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Reconnecting To Your Messengers

by Mario A. Campanaro

Reconnecting To Your Messengers

by Mario A. Campanaro

We all possess energetic reactions that occur as messengers to our present circumstances. These reactions can manifest in a myriad of ways, but they are most often noticed through our physical or emotional feelings. Yet, we have become caught up in criticizing and second-guessing these messengers. In doing so, we lose our way and endlessly search for answers that already exist within our own being. Our lack of faith in our feelings condemns us to a cerebral world, shutting down our instinctual fire.

It doesn’t take Jung or Freud to understand that this likely comes from years of being told what’s appropriate in terms of how to feel and how to react based on those feelings. The truth is, we are not encouraged to feel our feelings and trust our instincts. Instead, we are taught to listen to and believe what the ‘adults’ or ‘educators’ say is the "right" way. Unfortunately, for the artist, this conditioning can deprive us of the opportunity to discover our own flow in a healthy, creative manner.

How many times, as children, have we had feelings surrounding a particular experience, only to be shut down because it threatened the comfort zone of what is considered normal? As a result, we reluctantly begin to adjust our feelings and silence our inner guide. We develop habits to cope with our feelings and manipulate our experiences to go the way we think they’re “supposed to go.” We become puppets, pulled by the strings of our own avoidance. Maybe we laugh, joke, sigh, hold our breath, excessively clean, overwork, become sexually compulsive, drink, smoke, or use drugs—just to hide from these physical and emotional messengers.

However, when we allow ourselves the opportunity to truly dip into and flow from this place of inner truth, our instincts open the floodgates to our own individual wisdom, guidance, and knowledge. We begin to dissolve our limitations, disintegrate our conditioning, and follow through with what we know is good and true for our highest purpose. Being attuned, willing to trust, and allowing ourselves to return to this natural state gets us off the detour and on the right path for our individual needs. That’s the gift of our feelings and the job of our instincts. These are our own special little messengers.