04-17-2020, 11:29 AM
(04-11-2020, 12:12 PM)EvolvingPhoenix Wrote: Or maybe they ARE part of that mundane work. Anyway, you make those things sound easy.
"Become who you want to be"?
"Do what is in alignment with who you know you truly are"?
These statements presume too much.
What makes you so cocksure that a person who is horrendously blocked in their lower chakras would truly know who they are, who really they want to be, what they really want to do in life? What makes you so sure they know how they as individuals really want to live their lives?
Then you suggest they heal by doing these things: "Take care of the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of self. "
Well no s***, but HOW DOES ONE BEST DO THAT if one is so disconnected from oneself that it is difficult to even get into the body, know what ideas are truly healthy when one is unhealed and lacks discernment and when they are too ungrounded due to trauma to properly attune to the needs of their spirit?
A starving man has asked how to resolve his hunger and your response is to tell him to eat something.
First, he would need to know how to get a hold of food to do that.
Your response lacks empathy.
I understand your response, and I totally get Maslow's needs and its implications. My post was too short and did not explain properly what I meant. Let me be more clear.
Instead of looking outside of self for answers, I suggest looking at self. Not in a critical way. I mean to focus objectively on self in all ways. The idea is to look for solutions or a different approach—change the focus—from problems to effective action.
The first thing is to be honest with self. This is what I meant by "Become who you want to be" and "Do what is in alignment with who you know you truly are." Look at your life. Does who you see yourself as line up with how you behave in the world? This will pierce the surface of self-deception which is a culprit in reacting and behavioral patterns, etc. We deceive ourselves as a survival mechanism. To be honest with self—really honest—is not easy. All the ways in which we are not honest with ourselves are blockages, because we must maintain the deceptions like walls, which hampers forward movement.
"Take care of the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of self." By this I meant:
1. Physical. Get some exercise. Agua's suggestion of walking is an excellent one. Any movement of the physical body is good, especially when depressed. It's the last thing a depressed person wants to do, as depression is paralyzing, but it makes a difference if you can break the inertia and move. Eat well. Again, a depressed person does not "want" to do this. But you can decide to do it, and do it. This is not to say I am being cavalier about people in the world who are literally starving, or lack the means to buy optimal food. Still, if lack of funds is the problem, choices can still be made such as buying a package of carrots over a fast-food hamburger.
2. Mental. Self-honesty as explained above. Beyond that, you can decide who you want to be if you can't figure out what you are. The concept of a Wanderer is a good example of this. Some people who think they are Wanderers struggle to figure out their origin, their mission, their reality as a Wanderer. I think a better use of mental energy is to decide who you want to be here, what you want to do, and proceed from there; and the reality of that is that you will likely be aligning WITH your Wander's mission by doing so as it is part of you are anyway. But focusing on trying to remember who you are rather than creating who you are wastes a lot of time. You can decide now. The following article may be helpful regarding this:
What If You Are a Wanderer but You Don't Remember Why You Came Here?
3. Spiritual. This is an individual preference. Whatever gets a person out of the "maelstrom" of human drama, such as meditation, and connects one to something greater is indicated here—ideally part of a life routine. I don't mean to suggest being a monk sitting in a cave and denying an existence here, with the attitude that this existence doesn't matter because it's ephemeral. Just that some consideration be given to a larger view, and put into practice as an action here.
I am aware that it's not easy. But we make choices every minute. Every choice is an opportunity.
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