This week I meander around some thoughts regarding the current world situation. Please know that I am sending love and support to you from over here every single day.
I have been feeling such a wide range of emotions – I can go from feeling happy, peaceful and safe to waves of grief, to outbursts of crying. I have felt restless and angry. And then back to peaceful. Many I have been chatting with say the same – know this: we are not going crazy. The world has gotten quiet and we are feeling more – and being more – doing less. Our ‘stuff’ is bound to come up when we do less. Our bodies, in their brilliant ability to heal themselves, are letting go – letting the stored up emotions come up to flow.
Let the tears flow when they need to – this opens our hearts to love more deeply – both ourselves, and others. Feel raw, feel vulnerable – it does not make you weak – it makes you stronger. Let yourself surrender; let go of the resistance to all the feelings that need to move and be healed. (In last week’s newsletter, I spoke about getting the energy moving – take a peek.)
In the world or holistic therapies, energy medicine and Shamanic teachings we search for the underlying messages related to the symptoms that reveal themselves to us. I have learned the under all of the physical symptoms there is an emotion or thought pattern that has been long held or unhealed (or attended to) that needs to be looked at as part of the healing solution. For example, issues with the liver may be long-held anger that needs to dissipate. Low back pain can be about not feeling supported or having money issues. Throat imbalances (strep, having tonsils out, cancer etc.) could be associated with not being able to speak your truth or being afraid to speak; from having grown up being told children should be seen and not heard. The stuck energy can eventually end up causing a physical symptom.
The global pandemic of Covoid 19 is one that infiltrates the area of the throat and then the lungs in the human body. In my work the lungs are related to grief and uncried tears. When someone tells me they have asthma or any kind of lung issues I am looking at buried grief and how we can shift that.
Could this virus be one that creating the space for us to deal with a much larger grief? The tears of Mother Earth perhaps? She has tried to get our attention. Or perhaps its both: Mother Earth and personal grief need attention. Have you heard any of these phrases suck it up, swallow your tears, don’t be a big baby? We have learned to bury, suppress and sweep what we feel under the rug. Not only individually but as a culture. We need to heal this! This might be a powerful message for all of humanity.
We have also become increasingly disconnected from one another – families no longer sharing meals and activities. We have become increaslingly addicted to our devices as well; communication only by text, no more phone calls or real social visits – and just look at us now. Spending real time with one another. Having real conversations. It is exciting to see families playing games, getting out for walks, riding their bikes – the family dog is happier too! We are reconnecting!
We are a culture craving more authenticity, more connection and deeper love with one another. Old fashioned family values, boards games, laughs, good times – and guess what – that time has arrived for us. It has come with undue stressors as well – however, the bigger picture is worth looking at too. Sometime change requires discomfort.
Perhaps we needed to learn to turn away from all distractions and really be present with our loved ones. Or maybe we needed to take a closer look in the mirror by being alone…there could be many reasons.
“To heal, we need to feel.”
let yourself feel the range of it all…this is being authentic…
let it flow through you and let it go each time it comes up…
let the tears flow and your heart open…
we are now doing our deepest healing …
how beautiful it can be and will be…
We don’t know what it all means for sure, we are unsure of the next few months…keep staying close to the truth and you will be guided. Let the tears flow when they need to and let your beautiful heart open more fully to love and deeper connection. We are worth it.