In watching my own surrender process, I notice the tendency to close down and become constricted by attaching to negative thoughts either about myself or others. It happens so quickly. One little negative thought or worry leads me down a path of egoic misery. When I do so my energy centers (heart, third eye etc.) close down and I feel small. Usually this is a subtle process that I do not even know is occurring unless I am paying attention to it. It is an entirely different state of being than when I am relaxed, open to love, and aligned with Spirit.
The Ho'Oponopono prayer always brings me back into alignment. I say it for myself or the person who I am feeling closed off from:
I Love You
I am sorry (for what I did, or for all of the things that have happened to you that keep you from knowing the Truth of who you are)
Please forgive me
Thank you
If I say this prayer while being connected to my heart it always brings me back into alignment with Truth/Love/God. It helps me to see when I am holding onto a sense of not being enough or not deserving of all of the good that Life has in store for me. The trick is to catch the little negative thought and choose to let it go before I am too far down the path of misery and it becomes a bigger thought.
Hanging onto our thoughts (whether they be negative, positive or neutral) is often an attempt to fix or avoid problems. Although it can seem scary to let go of relying on our minds to fix what is wrong in our lives, this can also be a very exciting process.
I find it helpful to think back to the times when I have let go and how well those experiences turned out. There are beautiful experiences waiting for all of us. Miracles are commonplace. There is an abundance of all that we need just waiting for us, including our physical needs and comfort, boundless love and joy, health and vitality, peace...a life filled with beauty and wonder. It is our attachment to the small, limited, personal self that keeps us closed off from what Life wants to give us.
Let us take the leap in each and every moment by letting go of what our mind is telling us and instead focus on what life has put right in front of us and watch the miracles unfold.
What if our religion was each other
If our practice was our life
If prayer, our words
What if the temple was the Earth
If forests were our church
If holy water--the rivers, lakes, and ocean
What if meditation was our relationships
If the teacher was life
If wisdom was self-knowledge
If love was the center of our being.
If our practice was our life
If prayer, our words
What if the temple was the Earth
If forests were our church
If holy water--the rivers, lakes, and ocean
What if meditation was our relationships
If the teacher was life
If wisdom was self-knowledge
If love was the center of our being.
-Ganga White
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