A good healthy relationship with yourself is so important it is like the difference between clapping with one hand vs two handed clapping đź‘Ź there is a very noticeable and powerful difference.
Taking time to understand yourself is the most important step of self discovery. Reflecting on your values, beliefs, and personal goals, is the art of introspection and is the ultimate way to gain some self-awareness.
Inner child soul retrieval is a therapeutic concept rooted in the idea that we may experience fragmentation or disconnection from parts of their inner selves due to past traumas or challenging experiences, often in childhood.
As we grow up we live through a number of hardships and we can literally SHUT DOWN or KILL OFF our inner child or at least parts of it. This kind of soul retrieval seeks to reconnect with and reintegrate these lost parts, promoting healing and wholeness.
I have gone back to my own childhood and pick my younger self up off the floor after being beaten up by bullies on to look my own self in the eyes and say “Don’t worry kiddo there was nothing you could do” “It’s not your fault” and hugged my own self.
This is a POWERFUL tool to be able to simply close your eyes and VISUALISE. Once you do this you are no longer bound by the limits of TIME and SPACE or even the laws of the 3d world no longer matter.
We live in a world proliferated with technology and social media every distraction you can imagine is presented to us on a daily basis.
All of these establishments, business and individuals are all bidding to implant there own ideas into your mind and try to tell you who you should be, what you need, how you should think or to box you into a particular system of thought or a pattern, or belief in order to be accepted. It is a life long struggle for approval and acceptance.
This often starts from a VERY YOUNG age and for many our own families are the main culprits and have been the cause of establishing the way we relate to ourselves and others in the world.
A key teaching for me on my growth journey of self discovery was this key statement.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing it’s self but to your own estimate of it, and this you have the power to revoke at any given moment.
By Markus Aral
This means you ALWAYS have the power within to reframe how you view or think about something to change the outcome. THIS IS THE GOLD!!!
In the first stage of ego death, we begin to “wake up” or “awaken” to life. Our process of spiritual awakening might be caused by a number of situations such as life crisis, a tragedy, a chronic illness, or simply the natural process of maturing.
When we experience an awakening we begin to search for a more in-depth understanding into the purpose of life. Often, we ask big questions such as:
“Who am I?”
“What is my purpose?”
“Why am I here?”
“What is the meaning of this life?”
“What happens after death?”
Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to die before you die — and find that there is no death. — Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now)
This awakening stage is a vulnerable and critical point in a person’s spiritual transformation so it is CRITICAL you take only what serves your growth and discard what you feel is not supporting for you.
Developing a strong intuition and then listing to it is an important part of this journey when you enter into a walk with the Devine.