Go Deeper into Knowing and Loving Yourself
Once while doing spiritual healing work, a simple exercise entered my mind. I imagined myself standing in front of me and then hugged that image. Through this exercise, unrealized feelings about myself and previous decisions I hadn’t made peace with were revealed. I would like to take this opportunity to share this exercise with you.
This exercise is better done with positive energy while you are in a meditative state, so if you feel energetically blocked at the moment please release yourself from the situation as best as you can. When you are ready, put yourself in a meditative state by following any meditation method that works for you.
Once you are in a meditative state, imagine yourself standing in front of you. Then, hug yourself just as you would hug another person and monitor your own feelings. This part of the exercise will tell you how you truly feel about yourself.
Are you happy to hug yourself or do you feel repulsed?
Do you find yourself beautiful and unblemished?
Do you feel love?
After the hug, remember how you were at different ages and initiate a conversation with your childhood or teenage self. Those different versions of yourself may ask you questions about particular events or past decisions you made. Through these conversations, regrets, doubts, and wounds from the past may surface, particularly if there are decisions or past events you feel you didn't handle correctly. Ask yourself:
Do you feel at peace when asked these questions?
Do you have regret or have you forgiven yourself?
Are there decisions you made that you regret?
Are there past events that you don’t feel you managed well?
Are the energies of these situations still bothering you?
After answering the above questions, it is time to let go of the energies that don’t serve you anymore. You can use whatever healing methods that you are comfortable with to locate and release these energies. If needed, you can ask your spiritual committee, such as your High Self, or an angel or a guide whom you are very close to, to help you with the quest. Accept the past and move on from it, understanding that no one can make decisions perfectly all the time. Replace negative self-images and beliefs with positive affirmations. Lastly, fill yourself with love.
Affirmation: I am at peace with the past and the present. I have a positive image of myself. I hug myself with love.
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[The initial version of this article was first published on this blog in July 2021 (x), and later published in the Winter (December) 2021 issue of Spiritual Response Association (SRA) Ascension Journal after implementing suggestions from the Publication Team of SRA. This current version is based on the one in the journal, which you can read it here (x), but edited to become less specific to Spiritual Response Therapy in order to benefit a larger audience.]
