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Seeking your Spirit

Many have reached the point of soul searching for various reasons. Some came to this when all else seemed helpless and they felt like they hit rock bottom. For others, it was due to some traumatic event in their life whether due to the loss of someone, abuse, addiction, etc. For whatever the reason, in order to go forward, you must also go backwards. You cannot seek your truths if you are laden with heavy burdens such as guilt, anger, revenge, hate, etc. I wish to share with you a few visualization exercises I was taught to overcome these. I don't just use these once. I have to continue to use them to overcome them. We are human and we will fall to anger, hate, guilt, etc and we must continue to overcome these obstacles in order to let out spirit grow.

1st ask yourself, what has brought you to this crossroad in your life. Has something happened to bring you here. Some will say no and for others the answer will be yes.  Do not hide your feelings for when you do they will only manifest in other ways. What helped me, was to write down all my negative feelings on separate pieces of paper. If I was mad at someone, I would write that down and why. Each piece of paper contained all my negative thoughts and any pain I felt. I was quite astounded at all the negative feelings I felt and had tucked away till I started writing them down.  Sometimes this can be quite painful when you have to look inside yourself and see and feel things you had locked away. But in facing them, we learn to heal our souls. You must also understand that seeking your spirit does not mean you have to be of a certain religion or even believe in God (or whatever name you may call him/her).  We all go to the doctor to heal our bodies but who do we go to, to heal our spirit? Your spirit is separate from your body but also one with it. When your physical body dies, your spirit lives on. When your physical body is ill but your spirit body is healthy, you can endure almost anything and your spirit will see you through.

This technique worked for me but you will have to decide what works for you. But you do have to get rid of the negativity in you as you can't let your spirit grow if you are carrying around a heavy burden of hate, anger, revenge, hurt, etc. It's much easier to feel anger, hate, revenge than it is to forgive and love. Forgiveness and love is something we have to work at every day but the reward we get when we forgive and love is far greater than what we feel when we hate and seek revenge.