As some of You know, I have been listening to Teal Swan a lot this week. I have watched a great many of her YouTube videos, and have really learned a lot from her. Interestingly, I believe that I have finally reconciled the ideas of changing the way we feel vs. being fully present with our feelings. I think that it has to do with the progressive stages of awakening! As Teal describes in her 3 videos, spiritual awakening can be thought of as a three stage process: 1. Spirituality 101 - involves learning that we can control our reality by altering our perception. We can change our mind, attitudes, feelings, etc., and actually raise our vibration(s) from low (fear) to high (Love). 2. Spirituality 2.0 - involves setting aside the practices of 101 (positive affirmations, power of now, etc.) to begin the difficult task of shadow work. Learning to validate our own feelings, be with our feelings, and get to the why? root(s), and learning why we dont trust ourselves are all a part of 2.0, and like childbirth it can be painful, but it is always worth it. 3. Spirituality 3.0 - is when we have healed our shadow-self, and have come out whole; its the merging of the first two spiritualities. This is where we might pick back up our practices of presence, affirmations, etc. and re-integrate our shadow(s). Here we have learned to trust ourselves, after having figured out what stood in our way. We have re-parented our inner child, and have now integrated him/her into our Being. We now may live into the truth of I AM. So, yes--we CAN change how we feel, but at some point we must learn to be with our pain in order to transmute it. Then comes the integration/wholeness. However, perhaps we will continue to go back and incorporate 101 practices AND even deeper shadow-work (2.0), as we continue to evolve the quality of our consciousness. So, I really think this can be a useful model for understanding the awakening process. I know it is helping me right now. 3.0 doesnt really feel that far away; my feet are already in it! Although I have plenty of shadow-work ahead of me, I AM on my way. Thoughts? #TealSwan Jason
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:58:09 +0000
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