Peace With The Self - Releasing The Past

Over the course of many years working with many people, one of the things that holds us back from our true power, our true selves, is the past history that we carry with us. Whether this is a past life, or happening in the current life, the past holds us back.

For many of us, the past is full of fear. Fear of being hurt again, fear of releasing old wounds.

The wounds stay buried. In our subconscious and unconscious portions of us. The wounds still hold us hostage as we try to move forward in life.

Many times, we follow our minds rather than our hearts and our intuition. The mind will see a situation and stimulate the old wounds.

Take the following example. As a child, the client felt that their mother or father was not there for them. There may have been feelings of abandonment, hurt taking place at that time. As the child grew, the child learned coping mechanisms to deal with this hurt.

However, this hurt will still surface in many situations. Take for example a simple meeting for dinner with a friend. The meeting is schduled for 6:00 pm. The name I will use for the hurt child is John.

The friend is late due to unavoidable traffic. John gets to the restaurant on time. Starts to wait.

As he is waiting, within 15 minutes, he starts to get anxious. Nervous tension takes over.

Did his friend, Bill forget the meeting? Why is he late?

What is happening is that his fear has now surfaced. His feelings are once more recurring that he felt as a child and his anger starts to rise.

Bill finally arrives at the restaurant 20 minutes late. By the time he arrives John is ready for him and barrages him with questions.

Why are you late?

Could you not call me?

You are so inconsiderate.

Did you not have a cell phone?

Why didn't you leave earlier if you knew traffic would be heavy?

And the questions go on and on. Bill then becomes defensive, trying to explain.

What usually happens is that by the time they sit down to have dinner, they are uncomfortable.

Rather than having a nice relaxing evening together sharing, they are full of resentment. The past has now come into play - a past that has not been resolved.

It is time to heal our pasts. To heal the past hurts, to resolve them. It is time to bring these to the forefront so that they no longer have the power to sabotage us.

The time is now - let the healing begin. It is time to be at peace with our spiritual souls and allow our futures to unfold before us.

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