Sometimes in our lives we feel pain so much that we lash out at others in an attempt to give it away. We try to cover it up by blaming it on something other than what brought it about to begin with. Most often it is a loss of love, a burning separation or a diluted sense of self that really bring us to our knees. When children feel pain they cry. When adults feel pain they hide. Even from themselves.
Crying openly in adulthood is considered "childish". We view it as a weakness and so most of us, even some parents will actually come out and tell their children not to cry. If that is the right thing to do, however, then why do babies cry? Isn't it the bodies natural response to the release of pain?
When we are dealing with clearing out stuck energies in our four lower bodies, the body of emotions is most often the one that holds the most built up energy. It is here that all of our fears, abandonment issues, wounds, and longings are held. When we don't allow ourselves to cry, to feel the real pain that we refuse to acknowledge it gets buried in this body and we carry it around for years to come. Pain is difficult to face. Facing it head on, however, and for what it is allows us to release it. Perhaps it is a simple misunderstanding of the facts that is really the case. For when most pain occurs it is directed only at ourselves unknowingly. We literally internalize it and when we do we build up our dirty emotional bodies and carry it around with us. The light then, is not able to shine through and true joy and love is diminished.
Love and joy abound in a bouncy baby rolling around on the floor giggling at the delight of capturing her toes. Can you imagine an adult rolling around the floor delighting in the same? Yoga has a pose called "happy baby", however, most often when I look around the room, I don't see many people with smiling gazes on their face.
Practicing love and joy is much like practicing happy baby. Everything you see should be magical. Every simple thing you learn should bring you delight. The mere sight of a puppy or the lick of their tongue might even bring you a giggle or two.
We are most often very good at feeling pain and hiding it, pretending we don't feel it when we do. We ignore it's presence with the reasoning that if we don't think about it, it won't hurt anymore. That's not true. Today decide to be like a happy baby. Let yourself cry and release your stored up pain, then allow yourself to delight in the playfulness of life.
Crying openly in adulthood is considered "childish". We view it as a weakness and so most of us, even some parents will actually come out and tell their children not to cry. If that is the right thing to do, however, then why do babies cry? Isn't it the bodies natural response to the release of pain?
When we are dealing with clearing out stuck energies in our four lower bodies, the body of emotions is most often the one that holds the most built up energy. It is here that all of our fears, abandonment issues, wounds, and longings are held. When we don't allow ourselves to cry, to feel the real pain that we refuse to acknowledge it gets buried in this body and we carry it around for years to come. Pain is difficult to face. Facing it head on, however, and for what it is allows us to release it. Perhaps it is a simple misunderstanding of the facts that is really the case. For when most pain occurs it is directed only at ourselves unknowingly. We literally internalize it and when we do we build up our dirty emotional bodies and carry it around with us. The light then, is not able to shine through and true joy and love is diminished.
Love and joy abound in a bouncy baby rolling around on the floor giggling at the delight of capturing her toes. Can you imagine an adult rolling around the floor delighting in the same? Yoga has a pose called "happy baby", however, most often when I look around the room, I don't see many people with smiling gazes on their face.
Practicing love and joy is much like practicing happy baby. Everything you see should be magical. Every simple thing you learn should bring you delight. The mere sight of a puppy or the lick of their tongue might even bring you a giggle or two. We are most often very good at feeling pain and hiding it, pretending we don't feel it when we do. We ignore it's presence with the reasoning that if we don't think about it, it won't hurt anymore. That's not true. Today decide to be like a happy baby. Let yourself cry and release your stored up pain, then allow yourself to delight in the playfulness of life.
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