You are the Hero of Your Saga – Accept your centrality in your own myth. It doesn’t matter whatother people think – they are the bit players. Think of your past as a Quest Saga. What did you want?How did it change? What blocked you? What tools have you got at your command? Where do you gofrom here? Challenge – You absolutely CAN rewrite the past, but first you first must face its full horror. Generally, because we were children, we didn’t know what was going on, were co-opted by ourpersecutors and prevented from fighting back. Things are different now! The hardest thing to accept isthat beloved caregivers didn’t want the best for us – they wanted us to be just like them. Danger – “I don’t believe in ghosts but I never met a person who wasn’t haunted” is a very wisesaying. What haunts you? Or who? Ghosts are malignant – if they weren’t they would be powerspirits, fairy godmothers or guardian angels. What malignancies from your past are out to get you andhow do they make themselves known? One of Freud’s contributions was to point out that people prefertheir neurosis – ie imprisonment – to liberation. Why? What’s in it for you? Opportunity – You became YOU. Yes, you have scars – these are bragging rights! You have beenthrough the wars! ‘Rewriting” the past means understanding what really happened, the limitations ofthose who surrounded you, and exploring your chances and choices today. Just because parents,teachers or “society” sentenced you to play a role, you can step out of it at any time. Buddhist thoughtis very helpful here. Buddha teaches that life itself is an illusion – a dream. It changes depending onhow we think about it. In the present, inside your mind, you hold all the keys to your own liberation. Re-visit Pema Chodron’s Noble Heart and Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now to explore how you can assume immediate control of your life and your mind and turn your past into fuel to power your growth. Meditation - #Haiku: Memory – Your Past Is Never Where You Left It Block Past subsuming Present - overwhelming Future Short circuit Change
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