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Releasing Pain from Your EnergyBody
The Process of Releasing Pain from Your Energy Body
Today's topic is probably one of the more critically important topics
in my mind. This is in large part because most people have never
had a big release of pain from their energy. So they don't know what
that feels like. In a world that is increasingly focused on avoiding
uncomfortable things or only doing uncomfortable things with clearphysical world benefits, this is a brand new space. It's easy to
misinterpret things as going wrong when they may actually be
healing.
In these interests, I'm going to share with you my experiences with
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releasing pain from my energy body and what I've learned from
these many experiences. Hopefully, you can better understand your
own energy and your own healing and/or awakening process.
The Big Bang Comes and Goes: Embodiment and HealingAccelerate
If you've had a bigspiritual awakening, you probably got to surf onthese waves of bliss or profound inner stillness. Everyone has
slightly different qualities to their awakenings, but generally
speaking, it feels good. It's like getting your first full cup of pure
water after being in the desert. However, your capacity to drink and
hold this water of life is very limited. You have no practice in
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holding it in your space. So when the gallon jug of water comes
next, you don't think you can drink another drop. You feel filled to
your bursting limit, and burst you will.
Breaking Down of the Ego and Pain Structures
A lot of our lives are full of these "pain structures." These are the
relationships, jobs, tasks, and patterns that only serve to keep pain
in our lives. Probably an easy one to identify with is co-dependence.
This can keep an individual chained to an unhealthy and/or
abusive relationship because the individual doesn't think s/he can
make it on their own. With an awakening, that belief is being
dissolved or may be completely destroyed. It's different for everyone.
But now the individual has to learn how to live in a healthy
relationship. The individual has to learn how to be with healthy (or
at least healthier) people. This often brings aboutwaves of new
individuals through the person's lifeas the individual embodies
more of the awakening, i..e. as the person is more able to live from
this space of awakening on a daily basis. One wave of people will
come; you'll learn the lessons; and then they'll leave. Then the next
group of people will come. It will take a lot of focused dedication,
and the old ego pattern of holding onto relationships simply won't
work and may be intensely painful.
Because anywhere the old ego is still holding on, you're going to feel
suffering. The ego is perpetuating the split inside you that keeps
you disconnected from yourself and from God because in
awakening, the two are really the same. We are all part of God.. We
are all connected. The ego's story is always about "I" and being
"separate" from others. It's not that we don't make our own choices,
but we are so intensely interdependent that the story of
independence really becomes laughable. And sometimes,laughter
will be the best medicineeven if you are laughing painfully at
yourself.
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Connecting, Healing, Releasing, and Expanding Further
With all that said, there is a tidal wave of energy that comes to you
in awakening. This tidal wave is you--the fullness of you. In many
ways, you are being overwhelmed by you, but let's take it one smallstep at a time whenever possible. One of the first most important
steps is to tune into your needs, how your energy feels, and your
cycles for expansion. I've found that I go through cycles of
expansion and contraction, and while these cycles are tapering off
these days, for several years, there would be these times of
expansion in my awareness and opportunities and new
relationships. Then there would be contraction as relationships
completed, and I'd shrink down to the lowest energy level that Inaturally hold. This is a great gift, and it's something that I can't
emphasize enough. When you can't do much and nothing externally
is working, this is the time to see where you are still holding pain
and issues. These are where you core issues are still chaining you
to old unhealthy ways of living. What is it that you find here sitting
at the bottom of the well?
Then if you clear this intentionally with love and awareness, the
next expansion can be even fuller and wider. It will go until you get
pulled back into a contraction by the next set of chains that are still
latched on to you.
The Intensity Builds and Something Breaks Open
A lot of times for my students who aren't in this space, I talk about
letting the energy build up inside. This can make you feel like apressure cooker. For each person this is different. If you are used to
100 degrees, then 110 feels like a pressure cooker. If you are used
to 150 degrees, then 110 doesn't feel like much of anything. Each
level of healing and release takes different pressure.
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For instance, you may know how to let go of relationships, so that
may be easier for you than another person. So the next level of
pressure will require you to let go of relationships, a job, and a
living space all at once. Those reflections in the external world
during this specific time frame are often reflections of the innerchanges going on. And you will also have to stayed tuned into what
you need to do in terms of self-care beyond these outer world
changes. Inner healing often takes a lot of intensity because we are
so used to living in fear and anger and hurt. The intensity is also all
the resistance we have to the change, flow, and life that is now
moving in us. Consider this like a river hitting a huge dam. It can
take a lot of water and pressure to break the dam open--to break
you open.
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Re-Meeting Old Issues and Finding New Ones
I've always found that each succeeding issue felt brand new to me.
It got frustrating to the ego parts of me. Sometimes I was healing an
issue on a deeper level, which I'd thought I'd already released.Sometimes it was a brand new issue--something that I didn't even
know I had lurking in the basement of my energy body. So after
having cleaned out something else, you may hope that the deep
cleaning cycles are done...Nope. Still more to go.
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And when something breaks open, a lot may go through you. You
may feel an energy release, which can feel like a tingling, hot, buzz
rippling through your body. You may feel lots of the pent up
emotions releasing. You may start crying...A LOT. In these
moments, you are releasing the pain of this issue or old karma. If itis really intense, you may need some energy support from
something such as sound healing (which you can find on YouTube)
or even a close spiritual friend of teacher. Most times, rest,
meditation, visualized energy clearing (which is easy to learn), and
drinking LOTS of water helps you to clear out what you just broke
open. Some people can get sick or very physically ill. And while
I ALWAYSencourage you to check in with doctors for physical
illnesses, when it's a spiritual healing in progress, they usuallywon't find anything wrong with you. You'll just get sent home to
rest until it clears.
The Resulting Expansion from Released Pain
Here's a big sign that you are going through a spiritual process;
when the pain/sickness clears, you feel amazing. I've seen it
happen in my students. It's awesome. Their whole energy can shift
if it's something really big that just cleared. They report feeling more
open, more alive, and more like themselves than they've ever felt
before. These are key indicators that you have released an energy
blockage of some kind. I know that not everyone's process is the
same, but I like to highlight this point. Because if you are just
getting sick again after clearing the first thing, something else may
be going on. You may need more support, or you may be getting the
wrong support or be in an unhealthy environment.
Furthermore, don't rush into the next self improvement, mantra, or
kundalini yoga exercise after a big clearing. It's important for you to
settle into this new space and redefine yourself. Get used to your
energy and potentially new sensitivities you may now have. If you
are in awakening, you can offer the intention to this highly
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intelligent life force, that you need a pause. I've always found that
my energy could give me a few more days of rest before the next
wave shakes everything up again and on yet a deeper level.
Then the Next Wave of Awakened Energy Descends
For many of you in awakening, the next wave still may come
quickly. That's also because you now have more space for more of
you after you've cleared out some of the old karmic trash. So the
energy comes to fill up and expand these spaces. In so doing, you
get pushed to your next level of edges, issues, and karma. This
energy starts to increase the pressure on those aspects of you, andyou may now be drawn to new teachers, paths, friends, and ideas to
find the tools that you need to deal with this new level of you.
Consequently, the cycle I've just outlined begins anew.
For the old ego, this can get demoralizing, which is why letting go of
the remaining parts of the ego become so critical. At each level of
healing, we need to let go of ideas about the process further. So you
need to continue to tune into your inner knowing/intuition. It'sabsolutely critical to determining what you need most to assist this
amazing healing process.
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A Quick Overview of the Healing Process As I've Seen It
Here's my attempt to boil down the process of releasing pain and
healing into a few quick bullets. Keep in mind that everyone's
process is different, and when the seas are really stormy, it's hardto get much of any bearings on the process. But here goes:
Expansion. You are venturing beyond your usual comfortzone. Life is filling you up.
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The Turn. You hit an edge. You start to get pulled back. If youcan sense when this turn comes, it can help you to identifywhat the issue is that is chaining you and is about to behealed.
Contraction. Your energy disappears for all or most externalworld things. This is when doing anything in the worldperpetually blows up in your face. You feel like your body is apressure cooker. You may feel pressure or extreme discomforton parts of your body. It's time to self-nourish and self-care.
Dropping Into the Process. Grieving, sickness, or feeling allkinds of upset feelings (fear, anger, shame, etc.) arise. Gentle,loving awareness is needed to see what's going on as well as tohelp heal it. Find tools and support as appropriately.
Release. Depending on your process, the release can feel goodimmediately, or you may go further into grieving or potentiallyan illness (once again, please, please, PLEASE consult with adoctor for physical illnesses).
Clearing. You feel the pressure cooker let up. You feel moreflexible in your body, more open in your heart, more clear inyour mind, more clear in you energy and connections withothers, all of the above, or something else.
Next Expansion. You fill up with more of your light andexpand until you hit the next crop of issues and karma that
needs to be healed. The cycle renews.
A Journey Up a Mountain
My first experience with this type of energy clearing came on a hike
up a mountain about 5 years ago. It was such a brand new
experience at the time. I was really struggling on this hike and
drinking tons of water. I had a sense that something spiritual wasup, but I didn't really know what it was. As I mentioned earlier,
many people have no idea what it is like to clear an energy
blockage, and I was definitely in that group at least as far as my
experiences in this lifetime had taught me. I remember when the
hike turned into a climb through craggy, crumbling rock. I
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remember the intense fear that rose up in my chest. It looked bad
to me. I was scared to go down. I was scared to go up. So I kept
going.
But one interesting thing I did was that I become extremely presentwhen I was climbing. I could find each hand-hold that I needed.
Then when I paused, I'd descend into the fear until I felt something
move. It was like this chunk of black stuff came up from the pit of
my stomach. As it rose, I suddenly realized I was going to cry. It was
so wild and way out of my experience. And it certainly was outside
my comfort zone considering all the social conditioning that goes on
about what it means to "act like a man." But it was unavoidable. So
I started crying and crying. I'd climb. And then I'd cry until Ireached the top.
My brother was there, so I collapsed into his supportive arms. I was
so raw and wiped out. It was intense. Yet, I got a glimpse
downwards into myself from that experience. I had no illusions that
I'd in any way transcended all my fear. Instead, I suddenly saw how
much fear there was inside of me, and while the hike back was way
easier having let go of this burden that I'd been carrying, I knewthere were more of these spiritual ordeals to come to heal my energy
so I could just be me.
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The Long Look Down
The spiritual path is always taking us inward, and I encourage you
to look inward. Especially when one of these shifts is going on, it
can take a lot of love and courage to do so. But we've all beenlooking away from ourselves for too long. We've ignored our inner
space and ourselves to large extents. It's time to stop. It's time to
see what all we are carrying. Whether you are just starting, healing,
or awakening (which kinda combines healing and expansion
simultaneously), you can do this. Pain can be released, and as you
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do, you will feel more amazing and open than ever before. You
finally get to feel like you.