When You can, Seek Awareness and Be Mindful of the Whole of Your Being
8. Seek Awareness
We strive to be awake and aware in all areas of our life: conscious of our thoughts, our words and our actions. We strive to be conscious of our body that moves us through this world, and the Beloved Earth that sustains us.
We seek grounded spiritual connection to Beloved Presence and wish to be aware of the moments we are alive and incarnate as opposed to wanting to 'ascend" away or beyond the physical realm. There is nothing dirty or inherently less spiritual in the physical world. It is spirit moving at a slower and larger wave form. Cause and effect are separated by more time and chaos and the cause is often forgotten before the effect can be delivered.
The Earth realm is a heavy challenge and requires an enormous amount of committed attention.
It's slow here. It's heavy here.
Plans and goals take a long time to come to fruition and then suddenly they do and life is racing riot out of control and you can't find the brakes.
Being aware of every level of our existence, all the time, is a big ask.
I don't think it's possible for most of us regular people - but it's worth the attempt. We become better humans and can have an easier and better time on earth with Beloved Presence if we try to remember to be aware.
Try and remember to be aware of the background tapes that play on a constant loop in our head, of which we're almost completely oblivious. Those tapes inherited unconsciously from parents, teachers, society - messages that we don't even know we're judging ourselves by every second of the day.
The Screw Tapes
Mine has an never-ending, underlying bass note of "fatfatfatfatfatfat" that underscores the chorus of "stupid", "useless", "dummy", "loser" that comes in loud and proud whenever I make the most minimal and inconsequential error.
I'm kind of laughing because honestly, it's funny.
Once you get over the horror and the sadness, it’s kind of hilarious that we've been self-talking as abusive parents for years.
Flip that self talk to something supportive.
Acknowledge that it's there, apologize to yourself and fill the spot in the tape with something nurturing.
After 20 some years of doing this and other positive self-talk exercises, it gets better. It happens less, but it still happens.
A lot.
Being aware and acknowledging what's happening and correcting the behaviour is necessary to build trust.
We are our own parent and we need to build trust with our inner child.
Being aware of what emotions we're feeling and where they are in the body is another layer to seeking awareness. Simply acknowledging to ourselves that we are feeling a particular emotion, like frustration or anger and identifying that it is sitting in your solar plexus or your chest is a great start.
Anxiety Worksheets for Kids
These look like they could be helpful. Google image search “anxiety worksheets for Kids”.
The emotional body has a lot to offer the western world as it's a body that we have not been encouraged to connect to or explore in any kind of regular daily practice. We've been taught primarily to repress emotions, so any connection to our emotional body is a great place to start.
The physical body is the source of most information and a magnet for truth.
Tuning in to what the physical body is saying - emotionally, mentally and spiritually in addition to physical is ideal. Practising grounding techniques and being fully present in our bodies without defence or armour is a goal to strive for.
Actioning all of the above is a lifelong practice and beyond the scope of this volume of Holy Sh!t at this time. I'd recommend picking-up Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith will give you wisdom and actionables for years!
A Divine Reminder Daily
Try the first chapter of The Holy Sh!t Handbook. Use it daily, weekly or whenever to sink return to an InSpirited world.
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We are Divine Wholiness together. You are God. You are Beloved Presence. You are the World, the Universe, all of Creation.
I ask uncomfortable questions and I speak uncomfortable truths. I have always done so and lived a good portion of my life believing that I was the problem. I spent most of my childhood and adult life being told to shush, or being called inappropriate because I ask questions that make people uncomfortable. I don't ask to be malicious or to judge. I ask because I am genuinely curious about you and your world and would like to know and understand who you are and how you see yourself in the world.