SPIRITUALITY
Detachment: More than about Things
We hold onto behavior patterns because we are attached to them. Imagine what would happen in life if you released behavior patterns and allowed them to whither into nothingness.
Spiritual growth and personal development, synonymous terms for me, are areas of struggle personally and for others.
Of late, those in the groups I lead, have been working on non-attachment. A couple of weeks ago I used a guided imagery given to me by Spirit. From our hearts we were asking what attachment is most negatively affecting our lives.
The ultimate goal of the process was finding the wound in need of healing, and then asking for healing, to assist in releasing the attachment.
I was startled by the answer I received. Some call it “an insight into the obvious.” I’ll share that after this brief tangent.
I was reading an article by David Gerken on his journey of non-attachment. (You may click on it below.) Since I was working through detachment myself, his words nudged me to write about my experiences.
David talks about his struggle in releasing things.
I can certainly relate to the struggle. As I read about his journey, I thought about one of my things I’ve been using for non-attachment: a mug Mom gave me decades ago for Valentines Day.
Mom gave the gift before she became ill. She’s been gone for 26 years now.
Detachment is about more than things
Back to the guided imagery experience…
From my heart, connected to my Healing Team, I asked, “What am I attached to which is holding me back from personal growth?”
As I tell my clients, “Take the first thing that pops into your mind.”
The popping produced a huge “OUCH” in me.
Resentments.
Resentments were holding me back.
Resentments hold everyone back.
Resentments build a wall around our hearts. The wall prevents us from giving love and accepting love to our fullest capacity.
I am held back by my own wounds which I allowed to fester.
We humans are known for holding tight those feelings of anger and pain which fill our lives with the vile smell of rotting garbage.
Imagine you placed all the hurts you’ve had in your life in a huge garbage bag. (Be sure it’s one of the heaviest duty ones you can find.)
You want to tie the bag tight because each one of those events festers, ferments, and grows.
Each hurt you don’t release, I don’t release, forms a resentment with an aroma which will cause you to gag when you open the bag.
The problem is the “aroma” is so strong it seeps out the bag and into our lives. To avoid it, we form a wall around our hearts which prevent us from discovering the Joy within.
My favorite healing tool
Shortly after Mom died and shortly after I left the convent, I was using energy healing to assist a client.
I was given this simple 5-step process I call the Soul Healing Process.
It’s so simple, I’ve seen others using similar steps.
To begin, you have a wound in mind. You might not know the specific wound, but you know the pain, feeling, behavior pattern or resentment you’d like to release. Ask for healing of the wound beneath those experiences.
- Connect with your spiritual connection. I call in the Soul Healing Angels.
- Ask them to find and bring back to you all the pieces of yourself you lost when (specific incident) or related to (behavior pattern, resentment, feeling).
- Ask that all pieces be cleaned, repaired and healed.
- Ask that all pieces be fully integrated within you.
- Give thanks.
The Soul Healing Process takes about a minute. Try it and let me know what you think.
This prayer has been responsible for much of my healing over the last 25+ years since it was given to me.