And so the attention turns inward, directing the focus back to ourselves. Awareness and understanding of the need that some part may be asking, screaming, shouting for help. A way forward to be able to cope with whatever is happening, happened or being led towards being experienced. When life can feel so totally overwhelming, with something of a serious nature to deal with or so many difficulties or complications going on in one or more areas of life. Relationships, finances, abode, health, sometimes it just doesnt stop. Brick by brick intensity can build. Often there may be no obvious way forwards, no where to turn, no answers or clarity, help not freely given, but neither is it directly asked for.
Only silently within does the trauma, the inner nightmares, fears, restictions and stress occur. Maybe not noticed or seen by others but a struggling that is either deep or just below the surface. Present and painful. When overwhelm reaches maximum level. A point of mental, emotional and therefore physical endurance that depletes, exhausts and consumes. Some will have experienced it, some may be going through it and some may never know of it. It is a path that often leads to such a sense of distress with no where to go that a total letting go is the only concievable way to continue. When this happens a reconnection back to personal power, wisdom, trust, truth and divine self is the path revealed. This may be a spiritual journey, a connection to belief or religion, could be a sacred space created, felt or acknowledgment of a divine essence of more than the physical reality. This becomes an awakening, a rebirth, a rebuilding of self despite and because of life situations. A coming back together but maybe in a different way than previously.
Life overload can happen when we are stressed beyond a point of being able to fully relax, where the repetitive thoughts are consistant in the mind and mental body setup, they may be drowned out for a while with mental stimulatory noise but when the focus is taken away from the distraction, then they become more powerful than ever, shouting louder than ever. The emotions of fear and terror can plague the emotional body , so any experienced joy or momentary happiness becomes destroyed by the feelings that want to overwhelm and swamp. Even at night sleep is not an escape they can be worse within the quietsest of moments. Arising to be heard, felt and expressed. There is no softening, no hiding, no release from the on going response to the experience that’s happening.
So do you give these feelings credence, an expression, an outlet for release. We generally have a fantastic coping mechanism which despite how we are feeling can help to bring awareness to allowing for an opening, which then proceeds the start of a gentle release. Like a slow turning of a top on a bottle of fizzy drink. How does the body move or feel, how is your posture, does the body hurt or shut down in different ways through restriction or denial, depletion or sorrow. How do the emotions flow throughout the day, with fluidity or stuck going round and round to the same sequence of feelings, are the repetitive thoughts intensifying the feelings and vice versa. A cycle without perceived end. The overwhelm can be all consuming with no respite from oneself for oneself.
So we begin again, turning the attention inward but not only inward also upwards and downwards, looking to reconnect our core back with our true self, a beautiful powerful and mighty being that knows love and light. That knows all is really an illusion, a veil upon life’s path that has been drawn around, waiting to be noticed, waiting for the moment the recognition can relight and fog or clouds disperse. That all that is transpiring is another part of souls path, growth, evolution and integration. This is the part of ourselves that shines so bright it anialates any of the shadows that cause so much pain, distress and torture. The light within knows no boundry only the brightest power, illuminating the problems and shrinking them to the minutest form which then disperses them, gone. The relief is extensive and expansive. I am as light, I am my true self, I breathe in the light and I release the tension, I breathe in and gently let go, let it all go, its ok, its ok to feel the scary feelings, its ok to cry, to scream, to shout, to weep, its ok to say no more, because in that moment of the deepest darkest shadow is when the light shines brightest, there is no where left to hide, no where left to go. Because when that light fills, expands and radiates into our totality we become as one united within the divine. Our place to be, a serenity in which the quiet shall come. This is not the same as the dark night of the Soul, it is a return to a balance that’s been disrupted through circumstances happening to you internally, externally and then internally again. Like a boomerang.
With the breathe, we return the attention back to ourself and are ready to begin again, I breathe in and I am safe, I breathe out I am home. I breathe in and i am safe, I breathe out and I trust. The trust comes like a seedling which internally starts to strengthen. As that continues to build a strong foundation is formed.
Where or how do I begin to rebuild may be the rising query. From trust let us begin with courage, you dont journey this path alone, your held and supported by a universe including the earth herself. You can let go, you dont need to hold on so tightly to yourself, you can begin to let go and so we continue to breathe, nothing more, just in and out. I tune into my body reassuring it that it is safe and supported. I allow, I allow for the feelings to arise and wash over me like a wave if necessary, they are only feelings, expressions of release and rhythm. We continue with the thoughts, all valid, all wanting attention, we notice, we observe we breathe, we allow, we do not chase or follow them, they are only another expression in form to a reaction of circumstance. Bring in love for yourself, an openness and honesty, being your own best friend. Listen to the thoughts as they untangle and weave a repattern to more cohesive clarity, less internal conflict. Within the quiet moment of a space created, healing can begin, it may be slow, it may come quietly, it may continue to be a long path forwards, but with the letting go comes a gentle space for resolve, for comfort, for breath.
I sit in the quiet, with my self, this is me as i am, I honour that which brought me here, that which kept me here and that which I now release. The ultimate serenity bathes me within the quiet, as i turn to the divine creator, i also turn to myself. Oh there i am so clear now to see, filled with a light thats eternal and bright, turned towards the open door of relief this light that is part of me. I am never alone for my soul is with me with whatever life shall bring to me. And so I breathe.
Chrysocolla crystal can be used as an aid for support whilst moving through transitions.
Essential oils can be utilised in various ways, choose that which you feel resonate with you as you process feelings and thoughts, then change as you continue to go forwards.
Sitting or lying just focused upon the body, breath, feelings and thoughts, allowing you self time. Also it can be supportive to visit somewhere in nature or a place you find sacred to connect to peace and a stillness, even if only for a short while.
Yoga postures are good for doing the opposite of what the body may naturally want to do in crisis, this opens the body out rather than restricts. Esssentially creating more energy fluidity.
And finally feel strengthened to ask for support or assurance from another including a health care professional if you feel you would benefit.
In Light Michelle
Healing into Light 