Becky meets a new man, Victor, in Chapter 6 of her memoir, Beyond the Great Abyss, and she is swept away with excitement and hope. But a consultation with Jeanne, her intuitive counselor, bursts this bubble of hope, as Jeanne has visions of crocodiles and crashing trains. Victor has a devastating trauma in his past that caused intense pain and rage which he eventually buried deep within himself in order to survive and go on. Crocodiles are reptiles, Jeanne explains, and you can never really communicate with a reptile.
Is there trauma in your past (or with someone close to you) that was so painful you must close yourself off from it? Does that long ago trauma continue to affect your life and relationships with people today? Most of us do have painful experiences or feelings we have buried in order to survive at that moment, but in doing so, we close off other parts of our souls and emotions too. (See Workbook Introduction for how to use this workbook, which is being posted on this blog, one chapter per week).
Intuition Development Exercise: Make a list of the most painful experiences in your life you can think of. Choose the one that calls to you for attention, the one that still hurts, and let it sit with you. Start your meditation with the knowledge that this experience is over and you are safe now. Ask the universal Spirit to help you understand what happened to you and how you can best move forward now in your life. During this meditation, you may re-experience the pain of that original experience, but this will be a cleansing, healing, letting-go experience of that pain. Spirit always loves you and will hold you safely.
Homeopathic of the Week: Nux Vomica “The Conqueror” (This remedy relaxes Victor’s severe muscle cramps)
The Mental State: Irritable, impatient, ambitious and driven patients, a “type A personality.” Loves power. Easily offended. Anger from contradiction. Impatient – hates waiting in lines or traffic. Competitive. Workaholic. Compulsive.
Common Physical Signs: Chills. Sneezing and runny nose on waking. Constipation. Sharp stomach pains with cramping. Cystitis. Back pain, worse at night in bed. Insomnia, cannot sleep due to thoughts about work. Cramping muscles. Twitching, tics, tremor and muscle spasms.
Health Tip: “Hot dogs are as toxic as cigarettes!” That was the attention-grabbing phrase flying about the airwaves the last few days. The truth is, recent research has shown that eating one hot dog per day increases your risk of colorectal cancer by 21%, and many studies have linked the nitrates used in most processed meats to an increase in the risk of cancer in general.
Buried emotions can be toxic, but so can many other substances in our physical environment. If you must eat hot dogs and/or other processed meats, choose naturally prepared meats without nitrates. But maybe try vegetarian? Check out my Extreme Nutrition, or Common Sense? blog posting.
