Saturday, September 30, 2023

HEALING SELF AND OTHERS

 







HEALING SELF AND OTHERS



OCTOBER 2023 BLOG - REFLECTIONS YARO

 

Dear reader,

October is my birthday month and I tend to reflect about my life and the life of our world. When I lived in Canada, I looked at the yellowing leaves on the maple trees and felt a nostalgic sense of life ending and that someday new life will emerge in the new spring leaves. Now, living in Australia, I note the spring flowers and the purple Jacaranda trees blooming and here they are re-newing again and life goes on.

 

As I listened to my mentor Michael Mead where in his podcast, he refers to today’s false leaders. He said that old leaders like Putin, will not give up power but instead create wars and destruction. Putin attacked Ukraine last year and the war goes on without any results only much damage and destruction and death to the Ukrainian people defending themselves bravely and will continue do so until they win.

My own reflection is focussed on a sense of deep sorrow that such terrible destruction is happening with the world looking on and perhaps afraid of possible nuclear attacks.

Yet there are other countries also involved in a sectarian war like Armenia in and Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan where over 120,000 people are leaving their homes and seeking shelter food and safety for their families. Here is a news item, September 2023:

 

“Since March 26, 2023, the Azerbaijani government has formalized its blockade of the Republic of Artsakh by seizing strategic ground around the Lachin corridor both within Artsakh and Armenia, installing a military outpost that blocks a bypass dirt road that provided relief, blocking the old section of the Lachin corridor, and installing a checkpoint at the new section. Azerbaijan has ignored calls from the Russian peacekeepers to observe the 2020 ceasefire conditions and return to their initial territorial positions behind the Line of Contact. Azerbaijan has also ignored calls from the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and other international entities to restore freedom of movement across the Lachin corridor.”





war in Armenia & Nagorno-Karabakh

 

Mead talks about this senseless leader like Putin who is unwilling to give up claiming more and more power at the expense of destruction and death. We are entering again a time of darkness that is not only covering the specific people running away from war but also the whole world is part of this darkness that is recalling the days of World War I and World War II. In some way, we are all participating in the horror of war due to the high-speed technology and fast changing social and political development. False news is creating much doubt and confusions.

This month reflections are an attempt to propose a model or healing the inner and the outer worlds or self and culture because we are all in this together. This, I hope, will encourage the readers to share ideas and reflections of healing with those around you and help healing the world. If we do not participate in this, we deny our being and our soul and the opportunity of a future generation to live in peace and happiness.

 NOTE! As of this week, the republic of NAGORNO- KARABAGH ceased to exist  as people left and the minister has dissolved the republic.



A HEALING MODEL

 

The current global multiple crises as symptoms of our inner disturbance. Politics, terrorism, pandemics, relationships, religious beliefs, and wars etc. These are some of the sources of anxiety.

Anxiety is ONE of the many symptoms that we experience by attempting to find solutions to our inner self.

 

EXERCISE 1: Open-ended problem solving (you may close your eyes)

 

1.            Select a problem that involves you and the environment.

2.            See the problem as a metaphor or symbol of your inner disturbance

3.            Notice how you feel in your body. What parts of your body are affected?

4.            Check with your ‘spirit body’ or awareness. Allow energy flow all over your body.

5.            Have your ‘spirit body’ show you how this problem looks/feels like when resolved.

6.            How are you affected by your ‘solution’? Catastrophic or anastrophic expectations.

7.            Give a ritual gift – to yourself and the outside or other.

8.            Let go of expectations for success

 

EXERCISE 2:  Finding balance.

 

Most people feel that they are burdened or lack of one of the following:

1             Money

2             Possessions

3             Health

4             Body image & attractiveness

5             Relationships

6             Sex

7             Time

 

Make a list of the above in 3 categories: 1. Deprivation (too little) 2. Excess (too much).  3. Balance (just right)

 

The categories you selected as “too much” or “too little” are the areas of your life where you are lost or are losing power. In the “too much” list, start the ‘destruction’ ritual. Select what you do not want and discard it or let it go. Burning a  written list of things or relationships that you no longer want is another way to discard the unwanted.

In the category of “deprivation” use the ‘creation’ ritual. This is a way of learning to receive a gift. When the ‘spirit world’ offers you a gift of special talents, opportunities or good advice, respect that and do not feel you need to reciprocate. Everything in life is a GIFT. Receive it with grace and honour it. Light a candle and focus your energy on its flame. Allow the ‘gift’ to penetrate you and warm you all over.

 





Now, you are welcome to listen to the podcast by Michael Meade – 

Copy and paste to your web page.

 

 

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