painfully aware, this is usually a short lived and unsatisfying solution. Such an orientation typically leads to blame, criticism, judgments, and compulsivity (repetitive behaviors expecting a different outcome) rather than the outcome we truly desire.
Being outwardly directed also tends to produce reliance on a spiritual being external to ourselves. We beseech this Greater Being to bestow favors upon us –and we continue to define ourselves through the physical, roles and material possessions. This way of being is one of limited consciousness , of not having the full depth, breadth and expansiveness of our inner wisdom/ nature. Paradoxically, it is a mind set that both begins and ends in fear. An outer focus leaves us up one day down the next with no center to hold on to. Life is about change. Consciousness that is attached to the outer world
does not help us to move with the cycles of change. This does not help us to increase our capacity to function in the world in a meaningful way that leads to peace, joy & happiness.
Our sixth sense or intuitive nature draws our attention inward and assists us to truly find the means to resolve issues, release struggle and longing and receive the true fulfillment of our deepest desires.
This inner path allows us to examine thoughts, feelings and beliefs that no longer serve us and lead to problems. It opens the way to creative problem solving. Expanding our consciousness beyond the physical and material world awakens us to who we truly are. From there we can transcend limitations, expand creative ability, and step into true power, tolerance, understanding and vitality.
To view ourselves as energetic entities helps us to understand the nature of the authentic self at a deeper level while providing a
very effective way to actively work with ourselves to be able to live more from that center. However, it is not enough to know that we are spiritual/energetic beings. We need to understand what it is specifically that deters us from living fully from that perspective. We need to know how our life experiences have affected us. Knowledge is a first step toward healing. Our
personal history has helped shape our ways of being in the world. We need to understand the patterns we have formed and have effective ways to release the detrimental effects. Working from a level that incorporates the energy of mind, body and
spirit goes to where the deepest core of our issues lie and helps to release them there where they were embedded.
For instance, you may have experienced deep grief in the past. You understand that this had a profound effect on you. You can describe what happened, how this person was important to you, what (if any) unfinished business there is, and how it is currently impacting your life. If you do not have the means to erase the effects from your mind/body/energy system and install new feelings and behaviors, then you may continue to be affected by the unresolved grief, consciously or unconsciously.
A major pathway toward living more from our authentic self is to experience emotions as they arise, allow them proper expression and have a means to effectively release them from our system. Then all our energy becomes available to us to live in the present more centered in our true self or nature. It is from that core of being that all else flows!
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