Vibrant Health Tip of the Week -Surrendering to the Unknown Part 2: DEEPLY TRUST THE SPACE OF CONFUSION AND NOT KNOWING Embracing the Dance Between Shadow & LIght
Last week I shared some insights about the practice and power of surrendering, the art of knowing when perpetuating the minds tendencies to either force solutions or recede into inertia is not the most mindful approach to take when facing challenges. When we act out of impulse, we tend to perpetuate old patterns and the current challenges keep on repeating themselves in one form or another as we are not approaching it from a higher level of awareness to actually resolve the challenge.
The POWER OF SURRENDER comes from the awareness that there is a Divine level of support and evolution working on your behalf but it requires us to stop our conditioned behaviors long enough to allow this support to be felt and trusted. The paradox is that in order to tap into the light of consciousness, we have to be willing to fully experience the shadows of our unconsciousness that show up as confusion, fear, resistance and pain.
PART 2 of surrendering is DEEPLY TRUST THE SPACE OF CONFUSION AND NOT KNOWINGNESS. For most of us, when faced with a challenge on any level, the last thing we are comfortable with is being in a state of confusion. We've been trained to escape confused states at all costs mostly due to an unconscious drive not to feel fear. We may opt for acting on any solution just to escape the uncomfortableness of not knowing and it may bring some ego relief in the short term as some perceived illusion we are in control, but acting from conditions, habits or fear never results in changes that are wise or sustainable.
THE KEY to allowing yourself to be present in the uncomfortable or at times down right painful space of not knowing is to continually be present to exactly what is arising and FEEL IT FULLY. Being patient does not mean not feeling. Being patient means to fully feel every energy that arises in times of confusion. Feeling does not mean analyzing or over thinking, just feel in the moment, what does it feel like in your body for your mind to go into overdrive. Do you have a headache, is your chest tight, is your stomach in knots, is your breath shallow ?
OBSERVING YOUR ENERGETIC EXPERIENCES IS THE DOORWAY to connecting to a deeper wisdom just ready to reveal itself to you . It requires we stay receptive and willing to allowing whatever is arising to be received in a manner of non-judgement and openness. This tool of staying present to what is, is especially potent when dealing with deep struggles. It takes courage of the heart , trust in the wisdom of the soul and the awareness and faith that we are all being held and supported by a divine presence that always has our highest good at heart. Trust that! Lean on that when the prickly, painful, heart opening energy of confusion and fear creep in. Feel, be present and allow the guidance of the Divine truth of your being to come in and be realized. This process is truly witnessing the transformation of shadow to light. From untruth to truth. From living in dishonesty to living with clarity and peace. Its not an easy path but a necessary one if we aspire to manifest our Dharma, our spiritual gift we are here to deliver.
Blessings for a day of allowing, feeling and being present to what is especially when you feel confused fearful and in pain.
Namaste Anne Townend- Duffey
Last week I shared some insights about the practice and power of surrendering, the art of knowing when perpetuating the minds tendencies to either force solutions or recede into inertia is not the most mindful approach to take when facing challenges. When we act out of impulse, we tend to perpetuate old patterns and the current challenges keep on repeating themselves in one form or another as we are not approaching it from a higher level of awareness to actually resolve the challenge.
The POWER OF SURRENDER comes from the awareness that there is a Divine level of support and evolution working on your behalf but it requires us to stop our conditioned behaviors long enough to allow this support to be felt and trusted. The paradox is that in order to tap into the light of consciousness, we have to be willing to fully experience the shadows of our unconsciousness that show up as confusion, fear, resistance and pain.
PART 2 of surrendering is DEEPLY TRUST THE SPACE OF CONFUSION AND NOT KNOWINGNESS. For most of us, when faced with a challenge on any level, the last thing we are comfortable with is being in a state of confusion. We've been trained to escape confused states at all costs mostly due to an unconscious drive not to feel fear. We may opt for acting on any solution just to escape the uncomfortableness of not knowing and it may bring some ego relief in the short term as some perceived illusion we are in control, but acting from conditions, habits or fear never results in changes that are wise or sustainable.
THE KEY to allowing yourself to be present in the uncomfortable or at times down right painful space of not knowing is to continually be present to exactly what is arising and FEEL IT FULLY. Being patient does not mean not feeling. Being patient means to fully feel every energy that arises in times of confusion. Feeling does not mean analyzing or over thinking, just feel in the moment, what does it feel like in your body for your mind to go into overdrive. Do you have a headache, is your chest tight, is your stomach in knots, is your breath shallow ?
OBSERVING YOUR ENERGETIC EXPERIENCES IS THE DOORWAY to connecting to a deeper wisdom just ready to reveal itself to you . It requires we stay receptive and willing to allowing whatever is arising to be received in a manner of non-judgement and openness. This tool of staying present to what is, is especially potent when dealing with deep struggles. It takes courage of the heart , trust in the wisdom of the soul and the awareness and faith that we are all being held and supported by a divine presence that always has our highest good at heart. Trust that! Lean on that when the prickly, painful, heart opening energy of confusion and fear creep in. Feel, be present and allow the guidance of the Divine truth of your being to come in and be realized. This process is truly witnessing the transformation of shadow to light. From untruth to truth. From living in dishonesty to living with clarity and peace. Its not an easy path but a necessary one if we aspire to manifest our Dharma, our spiritual gift we are here to deliver.
Blessings for a day of allowing, feeling and being present to what is especially when you feel confused fearful and in pain.
Namaste Anne Townend- Duffey
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