The Journal of a Spiritual Seeker, Letting Go of Attachments
Hello Seekers,
Once again, I’m reading today’s entry at exactly the time when I needed to revisit this message. So much has happened since this communication three years ago, and yet Ahramein’s words are reverberating through my systems, showing me new depths to be healed and new places that require this kind of attention. More attachments are being uncovered that need to be released so that I can continue on the journey of my soul.
This can be a painful path at times, and I can see how the ways I’ve shifted and changed have been painful for the people around me. I know that I don’t always meet their expectations the way I used to, and this was really hard for me and them. As a people pleaser, I often defined my self worth by how important I was to others, and how much they needed me. And then, when I got sick, I realized I had spent most of my life abandoning my Self, and that I needed me now.
There is a presence necessary in taking real care of yourself. Not giving lip service to so-called self-care, but really, truly caring for yourself on the deepest levels possible. This is a continuing and ongoing journey, just like everything else, and something I continue to struggle with. Letting go of our attachments to other people’s feelings is a very important step in this process.
This doesn’t mean we don’t have compassion, or that we don’t feel for people when they’re suffering. It just means we don’t abandon our own needs — or the higher calling of our true Self — in pursuit of making everything okay for somebody else. We can be there for the people in our lives in a balanced way that allows them the space to have their experience, and maintains our space to have our experience. Compassion doesn't require that we dive into someone else’s sorrow and live in it with them. We can provide them a place to express their sorrow and we can hold space for them while they do, all while continuing to live fully in our own joys and sorrows. Think of how a therapist is able to hold space for all of the people they treat. This takes a lot of awareness of this dynamic ability to hold space without attachment. And it requires boundaries.
As we continue on our spiritual path, we are by nature of the journey called to a deeper understanding of Self, and of the journey of our Soul. This requires a bit of energetic autonomy, and it requires us to prioritize our own wellness. We need to remember that it’s not selfish to do so, and nothing is accomplished by burning ourselves out trying to traipse down everyone else’s spiritual paths with them instead of our pursuing our own.
Again, it’s a work in progress and it’s dynamic.
I hope you’re all having a very good start to the week.
Sending Light and Love,
Jodie
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Message from Ahramein, Dec. 3, 2017
Me: I ask Ahramein, what can you tell me about this pain I’m experiencing while doing this heart chakra work?
You are experiencing the shifting of energies from a 3-D perspective to higher and higher dimensions and frequencies. It feels like a death to you because you’re locked in a 3-D paradigm. Allow the energies to move through you and release these attachments to 3-D. In this, you will experience an opening to greater and greater capacities of growth, understanding and awareness. This is good for all of us because we need you to get on board with the work yet to be done, and your attachments are holding you back from fully experiencing all you need in order to move forward.
It’s not that you can’t love, for you can and you do. But your path in 3-D is fairly solitary in many ways.
Let go of resistance. You’re digging in your heels, even as you feel the desire to move forward.
You are not leaving people behind in the greater sense of things, it only feels that way because you are still locked in a limited understanding of how energy works.
You love, and that connects you, but it doesn’t shackle you. You must allow yourself to move independent of those you would like to bring along. This is YOUR path, your lessons and your mission set out before you incarnated here on Earth. This does go back to the beginning of your soul, and your awakening to and understanding of this is essential. You must grasp the importance of this lesson to the evolution of your soul, and its ability to move into its true purpose.
Let go. Let go. Let go.
You will experience a freedom once you do that will bring such joy and abandon (in the good sense of this word, like in adventures and such tales of free expression). This will more than make up for the sorrow you now feel as you move forward and away from that which you know.
You must trust us on this. We are with you and will guide you in ever-expanding ways toward the fulfillment of light and your purpose in light.
Me: Thank you.
Thank you, my dear. You have committed to this path and this journey and we know that you will continue no matter what pain you face or sorrow you are asked to bear.
It is important you know this too. Even when you feel overwhelmed or compelled to give up, you will not, for that is not in your nature. And we know your nature for we know your soul, and have for many eons. Our connection stretches back many, many, many lifetimes and existences. We came to this place, called by Light, to work for the betterment of a cosmic civilization. And we are doing so now, and have been over many times.
You don’t trust this still, your ability to receive this kind of information. So practice. The more you allow these communications to go to deeper and deeper places, the better able you will be to trust the information you receive.
Your own truths will become indisputable for you and you will move forward with greater conviction and purpose.
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Exercise: Begin each exercise by grounding and protecting. For more information on how, see this post.
Visualize yourself in a bubble of bright, prismatic white light. Next, visualize the people closest to you. Are they in their own bubbles of light? Are their bubbles overlapping with yours? Are you able to maintain the boundaries of your bubble as you interact energetically with them in their bubbles. As you notice these dynamics, begin to see the boundaries of your bubble shining brighter and brighter, and begin to see the people around you moving gently out and away from you until they are all outside the boundaries of your bubble, and safely ensconced in their own bubbles of light. Ask that the light of unconditional love continue to flow from your heart to theirs as you do this, and feel the genuine gratitude you have for them in your heart. Ask Arch Angel Michael to send each of them a perfect blessing and perfect healing. Feel your own space once it’s clear of all the other people. How does it feel? If you feel called, make note of your observations and repeat this exercise every day for a week. Compare notes from the end of the week to the beginning. How has the exercise changed throughout the week?
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A brief note: This journal and its exercises are simply a means to help you find your own flow. There is no pressure to follow them exactly or read each and every one. It does not need to be read in order either, so if you miss one, don’t feel like you’ve failed or fallen behind. These messages are here to hold space for you as you discover and evolve within your spiritual practice.
This is the first volume of The Journal of the Spiritual Seeker, and I’m presenting it here on The Devic Connection website, serialized over the last 10 weeks of 2020, with weekly roundups via email (you can sign up in the box at the bottom of this page if you’d like to receive these.) If you’ve just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning, here’s the link to the first post.
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We all need help with clarity …
Sometimes, things come up in the healing journey that we can’t quite manage by ourselves. I’m fortunate to have people I can call on to help me gain that clarity. And I’m also in therapy, which helps immensely with processing the psychological and mental health issues. If you find yourself getting stuck on this journey or having something come up that you need some guidance on, please do seek help. An internet search can help you find a qualified mental health practitioner for those psychological issues. And if you’re looking for help from the Light on the spiritual questions, I have some availability for readings. (Read more about that here.)