{"id":1838,"date":"2017-01-24T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2018-06-19T10:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T10:59:19","slug":"keeping-practicing-when-it-gets-harder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/dev\/keeping-practicing-when-it-gets-harder\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Loving And Practicing When It Gets Harder"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When it gets harder to love, let’s love harder.” <\/em><\/strong>~\u00a0Van Jones<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u00a0<\/span>am sure that, by now, you have heard about this\u00a0powerful invitation\u00a0by Van Jones at the March in Washington DC, last Saturday. With three (new) little foster kids with special needs living with me since the beginning of the month, \u201cloving harder\u201d is something that I have been\u00a0led to practice every single moment of every single day. Loving them is easy when everything is “fine” (which is quite rare with my current trio!); real love starts when it is really hard and you feel that you have reached your absolute limits. That’s what is asked of all of us now, no matter who we are and where we are on the political spectrum or even on the planet: to embrace fierce love as a radical way of being with each other in this place and time. Nobody said it was easy. But I am personally willing to try, over and over, even when it does not seem to work, or when I feel like I am \u201cfailing\u201d \u2013 specially in those moments. This is also at the heart of any practice that is intended to support deep change from within.<\/p>\n

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Practicing is \u201ceasy\u201d when all is\u00a0well. We don\u2019t seem to\u00a0be struggling as much with our minds when we meditate. We \u201cfeel\u201d something when we try to ground ourselves or do any kind of visualization. We have a sense of \u201cconnecting\u201d with others, nature, or something bigger than ourselves. In other words, it \u201cworks\u201d and so we are inclined to continue doing it. That is great. But the real work is actually when we don\u2019t \u201cfeel\u201d anything, when we have to keep at it, to\u00a0keep repeating the same daily practices <\/a>that we know support us. We have to trust the process, even when we can\u2019t feel its results. Because, one day, we will. One day, our mind\/body\/soul will remember, and we will feel back into center, in alignment, or simply get the sense that we have reached a better place.<\/p>\n

Recent research in neuroscience has shown us how we could alter the cognitive and emotional processes that directly affect our ways of being. And it works. But, for it to work, we need to practice. Just that: practice, every single day. It is just the way we are wired as human beings. All of us, even the most \u201cenlightened\u201d among us. Research concerning these extraordinary individuals also shows that they are among those who practice the most on a daily basis, very much the same way high level athletes and performers can\u2019t stop training on a daily basis, just because they would have reached their top level.<\/p>\n

Miracles happen. Sudden shifts happen. But for them to last, we need to\u00a0support the process and nurture the good, so that we don\u2019t reverse into old thoughts patterns, i.e. old neuropathways<\/a>. For this, we need some types of rituals that we can fit in our daily routine, and that reaffirm to our brain the choices that we make\u00a0and the path that we want to take. More dramatic and even climactic events (such as a healing, an initiation, a large gathering, etc.) can be very supportive. They can uplift and bring very powerful memories, but their effects can also be very short term. So we need our routines and regular practices to also support us.<\/p>\n

It is work, yes, but it is so worth it. It helps us\u00a0find and cultivate our peace within, and opens up the possibility to choose what we want to govern our lives (love over hate, for instance), particularly when everything around us is challenging. And when things get harder, we practice harder.<\/p>\n

So if you feel worried or discouraged right now, remember: now is not the time to give up on\u00a0the things that have been\u00a0helping you be the loving and caring person that you want to be. Now is the time to tend to your inner self and keep doing the things that you know to be supportive to your heart and soul. Now is the time to practice harder and love even harder.<\/p>\n

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B\u00e9atrice | Contemporary Shamanic Healer<\/p>\n

allowingthelight@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

B\u00e9atrice Pouligny
\nAllowing The Light
\nJanuary\u00a02017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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