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Archive for July, 2008

My Body, My Soul

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

On July 1 I learned that I have breast cancer. (You can read more about this at www.YourIntuitiveLife.com/blog.php or watch for my Breast Cancer blog at www.PinkMagazine.com blogging section.) In the last few weeks I’ve learned a tremendous amount about myself, my life, the disease and the body. I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the mind-soul-body connection. Dealing with this life threatening illness has taught me a great deal more. I would like to share what I’ve learned about the body and soul connection.

I have been what some would call a “health nut” for most of my life. I’ve avoided chemicals in all forms, am vegetarian, take vitamins, exercise intensely and often, meditate, do healings on myself. I was very shocked to learn that my body developed this illness. At first I felt like a failure. I also felt betrayed by my body. I have since come to understand more about the body and how some disease happens, and I am grateful that I’ve taken such good care of it, so it can heal.

Power Truth #10 in my book, Unlimited Life says, “I am not my body. I am a unique, essential being living inside my body.” I learned this while doing yoga 35 years ago. I have since learned to identify with the “real” me that is separate from my mind and body. It is essentially aware and in touch with another level of information than the mind normally misses. I’ve taken care of my body, but thought of it merely as a vehicle for my soul.

Now I understand that body is a being in its own right. The body has been in existence for millions of years – an animal evolving over time, with eons of experiences and information. The Eastern philosophers speak of the body as a temple. This is true. It is a valuable dwelling place for us as we experience life. In fact, we can’t experience life in a full sense without it. However, the body is more than a temple, it is a living, breathing temple that has it’s own awareness. The body has fears, needs, personality, understanding, instincts, knowledge, pain and joy. It also has an incredible ability to heal itself. (those who get squeamish might want to skip to the next paragraph.) I remember watching C-sections when I was a Nurse-Midwife. The body was cut open, the baby was taken out, the uterus was pulled out and placed on the abdomen, sewed up and put back in. The next day I’d see these women walking around the halls of the hospital smiling and unaware of the trauma that the body had faced. They healed, they had more babies, life went on. I know of no other entity that can heal as well as the body.

The body is an amazing being. It learns and adapts daily, and we are unaware of it. Several years ago I was running in the woods in Fall. My foot landed in a hole that was covered with leaves and twisted badly. I heard the tendon snap over the ankle – not torn, but OUCH. It healed over time and I continued to run. Last summer I wasn’t paying attention while I ran, and my foot hit the edge of a hole. It didn’t twist, though. This time it stabilized. My body had learned how to keep the foot flat and navigate over the hole, without my thinking about it.

The body has its own issues. It has its own history. It’s had its own experiences in this life that it’s adjusted to. It has heredity to deal with. This means that there are familial and genetic tendencies in the body that define it. It faces new challenges with pollution and chemicals that are around and in it, and it has to adapt to these. The body has to work through all of these issues. We are each a guest of an entity is growing and evolving. It comes into this world with these issues and we as beings in the body can help it along. But, there are some things that will be unavoidable.

I’m learning a lot from my body. It takes things in stride and does what it needs to do. It lives in present time and deals with whatever is happening in the moment. The body doesn’t complain, but it does get weary and frustrated. It wants me to pay attention to it and give it what it needs. I try to tune into what the body wants to eat, not what my mind wants or thinks it should have. I’ve had this tremendous craving for Mediterranean food and never tire of it. I try not to stuff myself, though, as my body gets tired when I overeat. I try not to tire it. I still exercise, but avoid pushing it to fatigue. Meditation helps to relieve stress, as I see that stress is very difficult for the body to handle in large doses. I’m doing my best to sleep and rest when the body needs it, instead of supercharging it with coffee and power drinks. I exercise when I can, rest when I’m tired. Sleep has been difficult, but I’m working on that.

I’m learning a lot on this new phase of my journey. I’m making friends with my body on a whole new level. It’s not an organic machine. It’s an amazing, living being that I have the honor of inhabiting. Loving, appreciating, and taking care of my body – supporting it as best as I can – has now become not only an essential, but a soulful experience.

Tags: cancer, health, intuition
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Some We Get Along With and Others We Let Go On Their Way

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Recently, a member of my family wrote me an email and stated that she felt we were very different and our energies didn’t “mesh.” She said that after family affairs were no longer necessary she did not want me in her life. This hit me like a crushing blow and landed in my heart with a thud. I watched myself objectively – from a place of neutrality – as the emotional bomb hit and sank in. I expected tears and remorse to follow. But, interestingly there were none.

After all, I’d tried so hard to get along with her. I forgave insults and purposely praised her. I did my best to support her. I’d struggled to be close to her throughout my entire life. I told her I loved her. I invited her to do things with me. Yet, all of my efforts seemed to be met with indifference, a cold shoulder, a subtle disdain and occasionally blatant, direct, ballistic anger. And now this. A final statement of “I don’t want you in my life.”

I watched the understanding of what she’d said sink in and felt the impact. I took a breath then felt . . . relief. Yes, relief. To my surprise my heart flew away – away from her. I was free. I didn’t have to try anymore. I could now let her go. I then realized how much of me I’d wasted over the years. How much energy and time had I invested in this dead end relationship? Family or not, it wasn’t working. What seemed to be a devastating blow was an unshackling. She’d given me a gift of freedom.

How often do I give my energy and time to those who give little back, or even worse, throw it away? How many others would have benefited from my love and friendship over the years, while I continually gave it to people who never wanted it. What a waste of me.

Sometimes the seemingly worst insults are our most precious gifts. The rejection of another is a clear sign that we need to go elsewhere. And, isn’t it nice that we got the sign so we don’t have to waste any more time moving in that direction. After all, there are so many people that we all connect with – who need us and rejoice that we’re a part of their lives. My sincerest apologies to those I’ve ignored while trying to please those who didn’t want me. I vow to be there wholeheartedly for you now

Tags: friendship, intuition, life lessons, love, relationships, self help
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