See if this scenario sounds familiar. You're under a lot of
stress. You feel irritable, angry, or depressed, and you
wish with all your heart that you could "snap out of it" but
you just seem to be attracting more of the same. Every
attempt to jolly yourself out of the blues just seems to
frustrate you more. Nothing changes, your emotional state
is like a snowball rolling downhill and everyone is walking
on eggshells around you.
If that scenario rings a bell, then you might need some
emotional alchemy. Originally, alchemy was the art and
science of transforming base metals like lead into the
precious metal gold. Today in magic, alchemy is the art of
transforming anything from a lower to a higher state. So if
your emotions are hanging out in the lower tones and you
can't get any relief, try some alchemy.
Surprisingly, emotional alchemy doesn't require candles,
sage, wands, or firebowls. It's much simpler than that. All
you have to do is reprogram one single part of yourself. One
of my good friends has a saying, "What wires together fires
together." In terms of magic, this means that your body,
mind, and Spirit are wired together in certain ways, and
under stress these three parts tend to respond in the same
way all the time.
To see how this works just look for a stress indicator. This
could be a fidget, a facial expression, the need to eat,
fast talking, waving your hands, smoking a cigarette, or
drinking a Coke. These are all responses that occur when
you're under stress. Let's take one example - drinking a
Coke - and see how mind, body, and Spirit wire together. If
you tend to drink Coke when you're under stress, here's the
sequence of what might be happening:
* Mind: Has the thought "I can't do this."
* Body: Automatically reaches for a Coke with the right hand and takes a drink.
* Spirit: Checks out and leaves body.
* Result: Feelings of anger, depression, irritability
Mind's thought automatically causes the body to grab the
Coke with the right hand and causes Spirit to leave. Every
time you are under stress the same sequence "fires together"
over and over again - and Spirit, the part of you that
guides you through life toward your birth vision, is
constantly absent. Since Mind is like a computer, it can't
change its program. Only Spirit can do that. You end up with
a broken record, with mind repeating "I can't do this" and
body drinking lots of Coke. It's becomes a cycle that is
almost impossible to snap out of unless you bring Spirit
back into the equation.
So how do you rewire this strange sequence so you can
transform your emotional responses? Just change one small
part of the wiring. In the example above, you might notice
when body reaches for the Coke with the right hand. Stop.
Switch hands. Reach for the Coke with your left hand. This
automatically causes Spirit to stay in body and be present -
it forces you, Spirit, to be present. Only Spirit can make
those kinds of changes. And when Spirit is present, you are
able to handle the stressful situation differently.
In fact, just bringing Spirit into a stressful situation
changes things - automatically. This is the alchemy at work.
Suddenly, even if just for a moment, you feel lighter, less
burdened, and even happy. Now if you pause in that moment
and notice the difference, the change will become more
permanent. You, all three parts, will develop a memory about
this new feeling and a new set of wiring will be created.
Now when you find yourself in a stressful situation, you'll
have a choice. You can do the same old response of feeling
depressed or angry (right hand reaching for the Coke) or you
can change the game plan and reach for the Coke with the
left hand.
Emotional alchemy doesn't mean you'll choose the happier
path every time. It just gives you a choice. So if you want
to expand the number of choices you have in your life, look
at the situations where you get in trouble and figure out
what's wiring and firing together. Then unwire and rewire
just one piece of that equation and you'll have a new
choice. Imagine what would happen if you did this in every
area of your life. Hmmm . enjoy!
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Stephanie Yeh is co-founder of the Esoteric School of Shamanism and Magic (http://www.shamanschool.com). Through this online school she helps clients use magical and shamanic techniques to manifest their desires. Stephanie has created several online and video classes in conjunction with the telecourse format the school utilizes in her attempt to make this valuable information accessible to as many people as possible. Her current project, a free teleconference series on a variety of magickal and shamanic topics with guest speakers, is designed to share information and promote interaction between people of varying spiritual practices.
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