In preparing to write just now, and as I always do, I asked in my own way for a higher wisdom to speak through me.
And this is the note that greeted me…
Amoda Maa perfectly describing what it is to surrender…
‘When we allow ourselves to fall gently inward ’
Here is the note written in full…
A couple of nights ago I was asked to describe the way in which I help people to heal emotional memory and it is difficult to describe within a western, logical framework without experiencing it personally… because in essence, I teach people how to surrender their problems to a deeper wisdom within.
Again, as Amoda Maa perfectly describes…
When we surrender, something deeper begins to open.
As so many others have before me, I have learned that when we create space in our lives to surrender the conscious, busy, thinking mind to the greater wisdom within - even for a few moments - our problems are more easily solved, and our tensions can be more gently eased.
In the western world people often find the concept of surrender somewhat elusive, but perhaps the natural path of surrender is even closer than we realise… because every night, as we allow our eyes to close and fall asleep, we are, in truth, surrendering.
The act of surrendering is an act of letting go, of willingly relinquishing conscious level control over life and instead allowing a divine or deeper wisdom to guide and support us.
And this is something each and every one of us does quite naturally every night as we sleep.
In allowing our eyes to close, in surrendering our focus on the external world, in losing track of time and forgetting about our worries for a while, in giving our bodies and minds an opportunity to be restored and renewed, we create a sacred inner space where healing can naturally unfold.
We are surrendering to a deeper consciousness within.
While we sleep, while the thinking mind is quiet, a greater wisdom, a deeper consciousness awakens, and it is within this private space, that our deeper consciousness can restore our bodies and minds, helping us solve problems and heal our emotional wounds.
For those who are more scientifically minded, neuroscientist Matthew Walker puts it beautifully.
…[D]ream sleep is essentially a form of overnight therapy. It's during dream sleep where we start to actually take the sting out of difficult, even traumatic, emotional experiences that we've been having. And sleep almost divorces that emotional, bitter rind from the memory experiences that we've had during the day. And so that we wake up the next morning feeling better about those experiences.
We are extraordinary beings, with different levels of consciousness that can support us in so many different ways. Among these is our day time consciousness of which we are most familiar, and then there is our night time consciousness which is more of a mystery, and yet extraordinary beyond measure.
Learning to surrender life’s difficulties to this mystery, ‘sleeping on our problems’ so to speak, allows us to embrace the gift of greater wisdom and healing within.
For those who would like to learn more about P.S.H. therapy, you are invited to watch the film Emotional Healing
At this moment, I find this to be profound. I have been struggling with anxiety and have spent months studying everything I can to find a way to calm my nervous system. You name it, I've tried it. Trying to find ways to calm my anxiety has left me with more anxiety. I've been pushing too hard to find solutions.
But today, this message came through. I feel it's telling me to slow down. That I don't have to be trying to "fix it" 24/7. Stay off YT and Google with dozens upon dozens of people selling their solutions. Some things are valuable. But right now, my brain can't process anymore information. Let it be.
Beautifully said Belinda.