Illness and the Spiritual Warrior

Most people don't want to hear or acknowledge this, but we make our own dis-ease. Our physical bodies are the densest part of our being, but there are more subtle aspects to our being that are inseparable from us and our energy system, commonly known as an aura. Our aura is a layered complex system in which emotion and thought travel via energy pathways throughout the body. When we have unresolved emotions and negative thoughts that arise, they become part of our energy system. Unless they are healed, they begin to have a negative effect on the energy system and eventually manifest in the physical body as dis-ease. From muscular tightness/tension to cancer, we create our own dis-ease.

Yes, there can be effects from our environment, but the body is self-healing and will typically manage those conditions quite well if we are living our lives on purpose and with purpose. Healthy choices are a must, enough sleep, organically grown whole foods, exercise, clean and chemical free water, as well as other preventive health practices.

In order to prevent dis-eases caused by our own emotional states and negative thoughts/beliefs self-awareness, aself-inquiry tprocess that offers us the time and the space to challenge and overcome limiting beliefs, a willingness to feel deeply and process completely our emotions, and regular natural healing practices including meditation, contemplation and prayer are all necessary.

As we come to take more responsibility for ourselves, we come to see that all that disturbs us comes from within Mastering ourselves is the path of the Spiritual Warrior.

Courage

Step outside the box, try something you wouldn't normally try. It's fun, it's practice, it builds courage, you will see. Your heart doesn't steer you wrong. If it feels like a calling or a longing, try it. Courage is the ability to step through fear. The other side of Courage is Inertia. Affirm to yourself "I move forward." Each day take a step toward your goal, no matter how large or small, the small steps add up over time.

Courage builds like a snowball on a hill, momentum helps, practice courageous acts daily. You define them from within, it is as simple as one small step out of your comfort zone toward something your heart longs for. Do it for your Souls survival, it is shrinking, the light is dimming. Courageous acts light the flame of your own Soul. Brighten your flame each day by reaching out to the world around you, share your gifts, your talents, your desires to learn and grow. You will find happiness in this expanded you and joy will fill your heart.

Fear

Fear, that feeling that creeps up inside causing us to...shake in our boots...get butterflies in our stomach...experience contraction in our muscles. Yes, you know that feeling, the one that makes our hands cold and clammy, creates a bead of sweat when its not hot in the room, and causes us to feel tired even when we've had enough sleep. It could be fear of failure, fear of success, fear of the unknown, fear of change, fear of things remaining the same, it doesn't matter, in a way, it's all the same. Fear is a construct of the ego, the emotion that keeps us small.

Fear is the memory of pain from the past that gives rise to dislikes of the ego in the present that are then projected into the future. Fear is a core emotion that calls us toward healing the past. Fear can not be healed simply by avoiding what it is outside of us that seems to be creating the feeling within us. That is just another trap of the ego. Fear is created within and must be healed from within. To heal, go within, understand what it is that has given rise to the fear, challenge it, come to understand what is at the core of it. Challenge it. Move forward by bringing that information and the feelings to your own heart to be burned in the fire of love. When we surround our fears with love, fears dissolve enabling us to detach from them. As we detach and find unconditional love, we will begin to see fear as our greatest teacher.

Acceptance

When we are fully in the moment with the Truth of who we are, our life situations, and what we are being shown/given in the present moment without judgement, criticism or the uncomfortable need (anxiety) to change it, we are in acceptance. We must be in acceptance before we can successfully begin to shift or change out of the current circumstances in our lives. Acceptance is the energetic spring-board for our growth. It is what gives us the ability and freedom to move forward in our lives with ease and grace. If we have not come into acceptance and attempt to move forward without it, we will feel resistance and somehow get caught up in other energies that bring us back to the circumstances that we wish to get out of. This is the Universes way of supporting our Spirit in resolving the issue at hand through learning and soul growth. Acceptance is not resignation or in any way a decision to settle for less. We can want more for ourselves and be in acceptance of what is today. Acceptance comes at the end of the struggle to learn a lesson, it means you have been able to get real and have been able to lay all the cards out on the table for viewing. You have been able to look at the hand that has been dealt and be at peace inside, for you have already processed all of the emotions the circumstance triggered...When you can want more for yourself from this place, you know you have finally come into acceptance and will surely attract more of what you are looking for.

To reach acceptance one must do the necessary self-inquiry and emotional work (surrender to what is and feel the feelings, letting the emotions flow) that precedes this state of grace, acceptance. It must be remembered that the energy of acceptance, like all things in the universe, is dynamic and we may move into and out of this state many times before we completely move beyond the experience at hand. As the nuances of the learning unfold each piece of the unfolding may bring us face to face with emotions that must be worked through before the next phase of acceptance can ensue. This seeming dance should not be taken as failure, but instead as part of the natural process and unfolding of life. It is to be remembered that it is only denial and resistance to feeling and being with the full experience of the moment that prevents shifting into surrender and finally into acceptance. As with all things, acceptance comes in Divine Time.