Energetically speaking, we are coming to the end of a nine year cycle...
2016 has been very much a year of endings, and of shedding the old, getting rid of what no longer serves us in our lives.
For a lot of people it has been a very difficult and emotional year...
But now is a very important time to be planting the seeds for the future.... setting things up to start as we mean to go on, and setting the foundations for the next 9 year cycle to begin.
There is a famous expression that some of you may have heard...
Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds, you can grow flowers or you can grow weeds...
Our thoughts literally create our experience of the world and how we view our lives. As much as I am all about looking at things in terms of energy, I also know about biology.... I am a holistic therapist, which means I help people by looking at their mind, body and spirit, and at how these things are interconnected, and how they all influence one another... and help to bring them back into balance... Our thoughts and our body language directly affect the hormones that are released into our bodies. If we focus on sad things or things that frustrate or anger us, we will get a release of those hormones into the body, fuelling the fire so to speak. Whereas if we focus on happy things, or get up and dance and sing when we are feeling down or anxious, we can fool our bodies into thinking we are happy, and we get a good old boost of happy hormones too.... just a little something to bear in mind next time you need or want to change your mood fast!
We are in a very potent month for manifesting right now, what this means is that what we think about and talk about now, or what we take action upon and set our intentions on is what we are going to be bringing into our lives... almost as if the universe is giving us a helping hand to help us fulfil our wishes. So it’s a very important time to take action, and be pro-active, and positive in want we think about and what we do...
If you are fed up with certain aspects of your life, now is the time to take action to change them, and take steps forwards to release things from your life, to start new patterns... of behaviour, of thought, and even of circumstance...
It is never too late.... it is often a very difficult task for some people to change their circumstances over night, but you can change your attitudes, and your thoughts about these things, and send requests and prayers out to help you to make these changes... we don’t always have to be victims of our circumstances...we can become stronger & wiser by overcoming them.
If the problem is a person or people in your life treating you badly, step back and consider what the root cause of that behaviour may be.... 99% of the time, it’s a problem they have with themselves or someone else in their lives.... so don’t take it personally, but meet them with compassion....and if the problem is you..... *ahem*... then become aware of that, accepting responsibility and either changing your behaviours or dealing out apologies, which will make it better for everyone all round...
It is important to remember, although it seems like a clichéd to say it, that there is always someone worse off than you, that is happier with their life as well... it may not seem that way sometimes, though when we are allowing our biology to cloud our judgements and our rationale (by this I mean those hormones i mentioned earlier), but when we take time to stop and think, we realise that it is true.
An example of this from my life, is that at this very moment my nan is in hospital after having a stroke... she is not in a good way, although she does have some good days and some bad. I have been visiting her a lot, and when I look around the ward and see some of the other patients who are in much worse shape than she is, or are much younger, or don’t receive any visitors from one day to the next, my sadness and worry turns into gratitude, that actually as bad as it is... it could be far far worse. We still have her with us, we still have this time to be with her and she is able to talk and laugh with us when she is strong enough... we have this time together before she makes her journey home...and she knows how loved she is, as she has one of us sat with her every single day.
It is ultimately how you look at a situation that will affect how you are affected by it....
I know there are a lot of damaged people out there in the world.... we all have baggage or hidden scars, but once again, it is how we choose to look at these things in our lives, as to whether we wear them with a badge of honour, to say that we survived them and have learned and been made stronger by them.... or we can carry them with us like a ball and chain, letting them spoil and upset our lives now, even when the event happened long ago.
It is not always easy to let things go, but for your own happiness and inner peace we need to try to change the way we look at things.... whether that be through forgiveness, of ourselves or others, or through spending time diving deep, really analysing ourselves our emotions, or actions, not hiding away, but facing them head on... stripping ourselves bare and really realising that we are not a product of what happens to us in our lives, but we are a product of how think, feel and act towards ourselves and others.... we then realise that ultimately, we have the power to become the person we want to be... we have the power to choose how we act, think and behave.... awareness is the first and one of the most powerful steps... but we need to look within to find that awareness....
We live in a time when it is so easy to connect with other people, the age of information and the world wide web...yet we become bamboozled by the sheer amount of information that we experience daily... and we are becoming ever more isolated in our society.... the trick is to be selective in what we engage in... don’t mindlessly trawl through social media, or flick through channel after channel of rubbish tv... seek out what sets your heart on fire.... seek out what it is that you really need. I have found the internet is such an amazing place to find the help and resources you need to heal yourself, and truly know yourself.... by finding people who have had the same experiences as you, or finding people on similar journeys, to help support you on your transition to a better life, and a better version of yourself...
For a long time I was, and still am, addicted to watching self help and spiritual development videos on youtube! There are some really amazing, and knowledgeable people out there who can give advice, FOR FREE, on any issue that you need help with! And it has really helped me to heal old wounds, and become empowered and confident in the person I am becoming... the best version of myself that i can possibly be... I think that we owe that to ourselves, and to the world... it definitely helps with any negative self-talk that we have about ourselves...
This new cycle that we are entering, this new world that is being born as we move further into the ‘New age’, the age of Aquarius, is one of collaboration, of sharing knowledge, and of community supporting one another, knowing that we are all connected & that we are first & foremost energetic and spiritual beings... and technology is making all of that possible...
So I just want to say use this time wisely....
1-Write down your goals or a list of things you want more of in your life;
2-Become aware of what it is you spend your energy talking about or thinking about.... these, in a way, are a request to the universe for more of the same thing;
3-Look within and work out what it is that you want or need to release from your life... and find ways of making that possible... whether it be through making conscious decisions to avoid certain people or behaviours, keeping a journal to see what troublesome thoughts keep arising in your mind - if patterns emerge work out ways of changing how you feel about those things.... or even do an internet search... (if you haven’t got a computer or the internet at home, get to your local library!), the blog posts, articles, videos out there to help you with whatever your problem might be are endless, as you are not the first person to be going through whatever it is you are going through!
My overall point is this, that whatever you decide you want in your life is possible.... you just have to work out what that is, or what it definitely isn’t!... if you set your intentions, and ask the universe, your spirit family, and the world for help.... it will be so.... have faith, and trust, and listen to nudges and your intuition, and allow it to guide you to the right people, places, and even thoughts that you need that will change your life for the better....
Remember : Your mind is the garden, your thoughts are the seeds, you can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds....
Good luck with your gardens, and the next nine year cycle that is about to begin... I hope it brings you all that you hope for and more... don’t just coast through it, become a conscious manifestor, and ensure that you play a part in shaping how you want it to be...