FACE THE FEAR AND RUN

 

                                               ACCEPT THE SITUATION

                         BELOW ARE THE STEPS I SHARED WITH LANCE. FOLLOW THEM TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SHOWING UP FOR YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENTS.

                           STEP 1 : RECOGNIZE THE ASSIGNMENT AND CALL IT BY ITS NAME

                        THE FIRST STEP IS TO WITNESS THAT WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A TERRIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION IS ACTUALLY A UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WITNESS YOUR CRAZINESS AND CALL IT BY ITS NAME FEAR. THEN ACCEPT THAT THE FEAR HAS SHOWN UP IN THIS WAY AS A DIVINE ASSIGNMENT FOR HEALING AND GROWTH.

                         TAKE A DEEP, HONEST LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT'S CAUSING YOU PAIN, AND IDENTIFY ALL THE WAYS THAT THE PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS TRIGGERING YOUR FEAR-BASED BELIEFS. HONOR YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE STRENGTH TO WITNESS THIS INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM IT. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF FOR SEEING IT AS AN ASSIGNMENT.

                      TRUST THAT IF YOU WEREN'T READY TO ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN OPENED THIS BOOK! BY CHOOSING TO READ A BOOK LIKE THIS, YOU UNCONSCIOUSLY SIGNED A SACRED CONTRACT THAT SAID YOU'RE READY TO GO BIG, YOU'RE READY TO HEAL, AND YOU'RE READY TO BE FREE.

                                                                   STEP 2

                        ACCEPT THAT YOU CANNOT AVOID THE ASSIGNMENT

                      THE SECOND STEP IS ALL ABOUT ACCEPTING THAT YOU CAN'T AVOIDE THE ASSIGNMENT - YOU CAN ONLY POSTPONE IT. IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT TODAY, IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT ITSELF IN NEW RELATIONSHIP AND EXPERIENCES. IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP FOR IT, IT WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU. 

                    YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES IN THIS SITUATION: THE FIRST CHOICE  IS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW FEAR -F EVERYTHING AND RUN. SOMETIMES THAT MAY FEEL LIKE THE SAFEST OPTION. TRUST ME - IT'S NOT. RUNNING FROM FEAR IS LIKE RUNNING AROUND A TRACK. YOU'LL INEVITABLY WIND UP BACK IN THE SAME PLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YOU TRULY ACCEPT IT.

                                        STEP 3 : HONOR YOUR FEELINGS

                        SHOWING UP FOR THE UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT REQUIRES YOUR WILLINGNESS TO FEEL THE PAIN IT TRIGGERS SO YOU CAN HEAL FROM THE PAST. MANY FOLKS ON A SPIRITUAL PATH SKIP THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STEP. IT'S EASY TO THROW AN AFFIRMATION ON TOP OF YOUR FEAR OR TRY TO WILL IT AWAY. BUT UNDERNEATH ALL OUR DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE ARE UNFELT ANGER, RESENTMENT, AND FEAR. 

                 THE PRACTICE OF HEALING LONG-HELD SUFFERING BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUFFERING IS THERE. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO WITNESS YOUR RAGE, YOUR ANGER, AND YOUR HIDDEN RESENTMENT . IN CHAPTER 2 WE REVISITED THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROJECTING INTO YOUR LIFE. NOW TAKE SOME TIME TO HONOR THE FEELINGS INTO YOUR LIFE. NOW TAKE SOME TIME TO HONOR THE FEELINGS THAT LIVE BELOW THOSE STORIES. UNDERNEATH ALL YOUR FEAR-BASED PROJECTION ARE DEEP, HIDDEN WOUNDS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF FEELING THAT OLD PAIN. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE PAIN OF FEELINGS THAT OLD PAIN. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE PAIN TO BE PRESENT, YOU PROJECT IT INTO OTHER PEOPLE, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. THE FEARFUL PART OF YOUR MIND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DISTRACT YOU FROM FEELING THIS PAIN - BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU START TO FEEL IT IS THE MOMENT YOU START TO HEAL IT. WE CLING TO FEAR OUT OF HABIT. 

                  WE'RE CONVINCED THAT IT'S SAFER TO DENY OUR UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS. BUT WHAT WE REPRESS WILL PERSIST NO MATTER HOW GOOD WE GET AT AVOIDING IT. WHILE IT MAY SEEM TERRIFYING TO FACE OUR DEEPEST WOUNDS, THERE IS ALWAYS FREEDOM ON THE OTHER SIDE.

                    WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND OPEN UP SPIRITUALLY, YOU MAY BECOME EVEN MORE AWARE OF THE WAYS YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING TRUE HEALING. YOU MAY SEE HOW YOUR ADDICTIVE PATTERNS HAVE MASKED YOUR FEELINGS OR HOW YOUR HIGH-STRUNG ENERGY MADE YOU MOVE SO FAST THAT YOU NEVER SLOWED DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO FEEL. THESE BEHAVIORS ARE AN UNCONSCIOUS FORM OF RESISTANCE.

                TRUE HEALING OCCURS WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO FEEL WHATEVER FEELINGS LIVE BELOW THE TRIGGERS. RATHER THAN ENDING THE RELATIONSHIP, LEAVING THE JOB, OR OTHERWISE AVOIDING THE ASSIGNMENTS, SHOW UP FOR THEM FULLY THE COMPLETELY BY ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FEEL AT THE PAIN AND RAGE.

                WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT YOU'RE TRIGGERED BY YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT, BREATHE INTO THE PAIN. FEELING THE PAIN ALLOWS IT TO PASS THROUGH YOU, AND STRIPS AWAY ITS POWER. LETTING YOURSELF FEEL THE PAIN RELEASES YOU FROM FEARING IT. RATHER THAN ACTING OUT OR POURING ALL YOUR ENERGY INTO AVOIDING DISCOMFORT, YOU CAN JUST FEEL. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN TRULY EMBRACE THE UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT AND HEAL THE PATTERN FOR GOOD.

                 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS YOU GO DEEPER INTO THIS WORK, YOU MAY BEGIN TO UNCOVER FEELINGS OR MEMORIES THAT CAN BE DISORIETING. OFTEN TRAUMATIC MEMORIES OR SENSATIONS CAN COME TO THE SURFACE WHEN YOU DO DEEP FEELING WORK. BE MINDFUL OF THIS , AND IF ANY POINT YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THESE FEELINGS, DONT' HESITATE YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THESE FEELINGS, DON'T HESITATE TO SEEK THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.

                IF YOU FEEL SAFE TO HONOR YOUR FEELINGS, THEN YOU CAN BEGIN WITH THIS SIMPLE MEDITATION. THE GUIDED MEDITATION AUDIO CAN BE FOUND HERE GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE. THE RESOURCES LIKE ALSO INCLUDES A LIST OF THERAPISTS. COACHES, AND SUPPORT GROUPS THAT CAN HELP YOU IF YOU NEED TO ADDRESS TRAUMA.

               SIT IN A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SPACE WITH NO DISTRACTIONS, BREATHE IN AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE PAIN, ANGER, RESENTMENT, AND FEAR LIVE IN YOUR BODY. THEN PLACE YOUR HANDS INTO THIS AREA OF YOUR BODY, BRINGING ENERGY AND ATTENTION TO IT.''

                  BREATHE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY INTO THIS AREA OF YOUR BODY, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FEEL THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT DWELLS IN THAT PLACE.

               CONTINUE TO BRETHE DEEPLY INTO THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. BE LOVING AND GENTLE WITH YOURSELF AS YOU EXPLORE THE DEPTHS OF THESE FEELINGS.

               ON EVERY EXHALE RELEASE THE PAIN.

               AS YOU BREATHE DEEPER INTO THE DISCOMFORT, YOU'LL BEGIN TO FEEL  IT DISSIPATE. THE TENSION IN YOUR BODY WILL RELEASE, AND YOU'LL START TO RELAX.

              CONTINUE THIS PRACITCE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO FEEL A SENSE OF                             RELIEF.

             AS SOON AS YOU EEL THE TENSION SUBSIDE, BREATHE IN DEEPLY AND EXHALE A SIGH OF RELIEF. CONTINUE THIS BREATH FOR ONE MINUTE.

            THEN TAKE A DEEP BRETH INTO THE PLACE IN YOUR BODY WHERE YOU WERE FEELING PAIN. HOLD YOUR BREATHE FOR A MOMENT WHILE YOU GENTLY PRESS YOUR HANDS INTO THAT PLACE. ENVISION A BALL OF GOLDEN LIGHT, POURING INTO THIS SPACE IN YOUR BODY. ON THE EXHALE RELEASE.

            TAKE ONE LAST DEEP BREATH IN AND RELEASE. 

             WHEN YOU'RE READY, OPEN YOUR EYES. 

              THIS MEDITATION CAN GIVE YOU A NEWFOUND SENSE OF FREEDOM AND WILL HELP YOU FACE YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT WITH EASE. PRACTICE IT DAILY, OR EVEN MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO EMBRACE THE PLAIN AND DSCOMFORT. YOU MAY GET SO GREAT AT IT THAT YOU CAN SIMPLY FEEL YOUR FEELINGS IN STILLNESS FOR ONE TO TWO MINUTES AND FIND GREAT RELIEF FROM THE HIDDEN RAGE, ANGER, AND PAIN.

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