IT has been said that awareness is the first step in any
spiritual transformation. Once you become aware of something, you can
then begin to work with it. Until then, it's just running the show
without you. Carl Jung said "Until you make what's unconscious
conscious, it will run your life and you will call it destiny." That's
powerful stuff!
"God can do for you, only what God can do through you." ~ Michael Bernard Beckwith
If God can only do for you what God can do through you, what's limiting God? Well, that's right, you. But most often it's a particular part of you: your 'un' or 'subconscious'. Therefore this "work" is most about getting yourself out of the way. This is your self with a small 's'. Life force energy, big 'S' Self, wants to flow through you but we tend to block it up with resistance, dis-belief, and fears of all kinds, from large to small.
Some of these are conscious, but many are unconscious.
It helps to look at these unconscious parts of ourselves as old commitments that we originally put in place to protect us, back when our mental, emotional, and spiritual capacities were not developed enough to be capable of withstanding some of the circumstances we were experiencing. Hence, we created automatic protection mechanisms to shield us from the pain. And they worked; they kept us alive and safe for the most part.
However, now that we are older, more mature, with much, much larger perspectives on the world, these childhood protection mechanisms typically create more pain than they prevent. We've simply outgrown them and it's time to thank them and let them go. This is the essence of shadow work: discovering, acknowledging, embracing, integrating, and releasing old commitments and old thoughts about ourselves and the world, then creating new ones.
We could call these parts of ourselves Subconscious Limiting Beliefs (SLBs), or Previous Commitments Becoming Conscious (PCBC), because we typically made these decisions about the world and ourselves long ago in our lives. We then reinforced those beliefs over and over again, and kept our commitments with integrity, until they went subconscious and became just the way the world is (for us).
It's important to note that a belief in and of itself is not limiting, it only becomes limiting when you are inspired to grow beyond it. So you are, on the one hand, inspired to a greater vision of yourself, but on the other you are limited by old beliefs, habits, and patterns. As you might imagine this can be a frustrating and conflicting place to be.
But on your Hero's Path, your path of evolution, this will be a common experience. However, over time, it's an experience that you'll eventually be able to powerfully navigate with grace and ease. There is no one and no thing to transform but yourself.
What we are up to here is no less than the transformation of ourselves from victim to creator. We are freeing ourselves in all areas of our life, even from our own subconscious. It is a huge shift. Access to the world of the creator is through evolving yourself. Evolving yourself means clarifying a vision for your life, then watching yourself very carefully as you step into that vision.
Your unconscious beliefs (and limitations) will make themselves known through your behaviors. You have an opportunity and a moment of choice each time you see yourself doing something out of alignment with your vision. In that moment you are conscious, and in that moment you can make a more authentic choice for your behavior. One that is more aligned with the new vision of your Self.
Taking this moment of choice opportunity over and over again is the path of transformation. This leads you to the next and newest you - the one you desire to become! Try this:
To get a sense of how much your unconscious may be limiting you, and limiting what God can do for you, ask yourself the following questions:
* How free am I? In all areas of my life?
* How joyful am I?
* How loving am I?
* How much love do I experience each day?
* How peaceful am I in my life?
* How present, in each moment, am I?
* How much awe and beauty do I experience each day?
* Am I fulfilling the highest vision of my life?
Your transformational opportunity is to become that 'still point' at the center of all creation, with complete and total freedom to move in any truly authentic and Source-inspired direction. When you are fully connected to this aspect of yourself, with no intervening unconscious beliefs, naturally flowing through you will be deep levels of joy, peace, presence, and the needed power to fulfill your highest and most authentic life path.
Get your unconscious out of the driver's seat! Congratulations - you're one step closer to your mojo!
"God can do for you, only what God can do through you." ~ Michael Bernard Beckwith
If God can only do for you what God can do through you, what's limiting God? Well, that's right, you. But most often it's a particular part of you: your 'un' or 'subconscious'. Therefore this "work" is most about getting yourself out of the way. This is your self with a small 's'. Life force energy, big 'S' Self, wants to flow through you but we tend to block it up with resistance, dis-belief, and fears of all kinds, from large to small.
Some of these are conscious, but many are unconscious.
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| Roger Kenneth Marsh |
It helps to look at these unconscious parts of ourselves as old commitments that we originally put in place to protect us, back when our mental, emotional, and spiritual capacities were not developed enough to be capable of withstanding some of the circumstances we were experiencing. Hence, we created automatic protection mechanisms to shield us from the pain. And they worked; they kept us alive and safe for the most part.
However, now that we are older, more mature, with much, much larger perspectives on the world, these childhood protection mechanisms typically create more pain than they prevent. We've simply outgrown them and it's time to thank them and let them go. This is the essence of shadow work: discovering, acknowledging, embracing, integrating, and releasing old commitments and old thoughts about ourselves and the world, then creating new ones.
We could call these parts of ourselves Subconscious Limiting Beliefs (SLBs), or Previous Commitments Becoming Conscious (PCBC), because we typically made these decisions about the world and ourselves long ago in our lives. We then reinforced those beliefs over and over again, and kept our commitments with integrity, until they went subconscious and became just the way the world is (for us).
It's important to note that a belief in and of itself is not limiting, it only becomes limiting when you are inspired to grow beyond it. So you are, on the one hand, inspired to a greater vision of yourself, but on the other you are limited by old beliefs, habits, and patterns. As you might imagine this can be a frustrating and conflicting place to be.
But on your Hero's Path, your path of evolution, this will be a common experience. However, over time, it's an experience that you'll eventually be able to powerfully navigate with grace and ease. There is no one and no thing to transform but yourself.
What we are up to here is no less than the transformation of ourselves from victim to creator. We are freeing ourselves in all areas of our life, even from our own subconscious. It is a huge shift. Access to the world of the creator is through evolving yourself. Evolving yourself means clarifying a vision for your life, then watching yourself very carefully as you step into that vision.
Your unconscious beliefs (and limitations) will make themselves known through your behaviors. You have an opportunity and a moment of choice each time you see yourself doing something out of alignment with your vision. In that moment you are conscious, and in that moment you can make a more authentic choice for your behavior. One that is more aligned with the new vision of your Self.
Taking this moment of choice opportunity over and over again is the path of transformation. This leads you to the next and newest you - the one you desire to become! Try this:
To get a sense of how much your unconscious may be limiting you, and limiting what God can do for you, ask yourself the following questions:
* How free am I? In all areas of my life?
* How joyful am I?
* How loving am I?
* How much love do I experience each day?
* How peaceful am I in my life?
* How present, in each moment, am I?
* How much awe and beauty do I experience each day?
* Am I fulfilling the highest vision of my life?
Your transformational opportunity is to become that 'still point' at the center of all creation, with complete and total freedom to move in any truly authentic and Source-inspired direction. When you are fully connected to this aspect of yourself, with no intervening unconscious beliefs, naturally flowing through you will be deep levels of joy, peace, presence, and the needed power to fulfill your highest and most authentic life path.
Get your unconscious out of the driver's seat! Congratulations - you're one step closer to your mojo!
Roger Kenneth Marsh is a Spiritual Life Coach & creator of the Major Good Mojo System. He has an engineering degree, MBA, is a Certified Life Coach, HeartMath® Provider, and Passion Test® Facilitator. Get his book "NexGen Human" on Amazon.com, and FREE CD "3 Keys to Major Good Mojo" at http://www.majorgoodmojo.com/free-cd
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