The process of release is one that we must learn to move
ahead on our spiritual journey. Releasing is more than the
process of letting go of what no longer serves us; it is also
a process of completion where we find the purpose, truth
and meaning of our experiences. Each of our life experiences has a lesson to teach us and is a valuable part of our spiritual growth. The first part of learning to releasing
anything is to acknowledge it, the second part of this process is accepting what is. Acceptance is an unconditional recognition of the people and circumstances in our lives. When we can accept unconditionally, we have moved past the outrage, anger, sadness and hurt that we feel for the truly awful things that people may have done to us. We arrive at the point where we admit to ourselves that it happened, it may not have been right or pleasant but it did happen. Without acceptance, we live in denial and when we live in denial, we invite fear into our lives. Until we can
accept what is, we spend much time asking 'why me?'.
Acceptance has nothing to do with approval. What others have done may not be OK but we see our lives from a very limited perspective, without the understanding of our spiritual
path, karmic history or lessons that we can here to learn.
Remembering that in different lifetimes we have been both the victim and the aggressor reminds us that what we see and know of ourselves is but a small piece of our spiritual
history. When we accept unconditionally we face our
experiences without judgment and learn the lessons they have to teach us.
Perhaps we needed to learn compassion, forgiveness or
to face our fears. Perhaps we will eventually provide
healing to people who have shared similar experiences. Until we learn to accept what is unconditionally, though, we will never be able to move past the experience and our emotional attachments to them, and release them so that they are part of our past. The purpose of releasing is to
free ourselves from that experience and all of its effects
so that the present and future are no longer tied to the
past. This week, is there something in your life that you
must learn to accept unconditionally, recognizing its presence in your life history and simply saying 'yes, this happened to me'? It doesn't mean that it was right or OK, just that it is. It may be painful, unfair, hurtful and outrageous,
but it happened as part of your life lesson. Once you accept
it, turn it over to the Universe and you will be on your
way to finding peace and freedom through release.
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