| How The Pain of the Past Threatens Us | | | | I am of the opinion that it is useful to retain the |
| Part of the reason we set ourselves up for | | | | wisdom of the past without holding on to the |
| difficulties are the memories of pain we have | | | | suffering from the emotional pain of the past. In |
| gone through in the past. For instance, you or | | | | order to do this we must be willing to surrender |
| someone you know may have been threatened | | | | and release the pain and suffering which are |
| with losing money, losing employment, losing a | | | | essentially patterns held somewhere in our mind. |
| house, or losing a relationship and these issues, | | | | Some people believe there is value to holding the |
| which have a lot of strong fear and other | | | | pain and while I support everyone's freewill choice |
| emotional content, sets a deep pattern in | | | | to do that for those who would like to release |
| memory and the subconscious. Then when you | | | | pain, suffering and struggling I can offer some |
| hear something on the news or from someone | | | | suggestions. |
| telling you a story, the pattern calls on the | | | | The first step in releasing anything is to identify |
| memory in your history reminding you of your | | | | some details about what you are releasing. This |
| past pain and struggles and the inner voices are | | | | may seem obvious, but there is usually more than |
| activated saying things like, "Remember when you | | | | meets the eye. So the first thing you will want to |
| suffered something similar? Well, watch out. This | | | | do is spend a little time exploring the nature of |
| could happen again. This could be coming your | | | | the discomfort. It is not necessary to go deeply |
| way right now, so be very careful." | | | | into the feelings, but it is helpful to touch on them |
| So we use our own history to validate an | | | | enough so you could describe them to yourself. |
| imagined threat when there isn't even a real | | | | Why? Because we essentially only seem to |
| threat. But by virtue of acknowledging the | | | | effectively release what we identify. Hence, the |
| possibility of something that could be threatening, | | | | more you can describe what you are |
| you set yourself up to manifest a threat because | | | | experiencing, the more you will be able to release. |
| we live in a mirror universe that reflects back to | | | | Being a bit of a detective to discover aspects of |
| us what we hold in our consciousness. | | | | what the discomfort is will pay off with rich |
| How Our Past Becomes Our Future | | | | rewards when it comes to releasing and letting go. |
| Here is what happens to us...we live as though our | | | | This is also where working with another person |
| past is not past, but right now. Even if we believe | | | | can be really helpful, especially if that person |
| something happened in a past life we live now as | | | | knows techniques to help you do this. |
| if the pattern is still real. We are hypnotized into | | | | The more you release and let go of the grip of |
| believing it is real today. | | | | suffering and struggle, the more you will |
| In every life there are obstacles automatically | | | | experience the natural goodness and happiness |
| created by forces we have set in motion in the | | | | that lies waiting in the core of your inner being. |
| past. If you look back on your life you will see | | | | Once you have identified the suffering and |
| that some or perhaps many of the things you | | | | struggling, then you progress to the next step |
| have suffered with seem to be expertly, | | | | which is acknowledging your willingness to |
| intricately and perhaps even intentionally | | | | dis-identify with it and affirmatively state you are |
| manufactured motivators. You may have even | | | | letting it go. For instance, |
| marveled at how circumstances worked out in | | | | "I am willing to surrender and release the need for |
| the most amazing ways to set up the most | | | | fear and anxiety." |
| detailed challenges that hit you where you were | | | | "I am willing to surrender and release the need for |
| the most vulnerable. Well, if you have noticed this, | | | | loss and lack." |
| you are not alone because it happens to | | | | "I am willing to surrender and release the need |
| everyone. | | | | struggling." |
| You may have heard the ancient Greek saying, | | | | Of course, your own releasing statements can be |
| "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind | | | | far more specific and detailed, but the wording I |
| exceedingly fine." As a child I never understood | | | | am giving you in the above examples is really |
| what that meant, but as I grew older I began to | | | | helpful, but there is something important for you |
| get an insight that we are all put through a grinder | | | | to know about any releasing statements. These |
| of sorts which addresses all of our character | | | | statement seem simple enough, but they don't do |
| traits. We then either resist them, refine them or | | | | much unless you connect with the feeling |
| release them. If we resist the mills keep grinding. | | | | component behind the words. In other words, if |
| The grinding stops when we discover the way to | | | | this process is done as a mental or intellectual |
| let go of the resistance. At that point we | | | | exercise there will be limited results. If you feel |
| experience a sense of relief and find more ease | | | | the words when you say them, you will |
| and flow. | | | | experience some relief. If you also apply some |
| All releasing techniques are designed to address | | | | energy healing techniques, you can become |
| fabrications held in the mind which are really false | | | | completely free. |
| perceptions and conclusions. The mind and ego | | | | I have written other articles that cover more |
| continually create false reasons for lack, struggle, | | | | aspects on how to go further with the clearing |
| and suffering. | | | | process. |