Buried Treasure: Unearth Your Golden Soul

Buried Treasure: Unearth Your Golden Soul Part I – The Wound is Where the Light Enters – The impetus for this book lies here, in the personal trauma I experienced when my 2nd husband left our marriage abruptly and the spiritual principles that brought me through it. Part II – Your Golden Soul; Closer Than Breath – The bulk of the book represents the culling of universal principles and ideas that have and continue to inspire me and remind me of who I am. All commentary are my own. Part III – Affirmations: Claim Your Goodness/Your “Godness.”- I leave you with numerous affirmations, which I hope you will find helpful on your journey through life, whether in crisis or for everyday upliftment. Preface excerpt I have come to believe that emotional pain can be just as devastating as extreme physical pain and the road to recovery, as arduous, if not more so. Honestly, at the time of this writing, my recuperation and return to wholeness was still in progress. What I knew for sure, in those early months, after my husband’s abrupt and unexpected departure (from my second marriage) is that my healing would come from the world of Spirit and higher consciousness. In desperation, I gathered my most beloved spiritual texts, including Neville Goddard’s Awakened Imagination and Prayer, The Art of Believing; Deepak Chopra’s, numerous on-line talks and meditations; Florence Scovel Shinn’s Your Word is Your Wand; Wayne Dyer’s Wishes Fulfilled; The I Am Discourses, and the teachings of Adama Alaji. As I read these works, and others, sometimes a particular passage or statement struck a chord and I knew, if I could grasp it at the soul level, my heartache would diminish. I wanted this more than anything, so I put some of these statements in a small notebook, then went one step further. I boldly wrote, in large black marker, the ones that really spoke to me on separate sheets of paper and hung them in strategic places in my bedroom, mostly where I could see them, as soon as I opened my eyes every morning. Ironically, many of the writings I was putting down had nothing to do with lost love or emotional pain directly, but rather, they carried the message of who we are and of what lies at our deepest core, as spiritual beings. I was therefore reminded of several profound truths: • Though sometimes impacted deeply by them, we are not our stories. • Circumstances change continuously, so being a witness, instead of an object of circumstance, is a far better choice. • The universe is benevolent. • We create our reality with our thoughts. • Dependency on others for our happiness leads to trouble. Gradually, as I resurrected these concepts from the depths of my sorrow, I unearthed the healing balm of Spirit. I bathed in it. I drank it. I inhaled it. These universal principles were so rich and such an aid to me that I wanted to share with others who might also be facing extreme challenges. A sample of quotations and commentary from the book: I am not this hair. I am not this skin. I am the soul that lives within. – Rumi Far greater is that which is in you than that which is in the world. – 1John 4:4 **************** You can bless or curse yourself with the thoughts you think - unknown So, if you are suffering (or not!), it is largely a result of your thinking, and your emotional timber. Your inner workings, your consciousness creates your personal “milieu” or internal climate. In other words, our thoughts, how we interpret and perceive this or that, are creating our energetic field, including our mood, and yes, our suffering. Harmful thoughts and emotions sometimes chase one another down a dark spiral and the deeper we go, the harder it is to reverse……uphill! Renewed faith and your insistence on seeing beyond circum-stance (that which is standing around you) can help you take the hill and surmount it, accessing the Light from within. This Light, your Godself never runs out. It will illuminate your path. It will protect you, comfort you, make a way for you. It is your true knight in shining armor. **************** Judgment is a burden. Free yourself. Let it go! - Amakiasu Our well-meaning thoughts (sometimes held in self-righteousness) often place us in our very own self constructed prison. Being mad at this one or that one creates walls and blockages. Who are you holding hostage due to some infraction against you? Who are you looking down upon and toward whom do you have an unfavorable, fixed opinion? Even the slightest judgment can create toxicity in the spirit, like the flash of resentment toward that driver who cut in front of you and the choice words you muttered in the privacy of your car. Pent up anger can cause “hot flashes” throughout the day. They are indicators of our inner climate. Be at peace and do all you can to free yourself of the judging game. It takes a lot of energy and drags us down. I say these things because I’ve been there. Anger and bitterness were very present during my first marriage. I realized eventually that there was plenty of blame to go around and I could not hold myself up as “the righteous one.” When my second marriage ended, drawing from my first, I refused to become angry and resentful. I would not allow the beauty of life to be taken from me. So, I worked hard at being curious, compassionate, and empathetic. It wasn’t easy, but it kept me from mounting that wall of blame and bitterness. ********************* I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. ~Hafiz