soul-work
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soul-work
Imported tag from Readwise
Mirroring leads us to contemplate the possible juxtaposition of two completely opposing images, for instance Beauty and the Beast, as a "shocking" contrast. This is the law of opposites. The "shock" enables the blocked movement present in dichotomies (such as either-or, good and evil, beauty and beastliness) to "explode&quo
... See moreAn essential step in soul recovery is to make room for more of you by clearing some space within you and around you. You will learn simple and practical methods of spiritual cleansing, including ways to release heavy and unwanted energies that do not belong with you but which found a way in when there was a gaping hole in your being.
In true power, you love freely because you do not fear rejection or pain. You give of yourself because you know that rejection is a sign of the other's inability to receive what you are. You do not compete with another because competition implies shame and denies the mastery of both of you. And you know that ultimately you're competing with yoursel
... See moreNevertheless, the more say 'yes' to what is offered, the more 'yes becomes wisdom. To trust, to flow with it all is exquisite joy when I am able to allow it. The rewards are immediate and unmistakable. A feeling of deep peace and joy which in turn has helped me in my trusting. The result of this trust has been a positive upward spiralling in my lif
... See moreIn contrast, Tibetan Buddhism enlists the imaginal mind of its followers. It accepts the forest of images that we live in and teaches its adepts to plunge in, travel through, and eventually come out on the other side of the forest. The ultimate goal of both great paths is enlightenment by detachment from all forms, verbal or imaginal.
There is an overall plan of which you are not aware and to which you can only contribute by being who you are, doing your best, seeking your higher truth, and following your heart.
The client's Higher Self takes her or him into the symbolic energies of various emotional themes. These energies may manifest to consciousness as a story the Higher Self creates to expose the theme that is of the greatest importance to the individual's development at that particular moment. If, for example, a person is sick with a sore throat, the
... See moreInternal dependence is in direct opposition to our conditioned, social needs for approval, acceptance and permission to be ourselves. From a sensory perspective, our need for outer confirmation occasionally poses as The Last Obstacle to self-empowerment. One way to bypass this obstacle and/or move it from the path before us, is to begin claiming th
... See moreSometimes neurotic people, who have become closed up in their neurotic vicious circle, as soon as they go into analysis and have dreams, get excited and interested in the dreams and then the water of life flows again; they once more have an interest and therefore are suddenly more alive and more efficient. Then somebody may say: "What has happ
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