I got a composter for my birthday. I know that doesn’t sound so exciting, but it was to me! I expanded the garden this year and the thought of recycling a lot of waste to turn it into rich, fertile soil appeals on so many levels! It arrived in quite a few pieces and took two hours to put together, but I couldn’t have been more enthused. Immediately I filled it with shredded paper, kitchen scraps, a shovel full of good dirt, and a heaping scoop of compost starter. Every day more scraps go in, and every day I give it a few good turns. I’m letting my garbage die so I can resurrect fertile soil for the garden. What a joy!
In the past my shredder was one of my favorite spiritual tools. When a belief wasn’t working in my life, I wrote it down and shredded it. When people wrote to me with unkindness I printed their words and shredded them. When something wasn’t working in my life I wrote it down, and shredded it. When I was all done I lit a candle to symbolize the light I was resurrecting in place of the old. Now my composter is going to do a great job of allowing the old to “die” so the new can be resurrected!
We have many ways that we can let go of the old, and while my shredding/composting is humorous, a really effective way to shift to a new and better reality, is looking forward to and empowering the new life that we are creating. As the angels say, we can resurrect the energies we want to see.
Throughout this entire pandemic, I’ve been focused on a better, kinder life and world, not on avoiding sickness. I’ve worn my mask, washed my hands and disinfected, but I “whistle while I work” because I’ve no room in my spirit for the energies that tried to wreak havoc in our world. Likewise, rather than fighting racism, I’ve spent my life celebrating diversity, empowering equality, and speaking up about our true nature every chance I get. Rather than fightingpolitical ideas I don’t care for I’m working in my life to let behaviors I don’t like die, and the ideals I do believe in resurrect at all times. I try to empower what I want, rather than fight what I don’t. In this fashion I resurrect the energies I wish to experience.
There is a fine line between fighting something and letting it die off while resurrecting the new, but you’ll know when you’re focused on resurrection of the new because you feel good. It feels good to empower and think about a world where diversity is celebrated. It feels good to empower and think about a world of peace, freedom, allowance, and health. It feels good to focus on all the good people performing loving acts and speaking loving words, and all the kind and loving people in my life rather than fighting those in the world who are hateful or those in my life who wish me ill. It feels good to resurrect my happy, peaceful self, and let anything thoughts or beliefs that don’t feel happy and peaceful die from lack of attention. Resurrection feels good.
So as we move forward, let us allow the things and thoughts and beliefs that don’t empower us personally and as a human race to simply die off from lack of attention. Let us resurrect the things and thoughts and beliefs that do empower us personally and as a human race by paying attention to them, and empowering them with our actions and beliefs.
Here are a few pointers how to gracefully embrace death and resurrection:
1. Do the angels exercise from this week:
Get a piece of paper and divide it into two columns. On one side, write down the beliefs, situations, etc., that you want to allow to “die” in your life, and on the other right down what you want to resurrect.
I want to let my mess die / I want to resurrect order.
I want to let my complaints die / I want to resurrect hope.
I want to let my physical challenges die / I want to resurrect health
Do as many of these as you like. When you catch yourself focused on a situation or belief that you want to let die off, instead ask yourself, what would it feel like to be in my resurrected state? Imagine it. Feel it. Act if you are motivated, otherwise just enjoy the feeling.
As the angels say, you’ll quickly know what you truly want to resurrect vs. what you really don’t care about! And that is all OK, because either way you’ll be resurrecting in a higher, happier vibe.
2. Compost, shred, burn, or bury your old beliefs
Write down beliefs that are no longer serving you as they arise. Burn(safely!), shred, bury, or compost them. Now light a candle and as you watch the light, imagine what you want to resurrect instead.
If you’re a gardener, you can bury the old beliefs and when you’re ready put a new plant over them that symbolizes what you are resurrecting.
3. Allow for nostalgia
Sometimes it is easy to let go of the old because we’re so excited about the new. Sometimes we’re just plain nostalgic and have a hard time. That’s OK. You can take pictures, journal all the gifts the old situation gave you, write love letters to your old life, old beliefs, old house, or old job thanking it, or do any number of things to remind yourself – You keep the energy and gifts from all situations. You simply release either the form or the negative energy.
Happy Easter. Happy Passover. Happy change of season. We, as a human race, are changing seasons and, gracefully or not, moving towards a wonderfully resurrected world.
Love you all!
Ann
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