I mentioned my \u201cResource notebook\u201d in a previous post.\u00a0 In Somatic Experiencing a \u201cresource\u201d is a place in your body that feels more comfortable, more centered, more solid.\u00a0 A resource can also be something that, when you think of it, you feel more relaxed and calm.\u00a0 My therapist has more than once suggested that I write down all my positive experiences.\u00a0 One of the reasons for doing this is that I have trouble taking in and remembering positive feedback, because I have no structures in my mind to hold positive experiences.\u00a0 I do find that reading my Resource notebook is a big help when I\u2019m having a hard time.<\/p>\n
I was reading through Resource 2008 and 2009 recently and came across a number of guidance passages that were very helpful.\u00a0 Some of them have probably already been published in this blog but I don\u2019t see that as a reason for not posting them again.<\/p>\n
Right now I\u2019m in some pain and difficulty because my precious dog Bella has been diagnosed with cancer.\u00a0 I have to say that as an exhibit of a dog that\u2019s going to die soon she\u2019s a disgrace.\u00a0 Her spirits are good, she eats and drinks well, she runs along on three legs as well as she did on four.\u00a0 I\u2019m doing my best to enjoy her presence as a gift each day, but sometimes I get depressed, and am unable to enjoy her.\u00a0 Then of course I get angry at myself for being depressed, and that makes things even worse until I remember to ask myself the question \u201cAre you angry at yourself for being depressed?\u201d\u00a0 The anger is so automatic, and comes without words or feelings that might let me know I\u2019m angry at myself.\u00a0 I don\u2019t feel angry<\/span>, I feel more depressed.<\/p>\n When I read through these guidance passages from 2008, they were so helpful that I thought I\u2019d post them, even if it is the second time.<\/p>\n (Written in December 2008) Dear Jenny, relax.\u00a0 You are greatly loved.\u00a0 We are gathered around you loving you, and you are beginning to recognize that there are many people living right here in this town who care about you and want to support you.\u00a0 This is what counts and this is what will matter if things get really tough.\u00a0 Do not dwell on the bad news, and remember that linear projection from current reality never<\/span> gives a true picture of what will happen.\u00a0 It is entirely possible that human beings, galvanized by this crisis, will come up with solutions that will work for everybody.\u00a0 Keep your spiritual compass aimed in that direction and hold that vision.\u00a0 And remember that, no matter what may happen here on Planet Earth in the next few years, you and all your fellow inhabitants and the planet that you love, are all held safely in the vast compassion that created the universe.\u00a0 You have had very little experience of this, early trauma has left you with too many experiences of despair and terror, and too few experiences of being safely held by someone\/something larger than yourself.\u00a0 Despite this, your commitment to truth, to your own integrity and healing, to compassion, has brought you a long way from the bleak and broken place you started from, the narrow life of addiction and denial that your parents were living.\u00a0 Give yourself credit for your high level of commitment and very hard work in the service of healing for yourself and your species and your planet.\u00a0 Your life and work have not been meaningless, and your continued work to expand the amount of compassion in the universe will never be lost.\u00a0 We love you and we honor you and we support you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mentioned my \u201cResource notebook\u201d in a previous post.\u00a0 In Somatic Experiencing a \u201cresource\u201d is a place in your body that feels more comfortable, more centered, more solid.\u00a0 A resource can also be something that, when you think of it, … Continue reading
\nDear Guides & Guardian Spirits, I\u2019m feeling very scared about the financial crisis and how I\u2019m going to survive.\u00a0 Please help me.<\/p>\n