Episode 10: Breaking Our Cycle
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Have you ever spent some time alone in quiet, centering yourself, and found some peace, only for it to be gone as soon as ordinary life comes knocking on your door? We can be in a vicious cycle in our lives where we center ourselves and gain a sense of peace and clarity, and then something triggers us and we erupt – however that might look like for us. Carl Jung says that 10% of our thoughts and actions are conscious, and 90% are unconscious. The problem is we don’ t deal with and heal the things going on in the unconscious. Welcoming Prayer is a way of pulling out those unconscious parts of our selves by focusing on what is happening in our body – tension, pain, discomfort, other sensations – seeing what thoughts and emotions come up as we focus on that tension in our body, and then letting go of our inner motivations around that internal or external situation. The Guest House This being human in a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, Who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture. Still, treat each guest honorably, He may be cleaning you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, Meet them at door laughing and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, Because each has been sent As a guide from beyond. -Rumi Resource: Welcome Prayer, Consent on the Go; Contemplative Outreach Publication Support this podcast https://anchor.fm/angie-winn
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