Each one of us lives
within our own energetic frequency, which is self-generated by individual
thoughts and feelings.
[Integrative
PsychoSynthesis] is the photosynthesis of human consciousness, where we draw
what we need to renew ourselves from the invisible energy within and around
us. This involves much more than merely
visualizing a healthy body. It's about
recognizing and releasing a way of thinking and being that hasn't only become
detrimental but unconsciously addictive.
Because each
person's circumstances are different, what's more important than the fact that
they became sick is why they became sick.
Although I couldn't
lead the charge to fight the cancer within me, it could lead me. For this to happen, I needed to go within
myself and see what my cancer was trying to tell me.
The cancer wasn't
trying to kill me -- it was trying to bring attention to the fact that I had
adopted some serious misperceptions about myself and my world.
By learning how to
create clarity for myself, I was finally able to consciously create a life that
was worthy of me.
Achieving clarity
requires honoring all your emotions - the positive, the negative, and the
in-between. By honoring them, you
integrate them into the clear space inside you that's your true being. Once integrated, they empower you to both
discover and express the power, perfection, and love you already are.
Clarity is the
cup. The experiences we have and the
things we do are the tea leaves and water that go into the cup…. A potter
creates a cup by knowing which parts of the clay to keep and which to discard
as she forms her vessel. In much the
same way, clarity is what allows us to take from any experience the lessons we
can use -- those elements that help us learn, grow, and expand our
consciousness.
In order for us to
process our thoughts and feelings fully and effectively, we must first be able
to contain them. This is the opposite of
what most of us instinctively do with uncomfortable or unhappy feelings, which
is to ignore, dismiss, or try to change and control them. Containing means being able to gather and
hold what we're feeling, being present with it so that we consciously
experience it in a nonjudgmental and empathic way. As we process it in this way, we enable it to
pass through us.
Our biography
dictates our biology.
Having clarity
doesn't mean having all the answers all the time. Instead it means having a kind of internal
GPS so you always know how to figure out what to do and where to go, no matter
what you're facing.
Our society
supports, even promotes, an oversaturated, over-cluttered, overstressed, and
hence confused state of being.
The rushed nature of
modern life isn't conducive to clarity. Clarity requires space. It requires
that we slow down so we can hold our thoughts and feelings rather than rush
past them or to the next thing.
The subconscious
doesn't judge the quality of our beliefs.
It simply trusts that we are the expert when it comes to knowing what is
best for us, then guides us toward people and situations that validate our
deepest beliefs.
None of us likes the
way problems make us feel, which is why we reject them through blame or
denial.
Most of us can't
achieve emotional clarity because we fear suffering. Suffering leaves us feeling things we don't
like to feel.
The hardships we've
endured in our lives leave us with guilt, shame, anger, and resentment. These negative feelings cloud our vision and
keep us unconsciously thinking and acting in ways that may run counter to who we
are and what we want.
Feeling disempowered
fills us with uncertainty and apprehension about the future.
Doubts are natural,
but they are also barriers that keep us from moving forward.
Anger and resentment
are among the most common emotional attachments related to cancer.
Once we've taken
what we can use from the experience of suffering, the next step is to move past
it. We do this by giving meaning to our
suffering.
We want to hold
feelings that don't make sense to us and sit with our reaction long enough for
us to identify and understand what we are experiencing. Only then can we decide what these feelings
mean to us.
When we access the
functionality of an experience, we give it meaning.
When we view things
as if they were inherently good or bad, seeing them in a polarized way, we are
coming from a place of judgment and misunderstanding.
Despite the fact
that forgiveness is challenging, it's essential. It completes the cycle of suffering,
processing feelings, deciding what meaning to give to our experiences, and
finally letting go.
Clarity isn't a
single moment of inspiration but a long and winding path that requires many
acts of courage along the way -- to see things in new ways, to let go when
something isn't serving us, to create change even when we aren't sure how
things will turn out.
If we want to heal
-- psycho-spiritually from past trauma or current difficulties, or physically
from discomfort or disease -- we need to learn how we can make ourselves feel
better.
A life of clarity is
a life of balance.
