Shift to reclaim Inner Power
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Liara Covert, Ph.D
Insight of the Moment
"Love everything. Be fully present. All doors are open."- Liara Covert
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Seeing things from the inside out changes how we see ourselves and the world. The inner workings of the mind control how we behave until we grow conscious of the core beliefs and patterns that are running us. Ponder 4 benefits to seeing things from the inside out;
1. Uncover the power of empathy
Empathy is what makes us human. It is the ability to get beyond our own repressed shame and judgement to understand another person’s situation from their perspective. As such, we grow able to place ourselves in someone else’s shoes and feel what they are feeling, see the mirror. As we realize we are only ever angry at ourselves, and anger is no more than expression of hurt, fear and frustration related to past events, we see through anger and heal so it no longer controls us.
2. Expand self-awareness
As awareness expands, it hits there’s no past, no future, just neural pathways, which make us perceive this illusion we call time. As we grasp this, we realize, that change is one paradigm shift or ah-ha moment away. Blocked awareness skews our perception of things. Without self-awareness, we are controlled by unconscious patterns and outdated beliefs. Expanding self-awareness reveals why we make certain choices and frees us to make healthier choices. Growing self-aware is being open to the flow of happiness, and spontaneously being joyful.
3. Develop critical thinking
The ability to distinguish fact from opinion arises as we begin to recognize the value and lessons each emotion holds. As we come to appreciate every emotion, we sense the appropriateness and timeliness of each. We trust intuition more as we accept more of ourselves. We can laugh at our own disgust, feel goosebumps at our own anger and fear and see the underlying motives in everything we choose to feel.
4. Deepen emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence arises within as we grow conscious of original reasons we experienced joy, sadness, disgust, anger and fear. This involves understanding and managing emotions withotu being controlled by them. This shapes our social skills. Insight into emotions expands at any point in life we are open to making the unconscious conscious and loving and forgiving ourselves as we let go of our own misperceptions.
When our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.
-Jess C. Scott
If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.
-Daniel Goleman
Many people say they would like to experience more freedom. It is useful to ask yourself what you mean by freedom, and from what or whom are you seeking it?
You might reply from certain people, conditions or society. You may change relationships or conditions and temporarily feel liberated Yet, notice what happens as you recognize you can only give or deny freedom to yourself. Here are 3 tips:
1. Recognize freedom begins and ends in the mind.
Thoughts are energy and this power is often underestimated. You can convince yourself you are constrained or held in some situation by circumstances beyond your control. Yet ultimately, you are the generator, organizer and dispenser of your thoughts. Your thoughts project your experience. You decide what matters. As a human being, you are free to choose how to think, free to respond to your own thoughts. The freedom you have is free will.
2. Reflect on what food and drink tells you about freedom
To see and feel that everything is interconnected (as it is), is to recognize what you eat and drink sends a message about the freedom you are ready and willing to allow yourself. Universal law says you receive and experience what you give. To choose to eat meat, eggs, dairy, or any animal products, it is like denying other living beings the happiness and freedom you think you want. This idea goes back thousands of years to the timeless wisdom of the Yoga Sutras. Yogis are often vegan or subsist on air energy (prana) alone. We each weave our own tangled web of karma until we are conscious and transcend it. Our perceived reality is being created from our own actions.
3. Be more aware of how you feel
When you agree with what life is showing you, you are in harmony with yourself. When you disagree with what life is showing you, you are in disharmony with yourself. You attune to and respond to what feels natural or to choose instead to tune out or be selectively aware. This is part of your freedom.
Notice what matters is not what you think but how you feel and what this points toward. Be aware why the urge to disagree arises, why you feel resistance or conflict inside yourself.
You are conditioned to assume that opposition arises in relation someone else. From the moment you see everything and everyone you encounter in life is a mirror, the focus shifts. Discover you can only ever be aligned or out of balance with true nature. Any feeling of indecisiveness or restlessness points to denial of true nature. Get in touch with deeper self. You generate the questions and also hold all answers. It takes no-thing to go from here to here.