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ALUSHE:
Yes, fewer lighter meals is working well for me. The increased lightness generally is brilliant. And increased mental clarity.
But it was difficult at first. I see that I use food to stuff down some unpleasantness, to numb out frustration, fear, anger, sadness....
This got me thinking about how so much of society uses food as a drug to dull the pain of our materialistic shallow existence.
Our spiritual is not inline with our physical, especially in the modern world. And the New World Order is fast spreading, causing this imbalance worldwide. Such an existence is so hearbreaking, and I see how rich, tasty, filling foods numb that pain for us---a wonderfully effective opiate.
As for letting my feelings be known to my mother, I don't really know how to effectively go about doing that....she can be terribly insensitive but I recognize that the reason for that is she is insensitive towards herself. She is so used to avoiding any real emotions, and I feel like I've been doing her emotional work for her throughout lifetimes. I don't want to do that no more....I just can't. It's not helping either of us. But to confront it sends her into such a spin and this radiates out to me psychically.
Maybe when I get a bit stronger myself I'll be ready and protected enough to confront her. (?)
VUYISWA:
Although I was never raised in any religion, I live next to a Catholic church. I have been hanging out with the Jesus statue in there for many years. I speak to him in a very informal way but he does not seem to mind in the slightest, because he always responds to my queries. Thank you for your energy through his consciousness.
The "Bait and Switch" thing is exactly the razor's edge on which I am standing. I am opening up to the compassion and trying to let go of my reflexive shutting-out....I keep using a mantra when I get around my mum to keep myself protected, but I still feel as though it's just a stop-gap.....not really addressing the issue.
My friend was talking to me about how resistance drains energy, and right now I feel like I'm trapped in resistance.
Maybe I am afraid of the possibilities for change? Maybe I am afraid to change the dynamic? I have some blind spot here and I am attempting to see it...
Right now I feel like the answer is tatooed on my back, right between my shoulder blades, and no matter how I twist and turn I can't see it!
As for the sex-chakra issue, yeah that's an incredibly difficult chord to cut. I recently had a dream in which my ex tried to hug me and I refused. Instead I offered him a handshake. He was upset but I stood firm. So that is certainly progress!
KATO3-
I am using a Violet Light prayer nightly now. It seems to be helping. Thank you for the idea of the visuals, I will try that as well.
CAMERON-
I will take your advice and I know that will help! [By the way, I really enjoyed your thread about the "ideas you believe to be true but cannot prove."]
IRANIA:
Indeed, my mom is not used to this! That is part of my difficulty. She wants everything to just be okay between us, but to her "okay" means me continuing to support her illusions. She is completely clinging to the paradigm of materialistic, mechanistic existence. No spirit world, just born and then we die. So she lives life as if it were an emergency, always planning in order to get in control, never really Here--Now.
The few times I have called her out on things she gets into such a dark, withdrawn upset mode that I then start to feel badly. This is not right! I have to learn how to stop identifying with someone else's suffering more. Be compassionate but detached.
Change can be difficult. And I have this horrible co-depency tendency in which I get stuck and avoid telling people about themselves because I know that it will be hard to hear.
And yet for myself I want to hear those things! I WANT people to check me, to call me out when I'm being an idiot. And yeah, it can hurt and be embarassing but when it's done with love it is a great gift. So why can't I do this for my mother? It's like I don't want to upset or embarass her but meanwhile she is upsetting and embarssing herself.
ZONABI:
I have a prayer session scheduled today, I will send some energy to you, too!
MANYEAGLES:
Thanks for the book rec. I will check her out soon.
ANd thanks for your energy. I am grateful.
FREEME:
Greetings. It's nice to be back.
With so much gratitude,
Tillibullu