Quickening: Rhythms of Change
Self Mastery is a very personal experience. When conveyed through inspirational stories, others create their own mastery; and that's really good news!

April 29, 2009

Self Mastery: Expansion or Escape?

I learned about backdoors several years ago through a friend and spiritual teacher here in town. Her methods were a bit Zen-like and often unorthodox, yet she brought much to light in terms of shadow material and responsibility levels. She frequently asked this question: "what are your back doors?" Until that time, I'd never even thought about the possibility of a back door!

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Musings & Meditations

   "...our spiritual consciousness unconsciously plumbs its own depths by exposing itself to situations that alter its inner structure."

Holger Kalweit, author of "Dreamtime & Inner Space: the World of the Shaman."



Awareness & Alchemy

Breathe into your feet from the center of the Earth while simultaneously breathing into the top of your head from the center of the Universe. Continue to inhale, bringing the energy of both Earth and Cosmos into your heart center. Exhale out through the heart into your whole body, including fingers and toes. Focus for a few days on filling your body this way. How do you feel? Try the same breath cycle holding the intention of unconditional compassion. When you've mastered the breathing coupled with compassion for yourself, then spend some time focusing on and filling your energy field, and finally allowing the energy of unconditional compassion to ride on the breath, out into the World. Do this regularly to bring consciousness into the physical body and to build your pranic field.



Enlightenments & Education

Opening to Spirit: Exploring Ceremony, Healing and Intuition through movement, visualization and breath. Join me on a journey into the unknown. Take an energetic trip into your female creative space, embracing your own rhythms as you in tune into the vibration of the divine feminine. Open your body to the Goddess. Explore and heal yourself, walking the road to self-mastery. This online program, complete with exercises for meditation, movement, journaling and art, will be emailed to you weekly for six consecutive weeks. You can begin any time you like, studying in your own home. Cost: $33. Companion workbook and CD’s for this program will be available on this website soon. Click here for more information on Opening to Spirit workshops or to purchase the program.

Also, check out the book, "Evolve Your Brain," by Joe Dispenza; it's full of information about the "Science of Changing your Mind."



Keystones & Kingpins

This month’s featured product is an adaptogen blend which assists the body (including mental and emotional aspects) to achieve and sustain balance. Great for stressful times and every day maintenance. Stress is the root cause of most illness and disease, creating acidosis, inflammation and related physiological issues. It also sets the stage for mental and emotional reactivity. Support all of your systems with a strong nutritional foundation that locks-in the necessary nutritional components, helping you to sustain higher levels of adaptability in any circumstance. Click here for more info on adaptagens and to purchase products.



Conservation Concerns

I saved over 700 gallons of water last month by using a sink tub to soak and rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Here's how: begin each morning with an empty tub; lightly scrape and rinse the first dishes of the day, filling the tub part way with the rinse water used; let those dishes soak until the debris is cleared away. Continue soaking and rinsing through the day, adding a little water as needed each time until the tub is full. At the end of the day or when the tub is full of dishes move them to the dishwasher. You can run the dishwasher as little as once a week without the concern of dried-up food. More water is saved using a dishwasher than washing by hand. Use the dirty tub water to run the garbage disposal!



Self Mastery: Expansion or Escape?

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Now I see how creative I am when running from my shadow and have begun to systematically shut those backdoors as they come into view. Last month I closed three big ones: 1) travel to foreign lands; 2) shopping for Irish real estate online; and 3) leasing a building for my non-existent business! As my teacher said, "We are all experiential junkies!"

Backdoors are escape routes; they are addictive behaviors designed to help us feel more comfortable, distracting us from our truth, whatever that is as it relates to our growth in the moment. Like watching television, compulsive eating , buying books that remain unread, even chatting on the telephone incessantly, we are great at finding many forms of distraction. What are yours?

In your quest for self mastery, you gradually become fully responsible, appointing yourself as creator of your own reality and what you manifest within it. First, it's about practical responsibility for your body, emotions and thoughts, how you interact with people and circumstances. Sustained responsibility is the gateway to higher levels of consciousness and enlightenment. Without it, these places are not accessible.

If you are interested in self-mastery, please check out our courses at the Energetic Connection. You can take a full 6 or 12-week course, or you can take bite-sized pieces, enrolling in a single session.