Think. And then act. Think for yourself. Think new thoughts, new ideas, new possibilities. Reach for the stars in your thoughts and then take action on behalf of the self when the time is right. A banana does not peel itself. Left alone it will rot and ferment. This is unconscious action, nature taking its course. Human beings have the ability to act apart from nature and nature’s intent. Use nature to guide you, but use human consciousness and volition to act on your own behalf so that progress and growth may occur. Otherwise your life will become like the unpeeled banana, possibilities left uncovered and untasted. Think. And then don’t be afraid to peel the banana that is your life and taste of its sweetness.
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Soulbyte for Saturday October 4, 2014
Today is the next day of your life. Take what comes with humility and grace, but do not let it overwhelm you or take you off course. You are intelligent and conscious beings fully capable of sorting through your thoughts and behaviors to find the silver lining. Keep on track by constantly readjusting and reconfirming your intent. Allow for life’s unfolding to guide and accompany you on your journey while you simultaneously choose your next steps with awareness and firm conviction to remain on your path of heart. The journey continues and so do you!
Soulbyte for Friday October 3, 2014
Find your balance in your own body today. Watch what you put into it. Nurture it as a good mother would. Be caring and protective so that your vessel of containment may carry you through this day and through all days with comfortable, stable, healthy balance. For abundance and prosperity look to diet and nutrition first and then notice how your inner world and your physical body immediately connect and stabilize you in your outer world. Take care of the whole self today. You are physically important.
Soulbyte for Thursday October 2, 2014
Keep in mind where you have been, how far you have come, and what you have already achieved. Keep your eyes, your heart, and your intent focused on what lies ahead. Even though there may be interferences, if your path is the right one those blockages and thoughts of defeat will soon be behind you. Focus on your future as one of accomplishment and fortune as you walk through this day and as you deal with what comes to greet you. Keep the fire within always burning, clearing away and lighting your path of heart.
A Day in a Life: First Step Of Recapitulation
The first step in taking the recapitulation journey is to acknowledge that something is wrong. Statements and questions like the following might indicate the need for deeper self-exploraton:
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I don’t fit in.
I’m not really here; my body walks around but I’m not in it.
I don’t feel safe.
I’m always afraid.
I just want to be normal.
Why can’t I just be like everyone else?
Why do I feel so different, isolated, lonely, angry?
Why can’t I trust anyone?
Why do I feel so ashamed, so guilty, so invisible and unimportant?
What am I always apologizing for?
What is wrong with me?
Recapitulation is not just for the recapitulation of trauma or physical or sexual abuse; it is a process that can be utilized to clear up and clean up any negative energies or beliefs that may hamper fuller living. From the point of view of the Shamans of Ancient Mexico it is a prerequisite to higher learning and exploration.
How can we move on into new positive life experiences if we have not completely shed the negative aspects of our old life experiences? Our experiences of happiness, contentment, and calm balance will be fleeting or short-lived until we acknowledge that something is seriously wrong, that in spite of how far we have come in life we are slowly dying a little bit each day at our deepest core.
Once we acknowledge that something is seriously wrong with us the next step is to accept that it’s okay to have something wrong; in fact it might be quite helpful. No one is perfect or is expected to be perfect, in spite of what you may have been taught. The things that we’ve been taught and the voices that have ruled us our entire lives might be the first things to look at closely as we contemplate beginning a recapitulation.
A simple nonthreatening process might entail noticing how often we refer to or repeat things that we were taught as we were growing up. Are those things true today? Do we really believe them? Are they relevant to now? What are the messages I constantly repeat to myself? Who told me I couldn’t do this or that? Who made up the rules that rule me? Who’s voice do I hear in my head telling we what to do, how to think and how to feel? Who’s voice controls me?
Recapitulation asks us to face our issues and, yes, that is a painful process but we will never be free if we don’t fully encounter and go through all that keeps us bound to lives of stagnancy, negative self-talk, repetitive behaviors, pain and depression.
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In acknowledging that there is something wrong with us, we must also accept that everything can be fixed, that where there is a wrong there is a right. And the personal commitment to fixing the wrongs and finding the rights is the healing journey of recapitulation.
Remember, you’re already a survivor. You can get through anything; you’ve already proven that just by growing up with all of your defenses and protections in place. Now it’s time to go on to a new level of living, growing beyond the old stuff that is no longer really working for you. Your strengths and abilities do not need to be tested; that’s already been done. You just need to reframe them into positive attributes as you now concentrate on healing you!
We live our whole lives in our physical body, housing our mental, emotional and spiritual selves. It’s important to make our body home of self into someone we really love and respect, someone we want to spend the rest of our lives with. Recapitulation can get us there.
It’s a fascinating journey,
Jan