Ailish
Administrator Emerita
I came across some interesting concepts from Caroline Myss’s book Why People Don't Heal and How They Can.
This passage led me to think in terms of past life wounds. I have always wondered – why some people are so overwhelmed, so full of pain and grief, they are unable to process their past emotions. They continue -- to choose to play a victim. It doesn’t mean they are not compassionate, loving or understanding…but they seem to need to be seen in the role of the victim.
Myss said that “Your biography, is your biology,” and considering how many times we’ve been incarnate – that is a lot of potential baggage we are carrying around. Myss believes that “both literally and symbolically, what we experience permeates our bodies.” I absolutely believe that one hundred percent.
Myss noted through giving workshops and healing sessions -- that her participants were feeling more and more despair. Somehow, in spite of all they were doing, change was not occurring on the cellular level -- where it was needed in order to bring about a complete healing.
Myss found that many people would go on exploring their wounds from abusive relationships, dysfunctional families, addictions, or chronic illness well beyond their need to 'get over it, and get on. I have seen many parallels to Myss’s work – in friends who have this deep need to keep re-hashing their “difficult” past life memories. It made me wonder -- why is it necessary for them to keep dredging it up all the time? What can be gained from continually dwelling on the past?
What Myss discovered in observing her patients was that sometimes a person's identification with the wounds of their past is so strong that it defines their identity in the present. Furthermore, she observed that it is “through the language of wounds that we intimately connect with one another and gain power in our relationships.”
I often think – that the process of being wounded and healing, and to help others do the same – is part of what we are here to experience. The roles changes – the situations change, but the lesson remains the same. I believe it is about compassion, love and forgiveness.
Myss tells her audiences to never “waste time by thinking like a victim.” In doing so, we are simply blocking our ability to heal.
Many people have asked me – how I can find joy within traumatic memories, how I can just accept it and move on so easily. Personally, I recognize that within each lifetime there is good and bad – but every single moment is a lesson. Each lesson has given us knowledge – but it is what we choose to do with that knowledge in the present moment that counts. I cannot change the past –- but I can focus with positive intent -- on creating a happy, productive future.
Does anyone else have thoughts on Myss’s work -- in relation to past lives? I am curious...
Aili
This passage led me to think in terms of past life wounds. I have always wondered – why some people are so overwhelmed, so full of pain and grief, they are unable to process their past emotions. They continue -- to choose to play a victim. It doesn’t mean they are not compassionate, loving or understanding…but they seem to need to be seen in the role of the victim.
Myss said that “Your biography, is your biology,” and considering how many times we’ve been incarnate – that is a lot of potential baggage we are carrying around. Myss believes that “both literally and symbolically, what we experience permeates our bodies.” I absolutely believe that one hundred percent.
Myss noted through giving workshops and healing sessions -- that her participants were feeling more and more despair. Somehow, in spite of all they were doing, change was not occurring on the cellular level -- where it was needed in order to bring about a complete healing.
Myss found that many people would go on exploring their wounds from abusive relationships, dysfunctional families, addictions, or chronic illness well beyond their need to 'get over it, and get on. I have seen many parallels to Myss’s work – in friends who have this deep need to keep re-hashing their “difficult” past life memories. It made me wonder -- why is it necessary for them to keep dredging it up all the time? What can be gained from continually dwelling on the past?
What Myss discovered in observing her patients was that sometimes a person's identification with the wounds of their past is so strong that it defines their identity in the present. Furthermore, she observed that it is “through the language of wounds that we intimately connect with one another and gain power in our relationships.”
I often think – that the process of being wounded and healing, and to help others do the same – is part of what we are here to experience. The roles changes – the situations change, but the lesson remains the same. I believe it is about compassion, love and forgiveness.
Myss tells her audiences to never “waste time by thinking like a victim.” In doing so, we are simply blocking our ability to heal.
Many people have asked me – how I can find joy within traumatic memories, how I can just accept it and move on so easily. Personally, I recognize that within each lifetime there is good and bad – but every single moment is a lesson. Each lesson has given us knowledge – but it is what we choose to do with that knowledge in the present moment that counts. I cannot change the past –- but I can focus with positive intent -- on creating a happy, productive future.
Does anyone else have thoughts on Myss’s work -- in relation to past lives? I am curious...
Aili
Do any new members have thoughts to add?
They were telling a story about a time when they were helping out this therepy group. There were a couple members of the group that were making really progress and just when they were about to make a breakthrough, they stopped attending the class. Later on they re-enrolled in the class. The next time around, the same thing, just when they were about to make a breakthrough, they stopped coming. Eventually, he noticed they were enrolled again. Finally, he went to the intructor and said, "I just don't get it! Everytime so-and-so is about to make a real breakthrough they stop coming. Then they enroll again. I just don't get it."