Why Bring up the Past?

I don't advocate spending time in the past. It takes all of the attention we can muster to live in the present. Living in the past is an escape to avoid the present.

I do believe if something from the past keeps popping up it must be important. It doesn't have to be a bad thought. Good thoughts from the past pop up, too. However, when a negative thought keeps jumping in and out of our conscious mind, perhaps we had better take notice.

Life in the present is effected by our past experiences. Notably, we give credit to life's lessons, both pleasant and agonizing, that molded us into who we are today. But, we forget the "lessons" that were presented to us by experiences that left writings on our wall. Messages that we were no good in one way or another. Messages that spoke of unworthiness, shame, guilt and failure. Writings left from both adversaries and friends, teachers, family, and other trusted care takers.

It mattered not whether the messages were delivered with good intentions or malice. The unconscious recorded each and every one without discrimination.

And in the unconscious the recordings remain. Doing their damage by sabotaging our every effort toward success. Exactly why I encourage releasing the negative thoughts that surface to our conscious mind.

Addressing suspect conscious issues may lead to those issues, perhaps core issues, not in our conscious mind. The very culprits we are after.

Clearing Out the Past

I discovered eight years ago that if I really wanted the energy to flow it was necessary to remove the junk that compromised or prevented it from flowing through the body. I knew that energy flowed through the body's meridians and all of that, but I never considered that it got blocked.

Those of you who know me on a personal level, through my websites, or from the Helping Others Heal Naturally newsletter know that I am an advocate of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). Through the discovery of EFT, I began to reflect on likely causes of my blockages- the writings on my wall.

God knows there were many possibilities to consider.

As a child trouble seemed to follow me. I wasn't really a bad kid. I just exhibited some behaviors that ticked off some people. People like my teachers, parents, and maybe a few others.

Although the discovery of ADHD had been around, to my knowledge nobody I knew was familiar with or used the term. Looking back, I am certain that I met the criteria for the label since I had the classic "out of the textbook" symptoms.

I must confess that I continue to have many of the symptoms today. However, I have learned to manage them and lead a somewhat normal life-whatever normal means.

Clearing out the junk stored in my unconscious (that raised its ugly self-sabotaging head now and again) got the energy flowing. Not that it flows like a young stream. On occasion it trickles or meanders.

It takes maintenance to clear out the past, to get rid of the junk. After all, the past is anything and everything that is not in the immediate present moment.

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