Working with Fear of Change

Statice - Sea Lavender

I have been picking Statice this morning. Their vibrant flowers with a papery texture are called ever-lasting because they hold their colour and shape when dry. These plants of the Limonium family are Homestead favourites. 

While I tied the bunches to hang for drying my mind was playing around the fact that Statice is now an obsolete name in the botanical world. Pity, because the word reflects the plant's properties.

The static state is one of equilibrium, of statis, of standing still. It is a balance point, sure, and a place of rest - but without energetic flow. Inevitably pressure builds until this point of equilibrium tips over into activity once more.

This wave of ebb and flow with a pause between is the natural pattern of life. 

Change and transformation is the way of the world. So why do we resist it so?

Because of Fear.

Fear is inherent in our personality make-up and we each experience it as personal and real. For some it shows up in headaches, tummy upsets or extreme fatigue. Our minds may run riot with thoughts of disaster and our emotions be swept into a state of panic at the mere suggestion of facing the new or unknown. Sound familiar?

In occult terms this is an interplay between the personality will and the will of the soul - the higher self. Soul intends to experience and learn by means of this form life, yet the form itself, managed by the personality is programmed to resist. This is human nature.

Driving head on at fear is not the best or safest way to approach the situation. It may work short term but it reacts on physical body leading to later illness and emotional upset.

The mental approach- attempting to rationalise the situation- only creates a powerful cloud of thought around the issue, which magnifies the problem. Meanwhile fear is blocking us from participating freely in life. So what can we do?

Try this different approach:

 

Take yourself to a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for the next 10 minutes or so.

1. Breathe, deeply and calmly so that the body is reassured and begins to stabilise. Close your eyes.

2. Keep breathing to allow time for the emotions to settle a little more. Do your best to stop the mind from running around the fear.

There is plenty of time, so take as long as you need to let those symptoms ease.

3. Close your eyes and imagine your whole body, skin and all, radiant with light, as bright as the sun on a clear day. Pretend that you really are this glowing being of light.

4. Holding that picture, imagine a spotlight has appeared an arm's length above your head. See the strong beam of white light the spotlight is beaming down at the top of your head.

5. Feel the stream of light flow into your body, filling you with a sense of pure light, of pure love.

6. Turn your face up to this soul light, knowing you are being flooded with soul strength and wisdom. Know that you are safe now. Know that in this peaceful moment all is well. Know that the soul will guide you safely through whatever you are called to face. Realise that the soul has all the experience and wisdom you need and it is always there, part of who you are.

7. Open your eyes. Say aloud in a loving way, as if speaking to a small child "In this place where we are all is well."

Return to your normal activity now, immediately taking one small action towards doing what is feared. Let your intuition guide you to what that action may be. You will get a hunch - Trust it. That hunch will be your soul will guiding you through this necessary experience.

With practice you will be able to call up the light at will whenever you sense yourself diving into a personality response based on fear. The more often this visualisation is used the more powerful it becomes because you are building a highway of connection to your Soul.

Go in Love and Light