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Twelve Directions for Soulwork Living by Bettyclare Moffet
1. Begin to think of yourself as a spiritual being encased in a human body, instead
of a human being with a lost or forgotten soul.
2. Honor the temple of your body by treating it with courtesy and kindness and
filling it with healthy food and pure water. Clear your body of whatever poisons,
toxins and stimulants you may have choked it with for years. Search out the
nutrition, the herbs and the natural remedies that can help you on this quest.
Move your body, whatever its age and condition. Go toward heath not atrophy
3. Create a nurturing environment for yourself. Whether you’re in a one-room
apartment or a mansion, whether you work outdoors in nature or in a stressful
situation, throw out the ugliness and begin to create beauty in your life. A
coat of paint or a vase of flowers adds color, lights, warmth and space and creates
a safe haven. Whatever your soul longs for begin to create it now. Beauty
multiplies.
4. Spend some time alone each day to replenish your soul. Whether it’s a walk in
the park or a formal meditation spot or a sacred space you have created for yourself,
spend some time alone, wherever and however you can. Get to know yourself
gently and quietly without noise or chatter or TV or freeways.
5. Clear your mind of toxic thoughts. Search out your core beliefs about yourself
and the world. Clear your mind of blame. A caring therapist can help. Fast from
victimhood. Feast on clarity.
6. Honor your emotions and be willing to work through resentments, fears, guilt and
grief. This is an ongoing process that gets easier as you release years of hurt
and anger. Be gentle with yourself. Ask for help as you need it. Emotions are
neither negative nor positive in themselves, they are an expression of your
deepest feelings. Face, embrace, release, erase.
7. Low and accept yourself, no matter what it takes to come to that love. Love your
body, mind, emotions and spirit, whether they fit an ideal or not. Love your unique
self. Love where you are now in your life and where you have been and where
you are going. Then love and accept others. This is the second part of the
process. One seldom works without the other. You begin by forgiving everyone
and every experience in your life that has brought you to this day. Forgive
yourself. Forgive fate and circumstances. Forgive God. Continue the process
daily.
8. Find something or someone to believe in. God, Jesus Christ, Buddha, a higher
power, angels, the Great Mother, the Divine. This belief may or may not require
attendance at a church or synagogue or temple. But attend to that spiritual
part of your life daily, as best you can, whether in prayer or meditation, meeting
with others or alone. Deepen your spiritual life.
9. Work with Passion. Find something that moves you and practice and learn and
study and perfect your craft. Refuse to measure your worth by a paycheck. Serve
the world with your work.
10. Be willing to grow, to learn, to start over. Be flexible. Everything in life is change.
There are no failures, just experiences. Be curious about life. Never stop learning.
See yourself at the end of our life, active, vital, wise, creative, compassionate.
Go toward that goal with zest and enthusiasm.
11. Give. Give to others. Give to yourself. Give to the environment. Give to your
family. Give to your friends. Give with your work, your time, your energy, and
whatever support seems to be called for. Never be afraid to give. What you
give comes back to you tenfold. And it by chance you do not feel this in
your life and soul at this time, do it anyway. Watch the results.
12. Receive. Learn from everything and everyone in your world. Allow others to
give to you as well. Receive the gifts of the spirit in your prayer and meditation.
Receive the gifts of joy and companionship. Receive the gift of a job well
done. Receive the gift of books that teach and entertain and inspire. Receive
the gift of breath, of life , of moving your body and your mind and your
emotions and your spirit. Receive the gift of love. Accept the fits as they
are offered, without judgment. Open your hands, your heart, your soul to
receive. Then comes Grace.
of a human being with a lost or forgotten soul.
2. Honor the temple of your body by treating it with courtesy and kindness and
filling it with healthy food and pure water. Clear your body of whatever poisons,
toxins and stimulants you may have choked it with for years. Search out the
nutrition, the herbs and the natural remedies that can help you on this quest.
Move your body, whatever its age and condition. Go toward heath not atrophy
3. Create a nurturing environment for yourself. Whether you’re in a one-room
apartment or a mansion, whether you work outdoors in nature or in a stressful
situation, throw out the ugliness and begin to create beauty in your life. A
coat of paint or a vase of flowers adds color, lights, warmth and space and creates
a safe haven. Whatever your soul longs for begin to create it now. Beauty
multiplies.
4. Spend some time alone each day to replenish your soul. Whether it’s a walk in
the park or a formal meditation spot or a sacred space you have created for yourself,
spend some time alone, wherever and however you can. Get to know yourself
gently and quietly without noise or chatter or TV or freeways.
5. Clear your mind of toxic thoughts. Search out your core beliefs about yourself
and the world. Clear your mind of blame. A caring therapist can help. Fast from
victimhood. Feast on clarity.
6. Honor your emotions and be willing to work through resentments, fears, guilt and
grief. This is an ongoing process that gets easier as you release years of hurt
and anger. Be gentle with yourself. Ask for help as you need it. Emotions are
neither negative nor positive in themselves, they are an expression of your
deepest feelings. Face, embrace, release, erase.
7. Low and accept yourself, no matter what it takes to come to that love. Love your
body, mind, emotions and spirit, whether they fit an ideal or not. Love your unique
self. Love where you are now in your life and where you have been and where
you are going. Then love and accept others. This is the second part of the
process. One seldom works without the other. You begin by forgiving everyone
and every experience in your life that has brought you to this day. Forgive
yourself. Forgive fate and circumstances. Forgive God. Continue the process
daily.
8. Find something or someone to believe in. God, Jesus Christ, Buddha, a higher
power, angels, the Great Mother, the Divine. This belief may or may not require
attendance at a church or synagogue or temple. But attend to that spiritual
part of your life daily, as best you can, whether in prayer or meditation, meeting
with others or alone. Deepen your spiritual life.
9. Work with Passion. Find something that moves you and practice and learn and
study and perfect your craft. Refuse to measure your worth by a paycheck. Serve
the world with your work.
10. Be willing to grow, to learn, to start over. Be flexible. Everything in life is change.
There are no failures, just experiences. Be curious about life. Never stop learning.
See yourself at the end of our life, active, vital, wise, creative, compassionate.
Go toward that goal with zest and enthusiasm.
11. Give. Give to others. Give to yourself. Give to the environment. Give to your
family. Give to your friends. Give with your work, your time, your energy, and
whatever support seems to be called for. Never be afraid to give. What you
give comes back to you tenfold. And it by chance you do not feel this in
your life and soul at this time, do it anyway. Watch the results.
12. Receive. Learn from everything and everyone in your world. Allow others to
give to you as well. Receive the gifts of the spirit in your prayer and meditation.
Receive the gifts of joy and companionship. Receive the gift of a job well
done. Receive the gift of books that teach and entertain and inspire. Receive
the gift of breath, of life , of moving your body and your mind and your
emotions and your spirit. Receive the gift of love. Accept the fits as they
are offered, without judgment. Open your hands, your heart, your soul to
receive. Then comes Grace.