Hello, hello, this is a quick short message on releasing and finding empowerment as a black sheep.
Since learning more about the zone of genius (read here and here), I’ve been spending most of my meditation time releasing all that no longer serves me. And honestly, I am amazed at how much there is to release! Things that you had long forgotten make a come back when you ask the universe to show you what is it that you've been holding on to that you no longer need in your life. And, since we are active beings, even as I’m releasing things from my past and even my ancestors’ lives, new things come up on a daily basis, which makes me go back to my clearing board and release some more.
To be honest, I don’t mind this exercise because I can physically feel lighter from within like my heart and mind are expanding because of all the empty space.
But recently I realized that though I may feel triggered by something, that something is really not for me to release but is actually someone else’s burden to release.
For example, say you’re an artist in a family of doctors and engineers and MBAs. Now, you may try to share your creative journey with your family, but instead of acceptance and support, you may actually receive judgment and non-acceptance. That is understandably triggering, but it is important to have the awareness that that judgment is not for you to release. It is for the person judging to deal with whatever it is that they are consciously or unconsciously holding on to as beliefs that are not allowing them to accept your journey as a creative.
The most you can do is to find inner strength that helps you accept yourself without needing validation from others.
Love and light,
Vishanka