Beloveds, I read a passage this morning from one of Krishnananda and Amano's books entitled "When Trust Fails, Learning to Trust Ourselves and Others". It really touched my heart and beautifully transmitted an essential teaching that for me lies at the very core of our yoga journey - learning to trust and open to the light within us and having the courage to acknowledge and lovingly navigate through the darkness of our apparent self-limitation. It is super relevant for now and for always and I would love to share it with you. Read on..Namaste, Neo.
"The most powerful step we can take in separating from the limitations of our conditioning is to take risks. More precisely, it means risking to do something our heart would love to do but our conditioning has told us is wrong. Or risking doing something we were told we couldn't do or were not good at. This kind of risking brings tremendous empowerment. It releases massive amounts of energy trapped in our system and expands our vision and sense of ourselves. Through the journey of risking, our identity begins to shift away from a shamed unworthy person to a capable unique person.
When we speak about risk, we do not mean foolhardy acts of daring. On the contrary, we mean very precise risks, which directly challenge our conditioning such as to:
1. Risk putting ourselves out and allowing ourselves to be seen in spite of the fear of humiliation, disapproval or rejection.
2. Risk finding and expressing our own creativity.
3. Risk feeling and expressing our feelings, sexuality and life energy rather than staying hidden.
4. Risk being angry and confronting someone whom we feel has been disrespectful to us.
5. Risk being vulnerable rather than having to be right.
6. Risk feeling afraid, helpless and insecure and sharing these feelings.
7. Risk learning to feel what we want and need and learning to give that to ourselves.
8. Risk to open and feel the pain and disappointment when others or life are not how we want them to be.
9. Risk discovering our own way of parenting instead of following blindly how we were raised.
10. Risk being honest.
11. Risk living our life the way we want to live it.
12. Risk saying no to something we before automatically said yes to.
13. Risk putting yourself first even if it means disappointing someone.
When we stop seeking approval, the circle is completed. It is s significant milestone on our life when our self-esteem no longer depends on the love and approval of others. The wounded part in us may never let go of wanting the love and respect we didn’t get. But at a certain point, we may discover that those who we have turned to for this kind of nourishment cannot give it to us in the way that we need it. And we discover that we can find our self-esteem independent of them. This is a valuable, deeply spiritual rite of passage.”
For more on Krishnananda and Amano’s work visit:
www.learningloveinstitute.com
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