Beauty and the Beast

"Tale as old as time, True as it can be, Barely even friends, Then somebody bends unexpectedly..............

Just a little change, Small to say the least, Both a little scared, Neither one prepared, Beauty and the Beast!"

I love this song from the Beauty and the Beast Feature film. The world discovered Celine Dion (and all know that meise went on to rule the charts) but more than that, the message within this story holds so much I can relate to my life. There you had the Beast that craved and needed love to transform. And by exposing who he was and allowing himself to love and be loved, he transformed into a prince. His true beauty became a reality when he FELT!

I have recently been through an experience where I was given the opportunity to FEEL a spectrum of emotions! Truly FEEL! It was scary and intoxicating at the same time. Feeling shame which spiralled into anger which spiralled into hatred which then dissolved! And all because I made a choice to step into it and not run to the safety of POSITIVE THINKING to drown out the ugliness!

Again, very consistent with the theme I believe we need to embrace more in life. Make space for the great and it will naturally appear as it is inherent within all of us. I have learnt that we all have parts within us where the Beast dwells, lurks and makes itself known in the most inopportune times in our lives. It is craving freedom to be expressed and be have its presence felt!

With all this spiritual stuff that I have been reading about and practising. How to stay positive, thinking of the outcome you most desire and visualizing the way life should be are a theme. What I have seen lately is that without the body and its intelligence in the equation, don't expect much manifestation to happen. The body has to buy into what you putting out there as once that is all aligned, there is the reality!

I mean can I really be the world's fastest runner if I so visualise it? No, I do not believe that it is possible for me to be that as my body does not buy into it and vibrate that in every cell that is within me!

So today, I write about my experience of stepping into hatred and shame that I carried in my body. I gave permission to feel it, truly feel it and have it expressed! To my surprise, when all was done, felt and expressed, thrown up, there was a space! Gratefully, in flowed love and peace for myself and the appreciation and love for the parts of my body I sent into exile because of what I carried.

So find your ways to express your shame, fear, anger, hatred and set the emotion free by feeling it! Make that space to invite love, lightness and bliss into. In the wilderness where I had this experience, I was free to scream and inflict fierce force by smacking water to nothingness! I am still figuring out safe ways to do that in my day to day life. Willl keep you posted.

The other day, I went on a pillow smacking rampage and will admit it felt pretty good! I love the lightness that comes with expressing all that is to be expressed. I can feel more and can sense what my inner truth is more clearly! I have also been remined lately that you are free to be you, express all that there is to you. Those that REALLY MATTER will always see the beauty within you. I thank God for those people in my life!

So dare to feel, express and be exposed and vulnerable! That space will open and then what naturally floats up will surprise even you! Go forward strongly in LOVE!

Dedicated and with gratitude to Angela Deutchmann