Practicing Peace in Times of Chaos

Practicing Peace - Thriving in Difficult Times and Chaos

 
There seems to be a spike in crime, anxiety, and depression ...

Everyone, please keep your cool, call a friend, do some yard work, spring clean, meditate, BE KIND.  I know what I have to do when I get this Stressed. I have to TUNE OUT and find my center.

I turn EVERY THING OFF - people, news, FB, the phone, etc.
I make no apologies ... this is my anxiety management. I come back to center and meditate.

The thoughts in my head are my worst enemy ... FEAR will run rampant, if I let it.

When I become still ...

I hear the songbirds singing, the rain sounds soothing, the Earth is waking up ... the sun came up, the world is still turning ...

No one is complaining and I find myself again, my strength, my inner core, my ability to heal, my belief that all is as it should be and every one is my teacher, not the enemy.

I set my intention to believe in the best of everyone and LET GO OF WHAT I CANNOT CONTROL.

All of this takes PRACTICE.  Because ... We become what we practice.
And yes, the Inner Peace I take time to cultivate, takes over in time.
And no, this doesn't mean I run from my feelings.

 

Emotions are like the phases of the moon.

They wax and wane, moving in and out like the tides.

 

 

I acknowledge how I feel, then I practice maintaining inner calm; instead of ruminating or hypnotizing myself into a state of panic, which I can easily do.

You can manage your emotions and even thrive during difficulties, but you have to be
willing to practice and not let your emotions take over and your imagination run wild.

If you want peace, you must practice peace. Try it. 

 

Make it your mission to master peace
in this time of trial.

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The Fear of Becoming - Transformation

Who Am I?  What Do I Believe In?

When you're in the middle of a transformation, it can all seem very confusing.  You are in a state of "becoming"; you don't know who you are anymore, your identity is under going reconstruction.  You only know that who you "were" doesn't work anymore, but who you are becoming or need to be is vastly unclear; especially if you are dealing with a lot of past trauma.  

The age old metaphysical questions of:  "Who am I?  What do I believe in?",  are central in your mind every day.  You are tempted to go back to the "old" you because it is familiar, safe, and something you know.  It is comfortable, even if it's destructive. It's your comfort zone, habitual and easy to slide back into.   But,  somewhere deep inside, you know you are just circling around the same old drain.  Getting the same unfulfilling results and living half a life, stagnating like a pond overgrown with weeds and toxic chemicals.

This is where you must trust that scary, uncomfortable, and living in the unknown is right where you're supposed to be.  Clear the debris from the past, and excavate your unconscious mind so that the unconscious behaviors, emotions, thought patterns, and perceptual filters running your life on autopilot and creating your current illusion are revealed.

The current Narcissistic culture does not support this type of internal focus, reflection and renewal.  It uses distractions of all kinds to keep us "busy", frantic, over stimulated.  It encourages us to look "outward" for validation, when in reality we need to look inward to find the clues we need to be happy and live a purposeful life.

What this means is that we must take down time, spend time alone in contemplation. Solitude.  We have only our intuition to guide us along, which is a good thing.  The still small voice within is given a chance to grow stronger and guide us along.  The beauty of this process in living by intuition is that people will emerge who support you in your "becoming".  People you didn't really know were there.  They offer all manner of support and encouragement, bring you books to help you, talk you through your emotions and confusion; but most importantly, they offer up a space for you to be entirely yourself, without expectations, for you to become who you really are - not what society or other people think you should be.

These are the people who will come forward with you.   They require nothing from you because they "see" you for who you really are and accept you for the space you're in.  And as you pick your way along this unknown path, you become less frightened, you relax, and surrender to this transition because it is inevitable and resisting is only more painful than just plucking your way through this maze of figuring things out.  You come to live and understand that, "To know is, not to know."  And this journey is actually a gift, and an adventure to embrace because you will never live more in the moment than when you are in a state of "becoming". And, as you are being led to "something" in the unknown, the upshot is learning to trust what's going on inside of you, instead of listening to the "noise" of the external world.  Know that you're in a good place, you're open.

What on Earth is Energy Psychology?

What on Earth is Energy Psychology?
(Or, Why Putting Out Love vs. Fear Matters)

Energy Psychology is the upcoming frontier in energy healing modalities.  It involves healing the body at the cellular, molecular level and is heavily influenced by strong emotions.  The kind of energy you put out and take in, negative vs. positive, matters way more than you may care to think.

Expert Evidence Review - George Norry Interview w/ Dr. Jill Blakeway, 4/3/19

Dr. Jill Blakeway, author, Energy Medicine, The Science and Mystery of Healing, holds a doctorate in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, is a licensed and board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist, and is the founder of the Yinova Center in New York.  She discussed the science that supports the effectiveness of healing techniques used to diagnose and treat illness by manipulating the vital life force (referred to as ‘’qi’’ in traditional Chinese medicine) that pulses through cells.

She has studied traditional Chinese medicine for many years and says that she has become so adept at being an energy healer that she typically only uses "probably about 10" needles for her patients in therapy.

Blakeway described the energy coming from the hands of practitioners of such traditions as qigong or reiki as electrical and that it can be measured by instruments.  She described this energy as "100 times stronger" than that produced by the human heart.

Blakeway also described the work of Dr. William Bengston, who in the year 2000 first performed experiments with mice to see if cancer could be affected by energy healing techniques.  The mice, which were supposed to die in 27 days if untreated, "all survived," even though some of the experimenters who participated in the hands-on healings were extremely skeptical.  She has also participated in studies with random number generators which appear to produce less random streams of numbers when she and other healers concentrated on them.

***  She said that "love and compassion and fear" as strong emotions seem to affect the randomness of the number generators the most.  ***
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This is huge.  For good or for ill, the kind of atmospheric emotions we surround ourselves with and put out impacts our lives way beyond what we can see.

When we heal our inner being, i.e., our negative emotions and trauma, and focus on love instead of fear, we significantly enhance our ability to create peace from the inside out.

This stuff really matters.  It's not a game or some feel good plethora of platitudes. It seems there is a 4th dimension to tap into - an unseen, invisible net of quantum energy that connects us.  What we continually focus on manifests in mysterious ways.  As an individual, you matter to the world.  When we heal ourselves, we heal the world around us. Let it begin with me.