Dear Ones,
How often do you drill down to the core of your being to examine what truly exists there? Are you a person who lives on the surface of life or do you linger in the depths of emotions but avoid the in-depth analysis of who you truly are, your essence, in the center of your being?Let us help you today to examine your essence.
Many of you live in a busy life that leaves you little time to ponder the meaning of events, feelings, your life. Many others of you spend a lot of time pondering your life, or what’s missing in your life, and you avoid or put off actually living your life to its fullest. And some are trying to do both and feeling paralyzed by life. How do you interact with your life and yourself in your life?
If you can pause in your busy life, whether it is filled with activity or analysis or paralysis, and look into the center of your Self, what will you find? How do you feel as we suggest that you do this? Are you frightened? Nervous? Excited? Worried? Just notice how you react to the idea that you might look deeply inside yourself for you will get information about yourself from that reaction.
This process does not require a weekend retreat or even hours of meditation but it does require a commitment to be honest with yourself. Are you willing to make that commitment?
To start this process, do find some time when you can be alone, without the intrusive energy of others, and allow yourself to be in a relaxed state, maybe in an environment that is comfortable and conducive to reflection. Light a candle, and incense if you like, and allow your thoughts of busyness to float away from you as you claim this time for yourself. You will probably want to have some writing materials or a journal handy as you start.
Now get into a comfortable position, take a few deep breaths while you focus on becoming very relaxed. This is not for going to sleep but for going inside. Imagine that you are on a vacation where you have no responsibilities, no schedule, no place to be and you are on your own for the moment. Where are you? Look around you to see what your environment is. If you feel uncomfortable then move to another environment in your mind’s eye, for you are controlling this exercise.
When you are feeling relaxed and comfortable then start to ask yourself, ‘Who am I?’ and notice your answers to that question. After each answer, ask again, ‘Who am I?’ This may sound strange or humorous at first, but each time you ask yourself this question you will go a little bit more deeply into your essence. ‘Who am I?’ Ask again and be curious about your next response. ‘Who am I?’ You might start to find that you are no longer defining yourself in relationships to others. ‘Who am I?’ You might be going back in time to what was in you as a child or at birth. ‘Who am I?’ By now you might be thinking of yourself in an abstract way, using nebulous language to describe yourself. ‘Who am I?’ Ask again, and you will be starting to get to your essence, your core.
Continue in this way until you cannot ask the question anymore because it doesn’t make sense to differentiate yourself from all of Life.
What was your path to your essence? Are you now trying to analyze or predict what you would say if you tried this exercise? Are you feeling as if you don’t need to do this because you already know yourself so well? No judgments here, just notice and be curious.
There are many ways to go inside and this is just one path but it is a good one to try to start the process of self-examination. When you feel complete with the exercise for this moment, then allow yourself to gently return to your body in the room you started in and come back to your space. Journal about the experience and how you felt along the way.
Try doing this on multiple occasions and see if you travel down different paths to the same place or the same path to different destinations.
And remember that you are The Light. Any time that you feel you are in the dark it is merely because you have turned your back on The Light that is inside you. Look inside to find The Light that is always burning brightly there.
And so it is.
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Mystic Messages 
MUSE-INGS: “Who Am I, Really?” by Rosemary Bredeson
January 4, 2011 — RosemaryWhat a great exercise this is! It is so easy to get disconnected from our essential self in our busy lives. We move through the days without understanding motivations or deeper meanings and then we’re exhausted and only interested in getting enough rest to tackle another tiring day tomorrow. But how important it is to hit the pause button in Life sometimes, to take a break from the running around, the supercharged and busy life that has us moving on only 2 speed options: full speed ahead or full stop. Maybe the most important thing we can learn in these busy days is to take time to pause.
So how will you take the suggestion in the message today and apply it in your life? Will you take time to do the exercise and get in touch with your essence? Do you have some other method that you use to do exercises like this?
I don’t think the methodology is as important as the commitment to Self to take time to go inside and see what we find. I had a major insight in a class where I was doing a mandala exercise, drawing something in a blank circle. I looked at the circle on the paper and ‘saw’ the image of a pyramid that extended beyond the edge of the circle. I colored outside the lines for the first time in my life! It was tremendously freeing to give myself permission to do this. To you this might be funny as you’ve always done this, but to someone who has always been a ‘color inside the lines’ kind of person, this is huge!
Some people start journaling and find that their hand almost has a mind of its own as it writes things that were never before revealed or disclosed on paper. Others find art exercises or walks in nature or meditation experiences that unveil previously hidden parts of Self and create their own ‘aha’ moments. What is your favorite way to gain insights into yourself?
Whatever method or methods you decide to use, make a choice today to give yourself some time for inner work, self reflection, in the near future. Find the time, commit the time, make the arrangements and then keep that commitment. You will be richly rewarded for doing an exercise in getting in touch with your essence.
And this is not something that you just do once. Commit to doing this more than once. What frequency feels good to you? Is this something you want to do once a week for awhile? Every day? Once a month on the Full or New Moon? Ask yourself what feels most beneficial for you and then put the time on your calendar and allow yourself to follow through.
What other questions would you like to ask? These exercises often lead us to asking other questions when we feel as if we are stuck or are hitting a wall. When you feel something going on ask yourself, ‘What is behind this?’ and then ‘What is behind this?’ again until you feel that you have reached the real center point.
In tense situations the question might be, ‘What is this?’ Keep asking the same question until the energy shifts.
Come up with your own process, your own questions, and see what happens. All you need is a few moments of your time and a curious mind/heart.
‘Who Am I?’ is a good place to start!
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