Journey to Self

 Before we can really begin to heal and understand our lives and our journey, we must first begin the journey of healing and learning about ourselves. Many people in this world choose to allow the opinion of themselves to be taught and shaped by those around them. They judge themselves by what other people say they are and never really take the time to explore who they are for themselves. Sometime when we have suffered a particular trauma i.e. abuse or abandonment we are told that because we have suffered that event it will shape our lives forever. This can be true if you choose it to. But in time and with understanding what has created the event we can take the power away from it and reduce its effects upon or lives.

 All of us on some level will be influenced by the world around us when answering the question of, who am I? But the secret is to know the level of influence the world around us has. If we completely base our opinion and knowledge of ourselves upon the view others have of us then we lose our identity and the ability to heal.

 We all are a sacred gift to this earth and we all have a special part to play in the journey of life and the evolving human spirit. We are all here to learn how to honor the sacredness of all life. But we truly cannot even begin that journey until we first learn how to honor the sacredness of ourselves. It is within that journey to honouring ourselves we start to learn what it is we actually believe in and the continued exploration of that belief. Not what we have been told we should or have to believe in, but what we actually do believe in.

Within this understanding lies the path to knowing what it is we really need from our beliefs, and why we need it. In the beginning of self-exploration and the building of a foundation that will never fail, knowing what it is that you believe in is critical.

 There are many other influences that shape our lives, our needs, wishes and desires as well as our fears, doubts and all the negative aspects of our consciousness. We all inherit emotional and experiential memories from our ancestry, passed down to us from the very beginning of our bloodlines. This information is commonly called genetic memory. Modern day psychology and medical science is starting to recognize that genetic memory not only exists but also the level at which it can shape our lives and especially our healing journey.

 Many people today also to a degree get genetic memory and past lives mixed up. The simple way to differentiate between the two is to look into your genetic ancestry and see if some of the past life experiences can be attributed to an ancestor's life and journey i.e. Living a life in a Scottish village as a healer and you have Scottish ancestry could mean that you are remembering an ancestor's life memory. This is not to take away the importance of the experience but can help you to put it into the right perspective and understanding.

 Within any emotional healing journey there is a large physical aspect to it. A very large portion of our brain capacity 93% is subconscious. If our subconscious mind is taught to think negative about ourselves and our lives then the odds are stacked against us in our healing journey until we start to heal our subconscious mind. To begin that journey we must first understand what has shaped the creation of our subconscious mind and that journey begins at the very beginning of our lives.

 The first five years of your life shaped the foundation of perspective, interpretation, emotional understanding, connection to family and others, beliefs, relationship to your surrounding and many other aspects of interpreting the world and the way you relate to yourself and those around you.

 Hidden within the exploration of this part of your life is the understanding of how you perceive and interpret the world around you. All the knowledge gained in your life as well as every experience is shaped by this aspect of your life and within any emotional healing journey, having the understanding of this is a very powerful tool that can change your life, your relationships with others and how you succeed in your goals.

We can also inherit family issues handed down to us from generation to generation. Broken families are a good example of this. If we look back into the history of humanity, the first time on a very large scale worldwide many children were raised without a parent, were orphaned or had a parent that was seriously abusive was from World War 1.

It was the first time world wide millions of people lost their lives in conflict and all the trauma that is associated with conflict on that scale. The societal change shaped by this still affects all of us today and has been reinforced by every conflict since. The influence of this has shaped our perspective of family and relationships. Many people remember being raised by someone affected by war in our society today. The affects of this has taken away the innocence of family as we now except that most families won't remain together and happy. Divorce and abuse is an accepted part of our lives.

This acceptance changes the way we see relationships as well as how we value them. Most people understand the hurt associated with a broken relationship. But do we realize the level at which this affects us and our faith in ourselves.

Within the journey to self we will explore these and many other aspects that have shaped who we are. It is within this journey that we can understand what it is that we need to heal so that we can not only create the life we seek but also know how to share that life in a good way with others.   

For more information or if you have any questions please feel free to contact Bear

Email:  standingbear@bigpond.com.au