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“The transformation process is not an all-at once thing that blows you out of the water. There are many small shifts, and each one takes some getting used to; you’re basically un-learning a long-standing habit and relearning a new one.
“…Most of us are used to living with suppressed fear, in denial, as a sort of make-do comfort level. We use strong fixed beliefs, opinions, and habits, as cover-ups so we never have to feel our core rage, panic, and pain; we just live in our head on autopilot.
“But this is not possible anymore. The transformation process evolves your consciousness from fear to love.
“That means you have to dissolve the fears and heal the emotional wounds that are in the way-by understanding them. And that means you have to face them, feel them, and decode them, which most of us dread.
“Each time an intensified wave of acceleration rolls through you, it dislodges low-frequency consciousness-and-energy or suppressed fear from your subconscious mind.
“Needless to say, you may experience varying forms of discomfort!…You may try and push it all back down in the substrata with various flight or flight behaviors…”
“The effort of avoiding and resuppressing subconscious blocks eventually wears you out, and the exhaustion can make you feel disillusioned, unmotivated and hopeless…You are at the turning point. The last gasp of the negative path to transformation is when you’re finally so tired of resisting and controlling, and so overwhelmed by complexity, that you stop; there is nothing more you can do…”
“You’re forced by the process to simply be with what’s happening- to be with yourself and with the fears and the pain. You must experience the state you are directly in without voting on it or having to act.
“By simply ‘being with’ Life and ‘letting things be’ as they are, you return to an experience of your own ‘being’ -your soul- which was always present under the distractions.
“This is when you engage with silence and enter the nonphysical reality. And this is when your intuition opens.
“Now your soul can shine through shedding light on everything. Revelations emerge.
“Understanding and compassion dissolve the fears. There is release, relief and a return to joy. You feel so much better!
“This is the turning point in the transformation process-when the fixed mind surrenders and precipitates a huge expansion in the consciousness of the heart, body, unified filed, and the wise evolutionary Flow.”
~Penney Peirce from Leap of Perception: The Transforming Power of Your Attention
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Tara Bella says:
Dec 27, 2014
Very powerful wisdom and insight. Even now, I am uncomfortably feeling the deep wounds, the fears that I have not quite yet come to understand. I can’t help but just be in the now, and feel this uncomfortableness. Remembering that I am never trapt, and that I am never a victim always helps this process and gives me patience in the times of uncomfortable situations. Remembering to just breath helps too, and surrender and trust in the Universe to take care of things. :)
– thank you <3
Gogo Thule says:
Dec 27, 2014
Ashe! Powerful words here. The transformation we seek…fear to love…mind to heart/soul can’t happen all at once…there is years of conditioning to undo. I love this explanation because it’s reminder that it’s a slow beautiful process so we must be patient and gentle with ourselves..honor & celebrate the small shifts.
“that means you have to face them, feel them, and decode them, which most of us dread.” absolutely…and you don’t have to do it all alone. <3 thank you for the beautiful share.
Jocelina says:
Apr 22, 2015
So nice to read your comment here! Forgot your username on instagram but have been wanting to find you to say I also did ayuhuasca, twice! <3
Meg @ Adventures in Verdance says:
Dec 28, 2014
I need to bookmark this and read it frequently. I have such a problem realizing that small shifts lead to big changes. I need to let go and let things take their due course, no matter how impatient I get. Thank you for this post.
Nadine Michel says:
Dec 28, 2014
I want to share the following here: I just came back from some deep healing work in the jungle and the focuse point was fear. Well and now being back I get presented over and over again where these fears used to show up in my daily life, acting, feeling and thinking. And I have to say it is increadable of how many habbits, patterns and thoughts or emotions fear is the base of it. Working through all these fears means feeling them again and living through them again though. Well and this is not a very pleasant place to be in so I started doubting the work I just did.
Werent they ment to be all gone? Wasn’t I ment to be free of all those fears?
But your words just reminded me were I am at in this process. Unlearning the old and replacing it with and learning something new. And this is it. And I dont even need to do much. Just stay present, feel it again, acknowledge it for what it is and making the desicion that this is not how I want to feel or act anymore. And I can see how working the fear and making this desicion brings the construction on top of it – the habbits, patterns etc. the suffering and pain that come from this – slowly fall apart and disappear.
We are not our feelings, thoughts or emotions. So we also are not our fears. We are light and love and we need to learn and allow us to reconnect with this source with OUR source and shine from there.
Thank you do much for your words.
Heather says:
Jan 13, 2015
And thank you for your words also…they are beautiful.
Betsy Harper says:
Dec 28, 2014
i feel like i run into a lot of ‘just do it’ people in regards to their response to personal change… how do you deal with this kind of attitude… i don’t like the ‘fake it till you make it’ thing that seems to be going on lately… i run into a lot of faking people… and they aren’t just faking one thing, but faking everything… are they working on everything and hoping to hold out until they ‘arrive?’ Tell me what you do to respond to these in love for yourself and them…
Ayries says:
Dec 28, 2014
Betsy Harper the beatiful gift you can give yourself is to acknowledge
your judgement of these people. They actually are giving you great insight of trusting
yourself and where you are. And of being true to yourself. Its all good!
Nat says:
Dec 29, 2014
Beautifully written … thank you !
Avesraggiana says:
Dec 29, 2014
I’m waiting for a response from a lover whose heart already belongs to someone else. I’m now waiting, and waiting, and waiting. And the agony of waiting is killing me. I keep checking my phone. Nothing. I keep checking my text messages. Nothing.
It’s all metaphorical for a very ancient, very young belief that someone, SOME ONE, will come for me. Someone out there will come for me, to love me, to make me feel whole, and to make me feel worthwhile. When and how will I ever learn that NO ONE is coming? Not really, not ever.
When and how do I shift so that I know, to the very core of my being that I’m THE ONE I’ve been waiting for all along?
Katharina says:
Dec 29, 2014
@ Avesraggiana: I know this feeling very well. It took and still takes me daily focus and commitment to stay with myself, be content with myself, and stop seeking on the outside for whatever I expect is out there that will make me feel better. I feel that a daily morning meditation, concentrating on the heart, helps me to stay a little more present with myself and letting go of all the expectations. It may also be helpful to ask for the presence of some power you believe in, be it a lightful figure (e.g. Buddha or Jesus) or angels or just light. I feel I can hand over my worries and expectations much better that way. Hope that helps!
John says:
Dec 29, 2014
A wonderful post to wake up to. I have been dealing with this exact circumstance the last three days, and was having trouble articulating it for myself. After spending two months facing pain instead of avoiding it, I started feeling that same “exhaustion” and “varying forms of discomfort.”
Anyone with suggestions on what to do when this includes panic attacks and the overwhelming feeling that I’m going into a permanent catatonic state of anxiety and depression, pushing me to clutch at old habits and thoughts out of fear that I’m losing my mind and intense feelings that if I don’t that I’ll suffer some sort of permanent mental damage? I appreciate any advice.
Elizabeth says:
Dec 31, 2014
John, breathe through it. Ever wonder how wemon give birth? They keep breathing. Also, know that the feeling your having are reactions to being temporarily displaced, on your way to a better place. That’s what helps me. Others have specific rituals to guild and comfort. Like Katharina wrote, you can always ask for help from a higher power.
We are given the time we need to work through these steps. It can be brutal but, this is our life’s work.
Hannah says:
Jan 3, 2015
John,
Now is the time to go towards the light and live from the heart. Be mindful of what makes you feel good: drinking a favorite cup of tea, walking in your favorite park, petting your dog, relaxing (treat yourself!), hanging out with a friend, writing, anything. Whatever makes you feel good and brings joy to your heart, do more of that! Only by radiating positivity and thinking positively can we attract more good feels and vibes into our lives. Get rid of toxic habits or anything negative in your life; by ridding ourselves of the bad, we make room for the better.
Know that you are enough. Know that everything is temporary, and you are in control of your life. Focus on what you want: a more peaceful life? more peaceful mind? If we focus too much on the BAD, we will attract more BAD. The law of attraction states that. Focus on the good and you will attract more of that. Check out the film, The Secret.
Be well. 2015 will hopefully bring more light and love into all of our hearts and lives. :-)
Stay faithful
John says:
Jan 16, 2015
Thanks Elizabeth and Hannah for the very encouraging words. Breathing through it, staying present, and actively seeking joy and goodness in life are very much helping me in this. All things I have pushed away because for many years beleived I somehow didn’t deserve them. Thanks again :)
Johanna says:
Jan 4, 2015
My first time on this web page and the first article I read here. So beautiful, it tangled out and put words on what has happended lately in my life, Thanks..
Tina says:
Jan 5, 2015
I think it’s great you are promoting other peoples hard work.
Latha says:
Jan 5, 2015
What I learnt about fear is, the universe will try to tell us that the fear is nothing by making us to face it. Hence we will try to clear all the fears since we are here to just experience this life.
LaLa says:
Mar 26, 2015
Very timely…thank you
Lea Schmitt-Eschle says:
Apr 8, 2015
I feel I would like to point out the importance of forgiveness and compassion when trying to let go and move on from having to face negative energies inside and out. Forgiving others who have caused you pain and forgiving yourself for your own mistakes can be one of the very important small shifts that lead to being more at peace with the places you find yourself in. Furthermore finding compassion for the very aspects of yourself that are making you struggle through difficult changes can be a very powerful tool on your way, too.
Nathalie says:
Apr 25, 2015
Thank you … this comes at a perfect time for me – I am experiencing exactly that :)
chanda says:
May 8, 2015
this aptly describes what has happened with me…never could put it in words..As u said; Silence has engulfed me and an in state of total surrender to the higher will
Don’t understand why life still goes on without any purpose
Cecelia says:
May 25, 2015
This is a very powerful message. Thank you MAMMA MYSTIC ! I was just talking about my shift of being an observer of when the negative mind chatter occurs, those potentially self-sabotaging behaviors (fear) that can prevent me from moving forward. Thankfully, I’ve/I’m moving through the fears to a more self-actualizing state of being. The pain has been significant but necessary for major shifts to occur. Again, Thank you!
Dave says:
Jul 29, 2015
It feels to me that on this thread that we are walking each other home, with discernment without judgement. Lovers unite!
Mae says:
May 26, 2016
Bueautiful, thank you!