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Chamber 4, Visioning:
The vision or inspiration can be a picture or an idea in your head, a deep knowing in your bones or a revelation that quietly makes itself known to you. It can also seize you with startling clarity: so powerful that you feel compelled to act right away. While itâs critical to catch the download - we call it âtaking dictation
... See moreChamber 2, Renewal:
Renewal is also the archetypal moment for intention-setting because youâre in the heart of the temple, facing the metaphorical âaltarâ of you. On that altar you can place your deep, heartfelt yearnings, the questions you need guidance on, and any clear intentions you want to manifest in your life.
- Wild Power, Alexandra Pope and
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Because itâs such a charged time, and youâre so vulnerable, the contrast between the light and the dark can be stark. You easily flip between extremes if youâre not mindful. The real magic happens when you can embrace both. And then the Void can be a time of illumination.
- Wild Power, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Wurlitzer
The sense of being inhabited by warring impulses or parts is common to all of us but particularly to traumatized people who had to resort to extreme measures in order to survive. Exploringâeven befriendingâthose parts is an important component of healing.
Bessel van der Kolk âą The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Related to chamber 1: Just being liked for the most outgoing, gregarious, funny aspects of myself. Right? Like the impulse to just make myself something that the people around me want to connect with. And when I move into Separation, I literally lose that ability to do that. Itâs like the whole mask comes off. So my old friend, addiction, comes in to try to help. The push to do crazy shit, say crazy shit, get drunk, skydive, etc. saying âwell just numb you up to this feeling of disconnection, Jakkie. Donât worry, youâre safeâ.
Chamber 1:
Because your defenses are dismantled leading to Separation, you feel the psychological impact or fallout of trauma more acutely. The cycle doesnât create the depression or suicidal feelings, it exposes the wounding.
- Wild Power, Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Wurlitzer
Chamber 1:
If you struggle with any kind of addiction, at separation you could potentially fall off the wagon: particularly if youâre also dealing with emotional trauma. The extreme vulnerability of Separation can simply feel too overwhelming and the addictive substance acts as a means to blunt the intensity of it.
- Wild Power, Alexandra Pope &
... See moreThis showed up quite a bit when I was younger. Like the strongest desire to just get absolutely thrashed with alcohol, like something that I didnât even know where it came from. But it did feel like I way I could still âconnectâ with people around me in a way that they would enjoy, relate to, etc⊠whereas my actual inner state did not feel connect-able,
Chamber 1:
Because separation, or the void as we also call it, is unbounded , what happens is hard to nail down. Sometimes it can be hell - eliciting feelings of abandonment, despair, even terror. And sometimes it can be heaven - eliciting feelings of bliss, love, and Union. The key, remember, is your ability to recognize and respond to the call,
... See moreSuuuuper similar to encountering the void in psychedelic work. And how we work on stabilizing through anchors and just working with whatâs there.
Chamber 1:
Stepping outside of your usual everyday identify, youâre in the most out of body, unbounded, exposed, vulnerable time in the whole cycle.
Wild Power, Alexandra Pope & Sjanie Wurlitzer
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