A step toward personal growth is a willingness to release the past and chose the present moment, to a life that is filled with joy and awareness of what is.
Affirmations are positive present day statements that bring awareness of WHAT IS. Remember, all conditioning is negative because it takes away our awareness of what is. We resolve it by being aware, seeing, asking for grace. So, be willing to look at any conditioning that alters your view of reality.
In India, there is a process called Samskara Shuddhi. Shuddhi is a Sanskrit word that translates as ‘cleansing or purification.’ Indeed there are many types of purification. There is physical cleansing that can be achieved through techniques such as nadis shuddhi, alternate nostril breathing. Samskara Shuddhi is the practice of cleansing past impressions, experiences or relationships (samskaras).
You enter a fairly intense process of self-examination during which you are offered the opportunity to see yourself from many facets, including the deep, dark and ugly. You see and clear your emotional issues, your negative conditioning and childhood patterns, and let go of the fixed ideas that have held you in suffering for so long. You then move along into a process of emptying, through which you see “through” the self, and thereby free yourself from the self. From this new state of being, one is prepared for others phases of awakening.
Of course, if you cannot go to India, or attend a process where this type of cleansing can be done, then pray and meditate regularly. Be blessed by others. Adopt affirmative thoughts that are powerful and positive in all areas of your life. Practice forgiveness. Open your heart to someone, no matter the circumstance. The greatest spiritual masters all taught these concepts … they are nothing new, so put them to work!
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