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GETTING BURNED

2/28/2017

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My on-going practice of  seeking
​ Awareness of the Loving Guidance
that is screaming at me
​to take my hand off of the hot stove...


 

​Reflections on feelings and emotions…

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I have been confused by the difference between
feelings and emotions.  

I’ve come to use the words
in this way:

​my feelings
are awareness
of energies, 
including my emotions. 
​

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​If I was to say,

“I was feeling angry,”

it’s like saying 
​
​"I was aware
that I was experiencing
the energy of anger." ​

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When I use the word ‘feelings’

I am referring
to awareness
of energies or emotions. 

Feelings are awareness
of the guidance system. 

My feelings
are my awareness
of the energies
that are present. ​

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If I have been overwhelmed
by what I have felt,
it may be that I decided
to shut myself off from feeling.

When this is the case,
I have cut myself off
from awareness of loving guidance
and I may find myself adrift,
tired and fearful
of drowning
from the enormity of it all.
​

Reflections on feeling bad and feeling good…


For a long time I foolishly labeled feelings as ‘bad.’  
When I sensed low energies,  I judged them to be ‘bad.’    
I’ve slowly come to realize that all feelings are beneficial.    
I have the option of being aware of ‘bad feelings’
as a push to move and change
and guide me out of the old ways
​that no longer serve me. ​

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If I were to imagine myself
extending my hand
towards a hot stove
and increasingly feeling the discomfort and eventual pain
​and suffering of my choice,

I could embrace my suffering
as a blessing in a grand design
that is meant to protect me
from harm
and guide me toward making
a more loving choice. ​

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The closer I get to the stove,
the more the feelings are intensified.

If I were to put my hand
on the hot stove it would burn.

I would suffer,
​ not just emotionally
​but physically as well.  

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I am slowly shifting into
 embracing painful feelings
as loving guidance
urging me to change my choice. 

I may be uncomfortable,
I may hurt,
I may suffer,

​but I am lovingly being guided
to examine the choices
​I am making. 

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When I ignore guidance
at the emotional stage
and continue to put faith in a choice
that isn’t aligned with
​ the Upper Realm,
the guidance becomes more intense.

It becomes a tension in my jaw,
my back wound tight,
​or a ‘bad’ circumstance. 


The guidance starts with my feeling a gentle uncomfortable emotion.  If I don’t change my course,
the pain and suffering will intensify until I learn the lesson. 
The lessons are all about choosing to create with Love,
instead of choosing to control out of fear.

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Guidance seems to come
in many forms,
but I most readily sense it
in the form of feelings.

Sometimes I have a sense of ‘knowing’
or a sense of being ‘pushed’
or ‘pulled’ in a direction. 
​
Sometimes I ‘see’ or ‘hear’ guidance
or I may also see a ‘sign.’  
 


Anything that isn’t aligned with Truth eventually irritates me.  It’s my guidance that something doesn’t belong.   
Kind of like when a popcorn hull is stuck between my teeth.
It irritates me until I remove it. 
Feeling irritated is my guidance warning me
that something needs to change.

Reflections on clarity…

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My level of clarity
is correlated to my level of awareness.  

When there is upheaval in my garden
the suffering can be so intense
and yet I can have no awareness of it. 
Everything just seems to be happening to me as a result of someone else’s choices.  

So making the space in my life
for a daily devotion
of reflection and journaling is 
essential for clarity.

OPTIONS FOR EMBARKING ON THE JOURNEY

  • Practice developing awareness of emotions and energies by watching tv.  
  • Be on the lookout for the emotional expressions of the people or characters.  
  • See it and put language to it.  "I see that person experiencing anger."  "I see that person experiencing joy."  
  • You may find these links to the Upper/lower Realm Tools helpful in suggestions of things to look for.
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