Entries in self-mastery (29)
Realize higher dimensions of life
Notice to know the higher dimensions of life, one must have a consistent sense and vibration of peace and joy in one's being. This requires self-mastery of desire, emotion and impulses. Tuning into higher dimensions means you can receive, hold, translate and decode higher dimensions of energy. The kind of spiritual growth that moves humanity into higher vibrational states and allows interdimensional travel will ultimately transform our carbon-based body into spiritual form. This process unites 3-D existence with what we are taught is the afterlife dimension. This will end the mental process of birth and death and transform our reality in ways unfathomable to the conditioned human mind. The Truth can only be known and felt directly. Reflect on this mantra:
Everyday, I am expanding my own perception of reality
I am open to new ideas and ways of thinking
I am breathing alignment into my body
I am pure awareness
I am expanding consciousness
I am wise, complex, intelligent
I am guided toward my true destiny and highest potential
The entire universe exists in every cell of my body
My life is unfolding perfectly
I am surrendering to what is
I flow with the natural movement of life
I trust I am exactly where I need to be right now
I am divinely guided and I am safe
I am awakening to my own wholeness and love
I am here for myself with love and compassion
I am activating love and compassion within me
I am balanced masculine and feminine energy
I am awakening to the depth and love of my own being.
I am God
I am All
I am noself
I am Nothing and Everything Now
Moving beyond boredom
There is a Zen teaching story about a student who comes to the Master and tells him, "I'm getting really bored with just feeling my breath coming in and going out all the time. Don't you have a meditation practice that is more exciting?"
The Zen Master replied, "Well, yes. You are now ready for a greater teaching. Follow me." And so, the Master led the student into a courtyard and approached a large barrel of water. "Gaze into the barrel," said the Master. As the student eagerly leaned over and peered in, the Zen Master suddenly pushed the student's head into the water. Being quite strong, the Master was able to hold the student under the water for quite a while, even though the student struggled desperately.
Finally, the Master let the student come up for air, and as the student gasped the Master asked, "So... is that breath boring?"
We are often taught to crave drama and struggle, yet do we really need them? We are also taught to believe the breath is "nothing special." After all, it happens without us. However, as we pay closer attention to the breath, recall what it is to breathe consciously, we move beyond boredom, into what we deny or overlook. In fact, as we focus on the breath, we engage in what truly matters, and what we seek is 'in plain sight' or 'in plain breath'.
While breathing exercises are growing in popularity, the rhythm of the breath itself is a language that can be decoded. Insight we gain has potential to positively impact our lives. What is it you desire most? To reclaim power? find new confidence? Be more accepting of who you are?
It is as if the answer or solution we seek has hidden Itself in the most obvious place. What are we ready to see about the nature of our choices? Which stage of awareness are we willing to reach?
Retrain your body to breathe
Everyone breathes but as it is, very few people breathe fully or make connections betweeen how they breathe and their day-to-day behaviours, addictions or other issues. No wonder retraining the body to breathe is gaining momentum and growing more popular than basic yoga or meditation. When ready, a range of breathwork practices enter your scope.
Why take steps to decode our breath? It reveals much about the state of our bio-psycho-social health and empowers us to take responsibility for our lives on a whole new level. Breathing training boosts lung volume and prevents the loss of respiratory capacity. It helps us connect emotions with breathing rhythm and heart rate. What if we could strengthen our posture, heart and spinal health? Breathwork makes us more flexible and resilient and it facilitates the body’s natural self-healing powers. Ready to dive right in?
What if I highlight that breathwork helps us to heal tension, manage chronic pain, fear, depression and anxiety disorders when drugs and other traditional methods are ineffective? It improves our moods, emotions, and sleep states. In addition, breathwork helps us to expand awareness, confidence, intuition, self-esteem, self-appreciation, and self-love and acceptance.
Further, gaining insight into the breath supports heart health and boosts mental health. It allows us to hack into our immune system, our nervous system and our brain, to reclaim or regain control over issues such as high blood pressure, inflammation, asthma, chronic stress, chronic fatigue, and a variety of addictions.
Conscious Breathing techniques trigger the release of opioids (natural pain killers and anti-depressants), as well as dopamine and serotonin (“happy and calming” hormones—neurotransmitters of pleasure, motivation and memory). And they also reduce cortisol levels (the stress hormone) the repeated release of which can itself become addictive.
And what about eating disorders? breathing training helps improve digestion and it supports weight loss. Ever wonder where our weight goes as we lose it? Studies show that most of that weight is eliminated through the breath!
So how do we discover the nature of our habits? Poor breathing habits, especially in children, are known to cause unhealthy development and disturbing changes in facial muscles, joints, bones, and teeth alignment. Our ancestors had naturally healthy breathing habits, and they all had straight teeth! So, even the state of our teach is a clue to our breathing habits and deeper issues that may be unconscious!
Many people also ask whether breathwork can assist with healing emotional issues. Breathwork training clears stale stagnant energy from our system. It helps us to access, manage and release suppressed emotions, to control our nervous system and alter our brainwaves. We can recall how this feels and tune into the natural rhythm by retraining the body to breathe. Breathing properly allows us to relax and energize ourselves on demand. What if engaging in breathwork could change our vibration, outlook and attitude? Even a spark of curiosity arising prompts one to explore this more. Get ready to uncover the unexpected, experience life more fully and breath in ways that enable feeling more alive.
3 Tips to get through rough spots
Every human being is familliar with bumps in the road of life. These bumps take shape as mental challenges, physical adversity or emotional rollercoasters that involve anger, fear, sadness and grief, shame or intense energies with no labels. Challenges threaten any facit of your sense of identity; safety, security or stability, mourning (death) or loss of connection. When ready to step back and see with new eyes and an open heart, reflect on these 5 tips;
1. See everyone as a mirror
Everyone you encounter is inviting you to get intimate with yourself so you understand hidden emotional triggers. How you respond to people who describe their difficulties (or complain) echoes your relationship with your true self. Notice what you accept, resist or reject, what evokes self-love or self-loathing. You may hear yourself saying, "what do you mean? I simply wish to offer support or help someone I know going through a rough period in their own life. How do I best do it?" The simple answer is; stop seeing separation between you and other. That is key.
2. Get grounded
The best way to help others (and yourself) is to help them focus on their bodies and being present to this moment. This is especially useful if you get emotionally triggered by people who focus energy on what perpetuates negativity. Acknowledge discomfort is part of a process of self-acceptance. It is valuable to shift attention from memories (past) to current situation and blessings in being here. Grounding helps manage emotional pain because it highlights pain is linked to an emotional memory and has no power to hurt in this moment. Being here now is a way to reclaim inner power. Pain is physical and suffering is mental.
3. Reconnection
Deepening connection is the ultimate life purpose. You may assume facing adversity or natural disaster is required to shift priorities, view reality differently. Imagine seeing your stories for what they are, exploring and healing related trauma so it no longer controls your unconscious behaviour or projections. This invites you to find new meaning or lessons in everyone you meet and every experience you have. Notice whether you are pro-active or reactive to experience. You can reach a place where you only view problems as a figment of the imagination and watch them miraculously work themselves out. Watch what happens as you realize any grief or loss you feel is not for a perceived other but a loss of connection with your truest self. Reconnecting or deepening intimacy with others requires you first get to know yourself, your unconscious patterns and emotions on a very intimate level. Self-mastery is pure freedom.