hang on to your hats!
as my loyal readers know, i’m a great believer in the monty python dictum that people are not wearing enough hats, and all that goes with that. and as we enter this new year, which promises to be the most action packed yet, i want to relax a bit and settle into that sensation of dipping into the river of life, and letting the pace of life dictate the pace of my life, stop pushing the river, take my effing time already. it’s going to be a long year, all 52 weeks of it. so let’s stretch out, and use our time for the primary function it was thought up for in the first place: to stop everything from happening all at once!
for madmen only
so this is the year of self healing, and with that theme in mind, i want to break down a bit how this is going to work for the next 52 weeks, reveal some of the method behind the madness, and introduce you to a few of my guides.
first things first
for the next 52 weeks i am going to work on one healing agent per week to serve as a theme for monday mornings and the week to come. i’ve begun building the list, and continued adding to it, and i’m still soliciting ideas for healing agents to add to the list, and for this week, we are going to work with the theme of finding a vision of ourselves in wholeness and light. we’ll elaborate on that in a bit.
second things second
so this is what creative lifestyles is all about. i’m a healer and this blog is all about adventures in healing. it’s an introduction to what i do and how it works and how it can be helpful for you. that requires a couple of things:
- i have to be clear about what i mean by healing.
- i have to be clear about how my particular healing modality operates.
- i have to offer examples.
- i have to offer things you can take with you and try on for size, like virtual hats!
- i have to do all of this at a pace that matches the pace of actual healing.
we’ll elaborate on all those points as well.
third things third
as events warrant, i will be introducing you to a variety of guides whom i have found useful throughout the years, hopefully in context and hopefully in a way that you can use without needing follow the links, which of course will give you the opportunity to deepen your experience with anyone you feel a resonance with.
with no further ado…
totally ditching linearity, let’s just dive into this week and once we’ve surfaced i can clear up anything that seems to need a little bit of extra clarity. and once again: we’ve got a whole year for this project, and a lifetime of years ultimately. there is no rush. maybe that is a meta-theme. and enough with that.
theme of the week!
as i mentioned, this week is dedicated to finding a vision of ourselves in wholeness and light. which tells us a lot about my vision of what healing is all about: wholeness and light! and shining light on our dark hidden places when that is appropriate. gently. with kindness. ooh! two more things to add to my list of healing agents! and without digressing too much, i do want to add that i am highly influenced in matters of time and sequence, and what to do when, by dan furst, who seems to have made a life adventure out of exploring these very things.
and of course, it is always appropriate when starting out on any journey, to begin with a vision. and a journey of self healing would then quite easily lend itself to a vision of wholeness and light. so this week i am dedicating myself to looking at everything i do through these particular eyes, and to spending some good time just visioning myself as whole, and filled with light. in this way i set the tone for just what the heck i am hoping to accomplish with this year: moving myself into a space of more wholeness, more light; less division, less shadow.
and what the heck does that mean?
well slow down and watch the river flow for a moment. wholeness is simply being and accepting all that you are. letting go of the denial of the parts of yourself that you don’t like. accepting everything about yourself. seeing it. and ditto for all the parts of yourself that you can’t quite believe are really true, because deep down inside you know you are not that good. it involves letting go of judgement about yourself and seeing and accepting yourself as you are.
so that’s a tall order. it ain’t going to happen in a week. and that’s why i call it a vision, rather than the vision. this is just a starting point. an opportunity to see yourself a little more completely, a little more deeply. to acknowledge all of your hopes and dreams, your wishes and fears. and to let that vision be filled with light. maybe you can think of this as seeing yourself the way a parent sees a young child…before the darkness sets in.
of course you have the whole year to make the journey into the vision. for this week, i am just going to keep my eyes open and bask in the view. i’ll work with my morning routine of filling three blank sheets of paper with a flow of unedited thought, followed by 15 minutes of heart meditation, wrapped up in a pretty package of 5 minutes of creative visualization, which is the opportunity to see myself as i most desire to be.
that’s the whole package for this week
yep. pretty simple. just setting a tone and a resonance for the year. starting out with a positive vision and then moving on from there. and of course there is the friday afternoon update! in which i fill you in on the ups and downs and all arounds of the week…in which i give you an example of hoiw this whole thing works. because in general it’s not nice to talk about the people i work with. something about client confidentiality, the right to expose yourself on your own volition, etc.
of course, if you are playing along and you want to expose yourself of your own volition, please feel free to use the comments section of the mmm! or the fau! there is power to growing up in public, as long as its a choice you make for yourself.
