Isn't it a wonderful feeling when we're gifted with a new vision -- an image, energetic imprint, yearning, or idea that really beckons us into co-creation? At such times, it seems that anything is possible.
And then we often experience a co-arising of resistance: that within us which is perfectly comfortable with the status quo and doesn't want to risk that seeming comfort and familiarity.
That part of us certainly doesn't want to court failure and whatever we associate with it. "Eeek," it screams, "Back away, don't go there...besides, it's not such a great idea, anyway."
We might suddenly find ourselves thinking of a myriad of reasons why the vision isn't possible, or why we should wait; we might even experience resistance from those around us with whom we share the vision-seed. Sound familiar? To most of us, it is.
Thankfully, there are a whole variety of energy or spiritual practices that really support us in our ability to move forward into a new cycle of creativity and experience.
I've shared several practices and rituals in previous blog posts here or at Sophia's Children, and will share several in this post that can be particularly helpful in supporting your emerging vision and cultivating a new momentum.
Einstellen & Heilstrom - from the work of Bruno Groening
Bruno Groening was a German healer with an immense natural gift for healing, with many 'miracle healings' attributed to his presence and his teachings. Given the times in which he lived in Germany (1906-1959), his gifts and the attention they drew weren't always appreciated by the authorities!
Mr. Groening emphasized that each person has an innate connection to this healing capacity, and encouraged people to tune into the Divine energy or life force to restore health and harmony, and keep themselves on the path of the soul. The Circle organization was created by those close to him, many of whom experienced profound healing and revelation themselves.
The core of what Mr. Groening taught was that illness and unfortunate circumstances were not a natural state; one had to be ready and willing to release any identification with the illness or circumstance; and that by tuning into the healing stream of Divine energy -- einstellen and heilstrom, in German -- one could receive the energy that helps restore the natural state of health and harmony. His teachings are very similar to the tenets of many other traditions.
The practice of einstellen -- 'tuning in' -- to the heilstrom or 'healing stream' of life force of Divine energy is a restorative meditation which many experience as healing, calming, centering, and heart-opening. Such Divine Love or Divine energy meditations also help us to allow the Mystery to move through us, as the Choktaw Elder, Sequoyah Trueblood, has said.
Emotional Freedom Technique - EFTEFT is one of the acupuncture/acupressure-meridian-based energy modalities, in which you work with -- and in this case lightly tap on -- particular meridian points to clear energy blocks and the patterns or traumatic memories that are held in the body (and thus energy field). EFT was founded by Gary Craig in 1993, based on the Thought Field Therapy modality created by Dr. Roger Callahan in 1981.
A wide variety of people -- 'EFT masters' -- have explored, expanded upon, and adapted EFT for an array of applications. Two practitioners whose style I've appreciated, are Carol Look and Dr. Patricia Carrington.
Ms. Look has a conversational approach to EFT that can be both amusing and effective -- good combo! She focuses much of her EFT work on abundance, since it seems to open up the Motherlode of issues that are unhelpfully limiting or problem-causing.
Dr. Carrington is known for her 'Choices Method', including one application that brings forward a recollection of positive experiences and states of mind/energy and anchors them in the body and energy field.
If you're a believer that what you're predominantly thinking, feeling, and ruminating about has an effect on what you experience -- or even if you'd just like to feel more relaxed, centered, intuitive, and resourceful, practices like the ones I've shared here can be powerful and easy to use allies as you live into a new vision and cycle of creative expression and experience.
Blessings from your Vision Priestess,
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