Month: April 2017

To Reflect on Life

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Reflecting on life can assist us in seeing and making sense of past events. Sometimes when we look again, things change shape, they are not always how we remember them. To look back is to be able to look forward in a way, because if we are unable to reflect it’s unlikely we can plan effectively. 

Reflection is helpful when we have unanswered questions, are traumatised or blocked by experience, have false memories or maybe carrying baggage we need to let go of.

My lovely blogging friend tells me she likes to just be, that’s fine and good for her because she has probably made sense of herself and doesn’t have any unanswered questions. We would all like to be like her I’m sure, having made sense of the past I can’t think of much else apart from just being. 

Oh hang on what about planning, making sure we are on the right path, doing the right thing and making the most out of life. How will we really know when it’s right to just be!!

Whatever the answer, on reflection, I feel it is probably right, as long as we work from the heart, because everything starts there. 

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Universal Connection

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There is a part of us that is in constant communication with the universe, nature and all living things. This is the intuitive self, the self that lives within the heart and is connected to everything there is, was and ever will be.

How often do we listen and hear what the world around us is saying, or understand the messages we are being given. How often do we really open ourselves up and listen to what the universe has to say. Everything we will ever need is available, universal knowledge is at our disposal and available to each and every one of us, it’s just waiting for us to take note.

Intuition is just a connection outside of ourself, those thoughts that spring to mind from nowhere, the gut feelings and the knowing, without knowing how. Our intuitive connection, psychic ability, call it what you will comes purely from the heart expanding and connecting with external energies. Every living thing is made up of energy and we can tap into this energy, in fact we do tap into this energy constantly without even realising it.

Those psychics you hear about are no different from us, they have just harnessed an ability available to us all and they do this because they trust. Okay some of them have honed their craft, learnt the tarot cards and other tools of the trade, but it is not a gift  only available to the chosen. We have everything we need to develop these abilities inside of us, all we have to do is listen, go into our hearts and connect.

It’s trust that opens the doorway not anything else and that big ego that is telling us this is not possible is really just fearful that it will be dropped.

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Nature Lessons 219

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Sometimes those hills we have to climb in life look easier when we look at them with someone else. It’s good to be independant but important to be able to acknowledge when we might need some help. Looking at the hill is the first step in climbing it, let someone point out the way even if it’s a journey you will make alone.

~ Liza

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My Champion

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My son will always be a champion,

that’s to me if no one else.

He’s absolutely fantastic you see,

but needs belief in himself.

I couldn’t have made one better,

yes alright I did need a dad.

I brought him up all by myself,

and it’s never made me sad.

My son is the greatest champion,

not because he’s related to me.

But because he’s just astounding,

you have to know him to see.

He’s also a fabulous grandson,

an uncle, a cousin and a friend.

He’s just the best man walking,

about who this ditty I’ve penned. 

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Daily Prompt – Champion

Forgotten 

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Sometimes the things that do best aren’t necessarily the things we look after. This thought came to me today while having coffee on my doorstep.

I live in a first floor flat at the moment and any sign of sunshine I’m out of the front door. Anyway I was sitting there looking at the empty pots thinking I will have moved by the time it comes to planting for summer when I noticed new growth in a couple of pots I haven’t touched. I’ve been deadheading and watering my window boxes but totally ignored the plants on the front steps.

It made me think of the things we don’t necessarily consider and how they continue to grow in spite of that fact. It also made me think of how much in life is beyond our control.

I suppose the same could be said for me. While I’m busy trying to control life and what happens to me, I continue to grow. I might not always be aware of this or the area of growth but it happens. While I’m thinking about who I am, I’m establishing who I’m not. While I’m focused on the care of others, I’m taking care of myself and while I sleep I’m waking up.

Now I wonder why the money tree has grown so much and wonder what this might mean. I really must stop this wondering and go in and take care of my chores now, because I’m not sure the same is true for them!

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Finding Buddha

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Do you ever ask ‘who am I’ or ‘why am I here, what is my purpose’ or any number of questions that might establish what an earth we are doing here? I know that a lot of people don’t, many are more concerned with the everyday, how much money they have or where they are going on their summer vacation, but it’s a question I’ve always asked, it fascinates me.

I believe the purpose of life is to find ourselves, mature along our spiritual path, find our true selves and that is not the self we create in this body. I believe it is in realising ourselves, our real identity and inner spirit that is our ultimate goal here, to find ourselves in this labyrinth we call life.

We create personalities based on our experience of life, environment, relationships and the things that happen to us along the way. I believe we have travelled many lives and therefore inhabited many different personalities but there is a true self that travels with us, a self separate from the ego, yet often out of reach.

When I ask who am I, it is because I am questioning what I am outside of the ego, outside of life. I’m looking for my spirit, the one that travels through time, space, thought and lifetimes. This body I’m travelling in now is just a vessel, it holds my spirit while I’m here, but that’s all. If I wasn’t in this body I think I would still be here but in a different form, a purer, more knowing form maybe.

I practice past life regression, I’ve been regressed a number of times now and regress others and one thing I have found interesting in all of these regressions I have never found myself knowing who I am. I have never regressed anyone else to a point in their past life where they felt they had the answers. I still hope to find myself somewhere knowing more than I do now but I’m not sure it’s possible. Maybe we keep coming back until we find ourselves and then maybe move on elsewhere, if this is the school of life maybe we move onto university on another astral plane. Some of the personality traits, fears and beliefs come from past life experiences and it’s useful to recognise and understand these to release blocks we might have now.

I have never heard of a regression therapist finding Buddha or anyone else like that, usually we are just normal everyday people, please let me know if you know any better. I was a doctor once, I found myself after on the internet, I looked exactly the same as during my regression and the story was the same yet I didn’t know any more about life. I might have had a fantastic brain when it came to medicine but I didn’t know any more about myself. Those people who think they might have been Cleopatra or Nelson usually just lived in that era and probably never met them, the recollection of the past life is just connected to the time and not the figure.

I also practice future life progression (FLP) but I have only ever wanted to move forward in this actual life, I haven’t wanted to explore lives ahead, not just yet anyway.  I think FLP is a great tool in helping us see our way forward, I think we can bring things back that help us get there quicker and understand the way but for me this life is enough at the moment.  I have witnessed and taken others forward to future lives, one guy described being able to communicate telepathically and travel by thinking he was there, it is fascinating but not for me yet. You see a small part of me believes that if I find myself in the future it will mean I’m still searching for meaning. I’m not suggesting that I think for one moment I will understand all there is here, reach enlightenment and never have to come back but I’m hoping I’ll get closer.

I have moments of awakening, in my dreams, in meditation and on walks through nature but then the ego steps in and says ‘oh no you don’t’! I’m hoping to get there at some point, I’m hoping to get closer to knowing who I am but for now I’m just on the cusp.

Daily Prompt – Cusp

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Owning the Story

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I don’t believe in living in the past but believe it incredibly important to make some sense of it in order to understand ourselves today. If we don’t know where we come from, how will we ever know where we are going.

The past is important in that it has shaped us into the people we are today. Our lives are dictated in a way by our experiences, good and bad, and if we don’t understand them then it is difficult to fully understand ourselves.

Many of us recreate events unconsciously because we don’t understand them. I married my father, or somebody very similar because my father walked out on us when I was a very young child. I know it’s quite common that we might marry someone very similar to our own parents, familiarity maybe but it’s good to understand why. When we understand where we come from it’s less likely that we will keep repeating the same mistakes.

I spent a period of time not believing in myself as my experience told me I wasn’t worth believing in, I had a terrible time with rejection of any sort. I still don’t like it much but I know now, I’m okay. I won’t continually be judged because of who I was, but who I am today. I spent a long time gathering possessions that might up my status somehow, I didn’t come from a wealthy home and believed I needed possession to speak for me. Only on thinking about where I come from and getting to know myself better am I able to let some of these things go.

Life story work is a process that’s often undertaken with children in care so they are able to recognise their past, understand the present and plan for the future. It’s also a routine part of preparing children for adoption. Life story work is often used with those suffering dementia to develop a biography and help those caring for them communicate their backgrounds, like interests, identity and who and what is important to them. It’s hugely beneficial in helping someone understand their past experiences and life events.

Our life stories are so important, we need to understand and own our stories. Some of us do better than others, writers for might as they find inspiration from their own experiences. I’m sure there are plenty of other examples such as therapists who have had to undergo therapy as part of their training. But I find it amazing how many people don’t understand their own stories.

I’ve worked with life stories during my career with children, I’ve also worked on my own life story and helped others with this too. I think life story work is beneficial to anyone wanting a better understanding of themselves, it’s healing and can remove the blocks that hold us back. It’s more than just a therapeutic tool, it’s helpful to anyone working on themselves, and lets be honest aren’t we all?

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