lis wrote:Thanks Seraphin and Loona! We have been doing the cleansing ritual and cord cutting on a daily basis - every time I do the meditation though something seems to totally wipe me out (with the cord cutting, between each chakra I would get pulled into a dream state and have to pull myself back out to continue... so odd. The past 2 times I have done the house ritual, I have fallen asleep also.). It gets easier each time though. My energy has been greatly improved.
*doin' my happy dance*
Glad to hear your energy is improving lis -- and how wonderful that you are pursuing to perform the meditation!
What your experiencing is normal. You got pulled into a dream state because your mental state went below the Beta level of your brainwave. Though I'm glad that eventually, it gets easier. *shakes lis hand*
This also occurred to me (many times). Actually, it took me a long time to figure out what visualizations worked best for me. It's a process of trial and error, and even when it's difficult at times it's a valuable experience. This is just a guidance which I believe that can be helpful and useful but when one finds oneself saying, "Argh I can't do this!" it's time to try something else that's less difficult. In your case however, I admire your persistence. *shakes lis hand again*
lis wrote:The family members here all get along great - more of the distant relatives we either don't see often or people we may never see again that are the problem. I intend to do some spellwork to help with the forgiving process from both sides since I don't think that forcing a get-together would be wise.
For most of the people (including me!
), forgiving is their biggest challenge, because "real forgiveness" takes time, and that it is not an easy act. But I think it was because most people had no idea what forgiveness was really all about (I'm talking to myself
)
For me, only the persons involved in a certain issue can set the wrong aright and can forgo the debt of what had been done. If I had done something unacceptable to others, it is my responsibility to set the matters right and vice versa. So since you are a persistent person
, find ways to make this possible.
But if some relatives are in the far away land and there's no way to bring them over your place and you really want this issue to settle once and for all, then you may try practicing this Hawaiian forgiveness technique called the Ho'oponopono. I know, it's a mouthful, but here's what it does. To put it in the simplest possible way: the way to truly forgive is to first, recognize our wrong actions as wrong
. This comes from most honest efforts at self-reflection by the voice of your own conscience. Also, you should take responsibility for your role in whatever happened!
Anyway, you're probably wincing by now. So here it goes:
The Ho’oponopono
- Think of the person(s), relationship, incident or issue that you feel you need to release, forgive and heal.
- Where relevant, ask yourself, "What in me caused this to happen?" "What in me attracted this emotion (anger, hatred, sadness, unforgiveness, rebellion or whatever negative emotion you're feeling right now)?"
- Then connect to your Highest Ideal (Deities, Universe, Cosmos, etc.) and say the following: "I'm sorry, please forgive me, I love you, thank you."
- Repeat this until you feel a shift in the energy, or until your nasty feelings toward the person, incident or issue changes.
- You may also add your own affirmation or mantra like "I forgive myself", "I love myself, etc.".
- You can recite it in any order you want.
After this, just make sure that we resolve to live in a new way by choosing to refrain from the actions we've done before in the future. This involves the intent of the mind, soul and inner resolution -- and therefore is a matter between us, the Nature and our Deities.
lis wrote: I also think because we don't tend to air our problems to the world people seem to think that we have perfect lives and are jealous of what they perceive our lives to be. I learned a long time ago to never mention anything positive that happens to me because that was almost certain disaster, lol!
I'm not sure but I believe that's the problem when we're not that transparent to them. We may suffer in their own wrong notions.