Clearing is required
In all the work and study I’ve done for myself and others on wellbeing – becoming truly ‘well’ in all the aspects of our mind-body-soul being – the one pitfall that stands out to me is the importance of clearing. Or, to use the old school colloquial term, sorting out our baggage.
The old school ‘baggage’ term is accurate, because the negative beliefs, hurts, traumas that we all have are like heavy suitcases, slowing us down as we run for a plane that’s heading to destination freedom and fulfillment.
Put another way, Louise Hay is famous for saying that people used to complain to her that positive affirmations didn’t work. They’d say, “Louise, I say these affirmations 10 times in the morning and at night, but they’re not working!” She would then ask them, “but how many hundreds of negative thoughts and affirmations do you have throughout the day? How can the positive ones compete?!”
Unless we heal the root causes of our toxic beliefs, hurts, traumas… we remain in the same programming. We will think the same thoughts on repeat, which drive our emotional state, which creates our physical reality.
If we want our life to change, we have to change and ‘rewire’ ourselves.
The only way to truly do that is to acknowledge and clear out what I call our shadows. ‘Shadows’ being all those painful things we’ve pushed down into our subconscious, that drive our looping thoughts and anxieties, make us feel low and unwell, and keep us stuck in lives we do not want.
Our shadows sabotage us. Example. We get up in the morning and commit to a personal goal or intention… but deep down we’re carrying negative beliefs (‘baggage’) such as:
I’m not deserving of success
I need more money in order to do this
No one will ever listen to/buy from me… etc…
See my point? The positive intention you’ve set for yourself is sabotaged (undermined or nullified) by that deep-seated, negative wiring.
Clearing and healing happens when we identify + acknowledge + give compassion to the root of the belief or hurt.
Your body will help you!
Louise Hay was also a genius in that she was one of the first people to mainstream the idea that these shadows become sickness and injury in our bodies. Your body is an amazing communicator: it digests your emotions, then they reappear in physical form. (Read more about ‘You can heal your life’ here.)
Read that again: our bodies digest our emotions. Which means we accumulate emotional toxicity and need to release it.
So, become more aware of what deserves your energy. Where is your energy going most of the time? Is this what you really want? Become conscious of these things. And become more aware of how your body is trying to communicate with you. For example, you might have insecure beliefs about yourself that you’ve manifested physically. Tune in to your body and start to see the connections between the way you are physically, and the way you are inside.
Clear out the old - make way for the new
Quantum physical tells us that energy will always seek to balance – including within us. A bit like pruning a tree so it can thrive with new growth, so too we need to prune back or clear the ‘dead wood’ and toxic or unhealed stuff within ourselves.
Basically, if you spring clean out the toxic stuff and create a void or space within, then the void will be filled. To ensure it’s filled with what you want, keep your thoughts and actions focused on your dreams and desires – because energy flows where thought goes.
It’s therefore a scientific fact that if you do the work to heal and clear out that toxic baggage that’s been kicking around in you for years… you’re making room to invite in what you want and truly deserve.
Prefer a video?
You might prefer to watch my video on this subject: “My life needs editing”
We need to create space for our priorities, dreams and desires. We can have the faith and certainty that, because of the energetic nature of our existence, any gaps or voids we create will be filled!
We need to have our focus on what we want (rather than on fears, worries, uncertainties) so that it's this positive energy that expands in our existence…
