5 Tips to help you weather your current storm

Regardless of where you live, you know the feelings evoked by an internal storm. You may be astonished by the perceived severity of an instant. Part of you may feel discouraged or, not know what to do.  That you become aware of this frame of mind is the first step to working through it.  Consider 5 tips to help you weather your current storm;

1) Recognize each storm takes you on a meaningful journey.  Take a breath and discipline your mind. You already know what to do.  You explore the mysteries of spirit.

2) Realize imbalance and discomfort reflect incompatibility. Customs, laws and belief systems draw your attention to who you are. To sense you disagree with how you consciously think or behave reminds you of conditioning and brings you back to nature.

3) Choose to believe the storm will not consume you. You will not be defeated unless this is your choice.  You can decide to reject negative energy and shift core awareness.

4) Value a period of solitude.  Learn what it means to become more alert and mindful of why you have evolved to create your current conditions.  Find good things in them.

5) Rediscover the power of wakefulness. This state is often lost, but never forgotten completely.  It is unearthed deep within the soul.  Whomever senses it is unable to describe it in words. Whomever does not experience it is unable to grasp the mysteries.

Comments

[Evita]

Hi Liara what a perfect post as my sister right now is going through some tough times and this is the perfect advice she needs to hear. I am thus going to forward it to her and HOPE she reads it very carefully and takes your wisdom to heart. Thank you.

[Lance]

Hi Liara,
Just this afternoon, I had one of these internal storms going on. It was caused from a disagreement between my wife and I. It happened, and then she had to leave on other business - so we were both left with these storms going on. It was starting to consume me, and my mental attitude was changing for the worse. Luckily, my wife was dealing with this much better - really going through these five steps. And when we talked (on the phone) - she got us to where we weathered through this storm together, and came out okay. It made me realize, though, especially after reading here, that I needed to go through steps - to get through this storm we were experiencing. Luckily, we really have very few of these. Yet, I'm reminded today that when they come up (they will) - I can work my way through them, whatever they are, and whatever the cause.... Thank you, Liara, today especially, for this...

[Alexys Fairifeld]

Hi Liara,
Synchronicity. I was researching weather today; clouds in particular. What I drew from my conclusion was what is a significant spiritual principle: This too will pass. If nothing else, we can resign ourselves in knowing that storms don't last forever and they bring a needed change.

[Liara Covert]

Evita, storms take different forms in human lives. Your frame of mind shapes the power of the eye of any storm. If you happen to fear snow or delays with a travel itinerary, it makes sense to calm yourself. Mental and physcial storms need not wreak havok in life.

[Liara Covert]

Lance, you always have the answers you seek inside you. Perceived storms are impermanent. They offer lessons. As you learn what you desire, then the storm blows over and you grow. Conflict brings issues to the surface that require attention. Its all good!

[Liara Covert]

Alexys, passing storms are like teachers that remind people change is inevitable and always brings something desirable. You do not have to predict what is coming to benefit from the unfolding future. We are each spiritual meteorologists in a human disguise.

[Darla]

I was reading the comment by Alexys Fairifeld where she speaks about the words, ...and this too shall pass. About four years ago, I went through one of the most trying 6 months of my life.I was feeling like I could not make it through the storm when all of a sudden the words "and this too shall pass" came to mind. I started thinking about previous times when I felt crushed and how I had later looked back on them with a sense of gratitude for what they had taught me, how they had contributed to the qualities I most liked about myself and how much stronger I felt for weathering them.As those words ran through my mind, I suddenly felt for the first time in months that everything would be okay.

[Scott]

I enjoyed your no-nonsense approach in this article, Liara, starting with point one: "Take a breath and discipline your mind. You already know what to do. You explore the mysteries of spirit". This is exactly the kind of reminder I benefit from, thank you :-)

[davina]

Hi Liara. I'm enjoying reading your blog very much. It sometimes feels like I'm using myself to experiment. Yesterday and today I had magical days working with a new perspective.

Just noticing experiences as just that -- experience. I find that if I can get out of my own way and not attach an outcome to anything I can see more clearly. It's not always easy though... should it be? I'm sensing no. Today was a gift. :-)

[Liara Covert]

Darla, there is the idea that life seems to become more challenging as a test for your resilience and faith. If you sense there is something against you, it will always find you. This is because you imagine it into being. The more you learn to trust, the more you are able to focus on the good in your life wherever you are.

I think of Anne Frank. She and her Jewish family hid away for years in a single room in their attempt to escape being captured during WWII. Imagine how they had the choice every, moment of every day, to assume the worst or, to be grateful to be alive and together. The Diary of Anne Frank is an incredible example of a young girl's mental journey to conquer fear and embrace love. She chose to weather her perceived storm. She chose to focus on creating calm in her mind and she did that very effectively.

[Liara Covert]

Scott, welcome to this evolving sense of who you are. You are giving yourself constant reminders of why you exist and what you plan to gain from your timeless experiences.

[Liara Covert]

Davina, each moment is a gift, providing you choose to view it th at way. You may be familiar with a poem called Success by Ralph Waldow Emerson. If not, then here it is;

To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed a little easier
because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

[Robin Easton]

This is lovely Liara. As I was reading what you wrote and then what others had written, I suddenly flashed to myself standing up on a high mountain trail through aspen trees, one I hiked last summer. I was alone at sunset about two miles away from the nearest road. From where I stood I could see way down into the valley where our small city lies. After I had this flash/memory the thought went through my mind that I LOVE Nature because it is SO vast and timeless. For me it's greater and limitless circle emcompassed my smaller world of the city and day to day goings on of us humans. So standing on that mountain created great space and perspective on any of the challenges that might arise in my life. Being connected to something SO much larger makes all the rest small, not necessarily insignificant, but something that is only passing through and not the core of my life purpose or emotion or existence.

My husand and I were talking about this the other day and how seeing a bigger picture allows us to let go of the things that don't really matter. We are blessed in that we both willingly let go of what the unimportant things that can (if we let them) tear apart lives. I am so grateful for this, as it was not always that way in my life.

I also am deeply moved that you are inspiring people in this way. Reading this brought tears to my eyes...I think because I love humanity and see people lose friendships, partners and so forth over things that don't really matter. I know we are all learning in our own way and that everything is already perfect but I still bless you for giving us all tools to better see Life and Love. Robin

[Liara Covert]

Robin, storms evolve from turbulence we create inside ourselves. We can each be truly grateful we have survived through stages of our lives the contribute to the person we are becoming. To belittle the pain we feel would somehow invalidate meaningful experience. As we recognize the nature of our own inner turbulence, we support our own growth. All hope is based on our own process. What is lacking in ourselves is simply a way of seeing and understanding the world and how we can heal misconceptions and misunderstandings. Nature is a guide that brings us back to ourselves. To recognize the world is sacred and to reconnect with our own Divine nature changes everything.