Jo-Anne Mac Millan
Bring it on 2016!
So… Life has a funny way of taking us on twists and turns and ups and downs and flip-arounds and dips and peaks… Anyone else suffering from motion-sickness???
My wish for you is to stay grounded in it all. May you embrace and love all of who you are – every bit of who you are, the whole truth, even the parts that you wish weren’t there…
The path to wholeness is accepting and embracing ALL of who we are… the light and the shadow, the “acceptable” traits and the “unacceptable”, the laughter and the tears, the love and the fear, the sweetness and the bitterness… ALL of you…
Who knows what 2016 is going to bring? There are beliefs around “what we think about we bring about”, and that we experience our own vibrational reality whether we are conscious of it or not. So when the shizzz hits the fan… know that it is not your “fault” as in, because you had negative thoughts now you are getting it!
Its more life reflecting the wounds and repressed stuff that’s underneath the surface and has been suppressed for whatever reason, and it is giving you the opportunity to heal and embrace those wounded and suppressed parts of you. So that you can bring it to the light, transmute it from lead to gold like the alchemists of old. Jeez…maybe I’m becoming a poet… lol
Back to you… my fellow soul traveller… May you embrace all of who you are in 2016! What a wonderful world we will live in when everybody can love and embrace every part of themselves. May you walk in beauty in 2016 and bring us the gift of your True Nature.
Much love,
Jo-Anne xxx
PS
Some shifts and changes have taken place in the Killaloe office… There is now a dedicated space for Sound Healing and Shamanic Counselling work. The energy and the new vibe in the room feels amazing! Looking forward to meeting you in the “new” space.
Song of the Bird by Anthony de Mello
A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eagle hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life, the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken. He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled. And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet in the air.
Years passed and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky. It glided in graceful majesty among powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings. The old eagle looked up in awe. “Who’s that?” he asked. “That’s the eagle, the king of the birds,” said his neighbor. “He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth – we’re chickens.” So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that’s what he thought he was.
Tips if you are experiencing “a dark night of the soul”
I have to say generally I love this time between the hustle and bustle of Christmas and the start of the New Year! Taking time out, spending it and sharing it with some of the amazing people in my life or just in solitude. Its a time when I like to reflect on the previous year- look at goals achieved and those not achieved and dreaming in the New Year!
This year however… I found this quite challenging!! What is going on with the planets people??!! lol Reflecting on where I am in my life, goals achieved, those not achieved really brought up a lot of old wounds for me… Jeez… How many angles is there to look at this stuff?? Staying with it, feeling it all, reflecting and journeying on it brought me the insights I needed to pull through it once again. I’m telling you… I’m mastering the “hero’s journey” at this stage! Taking the journey, facing the dragons, slaying the dragons and once again returning home to tell the story! Phew! Doesnt make it any less challenging though!
So here are some of my tips if you are experiencing “a dark night of the soul”
Stay with the feelings and feel ALL of it
I know its hard and all you want to do is run away from what is painful or shameful or angry. These feelings though have a very important message for you about your soul’s evolution and growth. Fleeing from it, brushing it to the side, sweeping it under the carpet or plastering over it will not make it go away! As a matter of fact it just becomes stagnant energy waiting for an opportunity to erupt. Going into these feelings more, lessen their grip. It might not feel like it at first, but just like standing still in the murky water of a pond – the water becomes clear once again. If we keep running around in the pond trying to get away from the murkiness the more we churn up the gunk! So be still, embrace and let the clarity return.
Ink it don’t think it
Journal, draw, paint, collage, write, type, record… Do whatever you need to do to get it out of your head, heart and onto paper, computer, ipad etc. When you carry these thoughts and feelings around in your head and heart it breeds GOBLINS!! Those little nasty critters that bear mostly negative statements and fear! Have you heard this saying?
fear is the little dark room where negatives are developed
Well that is the point of journalling – bring it out in the open where it can be exposed and looked at. We often have the additional fear ontop of all the others that when I write these things down it actually becomes true… Well sorry to inform you if it lives and breeds in your head, there is part that believes its true already! And it is much harder to face an opponent in the dark… Bring it out into the light where you can face it head on! You might be surprised, that these fears and negative thoughts seem alot bigger in the dark – just like the “boogie man”!
Ask for help
If you feel you cannot face these things alone once you have the written out – ask for help! Get someone to help you process and make sense of it all… Ask a friend, family or gift yourself the time to go the a life coach, therapist or counsellor to help you work through it. There are also many online courses, lifestyle diaries etc to help you on this journey. Open yourself up to the supports around you and the right person, course or self-help guide will emerge.
When the student is ready, the master appears
If in anyway I can help you on your Hero’s Journey get in touch. I will be honoured to walk your journey with you.