Yesterday was about focusing on the power of healing, which allows you to connect. Today is about allowing yourself to heal. The intention to heal will allow you to become aware and connected.
Day 7 – Giving Yourself Permission to Heal
CENTERING THOUGHT
My intention to heal sustains me through everything.
SANSKRIT MANTRA
Om Ram Ramaya (I invoke the archetype of a fully developed person.)
MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Knowing that we can heal the old pain in our hearts gives us hope that we can realistically create deep, loving relationships. In our meditation today, we learn that the next step toward healing is to consciously give ourselves permission to heal.
This means opening up and connecting to our inner love and kindness. As we open and expand into our true being, we are accepting and permitting genuine healing to occur. From this core healing, we find it easy and enjoyable to connect with others.
Journal Reflection Questions:
1. Write down two or three things that would bring you great peace and happiness but feel unattainable, such as pursuing your dream job or leaving an unhealthy relationship. Now, without blaming anyone, journal about the obstacles that are blocking you from each of these goals. For example, I’m too scared, I feel vulnerable, I don’t want to expose myself, I feel guilty, I feel ashamed, etc.
2. Taking what you have written down, visualize that you are in the office of the wisest, kindest, most sympathetic therapist in the world. You are that therapist, not the patient. Describe what would you tell the patient to do to overcome the very obstacle you are facing, as if you were an outsider looking in. If this is difficult for you, just sit quietly and ask your true self what to do.
3. Once you have arrived at a few things that can help you find peace, write down the first step you intend to take in this new direction. Take the step as soon as you can, preferably today. For example, saying or doing something that’s just a bit scary, talking to someone whose help you really want, speaking your truth, or asserting yourself in a situation where you ordinarily say nothing.
4. Reflect further on your experience today.
“Awareness in itself is healing.” – Frederick Salomon Perls