I don’t know if you did this but when I was a young child around 7 or 8 I used to go to friends birthday parties, and there was a game we used to always play called Pass The Parcel. How it works is that a gift is wrapped in dozens of layers of wrapping paper and you all sit in a circle with music playing and when the music stops whoever is holding the parcel gets to tear a layer of wrapping paper off and this goes on and on until the lucky child tears off the last layer of wrapping paper to claim their prize or gift.

It got me thinking because it reminds me of life, and consciousness. I have studied personal development and self help material for years now, it feels like my whole life in fact. As much as I didn’t like it at the time my parents were in a network marketing company since I was about 10 and as a result I had to listen to motivational tapes in the car whenever we drove any where and when I was going up we lived 30 minutes away from the closest town and a hour and a half away from the big city.

At the time as much as I used to complain as I wanted to listen to my music I am now very grateful as I now realise to some extent what a positive impact it has had on my life.

However I have a confession to make, after spending thousands of dollars and countless hours on personal development and self help material my life was still not working and it has only been recently that I have seen some real changes occur.

I don’t claim to have the answers as I feel like I am only starting my journey however I want to share some of my thoughts and insights.

If you have been following my blog I am sure you know that I mediate almost every day and I love it. It opens up your awareness so you can see things like patterns you run and beliefs that might be limiting that you would normally not recognize consciously.

Something I have noticed recently is that I used to focus on being a better person by saying affirmations, writing out an ideal day of my dreams and reading it every day, and when I feel a feeling I would associate as being negative I would do whatever I could to change it into something I would associate as positive.  I had the intention if I train my mind long enough it will begin to pay off for me.

Now I have to say this approach did work to some degree and I have gotten some good results this way, however what I have discover recently and so far it seems to get me better results is rather than focus on being a better person recognize I have all the power I need I just need to release and open up the energy block and dissolve the limiting beliefs I have.

It is like the Pass the Parcel game I was describing earlier, as you peel away the layers you come to a new understanding and new insight and as you keeping unwrapping the layers you get to the prize.

I am only at the start of this amazing journey however the progress I have made is remarkable. One of the exercises I have been practising is becoming more aware of my feelings without judgement and recognizing the power within them and ultimately within me.

Here is one exercise I have been practising it only takes 5 minutes and you can follow along.

First close your eyes and scan your body – Whatever you are feeling right now, whether good or bad or if you have a label for it or not don’t judge it just feel it.

Where is the feeling located? What colour is it? How dense is it? Good.

Now feel the power in the feeling, feel the vibration of the feeling. Good.

Now feel appreciation for the feeling.

And now feel appreciation for YOU feeling the feeling. Good.

I know this might sound a bit weird however it gets you in touch with your true power and the power of the universe. Everything is energy so feel the energy. This is where creation takes place, if you notice a limiting belief you have for example do this exercise, if you are worried about something do this exercise.

The more you do this simple exercise the more aware you will become and in some case this can be enough to lift and strip away certain limiting beliefs. Well this is my rants for today I hope it helps you on your journey.

As always I love to hear your thoughts, ideas and feedback so make sure to leave a comment and talk back to me.

Blessing

Sam

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