Just So You Know: There is Healing Ahead!

In the book of Genesis, we are introduced to a man named Lot.  We are told that angels warned him to take his family and flee because the city in which they lived will be destroyed.  The story goes on to say that as the family left “…Lot’s wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.”

Let’s fast forward to our 21^st Century lifestyle.  Did you just read the above paragraph and wondered why Mrs. Lot look back?  Here it is she was warned to get away.  She was being guided to safety so “why would she look back?” we wonder.  Actually, the answer lies within all of us.  It is in our unwillingness to let go.  It is in our reluctance to let go of fear, anger, pain, the people or events that are unhealthy for us – our energy- drainers.  It is in our lack of faith that our future can be even brighter than our past.

We hold on to physical stuff as well - in the attic, basement, garage, shed and the closets.  In many instances we have long forgotten what the stuff is.  Unfortunately, that is not the case with the mental storage that holds our hurt and resentment of 2 days ago or was it 30 years ago?  We hold on to relationships that died a year ago or maybe 60 years ago.  We hold on to toxic beliefs and situations and each time we look back on them a bit of us becomes a pillar of salt.  We feel the dis-ease physically, mentally, emotionally maybe even financially.  Like the time when I experienced back-to-back betrayals and pined for so long over ‘How could they?’ that I contributed to my financial meltdown.

Eckhart Tolle says, “…almost everyone carries in his or her energy field an accumulation of old emotional pain.”  He calls this ‘the pain-body.’  Some of us will say “Of course!  I remember the story of my grand-pa being lynched.”  Maybe it is the memory of a tribal war and you are the only one to survive the massacre because you were covered by your mother’s dead body.  Or maybe it is being haunted by the gang-rape you endured as a child, or not being loved the way you wanted to.

Whatever it is that got stored in the attic of our memory, 'it' has now seeped into: our bodies; our lives; the way we relate with ourselves as well as with each other and it is causing us pain. It is this reason why it is critical for us to have the desire to heal.  In spite of the horrendous experiences, the good news is – we do not have to look back, we can affirm that there is healing ahead.  But first, we must have the desire to heal.  This happens as a result of us being willing to let go of the past and being able to create thoughts of a future overflowing with our most loving dreams.

Let us welcome each moment with its potential to heal.  Take this time to notice your breathing – the inhalation and the exhalation. See how the body does it naturally?  In comes the oxygen we need, out goes the carbon dioxide we do not need.  Inhale.  Exhale.  Try this, as you inhale, create the vision in your mind of the future you desire.  Exhale and forgive the past.  Inhale - dream of a future that frees you from the pain.  Exhale – become willing to untangle from the past.  Don’t look back.  Healing is waiting ahead. Begin now.  Our guides (spiritual and human angels) are waiting to take us to safety.

Thanks for taking a Precious Pause.  Next time bring a friend.